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Chapter 6

After a restless night, David was nervous to see Regina – which was the reason why he was standing on her doorstep, afraid to knock. Another reason for his shot nerves was the awkward dreams that he had had the previous night – the entire night. He had been plagued by dreams of her – her eyes, her face, her hands, her lips… and after rolling around for hours, unable to get the picture of her out of his dreams, they started turning erotic. Come to think of it, he wasn't sure that plagued was the right word. Awkward as it was to admit, he quite enjoyed the dreams – and the feeling he had when he woke up. If only it had been enough to release the sexual frustration that had been piling up within him – instead it only served to make it worse. His thoughts were a confused jumble and he was lost in them – too lost to notice that the door had opened.

Regina froze when she opened her door to find the charming prince standing there silently. Her mouth went dry and she took an involuntary step back.

"David…"

She breathed his name and he swallowed thickly. The hoarseness of her voice somehow managed to throw him back into his dreams where she had whispered his name over and over in a passionate frenzy as he explored every inch of her perfect body. He took a large step forward, penetrating her personal bubble without hesitation. Before she could use her hands to blast him away from her once more, he caught both her wrists in one hand and stared down at her.

"Regina, just listen to me."

She shut her eyes, trying to block him out and her hands balled into fists in his steel grip.

"I can't stop thinking about you, I can't stop… What did you do to me?"

Her eyes flew open at the accusation and she gasped.

"What?"

"You heard me. What did you do to me? A curse, a spell? Tell me!"

He could feel her trembling with anger against his body and her eyes flew to his, fury shining in them.

"You think I… that… a curse? A spell? You think I am so desperate… I…"

"Mom? Gramps?"

The second she heard Henry's voice, Regina was relieved that David's grip was restraining her from using magic – she had a feeling he would not have appreciated it. David, however, wasn't so lucky and he let go of her guiltily. Once out of his grip, Regina took a few large steps back, moving away from him as far as possible.

Henry glanced from his mother to his grandfather suspiciously.

"What's going on?"

David simply stood frozen in his spot, his mouth gaping open and after enjoying his flustered demeanour for a few seconds, Regina moved toward Henry with a small smile.

"David is just… frustrated, sweetheart."

David huffed – she had no idea exactly how frustrated he was, however it was definitely not the same type of frustration that she was trying to explain to her son. Henry was still not satisfied.

"I don't understand. He was hurting you."

David's eyes caught Regina's over Henry's head and the realization burnt through him when he glanced down at his hands. He hadn't even realized it – she was so powerful, so strong that it wasn't always easy to remember that her body was so small, so frail…

Henry approached him, his eyes showing exactly how conflicted he was.

"I don't get it. You're a good guy, why would you hurt her? What did she do? "

Regina grimaced. When she was the one who had hurt David, Henry was quick to announce that it was who she was, he was quick to show that it was what was expected from her. However, when dear Prince Charming did something wrong, it was a great shock to all involved and surely, despite her being the so-called victim, it had to be her fault. Of course – heroes never caused harm, did they? David seemed to have read her mind and he knelt down in front of Henry.

"I'm sorry, buddy… Your mom didn't do anything wrong, she didn't do anything to make me angry. She's just trying to help and I… I was wrong. What I did, hurting your mom and getting angry at her… it was my fault."

Regina slumped back against the wall a little. It felt strange to have someone defend her and she glanced at her son. All suspicion had left Henry's face and he now looked at David with something akin to anger.

"We talked about this! You said that my mom wasn't evil that she was just sad and now you're just making it worse! Why would you hurt her?"

Shock registered in Regina's eyes and she stared at David, her face ghostly pale. He stood slowly, trying desperately to find an explanation. Once again, it was Regina who saved him.

"Henry… why don't you go and get dressed? We can have breakfast at Granny's again."

Henry hesitated.

"No… I don't want to leave you with him. What if he hurts you again?"

Pain flashed on David's face and Regina could not help the tinge of satisfaction at that. It was good to see Henry's distrust directed at someone else. David knelt down in front of Henry again, his blue eyes sincere.

"I promise… I won't hurt her again, Henry. I'll never hurt your mom again."

Henry seemed to believe him and rushed back – not without a last concerned glance at Regina. She waited until he was upstairs before she turned to David.

"How heroic."

"Regina…"

She circled him as a lion would its prey – slowly, deadly. She was clearly furious and David had to admit that she had a few reasons to be so.

"I'm sorry."

"Sorry?"

She was pressed against him within seconds, her index finger pointing at his chest dangerously.

"What are you sorry for, Charming? For discussing me with my son behind my back? For attempting to hurt me? For accusing me of being desperate enough to cast some sort of lust spell on… on you of all people?"

She laughed gruffly and her voice lowered as she moved away from him once more.

"I assure you that I have never needed magic to seduce anyone."

She spun away from him and he reached out at the last second, grabbing her arm and twisting her towards him again. His mouth was on hers before she could even blink and Regina acted out of pure instinct, running her fingers through his hear as his mouth explored hers persistently.

David could hardly believe what he had done – he never could have foreseen a situation in which he would be kissing the Evil Queen, only… Regina wasn't exactly the Evil Queen anymore and…

Her mouth opening under his hesitantly kicked all logical thoughts out of his mind and he wrapped his arms around her, lifting her up against him. He moved back two steps and spun them around to press her back against the closed door as his mouth travelled down her jaw to her neck, his hands tangling in her dark hair desperately. Without realizing it, Regina tilted her head back to expose more of her soft skin and David latched onto it hungrily before moving back up to devour her lips. Then she pulled away as suddenly as she had relented and pushed herself out of his arms, her eyes wide.

"No…"

He smiled uncomfortably and stuffed his hands in the pockets of his jeans.

"Come on… I'm not that bad of a kisser, am I?"

She looked at him through betrayed eyes.

"David… this… you can't do this. You can't make me do this. I am trying to be good."

He approached her again and she cowered away from him, only he wouldn't have it. He pulled her into a chaste embrace and his voice was thick when he spoke.

"You are good, Regina."

She pressed against his chest and pushed him away from her gently. For a mere second, she allowed her palm to rest against his cheek.

"I am lonely, David. I just lost the love of my life for a second time, I am hurt and lonely and in all honesty… I hate Snow more than ever for what she had taken from me. But I am trying to be worthy of Henry. Don't make it harder than it already is."

With that, she disappeared up the stairs – leaving David breathless and guilty against the wall.