Double Trouble 41
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tldr; Enjoy! This chapter is rated Em and Ri.
Chapter 41 'Surprise'
"Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic." - Frida Kahlo
The girls were parked just out of town in a clearing in the woods that was a popular makeout spot with teenagers. Em sent a silent thanks to Ruby for telling her about it. She had driven the stolen Bug there and after explaining to Ri that "parking" involved more than just stationary cars, Em suggested casually that they might swap to the backseat so they could kiss for a while.
Since Ri's injury at the stables they hadn't shared much more than a soft peck while she was still healing, but now the cut had sealed itself into a shiny dark-pink scar. At first, Em had been afraid of hurting her and though Ri admitted that her lip was still tender and sensitive she swore that it wasn't painful.
Both of them were keen to resume exploring each other and to restore their connection physically. The last time they'd gone this far had been at the B&B and things heated up very quickly between them again now.
"Is this working for you, Ri?" Em broke the kiss for a breath and then started kissing Ri's neck instead. She worked her fingers up the back of Ri's neck to massage them through the long dark hair that was loose and slightly curled from her usual braid.
"Oh, yes. Like that. That's nice," Ri sighed before her brain registered the question. "Wait, what did you ask?"
"Is this ok. Are you feeling good?"
"Yes." Ri giggled. "Maybe too good. I love it when you do that."
Em grinned to herself, satisfied that she'd gotten her answer.
Em was sitting with her back against the seat and Ri was in her lap, straddling her legs. She seemed to like being there or perhaps it was just that it was familiar to her since they'd made out like that before. She was still wearing the skirt suit that she'd borrowed from Regina, although Em had made short work of removing the blazer and blouse so she could feel her bare skin. Not to be outdone, Ri demanded that Em be shirtless likewise so that she could have the same pleasure. But the difference was that Em wasn't wearing a bra underneath and Ri started blushing furiously.
"Hop up for a sec so I can take my jeans off," said Em, patting Ri's thigh. She hoped that giving Ri a bit of a break would distract her from her shyness. She knew the other girl wasn't at all experienced with sex but Ri also hadn't grown up in a world where scantily-clad women adorned billboards and television screens. Ri seemed more shy because of Em's lack of covering than she was about her own though. More like she couldn't stop herself looking.
Em kicked off her Chucks and yanked off her jeans with some difficulty in the small car until she was down to her black cotton briefs. She pulled at the tie around her ponytail and freed her long blonde hair so that it fell down her back.
"Em, you're almost naked," said Ri worriedly. "What if somebody comes?"
"Hopefully two someones will." Em grinned. "Don't worry, there's no-one else out here. It's raining and we've done a pretty good job of fogging up the windows already."
"You're so-" Ri gave her a bashful smile. "You look very nice, Em. Do I take mine off too?"
"Only if you want to?" Em reached around the other girl's back and when Ri nodded she undid the clasp pulled the garment off her shoulders and down her arms. She was caught between wanting to look but trying not to stare and embarrass her. She knelt on the seat, knees on either side of Ri's and drew her close so that their chests were pressed together. She laid her head in the crook of Ri's shoulder and ran a hand down her back. Her skin was so soft.
"You're more beautiful than I could've imagined. Do you have any idea how I feel right now?" whispered Em.
"I think I do. Are we going to- Do you want to keep going?"
"Yes," Em admitted. She sat back so she could look her in the eyes. "I don't want to stop. But if you're not ready we don't have to-"
Ri cut her off with a fingertip to her lips. "I want this too."
"Ok." Em smiled shakily.
"I wish I knew what I was doing though."
"I don't really know either. We'll figure it out together ok?"
Ri looked up at her expectantly, dark eyes full of desire and gave her that look. Em couldn't help but want to kiss her breathless, even more so now that they were going to go further. She moved her mouth so that she could suck on Ri's bottom lip, well away from the extra sensitive scar. When Ri opened her mouth indicating that she wanted to deepen the kiss, their tongues slid against each other and it was hot and wet.
Em knew that Ri had little experience to work from and that she was mostly repeating what they'd done last time or copying her moves. She was dying to show her more but when Ri went to touch her like she'd done once before her own pleasure distracted her from what she was meant to be doing. She broke the kiss with a groan.
"Ri, uh-" Em moved her hand and held it.
"Was that not right? Weren't you enjoying it-"
Em rushed to reassure her. "Yes, it was perfect. Too good."
"Oh."
Em inhaled trying to catch her breath. "You first ok? Here, turn around and lay back against me."
"Em, will anyone know?"
"No," Em chuckled. "It's just us. Not even the older boring versions of us will know. Although I'm pretty sure they're having all sorts of kinky sex already and they're not always quiet about it either."
Ri giggled. "How many kinds are there?"
"Just you wait. We'll start with vanilla and work our way up to chocolate ok? Depending on what chocolate actually is of course."
"Sounds yummy."
"I hope so. Ri, if you don't like something or if you want to stop please say so."
"I will. I trust you."
Ri laid back against Em's chest and Em wrapped her arms around her, settling one hand near her chest and the other near her hip. "Close your eyes, but don't fall asleep on me," Em whispered into her hair and then cupped her breast and rolled the bud with her thumb. With her right hand, she trailed her fingers up Ri's inner thigh and under her skirt and started stroking her lightly over her underwear.
"Feels nice," Ri murmured.
"Mmhm. Want more?"
"Yes. Keep touching me like that."
Her strokes became more firm. A thrill of excitement ran through Em when she realised Ri's underwear was becoming wet. She was determined to make this a pleasurable experience for her and as she was far from being an expert, Em was relieved that she was managing to do it right. She slipped her hand inside the silk and circled the tip of her finger against the spot that felt so good when she touched herself.
Ri bent her knee so she could push her heel into the seat and raised herself higher against Em for better leverage. Em pinched her nipple lightly and Ri whimpered and arched into her hand. Every time she increased her pace or rhythm, Em was paying careful attention to every sigh and moan and shudder so that she could make sure to keep doing whatever Ri responded to.
"Em, I think - I feel like I need you to -"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes," Ri breathed. "But will it hurt -"
"No, it won't. I'll never hurt you, Ri."
"Oh."
Em whispered in her ear what she was going to do next to give her warning and any last chance to say no. She drew her finger over entrance and then slipped inside her. Ri gasped at the new sensation but didn't seem distressed at all, quite the opposite. Em was surprised how hot and soft it felt. She pressed her again and then drew back a little to give her some time. Ri's brows furrowed in an adorable way that said "Why'd you stop?" so Em went back to stroking her most sensitive area between her two fingers with the wetness she gathered.
"Could you-" Ri panted. "Faster?"
"Are you getting close, Ri?"
"Yes! Ohh… keep doing that. Please."
Em kissed her cheek. "Love you."
She moved her left hand down and under the silk, pushed two fingers a little way into her as far as the constricting underwear would allow. But the tight friction was enough for Ri. Em's pleasure was twofold, holding Ri and watching her ride out the intense emotions she was feeling, and secondly, the thrill of knowing that she'd made it happen. How amazing it was to be able to make someone else feel like that.
Ri was still trying to catch her breath but she managed to laugh. "That was - oh my goodness - now I know why. That was amazing, Em."
"You're amazing."
"No, it's you. I think you made this very nice for me. My first time. I knew you would."
Em knew what Ri was probably referring to - that she could choose to give herself to someone she loved and someone who would take care of her. She'd be forever thankful for being able to give Ri this, no matter what happened in their futures they'd always have this safe loving happy memory to treasure. She held Ri in her arms, listening to the quiet intake of her breath, until Ri sat up and turned around.
"Em, you must want to as well?"
"Yeah um. Ri, can I try something?"
"Tell me what you'd like. Or show me."
Em kissed her and lowered her onto the seat. There wasn't much room to manoeuvre in the backseat of the small car so she had to negotiate where her limbs were going to go. She took off her glasses and set them on the back of the seat so they wouldn't get lost. It annoyed her that Ri was a little blurry and she wished for the millionth time that her vision didn't suck. Out of nowhere she produced a pillow and quickly put it under Ri's head.
"Now where did you get that," said Ri, smiling up at her.
"It's mine. I always have it with me."
"Like my heart. You didn't even ask before you stole it, thief."
"Sorry, princess." Em gazed at her lovingly and dropped her voice to a whisper. "Guess I couldn't help myself."
Em gently settled herself down so that her legs were on either side of Ri's thigh but she still had one hand under the pillow propping herself up. She asked her if her weight was too heavy for her and when Ri shook her head, Em lowered to kiss her. The curtain of her blonde hair fell over her shoulder and tickled Ri's chest and the other girl shuddered visibly.
When she moved the tips of her breasts brushed against Ri's and it felt so good that she did it again. It felt more sensitive than usual and she was acutely aware of everywhere Ri touched her. Ri ran her hands from Em's waist up over her bare back and clung to her shoulders. Em started moving on Ri's thigh over and over.
"Em? Don't hold back," Ri said softly. "Harder if you'd like."
"You feel so good," Em panted.
She collapsed on top of her fully. Ri took the hint and pushed her knee up so that she was pressing tighter against the heat that was building between her legs. It felt good for Ri too but she was wanted to focus on Em's pleasure. Whatever she lacked in technical skill she made up for it in eagerness to please. She caught onto Em's motion and tried to match her thrust for thrust. Em buried her face in Ri's shoulder and moaned at a particularly well-timed move.
"Oh God!"
Ri cradled Em's head. "I know. It feels really good doesn't it."
"Regina." Em called her by her full name for once. She breathed heavily into her neck. "Can you try-"
But Ri couldn't read her mind and Em didn't want to explain out loud what she wanted her to do. She shifted her weight off for a second and took Ri's hand in her own. She lowered back down with their hands trapped between their lower bodies. Em pressed Ri's fingers into her, where the tension was building up unbearably even as she tried to find some release by arching her hips. She was so close.
Em went rigid and Ri kept it up herself. "Yes. That's it. Don't stop, don't stop."
"I love you, Emma Swan. You're mine. I want you and only you." Ri was murmuring in her ear, telling her how wanted she was. The words were like magic, bringing her higher until finally she came and fell onto the soft warm body beneath her. She held Ri's hand tight and hard where the throbbing pleasure was, as the sensations overtook her again and again. While she calmed down, Em laid spent in Ri's arms, still panting hard. Everything else was quiet and she could swear she heard Ri's heartbeat pounding in time with her own.
"Is this-" said Em, breathlessly. "Ok? Am I too heavy for you, Ri?"
"No, you're fine. It feels lovely. Stay there, please. Just a little longer?"
Em sighed. "Forever."
Ri buttoned her up her blouse and stole a look at Em, who was battling her jeans and trying to pull them up in the tight space. She smiled to herself, thinking over what they'd just done and what it meant to her and how it now felt like the entire world had changed. It had been new to her and though she'd been a tiny bit nervous about being behind Em in experience and knowing what it was all about, she hadn't been scared at any point. The whole thing had been romantic. It was wonderful being so close to the one she loved in this way.
This was what people wrote about in the stories. This was what had been so dangerous and mature for her to know that people had kept her in the dark about it. This is what people desired and fought for at high cost. She'd been kept away from knowing anything about it as befitted a young lady of her station. It was kind of exciting to know now what it was really like and satisfying that she'd done it.
She felt grownup and so in love with the girl she adored and just a little bit naughty.
"Where did my shirt end up?" said Em, looking around with a puzzled purse of the lips. She had her glasses back on but they'd both had difficulty locating their articles of clothes from the random way they'd been discarded.
"I threw it," said Ri. She plucked the shirt from where it lay crumpled on the back of the seat near the window. "Here."
"Thanks." Em donned her shirt and then bent her knee up so she could tie her shoes.
"Em, I really think we should do this again sometime," said Ri, seriously.
"Anytime, Ri," Em said before a grin broke over her face. "Just ask. You're so cute when you're being all bossy. I have this picture of you in my head demanding that we should have sex."
"And you'll be so hopelessly under my spell that you'll do anything I want?"
"Oh hell yes."
"We should go back soon, do you think? The car's starting to cool down quite a lot."
"Yeah, let's get going then."
Ri opened the door so she could run around to the passenger seat and Em climbed over the gap to sit back in the driver's seat. Em searched her jeans pockets until she found the keys and started the car. The engine came to life with it's characteristic VW rumble.
It wasn't raining as hard as it had been before but the roads were still wet. Ri's attention wavered as she stared out the window, lost in thought as they drove back to town. She watched the rain spit on the glass and later she'd remember wondering why she hadn't been looking. Wondering if it would've made a difference. Maybe she would've seen it.
She remembered hearing Em gasp and slam on the brakes. She remembered feeling the car slide out of control… but it all happened so fast.
"Em!"
"Em. Em. Em, wake up!"
Ri started to panic when she got no answer. The car was stalled off the road and the driver's side door was hanging open. She could hear the fall of soft rain and the clunk of the wiper blades still going but the only other sound was her breathing.
Em wasn't moving. The teenager was slumped over the steering wheel and she was either unconscious - or worse. Ri reached over to shake her shoulder but she wouldn't wake. No! She'll be fine. It's ok. It has to be. Things like this don't happen to me. Other people lose people they love. Not me.
She had to get help somehow. She looked around. They were still on the lonely road that headed out of town. She definitely couldn't drive and with the car spun around, Ri wouldn't even know which way to start walking. Both directions looked the same to her.
Ri reached over to grab Em's phone out of her back pocket and pressed the only button she could find. But that was futile too, the little screen had a red warning on it that said "WRONG PASSCODE" and she wouldn't have known how to work the modern device properly anyway.
"Em, I really need to you to wake up. We need help. I don't know what to do!"
Maybe Em was very badly hurt. Back home, people didn't survive any kind of serious accident. They died. There was nothing that could be done. What if she lost her? Ri had new sympathy for her older self right now, realising how it must've felt to lose someone you loved when you were just getting to know them so well, just starting to hope and plan for the future… and then nothing. It was all taken away in an instant. How unfair. Her panic was beginning to be overtaken by anger and pain. The thought of what she might do scared her. Is this what it was like for her? I could never get over this. She was right to punish them all!
Ri looked down at her hands, one of which still held Em's phone, and suddenly she could feel energy vibrating in them. She clenched her fists to make it stop and when it didn't she started to cry. Was her magic showing already? One of her teardrops landed on the phone screen with an inaudible splish.
Knock knock knock. "Young Regina!"
Ri jumped out of her skin at the voice and urgent tapping on the side window. The door flew open and almost anyone would've been a welcome sight. None more so than-
"Astrid?" Ri breathed in wonder, taking a second to fully process it. The nun was wearing a bright pink rain slicker and gumboots.
"Astrid, I need your help!"
"Are you hurt anywhere?" Astrid peered at her face to check. "You're shivering. I think you're in shock."
"No, no, I'm fine." Ri shook her off. "Help Em! Please," she begged.
Astrid went around to the driver's side and Ri jumped out of the car to follow. She watched Astrid gently move an unconscious Em out of her slump and check her over.
"I think she's just knocked out," said Astrid. "Did she hit her head?"
Ri bit her lip. The new nerves there exploded in pain and she winced. "I'm not sure."
"She might have a concussion. We need to take her to the hospital."
"Is she going to die?" Ri asked thickly, tears falling again.
Before Astrid could reassure her, Em started to rouse. Her eyes were still closed as she rolled her head from one side to the other. The injured teenager frowned hard and moaned softly.
"'oof. Saw it." Em slurred. "Woof."
"What's wrong with her!" cried Ri.
"Shh don't worry," soothed Astrid. "She's just a bit confused. It's normal with head injuries. I'm sure she'll be fine."
"How did you know to come here?" said Ri.
Astrid gave the frightened teen a comforting smile. "I'm your fairy godmother. I'm here to take care of you both."
Ri nodded. She opened the nearside passenger door so that she and Astrid could move Em to the back seat.
A long thin object fell out of Em's pocket and hit the ground with a clink as it rolled on the asphalt. It was about six inches long, tapered towards its tip, and coloured royal blue with a gold spiral winding around it. Even though it lay still on the road out in the open the rain didn't seem to hit it. It looked like the raindrops were being repelled somehow or changing their minds at the last second before making contact with the brilliant glass.
Astrid bent over to retrieve the wand. "Do you know what this is, Regina?"
Ri shrugged. "That's Em's. She said it was a child's toy."
"This isn't a toy. It looks like -" Astrid frowned. "Would you mind if held onto this for a while?"
"I'm not sure why you're asking me. I suppose so. Please, can we get Em some help now?"
Storybrooke General Hospital, 2 hours later
Em sat quietly on the hospital bed. She was alone, waiting behind the screen for the doctor to come back and see her so that she could get discharged. She felt exposed and uncomfortable wearing the thin crunchy hospital-issue gown. Why was it so cold in here? Her head was killing her with it's unrelenting throbbing pain and she felt herself growing cranky while being kept waiting. Ugh, my head. What is taking them so loooong.
"Em S.?" A handsome young doctor poked his head around the screen. He looked at her strangely for a second and did a double-take. He looked down at the chart in his hand to verify he had the right patient. "DOB 10/22/1983?"
"Yeah. That's me."
"You look too young to be nearly 29," the doctor pointed out as he came in to examine her. He shone a light in her eyes and checked them.
"It's a typo. I was actually born in - um, I'm seventeen. I just wrote that because my parents don't know I'm here. You won't tell them will you?"
"Legally I am required to in the case of a minor. But let's just say I'm not very good with dates. I can barely make it past the first one. You're eighteen ok? I take it you don't have insurance either."
Em looked down. "I can't pay."
The doctor nodded. "Don't worry about that for now. That other girl waiting outside for you with the nun, who is she? She looks about your age and frightfully worried."
"My girlfriend." Em wasn't sure if she should say so.
"Ah. Well, she reminds me of someone I once knew. Someone I didn't do right by when she came to me for help."
Em sighed impatiently. "Can I go yet? Please, I have to get to Ri. She'll be scared."
"I just need to have a chat with you about your test results, then you'll be good to go. I'm Dr Frankenstein by the way, since we're not going by real names here."
Em gave him a small smile. "Right. I'd rather you didn't put bolts in my neck then."
He smiled at the joke and then skimmed the top sheet of her chart. "Ok. The ER resident checked you out and diagnosed a mild concussion. On arrival you were semi-conscious and suffering confusion, dizziness, and some memory loss but your cognition seems improved now. It says here you were involved in a car accident. Do you remember what happened yet?"
Em nodded. "I was driving. I saw something. I think. I didn't want to hit it."
"Did you black out before or after the accident?"
"After. Hit my head on the steering wheel when we slid off the road. Lost control in the wet. The back tires spun out."
"Oversteer. It's common with rear-engine cars like the Bugs."
Em regarded him suspiciously. "I never told you what kind of car it was."
The handsome doctor raised his eyebrows. "There's a banged up yellow VW in the parking lot. Sister Astrid drove you two here. Now there's a fine lady for you, it's a real shame she's a nun. Otherwise I'd date her in a heartbeat."
"Keep it your pants, doc. She's not a nun anymore but she's definitely taken."
"Speaking of sex, how long have you been sexually active?"
Em sighed again. Typical grownup question. "Since last year."
"How recently? In the last few weeks?"
"Look, what is this about. Can't I go already? I'm fine now, I've just got a headache from hitting my head. I want to go home. I'm tired."
"Well, I'm prescribing rest for at least all of today and tonight. But there's something else you need to be aware of."
The doctor flipped the page on his clipboard and scanned the test results again. "You know you submitted to a urine test when you were triaged. According to this, you're pregnant. Congratulations."