"You need to calm down Emma" Ariel was rubbing Emma's back waiting patiently for the sobbing to stop.
They had finally arrived to Ariel's place and the blonde had fallen on the bed right away.
"You saw the way she looked at me" Emma said trembling "she was disgusted by me" there was so much pain in her voice that Ariel could feel it.
Ariel was worried about Emma but she was worried about Regina too.
"She thinks you never cared about her, she thinks you were playing with her, it wasn't disgust, it was pain what I saw in her eyes Emma" Ariel let out sadly "Pain and despair" the redheaded finished hugging Emma close.
Emma's cell phone rang and the blonde grabbed it looking at the screen "It's Kathryn" Emma sighed.
"Regina's friend?"
Emma nodded putting the phone back on the bed without picking up.
"You have to answer Emma!" Ariel demanded "You can't run away from this, you just can't!" the redheaded grabbed the phone and gave it to Emma.
Emma groaned before pressing the green button.
"Kathryn?" Emma asked knowing perfectly well who was calling her.
"Emma.." Kathryn said and something in her voice made Emma shiver "Emma, Regina disappeared!"
The blonde's heart skipped a beat while fear filled her heart "she's missing? How?!" Emma was almost yelling at her phone and Ariel was confused.
"We need to talk Emma, now! Where can I pick you up?"
Emma gave Kathryn Ariel's address.
"I'll be there in 5 minutes, wait for me outside" Kathryn said before hanging up.
The blonde girl was on the street waiting for Kathryn in less than one minute, it was raining but Emma stood there petrified.
Kathryn arrived a few minutes later in a fancy red car and Emma entered to the passenger seat without a word.
The older woman drove away, Emma knew that road, they were going to Regina's mansion.
"Why are we here? You said that she was missing!" Emma said sharply and worried about the brunette.
Kathryn nodded "She is but you have to see something" she said before stopping the car at Regina's driveway.
When Emma entered the mansion she was completely shocked about what she saw, broken glass everywhere, broken jars, everything was a mess.
"She did this?" Emma asked without taking her eyes from the floor.
Kathryn nodded "Come with me" she said walking upstairs and Emma knew immediately where Kathryn was taking her, Regina's bedroom.
When the older woman opened the door in front of Emma's eyes, a tear rolled down the blonde's face "Regina..." she whispered.
The bedroom was dark but she could still see the dresses torn on the floor and more broken glass from Regina's mirror.
Emma couldn't believe Regina had done something like that because of her.
"I found her here with her fists bleeding, when I tried to talk to her she grabbed her car keys and left, I wasn't able to stop her" Kathryn said apologizing.
Emma was trying to calm herself down, trying to think about where could Regina be but nothing came to her mind.
She was panicking "This is all my fault" Emma cried out.
"You need to tell her the truth Emma, this is killing her! If you don't tell her I will!" Kathryn said sharply, she could only think about her friend.
Emma didn't answer, she just took off "I need to find her" the blonde said to herself while running out of the mansion "I need to find you".
Emma looked for Regina all over town, she went to the library, to the bar, to the public garden and even to Granny's coffee shop but Regina was nowhere to be found.
The rain got worse but Emma wouldn't stop even though her feet hurt and her body was already soaked.
She searched Regina for hours until her body was ready to collapse with exhaustion. Her phone hadn't stop ringing all day but she didn't care, not with Regina missing.
Emma was feeling sick, her head was aching and her vision got blurred, she was about to faint when two arms helped her to stand, Emma looked up and saw Belle, she looked her friend in the eyes and fell unconscious.
Belle called Ariel and Killian to help her take Emma to her place. When Emma woke up she was on a soft warm bed.
She tried to get up to search Regina once more but a hand stopped her "You're not going anywhere!" Belle said with finality "You have a fever and you've been unconscious for more than two hours!"
Emma shook her head "I need to find her, I need to see her" Emma's body was weak but thinking about Regina gave her an extraordinary strength despite the fever.
"Kathryn found Regina" Belle said forcing Emma to lay down again "She's at her mansion".
Emma felt warm inside, Regina was OK "I have to see her" Emma continued stubbornly.
Belle looked at her sadly "She doesn't want to see you Emma".
Those words brought tears to Emma's eyes, for a few seconds she had forgotten about all her problems, she thought that she could just walk to Regina and kiss her like she had done so many times before, but life was never that simple.
"For a second I thought..." Emma let out before fainting again.
While she was unconscious Emma dreamed about Regina, about her smile, her sassy tone, about everything that made her fall for the brunette and in that dream she was happy again, in that dream she wished she would never wake up.
She wished she could stay there forever, just looking at Regina's smile.
If only wishes could come true...