As soon as they got back to Emma's loft Regina sat on the sofa, turning the TV on and started flicking through the channels. Emma couldn't help but laugh. "Just make yourself at home Regina." Emma said sarcastically.
Regina smirked but did not take her eyes off of the TV, continuing to flick through the channels. "I always do." She threw back.
Emma laughed again a rolled her eyes. She then turned to Henry who had grabbed himself and Regina a drink from the fridge. "I'm gonna pop up stairs." Emma said holding up her cell phone silently telling Henry she was going to phone Mary-Margaret and David to tell them about Regina. Henry nodded his head and sat down beside Regina as Emma quickly made her way upstairs. As she walked into the room she unlocked her cell phone and scrolled through her contacts until she found David's number. She pressed call and then sat on the bed waiting for David to answer.
"Emma? Have you found Regina?" David asked as soon as he answered the phone.
Emma sighed and she threw herself back on the bed so that she was now lying down and threw her arm over her eyes. "Yes I found Regina." She replied.
"Thank god! Is she okay? Where are you?"
"She is fine…still pretty pissed off but she is fine. We are at my loft." Emma said.
"Okay well we will be right there…" David started but Emma was quick to interrupt him knowing that if he and Mary-Margaret came to the loft right at this moment it would result in some kind of accident. She knew Regina really didn't want to see or speak to them at this moment in time.
"I don't think that is a good idea…"
"Why? What do you mean?" David asked and Emma could almost see the frown on his face in her mind.
"I just think if you came over here right now it would result in some kind of fight. Regina…well she really doesn't want to see you guys at the moment. She wants to stay with me tonight." Emma says and she pushes herself back up so that she was sitting again. "She is really angry at you guys and I think she just needs some space."
She could hear David sigh on the other end of the phone. She felt bad for her parents. She knew they were really worried about Regina. She knew they were trying to do what was best but then she also understood Regina's anger and why she was pushing their parents away right now and part of her really could not blame Regina for it. "I guess your right…" Came David's reply.
"It might be good for her to spend a couple of days here. Cool down and everything. With everything that has been going on its maybe all too much. It would be a lot for anyone to have to try and handle never mind a teenager." Emma said.
"Yea…we're just…worried about her. We don't want to lose her."
"You won't lose her. We will make sure that doesn't happen. Like I said before just give her some space. Within a couple of days I am sure everything will be fine." Emma said.
"Okay…"
"I will pop round for a bag for Regina. Will you get mom to pack a few things for her? Enough for a couple of days at least and we will see how things are after then…" Emma said.
"Yea I will do. See you soon." David replied and then Emma hung up the phone. She sighed and ran her fingers through her blonde curls. She pushed herself up from the bed and made her way back downstairs to see Regina had finally settled on a channel.
"Right I am going to go and pick up a bag for you from mom and dad's okay…" Emma started and Regina nodded her head. "Is there anything in particular you want or need?" She asked waking over and grabbing her keys from the table.
Regina shrugged her shoulders. "My phone charger…my school stuff, although I'm not really thinking about going back."
"Well that is something we can talk about when I get back." Emma said. "Be good and don't trash the place…I'm trusting you to be in charge Henry."
"Hey I don't need a babysitter." Regina frowned.
"Whatever you say…" Emma threw back as she left the loft.
Regina huffed a little and rested back against the sofa a frown on her face and crossing her arms over her chest. Henry looked over and rolled his eyes at Regina. "Don't go in a huff just cause my mom left me in charge." He said nudging Regina a little.
"I don't need a babysitter." Regina repeated in a mumble.
"To be fair my mom never said I was babysitting you just that I was in charge." Henry said,
"Basically a babysitter." Regina muttered. She then pushed herself up on the sofa, a serious look on her face and turned to Henry a bit more. "No one trusts me anymore. Why?"
"Why do you think no one trusts you anymore?" Henry asked and Regina raised an eyebrow at him. He sighed. "It's not that no one trusts you. We just want to make sure you can control your magic. You have seen what your magic can do. Aren't you scared of what could happen?"
"Of course I am." Regina said quickly. "But that doesn't mean people shouldn't trust me. I feel as if…I don't know…people are looking at me differently and acting differently around me. They look scared and unsure of me and like they are waiting for me to commit some evil act. They don't look at Emma that way when she uses magic but when I do it's like I am going to do the worst things imaginable."
Henry bit his lip a little. He couldn't tell her why people looked at her that way. He knew that his mom and grandparents didn't want Regina to know about her past and he in some way didn't want her to know. "People just have no idea what to expect that's all. I'm sure over time everyone will come to see that your magic isn't bad. But then does it really matter what anyone else thinks? As long as the people you love and who love you accept you then that is all that matters."
Regina thought about what Henry had said. Maybe she was caring too much about what the people of the town thought of her, but she couldn't help it. She hated the way everyone was looking at her and acting around her. It made her feel uncomfortable and as if she was missing something. "I guess…" She replied as she wasn't sure what else she could say.
"So did you really just go see Grandpa to get the cuff off?" Henry asked.
"Yes." Regina answered quickly. "That's all I went to see him for."
"Really?" Henry pressed. He wasn't sure if he believed it was the only reason.
"Yes." Regina replied in a frustrated tone. "Don't you believe me?"
"I'm just checking. A lot of people don't trust Grandpa." Henry replied.
"Do you?" Regina asked.
Henry shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not sure. Probably not. He has done a lot of bad things in his life and there is always a catch in his helping people. I just want to make sure he didn't make you do anything you didn't want to do. There wasn't a catch for him removing the cuff?"
Regina shook her head quickly. "No. He just removed it. He had said he could."
Henry nodded his head. "Okay. I believe you."
Regina looked back over to the TV. Should she tell Henry about the real deal she had made with Mr Gold? Gold had told her not to tell anyone. Had said they should keep it between themselves. But maybe Henry could keep their secret too. She glanced over at Henry and then shook her head to herself. No she should listen to what Gold had told her. They needed to keep this to themselves.
"So…why don't we get some popcorn and watch a movie? You can choose if you want to." Henry suggested hoping to break the slight tension that had seemed to build in the room.
"Sure. That sounds good." Regina smiled.
"Okay great. I'll go grab some popcorn and you pick a film." Henry said as he pushed himself up off the sofa and made his way over to the kitchen to get some popcorn.
Regina pushed herself up off the sofa and walked over to some shelves that had some DVDs on them. She glanced over the DVDs not sure what to watch. She glanced behind her at Henry who was making the popcorn. "What kind of film? Romantic, Horror or Comedy?"
"Definitely not romantic." Henry said making Regina laugh a little.
"Okay. Horror?" She asked.
"Sure."
Regina looked over the DVDs until she got to some horror ones. She wasn't one to be easily scared but she did like a good horror. "Oh what about 'The Conjuring'?" Regina asked as she pulled the DVD off the shelf.
"Sure sounds good." Henry said as he walked back over with the popcorn all ready in a bowl.
Regina put the DVD in the player and they both sat down on the sofa again with the bowl of popcorn in between them. Regina pulled the pillow onto her lap just in case she may need it for any scary parts of the film and they sat back to watch the movie.
Emma had been to Mary-Margaret's and David's and got Regina's bag. She had talked to them and explained further why it was best to maybe just leave Regina for a few days to cool down. She was getting out of her car, and making her way up the stairs to the loft, swinging Regina's bag as she went. She opened the door and walked in to see Regina and Henry on the couch lights out darkness surrounding them apart from the glow of the TV, Regina hiding behind a pillow and Henry slouching with one hand in the bowl in between them which she presumed had had popcorn in it.
She glanced over at the TV and recognised the film right away and smirked a little. She knew what part it was at, the hide and go clap part with the mother in the basement. She laughed inside her head and quietly closed the door happy that Regina and Henry seemed oblivious to the fact she had come in to focused on the TV, the volume being up higher than normal. She slowly and quietly placed the bag of Regina's stuff on the floor and tip toed around to the back of the sofa and waited for the part she wanted. She watched the movie, standing behind Regina and Henry and smirked to herself. Oh this was going to be good.
On the film the 'mother' lit a match and the suspense was building more and more. Anyone could tell something was about to happen but it was the waiting and anticipation that was keeping them on edge. The match went out so the 'mother' lit another one. Emma's smirk grew. This was the part she was waiting for. She just needed to time it right. She put her hands together and slowly edged them in between Henry and Regina and just as hands appeared on the screen in the darkness beside the 'mother' and clapped Emma done the same, loudly and both Henry and Regina jumped, Regina letting out a squeal and Henry yelling in the least manly way.
Henry turned on a lamp and he and Regina both looked behind them to see Emma laughing uncontrollably, holding her stomach as she leaned over and leaned on the sofa slightly. That was just as good as she had imagined it to be.
"Really mature mom." Henry said rolling his eyes.
"That…was…so funny…" Emma breathed out in between laughing. She was beginning to find it hard to breath with all her laughing.
"It was not funny. You scared the life out of me!" Regina said her hand over her heart.
""It was so funny…" Emma said slowly stopping her laughter but continuing to lean on the sofa. "I'm sorry guys but I just couldn't resist. It was just too easy to scare you guys."
"Like I said mom real mature." Henry said with a smirk.
"That's me kid." Emma replied.
"Did you get my stuff?" Regina asked.
Emma nodded her head. "Yep. Mom packed some stuff for you. It's in the bag over there." Emma motioned towards the door where the bag was.
"Thanks." Regina replied as she stood up and walked over to the bag. She opened it and looked through everything. "Did mom and dad say anything? Or ask…"
"They wanted to know if you were okay and they wanted to come and get you." Emma said. "But I told them to give you a few days to maybe cool down. See what you feel then."
Regina nodded her head. "Thanks…" She repeated. "So where will I sleep?"
"You can sleep up in my room if you want? I can sleep on the sofa." Henry suggested.
"Are…are you sure? I don't want to throw you out of your room." Regina said.
"Nah it's fine." Henry said.
Regina smiled at him and the picked up her bag. "Okay well I'm gonna go take my stuff upstairs then." She then turned on her heel and headed towards the stairs.
Emma waited until Regina reached the top before she moved round the sofa and sat down. Henry turned the DVD off. "She okay?" Emma asked.
"Yea seems to be although she doesn't understand why everyone is looking at her and waiting to see if she does something evil. She told me that people are looking at her differently and acting differently and I think it makes her uncomfortable." Henry explained.
"I can see why it would make her uncomfortable." Emma said. "Did you ask about Gold?"
Henry nodded his head. "Yep she said the same as what she told us earlier outside Grandpa's shop. He struck no deal with her just took the cuff off. Although she did ask me if I trusted Grandpa."
"And what did you say?" Emma asked.
"That I probably didn't trust him and that he has done many bad things in his life." Henry said. "I didn't want to push Regina too much. She seemed to be upset about the fact I didn't seem to believe her. I think she needs as many people who believe and trust her as she can and there doesn't seem to be many at the moment, well at least that is what she feels. So I don't think we should push her too much. "
"Your right." Emma said. "She needs us to trust her and that is what we will do. I'm sure she wasn't silly enough to enter into any deals with Gold."
They both went quiet as they heard Regina coming back down the stairs. Regina walked over to them and gave them both a smile before she looked more towards Emma. "Can I go out please? Robin has text me and I would like to go and see him."
"Where would you be going?" Emma asked.
Regina shrugged her shoulder's. "I dunno just walking around I guess. Nothing major. Please Emma. I really want to see Robin."
Emma sighed and ran her fingers through her blonde hair. Maybe it wouldn't hurt for Regina to go out with Robin. Like Henry said she needed to be around people who trusted and loved her and Emma was more than sure Robin was one of those people. "Yea okay…" Emma started.
"Great! Thanks Emma!" Regina said happily and went to leave the loft but Emma stopped her.
"But make sure your back for dinner okay." Emma said.
"When will dinner be?" Regina asked.
"Erm…I dunno…in like two hours…" Emma said.
"Okay. Well I will be back in two hours then." Regina said and with that she quickly left the loft.
Regina quickly made her way through Storybrooke and over towards the park where she said she would meet Robin. She smiled to herself as she saw Robin waiting for her on one of the benches. She quickly walked over to him and jumped down onto the bench. "Hi…" Regina said.
"Hey." Robin smiled. He then leaned over and brushed his lips against Regina's. "How are you?" He asked as he pulled away.
Regina shrugged her shoulder's. "Okay I guess. As good as I can be with everything that is going on." She replied. "I have to be back at Emma's in about two hours."
"Emma's? Are you staying with Emma?" Robin asked.
Regina nodded her head. "I sneaked out of mine earlier. I had to. My mom and dad had let Gold put this black cuff on me to block my magic even though Gold told them that there would be side effects that could make me feel ill." Regina explained.
"They didn't care about the side effects it could give you?" Robin asked with worry in his voice.
"They didn't seem to care. They felt it more important to protect the town and the other people rather than me. I stormed out of Gold's shop after he put the cuff on me and Emma followed me. I kind of ranted to Emma and I don't know what happened but my magic tried to fight against the cuff but it couldn't break through and I got this terrible shooting pain in my arm." Regina explained.
"So where is the cuff now?" Robin asked looking down at Regina's wrists.
"Well once we got back to mine, I sneaked out and went back to Gold's shop and asked him to take it off and he did." Regina said.
"Just like that?" Robin asked with a raised eyebrow. "I have heard everything comes with a price with Gold."
Should I tell him? Robin would stand by me…but then he seems to doubt Gold too. Maybe I shouldn't have trusted him? But he seems to be the only person who understands the magic in me. "He took the cuff off me and didn't want anything in return." Regina replied. "So anyway I am staying at Emma's for a few days as I really don't want to see my mom and dad right now."
"I guess I don't blame you if they made you wear the cuff knowing you could have bad side effects." Robin replied taking Regina's hand in his and linking his fingers with hers.
"Yea…Emma thinks I should take some time to cool down and think about things and once I do that I won't feel as angry at mom and dad." Regina said.
"And what do you think?" Robin asked.
"I don't know…" Regina said as she shrugged her shoulders. She leaned over and rested her head on Robin's shoulder. "They hurt me Robin…It hurt to be thought of second. They thought of the town and the other people before they thought of me…their daughter…and that hurt. I don't know if it will only take a couple of days for me to stop being angry at them for that."
"Well that is understandable Regina and if it does take longer I am sure Emma will let you stay with her longer and if not then We will figure something out." Robin said and then kissed the top of Regina's head.
"I don't think your mom and dad will want me staying over at yours…" Regina said.
"We don't need to stay there…we would figure something else out. I am not going to leave you alone Regina. I am with you no matter what. I love you and I want to make sure you are okay." Robin said.
Regina smiled at that. "I love you too." Regina said softly.
"So…what do you want to do?" Robin asked.
"I'm not sure…" Regina said and glanced down at her watch. "We only have around an hour and a half before I need to get back to Emma's."
"We can just stick around here if you want…or maybe go to that place in the forest that we usually go to…" Robin suggested. They both had a special place in the forest. Two big logs lay on the ground and the trees surrounded them. There were flowers all around on the ground and it was just nice and peaceful. It was a place they considered was theirs.
"I think we should go to our place." Regina said with a smile.
"Our place it is then." Robin replied with a smile too. So they stood up and they headed towards the forest, their hands linked the whole way. It didn't take them long to get to their place and they both sat down on the longs, their hands never parting. "So will you be at school tomorrow?" Robin asked.
"I-I'm not sure…" Regina said slowly. "I think I might try and convince Emma to let me stay off. I don't think I am ready to face everyone after what happened at that party with William."
"No one blames you for what happened Regina. William is a creep and he shouldn't have tried to lay a hand on you." Robin said feeling his anger rising at the thought of what William tried to do to Regina.
"I doubt anyone supports me in what happened either. Everyone seems to be scared of my magic and in a way I don't entirely blame them as I have no idea what my magic can do. I have little control over it. If it builds up inside me and wants to escape then it does. I cannot stop it right now." Regina said. "Everyone in this town looks at me differently and treats me differently now Robin. Like I said to Henry earlier it's as if they are waiting for me to do something evil…I don't know…that's just how it feels…"
"Something evil? You would never do anything evil…" Robin said.
"I hope I wouldn't but I have no idea what this magic could make me do." Regina said.
"Emma has magic and no one sees her like that." Robin replied.
"That's what confuses me. Everyone loves Emma and her magic but the minute I get magic it's like all hell breaks loose and no one knows how to be around me. Some things people say to me or about me…It's weird." Regina said. "Henry said that as long as the people who matter to me don't feel like that then it shouldn't matter but I can't help but let it matter. It makes me feel so uncomfortable. I just wish things were like they used to be. I wish I didn't have magic. But then I feel guilty thinking that because if I didn't have magic I wouldn't have been able to save Twister…"
"See that's a good thing that has come out of your magic. You saved twister." Robin said with a smile.
Regina nodded her head. "I should have asked Emma if Twister could stay at the loft with me. I might ask her tomorrow."
"Do you think she will let Twister stay?" Robin asked.
Regina shrugged her shoulders. "I have no idea but I have nothing to lose by asking her I guess."
They fell into silence for a bit after that and Regina rested her head on Robin's shoulder once again. They enjoyed being in one another's company for a while. Robin then shifted a little making Regina look up at him. "You okay?" Regina asked.
"Yea…I was just wondering…" Robin started but then trailed off.
"What were you wondering?" Regina asked.
"Do you wanna…you know kiss…make out…" Robin stuttered out awkwardly and then shook his head at himself.
Regina smiled as she watched Robin blush. She placed her hand on his cheek an brought him up to look at her. "Yea I do want to." Regina smirked.
Robin smiled back at her and he leaned forward pressing his lips down onto hers. That is how they spent the rest of their time together that night, their lips locked together and their hands moving over one another's bodies, lost in one another and totally in love.