Sorry guys. I had midterms :(

So I tried making the scene where Robin breaks up with Regina a little different from the show but I may have borrowed a few words. Let me know what you think!

Chapter 4 If You Let Me

She was through crying. She didn't cry herself to sleep anymore. In fact she didn't sleep. She was up all night staring at the walls. Sleep hadn't come and when it was finally the early morning Regina got up and dressed for the day.

Emma's words are what had kept her up. They rang through her head all night. Emma cared about her and she shouldn't. She hadn't really even thought of Robin as much as she should have until he was knocking at her door.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, crossing her arms as the chilly breeze invaded her home.

"I was hoping we could talk," he said, the anger from the other night gone and replaced by guilt and heartbreak. His words that night had been fueled by anger and he never meant them. He never meant to hurt her the way he did.

She let him in and headed into the kitchen for the coffee she had been brewing. She poured them each a cup, the silence deafening as they waited for the other to speak.

"It's not true, what I said," he finally spoke, placing his mug down on the counter.

"Which part?" Regina scoffed, her voice cracking with both anger and hurt. Why was he even here? He had his wife, his perfect family so why was he even bothering to speak to her.

"All of it," he said. "I was angry; I know it still isn't an excuse. You trusted me and I hurt you. Everything I said wasn't true."

"But what we had…" Regina started to say, her eyes softening and the harsh anger that had been radiating off of her in waves were now fading. "What I thought we had…"

"Was real," he finished and she smiled that beautiful smile that made her look so young and full of hope. It was the smile of a young girl she hadn't been in so long. "Yes, it was real but Marion…" Her smile faded and he hated that he was the reason. "Marion is my wife. I made a vow and I am to honor that vow. I'm sorry Regina. I'm sorry for hurting you and making you feel like I couldn't love you because of your past. We are much the same you and I. We both have a past that is full darkness and I of all people should have known better than to throw it back in your face. You're not that person anymore, the person who killed Marion and I understand that now."

"You've made your choice," she whispered, the tears already welling up in her eyes.

"I may be a thief but I have a code and I must follow that code, otherwise what kind of life am I living? I hope you could look into your heart and understand." He stepped up to her then, his hand caressing her cheek and she closed her eyes the moment she felt his lips brush her cheek, and then he was gone.

That was when she did cry.

Emma came by later that evening and Regina didn't even bother to hide the deep hurt or the bloodshot eyes from crying all day. Emma didn't even have to ask if Robin had stopped by. It was clear on Regina's face.

"He was here," she finally stated as they walked into the living room and Regina nodded, curling up on the couch and not giving a damn about how vulnerable she looked in this moment. Her gaze was fixed on the flames in the fireplace.

Emma sat beside her and she had this sudden need to pull Regina against her and hold her if only to give her some kind of comfort but she refrained from that. She didn't think Regina would want that kind of comfort from her of all people. After all, she had created this whole mess.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"No," Regina answered, her voice not as sharp as she intended it to be. She turned to Emma and finally met her eyes. "Why are you here and not with your pirate boyfriend?"

"I ended it with him and to be honest I'm not sure anything had even really started." Regina didn't respond, in fact her gaze had gone back to the dancing flames.

"And you decided to come here of all places," she had finally said, her voice so low Emma had almost missed it.

"Crazy isn't it? That we started off hating each other and now after everything…" Emma trailed off, taking a breath and wishing Regina would look at her. She's been avoiding her gaze a lot lately and she knew it was to hide the hurt and vulnerability shining in her eyes. "I do care Regina and I know you think people who care about you get hurt but maybe… maybe your worth that risk."

"So you're saying we're friends now?"

"If you let me," Emma whispered.

Regina took in a breath as if she had just stopped herself from letting out a sob. She stayed silent, not saying a word. Somehow after all this chaos, Emma had warmed her way into Regina's heart. She tore down the walls and Regina willingly let her in. She couldn't understand why she had let this happen. Why it meant so much to her that Emma was fighting for her friendship.

Emma could see Regina was at war with herself. She could see her battling the doubts racing inside of her, so she did what she could do in that moment before Regina could back up and close herself off again.

She pulled her into her arms and held her and Regina didn't fight it.

"I have something for you," Emma said after several long silent minutes. The hug had only lasted a few seconds and after they pulled away Regina's gaze was once again fixed on the fireplace. Her thoughts were far away from this place and Emma just sat there with her, silently grounding her.

She finally turned to Emma, meeting her gaze after so long and raised an eyebrow.

"Should I be concerned?"

"Of course not," Emma deadpanned but then smiled as she got up and slipped her jacket back on. "Wait here." She rushed out and it wasn't until minutes later did she come in with a basket.

"What's this?" she asked as Emma set it on the coffee table in front of her and she rummaged through the items. Red wine, chocolate, ice cream, DVDs.

"Henry made you a break up basket," Emma explained and Regina lifted the bottle of wine.

"You let our son buy wine?"

"No! Of course not, although I think he did steal it from Mary Margaret's kitchen."

"Henry made this for me?" she asked solemnly as if she couldn't quite believe it.

"He's worried Regina. He wanted to come by and bring it himself and spend time with you but you wouldn't answer his calls."

"I didn't want him to see me like this," she said, setting the wine down and scrunching her nose at the small melting ice cream carton. She waved her hand and it disappeared to the freezer.

"I know. I get it, but he doesn't. You need to talk to him. He needs to see you."

"I didn't mean to hurt him," Regina said softly as she looked at Emma with guilt ridden eyes. She only wanted to protect him. He shouldn't have to see her like this and she hadn't realized she was only hurting him by pushing him away. She thought shielding him from the emotional wreck she had become was best but it wasn't. He wanted to be there for her. He made her this ridiculous basket.

"You need to see him; Make sure he knows that. Call him and have breakfast with him tomorrow. I bet you two haven't done that in a long time."

She was right. Regina couldn't remember the last time they had breakfast together and her heart thumped a little faster at the thought. She's missed him so much lately.

"No, we haven't," she said. "Breakfast tomorrow sounds good except maybe you can tell him to meet you at Granny's and don't tell him I'm coming."

"He's not going to say no Regina."

She didn't answer. Instead she got up and took the basket with her.

"Uh, where are you going?" Emma asked.

"In case you haven't noticed there isn't a TV in here."

Emma followed her upstairs and was surprised when Regina led her into Henry's room. She had only been here once and hadn't noticed the small TV in Henry's room.

"Are you telling me this is the only TV in the whole house?" Emma asked as Regina set the basket down on Henry's bed.

"He won't mind if we borrow it." She said it so casually without even noticing Emma's genuine shock.

"And we're just supposed to squeeze in that little bed together?" Emma exclaimed, waving her hand at the twin sized bed.

"This was your idea!"

"Ok, you're right," Emma said, not wanting to argue and so she settled on the bed. Regina pulled out the stack of DVDs. Emma had no idea what Henry threw in there so she watched as Regina looked through them, frustration suddenly marring her features.

"Forget this, I'm going to bed," she snapped, dropping the movies and before she could step away, Emma was up and taking her wrist.

"Wait, it can't be that bad," she said and Regina grabbed the movies from the bed and shoved them in Emma's hands.

"I'm not watching these."

"Scream, Insidious 2, Paranormal Activity… Where did he even get these?" Emma asked, feigning to be clueless about who these belonged to. Henry definitely swiped these from her room, thinking that horror movies would get his mother's mind off of Robin. Regina wasn't having it.

"Enough, I know they're yours," Regina said and Emma smirked.

"You have to watch them with me."

"No."

"You're scared."

"No."

"Regina, people feared you and you're scared!"

"Fine, we'll watch scream," Regina huffed, crossing her arms with annoyance.

"Nah, not scary enough. We'll see insidious," Emma said, dropping the rest of the movies in the basket and going over to the TV.

"Can't we see one of Henry's superhero movies?" Regina asked as she slipped off her heels and settled on the bed. She rearranged the pillows and leaned back to get comfortable.

"Nope, it wasn't in the break up basket," Emma said as she put on the movie and got in beside Regina.

"Would you stop calling it that?" she asked exasperated as she summoned two glasses and poured them each some wine. Emma pulled one of the smaller folded blankets up over them.

"What? You mean the break up basket Henry made for you?" Emma teased with a grin and Regina rolled her eyes. "Come on, its sweet."

"Yeah, I know," Regina grumbled, downing her wine and heading for the chocolate. "Start the movie already."

At first Regina hid how much this movie was freaking her out but then as it progressed she didn't even bother hiding it anymore. She was sitting up, hugging a pillow to her chest and half covering her eyes with it. She couldn't understand how Emma enjoyed movies like this. She never watched TV unless Henry wanted to watch something with her and it was never anything like this, that's for sure.

Although, it did keep her mind off Robin and the visit he paid her today. For now, she could forget about the heartbreak.

Right now she could focus on the woman that was laughing at her terror.

"Emma!"

"Alright, I'm sorry," she laughed. "It's just after all that we had seen; this is what really terrifies you? I think you're more scared of this then when we had to fight that snow monster."

"That snow monster was nothing compared to these creatures," Regina stated, gesturing to the screen.

"Yes, but it's also just a movie. It's not real. The snow man however was and we could've died."

"But we didn't. Could we watch this?" Regina was getting irritated and Emma didn't want to push her limits so she stopped and they watched in silence for a while.

"Is it working?" Emma whispered, breaking their sudden silence between them. She was talking about Robin. Regina didn't answer right away, her gaze fixed on the screen. She swallowed heavily and Emma turned away, thinking she wasn't going to get an answer.

"Yeah," Regina whispered seconds later. "I think so."