Hey Everyone,
I Know it been awhile but it's been phenomenally busy. I got a few awesome reviews that dragged my ass over to the computer to get another chapter to you all. Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy.
There is a little thank you I wish to extend and it is to a YouTube artist Willow Hermione for doing an adorable video, Kiss the Girl. It inspired a few scenes from my story. It will not let me add a link so please find it and check it out.
Please Enjoy,
Snow
"Wake up Emma," a whisper on the air slipped into her dark world. Emma began to walk in the dark on a path that didn't appear. She felt herself pull towards consciousness. She began to stir and left the pressure of her body lying on the bed but she felt warm and notable pain free. She took a deep breath as a hand caressed her brow and ran gently through her tangled hair. Emma inhaled and knew it was like one of those stupid soap opera scenes when you wake up and your over is doting over you.
"Emma wake up," Regina whispered into Emma's hair where her cheek rested clutching the blonde. Regina's arms wound around Emma's shoulders holding her to the queen's chest. Emma sighed and tightened her arm around Regina's waist. Regina stiffened and her fingers continued to play with Emma's hair after the moment passed and then her heart skipped a beat.
"I'm tired Regina," Emma spoke softly and Regina's arms simply squeezed tighter. She felt the blonde rouse herself just enough to open her eyes and look around.
"Why are we in my parent's bed? And why are in here with me?" Emma asked as her thumb went back and forth over Regina's side where her hand slid between her hip and the mattress. Henry came over to the bed when he heard his mother speak. Emma moved her head to sit up but pain flashed through her body. Regina's hands slowly moved her so she could see Henry without leaving the contact of Regina's body. She smiled when she saw a glass of water with a straw waiting in her son's hands.
"You're the best kid," Emma smiled. Again her voice was barely more than a whisper. Henry only smiled when Emma slowly sipped from the straw. Pain, white hot pain rolled through her body and she tried to breathe through the wave. The small glass toppled over from her hand and pilled over Regina's stomach making the older woman gasp from the cold wetness.
"I'm sorry, I'm so worry, God Regina I'm…" Emma yammered and tried to rise from the body beneath her but warm soft hands stilled her, kept her there in the sanctuary of Regina's embrace. Emma looked up and soft deep brown eyes looked into hers as one of those soft hands stroked a loose piece of blonde hair from Emma's face and then behind her ear. The palm stayed right there resting warmly and when a smile graced Regina's lips Emma swallowed, couldn't breathe, and never closed her eyes out of fear of breaking whatever connection this was.
"It's just water and Henry has done far worse. As I recall a very pea green vomit spray erupted from a three year old Henry all over a silk robe when he had the flu," Regina said smiling while stroking Emma's hair reassuringly.
"Mom," came the whine from Henry but he just continued to smile at his mother's. Regina leaned back further into the pillowed and Emma took a deep breath, and followed the woman down and Emma burrowed into her Regina's chest listing to the beating of her soulmates heart. She never thought she would be right there in that place, so close to the woman she felt more than love for. Emma felt Regina reach for something on the side table.
"You didn't answer my questions guys," Emma prodded with shut eyes then she felt Henry's hand in her and her green eyes slid open just a crack to gaze up on her son.
"Emma, Mom… She came as fast as Grandma called. She poofed right over here as soon as she heard your screams. She saw your body curl then ran and slid on her knees toward you. It was nuts. You stopped, like right as she held you. You calmed down right away. Grandma told her to get you into the bed and she has never let go of you," Henry's eyes misted.
Regina brought what she reached for in front of all three of them. Emma sighed, and pulled back from Regina but Regina held her firm. Emma struggled but only for a moment then relented. She didn't have the energy to fight any longer. She went back to Regina's arms, her warmth.
"Can Henry watch this too?" Regina asked knowing some parts of Emma's life where hard, and painful, and she knew for a fact she was never an easy woman to get along with. Emma looked up remembering their pervious conversations, ok arguments. She saw Regina, she saw resolution but something … changed. "I am choosing you Emma. I am choosing us." Emma swallowed thickly as her eyes watered. She looked to her son and he smiled encouragingly.
"Are you ok with this? With your mother and me?" Emma asked, "Henry there are parts, kissing parts, is that ok? Are you Ok with us being together?" Emma asked Henry and even though Henry swallowed hard he nodded his head and his smile was like the sun accepting a weed like her in their garden of flowers. Regina shifted slightly. Emma looked up and Regina's eyes darted back and forth between her son and Emma.
"We were lovers?" Regina asked softly, hopefully.
"No, it never got that far," Emma smiled at the cute expression of dopey hope. Emma's spindly fingers slid to Regina's lips and caressed them, "But I have always loved you."
Emma confessed. Regina sat still, completely lost for words. Oxygen even became an issue. Emma placed her ear back on Regina's chest listening to the quickened beat of Regina's heart. She watched it thousands of times. She knew the memory by heart but the sound of Regina's heart was the newest and most beautiful sound she had ever heard. Then the dream catcher opened and the last of the hidden memories of Camelot played.
In Camelot
Emma was on edge. She hated dresses, never liked playing princess and not to mention the Dark One clawed at every surface of her skin. Snow looked every bit the proud parent as she looked at Emma in the mirror. Emma tried to smile at her mother's reflection. She tried to give her some type of reassurance, but for the love of all that was holy she just wanted to be left alone, or kill something, maybe both, but out of the safety of others she wanted to turn into the world's most elusive hermit, never to be found again…EVER. Snow patted Emma on the shoulder and looked into the other room. David was trying to teach Regina how to dance. Emma felt the beast inside crawl up to the surface again. Thoughts hidden, and buried for years toppled over into her consciousness. Imagining the touch of her skin, the taste of her lips, wondering how she would feel around her, all over her. Emma took a deep breath and closed her eyes, and tried to remember the alphabet in reverse. A laugh, rich and deep, and completely Regina's beat through Emma's will power. Her eyes opened again. She followed the grace and fluid movement of the former queen. She felt the Dark One growl inside of her when Robin asked to cut in and Regina smiled up into his eyes and let him take hold of her.
Emma turned from the scene and jumped when she felt Hook's hand on her arm. She spun and Hook looked over her shoulder. Never was there malice between them, jealously, sure but never hate.
"She doesn't know what she is missing, Love. One day she will see and I will bow out but right now let me take the most beautiful woman in the land to the ball," Hook held out his arm but Emma paused.
"I wish I could love you the way you love me. I don't deserve you Killian," Emma said and then Hook took her into his arms. She sniffed into his shoulder.
"Come now Swan. You can't fight true love," his eyes twinkled sadly but with so much love. He escorted her from the room and into the den where everyone waited. Everyone stilled and Emma tried not to look but she could not control her eyes. Emma stood like a junky on the edge needing one more fix, one more peaceful moment, one more moment with her or one more life in her hands to crush. Power flowed through her, strained to be let loose, but nothing compared to the itch that almost pushed her to Regina just to touch her. Then a horn blew and it was time.
The dream catcher shifted to the dance, and Regina turned to Emma on the bed. "I remember the dance Emma," Regina said then Emma shook her head.
"Not all of it," Emma said. Regina looked at the dream catcher and held it up for everyone to see. The she realized segments of her memory she had lost now flashed before her eyes.
Emma danced with David, and Hook cut in. Regina noticed something odd about Hook's look as they walked over to the side of the court where she and Robin where. Regina watched the blonde approach and smiled slightly.
"Sorry mate, but can I ask you a few questions. I'm sure the ladies can take care of themselves," Hook placed a hand on Robin's should and in his charming, and conniving way took Robin away. Emma swallowed and backed away but Regina reached out and caught her hand.
"I was dancing with him before your pirate took him away. Can you really leave a savior to dance on her own?" Regina teased. Emma smiled and rolled her eyes.
"You are not the savior," Emma jested but moved to dance with the brunette.
"How about a Queen?" Regina smiled moving closer to her best friend. Emma smiled.
"You are no longer queen," Emma smiled and stepped in time with the music the best she could.
"Then who are you dancing with?" Regina challenged.
"I am dancing with you. A beautiful woman, an amazing person, the mother to my child, and someone I can't be apart from," Emma finally heard her words. Caught up in the moment she let her heart speak. Her heart betrayed her and she stilled. Regina's eyes grew wide and Emma made to back away from Regina but she caught her and continued to dance saying an abrupt retreat would raise questions.
Once the song ended they walked calmly out to the balcony. Emma reached for the balcony wall and placed her hands on top trying to breathe when Regina walked near her. Close enough to speak privately but far enough to look like two chatting best friends.
"Talk to me Miss Swan," Regina demanded as she turned her body toward Emma. Emma closed her eyes and looked toward Regina and it was then she saw a dark inky blackness undulate inside of Regina. Emma paused staring at her friend watching the mass of darkness coast and move under Regina's skin. Magic, it's getting stronger.
"Regina I can see something," Emma whispered then slowly reached out. Regina stopped her but the look in Emma's eyes let her continue. Emma placed her hand on Regina's lower abdomen and pulled her hand back and the darkness inside reacted to Emma's touch with a static shock.
"What happened?" Emma asked shaking her hand.
"What do you mean?" Regina asked coldly.
"Who cursed you?" Emma asked as clearly as she could. She could feel a rage build inside of her wishing a sick and devastating torture on the person who did this to her love before she ripped their heart out and crushed it before their eyes.
"You can see this?" Regina asked indicating her womb. Emma nodded. Regina rocked slightly and then leaned against the low wall that looked out over the kingdom.
"I did," Regina turned from Emma, "I did it to spite my mother but in the end it was a coffin nail in my own casket. Another piece of happiness I took from myself. But if I didn't do this I would have never had Henry," Regina turned back toward Emma, "How can you see this?"
"Ever since coming out of the ooze I have seen shimmers on the air and in spots. Your necklace, the gift, it sparks with magic. I can see spots of magic, like pockets. The longer I'm here I am able to see more. I can see this clear as day," Emma caressed Regina's abdomen and part of her jumped at Regina's gasp. Regina felt a shock, a jolt like lightning, through her and then up her spine. She looked at Emma and Emma looked at her. Emma drew closer to Regina.
"Let me help you," Emma asked as she placed her hand on Regina's stomach then inched closer. Regina's mouth opened as she felt magic stir with in her, around her, and then her eyes closed.
Emma moved her hands to the side of Regina's cheeks. She lifted up and pressed her lips to Regina's. She felt Regina's gasp, and her eyes fly open but just as the shock gave way she felt Regina fall into her. She felt Regina's hands slide around her waist, and then as Emma opened her mouth Regina look it one inch further and deepened the kiss digging her nails into Emma's back but they didn't stop. With their mouths together Emma drew into herself Regina's curse. Once Emma drank the curse inside of her a flash of blue light emanated from them. It began to cover Regina then slowly slid to Emma.
"What the hell is going on?!" Robin bellowed breaking the kiss before the blue light enveloped her. Regina looked at Emma as her fingertips went to her lips shaking her head minutely.
"Regina, You know what that was," Emma said reaching out but Regina pulled back and turned to Robin.
"It was nothing," Regina said pulling Robin away, "Now how about a dance for your true love?" Regina said and turned to walk away. Emma conjured a dreamcatcher and held it forward. A white mist of memories flew into the magical web. Regina turned back oblivious.
"Come on Emma," Regina beckoned but Emma smiled and told her to go ahead. Hook Arrived and took her to her quarters to tend the claw marks on her back.
End of Memories
"Emma," Regina gasped and then slid her hand up Emma's shirt. Her fingertips skimmed over the raised flash she noticed in the hospital. She pulled Emma toward her.
"You are right. I always chose him, even when true love found me, I chose him. Oh God," Regina choked on unshed tears.
"Why mom?" asked Henry watching his moms.
"I believe it was because for so many years I knew it was Robin. According to pixie dust he was highest chance at true love. But something hit me the other day. Something Emma said."
"What?" Henry asked exited like a new fairytale was just told to him, another story for him to hold on to. He looked down at his blonde mother watching her listening to Regina's Heartbeat. She hasn't moved since the loop began to her last secret.
"She said she wasn't born yet," Regina said kissing Emma's hair, "She is my one true love. Robin will always have a place in my heart but Emma was right again, shockingly," Regina felt Emma smile against her chest, "I had to choose her, I wanted to choose her."
Emma slowly moved and lay on the bed with her head on the pillows.
"I'm tired," Emma said yawning and then burrowed into Regina's side reaching around her to pull her toward her like a Regina sized teddy bear.
"Emma after all of this, after all of the feelings, and truths revealed, you want sleep?" Regina asked put out. After everything they went through Emma wanted Sleep. Unbelievable! Regina slid to the edge of the bed and out of Emma's arms.
"I didn't say I wanted you to leave," Emma said reaching out trying to bring the woman back into bed with her, "Please stay. I feel better when you are here."
Regina looked down to the blonde and slid hair out of her face once more. She looked into the tired eyes of the woman who stole her heart. She wished for nothing more than to press her lips to Emma's, to feel the woman against her but as she saw Emma struggle to stay away she looked to Henry. He already sat down at the table to do his homework. Emma shuffled back to the other side of the bed in invitation. Regina slipped back into the bed on her side facing Emma. The space between then slowly closed as hands closed the difference tangling together.
"Wanna go on a date?" Emma sked smiling finally able to show her heart to this magnificent woman.
"Where would this date be? You can't leave," Regina asked lifting her eyebrow.
"I was thinking dreamscape," Emma supplied.
"I was thinking of something different," Regina said noticing Emma's shoulders shift, "I want to invite you into my dreamscape. Is that ok?" Regina ask suddenly nervous.
"Sounds great. How do I get there?"
"Just take my hand, and follow me there," Regina said.
"I'll follow you anywhere," Emma smiled and closed her eyes.
Regina squeezed Emma's hand. Emma smiled a bit bigger and squeezed back. Regina closed her eyes and there in their dreams they found once another. Regina felt her heart glow with warmth. She found love, she won't let it go.
