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Dark Wings...
Chapter 10 – The Way You Make Me Feel
As Emma headed back home she felt like she was on cloud nine.
She couldn't believe she got to spend the entire morning and a part of the afternoon with Regina and Henry and not only that, she was also having dinner with them that night.
Never in her life had she been so happy.
Her life had never been a bed of roses and this was the first time things were working out pretty smoothly. In the short amount of time she got to spend with Henry and Regina she knew that she'd found what she looked for all this time. She'd finally found a family.
Obviously she knew things weren't just that easy and that she and Regina would need some long talks to make the other understand and come clean about what they really mean to each other, still it wouldn't make her give up on it.
This is the first chance at happiness she's had in a lifetime, she wouldn't let it go.
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As Henry ascended the stairs towards his bedroom he just couldn't deny how happy he was about his birth mother coming to dinner. He had to admit that he couldn't have thought of a better help than fate. Though he thought it was taking them way too long to finally get together, he understood that in no circumstances Emma and Regina's relationship should be rushed. He wanted things to work out in the way are supposed to.
Before heading to his bathroom to take a shower, he went to the small desk near his bookshelf and opened his fairytale book on the page he marked. Henry never expected to find a necklace inside his book, though.
He grabbed the necklace and brought it closer to his eyes. It consisted of a thin silver chain and a circular pendant. In the pendent there was the silhouette of a swan with a crown on its head.
He found it odd, of course, to find such item inside his book, but he ignored it. The only thing that occupied his mind in that moment was his moms. Had him stopped and thought about it, the swan with the crow on its head was the most accurate image to describe his moms.
As he kept thinking about it he went to his mom's bedroom and seeing the door slightly ajar he entered it asking:
"Mom, is this yours?"
Regina turned to look at her son and almost fell back when she saw the necklace in his hands. Putting herself together, she answered him
"Yes. Where did you find it?"
"Inside my book. I have no idea how it winded up there, though"
She was clueless why and how it appeared now.
"May I?"
She asked holding her hand out to him.
"Of course"
He said and he handed her the small object.
She took it and held in front of her eyes inspecting it carefully.
"So," Henry began "I'd never seen you wearing it before. What's the story behind it?"
She stopped looking at the necklace and turned her gaze to her son. The look on his eyes told her that even if she didn't want to talk about it then, she would have to do it sometime. Deciding the easiest option, she began,
"There's not much history behind it, actually. My father gave me when I was a child, younger than you. When I was little I liked drawing very much, and for some unknown reason I always seemed to draw a swan with a crow on its head. I remembered he asked me why I only draw the swan and I remember saying it was because swans were so beautiful that each one of them should wear a crown. He just smiled at me and in the next day he came home with this necklace. I loved it in the very first moment I saw it"
She finished with a small smile which, for her surprise, Henry returned it.
"Why don't you wear it at dinner tonight? I'm sure it looks better on you than in my book"
He said and she could help to let a small laugh escape her lips. She stepped and gave him a hug, as a form of thanking him for bringing it back to her.
"I will. Now go shower"
He flashed her one last smile before heading to his bathroom.
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It took Regina a good five minutes to finally remember she should be cooking instead of staring at the necklace.
Though she wasn't the one to be blamed for. For as long as she could remember this necklace had been lost in process of casting the curse. She didn't understand why nor how could it appear now, and inside her son's fairytale book, none the less.
She couldn't say she hated its reappearance, though.
Of all the jewelry she had when she was a queen none of them was as valuable to her as the necklace and Daniel's ring.
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Barely did Henry know that when he entered his mother's bedroom, he had interrupted her daydream.
It seemed like Regina just couldn't get her mind of Emma. For as much as she tried to focus on everything and anything else, her mind would always find a way to go back to the thought of the blonde.
The hours they spent together had been perfect, and when the blonde was leaving Regina felt sadness take over her that she hadn't time to think straight before inviting the deputy for dinner. For the first time in a long time she simply listened to her heart.
And for once she didn't have to feel guilty or ashamed because of it. For once she could have the chance to have her happy ending.
She knew that Emma and Henry were her happy ending, she was sure of it, and she would be damned to let it go. She would fight for them until her dying day.
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The remaining hours before dinner at Regina's rolled quite slowly to Emma.
She tried her hardest still it wasn't easy to control her anxiety. At every passing hour she felt the need to be near Regina and Henry grow madly.
She looked for something to do but couldn't find anything capable to actually occupy her mind. Finally getting tired of trying not to think about the two of them she gave up and let her mind wander already knowing where it would be going.
"I'm not easy to handle"
The brunette said to her.
"I know"
She replied encircling the mayor's waist and bringing her closer.
"I've broken some hearts"
Regina warned.
"I figured"
Emma gave her a side-way smile. Before Regina could continue the blonde interrupt her.
"Nothing you say will make me give up on you. I love you"
The last three words caught Regina out of guard. She knew the deputy cared about her but loving her was something she could have never imagined. It made her happy to hear Emma saying it towards her, to know the blonde returned her feelings still she couldn't help but fear a relationship.
"But…"
"No buts. I love you, there's not a thing or person that can change this"
At this Emma leaned in and closed the small distance between their lips. It didn't take long for Regina to respond.
It was one of the many dreams she had about Regina before coming to Storybrook and it was also the one she wished to happen the most.
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Regina moved around the kitchen in frenzy. It was almost six o'clock and she hadn't even started dinner yet. She had no idea what to cook and the more nervous and anxious she became the more she zoned out of what she was doing.
All she could think about was Emma, in the beginning she thought that it would help her figure what to make but it didn't it was quite on the contrary, actually.
Her mind insisted on taking her to the memories of her past dreams about Emma, when she thought the blonde was just a product of her imagination.
The street was quiet. The only sound present was from her hurried footsteps. She needed to get to the blonde. She had messed up pretty badly and she knew she needed to fix it. She wasn't about to lose the only friend she had.
Okay, maybe the deputy wasn't just a friend. Regina was well aware of her feelings toward Emma and that's exactly why she was knocking at Emma's bedroom's door at one o'clock in the morning.
As the door opened she was met with a surprised look followed by a heavy – and also tired – sigh.
"What do you want, Regina?"
The blonde said and while the mayor was not at all surprised by the harshness and coldness in her tone she had to admit it hurt her if only a little.
"Can I come in?"
She asked and without a word Emma moved slightly so the brunette could enter. Regina waited for Emma to close the door before finally saying,
"I'm sorry"
In that moment the blonde looked her in the eyes and she could see the younger woman soften just a bit at her words but it didn't last long though.
"Is it all?"
Emma replied harshly. It was just so out of character for her that for a moment Regina thought that someone else has taken Emma's place in the blonde's own body.
"I didn't mean what I said earlier, okay? Is just I was so pissed at Graham that I ended up taking all out on you"
As Regina spoke Emma remained quiet. She had an internal battle happening inside her and she didn't want the brunette to see it.
"What I still can't understand was what the hell did he do?"
Emma questioned. She and Graham was just talking and laughing together when Regina came out of nowhere yelling at both Graham and her.
"Nothing. He did nothing, I was just irritated, I guess"
Regina answered.
"You're lying"
Emma simply stated.
Regina stared at her wide eyed.
"You want me to accept your apologies then tell me the truth"
The blonde said and for the first time that night her tone was lighter.
Regina's head hung low and she fidget with her fingers while mumbling:
"I was jealous"
Emma couldn't understand what the brunette had said
"What?"
"I was jealous, okay?"
Regina spat at her.
Emma was slightly taken aback by that confession and she got confused about why Regina felt jealous at all.
"Why? I mean, I'm pretty sure I haven't made a single move indicating I was interested"
At this the brunette chuckled sarcastically.
The blonde's face scrunched up in confusion.
"Do you really think that the whole scene was because of him?"
Emma merely nodded before realization dawned at her.
"That whole scene at the diner was because of me? I'm sorry but I don't understand"
Regina wished Emma wasn't so dense sometimes.
"He was hitting on you. Openly. You may haven't realized but I did"
Regina explained but for Emma it still made no sense.
"And this bothered you… because?"
"Because you belong to me"
Regina answered before even thinking about the words. Only after them left her mouth did she realize what she did.
She waited for Emma to freak out or anything but when she looked up the blonde was smiling at her.
"Good. You belong to me, too"
Regina smiled. Of all the dreams she had about Emma this was her favorite.
She had to shake it out of her mind, though; otherwise dinner would never be ready.
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As it approached seven o'clock Emma left Granny's, an insistent smile tugging at her lips.
The happiness she felt could barely be contained inside her.
The way Regina made Emma feel was something she never felt before, hadn't even come close to it.
Every time the brunette would smile at her she just knew that there wasn't a view more beautiful. Emma didn't expect it but she finally found love, of course it wasn't in the most conventional way, but she did and that was everything that mattered.
And then there was Henry with his childlike-adult behavior that had her amused from the very first day. In the past she had regretted giving him up, thought she had made a mistake, but she understood now that it was really the right thing to do.
Her thoughts were interrupted when she realized she had reached the mayoral mansion.
Releasing a breath she hadn't notice she was holding she got out of her car and made the way to the door.
She knocked it lightly a few times before hearing the sound of confident but soft footsteps tapping against the floor.
The door was opened and Regina smiled at her.
"Right on time"