Chapter Ten- First Impressions
Emma was jolted awake when Regina had shot up from her spot underneath the blonde. She would have went straight back to sleep had it not been for her girlfriend shouting into the phone. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she noticed that it was 10:32 in the morning and that they had slept in considerably.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Regina snapped at the person on the other end of the receiver. It was several moments before Regina slammed the black iphone down harshly on the table before grabbing the remote to her T.V and switching it on E News. The CEO practically ripped open her laptop bag in order to retrieve the wireless computer.
"Babe what's going on?" Emma yawned, stretching out her limbs.
"It's nothing my love, go back to sleep!" Regina's whipped her head around to speak with the blonde but she couldn't mask her wide eyed expression.
"It doesn't seem like nothing, did something happen?" Emma questioned
"Emma please just let me handle this." Regina pleaded, her eyes darting over to the T.V just as Tink's interview from the previous day was being replayed.
"She's been sleeping with the CEO and owner of The Queen of Hearts, Regina Mills. So it's no wonder her songs keeping hitting number one on the charts." Tink shrugged, and she immediately had all of Emma's attention.
"Who is she talking about?!" Emma shot off the bed.
"So you're saying that the black swan has been sleeping with Regina for top hits?" Briar Rose looked to the audience with a look of disbelief.
"What? Why is she saying that?!" Emma looked to her girlfriend with a panicked expression. If that didn't break Regina's heart, what she knew was coming next surely would.
"Why do you keep calling her the black swan? Her name is Emma Swan and she's just some from the block, there's no real talent there." Everything seemed to stop and Emma swayed slightly on shaky legs causing Regina to rush over to her.
"Darling, come and sit." Regina tried to usher Emma over to the bed but the blonde shot forward towards the bathroom. The violent retching sound that followed let her know why Emma had bolted from the room. Quickly she grabbed a hair tie off the nightstand and rushed in the comfort her. Emma was practically hugging the toilet bowl as she emptied everything in her stomach.
"Oh honey, I'm so sorry." Regina made quick work of pulling her girlfriends big mane into a loose bun on the top of her head. Emma's only response was to heave back into the toilet as Regina rubbed soothing circles on her back,
"I'm going to fix this as best as I can. She's going to pay for what she did." Regina vowed, as the first shuddered sob pierced the air.
"Babe, I'm not sure this is a good idea." Graham tried to plead with the enraged brunette who was currently jogging into the gym Tink was working out at.
"I don't give a fuck what you think right now, Graham Crackers." Ruby quipped.
"Come on Rubes, think about Jamie." Graham brought up their child in hopes that it would calm down his fiance. It seemed to work and Ruby deflated slightly, until a chuckling Tink came around the corner. He watched as his future wife pounced with the grace of a gazelle, fist flying in a flurry of motions making contact with the pop singers nose and mouth in a three piece combo before Graham was able to separate the women.
"That's what the hell you get for running your mouth, you stupid floozy!" Ruby shouted, watching Tink spit out a mouthful of blood as Graham dragged her out.
"I still don't understand what that solved! What if she presses charges?!" Graham shouted, leading the brunette over to their car.
"If you don't want to catch round two, I suggest you leave me alone right now." Ruby warned, snatching open her door.
"All I'm saying is-" Graham was cut off by a withering glare that Ruby sent his way
"Fine fine, let's just go see how they're doing." Graham shook his head and pulled off.
It had been fairly silent since Emma stopped sobbing, if she could even call it that. After the first sob, the blonde had bit harshly down onto her bottom lip so hard in an effort to stifle any other sounds. She had been silently crying for the past half and hour, with her only request being that she wanted Regina to hold her. Leading them both over to the bed she brought Emma back to to her chest, as they listened to the occasional tune of their phones going off but neither made a move to answer it.
"Why would she do something like this? I mean I never really did anything to her to warrant something so evil. Everybody has a code they live by in this industry. She basically just black listed herself." Emma sniffled, her hand coming up to wipe her nose.
"Why does anybody do any of the stupid shit they do?" Regina asked rhetorically, her hand massaging Emma's hair.
"I never wanted this, never wanted to be in the public eyes with them judging my every step. Everything that I say will be closely analyzed and nothing I do will ever be good enough. I wont be able to go grocery shopping any more or walk down the street without those blood thirsty scavengers following me. She took that away from me, I wasn't given a choice. It feels like I've been violated" Emma admitted, taking a deep breath.
"I know, and I know how much your privacy means to you. I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that people respect that and give you the space that you need. I'm so sorry this happened to you." Regina let her finger tips run up and down Emma's spine, earning a shiver from the blonde.
"This didn't just happen to me, this happened to you too. She dragged your name and reputation and my own through the mud." Emma pointed out.
"That's where her story fell apart, dear. You rejected my offer at signing you, they are chalking that part up to jealously. Still it doesn't change the fact that I'm going to sue her for everything she's worth for defamation of character. Right now people are buzzing because they finally have your name. Unless you have a criminal past, they don't even have your picture yet" Regina replied.
"I mean I got into some trouble as a kid, but that's all sealed. Unless foster care is public knowledge, then they don't have anything...I really don't want to leave." Emma burrowed down deeper into her girlfriend.
"Then don't." Regina chuckled causing Emma to peer up at her.
"I want you to stay with me. For as long as you want, your welcome here." Regina pressed a chaste kiss to Emma's mouth.
"Can we pretend none of this ever happened? If only for a little bit?" Emma asked softly, and when Regina nodded she connected their mouths again sucking lightly on her girlfriends plump red lips.
"Let me take care of you." Regina parakeet Emma's words for the previous night, as she flipped them over. She hoovered over the slightly taller woman for several moments until Emma grabbed her by the waist and pulled her down on top of her.
"I like feeling all of you." Emma answered Regina's silent question. The brunette pressed her face into blonde locks, inhaling the scent of vanilla and cinnamon before she began peppering kisses down the side of neck until she reached her ear.
" I know its early an everything but I can't help the way I feel about you. I want to protect you from anything that would try to harm you. I find myself thinking about you when we're not together and just the thought of seeing you brightens my mood considerably." Regina nibbled on Emma's earlobe lightly before sucking it into her mouth, hearing Emma's light gasp.
"I've been in longer relationship and still I've never felt the need to say this to any of them. I've never wanted to say it every time we speak or see each other." Regina lightly rolled her hips into Emma's center, providing the faintest pressure that had Emma arching into her touch. She grabbed the blonde's black singlet by the hem before pulling it up and over her head and throwing it across the room.
"Nobody has ever captivated me the way that you do." Regina let her eyes roam Emma's body feeling Emma squirm beneath her.
"Regina..." Emma whined
"Shh baby. I'm almost finished." Regina pressed her nose into Emma's pulse point before exhaling shakily, nervous about what she was going to reveal. Pressing another kiss to the same spot, she pulled back to look at Emma through glassy eyes.
"Baby what's wrong?" Emma furrowed her eyebrows, looking at her upset girlfriend.
"...I love you." Regina watched Emma's eyes widen with the news and her bottom lip quiver slightly.
"Y-You do?" Emma held her breath, watching Regina nod.
"I have for a while now. I love the way you take the stage and command attention and respect. I love how hard you work with Ruby to make sure everything is alright . How you make me feel when we are alone and its just the two of us. How accepting you were of me and...I just love you. Your smile, your eyes and your hair. Your mouth and that kick ass attitude. How your always hungry, especially after working all day. I love how compassionate you are. I love you Emmalyn Kassandra Swan ." Regina offered her a shaky smile.
"I love you too, nothing could change that. I love how you take care of me and how much you care about me. I've never had that before." Emma's face crumpled as Regina leaned down to hug her. It was a bit awkward but it got the job done.
"I want to make love to you." Regina molded her mouth to her girlfriends, wasting no time in swiping her tongue across a pale pink lip asking for entrance. She hadn't expected it when Emma's tongue met hers but she wasn't complaining. Running her hands up and down Emma's side, she moved them inwards slightly before palming Emma's breast. Having been naked since the night before, Emma had easy access to Regina's body. Reaching her hand down, she began to stroke Regina's length feeling the weight and hardness against her palm. Regina bit down slightly on Emma's lip, when the blonde ran her finger over the slit before pressing against her vein.
"Shit!" Regina broke the kiss to lean her head back and moan. Emma used the distraction to pull down her panties and drop them on the floor beside the bed.
"I was going to do that." Regina panted out, when she felt Emma's dewy center make contact with her sensitive flesh.
"You were taking to long." Emma licked her lips, leaning up to watch Regina run her cock through her slippery folds. The tip would brush slightly against Emma's clit every other thrust.
"Making love isn't supposed to be fast." Regina replied.
"Making love can be fast or slow. The point is to make the person you love feel worshiped and safe, loved and protected. There is no teasing!" Emma shot back, angling her hips slightly so that on Regina's next thrust she slipped into her about an inch.
"I can do that." Regina nodded her head, panting slightly as she pushed into Emma slowly, feeling her girlfriends velvety walls grip at her, sucking her in.. When Emma began to pull at her nipples, Regina batted her hand away before replacing them with her mouth. Swirling her tongue around the erected peak, she sucked hard at the same time she began thrusting into Emma. Giving the other one the same attention, she pulled away watching a string of her saliva stay behind. Opening up pale legs wider, she began rotating her hips slowly.
"You're so fucking beautiful." Regina looked deeply into dark green eyes as she spoke.
"Are you kidding me? You've been the hottest woman in my life for the past four years. Even when you were a bitch, I still thought you were the most exquisite person I have ever seen." Emma admitted. Regina's slow yet firm motions were bringing her closer to the edge than anything else, or maybe it was the emotion behind it. Still she hadn't expected it when Regina pressed a firm circle on her clit combined with two well placed strokes on her g spot. Her orgasm caught her off guard as it took a hold of her whole body.
"Ahh fuck!" Regina hadn't expected it either but combined with the visual of her love underneath her and the tightness of her pussy, she was in balls deep as she started spurting her release. It was only when she finished, that she tried to pull out.
"No, I want to feel you." Emma protested, pulling Regina to lay on top of her while still being buried inside of her milky cavern.
"I love you." Emma spoke softly, wrapping her arms round Regina's waist.
"I love you too." Regina yawned, feeling proud that she had finally said how she felt.