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Chapter 20

Regina was overwhelmed with feelings once she kissed the blonde. The sparks, which she felt crackling inside of her, set her heart on fire. An ultimate happiness and relief filled her instantly but was soon replaced by various other feelings. She felt an unbearable pain all of a sudden causing her to shed the hottest tears that she had ever shed.

There was absolutely no memory that came to her in this moment, not even a simple vision. The brunette still couldn't remember anything and that was the greatest pain of all.

However, Regina didn't know that she just felt, her mind was off for once in her life, enjoying that sign of affection. It hurt her so deeply that it may all be in vain.

And Emma cried because she couldn't imagine how she could feel as much as she felt for the brunette. Would this love, this longing ever stop? It burned her in the best way imaginable as she felt those soft lips capturing her own. She forgot about everything that was right and that was wrong. Her tears were one of joy and one of disbelief. This was just too good to be true. Her heart and her insides exploded. The blonde was on fire. Her arteries throbbed and her body prickled from the sensation of that simply touch. Emma drowned in that moment and never wanted to stop feeling that way.

Both of them didn't notice that the other one cried as well, thinking that the tears only were their own. So they parted after a while and looked into each other's souls. One bitter, flooded by disappointment and the other overwhelmed with happiness, too lost in the moment.

"This should have worked." Regina muttered angrily as tears once again filled her dark orbs.

"What?" The blonde asked, stunned and taken aback at the hardened expression on the other woman's face.

"True love's kiss. We don't remember." She carried on, gazing into watery green eyes.

Emma furrowed her brow in confusion before she spoke up.

"Regina, what the fuck are you talking about?"

"Us. We are married. We are each other's soulmates." Regina said, smiling bitterly at the blonde.

And Emma just shook her head once she answered quietly.

"No, that's just in that storybook."

"It's true. It happened. All of it. Please, believe me." The brunette begged but to no avail.

Emma never believed in such things, especially not in magic.

"I can't." She simply said and that was enough to break the other woman's heart a little.

Regina could hear it crack inside of her and another hot tear slipped from her eye.

"I… I have a husband and a child. I have a good life. This is my happy ending." The blonde continued but there was a sad look on her face nonetheless.

Yes, Emma lied to protect herself. She wasn't one to fall, trust or believe easily. That wasn't in her nature.

The brunette took Emma's hands in her own and spoke up with a hoarse voice that slightly trembled. Regina was someone who wore her heart on her tongue.

"Emma, tell me that all of this is what you desire. Tell me that you want me to leave and I promise you that you shall never see me again."

Emma's look instantly softened as she stared at the brunette with teary eyes. When she spoke up, she almost sounded like a lost and hurt puppy.

"Is that what you want?"

The brunette shook her head and contorted her face before she softly replied, revealing what should have been said long ago.

"Don't twist my words, Emma. I want you."

Another few tears slipped from emerald orbs as soon as the blonde whispered.

"I can't."

The brunette nodded slightly and sadly when she spoke up barely audible.

"Don't forget me."

Regina closed the distance between them and placed a stolen but longing kiss on Emma's cheek. As soon as plump lips touched the soft skin beneath, the blonde whispered one last time.

"I won't remember anything else."

Emma didn't know how cruel those words were. How much they hurt the other woman because how in the world could the blonde even remember. They didn't even know what was true. However, only Regina seemed to understand, seemed to believe, seemed to feel that pain of not knowing anything, of feeling so lonely and abandoned.

And so the brunette turned around and left the one that had stolen her heart. How could she live with this pain? She couldn't and she wouldn't live or maybe she could live but only without the pain, without her heart.

As soon as Regina had left the apartment, Emma fell down to the ground crying. Her little son couldn't understand what had just happened. That wasn't how the story was supposed to go. The storybook had a happy ending and this certainly didn't look like it. So he bent down to his mother and hugged her tightly before he silently spoke up.

"Ma, it's gonna be okay but why you let her go?"

The blonde smiled sadly at the boy as she gave her response.

"I'm not a hero, not a savior. I have you and Neal. Shouldn't that be enough? I can't leave him."

Henry shook his head a little and locked eyes with his mother before he asked.

"Do you love her?"

"Yes but it's too late now. And I screwed up." Emma admitted, torn between what was right and wrong.

"No, ma! Look, the happy ending miss. So there's time!" The little boy happily exclaimed, holding up his storybook.

He continued quickly as he still smiled broadly at his mother.

"We write it and go see Gina. Please, ma."

Emma inhaled deeply, thinking about what to say. Once she responded, she couldn't even believe her own words.

"You saved my day you know that. We'll finish that book."

"Yeah, I'm the Savior." Henry giggled and smiled at his mother.

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