AN: Got this prompt on tumblr from an anonymous user.

Tattoo AU 3: Somewhere on the skin is the last sentence your soul mate says to you and visa versa.

All her life, Regina had struggled with her feelings about the tattoo on her wrist. It was supposed to be the last thing her soul mate had said to her. The problem was that Regina had the words 'Yous pwetty' tattooed on her wrist since she was three years old. Whoever her soulmate was, Regina had met them when they were both children, but she had been too young to understand or even read what it said, to know the significance and remember who had said that to her.

Not that it really matter.

Once her father had died, any thoughts of finding her soulmate were destroyed by her mother informing her she had accepted a marriage proposal from a wealthy man…a proposal for Regina.

Her life had been hell for the next six years. Six years of an unhappy marriage. No. Not marriage. Prison is what it was. Leopold had been a controlling, angry man who took what he wanted and never offered her even a kind word. No, all his goodness was reserved for his beloved daughter, Mary Margaret.

What she got was, pain and misery. And mocking. He would often grab her wrist and laugh at the words, tell her how her soul mate had met her as a child and ran from her when they had seen past her pretty face. How she would never get to find them, how she was stuck with him forever.

Countless times, she had thought about ending him. A little poison in his tea, a shot between his eyes, stabbing him through the heart. In the end though, he ended himself. His heart failed him during one of his bouts of anger.

Cora had died a couple of years earlier. She had nothing to tie her down anymore. Mary was old enough to live alone, so Regina wasn't obligated to take care of her. In fact she stayed as far away from her as possible. Going as far as moving from LA to Boston in her effort to avoid her.

It was her second day in her new city that it happened.

Too tired from unpacking, she hadn't felt like cooking. She decided to eat at a restaurant close to her new apartment. She was halfway there when a man slammed into her, sending her tumbling to the ground and trying to wrestle her purse out of her arms.

Regina had screamed at him, drawing attention to what was happening, when a sudden flash of red ripped the man away from her.

It was a woman, Regina noticed in awe as her savior easily performed some kind of martial arts movement and knocked the man out.

The blonde woman then turned to face Regina and offered her hand. "Are you okay?" She asked concerned.

The brunette accepted the woman's hand, too shocked to go with her usual first reaction, which would be refusing the help in an attempt to salvage her pride. "I'm fine… "I might feel it for a day or two, but nothing is broken."

The blonde smiled at her, obviously relieved. "Good, it looked like he slammed into you really hard. I was worried."

Clearing her throat Regina replied. "Yes, well. Thank you for your help dear, that move you pulled was impressive."

The blonde rubbed the back of her head, she appeared to be embarrassed at the compliment. "Yeah, well… it's part of my job. I teach self defense to women, just for this kind of situations. Actually, here." She pulled a small business card from her wallet and gave it to Regina.

Emma Swan, was her savior's name. Pretty. She thought, just like the woman.

"The gym is a couple of blocks from here, maybe you could go one of these days…watch a class. See if it interests you?"

"Thank you, dear. I'll think about it." Truth was however that Regina disliked any kind of contact spot of martial art. She had always been terrible at any kind of athletic activity other than jogging every once in a while. A shame really, since the woman was very nice to look at. But pretty as the blonde was, it still wasn't enough to get Regina anywhere near a gym.

"You don't sound very excited about it." The woman chuckled and raised a hand to stop Regina from apologizing. "It's okay, but keep the card anyway. Just in case you change your mind…and even if you don't change your mind…well my phone number is in it." She winked.

Regina raised an eyebrow. "Are you flirting with me?" She asked bluntly. It wasn't the first time a woman flirted with her, but it was the first time a woman, or anyone really, had being her savior quite like this.

The leather clad woman smiled at her and signaled a police officer who was approaching them to get his handcuffs out. The officer looked at the unconscious man and rolled his eyes.

"Trouble seems to follow you Swan. I thought this was your day off. And yet here you are catching bad guys and making me do more paperwork." He said as he cuffed the now awakening man. "Or maybe you just wanted to impress the lady.

Winking at Regina, she said to the officer. "You know me Booth, I have a weakness for beautiful women."

"ha! Of course." He shook his head and dragged the man towards his cruiser.

"So a weakness?" Regina inquired with a smirk. "Do you usually rescue many beautiful damsels in distress, just to give them you number?"

"Nah. Not really, that was just my brother and I bantering as usual." She motioned to the officer. "I helped you, because it was he right thing to do." Looking at her watch the blonde frowned. "Sadly, I must now leave you my lady. Feel free to call me any time you want." She said with another wink, before turning around to leave.

The brunette watched her for a second, then turned to keep walking.

"Oh and lady?" Regina heard the woman call and turned to see her smiling at her. "The reason I gave you my number is because well… you're really beautiful."

Regina chuckled and tucked the business card safely into the pocket of her coat. It wasn't until she was sitting at her table and waiting for her order that she noticed the words on her wrist had changed.

A hand flew to her mouth, muffling her shocked gasp. "Oh my God…"

...you're really beautiful.

AN: Originally Emma was going to be someone Regina met at an Airport while waiting for their delayed flights, and with whom she had a short, if flirty conversation, after going their separate ways Regina would discover, while on her flight, the other woman was her soulmate. Only knowing which country the blonde was moving to, Regina would set out to find her anyway. And you know Epic romance thing where Regina searches for her soulmate all over a strange country (or maybe even have Emma being the one trying to find her, but it's nice to have Gina be the one chasing after her woman, isn't it?). But then I realized that I would likely never finish such a story, as I simply don't have the time what with all my other fics plus real life. I'm leaving the idea here though, in case someone likes it enough to write it. If you do, please let me know cuz I definitely would love to read it.