SQ Fix 2

You've been Swenned

4x03 Added Scene

All day long, Regina's words had echoed inside her head. It seems like The Savior needs saving these days. She knew she shouldn't mind. But she did. She did and it was driving her up the walls and tripping her over floors. And she had tried clearing her head, but to no avail. While talking with her father, chasing after the shady Snow Queen, kissing Hook after a heartfelt admittance; Regina's words, Regina's face, Regina's eyes, bore into her.

She had to shake her off. She fully intended to sleep that night.

"Regina!" The blonde yelled, opening the Mayor's Office doors. The brunette, seated next to a frozen Marian, stood up, startled.

"This might not be my administration anymore, but that is in no way the proper manner to enter a public building." Regina crossed her arms in front of her, adopting a 'judging you' attitude.

Emma couldn't care less.

"Listen to me. I came back to tell you that yes, I may have made a few mistakes and yes, I may have needed assistance to get out of a few impasses, but that doesn't diminish my Savior material in any way. And if you think otherwise, well, bad luck, sister, 'cause I don't care. So that's that. G'bye." The princess turned on her heels, heading for the door, not even considering letting the other woman reply to her rant.

Not that she could stop her, though.

"You seem awfuly disturbed", began the former queen, a wicked smirk plastered on her face that Emma could feel piercing through her spine, "for someone who so vehemently states not to care." Emma turned around, anger taking hold of her pretty features. "Easy, Miss Swan, or one would be inclined to suggest that you put a great value in what I think about you." Regina leaned on her former desk, highly satisfied with this new piece of intel she had just siphoned out of her son's biological mother.

Emma sighed and gave up. "I dunno why." She acquiesced.

Regina lifted a perfectly sculptured eyebrow. "You don't know what, Miss Swan?"

The blonde steadied herself and straightened her shoulders before answering. "I don't know why I care about what you think. And frankly, I think I don't want to know." She confessed.

Regina furrowed her brow, slightly taken aback, but without any intentions to reveal it.

"At least it's a mutual feeling, I guess". The blonde ventured.

The brunette was then fully taken aback and totally going to show it. "A mutual fee-...? What on earth are you implying by that? The cold clearly did a number on your brain."

Emma snorted and lifted her jaw. "Come on. Your remark was a dig at my... Saviory-ness... but it also was an expression of concern for my well-being."

The former mayor remained stoic. "Henry would suffer if any harm came your way. Think about that before embarking on perilous quests without the proper backup."

The Sheriff gave her a crooked smile. "So what you're saying is you care only about Henry, but not about me, right?"

If looks could kill, she would've dropped dead on the spot.

"Stop trying to corner me into a yes/no reply." The brunette ceased her looking at Emma and glanced at the horizon through an open window instead.

"You haven't answered the question." Emma's tone was light and playful. Regina hated that she didn't hate it. She rolled her eyes back into her skull and exhaled before admitting in a defeated whisper, It's not just about Henry. The Princess was in her personal space in seconds, grabbing her by the elbow, a gesture that over time had become theirs. "I wanted you to be my backup. I feel like you've been mad at me for ages." It had been a couple of weeks at most, but still. "Are we ever going to make up?" she dared ask, her voice low and tentative.

"Emma..." The blonde had backed her up against the desk and they were way too close for appropriate standards and she could smell her shampoo and see the specks of brown in her green eyes and that last sentence had practically been begged right in her ear and when, in all the realms, when had they become so intimate with each other? Why hadn't she stopped it? Why did Emma believe she could hold her like that? Why didn't she mind? Not only didn't she mind... why was she enjoying the warm closeness of the Savior by her side?

There were too many questions for her own good. Nevertheless, she lost her train of thought when the princess murmured You called me Emma and her face lit up at the words. Next thing she knew a cellphone was buzzing and the blonde removed herself from her personal space just by a step to check her device, and she reprimanded herself for mourning the loss of contact. But then Emma's face contorted in silent outrage and the energy around them changed completely.

"I have to go." Gone was the warmth of her voice as the so-called Savior sprinted to the door.

"Wait." Regina could master the elbow-grab, too. "You look pale. What happened?"

"Nothing." Emma had reverted to her teenage ways and kept trying to disentangle herself from the brunette's hold. "Would you release me? Gotta go."

"Emma. Show me your phone." Regina wasn't having any of it.

"No." She clenched her jaw in defiance.

"Emma." She warned.

"No. You'll have to make me." In her defense, the blonde seriously thought Regina would let her go if she kept being obnoxious. She didn't expect an Okay and then a puff of smoke that took her cell right out of her hands and into the brunette's. "HEY!" She tried to recover it, but Regina an her arm next to her collarbone in order to keep her away. A message popped up on the screen.

From: TheKid

To:

Ma, Robin still loves Mom. He believes that's why TLK didn't work 'n told hr so. Mom took Marian's heart out as a last-minute measure, but we'r in a pickle here. We need an Operation UnFreeze.

"My little and cunning Henry." Regina couldn't decide if she was mad at him for listening in in other people's conversations or proud of him for following clues like a hound. Probably a mixture of both. She let go of Emma's chest. "Why are you so mad?"

The Sheriff seemed to explode. "What do you mean 'why are you so mad'? His wife is frozen next to him and the guy just blurts out his love for you? What-a-douche!"

Regina's stare became liquid metal. "Why, for falling for the Evil Queen, you mean?"

Emma's eyes bulged out of her sockets. "Of course not! It's the other way around. He's not good enough for you and you just don't see it. Unbelievable!" she fumed.

Regina looked stunned for a second before she could brew a reply. "I also think Handless Wonder is not good enough for you, but you don't see me throwing a jealous fit about it." She striked back, as she was suddenly feeling attacked by the princess.

"Well, at least he's not, you know, married, and a two-timing loser."

Regina surveyed her in awe. "You didn't deny it."

"What?!"

"The jealous bit."

Emma gulped audibly, stricken, and then got a grip and stomped her feet like a two-year old. "You just don't get anything, do you? This is... I don't know why I came here. See ya."

Regina was left glued to her former desk, unable to follow after Emma or scream at her or do anything but stand in shock. Her mind was reeling. Emma was jealous? Of Robin? Words from their discussion kept rearing up in her head. At least it's a mutual feeling. Are we ever going to make up?He's not good enough for you. It made no sense. Emma had the pirate, didn't she? Granted, he was an imbecile, but even so, Emma liked him, right? I wanted you to be my backup. Her heart picked up an arrythmia and she felt a warmth take hold of her chest and flush her cheeks. For the love of all that is holy. When had all this happened?

In her Bug, driving over the speed limit towards the Sheriff station, Emma's heart sagged. She had thrown a fit and blown it.

They still hadn't made up.