Hi guys! Wow, the responses from the last chapter! The reviews made my day :) new character! This will definitely not be a one time only appearance. Let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy! -hopelesslyhopeful7211

Emma and Regina quickly jump up to dress themselves. Their cheeks are bright red with major embarrassment as they fumble with their clothes. Emma's mind races. Fuck, fuck, fuck! Wait, is that her mother? Well, this is not how I expected to meet her. This is a fucking nightmare.

"What is going on?" Regina's mother, Cora, booms out. Her eyes burn a hole in her daughter's head. She stands just a few feet behind the couch. Her cheeks also burn red, but out of anger.

"Mother, I can expla…" Regina attempts to defend her relationship with the blonde. Oh my god, why is this happening? My life is over.

"No, get out!" the older woman interrupts, screaming.

"What?" Tears swell in Regina's eyes.

Emma steps forward shielding the brunette from her mother, "Ma'am, I am so sorry. I…"

Cora nearly flies over and invades Emma's personal space, snarling, "You don't get to say anything about this situation. My daughter is not gay," She uses a derogatory tone.

Shock spreads across the blonde's face at her offensive statement. I have to fix this.

"Ma'am, please listen to me?" Emma pleads with the older woman.

"No, step aside, girl," she spits out. Her glare stares past the blonde to look for her daughter.

Regina places a hand on Emma's shoulder. Tears swelling further, she steps beside the blonde to face her mother together. She straightens her spine and attempts to gather herself. She looks directly in her mother's furious eyes.

"Mother, I will not let you intimidate us," Regina says as sternly as she can muster. I care about Emma. This will not end this way.

Cora backs off a step, but her eyes are still full of anger.

"Regina, I thought you were going to be in the library. I was just going to drop these off," she gestures to the mess of flowers, water, and glass behind her, "but I see that you lied," disappointment flashes across her face.

"We were working on an assignment earlier, mother, I promise," a sick feeling shoots through her body as she realizes that from her mother's perspective she was not only caught in a compromising position, but she also betrayed her. I warned her though. I said that I probably couldn't make it to have dinner with her today. And I couldn't have imagined that she would've barged in like this at the worst possible moment.

"I don't want to hear it. You, girl," she slams a finger into Emma's chest, "get out! I need to talk to my daughter alone."

Emma looks down to the ground in shame and is frozen in place. Regina's adrenaline rushes at the sight of her mother threatening the blonde. She puts her arm around Emma and smacks her mother's finger off.

"No. WE," she strongly emphasizes the word referring to herself and Emma as a single unit, "will see ourselves out. Let me just grab my bag and a change of clothes for now," Regina states firmly regardless of the redness from the tears in her eyes.

Cora shakes with fury from the smack on the hand from her daughter. I will destroy this blonde girl for corrupting my daughter. She manages to hold herself back from getting physical with the women.

Regina pulls Emma away from Cora to a safer distance a few feet away. She rushes to gather a few things that she needs for tomorrow to take with them. She takes Emma's hand and escorts them out of the apartment leaving her mother behind.


Regina ushers Emma into her car and quickly peels away from her apartment's lot. Emma rubs Regina's shoulder in an attempt to comfort the brunette from all that has happened.

"I'll drop you off at your place, don't worry about me. I can get a hotel for the night," Regina chokes out.

"Regina, no, I won't leave you," the blonde reassures the other woman, "They won't let us bring overnight visitors to the dorm or we could just stay there. Let me at least help you pay for the room"

"You want to stay with me after all of this?" a tear rolls down her face.

"Of course," Emma wipes the fallen tear away, "I love you"

Regina gasps at her girlfriend's confession. I think this relationship has been established without the official discussion of the label. She thinks to herself. Oh my god, she loves me! I can't believe this! Everything is a complete mess now, but she makes me so happy. My mother will not dictate my life any longer.

"I love you too, dear," the brunette grins through her tears returning the sentiment.

"Do you need anything from your place first?"

"Oh, yeah, I better grab a change of clothes"

They soon pull into Emma's dorm parking lot.

"I'll be right back," Emma draws Regina into a long kiss before getting out of the car and running up to her dorm room.

Regina is left alone with her thoughts. I can't believe this. Why won't my mother ever understand me? Is she still in my apartment? Probably snooping through my things I imagine. I don't know how I can fix this. I will not leave Emma even if I lose everything else. She already means the world to me. I love her so much. We will figure this out.

Emma returns with a plastic grocery bag filled with some clothes. She hops back in the car, pecks Regina on the lips, and they head out to find a hotel for the night.


Regina pulls into the lot of a moderately nice hotel about ten minutes outside of town. Probably a two and a half or three star. They get out of the car and walk towards the entrance hand in hand. The woman at the front desk hands over the key to a room. They head up the stairs, unlock the door, and walk in. Emma glances around their room for the night.

The room is pretty decent. Nothing too high class, but still cozy. There is a single queen size bed with fresh white sheets, fluffy pillows, and a thick comforter. This room comes with a mini refrigerator, coffee pot, and microwave. There is a 32" flat screen television and there is free internet connection. Not too shabby. I think this is even better than my place.

They sit down their bags and take a few moments to settle into the room. Emma leaps onto the bed, grabs the remote on the night stand, and turns the television on. Regina laughs at the cute blonde and crawls into the bed with her.

Emma opens her arms for Regina and they cuddle close together under the cozy covers. The brunette collapses into the other woman's embrace. Tears swell up in her eyes again as many emotions arise. Anger, sadness, worry, love.

Emma pulls back to gaze into the brunette's eyes. She sees the passing emotions.

"Everything will be okay," the blonde strokes brunette hair. Maybe if I think that everything will be okay enough times then it will be true? I honestly have no idea how to fix this, but I will not give up. I will make her mother understand our love for each other. I will be with Regina every step of the way.

Regina sighs, "I believe you," her deep chocolate eyes flash with hope. With Emma anything is possible. We can fix this. My mother will come around eventually.

They continue to cuddle close together until they drift off asleep in each other's arms.