Unexpected Situations
Chapter 9 Decisions
-Regina's POV-
We made it home, and I removed the bracelet.
"Emma, this bracelet shit is for the birds. It only helps briefly, and then I'm back in the same predicament until you come to charge it."
"I know. I'm not too fond of the bracelet either. Ugh, what are we going to do?"
I brought her to the couch, and we sat down. I decided to say what Gold had told us four weeks ago.
"You don't want to hear it, but I will come out and say it. I will only feel better when you accept me as your soul mate and we have true love's kiss. Do you understand why I keep saying I'm tired? My magic will continue to drain until you accept me. Do you not want me in your life?"
"Oh, dear God! If I don't have you in my life, I might as well die!"
Tears were forming in my eyes. "Then why are you fighting this so much?"
She hung her head, ran her fingers through her hair, and said, "Because I'm an idiot. I'm too damn stubborn to realize what I have right in front of me is worth fighting for."
I cried and knew I would suffer, but it had to be done for her to crack.
"Get out."
She looked at me and said, "Regina, don't do this. Think of the baby!"
"I am thinking of the baby! But I am also thinking for me, too. I don't want to see you until you finally accept me for what we are to each other. I want you to feel what I have been feeling for ten weeks! Now get out!"
I used what little strength I had left to whisk me into my room. I stumbled to the bed, climbed in, and couldn't move. I heard the door close, the door to her car slammed, and the car started. I listened to it leave the driveway. The tears just poured from my eyes, and my body ached! How long will it take her to tell me, "I love you," and not put the word friend after it? I closed my eyes and accepted the darkness like an old friend.
-Emma's POV-
Damn it! Why the fuck do I keep pushing her away? Because I do, she kicked me out! Damn, she will pass out, and when I help her come back, she'll tell me to leave again! Why? Why am I being so stubborn?
"Yahoo! You got a text message! *chipmunks laughing*"
I looked at my phone. Oh fuck!
Henry: Ma! Where are you? Mom is passed out!
Me: She kicked me out, kiddo. She doesn't want to see me until I tell her I love her.
Henry: Do you love her?
"Damn, why does he sound like Regina when I read that question?"
Me: Yes, I love her. It's killing me right now that something is telling me not to say anything. Why is this so hard?
Henry: You're making it hard by not saying anything.
I walked into my house, and suddenly I felt light-headed.
Me: Text your Grandma and Grandpa. Tell them to come to my house. Something is wrong with me, and I feel light-headed.
I stumbled to the couch and collapsed on it. The darkness took over me quickly, and everything on me felt numb.
-Dreamland?-
I was in the meadow again, but something was different. The grass was dying, and I noticed someone standing in the middle of the barren meadow. When the person turned around, I immediately recognized who it was, but why is she appearing to me grown up? She looks so much like Regina, but my eyes.
"Ma!" She ran up to me and hugged me. "Hey, baby girl."
"What happened to you and Mom?"
"She told me to leave, kiddo."
"Why?"
"I still haven't told her that I love her yet."
She rolled her eyes and sighed. "Ma, when will you realize that she's hurting right now? Do you see what's happening here? It's hurting me, too. Do you love me?"
"With all my life."
"Do you love Mom?"
"I'd die for her!"
Oh, shit! I just admitted it. I'm in love with Regina Mills.
"Ma, it's only a matter of time before Mom must go to the hospital. Please, we need you."
"I'll be there for you both! Hang in there!"
She started to stumble, and I ran to catch her. "I can't hold on much longer."
"It's alright, baby girl, let me go. I will be there."
Darkness took over.
-My House on the couch-
"Emma!"
"Emma, sweetheart!"
I opened my eyes to see my parents shaking me. I groaned, and Mom embraced me. "Oh, Emma! Thank God!"
"Henry texted us that Regina is in bad shape. She's breathing very hard."
"Emma, you need to go to her now! Only true love's kiss can save her and the baby!"
"Then why in the hell are you in my way?"
They got off the couch, and I stood up. "Regina, I'm coming." I used my magic and whisked myself away to Regina's house.
-Regina's bedroom-
I appeared in Regina's room, and Henry ran up to me.
"Ma, look at her! She's not well!"
He was right. She was so pale, and her breathing was labored. I sat on the bed and ran my fingers through her hair.
"We both have hard heads and are stubborn. But why did I have to make you suffer? I'm so sorry. It's time that I say what's on my heart. But first, I think it's time you come back to me."
I turned her to where I could kiss her. "I love you, Regina. I'm not putting friend at the end of it anymore. You are my soul mate, and I love you."
My lips met hers, and gold magic burst from where we were and spread out through the room. She gasped, opened her eyes, and touched my face.
She smiled and said, "I love you, too, you big idiot."
We laughed, and our lips met for a longer, passionate kiss. I heard the front door open and then close. Henry ran downstairs, leaving Regina and me alone.
-Regina's POV-
I broke the kiss and asked, "So, are you going to stick friend at the end of I love you?"
"Nope! I'm done trying to avoid the inevitable. You are my soul mate and the mother of our son and this baby girl on the way. I love you, Regina."
I smiled and said, "I love you, too."
Snow and David walked into my room with Henry. Snow was the first to ask, "How are you feeling, Regina?"
"Much better now that Emma told me she loves me and accepts that we are soul mates."
Snow smiled, and David said, "We are so happy for you both. Henry, why don't you stay the night with us to give your Mom and Ma some time alone."
"Yes," Snow said, "Your Mom needs to rest, and Ma will make sure that she does."
Henry walked up to the bed, sat down, and hugged me. I scratched his back, and he said, "I love you, Mom. Hope you feel better."
"Oh, sweetheart, I feel better now that Ma is here," I said, and Henry added, "You mean now that Ma told you that she loves you."
Emma and I laughed, and I said, "Yes, now that Ma said she loves me, I feel a lot better now."
He smiled and hugged Emma. "Good night, Ma."
"Good night, kid. I love you."
Snow, David, and Henry walked out of the bedroom toward Henry's room.
"Hey," I looked at Emma, and she continued, "Please don't scare me like that again."
"I won't."
We kissed, and I used my magic to close the bedroom door. Emma broke the kiss, turned around, and then click! She faced me with a wicked grin on her face.
"Someone is thinking of doing something very naughty." I chuckled, wrapped my arms around her neck, and said, "I am. What are you going to do about it, Miss Swan?"
"Well, Madam Mayor, I have an idea of what I could do."
Our lips met for a passionate kiss. I'll let the imagination take flight of what happened. I can say that she showed me what love was five times.