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"What?" Zelena asked and stopped chewing.
"Well, we put two and two together. I mean, the ripped out heart, Belle had received a mask that could have been Cora's back in Wonderland and most importantly her body is gone from my crypt." Regina explained and watched her sister closely. Zelena began chewing again and the swallowed. She put her food aside and stood up.
"Since when do you know?"
"Since yesterday." Regina answered truthfully. Zelena's eyes got darker with anger. It was probably not just not the best time but even the worst possible.
"Why didn't you tell me? I thought you would trust me! You endangered me by not telling me!" Zelena cried out. She stormed towards Regina who backed away although there were still the metal bars between them (which actually did not put up any challenge for an experienced witch like Zelena).
"I'm sorry I did not know how you would react." Regina answered defensively.
"So why tell me now?!" Zelena's voice got louder and louder.
"I want you to be safe! I wanted to be sure before I told you because I thought maybe you would reconsider your decision to seek redemption at the prospect to avenge yourself. I'm sorry. You are probably right I should have told you from the beginning. Zelena, I only wanted to do what's best for you."
"Ha! Best for me! Don't lie to me, Regina! You are just like all the others! You betrayed my trust! But in fact it's my fault! How could I be as stupid to believe that you would be different? Are you afraid that mommy dearest will prefer me in the end? Is it that?" Zelena was full on shouting now. One could almost see her blood boiling in her veins. Regina, for the first time in a long long time had to admit that she was slightly afraid.
"Well, I have the feeling that she is not here to choose anyone. I understand that your jealousy can't ebb away in one day but please you have to believe me that I-" Regina began but was quickly interrupted by her sister's furious shouting.
"That you are what?! Sorry, yes you said that before but that does not make the things that were being done to me any less hurtful! It's your fault!"
Slowly but surely Regina realized that her revelation about Cora was only the last straw that broke the camel's back and made Zelena explode suddenly voicing everything she had planned to confront her with during her revenge. Regina was desperately trying to get her emotions under control. On the one hand she wanted to scream back at her sister but on the other hand she wanted to cry because of everything her sister had to endure.
"You know how it was living in Oz? My parents hid me away from all the other people! Especially my father! He was afraid of me and he was afraid of other people would do to him, not me, him if they found out about my magic abilities! The only one who was nice to me was my mother but she passed away so early and left me alone with this good for nothing drunk! I just wanted to please him, do you understand that? No, probably you don't! It took me ages to convince my father to let me learn from a midwife in the neighborhood. But of course I couldn't finish learning because she threw me out because I couldn't control my magic! My whole life I had to suffer while you, you had everything I never had! I am not important to you, why should I?"
Zelena's face was red from anger and angry tears made her way down her cheeks. She was not thinking clearly and definitely not caring about her sister's feelings. Due to her sudden change of plans and her quick imprisonment she and Regina had not had had a chance to talk properly and to create a common ground. And now it just exploded over mere nothing. But Zelena couldn't care less at the moment. She just continued to scream blaming her sister for her misery. It was in a short break she took to breath that she finally realized that Regina was not fighting back. Her vision finally cleared a bit and she got aware of how battered Regina looked. Her eyes were red from crying and her hair was messy.
"Why are you crying! You've got nothing to cry over! I should cry but you mustn't cry!I-" Now for the first time in their fight Regina actually said something. It was so quiet that Zelena almost missed it.
"That's not what I wanted to say." Zelena looked at Regina questionably.
"When you interrupted me I did not want to say that I was sorry. I wanted to say I love you." Regina's honest revelation shocked Zelena. It was the last thing she expected from Regina right now.
"I love you and I want us to be family. I know that you went through a lot but so did I. This needs to stop. You have to find a way to get over your jealousy."
In that moment Zelena finally realized what she had said to her sister and she noticed how terribly unfair she had been to blame her sister for everything bad that had happened to her.
"Regina, I know, I'm sorry." Zelena whispered as tears were threatening to fall. "I love you too."
"Really? Because it didn't sound like it."
"Yes, I love you more than anything, I'm sorry. I promise I will work on myself, please forgive me!" Zelena said and reached out for Regina. Reluctantly Regina took the hand in her own and squeezed it reassuringly.
"Zelena, I think you need help. I think you should set up an appointment with Dr. Hopper, he's a therapist." Regina said.
"Okay, if you think that will help me, I'll do it. Will you help me as well? Will you be there?" Zelena asked not sounding not at all like the furious woman Regina had encountered several minutes before.
"Always."