Neverland confessions

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the echo caves made to trap until your deepest secrets are told. Regina Emma and Neil are stuck in one after Regina storms off and Emma follows. Emma and Neil have already been through it before. They find out there is more to the cave but not before admiring the deepest secrets. They have to join their magic together to cover the moon and escape the cave. No one is too happy when Emma and Regina return to camp after Neil hand in hand their may be a need for more confessions to soothe their fellow group members.

The moon that shined moments ago began growing dimmer in the objective to make it hidden. Regina could feel a small tug of energy next to her knowing she had felt this tug before but never like this nor with this person next to her. Her stomach turned realizing the taste in the back of her mouth. It was intoxicating just as the first few times she tasted the woman's magic yet she shook her head to focus.

A few short moments passed in silence until finally the moon was covered. With a great sigh the two possessing such power wiped the sweat from their brows. Out of the silence began a gentle surprised laugh. Emma hadn't doubted it was possible but to her surprise it was much harder than she thought.

Clearing her throat and standing straight she announces.

"We did it!" Her smile brings a softened to Regina's lips and she lets her lips curl expressing her slight joy.

"Yes we did. Greatly to my surprise Let's get out of here." She had a small regret at first the moment she found they became stuck in a cave she ran into out of frustration allowing Emma to follow and get stuck too. "I'm sorry I ran off."

A small cough behind them reminds them that they still had another companion who had sat quietly hearing their raw emotions mere minutes ago. The man had been there the whole time because he was a stubborn man fawning after Emma and had followed them to the cave.

He had a hurt look strung a crossed his face surely because of something that just occurred disturbed him. A grin wickedly spread over Regina's until Emma stammered in the awkward dark cave.

"Can you.. I'm sorry Neil.." She blushed slightly looking to Regina. Regina giving a raised eyebrow in defense of her silence. "Can you head back to camp?" His jaw dropped not happy with this at all.

"You want to be alone with her, you told me.." His face dropped "you said you never stopped loving me." Emma grimaced knowing Regina might take it the wrong way and quickly says.

"I know I did but I don't love you like that. I haven't since you abandoned me. I never will love you like that again. I said that because it's a truth I hate to admit you was my first love, but not my only, and by far not my true love." Neil huffs and shuffles from the cave.

"You told him that?" Regina's heart ached aside from the deep experience they just shared it seemed hearing it from him made a sting she hadn't ever felt before. She sat in a rock outside the cave and looked up at the magic they had done together.

"Yeah I did say that but the idiot never heard past that it appears." Shoving her hands into her pockets out of a nervous habit. "It's not that I love him. He is my first love that scar will never go away. I'll always remember I did love him and know what come from it." She kneels beside Regina attempting to look into her eyes and plopped down fully with no avail. "Look having Henry at first, I didn't like it, now seeing what it brought me and how things tied together I love that it happened even if it was regretful with him. Not because of him, Because of Henry.. And now you."

Emma could feel the cool brown eyes looking at her. Taking them in she smiles weakly.

"We make better magic together anyways." Regina jokes soothing her jealousy and nerves. Emma snorts and smacked Regina's calf. Realizing the Pervy extent of her joke she busts out laughing. Together they get up and slowly walk back to camp. Emma takes Regina's hand and links her delicate fingers in between hers.

"Regina?"

"Hmm?"

"It is suddenly so easy to tell you after all this time.."

"Yeah it is but now we both know.. What is it?" Regina pauses.

"I just want you to know." A deep blush flushed her face. "I've liked since the day we met, it just seemed easier to bicker..."

"Than to admit how we felt." Regina finished knowing that's precisely her reasons for such actions most of the time. "I felt a spark then, just as I did now, an after getting the fear of you taking Henry out of my system I knew I felt something more."

It was then Emma remembered the spark, her stomach flipped, and she without hesitation gasped at the thought. She felt it every time they touched that was why she got so close to her every time they fought, it was why her fingers trembled when their skin brushed together, and why the kiss sent a shock through her.

The only question Emma had now was if it meant they were meant to be. Surely it wasn't going to be once her mother found out but was it possible if Neil wasn't her true love Regina may be. She let the thought simmer in the back of her mind as she took Regina's hand again and crushed their lips together. Then leaned her head to her letting out a gentle sigh.

Walking back into camp together Emma knew her mother would put up a ton of a fight about them but neither would care not anymore. Just as suspected around the camp sat four grumpy men, one shocked fairy, and, one pissed off mother. Emma groaned at the sight and attempted to spin back around to leave only to be held back by the hand she was holding. She pouted hoping to not have to deal with the fun bunch of people at the fire.

"It's ok, I'll be right here." Regina whispered. Giving her hand a comforting squeeze. Again Emma groaned know full well she couldn't leave any of the bunch alone with Regina and expect them to not endlessly attack her.

Regina chuckled to herself at Emma's childlike slouch in defeat and turned back to her source of discomfort. Neil shuffled his feet in disappointment, Snow was the first one to speak, and the rest looked at Emma in agreement.

"Emma hunny I am not comfortable with this." Her polite tone was betrayed by her cruel gesture to Regina. "How can you, she's the Evil Queen?" Regina clenched her jaw shut letting Emma slip from her hand and step forward.

"This? Evil? Jesus think that's a bit harsh don't you?" She stood only foot in front of Regina ready to defend her. "This is my choice I care about her always have. She isn't evil, maybe before the curse but since the day I met her I've never seen her as evil." She looked at her mother and father. "How can you not see she is trying to change for Henry?"

"Not just for Henry, you too." Regina's voice cracked. " for all of you. What I did was awful but I felt terrible, broken, alone, and vengeful then. I wanna make up for what I did it's time." Snow was silent taken aback and almost looked defeated.

"You took so much from everyone, you hurt people, and I've given you so many chances to change I can't just believe you now." Snow stood up even as charming held a hand out to comfort his wife.

"You think I wanted to change for you!" Regina shouted with a venom dripping from her words. "You took away my only happiness a the time I wanted you to admit your fault but you never.." A growl escaped her

"You're not getting it after all this time I was a child! Your mother used her words and made me feel like she wasn't going to hurt you or your happiness."

"Enough!" Emma stuck her hand up and the two piped down. "We don't need to bring that up right now."

"Yeah we need to being focused on why Emma is with, her!" Neil shot up pointing at Regina.

"Jealous dear?" She sneered getting tired of the whole scene. Hearing hook chuckle she allows herself a half smirk words drilling into his soul. "Thought she still loved you all this time did you."

"Regina" Emma said suggesting she stop now. Regina complies, softens her eyes looking Emma in hers, nods, and walks away. She sits at the spot she has always had away from the camp fire away from the group that never gave her a chance. currently she just wanted away from the whole lot of them more than ever. except Emma she never wanted to be away from her, beside her she still had to save Henry so they could return home to be a family. The words family echoed in her head watching Emma from a distance. Regina's eyes followed Emma's hands which moved as she talked always falling back the her sides making Regina's eye wander to the round shape of her waist and butt.

"I'm not going to get in the way of your happiness.." Mary Margaret started.

"Good because I won't let you. I know you don't like her for whatever reason but it's my choice." Emma interjected. Slamming her hands in her hip and shifting her weight from both legs to one.

"But.. Do you love her?"

"What?" Emma wanted to say yes but her heart was so use to refusing to admit any feeling for so long she had to give herself a moment to demand she saw what she felt. "Yes I do! As a matter of fact."

"You hesitated." Mary pointed out.

"No I just don't share my feelings." Emma knew what she felt it didn't matter how she shared it with them she would say it to Regina a lot easier at least now she would. "I love her I've for a long time. I haven't told her yet is all."
Mary Margaret closes her mouth seeing that she wouldn't get anywhere more with the situation. Gave her daughter a small hug saying something in her ear and sat down.

"You're just gonna let her go off with that bitch!" Everyone gasped as Emma's fist collided with Neil's face. Regina instantly beside Emma with a gentle firm grip holding Emma back from giving him a full blown assault.

"Come on dear, he isn't worth it." Glaring at the man and praying silently the rumplestiltskin wouldn't use his blade drawn from his cane to take defense before she could pull Emma away.

Emma fell into Regina's hold and let her take her from the camp. She lead her not entirely knowing where until she hear running water. Reaching a small stream she told Emma to wash her face to relax.

"I'm sorry." Emma said after a few minutes. they sat at the shore line Emma swishing her fingers in the water. "I guess telling you made me more defensive. I mean I hated you a few times before especially with the sleeping curse on Henry but I was more mad that I loved you still. I have always wanted to punch anyone making rude comments about you just until now never had. I'm sorry."

Emma expected to Regina to respond to her hating her or bringing the sleeping curse up but when nothing came she looked to see Regina's soft eyes shinning in a shimmer of tears.

"Oh I didn't mean.."

"You love me?" Was all Regina could manage.

"Yes I do." Instantly looking down on herself for not thinking before she said anything that maybe Regina didn't feel the same.

Your heartache is all on you now! Her mind screamed at her.

Regina swiftly without anymore hesitation takes her hand with one and her free hand guides the the woman's green eyes to hers. The spark radiates from her fingers inward. Another wave takes on when she captures Emma's lips. She slides her fingers to the back of her neck closing more of the space between them.

"I love you too." She says breaking the kiss melting Emma's heart. In just that moment, though Emma didn't know how long that love would last, she believed her with all her heart. "Thank you for defending me, let's not tempt fate an do that again with rumple around ok?" Emma nodded she hated that word fate like a sick game fate made everything come back to the curse, the person Regina was before. She hated that person but she knew first and last feeling for her was love because of where she was now.

"So what did your mother say before duchebag got mouthy?"

"That I should find out how you feel in return before I got my heart broken again." Emma said giggling at her choice word.

"Ah and what do you think now?"

"Regina of course I knew you cared I suppose it a good thing it slipped out so now I know you feel the same." Emma cupped her face pulling her in for another kiss.

"We should get back." Regina says offering to take Emma's other hand.

"Yeah."

A short walk and in no time the two had gone stumbling back into camp choking and laughing up a storm together. Suddenly realizing they had done so they tried to reframe from keeping their warm full hearted smiles to show some seriousness of the entire situation. Emma gave Regina a silent look that said give her a minute with the group to which she gave complaint.

"Hi." She said nervously shoving her hands in her pockets. "I'm uh sorry I punched you." She quickly removed her hands suspecting Neil knew she only did that when she was nervous.

"It's ok, I shouldn't have said what I said." His hand rubbed his cheekbone at the reminder.

"Yeah." She pauses "You don't know her, she took care of Henry when I gave him away. I'm beyond grateful but that doesn't mean I love her just for that, I have gotten to know her. She's not always perfect but I could never hate even the worst side of her so don't ever let another ill word slip from your mouth or so help me I'll make a similar injury to the other cheek."

She couldn't shake the last if her anger at Neil still he broke her heart and seemed to just think she was completely his still. She hated that he was the biggest part of the whole sick game fate set up. Resisting the urge to think about a glass of alcohol was hard and harder the longer they stayed on this island.

Hell of a way to start sobriety

"So, what was you to laughing about when you came back dear?" Snow asked. "You looked real happy." She whispered closer to her.

"Oh uh just something Regina said earlier at the cave she has a more dirty mind than I thought." Emma grinned toward Regina beckoning her to come over. It bothered no one except rumplestiltskin when Neil left as soon as Regina sat beside Emma and took her hand giving it a light kiss and placing it back in her lap. Even hook the lusting pirate took his defeat of having Emma less childish. Some time that night Regina would concern herself with his pouting but till that feeling came she didn't leave Emma sooner than she had to.

"Look I'm not gonna apologize to you but a word of advise." Regina rolled her eyes at the pouting grown man, as if he was still a damn child. "You may be old, ancient even compared to Emma, it may be gross in my eyes but even if you weren't I can only imagine Emma's feeling toward you haven't improve simply because you're still just like a child." His bitter stare was hardly overpowering her yet she sighed and sat beside him.

"You can't hate me so deeply because of what happened to you and Emma once you let her take the fall for you and go to jail." Neil began to interrupt but Regina continued. "If it wasn't for me you wouldn't have met her and I would probably still love her as I do now. She is who she is the only thing about her I am not at fault for is her heartache over your actions. For that I won't forgive you I won't let her suffer with you thinking you'll only hurt her again."

Neil shook his fist and hit his knee as he appeared to disagree. His fist still closed in his lap he starts as a mumble.

"How can you say you love her, you tried to kill her as a baby, from what I've heard even in Storybrooke, and you always yell at her?"

"All of which you don't have my side." She hated this about everyone's attitude toward her but she told him softly. "When she was a baby everyone assumed I wanted the baby dead, naturally in my anger my vengeance I didn't care what they thought. I want to kidnap her keep her not as my child but to make her better than me better as I'd grow bitter and dark and better than her mother who could never admit her wrongs. When I found she vanished I simply continued my vengeance as it was to late to go back.

In Storybrooke the truth is when she came to the town I knew who she was I feared she would take our son and I would yet again be left alone. I grew out of my anger eventually getting to know her. The time I tried to kill her it ended up hurting Henry and I will never forgive myself. Even more so now because I know I tried to hurt her, it was to late to take it back but I let the darkness inside take over for a moment and because of my fears and a past that's hard to shake I almost lost the two greatest people I've grown to care for." She held back her tears knowing she shouldn't let her emotion show. "It was always easier to be mad with emotions than to be kind and heartbroken if she failed to care the same."

All she could hear was Neil scoff before she felt heat rising to her face. Having told him her feelings and receive rudeness in return. She stood up furious.

"If you hurt her again I won't hold back next time." He said giving into his loss. Shock spread across Regina face as she turned back to him. He wore a grin that as light as the gesture was it dissipated her anger leaving her cheeks rosy in embarrassment. She let her anger get the best of her again.

"So you'll let us be."

"Yes." He stood up and gave her a tight hug and walked back to the fire and began a conversation with his father. The Charmings talking with hook and tinker bell. Regina took her new found peace of mind and told herself to wait till morning to worry again and enjoy the rest of the night.

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