It had now been two days since her conversation with Hook, and Emma decided to talk to her mother about things. Things were still tense between them since she had found out about her relationship with Regina. But despite that, the mother and daughter did still love each other deeply, so Emma felt comfortable talking to her about things. As for her father, they still hadn't spoken. But Snow did tell her how he was starting to adjust.
"I just don't know what to do, Mom," she said, putting her face in her hand. "I mean, Regina and I haven't been together that long. But I really like her,"
"Have you talked to her since that day?" Snow asked her.
"Nothing more than good morning and good night texts," Emma replied. "Henry's been with her, and I haven't even seen her since I told Hook,"
"Well, just because you're having Hook's baby doesn't mean you owe it to him to be with him. You need to do whatever makes you happy," she told her.
"I don't know... last time with Henry, I don't think I made the right choice giving him up. Sure, everything is fine now that we're all together, but it could've gone so much differently. I want to give this child their best chance, just like I had wanted to before. Is having two parents who have broken up really the best thing for them? I'm a mother, I need to put my children's happiness above my own,"
"Growing up in two different households isn't always a bad thing,"
"I guess... but I just don't know,"
"Emma, I think you need to talk with both of them at the same time and work something out. Go with your heart,"
"Okay..."
With that, Emma hugged her mother goodbye. She then exited her place to go home.
Upon arriving, she pulled out her phone and created a group between herself, Regina, and Hook.
I need to talk with you both.
Hook responded right away.
Ship docks in 10
Regina replied back with a simple okay.
Emma wasn't quite sure how this was going to go, but she was hopeful. Pulling her iconic red leather jacket over herself, she finished getting ready.
Opening her texts again, she smiled from both happiness and sadness. She had removed Killian's contact photo, so it was blank. But Regina's contact photo was a picture taken of Emma kissing her cheek awhile ago. It made her happy to see that picture, but her heart dropped as she knew that the outcome of today was uncertain.
Walking out of her house, she decided to magic herself to the docks to save time. Luckily for her, Hook and Regina were already there. They were near the end of the dock, so they would have privacy.
"Let's just get straight to the point," Emma told them. They both nodded in agreement.
"I want what's best for this child," she said. "But I'm not quite sure what that looks like,"
"I know exactly what it looks like," Hook piped in, glaring at Regina. "We need to get back together for our child. It's what's best for them. We can work through our differences, and make sure our kid is happy,"
If looks could kill, Hook would've been dead from Regina's stare.
"Yeah, 'cause raising that child in an unhappy household will be best," she said sarcastically. "Like you know all about parenting, pirate,"
"This isn't about Emma anymore, it's about our kid!" Hook said to her. She took a step forward, staring him in the eye.
"Is it really? When you were with Milah before Gold became the Dark One, were you doing what was best for the child in that situation? No, you weren't. You know nothing about this and you're using it to get back with Emma!" She yelled.
"No, I'm not. What happened with Milah, was the crocodile's fault," he said, taking a step towards her as well.
"Both of you, stop this!" Emma demanded, stepping between them. Of course, they ignored her.
"I won't let you take Emma away from me!" Regina said, creating a fireball in her hand.
In response to that, he attempted to take a swing at her. Regina then used her magic to levitate him into the air. This time, she punched him hard across the face, causing him to bleed. She let him down, which he responded by trying to hit her again. Without using magic, Regina dodged him. Recreating that fireball, she actually launched it at him this time. Scorch marks appeared all over his vest.
"Enough of this!" Emma yelled, placing her arms out to stop them from getting near each other.
Hook ignored her, and lunged at Regina. On top of her, he gripped her hand around her throat. Regina moved her legs out so she could kick him. He fell off of her, and lay on the ground, defeated.
Regina levitated him once again, but restricted his windpipe so he couldn't breathe. He tried to speak to beg her to stop, but he couldn't.
"Regina, let him down!" Emma begged.
Everything inside of Regina wanted nothing more than to launch another fireball at the pirate. But she saw Emma's face, and saw the look of desperation in her eyes. Sighing, she let her hands fall to her sides. With that, Hook fell to the ground. Breathing heavily, she still didn't break her glare toward Hook.
"I'm sorry," Emma said to them both. "But I know what I need to do now." Tears were streaming down her face. "I can't be with either of you if it's going to be like this. I need to do what's best for them, and this isn't it,"
"Emma, wait!" Hook said, getting to his feet. "I still want to be involved!"
"We'll work something out," Emma decided. "But we can't be together."
She started to walk away, but was stopped by Regina grabbing her arm, who now had tears coming out of her eyes as well.
"Emma, no," she begged her. "Please don't leave,"
"I'm sorry, Regina," she replied, her voice breaking. She started to wave her hand to magic herself out, but Regina grabbed her first.
"I love you," she told her shakily. "Emma, I've loved you for awhile. Please don't do this, we can work something out,"
All Emma wanted to do was to say those three words back to her. But seeing what had just unfolded, she knew that she couldn't be with Regina now, no matter how she felt.
Before officially magicking herself home, she said one thing to her now ex-girlfriend.
"If you love me, let me go."
