Chapter three

Regina lay back against the cot in the holding cell, Charming's typing the only sound accompanying her cruel thoughts.

She had been here for about four hours, and she couldn't help but notice that the sheriff hadn't once come to the station.

She's too much of a coward.

She's afraid of you like all the rest of them.

Why would she love a monster?

Regina swallowed hard and hit her head against the wall, which earned her a surprised look from Charming.

"Don't you have work to do, deputy?" she asked a scathingly.

Charming nodded slowly and returned to his computer, for once he wasn't wishing for the queen's death. It was undeniable how happy she made Emma, and though he had originally opposed their relationship, (never openly of course), he had come to see Regina as part of the family. Though the thought of her as his daughter-in-law would have taken some getting used to, he dutifully sat in on the meeting with Emma, Henry and Snow while they planned the perfect proposal. They had decided that under the apple tree would suit Regina, if all had gone to plan they would have already been engaged for twelve days.

Regina inspected the man for a few more moments, he was noticeably avoiding her gaze and his regular 'covert' looks were starting to irritate her.

"You know I don't need a watchdog?"

Charming rolled his eyes, "I have work to do," he reminded her.

"A sheriff actually doing their work, what a novel idea," Regina laughed.

At this Charming actually smirked, "Emma does her work, sometimes."

"If that's true I've had very little evidence."

Charming openly smiled at Regina, and for a moment she smiled back.

He has always wanted you dead.

You ruined his life, why would he allow you to be with his daughter?

Do you actually believe he considers you family?

Regina's eyes fluttered shut, and she turned towards the wall.

"Regina?" Charming asked, as she quickly jumped up.

"I'm tired," she replied shortly.

Charming frowned, but nodded towards her back. He returned to his desk, and began to wonder how long they would have to deal with a bipolar mayor.

Emma had basically been swaddled in a snuggie by her mother, which Snow thought would have been funny in a different situation.

The blonde had been huddled on the couch at the Charming apartment for hours.

Since it happened, neither Henry nor Emma had returned to the mansion, and with everything going on, Snow was at least relieved that Neal had begun to sleep through the night.

"Hungry?" Snow asked for the tenth time.

Emma shook her head, and continued to stare at a family photo on the T.V. stand.

Snow sighed, and picked up the photo, sitting next to her daughter she held it up.

It was a photo of them all at Granny's after the whole Zelena debacle (the first one at least) had ended. Emma and Regina had finally told the town that they were a couple, they had of course told the Charming's long before, and Ruby had insisted that it had to be documented. She had just about took the picture before the mayor's eye roll, in the split second where she was smiling broadly at her girlfriend.

"It will be fine, Emma," Snow assured as she placed the frame in her daughter's hand.

Emma nodded half-heartedly and ran her finger across Regina's face.

"And what if it's not?" she croaked, her throat sore from all the sobbing.

Snow smiled sadly and brought a hand across her shoulder, "what harm can hope have?"

Emma nodded in agreement, despite her thought, false hope can do a lot of harm.

"Emma what is wrong with you?" Regina called as the saviour made her way down Main Street.

The blonde stopped and turned to the mayor, "what's wrong? Your sister just threw you through a clock tower," she shouted.

Regina sighed in frustration, "so?"

Emma gave her a disbelieving looked, before continuing to storm away.

"Where are you going?" Regina groaned.

"To find her."

Regina sighed again, and looking around just encase Henry was around, she allowed her magic to surge forward and appeared in front of the blonde.

"Don't be an idiot," Regina said as she lightly grabbed the saviour's bicep.

Emma tensed for a moment before deflating.

"Your right, it's just..."

"You're projecting?" Regina smirked.

"What?" Emma asked with an exasperated sigh.

"There is clearly a deeper issue here, you never got this angry before," Emma was about to deny this, but Regina held up her hand, "you always saved me, but you never went looking for revenge straight after."

"This is different," Emma mumbled.

"How?" Regina laughed.

"Well back then you was just the incredibly sexy mayor that I pretended not to like...and now...well I don't know what we are...why are you smiling?"

"You're being ridiculous; our new found intimacy doesn't change anything."

"Of course it does!" Emma shouted.

"What is the issue here Emma?" Regina's smirk lessened for a moment, are we actually having a fight about this, she thought. "I'm not ready..."

"Not it's not that," Emma replied quickly, "I get that you don't want people to know yet,"

The blonde looked around to see that the street was finally deserted after the witch showdown, and surged forward to hug the other woman. Regina winced slightly, and Emma pulled back to see a cut along her shoulder blade that she had somehow missed.

"That's it!" Emma snapped, and she turned to continue to the farm house.

Regina groaned, and grabbed the blonde, "What is wrong with you Swan?" she shouted.

"Everyone I love or even like dies!" Emma shouted back through tears.

Regina raised her eyebrow, and the blonde finally deflated and dropped onto a nearby bench.

"Hook died in Neverland, Neal is probably dead, and I don't know how I felt about Graham..."

Regina plopped down next to Emma with a pained expression on her face, and Emma realised her mistake, "I didn't mean that last one to be your fault."

"But it was," she replied with a downward look.

"You were a different, granted psychotic person then. I love who you are now," Emma replied. Regina looked at the blonde with a small smile, and Emma continued, "which brings me back to my point..."

Regina leaned forward and locked their lips in a short sweet kiss.

"Stop being an idiot Swan, I'm not that easy to get rid of."

"Promise?" Emma sighed.

"I promise."

A/N I decided that it would be easier to just write Hook out, so sorry if you guys wanted to see him in this fic, because I think that at this point there would be no point writing in Robin or Hook.

I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, reviews would be much appreciated :)