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"What the hell happened?" Ruby jumps up from her seat at the sight of a teary eyed Emma exiting the restroom.

"I…uh, I think I just ruined everything," Emma sniffs, trying to hold back her emotions.

"Wait that was her mom?" the brunette's eyes widen in shock.

"Yeah," the blonde looks to the ground, "I kind of called her a bad mom"

"Em, she's ridiculous. You have every right to call her out," she gestures to Emma's red cheek, "She hit you?"

The blonde brings a hand up to cover the evidence of the slap, "Yeah, she did".

Their conversation pauses for a lingering moment as thoughts of how to take in this situation rush through their minds. All former adrenaline has left the blonde and she comes back to reality.

Emma speaks up, "Do I really have the right to destroy Regina's relationship with her mother?" Ruby tilts her head in confusion and Emma elaborates, "This relationship has been a whirlwind and she doesn't deserve to be fucking disowned because of me," a tear drops onto her cheek.

"Emma, she is making this difficult, but you two love each other," the brunette places a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to reassure the blonde.

"Yes, of course," she sighs. I overstepped. Even if I know I'm right I can't let Regina suffer. Her mother is right that I can't take care of her like she deserves, no matter how much I want to.

"You know we're not very busy right now. I can give you a ride if you want," Ruby offers.

"Sure, Rubes," Emma shrugs in agreement.


"Please understand, mother. This is not a phase or a joke," Regina pleads, but there is no response, "Mother?"

She looks down at her phone to see that the call has been ended. What? Tears begin to flow freely as she realizes her mother hung up on her. The finality of the conversation makes her head pulse in pain and she feels as if she's going to throw up. The brunette throws her phone onto the bed. She stands alone in the room. The walls feel like they're caving in. She sits on the floor with her back against the bed and hugs her knees sobbing. She is never going to understand me. She doesn't care about my happiness. Will Emma even come back? Mother has probably completely scared her away. I'm alone. She stands and walks over to the mini fridge. She grabs another beer and returns to her previous location. She twists off the cap and attempts to drown her sorrows.


"The hotel is over there," Emma points to the parking lot just on the right. Ruby pulls in the lot and parks.

"If there is anything I can do don't hesitate to ask"

Emma sighs and they hug before she steps out of the vehicle, "See you tomorrow! Thanks for the job and the ride and talking to me about all this," Emma's lips form a small grin as she lists off everything Ruby has done to help her today.

"Anytime! See you tomorrow!"

Emma watches as her friend drives off. She turns and begins to walk to the room she has been sharing with the brunette. She's definitely not going to want to see me. Fuck. I should've just gone back to my dorm. I hope she doesn't notice my cheek. She reaches the door and pulls out the key card. Nerves bundle in her stomach. Ugh, why am I nervous? Everything will be fine. I suppose that's my new mantra. She rolls her eyes and unlocks the door.

She takes off her shoes and rolls her shoulders to try to relax. She looks around the room, but does not see her girlfriend.

"Regina?"

She hears muffled cries coming from the other side of the bed, so she walks over. She sees the other woman surrounded by beer bottles hugging her knees, sobbing. Emma's heart drops. This is all my fault. She bends down next to Regina and runs her fingers through her brunette locks repeating her name.

Regina raises her head slowly. Her eyes are bloodshot from both crying and drinking. Her usual perfect make up has been washed away. She finally comprehends the blonde's presence, "Em-MA?" She over enunciates the last syllable. The word is spoken with a mixture of excitement and confusion.

"Yeah, it's me," Emma rubs her thumb lightly across the other woman's cheek, "Regina, are you okay?" Emma asks concerned by the current state of the brunette. Shit. Will she even remember if we talk about what happened tonight?

"Offf, courrrse. I'm jussst saaad," Regina stammers out the best she can. Oh my god. Try to act sober, Regina. But she can't help it.

"Yeah, me too," Emma gives the brunette a small grin, but her eyes feel dull.

"I saaaved you a…drink," Regina turns grabbing the remaining bottle from beside her and thrusts it towards the blonde.

"Thanks Gina," Emma takes the bottle, twists the cap, and takes a slug. Yum! She has good taste.

They sit in silence a few moments until Emma realizes they had never finished the paper that is due tomorrow.

"Fuck!" Emma mutters in frustration. Regina tilts her head in confusion, "We didn't finish that paper"

"Oh, I aaalready did it," Regina states proudly.

"Really? Cool! But I thought you were supposed to be relaxing today?" Emma nudges the brunette lightly, careful not to accidentally knock her over.

"Ican do booth," she slurs in a matter-of-fact tone.

Emma laughs, "I can see that".

They again sit in silence for a moment. I have to at least bring up what happened even if she probably won't remember this conversation. I can't believe that I caused her to drink like this.

Emma's green eyes meet sincerely with deep, brown, tear stained ones, "Regina, I'm so sorry for what happened tonight. This is my fault"

Regina's expression falls as she recalls the phone call with her mother. I just don't want to think about it. If I lose Emma then I keep my mother's support, but if I stay with Emma then I lose everything else. This is unfair. How dare my mother give me such an ultimatum. Emma would never try to hurt me like this. She shows me how someone who truly loves me would act.

"EmMA, this iss my mother's faault"

"But if I didn't push her then maybe she wouldn't be so harsh," Emma looks down.

"Whaat doyou mean?" Regina tilts her head. My mother is always cruel.

"I kind of told her she's a bad mother for hurting you," Emma looks up to meet chocolate eyes again, but squints bracing for retaliation.

"Oh," Regina faces forward, looking straight ahead. Well maybe she didn't help the situation. But then again my mother was already angry before. Emma didn't cause this on her own.

Regina yawns and ignores the previous conversation, "Can we lay down?"

Emma's eyes widen a bit in shock at the blatant brush off from the brunette, "Oh, uh, yeah. Of course," she stands and holds out a hand to the other woman, "Here, let me help you up"

Regina takes her hand and stands, wobbling on her feet, "It's hot in here," She takes off Emma's over sized t-shirt tossing it to the ground revealing her bra and soft olive skin. She collapses onto the bed and crawls to lay her head on a pillow almost immediately passing out.

Emma quickly gathers the beer bottles tossing them into the trash can. She changes into some more comfortable night clothes and sets an alarm for the morning. She then crawls into bed herself. The sleeping brunette is heavily laying on top of the covers, so she attempts to move her just enough to release her hold on the covers. The blonde fails.

She nudges the other woman, "Regina, Regina". She sighs almost giving up, but the brunette startles awake briefly. Her deep chocolate eyes open and Emma's heart flutters.

"Hey, can I have some covers?" Emma whispers.

"Oh, yeah," Regina replies groggy. She moves under the blanket covering both women. Emma lays flat on her back staring straight up at the ceiling. The brunette turns to face the blonde and shimmies closer. She rests her head on Emma's shoulder and puts her arm around her waist. Emma finds peace holding Regina close. Drowsiness eventually sets in.

"I love you," the blonde kisses the top of Regina's head. Regina's breathing is evened out slowly indicating she has already fallen asleep again. I hope this is not the last time we can fall asleep together. She drifts off.