Love, Fate And Magic
Chapter 19- Consequences
"Emma?" The blonde seemed to reawaken from her thoughts, and turned to look at Regina.
"We need to talk."
Emma brushed past Regina and back inside the large room, her mind racing faster than ever before. Questions buzzed around her head, making it ache. She glanced back at Regina who was slowly edging into the room behind her, a nervous look on her face. The brunette stared at Emma who contemplated how to start the conversation. She could no longer pretend she and Regina didn't have a past and the more memories that came back, the more she wanted Regina to be truthful with her. Emma had hope for this relationship, but knew her issues with people lying to her would eventually get in the way if Regina was not honest with her.
"There is so much potential between us Regina." She began, stepping towards the mayor. "And for the first time ever, I don't want to run. I want to stay here with you and Henry and live this domestic lifestyle, because so long as I'm with you… I don't care about anything else."
"Oh Emma-" Regina gushed but halted at Emma's raised hand
"But," she said sternly, speaking across the brunette. "What I value most in a relationship is trust."
"Trust?" The blonde nodded making Regina frown. "Do you not trust me?"
"I was beginning to. I was so close to being able to ignore by instincts and just be…"
"But?"
"You're hiding something from me, something huge." Emma observed the flickers of emotion that passed across Regina's eyes. To the untrained eye, it would be near impossible to identify the emotion Regina was feeling, but after spending time with the brunette, Emma had been able to pick up better on the silent emotions often displayed within the deep chocolate pools.
"I don't know what you mean." Regina said blankly, pushing the door closed and walking towards Emma. She watched the door lightly hit the frame, not completely shutting, but she ignored it and focused on Regina.
"Don't lie to me Regina!" Emma snapped. "You continue to try and act like we don't have a past, when I know we do!"
"Emma we've been over this, I-"
"-No! Regina please," Emma begged. "Just tell me the truth."
"There is nothing to tell." The brunette replied gently, reaching to cup Emma's check, but got her hand batted away.
"No, we knew each other before and I know I'm… right." Emma trailed off as her attention was caught by something out of place in the room. Emerald eyes locked onto the wall safe she had been examining not too long ago, the door wide open. Emma frowned at it, knowing full well she had not opened it. Her gaze darted back to Regina, who was looking nervous once more, her eyes jumping between the safe and Emma. "What was in the safe?"
"What do you mean?"
"I was looking at it only a few minutes ago, but I didn't open it." Emma turned back to look fully at Regina. "What were you hiding in there?"
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The mayor felt her mind go into over drive as she watched in horror as Emma finally noticed the safe. In her hurry to intercept Henry, Regina had forgotten to close the safe when she had transferred the heart to the other hiding spot.
"What were you hiding in there?" Emma asked slowly, her gaze piercing.
"It's none of your concern." Regina replied coldly. Emma was getting to close the truth, to close to flame that would soon burn her.
"Why are you hiding it from me then?" The blonde asked forcefully. Regina's mind raced, desperately in search of a suitable answer to give. When she was unable to provide one, Emma huffed angrily, and pushed past her towards the bed.
"Where are you going?" Regina snapped, grasping Emma's upper arm and tugging her around so they faced one another.
"Home." The blonde replied, yanking her arm from Regina's iron grip and snatching up her discarded clothing.
"It's nearly three in the morning!"
"I can't stay with you anymore." Regina curled into herself at the blonde's harsh words.
"Just for tonight right?" The brunette asked fearfully. Emma paused in pulling her top back on, green eyes darting over to look at Regina sheepishly.
"I don't see how this is going to work-"
"-No! Don't you dare say that!" Regina cut across the blonde, rushing over to her and cupping her cheek, trying to connect their eyes. "You will not leave me again!"
"Again?" The two stared at each in a painful silence, Regina's mouth opening and closing as Emma's face began to contort with rage. Without saying a word, the brunette sprinted from the room, bursting into the en suite and skidding to her knees as she ripped the tile up once more. Regina hastily retrieved Emma's heart from its hiding spot. She paused for a moment thinking over her next move… She had to do this, it was the only way.
Clambering to her feet, Regina re-entered the bedroom, Emma's eyes growing comically wide when the spotted the organ in the brunette's hand.
"Regina wha-"
"I'm so sorry my love." Regina whispered before raising the heart to her lips and shakily saying her command. "Forget everything that's happened tonight." Emma stumbled back slightly as her eyes clouded over, a neutral expression washing over her face as she fell under Regina's command. "Now go to sleep."
Regina quickly stepped forward to catch the blonde as her body went limp and fell into Regina's arms. The brunette swiftly returned Emma to bed, gently laying her back in place before slipping into the bathroom and placing the gently beating heart back in its place. Regina rested her hand of the tile concealing her most precious possession.
Silently, Regina returned to the bed, manoeuvring herself so that she now cradled Emma in her lap as she softly cried to herself.
"I'm so sorry my darling." She cooed to blonde, who remained asleep. "It was the only way. You mustn't learn the truth, or I'll lose you forever."
Regina rocked back and forth gently, her tears slipping down her face as she softly stroked Emma's hair, the pad of her thumb lightly sweeping across the blonde's face.
"No matter what you do, I will never let you go again Emma. You're mine forever."
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Emma shifted slowly into consciousness once more that morning, her head throbbing painfully. She blinked open emerald eyes, a frown forming upon her face as she thought back to the night before. She didn't remember getting back into bed, or why her head hurt so much. The last thing the blonde remembered was hearing the heart beat sound in the room before it went black. Emma sat up abruptly as she recalled the memory that had invaded her sleep only hours before.
The blonde shivered as she thought of the memory, it all felt so creepy. Emma let out a long breath and ran her fingers through her hair, attempting to tame the sleep tousled tresses. Her hands suddenly paused when she felt the unnerving sensation of being watched and slowly turned to let her eyes connect with wide chocolate pools, boring into her own.
"Good morning." Regina husked, swooping upwards and looming over her.
"Hi." Emma mumbled as she shrunk back into the bed, confused by Regina's odd behaviour. Her eyes were wider than usual with a slight trace of something manic within them. While she seemed bright and alert, Emma got the feelings Regina had not slept at all. "You okay?"
"Never better darling." Regina leant down and captured Emma's lips in a gentle kiss. The blonde kissed back awkwardly, unsure of how to go about the situation.
"Are you sure?" She asked between kisses, but Regina ignored her, placing a dainty hand on Emma's shoulder and pushing her further into the mattress.
"Of course I am." Regina replied shortly, cutting Emma off with a firmer kiss while fully straddling her. The blonde tried to protest, wishing to push the topic further but felt her mind go blank when she felt Regina cup her sex possessively. Emma let out a small moan which made Regina smirk against her lips. "Moan for me." She commanded seductively.
"Mom!" Said an angry voice from the opposite side of the door. Both women froze as they slowly turned to look at the closed door. Emma's eyes darted over to the clock on the night stand, alarmed by the time.
"What is it?" Regina asked snappily, her grip on Emma's shoulder considerably tighter than before.
"I'm hungry and I have to go to school soon! Why aren't you up?" He demanded and Emma threw herself out of bed, running across the room to greet Henry. She yanked open the door and was met by Henry's scowl.
"I'll make you breakfast kid." Emma said quickly, glancing back at Regina who was seething at her. The blonde shot her a smile before ushering Henry down the hall quickly, ignoring his questions.
Emma threw together her best attempt at breakfast, all the while being watched suspiciously by Henry. After a lot of banging and muttered swearing, the blonde presented the boy with her best attempt at scrambled egg. He smiled at her appreciatively before quickly eating the hot food. Emma hovered by the sink, her arms crossed over her chest as she watched him eat.
Everything about the morning was becoming weirder and weirder. First was the unexplained black out from the night before, then the alarming wakeup call from Regina. True, a lot of the time they enjoyed a quickie in the morning but never had it interrupted Regina's morning routine. Emma was beginning to get the feeling the brunette had been waiting for the blonde to wake up just to engage in that particular activity. Emma frowned to herself as she thought everything over.
"Emma?" Henry's voice broke across her thoughts and she looked up to see him stood directly in front of her.
"Huh?"
"I'm done." He gave her a weird look. "Are you okay? You didn't respond for like a minute."
"Yeah I'm okay kid, just… lost in thought." She trailed off, dumping the plate in the sink.
"Right… Well I gotta get to school." He said, gesturing to his uniform.
"Yeah of course." Emma said, shaking her head to rid it of her thoughts. "I'll give you a lift just give me a second okay?"
"Sure thing." He beamed and Emma smiled back before whisking off up the stairs and back towards Regina's room. The blonde was confused as to why Regina hadn't come down yet. She poked her head around the door, before making her way towards her overnight bag. Grabbing her clothing out of it, Emma turned back around and let out a startled shriek. She stumbled back slightly at the sight of Regina, who had been stood right behind her.
"I'm sorry." She chuckled. "Didn't mean to startle you."
"You scared the shit out of me Regina." Emma said breathlessly. Regina smirked at her.
"Are you going somewhere?" She asked, eyeing the clothing in Emma's hand.
"Yeah, I'm taking Henry to school then I need to get to work." Regina looked disappointed but quickly composed herself, smiling at Emma gently.
"Of course, I'll see you later then?" Emma nodded and kissed the brunette firmly.
"I'll call when I get home." Regina nodded and let Emma dart passed her.
Emma wrestled her clothing on and left the room, rubbing her hands over her face in attempts to wash away her thoughts.
"Today is going to be a long day." She muttered to herself.
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Emma rested against the side of her cruiser, surveying the area around her. It had quickly been made clear staying inside was not an option for her, so the blonde had decided to take a drive around town. After driving around for about an hour, Emma had found herself at the lake. It was very peaceful to sit and watch the water, and had helped calm the sheriff down completely.
Something felt very off about her, and the more Emma tried to pin point what was wrong, the further away she found herself. She could tell it was defiantly something to do with the night before and whatever had happened after she got up. Had something happened? While the blonde couldn't remember, she did not rule out that nothing could have happened; after all she did end up back in bed. Did she get back in herself? Or did Regina put her there? Emma wondered why the brunette wouldn't have mentioned it this morning if she had.
"You worked out the meaning of life yet?" Said a voice to Emma's right.
"What?" She asked wearily, not needing to look to know it was Lucas.
"You looked so deep in thought, must be about something big." He grinned but Emma just frowned at him. "It was a joke…"
"You're hilarious." She grumbled and Lucas's smiled melted away.
"What's wrong?" He asked gently.
"Nothing, just something from last night." She muttered and Lucas suddenly looked apologetic making her frown.
"Yeah sorry about that, next time I'll meet him during the day." He chuckled nervously but Emma continued to frown.
"What?" She turned to look at him fully. "I saw you last night?"
"Yeah." He tilted his head at her. "You don't remember?"
"No… I blacked out." She muttered causing Lucas's face to grow hard, anger flashing in his eyes.
"Blacked out?" Emma nodded.
"I woke up after seeing another memory and the rest is blank." She said irritably.
"So you don't remember any of our conversation?"
"No, what did we talk about?" She asked.
"You wanted to know how you got your scar." Emma brought her hand up to her chest, vaguely tracing the scar through her shirt.
"In the memory I saw me and Regina, we were talking about it a "him", and how it was his fault I had the scar." The sheriff stated, watching Lucas's reaction carefully.
"I do not remember his name, but I know you were attacked." Lucas explained. "It was sometime in the night and Regina saved you and cared for you."
"She did?" A small smile slipped onto her face.
"It was what brought you two together finally." A sad look washed over his face.
"Why do you look so sad?" He shrugged and shook his head. "What happened with us after that?"
"We'll talk about that another time." Anger began to bubble within Emma at his dismissive answer.
"Why? Why can't you just tell me now?" Emma forced her voice to remain even.
"You aren't ready for the rest." He said simply.
"How do you know what I am ready for?!" She snapped, dropping the calm aura and letting the anger out.
"Because I know you." He said calmly, reaching to touch her.
"No! I have had enough of people keeping things from me!" She yelled, spinning around and throwing the car door open aggressively.
"Emma-"
"-Just stop." She said firmly, climbing into the car and slamming the door shut. She brought the car to life and sped away from the man, leaving a cloud of dust behind as she went.
Lucas stood rigid watching her drive away, a tear threatening to fall from his bright eyes.
"I'm sorry." He muttered turning away.
A/N: Is Regina starting to lose control? And why won't Lucas come out clean with the truth? Please review and tell me all your thoughts and feelings. Till next time Kids.