Snow found herself struggling to comprehend everything that had happened over the last couple of days. As a result of said days Emma was not speaking to her unless it was unavoidable. She'd spent a lot of time going over everything in her head to try gleam a better understanding.
The one thing that she was struggling to accept beyond all else was that her daughter could love her former nemesis. How did that even happen? Her first thought was that Emma was being played and this had been her theory from the start, she could barely entertain the idea that Regina was capable of love. These thoughts sent her blood boiling, she saw no other outcome but Emma ending up hurt if things were allowed to play on between them.
One thing she now realised was that she had probably went about things in the wrong way when she had found out. Perhaps she should have gone to see Emma first but it all happened in the heat of the moment.
Then there was the fact that Regina had been trying to do good lately but she'd given the woman so many chances previously that she didn't know what to think now. What she really wanted to do was to talk to Regina and find out her intentions and then she could know exactly where they all stood. This would not go down well with Emma at all and she wouldn't know if Regina was even telling the truth.
She let out a long sigh, this was a complicated matter and it hadn't even entered her mind yet that she might have to accept them just being together.
His wife's sigh caught his attention and so Charming got up from his position on the couch to sit by her at the table. "Hey," he said. "You thinking about Emma and Regina again?" he placed a comforting hand on her thigh.
"What are we going to do about them?" her face creased with worry.
"What can we do?" he didn't like it but was also weary of butting in on Emma's choices.
"Well…" She spoke cautiously, "I know Emma won't like this…but I was thinking that we should go talk to Regina."
"I'll support you with whatever you think is best." Even if it did cause a lot of arguments later down the road he thought.
That did not help her very much in whether this was the right decision or not but her husband's support was always appreciated. After a brief pause for thought she decided that action was better than sitting around wondering and so leapt up to get ready to leave.
Ruby was having a walk when she noticed Snow and Charming, now she couldn't be certain but it did look like they were heading towards Regina's manor. She paused briefly to consider her options, she could pretend that she hadn't seen them and continue on, the resulting fallout be damned. Or she could try get back into Emma's good books and text her a warning, it was an easy decision really. She quickly typed out and sent her text to Emma and continued on her walk.
When Emma received Ruby's text she was sitting at her desk at work, when the name popped up she very nearly ignored it but then curiosity got the better of her and she was glad that it did.
Just seen Snow&Charming headed towards Regina's, could be nothing but thought you should know.
Emma groaned, this could not be good. When were her parents going to learn to not meddle in her business when it had nothing to do with them. She quickly got up to leave, hoping that she could minimise any damage that they might do. She'd not spoken to Regina for a couple days, trying to give her some time and space but any progress made could be very quickly undone by her parents.
As Emma was leaving the Sheriff's station her parents were pulling up outside the manor and Snow was on a mission as she sped down the path leaving Charming behind. By the time he caught up Snow had already hammered on the door.
Regina was in her office; she'd decided to work from home today as there were no Mayoral duties that required her to meet with anyone. She was not expecting anyone so the knock at her door was surprising, some tiny bit of her hoped that it would be Emma.
Her lip curled at the sight of Snow and Charming, "what do you two want?" she could barely control the defensiveness in her voice.
"We just want to talk." The look she received form Regina clearly showed what she thought of Snows wanting to talk.
Charming quickly added, "about your intentions with our daughter." The words had barely left his mouth than both of them realised it had been the very wrong thing to say.
Fury was all she felt, how dare they. "My intentions, what is that supposed to mean?"
Being addressed in such tone had Snow replying in equal amounts of anger, "well, as the Evil Queen you hurt a lot of people. We just needed to make sure Emma isn't going to become one of them, but you certainly aren't helping your case with your tone."
Whatever Snow was expecting it was not the look of hurt that evidently showed on Regina's face even if it had only been there a moment before her mask slid back into place.
"It's a good thing then that you have nothing to worry about, the Evil Queen won't touch your precious daughter." She then went to close the door in their faces but Snow spoke again and made her stop in her tracks.
"Do you love her?"
Regina turned back to face Snow, "how is that any of your business?" she snarled out.
"You know what Regina? I might have tried to give you another chance but the way you're acting doesn't make it look like you deserve one."
"Who says I want another chance from you anyway?" she was fuming, how dare Snow come to her house only to throw her past against her.
"Fine, don't have another chance, see if I care," the words coming now were mostly thrown in anger that she would regret later. "If you can't change then Henry shouldn't be living with you!"
Now that caught her off guard, "don't you dare bring my son into this," she growled. Her temper was now reaching levels that she would not be able to control, walking away would be the better option but Snow really knew how to get under her skin.
"For his safety I will."
Even Charming was balking at the turn the conversation had taken, this was dangerous territory. Even if Regina was no longer the Evil Queen she still had magic and temper that could flatten the town when stirred.
"His safety? I am his mother!" Magic stirred at her finger tips and it was taking all of her effort not to fire it at Snow, send her flying down the path.
That was the moment when Emma's bug made its appearance tearing down the street, probably breaking a few speeding laws as she went but as the Sherriff who was going to stop her?
Beyond tired of this conversation, Regina shot glares towards the Charming's and turned back into the manor, slamming the door behind her. As soon as she was alone all the anger dissipated from her body and she was left with a hollow feeling. Her feet took her to the couch in the living room, where she sat trying to process everything that had just happened.
She had been so close to letting Emma back in but now what? Snow might never come to terms with it and even if Emma didn't care what anyone else thought, it would not be easy on her to have her parents disapproving them. Not when she had spent so long without them in the first place.
Never mind the fact that it was she in the first place that had cast the curse that was the reason for Emma spending her childhood alone. This was a conversation they had already, Regina didn't feel guilt, but she did feel responsible. Emma had disregarded this and said that it wasn't all her, that her parents had chosen to send their new born away in a wardrobe. She'd forgiven them all.
Her mind was wandering with the confliction of thoughts that had been dogging her waking hours. Tears were flowing freely now, her body shook. Snow's words stung and swam in her mind, tormenting her. Was this what everyone thought? She was trying so hard to change, she'd thought the only approval that she needed was from Emma and Henry but now she wasn't so sure.
Most of that conversation could have been avoided had she not acted so defensive. Do you love her? Yes! Yes, she loved Emma Swan with every fibre of her being, her heart soared with the love she had for the woman. Why couldn't she have just said that? Why did she have to as always ruin things with her own stubbornness?
Outside Emma was furiously shouting at her parents; she couldn't fathom why they thought that this was a good plan. After a brief argument that went somewhat like the last one, she shouted at them to not dare follow her inside and with that she pulled the door open intending to fix this mess right there and then.