A/N: Tell me what you think DEARS!
She laughed as she readjusted her dress and climbed off of the rock. "Now that's one way to 'rock' someone's world." She smirked and leant down to kiss him softly. She watched as he sat up, fixing his attire and reaching to dig into the satchel. "You were serious about the fishing thing?" She tilted her head.
About an hour later, Jefferson had Regina setting up her pole, it had taken a bit of convincing, but she said she would try it. He held a hook out in his palm for her to take. Regina, being the klutz that she was, grabbed hte wrong end and nicked her finger.
"Ouch!" She grumbled and stuck the bleeding apendage in her mouth. "Dis ish all our fauwlt." She said with her finger in her mouth. Jefferson couldn't help but laugh and pull out some bandages.
"I knew ou would hurt yourself." He laughed.
"No, you hurt me." She smacked his chest lightly, in a playful manner. "You handed it to me wrong."
"You took it from the palm of my hand darling." He said as he patched it up. "If the king asks, simply tell him you cut your finger on Rocinante's rope." He said as he placed a little kiss over the wound. "Or we could just forget the fishing and hop into the lake.." He said mischieviously. Jefferson backed away from the young Queen and began to strip down to his birthday suit. "Join me?"
A large grin spread across her face and she rushed to undress once again. She hopped into the water directly after him with a loud laugh.
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Sitting in Granny's was not unusual for Regina and Jefferson. They enjoyed the food that the old woman made. OF course, Regina and Jefferson were the only ones who knew who she really was. They sat in a booth, always preferably in the corner so that they could watch everyone. Regina didn't want everyone to lose their happy endings just so that she could get her's. Although, the evil in her did thrive on watching Snow White sit at a table all by her lonesome. Regina had actually led Snow to the hospital where David was in a coma, just ot see if they would have that 'true love' moment, it never came.
She leant back in her side of the booth and winked a Jefferson, who in turn bit his lip and winked back before patting the seat beside him. "Come sit over here?" Regina just shook her head.
"I'm not falling for that one again." She mumbled softly. "Mr. Gold walked right by us last time and you had your had down my pants. Or rather up my skirt.. whatever." She shrugged and sat back up.
"Speaking of the devil.." Jefferson said, motioning to the jingling bell that signaled someone entering the Bed and Breakfast. It was indeed Mr. Gold.
"Oh dear God." She grumbled and leant forward to touch Jefferson's hand. She pretended to ignore the pawnshop owner ad focus on her husband. "I love you." She whispered softly.
"I love you too." He said before Mr. Gold had the chance to cut it.
"Madame Mayor." He nodded. "Jefferson." He nodded again. "I've never seen the both of you out of a Saturday." He looked at them suspiciously.
"Normally we aren't." Regina replied with a bitterness only she would possess. She absolutely hated Gold, for he was Rumplestiltskin, the man who pretended to be on her side. The man who used her to get what he wanted. He didn't honestly care about her reasons for casting the curse, as long as she cast it. She immediately regretted casting the curse once she woke up the next morning.
"Well, it was nice chatting with you dearie." She said with a smug look and turned back to the counter.
"That was pointless." Jefferson grumbled as he played with the ring on his wife's finger.
"He's trying to instill fear in me. " He said with a hint of amusement.
"Well, the big bad queen isn't afraid of anybody." He leant forward and kissed her jsut as Ruby brought out their food.
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She rode quickly, effortlessly throughout the forest to get back ot the castle. She was late, she knew that. They were to have dinner with King's George and Midas that night and Regina had missed her gown fitting for the evening. She groaned as Rocinanted jumped over falled trees just outside the castle gates.
She stopped at the stables, tied up Rocinante and went back to the castle. Running to her bedchambers and calling for her lady in waiting quickly. She washed up quickly, as fast as she could and then slipped into her undergarmets. HEr lady in waiting, Michelle, walked in and helped her into her corset, tying the strings to it tightly and then helping her into the gown. The whale bone of the corset barely let her breath. She wanted to be free.
She sat in the royal dining area across from her husband with a look of distaste. Regina hated royal anything. Only when the royal hatmaker walked in and she let her features soften.
King Leopold had hired Jefferson to make hats for him long ago. But just a few says ago, he moved into the castle. Giving Regina even more chances to be alone with him without suspicion. For that, she was thankful. Tomorrow was to be Regina and the king's fourth wedding aniversary. A grand celebration for the kingdom, for Reginait would be hell. Once a month she was to try and concieve an heir with the king, that once a month would be tomorrow.. Not by her choise of course. If Regina had the choice she would marry Jefferson and run away forever.
She looked away from Jefferson's gaze quickly when the king addressed her. She plastered a fake smile onto her face and began ineracting with the other royals. Inside she was practically dying. She wanted to be back at the lake, swimming in the healing water. She nearly blushed when her mind wandered to their 'activities'. She noticed king Leopold looking at her with an odd expression and she just simply smiled at him before excusing herself from the dining area. Regina wanted to be alone.
It wasn't long before she found herself standing before her apple tree. The sound of the wind whooshing through it's trees was calming. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes until she heard the king's voice.
"Regina?" Leopold spoke quitely.
She bit her lip and turned around. "Yes my dear husband?" Her voice was shaky and she looked at him.
"I know you aren't happy, but you would never stray from me? Would you my queen?" He asked, Regina could hear the hint of suspicious tone in his voice.
"No dear." She placed a kiss on his cheek ad walked back into the dining area.
After eating, Regina avoided Mr. Gold like the plague. She held hands with Jefferson as they walked along the sidewalk of Storybrooke. She was leant into him a soft smile on her face and she laid her head against his arm. Even with her heels Regina was still considerably shorter than him. She closed her eyes for a moment and took in a deep breath before opening them again.
They were silent until Jefferson spoke quietly. "Why do you hate Mr. Gold so much?"
She bit her lip and stopped walking. "That is a conversation for home dear.. It's a long story and I'd rather explain it in... Private." She said softly. It was a long story. The story between Rumpelstiltskin and REgina was one of pain, sorrow and manipulation. Mostly the manipulation of Regina's feelings and pain. She squeezed his had gently and began walking again. "Don't worry, I know we haven't really talked about much of our past but we will. I just want to enjoy us for the night." Her voice was throaty, soft and carefree. "I'd been without you too long, I can't handle being without you again."
They stepped up onto the porch of the mayoral mansion and leant his face down to kiss her. "You have nothing to worry about Regina. I will always, always be here for you." He grinned and added. "My queen."
She rolled her eyes and laughed softly. "My hatter." She said, knowing they were alone. She pulled hte keys from her purse and began to unlock the door, but was quickly distracted by Jefferson's lips. "Mhh.. Have we always been this way? In the honeymoon faze?"
"Mhhm. Always." He voice grumbled in her ear. "Akways will be."
She finally got the door open and pulled him into the house. "Desert dear? I can make us a pie.." She wiggled her eyebrows.
"Regina.." He growled. "Last time you made pie, things got a little.." He cleared his throat. "Things got a little sticky."
She just simply sauntered upstairs to change her clothes and came back down to find Jefferson in the kitchen, washing apples for her. She wrapped her arms around him. Aparently he had canged too. She tilted her head and wrapped her arms around him from behind, kissing the back of his shoulder. "Mhm.. Looks like someone wants pie."
The dinner took forever in Regina's mind. She was going to die of boredom if she heard any more drabble. Little did she know, listening to these conversations would help her run the kingdom in the near future.
Gold trades. That's all she heard about. How King Midas now had the gift of turning things into gold. King George had been trying for many moons to get into trade with Midas, Leopold, being such a kind man, or so everyone thought, he decided to help George in the matter.
She sat, picking at her fingernails, stealing glances with Jefferson. Once, winked at her and she tried her hardest not to laugh her ass off at the sight. It was just too cute. She figured, after her mother was gone, Regina had benished her after the first year of her and Leopold's marriage. she would be able to leave.. Flee the kingdom. But Rumpel would not let her. She had 'A greater destiny', or so he had said. Regina just wanted freedom, and she would do anything in her power to get it.
She had a secret 'training' session with the twisted imp later on that night. To practice magic. Regina was quite good actually, but she never showed it. She didn't even let Jefferson see the magic yet. Regina had been practicing with Rumpel since the day he refused to let her leave the castle. Now, Regina could only leave the grounds of a certain amount of time. Any long and she would be tracked, captured and revoked of her priviledges.
She watched Jefferson get up from the table, she shook her head, signaling that she could not meet tonight. She would send her lady in waiting with a message for him later. It was the least she could do. She watched him walk away. her eyes following him until he left the room. She then turned her attention back to Leopold and the two other kings. "I must get ready for bed dear." She said. "If I may be excused?"
The king nodded and she stood, giving hm a kiss on his bald head, for appearances of course. No one was to know that the queen was unhappy in a loveless marriage. She walked to her bed chambers, changing into some leisure clothes and sitting on her bed. "Rumplestitlskin." She called for him, her mother's magic book on hte bed beside her.
Sudden smoke and then the twisted smile of the dark one appeared in her bedroom. "You rrrrrrrang dearie?"
AN: There will be come action coming in the next chapter.. I know nothing really interesting has been going on yest, but in the next chapter we will go over the conflict of Leopold finding out about Regina and Jefferson. The 25th reviewer gets a one-shot of their choice. :D