sorry for the wait"

previously "Regina you don't look so good..."

"I'M Fin..." she couldn't even finish that sentence before she collapsed. Emma was just quick enough to catch her before she hit the ground.

"Regina? Regina?!" she was shaking her violently. slapping her softly but quick on her cheeks, desperate for her to wake up. she was about to check her pulse when she heard a low moan coming from Regina.

"I'd appreciate it if you could stop slapping me in my face miss swan?"

"oh, thank god you're not dead" Emma helped Regina to her feet grabbing a cup of water and handing it to her. Regina hesitantly took it, almost whispering a small thank you, and took a small sip.

" so, you wanna tell me what the heck just happened?"

"nothing Miss Swan I'm..."

"yeah, you said you were fine a few minutes ago before you fell limb to the ground and I had to slap you to wake to wake you up!" Emma was getting a bit frustrated now. this damned woman is more annoying than ants on a picnic.

"I just wanna go to my 'room'. please."

"no way, you're going to see belle." Regina knew there was no arguing with Emma right now. so she allowed te woman to lead her to the infirmary.

"you know, when I told you I would see you around I was hoping it wouldn't be this soon." belle said while reaching for her gloves.

Regina laid down on the all too familiar bed.

"so, what happened this time?"

"she fainted." Emma, who was passing around the room, said.

"thank you miss Swan but I think I can talk for myself." Regina turned to Belle "I fainted"

belle rolled her eyes. Every time those two came in the infirmary they would play this game. Emma would be worried sick about Regina and Regina would be annoyed by how worried Emma was.

"well, let's see then shall we. did you experience any dizziness today?"

"no not really. it just happened all of a sudden."

"did you eat?"

"no, I was about to but miss Swan decided to interrogate me at that moment."

"were you under stress?"

Regina looked at Emma for a minute who was looking at the floor a little embarrassed. "yeah, I guess you can say that."

"then that's the problem. you lost a lot of blood and almost died. the only reason I let you go was because they don't allow prisoners to stay here for longer than 3 days. wich means I already kept you longer than that. you should eat and sleep properly. and avoid stress and excitement. you do that and you'll be great.. well physically at least.

now rest, I'll come and check on you in a bit. Em could I speak with you for a second?" she led Emma to a small room outside the infirmary.

"what is it? she's gonna be alright right?!"

"she's gonna be fine. I'm just worried about her."

"why? you just said she's going to be fine."

"I mean I'm worried about her mentally. I think it might be a good idea for her to go and see Archie."

"yeah, I was thinking that too. I was going to talk to him this afternoon."

"good, and hurry. before she might do something crazy."

the next day Regina had an appointment with doctor Archibald Hopper. he was the prison shrink. he had volunteered to work there about 4 years ago. he was a nice really nice guy, in his years as the prison shrink he had helped a lot of people. that's the only reason why he stayed 4 years ago. that prison was a horrible place and the prisoners there had story's to tell wich no person should have gone trough.

"Regina come in have a seat." Archie gestured to the big dirty cough. after Regina sat, Archie took his seat in the leather chair next to the couch. it was the placed so that Archie faced the person sitting on the couch.

"so, how are you today Regina?" Archie took out a paper and pen and clicked it open.

"fine I guess, better than yesterday" Regina looked around the room and notes a dalmatian lying in a corner in a dog bed.

"you're not allergic for dogs right?" Archie said when he noticed Regina was staring at the dog.

"no I'm not "

"good, Pongo is a nice dog, well trained. so if he does anything you don't want him to do just order him to stop and he will. now speaking about things you don't like. do you wanna tell me why you think you're here?"

"I'm here because I had a screwed up life and apparently it's showing."

"do you want to tell me about your 'screwed up life'?" he put the pen against the paper waiting for an answer.

"there is a lot to tell. which part do you want to hear?"

"why don't we start with your childhood? tell me about your family."

"okay, my mother wasn't really a mother type. she would always make me do stuff I really didn't want to do. my father, on the other hand, was kind, supporting, but a cowered. he never dared to go against my mother's wishes. nobody really did. if you didn't do exactly what she told you to do when she told you to do it she could make your life a living hell."

"do you have any brothers or sisters."

"well, for the first 19 years of my life I didn't but last year some woman came to my house claiming to be my long lost half sister. I went to my mother and she confirmed it. my mother had an affair with her boss at the law office 4 years before I was born. she got pregnant and abandoned the baby, Zelena when she was just a day old." Archie was silent for a moment, trying to write down as mutch of it as possible.

"so, when you said your mother made you do stuff you didn't want, what kind of stuff are we talking about?"

"you know, piano lessons, dance lessons, going to balls, dressing up in the dresses she picked, talking to hundreds of arrogant men or as she saw them 'potential husbands' and of course the whole marrying a man three times my age only so she could get a higher status."

"would you tell me about you marriage with your husband?"

"he is not my husband!" Regina snapped

"I'm sorry, would you tell me about.. your ex-husband?"

"I'd rather not!"

"I understand if this is a hard topic, but it will help to talk about your past if..."

"I SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK WE'RE DONE HERE!" with that Regina stormed out od the room startling Emma who stood half asleep on the other side of the door.

" I want you to take me to my cell!"

"wow, that mood huh," Emma mumbled but not soft enough that Regina didn't hear it.

"would you just shut up and walk! I don't ever want to talk to that man again!"

"whatever you want your majesty," Emma mumbled.

"I HEARD THAT!" Regina yelled back from afar.

as always I hope you enjoyed it and let me know what you think okay?