~Emma's POV~
"Rule number two, never listen to gossip unless there's proof. A picture isn't ever proof and neither is someone else's words if it's not their story. People have a right to believe what they want. Most of them are idiots and believe anything or some just want to be dicks and decide to fit in with the assholes. Very little people stick by you when the whole world is against the real story; sometimes no one does. That's just how cruel teenagers are..."
I close open my locker and gaze down the hall to Regina. All of her friends are by her side even after the bullying and the stupid stuff that people around pick on she and Ivy for. Sometimes I wish I could do something. I'm usually one to mind my business and stay low. Maybe that'll work to my advantage. Nobody suspects an innocent right?
"Do you think Ivy really did those things?" Lily questions. My best friend continues to stare off at Regina and her group of friends like they are the most important things in the world. Everyone seems to be doing that lately. It's pointless.
"No, do you?" I ask and grab my book.
"I think people are dicks and should keep their mouths shut for once. But what do I know, I'm in 8th grade." She mocks and faces me. I chuckle at her and close my locker. "You wouldn't keep secrets from me right?" That is a very complicated question with what is going on right now. She's my best friend and always has been but there's no telling what could happen when I just spill my secrets. She might get drunk one day and tell everybody for all I know.
"N-no." I trail and choke without meaning to.
"You're hiding something." She grins. "What is it."
"Nothing! I'm me, same old Emma, nothing's changed here." I awkwardly chuckle. You're only making it worse for yourself idiot.
"Tell me Em. You can trust me, you know you can." That look that stupid pleading look! Regina should have prepped me on peer pressure. That's something I have definitely been having a hard time with. My friends peer pressure me into parties and getting drunk even though they mean no harm but I just easily give in. It sucks.
"Umm. I uh...I'm pregnant." I whisper very low. Lily's jaw drops and the deep purple blow pop slips right from her mouth.
"No fucking way!" She beams. I cringe and motion for her to shush. "Who did it?"
"Lily it doesn't matter!" I whisper.
"It does matter," she whispers back. "You are keeping it right? Was it Killian?"
"No!" I snap harshly, but Im more nervous than anything. "It's just some guy he's gone now."
"Emma swan you are lying your ass off! Tell me." She grins with wiggled eyebrows. Again with the peer pressure!
My eyes begin to tear up as I sadly stare at Regina. It's more out of shame, not shame from me loving her, but the shame that comes from what most people think. Lily whips her head around and turns back to me with widened eyes.
"You mean?" I frantically nod my head not being able to say anything. "So she does have a..."
"Yes.."I let out a shaky breath and stare mindlessly at the floor.
"I mean, any other person would say that it's gross but you are my best friend and I am a logical person. So, I think of it this way, she isn't blood. Just a girl you had to grow up with by force right? You didn't ask for that title." I look at Lily with disbelief on my face. "Hey, what you and her do behind closed doors is technically none of my business but I just want to you to know that if you guys argue or fight you'd have at least someone to go to."
"Thanks Lils." Honestly I feel way better and way less stressed now about it all. "Mal knows..."
"She knows what exactly?" Lily questions with a cocked head.
"About us." I air quote. "She threatened Regina yesterday before lunch."
"No way! How the hell–"
"The party! The stupid party that I told you guys was a bad a idea and now look at the situation Im in. This could ruin my family Lils and it's already falling apart."
"Okay look just because Mal spills that secret and the whole school believes it, that doesn't mean your parents would." Lily argues.
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"Like I didn't believe that Regina had a dick until you just confirmed it. Your parents are just gonna think you guys are being picked on. And Mal has no proof, its all about manipulating."
"Manipulating? How would she even do that?"
"It's like a bug in someone's ear. She doesn't just go, 'Hey, that girl and that teacher had sex last night', people arent that dumb to believe that. She'd do this: lean in close and motion towards them and whisper, 'Hey, is it me or does it look like those two have been a little close lately?' That'll leave you wondering and curious. Then you notice the teacher is always calling on that student and then she sometimes stays after class. That starts the whispers, and then people believe its true when it's probably not. That girl probably just needs extra credit or feels like that teacher is the only person she can vent to besides her parents. Do you get what I'm saying?"
"Yea, I do, everything is complicated and people blow things out of proportion. I'm pretty sure I get it." I groan.
Just on cue, the bell rings and everyone begins to disperse to class. Some people rush because their class is far away and others decide to take their time because it's much closer.
"Hey Swan!" Someone calls out. I turn around to find Killian and his friends grinning at me. Big mistake. "I always wondered where your sister got all that strength from in gym class...oh wait excuse me, I mean your brother." They all laugh leaving a sting in my heart that I decide to ignore. I roll my eyes and turn back around to ignore them.
"Don't listen to them Emma keep your cool." Lily urges.
"Are you the same way too?" Before Lily can stop me I take a few steps forward.
"You would want to know right? Because from what I heard, your mouth should be on someone's dick instead of it yapping away and being annoying."
"Oooooo! Burn!" One of his friends growls.
"What did you just say to me?" He growls through gritted teeth. Killian angrily steps forward in challenge but someone else does as well. Before I could process anything, raven hair whips in my face and the sound of Killian being smashed into the locker, echoes in the halls, and silences everyone.
"You've got alot of balls Killian but mine are bigger." Regina growls. "I told you, don't go near her."
"Or else what?" Killian challenges and get's in Regina's face. In lightning speed her hand grips his neck and slams him into the locker again.
"Try me if want you want to Killian! Don't ever threaten her got it?!" Nobody has ever seen Killian this scared, ever. This will be yet another story floating around school. Once Regina feels she's roughed him up enough, she lets him go and walks back over to me.
"You didn't have to do that." I tell her. Regina only smiles in return and locks her hand in mine.
"I'm your big sis Emma." She says in a funny accent. Regina walks alongside me to my class, Lily follows on my other side. I don't know where she got it, but she has another lollipop in her mouth.
"That was great Reg, I'm proud of you." Lily grins.
"Why thank you. Anyways," we stop at my classroom door and the final bell rings. I suddenly realize that Regina doesn't have a book in her hand and she never is late for her first class ever.
Something isn't right. "If anyone gives you anymore shit I'm a phone call away."
"Are you not going to class?" I question suspiciously. Regina ignores my question, kisses my temple like she always does, and walks off. Okay...
"Something had to have rubbed her the wrong way." Lily mumbles as we stare off at her.
"Yea...I wonder what it was this time. She's probably going to get high." I mutter while following Lily into class.
"Aww man that's not good." Lily sighs.
"I know. She does it sometimes when she can't control her temper. I mean she's going through puberty and all this other bs isn't helping."
"Just make sure you're always there for her Em."
"Always.".
School went by in a drag. Everyone still talks, others just completely keep to themselves just to get by. Last but not least, now everyone sticks to their small groups. This school was so diverse and everyone used to be friendly with one another, yea some people bully here and there but now, all trust is gone. No one trusts anyone.
Regina was right about the school being split because now less than half of the school sits away from the other half during lunches. There's Mal's side and then there's ours; the smaller group that wants nothing to do with them.
"Just look at her! I hate seeing her bitchy face!" Mo growls.
"Tell me about it," August smiles and looks at me. "So how was the Poconos?"
"Besides beating Regina's ass everyday and having no Christmas, it was great."
"Oh please Swan, I left you with an apple face." Gina chuckles and pushes her lunch away from herself. I'm surprised she doesn't have the munchies, "Eat it."
I found myself staring greedily at hers even though I'm only halfway with mine. Mom's chicken salad sandwiches are the absolute best.
"I'm fine I promise." Regina leans over across the table and snatches my cinnamon rolls away.
"Hey!" I snap. It's so depressing that I can't have my cinnamon rolls.
"Eat it. And I'll give you them back and you can have my apple fritters."
"Deal!" Without hesitation, I take Gina's sandwich because who am I kidding? I'm so freaking hungry and my belly feels like an endless pit at this point.
"Woah man, you are eating way more than you usually do." Ruby jokes, causing me to choke on my sandwich a little. Regina rolls her eyes at me and they fall back across the lunchroom towards Mal. I wonder if Mal did something to her again, or maybe she's just thoroughly studying her like she does for everything else.
"I just missed dinner last night." I lie. Ruby hums but Lily throws me a wicked smirk before she continues to eat her prison food that this school calls lunch. They should definitely hire Granny to cook here honestly.
"So...the 8th grade spring formal is coming up pretty soon. Do you guys know who you're taking?" Zelena asks. Regina grins at me seeming to want to know the answer to that as well.
"I was thinking of asking Elsa." August announces.
"Awww! That's so cute!" Ivy gawks. She always fangirls over couples. It doesn't matter who.
"Call me a dork but I'm going with my sister." I shrug. Everyone smiles at me as I take my last bite of the sandwich and reach over the table towards the apple fritters. Regina has that smug look on her face and pulls them back from my reaching hand.
"At least save me like two." I roll my eyes and pull them back, feeling suddenly nervous about everyone's eyes on us.
"It's alright Em, my sister asked me too." Zelena informs.
"Your sister asked you?" A guy with jet black hair questions. He's more of a punk known as Jefferson and usually hangs out with Gina and her friends often. The other punks are probably out vandalizing school property but he can't because he's on probation or something like that.
"Where is the little vermin anyways?" Mo teases.
"She's in the media room, she started some photography club or something like that. I honestly think it's the worse idea." Zelena shrugs.
"Oh come on Z, everyone needs a hobby, it's fine time that Robyn found hers." Robin shrugs. Zelena rolls her eyes and leans forward to whisper to all of us.
"I just think it's the wrong time to start this with Mal and her posse roaming the school. What if one of her secret snakes join and they turn Robyn's club into a joke?"
Zelena makes a very valid point. I've never joined a club but I think Robyn's idea is a really great one. She's practically on a list for the olympics in archery since she's been doing it for years. Most of her spare time is spent practicing to make the team, so it's great that she's exploring her horizons for a change.
"I'll join...you know just in case Something happens and then I can stop it." I volunteer.
"Well then I will too, I've got nothing better to do." Jefferson shrugs. "Besides they'd probably need a tough sophomore to kick some ass."
I glance over at Regina who is now glaring me down. She then holds up three fingers and mouths, 'Rule 3'.
"Regina I'm getting bullied too." I say aloud not caring if anyone else hears. I don't even know what rule number three is. It probably has something to do with me joining the photography club or whatever.
My secret girlfriend rolls her eyes and taps her fingers on the table. I guess reminding her of the terrible truth pissed her off once again. She glares at Mal once again.
"Wait, why are people bullying you? You're like the most innocent person here." Mo points out. You wish I were innocent. I wish I was too. Her saying that reminds me that I have a whole lot of baggage hanging on my shoulders for Mal to rip open at any given moment. She already has ahold of my biggest, darkest secret. Somehow, I don't care about her finding out that I'm pregnant.
"Because Regina is my sister, and Killian hates me so..." Everyone goes silent at our table. All ten of us. The only thing we can hear now is the laughter on the other side of the cafeteria. The stupid assholes are having the times of their lives, probably plotting their next move to take down another innocent victim next.
"You know what? Nobody goes to anymore parties unless you aren't alone, and one person vows to stay sober no matter what." Zelena concludes.
"She doesn't necessarily have to get any of us at a party." Regina mumbles.
"That's the only way she has gotten us." Ivy sasses back.
"Not me." Regina trails in thought. "I think...she..." Regina's eyes goes wide and it immediately scares me. "Nobody came upstairs during our party right?."
"Yea...I didn't let anyone remember?" Zelena laughs. I study Regina's face and she suddenly looks sick.
"Emma she does has proof." Is all she says before she get's up. What does that even mean?!
"What...just happened?" Graham mutters from his consistent silence. We're all left stunned. Once I've realized that Regina might actually skip school again, I get up to chase her down. Mom would fucking kill us big time and I know for sure that the conversation won't go well at all.
My thumping feet echoes in the hallway making me cringe just a bit inside. I hate interrupting classes or being rude. Funny, since I apparently treat Regina like shit right?
I turn the final corner towards our lockers, thankfully finding Regina at hers and grabbing her book bag once again. It's a complete remake of a few days ago. "Gina what are you doing." I sigh in disappointment. Regina hooks her bag to her shoulder but continues to dig around in her locker.
"She has proof Emma. I know I'm not crazy. She's a crazy bitch. I know she fucking bugged me." Wait is she serious right now?!
"Regina what the hell are you talking about?!"
"Emma! Think about it?" She snaps more so to give me a reality check than anything. I roll my eyes and listen to Regina's stupid conspiracy theory. She better be right. "Nobody came upstairs. I didn't touch Mal, maybe me kissing your temple gave it away, but how the hell does she know I have a dick?"
Honestly, I'm left speechless. Regina makes a very valid point, one of which I don't have the answers to.
After rummaging through her locker a little more, she slams it promoting that she came up empty handed. "It has to be at home or something maybe she did it when she came over for our project?" I shrug and watch as Regina pulls out her phone to probably tell Zelena that we are leaving. Now that I think about it, I completely left behind our lunchboxes and my delicious snacks!
"Oh my god!" She gasps with widened eyes. I quickly rush to her side and stare intently down at the device. Regina takes a small moment, for whatever reason, and presses play on the video from an unknown number. The first thing I notice is that it's Regina's room. Now I can definitely understand why she hesitated.
"Gina..."I whisper into the darkness, hoping she's awake. I really want her since it's been a few days. The desperation is very high on the stake.
Her plushy carpet tingles on my toes as I brush them along towards the obviously sleeping brunette. She's definitely a sleeping beauty but all great things come to an end. I lightly tap Regina's face earning a soft hum and pinched eyelids.
"I'm tired baby." She whines and rolls her body away. Man! Still feeling a strong desire for her, I climb up on the bed and bounce my body on top of her, letting the bed give me the momentum I need.
Regina flips over once again until she is snug underneath me. It gives me the absolute pleasure from knowing how hard she is under the sheets. "Come on. You know you want to, this guy obviously does." Regina groans and covers her face with her arms before saying,
"Fine, but I'm not fucking moving. You want it, ride it." I shrug and climb from atop her. I mean it beats nothing right? I remove the covers from between us. The sight of Regina's dick trying to fight through her gown drives me crazy. It brings so much excitement to my core; Just like seeing Regina everyday brings excitement to my heart.
I pull up her silk night gown and sit on my knees in between her legs. She never saw it coming. The moment I trail my tongue along her shaft, she sits up and pushes me in closer.
"That feels good baby." She hums. It encourages me to give her more. I stuff her full length down my throat, grazing my teeth a tiny bit just to send shivers, and swirl my tongue around her tip just to send her soaring. So much for not moving. Regina pushes me in deeper, and gyrates her hips a little. That always means that the pre-cum is on its way.
The moment I taste the deliciousness on my tongue, I sit back up to come face to face with Gina deeming her slick enough. She meets me halfway, as I hover her sexy body, and lick the extra leftovers from my chin. We press our lips together immediately after and never break away as Regina lays down.
In swift like motions, I deepen the kiss, hold myself up with one hand, and slip her dick in with the other. On instincts my lower half moves. With every bounce my body sky rockets with waves of pleasure. Four days is definitely way too long.
Regina and I swallow each other's moans as I work hard on our climaxes. Soon enough, she holds on to me tight. My body presses against her's and our hearts meld together in sync perfectly. I suddenly find myself being flipped over.
Regina flicks her beautiful long hair over one shoulder before planting both hands on either side of my head. She balls the sheets in a death grip the moment her dick slams into me once again. She deeply penetrates me with ease. Her hips move so fast that I can't help but yelp out my pleasure.
I can feel it. She's all the way to the end and I feel her deep in my gut. Sometimes it hurts, but the pain is so addicting that I don't want her to stop. With each slam to my gut the pressure tightens up and bursts throughout my body by the second. Regina goes even faster and harder, she's never gone this hard before. I love it.
Her headboard slams against the wall, I slam my eyes shut, and she flips us over again. Me on top of her, straddling her, with her holding onto me tight. I never knew that she could get any farther, but with this position I cant control myself.
"Holy fuck!" I whimper out on the loud side.
Regina doesn't care either. She hums, sending a shockwave igniting in my core once again. My cunt gropes around her causing her to clench my thighs deeply.
"You like that huh? You want me to keep fucking you like this?" She's changing. Something is wrong but I love it too much for me to touch base on it right now. Regina has never talked dirty to me before, but I'm glad that she has.
"Yes! Gina, god, don't stop fucking me baby."
Her perfect lips curl into a malicious grin before she attacks my neck with bites. That was all I needed to explode all around her. She's definitely filling me up; alot actually. I, on the other hand, have never came so hard in my life. With heavy heaves, I nearly screamed out in ecstasy before Regina covered my lips with her perfectly manicured fingers. We sit there for a while, lost in each other and this feeling that we love so much. The feeling that makes our bond stronger.
"The moment you fertilized Emma. Keep it and remember it. You'll thank me later." I read out loud. I look at Regina who is biting her lip and staring down at the phone. "Are you Seriously turned on right now?!"
I mean what the hell?! I'm over here having a panic attack. Someone, aka Mal, has been stalking us and now has our reputation in her hands. If this gets leaked, not only will our lives be ruined, but we'll lose our family. Our parents will never look at us the same or even our closest friends. Well one of my friends has accepted it but that doesn't mean that all of them will.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. We have to go find that–" I stop her right there before she tries to run off.
"No, we have all weekend Regina. Mom will kill us if we skip again." Regina looks me in the eyes and back down to her phone before stuffing it in her back pocket. She sighs and says,
"Alright. Something tells me she won't leak it anyways." I furrow my eyebrows at the statement. Regina always has a reasonable explanation but it's way too risky to think that way. She begins walking so I follow right beside her.
"Why do you say that?" Regina gives me a small adorable smile before locking her hand in mine. I catch her eyes linger towards my belly before she reverts them back to the floor in front of her.
"Because she would've did it already right? I don't know if she's playing some sort of game but clearly you aren't apart of the charade. I don't think she has any intentions of harming middle schoolers."
"Makes sense." I mumble. Regina stops walking and faces me. Her beautiful brown eyes gleam with something that I can't put my finger on. She cups my cheeks with both hands and then says,
"No matter what, nothing will come between us. I'll always love you and I promise that." I smile and say,
"Cross your heart?" I know this brings back so many memories for her because it does with me. Her smile grows ten fold sending my heart soaring with happiness. It all makes me forget about our disturbing situation.
"With every apple that falls from the sky. Cross your heart?" She giggles.
"Until cinnamon stops being apart of life." I vow like I've always done and always will. Regina wraps her arm around my neck and guides me back to the cafeteria.
"Let's feed our baby..."
"Today class, we will start the new unit of Greek Mythology..."The teacher rants. Lily leans over beside me to whisper a snarky comment just as she always does.
"World history is a bust. You think we can make a run for it?" She grins. I let out a soft snicker, but keep my eyes focused on the board so it seems like I'm paying attention. I absolutely hate getting in trouble at school.
"Nahh. Peabody has eyes like a hawk. He'll catch you as soon as you stand." I'm soon startled after my statement,
"Emma, no interruptions." He scolds with a firm glare above his glasses. You'd think that a middle school teacher wouldn't look so hostile and angry. It's not reassuring at all. This man's features are always twisted with a scowl making him more intimidating than a parent who is determining whether they should spank you or not.
"Sorry Mr. P," I mumble and glare at Lily she shrugs and begins writing in her notebook. Mr. Peabody is writing crap on the board so I take the moment to take a quick glance down at my phone.
R: how's my baby?
I smile at her concern for our child even if it's fate might be taking a left turn. At least she cares. I decide to mess with her and quickly reply,
E: Aww Gina! I'm great, thank you for asking.
I wait patiently for Regina to answer as I write down my notes for class. She gives me anxiety, the kind where my leg bounces and my hand begins to sweat from holding my pencil to tight. My heart slams against my chest from the overload of excitement. Finally, the torment ceases to some degree once I feel the vibrations against my leg.
R: I was talking about the other little apple. My little candy apple in your belly ️
E: the baby is fine Gina, but are you saying what I think you are saying?
R:...it's your body Emma, I'm not going to force you into anything. Your only 15 so do it as your wish don't do it for me.
E: but do you want to keep the baby?
R: I just said my wishes do not matter. Do you want to keep it?
As soon as I begin typing, a shadow blocks my screen. I look up to find Mr. P angrily holding out his hand. I gulp down my pain and hand it over without putting up a fight.
"You'll get it back tomorrow if I feel you have behaved. I am disappointed in you Ms. Swan." The last comment stings. Just knowing that the angriest teacher alive sees the value in me as a student makes me feel proud of myself. The fact that he's disappointed makes me a little upset. Now, I'll never be able to answer Regina for another three hours and it's probably driving her nuts.
I close my locker and look around the halls, feeling on edge. It sucks that there's this fear of you being next on the list of the entire school turning against you. I hate the feeling even though I get bullied sometimes because of Regina's secret. Well...it's not much of a secret anymore.
"Hello Emma." The blonde smiles innocently. I desperately want to smack that grin off of her face.
"I don't want to talk to you." I mumble. Mal cocks her head and let's out a heavy sigh.
"There's a reason I didn't leak the video." She begins. I don't care about any of that. What I care about is why she's being this way in the first place.
"I don't care! Why do you have a camera in my sister's room? What's your point in all of this?." Mal seems to ignore my question and says,
"You are so much like me when I was your age."
"We are nothing alike. You're a fucking bitch." I snap through gritted teeth. Mal is completely unfazed. She shrugs to accept her compliment and then says,
"I was like you. Innocent and loved because of it. Everyone felt like I was their little sister just as Regina's friends do to you. But they all turned on me. I was raped at a party and the truth turned to lies. It was never my story and when I did tell it, nobody believed it."
I hate myself for feeling this way, but I honestly feel so bad for her, "I found out I was pregnant and so did all my ex best friends. The guy who raped me was one of their crushes so they all became jealous. I'm sure it was because they believed that I'm prettier but they cornered me in an alley and I lost the baby."
Mal's face goes completely numb but her eyes shows all of her pain. They fill up with tears that she refuses to let fall. "High school will eat you up for no reason Emma. And I like you, so I won't do anything to harm you. But your sister is one of the popular kids and popular kids needs what's coming to them before they do it to someone else."
"Okay but Regina isn't popular because she's a bully. She's popular because she's chill and really nice to everybody. She hasn't done anything. And neither has Ivy." I defend. Mal lets out a chuckled scoff and rolls her eyes. It's amazing how fast her tears went away.
"They are, bystanders are bullies too. You watch someone get bullied and you laugh, it still counts. I've seen your sister and Ivy do it. She wouldn't even talk to me until our teacher made us partners. She even looks at me funny—"
"She thought you were cute." I growl through gritted teeth. I hate that known fact and I hate having to use it to defend my girlfriend even more.
"No it wasn't that, your sister is a rising bully. I know you probably see it at home. Let me tell you the signs: they get angry at life for some reason, you slowly start to notice the rebellious things, maybe they even yell at their parents or get mad at the tiniest things, and then they come to school, slowly but surely, not caring about the rules and then it leads to not caring about anybody else. They let their anger out on others and soon enough, they can't stop."
I choke on my heart from hearing that. That totally sounds like Regina. She's been snapping at mom a lot and we have been fighting often too. She keeps trying to skip school and she has nearly fought Killian on countless occasions. The partying, the drinking, and the fuming. There's this strong anger that flashes before her eyes even before Mal became her lab partner and it makes me wonder if Regina did contribute to lead a broken girl to the edge.
"I see it all in your face that you get it now Emma." Mal says softly.
"I'm giving you three seconds to walking away before I wring your throat." Her voice is so dark and so...scary. My eyes gaze towards Regina who stand behind Mal with the coldest glare that I often see now.
"We were just talking Regina relax." Mal chuckles and takes a step to the side and away from me. Mal gives me a look that says 'told you so'. And walks off.
"Why are you talking to her?" She questions. For some reason I can't look at Regina the same.
"What did you do to her Regina?" Regina scrounges her faces and takes a step closer to me but I take a step back.
"What are you talking about?"
"Did you bully her? Do you bully people? Do you even know what bullying is?" I interrogate. Regina seems awfully taken aback, she struggles before blurting,
"No! I don't bully anyone. Why are you letting her get into your head?!" She defends but I press forward just to trap her in a brain corner to see how she reacts to it.
"Do you witness people get bullied and watch with amusement? What about when she came over, did you make her feel uncomfortable?." Regina goes silent. Completely and utterly silent. It hurts me to my heart and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I thought I knew her but I don't.
"I–I don't know..."she trails in question. I shake my head in disbelief and take another step back.
"You were right. Rule number 2 right? Predators and Prey? You used to be a predator Regina, top of the food chain, but maybe you got what's coming to you because like you said, a victim can turn power into something greater. That's exactly what Mal's doing right now."
"Are you seriously defending her?!" She snaps.
"You don't know what she's been through! None of you do. I don't know what you did, but you made it worse! You put darkness to her name because she obviously came here for a fresh start. And it started all over again with you!" Regina rolls her eyes and completely changes the subject. The fact that she doesn't care or pretends that she doesn't only makes me hate her more right now.
"We have more important things to worry about why didn't you text me back?"
"Are you serious right now? Like you're joking right?" Regina whines but it's more of a frustrated whine followed by delirious chuckles,
"What do you want me to say? I don't know what you're talking about." I take a moment to think back on everything I've heard Regina say or anything I've noticed in school.
"The picture of Killian and David, you said it was Mal, how do you know that?"I ask.
"Because she's always snooping in people's business and gossiping duh." I stare at Regina blankly as if she has two heads. She seriously has to be joking, "What?"
"It's a crime for teenagers to gossip?! Even I know that that's normal. Grown woman do it while getting their nails done, so what?! And let me guess, you told all your friends that it was her so you all shunned her, that's what happened." Regina bites the inside of her cheek and averts her eyes to somewhere else. "Regina what the hell!"
"Look, I dont care okay?! That doesn't give her a right to stalk me and invade my privacy." I roll my eyes and glance over at Mal. She gives me a shy smile and all I see is pain on her face. I look at Regina and I see the devil.
"I love you Regina, I do. But that's not fair. You're a hypocrite and you're sitting here telling me that you ruined a girl's life and you don't care."
"She ruined it herself Emma, by doing the things she's doing. She's a complete bitch."
"And why is she doing the things she's doing? Because you started a rumor. You made people hate her. That ruins someone's self esteem but you would never know because you never been in that place. Now you do and it hurts doesn't it? You feel out of place, you feel like everyone is against you? Your self esteem is completely gone? I know what that feels like Regina. All I had was Lily and somehow you still have a whole clan by your side.You always do."
I remember Regina brung up my past in the cabin. I was a 'weirdo' people would say. Mostly because I'm so innocent and naive and I keep away from others. I had social anxiety so the only friend I had was Lily.
When Regina moved in with us I never knew she was in my school and in the 4th grade until we met. She had alot of friends despite being so quiet at home. I understood it because I was the total opposite between school and home as well.
I didn't start coming out of my shell and making new friends until middle school. I was in 6th and Regina was in 8th. I started having crushes and those boys made a fool out of me for it. Sometimes I was the laughing stalk, but it soon died down. Regina started defending me for it and then her friends started defending me and then people just left me alone.
She looks at me with a little bit of sorrow. I feel her warm fingers wipe against my cheek, slightly spreading wetness in attempts to wipe away the tears. I hadn't even realized that I started crying. It's something I hardly do in public, especially with the thick walls I've built over the past years.
"You rubbed it in my face and you still do by walking these halls with your head held high and fighting me at home. Telling me that you wouldn't be there for me anymore as if I need you." I can't help but let more tears fall.
"Emma never meant it like that..."
"Yes you did!" I snap, startling her and everyone around me. "I see it now, I was so stupid. You constantly reminded me that the only reason I have friends is because of you. I thought our war at home was just some sibling rivalry but maybe it's more than just that."
"Oh no don't try to pin this on me. Every since I stepped foot in that house you bullied me so you have no room to talk! I never did anything to you yet I defend you and had nothing but open arms."
Regina takes a moment to stare me down with pain on her face, leaving me in my thoughts. Mal's words echoes in my head: They get angry at life for some reason...they start letting their anger out on others.
It's a domino affect. I'm a bully too and everything that Regina said is true. Maybe I'm the reason why she feels this way. The anger inside of me quickly turns to guilt.
"I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Mal: the torment starts with someone..." I honestly don't care about what I've done to Regina at home. I mean I care yes, but we've moved past that. I mean I was 7 for crying out loud she's a bigger girl and always was. I do feel guilty, I honestly will always feel guilty now, but I refuse to let her think she's a victim in all of this because a school environment is on an entire different level than at home. You can't compare them.