All She Wanted

The Return of The Pokerface:

Since Regina have no idea where exactly the hole in the road is, she simply poofs home and checks her appearance one last time, and then finally decides to change into a fresh set of clothes. Not that she actually believes that anyone is going to notice she's wearing the same clothes as yesterday… Who's she kidding, this is Storybrooke, of course people would notice. Hell, they notice if you so much as breathe wrong.

She's barely finished buttoning her shirt when her private phone rings. It's Snow. Again.

,,I told you to hold your horses."

,,I'm sorry, but it would be amazing to have the hole out of the way before one of the children falls in it!"

She has a point. ,,Alright, alright, where are you?"

Snow gives her the exact destination, the hole in the road is a few meters away from the forest, where some of school children enjoys to play actually, so Regina promises to hurry and hangs up and simply disappears in a swirl of smoke.

It's curious how a simple hole in the road can cause such drama, but apparently it can, for not only Snow and Charming are present at the scene, Emma, Killian, Zelena with baby Robyn in tow, and some of the dwarves have arrived too. And Regina soon finds out why. The "hole" in the road is not just a hole.

,,This is not a hole, this a bloody pit. And this have only just been discovered now?"

Snow nods in affirmation and Regina groans and turns to Emma and Killian:

,,Isn't it your job to look out for these kind of things?"

,,Yes, but.." Killian starts, but Regina cuts him off:

,,I'm really not interested in your pathetic excuses, deputy sheriff. You've been slacking."

,,Says the woman who doesn't even bother to answer her phone," David defends his son in law.

,,Well I'm sorry if I don't respond to your every summon," Regina snips coldly.

,,Okay!" Snow cuts off their bickering. ,,Can you fix the pit or not, Regina?"

,,Of course I can fix it."

All it takes is a bit of combined magic from Regina and Emma really. Light and dark/light magic from their fingertips and the pit is a mere memory.

,,It's lucky none of the children fell into that pit," Snow remarks.

,,Very lucky indeed," Regina agrees with her stepdaughter. ,,When did that crazy fairy even make that pit? And why?"

,,Good question. Maybe it was some super advanced plan of hers," Leroy quips.

,,Could be. Either way, I don't like plans that involves a ten-feet deep pit," Regina frowns.

,,None of us do, Regina." Killian sighs.

Regina shakes her head but doesn't say anything. She's pretty sure as to why neither Emma or Killian has noticed the giant pit in the ground. They've probably been too busy with each other. Well, the honeymoon is over, kindly mind your duties.

They leave the now gone pit. David, and Killian walks slowly and chats with the dwarves, and to Regina's surprise, Zelena chats on with Snow like they are the best of friend. Maybe they are exchanging baby tips?

Regina wonders about just what the Black Fairy's intention with the pit had been, when Emma glides up beside her.

,,Hi."

,,Hey."

,,So, what was the whole deal about your phone being turned off, My mom nearly hit the ceiling?"

Of course she did. ,,As I've already explained, several times, I needed to sleep without any interruptions."

,,Uh-huh." Emma says, and there's something about the way she says it that makes Regina frown.

,,What do you mean by "uh-huh"?" she questions, and realizes that she walked directly into Emma's trap. Dammit.

,,Well, I passed your house on my round early this morning, and it looked like you weren't home."

Shit. ,,I was asleep."

,,You weren't home, were you?"

,,Of course I was."

,,You are a terrible liar, Regina."

Regina refuses to take the bait this time. She knows Emma is trying to provoke her.

,,Were you with Maleficent?" the Savior questions cheekily

You are a royal pain in my arse. ,,No, and kindly mind your own business."

,,You totally were."

,,I'm not having this conversation with you," Regina mutters under her breath.

,,Ha! I knew it." Emma lowers her voice so Regina is the only one who hears her next question: ,,Did you sleep with her?"

Why are you so damn nosy? Did you inherit that after your mother? ,,This conversation ends now."

Emma lets out a muffled giggle, and Regina sights deeply to give the impression that the blonde Savior is acting childishly. But in reality, Regina fears that the rest of her family hears her.

,,I'm warning you, miss Swan," she hisses quietly.

,,Sorry."

Regina doesn't answer. She's really not discussing this with Emma Swan, but my god, the way Emma cackles is really starting to piss her royally off.

,,Oh do shut up before I do something I might regret."

,,Sorry," Emma sniggers.

,,I really fail to see what's so funny." Regina says coldly and stares Emma down until the blonde stops cackling.

,,Sorry. Done laughing. I promise."

,,Good."

,,So, did you sleep with her?"

,,Why are we still talking about that?"

,,I'll take that as a yes then," Emma smirks and waggles an eyebrow at Regina.

,,Take it however you like. It's none of your business."

,,Nice poker-face, Regina. But you're not fooling me."

,,Well, as long as I'm fooling the rest of the dear family…" Regina mutters under her breath. She cared deeply for her family, she really did, but sometimes it was a curse to have Snow White calling and checking up on her every single hour of the day.

,,Nobody else knows about… what's going on, if that's what you're worried about,"

,,Good. That's good."

Emma nods, and they walk together in silence. Regina can still sense that the blonde is amused though, and it's getting quite unbearable, but Regina refuses to get provoked and cause the Savior to ask more questions.

The rescue arrives in form of a buzzing sound from Regina's phone, but even that is enough to make Emma blabber on.

,,Is that Maleficent texting you?" she grins, and Regina resists the urge to pull her own hair out. Instead she turns the screen towards Emma.

,,It's our son! Asking about the pit." She pauses, then, ,,And about why my phone was turned off," she murmurs under her breath. My, this is gonna be difficult.

,,What are you gonna tell him?"

,,That I forgot to switch phone back on this morning."

,,You do realize you could just tell him, right? Well, maybe not the whole "sleeping with" part, but you know.."

,,I never said anything about sleeping with her!"

,,You're right, Didn't have to."

Regina opens her mouth to silence the blonde once and for all, but before she gets the chance to do so, they are interrupted by Zelena:

,,Who's sleeping with who?"

,,No one is sleeping with anyone," Emma dismisses quickly. ,,Well, except me of course."

,,Right, I really don't want to hear about you and the pirates love life."

Regina misses the rest of their conversation and slows her pace to chat with Snow and Charming instead. It seems… safer than talking with Emma. She already knows far too much.

The rest of the day passes surprisingly quickly. Regina briefly meets up with Henry and tells him that the "pit-problem" has been fixed, nothing to worry about. He asks Regina to watch Star Trek with him, but Emma steps in and says that Killian is absolutely dying to watch it with him. Henry quickly accepts that and asks Regina if she's alright with that. And Regina tells him yes, he's more than welcome to spend time with his stepdad. He leaves and Emma smirks at Regina and says that they can't have anything interfering with her plans, and the way she says "plans" gives Regina the strangest urge to strangle her. But she doesn't; instead, she simply drops her stuff off at home and poofs straight to Maleficent's house.

She's barely inside Mal's house before said woman's arms wraps around her and pulls her in for a kiss.

,,There you are."

,,Did you miss me?" Regina teases lightly.

,,Why don't you come upstairs and find out?" Maleficent grins and waggles her eyebrow rather suggestively at Regina.

,,Mmm, that sounds like a plan. And I do believe I owe you something."

To Be Continued..