Red smiled at Belle. When she came home there had been many tears of joy, many kisses, and many reassurances that this wasn't all a dream. Red never wanted to leave her side.
"I missed you so much, I thought I lost you," Red whispered as they lay in bed cuddled together.
"You could never lose me," Belle whispered kissing Red gently. Red separated when air became necessary.
"Marry me," Red whispered. Belle opened and closed her mouth.
"What?" Belle asked, stunned at what she just heard.
"Marry me Belle, I don't want anyone else in my life and I want to spend as much time with you as possible," Red said. Belle smiled.
"Not until you buy me a ring," Belle teased making Red smile widely.
"Is that a yes?" Red asked. Belle smiled and laughed while she nodded.
"Yes, that is a yes," Belle said. Red squealed in excitement and kissed her.
"Ma!" Henry yelled running and holding her tightly by the waist. "I missed you so much; I knew you would come back." Emma flinched at the pain she still had but hugged him back.
"I told you I would," Emma whispered.
"You…they…told us…" Regina tried to talk but she was choking on tears.
"Grandma said you died," Henry said. Emma tensed.
"I know," Emma grabbed Henrys hands and took them off of her. "Let's go in kid," Emma said moving into the house. "Why don't you give me and your mom a minute alone," Emma said. Henry nodded sadly and left.
When Henry was out of the room Emma grabbed Regina and kissed her, Regina gripped onto Emma's hair and pulled her closer, kissing until they couldn't breathe anymore.
"You're not leaving my site again," Regina panted making Emma smiled.
"I missed you, Henry and you were what kept me going, I never stopped thinking about you," Emma said. "I told you I was coming back," Emma whispered her forehead resting on Reginas.
Regina pulled Emma into another kiss, not as needy but softer and full of longing.
"She said you were dead," Regina whispered tears falling. Emma wiped away the tears, her heart ached knowing that Regina was hurt.
"Regina, there's something I have to tell you," Emma whispered.
"What is it?" Regina asked looking at Emma. Emma closed her eyes and took a deep breath to steady herself.
"Cora...she...she payed someone to..." Emma started but the door opened and in came Cora.
"Dear, I seem to have left...you," Cora snarled noticing Emma in the room. "You're supposed to be dead," Cora said in anger.
"I'm not really someone who follows plans," Emma said. "You know you really should stick to killing people yourself," Emma said standing in front of Regina protectively.
The corner of Coras mouth twitched, "I don't know what you are talking about," Cora said.
"Oh you know, Peter, the guy you hired to take down the plane so I would die. What about the other passengers, did you even take them into consideration?" Emma asked. Cora closed the door.
"I didn't care for the other passengers, I just wanted you gone. You didn't care about money, unlike that stupid Daniel. He was easily bought off. But you," Cora snarled, pointing at Emma, "you I will have to kill myself," Cora said.
"Mother, how could you do this?" Regina asked, not knowing how her own mother wanted to ruin her happiness.
"I'm trying to help you Regina, love is weakness, and as soon as you learn that the better," Cora said.
"Do you even love me?" Regina asked as tears fell down her face.
"Of course I do," Cora said reaching into her purse for the gun. "But this is what's best for you," Cora said as she took the gun out and pointed it at Emma, Reginas eyes went wide but Emma was faster and before she could pull the trigger she tackled Cora to the ground. Cora fell with a grunt but didn't have time to react before a shot of pain was delivered to her face.
Emma straddled Coras waist and punched her in the face. Cora snarled trying to get Emma, but this time Emma wasn't going easy. She delivered blow after blow to Cora, each time more blood appeared.
"Emma, stop! You're going to kill her," Regina yelled. She didn't care about her mother at that point but knew it would weigh heavily on Emmas shoulders if she killed someone. Emma got off of Cora as she felt Regina physically restrain her. Regina whipped away her tears as she tried to calm Emma down.
"Police!" a detective yelled coming into the house, his partner beside him both of them had their guns ready.
"She's in here, she tried to shoot me and Regina," Emma said. The detective came in and picked Cora up, placing her handcuffs.
"I'll kill you," Cora said, spiting blood towards Emma. Emma growled and tried to go towards Cora again. Regina stepped in front of Emma, cupping her cheeks.
"Shh, I've got you, don't worry about her," Regina whispered stroking Emmas cheeks. Emma leaned into her touch as she calmed down, breathing in the scent of apples.
"Cora mills, you are arrested for…" The detective trailed off as he led her out of the house with his partner beside him. Emma wasn't listening anymore and just focused on Regina.
"I'm sorry you had to listen to those things she said, about Daniel and…" Regina placed her hand over Emmas mouth while shaking her head.
"Most of those things she said were true," Regina whispered sadly. "He left for money, but you stayed because you didn't care about that. You showed me how to love again, how to care for someone other than my son. And I thank you, I love you Emma Swan and nothing is going to change that," Regina said and kissed her with so much love. Emma melted in the kiss but didn't touch her; she had blood on her hands.
Eventually they pulled apart when they heard someone coughing. Emma looked up at the detective then back at Regina.
"Why don't you go up and check on Henry?" Emma said. Regina nodded and practically ran up the stairs to check on her son. Emma reached under her shirt and grabbed the wire, taking it off and handing it to the detective. The detective smiled and thanked her.
"We will probably need to see you in court," He informed her. Emma nodded.
"I figured you would, this is where you will find me. I was supposed to move in but I'm not sure if that invitation is still up," Emma said. The detective nodded.
"I understand, email me when you figure out where you are staying," he said. Emma nodded and watched him walk out of the house.
"Wait, how long is she going to be locked up," Emma asked.
"With all the evidence we have on her, the rest of her life," he said, and then left with a raging Cora in the back seat. Emma went closed and locked the door, whimpering in pain when she lifted her arm.
"He's ok, but I'm letting him stay home," Regina said as she came down the stairs, gasping as she saw Emmas back and side. "Emma you're bleeding," Regina said going over to her side pulling her into her study to fix her.
Regina lifted and took Emmas shirt off, her heart ached when she saw the injury. Regina went over to her first aid and got some supplies out to take care of Emmas wounds.
"Your stitches opened up, I'm going to fix them," Regina said as she went to work. Emma whimpered and gripped the desk she was on.
"You can feel pain in your back again," Regina observed as she finished up. Emma nodded, biting her lip to keep from whimpering. Regina dressed the wound then went around standing in between Emmas legs. Regina placed her hand over Emmas heart and buried her face in Emmas neck. Emma sighed and wrapped her arm around Regina, burying her nose in her hair and breathing in.
"I missed your smell, I love the way you smell like apples," Emma whispered. Regina smiled against Emmas neck.
"And I love the way you smell," Regina whispered as she lifted up and kissed her softly and full of love. Emma closed her eyes as she got lost into the kiss.
"Ew, guys," Henry said walking in. Regina and Emma laughed as they broke apart.
"Sorry kid," Emma said making Henry smile widely, he missed hearing her call him that.
"It's ok, just put on a shirt," Henry said. Emma nodded and gently got off the desk.
"I should get going," Emma said putting on her bloody shirt.
"Why would you leave?" Regina asked her eyebrows creased in confusion.
"Well I have to get home," Emma said.
"This is your home though," Regina said.
"You still want me to live with you guys?" Emma asked them, looking at both.
"Of course we do," Henry said.
"We want you to stay here Emma," Regina said and Emma teared up.
"I love you guys so much," Emma whispered as they went to her and hugged her.
"We love you too Ma," Henry said. Regina smiled and kissed Emmas cheek.
"We will never stop loving you Emma, we're a family now," Regina said.
Henry let go of his moms, "can we go out to eat?" Henry asked.
"Uhmm...I...I actually can't," Emma said. Regina didn't ask but made a mental note to ask later.
"We can eat here, how does lasagna sound?" Regina asked.
"Oh yes please," Emma moaned. Regina smiled and chuckled.
"Do you want to help?" Regina asked. Emma nodded.
"Yeah," Emma said.
"I'll be in my room playing video games," Henry said going to his room. Regina took Emmas hand and took her to the kitchen, getting out the proper things out to make lasagna. Emma walked over and wrapped her arms around Regina. Regina sighed and leaned back into Emmas touch.
"If you don't let go I can't cook," Regina whispered not really putting up a fight.
"I don't want to let go," Emma said. Regina smiled and turned in Emmas arms.
"I'm right here Emma, I'm not going anywhere," Regina said.
"There was a lot of things that happened to me Regina," Emma said tearing up.
"Do you want to talk about it now?" Regina asked stroking Emmas arm. Emma nodded and bit her lip.
"I held Killians hand as he passed away, he gave me something but I don't know if I'm ready," Emma whispered. "I took care of everyone, I had to stay strong so no one would lose hope," Emma cried. Reginas heart broke for her Emma.
"It took me a week to drive here, because I kept flinching, every time someone honked I would almost drive off the road. I can't handle loud noises, I look at a plane and I have a panic attack, I want it to stop Regina," Emma whimpered. Regina teared up and wiped Emmas tears away.
"You were so strong for everyone else that you didn't get to settle down and cope, that's why this is happening Emma," Regina explained. "You really are a knight and shining armor, being strong for everyone and helping them," Regina said stroking her cheek.
"I don't know if I should sleep here tonight, I've been having bad dreams and I struggle in my sleep," Emma said.
"All the more reason for you to stay here," Regina said kissing her softly. "I can help you," Regina whispered. Emma nodded and let go.
"Ok, lets cook," Emma said wanting to get off the topic. Regina nodded and kissed her nose, making Emma scrunch up her nose. Regina laughed and stroked her arms.
"Come on and help," Regina said as she turned back around and prepared the food. The rest of preparing lunch went with laughs as they had a food fight, of course brought on by Emma when she threw a piece of dough at Regina.
"Did you just throw piece of dough at me?" Regina challenged as she put the lasagna in the oven then placed her hands on her hip. Emmas lips twitched.
"Maybe," Emma said looking everywhere but at Regina. Regina sighed and clicked her tongue.
"I really hate to do this," Regina said as she grabbed a handful of flour and threw it at Emma. Emma gasped and looked at Regina. Regina took a picture of Emmas flour covered face. "I take it back, I enjoyed that," Regina said as she looked at the photo then up at Emma who was grinning and had a handful of flour, "Emma Swan don't you dare, I'm in a very expensive dress," Regina said. Emma smiled and looked at the red dress Regina was wearing.
"Then I suggest you take it off," Emma said. Regina raised an eyebrow.
"You're not throwing that at me," Regina said. Emma bit her lip and nodded.
"Sorry but I am," Emma said and threw the flouring making it land in Reginas hair, "youstarted this," Emma said.
"Oh and I plan on finishing it," Regina said as they began throwing flour everywhere until they were both covered head to toe in flour.
This will be the last time you see Cora, she is offically gone forever. Soon everything is going to be right again and everyone will be happy, I promise. Remember reviews are love.