Regina's Rose

Love is Weakness

Quartz's POV

I spent the next week avoiding Emma and I'm pretty sure she did the same. I went on my lunch the same time as her so she couldn't come to the gallery, I never picked up Henry from the bus stop, and I even started delivering Granny's commissions a day earlier.

My mom spent a lot of time making Emma's life miserable for me. The whole Mary-Margret in jail, Sydney playing her, plus Henry still not being her son legally made things worse. It was early and I decided to head out to the gallery since I couldn't sleep. I put on a frilly white shirt my pink leather jacket and my blue jeans. For the first time in a year I decided to ride my motorcycle to work.

It was black with light pink, turquoise, and lavender paint splatters. The whole point was for it to look like it belonged to an artist. I don't know why I chose to ride it maybe it's because the newcomer rides a motorcycle, or maybe because I really didn't want to run into Emma this morning because I was feeling so bad for saying she doesn't know anything about family. She wouldn't admit it but it did hurt her. I rode my bike to the gallery and got in only to realize...I didn't have my magic cuff.

The gallery didn't have any doors because it was street art. I pulled out my compact mirror to watch my powers and called my mom.

"What's going on you never wake up this early." She said in a worried tone.

" I left my cuff at your house and now I'm at the gallery staring at myself in a compact mirror like a crazy person, mom help." I knew it was at her house because though I misplace a lot of things, that cuff wasn't one of them. I left it on her bathroom counter because I was going to stay the night and then I changed my mind. I can't believe I've been around town twice without my cuff.

"It's in your bathroom please hurry." I hung up and just hoped my mom would arrive before anybody realized I was here early.

At that moment Emma came around the corner and smiled at me. "Hi" she said in a nervous tone. God can this day start off any worse, the person I feel guilty for hurting just walked in my gallery with the sweetest smile. I checked the compact mirror once more, took a deep breath, and closed it.

"Hi" I said trying to compose myself.

"Look I'm sorry for what I said, Henry read me the story after you left, I honestly didn't think you would be that passionate about his book. But clearly even though it's just a book you relate to Rose in some way. So I just wanted to clear the air." I was shocked but then I felt a little happy which I quickly changed back to neutral because. No cuff.

"It's okay, I'm sorry for blowing up on you. You didn't deserve that." I said finally getting that weight off my shoulders.

"It didn't bother me your right, I don't know anything about family."

"You're lying Swan, I know it hurt you. You don't have to be all super Swan with me. I mean I get-"

"I'm leaving Storybrooke."

"Oh" She looked down at the ground and I took this moment to check my mirror. My powers were flickering, I took a deep breath and looked up at her .

"Why?"

"What?"

"Why are you leaving, I thought you were fighting for Henry?"

"Henry's getting hurt, so the best thing I can do for him is surrender."

"You'll come visit, right?"

"Obviously. The kid means too much to me."
When she said that I remembered what my mom was planning for her and I suddenly felt very bad.