A/N: I just wanted to mention that we have no bloody idea about US educational system XD When it comes to years, in our story, they graduate, in Emma's case (born in October) at the age of 18, Regina had graduated at the age of 19 (born in February). University lasts 4 years.

After half an hour Regina was almost back to normal. She was sitting on the couch, still closer to her sister to feel safe. She told them both everything, filling them in with information they didn't know, yet. Emma listened in silence, trying to keep calm, but inside she was boiling. That filthy – All those sick things he wrote, how he followed Regina, stalking them and now he had something to blackmail them… Emma has never felt that rage before. Kind of rage that made you almost capable to kill. It was a terrifying thing to find in oneself.

Zelena swallowed hard. "Don't think about it now, Gina," Zelana told her gently, knowing too well it could bring another wave of panic.

Emma watched their interaction and thought it was beautiful that they cared and trusted each other so deeply. Zelana had to always be there for Regina. How valuable that was…

"We cannot just let it be..." She whispered. What if he wanted to really hurt Regina? Her father was a deputy- Could she trust him with it?

"What can we do? He has the power to ruin me in every possible way," Regina hit back with venom in her voice, but not towards Emma; towards that bastard who was playing with them. What did he want from them? She stopped for a second. "I can text him. Ask him what he wants."

"Regina, no," Emma said right away right with Zelena saying "No," as well.

It was a lame idea. Everybody would see how dangerous and irrational it was, but Regina was not there yet to notice it. She had felt bad when the first text came, but if she was in the 6 feet now she was 6 feet underground and 7 feet under shit.

"Those texts show what he wants… You cannot contact him." Emma rubbed her eyes, feeling the growing headache. "I could talk to David. I'm not sure if I can trust him with everything. He can choose to help me or choose the law..." Emma shook her head trying to think hard.

"You should go on a sick leave," Zelena said then, "Until we figure it out. You must stay away from that boy." They needed to get Regina protected.

Regina sighed, nodding, "I will stay in my own apartment, though. I don't want to seem nice to mother at the same time," she murmured. She didn't want to be the one explaining why she was on a sick leave if she was not sick to her mother. Zelena was always better to lie to her.

Zelena nodded in understanding. "I will be checking on you every day. Lock yourself up always. Remember that, little sis."

Emma softly touched Regina's thigh. "I will come as well... if you want." She didn't want to invite herself in. Emma would be calmer to make sure Regina was safe and okay.

Regina took one more deep breath before talking again, "Actually, the picture he has does not have a clear image. No one can tell if it is me or not." She refused to show Zelena the picture because she would know instantly it was taken maybe an hour ago. She didn't want her sister to know about her sex life more than she already did.

"We don't know though if he has any more pictures. Besides we don't know how long he has been following us…" Emma pointed out. He could be teasing them. Talking to David seemed like the only hope. They should lock the kid up for this…

"Lena, get me a new number and… keep an eye on Emma please?" She looked at her sister in the eyes sighing deeply. She knew Zelena was not with her on the relationship even though she seemed happy to see her happy. Her eyes turned to Emma then, "You are not going to talk to David. You are his daughter now he would lock me up as well as him."

She wished it would be as easy as Emma was thinking, but she knew better. She remembered how Melanie was threatened to be locked up. She had to show her mother that she would not be alive if something happened to her. Either way, Regina wouldn't let any of this happen to Emma. She trusted her sister with that and deep down Zelena must have known if it came to it, Regina would sleep with that boy just to keep Emma out of harm.

Emma closed her eyes rubbing temple feeling so much- it was hard to stay still and bottled up.

"Miss Swan, could you leave us alone for a moment?" Zelena asked with her eyes on the girl.

Emma looked up at them and nodded before getting up and heading to her own bedroom, locking the door. Like a ghost, she shut the windows and covered them with curtains. Then it…just broke in her. She felt so guilty…. If now pushing- They could have waited and Regina could go to the police. Emma dropped to the floor and began to silently sob, shaking as she would never forgive herself if something happened to Regina.

"You know changing the number won't change much, Regina," Zelena said softly when the girl disappeared. "I know how you can jump into the fire when being in love, but… I cannot let you do that. I can't…" She caressed her sister's cheek. "I can think of one thing we can try, but it's going to be very difficult."

Regina sighed, leaning against her sister, "I would do anything to keep her safe." She closed her eyes slowly, tears trailed down on her cheeks.

"I forbid you doing anything this perv wants. Do you hear me? We will manage somehow." Zelana couldn't even think of the consequences, that all would be too horrible.

"Tell me what to do. Still, get me a new number, which only you and Emma will know." She sighed wiping her tears away, "Okay, now tell me what you got. I can take it."

"I know a man. He could hack that boy's computer and phone to delete the pictures, but even then, it may be hard to block it so police wouldn't reach them. Plus, if he would report it, I need to find out if there's a way to also make the texts you two shared, disappear."

"Just tell me it would keep Emma out of way," Regina whispered, closing her eyes again. She was growing a migraine. "What if I save his texts to my sim card and change the device? Would then my and Emma's texts still be in my old mobile?" Regina had hope in her eyes when she looked at her sister.

"That could work, but we cannot know if they would want to specifically check that old one, sissy. We will figure something out. Don't give up without a fight." Zelena softly rubbed her back.

Regina then heard a sound of sobbing. "I... Emma- I want to check on her." She stood up before her sister could respond and walked fast towards Emma's room. She knocked on the door, softly. "Emma? May I come in?" There was no response and so she opened the door to see her girl on the floor, crying her eyes out. She rushed and knelt down beside her. "Hey hey hey…" she whispered, pulling her in her arms.

Emma was carried away, didn't realize her sobs only grew louder. She didn't even hear Regina, just when those arms wrapped around her, she choked, "Gi-na… I'm-s-so so s-rry…" She sobbed, her hands moved to her waist, to hold the woman she loved so dear. "It's— all my... fa-ult." The worst thing was that she could do nothing to fix any of this.

"Sh, my babygirl." Regina moved her fingers in her hair, kissing the top of her head. She felt so bad, seeing her girl like this broken. "Everything would be fine, babygirl. I will make sure everything will turn out fine." Her hand moved on her arm slowly. "I won't let you get hurt. I promise. We will get that bastard behind the bars."

"I–not s-scar-ed of m-myse-lf gettin h-hurt." Her hands grabbed tighter on Regina's shirt. "I wo-n't s-stand it if any-anything happ-ens to you." She was so scared of ruining her beloved's life in every possible way. Emma could tell Regina was willing to make sacrifices. That's what she feared the most. She would rather handcuff her to bed in her apartment then let her do anything stupid…

Regina kissed her head again. "Lena has a plan, okay? We will get through this."

"W-what plan?"

"It's a good plan, don't think about it just now, babygirl, just take deep breaths with me. I hate seeing you cry." She smiled sadly at her, looking directly into her blurry, green eyes. "I love you so much." Her hands moved to cup those flushed cheeks and kiss her girl deeply on the lips. She felt them trembling. "We will get through this. I know it."

The blonde cupped Regina's cheeks and pressed their foreheads together, trying to catch her breath. "I don't wanna leave your side; we are in this together…" Emma whispered softly, moving fingers into Regina's hair.

"You know it's not at all possible, love. We need to remain distanced at least for a while. I'll text you from my new number, okay?" She smiled sweetly.

"But this won't change anything anymore..." Emma muttered before looking into the beautiful brown eyes. Her sobs calmed, but tears still wetted her cheeks.

"I love you so much. So, so much."

Regina placed a few more kisses to her lips and with the last Emma kept Regina close longer, pouring her love into it as a way of saying it back.

"We shall dress up, love. I don't want to be in the same room with my sister when I don't have an underwear on." She tried to joke to smooth the air. Emma nodded softly before they got up. "But you will stay with me just this time? Until my parents come back? While we still can… " She asked hopefully, holding Regina's hands. They could go to a spare room upstairs where no one would peek through and she would lock everything up.

"I don't know if it is wise, my love. I am planning to leave this side of town for a while- maybe right away. I can't keep having you in the middle of my mess." Regina sighed, standing up to put the clothes on. Looking at the girl's face, she gave up, "Okay, okay. Just this night. I will be leaving early in the morning."

She would have to talk to Zelena about leaving the town and maybe stay in some hotel in the city center for a while…

Emma tried to swallow the tears that kept coming into her eyes. She went to the closet to put yoga pants on as well, before Regina came to her, saying, "Hey, babygirl, don't cry. I need you to be the strong girl. I know you are, the girl I fell for." Regina wiped her tears away with the soft strokes of her thumb.

Emma shook her head and moved hands over Regina's arms. "I feel so powerless… It's my fault. I could wait for this one more year. I don't want to leave you in this alone."

Emma already felt her mind was filled with nothing, but this situation. Her stomach was so tight. She knew this feeling too well; she won't be able to focus on anything, sleep or eat if she won't do anything about this, fix this… Regina sighed deeply. She knew Emma wouldn't just let it go, but she had to. How was she supposed to make her let it go?

"Promise me you wouldn't do anything stupid. Actually, you wouldn't do anything before talking to Zelena, okay? You are not leaving me alone. Quite opposite, but if you get into any trouble, you would be leaving me worried sick and unable to help you. So I am begging you, babygirl. Sit this one out."

"It depends on the definition of stupidity…" Emma muttered quietly, looking down, knowing so well all actions could be justified. That's what she feared from Regina's side as well. "I will promise you if you promise something in return. That you won't get anywhere near him..."

Regina sighed, nodding, "I promise not to go anywhere near him, babygirl."

She smiled, kissing her head right before they went back into the living room. She saw Zelena was still sitting on the couch.

"Sis, maybe- maybe I should leave the town for a while. In the crowded city, nobody would find me. Actually, I plan to leave tomorrow morning. I will be sleeping here tonight. Can you deal with mother? I will text you when I get myself a new phone and a number."

Zelena frowned gently, thinking hard about it. There was a good chance that this boy would have definitely a trouble finding her. "Don't you want me to come with you?" It was always safer for two to defend themselves, but at the same time he could follow Zelena from school and find out that way… She shook her head. "Okay, it's a bad idea, but I want you to keep in touch with me, sis."

"Of course I will. Just tell mother something so that she won't ask much later on." Having walked to her Regina wrapped her arms around her neck. Her sister was a lot taller than her so she was on her toes to hug her close. "Thank you. Thank you for being the best sister I could ever ask for."

Zelena left the house half an hour later and left them alone. She was going to come in the morning and give her a ride to the city center and then… Regina would be all alone.

"Babygirl, I want this night to be a night to remember," she whispered, pulling her close. "No more tears, okay? I want you to have a good night with me."

Emma looked into Regina's eyes and nodded softly. Her teacher smiled and peppered her face with pecks. The girl didn't know how things will look from now on. When would she see Regina again? All she knew was that the time they had, had to be used in the fullest.

"I think I will need a drink, though... and will try to figure something that would make us forget about this drama for a moment."

Emma tried to smile before leaning in for a soft kiss. Regina then nodded, but her eyes slid on the bottle after Emma let go to get herself a glass of whiskey. It was still hard to stop herself from drinking, especially when she felt this trapped.

Emma took a sip, thinking hard. What she really wanted was to get to know Regina better. She took another sip and asked, "Perhaps we could play in 20 questions. More or less. I want to get to know you better. More silly or more serious things, anything really…"

"Okay, you go first." Regina turned her head to a side acting to stretch her neck and sat on the floor in Indian style. "Ask me anything- I'll answer it." Tip of her tongue moved along her lower lip, wetting her broken skin.

Emma walked there and sat in front of her, trying to make up some questions. It was the hardest to start. She didn't want to dig into the rough stuff, not now… Her eyes stopped upon this lip scar, but she pushed it away now. "Let's start simple; what's your favorite color and why?" She said before taking a sip. "Umm... wait for a second-"

She felt bad drinking like that in front of Regina. Emma got up and jogged into the kitchen to get a bottle of root beer out of the fridge. She twisted it off before returning.

"Here you go," The girl said, handing it in.

"Thank you, dear." Regina took the bottle holding it up to salute her, then took a sip. "Probably red and black, but I don't know why. I think there is no reason at all," She chuckled slowly looking into her eyes. "And maybe green… with your eyes in my life." She gave her girlfriend half a smile, putting the bottle on her lips taking another sip.

The blonde smiled quite sheepishly. "Those colors really suit you when you wear them. Especially when you paint your lips red as well." Emma smiled more gently and hoped to soon relax. She really didn't want to spend this time worrying.

"Yes, I could tell by the looks, you give me during classes, dear, especially when I wore that red dress." Regina chuckled. She remembered how intensly Emma was looking at her. She was pretty surprised that nobody actually noticed it beside her.

"I see I wasn't that subtle at all..." Emma bit her lip, "Ruby noticed... but she doesn't know anything. I mean- students got their crushes on teachers, it's no big deal." Emma snorted softly.

"So… hm, let me think." Her brows came together as she thought hard. "Who is it that you love most in your group?"

"Well... I don't think I can say. Ruby is the crazy one. She dragged me into the group and did a lot to help me. Belle is calm, more like me. Graham is caring and Jefferson is yet another mad one. Each of them is very dear to me." She took a sip and thought of other question. "Have you always wanted to teach?"

"I don't think I have. I was planning on going on the academic way then; my ex-boyfriend fucked me up so well that I was a mess that you met at the bar. I needed help and Zelena gave me that, as always," Regina sighed again, a bit sadly, though.

Emma nodded slowly with understanding, sad how cruel life could be. "She is a wonderful sister…" In all those bad things Regina had a family love that some could only dream of, though.

"What are your plans for the future, babygirl?" Regina moved on with the questions.

"Um… I'm not exactly sure… I debate between two professions; a police officer or a social worker. Eventually psychology, maybe… I'd just like help kids in foster homes… I'm not sure what is best for me," Emma shrugged softly, kinda scared with how little time she had to decide. Not waiting, she asked, "Are you willing to share of your past with your ex-boyfriend..? Or isn't it the right time?" She tried to sound gentle.

"What you wanna know?" Regina raised a brow, debating with herself if she should tell what kind of bastard he was. It would all depend on the question Emma would ask.

"I don't know…." Emma couldn't form a question. The only thing she could ask would be what happened. "You can tell me as much as you are comfortable to at the moment." She moved closer so they sat right in front of each other. Her fingers began to move over Regina's knee gently. "If you try to scare me off that won't work," Emma teased softly. "Tell me as much as you are willing, baby…"

Brunette took a sip, closing her eyes. She shifted a little giving her back to the couch and tilted her head onto it. "My love life had never been easy, believe me. I am a troubled person. Trouble never left me and I think you can call Robin one as well.

"I met him in England after I graduated from high school. I took two gap years and traveled around the world. He came back to New York with me for collage and we had been together for probably good 5 years until I learned he was cheating on me. I dumped him half a year before I graduate and came back home for winter. Then I found out Zelena was kind of dating the guy; Robin to be precise. She doesn't know it still, but they couldn't work it out anyway. It would break Zelena too much knowing I actually started drinking because of it. She would never forgive herself." Regina looked at Emma's hand, sighing. "Robin played with her just to get back at me. He did a pretty good job."

Emma listened with so much sadness in her eyes. As well as anger. What kind of guy was he? There were dudes like Victor who could make hideous fantasies out of someone's beauty and other's didn't appreciate what they had- not speaking just of the appearance here.

"You cared about him…" Emma whispered, but so silently that Regina could not hear it. "He wasn't worthy of you. He–" Emma closed her eyes and shook her head. "I'm so sorry it happened to you. You deserve all the best, Regina," Emma reached to gently caress her cheeks, "You will have it… I know it. Things will calm and you will settle down." She smiled softly at her beloved. How could all those bad things keep happening to Regina?

"It's okay, I got over it already. It wasn't like I was madly in love with him," Regina shrugged, thinking about all her failure relationships. One of them meant everything in the world to her and she was back in the town. Maybe it would be better to get away.

"How many relationships did you have?" Regina asked, moving her hand on hers, smiling still. How could she be upset when she had this little, gorgeous thing in front of her?

Emma softly tangled their fingers. That was the question for billion dollars. "I don't think I can call them relationships; dating maybe, crushes. To be specific one dating and one crush until now. I have never had anything like us. With Neal… He had a crush on me and I don't even know why I agreed to this. I have never felt anything for any boy at all," Emma shrugged gently. She wasn't sure if to say about her crush on Lily, because that was… fucked up, considering the present and Regina knowing Lily's mother.

Regina smiled wider. "So I am not your first in only one way," She teased giving her hand a squeeze. She liked the way Emma looked at her with such new-found emotions. She wanted to pull her into a deep kiss. "It's your turn to ask," She moved her hand to tell Emma to come closer then she patted a spot right beside her.

Emma did move there right away, her arm wrapped around Regina's waist and leaned head over her shoulder, wanting to hold her close and now as Regina showed she wanted it, she could just go for it. Emma was bad at asking questions, all those hard ones came to her mind. "I may never stop wondering what made you even pay any attention to me at that bar," She smiled gently, remembering well how Regina approached her and asked for a dance.

"Well, if we are being honest… I was looking for sex and you seemed an easy target. Although. I have no idea why I took your number. It was alcohol's doing, I think."

"Hm, I see," Emma nodded and thought a bit of how she behaved back then. "It's quite weird 'cause back then I was far from going that far. Like, I haven't thought I'd act like this... Provoking? I guess it was alcohol's doing, but honestly, I think I'd eventually run away. Sorry for giving hope," She added the last part, teasing. In moments of silence stone on her heart returned and she didn't want that…

"You didn't seem running the other day, though," Regina poked her nose giggling. It was easy with Emma. Being herself was normal with her.

"You got me on my knees, woman. I blame you for almost getting myself in trouble. It's a sin to be so… everything." Emma teased taking Regina's hand to play with her fingers.

Regina moved her fingers in her hair leaning her head back on the couch. "I have a soft spot for blondes; you may have heard it from Zelena," She chuckled.

"Your turn…" Emma muttered, chuckling.

"I don't know what to ask… oh, wait- Tell me one of your fantasies." The older woman smirked, biting on her lower lip. "Maybe I can make it come true."

"That's what I was talking about. Oh boy, there was so many. In them, usually, I was the one doing the job, though. But…your mouth- everywhere... " Emma bit her lip.

"No, no, no- it's not an answer. I need details to be able to fulfill it, love," Regina whispered to her ear, then places one small, wet kiss on her ear. She loved teasing people and teasing Emma was way too much fun. "Let me ask you this way, then; if I told you right now that I would do anything in bed, what would you ask me to do first?"

"God," Emma whispered, "I'd say… 24h won't be enough time," She couldn't help but grin softly. It was nice to push away bad things and just be their usual selves.

"Emma, you are no fun, really," Regina giggled.

"What can I say more? I'd want you to kiss me deeply, till the last breath; kiss, suck and lick every inch of my skin… Bring me on cloud nine with the sensations," She muttered against her neck.

Regina placed her arm over her shoulders, then her hand sliding to her chest from her shoulder. "I would like to eat you out sometimes, though," She licked her lips after making sure Emma saw her do that. "Ask me..." her hand slowly stroked her breast

Emma's lips pressed into a thin line. She wore no bra. It made her look like a puppy that fell into a trap of older friends. Emma leaned to kiss Regina as she couldn't control the blush. "You wanted me to say details to see me all blushing, flushed and all. Admit it," Emma said instead of the question.

"Yes. Yes, it was a part of the plan, but still, I wonder about your fantasies, too." Regina kissed her back, still a wild smirk on her lips. She was a true hunter, a predator and Emma was her little prey. "If you tell me yours, I will tell you mine." She squeezed the breast softly, feeling everything soo clearly without a bra.

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