Chapter 3: friendship

When Emma sees Regina she can't believe her eyes. Regina is wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt. She does wear heels but they aren't very high.

"Hey miss Swan, Henry is upstairs. I'll be in the living room if… well… you need me. Although I don't think that will be necessary."
"Yes your majesty. I won't stay for long."
"I have a name. You don't have to call me majesty."
"Well I also have a first name, so!"
Regina rolls her eyes. Classic Emma response, she always wants to have the last word.

"Hey kid, I'm so sorry. You know I didn't want to hurt your mom. I just wanted to save-"
"shut up and close the door."
Emma gives Henry a weird look and closes the door.
"Mom is the best mother in the world! I didn't think like this before, but she isn't evil anymore. She changed so much. And I know you didn't try to hurt her."
"Uhm ok?! But why are you here then? and why didn't you want to talk to me?"
"I'm working undercover! To get Regina a happy ending! She will never let me help her to an happy ending. But if she thinks I don't want to talk to you it will be a lot easier. And she won't expect anything! I already gave it a name: Operation Happy Regina! are you in?"
Emma had to think about what Henry had said for a while. He was talking so fast and quietly.
"Uhm, YEAH IM IN! How did you know I wanted to talk to you about this?"
"You wanted to talk about giving Regina a happy ending? I thought you came to win me back or something?"
"No idiot! And of course I want Regina to be happy! I mean… I did this.. I have to set it right… I'm the savior, so!"
Henry gives Emma the biggest smile. Now he can start his plan. He just knows it's going to work out perfectly!
"Now hurry down! Or she will think we are actually talking!"
"What should I say to her when she asks what we talked about?"
"idk you make something up!"

Emma turns and walks down the stairs, when halfway she hears a scream. ITS REGINA!

Hook had pushed Regina against the wall. He has his hook on one of her hands and his other hand has her troth. Regina screamed when Hook attacked her, she didn't see him coming. But now that she knows who it is she is completely calm.

"What are you doing here?"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH EMMA."
"I'm not doing anything with her! Do you see her anywhere? NO"
"WHERE IS SHE?"
"Upstairs talking with Henry. Now let me go and leave me alone."

Just when she finished her sentence Emma comes running down. And also Mulan runs inside.

"GINA! YOU OKAY? WHAT HAPPENED?"
"Nothing Emma. Just your boyfriend checking up on you and that stranger in my doorway too I guess."
"Hi miss Mills. I'm Mulan, nice to meet you."

"You can go Mulan I have this under control. I will talk with you later. thank you. AND WHAT THE HECK KILIAN. what are you doing? I said I'd meet you later."
"I… I thought.. you where talking with Mulan… and…"
"You know Mulan?"
"I, ehm, can explain."

"Can you two have your date somewhere else? I assume you where done talking with Henry, Miss Swan?"
"Uhhh yeah. Just. Tell him I love him will ya?"
"Sure and you fill me in on why your boyfriend attacked me and who this Mulan is. Because I don't want it to ever happen again. thank you. bye."
"Ok I'll text you then, bye"

Regina slams the door closed.

"Tinkerbell! Wait!"
Tink is just walking out of granny's, when Robin sees her leaving.

"Hey Robin, how are you doing?"
"oh I'm fine. But I don't think Regina is. Can you talk to me for a while? And it might be a long conversation."
"Yeah sure. What's wrong with her?"
"The happy ending and our break up… Let's just talk somewhere else."

They walk to Tinkerbell's place. she lives in a small house near the beach. It's close to the woods and a little bit higher then the other houses. Inside it feels like the inside of a tree. Her walls aren't straight they are a little round. All her furniture is made of wood or had the color of wood. with a bit of green here and there. Like the biggest beanbag on earth which is in the middle of her living room. But the cutest think in her house are the lamps. they are all round and bright yellow, just like big fireflies.

"wauw. May I?" Robin asks pointing at the beanbag.
"yeah! act like you're home."

Robin jumps and lands on the green thing.
"This is really comfortable. I should get one too! But I wanted to talk about Regina."

Tink gets them both some tea and sits down on the brown cough, next to the beanbag.
"Ok. So you broke up with her huh? You know you have to get back together with her, right? Because you know… fairy dust doesn't lie."
"No! It is impossible. I love Regina but I also love Marian. Both feel true. And since I'm already married to one of them. I think that that is the best option."
"In that case. Maybe Marian is going to die."
"Well that's the point. She was suppose to be dead."

She thinks for a while, but then she walks over to a bookshelf en grabs the biggest book.
"This book, tells you everything about fairy dust and fairies."

She hands the book over to Robin. But when he starts reading she sits down next to him. As a fairy you need to know every rule and thing in the book. Which Tink did. She couldn't have skipped a part, but just to be sure they look through it.
"see! fairy dust has never lied and has never changed a happy ending."

Robin reads the page again.

"BUT there is nothing about traveling to the past. Because it has never been done before! Maybe, the fairy dust didn't lie, but thing simply developed."
"There is a possibility."
"Will you help me? We must prove this book wrong and find Regina another soul mate."

Tink isn't sure at all. However she does want Regina to have a happy ending. And it would be amazing if she could write a new chapter in the fairy book. She would write history.
"ok I'll help."

Hook and Emma are sitting outside Granny's. They always sit there. I is becoming their table.

"I was sleeping in the Jolly Roger one night, when I heard something. Someone was trying to steal my stuff. So I ran to my treasures and there she was. Mulan. Holding a bag full of golden jewels. I ran to her and snatched the bag out of her hands. I hurt her. But because I was a little drunk, she punched me in the face and I fell to the ground. So she escaped with my money. Before she left she said. ' Hi nice to meet you Hook. I am Mulan.' and then she also said something like… 'These jewels are going to people who actually need them' I kind of believed her and was too drunk to stop her. So I let her go. She didn't take much, but I'm still mad at her."
"Wow, I understand. But she was telling the truth. She was a member of hoods Merry Man. I will ask her to apologize."

Hook smiles at Emma and kisses her on her nose. She smiles back at him. He is super cute. But Emma still has her walls up. He mustn't go faster than this.

"What where you doing to Regina? I told you I'd come!"

I can't lie anymore. This date is already full of lies. well maybe not full lies, but white lies. I should tell her the truth.
"I thought you where having some kind of affair with Regina or Mulan."

"What the hell hook. No! Mulan is just a friend I met yesterday, or today, whatever! And I like Regina, but not like that! I'm just trying to be the savior and give her an happy ending. My life is a mess right now."

"I'm sorry!"

"Don't apologize to me! apologize to Regina! It's just that… I need some space to think about everything that happened… fix everything I did wrong… maybe we need to wait. I really like you, I do! But…"

"We have had so much space already."

"I know… but…"

"what!"

"EVERYONE I'VE BEEN IN A RELATION WITH DIES! BAELFIRE, GRAHAM! I don't want to lose you too!"

"Emma. You know the one thing I'm good at, is surviving! I won't die. I promise."

Hook pulls her closer and they kiss. It's nice, but Emma pulls away.

"I need space. And maybe just a good friend for now."

They stare in each other's eyes for awhile and than Emma pulls Hook in for a hug. A hug is just what she needs.