Emma ran out of the school building, she had to get away. Regina was smothering her. She felt as if she couldn't breathe. Thinking back to what just happened, the kiss, the way Regina was man handling her, the look on Jordan's face when she turned and saw him by the door, the look of horror. To make it worse, after she walked outside of the class room, he gave her a look of pity. He felt sorry for her. Because she had to deal with her. With Regina.
Emma ran to her car, it was the only thing that she saw, she didn't even notice a woman walking in her path until she collided right into her. "Oh, I'm so sorry". Emma quickly apologized. She noticed that the lady had bent down and started picking up paper that was now drifting to the ground.
"It's okay sweetie. Don't worry about it". The woman responded. Emma bent down and help the woman pick up the papers. "You know, I haven't seen you here before, so you must be Emma". The lady said sweetly. She finished grabbing the last of the papers from the ground and stood up. "I'm Mary Margaret Blanchard. I teach at the elementary school".
Emma shuffled the papers in her hand trying to align them, before handing them to Miss. Blanchard. She handed the papers to her and for the first time their eyes meet. Emma didn't know why, but she felt as If she knew the woman. She couldn't break the eye contact and the woman appeared to be feeling the same way. They just starred at each other. Mary Margaret was the first to snap out of whatever that was.
"Emma, are you okay, you don't look so good". The teacher asked.
"You know, actually, I don't feel so well, which is why…I'm going home, to get some rest…It was nice meeting you". Emma ran the rest of the way to her car.
She fumbled her keys out of her pocket, and snatched the door open flopping down in her seat, she quickly tried to place the key into the ignition, but it wouldn't fit. She laughed humorlessly as she tried repeatedly to put the key in the ignition and start up the car, but her hands were shaking and her eyes were watery. She shook her head, she felt like one of those dumb girls from the scary movies when they were running from a monster, or a killer. She took a deep breathe, she was running from a monster. A monster named Regina.
Finally, she was able to place the key into the ignition and her car roared away, she quickly took off and headed towards the bed and breakfast.
When she got to her room, she made sure she locked the door, turned the knob just to check and make sure. Then she ran over to her bed, and hid under the covers. She silently cried. What was she going to do? Things were getting worse. So much worse. She took her cell phone from inside her school uniform pocket and dialed Neal's number. After two rings he picked up. "Hey Em". He greeted.
"Neal". Emma sobbed out. "It's so good to hear your voice. I've missed you". She whispered quietly.
"I've missed you to, I haven't heard from you in a few days. Are you alright?" he asked concern in his voice.
"I don't know Neal. I'm afraid. She's going to kill me. I was bad, and she's going to kill me". Emma sobbed.
"Who's going to kill you? Emma you're not making any sense".
"Regina Neal. Regina is evil, and she's mean, and she's a pervert, and controlling, she's smothering me, she says that she loves me, and she actually believes it, and I'm going to get in trouble because right now I'm skipping school, and I didn't mean to, I just couldn't breathe and I had to get away. Jordan was looking at me with those eyes, and I had to get away, and she's going to find out, and then she's going to kill me". Emma rambled on.
"Emma! Who's Regina?"
"She's my teacher Neal. She's the Mayor too". Emma quickly explained.
"So, your teacher is going to kill you, because you are skipping school? I assume it's her class that you are skipping". Neal tried to get an understanding. He didn't wait for Emma to respond. "Emma, what has gotten into you? Since when do you care about a teacher getting upset because skipped their class, we used to skip all the time. Hell, I'm skipping right now".
"Neal you don't understand, she-"
"Em, relax. The only thing she will do is maybe give you detention, or inform the principal, and you get suspended for a couple of days. You are emancipated remember, you don't have to answer to anyone. Don't worry about your little teacher problem…Hey Em listen, I have to go now, I'll call you back".
"No Neal, don't go-" but it was too late, the line had already gone dead. Emma held back the covers and threw the phone up against the wall causing it to come apart, and landing in three different pieces. The top, bottom and the battery all separated. She pulled the covers back over her head and cried. Eventually falling into a deep sleep.
A couple of hours later Emma was awakened by someone banging on her door. She shot up in the bed and scooted all the way to the wall, watching the door. She hoped if she said nothing whomever it was that was on the other side of the door would get the hint and go away. For a moment she thought that it might have worked when the knocking ceased, but she heard a click, and then the door flew open. In the door way stood a pissed off looking Regina.