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Chapter 4

After Evie plays to her hearts content at the park we head to Regina's office to get her for dinner. Evie grabbed my hand to hold it along the way and i couldnt help but squeeze it a little in reassurance. I knew I probably freaked her out with the look of amazement on my face but she just looked up and smiled at me. It makes me realize that I'm not the only one who missed out on this but her also. She only grew up without a parent. Something we both have in common but this time I'm the one who did this to her. I was the one who abandoned her. Granted i didnt know about her but still.

We make it the Regina's office and there is a redhead sitting behind it typing on the computer. She is so engrossed in her work that she doesn't notice us until Evie has walked up to her.

"Hi Anna," Evie says. Anna looks up and smiles at Evie.

"Evie! Your mom said you would be stopping by today and you would be with someone. Who is this?" Anna ask as she stares at me curiously.

"This is Emma. She's my other mom." Evie says naturally. Anna just stares at me until I wave a little and smile. I can tell she is a little confused.

"Well its very nice to meet you Emma." Anna says politley.

"You too. Hey, is it ok if Evie hangs out here while I talk to her mom first?" I ask and point to Regina's office.

"Sure, go on in and ill watch little munchkin here." Anna smiles at Evie as she hands her a blowpop.

"Im not a munchkin! Im almost ten!" Evie states as she tears into the sucker.

I turn to walk to her office and knock quietly on the the door. I hear a faint "come in", and I open the door and walk in. I shut the door behind me and turn to face Regina who is typing away on her computer. I stop in my tracks when I notice she is wearing glasses, which is new because she never wore them when she was younger. I cant help but think how amazing she looks with them on and I cant help but be a little turned on by that.

"Dont tell me you lost my child from the park to here?" Regina ask with a teasing smile on her face. She stands from her desk and comes around to the front of it. I sit down in the chair in front of her as she leans back onto her desk. I cant help but look down at her legs as she crosses her ankles togehter.

"Ha ha funny. No she is hanging out with you're secretary. This wouldn't be Elsa's little sister Anna would it?" Regina arches her eyebrow at the mention of Elsa but she doesn't comment on it.

"Yes, thats her. She's been working for me since she moved back and got married. How was the park?"

"It was great. She is great Regina. I cant get over how amazing she is, and she's so smart. She's not like other kids and yet at the same time she is. She reminds me a lot of you."

"Well I always thought she reminded me of you. She's got your fire. She doesn't let anyone push her around but she's such a kind person. She's the best parts of both of us."

"Listen I wanted to talk to you before I talk to Evie but I need to go back to Boston. I have my work and other responsibilities." Regina just stares at me and then she turns and walks over and stares out her window. I can tell she didnt like that because her back is stiff and no longer relaxed like it was just a second ago.

"And what about Evie?" She demands.

"Well I was hoping that with your permission I could come back and visit her, if thats ok with you?"

"Of course you can see her Emma, I already told you I want you in her life. I just don't see how it is going to be healthy for her and you if you just only visit her when its best for you." My head snaps up from where I was picking at my nails and I glare at her.

"Ok, im not going to do this with you."

"And what is that?

"I just found not even 24 hours ago that I have a daughter and you want to question my commitment to her. Sorry I didn't have 9 months like you did to adjust to the idea of this whole new life that you are responsible for. I don't know what more you want from me. I'm trying the best I can. I cant just drop the other obligations that I have and I cant believe you would expect me to. If I was worried about Evie then yeah, I would drop everything in a heartbeat to be with her and take care of her but she has one thing in this world that makes me not worry. You. She has you. I'm so thankful for that." By the end of my speech Regina has tears in her eyes.

"I feel like the worlds biggest bitch right now."

"Nah, you're just worried. I'm gonna say this once and thats it. I know I left all those years ago. Maybe I should have stuck around and we wouldn't be in this mess but I cant change the past. I can only promise to be here in the present. But Regina, I cant be made out to be a failure before I've even been given a chance to try."

"Im sorry. For everything. You have no idea how much I wish I could go back and change the things I said to you. I wish I would've trusted my heart and not my mother. I wish I had been a better friend to you, because we were friends first and you deserved better than that."

By now the tears that filled her eyes had pooled down her face and she turns away from me and back to face out the window. I can tell she is trying to wipe the tears away. I don't really know what to do so I go to stand behind her as I hesitantly place my hand on her shoulder and just as I start to to pull it away I feel her hand grasp mine and she turns around and trows her arms around me. I tense not really expecting it and then I tentatively place my arms around her in return.

It takes me back to when we were together and I can smell her perfume and its still the same. Its comforting to me to feel her arms around me.

"You know, I don't remember you being this emotional when we were younger." I say jokingly.

Regina just lets out a loud laugh. The one you know she would never do in public and then she's smiling at me while she wipes the tears from her face. Some of her mascara has run down her check and I bring my hand to wipe it away and I freeze and I remember that I shouldn't be doing that. Its not my place to comfort her anymore.

"Sorry." I reach for a tissue on her desk and hand it to her. She takes it shyly and heads to a mirror and fixes her makeup and at that time Evie bust through the door and runs to hug her mom. She excitedly tells Regina all about her day and I cant help but shrug helplessly when she looks at me when Evie tells her I took her to get ice-cream. Regina just shakes her head and puts her eyes back on our daughter.

Once Regina gets her things together and we head out to go to Granny's diner. I cant help but feel nervous. I'm trying to come up with things to say once I see Ruby and Granny. I feel Evie grab my hand and and cant help but smile at her as I look to see that Regina is holding her other hand.

Right as we walk the bell alerts the diner of new customers and I notice that everything still looks the same. The walls are the same color. The counters and table look the same. Just as we are about to have a seat we hear a commotion.

"Oh my goodness, Emma." I hear a familiar voice say and I look to see Granny coming around the corner of the counter and head straight for me. Just as I'm about to say I'm sorry to her, arms are thrown around me and she is hugging me for dear life. I cant help but hug her just as tight and its like I'm finally home. Granny was the only mother figure that I had ever had that actually cared for me. She taught me so much about life and what a family is.

I can remember her breaking through my walls when I first arrived. She treated me like an actual person and didn't expect me to just forget where I had been before and the things I had seen at my past foster homes.

We are broken out of our hug by a crash of glass on the floor. Granny and I turn to look and I see Ruby standing there looking at us. Her face shows nothing but shock.

She had changed so much yet at the same time she looked the same. She now had a red streak running through her hair and a lot of piercings with very provocative clothing that I'm surprised Granny lets her wear to work.

Ruby was the sister I never had. We had clicked the first moment and always got into so much trouble along the way. She was my best friend and we always had each others back. We always did everything and always gave Granny a run for her money. I had never found a best friend like her when I left and I didn't think I ever would.

I can tell the whole diner is paying attention to us. The crashing of the glass drew their attention. Out of the corner of my eye I see Regina sit Evie down at one of the booths and Granny is standing slightly behind me to the side.

Ruby slowly makes her way to me and just as I'm about to say something to her my head is forced to the left and a loud "smack" rings throughout the diner. I can fell my cheek stinging with pain and I can already feel it swelling. I hear Granny gasp along with the rest of the diner and I see Regina run to my side and put her hand on my shoulder and she's standing slightly in front of me.

"Ruby!" Granny exclaims but Ruby is still just staring at me. My face flushes with embrassement and I cant help but run out of the diner as quick as I can. I hear Regina calling my name and Granny yelling at Ruby but all my mind is on that I have to get out of here and quick. Im running down the street until I can no longer go and I find myself on the pier. This is where I used to spend all my time when I was younger. I always knew that no one would look for me here.

I sit down on the bench that is placed in front of the water and look at the ducks as they swim across the water. It always relaxed me to come out her. I could always have the peace and quiet of the water to help my think about things.

I think about how stupid I was to think I could just waltz back here and pick things up where they left off. I leave for ten years abandoning everyone that loved me all cause I got my heart broken. People who accepted me into their homes with open arms and never asking for anything in return but love. I'm the most selfish person in the world.

I put my head in my hands and try to will away the headache that is forming. Not knowing if its from the bitchslap I just received or from all the stress. I hear footsteps coming closer to me and I fell that person stand behind me. Immedialtey thinking it was Regina and just as I was about to tell her that iwanted to be left alone the wind picks up and I catch a whiff of another perfume that I would also never forget, but this one is for a different reason. This one screams elegance and dominance. It comes from the one person who started all of this. I feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and just when I think my day couldn't get worse I hear her voice.

"Hello, Miss Swan." I look to my right and confirm that Cora Mills is in fact staring down at me and I cant help but think of that saying that "when it rains, it pours". I almost wish I was back in the diner getting slapped again instead of being here with the woman who ruined my life 10 years ago.

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I had a few people message me about doing a Regina POV so the next chapter might be that and we will also see what goes down between Emma and Cora. What do you think Cora will say to Emma?

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