Ruby POV

"That is not true!"

I said firmly. Regina eyed me badly as if she was trying to prove that my opinion was useless to her.

"Emma can we speak outside, in private?" She frowned, but nodded accepting my proposition. "Look, your... whatever Regina is to you, is telling the truth, but you know I can´t get involved with anyone" She looked at me sadly "You mean because of the-" "Yes" I cut her off. "Just give her a chance, I don´t think is that bad to try something with her".

Unbelievable.

My best friend just couldn´t understand.

"You don´t get it, right?" I said, starting to feel anger inside me, the same anger I swore I would never feel again. "I don´t deserve to be treated like shit anymore!"I said, my voice cracking up, but still firm. "I´m not following you, Rubes" she said concerned. I sighed and then said "I´m still broken, and I think I´ll never recover again. Is not because of that particular person that let me down...It´s the amount of rejection I have had in my life, it´s affecting me and I don´t know how to ease that pain" I said trying to hold back the tears. "Things will not get better if I´m in a relationship!" I said with a strong voice. After that confession, I took a long breath in an attempt to calm myself. After I did it, I continued with my revelation "...but she, she is something else. I feel like I can be me whenever I´m around her. And I really can be me, the real me, the one girl that seems to be dead now. That girl is still in me somehow, and I want to be more like her in some aspects" I looked down "I don´t want to be weak and worthless ever again, but I want to delete this copy of myself that I have been creating since six years ago. It´s just not me." My eyes met Emma´s.

After that confession I was somewhere between revealed for telling Emma, but at the same time I felt weak. And that feeling is just unacceptable.

Love is weakness.

"I´m not scared of the feelings I have, for once in my life, but… What if it´s all another cruel illusion? It could kill me once and for all, and that can´t happen. So I´m torn between acting up on that feelings, or keeping my mouth shut, and hope that illusion fades away, because honestly, I´ve reached a point in my life where I can´t get more pain...and if I have...well" I paused for a moment. My voice was cracking but still I continued "I don´t think I´ll ever be the same again" I revealed feeling that emptiness I tried to escape a long time ago, crawling back in the insides of my soul. Emma tried to speak up, but I ran. Like I always do. I needed to think, or just get lost in the forest. That particular place had always been my sanctuary.

Emma POV

"I can´t leave Regina now, but Ruby is my best friend" I thought.

I re-entered the room and I could see both Regina and Zelena looking at me concerned. Only Zelena seemed to care more than my Regina, but that is because she was falling for Ruby. I understood that feeling.

"I´m sorry that I have to leave, but Ruby is feeling bad and she is hurting. I´ll just-" Zelena couldn´t even let me finish "What happened? Is she okay? Can I do something about it, or is it a best friend matter?" She said in a hurry, sounding really nervous.

Me and Regina exchanged an understanding look. Little love birds indeed, just like us. Zelena was concerned about her future girl, so maybe it is good to tell her that her hidden place, where she goes whenever she is upset, is located in the woods"

I approached her.

"Zelena, I know that I just met you and you are the sister of my girl" I could hear a gasp coming from my queen. Zelena just rolled her eyes, annoyed about our hidden yet existent love "Ruby is in her hidden place, it is in the woods. It´s located far away. If you follow the path that leads to the Toll Bridge, you only would have to walk five minutes more" I said indicating Zelena. She gave me a blank stare. Sometimes I forget to think. I forgot Zelena was raised here. "Yeah the Troll Bridge. I did that" She chuckled. This woman seems good to my friend. We shall see. "Go there and talk, she will be reluctant to talk to you at first because what happened is related to things of her childhood" I breathed "That being said, if you hurt her in anyway… sorry to say it Regina, but I will end you" I said in a dreadful tone. She gulped nervously "Understood?" I kept my strong voice.

"Yes, future sister-in-law" She said in her usual mocking tone.

Zelena tried to stand up, but she was still seriously damaged.

"Sis, let me help you" Regina pleaded.

"No. I must find her. Your big sister will survive this" Said Zelena determined to find the one girl that seemed to be her undoing.

Regina POV

I nodded understanding my sister. I helped her to get dressed, and I saw her leaving the hospital, determined to save Ruby from her thoughts.

The next thing I did was turn around in the sexiest move I could do just to draw Emma´s attention. "My Queen huh" I said sexily as I approached her. She blushed but then replied "Yes, that is what you are to me Regina" She sighed, trying to breath before she said something, but she stopped. "What is wrong Emma?" I caressed her cheek, in an attempt to comfort her. She rested her face in my hand, an action that made my heart skip a heartbeat.

"I´m about to say everything that I feel about you, and because there is a lot of it, I don´t want you to stop me" I stared at her in awe and then nodded astonished of this side of her. Then I saw her pulling out a little note of the right pocket of her red leather jacket. This is so adorable.

She was about to read it but then she threw it away. I frowned.

"I´ll speak from the heart better" I smiled encouraging her.

"Regina, I love you. I love you a lot. It may sound crazy because of the short period of time that we spent together, but I just can´t handle it any longer. Sure I had bad situations in my past in love matters, as well as you did, I suppose. But that is not going to stop me. When I think about you, I have this fuzzy feeling surrounding my whole being, you could even say it´s an aura of happiness" She grabbed my hands "You are the strongest person I have ever met. You didn´t tell me much about it, but I can see it in the way you act.

You´re serious and responsible about your work because is your great passion, and that makes me feel proud of you because I´m passionate about my work as well, and I get you.

Another thing I love about you is the gleam in your eyes, the one gleam that drives me crazy, the one that I feel so proud to create everytime I make you smile. And when I make you laugh" She shook her head side to side, as if she was trying to remember the last time she heard me laughing. "I fall in love even more with you" I stared into those beautiful grey-green eyes. I wanted to tell her with my eyes everything I was feeling in that moment. "Because honestly, your laugh is the beautifulest sound I have ever heard in my entire life".

"About my ex´s...yes I had them, but non of them were you" She smiled at me lovingly. "Making a little confession, I don´t think I had ever felt all this amount of feelings in any situation of my life, but I accept all of them" Emma said in a brave tone. "And now seeing my past with perspective, I accept everything that has ever happened to me" She looked at me in a caring way.

"Do you know why?"She said in the sweet tone.

I shook my head no, trying to hold back the happy tears that were forming in my eyes.

She smiled charmingly and then said "Because they led me to this moment here, with you, my queen". She kissed my hand as she looked at me, passionately, finishing her speech.

Wow.

Zelena POV

On my way to the path that led to the Troll Bridge, I began to think.

"Am I making a good decision?" I asked myself.

My body was still hurting from the accident, but I couldn't care less. I was destined to find Ruby. She seems mysterious, challenging and the most important thing of all...She is worthy.

I´m not going to lie saying that I´m not frightened about what could happen once I reach the woods, in fact, I fear the situation. Don´t get me wrong, I don´t fear her, what I fear goes more beyond a possible relationship. What I fear, is myself. I´m always trying to control everything in my life, that is my way to avoid pain. Sometimes I avoid it and sometimes I don´t, but the situation is always under control.

Getting lost in my thoughts I almost get lost in the woods, but I didn´t.

I smiled when the sign of the bridge was beginning to appear, a little far away, but still I could see it.

I walked peacefully admiring the view of the colorful forest.

Once I reached the sign, I saw what was forward me. The bridge. You could even say it´s a metaphor of my current situation.

"Should I continue my journey, a journey that has not been discovered, yet a beautiful and daring one? Or should I battle it?"

The indecision was troubling me.

"No. I can´t do this. Am I crazy? I don´t even know her and yet I am here making a decision guided by my heart, when I should listen to my brain instead. The brain is always wiser." I said trying to convince myself just to justify the fear I was feeling for the unknown.

Just as I was turning around. I heard it. A horrendous scream. I have never heard anything like it. It was full of pain and it made me worry. It sounded like a woman. "No. Please don´t" I didn´t want to think of the possibility of Ruby being hurt.

Suddenly all my indecisions disappeared. Bravery took over me. I was ready to save her, that is of course if she allowed it.

I began to run in the direction of the previous scream. I didn´t care to get tired.

Once I reached the end of the bridge, a loud sound echoed through the forest. I froze because what I had heard was no other sound than a gunshot.

Unknown POV

"Is it done?" I heard my boss asking through the phone. That was a question difficult to answer given recent events. "It will be over soon" I hanged up.

Well, well this is getting interesting. Isn´t it?

If someone wants to know, I haven´t decided the length of the story yet, but I assure you we are just getting starting to get to the good stuff.

That being said, I wish you all a wonderful day/evening/night or whatever.

As always, you are all free to comment anything you want.

Lots of love dearies,

Cris.