So thank you to "homosexual-dinosaur" for making my day. I read your review and just burst out laughing. Sorry for the angst. But not really that sorry :)
Emma ran up the stairs as fast as she could. The goal was to be packed and gone by the time that Regina came home. Regina wasn't the one that she was running from, she was running from her parents. But Regina would stop her.
Snow and David meant well. They really did. But Emma was more than the Savior. She just wanted to be herself, but her parents expected so much from her. She needed to get away.
Emma heard the front door open and close, followed by the sound of high heels running up the stairs. Emma mentally cursed. She had wanted to leave a note for Regina, but Regina was ruining her plan.
"Emma?" Regina called. "Please don't do anything. Just wait a second." Emma mentally wrestled with herself. She needed to get away, but she couldn't just leave Regina without leaving a note of explanation. In the end though, her need to get away won.
Grabbing her suitcase, Emma poofed outside. She landed right next to her bug and hurriedly got in. Starting the car, Emma quickly drove away before she could change her mind.
"No no no," Regina said as she entered her bedroom. "Please don't have actually left." She frantically ran to the window in time to see Emma driving off in her bug.
"I swear, I am going to kill Snow and David," Regina growled. She poofed to their apartment, and was satisfied to see Snow and David looking absolutely distraught.
"Well?" Snow asked. "Where is she?"
"She ran," Regina said coldly. "I wasn't able to make it home in time."
Snow groaned and leaned into David's arms. David rubbed his hand soothingly on her back. "What do we do?" he asked.
"You two are going to do nothing," Regina said. "You've already done quite enough." With that, she poofed herself back to the mansion.
"Please have left something," Regina mumbled. She went through all of their drawers, but came up empty handed.
"Mom?" Henry asked. "What are you doing? Where's ma?"
"She had a little problem with her parents," Regina explained. "She ran. I'm trying to look for her, but I need something of hers to use for a locator spell."
Henry smiled. "I have you covered," he said.
Emma sat in her bug, staring across the town line. She wanted to run, and yet she couldn't do it. Regina was here. Henry was here. And as much as she currently didn't like them, her parents were here. She couldn't leave.
But she had to. If she stayed, she would be the Savior for the rest of her life. Never Emma. She couldn't deal with that. She had to get out.
Emma groaned and hit her head on the steering wheel. Henry would be fine without her. He had Regina to care for him. However, Regina was the problem. Regina had lost so much love already, that Emma running could produce lots of problems.
Suddenly, the passenger door of the bug opened and Regina plopped into the seat. "Hey there," she said casually.
Emma stared at her. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I'm here because I love you, and I'm not just going to let you run," Regina said. "Yes, you are the Savior. But you are also the love of my life. And I'm going with you anywhere. Even if it's out of town."
Emma looked at her in shock. "You'll run with me?" she asked, surprised.
Regina nodded. "I'd run with you anywhere," she said. "Besides. You can't run from me. Might as well take me with you."
Emma smiled and started the bug again. "Wait, what about Henry?" she asked.
"Hi!" Henry said from the backseat.
"What the hell?" Emma said. "How long have you been back there?"
Henry shrugged. "Mom poofed me in." Emma glared at Regina, who just smiled at her.
"We're a family," Regina explained. "Wherever you go, we go." Emma smiled and intertwined her fingers with Regina's before driving over the town line.
For once, Emma wasn't running away from her family. She was running with them.