Love, Fate And Magic
A/N: Ahoy all! I know it's a been about a month since I've updated and I'm sorry, I really am! However I am here now with another update for you all, consider it a late Christmas present.
Chapter 16- Monsters Behind Masks
Emma drove away from the mayor's office for the third time since she had attempted to go and speak with Regina. But every time she arrived at the huge building, her confidence had immediately wavered and sent her fleeing back to the safety of the bug. Emma had been going over what she should say to Regina to avoid seeming like she didn't want to be with her anymore. It was clear that the mayor was quite paranoid about the stability of their relationship, and Emma honestly didn't want to rock the boat so quickly again after they had just found calm water.
Sighing to herself, the sheriff rounded the corner towards the sheriff's station, tapping out her frustration on the bug's steering wheel. It was proving very hard to keep her relationship with Regina at the same speed, and Emma was finding it hard to keep up with all the sudden change.
Before arriving in Storybrooke, Emma's life had been so simple and easy, but now she was encountering so many bumps on a road which she had only just seemed to have flattened out. Suddenly she had Regina and Henry, people who clearly wanted to be a family with her. And then Mary Margaret and Morgan, friends like none other she had before. And finally Lucas, an utter mystery who clearly was once an important part of her life.
Emma was very aware of the different relations she could have to him, brother, cousin, uncle or maybe even husband. The blonde found the idea of them being married ridiculous, but had decided not to rule it out completely for she had no idea what kind of her person she was before the car crash.
Pulling up by the station, the blonde cursed herself for running away with her tail between her legs and considered maybe going back. The thought was quickly silence when her eyes landed on a familiar motorbike, parked neatly in the space next to Morgan's truck.
Marching into the station, the sheriff was shocked to spot, not only Lucas and Morgan joking around like old friends, but Henry also there too. Hovering by the door to observe the situation, Emma didn't miss the playful pushes and punches between Henry and Lucas. The blonde frowned at the odd behaviour, Henry had never once mentioned knowing Lucas.
"Ahm." The blonde cleared her throat loudly to gain the other three's attention, an eyebrow raised when she received several different expressions.
"Hey Emma." Henry greeted cheerfully, running over to embrace her. The blonde hugged him back awkwardly, her eyes flickering between Morgan's guilty face, and Lucas's oddly sad one.
"What's going on here then?" she asked slowly, moving further into the room. She looked accusingly at Lucas, who merely smiled at her, while Morgan avoided eye contact. "Morgan?"
"I was filing paperwork when Henry and Lucas turned up." He explained, gesturing to the discarded papers on his desk.
"And what are you doing here?" Emma asked, turning her gaze down to Henry, who smiled up at her.
"I wanted to come visit you." He said innocently, making Emma smiling lovingly at him.
"That's sweet, kid." She said, ruffling his hair before finally looking over to Lucas, who continued to smile at her. "And you?"
"I bumped into Henry in town, told me he was headed here so I gave him a ride." He grinned at Henry, who smiled back. "I realised I had toured everywhere in Storybrooke other than the police station."
"Not much to see." Morgan muttered and received a glare from Emma.
"So you just picked up some random kid?" The sheriff crossed her arms across her chest, her stare icy as she looked between a now guilty Henry and a still unfazed Lucas.
"I'm not random! I know Lucas." Henry defended, moving over to the older man to prove his point. "Plus I've always wanted to ride on a motorbike."
"It was his idea." Lucas shrugged. "I said I had never seen the station and Henry asked me to accompany him over."
"I did." Emma glared at Henry and his lack of safety for strangers.
How had Henry had the time to get to know Lucas, and without either her or Regina finding out. They must have been sneaky if they had avoided Regina's eagle eyes. The blonde truly believed there were secret cameras around town.
"Right well, I better get you home." Emma said, causing all three of them to make displeased sounds.
"But we were going to play darts!" Henry complained loudly.
"Can't he stay for one game? Kid says he can beat both of us." Morgan added in, looking hopefully at Emma.
"You can come and play darts another time Henry." Emma said firmly. "I'm sure you have homework to do, just like Morgan has paperwork to do."
"Can Lucas come with us?" Henry said, aiming question more at the older man, rather than her.
"I'd love too." He said, grabbing his coat and Henry's, ushering him out of the building before Emma could protest. Watching them leave while opening and closing her mouth, Emma was slightly shocked by how the two had completely by passed her.
"Kids good." Morgan pointed out, grinning at her.
"To good." Emma mumbled, turning to follow them. "You stay here." She snapped, knowing full well Morgan was about to follow.
Once outside, the blonde spotted Henry already seated on top Lucas's motorbike, his hands on the handles while Lucas directed where to place his feet. Emma marched over to them, unsure of how to deal with the mischievous pair.
"Don't even think about it, we're walking." Henry pouted at the sheriff who merely glared at him, fed up with her orders being ignored.
"Fine." He grumbled, slipping off the bike and heading back in the direction of town.
The three walked across town briskly, Henry and Lucas engaged in conversation about their favourite comic book characters while Emma lurked behind them, baffled by the strange friendship they two had clearly formed.
They continued walk towards the mayors mansion, the blonde had long since given up to trying to break up the conversation between the other two and opted to jut observe while trying to learn more about the mysterious man who had so easily stepped into her life.
As they rounded the corner, the blonde spotted a familiar Mercedes parked outside the house, and panicked, not wishing to face Regina just yet. As the trio reached the gate to the house, Henry turned back to face Emma.
"Are you coming in too?" He asked, his eyes darting to Lucas, who hovered behind.
"I will a little later, there are still some things I need to attend to first." Emma said, trying to sounds convincing to the intuitive boy.
"Oh okay." He said lamely, turning to head towards the house before stopping and turning back to face Emma. "I'm glad you and my mum are together."
"Really?" Emma asked, an unknown sense of relief flooding through her at his accepting and truthful words.
"Yeah, it's like we're a real family now." He smiled at her before pushing open the gate to run up to the house. Emma watched him go, a huge smile on her face.
Turning away from the house, Emma's smile melted as her eyes set on the forgotten face of Lucas. He smiled sheepishly at her as she marched forward.
"We need to talk." The blonde said sharply, fisting his jacket and tugging him along.
They walked along like this for a moment in silence before Emma roughly pushed him away. Lucas stumbled slightly down a grassy slope not too far away from the mayor's house. Away from the street lights, the blonde could only just see Lucas's face in the dark. The blonde hadn't realised how late it was until she was away from the street.
"What are you doing hanging around my son?" Emma questioned, feeling angered by Lucas's completely calm aura.
"He's a good kid, I like his company." He shrugged, he attention wandering from Emma and onto the sky.
"That's not a good enough answer!" the blonde snapped at him. "Remember I am still the sheriff, and right now I'm seeing a predator hanging around with a minor!"
"You think I'm a predator?" he scoffed, looking back over at her.
"What other reason is there to spend time around a child you have no connection." He visibly flinched at the venom in her words.
"I just wanted to get to know him." Lucas said quietly, his confident aura wavering slightly.
"Why?"
"Because he's my…" Lucas seemed to catch himself and stopped talking, making Emma growl in anger.
"Your what!" She advanced threateningly on him. "You need to stop playing this game with me and tell me the truth!"
"What truth?" He asked, his voice calm and soothing.
"Who are you?" He hesitated for a moment, his eyes darting back up to the sky. "Are you my brother? Cousin? Uncle? What are you?"
"It's not that simple."
"What's difficult about this question? Unless…" Emma trailed off, hoping her next question wasn't the right one. "Are you Henry's father?"
"What?! No! God no!" Lucas shook his head furiously, seemingly repulsed by the idea.
"Then. Who. Are. YOU!"
"BROTHER! I am your brother." Emma gasped at the words that left his mouth, stumbling back. "Emma?"
"I don't-" she tried to speak but found herself unable to find words. All this time she had been craving to know her link to this man, to finally get some answers. But as she stood there finally with one, Emma couldn't stop the sheer amount of fear and anger that flooded through. It was real now, she really did have a family. After all this time, she had found someone, but yet… She felt nothing but pain and sorrow.
"Please." Lucas begged, reaching for her in a similar way Regina sometimes did, that same desperate yearning look in his eyes. "It took me this long to get back to you, don't run from me."
"I've waited for this for so long, to find someone." Lucas smiled warmly at her, reaching out his hand to her.
"We can rebuild everything you've lost, together." Emma desperately grasped at her emotions, trying in vain to make sense of one, to truly feel one.
"I don't want to." The blonde roughly pushed him away as she went sprinting off into the night, Lucas quick to follow.
"EMMA!" She could hear him calling after, but Emma daren't turn around, she couldn't face him. Zipping around a corner, the sheriff threw herself in an ally way, not too far from the apartment. Panting heavily, she watched Lucas charge past, his head spinning around trying to see. "Emma!" he yelled again, his body twisting all around to try and spot her. The blonde hugged the wall tightly, watching as she ran off down the street in the direction of the station.
Giving herself a moment to collect herself, Emma slipped from the ally and back out into the street, yellow street light bathing her body as she made sure Lucas was completely gone.
Slowly, Emma made her way back to the apartment, barely noticing anything around her as she took two steps at a time up the stairs to the loft. Pushing open the apartment door, the blonde collapsed heavily against it, her chest and head pounding from lack of oxygen.
She rested for a while, letting her breathing become normal once more before pushing away from the door and moving through the apartment, her eyes sweeping around the empty place in search of signs of Mary Margaret. Green orbs eventually spotted a neat envelope resting against something wrapped in tin foil.
Walking over to the counter, the blonde snatched up the envelope and pulled out a crisp piece of paper with loopy writing on it.
Emma.
I have to work late tonight since we have the fair coming up soon and things need to be prepared for the children to do during the day at school. I called the station and Morgan said you had gone out, and you weren't answering your phone so this seemed the best way of communication. I've left two grilled cheese sandwiches for you on the counter; all you need to do is heat them up. Please don't burn the kitchen down. I'll be back around nine, but don't feel the need to wait up if you're tired.
MM.
Emma read through the letter, smiling at Mary Margaret's mother like concern for her. Placing the letter down, the blonde peeled back the foil and licked her lips at the sight of the sandwiches.
After about an hour of wandering around the apartment and finishing off paperwork she had at the apartment, the blonde collapsed onto the sofa, the sandwiches on a plate balancing on her knee as she checked through her phone. She spotted several missed calls from Henry, Morgan, Mary Margaret and Regina. Her eyes widened at the vast amount of missed calls from Regina, and reckoned the missed call from Henry was to warn her about the ones from Regina. Placing the phone down on the coffee table, the blonde huffed loudly at the day she had had. The night before she had been having glorious sex with Regina, and now she was here hiding from not only her, but Lucas as well.
The day had been completely exhausting and Emma wasn't sure how she was still awake. Glancing over at the clock, Emma read it to be only eight fifteen. Deciding to try and end the day on a positive note, Emma grabbed the TV remote, preparing to watch some garbage show.
No more than five minutes into the programme about upset women with daddy issues, there was a loud knock at the front door. Emma set down her plate, trying to chew her mouthful of food as fast as she can as she slowly stood up to get the door. The blonde had barely unlocked it before the heavy door flew open to reveal a rather frazzled looking Regina, clutching her phone in one hand.
"Hey babe." Emma said, smiling brightly at Regina who charged into the apartment, holding up her phone and staring pointedly at Emma's. A moment of silenced passed before the smart phone on the coffee table came to life and started singing away. Emma gulped as Regina's gaze moved from the over excited phone and on to her.
"Good to see that still works." She hissed, watching the blonde slowly close the door. Laughing nervously, Emma slipped past Regina and back over to the discarded plate, sitting down and trying to resume eating.
"I'm not very good with technology." Emma mumbled through a mouthful of food. "Phones and I don't get along."
"Clearly." Regina stalked towards her slowly, her eyes never leaving Emma's. "Why aren't you at home?"
"Because it's not my home Regina." Emma knew there was no getting out of it now.
"What?" The brunette sank down onto the sofa next to Emma, confusion on her face. "Last night you said your home was with me?"
"And it is Regina, it really is." The sheriff set down the plate once more, turning to look at Regina. "But I'm not ready to live with you, not yet."
"Okay." Regina's voice wavered slightly, and Emma reached for her hand, taking it in her own and squeezing.
"My last serious relationship started with us living together, and ended so horribly, I-"
"-You want to do this right." Regina finished for her, a smile tugging at plump lips.
"Yeah." Emma leant forward and gently captured tantalizing lips in a lazy kiss, leaving both women smiling. "I am completely and utterly yours."
"Tell me," Regina said between another kiss. "Where is that delightful roommate of yours?"
"Out until nine." Emma said hotly, ignoring the mocking tone used to describe Mary Margaret. "And our son?"
"Granny is watching over him till I return." Regina smirked against pale lips, her hands slowly trailing down Emma's tense stomach. "I had her come and watch him so I could come and deal with you."
"Deal with me? That sounds… naughty." Regina grinned at her, gently pushing her back as a hand sunk beneath the blonde's tank top, finger tips brushing the underside of Emma's breast, an excited gasp escaping Regina's lips as they curled into another smirk.
"No bra Ms Swan?" Emma shrugged as she slowly unbuttoned Regina's smart blouse.
"It's been a long day." She muttered back before lurching up to capture Regina's lips in a far more heated kiss than before. The brunette quickly took control by placing a dainty hand on a pale shoulder, pinning it to the arm of the sofa as she thrust a skilled tongue out to meet Emma's.
The blonde moaned quietly as Regina won dominance of the kiss, pinning her firmly in place as the pad of her thumb lightly brushed past her nipple.
"Perhaps we should take this upstairs?" Emma breathed out.
"Whatever you say darling."
A/N: Again I'm sorry for the wait, but it is here none the less. How do you think Emma will progress in her relationship with Lucas? Will she work to get her memories back or remain in the dark? Please review and tell me all your thoughts and feelings on this chapter, hopefully the next one will be sooner than this one. Till next time Kids.