Glad y'all are liking this new story so far. Too bad season three won't end up happening like this. :p
The next morning I woke up earlier then everyone else. When I looked outside it was almost sunrise. Before I went on deck I looked back at Regina and noticed she was shivering. As I walked over I noticed she looked so beautiful as she slept. Her brows were slightly knitted from worry. I slid out of my lighter jacket and carefully placed it over her like a blanket. She never stirred but she stopped shivering. I smiled to myself and quietly left.
"You're up early." His rocky voice startled me. When I looked towards the voice and saw Hook steering the ship.
"Yeah. Couldn't sleep. And I like watching the sunrise." I don't know why, but I joined him. It was probably to get a better view of the sun over the water.
"You have the best view up here if you want to watch the sun sparkle over the sea waters." We stood there silently waiting for the sun to peek over the horizon. "How do your parents feel about your liking Regina?" I froze. How did he know? I don't even know if I like her. I just know that I've always been drawn to her for some reason. Ever since the first night I met her over a year ago.
"What makes you think I have feelings for Regina?" I kept my voice down. He chuckled slightly.
"I never said you had feelings for her. I simply said you liking her." Damn he caught that. "But the way you said no yesterday about her bunking with Rumple. You were more pissed off about her not being paired with you versus me hitting on you like I did." I opened my mouth to refute his statement but I had nothing. "You look at her differently. No matter what she does and any time I ever hit on you, you shoot me down."
"How do you know it's not me not liking you?" I felt myself getting more defensive by the second.
"Because mate, remember, you and I have something in common. We can read people to a great extent and I can see that you have some sort of feelings for her." His voice was calm and not surprised when I didn't try to deny it again.
"Well she did adopt my son." His eyes grew wide for a moment.
"You mean to tell me that Regina adopted you and Bellfire's son? She adopted the crocodile's grandson? And you have feelings for her. Isn't there some sort of connection between you and her besides her adopting Henry?"
"Yes. Back in Fairytale land Regina was Snow White's step mother." I could see all of this mulling over in his head.
"Hmm. Interesting. Though I do like the idea of two attractive women having sex on my…."
"HOOK!" I covered my mouth realizing how loud I was. He laughed.
"Now it totally makes sense why you wanted to bunk with her. I won't say anything but I can't say that I won't be imagining…"
"If you don't shut the fuck up I will slap you." He laughed again.
"What's going on out here? I heard yelling." When I looked behind us David was watching us.
"Nothing. He was being an ass. I've handled it." I shot a glair that could kill back at Hook and he snickered. Once everyone was awake we ate and did our own thing. I saw Regina at the front of the ship and snuck away from my parents. "The food sucks doesn't it?" Once again she jumped when I spoke.
"Yes it does." She scrunched her nose at the last bit of food. "I'll be happy when I can cook again.
"Mmmm. I can smell your lasagna now." Regina chuckled. "Hey, a woman can dream. You're a good cook."
"What have you eaten besides my lasagna?" I thought a moment.
"Nothing, but I don't have to eat everything you cook to know you're a good cook." We stood in a comfortable silence.
"Thank you for your jackets. The main one made a good pillow and the other a blanket." I smiled to myself. I enjoyed times like this when we made small talk. It seems that we can say so much without even speaking.
"You're welcome. I'm used to roughing it and you're not so if I can help I will. Besides, I can't piss you off or you'll send me to my parent's room." I bumped arms with her trying to lighten the mood. Regina looked at me from the corner of her eye and held back a laugh.
"Watch yourself Miss. Swan. I could always throw you to Hook instead. Or turn you into lasagna." I couldn't help but laugh at that.
"Yes then you could eat me." The words came out of my mouth before I knew what I had said. I didn't dare look at Regina's reaction. My cheeks were flushed from embarrassment yet the thought of Regina eating me flooded my thoughts. "I…I'm g...going to go check on...something." I turned quickly and jogged away. Regina's dark eyes were watching me.
"Emma." My thought process was broken by Mary Margaret calling my name. I looked over as she walked towards me. "Can we talk?"
"Sure." I turned towards her giving her my full attention. "What's up?"
"Why didn't you want to bunk with your father and me? And why have you been acting so strangely around Regina?" I'm so glad I could hide my shock. I didn't realize she paid that close attention to how I acted around Regina.
"Because the two of you need your space. I walked in on y'all once and it won't ever happen again." My stomach churned just thinking about it. Mary Margaret studied me.
"Oh okay. I figured you'd want to spend time with us since…"
"Regina and I need to work a few things out. And I believe if her and Gold were in the same space for too long they'd kill each other." I glanced behind Mary Margaret a moment and saw Regina looking over the water again. I could feel her sadness from here and an over powering want to go comfort her.
"What could you need to work out with Regina?" Mary Margaret frowned at the thought of us working out anything apparently.
"Something about Henry. Both of us deserve time with him since we're both his mother." I saw Regina's head shoot up. I guess I got her attention.
"What?!" Of course Mary Margaret's voice got everyone's attention. "Emma…"
"My mind is made up. Regina deserves to spend time with him as much as I do. As long as Henry wants to spend time with her then I'm fine with that. I know her. I believe her when she says she wants nothing more than to just spend time with him. She really has changed. The old Regina, the one you and David knew, wouldn't have willingly given her life to save us. All of us." Mary Margaret opened her mouth but then closed it when she knew my mind was made up.