"Are you sure about this?", Regina asked insecure as she watched her son packing for their trip.
"Of course mom. It's going to be awesome. You, me, mom, grandma and grandpa and Neal"
Regina sighed deep and walked closer to her son. "I just... if we had been going to another city or town I would have been more accommodating towards it, but the forest? On a camping trip?"
"What's wrong with the camping trip mom? You scared of the animals?", he asked with a chuckle but when his mother actually kept quiet, he understood it wasn't quite the joke. He sighed deep and walked over to her, bringing his arms around her. "Don't worry mom. I will protect you. And so will mom", he said and Regina smiled at the thought of Emma.
She was actually happy when she heard that Hook wasn't joining them. Something about his ship and his men, needing his assistance. Regina lost her interest about five seconds after he spoke.
"Well let's just pack our last things so the others don't have to wait", she said and Henry smiled and kissed her head before walking back to his bag. Regina sighed and walked to her own bedroom, packing her own stuff. After thirty minutes the familiar knock was heard on the door and Regina walked down the stairs and opened the door to see Emma standing on the porch.
"Hey Regina. Are you and the kid ready?", she asked as she walked inside and Regina gave a tight smile nodding, but didn't say anything further and that made Emma stop in her tracks. "Everything okay?"
"Yes Emma. We're almost done", Regina said after clearing her throat, crossing her arms. Emma eyed the woman, looking through the lie, but before she could ask, footsteps were heard and they both turned to see their thirteen year old walking down the stairs with his bag.
"Hey mom", he greeted the blonde and Emma smiled at him, letting him hug her, kissing his cheek.
"Hey kid, are you ready?", she asked and Henry smiled nodding. "Good. You can take your bag to the car. Where's your bag Regina?", she asked turning to Regina who stood looking down. She quickly looked up at the blonde at the mention of her name and met green eyes.
"Oh you don't have to—"
"It's fine Regina, I don't mind. Is it in your bedroom?", she asked as she walked up the stairs and Regina silently nodded, letting the woman take her bag. She watched with arms around herself as the blonde came back down with her bag and she couldn't stop the smile on her face.
"You sure everything is okay? You seem... distant", Emma asked now worried for real, but being the stubborn woman Emma knew and loved, she simply shook her head.
"Everything is fine Emma, don't worry"
Emma sighed deep and nodded before walking over to the door and walking outside with the bag on her back. She met her son by the trunk and put the bag in before closing it.
"Alright that should be it. I got your tent kid, and yours too Regina. My parents got theirs and mine. Are you guys ready?"
Henry smiled wide nodding while Regina nodded slightly hesitant. Emma gave her an assuring smile as she walked closer to the brunette. "It's gonna be fine Regina. There're no wild animals out there", she said with a wink and Regina sighed nodding in defeat. She was not getting out of this.
They drove to the forest for a good thirty minutes and when they finally arrived, Regina felt a little bit more relaxed. Maybe it was just the hours and minutes of waiting up to the day. They got out of the car and Henry smiled wide as he saw the lake close to their place. A fireplace was close as well and it was obvious it was a place for camping.
"You like it kid?", Emma asked and Henry smiled nodding as he took Neal's hand and walked closer to the place. Emma smiled at the sight, turning to see an equal smile on Regina's face. She walked over slowly and stood next to the brunette.
"He's getting big huh?", she said with pride in her voice and Regina turned to her, looking into her green eyes for a moment before letting a smile appear on her face.
"Yeah. He really is getting big isn't he?"
Emma smiled and took Regina's hand, squeezing it gently. "He will always be our son Regina. No matter what"
A smile appeared on the brunette's face as she met the green eyes once again and felt her heart beat faster at the touch. "I—"
"So, are you guys ready? I see Henry and Neal are already setting up their tent", Snow said as she walked over to the two women and Regina immediately let go of Emma's hand like it had burned her and Emma looked at her with a little hurt in her eyes. But Regina was too focused on not getting caught by Snow and didn't even see the hurt in the green eyes she loved so much.
It hadn't been more than a month since she discovered her feelings for Emma. And ever since then, she had never been more terrified of Snow. What if Emma one day realized feelings herself and Snow couldn't accept it? What if she wouldn't allow her to date her daughter?
But why did it matter? Emma was dating Hook. She had absolutely no chance with Emma. And she accepted that. Right after letting herself cry to sleep five nights in a row after discovering her feelings.
"Regina?"
The brunette in question shook her head out of her thoughts and turned to see Emma standing next to her with worried eyes. "Everything okay?"
Regina cleared her throat and gave a tight smile. "I'm fine. I'll go and set up my tent", she said and walked over to Henry and Neal who stood with David working out the tent. Or Henry and David were. Neal was just sitting on the ground playing with some branches.
Emma and Snow stood left by the cars watching the brunette as she walked over to the others and Snow turned to her daughter. "Is she okay?", she asked and Emma sighed deep shaking her head.
"No, but she doesn't want to say anything"
Snow sighed knowing the woman was stubborn. The two women joined the others and they used the next hour putting up the tents. They were almost done and Emma couldn't stop her curiosity as she looked over to see Regina struggling with her tent. She smiled with a light chuckle and walked over to her, smiling at her.
"Need a hand?", she asked and Regina turned to her.
"I got it savior, thank you though", she said before turning back to her task, but Emma didn't believe it. So she simply crossed her arms and leaned her side against a tree, watching the woman struggling even more. After about five minutes of struggling, the brunette gave up and slowly turned to Emma who eyed her back with a raised eyebrow.
"Please?"
Emma let out a chuckle and walked over to the brunette, stepping close to her. Much closer than they're used to. "Let's take a look shall we?", she said with a smirk and a knowing look in her eyes and Regina felt herself blush hard looking away, crossing her arms. Emma smiled at the brunette and turned to the tent looking it over. It took some time but Emma finally found the problem.
"Seems like your tent is broken. But don't worry. Luckily I got a three man tent, so there's lots of space for you as well", she said turning to the brunette and Regina felt her heart jump at the thought of sharing a tent with Emma.
"Sure"
Emma saw the tight smile and chuckled giving her a look. "I don't bite Regina. I'll keep my hands to myself", she said with a wink and Regina closed her eyes at the thought. This was doing to be a long day.
The sun fell and they turned up the fireplace, sitting around it. "Mom did you bring marshmallows?", Henry asked and Emma nodded towards her and Regina's tent.
"They're in my bag kid. You can go and take them"
Henry smiled wide and ran over to his mothers tent. Emma turned to Regina seeing a smile on her face and she couldn't help but walk over and sit down next to her. "I'm going for a swim later when the others have gone to bed. Wanna join?", she asked in a whisper and Regina turned to her with a frown. If Regina loved anything, it was going for a swim, but in cold water? Not really.
"Why? It's cold", she complained and Emma rolled her eyes playfully.
"Don't worry your majesty. I'll keep you warm", she said before standing from her seat. "I'm gonna go find a place and... do the business", she announced and Snow and Charming nodded. Once Emma was gone, Snow walked over to Regina and sat down in Emma's place.
"She's cute isn't she?", she asked and Regina turned to her such a fast motion it actually made Snow worry for her neck. But she just gave Regina a knowing look and the brunette sighed deep looking into the fire. "How long have you felt like this?"
"Only for a month or so", the brunette said calmly and Snow smiled softly at her. She brought her hand to Regina's squeezing it gently and the brunette turned to the woman, meeting the soft smile. "Oh don't look at me like that", she said and Snow chuckled.
"I think she likes you too"
Regina frowned at the woman, not believing the words. "But Hook—"
"Is not a part of this family. You are. More than he will ever be"
Regina had to admit she loved the sound of that. "And besides. You smell a lot better than he does", Snow added and Regina rose her eyebrows.
"Of course I do"
Snow chuckled and squeezed her hand once more before letting it go. "I would say yes to her offer if I were you", she said before standing and walking back to her seat next to her husband and before Regina could ask, she heard Emma coming back and she turned just in time to see the blonde sitting next to her.
"Hi", she said with a big smile, panicking and Emma furrowed her eyebrows with a confused smile.
"Hi?"
Regina smiled at her until the blonde has turned back to the fire and her smile instantly disappeared, as she was mentally killing herself. She turned meeting Snow's eyes and the woman gave her a look, Regina knowing. What it meant. "Uhm... I uh...", she started out turning to Emma, but when the blonde turned to her, she felt herself lose her breath at how close they actually were.
"Are you sure you're okay Regina?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine. Don't worry about it"
Emma nodded eyeing the woman for a moment before turning to their son, taking a marshmallow.
They sat in silence enjoying the night as they ate the marshmallows when Regina suddenly felt something on her arm. She turned and screamed out, making all of them turn to the brunette. "GET IT AWAY FROM ME!", she screamed and brought her arm over to Emma who looked worried at it, only to smirk as she saw the leave on her arm. She gently brought her hand to the brunette's wrist and held the arm still as she took the leave.
"A leave, Regina", she said and Regina turned to her seeing the leave in her hand. She groaned out and pulled her hand back letting it wrap around herself. Emma smiled and threw the leave away before moving closer to brunette, wrapping her arms around her.
"It's okay Regina. I thought it was a bug too"
"I'm gonna go to bed. Goodnight everyone", she said and stood from her seat, bending down to kiss Henry's head before walking over to the tent, getting in. Emma watched her with sad eyes, sighing deep before turning back to her family.
When they had all gone to bed and the fire was out, Emma got up and turned to see Regina sleeping tight. She smiled softly and was about of reach out and caress her cheek when she stopped herself. What kind of creep was she?
She sighed and got out of the tent with a towel and walked down to the lake. It looked so clean and beautiful, Emma almost jumped in with all her clothes. She smiled as she took off all of her clothes and jumped in.
Regina opened her eyes once the blonde had left the tent. She sighed deep and turned to her phone to see the time only to see nothing. Her phone was out of batteries. Sighing deep she got up and looked out of the tent with her head to see Emma walking towards the lake and stared at it for a moment before taking off her clothes.
Regina's eyes widened as she watched the blonde strip. She knew it was wrong. Watching someone stripping off their clothes was a private matter and she felt so bad for watching. But yet she couldn't look away. This was something she had dreamed of watching, taking, ravishing, and love for the rest of her life. But that wasn't her job. That was Hook's. And that thought alone made her boil inside.
She watched as she blonde reached her underwear and surprisingly took it off as well. Her eyes widened even more and she watched as the blonde jumped in. If she has to be any near Emma while naked, it was now or never. So she instantly got out of the tent and walked slowly over to the lake, Emma spotting her almost halfway, but didn't say anything.
The brunette got closer and ended next to Emma's pile of clothes. Deciding to ease her from the embarrassment, Emma decided to acknowledge her presence. "I knew you would come", she said with a smile and Regina chuckled nervously.
"Yeah well... it looks great", she said and Emma smiled nodding.
"It is. You should get in. It's much nicer when there's more people"
Regina nodded clearing her throat and began taking off her clothes, though she let her underwear stay on. She jumped in and immediately felt the coldness, gasping out. Emma smiled and swam closer to her, taking her hand. "I got you", she whispered and Regina gave a soft smile. She watched as Emma suddenly dived down into the water and she was completely gone.
She looked around, searching for the blonde to come up from somewhere else but when she turned back she saw Emma's eyes in the water, the rest of her face under the surface, her eyes watching her closely. "What?"
Before she could react, Emma quickly got up and spit water in her face making her laugh and Regina splashed water back at her, making the blonde laugh even harder. "Aww come on Regina, it's just a little fun"
"It's not funny when you share spit like that", she said drying her face and Emma smirked at her.
"Oh. And how do you want to share spit then?"
"Excuse me?"
Emma chuckled and swam closer to her, bringing and arm around her waist and Regina felt her breath hitch. Emma was naked. Pure naked in the water. And right now she was holding her arm around her. "You okay?", Emma asked worried as she saw the panic on Regina's face. Regina smiled tightly nodding.
"Yeah. I'm great"
"Regina seriously!", Emma suddenly said removing her arm and Regina frowned at her. "Why do you always lie? Why not just tell me the truth? I just want to help", she said, anger in her voice and Regina shook her head.
"It doesn't matter Emma. Just leave it be!"
"Why?! I just want to help!", Emma pressed on and Regina felt her anger rise.
"Because there's nothing you can do Emma!"
"And why can't I?!"
Regina sighed watching the determination in Emma's eyes and she just gave up. "Idiot", she whispered and brought her hand to Emma's cheeks, bringing her closer and kissed her deep. Surprised, Emma didn't kiss her back immediately and Regina felt it. So she pulled back and watched Emma's eyes as they watched her own.
Then Emma leaned back in, kissed her again, but this time it was soft and she brought her arms around her again, this time both of them and pulled her closer. Luckily the water wasn't very deep otherwise, they would have gone down because of the lack of movement.
Regina felt hands all over her body, moving up and down and she'd never felt so warm and loved before. She felt the hands moving up towards her bra and felt it being opened, and for once, she couldn't complain as the bra swam away in the water. She felt a hand on her breast, the other, along with the arm, around her waist.
As the long kiss ended, Regina brought their foreheads together letting the silence take over. "I'm sorry", she whispered suddenly, laying her head on the blonde's shoulder, but Emma just shook her head holding the woman close.
"Don't be", she whispered and Regina moved her head, looking back at Emma, meeting her eyes.
"Emma", she whispered and leaned in, kissing her again and Emma didn't complain. She instantly kissed her back, bringing her even closer.