I return much quicker this time with a new chapter. I seem to have caught the writing bug and have managed to fire through this chapter. Here we have some Outlaw Queen and some Evil Cora. I hope you enjoy!
Four months had gone past and Robin had been up to see Regina every day. They spent hours just talking, cuddling and kissing. They enjoyed being in one another's company and both hated when Robin had to say goodbye. Things had gotten quite serious over the four months and that night Robin and Regina had taken things to the next level. One kiss had led to another and then another, and then that kiss had grown deeper and more passionate and before they knew it they were both lying on Regina's bed and things were getting heated.
Now, after all that, they were lying in one another's arms tired from their activities and were now just enjoying cuddling. Regina had her head resting on Robin's chest and Robin had his arm wrapped around Regina. Regina let out a content sigh and she looked up at Robin with a smile. Robin looked down at her and smiled back.
"I didn't think that was going to happen tonight when you came to visit." Regina said with a little giggle.
Robin chuckled and he placed a kiss on top of Regina's head. "I didn't either." Robin replied.
"Robin I…" Regina started and then trailed off. Should she tell him? Would it make him run? They had said they were falling in love with one another but they had never actually said those three little words. She shook her head and dipped it further into Robin's chest.
"Regina? What were you going to say?" Robin asked but Regina just shook her head again.
"It doesn't matter." She mumbled into his chest.
Robin moved slightly and rolled them over so that Regina was lying flat on the bed and he was lying slightly on top of her. He held her hands at either side of her head and entwined their fingers. He looked down into her eyes. "Come on tell me what you were going to say. Whatever you say matters to me." He said softly.
Regina sighed a little and bit her lip. She gave him a shy look and Robin couldn't help but love her even more. "I don't want you to run away from me…"
"Why would I run away from you?" Robin asked in confusion.
"Because…I…" Regina started. She then took a deep breath and quickly said, "I love you Robin."
Robin smiled as soon as he heard Regina say those words. He had been wanting to say those words to Regina for so long and he was so happy she had said them to him. He moved one of his hands out of hers and up to her cheek, He tucked a stray hair behind her ear and cupped her cheek gently pulling her face up so that she was looking at him. "I love you too Regina. More than anything in the world." Robin said softly.
This caused Regina's face to burst out into a grin and Robin leaned down and kissed Regina and as the minutes went on the kiss grew more and more heated and passionate.
The next morning Regina and Robin were up early. Regina made some breakfast with the little food she had left in the tower and they stood by the window for a while. After a while Robin knew he really had to go, even though he really didn't want to. He sighed and turned to look at Regina and with that Regina knew what time is was.
"You have to go don't you?" Regina said quietly.
Robin nodded his head. "If I am to make it back to Sherwood before sundown then yes. I hate to leave you my love." Robin said cupping her cheek in his hand.
"I wish you didn't have to leave." Regina replied.
"Why don't you come with me? Leave this wretched place Regina. We can run far away, somewhere that your mother will never find us." Robin said moving his hands down to Regina's and entwining their fingers.
"My mother would never stop looking for me Robin. She would always find me. She has ways of doing things. She has magic. My mother is someone I can never get away from." Regina replied.
"We could do it Regina. I know we could. True love concurs all right? We could just keep running and running, outsmart your mother and any guards." Robin said.
"You really believe we could do that?" Regina asked raising an eyebrow.
Robin nodded his head. "I really do. We have true love Regina and that wins over any evil."
Regina gave Robin a smile and sighed. "Give me a couple of weeks. Time to prepare myself. in a couple of weeks we will run and be together forever." Regina said.
"You mean it? You will run away with me?" Robin asked needing confirmation.
Regina nodded and placed her hand on his cheek. "Yes I'll run away with you." she then leaned up and placed a kiss to Robin's lips. The kiss was passionate and full of love. once they broke away they said their goodbyes and Robin left because he knew if he didn't say goodbye he never would.
Regina watched as Robin walked away from the tower and she let out a sigh. However what both Regina and Robin did not know is that they were being watched and had been for a while. Cora had gotten to the meadow where the tower stood. She had seen Regina at the window with a man. She had seen them talking and touching one another and then she had seen them kiss.
She had felt the anger boil inside her at the betrayal of her youngest daughter. She could not believe what she had seen. She was going to stop it once and for all.
Cora stormed over to the tower, anger boiling up inside of her. She could not believe her daughter had been lying to her all this time. Lying to her about some low life of a man. She could not believe her daughter would go so low.
She stormed up the stairs off the tower and bursts through the door making Regina jump. Regina gasped and turned round coming face to face with her very angry looking mother.
"Mother, I wasn't expecting you today." Regina said.
"You've been lying to me Regina." Cora said in a low voice.
"Wha...what do you mean?" Regina asked. She stepped back from Cora wanting as much distance between herself and her mother as she could.
"Don't play stupid with me Regina. I know about you and your little boyfriend. I know what you have been doing behind my back. I will not stand for it."
Regina gasped a little as she realised her mother knew exactly what had been going on. She thought she had been so careful. She thought she had hidden everything so well. Regina ran her fingers through her long wavy hair and Cora suddenly got an idea. She smirked to herself and then turned on her heel and walked over to a dresser. Regina watched her closely, nervous about what her mother was going to do.
Cora came back over to Regina and grabbed her arm pulling her over to a chair. "Ow mother! Your hurting my arm."
"Shut up and sit down!" Cora shouted. Regina immediately sat down and she held a breath as she felt Cora run her fingers through her long wavy hair. She pulled all her hair over the back of the chair.
"Mother what are you doing?" Regina asked nervously.
"You deserve this Regina. You brought this all on yourself. This is the punishment you will accept."
Regina glanced back a little and out of the corner of her eye she saw the glint and sharp end of a pair of scissors.
She gasped and tried to pull away. "No mother please. Don't!" She cried.
Cora pulled her back and grabbed a bit of her hair. She brought the scissors up and cut through the long wavy locks. "You brought this all on yourself Regina." She kept repeating that one line as she cut more and more of Regina's hair and Regina began to cry.
Zelena made her way up the stairs to the tower. She hadn't seen her little sister in a while. She was just about to push the door open when she heard crying coming from inside the room. Zelena frowned and leaned against the door a little more. She knew straight away it was her sister crying and then she heard her mother speak.
"You brought this all on yourself Regina."
Her mother just kept repeating this while Regina cried. Zelena pushed the door open and then gasped as she saw what her mother was doing to her sister. She saw Regina sat on a chair and her mother stood behind her with a pair of scissors in her hands cutting her sisters long wavy hair.
"Mother what are you doing?!" Zelena asked in shock.
"Nothing that concerns you Zelena. Go home!" Cora snapped.
Zelena shook her head. She looked at Regina who just stared down at the floor, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Mother please stop what you are doing. Don't do this to Regina." Zelena stepped forward a little.
"Just go home Zelena. Regina brought this on herself. She deserves this punishment." Cora said as she cut another bit of Regina's hair.
"Mother please. Regina doesn't deserve this. Stop!" Zelena begged. She hated seeing her little sister so upset and what her mother was doing to her. She hated how hard her mother was on Regina. She hated everything about this whole situation. "Take my hair mother. Just leave Regina."
Cora looked up at Zelena with a frown on her face. "What?"
"Take my hair mother." Zelena said holding out her long auburn plait. "Leave Regina's alone."
"No. This is Regina's punishment. She needs to learn. Don't you Regina?" Cora hissed and tugged slightly on Regina's hair making her whimper slightly. "Answer me Regina." Cora shouted making both Regina and Zelena jump slightly.
"Ye-yes mother." Regina said quietly still staring down at the floor.
"You should both know by now you cannot hide anything from me." Cora said.
"Mother Regina was going to tell you about Robin. Weren't you Regina?" Zelena said stepping forward a little more and crouching down in front of Regina and placing her hands on Regina's knees. Trying to comfort her in some way. Regina had told Zelena about herself and Robin after a couple of months of seeing Robin. She had to tell someone. She couldn't keep her happiness to herself and she knew he older sister would keep the secret for her.
Regina looked up a little at Zelena who was giving her a look as if to tell her to play along with what she was saying. So she nodded her head slightly. "Yes…yes mother I was going to tell you…I was just trying to find the right time to tell you…I-I didn't know how to tell you." Regina said stuttering slightly on her words.
Cora watched the two girls carefully. Was what they were saying true? Was Regina going to tell her about her relationship with that man? But then what did it matter if she was going to tell her? This man did not look like the kind of man that should be around her daughter. There was no way any daughter of hers would be with a low life like that. "I do not care if you were going to tell me!" Cora scowled. "No daughter of mine will be with a man like him." Cora tugged at Regina's hair again and then chopped another bit off.
Zelena reached forward and took Regina's hand in hers knowing there was no way she was going to be able to stop her mother now. She had tried and failed so now all she could do was sit and try to comfort her sister through it. She knew this would kill Regina. Regina loved her hair and to have their mother do this to her would be one of the most awful things that could happen. She just hoped this was where her mother's punishment would end.