A/N - I'd just like to point out that I know nothing of tribes or anything like that, so I want to apologize if I offend anyone! I find the Native American culture so so interesting.
"I didn't expect to be asked out by Regina Mills, I mean I didn't even expect to be noticed by anyone, especially in the first week, but Regina said it wasn't even my scent, and yes, all humans have a unique scent,I found that out the hard way, but we'll get to that later also. But it was something like love at first sight, which of course I scoffed at when she finally told me, I mean I never really believed in it, well at least I thought I didn't but then when I thought about it, I had fallen for her too. Henry kept telling us that our love story should be written down and published and it might one day become one of the greatest love stories ever told, like Romeo and Juliet, but without the death, and so I decided to listen to him, hence why you're now listening to me. After that, I started to hang out with the Mills' family that little bit more, turns out that Zelena was pretty great when she wasn't looking at you like she wanted to kill you, both Ruby and her became two of my best friends, it was hard on the 'nerds; thought, especially when I would sit with the Mills' and not them, I mean I literally felt like a child in an ongoing custody battle, but things really came to blows when the date for prom was announced and both Neal and Regina were fighting for my affection, and also my date.
Emma wasn't sure what made her do it, she had pretty much just accepted to go on a date with Regina Mills, THE Regina Mills, the one that so many people had told her to stay clear of, and yet here she was, getting ready to meet her for dinner, Emma wasn't really sure what she was doing, she just hoped that she didn't end up being a bumbling idiot.
"You look lovely" Mary said as she poked her head around the door of Emma's room, Emma smiled at her through the mirror,
"Thanks" Emma said, "I don't know when I'll be back" Emma said, it was already approaching eight and Regina said she'd be picking her up at quarter past,
"As long as you're home before midnight I've no issue with what time you're home at, just let me know and I can leave the key out for you" Mary said, Emma smiled at her, "I just wanted to ask, is this like a date date? Or like a friend date?" Mary asked walking a little further into the room, Emma stopped in buttoning up her shirt and looked at Mary, she opened her mouth to respond but then realised that she wasn't sure herself, where they going on a date? Or where they going for dinner as friends?
"I'm not sure" Emma said honestly, she saw the look on Mary's face and continued, "would it bother you if it was a date?" Emma asked cautiously, Mary's eyes widened comically,
"Oh no, no no, it wouldn't bother me honey, it's just David is wondering if he should be preparing for an interrogation?" Mary said seriously, Emma couldn't help it, she burst out laughing causing Mary to laugh with her, "but no honey, it doesn't bother either of us, as long as you are happy, that is all we ever wanted for you" Mary said, reaching forward a squeezing Emma's shoulder, Emma smiled at her and nodded, before turning back to the mirror before things go weird.
"Flowers, every girl loves flowers" Killian said as he walked into the kitchen and handed Regina a massive bouquet of flowers already in a vase filled with water.
"Where did you even get these?" Regina said looking from them to him, Killian smiled and walked over the Zelena wrapping his arm around her shoulder and kissing her head affectionately, "you know what, it doesn't matter, thank you" Regina said, setting the vase on the kitchen table and walking out to the hall, she was always fairly confident about herself, she knew how she looked, everyone, male and female, secretly wanted to date her, even if they seemed like they didn't like her, but she knew what they were thinking, even if they didn't know themselves. A tap on her shoulder made her turn around to see a grinning Zelena and Ruby standing behind her, each of them holding out a long wrapped box, Regina looked at them curiously before taking them and opening them, she scoffed as the other two howled with laughter, "Really? Don't you two have something else better to be doing?" Regina said throwing the balled up paper at both of them, she sighed and did however place one box in the bag, the other, she would have to put in her bathroom before she left.
"So when will I get to meet the girl that has obviously stolen my daughters heart?" Henry said as he descended the stairs, Regina smiled and turned to her father,
"I wouldn't call it that just yet" Regina said, she knew it was lie, Emma Swan had stolen her heart from the moment she locked eyes with blonde, but no one else needed to know that, Henry who was shorter than Regina, about the same height as Cora, stood before his daughter and raised his eyebrow, Regina rolled her eyes with a small smile, "how about you ask me that when I return?" Regina said leaning forward and placing a kiss on the man's cheek, Henry smiled widely and wrapped his arms around his second eldest daughter, he knew that his children didn't have the life he had truly wanted for them, but they had a good life all the same, a life that he wished he had of had, had it not been for the times.
"And don't listen to your mother" Henry said with a small chuckle, "she's already approved of her, so no matter what she says is lies" Henry added, Regina smiled and couldn't help but chuckle herself, Regina and August were the only two in the family who had yet to find a 'soulmate', August wasn't at all bothered about it, he preferred to spend his time hanging with Killian and being outside in a treehouse he had built one evening, Regina however, she was scared, she saw what her parents had, what Killian and Zelena had, what Ruby and Lacey had, she had wanted that for as long as she could remember, but there was always something holding her back, she wasn't as normal as everyone else was for starters, she wasn't normal by a long shot, but she knew what she wanted, and she wanted Emma Swan, the only problem with that was that she wasn't the only one wanting the blondes affection, she couldn't help the low growl that left her lips when she thought of Neal Cassidy and his thoughts about Emma the day before, it had made her sick to think that anyone would think of the beautiful blonde in that way, but then again, she remembered the thoughts he had about Katheryn before she had left to go to Boston, she had wanted to skin him right then and there when she had read his mind, something that she really couldn't help when it came to him, Regina may have taken Katheryn under her wing, Neal being what he was, couldn't help but be jealous of that and had started any rumor he could about the friends.
"Relax G, he isn't gonna be there" Ruby said walking back out to the hall, Regina turned to look at her youngest sister,
"He knows what we are Ruby" Regina said almost sounding distraught,
"You don't know that for sure Regina" Ruby said, Regina scoffed and Ruby rolled her eyes,
"His grandmother is Widow Lucas, or have you forgotten about her?" Regina said, Ruby sighed, no she hadn't forgotten about that, none of the Mills' had, the only reason they were allowed to live in Storybrooke was under the condition that they left the residents alone, "She had a son, so she isn't the last shapeshifter in this town" Regina said, "Why did we have to come back here?" Regina asked, starting to feel herself panic, Ruby reached forward and pulled her older sister into an affectionate embrace,
"You know why G, August was drawing too much attention, at least here, we have a little more freedom, the treaty between the Octavia Coven and the Lucas' has been here for centuries, it's the safest place we could be" Ruby said, Regina sighed
"Wouldn't that treaty technically no longer stand seeing as no other member of the Octavia coven is technically alive, Rumple saw to that" Regina said, Ruby smiled sadly,
"Dad is still technically part of it, as long as a living Mills' is still part of the ancient coven then the treaty still stands, no matter if that member is a newborn"
"Yes well, newborns are least of our worries here" Regina said, Ruby chuckled before noticing the clock,
"Shit G, you better get going of you wanna be punctual for your girl" Ruby said shoving her shoulder slightly, Regina turned and looked at the clock, 8:05, she had 10 minutes to drive to the other side of town, and she did intend to be early.
A soft knock at the door alerted David and Mary to their daughters date, David stood and Mary grabbed his hand,
"There's no need for an interrogation David" Mary said gently, David smiled,
"Now what kind of father would I be if I didn't instil a little fear in the person taking our daughter on a date?" David said, Mary chuckled softly as she followed her husband to the door, Regina stood on the other end, a pair of black skinny jeans, heels ankle boots, a Bruce Springsteen top and a black leather jacket, she had two vases of flowers in her hand which meant you couldn't see her face, David chuckled as he reached forward and took one from her, her make-up was dark but light at the same time, her hair, although long, hand been curled and sat on top of her shoulders, Regina flashed a toothy smile,
"Good evening, Mr and Mrs Nolan" Regina said stepping through the door, Mary smiled widely,
"Please call us David and Mary" Mary said holding out her hand to Regina, Regina instead, passed the flowers to her and took the others from David,
"I wasn't sure what you would prefer so I had a bouquet made up just to be safe" Regina said, Mary smiled widely, flowers was not something she got often, she looked to David with a small smirk,
"Take notes darling" Mary said before turning on her heel and walking into the kitchen, David stood with his mouth open before looking back to Regina with a grin,
"Winning my wife over already I see" David said as he closed the door behind Regina as she stood holding the second bouquet in her hands, "Emma should be down in a minute, can I get you something to drink before you go?" David asked,
"A beer would be great actually" Regina said seriously, when a shocked David spun around to reprimanded the woman taking isr daughter out, he stopped as he saw the massive grin on her face, he shook his head and chuckled, Regina however turned her attention to the stairs as she heard the lightest footfalls make their way down, she held her breathe, something she didn't know she was doing, not that really mattered, but still, Emma appeared at the bottom of the stairs and Regina had to steady herself with the sudden invasion of her senses by the blonde, she had to swallow, hard, and count to ten to bring herself back to the present. Emma wore a pair of light wash skinny jeans, a black pair of biker boots, and a rather elegant red shirt that was rolled up at the sleeves, not for the first time, Regina noticed that Emma had applied a small yet noticeable amount of makeup, the eye make-up did wonders to her already beautiful green eyes and Regina had to stop herself from getting too lost in them. "Emma" Regina whispered which caused David to turn around, everyone in the room was looking at Emma and was not liking it at all,
"Ok guys, we can stop the starring" Emma said seriously when she reached the bottom of the stairs, Regina shook herself and stepped towards her, holding out the flowers when she got close enough,
"For you" Regina said softly and Emma couldn't help but blush, causing Regina to grin widely, Mary came back in to join everyone and smiled at Emma,
"You two have fun, no later than midnight" Mary said as she walked them to the door, Emma looked over her shoulder and smiled before walking down the steps out of the apartment building, David and Mary watched as Regina held the door open for Emma,
"So where are we going?" Emma asked as she watched the town line come closer and closer, Regina smiled,
"Somewhere private enough that no one from this small town will notice us" Regina said, she wanted so bad to grab and hold Emma's hand, she wanted nothing more than to tell her how she made her feel, but even she knew that it wasn't the time, nor the place to be revealing such feelings, Emma chuckled,
"I'm sure that's what all the serial killers say" Emma said, "tell me something about yourself, I mean, seeing as we are on a date and that you're taking me into the middle of nowhere?" Emma said with a small grin, not looking away from the window, Regina smiled,
"What would you like to know?" Regina asked, she knew that whatever Emma asked her, she would gladly answer,
"What's the deal with your family and Neal?" Emma asked, Regina sighed, well, anything but that.
Regina shifted uncomfortably in her seat and she looked at Emma,
"Why does it bother you that there might be some bad blood between us?" Regina asked, Emma smiled at her,
"Cause if there is any chance of something coming out of this date, then I need to know what kinda shit I'm gonna have to deal with from him" Emma said honestly, Regina could help it, she felt like she could fly, she felt like her hold world had just turned on its axis, but then she realised that before that, there was a few things that Emma needed to know about her too.
"There is some, bad blood, shall we say, between my family and Mr Cassidy's, yes" Regina said as she sped up slightly,
"Then shouldn't whatever happened between your families stay between them and not you guys?" Emma said, Regina sighed,
"Unfortunately, we all don't think like you Emma" Regina said, Emma smiled, she liked the way Regina said her name, it was said so, elegantly, "Mr Cassidy believes that my family should not be allowed to reside in this town" Regina said,
"Did something happen to make him believe that?" Emma asked,
"A very long time ago, when this town was first build, there were town, clans, shall we say, our ancestors, resided in one of them, and Mr Cassidy's the other, the town grew fairly rapidly, but over time, people started to go missing, teenagers and adults, the head of each clan met with the elders of the village and they had spoke of the weird things that had been happening since our ancestors had made this town their home, of course, they had denied that they had anything to do with it, but a treaty was written up between both, stating that no harm would come to any resident of Storybrooke while both clans still lived in it, if one was to leave then then the treaty would still be binding" Regina said,
"I thought you guys where from Phoenix?" Emma said, Regina chuckled,
"No, originally we are from Storybrooke, we have moved around quite a lot that up until recently Phoenix was our home." Regina said, for some reason, talking to Emma was unlike talking to anyone else, Emma brought a sense of calm to her and she liked that, but when Emma found out the whole truth about her, would she still feel that way?
It was a little over an hour when Regina had pulled into a small town outside of Storybrooke, it was a quaint little town, even smaller than the one they had just come from, but there was nothing but restaurants and pubs lining the street, Regina put the car in park before turning to Emma with a small smile,
"There is a lovely Italian restaurant along the pier" Regina said, Emma looked at her and smiled, they hadn't spoken much more after Regina had told her about the history of the town, not exactly what she had asked for but it was something, she would get what she wanted from the brunette one way or another.
"Thank you Emma" Regina said as the waiter left with their orders, "for accompanying me tonight", Emma turned back around and smiled widely at Regina, Regina knew that if she had a beating heart, that it would have stopped right there with the way the blonde smiled at her, Emma was pale, even for a human, but her hair had made her skin look like it glowed in the candlelight of the restaurant, Regina knew that she had fallen hard for the girl even before she was fully aware of what was happening herself, but she knew that she didn't want this roller coaster of emotions to end tonight, she wanted them to continue until time itself stopped, which Regina hoped, would be never.
A while later, after arguing over which of them would be paying for dinner, Regina had finally managed to give her credit card to the waiter, and Emma suspected that foul play was involved as he was reaching for her own before turning suddenly and reaching for Regina's his eyes wide as if he had no idea why his body was doing that, Emma had pursed her lips and looked to the now smiling Regina, Emma knew that what Regina had told her in the car was not all the truth, she did have a built in lie detector and even though Regina wasn't exactly lying, she wasn't telling Emma everything, for when Emma had excused herself to go to the bathroom after starters, Emma had looked up the treaty that Regina had spoken about, she didn't want to believe what she had read, but when she looked at various other sights they had said the same thing, the treaty was between an ancient coven of something and a pack of shapeshifters, Emma scoffed at first, she knew not to believe everything she read on the internet, it was never reliable, but she had a strong feeling that for once, this may actually be correct
"Will you now tell me why there is something between you and Neal?" Emma said when Regina held the door open for her and led her out into the cool air of the night, Regina sighed,
"Take a walk with me?" Regina said holding out her hand, which was encased in soft leather, Emma smiled and linked her hand with Regina's their fingers linking and squeezing tight, Emma lifted her other hand to hold onto Regina's arm as they walked, they walked for what felt like forever before Regina finally stopped and turned slowly to Emma, Emma let out a small gasp when she noticed the colour of Regina's eyes had changed, along with, her smile, Emma stood rooted to the spot, she couldn't move, she almost forgot to take a breathe.
"You're….you're" Emma began looking but before she could finish her sentence everything went black.
"Give her some room to breathe" a familiar voice spoke above her as she started to come around, Emma made a small groaning noise before she gasped and sat up, six pairs of eyes were watching her, Emma scanned them and landed on the familiar pair of them all,
"What happened?" Emma said as she pushed herself up more on what she now knew was a sofa bed, she looked around the room and saw that she was in a den of some sort, a roaring fire was on, along with what she only assumed was some sporting event coming from the small amount of noise that was coming from the tv,
"You, eh, fainted" Regina said, moving slowly towards Emma, "I didn't think it was best you take you home" Regina said with a small smile, Emma couldn't help but smile too, Regina opened her mouth to speak but before she could a ringing sound from Emma's pocket
"Shit" Emma said, kicking the blanket off her and rummaging around for her phone, she pulled it out and saw that it was coming on midnight, "shit Regina, I need to go home" Emma said pushing herself up off the couch, and almost losing her balance, if it wasn't for Killian putting an arm to her back to steady her, "Ca...can you take me home please?" Emma asked, Regina simply nodded and took Emma's hand and let her from the room, Ruby looked around the room and sighed,
"She knows"
A.N: I know the last part of this chapter is kinda meh, I feel like the whole chapter is meh, but I did lose where I was wanting to go with this as I stopped halfway though and pick it up again a few days later with said though gone. I do have the next chapter wrote, I've added my own spin to it so it's not technically twilight but the the characters and personalities are loosely based off of them, if ye all get me, anyhow, if anyone have any ideas of how Emma should approach the subject of them being Vampires?
Reviews are so much appreciate and may make the next chapter be wrote a little quicker.