Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'll be the one, if you want me to
Anywhere I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you
SNOW'S POV
I lie beside my daughter and can't help but have a tear escape, how did this happen? I remember when I found out I was pregnant and all the hopes and dreams I had for her. Never did I want her to experience all the pain she has throughout her life, and even now it's like she doesn't think she deserves a happy ending. The fact that she has been so willing to give up her happy ending and settle for something less breaks my heart, she never should feel that she doesn't deserve anything but the best. I guess the life she has lived is the reason for that, we should never have put her in that portal sending her here. Yes she would have been cursed with us but at least she would have been with us like she said. I wonder how different life would have been had we not made the choice to send her here, would she be happier? No I can't think like that, because had we not of sent her away there would be no Henry, Charming and I wouldn't be together and we would all still be cursed and she wouldn't have found Regina. Damn Regina she is the big reason for all of this, had she not of set the curse then Emma wouldn't have lived the life she lived, she would have been a princess and a future queen. I really hope Emma lets herself have her happy ending, I hope she makes the right choice tomorrow, part of me even hopes that Regina doesn't give up. Oh Regina shit.
Charming: Snow…what time is it?
Snow: 3
Charming: What is everything okay? What's going on?
Snow: Oh god Charming our daughter…oh god and Regina…..
Charming: What the hell happened?
Snow: Regina came here tonight and asked Emma to not marry Killian
Charming: She did….what did Emma say?
Snow: She told her it was too late and she doesn't love her.
Charming: But she does love her doesn't she?
Snow: Yes, and there has been so many tears tonight. But honey I need you to go check on Regina.
Charming: What? Why?
Snow: She was heartbroken when she left here, and if she is in the current shape of our daughter, she….
Charming: She shouldn't be alone. Okay I will go check on her.
Snow: Thanks
Charming: Take care of our girl
Snow: Of course
And I am feeling so small
It was over my head
I know nothing at all
I hang up the phone part of me can't help but smile slightly as I am here to take care of Emma something I have missed out on most of her life. I am grateful to have her now and I intend on being here for her whenever she needs me and never letting her go again. I lost out on so many years of being here for her and taking care of her when she was sick, her first love, her first heartbreak, her pregnancy and delivery of Henry, I missed out on everything and now is my chance to be here and witness everything else. I take a hold of Emma as she whimpers out in her sleep calling out Regina's name, wondering to myself how Killian couldn't see that Emma is obviously in love with someone else. I wonder how many nights she calls out her name in her sleep. Why did both these women have to be so stubborn, all these months wasted when they could have just been so happy together. I lay there rubbing Emma's back trying to soothe her and holding her close, wondering what it is she is dreaming about, eventually I drift off to sleep hoping that
EMMA'S POV
And I will stumbleand fall
I'm still learningto love
Just starting to crawl
After a restless night sleep I wake up to see my mom beside me her arms wrapped protectively around me, I smile grateful that she was here last night, grateful that I didn't have to be alone last night, grateful that she stayed with me and comforted me. All the years I wished for a home, wished for a mom and even the time I fought with her and refused to accept her as my mom, I now have a mom and a dad, and a mom that has been the first person to ever put me first. I feel the love she has for me and the love I now have for her and I am just so grateful that I finally have what I searched my whole life for. A family. My mind begins to replay the events of last night in my head and I feel the anxiety start to build up, I slip away from my mom letting her sleep as I know she probably stayed up after I did watching over me, because well that's what mothers do. I walk into the kitchen and put on a pot of coffee, while trying to figure out what to do next. My mother is right, I know deep down what I should do and I know deep down I shouldn't marry Killian, not when Regina has my heart. I know what I need to do but how can I break his heart again, how can I do what Regina did to me, what I did to her last night, what I did to my mother, what I did to Henry and my dad. All I ever seem to do is bring pain to people and break their hearts, maybe I don't deserve a happy ending, maybe this is all I am supposed to get. All I ever wanted was a family and now I have one, but maybe that was all I was supposed to get, maybe my parents and Henry is all I am destined to have, and that isn't so bad. I don't even hear my mom get up or feel the tears that have escaped my eyes until I feel my moms arms on my shoulders and hear her voice.
Snow: Emma honey are you alright?
Emma: How can I do this? Why do I do this?
Snow: Emma what do you mean?
Emma: All I do is hurt people, I hurt everyone. I already hurt Killian once and now I am supposed to do it again, I hurt Regina last night just because she hurt me and I was angry at her, I've hurt you and dad by rejecting you and pushing you away, I hurt Henry by sending him away when he was a baby. All I do is hurt everyone I care about. Maybe this is all that I am supposed to have. Maybe I am not meant to have a happy ending. I don't deserve Regina and I don't deserve to be happy with her if it means I have to destroy and break someone else's heart.
Snow: No Emma listen to me, you listen to me. You were given a shitty child hood, one that wasn't fair to you and one that you didn't deserve. You didn't deserve the life you were given, and you don't deserve to be this unhappy now. You deserve everything Emma, you over everyone deserve a happy ending. You deserve to be loved and to love back with all your heart, you deserve to spend your life with your true love, because you know what Emma not everyone gets the chance to have true love. Not everyone is lucky to find their true love. And you Emma you found that and she loves you. You both have just been so stubborn and scared of the fact that you think you don't deserve this. Emma you don't hurt people like you think, I understand why you pushed me and your father away. I mean seriously it isn't everyday you find out that fairytale characters exist or that your parents are Snow White and Prince Charming. Killian will get over this, but marrying him to make him happy that isn't what is best for you or him, because you can never give yourself completely to him, when you know your heart belongs to Regina. Everyone will be okay Emma. So please Emma let yourself be happy, let yourself have your happy ending because you deserve it.
I look at my mom and I can't believe everything she just said, I am so grateful for her, but I also find it hard to believe that she is right. Logically yes she is right but when have I ever been completely logical. I don't have any words for her and just nod my head slightly while wrapping my arms around her.
Snow: Emma I love you so much.
Emma: I love you to. So I guess there really isn't a good way or time to do this is there?
Snow: Not really sweetheart, but I think the sooner you do it the better considering your wedding is supposed to be in 5 hours.
Emma: Alright I am going to get dressed and head out to talk to Killian
Snow: Okay I will start making some phone calls then?
Emma: Yes. Oh and mom thank you for everything.
Snow: Of course
I turn and head to my room to get changed knowing that this was going to be the hardest thing I ever had to do. I was going to break the heart of a man who loved me, a man who gave up everything for me. A man who forgave me for leaving him all those months ago for Regina, a man who never gave up fighting for me. Even when he didn't know Regina and I were no longer together, he still fought for me. Which is more than I can say for her.
Emma: Alright mom I am going to talk to Killian
Snow: Good luck Emma. I have already started making calls. And Emma I will be here when you get back.
I smile at my mom giving her a nod, showing her how much I appreciate having her in my life, without her I wouldn't have survived the night, or had the strength to do this. I swing open the door and come face to face with Regina. I gasp as I feel my chest tighten instantly and unable to breathe.
Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
Anywhere I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you
Emma: R…R….Regina what are you doing here?
Regina: I…I have something for you. Well two things and I know what you said last night, and I know that I let you down once before and I broke your heart and I never should have. I know that you told me you don't love me anymore but I know that I will spend every day for the rest of my life showing you how much I love you and that I am not going to let you go, I made that mistake once and won't do it again. Even if you get married today, I am not going to give up. I will fight for you the way I should have all along, I will spend every day showing you how much I love you, how much you mean to me. So I am starting with this.
I stare at her in utter awe of what she is saying, I am shocked she is saying everything that I have been waiting for her to say. But they are only words and I am not sure I can believe her yet.
And I will swallow my pride
You're the one that I love
And I'm saying goodbye
Emma: Regina listen now is not a good time
Regina: I know you're getting married. But please I just need to give you these.
I look down and see two small boxes in her hands. She hands me he first box and I slowly open it and gasp when I see nothing but letters, there had to be at least 50 or more. I raise an eyebrow and look up at her. I don't know what to say and I am at a loss for words, I want to ask her what the hell these are and I notice they are all addressed to me. I go to say something but I just can't I keep glancing from the letters and back to her.
Regina: They are letters, letters I wrote to you every day we have been apart. They started that night, the night I made the biggest mistake of my life, and when I say the biggest mistake I really mean the biggest mistake. Please take this box as well.
Say something, I'm giving up on you
And I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
And anywhere I would've followed you (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Say something, I'm giving up on you
I place the box of letters down on the table beside the door, and open the next box she hands me and I gasp louder then I realized I had.
Emma: Regina
Regina: Emma that is my heart. My heart belongs to you it always has belonged to you, I just never realized that it was always yours. So I am giving you my heart to show you how much I love you and if you choose to marry Killian then I won't ever have to feel the pain of losing you again because you will have it. But if you choose to ever come back to me bring my heart with you and I will be whole again. But without you I am not whole and my heart isn't mine so it should be with you.
I am speechless, utterly speechless, this is a huge thing for Regina. The only time she has ever taken her heart out and given it to someone was when she was protecting it from Zelena.
Emma: Regina I can't….I can't take your heart
Regina: But you already have Emma now you are just literally in possession of it. I don't want my heart back because it belongs to you. So please only give it back to me when you're ready and want to be with me.
I still don't know what to say as I stare down at the heart in front of me. My mind is screaming at me to tell her I'm not getting married, to tell her I lied last night that I love her. But my heart is still broken, my heart still hurts and I'm not sure when I will be ready to let her back in. I just nod my head as I look and see a tear run down her cheek. She leans forward and presses a soft kiss on my lips before turning to walk away.
Regina: I love you Emma
Say something, I'm giving up on you
Say something...
I stand and watch her walk away before turning back to look at my mom, who is standing in the kitchen, tears streaming down her face.
Snow: That was the sweetest thing I have ever seen in my life.
Emma: Mom what am I?
Song: Say Something by A Great Big World