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"You don't have to do this," Regina tells Emma.

"Do what?" Emma asked, although she already had a pretty good idea of what she was talking about.

"You don't have to pick me over your family. You have always wanted a family and I don't want to come in the way of your relationship with them. You deserve to be with them, and to be happy. I…I" Regina looked off in the distance and cut herself off.

"You what?" Emma asked. She didn't want the woman before her to hold things back. Emma felt responsible for everything that happened. If only she was there to protect Regina. If only she was there to stop them from hurting her. If only…

"I don't deserve you. I don't deserve your kindness," Regina whispered only barely enough for Emma to hear.

"Regina, that's not true" Emma begins in a very compassionate voice. Emma has never doubted Regina, not even for a second. She reaches out and puts her arm around Regina. She wants, no needs the brunette to know she is worthy: worthy of love, worthy of happiness, worthy of redemption.

"No, it is. You don't know the things I have done. I have hurt so many innocent people. I"

"It does not matter. Regina look at me. You did not deserve this. You deserve all of the kindness in the world. You deserve happiness and love." Regina had no idea how much Emma wanted to give her all of the things she so desperately wanted. All Regina had ever wanted was for someone to love her. Her mother never did, she just wanted to use her to gain money and power. Her father never loved her enough. He was never strong enough to stand up to her mother. Finally Regina found real true love with Daniel, but Snow brutally ripped that from her. She lost her only love, the only person who ever truly loved her to be forced to marry a monster. For years she was trapped in a castle. Regina was not even a person anymore; she was just one of the king's belongings. Once she had finally given him what he deserved all that was left of her was bitterness. She was just a shell of a person. Causing others pain was all she could do. Regina only became alive again when she first held her baby in her arms. He was so innocent and so beautiful. Henry was perfect. He was everything she could ever hope for. Regina felt something that she had been missing for ages: love. Regina was finally able to love someone, and he loved her back. It seemed she was finally getting her happy ending, until she wasn't enough for him anymore. She was never enough. It broke Regina when he started to see her as evil. When he left her to find the savior, she was overwhelmed with hatred again. It was not the same pain as before but equally if not more damaging. Regina had finally opened herself up again but only to be rejected. Regina learned that no matter what she could never be good enough.

Regina just stayed silent. She could not answer Emma. Regina knew Emma was wrong. She knew a happy ending was impossible.