Disobedience

"Regina, stop," Emma screamed as her dog broke free and ran into the diner. The eight months old dog had a tendency to overpower her, especially when she smelled food. This was no exception.

"Damn dog," Emma groaned as she walked in. Ruby had gotten a hold of her leach and handed the dog back to Emma that said thanks. She blushed slightly though, due to the dogs behavior.

"No problem, Em, she's adorable, and you are still wearing the collar, was it four months since you got it?" she asked her.

"Yeah, I just can't bring myself to take it off," Emma said with a sigh. She had gotten attached to it.

"Are you two going steady as she has not taken off the one she got from you either," said Ruby. She had noticed the collar was always around the Mayor's neck, no matter what she wore.

"We are not…" Emma stopped, eyeing the Mayor tying up her dog outside. Miss. Swan sitting down to wait as always, not making a sound opposite her own dog.

"Sure you are not," Ruby whispered into her ear, seeing how Emma had glanced at the Mayor and her dog.

"Give it a rest," Emma said, dragging her beast with her outside, tying her up and giving her a lecture before coming back in. She turned to glance at the dogs standing next to each other, the had sniffed each other for a hello as always, but whereas Miss. Swan now sat still ignoring Regina, Regina was walking back and forth half barking, half whimpering for Emma. She for sure didn't like to be tied down. Emma smiled by the look of the two dogs that now was mimicking their owners, wondering how Regina had managed to make Miss. Swan sit still. As soon as she sat back down at the table, Ruby came back to her saying, "You wanna go out for drinks tonight?"

"I guess I could come for a little while, I mean after I have taken Regina for a walk," said Emma with a shrug. She didn't have any other plans and it was not like she and Regina had been going steady for the last four months. They had been teasing each other, but that was about it, clearly the brunette was keeping her on a leash.

"Cool, shall we meet around eight then?" Ruby asked hopefully.

"Yeah that sounds good to me," said Emma and nodded. As usual the Mayor would sit down by her table, she actually did so while Ruby was still talking, but she didn't say anything.
She simply opened her paper and started to read, eying the two women over it, not seeming overly happy. Still she didn't speak; as Ruby walked away she gave Emma a glare, making her say, "What?"

"Nothing, nothing at all?" said Regina with a shrug.

"Then why the glare, do you have anything against me going out with her?" Emma said, frowning.

"Should I?" she raised her brows, playing she didn't cared, when she in fact did. She hated it so much that her stomach turned.

"No, in fact I could date all of Storybrooke without it being any to you," said Emma annoyed.

"I do suppose that is so," said the Mayor, turning another page slowly.

"Then why are you giving me such a hard time about it, if you wish not to do so, just say it and I will come to your house tonight instead. You however play with me and then when you had enough leave me on the curve," said Emma.

"I do no such thing, one or the other," the brunette that had let her foot slide up Emma's leg as the blonde had been wearing a skirt with matching jacket, put it down.

"You do and you know it, say you want me, say you want me to come to your house instead of going out if that is what you in fact want," Emma challenged her.

"Why should I when you already know, the collar should tell you which house you do belong to," said Regina.

How could she even be so calm about it, why couldn't she just say it, that she wanted her to spend the night, which she wanted to take it further than making out and endless make out sessions. Emma hated it. Or...Emma hadn't thought of this before, but maybe Regina was like a dog she was only in heat twice as year. No that couldn't be it could it, after all Regina was fully human, it was not like with Red that she was half wolf. How did that even work? Clearly Regina wouldn't be like that, Emma was just being silly.

"Still you never let me sleep at your house or spend much time there," Emma wasn't giving up so easily.

Regina didn't answer to this, it was not that she didn't want to spend the night, of course she did, she was just scared. Scared of letting her close, scared of letting her in, scared that if she did she would get hurt.

"You know what, I am going out, I am going to find someone great, because you sure as hell can't make up your mind!" Emma said in a harsh tone and got up. She walked with haste towards the exit. Regina sat there too stunned to move. She wouldn't do that would she, find someone else. She sighed wanting to go after her, still she couldn't get herself to move.

It was a little over midnight, Emma was far from sober there she sat at the bar, having yet another drink. She had rejected four guys that had tried themselves on her and now she was fuming. Regina was again getting to her. Damn that woman. She for sure would go over right now and tell her how she felt about her.
She got up on unsteady legs making Ruby look at her asking, "Where are you going?"

"Regina's I'm gonna tell her piece of mind," Emma slurred.

"Sure that is a good idea?" said Ruby, looking at her drunk friend.

"Yeees, it's a great one, wow the room is spinning," the blonde concluded.

"I don't think you should go, she will get mad," even under the influence Ruby sensed trouble

"No she won't, I'm go-go-going," Emma said, zigzagging towards the door, and out, getting a cab over. She got out of the cab after paying and walked towards the house. She rang the doorbell multiple times until she heard Regina's footsteps coming towards the door and Miss. Swan barking like crazy on the inside. Regina seemed to shush her before opening. Having been sleeping before waking she was in one of her pajamas, her hair a mess and she was without makeup, not to mention she was not happy. She hated being woken up if it was not a matter of life and death, clearly a drunken blonde was neither.

"Miss Swan, what is the meaning of this?" asked she tiredly.

"You are going to listen and you are going to listen good," Emma said.

'Oh joy,' Regina thought saying, "Any chance this can't wait until morning.

"Yes because I have something important to say," Emma said in a matter of fact way.

"I'm listening," said Regina not at all amused.

"You are a real Bitch!" Emma stated.

"Sorry?!" said Regina, frowning.

"You can be as perfect and as well-mannered as you like, but underneath you are a real bitch that does not care about anyone's feelings but your own. You use people as toys and when you are bored with them you throw them away. I am not a toy to be played with I have feelings and you either make up your mind and let me spend the night or you leave me be," Emma snarled at Regina, making Miss. Swan snarl at her between grid teeth for going at her mistress like that.

"Are you done?" Regina asked, she was as calm as it was scary, her eyes cold as ice.
Emma nodded, swallowing hard, Ruby had been right this was not a good idea.

"You should know by now I do not toy or I would not have given you that collar in the first place, I would not have asked you to even wear it if I was not being serious. I may have played with people in the past to get my way as it suited me. Never take a token of what I consider love to be a game as it is not. I would never even kiss you if I was not serious about how I felt or let you near me as I have during the last couple of months. However it is up to me when I let you spend the night. I have been hurt when it comes to letting anyone close, and in the worst ways so excuse me for not letting you jump right into bed with me. I want order and I want discipline, you need to own my trust first, and believe me, Swan this is not the way, and if you excuse me I will go to bed as I have an early morning meeting," said Regina in the harshest tone she could master. She would never admit to the fact that Emma's words had hurt to her very core.

"Regina...I...I didn't know. I so sorry," Emma stuttered feeling like a fool.

"You should be, now you have two choices to try to make better, you can go home and sleep it off or you can sleep on the porch or the garden, but I warn you do not wake me again," said Regina and slammed the door in her face.

Emma sighed as she sat down on the stairs, reaching in her pocket for her phone, texting Ruby "You were right, this was a bad idea, a very bad idea, I fucked up real bad, I now have to sleep in the doghouse."

She sighed as she curled up as well as she could on the porch, closing her eyes, not knowing that a certain brunette was crying herself to sleep that night, due to her words and her own.

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