I bring you the last chapter of this story. I hope you all enjoyed it and that you liked it.
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"Regina?" It was Emma. There she was in front of her, just as beautiful as always "What are you doing here?"
"I was hoping to find you here" the brunette replied with a small smile.
Emma watched her for a few seconds and then sat at the other side of the bench staring at the pair of trees in front of her.
"And what would you do if I had not come?" Asked the blonde with a lump in the throat.
"I would return the next day, and so on until I could see you."
The blonde remained silent and took her hands nervously. She looked at Regina out of the corner of her eye and realized that the brunette was watching her waiting for her to speak.
"Why have you decided to return?" Emma's voice was cold and distant and Regina could feel it "are you on honeymoon?" she asked between her teeth, as if it was difficult for her to pronounce those words.
"I would be... if I was married."
Emma gave Regina a surprised look and the brunette lost a small smile at her reaction.
"You haven't married?" Emma asked trying to hide the curiosity of her voice.
"No... Robin and I broke up"
Emma was even more surprised at that response. She couldn't believe what she was hearing, it seemed like a dream that Regina came back to look for her and that she was no longer engaged.
"It was my fault? It was because of me?"
"No, we just decided it was the best for both of us."
The silence took hold of them. Emma didn't know what to say to that and Regina waited for Emma to speak. Both felt uncomfortable, as if they were strangers on a park bench.
"What was New York like?" Asked the blonde without knowing what to say.
Regina looked at her in disbelief at the question she had asked.
"Quite hectic" The brunette answered "Everyone is in a hurry from one place to another but Broadway is really beautiful... It is the dream of every actor.
"Did you get any paper in any show?"
"Yes, a very good one."
"And you will not have problems for coming?"
"I asked for a week of vacation."
"So you only have a week?" The blonde asked curiously.
"It depends."
"Of what?"
"If there is a reason why I should stay here" Regina looked at the floor and played with her feet a bit.
She felt like a teenager about to confess her love. She felt that fear of not being reciprocated.
Emma fell silent again and let out a big sigh. It looked like a Deja-vu, Regina asking for a reason to stay and she couldn't say anything. Why couldn't she say anything? What was wrong with her?
"How's everything going with your parents?" The brunette asked trying to break the silence.
"Very good" Emma answered with a small smile "Everything is going very well."
"I'm glad."
It seemed that silence was the only thing they had in common after so long of not seeing each other.
Emma settled herself on the bench in such a way that she could see Regina in the face. She watched her for a minute, as always she looked beautiful. Her dark hair framed her face and fell a little more under her shoulders, her beautiful brown eyes roaming the floor as if trying to find something she had lost.
Regina felt Emma's eyes on her and changed her gaze to the blonde. They looked into each other's eyes for a moment and then Emma looked away nervously.
"Why did you come back Regina?" Emma asked again.
The brunette breathed deep and let the air escape slowly looking at the sky.
"For you" she replied leaving the blonde without words "Emma I..." Regina hesitated trying to find the right words "I never should have left without telling you what I felt..." The brunette cleared her throat "What I still feel."
"And what do you feel?" Emma's voice cut short as she said the last word.
The blonde felt a lump in her throat the size of her fist and her hands began to tremble. She wanted to hear what Regina had to say, but at the same time she was dying of fear.
"I'm in love with you Emma" Regina answered without hesitation. It was time to speak the truth and it wouldn't stop "I've been for a long time…"
"But you left" The blonde interrupted.
"And you didn't stop me…"
"I just wanted you to be happy" Emma whispered sadly.
"And it didn't occur to you that I could be happy by your side?" The blonde was quiet and Regina slid down the bench to stay a little closer to her "Emma, tell me something... Do you feel the same for me?"
The blonde looked Regina in the eyes and gave her a small smile. She shifted her gaze to the ground and held the air in silence. She was looking for a way to explain to Regina everything she felt about her.
The brunette remained silent waiting for Emma's response and seconds later she slowly got up from the bench, took her suitcase and before she started walking Emma's voice stopped her.
"Where are you going?"
Regina turned around and gave the blonde a look of indignation.
"To look for a place where I can stay" she replied with an annoyed tone.
"We've not finished talking."
"It seems that you have nothing to say."
Emma got up from the bench with a small smile and approached Regina leaving only a few inches between them.
"If you let me talk you would know if I have something to say."
Regina crossed her arms and looked at Emma, waiting for her to tell her everything she had to say. The blonde smiled and took her time to enjoy Regina's face flushed with anger.
"Yes... If I feel the same way for you" she whispered "I'm crazy for you and in all this time you were away from me the only thing I could think about was you" Emma smiled sweetly "I could only think of your eyes, of your smile, your face... And if I let you go, it was because I thought you would not be happy by my side"
"And I can know why you thought that?"
"Because I didn't know you felt the same for me..."
"Seriously?" Interrupted Regina "Didn't you realize what I felt for you?"
"Yes, I know, I know... I'm a fool for not realizing it, but I'm like that, Regina. I never realize what I have in front of me and..." Emma took a deep breath and looked at Regina in the eyes feeling that she was going to undress her soul "I was afraid... afraid of not being enough for you, that one day you would wake up and you will realize that you aren't happy with me... And I know that I should have looked for you and told you all this, but I couldn't do it. I was so afraid that you would reject me and seeing you be happy without me."
Regina smiled tenderly and her eyes filled with tears.
"You're a fool Emma" The blonde looked at her confused "You can't know what's going to happen... You cannot tell me what I'll feel for you tomorrow... You can't know anything about what's going to happen if you don't try.
"I want to try it" Emma whispered with a small smile "Do you want to try?"
Regina could feel the fear in Emma's voice, she could see through her eyes that her feelings were sincere.
"Yes... How about a new beginning?... From scratch."
"No... I don't want a new beginning" Emma eliminated the space between them and slid her hands over the little waist of the brunette "I want to preserve our story, I like our story and I don't want a new one."
The blonde smiled and brought her face closer to Regina's. She felt her breath cross hers and put her forehead on hers. She watched as Regina smiled and caressed her cheek with the tips of her fingers. She stroked the brunette's full lips with hers and then they joined in a kiss.
Regina slid her arms over the blonde's shoulders to bring her closer to her and enjoy her mouth. Their lips kissed with intensity, with need and with nostalgia. They had missed each other so much that they didn't care about anything other than enjoying that kiss.
Emma's tongue began to explore Regina's mouth without objection and her hands slid down her back. The brunette stroked the blonde's hair and held her face deepening the kiss even more.
The lack of oxygen caused the kiss to end, but they didn't separate. They were looking at each other with a smile and their agitated breathing.
"I missed you so much" whispered Emma.
"You will not have to do it anymore" Regina whispered with a smile.
Emma stood beside her holding her by the waist with one hand and with the other she took Regina's small suitcase. The brunette slid her arm around Emma's hip and dropped her head on Emma's shoulder.
They walked slowly, unhurriedly, without worry. They walked with the certainty that they had each other and this time they wouldn't separate for anything in the world.
