Chapter 4: Chapter 4
AN: Enjoy!
"What are you doing here?" Cora asks Regina as she walks through the door.
"Um, I live here. What are you doing here, Mother?" Regina retorts sarcastically.
"Came to clean."
"Uh-huh, you should be dressed, Mother."
"Well, I was. I'm just settling in for the evening."
"It's almost 5:00. You said you were going out later."
"No, you said I was going out later."
Regina shoots her mother a disappointed look.
"Have you finished work already, dear?" Cora questions further.
"Perks of running your own business you pick your work hours, and I'm also busy tonight."
"What, a date? Does my daughter have a date?" Cora says with excitement in her eyes.
"No. But you could have."
Cora groans.
"What bingo and knitting groups? Not my style, besides everybody is looking for love. And after all love is weakness."
"No, chocolate is weakness. Love is strength. Now come on mother, you need to get out there."
"And be surround by other old people like me? No thank you, I am a bit more refined."
Regina chuckles, "You know, those people are sad. Just like you. You're sad."
"No. I'm depressed. There's a difference."
Regina rolls her eyes as she walks up her staircase towards her bedroom.
"I wish you'd get a life mother!" Regina playfully shouts at her down below.
"I wish you would." Cora retorts with sarcasm.
"Yes, I know you do mother, I know you do."
"You really think Robin will hook up with Regina?" Emma questions.
"She's got a pulse, hasn't she?" Killian comments smugly.
"Oh, what do you think?" Killian adds motioning to his new shirt.
Emma continues to look down, "Of her? I haven't really..."
"Oh, no, no. The shirt?" Killian clarifies, and he motions to the shirt once more.
"Oh, uh... It's gorgeous. You're gorgeous." Emma says giving Killian a small smirk.
"Yeah? See I knew you only married me for my looks." Killian teases.
Just then the doorbell rings.
Killian opens the door, "Hey."
"Hey." Regina replies while giving Killian a small hug.
"Come in. You look fab."
"Thank you, and guess what I brought?" Regina says while motioning to the glass bottle in her hand. "It's harder than the regular cider I make, I promise." Regina adds giving him a wink.
"Sweetheart, Regina's here." Killian calls from below the staircase.
Suddenly a wave of nerves hit Emma as she catches a glimpse of Regina. Regina is wearing a royal blue dress with long sleeves and a small black belt around the waist. He hair is pulled into a loose ponytail, showing off the brunette's natural facial features.
"Here I am." Emma says as she descends down the stairs.
"Hey. You look amazing." Regina says while motioning to Emma's own outfit.
Emma is wearing a simple sleeveless black dress. She is wearing a golden locket around her neck and her hair is pulled back into a bun.
"Hi, and thank you. You look fantastic as well."
Regina tilts her head in recognition while motioning to the bottle in her hand.
"Oh thank you Regina, I'll go grab some glasses. Please make yourself at home." Emma says, motioning to the sofa.
Killian and Regina sit on the sofa.
"Listen, do you believe in reincarnation? It's just that Emma thought you guys had met before." Killian states.
"That's not what I..."
"I'd have remembered, I think." Regina interjects giving Emma a small wink, causing the blonde's cheeks to redden.
"I'll be right back." Emma says while she makes her way to the bathroom.
Emma looks at herself in the mirror her cheeks reddening again at the image of the brunette burns into her brain, causing the blonde's body to ache to just be close to her.
I don't know. Emma thinks to herself as she takes another glance in the mirror and walks out of the bathroom.
"Anyway, how about you? Married? Ever been married, ever gonna be married?" Killian asks trying to make small talk.
"No. No. Maybe now the laws have changed."
Killian brows furrow, "What do you mean?"
"Well, I'm gay." Regina replies nonchalantly as she gives him a soft smile.
Killian chuckles thinking she just joking. He stops when he sees the seriousness in her eyes, and instant changes his attitude to a sort of admiration.
"Mmm. Can I watch?" He jokes.
Regina shoots him a death glare
"Kidding. Just kidding. I am sorry bad joke."
The doorbell rings.
"That'll be Robin." Killian says.
"This is disgusting. Terrible. Gross." Robin says as he comments on the food.
"Well tell me how you really feel." Emma says glaring at Robin.
"It is, love. It's atrocious." Killian says, giving Emma a look of pity.
"I told you when you married me I can only order takeout and make cereal, so what you see is what you get." Emma replies defiantly.
"Anyway, more importantly, listen. It's been three weeks now. Let's have it. How much better is sex after marriage?" Robin asks coyly.
The three others nearly choke on their drinks in response to his bluntness.
"Please. I am not going to answer that." Killian retorts.
"You better not unless you wanna sleep on the couch tonight," Emma teases.
Robin continues ignoring Emma's comment, "Because, when I've had sex with people after they were married, they have said that it's fantastic."
"Killian?" Robin adds still expecting an answer.
"Get wed and find out yourself." Emma retorts.
"Come on, Robin couldn't make that commitment. We're talking about two or three years of his life." Killian says.
"Well, I'm not a one-person person." Robin says as he smiles proudly.
"You really don't think your other half's out there?" Regina questions.
"Um no, I am a how you say, a diverse creature. I need constant company via various women, interested?" He asks Regina mockingly.
Regina lets out a small chuckle, "No, thank you."
"Your loss, but you know, they teach the birds and the bees about me." Robin says charmingly.
The whole dinner table erupts in laughter.
"It'll all change when you meet Miss Right." Emma adds.
"And how am I supposed to know when I do that?" Robin questions.
"You don't know, not straight away at least. It just feels warm and comfortable. And you hang in there and give it a chance, before you know it, you're like...'Yeah, this is it. Must be love.' And that's that." Emma states.
"I don't agree." Regina replies, "I think you know immediately. You know, as soon as your eyes meet. Then everything that happens from then on, just proves that you had been right in that first moment. When you suddenly realized you had been incomplete and now you are whole."
Killian and Robin both nod in agreement with her, while Emma sits at the table with her face reddening of embarrassment.
"Regina, come with me I wanna show you something," Emma says as she leads Regina to the rooftop.
"Where are you going, love?" Killian asks.
"Just gonna hang out with Regina for a while you know so you two," Emma says while motioning to him and Robin, "Can have some guy time."
Emma and Regina continue to ascend the stairs leaving Robin and Killian to their own devices.
"You look tired, captain. You have a good day at work?" Robin teases.
"Shit. I'm quitting." Killian says half jokingly, and half not.
"Did you check out cider girl back there? Made that speech for me. I just know it."
"Ah, it's going well for you guys?" Killian teases.
"It's going very well."
"She's a lesbian."
"Is that right? Cool." Robin responds as if it was no problem.
"You don't think that slightly ruin your plans for trying to sleep with her?"
"Please have a little faith in me, anyone can change teams."
"Robin that's not how it works, people can't just change who their attracted too."
"She doesn't have to be attracted to me to hook up, besides maybe she had bad experience with a poor lover. Don't you worry my dear Regina, I'll be there to pick up the pieces."
Killian puts his palm to his forehead once again, embarrassed to call this man his best friend.