I hope you all had the best Christmas and Christmas Eve! Once again thank you for your support everyone. I think this chapter deserves a warning; the word sex mentioned. Just in case any of you are offended by stuff like that!
Henry wasn't happy about being sent up to bed early but the fierce look on Snow's face stopped him from making any arguments. For the first time since she first lost her memory, Regina tucked Henry in.
"Is there any chance you and mom will get back together? Then we could be a family and you could finally be happy."
The last thing Regina wanted was to start crying again but her little boy was making it hard.
"Sweetie, it's all so complicated, even I don't fully understand what happened. I don't even know if your mom still feels the same way she did back then and when it comes to my own feelings I'm clueless. Now go to sleep, we can talk in the morning."
With that Regina leaves the room to go face whatever Snow will throw at her. Despite his mother's uncertainty, Henry's mind drifted to what it would be like to have them together. He fell asleep to images of a family Christmas.
The three women decided to speak in the sitting room. Emma and Regina sat on a couch, opposite Snow, looking like a couple because of their closeness. If anything, all it did was make Snow even angrier. Her glaring looks went unnoticed by the pair either on purpose or the lack of eye contact.
"Emma, start at the start and do not leave out any details."
"I'm not sure you want all the details, some of the things we did were a little out there."
A red flush spread across all their faces and Emma immediately regretted her joke. Not that she was lying or kidding about what they did being inappropriate for this conversation.
"I'm sorry, Snow, I can't always control what I'm saying. Motor mouth, you know?"
A quick look at Regina told Emma that there was something about those times that she remembered, whether it was the feeling or the actual thing, Emma didn't know.
"After you and I came back from you know where, I was in a bad place. After everything, I just needed one night with myself and the bottle or in my case bottles. In my drunken state I ended up at Regina's somehow. She was drunk too, one thing led to another and we ended up naked under the famous apple tree."
Now Snow was definitely outraged and the look on her face was pure disgust.
"So it was all just a drunken mistake? That's all?"
"Not exactly, you see, one time turned into two which turned into three and so on. After a couple times we were doing it without any alcohol and all of a sudden it turned into whole nights then days.
It wasn't just sex anymore, we talked about everything. Surprisingly she understood me and what I went through when I was younger. It was great for a while. Then the lying started getting to me and so did our fights. They became much more frequent and serious to the point where I couldn't do it anymore. I took Henry with me because you kind of lost it. There was screaming and throwing things, I couldn't leave him here. You tried asking me to come back but I couldn't do it. I'm so sorry, again, that I made you do this."
Emma was speaking completely to Regina now because it was easier than facing her mother and also because it was really meant for Regina, all of it.
"So you're telling me you fell in love with the woman who ruined our lives. Why couldn't you come and talk to me, why her?"
"Because she was the only one who knew what to say and the only one who knew how to comfort me!"
"With sex, that's not a solution Emma, it's just another problem!"
"That's not how she helped, Snow! She didn't judge, she understood and best of all she didn't try change the past, she helped me move on!"
They were yelling now and Regina just wanted to disappear. This was harder than she thought it would be even if she wasn't the one being shouted at. They had forgotten the little boy upstairs lying awake in his bed. His small pillow did not help block out the noises from downstairs. It felt wrong to him, hearing this conversation and he now knew way more than he was meant to. He wished as hard as he could for sleep to take him.
Back in the living room Snow's attention turned to Regina.
"Did you take advantage of Emma in any way? Did you ever hurt her? Was this all another plan to make me suffer, because it's working?"
"I promise you I can't remember. Despite everything everyone has told me, I don't think that I would have done something like this. From what I feel, it was real."
That's when there was finally silence. No one said a word because they didn't know what to.
"I need to think and talk to your dad. I just can't handle this right now."
She sounded defeated and withdrawn but Emma made no move to see her out. Snow left on her own, without another word. The tension in the room was only slightly relieved with Snow's absence.
"You said that what you felt feels real. Does that mean you remember something?"
"I wish I did but the answer is no. It's the same familiar sense as with Henry. Which reminds me, our son was wondering if we'll get back together?"
This earned a small laugh from Emma which made Regina smile in return.
"Well, what did you say?"
The smile slowly changed into a frown. She answered the question with her head facing down.
"I said that you probably didn't feel the same way anymore, do you?"
Emma's face crept into a huge smile.
"You know I do."
Now both of them were caught up in the moment and Emma couldn't wait any longer. She leaned in so that their foreheads were touching. Emma gave Regina only a moment to pull back before claiming her lips. Their lips were locked and tongues dancing, waking up something in Regina that felt familiar but completely new. Out of nowhere a green flash enveloped the room.
Cliff-hanger for you my dearies as a Christmas present. For those thinking you know what happens next, you are wrong (or maybe right). Please review and stuff because it makes me feel happy!
