Regina is with Kat helping her out with her exhibition. She already recounted to Kat Emma's odd behaviour this morning.
Suddenly, Emma enters like a tornado "Regina! Thank God I found you" She grabs Regina by the hand and tries to push her out of the door while excusing herself for the last minute plans "Kat, I'm sorry, but I have to get Regina out of here right now"
Regina stops her "What is with you today?" She is concern. She hasn't seen Emma act this way.
"You have to trust me". Say Emma looking into her eyes. "Things are happening from yesterday. They're jumbled up... but they're happening again in some way".
"We already went through this"
"I know, and maybe you're right. Maybe it's stress. But all I know... is that we have to leave Toronto. Immediately!". Regina cannot believe her. All this time trying to get her out of the apartment. To do something together and Emma decides that today is the rigth day. Between helping Kat and the concert, she doesn't have the time.
"I promised Kat…" she says but Kat interrupts her "You've helped loads. You're right.
The fallacies will look great in the garden." Says while walking pass by.
Emma takes Regina's hand again in order to leave the place; but Regina is not ready. She has a big compromise today "Emma, I have my concert tonight. Remember?"
"I'll have you back in time. I swear" at that point screeching of wheels are heard and Emma's heart stops for a second. She looks at the direction of the sound and watches as two cars bump into each other. She is scared, although her brain tries to tell her that Regina is fine, and the car crash was more of a little frighting moment that didn't cause any damage, she is terrified.
"Let's go. I have to get you out of Toronto now. Just trust me on this" she begs
"Okay, let's go"
Emma takes then to the train station. Walks to the middle looking frenetically around, looking for a signal or something. Where should they go? Where can she keep Regina save? but Regina beat her to it and got to her side with two tickets.
"Now will you tell me where we're going?" Emma asked
"You said anywhere I want to. So stop asking. Just enjoy not knowing what's going to happen" Regina says with an smile on her face before kissing Emma on the lips.
While on the train Emma cannot stop worrying. It's just too much. She knows how it will end if she doesn't do anything. For a second, she is pull out of her mind and looks at her surroundings. She recognizes it. "Hang on a minute"
"What do you think?" Regina asked, now worry and asking herself if this was the right decision. Maybe she shouldn't have. "If you don't want to stop here we can just keep going"
"But how did you even know that this was my..."
"You told me where you were from. I've never met your family."
"They've been busy"
"I really want to see where you grew up. I want to see where little Emma went to school and played soccer. I want to see where you became the woman I love" say Regina with the loveliest smile. How can Emma say no to that face?
"If you had something to hide, you shouldn't have said 'anywhere you want to'" Regina adds with an smirk on her face.
Storybrook, that's where they are. Emma was an orphan and got adopted at the age of 5 by Mary Margaret and David Nolan. They lived in this little town in Main. Everybody knows each other here. After, Emma's parent's die she never went back until today.
Walking around the Storybrook forest they could hear thunders while the rain intensifies. They soon found themselves in front of a little cabin in front of a lake. Looks like out of a fairytale.
Suddenly it started pouring and they rushed to the cabin. Emma's opens the door, and they step in Emma's childhood home. They hug trying to warm each other.
"They had a very sweet home" said Regina while noticing her surroundings. "Why didn't you
tell me about them? I'm always yapping about my friends and family, but you never talk about yours."
"Gina, let's just forget about everything.
You know... I just want to...I just want to be here. With you" she says while preparing the fireplace.
"You really don't want to talk about your past, do you?" says Regina while taking off her coat.
"The past doesn't matter. What matters is only now"
While working on the fireplace, Emma hits her watch with the wall and it cracks, stopping at 11. She now understands she doesn't have much time. Whatever forces in the world that exist. Gave her a second chance. Maybe it was not a chance to change things, maybe she cannot stop this… whatever this it. Maybe this is just a chance to make things rigth for the woman she loves. Maybe it's a chance to show her how much she loves her and how much she will forever loves her no matter what happens today. So, she accepts it as it's.
She gets up and look at the creature in front of her. It's like the first time she is looking at her. Regina is seating near to a table, lighting some candles. The light from the candles illuminated her face. She is wonderful. Emma thinks about their life together. What they have, what they had experience, what they wanted it to be. She thinks about all the trips they won't have, the wedding… she can visualize Regina walking down the aisle in a beautiful white dress while she waits impatiently at the altar. She can see them laughing, dancing, singing together. She can also see a beautiful kid with Regina's hair, big brown eyes, and pouty lips. She can see herself growing old with Regina.
"You really are acting funny today" Regina adds, and this takes Emma out of her daydream. "Keep it up, okay?"
"Can I ask you a question?" Emma ask and turns around trying to avoid Regina face, otherwise she will notice the tears rolling out her cheeks.
"Sure"
"If for some reason you thought you didn't have a lot of time left..." her voice cracks at this
"You mean today?"
"No, I mean in life… If you had one day left, what would you do?" she finishes before cleaning up her face and turning back to look at those chocolate eyes.
"That's an odd question"
"I'd just like to know"
Regina comes around "Well, let's see... my last day on earth. Shoe shopping. And eating
ten hot fudge sundaes. And… there's that Calvin Klein underwear model. Might be fun to get to know him better" she laughs
Regina looks at her directly in her eyes "It's an easy answer. A no-brainer. I'd spend it with you"
"Really?" and stunned Emma asked
"Of course. Just being together. Like now. Doing nothing"
"And that's it? Nothing else?" Emma wants to know
"A closeness. An intense closeness. Really sharing things
with each other. Silly things. Difficult things. That's what I've always wanted
for us, and if we could have that... nothing could hurt us" she finishes, now facing each other in front of the fireplace.
"I love you" Emma says, and she feels it deeply inside of her.
"I love you, too" Regina replies while bringing their lips together.
The cracking fireplace is warming them up, but even without the fireplace they would still be warm. Their bodies come together as two pieces of jigsaw. Their kisses intensify. Regina unbuttons her shirt slowly, while she loses herself in those green eyes. Little by little more skin is exposed.
Emma can not hold it anymore; she pours all her love and desire. Regina moans as Emma's tongue slipped gently into her mouth as they landed on the carpet in front of the fireplace. Emma moves her kisses down Regina's collarbone, nipping and tasting… savoring the moment.
Regina pushes Emma from her body a little bit in order to finish undressing. There is so many clothes.
Naked, in front of the fireplace. Two bodies connect with each other in complete sync. Emma runs her tongue over Regina's nipples making them harden. She sucks, she bites, she enjoys how Regina's nipples seem to change color as everything intensifies around them.
Moving down a little bit, Emma is in front of Regina's desire. She can smell and see the glistening rushing out of Regina. She laps at it, enjoying the earthy and sweet taste that is only Regina. She is lost in there, between creamy tights. This is not their first time, but still there is something different. It feels different. She lookups up to look at Regina without stopping her ministrations. And that sight, stopped her heart.
Regina, eyes closed, open mouth while gasping for air. Moaning, desperate for more and then she opens her eyes and looks at Emma. She knows she would give her life happily for that woman.
She makes love to Regina until she cannot scream anymore. Until she is sweating and tire. Regina falls sleep on top of her, and she is happy. The happiest she would ever be.
"The rain's letting up" Emma hears a raspy voice
"You are awake. Good. I want to take you somewhere else"
"Maybe we should wait another minute" replies a still sleepy Regina.
"Good idea"
They dressed and Emma taker her to a little dinner in the middle of the town. Grannies'
Inside, Regina could see pictures of Emma's parents.
"Your dad was a very handsome guy" she says looking at a picture. "They spent a lot of time here?"
"Yeah, they did. My dad was the town's Sheriff. He was my hero as a kid, you know. He still is. My mom was a schoolteacher. She would bake these oatmeal cookies for me so I could bring them to school"
"They sound wonderful"
"I lost my mom when I was 15 and my dad never recovered after that. This became his second home. From that moment I don't think I ever saw him sober… And I've been determined
not to let that happen to me. To live my life at the whim of others."
"You don't have to" say Regina.
"I know that now… I just wish I could have helped him."
"You were only a kid"
"I know. But to watch your father, your hero, just... dissolve right before your eyes... specially after losing your mom. It was like I lost both of my parents the same day"
"You really loved your parents"
"Yeah. I hope they knew how much"
Regina touches her face tenderly "Wherever they are, I bet they know how you feel. Emma, death doesn't put an end to love"
"You think so?"
"I know it" she says kissing her lips.
"I wish we didn't have to go." Regina says after a few minutes of silence.
"Go where?"
"Back to Toronto. My graduation concert. Any of this ringing a bell?" she says smiling
"Let's not go back. Let's just get on a train and ride off somewhere."
"Let's see. I've been playing violin for 16 years. I've been studying for 3 years. I'm about to graduate from one of the finest music schools in Toronto… I think we should go home" Regina can miss this, no matter how much she loves her.
"You coming?" she asks one more time
"Yeah, of course I'm coming" Emma says with love in her eyes.