"Regina Mills is my girlfriend"
The only sound was Snow's folk hitting the plate. Maleficent squeezed Regina's hand reassuringly. She herself could cope with their disapproval but she was sure Regina couldn't. Against common belief Regina was a sensible woman who cared a lot about what other people thought about her. Regina felt herself tearing up at the unbelieving faces of her...well, let's call them family. Maleficent's thumb caressed her hand and waited pationly for an other reaction.
"I don't understand you Maleficent! How can you love her? She's ruined your life, I mean she locked you up for 28 years! You were completely isolated, there was no one to look after you and now you say you love her. You must have lost your mind" Charming sounded completly disgusted. Regina's vision blurred. She had known it. 'They don't approve and the worst thing is they are right. Why should she love me?' Tears started running down her cheeks. She stood up and ran out of the room. "Regina!" Maleficent called after a short second the blond witch closed her eyes and tried to calm the anger that boiled deep inside her.
"I thought you of all people in this universe should know what it feels like to find your true love, Charming! How can you be so blind? I love Regina like nothing else in this world. I wanted this dinner because I finally wanted to make this public but she was the reluctant one and now I know why" Maleficent jumped up and ran out of the door. In the threshold she turned around.
"And you consider yourself to be the good guys"
Then she left and looked for Regina. She found the brunette in their bedroom. She lay on the bed her face hidden in Maleficent's pillow to muffle her sobs.
"Hey, Regina" Maleficent whispered and stroked the dark hair "I'm sorry. Maybe the dinner wasn't such a good idea."
"M-Maleficent, please... please don't leave me. I l-love you" Then she broke down and her small frame shook with sobs.
"Regina, I told you before that there's nothing that they could say that would drive me away from you. I love you and I will never leave you!" The blonde whispered reassuring words into the brunette's ear while rocking her back and forth just like at the very first encounter after the curse broke.
"H-How? I mean, he was right. I've held you captive for 28 years. That's such a long time and you had to spend it all a-alone and-" Maleficent silenced Regina with a kiss.
"I fell in love with you a long time ago, actually the first time we've met but I could feel that you weren't ready yet. Too strong was your grief over the stable boy. You needed the curse and I was willing to wait and it was so worth it. I don't say that it was all pleasant and that I would like to do it again but it was worth it because now I've got you and I will never be alone again. Regina, you are my true love" Regina captured the blond's lips hungrily.
"Thank you. I love you. I'm just sad that they were reacting this way. I didn't expect that"
"Regina, you shouldn't care about what they say they will have to accept it anyway-" In this moment a shy knock on the door caught both women's attention. Regina slid off Maleficent's lap and tried to hide the tear stained face.
"Come in" Her voice sounded weak and a little bit frightened- so completely unlike her.
Slowly the door opened and Henry's head peeked in.
"Hey mom, hey Maleficent"
"Hey sweety"
Henry seemed pretty insecure and Regina reached out for him. He accepted her offered hand and she pulled him into a hug.
"Henry, I'm sorry. I didn't want to make you uncomfortable."
"Hey mom, don't apologize. I'm happy for you. I know I've not been very nice to you lately but you're my mom and I love you. And I like Maleficent" Then he turned around and wrapped his short arms around the blond's waist. For a short moment Maleficent froze. That was the last thing she expected to happen but then she hugged him back.
"Don't hurt her, okay?" Henry whispered quietly so that only Maleficent could hear him. "I would never hurt her. I love her" They parted again. In Regina's eyes glistened tears- tears of happiness.
"Regina, see everything's fine! I've told you!" Regina nodded and accepted an offered hanky. Suddenly there was another knock on the door. "Come in"
There were Snow and Emma standing in the treshold looking even more uncomfortable than Henry. Maleficent lifted her eyebrows suspiciously. "What do you want?" Maleficent put her arm around Regina protectivly. Regina tightened her grip on Henry. "Hey, look. What Charmi-, my da- I mean David said isn't our opinion as well" Emma looked extremely nervous and it took Maleficent everything not to laugh out loud.
"No it's not. I understand what you feel and I think it's great and I'm sorry about how David reacted. I will talk to him. He's just-" In that moment for the third time one of their visitors entered.
"David, what do you want? You know it's okay, you made your position really clear and that's okay. Just don't bother us anymore" Maleficent's voice was cold. She had changed but she could still be, if she wanted, the cruel queen that had ruled her kingdom with an iron fist.
"I-I know, but listen to me. I think I've been too harsh. I am happy for you two and I think that gives us all a chance for a peaceful future…so congratulations" Maleficent nodded and Regina stood up.
"Thank you all, maybe we should continue our dinner, shouldn't we?" Regina's proposal was accepted by the others and they spent a happy evening together.
So that was chapter 4! I am sorry for all grammar and spelling mistakes and I don't own anything ;)
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