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Chapter 12: True Colors
As soon as Nick got out the car, Regina looked at Henry, "Want to explain to me what I saw?"
He squirmed, he didn't want to talk about it. Nobody said anything, when Regina walked in the kiss broke and they hopped up and rushed out. In fact, Nick didn't even say anything when he exited the car except for muttering a 'thank you' to Regina. He sighed, "He kissed me, I didn't see it coming," he stated.
"So what does this mean Henry? Let me in," she said, "We've always been able to talk to each other. One moment I find hickeys on your neck and the next I catch you kissing your best friend, what's going on?"
"Violet put the hickeys on my neck and like I said, he kissed me," he scoffed, "Can we just not talk about it? I just wanna get to Emma."
She exhaled, "I'm scared," she admitted.
"Me too mom, me too," he nodded. The sad thing was neither of them knew what exactly the other was scared of.
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Regina and Henry found a waiting room full of Dark Ones including a distraught Neal and a pacing Merlin. She walked over to them and gave them both hugs, "How is she?"
"She's lost so much blood, Jesse is back there right now, giving blood for her," Neal said, "I've never been so scared in my life."
"I can imagine," she nodded, "Guys...I know this is about Emma but I can't help but wonder...is this safe for you all?"
"Not really no," Merlin said, "Emma has a private practice she goes to, she hates public places or anywhere that can hold her info."
"I'm going to find a way to destroy the records once we leave here," Neal nodded, "They keep this kind of stuff in the system right?"
Regina nodded, "Yes, for good reason but I understand your point."
"She's probably going to be upset with us but we didn't know what else to do," he said.
"Who shot her?" Henry asked from a near wall he was leaning on.
"Henry that's not-"
"I want to know mom," he stated tearfully.
"A man named Arthur, he's the same man that shot August," Neal confirmed, "We had Lance and Gaston tie him up at a secret location, Emma doesn't want us to touch him yet."
Regina folded her arms across her chest, "This is a lot. Where was she shot?"
"Abdomen," Merlin breathed out, "She's in surgery right now."
"My sister is a surgeon here," Regina sighed.
"Oh we know, she's working on Emma," Neal nodded, "She hot."
Regina chuckled, "Thank you, where's Hades?"
"He's cleaning up, Gold's place was a pigsty once we were done with it. Too much evidence, ya know?" Neal asked.
"Yes I do, unfortunately," she nodded.
"You're very...calm, why?" Merlin asked.
"I specialize in hiding my feelings," Regina chuckled, "Also, I trust my sister and I know Emma is strong, she'll be fine."
Merlin sat down and sighed, "This is my fault…I should've saw it coming, I mean-"
"This isn't your fault bro," Neal said.
"IT IS!" He snapped, he stood up abruptly, "I need some air."
Neal sighed as he watched Merlin storm away, "We should've been more careful," he muttered.
"Did you call her parents?" Regina questioned.
"Yes, they're in traffic," he nodded.
Within the ten minutes, Regina started pacing, within the next ten, Emma's family had arrived, the next ten after that, Zelena came down the hall with a doctor by her side. She placed a small smile on her face, "Hello everyone, Regina," she gave her sister a nod, "Well it's safe to say that Emma's surgery was successful, she lost a lot of blood but she'll be fine. This is Dr. Victor Whale, he'll be Emma's primary Doctor during this whole recovery."
"Thank you so much," Sarah said, Zelena gave a nod before walking away, Sarah looked Whale tearfully, "Is there anything else you can tell us? How long until I can see her?"
"When will she recover?" Neal asked.
"Is there anything that she needs?" Regina asked.
Whale held his hands up, silencing them all, "Ms. Swan is sleeping at the moment, she isn't allowed visitors for the next few days I'm sorry, we just want to make sure that everything is ok. It should take her three weeks until she's back on her feet, if she's healthy, she'll recover in two weeks."
"What do you mean if she's healthy?" Regina questioned with her arms folded.
"Well her healing process depends on if she exercises regularly, eats well, and has a pretty clear medical history. The only problem is...we haven't been able to find much on her at all so now we have to wait until she wakes up before we can tell exactly how long it'll take for the gun wound to heal," he nodded.
Waiting two days for Emma to wake up was hell, Zelena made it clear to Regina that Emma's body really needed the rest. She had to convince her little sister to go to work instead staying at the hospital waiting on Emma to wake up because it wasn't like Whale was letting anyone see her anyway. Henry was extremely upset that Emma was shot and Regina could tell, he barely spoke to her, whenever he was home, he stayed in his room. They had been ignoring Maleficent all week, she was appalled that Regina had pushed back their court date without reason.
Now, Regina was at the hospital visiting Emma on her lunch break. She was a little nervous, she didn't know why, she was simply visiting her girlfriend. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that everyone knew who Emma was, at first that didn't but of course word got out that the Dark Swan was staying at Lenox Hill Hospital. Furthermore, that she was the Dark Swan's girlfriend, eyes watched her as her Louboutins traveled down the hallway towards Emma's private wing.
Gaston and Lancelot stood outside of her hospital room, when she reached them, she flashed a smile, "Good afternoon, mind letting me through?"
"And who might you be?" Gaston asked with a raised brow.
Regina scoffed, "Excuse me? Who the hell are you?"
Neal came out of the door and squeezed before the fairly buff men, "Guys what the hell is wrong with you? This is Regina Mills, Emma's girlfriend," he smacked the back of their heads, "She's allowed in at all times. You better be happy I won't tell Emma how you're disrespecting her girlfriend."
Gaston cleared his throat, placed his right hand on his head and bowed his head a little, "My apologies ma'am, it won't happen again."
"It better not," she scoffed before pushing them out of the way and walking in the room. She let out a shaky breath when she saw her girlfriend sitting in a hospital bed staring at the tv on the wall, she tried to act normal, "Your guards don't know who I am?"
Emma's heart rate sped up, she couldn't help but smile when she saw her gorgeous girlfriend standing by the door, she cleared her throat, "The less people that know who you are, the safer I can keep you," she said in a groggy voice, she tried to clear it again, "I'm sorry."
"It's fine, how do you feel?" Regina asked.
"Honest? I'm hurting like hell," Emma nodded, "I'd feel better if you came over here and wasn't standing by the door like a stranger."
"I'm sorry," she took a few steps closer, "I don't want to hurt you or-"
"Come here Regina, I've missed you," Emma stated clearly.
Regina slowly walked over to the hospital bed, "You scared me," she admitted.
"I know, I'm sorry for that," Emma nodded, she grabbed her hand, "I scared myself."
Regina placed a kiss on Emma's head, "You have to be careful, I don't like this."
"I know Regina," Emma sighed, "I don't want you to fuss right now.
"What in the hell do you want right now Emma? This is ridiculous and scary," Regina said, "I don't want to make you feel bad but I haven't slept in two days, I can barely focus at work, baby I've never been this scared in my life. I want you to end this war."
"I did, Gold's dead," Emma nodded, "All I have to do is handle Arthur."
Regina nodded, "Good, I'm just worried about you, that's all."
"I know, I appreciate it but you can relax now," Emma said as she squeezed her hand.
"Have you eaten-"
"Emma?" Sarah's sweet voice questioned as she walked through the door.
"Hey ma," Emma said softly as the blonde traveled closer to the bed, she felt her body warm up when she felt her mother's head against hers, "I'm ok ma."
Sarah kissed her daughter's temple, "I love you."
"I love you too," Emma smiled, Regina couldn't help but smile at their interaction, Emma noticed, "You remember Regina right?"
"Oh of course, I speak to her every day," Sarah chuckled.
"Y—You do?" Emma questioned with confused eyes.
"Yes, Regina is very concerned with checking up on me and making sure that I have everything I need," Sarah smiled.
Emma looked at Regina tearfully, no one had ever done that for her, not even Neal. She was really starting to believe that her girlfriend was an angel, she licked her lips, "Thank you, you don't know how much that means to me."
"You're welcome, it was my pleasure," Regina said before leaning down and pecking the blondes lips.
Dr. Whale came in shortly after, "Emma, I must say, your friends outside are...scary."
Emma smirked, "It's all for my protection."
"I see, I assume you're hungry, yeah?" He questioned.
"Starving," Emma answered.
"Well good, I'll have the nurse bring you lunch. Today, it's going to be spaghetti," he smiled.
"Uh no, it's not," Regina argued, "Absolutely not, you said she'll heal faster if she's healthy, carbs aren't healthy. Bring her a salad or something."
"Babe, I'm fine-"
"No Emma, you are not getting that. If I have to make you breakfast, lunch, and dinner myself and bring it to you, I will," she snapped.
Emma closed her mouth, "Ok baby."
Regina looked at whale, "Is salad an option or no?"
"The nurse can bring her salad," he nodded fearfully.
"Great," Regina gave a threatening smile.
Emma almost chuckled at her girlfriend's behavior, she was a pitbull. She cleared her throat, "Where's Henry?"
"He's at school, well kinda. He went on a college tour today, his mother set it up for him a while ago," Regina said as she sat on the edge of the hospital bed.
"You have a lovely son Regina. I noticed on Facebook that he's in the scholastic decathlon, right?" Sarah asked.
"Yes, he's so busy nowadays, I barely can catch up with him," she blushed, "He's so shaken up Emma, he said he was scared he was going to lose you."
"I'll never leave him...Wait, so you guys are friends on Facebook?" Emma questioned causing them to nod, "That's so weird."
Regina rolled her eyes, "Your mother and I like each other, get used to it, dear." Regina could feel the mood in the room change as she turned to look at Sarah, the woman was scowling at the door, causing Emma and Regina to follow her line of sight, "Hello Mary-Margaret," Regina smiled.
The woman with the pixie haircut smiled, "Hi," she was holding a cake on a glass tray, "Emma, I know how much you like my cakes so I thought I'd bring you one for when you catch a sweet tooth."
"Thanks MM," Emma smiled, "I'll to see if the warden," she glanced at Regina, "will let me have a slice after dinner."
Regina scoffed, "You better watch yourself before I throw it in the garage."
Emma chuckled before hissing in pain, "Ah!" She grabbed her side causing all three women to rush closer to her.
"What's wrong?" Sarah rushed out.
"Applying pressure to the wound while it's still tender will hurt Emma," Mary-Margaret informed, "You can laugh or fully sit up yet and for the love of God please don't cough."
Sarah rolled her eyes, "Just try to relax baby."
Regina hated the sight of Emma in pain, she winced as she watched Emma's face scrunch up, she was about to turn away but Emma grabbed her hand and pulled her closer no matter how painful it was for her to do so, "Don't leave," she pleaded.
Regina blushed and placed a soft kiss on her forehead, "I'm not," she reassured as she sat back down on the bed.
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It was nearly 8pm when Henry walked into Emma's hospital room, he spotted his mother sleep in a chair next to Emma's bed along with Emma sleep in the bed. He didn't really want to wake them but he wanted to check on Emma so he walked to the side of the bed and shook her gently, "Emma," he said softly, "Yo, wake up."
The blonde stirred awake, "Henry?" She questioned as she wiped her eyes, "Hey kid," she smiled.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
She grabbed his hand, "Yeah kid, I'm ok. Your mom told me you were scared."
"I still am," he sighed, "I just don't understand why this happened...there are so many bad people in this world, why'd you have to get shot? You're the best person I know."
Emma sighed, "Well kid, to some people...I am in the same category with bad people."
He shook his head, "But you're not."
She looked down and bit her lip before looking back up at him, "I've—Henry, I've killed people, it's-"
"I know," he nodded, "I know you have and I know it's complicated but it's not fair."
"Hey, hey, I'm fine," she said, "I'm going to up and walking in a few weeks, everything is going to fine. What's going on with you huh? How are ya'?"
He sighed, "I don't know, everything's going good I guess. Nick and I still aren't talking…"
"What? Why? What happened?" She questioned.
"Mom didn't tell you…?"
"Uh does it look like she told me?" Emma raised her brow.
"Mom walked in a second after he...kissed me," Henry said.
"HE KISSED YOU?!" Emma yelled causing Regina to stir in her sleep, Emma lowered her voice, "What did you do?"
"Nothing, we haven't talked since," he said, "I don't like boys Emma, I just don't understand why he thought I would change my mind or something."
"Henry, don't ever do something you aren't comfortable with. You need to let him know that's not ok even though I'm pretty sure he knows that it wasn't but still, don't ever let that happen again. Do you understand?" She asked him seriously, he could sense a hint of fear in her voice.
"Yes," he nodded, "I've never been more uncomfortable in my life. This all sucks, he's my best friend. I even miss him a little."
"I know but it's cool 'cause you got me," she winked.
He chuckled, "You're way more than a friend Emma, you're like...a parent."
Emma smiled, "That means a lot to me kid but uh," she looked at a sleeping Regina, "Your mom...she doesn't want me to overstep my boundaries-"
"You're not, Emma. I love you, don't you love me?" He asked tearfully, "My own mom doesn't love me, not the way you do-"
"Henry, I do love you but I don't want you to think that the way that I treat you is...normal. Gifts, money, and fun isn't all that life is about, your mom wants you to know that, she wants you to understand that you have to work for everything you want in life-"
"I know that!" He snapped, "Just admit it, you don't want me. She's the only person that wants me," he stated as he pointed to Regina, "I thought you were different from Maleficent but you're not, she doesn't want me and neither do you!"
"I do Henry-"
"Just shut up Emma!" He yelled before storming out.
The three weeks had gone by quickly, Hades wheeled Emma into her penthouse with a smile on his face, "Home Sweet Home."
Emma smiled as her dog rushed to her, "Hey guys, I hope Neal fed you properly."
"I did," Neal said as he came out of the bathroom, "Welcome home, you walking yet?"
"Yeah but it still hurts a bit, I'm just happy I can lay down and twist a bit," she shrugged, "You guys are good, Regina should be here soon."
"Cool," Neal nodded.
"I'll call you in the morning, got some business to talk about," he smiled, "Don't worry, don't worry, it's not illegal."
Emma smiled, "Alright, then I'm in."
Across Central Park, Regina and Henry were in a full blown argument in the middle of his room, things had been tense between them for weeks, "You don't get to lash out every time you get upset! You told her to shut up? Have you lost your mind? She is an adult Henry, not your teenage friend!"
"I get that but I don't understand why you won't let her be there for me! We need each other!" He yelled.
"Henry I am your mother and I know what's best for you, this conversation ends now," she sneered.
"This conversation wouldn't have started if you would just admit that you're in love with her! What's so bad about being a family mom? What are you so afraid of?!" Henry yelled.
"GETTING HURT!" Regina yelled tearfully, she sat on his bed and shook her head, "Henry, you just don't understand. You're all I have, if Emma claims you as hers and you claim her...that's a lot of responsibility, you're going to look for her at all times and when she can't deliver, you're going to be upset which will upset her and then I'll have to step in and...it'll all end bad because I will always put you first."
"Mom," he sat next to her, "I love you but you can't raise me alone, my other mom is shit-"
"Language," Regina warned.
"It's the truth, she only 'cares' because her family forces her too. She's not so hard on me because she cares, she's hard on me because she wants to look like a good parent in front of her family and friends. If I became a drop out, she wouldn't care that it would effect my future, she'd care because it would affect her reputation," he scoffed, "Emma, she loves me, for me. Why won't you let her help you out? She has the money and the heart."
"Henry," Regina sighed and wiped her tears, "Let's just drop it, please pack your bag. I promised Emma I'd help her out this week."
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Henry looked around the guest room in Emma's penthouse, he had spoke to Emma when he had arrived but she only gave him a small wave. He had hurt her feelings whether he knew it or not but he'd soon learn considering that he and Regina would be staying with the Dark Swan for a week. He decided to shower, it was going to be a long week.
Emma was chilling on the couch watching Shark Tank when Regina came and picked up her empty Chinese take out box, "You might've had shrimp fried rice tonight but tomorrow, you're eating healthy," Regina said before placing a soft kiss on Emma's cheek.
"I eat what I want," Emma said before smacking Regina's ass as she walked away causing her to yelp, "I'm not healing anymore, I'm already healed."
"That doesn't matter," Regina rolled her eyes, "This week is going to full of-" Regina was cut off when the elevator dinged and a tall lanky women stepped off of it with a huge dream catcher and candy, "Excuse me, dear? May I ask what you are doing here?"
Emma turned around and groaned to herself, Ruby in her apartment after 9pm with Regina in attendance couldn't end well. Ruby gave a pleasant smile, "Oh you must be the nurse, I'm Ruby, Emma's-"
"Ruby! Hey," Emma hopped up to her best ability, she grabbed her cane and limped over to the girl, "What are you doing here?"
"I came to check on you. I bought you a Dreamcatcher I know how much you love them," she said as she leaned in to kiss the blonde only to have her move away, "What's wrong? Is this about me not visiting you in the hospital, I'm sorry baby but-"
"No no, it's not that," Emma looked at a fuming Regina and held out her hand, regina walked over and grabbed it only for Emma to let go of her and wrap her arm around her waist, "This is Regina, my girlfriend," she placed a kiss on her temple.
Ruby nearly fainted, "Girlfriend?"
"Oh I'm sorry, are you hard of hearing dear?" Regina smirked.
"No bitch, I not. I'm just trying to understand your relevance," Ruby snapped.
"Well bitch, my relevance is that I am Emma's girlfriend. Your relevance though dear, is the one that's fuzzy," Regina snapped back.
"Ruby, thanks for the stuff, I appreciate it really but uh it's best that you leave," Emma said as she pressed the button her elevator.
"Are you serious? I haven't seen you a month, you return any of my text or calls-"
"I said leave!" Emma barked. Ruby snapped her mouth, nodded, and left quietly not wanting to upset the blonde, she knew better than to disobey Emma. Once Ruby was gone, Emma turned to Regina, "Baby I-"
"Who is she?" Regina questioned with flared nostrils.
"We used to fuck around, she's a family friend-"
Regina scoffed, "Family friend?! I can't believe you right now, you clearly have something with her that you never broke off, if you didn't she would've never shoved up here so late thinking it was ok. Are you still fucking her?"
"What? Regina no, you know that!" Emma snapped.
"There's clearly something though am I right?"
"I told you she was a family friend!"
"Right," Regina nodded, "That explains why she knows you like dreamcatchers and calls you baby-"
"Damn it Regina," Emma groaned, "So it was a little bit more than fucking, that shouldn't matter, we are together now!"
"Yeah but that doesn't matter if she doesn't know that! She has the fucking password to your elevator. This is why I don't let people in, this is why-"
"Why you won't let me be there for Henry?" Emma questioned.
"Emma, don't do that," Regina pleaded.
"It's already done, you want to pretend like you're all invested and down for me but you aren't! You're just one hell of an actress!" Emma yelled before limping back over to the couch and sitting down on the couch.
"I am not acting Emma, I am down for you but when it comes to me engaging in your bullshit I'm not going to walk into it blind. Yes, I know you have other partners and yes, I know you have a past but how do you expect me to be fully committed and invested and allow my kid to consider you his other mother when I don't even know your past. On top of that, it's only been a few months," Regina stated.
"I don't know your past either! Like why you're so protective of Henry and why you deal with Maleficent when you don't fucking have to, why you won't let me take care of you and help you, why you won't let me love you," Emma sighed, "Am I not good enough?"
Regina sighed and sat next to Emma, she patted her lap, Emma laid her head on it, "You are more than good enough, honestly. It's just me, I'm scared that more invested you'll become, the more you'll want to leave and eventually you will," she bit her lip to hold back tears, "Ever wonder how I got my lip scar?"
Emma nodded, "I love your lip scar."
"Thank you," Regina blushed, "My mother gave it to me when she found out I was a lesbian, she hit me so hard that I thought I had a concussion. Her fingernails were always long and bloodshot red for as long as I can remember, she painted them on Saturday mornings, after she smacked me...I promised that I'd never never judge my children for the decisions they made. Maleficent, on the other hand is very different, she is very judgemental so my biggest fear is that Henry will be...different and she'll," she let a tear fall, "Hurt him because of it and they'll be nothing I can do about it."
"Regina, I can protect you and Henry. I can provide for-"
"I know," she nodded, "I'm getting there," she said as she ran her fingers through the blondes thick hair, "You, on the other hand, are not judgemental at all. You're sweet, loving, protective, sexy, and you make me safe," she let more tears fall, "but I know the moment I introduce you to my parents, they'll scare you away. They think just like Maleficent, that you're ignorant to the finer things in life and are nothing but the common thug. They love her because she's rich and come from a wealthy background, when I told them how much of a dog she was, how she used to hit me and everything, it didn't matter because she was my ticket to taking care of Henry. She ripped everything from me," she sniffled, "Remember when I told you I wanted to be a lawyer?" Regina asked, Emma nodded, "I lied."
"I know," Emma nodded.
Even though she was shocked, she continued, "I wanted to be a fashion designer but of course, Maleficent told me that wasn't a real job, my parents refuses to pay for schooling for something that wasn't guaranteed so I settled for a real estate agent. Baby I don't want that for you, I don't want you to a victim to their ignorance and have them scare you away. I don't want that to happen and then you just leave me and Henry, just like everybody else," she sobbed, "My friends already are bad enough, they grill and I feel like an idiot because I don't everything about you and Zelena can tell you how much Hades weighed when he was six years old...I just, Emma I'm just scared. You're such a mystery-"
"I was twelve," Emma started, she took a deep breath, "My father-"
"Emma you don't have to do this, I was just expressing how I felt. I wasn't trying to pressure-"
"I'm sharing my deepest darkest secret with you, no ones knows this except for my parents. Not even Neal, don't ruin it," Emma stated, Regina nodded, "My father's brother, his name is James. He was always so fascinated with me, the way I was," she began to tear up, Regina noticed, "One night, he came into my room and he asked me to pull my pants down. He's my uncle so I simply obeyed, I didn't think nothing of it, I knew I was different so I thought maybe this is normal or something, I don't know," she shook her head, "But when he began to touch me, that's when I decided that nothing he was normal. He did it every night for about a week, rubbing me and hugging me...asking if it felt good," tears began to fall, she sniffled, "I begged him to stop, I didn't like it. His rough hands, it felt wrong. He hit me and told me that I should be happy that someone even wanted to touch my disgusting body. Well, I had a temper that only August knew about it, I didn't take like being hit or yelled at so one night...that final night, I snuck in my parents room, my dad was with NYPD at time so I took his gun while he slept. When James came in to get his routine feel...I shot him in the back, paralyzed him from the waist down. Everyone thought I was some type of monster, my parents got divorced because of it, I shot my father's twin and didn't think twice about it, he wanted to get me tested for physiological reasons and my mother refused," she sniffled not noticing that Regina was crying as well, "James went to jail and I went to juvi for about 3 months, while there I became mute. I didn't speak to anyone, not even August for a year. I hated men, I didn't want to go to school, or be around people so everyday I pretended like I was going to school but I wasn't it. I had met Neal at the park one day when I took August to play, he was my only friend. We were…14 selling dime bags at the park," she chuckled and wiped her tears, "I still wouldn't speak, Neal would ask me questioned, I'd either shrug or nod my head. One day when I came home August showed me his stories and I couldn't stop the 'Wow' that slipped past my lips after reading them. He was the reason I spoke again, he was the reason I lived. Things started getting bad, a war had broke out because Gold had killed Mr. Lucifer's daughter, two major drug dealers battling. How did Neal and I get caught in the middle of it? I can't tell you because I don't know, we dumb kids trying to be tough and make money. Eventually, it became a problem, territory suddenly mattered. Next thing I know, my brother is lying in the middle of the street bleeding...dying. From that moment on, I decided that nobody would ever hurt me or my family again, little mute Emma was gone and the Dark Swan born. We met Merlin, he got us some guns and gadgets, felt like were a real team. I promised myself to never be scared or taken advantage of again, so if you're wondering if I'm this sick person who watch people die and laugh or think that I like killing people...you're wrong. Regina, it's just that I've dug myself into a hole that seems impossible to get out of. I became a ruthless killer because I have to, I can't seem weak, I can't let the men of the world think that women can't be half or even more than what they are and I sure as hell can't let the man that killed my brother live another week on this earth. So there you have it, the mystery of Emma Swan is solved, you know everything now," Emma said as she looked up at her girlfriend.
Regina instructed Emma to lift up, when she did, Regina stood up and began to walk to Emma's bedroom, the blonde followed. Regina pulled back the covers and laid down, "Come here," she said softly, Emma quietly entered the bed and snuggled against her girlfriend, "Let it out Emma, you've held that in all those years...don't hold in anymore, let it out."
"I told you everything-"
Regina looked in Emma the eyes, "Emma, let it out," she said desperately and almost instantly the damn broke and Emma clutched to her and let all of the tears she had been holding in for 13 years flow from her eyes. Regina held her tight and kissed her head, "Thank you for telling me and trusting me with this information," she whispered only to have the blonde pull her closer, watching the women she had fallen so deeply in love with cry harder than she ever has before brought more tears to her eyes, she cried as Emma cried, "You aren't alone anymore, I'm right here and I'm not leaving you. You don't have to be scared, I'm down Emma, whatever you need. What do you want from me baby? Just tell me."
Emma looked up at her and allowed the chocolate eyes to consume her, "I want you to save me, please."
Regina nodded and placed a soft kiss on the Dark Swan's lips, "I promise I will do everything in my power to help you and support you. Anything else?"
"Let me take care of you and Henry, please? Regina he needs me, I need him. Please just let me love you. Maleficent treated you so horribly, please just let show you what I can do," Emma practically begged, "Let me help you fulfill your dream."
"Emma-"
"Please, you deserve it."
"Ok," she cried, "Ok, Emma."
"I promise, I won't hurt you or let you down. I'm yours one hundred percent, all yours. Do you promise the same thing?" Emma asked.
Regina looked in the deep green eyes for a reason to say no, she was terrified of being hurt but she decided to let her heart decide for her and not her brain, "Yes, I promise."
They sealed their promise with a kiss and allowed their bodies to tangle together before drifting off to sleep.
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