A/N: So I have had several emotional breakdowns this week. so I haven't' been able to write... thank goodness I have banked some chapters of this story. Hopefully, I can write this week a little bit. I am so sorry in advance if I can't get myself together. I am managing and have been put on meds for the first time in ever. I hope you enjoy this chapter 'til next time Much Love!~ S.K.


6-Trust and team building


Zelena awakened to a nasty feeling. It was Saturday morning and she felt Hungover. WHich was odd because she had gone to bed early the night before. She hadn't gone to that party. She just didn't feel like being with anyone. Her breast were sore and her body was cramping up. Her period was coming so there was no way she wanted to go out and see anyone. Had she?

She felt as though she had really tied one on. Still incredibly crampy and nauseous. She went into the bathroom to change the bad she was sure was soaked. She walked into her ensuite and sat on the toilet. When she looked down to change the pad she stopped. There was no blood. The pad was clean. Usually, when she felt this bad it was because it was coming. No need to panic just yet, it was the first day. It was sure to come later in the day.

She took a deep breath and dry heaved just a touch before just heading down for some breakfast. Maybe she was just super hungry. Yeah, that was it.


"Your partner has some wonderful qualities." Mrs. Nolan chirped the next morning. Regina had awakened much too early in her opinion. It was a weekend. She let out a sigh and leaned back against the log propped behind her. Emma herself sat on the log her head on her lap and Regina was sure the girl was asleep. "In this exercise, it is your prerogative to point out all of the good you see in your partner."

Regina watched as the woman began to pull all sorts of bright colored things. Some poster board and glitter markers and pencils. "So I have a craft for you. You can choose any medium you want, but what you will do is with every letter of your partner's name write an adjective about them. It has to be positive."

"Oh god… Lancelot is a long name…" Ruby groaned

Regina rolled her eyes at the interruption and thanked god Emma only had 4 letters in her name… and two of them were the same letter. "You will separate from each other while you work on this and we will have a presentation in about 20 minutes." The teacher continued handing out the poster took hers and wondered about how to compliment her wife using the three letters that made up her name.

Regina looked over at the blond who had yet to move. She supposed she had kept her awake for far too long the night before. Regina nudged Emma's legs, and the blond nearly fell for being startled. She looked at the poster board and didn't' even look perplexed at what was happening. She only took it and went over to get her supplies. Regina followed "Do you even know what we are supposed to do?"

"Compliment partner using acrostic…" Emma said sleepily "Saw it on Mary's lesson plan.

"Mary?" Regina asked stopping.

"My sister…" then Emma paused as she realized what she'd just said.

"Mrs. Nolan is your sister?" Regina asked.

"Shhh…" Emma said.

"The sister that is raising you?" Regina continued in a more hushed voice.

"Don't tell anyone Regina. Mary is… Just not cool…" Emma said the embarrassment plane in her features.

Regina laughed… then paused. "You built the life skills Social platform?" Emma shrugged settling down under a tree. "That's amazing"

"Yeah well… " Emma said looking away embarrassed. "I'm pretty sure we aren't supposed to be near each other while we build these… so…"

Regina started and blinked. "Right." She said and turned toward the other side of the woods. She sat down under an oak and began to think about what she would put in an acrostic for her blonde partner. She looked across to where Emma was simply laid out on the poster board. Asleep not really thinking or writing anything.

Regina giggled to herself Emma was Enchanting. She thought that could be for E… No Extraordinary. Did that sound a little too… smitten maybe. Regina quickly discarded the words. Other words that made it to the trash bin were Magnificent and Awesome because… She was trying not to sound like a girl with her first mad crush.

When everything was said and done Regina was pretty proud of what she had done. She looked across at Emma who was now awake and writing with marker all over her poster in a rush. She hadn't even put any thought in the words that she had put in. Regina frowned and wished she hadn't put so much thought in hers.

But then again, Emma'd had more time to prepare than most, so she had probably had more time to think about her response. When both she and Emma were called up to present, The blonde went first. "Regina… R is for Radiant, cause she glows when she walks by. E is for extraordinary because I am sure she will go far. Regina is Gifted at everything she does. Intuitive even though she fights that part of her. She is Noteworthy because she will not be ignored. All in all, she is Amazing inside and out." Emma shrugged and stood away.

Regina was aghast. The blonde had her reasons why she had chosen all of the words. Did she? Regina cleared her throat. "Emma's name is short, but no less significant." She started and looked at the girl. "Emma is Exciting. The moment I met her was infused with adrenaline." She laughed a little, and Emma smirked remembering almost getting run over by the senior. "Eh is also Meddlesome, but always Memorable. Finally, Emma is Accomplished, I have found out things that she wouldn't want me to divulge that mark some great accomplishments in my book."

Emma smiled a little then headed over to the log the two had been sitting at the night before. Regina followed and bumped shoulders with the blonde. "You mean all those words?"

The younger girl nodded. "And I'm not meddlesome."


Zelena was no longer nauseous, she was no longer cramping, she was also not bleeding. She lounged in the living room watching a movie pondering back to the last time she'd had her period.

She couldn't help to think back to a rainy afternoon when Regina and Robin had been in her room while her parents were still at work. She'd heard a loud thump coming from Regina's bedroom. By the time Zelena got to her own bedroom door, Regina was yelling at Robin at the top of her lungs and throwing him unceremoniously out of her bedroom flinging his shirt at his head. Then She'd huffed and looked at Zelena before slamming her door again.

Regina had come out to her the day before. Told her she didn't exactly know how to break up with Robin. Zelena thought maybe now they had. Regina's hair and lipstick had signs of an intense make out. "What the hell Regina, It's been months!" Zelena cleared her throat and folded her arms across her chest. He turned startled to see her there. "Oh, I didn't see you there."

"That was obvious." Zelena retorted.

"Well… Nothing happened." He huffed. Zelena quirked a brow. "Here I am going away for the winter holidays and My own girlfriend won't…" He sighed "Never mind."

"You act as though you couldn't just sleep with any other girl on the Cheer squad" Zelena intoned leaning her back on the frame of her door. "Like you have been doing since you have been with Regina."

He rolled his eyes. "I can't help it if they want me, the same way I see you want me." He said coming closer to Zelena and damn it if her body didn't react to his closeness. "If She isn't going to help the situation, she can't really complain. She is still my number one." He leaned closer to Zelena pinning her against the door frame. "And What she doesn't know won't hurt her." In her mind, Zelena thought about her sister's pride. Because She sincerely was using the boy as a shield from judgment and didn't care what he did with any of the girls he slept with.

She let him kiss her. She let him take her to her bed. They weren't exactly careful…

"Fuck," Zelena said and got up from the couch and headed for the drug store.


"Are you trustworthy?" Mary asked after the kids gathered for their second activity. "Trust allows for shared power in a relationship. Mutual influence and validation for each other's ideas cultivates a safe partnership in which you can be open without fear of judgment." Emma groaned as her sister gave David one of those sickening looks from over all of their heads.

"Gross," She grumbled under her breath causing Regina to chuckle.

Then David finally spoke up. "This trust exercise has you take turns blindfolding and guiding each other through an obstacle course. We have placed several objects in the field and you will use verbal cues to help your partners dodge the mines. Practice listening and relying on their influence to grow more comfortable sharing power in the larger decisions you will have to undertake throughout the semester."

This Task was a little tougher for Regina than it was for Emma. Where Emma Listened to her partner's verbal cues, Regina struggled at first to trust what the blonde was saying and stood almost paralyzed at the beginning of the obstacle course.

"Regina, listen to me. I don't want to fail at this, so I will not let you fall I am right next to you." Emma said. And Regina took a deep breath and proceed to step forward. After that Regina had no problem navigating blindfolded except for the end where Emma failed to tell her that the obstacles were done and she walked on a bit further. "Stop Regina you're gonna hit the trees!"

She listened and sidestepped sure that Emma had spoken too late and ran straight into the tree Emma was trying to make her avoid. "FUCK," she shouted rubbing at her forehead as she had run face first into a trunk.

"Baby, I'm so sorry…" Emma said. Regina pulled the blindfold off and glared at the blonde.

"I am not your baby." She barked at her and stomped away in a huff.


Zelena stared at the stick. The glaring blue plus sign staring unchangingly at her. She wanted to cry. She was eighteen years old, a freshman in college, and now she was going to be a mother. She knew she had choices, but for her, in her heart, she knew that there was no choice for her. She was having this baby. She would never make it feel like it had been a mistake. Not going to be like her mother.

Henry loved her as if she was his own and she loved her daddy for that. But her mother had been a single mother for such a short time, and then she was married and then Regina her legitimate child was born. Zelena always felt as though she were treated differently set aside by her mother. As though she had been the biggest mistake. Now Zelena vowed she was gonna be better. Now, how was she going to tell her parents what she'd done? How was she going to tell Robin?