Emma's POV:
God whats wrong with me? I'm close to tears.. again! First because of Ruby and now this. It creeps up on me, little by little at first until there is only raw feelings left. So much of it I have buried long ago, but today it keeps bursting out. As if I still had a shot at normal life. A happy ever after may be to much to ask, but normality would be more then enough. Coming home to my family, being a part of something real. No more running, no more hiding.
Her eyes stare back at me, but only for a fraction before she looks away. Henry demands my attention and I talk with him as I peel out of the jacket and my shoes. He explains everything he googled today and it sounds like he even came up with a plan for a pro gay campaign to raise awareness in Storybrooke. I can't help but feel pride as I hear this. Maybe we should try and bring up his mom again soon, not telling him shes gay, god no! But after today and all his openness maybe he will have an easier time accepting her.
Heh.. I said we, as in Regina and me.. talking to Henry about her as if she weren't present, which to him she isn't. Anyway... I get up from the floor and walk towards the open kitchen only to find it empty. "Ruby?" No response and Henry, ever the curious mind, looks quizzically around and is about to barge into the bedroom. I stop him, somehow I know something is wrong. "Give me a min ok? I have to talk with her about something." He pouts, his mystery unsolved, but agrees.. reluctantly.
I slowly open the door, unsure about what kind of scene waits inside. A crying Reina? A furious one? It's hard to predict her, she is such a complex individual. "Are you alright?" My whisper echoes softly in the strangely dark room after I close the door behind me. "Yes." The room answers and I stop. My eyes roam around the room once more, but I can't make out which shadowy form might be her. "I'll be right out." Comes another response, the voice flat.
"Umm.. we wont be able to talk there .. how .. how about you stay over? Then we could, you know.. talk when hes asleep." I don't know why I just asked this, maybe I have been entranced by the feeling earlier when I came home. Hope however can be such a fickle bitch, I should know better...
Regina's POV:
I came in here to get away from the lies and pain. The day was exhausting and seeing her all lovey dovey with Henry spurred anger, be it warranted or not.. it's there. Darkness starts to creep into the room, the sun slowly setting. With a sharp gesture I banish the last vestiges of light, leaving me in a safe cocoon of black ink. This is where I belong, alone, where nothing exists but me, nothing that can hurt or betray me.
Her whisper pierces my senses and I feel like lashing out at her, why cant she understand what I'm feeling? Do I have to spell everything out for her? Well compared to me Emma is pretty young, she knows so little and yet .. in some way is stronger then me. To leave herself so vulnerable, the voice shaking as she asks me to stay.. I could never do something like that.
"Yes." It's out before I can stop it, I feel her grin radiating in the darkness, see how she will misunderstand and yet .. there it is, spilled from treacherous lips.
The truth is I am no longer in control of myself, not like I used to. Sometimes I fool myself into thinking otherwise, like when I came in here, but that's just another lie for the pile. My need for her overwrites it all, it cuts through everything. Makes me smiles, allows me to fool her into promises of more, but all I want is her. No chain of relationship, no promises that always get broken. Nothing but her body, her magic and her desire for me, each fueling my soul in its own way. "Yes I will stay." I reaffirm and feel almost no guilt.. almost.
Emma's POV:
Yay! She said yes! I let her relax in the bedroom and turn back into the livingroom to tell Henry about 'Ruby' staying over. He pounces on me the second I close the door and I motion for him to quiet down. "Ruby is lying down for a bit but we have to work some more later so.. uh.. shes staying over, for the night I mean." Way to go Emma, couldn't have phrased it any more awkwardly if you tried. Especially after practically coming out no ten hours or so ago.. not in so many words yeah.. but hes a smart kid.
His eyes bright up at the prospect of his new best buddy staying, but then you can practically see the gears turning and his eyes turn big.. and I mean huge, mouth hanging comically open before turning bead red. Yep, smart boy alright, time to backpaddle. "No! No, no... Ruby isn't, we aren't.. no, just no.. ok?" He blinks rapidly and studies my face. What if he got my special power too? What if his lie detector is bouncing up and down right now.. shit. Oh .. hehe.. well its not a lie is it? I said Ruby.. got to love grey areas.
He keeps studying my face for a it before shrugging it off and going to his room without another word. Clever tactic that, now I don't know whether or not he knows, which could lead to mistakes that show him the truth. He is definitely her son, every day reminds me of this fact. We have to fix this mess and make him forgive her. We .. I start to love this word.
We.. still messed up though, its uncommon for Regina to make a mistake like that. She should have seen this coming a mile off, guess her day was very exhausting. Shit yeah..the spell, she must be spent! My eyes wander towards the closed bedroom door and I'm tempted to sneak in and cuddle up to her, she would like that wouldn't she? I mean thats what id love her to do when I had a rough day. Oh .. what if she doesn't? So far we havnt been.. well snugly.. more steamy, needy.. ...
Bah.. yeah.. she wouldn't want that... yet.