Loving Ms. Mills

New York

Emmas Pov*:

I wake up in Regina's bed and look at the time 10:35 am. "Holy shit Henry!, He's probably at the hotel right now wondering where I am!" Regina pops ups and grabs her car keys I look at her puzzled on how she reacted so quickly and a bit confused on how I even ended up here. "Well, let's go Swan we don't have all day!" I get out of bed and throw on my shoes and the headache from hell hits me like a bag of bricks. She walks to her medicine cabinet and hands me some Advil and a a glass of water from her nightstand and she grabs my hand and we walk downstairs and to her car. "So how did I end up in this position?" "You got drunk last night, called me, I picked you up and took you here." "Did we." "no, I respect you far too much to ever have sex with you while you're under than much of an influence." "thank you Gina, I know this has to be hard for you, You know seeing Henry and me, the whole Irish goodbye thing." "If I'm going to be quite honest with you, Yeah it is. It hurts but I'm gonna get over it. Did you mean it though? Do you want me to move to New York with you?" "I said that when I was sober Regina, I meant it." "Well okay then." She continues to drive and we get to the hotel. she parks and I sit in the car for a couple of minutes just taking in her presence. "Thank you for this." "For what?" "I dunno, being here for me. loving me..." "Loving you broke me, Swan. There's nothing to be thankful for." "Why did it hurt you so bad Regina, We had only known each other for a short period? I mean I was hurt too but it seems like this hurt you the most." "It's a cycle you know, One that I could never break away from and you will never understand. Everyone I ever loved has left or died. It hurts you know." "You know, the grief will last a lifetime but the pain will go away. I can promise you that Gina." She lets a soft smile out and I get out of the car and turn around to wave bye. I walk into the hotel and I find Henry sitting by the door upset. "I've been calling you for hours now! where were you?" "I was with a friend I'm sorry Henry we lost track of time." "It's okay just, next time call me so I could be prepared as well you know." "Ayi Ayi captain." I opened the door and Henry ran in to grab his bag and I grabbed my stuff and started to put everything in my suitcase. I check my phone and see a text message. "I'll be there in two weeks, I have to quit and find a place. - Regina" My heart skipped with joy but I couldn't help to feel guilty about doing this to Mal. I really love her as well and it would be horrible to leave her to pursue someone I'm not even sure wants to pursue me anymore. Plus I'm going to start college soon and I don't want to make any more messes in Regina's life.

I respond with "Great, You will have so much fun!" and close my phone. I look into the next room and see Henry all packed and ready and then I finish zipping up my suitcase and call David.

"Hey David, sorry for the late notice but me and Henry went into too storybook for the night and were on our back right now, It shouldn't take too long, Love you." "Okay drive safe Emma." Our relationship with David is still very complicated but I would say it's been better since moving to New York and since he got the help he needed. Mom, on the other hand, says she's doing better but both I and David think she might be using in secret and were both too afraid to confront her about it because that's kind of a slippery slope and we don't want her to freak out and think we're going to send her away to a rehab even though I've been saying that's probably out the best option for her right now.

I walk back into the other room and look at Henry and smile. "You ready?" He nods and we grab our bags and walk down to the car. I put on the GPS and some music and we drive all the way home listening to "the Greatest hits of 2010" The air is warm and I look over to Henry who has fallen asleep in the passenger side of the car and then I look back out the window and smile thinking to myself this is it. this is the moment we've been waiting for our entire lives. We finally have a home, were stable, happy, in love, well... We don't know how we feel about that yet but we're something.

we finally make it back to New York and Henry grabs his bags and runs into the house I grab my things and walk inside and plop softly on the couch. I begin to close my eyes and I hear a knock on the door. "seriously... I just got back." I get up and walk towards the brown door on our loft and open it. "Emma! You're back!" It was Mal. She ran in and pulled me into a very warm and passionate hug. I stood there kind of frozen and in shock but then I finally came to and hugged her back. "I've missed you!" she said very joyfully. "I missed you too." The truth is I probably didn't miss her as much as she missed me but I definitely did feel something for the girl. She was something I needed at the moment and I will forever hold onto her for the growth and the healing I received from her but I don't know if this is what I want anymore. "hey look so can we talk?" "Actually I came here to talk to you about something!" "Okay well, you go first." "Emma swan, I know you've had such a hard time, especially with Belle dying and your family and I know your struggles and your strengths I really do, and I just want you to know I'm with you for the long run." She grabbed my hand and pulled me outside to a huge car parade playing music and popping confetti. "Mal, What is this?" I asked with a perplexed tone of voice. "just wait." I stare at the parade of cars and then a truck with a banner "Will you marry me?" drives by and I look back at Mel who drops down on one knee and pulls out a ring. "So will you," She asked with this huge smile and teary look in her eyes. Something inside me wanted to say no so badly, But then I looked at Henry and I looked back at her. I thought of marrying her just seemed like the safest option right now and Henry doesn't need questions he needs safe. "yes I will love to be your wife." slipped softly from my lips and she shot straight up and kissed me and then slid the ring on my finger. Fuck.