Moments of Impact

Chapter Two:

Previously on Moments of Impact

"I told you I wanted you gone, now leave." Zelena sighed, shaking her head.

"NO! You don't get to walk away from me or our child!" Elsa pressed her hand to her belly, watching Zelena's head snap up.

"O-our child?" Zelena's heart pounded.

"Yes! Our child! I'm not doing this on my own Zelena!" Elsa stated firmly.

"Look, I'll be there for the kid every step of the way, but I'm not going to be with you. That's something you need to get through that pretty little skull of yours." Zelena pulled her bright red hair back into a bun before shoving her hands into her cargo shorts.

"No...That's not how we're doing this. Fuck that co-parenting bullshit! I have more than made up for what I did in the past!" Elsa sobbed, her emotions going haywire.

"Really? I don't think that you fucking my assistant in my bed, getting pregnant and trying to hide it is forgivable. Stepping out on me and having a kid? The way you humiliated me...no. Get your shit and get out." Zelena shook her head, not trying to let the argument escalate.

"I-I was young and dumb, Lena! I know I said nobody will ever accept you, but that was because I was angry! I do! I do accept you, all of you! If you'll just allow me to.." Elsa was getting hysterical as her hand reached out to grasp Zelena's belt buckle.

"Elsa stop." Zelena pushed away her hands but the blonde just latched back on.

"Lena please, I can make you feel good I promise!" Elsa pleaded.

"I SAID STOP!" Zelena shouted, and everything in the room froze for a moment, before Elsa backed up wide eyed.

"I don't understand...you loved me last week, I don't understand..." Elsa mumbled.

"The old me was in love with you Ellie, but that person no longer exists. I will always love you, but I'm not in love with you. You have to understand that." Zelena said softly, exhaling deeply.

"No I don't. I can't understand that. But you know what? That's just who you are! A coward, always running away when its time for you to step into your responsibilities. This isn't the first child you turned away from though, is it?" Elsa spat, becoming angry at how cold the red head was.

"Elsa stop..." Zelena warned, shaking her head.

"No! Your first bastard wasn't good enough so why would my child?" Elsa laughed humorlessly.

"Watch your mouth!" Zelena's nostrils flared at the insult to the red headed babe.

"You never had a mother, so you're afraid of being one? Your mother was so disgusted by who and what you were that she immediately gave you to your father!" Elsa started throwing out jabs in an effort to hurt the older woman.

"Shut up! This is why we could never work! The shit you say when you don't get what you want! You are a horrible horrible person!" Zelena thrust out her hands gesturing to the space in front of them.

"I told you I was going to be there for my child! I'm not abandoning my kid!" Zelena added when Elsa didn't say anything.

"My mother will not like this!Neither will yours!" Elsa stamped her foot.

"Yeah well, like you said. My mother gave me away. Yours can fuck off." Zelena shrugged.

"You are going to regret this Zelena...Emma won't take you back. And if you keep pushing me away over something that happened seven years ago, neither will I.

"Just go." Zelena huffed, hearing the blonde's heels clack on the tile before she took her leave.

"Well this shit storm just got worse." Zelena threw herself back onto the couch.

Lexington

"Wait, so she just showed up here and what? Expected you to welcome her in open arms?" Regina asked, watching the blonde breastfeed her niece.

"I don't know what she expected, I don't know why she showed up. My mother keeps calling, but we got into it earlier and I'm done speaking with her. I might just change my number." Emma shook her head, while running her hands through the six month old's curls and loosening them.

"Why'd the Ice Queen call? I thought you guys weren't on speaking terms after you left Boston." Regina furrowed her eyebrows, and Emma wondered if the brunette knew how similar her and her sister were.

"We weren't" Emma rolled her eyes, before switching breast

"She hates the fact that she has a daughter who fell pregnant at twenty with nothing to show for it." Emma shrugged, her shoulders creasing with the weight she just put on them.

"Please, you are twenty and you own your own house. You own your own glass store and that coffee shop back in the city on 3rd street. You have plenty to show for it." Regina argued.

"All of that was paid for by money from the settlement. I would trade all of this, if that car accident had never happened. If we had never gotten hit by that drunk driver..." Emma trailed off.

"Of course you would, but you can't. And you've made the best that you could out of a horrible situation. That has to count for something. You are a wonderful mother, a veteran who was honorably discharge, you volunteer with the kids every week. Yes you are a single mother, but you are everything you do, you do for Rory." Regina reminded her. And as if on Que, Aurora 'Rory' Swan unlatched and let out a small burp, as Emma worked quickly to cover herself even though she has flashed Regina on numerous occasions.

"Let me see TT's baby!" Regina cooed, before grabbing the infant and setting her on her shoulder to burp.

"She's been cluster feeding all day, I think she might be going through a growth spurt." Emma acknowledged.

"Hmm, I wish I had been able to breastfeed Henry. Failure to thrive and the infection I got after, plus school. I wish I had just taken a step back and been able to bond with him like that." Regina hummed.

"Well hopefully with this one everything works out for it. It's hard as hell at first, I wanted to give up for the first two months but I'm glad I made it." Emma grinned at her daughter's lazy smile, as Regina laid her in her lap.

"Has Zelena mentioned anything about seeing her?" Regina asked

"I think so, I'm not entirely sure. She tried to tell me Rory was her daughter. Please, she can fuck off and so can your mother...and mine. The whole situation is screwed. I never pictured my life like this" Emma shook her head in disbelief.

"I still can't believe neither of her grandmothers have made the effort to see her. I mean, Mother is busy at the hospital but she still makes an effort to see Henry on the weekends." Regina murmured.

"I told your mother not to contact me, that the only way she would ever see Aurora would be on her death bed, and maybe not even there. She was the main one besides Zelena who tried to push for an abortion. She kept trying to pay me to kill my child! So no, Cora Mills is not my child's grandparent. As far as I'm concerned the only extended family she has is you, Daniel, Henry and my dad. " Emma shrugged, taking the babe back when she began to whine out.

"Yes, I still haven't forgiven Lena for that. How someone could ask the mother of their child to go through that procedure because it was an 'inopportune time' is beyond me. Especially since you both planned for months to have her before you got pregnant, and she had proof of that. So that cannot be blamed on lack of judgment from memory loss.

"I don't understand either, but I've spent enough time and tears dwelling on that. They can screw off. Zelena is not on the birth certificate, and I still have the texts from her and the emails from your mother in case they try something.

"This is like some very crazy soap opera." Regina chuckled.

BOSTON

Zelena grumbled, slipping into a pair of white cuffed skinny slacks and a black satin tank top. Next to go on was her jewelry. A thin diamond watch, followed by several gold bracelet and her pearl necklace. Grabbing her white Armani blazer and her cell phone, she headed out of the penthouse apartment. The drive to her biological mother's house was relatively short, only about a half and hour away from her own home and she groaned when she pulled into the driveway on the exclusive street.

She longed for the days she wasn't on speaking terms with Cora Mills, the woman who had dropped her off only weeks old on her fathers porch and left. The same woman who didn't show up until she was eleven, just reaching puberty with another daughter, a new husband and some fancy degree.

"Zelena, I'm so glad you could take time from your busy schedule to show up." Cora smiled tersely as Zelena rolled her eyes, and flicked her locks. Her long red wavy hair sat tame going down her back for once, the color the same as her mothers.

"Yes well, you said the matter was urgent." Zelena's eyes scanned the room quickly, noting the lack of Henry Mills Sr, and the others.

"Yes, why don't we go into the dining room. I have refreshments ready and we can sit and discuss the matter at hand." Cora led her oldest into the lavishly decorated room, and she watched as the red head pulled off her blazer before pulling out her chair and sliding in. Once pleasantries were exchange, the younger woman cut to the chase.

"Why'd you ask me to be here? I know it wasn't to play catch up." Zelena licked her pink lips after she took a sip of the Riesling her mother had served her.

"I was recently contacted by Elsa, regarding some very interesting matters." Cora cleared her throat, frowning when Zelena began to laugh.

"Is that what we are here to discuss? Elsa Midas? Well I never pegged her for a tattle tell." Zelena tried and failed to suppress a smirk.

"She informed me that she is carrying your child. You can't go around spreading your seed and expecting me to help you pick up your mess dear." Cora clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth in disapproval.

"Clean up my mess? I never asked you to try and pay off Emma! You did that on your own." Zelena refuted

"Please! You came to me sobbing, saying you weren't ready for a child and you were conflicted. You told me that you wanted to be with Elsa but the child with Emma would probably ruin it. As your mother I did what I had to." Cora scoffed.

"You've always tried to pick and choose when you wanted to be a mother to me. I don't know why she contacted you, but I'm no longer with her because I remember all of the shit she put me through. Hell the argument we got into today only proved she is that same vindictive bitch. I told her I would be there for my child, but I am in no way shape or form ever getting back together with her." Zelena used the forty dollar place setting napkin to wipe her mouth, watching her mothers eye flinch, satisfied.

"Your sister also informed me that you visited Emma today." Cora stated.

"I did. And you can tell the twat waffle to mind her own damn business and stay out of mine. Regardless of what the almighty Regina thinks, I want to get to know my daughter." Zelena snapped out the last part.

"So she did have a girl? Were you able to see her?" Cora tried not to seem as interested as she was.

"Briefly,...she was beautiful." Zelena ran her finger along the rim of the glass, but stopped when Cora snorted.

"Did you ever doubt she would be?" Cora raised an eyebrow.

"No but seeing her for the first time, ...she took my breath away. I can only hope to atone for my mistakes." The younger woman murmured.

"So you are willing to throw away everything you have built with Elsa, for that little city girl?" Cora pursed her lips.

"She isn't some little city girl! I fucking loved her- love her. And I let her go because of my own insecurities and my fear of disappointing you. When I shouldn't have given a damn about what you thought." Zelena spat.

"Dear, do calm down." Cora furrowed her eyebrows.

"Why don't you stop disrespecting her? No, you know what? Do what you want to do, I'll see you at your funeral mother, because I'm done!" Zelena sneered, watching her mothers eyes widen before she stalked out of the house.

"Zelena wait! Don't you think you are acting very rash?" Cora quickly followed after her oldest.

"No I'm not, I should have never let you back into my life after you abandoned me for eleven years. My father raised me, while you went off and found a new family and a way to try to fix me. I'm not broken mother, I'm not damaged, and I'm not the family freak you only see when you feel obligated. I was born with a dick, and instead of you being there for me as a mother, you left me!" Zelena's face was red, but her tone was leveled. When Cora stammered for a response and came up blank, Zelena rushed down to her Jeep before pulling off.

Two Days Later

"This has to be considered some form of harassment." Emma hissed, using a cashmere blanket to hid her daughter from Zelena's prying eyes. The baby was strapped to Emma's chest in her Ergo baby carrier, as the blonde swept her front porch.

"I've been trying to get a hold of you for the past three days Emma. You can't keep ignoring me." Zelena spoke from the pathway. She was dressed causal again, in another pair of khaki cargo shorts and a slightly looser 'Gold's Pawnshop' t-shirt.

"Really? Because you were content with ignoring us for almost fourteen months. Why are you doing this? Haven't you put us through enough?" Emma exclaimed, sweeping the dirty off the side of the porch harshly.

"I want to make amends. Nothing I did to either of you will ever be justified or okay, I'm trying to make things right. I want to see my child grow up." Zelena replied, stuffing her hands into her pocket nervously.

"Why the sudden change of heart? You were just raising your stepson with no problem. Why are you so concerned with my child now? She's perfectly fine, and healthy. So whatever guilt you have on your conscious you can go pay a shrink to help you work out." Emma sucked her teeth.

"I'm allowed to grow and mature and see the error of what I have been doing. Why won't you give me a chance?" Zelena furrowed her eyebrows before grinding her teeth.

"Because if I let you in, and try to be there for her what's stopping you from picking up and leaving again. A child needs consistency and stability, that's something you should understand very well. Your own mother was in and out of your life, and you turned around and abandoned my baby like she was nothing. Not a call, nor a text for fourteen months. You've never even show a slight bit of interest in her until a couple of days ago. And now you expect me to trust you with something as precious as my child...That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works." Emma shook her head, chuckling at Zelena's audacity.

"You once told my mother that she would have to answer to her decisions about what happened. You're going to have to do the same with her, when shes old enough to ask why every other child has two parents. You're going to have to tell her that you turned me away when I made the effort." Zelena ran her tongue along the front of her teeth, watching as angry flash across the blondes face. Even after all this time she could still read her like a book.

"Don't you dare! You aren't making an effort to do anything. You've just been showing up here like some stalker. You haven't even asked about her." Emma refuted.

Tired of having her face covered by the warm blanket, Rory snatched it off with a squeal. She protested when Emma tried to place it back on, causing her mother to toss it on the porch swing. The babe flailed her chubby little legs, letting out a stream of babbles and giggles. Her head was a bit sweaty, and her skin had little patches of red all over them.

"Is she okay?" Zelena worried her bottom lip.

"She's fine, just a little hot. She burns easy in the sun though." Emma explained, taking the baby sunscreen off the swing before she began applying it liberally to the infants skin.

"C-Can I ask what her name is?" Zelena wanted to reach out and touch the small tuff of hair on the babys head. It was straight on the sides and the back, with just a whisper of a curl towards the ends but tight ringlets on the top. The baby was extremely pale, with the brightest green eyes that Zelena had ever seen, and rosy cheeks. Emma snorted, and for a moment Zelena thought her answer was going to be a 'hell no'.

"Aurora Eira Swan. We just call her Rory." Emma replied, smiling when Rory leaned up to give her a slobbery kiss.

"She's beautiful." Zelena remarked

"I know." Emma chuckled smugly.

"C-Can I...Can I hold her?" The red head tried to keep her voice steady, and her heart plummeted when Emma immediately frowned.

"I don't think that's a good idea. She doesn't like strangers." Emma shook her head.

"I don't want to be a stranger to my own kid, Ems." Zelena replied sadly

"Well at this moment in time you are. She doesn't know you. That is a consequence of your own actions. Even if you no longer wanted me, I thought..." Emma blinked for a long moment before looking back up at her ex-wife.

"I thought you would at least always want her." Her eyes were glassy as she finished the sentence.

"I was an idiot, I'm so so sorry...Emma when we first met, you knew I wasn't a very good person. I was a person who played with numbers not a person who took chances easily. I didn't know how to love very well until I found you. You brought out the best in me over time...when I lost my memories, that good person that you helped me to be was suppressed. I immediately went back to the person I was when I was in a toxic relationship with Elsa. I turned into a nasty person, me losing my memories doesn't excuse that." Zelena started

"What I'm trying to say is that I'm going to do everything in my power to be a person that you both deserve to have in your lives. I'm not going to give up, and I'm done running away. I want my daughter to be able to look at me and know that yes I made some mistake, but I love her with everything in me." Zelena paused to watch the words sink in for Emma, before she turned on her heel.

"I'll be back, same time tomorrow." She threw a small smile over her shoulder before climbing into her Jeep

AN: I'm sorry if I wasn't clear with the endgame but it will be WickedSwan. Sorry for the confusion.