A Tale Of Two Chapter 4, an once upon a time fanfic

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'What is that familiar smell I smell of Apples and Cinamon!' Emma smiled as she closed the door to her studio apartment and dropped her backpack down on the sofa.

She looked up and she saw the beautiful brunette approach her in nothing but a white short towel, and a small one drying her wet hair. She smiled at Emma who wrapped her arms around her slim waist.

'You will get all wet!' Regina laughed as the blonde ripped away the towel revealing the brunette's body and scooped her up in her arms.

'Does it look like I care?' Emma asked as she walked into her room dropping the now naked brunette down on her double bed covered with the new York city sky line.

'Not at all'

Emma reached the top of the stairs and headed down to the end door first, opening it quietly to check if her fiancé was passed out in there on the floor somewhere. The room was clear. She sighed and closed the door softly before entering the next room and the next, all to find that they were all empty. She walked down the hallway and slowly opened the last door. She peeked her head inside and when she did she regretted it straight away.

'Shit! Sorry!' Emma snapped closing her eyes and pulling the door shut on the woman who was getting changed in the room. She quickly turned and headed back for the stairs, making sure to get down them before the woman left the room to see that Emma was the one who nearly saw her naked. ]

Emma didn't know who the woman was. She couldn't tell if she was young or old from the glimpse she got of the womans back. All she knew was that the woman had dark hair and was half naked in what seemed to be a dress pulled up onto to her hips. Maybe it was a skirt? That means it mustve been an older woman Emma thought as she walked into the kitchen.

'Ah, Emma. Zelena is looking for you. I think she is out on the porch.' Vince smiled as he looked at his daughter in law who looked a little flushed.

'Is everything alright dearie?' A man who looked around the same age as Vince asked before bringing up his glass of whiskey to take a sip.

'Yeah yeah, I fine. Have we met? Im Zelena's fiancé' Emma smiled holding out her hand to the man.

'Rumple' He smiled.

'This is a family friend Emma. Knew Zelena and the boys since they were kids, Right Rumple?' He smiled looking to his friend.

'That's right indeed.' He looked to Emma with a weary smile.

Emma smiled and nodded leaving the two men to their conversation and heading out onto the back porch where Zelena was sitting with her bottle of wine.

'Ah! There you are! My fiancé!' Zelena yelled as she help out her hand smiling at the blonde. She had had a lot more to drink since Emma last saw her.

Emma walked over to her and pulled her to her feet, catching her as she fell into the blonde.

'Jesus, How much you had?' Emma asked holding the woman up.

'Not...Much!' She laughed hysterically.

Emma smiled at the woman. Even though she was very drunk and normally vicious, she was making the blonde laugh. Emma turned them both and headed back inside.

'Come on lets get you to a bedroom' Emma said laughing at the redheaded woman who could hardly walk.

'OH! Emma! Dance with me!' Zelena shouted as she all of a sudden could run in her heals dragging Emma with her to the rather big dining room where a lot of people were dancing and music was playing.

'What song even is this?' Emma laughed as the redhead turned around and pulled Emma close beginning to sway with her at a speed that matched the song.

'If you're not the one for me
Then how come I can bring you to your knees
If you're not the one for me
Why do I hate the idea of being free?
And if I'm not the one for you
You've gotta stop holding me the way you do
Oh honey if I'm not the one for you
Why have we been through what we have been through'

The atmosphere in the room changed when they heard the words of the song. Everyone felt the music and the room was beginning to fill with various members of the family, dancing and laughing to a song that wasn't even happy.

'It's so cold out here in your wilderness
I want you to be my keeper
But not if you are so reckless'

Robin locked eyes with Emma and smiled to her from across the floor. Zelena rested her head onto the blondes shoulder as they swayed in time to the beat. Emma held her close. Vince and Cora were even dancing. Emma smiled. She felt like this was the way she wanted to live her life forever. In that moment with Zelena loving her just as much as Emma did. She couldn't wait to marry the redhead.

Everything was perfect.

'If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
Don't pretend that you don't want me
Our love ain't water under the bridge
If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
Don't pretend that you don't want me
Our love ain't water under the bridge
Say that our love ain't water under the bridge

What are you waiting for?
You never seem to make it through the door
And who are you hiding from?
It ain't no life to live like you're on the run
Have I ever asked for much?
The only thing that I want is your love'

Emma spun the redhead and pulled her back in close. She smiled as Zelena pressed her lips to her own. She let the redhead take over and lead their movements. Everyone around them disappeared and all she could head was the music and the pounding of her own heart. She was in love. After 10 years of pain and torture, she finally felt like Zelena was her happy ending.

Her eyes soon snapped open and she pulled away from the kiss when she felt herself bump into the back of what only could have been another dancer. She laughed and turned to apologize to the stranger that would be someone new she was going to become family with, but when she saw the dark orbs of the stranger who had turned to apologize too, her throat went dry and her words vanished from the top of her tongue.

'You are joking right?' Emma asked, voice breaking slightly.

Regina shook her head at her lover.

'I wish it was a joke...' The brunette said softly, looking at Emma sitting across from her in the bed they had been sharing for just under a year.

'But...I love you?' Emma said frowning, confused.

'I know. Im sorry' Regina replied, trying to keep her voice from breaking too.

Emma looked down at her hands as tears begun to threaten her eyes.

'I promise, Ill come back to you' Regina said softly, reaching out and taking the blondes hand between her own.

'You said you wasn't going to do this to me.' Emma said softly. Her heart feeling heavy in her chest.

She couldn't believe she trusted the brunette with her heart and feelings. She knew it was a bad idea to let herself fall in love so soon into her life. She was only 20 for Christ sake, what was she playing at letting some woman take care of her heart and trusting her not to throw it down and break it. She felt the familiar feeling of loneliness wash over her. The feeling all her foster parents gave her when they told her they couldn't support her anymore, sending her back to the home she was brought up in.

'I promise Emma. ill come right back' Regina said.

Emma couldn't hold it anymore, when the brunette grabbed her bag, kissed her cheek and closed the door. That was the final hit on Emma's heart and the damn broke. She cried for hours.

'Regina?!' Zelena snapped looking past Emma and to the brunette who was staring at her fiancé in utter shock.

Emma couldn't speak. All the things she felt the day Regina left come flooding back to her and her heart felt as if it was going to explode. She blinked away the tears that were threatening but one fell. She scolded herself mentally for letting the brunette see the how she really felt. She reached up undoing her shirt button and pulling at her tie as she turned and quickly left the room leaving Zelena and Regina looking after her.