The Mayor's Emma Dilemma

Chapter 11

Disclaimers::: I do not own OUAT or it's characters, just my imagination. Hook has been caught and he has yet to be punished. Of course Regina has yet to get her voice back, but in the meantime, she has written two letters, one that explains how she lost her voice and the hand the blue fairy and Tinkerbell played. Of course Regina has revealed everything in the letters. One that is more personal in which she has told Emma that she's in love with her. Let's see how Emma reacts to everything shall we?

A/N: this story is dedicated to my partner in life, Swanqueen7

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Regina got up and peeked out the window, seeing Emma reading the letters she wrote. She could see an array of emotions being displayed on her savior's face. The mayor bit her lower lip nervously as she watched Emma read the last page of her second letter.

Emma went back and read the first letter, already she was digesting everything she'd read. She felt shock turn to dismay and then to fury as she realized they'd been played from the very start.

Regina had her voice taken away because Blue felt threatened by her? Clearly the blue fairy had something against the former evil queen.

Robin wasn't Regina's true love?

And Hook? That bastard had his hook in so deep and he didn't give a damn about them. Neither did Blue.

Emma scoffed, remembering the disappointment she had seen in Hook's eyes when they never shared a true love's kiss. They both knew deep down inside that they were not soulmates. They would never be able to share such a powerful connection that comes from such a kiss resulting from True Love.

Why the hell had she married him? Why had she settled for him if he wasn't her True Love? She'd asked herself that very question while she was on her damned honeymoon. She continued reading the letters.

Blue had used Tink to trick Regina into believing that Robin Hood was her true love, her soulmate. She'd wasted her time going after him and trying to convince herself that she could learn to love him. Much like she herself did with Hook. Emma shook her head, not believing the nerve of the Blue fairy.

Emma had fought so hard to try to help Regina find her happy ending. She felt like she'd failed her. She'd sacrificed herself for Regina when the darkness came for her. And after she'd freed Regina from the darkness, she had seen how Robin came and pulled Regina into his arms, away from her. When she saw that, she had thought that Regina would finally have her happy ending. They had believed Tinkerbell's lies. Emma had thought maybe Hook would be her best bet.

What. A. Joke.

Not only had Regina's happy ending been taken away, so had hers. She really really wanted to throttle that blue fairy and she wished her father had allowed her to murder Hook, knowing now that the two of them had plotted against Regina and herself all along. Damn them!

Tinkerbell had even been sleeping with Hook. How dare Hook act like he had a say in her life when everything had been a lie from the beginning? She had not trusted that pirate when he got into the picture at the beginning. How had she let this go on for so long? And that honeymoon from hell? What the fuck was the whole purpose?

The more Emma thought about it, the more she realized she needed to go for a walk to clear her head. She stuffed the letters into her pocket and stormed off, wanting to go to the docks to think things through and to try to make better sense of things. She wanted to get a clear head and sort things out before she would be ready to come back and talk with Regina.

And then there was Regina. Emma sighed as she felt a pang in her heart, thinking about the fact that the Mayor was in love with her. She didn't know whether or not to cry or to laugh. For so long, she had assumed Regina was straight. Well for Robin at least. Had she been so blind that she had not noticed that Regina wanted her? Hook had distracted her from the truth.

Emma sighed as she closed her eyes, realizing something that was staring her in the face. Hook's hatred of Regina. He not only hated the evil queen, he was also clearly jealous of her. Had he seen something Emma didn't? Her fists clenched as she realized that Hook had kept them apart on purpose. He had not wanted them to get closer to each other or to fall in love. He had wanted Emma for himself. That selfish bastard!

Hook and Blue had done everything they could to prevent Emma or Regina from connecting on a deeper level. But it was Henry who was their priority and it was Henry who brought Emma to Storybrooke and introduced his mothers to one another. Emma thought about how fate brought them together. How she'd given Henry up for adoption and then Regina had adopted him. They shared a son. They were a family. Outside forces had plotted to tear apart their family, but once again fate had something else planned. This time, Emma and Regina were very much aware of what happened. Now it would up to them to decide what to do about it.

Regina felt as if she was falling apart when she saw Emma storm off like that. She wished she could run after her, but she didn't think she had the strength to do so. Her thoughts and feelings were chaotic and she couldn't understand why Emma left. She sat down, trying to calm herself enough so she could perhaps try to figure out where she went wrong. Had she missed something?

Just then, Henry and Zelena popped up. "Mom, what's wrong?" Henry could see that his mother had been crying. He went up to her and hugged her.

Regina sniffled as she texted.*Emma stormed off. I did what Zelena suggested* She looked at Zelena. *I wrote two letters. One explaining what Blue and Tinkerbell and Hook had done, and another where I poured out my heart to Emma and admitted that I was in love with her. She stormed off.*

Henry frowned and then lit up as he thought of something. "Ma likes to go to the docks to think! Maybe she just needed to think things through. She'll be back. She's probably overwhelmed by everything." He took his mother's hand into his own and squeezed it gently, assuring her. "She'll come back."

Zelena tilted her head as she thought about it. "At least you finally told her how you feel and you told her what you know. Let me see if I can find her." She left in a green smoke before Regina could react.

Henry grinned. "No offense mom, but you can't speak yet. Aunt Zee can. I'm sure everything will be okay."

Regina smiled, as hope filled her eyes and she leaned against her son, feeling proud of him and of how much he has grown. She loved her son so much and it showed. She kissed his forehead, grateful to have him in her life and glad that he was able to calm her thoughts down before she let her chaotic thoughts get the better of her. She always had the tendency to think the worse of things when she allowed her emotions to get in the way of common sense.

Zelena found Emma where Henry had said she would be. The blonde was sitting on a bench looking out at the water. "There you are." Zelena smiled as she joined her. "You look like you need someone to talk to. So spill."

Emma looked to see the redhead sitting down next to her. She sighed and shook her head. "I'm beyond angry right now. I feel dark. I have these dark thoughts of what I wanna do to Hook, to Blue. Hell I even wanna kick that green fairy around. I don't care that I walked in on that pirate and fairy screwing. But on my bed? In MY house that I paid for? I bought that house with MY money. Everything I have there is mine and they defiled it. Hook had the nerve to say that everything belonged to him just because he's my husband?" She scoffed. "I told him off and told him he was no longer my husband. Told him to get the hell out of my house and when he refused to comply, I sent a fireball to the bed that he was tied up in courtesy of your sister." Emma smirked darkly. "I wanted him to fry and then my father had to go and ruin it by saving his life!" Emma huffed.

"Damn! I would have loved to see that. That would have been positively wicked!" Zelena smirked, nudging Emma and encouraged her to continue.

Emma finally chuckled when she heard what Zelena said. "I can't believe Blue took away Regina's voice. She obviously feels very threatened by her. Well… It's not Regina Blue should be worried about right now. It's me. I should have never married that pirate. Regina should never have met Robin. Blue and Hook and Tink should never have interfered with fate. Blue forgot one very important detail. Our son. He connects us. He is our bond. And right now all I can think about is how much I want the blue bug, the fish hook and the green insect to pay for what they did to us."

Zelena nodded, agreeing with Emma about her assessment of the trio. "And my sister? Do you love her?" She asked.

Emma blinked before she turned to look at the redhead. She thought about the very first time she ever laid eyes on the brunette when she brought her son home to Storybrooke. She smiled at the memory of seeing Regina in her grey dress as she ran out of her house. "I do. From the very first time I Saw her. But then things happened."

Zelena smiled and nodded. "I know. When you were on your ill fated honeymoon, I got Regina drunk and she told me everything she ever did to you and how she started realizing certain things about you, her feelings toward you. My sister loves you, Emma. More than you know. I'm so glad you're done with that pirate. Because now, you and my sister deserve your happy ending. But remember, she's my little sister. Don't you dare break her heart."

Emma shook her head. "I wouldn't dream of it. Not after everything the bastard did to me. I know what THAT feels like." She thought back to when she read Regina's letter, the one where she said she was in love with her. To hear Zelena confirm that Regina loved her even more than she realized, served to make her want to show Regina that she felt the exact same way. She'd never really loved Hook. Not The way she loved her son's other mother. She had always loved Regina as long as she could remember.

Zelena nodded. "You're right. I know you wouldn't hurt my sister. It's ironic isn't it? We've all seen each other at our worst and come out of it as best friends and stronger than ever haven't we?"

"Best friends? Is that what we are?" Emma smiled.

The redhead nodded and grinned. "Yes. Ever since both you and my sister promised to be there for Robyn should anything happen to me, I knew I trusted you. I knew I could count on you. I've never had friends before. But when my sister and I got our memories back and got another chance to be a part of each other's lives, and I got to know you… I could see the way my sister looks at you. And even I could see how you watch her, how you look at her. I asked myself if you were worth getting to know since you affected my sister so much. And I'm glad to say you're worth it Emma. I'm glad you're the one my sister loves, not that Robin. Ironic I know… Since because of him, I have Robyn." She chuckled, remembering all the trouble she went to in order to hurt her sister long before they came to terms with what happened and learned to forgive each other and to start over, working things out and working on building their sisterly bond.

Emma chuckled, feeling touched by what Zelena said about her being worth it. "You're a great mom. Robyn's great too. I adore her and I know she's lucky to have you. I will make sure she knows it if she ever doubts it, especially once she becomes a teenager." She promised.

Zelena laughed, hugging Emma. "I love you for saying that. You're a great mom too. Come on, let's get you home to my sister." Green smoke enveloped them as Zelena brought Emma back to the mansion.

Regina and Henry had been snuggling on the sofa as they watched tv, waiting for Zelena and Emma to come back when green smoke filled the room in front of them. They looked up to see a grinning Zelena with Emma standing in front of them.

The moment Regina saw Emma there, she jumped up and ran to the blonde. She stopped before she did anything, trying to read Emma's face. She wanted to know where things stood between them now that Emma knew the whole truth.

Zelena joined Henry on the sofa and sat down, sharing a knowing smile with her nephew, nodding at him to let him know things were better than good. They sat back to watch them and see what would happen next.

Emma looked at Regina, seeing the look on her face. She could see it in her eyes, the very way she was looking at her that Zelena spoke of. Regina didn't need to have her voice in order to convey the way she felt at that moment. Emma could see it very clearly. A lump formed in her throat as it sank in. Regina Mills loved her. A wave of emotions hit her hard. "Regina…" She let her walls down as she saw a tear escape the brunette's eye and wiped it away tenderly with her thumb. She then wrapped her arms around her waist and pulled her closer. "I love you too!" She kissed her deeply and passionately, feeling Regina kiss her back just as passionately. A rainbow of colors pushed out around them, spreading out. Their eyes widened in awe at what happened as they shared a True Love's kiss.

Regina gasped loudly. "I love you Emma!"