Here we go! Sunday update.

Just as a little note, I usually make it a habit of answering reviews, but with me trying to balance this fic and all the other ones, I've been kinda pushing them back and focusing on updating instead.

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Now, let's get into some drama!


Emma was waiting in the diner for Henry to finish his bathroom business, and she could hardly suppress the grin that broke out on her face as she saw one very pissed Regina Mills headed into the Diner, slamming the door open.

Regina for her part, was furious as she looked around the room for one person, today's edition of the Mirror slightly crumpled in her hand. As she found her target, she stalked over to the blonde, certain that she must literally be letting out steam.

"What the hell is this?" she asked none-too-quietly, shoving the paper in Emma's face.

"That is a newspaper," Emma answered cheekily.

Regina moved the paper away, hoping her glare would get Emma to take this seriously. "Don't try to be smart, Emma Swan, you know exactly what I'm talking about."

"Today's edition of the Storybrooke Daily Mirror?" Emma tried again, enjoying riling Regina up.

Regina gave a small growl before exclaiming, "I am referring to this slander that you passed off as an article to headline the paper!"

"Technically you're talking about libel. Slander has no physical recording, libel does," Emma countered.

"I don't care if it's called romantic poetry, but you have no right to be spewing out this nonsense," Regina responded, her anger escalating at how nonchalant Emma was about this. She did this on purpose. "I demand that you retract this article and issue an apology by the time tomorrow's paper hits the stands."

"That would involve me saying that I wrote lies in that article. So tell me, Regina, where in that entire article, is the lie?" Emma asked, crossing her arms in front of her chest with a smirk.

Regina pursed her lips and stalked over until she was a mere breath away from Emma. "Do not underestimate me."

Instead of answering her, Emma said, "You know, it's been a long while you've been this close to me. It's good to know I've still got you magnetized."

The brunette was stunned. Was Emma...flirting with her? With cheesy pick up lines? Before she could answer - whatever her answer would be to a line like that, she didn't know - the little boy from the other day, Emma's son, had appeared.

"All ready to go mommy!" he beamed up at his mother.

"Alrighty then! Let's get going!" Emma responded, picking Henry up and leaving the establishment without even so much as glancing at Regina.

But Regina wouldn't be deterred, so she trailed after them.


"Mommy, why is that angry lady following us?" Henry asked.

Emma sighed and turned to see Regina walking determinedly after them. Once the brunette was within hearing range, Emma explained, "That Henry, is a mean lady. And what do we do with mean ladies?"

Henry turned to Regina and blew a raspberry at her. Emma let out a chuckle and responded, "Not exactly what I taught you but high-five kid on good judgment."

While the two high-fived, Regina rolled her eyes and said, "We need to talk Emma."

Emma said nothing, and just continued walking.

A few minutes later, and they were within sight of the school. Henry was asking to be let down so he could walk by himself the rest of the way, "I'm a big kid mommy!"

She conceded, keenly watching him as he made his way inside, knowing that Regina was standing beside her. Once she saw that Henry was animatedly talking to his teacher, she looked away, and towards the brunette.

Taking a deep breath, not entirely sure why she was conceding to this, Emma said, "Okay Regina. You wanted to talk? Then talk."

Regina's heart skipped a beat, and she gave a small smile - not reciprocated by the blonde in front of her - and said, "I know that I hurt you terribly, and that I deserve all of your anger, but I didn't mean to ever want to hurt you..."

"And yet you did, Regina, and you did it in a grand style. If you're hoping that a pity party will get me to forgive you, you've got another thing coming-"

"No! No, it's not meant to be a pity party, I just want you to understand that I know that I screwed up-"

"You fucked up Regina," Emma corrected. "You were locking lips with someone and when I confronted you about it, you drunkenly started to-"

"I know, I know," Regina interrupted, closing her eyes, not wishing to relive that terrible night. "I know what I did, believe me that it never left my mind for the past 6 years. But I had no choice, my mother was pressuring me to dump you-"

"Why am I not surprised? Mommy Mills was responsible for fucking this up," Emma groaned.

"Yes, she was. She wanted me to dump you because she believed that as a politician, having a 'lesbian phase' wasn't well seen, and that I had to bury the hatchet with you, and-"

"A lesbian phase? That your wording, or hers?"

"Hers. Emma, I loved you." Regina decided that right now it was best to keep her feelings in the past tense. "Just please understand that I was cornered, I had no other choice."

"Oh is that your argument?!" Emma asked sarcastically. "Your argument is that you know you fucked up, but you're still trying to put all the blame on your mother? You could've told me Regina! You could've said, 'look, my mom intends to break us up, by any means necessary, and I have to do this, so even though it's going to break your heart for me to be locking lips with Daniel, I still love you, and we will figure out something because I care more about you than Mommy Dearest's support! Because I have a backbone and just like my sister, I won't let her push me around!'

"But no, you let me believe that you never cared. And that's what hurts me Regina. If you had told me of your mother's plans, I would've understood, maybe even thrown in a little bit of a dramatic flair to sell it more. It'd have hurt, but at the end of the day, I'd know that you loved me."

Emma had tears in her eyes, but Regina was outright crying.

"Do me a favour Regina. Stay well enough away from me and my family."


Looks like Emma still isn't ready to forgive Regina. Even with part of the reason.

Not that I blame her, but worry not! Dynamics will start changing~

I'd love to know your thoughts!

Meanwhile I'll be hoping that tonight's ep won't be terribad...I can be naive and hope, right?