Chapter Ten
Emma got to the top of the stairs and came to a halt, panting for air after the intense kiss she had just shared with Regina. She looked at the woman standing in her own doorway, giving a teasing smile, and Emma couldn't help but smile back. Her soft spot for the woman had only continued to grow once their lessons started, and now she couldn't imagine a life without Regina.
She was lost in her thoughts until she heard Regina's door close and the lock latch. Thrown out of her pleasurable state of mind, Emma returned back to reality confused. Did Regina really just lock her out of the room? "Re... Wha..." Emma started to mumble, which was met with a stifled laughter from the other side of the door. The blonde walked up to the door and jiggled the handle. Locked. "Regina, you have got to be kidding me," Emma said as she stomped her right foot down and pouted. Regina was sitting on her bed, laughing at the blonde's distraught tone as she asked "Now Emma, you didn't think getting me would be that easy, did you?"
The brunette crossed her legs and placed her hands in her lap as Emma rested her forehead on the door in front of her. Regina sat patiently, however slightly worrying that she had upset the woman on the other side of the door. Suddenly, Emma's light bulb clicked on and she started to laugh, resulting with a grin from the brunette on the other side of the door. Regina knew Emma would figure it out.
Emma stepped away from the door just a bit and closed her eyes. "Regina, if this is blood magic, you freaking owe me," she said as she lifted her right hand towards the door. She opened her eyes after focusing for a few seconds and grasped the air in front of her, turning her hand to the right. She let out a sigh of relief as the door knob turned with her invisible grasp, and she stepped forward into the queen's room.
Regina jumped off of the bed and hugged Emma. She took the woman by the arms and pushed her back. "I'm so proud of you," she exclaimed, "And I'm evil, but I'm not that cruel. Besides, this benefits me as well. I wouldn't dare block you out with blood magic." Emma's smile was beaming. She adored the woman in front of her, and the sheer excitement Regina had for Emma's progress was the first time she felt proud in a long while. Regina looked into Emma's green eyes and then down to her smile. She swore, in that moment, she saw herself looking at the smile she wanted to see for the rest of her life.
Emma enjoyed the attention from Regina, but she felt her face start to turn red and she began getting nervous. What were they about to do? She had acted on sheer impulse downstairs, and she was startled at how positive Regina had responded. Was this about to happen? Her mind raced, and Regina noticed the change in the woman's face. She led Emma to the bed and sat her down while grabbing her hand.
"Emma, if you don't want..." she began, but Emma interrupted.
"Oh Regina, believe me, I WANT you, that's not the problem," she assured the brunette "It's just, are you sure about this? Do you want this" she asked, flailing a hand between the two of them as Regina laughed. She was touched by the care she could feel just from Emma's words. Yes, this woman truly cared for her. She wasn't here to use Regina for any reason. She was here because something had changed between the two. She was here for Regina, not for the Evil Queen. Emma was acting on free will, and the fact that she was still around meant more to Regina than Emma could ever imagine.
Regina took Emma's other hand in hers and looked the woman in the eyes. "Emma, you are the first person in a LONG time to keep coming back to me on your own free will. You actually listened to my story instead of just assuming the worst of me. For goodness sake, I cursed your parents to this goddamn town and you missed out on them, yet you're still here!" At this point Regina was tearing up, her knuckles turning white as she grabbed onto Emma's hands harder and harder. Emma gave a sheepish smile to the woman. It hurt to hear about her lack of a family, but at the same time, Emma understood Regina. She understood Regina more than anyone had before, and Regina understood Emma the exact same way. A single tear slid down the brunette's cheek as she stuttered out "So... Emma.. The r-real question is. Do YOU want this?"
The question broke Emma's heart. She could see the pain behind Regina's smile, and she wanted nothing more than to turn the woman's smile into one that spread to her eyes. One that wasn't there to just mask years of pain followed by years of hate. She took Regina's cheek in her hand.
"Regina, before Henry came to find me, my life was strictly business. I never wanted distractions, relations, anything. I wanted to find my criminal and get my money. But once Henry brought me to this town, I changed. Henry gave me a second chance. People can change, Regina, and that includes you. You may have been the Evil Queen before, but to me, you're Regina," Emma said, smiling at Regina as the woman's eyes fluttered closed in her hand yet again. There was the peaceful look she had seen in the kitchen. Emma loved that look. It made Regina look younger, happier.
She tucked her hand under the woman's chin and brought her face up, the brunette's eyes opening up and looking directly into hers. Emma cleared her throat. "And goddammit, I want Regina," she said as she got up to straddle the woman in front of her. Regina let out a laugh that was soon silenced when Emma's lips met hers.
Emma gently put her hand on Regina's shoulder, pushing the woman backwards onto the bed, continuing to straddle her at the waist. She dipped low and began kissing the woman's neck, and Regina let out a moan. She had to admit, Emma was damn good with her lips. She smiled and turned her head to the side, giving the woman easier access. Emma's lips traced from her jaw down to her collar bone, sending a shiver down Regina's spine. She smiled against the base of the woman's and came back up, hovering her face over the brunette's.
"Now, if you don't mind, I would like to get to know," Emma started, interrupting herself with a kiss on Regina's forehead, "every" she started again, stopping as her hands wandered to the bottom of Regina's shirt, pulling it up and over her head, placing a kiss on the woman's shoulder, "part" a kiss on the bare chest "of" one on the stomach "Regina" then the hip bone "Mills," she ended, with a kiss on the area right above Regina's pant line, causing the woman to gasp. Emma laughed and looked up at Regina, her hands moving to the button on Regina's pants. She raised an eyebrow at the woman above her, making sure she had consent to continue. Regina rolled her eyes. Dear god this woman could get her going. Her skin was hot, and she could feel her core pulsing, sending signals all over her body. When she spoke, her voice was deeper than normal, almost raspy. "By all means, Savior, take all you need." And with that, Emma began unbuttoning the woman's pants while kissing lower and lower.