A/N: Gasps! Emma confessed her love secret! Now, you can continue from here and if you haven't read The Beauty of the Ballet: Chapter 15. Enjoy it.

"Because of Regina, I love her."

It floored Mary Margaret when her eyes got widened by her oldest daughter's final answer. In few seconds later, the pixie cut schoolteacher screamed with excitement and caused Emma to jump with a yell. Mary Margaret clapped excitedly before hearing the footsteps from the living room. It was Amy and Neal to barge in the kitchen and yelled in unison.

"What's going on!?"

Emma whipped her head at her siblings and shook her head violently. It was her mother who blurted it out in front of her children while grinning widely at her blonde daughter. It halted the golden-haired diva to glare at her mother before giving no comment.

"Emma just confessed that she does love Regina!"

"Finally, it's about this damn time." Amy spoke lightly while crossing her arms over her chest. Emma slapped her arm with a growl. Mary Margaret scolded both of her girls and heard Neal's laughter. Others looked at him with their perplexed face. The brown-haired man clapped over the air and kept squealing when he tried to form his words.

"Emma – "

"What, idiot?" Emma casually replied before glaring at her mother. The schoolteacher shrugged away before kissing on her children's forehead and walking away to the living room. Amy finally sat down and smiled at her oldest sister with a reply.

"So?"

"You and Regina…" Neal waggled his eyebrows while finding his seat beside Amy and Emma cursed under her breath then nodded with a confirmation. The redheaded woman fisted in the air and gave a hand out to Neal with an answer.

"You owe me $40 dollars."

"I believe that Everett betted on you for $60 dollars for Emma to confess toward our mother. Not to us." Neal explained before looking over at his young sister with a nail on the coffin. Amy slammed her hand on the table and cursed loudly. The blonde actress blinked at them and spoke lightly.

"You two were betting on my love life?"

"Well, all of us except Cora and Henry Mills." Amy rolled her eyes at the Mills parents and knew that they were too refined to bet on the money for rooting on the couple over the town. The townspeople knew about them for the years and didn't complain about it at all. Emma hardly breathed at all because she received new information about the betting pool over her and Regina. She turned around and walked away with no comments. It caused Neal to slam on Amy's head and yelled at her for no reason.

"Wonderful. She won't explain everything to us since you blurted it out about the betting pool. Good work, Amy."

"What? It's not my fault. It's yours too." Amy replied with a raised eyebrow. The brown-haired man threw his hands in the air and searched for Everett to explain what happened back in the kitchen. Henry was grossed in watching a movie with his grandparent. David listened to him while watching with his grandson together.

Mary Margaret rolled her eyes at her husband and mouthed, 'Children'. He laughed at his wife with a nod of his head then went silent for few minutes. Emma was in her room checking on her emails from her laptop while on the bed. Her agent emailed her about the auditions for few commercials and some guest spots for television shows. Her memories brought herself when Regina and Emma was in high school during their sophomore year.

Flashback – Fall 1998

At this time, Emma was turning into 15 years old and dyed dark blonde. She always loved dying the different shades of blonde through her eighth grade. Her mother, Mary Margaret had a minor scare when it came to the beautiful hair of Emma's. She rolled her eyes at her mother's face in the morning when she came downstairs for the breakfast with her family.

Neal was almost four years old at this time but kept babbling at her with some giggles. David raised his eyebrows at his oldest daughter. Amy was 9 years old with her pigtails hairstyle in her hot pink dress and white shoes. For Everett, he was 12 years old in his slickly hairdo in his Grease style and always wanted to be John Travolta.

The blonde girl shrugged at her new hair color and grabbed the breakfast on the run before catching Regina on the way to the school. They decided to hold their breakfast at Granny's on every Tuesday and Thursday. It saved their money to spend all of it for their breakfast. Their parents didn't mind if the girls hang out at their houses after school and doing homework together since they took same classes together since elementary school.

It didn't surprise everyone that Emma and Regina were inseparable since the first day of school. Mary Margaret took them out by having a fun at the park since she met Cora and Henry at the fundraiser. It was that time when Mayor Astrid took her duty as the mayor of Storybrooke before Henry Mills Sr. decided to upgrade his position.

On the way to Storybrooke High School, Regina was not dating anyone at all right before liking Graham. Emma knew her real secret that the brown-haired girl has a penis since she was born but refuse to share the information with others. She swore on her great-great grandfather's grave.

The brunette girl turned around to see her best friend on the run with her dark blonde hair. She tilted her head while gripping her sunglass off from her eyes and furrowed her brows. Emma chewed a granola bar before scrunching her nose at the taste of it and spit away in the trash near her before explaining everything about back in the house. It caused Regina to chuckle at her story.

"It's been always you to scare your poor mother."

"I know, Gina. So, let's hit the class before someone kick my ass."

"Language, Em." The brown-haired girl smirked at her before scolding her with a foul mouth. Other chuckled while wrapping her long arm around her best friend's shoulders and walked together to their class. Not before everyone got jealous of their relationship and even though they were stupid to think that the girls were dating each other. It was not true because they were the best friends for long time and always enjoyed each other's company.

Only the few friends of theirs knew their relationship between them. They were only best friends to each other but not dating each other. Emma was not aware of her classmates when it came to her hot outfits every day. Regina has sometimes judged on her clothes but accepted who Emma was to her and continued with their gossip over their parents' news from their houses.

On their routine of hanging out at the school backyard, Regina took her time to chat with her good friends. Emma was sitting beside her and reading on the chemistry book while she was doing answers and questions for a quiz in her class in the afternoon. The brunette girl handed her half of a sandwich to Emma before discussing about the cutest boy in their class.

It caused Emma to pay attention toward Regina's comments about Graham. Others whispered about his hot Mohawk. The blonde girl rolled her eyes at Graham's hair and knew it was not hot enough. She thought that Graham was an idiot after all since she met him in her biology class on her fall semester before partnering with her best friend, Regina.

The brown-haired girl shushed her friends and saw Graham coming toward her. The brown-haired boy charmed Regina with his smile and greeted some of them. Others squealed. Regina was completely calm when she looked up at him and said.

"Hi."

"Hello Regina, I wonder if you like to hang out with me after school."

Emma was looking over at her best friend and waited for her answer. Regina bit her lip as she looked over at her friends who mouthed, 'yes.' Graham chuckled and raked his hand through his Mohawk. The brown-haired girl looked back at him with a final answer.

"Yes, I would love to."

It caused the blonde girl to break a half of pencil before forming a fake smile toward them. She decided to close the book and gathered her things in the backpack then spoke lightly toward her best friend and others but ignored Graham's presence. Finally, she left Regina confused.

"See you, Regina."

Emma breathed through her nostrils after finding out that Graham asked her out for a hangout. It was just a hangout but it was not true at all after she got a new information from someone else at the school on the next few days. Regina and Graham started dating each other after their hangout. It was him who made a move to kiss her on their hangout area. The brown-haired girl blushed at their first kiss and decided to kiss him back.

After their hangout, Emma kept seeing Regina and Graham stealing a kiss from each other in the hallway and outside of the school even in the hallway before the classes. The gossip about the couple in the school were running for weeks. The blonde girl couldn't stand to watch her best friend making out with an idiot with a Mohawk.

She realized that she really wanted Regina to be hers. She felt like her heart shattered in every piece when she saw a kiss between Regina and Graham in front of her from the hallway before the lunch time. The blonde girl decided to avoid her best friend for few days and focused on her studies every week in the library. That's how Regina didn't find her at all until Emma showed up in her sweatpants and t-shirt with Nike shoes. It was not her fashion style but her lazy casual style.

Emma walked into the class and sat in the back of the corner. She covered her head by a black hoodie. Of course, she dyed her hair in a jet black color and has a piercing nose. Regina didn't know that her best friend has been smoking lately. The dyed black-haired girl got tired of Regina and her boyfriend's names in the gossip news and she was aware of their dating for weeks.

Regina and Graham were dating for almost 6 months from winter since their hangout. It's how Emma changed her clothes, hair and habits in a slow pace and she didn't want her best friend to notice her or find her for some answers. She felt like she was left out when it came to Graham being her boyfriend. Emma rolled her eyes and passed her courses with an easy A.

It kept her sane when it came to Regina's secret. Emma wondered how Graham took it very well since Regina has a man's part. She couldn't tell very well by her observation and glanced over at Regina who finally noticed her. The dark haired girl took her bag and left the classroom quickly before getting caught by her.

Before the summer break started, Emma was not easily caught by her best friend and always avoided her at each times. She realized that her sophomore year has come to an end and would enter in her junior year by few months later. She explored through her sophomore year by finding a thrilling place to travel. Of course, Emma stuffed money for few months since working at the Theatre Company in Portland, Maine and has always wanted to go to London.

Finally, she bought a flight ticket to London for summer and explained everything to her parents. They supported her for her summer break and asked her if Regina could go with her. Emma completely said 'no' and she wanted to go alone on her own. It surprised Mary Margaret more than David's reaction.

The dyed black-haired girl finally got out of school and began on her summer break right after the bell rang. The students scattered to have their summer break. Emma saw Regina kissing Graham at the front of the school and heard their conversation about spending their time together on Storybrooke beaches and partying on the cruise ship with their parents together. Some of her friends squealed and asked them if they were thinking about being together for few years.

It gagged Emma when she heard their plans with Graham's parents. She walked away to her car and felt Regina's eyes on her back. Emma took a glance over her best friend and ignored them as she drove away to her house. Regina frowned at herself when it came to Emma and didn't understand why her best friend pulled herself away from her and felt a tug from her boyfriend. She looked back at him with a smile. Graham told her to come with him on the ride back to home and Regina nodded after waving her hand at her friends.

Later in the late hot afternoon, Emma sent her farewell to her family with kisses and took herself to the airport alone. She came upon a ticket agent to get her flight ticket and checked in her bags. To her knowledge, she didn't realize that Regina and Graham included their parents were behind her. Emma thanked the agent and turned around to see them. The brown-haired girl stared at her best friend and continued.

"Hi."

It got Emma to not say anything but just a nod. She just walked away after greeting toward Regina's parents and ignored Graham and his parents at all. Emma arrived at her gate and waited for her boarding call. Regina's parents worked out with ticket plans and took their kids out to the gate. Regina kept looking for Emma until she saw her boarding for London and her jaw floored.

The brown-haired girl has been always wanting to go there with Emma for a long time since they planned when they were in seventh grade. The girls swore by the deal they made for their lifelong friendship and promised each other that they won't go without each other to London. But Emma was going to London by herself and it made Regina to run over at her.

"Emma!"

It caused the dyed black-haired girl to whip her head at her before entering the plane. Regina dropped her bags at Graham's feet and ran after her best friend. Emma waited before the gate closed and crossed her arms over her chest. The brown-haired girl finally stood in front of her and continued.

"You promised me."

"What?" The former blonde girl asked with her raised eyebrows.

"You promised me that we would go to London together." Regina said.

"You are not going with me to London because you have Graham for the cruise ship on your summer break. So, have fun with your Mohawk boyfriend." Emma replied before walking away to her plane. It left Regina to watch her best friend going away and it caused her to cry. Graham came upon her and held her in his arms but pulled away by herself.

Regina stumbled away to her father and hugged him while she was sobbing for her best friend who was on the way to London without her. Graham sighed and turned at his parents who were helpless. Cora finally understood how Emma felt between Regina and Graham then nodded to herself. She suspected that it was a confirmation that Emma surely liked her daughter since their first day of school. She always knew it was her mother's instincts after all.

Flashback

A/N: Hah. Yes, it was 1998 and it's a same year for Regina and Graham to be in relationship. But, if you recall that date from few chapters back and you would understand why I used this specific date. :-D. Poor Regina for not going to London with Emma.

By the way, I've been wanting to go to London badly! My brother went there two summers back. Lucky bastard.

I have few chapters ahead of this story and still running.