"Okay I really don't like the sound of that. What's wrong?" Regina beseeched, starting to tear up as horrible thoughts ran through her head, and she was unable to bring herself to look at her friend. She began to wonder to herself, 'Did Emma change her mind about us dating? What if I ruined any chance we had of us being together?'
Emma spoke up, attempting to alleviate Regina's worries, "No….nothing is wrong, I just think we should talk a bit about what's going on. Umm between...uh...us. If you want. We don't have to I was just wanting to clear up what this," motioning between the two of them with her hand, "is."
Emma's rambling was adorable to the other woman, "Yes I believe we should discuss….us." She felt like she was running a marathon her heart was beating so fast, and she looked up from her hands that had been laying in her lap.
Emma had turned a deep crimson because her tongue had stopped working all of a sudden, but she continued to try, "Okay well, I'll start." By threading her fingers into her golden mane she was finally able to see Regina's eyes and she was met with dark chocolate pools she could drown in. Exhaling sharply she murmured, "Okay here goes. I care about you Regina, more than I probably should. I have for a long time and I feel like I can't live without you, as pathetic as that may sound it's true. I want to be with you, all of the time, day and night. I ache to see you every day." She opened her mouth to say more but was so emotional and eager to express herself that she didn't know which words to say next, because every word seemed to get stuck in her throat fighting to get out all at once. "Umm so will you be my girlfriend?" She held her breath preparing herself for rejection. It would crush her soul, her very being, if she was.
Happy tears welled up in dark umber eyes, "I feel the exact same way Emma….so much. I just didn't know how to say it." There was a long pause whilst Regina got up the courage to answer Emma, "Yes, yes of course I'll be your girlfriend!"
"Well, maybe we don't have to verbally express it. Maybe we can find other ways until I'm healed," she replied rhetorically with a seductive tone in her voice.
Standing up, Regina moved to Emma's bedside, leaning over the railing once more as she cupped the blonde's cheek and brought her face towards hers slightly. As their lips met electricity zipped through their bodies, exciting their nerves, sending them both into the stratosphere with a simple kiss. They both lingered a little longer than planned and it was only a kiss. Neither one could imagine what they would feel if anything more than that were to happen. Even so, the kiss took their breaths away. Pulling away from Emma, Regina placed her forehead against the other woman's, gazing into her jade eyes. Seeing nothing but love there she pressed her voluptuous lips against light pink ones, lingering there again for what felt like a lifetime, getting lost in the moment. No matter how long she pressed her lips to Emma's, it would never be enough.
Pulling away reluctantly, Regina painstakingly said, "Uh...I think we should stop, considering our surroundings. Not that I wouldn't mind continuing this later though," she whispered as a smile played at her mouth, her breath tickling the blonde's lips.
Nodding slightly Emma agreed grudgingly, "Yeah, I suppose you're right."
Just as Regina sat back down in her chair their friends returned with dinner. Ruby began getting all of their food out and then settled in herself, ready to eat. "So anything interesting happen while we were gone?" Ruby wondered aloud with a smirk on her face.
The two new lovebirds blushed the color of tomatoes saying nothing in response, knowing they had just been caught by the two girlfriends. "No, not really Ruby."
After they had finished eating dinner and discussing unimportant things like clothes, movies, books and more importantly (at least to Emma and Regina) art, Ruby said Belle had decided to leave early due to Ruby having to work a double shift the next day at Granny's, leaving the women alone.
The Next Morning
Regina had decided to stay the entire night to keep Emma company and, let's face it, she didn't want to stay in her dorm by herself. Dr. Whale walked in humming cheerfully out of tune noticing the two women were still asleep and it was 11:30 already. Gently rousing Emma from her slumber he began his evaluation, checking her wound and subsequent incision site. Regina had woken up in the sterile room as he examined her girlfriend. Standing up she supervised him as he unwrapped her injury, studying how he did it just in case she needed to help Emma with rewrapping it later, and then he wrapped it back up neatly with gauze pads, rolled gauze and coban. Afterwards, he questioned who was going to be taking Emma home and staying with her for the next couple of weeks.
An exchange of looks passed between Emma and Regina before the brunette responded, "Well I'd be more than willing to do it. My dorm mates are gone for the summer and I hate being alone, so problem solved!" She gave a thousand watt smile to Emma, then quickly added, "That's if it's okay with Emma." She added nervously, hands getting clammy at the thought of the beautiful blonde saying no.
"Of course it's okay with me! I'd love nothing more!" Emma replied excitedly. "But you're gonna have to talk to Ruby about it. It may take some persuading her," Emma said and immediately winced apologetically.
"Well just let the nurses know what's going on and I'll get her discharge papers ready and instructions on how to properly treat and wrap her injury started okay?" the doctor informed the two women.
Emma thanked the physician for his help and Regina made sure he knew how grateful she was by enveloping him in a python-like hug. He responded by stiffening up initially then relaxing into it after a couple of seconds returning the embrace, "Just doing my job." He smiled, patting her back in a paternal manner, and nodded in acknowledgement, turned around and left.
After calling Ruby and debating who was going to be taking care of her girlfriend, Regina took Emma back to her dorm, where she got the golden haired beauty settled on the lavish couch, had Emma's ankle propped up on some spare pillows as well as a couple fluffy ones under her head. Regina took her time setting her up in her makeshift daybed taking in Emma's features and needlessly brushing her baby soft skin as she put one pillow under her knee too, inquiring, "So what do you want for lunch?"
"I'm actually not hungry."
Frowning, causing a crease to form on her forehead, Regina told her, "You have to eat, dear. Or else you won't get better at all."
Wanting to rid Regina of the crease in her beautiful features, Emma conceded, "Ugh, okay fine," she groaned, "I'll take a grilled cheese sandwich and fries." Emma supplied with a touch of joking defiance in her voice, waiting for storm Regina to start blowing.
Regina rolled her eyes playfully, "You know very well I'm not gonna go get you that kind of unhealthy food," she jokingly scolded.
Sighing deeply, Emma said "Fine, get me whatever you think I should eat. As long as you keep in mind I won't eat another salad, okay?"
"How about I get you a grilled chicken sandwich with avocado, cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, spinach and tomatoes on a whole wheat bun, and I'll get you a small side of fries if you eat the kale side salad I'm gonna get you?" Regina suggested, happy with herself for finding a suitable compromise.
Sighing once again out of frustration but knowing Regina was right, "Okay but can I get a Pepsi too?" Emma asked giving her her most pathetic, lip-sticking-out, droopy eyed look, hopeful that her deep brown eyed girlfriend would agree to it.
"You drive a hard deal but okay, I'll get you a Pepsi too," Regina said with a chuckle. "You are lucky that I lo-...like you and that you're extremely cute when you attempt to get your way," Regina said, trying desperately to cover for her almost confession of love.
Regina ran out, got to Emma's yellow 'death trap' to get her and Emma's lunch at Granny's cafe, when she thought to herself, 'Wait a second', the woman suddenly remembered something, postponing her trip, she clambered out of the Bug, and ran back into the building.
Emma let out a forced breath that she didn't know she was holding, "Forget something?" She asked, prepared to give Regina a hard time, and then she found herself being pressed into the couch cushions by Regina's weight. As Emma pushed herself up taking the brunette with her, Regina wrapped her arms around the blonde, effortlessly and gently pressed her lips to her new girlfriends', sliding and caressing simultaneously. It started off chaste and innocent but turned hungry and ravenous, Emma swallowing every moan, whimper and cry of passion, lazily shifting her hands from around Regina's waist to her hips squeezing wantonly. Breaking away from Emma with cat like reflexes, standing up, "Oh my god Emma are you alright?! Did I hurt you?" Beginning to shake head like she was trying to shake snow out of her hair, Regina exclaimed, "How can I be so idiotic!"
Emma leaned up on her hands once more, that she had moved from Regina's hips, to look at the shorter woman's face, just catching the lingering scent of apple and vanilla, and she placed her pale index finger on the dark haired woman's pouty lips, "Shhhh...sweetheart. I'm fine okay? You didn't hurt me at all." She answered as she pulled Regina remarkably closer to her by the hips, "I'm just gonna kiss you again okay?" This was more of a statement than a request or question. They both breathed each other in and closed the minimal gap between them. Emma groaned in satisfaction as she tirelessly kissed Regina, placing her palms solidly on Regina's back, hooking her thumbs under the umber haired woman's capri jeans feeling the top strap of her thong. The kiss began as light as a feather floating to the ground, starting off innocently and then heated up greedily as Emma opened her mouth to allow her tongue to enter Regina's luscious mouth. Regina gently pressed her tongue into the blonde's mouth, starting to get more aggressive in her movements and purpose, which was to kiss the blonde into oblivion, to begin with and 'maybe eventually more'. They separated once more to breathe and caught a whiff of each others unique scent. Regina pondered to herself, 'No she's not well enough to do anything more than kiss at the moment. Right?' She continued to contemplate to herself.
Noticing Regina was suddenly deep in thought the fair woman stretched up resting her palm and fingers on the sable woman's jawline and cheek, "Are YOU okay Regina?"
Moving her head from side to side she attempted to shake her way out of her inner dialogue and come back to the present, to Emma, to HER Emma. Smiling brightly at the woman in front of her she answered, "I'm fine dear. Just thinking."
"About what?"
Blushing profusely, Regina tried for nonchalance, "Oh….just about you and I?"
"Oh you and I huh? Okay, well what about us babe?" A crooked smile bloomed across Emma's face, knowing perfectly well what Regina was thinking of.
"Well…" she hesitated, feeling heat crawling into her cheeks, then changed the subject. "Well I should go to Granny's to get our food already. They would've had it ready for a while now." Regina said and got up off of the couch straightening her clothes to make herself presentable. Rolling her eyes, Emma's smile got larger and she yanked Regina back down forgetting about her leg. Regina fell back onto the blonde's lap narrowly missing her injury site by a couple of feet. Eyes going as wide as can be Regina gasped sharply covering her mouth, Emma's face going as white as a sheet, "Oh my god! Emma! Are you okay?" Leaping off of her the chocolate haired woman watched Emma pass out.
"SHIT!" Regina exclaimed out loud. 'What do I do? I need to call Dr. Whale. Yeah that's it.' Regina immediately sought out Dr. Whale's number from Emma's discharge papers. Jerking her phone from her purse on the living room table she rapidly punched in the number and hit send. It rang once, then twice. Regina was kneeling at Emma's side with her free hand on Emma's cheek.
"This is Dr. Whale. How can I help you?" the man answered his phone.
Regina explained what had happened, minus the makeout session, saying that Emma had exerted herself and then playfully pulled her on top of herself causing her to pass out. Dr. Whale contemplated the situation, "Well has she eaten at all since you two left? It is nearly 3pm and you left around 1 pm and she only ate a little at breakfast."
"No not yet. In fact I was headed out to pick us up something when I….I forgot something inside and then this happened." She informed the physician without expounding on the problem.
"Well how is her breathing? Shallow and short or deep and long?" He questioned getting a little nervous.
Hearing the timber of his voice Regina began to get more concerned but she checked Emma's breathing, "It's deep and long, but she's perspiring a little bit."
"It sounds to me like she passed out because she hasn't eaten since breakfast. Try rousing her and let her know what happened, then go get some food or better yet, get it delivered that way you won't have to leave her sight. She should be alright but if anything else happens call me back alright?" He concluded his instructions and added, "She's in perfectly capable hands." Reassuring her with a calming demeanor.
After Regina hung up with the doctor she lightly and carefully woke Emma up, explained what happened, and asked, "Are you alright right now?"
Emma nodded and mentioned that she was feeling weak but firm enough that Regina decided to go ahead and get their food delivered. The latter got the fair woman a glass of water and called Ruby hoping she would be able to deliver it herself.