Okay, just to clear up confusion; in chapter 3 I said that Regina hasn't felt a connection to anyone since Daniel but the next chapter I said that she was married to Jefferson, that was a complete mistake on my part. Regina was married to Jefferson in this fic but when I wrote chapter 3 I mistakenly wrote Daniel. Please forgive my mistake, Daniel will be in this fic but not just yet. Anyway, this chapter is little different from the rest, it begins with a flashback of how Emma and Zelena met each other but will pick up from where the last chapter left off as well.
Emma had been looking for Graham for the past hour, the Irishman was nowhere to be found and Emma swore she was going to kill him for leaving her with a bunch of strangers. She was starting to worry for her friend; she knew his parties could get a little... Out of hand. As a way of escaping the madness she knew was about to happen, she stepped out onto the balcony, although it was freezing, it was still peaceful. However, she wasn't expecting someone to be out their already. A woman to be exact. The stranger wasn't aware of Emma standing behind her because she continued her conversation on her phone, Emma could tell the woman was upset about something so she thought it would be best to leave her be but, instead, Emma stayed. There was something about this woman even though she hadn't seen her face yet. After a couple of minutes, the woman angrily hung up her phone and turned to go back inside, jumping when she realised that there was someone behind her.
"Do you make it a habit to listen to other people's conversations?" The woman snapped.
Emma was speechless for a moment, mainly because she had been caught.
The woman scoffed. "You know what? Never mind, just get out of my way." She said as stormed towards the door.
As she tried to open it, she realised that the door wasn't budging. At this point, Emma realised that she must've let it lock behind her. The woman began banging on the door to no avail, the music from inside was far too loud to hear the banging.
'Shit' Emma thought.
"Hey, uh, I didn't mean to eavesdrop." The 20-year-old said.
The redheaded woman turned to glare at her. "I don't care if you were, you've gone and locked us out here and no one can hear me so we can't get back in!"
Emma suddenly felt awful but, as much as she didn't want to admit it, she knew they were going to be out here for a while so done the first thing came to mind and introduced herself, sticking her hand out in front of her.
"I'm Emma," she told her. The stranger just looked at her, not acknowledging that the younger blonde had her hand out to shake. The blonde awkwardly put her hand down and went to sit against the balcony wall. The pair suffered an uncomfortable amount of time in silence before either of them decided to speak.
"Zelena, my name is Zelena." The older woman finally said, turning to face the blonde.
Emma raised her head to look at the redhead and smiled. 'A beautiful name for a beautiful face' she thought. "Well, Zelena, since we're going to be out here for a while, how about we get to know each other?" Emma asked with hope. The redhead smiled in return.
Neither of the two knew how much time had passed, maybe around three hours, and no one had come out to the balcony once. The women had spent this time getting to know each other a little better, Zelena actually found herself enjoying the blonde's company although she was still standing opposite her. Emma noticed that woman had began to shiver, she frowned at the sight before taking off her red leather jacket and walking over to her.
"Here, take this," she said, holding the jacket out to Zelena.
Zelena looked from the jacket to the blonde, unsure on what to do. Emma chuckled. "You're cold, please, just put it on."
The redhead blushed before she put the blonde's jacket on, she found it surprisingly comforting. What shocked her was that the blonde had began to rub Zelena's arms up and down in a soothing manner in an attempt to keep her warm. Emma then found herself slowly leaning in towards the woman. Zelena's breath hitched as she realised what the younger woman was about to do.
"Please stop me if you don't want this," Emma whispered against the woman's lips.
In response, Zelena closed the gap between them and pressed her lips against Emma's. As if by complete coincidence, the balcony door opened and Graham stood with a smirk in the doorway as the two women jumped apart from each other. "Did I, uh, interrupt?" he asked cockily.
Both women looked down with red faces at being caught. "Dude, just give me the key for the door and go back to your party." Emma responded.
The Irishman chuckled and tossed the key at Emma before closing the door and going back inside. Emma turned to face Zelena, the woman still hadn't looked up.
"Zelena, are you-" Emma's question was cut short when Zelena threw her arms around her neck and kissed her again.
"What a lovely way to have met each other," Henry Sr smiled from his place on the couch.
The couple smiled at each other as they reminisced the first time they met, Emma's arm having moved around Zelena's shoulders at some point through the story, resulting in Zelena leaning back into fiancé's embrace, kissing her cheek. Emma was trying her best to get her mind off of Regina but she couldn't help but compare their first kiss to her first one with Zelena. She felt awful. She hated that she was hurting Regina but she also didn't want to break Zelena's heart, the woman trusted her. Emma always told her that she was her happy ending but now, the blonde is beginning to doubt herself, what if she wasn't meant to be with Zelena? Emma knew that she was the one in the wrong, she couldn't find her future sister-in-law attractive, not the sister who made her fiancé's life a living hell, she doesn't want to hurt Zelena but if she doesn't sort out her feelings for Regina then she'll end up doing just that in the worst way possible.
Just when she thought the day couldn't get any worse, Regina came into the room and sat down beside her father. Emma could tell just by looking at her that she'd been crying, 'Shit, I hope that's not because of me." The blonde knew that she was most likely the reason behind her tears but she had to remain faithful, had to do the honourable thing. Zelena glared at her sister as she sat down, not caring that her eyes were red from crying, she scoffed at her. Regina, however, was indifferent and smiled, trying her best not to let people know what was wrong.
Emma heard Zelena's scoff, suddenly feeling protective over the brunette and nudged her fiancé. Of course, she wasn't going to blatantly defend the younger Mills, that would look suspicious and the last thing she needed was an argument with Zelena. As if she knew Regina had reappeared, Cora entered the room announcing that Gold and his family had just left. "Regina, dear, Richard told me that he has also been in contact with Daniel recently, isn't it wonderful? Everything is falling into place." Cora smiled.
Again, this Daniel character was mentioned and Emma still had no idea why her fiancé always tensed at the sound of his name. The blonde slowly stroked Zelena's shoulder to ease her slightly. "Who's Daniel?" She asked.
Cora rolled her eyes at the blonde's question. "He's no one," both Zelena and Regina said at the same time.
'Okay, that was creepy,' Emma thought.
"Regina, dear, don't be ridiculous! Daniel was Regina's boyfriend in high school; I don't know why the two of you ended such a perfect relationship. Although, come to think to think of it, Zelena, I heard he took quite a liking to you, not that anything would've ever come of it. Why would he give up a life with Regina for you?" Cora laughed.
Everyone fell silent. Zelena could feel the tears in her eyes but before they could fall, she quickly stood, ready to leave the room. Emma was quick enough to grab her wrist.
"Baby, don't-" She began but Zelena snatched her wrist back and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
Regina flinched at the sound, she knew exactly what had triggered her older sister's anger but she wasn't prepared to tell Cora, so she looked down and kept her mouth shut. Her mother letting out a laugh, "Well, now that's she's gone, how about we start this evening?"
Emma angrily stood up in front of Cora. "You bitch, how could someone treat her own child that way? She has done her best to impress you and still you choose to treat her like shit!" She snapped.
"Emma, don't, just... Please." Regina begged her not to continue, for some reason Emma wanted to listen to her but she had to defend Zelena, that's the honourable thing to do, right?
"No, Regina, I am sick of her talking crap about my fiancé, we've only been here for a day and she's already acting as if she wants us gone! Mrs Mills, I don't care if you don't like me but you could at least try with Zelena, it's not her fault you wanted to abandon her!" Emma continued until Cora went completely silent, she had not been expecting the blonde to stand up to her, no one has ever spoken to her that and lived to tell the tale. The blonde's outburst left Henry Sr smirking and Regina with a worried look on her face, as soon as Emma looked at her she knew had screwed up big time. The young sheriff even surprised herself with her outburst before she stormed out of the room, not noticing Regina fleeing after her.
"Swan, Miss Swan!" She called after the blonde.
"What? And would you stop with the 'Miss Swan', it's Emma! People call me Emma!" Emma snapped, stopping at the bottom of the stairs.
Regina flinched at the blonde's tone. "Shit, Regina, I'm sorry, okay, your mom... She's a real piece of work, you know?"
"Emma, please, before you talk to Zelena, there's something you need to know. I know she hates me, I know we don't have the best relationship but she's my sister and I still care about her." Regina began.
"What are you talking about? I already know that you two have a crappy relationship," Emma was now confused.
"Daniel isn't who my mother made him out to be, he done something... And that's what destroyed my relationship with my sister... Just, whatever she says, tell her that I'm sorry." Regina told her sincerely.
Okay, now Emma was beyond confused. She furrowed her brow. "Sorry? Regina, what happened?"
Regina took a breath and shook her head. "She'll know what I mean. Please just tell her. Oh and Emma, I'm sorry for making you feel like this, you're marrying her and I, I just want you to know that I'm happy for the two of you." She said with a sad smile.
If Emma didn't feel conflicted before, boy was she feeling it now. She didn't know what Regina was doing to her but she knew that she liked it, maybe in another life, huh? The blonde didn't want to hurt either of the sisters, she knew she could choose the easy option and just get on with her life with Zelena but that wouldn't be fair to the redhead, the blonde had known Regina for a day but in that day, she had fallen for her hard. She could picture a future with the brunette, one she once imagined having with Zelena but things tend to change in Storybrooke, right? 'What the hell, one kiss won't kill me', the blonde thought as she quickly pecked Regina on the lips. "Thank you, Regina. We'll talk later, I promise." She said before running up the stairs to find Zelena.
Regina was speechless. The blonde had kissed her twice in one day and after both times she went back to her redheaded sister. Regina didn't know what to do, she knew felt something for the blonde but she also didn't want to betray her sister again. She gently touched her lips where the blonde had kissed with her finger tips and smiled at the thought, Emma Swan will be the death of her.
Okay, just to clear up confusion; in chapter 3 I said that Regina hasn't felt a connection to anyone since Daniel but the next chapter I said that she was married to Jefferson, that was a complete mistake on my part. Regina was married to Jefferson in this fic but when I wrote chapter 3 I mistakenly wrote Daniel. Please forgive my mistake, Daniel will be in this fic but not just yet. Thoughts? What do you think will happen next? Please leave a review and I hope to see you guys back here next time