Yay, chapter three is done! I hope I haven't kept you guys waiting too long, I do try to write these quickly, it just takes a lot more time then I think it will every time. Well, I hope you enjoy!
~8Ball
Regina made Henry a quick dinner, since he hadn't eaten when they got home from the game, and then sits down with him so he wont eat alone.
"Henry, do you know where Emma works?" She asks Henry, who was at the time shoving pasta into his mouth. Emma had already told her where she worked, but Regina felt like she should ask a leading question before asking the one she really wants the answers to. Even though she's only talking to a six year old, she thinks about it seriously.
"Shwe fworks at schwol." He swallows the pasta he had in his mouth and then nods like he's proud of himself.
"Can you tell me that again, this time without food in your mouth?" Regina asks, trying to be stern, but failing.
"She works at school." He picks up his plate and before Regina can ask anymore questions, he's already on his way up to bed. She sighs, giving up for the night, and sits back down on her couch.
"Great." She mumbles under her breath. "Just great."
Michael had gotten a business call right after Emma had finished talking about her encounter with Regina and he has to run off to answer it. Emma's food comes so she eats alone, thinking about soccer and how she has to grade a bunch of papers before Monday. When she's done eating, she glances out the window to where Michael is talking and it doesn't look like he's going to be done anytime soon. Disappointed, she stands up, pays, and then walks herself home. All that's waiting for her there is a pile of ungraded papers.
The walk to her house is short since Granny's isn't that far away, and once she's back, she reluctantly starts working. She wonders if Regina has replied yet so she picks up her phone. No reply. She takes a picture of the mess and sends it to her.
-Is this the answer you're looking for?-
After a couple minutes, Regina gets bored and decides to turn her phone back on. You know, just to check to see if her work contacted her. Even though she knows that they wouldn't have. When she sees the text from Emma, a small smile forms on her lips. She doesn't even notice.
-Yes Miss Swan, I believe it is-
Regina yawns and leans back against the couch, beginning to realize how tired she is. She keeps her phone close to her so that she wont miss anything if Emma replies anytime soon. Henry's next practice is in a week and a little part of Regina is disappointed because she won't be able to see Emma again until then. Unless she manages to run into Emma at Henry's school by any chance. It's unlikely though, and she isn't about to go out of her way just to see her.
-Maybe we could grab some dinner sometime tomorrow?-
Immediately after sending the text, Emma hates herself. 'Why did I just do that?!' She thinks to herself. Dreading how Regina will react, she hits herself on the forehead for being so stupid.
-I'm afraid not, Henry is meeting up with his Grandparents tomorrow. However, I am sure he'd love to see you.-
Regina was a bit confused with the whole 'dinner' idea so she decides to just forget about it. She just assumes that Emma was talking about seeing Henry and not her. It's been six years since 'the incident' and she been in any successful relationships since. No friends, no partners, no anything. She had built walls, and she had no intention of letting them fall.
-Ok, cool-
Emma had thought about pushing the subject and telling Regina that it was her she was asking, and not Henry, but she decided against it. After all, she had just met the woman, she couldn't expect her to go out on a date with her. She picks up her TV remote and starts to flip through the channels, hoping to find something to get her mind off of Regina. She can't focus on the screen though, and she finds herself thinking even more about the brunette. 'Why am I so into her?' She asks herself. 'Is it her amazing, drop dead gorgeous appearance? Or the way that she demands to be respected? Maybe it's everything, maybe it's really nothing.' All she really knows is that she wants to know more about Regina. She has realized though, that Regina does seem a little closed off, kind of hesitant about people.
-Perhaps I'll see you on Monday, Miss Swan-
Regina had completely ignored that fact that Emma had wanted her to call her 'Emma' and nothing else. She had surrendered her first name to Regina, so it's only fitting that Regina calls her by it. Besides, she kind of likes the way it sounds. She just doesn't realize it yet. Without thinking, she closes her eyes and drifts off to sleep. It was the first time in forever since she'd really had an actual conversation with someone that wasn't about work.
-Perhaps-
Emma had gotten a little fluttery feeling in her stomach when Regina had said that, and as much as she hated to admit it, she wished that she could see Regina more. Although, she was, if only a tiny bit, annoyed with Regina because she kept calling her 'Miss Swan', but alas, there was nothing she could do about it. After a little bit, she goes up to her room and changes into her night clothes. Which was really just her underwear and a tank top. She gets into bed and attempts to fall asleep without thinking of Regina. She dreams of dark hair and beautiful brown eyes.
{POV}
Regina doesn't know how she did it, but somehow she managed to fall asleep fully dressed. She wakes up at around five in the morning, completely confused about where she is.
"Shit." She says, realizing that she fell asleep on her couch. Quickly but quietly, she runs upstairs to her room, careful not to wake Henry up. She showers and gets changed to drop off Henry at her parents house, even though it would be hours until she had to actually drop him off.
Henry usually wakes up around nine and so Regina has a long while to just kind of relax. She hasn't talked to her parents in a while, it will be interesting when she sees them again today. Her mother will probably be upset that she hasn't been talking to her, and her stepfather will stay out of her way. He knows that once her mother starts to pester her, he should just let then work it out. They never do though, and she always leaves in a bad mood. Her father had died when she was younger and she never really knew him. She's over it though, if that doesn't sound harsh.
She goes downstairs and makes herself breakfast. By the time she sits down, it's already six. She eats and then puts everything away. Waiting isn't her thing so she tries to occupy herself before Henry wakes up.
{POV}
Emma wakes up at around eight, which is a lot earlier than she normally wakes up. Usually she wakes up around noon. She sits up groggily and runs her eyes. Really, she just wants to go back to sleep, but she can never fall back asleep once she's awake.
The sun is shining through her blinds so she gets up and leaves her bedroom. Breakfast for her is a bagel and a cup of coffee to give her an extra kick. She doesn't have to go anywhere today so she stays in her pajamas and watches tv on the couch.
{POV}
Soon, Henry's awake and ready to go. They leave quickly and on the way there, Henry won't stop talking about what he's been learning in school. It's good that he's learning, but Regina is still a little tired so she isn't really listening to him. She's also mainly thinking about how she's going to leave her parents house without talking to them. Her fate is inevitable though and she knows it.
When they finally get to her parents house, Henry quickly gets out of the car and runs up to the door. He's always excited to see his grandparents, they're nice to him. Regina doesn't like that her mother spoils him, but there's nothing she can do about it anymore. She's tried to stop her before but her mother listens to no one.
"Henry!" Her mom comes out of the door and hugs him. Regina just stands behind Henry and watches them. A couple seconds later, her stepfather is out too. They exchange greetings and then Regina's stepfather takes Henry inside. "Regina, why don't you come in for a moment?" It's more of a demand then a question.
"I really can't, I have-" Her mother cuts her off.
"Don't lie to me, I know you're off from work today. Come inside." Her mother's face is cold and she moves to the side for Regina to enter. Without another word, Regina steps inside.
{POV}
Emma watches tv for a while and then turns it off to do something else. She gets bored and has nothing else really to do except more work. She hates grading papers, but she has to so she does. Some of these kids that she teaches are really stupid. They don't even write their last name on the paper! It's like two seconds of their time taken, it's not that big of a deal. A few of them make the worst grades on the easiest things. It's infuriating because they act like they don't even care.
{POV}
"Why have you been so distant with me?"
Regina and her mother are standing in her mother's kitchen. Her mother is beginning to start an argument like she does every time Regina comes over. She hates it, and half the time, Henry hears and gets upset.
"I've been busy." It's half the truth. She also just didn't want to talk to her. There's no point, her mother is infuriating. Sure, she's Regina's mother, but Regina really just doesn't want to have contact with her.
"Liar." Her mother crosses her arms in front of her chest and raises an eyebrow. Regina sighs deeply and rolls her eyes.
"I'm a grown woman mother, I no longer have to explain myself to you." Regina says, obviously annoyed.
"Yes you do, I'm still your mother." There's no emotion in her mother's voice, it's blank.
"I was busy, ok. I had things that I was doing." This is the part where her mother freaks out and starts yelling. This is the part where Regina gets pissed.
"You were ignoring me, that's what it was!" Her voice cuts through the air like knives and Regina is reminded of all the times when her mother got mad at her when she was still a child. Back when she was still afraid of her mother. She's not anymore though, she's used to her mother's yelling.
"I was not, I-" Once again, her mother cuts her off.
"Stop lying Regina! Stop avoiding everyone!" Regina bites her tongue. She never gets a chance to speak.
"I'm not." She says, not matching her mother's volume. She's not going to yell and disturb Henry.
"Yes you are!" He mother takes a deep breath in attempt to calm down. "It's been six years Regina, don't you think that it's time you got over him and moved on?" This time her mother sounds sadder. Almost disappointed.
"Excuse me?" Now Regina's pissed. "You're telling me to get over it?" She tries not to start yelling but it doesn't work. "You're not even over dad yet! And you're telling me to get over-" She can't say the name. His name. "Don't start with me mother. It always ends badly." Her mother looks crippled, but Regina doesn't lose her composure. "I'll pick up Henry at six...goodbye mother." She turns away and leaves the house. As she drives home, she repairs the cracks in her walls.
It's 12:55 am and I finally finished this chapter while listening to Grace Helbig's podcast, Not Too Deep. I'm so tired, but I wanted to finish this chapter so I could post it before I went to sleep. The ending of this chapter (starting from when Regina woke up on her couch) isn't in the original role play. I wanted to make Regina have a conversation with her mother to expose a little bit about Regina's past. The line breaks are being terrible (I'm posting this on my iPod) so I could only put a few in and I had to replace the others with the pov thing I was doing before. It'll be normal again next chapter. I hope you guys liked the chapter! I'm going to stop typing now so I can post this and go to sleep, byeeee.
~8Ball