17- Prom (epilogue)
Emma and Regina turned in their final paper on the day it was due. Taking the two weeks they had to prepare for prom and applying a lot of Nail polish on each other's toes.
Both Emma and Regina were exempt from final exams because their stellar grades and SOL scores freed them from having to do that.
Ruby and Emma began staying for cheer practice. One of Regina's visits to Emma's house had Regina looking through photo albums with Mary while Emma changed into something to lounge in.
Regina came across a picture of a little blonde girl in pigtails and pompoms. With a uniform from a competitive cheer cam she remembered she had wanted to go to. "Is this you?' Regina asked Mary.
The older woman looked up from her papers she was grading. She smirked. "No."
Regina put the album down carefully. "May I?" she asked Mary and waited for a nod before she carefully picked the picture out of the album and sprinted up the stairs to her girlfriend's room.
Mary laughed, Emma is in trouble.
Regina opened the door and forgot the picture as Emma was lotioning her legs still naked. The blonde jumped and turned toward the door. "Oh… it's you."
"You should really lock the door if you are going to be like that." Regina asked.
"I have trained Mary and David to knock, especially while I am applying nail polish." Emma stated.
Regina closed the door and locked it. Then her strides ate the distance between them and she was wrapped around Emma, their lips hungry.
Emma's eyes caught the glint of the photo in her girlfriend's hand and she pulled back. Regina groaned at the loss of contact but noticed what Emma was looking at. "You're a cheerleader?"
"All-Star…" She whispered taking the picture from Regina's hand. "My mom started me out young."
"That's impressive…" Regina said as Emma put the picture down on her nightstand and then reached for her towel, wrapping herself up in it. Regina watched her girlfriend as she went into her closet and reached for a box all the way in the back and pulled it out and all of her trophies and ribbons overflowed in it.
"This was something I did with my mom. So I kind of put it away when she died, like camping and my dad." Emma said with a little shrug. "Then Ruby asked me to try out with her. I thought I'd go in and bomb it… I just couldn't do it to my mom."
Regina looked at all of the trophies in the box. "It would have been an honor to have you in my squad…" Regina whispered.
Emma grimaced. "Thanks."
"But Babe, if you don't want to cheer, then you should quit. I don't want you hurting." Regina said, taking Emma's hand.
"Believe it or not… It's helping me feel connected to her… you know?" Emma said looking back at Regina. "Doing it gave me my mother back,"
On the night of Prom Emma showed up to Regina's house early. She needed to get away from Mary, who beamed at her sister's grades. She ranted and raved about the quality in her work and how Regina had been a good influence on her. Honestly Emma was not a bad student before Regina.. But yeah, she was never a straight A student till she had to compete with her girlfriend.
Her Tux cut just for her, and she opted for a white button up and a bow tie made in mauve. Her blonde tresses twisted and pinned to one side of her head at the nape of her neck.
Mr. Mills opened the door and smiled warmly at Emma. "good to see you, you look lovely."
Emma smiled "Thank you," She said shyly.
"Regina your date is here." Henry stated stepping away from the door and toward the stairs taking a snapshot of Emma.
"Coming Daddy!" Regina shouted and he readied himself with his camera. Soon Regina began her descent from the stairs. Emma was stunned silent as Regina looked lovely in her mauve dress stitched to perfection for her body. Regina looked super tall in it.
"Wow," Emma expelled a breath.
Regina beamed at her as he reached her. She kissed Emma softly and the blonde blushed as Regina's family became the paparazzi. "You look beautiful." Regina said to her.
"So do you." Emma whispered back.
"I gathered, by your reaction." Regina said with a chuckle. "Next time I wear the Tux?"
Emma nodded.
Regina was named prom Queen along with Robin as prom King, neither wanted to dance with the other so they both went for their own dates instead, because Regina was going to be herself from now on.
After, the two stayed the night at Grannies and did deliciously filthy things to each other. Including polishing each other's toe nails.
Summer had been a whirlwind of love for the two and now the last night together Emma was distraught. Regina was leaving. They knew it was coming. And though at first Regina had dreamed of Stanford across the country. She chose to stay in Harvard.
Emma was happy about it but still dreaded the time that she would be away from Regina. The two girls lay out on the lounges by Regina's pool. It was after cheer practice which had started that week and Emma was tired.
Regina sat on Emma's lap. "Promise me you're not going to start dating Lily when I leave."
Emma looked at her girl. "I wouldn't even date her when we weren't dating, let alone now that we are…" Emma stated and sat up. To come face to face with her. "What are you doing?"
Regina looked down. "I…"
"You want to break up?" Emma said, stricken.
"No… but maybe we should." Regina whispered.
"Get off me Regina." Emma said angrily.
"NO," Regina said, staying in place. "Listen…"
"Stop, get off." Emma insisted.
Regina took a deep breath. "Do you think we will make it?"
Emma was now in tears. "I don't know, but we could try… I love you."
Regina reached a hand to her girlfriend's face and wiped the tears away. "I love you too Em."
Emma lurches forward and kisses her girlfriend. "I'll go some weekends, and you can come up for breaks." Emma insisted. "We can make it work."
Regina nodded. "Come with us tomorrow?"
Emma smiled and nodded. "Yes, of course."
Two years later
Regina stood outside of a quaint little house. Emma's address had changed from the Loft to a house just down the street after her nephew was born. Regina checked her fitted feminine tuxedo, which she wore without a shirt, allowing cleavage to show. She was twenty now and grown. As was her Girlfriend.. Or at least she hoped she still was. That last fight had Regna reeling. She had been back for summer break for the last two weeks, and instead of coming to see her right away she lingered at home with Zelena and her little girl. The two year old was precious.
Emma had run into Regina and her niece, when she brought little Leo to the playground. Then she found out I had been back and hadn't talked to Regina since. Citing that she needed to concentrate on school. It had been a very rough second year, compared to their marginal first year as they had left on tense terms at the end of the summer.
Taking a deep breath, Regina knocked on the door. Mary opened the door and smiled at Regina. "Hey!" she said then took in the young woman's attire. "Um, she went to the Prom with Neil already."
"Neil?" Regina asked
"Um… He is new in town, and kind of took to her, she told him she wasn't going so he kind of told her to put her dress on and dragged her to school."
Regina nodded in understanding. "I.. I'll go to the prom then"
Mary smiled. "Good Luck Regina."
Emma had indeed gone with Neil, and as they danced the boy tried to kiss her. The blond brought her knee up and connected with his groin. He doubled over and fell in a heap at her feet. "What about fucking gay don't you understand, asshole!"
Regina spotted Emma in a beautiful Red dress over a prone boy surrounded by students. "Baby what happened?" she asked coming up to her.
Emma looked at the girl surprised. "You came!" then she looked at Regina. "What are you wearing?"
"I told you I'd wear the tux."
Emma laughed then really looked at the girl. "You look way hotter than I did."
Regina smiled and took a look at Emma's dress; the red dress was corseted and made of strips of silk and satin, a mix media piece that Regina knew was her own creation. "Please tell me you have a full ride to RISD?"
Emma smirked. "Of course I do."
"It's still a long distance…" Regina stated.
"But it's two hours." Emma stated.
Regina nodded. "Much better than four."
They stood there shyly in each other's presence. "So...What do you want to do?" Emma said after a while.
Regina swallowed and took Emma's hand in hers. " I wanna be with you…" She said softly. "I wanna hear our hearts pound. I wanna sweat with you. I wanna hear you gasping for air…"
Emma smirked, "Sooo… You want to go Jogging?" Regina laughed and wrapped her arms around her girl, determined that nothing would get between them again.
End
