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Chapter 28

Little Swan: Thanks for leaving and not telling me.

Me: Sorry, early flight.

Little Swan: Flight? Where are you going Regina? Why are you doing this?

Me: Don't over react dear, I'll be back.

Little Swan: When?!

Me: Emma, don't push it

Little Swan: *peace sign emoji*

Regina sighed, Emma was being difficult. She was almost in Seattle, that's all that mattered, she was sure two of her closest friends would be able to help.

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"Did she just fucking threaten me?" Emma asked as she slammed her phone on the table in Granny's.

"I think so," Lily sighed, "I feel horrible this morning."

"Morning sickness?" Lily nodded, "Sorry, isn't that ginger ale supposed to help?"

"Yeah but it's not, I'm irritated," Lily sighed.

"You and me both," Emma sighed.

Neal walked into Granny's in search of someone, he looked around until he found his favorite blonde, "Good morning ladies, Emma you're just the person I was looking for."

"Is there something you want?" Emma rolled her eyes.

"Dinner, that's all. You see if you agree to have dinner with me, I'll tell the police that I don't have Jefferson's number," he shrugged.

"You talked to him?!" Emma snapped.

"Oh yes, and he's eager to put Regina away for life," Neal said, "I'm just trying to protect you Emma, so what do you say? One da-, I mean dinner."

Emma looked at Lily for help, the brunette looked at her with sad eyes, she sighed, "One dinner."

He smiled, "Cool. So tonight, I'll pick you up at 7...oh and make sure to dress nice."

Emma nodded.

"Well well well," Arizona smirked, "I knew you'd be here sooner or later!"

Regina chuckled and hugged her friend, "Yeah well I told you I wouldn't come to Seattle unless I fell in love…"

"Yeah but the whole point was to bring her with you," Callie scoffed as she finished off her pizza slice, "Where is she?"

"Home," Regina nodded, "A hug would be nice ya know."

Callie rolled her eyes and hugged her friend, "Something's wrong, I can sense it."

"I'm in trouble, I'm in love, and I'm desperate for help," Regina groaned out before collapsing in Arizona's arms.

"Uh," she rubbed her back, "Well ok, how about we start from the beginning and go from there."

So that's what they did, Regina broke down meeting Emma, how she ended up working for Haans, David and Neal, her wanting to leave and never look back, even Jefferson. She needed her friends to understand that she was trying to change, for the better, for Emma. She groaned, "I want to kill him."

"I know you do but that won't solve anything-"

"I'm so tired of hearing that," Regina groaned, "Emma...she's so-" the brunette groaned, "Perfect!"

"Elaborate," Callie scoffed, "I want details."

"I can't explain the way she makes me feel, she's like the conscience I've never had. Every time I want to do something violent, I can't, because of her. She calms me down, she," Regina began to tear up, "She's so...I can't lose her and I'm afraid that I'll do something stupid-"

"Regina, answer this for me, have ever thought about asking Emma to...run away with you?" Arizona asked.

"I...I could never ask her to do that. She's a bright future ahead of her, Emma is very smart, I can't have her on the run for the rest of her life," Regina said, "She'd hate me."

"And you think she won't hate you for leaving her alone? With a possible child?" Callie asked.

Regina shook her head, "I don't know, I don't think so. Apart of me knows she'll understand."

"We could be able to help you more if we knew her...Regina all I'm going to tell you is...follow your heart," Arizona sighed, "This is a big mess but I know it'll be alright. If you want to stay and face the police, then we wish you the best of luck. If you want to leave and just leave it all alone, we support you in that too."

Regina sighed and placed her face in her hands, "I just want to destroy things."

"You have so much anger built up, it's scary," Callie sighed, "Are you two having sex?"

"Yes," Regina nodded.

"And that's not helping?" Callie asked surprised.

"She's holding back," Arizona said, she gasped and smacked Regina's arm, "Don't hold back!"

Regina chuckled, "If I had sex with Emma without holding back, she won't make it out alive."

"You have to release that stress someway Regina, if you don't, you'll hurt someone," Callie said.

The brunette just groaned, this was all too much. She just needed to get away.

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"Wow, you look...beautiful," Neal breathed out as Emma stepped out of Lily's house in a light pink dress and a high ponytail.

"Thanks," Emma said, she knew was wrong and if Regina knew...Neal would be dead soon.

The ride was silent, they ended up at the stables. Neal got out and opened the door for Emma, "I thought we could have a picnic out here."

"In the stables? Do you see this dress? I look too damn good to sit in the stables," Emma scoffed.

"Emma, come on don't ruin it. I have a blanket, hell I have two blankets!" He whined.

She sighed, "Let's just get on with it."

They ate, Neal tried to make conversations but Emma wasn't really answering him. After about thirty minutes or so Neal cleared his throat, "So I have one more request before this date can be over?

"What do you want?" Emma whined.

He touched her thigh, "A kiss."

"Never again will I kiss you," she scoffed and flicked his hand off of her thigh.

"Then all of this was for nothing and Regina will go to jail," he shrugged.

She bit her lip, her eyes began to water, "Why are you torturing me?"

"I'm not, Emma I'm just trying to prove to you that I can make you happy. Emma, can't you can't see that Regina's dangerous?! She's going to beating on you next, your father wants me to save you-"

"He put you up to this?!" Emma questioned.

"Yes, well of course. Haven't you figured it out yet? Emma, your father is behind all of this," he chuckled, "He knew Regina wouldn't be able to resist killing Haans, he knew all about them working together, now all we need is the proof that she actually did it and everything will go back to normal. We can start dating again, everything will be perfect-"

Emma's heart was beating a million miles a minute. Her father really knew? He was really that sick!? "Wait, he knew the whole time that Regina and I were dating?"

"Yes," he scoffed, "From the moment he saw you get out of her car, he knew. Everybody knows what kind of person Regina is, you're just weak and fell her trap. He slapped you, hoping that Regina would attack him, she didn't. He encouraged Mulan to go after you hoping Regina would attack her, she did but not bad enough to get in trouble for it. He even sent me out there hoping Regina would see me on the trip and go ballistic. Yeah, it took some time but now he finally has what he wants-"

Emma was crying now, she couldn't believe her father would go through all of this just to get her away from Regina. She was disgusted, she stood up, "Take me home, now!"

"Woah woah, we aren't done yet. What about my kiss? I'm the only one with Jefferson's number Emma, it's all up to me," he smirked.

She pulled him into her and kissed him hard, "Now, call it all off."

He chuckled and pulled her closer, "I was thinking we have a more fun," he kissed her neck, she shoved him away, he slapped her, "Don't make me do this Emma, just behave and everything will be fine," He mumbled, "I'm sorry David, I know this wasn't a part of your plan."

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"HE WHAT?!" Regina yelled into the phone, a crying Lily was on the line.

"Regina, I'm sorry, I should've called sooner but he blackmailed her...now I just feel bad, she's with him alone-"

"I'm coming home, now!" She yelled before hanging up, she began to pace, "I'm going to kill him, I can't stop myself this time, if he hurts her-"

"Regina calm down-"

"No! Not this time!" Her eyes darkened, "I have to…"

Emma hugged her knees to her chest as she cried hard, she was finally home from her "date" with Neal. She didn't like the way his kisses felt, she didn't like the way his rough hands groped her, and she definitely didn't like the way he made her put her mouth so close to his- Emma jetted to the bathroom and released the vomit that built up inside of her. She was disgusted with herself, she was disgusted with the truth about her Sick father, she also disgusted at the fact that Regina would probably hate her once she found out what she did.

After throwing up, she slid down the bathroom door and continued to cry. About an hour or so later, Emma heard her name being called, it was Regina. Her instincts instantly caused her to smile but then she remembered the horrible things she did. Regina tried to open the bathroom door, "Emma open this door right now."

Emma sighed and opened the door, Regina hugged her tight and kissed her forehead, "Lily told me everything, are you alright? Did he hurt you?"

Emma couldn't help but cry in the arms she had missed so much, "He-..." She couldn't finish, she couldn't tell Regina. Telling Regina would mean losing Regina, she would hurt Neal.

"He what?" Regina looked at her with worried eyes, "Hey, you can tell me anything," she held Emma's face carefully before examining it, "Your face is bruised, tell me what happened, now!"

"Baby, I don't want-"

"TELL ME!" She yelled.

Emma jumped, she was terrified of an angry Regina, she dropped her head, "He wanted to have sex with me, he was kissing me and touching me-"

"Touching you where?"

"My thighs and…" She swallowed, "I kept begging him to stop, he tried to make me suck him but I refused he hit me...Regina I would never do that to you-"

"I know baby," she kissed her head, "I was supposed to be here to protect you, I was suppose to take care of you."

"It's not your fault," Emma said.

"Oh but it is," Regina nodded, "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be going through any of this. I knew I should've stayed away from you, but I couldn't, you know why?"

"Why?" Emma looked in her eyes.

"Because you are my soulmate and my one true love, nothing could ever keep us apart," Regina leaned in, Emma jerked her head back, "What's wrong?"

"I kissed him," Emma admitted, "I did it, I can't kiss you after kissing him, I feel like a whore."

Regina nodded slowly, "I understand but I still want a kiss."

"No," Emma snapped.

Regina sighed, "How about this…you stay here, I'm going to tell Lily to come keep you company. I have an errand to run with Graham."

"Where are you going?" Emma asked.

"Your father wants to meet with me," she lied, "I'll be back."

"Ok, I love you," Emma said, "I'm so sorry about what I did."

"It's fine, I know you did it for me," Regina nodded, "I love you more."

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"Ok, so we've been watching him all night-"

"He nearly raped Emma, it was horrible darling-"

"I know!" Regina cut them off, "Guys, I need a favor…"

"Anything," Mal nodded.

"I need you two to look after Emma-"

"Darling don't start with the dramatics," Cruella rolled her eyes.

"No, I'm serious," Regina nodded, "Whatever happens, I want you guys to look after her, make sure she's ok at all times. Please? If she really is pregnant with my baby...please help her out-"

"We got it, let's go!" Mal said.

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Neal pulled his father's car back into the garage carefully, not only had he stolen his car but he had betrayed David in the process. After nearly raping Emma he went to see Killian and talk, Killian let him know that he needed to repent, he needed to let God know that he didn't mean to hurt Emma. The only problem with that is that he wasn't sure if he didn't mean it...he wanted Emma, that was a fact. The problem with that fact was Emma's girlfriend wasn't exactly the most understanding person.

Regina came up behind Neal as soon as he stepped out of the car, wrapping her arm around his throat, choking him, "You son of a bitch."

He chuckled to his best abilities, "I knew you'd come, you can't resist," he choked out.

She squeezed tighter, "Oh but I can, it's just this time, you've threatened me. Any last words?"

"You. Won't. Win."

She pulled out a sharp blade and stabbed him in the back causing him to scream out, she twisted the blade inside of him, increasing the pain, "You see dear," she chuckled before whispering, "I always win."

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Regina made it home about thirty minutes later, she showered then paced for about twenty minutes before sliding into bed next to Emma. She rolled over and immediately snuggled into her, Regina kissed her forehead, "I love you," she whispered.

"I love you too," a sleepy Emma mumbled back.

"We'll always be together, you know that right?" Regina asked.

"Yes," Emma mumbled.

"No matter what," she whispered. She watched Emma drift back off to sleep before staring at the ceiling and thinking about the summer and how it changed her life.

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