I just watched the most recent episode and I swear if they kill off Emma and there's no more SQ I'm gonna personally kill Adam and Eddie. Also, slightly died when Emma called the spider Charlotte.

Regina ran up the stairs to Emma's house, pounding on the door. "Emma! Open up!"

Several beats passed before Emma opened the door. Before she could say anything, Regina's arms were around her, hugging her tightly.

After a second, Emma hugged her back. "I'm guessing that my mom told you about the giant spider and my near-death experience."

"Yes," Regina mumbled. They stood on the porch in a tight embrace until Regina finally pulled away. "What in the world were you thinking? Gideon can't be trusted!"

"I wanted to give him another chance," Emma said. "He seemed like he was finally going to be on our side."

"You can't save everyone, least of all someone who has already tried to kill you before," Regina said. "You could have died today."

"I know," Emma said guiltily. "I really didn't think it through. Belle and Gold just seem so confident that Gideon had some good in him that I wanted to believe it too. Everyone deserves a second chance, right?"

Regina sighed, knowing that Emma was right. Without being given a second chance, she would probably be completely alone in her mansion, avoiding angry mobs everywhere she went.

"Come inside," Emma said gently, grabbing Regina's hand. "You're shaking like a leaf."

"I wonder why," Regina said sarcastically. "I wonder if it has anything to do with the idea of the woman I love being eaten alive by a giant spider."

Emma shuddered. "I am never going near another spider for as long as I live."

"Don't know how long that'll be if you keep up this current pattern," Regina mumbled.

"I can't help it," Emma said. "You know that I have to try and save everyone, even if there's not a lot of saving that I can do."

"You don't have to risk your life to do it!" Regina exclaimed. "You have people who love and care for you and it's like they slip from your mind every time you jump headfirst into any situation."

"Of course I think of all of you!" Emma protested. "The people I love are the reason that I tried to save Gideon today! I thought that if I helped him, he would see that people actually want to help him, not lock him away for what he's done. I wanted to see the good in him no matter what."

"And how well did that work out for you?" Regina asked, sitting down heavily on Emma's couch and putting her face in her hands.

"Not very well," Emma admitted. "I got caught up in some twisted version of Charlotte's Web."

Regina looked up at Emma in confusion. "What?"

"Nothing," Emma said. "Book reference. Honestly, I'm surprised that you didn't read it to Henry when he was little."

Regina shrugged. "I didn't read him stories because none of them seemed realistic."

"Oh trust me," Emma said, sitting next to Regina. "This book is pretty realistic."

They sat in silence for a while before Emma reached over and grabbed Regina's hand, squeezing it gently. "I'm sorry. I know that I scare you every time that I have a near death experience. But it's part of my job, and I can't just stop being who I'm meant to be. I was born to save people."

"If only I hadn't casted that curse," Regina said bitterly.

"You saw what happened if you hadn't," Emma said. "You would be dead, and I would have been raised as some prissy princess who was too weak to stand up for herself."

Regina laughed. "That was mildly entertaining."

Emma rolled her eyes. "My point is that I would rather be the Savior than live in a world where you and I would never have a chance to be together. I know that I worry you constantly, but let's just call it payback for all the times that I had to worry about you and the Evil Queen."

Regina smiled. "Doesn't really seem like a fair payback considering she never tried to kill me."

"Um, are you forgetting about when she cut the tie between the two of you and then tried to duel you to the death?" Emma asked. "Because I would call that trying to kill you."

"Compare that to the fact the Gideon has tried to kill you twice, once with a giant bug, and I hardly find that a fair comparison," Regina said.

Emma sighed. "We can get through this, okay? We've beaten villain after villain and we're both still alive. A little messed up, but still alive."

Regina chuckled. "We were messed up before all of the craziness started."

"Which is why we're perfect for each other," Emma said, smiling. "Look, even if something does happen to me, there's nowhere that you can go that I won't be with you."

"Let's not talk about you dying, okay?" Regina pleaded, pulling Emma close to her.

"Okay," Emma said, rubbing her hand up and down Regina's back to soothe her. "Everything is going to turn out okay in the end. I promise."

Anybody catch the Gramma Tala line from "Moana" thrown in there? Since I feel like being nice, whoever finds the line gets to be featured in my next chapter with a name of your choice. What I do with you is again up to me. Find the line!