A Kiss Between Good and Evil
Emma pulled away from Regina quickly, surprised at her own actions. She had not meant to kiss Regina again; in fact, she hadn't thought Regina would let her kiss her again. She stared at the brunette mayor for a few minutes, both of them silent, before Regina finally spoke.
"Henry cannot know of this," she told Emma somewhat sternly, her own hesitation evident in her eyes. Emma nodded in assent, biting at her bottom lip as she looked shyly towards the Mayor.
"At least that's something we can agree on," Emma replied, looking directly at Regina now.
Regina raised an eyebrow at the comment before pulling back from Emma completely, creating some space between the pair. The two women stood awkwardly together for a moment, not really sure what was supposed to happen now. Just like before Regina was the first one to talk, her voice hesitant and slow.
"No one else can know either Emma. It could get back to Henry…and..."
"And, what?" Emma asked, wondering what the Mayor was hesitant to add.
Regina avoided Emma's eye, turning away from the younger blonde. She closed her eyes briefly, trying to compose herself and think rationally. Crossing her arms over her chest she sighed as she tried forming her next words tactfully.
"The…type of relationship we'd have Emma, it's not…there's never..." the mayor stumbled over her words, not sure what she was really trying to say.
"What do you mean the type of relationship that we'd have?" Emma asked, genuinely confused by the brunette woman's statement.
"Two women Emma! It may be common back in Boston but it's certainly not around here," Regina hissed turning to face the blonde deputy.
Emma froze for a moment, taking in what the brunette mayor had just said. She was surprised because out of all the objections she'd thought Regina would come up with that was not one of them. To be truthfully honest Emma hadn't even thought about the fact that two women, especially the Mayor and Deputy Sheriff dating, would cause controversy. She'd forgotten that Storybrooke was still a small, conservative town and that the idea of two women in a relationship may not be as accepted as it would in the cities.
"Regina, who you choose to see, is nobody's business but yours," Emma told her gently, wanting to reassure the older woman even though she wasn't too reassured herself.
"That may be easy for you but I'm the mayor Emma," Regina retorted quickly.
"Well let's start as just friends then," Emma suggested hopefully.
Regina was about to reply when the loud clap of thunder could be heard over head. Both women looked startled for a moment, looking up towards the sky where strange storm clouds were rolling in. It was an unusual sight for Emma; she had never seen clouds that looked so malevolent. Regina's eyes widened in alarm however as she looked up towards the sky; she recognised the darkness of those clouds from a time, long, long ago.
"That looks like a nasty storm," Emma murmured turning to look at Regina again.
"You're right, it does. We should get back before it hits," Regina replied tersely, smiling tightly at the other woman. Emma nodded her head in agreement as she grabbed hold of one of Regina's hands, squeezing it lightly.
"We will finish this talk won't we?" Emma asked, suddenly insecure about Regina's abrupt change of demeanour.
Regina smiled genuinely at the other woman, "Of course Emma," she told her quietly, "I'm just not a big fan of storms," she supplied, hoping it would allow Emma an answer to her sudden tenseness.
Emma only smiled comfortingly back before leaning forward and chastely pressing her lips to the Mayor's. It was merely a peck but for the moment Regina lost herself in the sweet kiss; not thinking about what the curious storm clouds could mean. Pulling back from the kiss both women smiled at each other before separating themselves completely and heading to their respective cars. They each drove off, minds swirling with different thoughts and worries, but not without one more heat filled glance.
Mr. Gold pulled the door of his shop closed, locking the door behind him. Turning out on to the street he started to walk before a clap of thunder shocked him into stillness. He turned his face skyward looking curiously at the rolling black storm clouds and green bolts of lightening. Recognising the storm that was approaching he smirked happily, the days of the old coming straight to the forefront of his mind.
The curse had been broken, he could feel it in the air; the magic was already seeping back into the world. He was curious though as to how the curse was to be broken, after all he had made it; he knew only one thing could break the curse and he hadn't sensed any changes within Storybrooke. Thinking back the past couple of days and weeks there had only been one thing to change in Storybrooke and that was the arrival of Emma Swan.
AN: Oh My God! I am absolutely astounded by the amount of reviews the first chapter received! I've never gotten so many reviews for one chapter before. I want to say thank you to all my lovely reviewers and also sorry for the ridiculous amount of time that's passed. This last month has been crazy; I graduated high school, had my formal, started job hunting, my brother got married etc. etc. It's not really an excuse but I did work on this through all that time; this was the 5th version of this chapter, I seriously struggled with which way I wanted to go with this story but I think I've finally figured it out.
Anyway, I hope this lived up to the expectations of the previous chapter. I hoped you enjoyed and please review! LT. :)