The Lion Tattoo
Eleven
Yesterday, Henry... my little conniving shit of a son manipulated me and Regina into fishing together. Probably was responsible for Kathryn suddenly offering her yacht to Regina for fishing purposes, and then he has the gall to look surprised when his friends came to get him for some night practice with that curly, red head which later I learned the name to be Merida. Some woman giving Belle a run of her money when it comes to accent. And then today, my son invited her mother to have dinner with us at the diner, and as usual, the mere sight of the woman made my heart do all those thunderous thing it does.
So the dinner was fine, my parents and Regina really seemed to be getting better and that's thanks to their time back at Enchanted Forest, and then Ruby came to get our orders and we asked for our usual when Tinker Bell came into the store. You could have heard a pin drop as everyone in the diner, including everyone in my table gasped and remained silent, waiting in bated breath at the brawl that should follow when RED and GREEN meets.
Inside I started laughing when instead of a brawl, Tink ordered like a normal person and Ruby waited like the fairy was just anybody doing business. I don't know if the expressions on the diner's patron, including my parents and my son was that of relief or disappointment that what they expected didn't happen. And then my heart started jumping out of my rib cage when Regina leaned closer, space between us reduced to a centimeter, and then she whispered in that husky, sexy voice of hers... "What did you do?"
Yes yes, call me a perv, but another whisper from her and that close... I may have to cry time out and change underwear. She's so damn hot and sexy so sue me! So pulled a little away, looked at her with wide eyes, I pointed at myself and mouthed the phrase, "Who me?"
"Swan," Regina said low key for the others not to hear, "Last night you said something about a plan on stopping those two's bickering, and now they are looking at each other like two teens who kissed behind close doo..." Regina's eyes widened,
"What?" I asked, trying hard to control the grin that's crawling on my face
And then we were all surprised at the brunette's abrupt movement, she stood up hurriedly, her chair made that grating noise on the ground as it was pushed almost violently and it didn't end there, she took me by the collar of my shirt and pulled me to stand... which I did of course and my chair getting the same treatment as hers... and then she dragged me out of the diner.
Before we could fully disappear, and I'm sure I'm not the only who heard:
Snow: What is going on with your mothers?! She asked in a panicked voice which my son probably answered with a shrug of his shoulders.
Leroy: Is the fucking Queen finally gonna kiss the Savior?! Oh Leroy... you're the man! May your tongue be touched by an angel! (1)
That was the last I heard before the door of the diner shuts close to my face and I was dragged at the alley at the side of the establishment, where Regina released me and gave me a glare.
I raised both my palms into the air in surrender, "Hey, I am not Leroy's keeper, I can't filter his mouth for him!" I watched as she raised one brow and then a grin comes across her lips. Okay I correct myself, there really is no need for her to lean forward and whisper in that sultry voice of hers, all I need to see is her looking sexily evil and I may have creamed my...
" . ." she punctuated each word. Alright I need a new underwear!
"Nothing?"
"Wrong answer Swan, again..."
I sighed and pulled back a little, it's feeling so uncomfortable now and it seemed like she knew that... does she? "What?"
"Ruby and Tink, what did you do? I told you Tink came to me earlier with a hang over and a sudden sullen mood..."
"Wait... don't tell me you are disappointed that they are moving along? Didn't you even think that maybe there was truth in my theory and whatever concoction there was in the tattoo is vanishing?"
"Try again MS. SWAN." that inflection of voice again, argh! Regina is gonna be the death of me!
"Okay okay!" I raise my hand in the air, "Last night we drove on them fighting..."
"That we do, I asked Tink and she told me why, but that story is for another time. I remember you telling me that you'll take care of it,"
"And I did, see? They are not bickering anymore!"
"Yes and that's thanks to you, but the way they look at each other... you must have done something well... colossus!"
I raised one brow, colossus huh... yeah you could say that... "Well -"
-0-
[Flash back]
Sheriff Emma Swan was all smile as she delivered Regina to her home. She would have taken up the woman's invite for a cup of the best apple cider she'd ever tasted but the mere fact she promised to do something about Ruby and Tink's bickering stopped her from doing so. She had immensely enjoyed her time with the woman and she had Henry to thank for it. Yes, they were manipulated but damn it, was it the best manipulation ever.
Along the way, she had formulated a plan that was sure to end the two's instant brawl the moment their eyes lands on each other. The truth is, she found the two's fighting like that of her's and Regina's back when she first came to Storybrooke and before the first curse was broken. They were like cat and dog, and they may have only landed blows once with only one witness – May Graham's soul rest in peace – but the pattern was the same. Henry was their reason and for Ruby and Tink, it was Regina's.
Too bad they cannot share Regina like she and the woman now shared their son.
Then she thought, if their fight had transformed into sexual encounters... would it stop even before the curse was broken? Would Henry have to imbibe the sleeping curse for the two of them to work together without trying to rip each others head off their shoulders?
Then she smiled, because that might be the very answer to Ruby and Tink's problem. Plus, if it comes to pass, that will also subtract the two from the four way competition... Oh wait, Elsa is out since Regina plans on telling the woman they're not going to work out. Emma smiled wide because that means, all that was left is Mulan...
Which she knew for a fact was a dud, the woman cannot be in love with Regina when it wasn't that long that she was still pining for Aurora.
So Operation Stop Bickering commence.
First step was to invite the two to a common ground. The Rabbit Hole.
Second, withdraw money from ATM.
Third, buy the strongest liquor for the three of them, and using a skill she learned in her old, criminal ways – sleight of hand – make sure the two gets to drink enough to make them drunk. It'll probably be impossible with Ruby at first, but with Tinker Bell in front of the woman, she was sure the tall woman's focus will be on the smaller fairy, so it will be easy.
So the drinking begun.
The Rabbit Hole closes at two a.m., by the time the bartender announce for final orders, the three women were the loudest patron in, Ruby and Tink more so than the sheriff, who really wasn't drunk, just pretending to be one. So the blonde woman helped her friends one by one to her car, she put them at the back of her car and drove to the Bread and Breakfast. Then one by one she helped her friend up to Ruby's room. When she had placed both women on the brunette's bed, she turned and was about to leave when there was a light bulb pinging inside her head.
So mischievously, she started undressing both women. Closing her eyes when it was time to remove their underwear. She know she's being over the top, but this might be the best solution for the problem... and then everyone will be happy.
[End Flash back]
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I grinned at the woman's stunned look at the end of my tale. "So?"
"Are you an imbecile or what?"
"What?" Of all the reactions, 'that' was not expected, "It was genius!"
"Genius? You idiot... what if they found out it was all made up?"
My eyes widened, I guess with my excitement of getting rid of them in this may the best woman win situation, that didn't occur to me... "Ah,"
"Emma!"
And whatever tirade she threw was nothing because... Regina fucking hell called me EMMA again!
TBC
it is short because the extent of Emma's POV could only be written this long, anyway, lets hope the next chapter will be longer. Ahehehe.
1 In my culture, when someone said something that we want to come true, we say "Mag dilang anghel ka sana," the direct translation of that is "May you get an angel's tongue" but since this isn't an anime, I decided to rephrase. :)
