Captain Swan - On the Virge

Part 7/10

As Emma watched Killian walk away, she was a ball of mixed emotions... rage, betrayal, regret, guilt. And then she turned around and saw all of the people staring at her, hurt by her words. Will, Zelena, Smee, everyone that she had become close with in the last month, she had hurt. Too ashamed to even look at them, she walked away with her head down.

As she left, she couldn't get the image of Killian making out with Tina with her shirt off in Emma's editing room out of her head. Did he really think it was her? It just couldn't be possible.

The next day, she gave Regina her resignation from Grind. She couldn't bare to face everyone after the hurtful things she said to them, Killian most of all. Luckily Regina was still willing to put in a good word for her when she found a potential job.

At the end of the week, she went to Grind to pick up her final check and knocked on the door to Regina's office. Regina called her in as she shut off the television, sitting in a chair in front of it. As Emma entered the office, Regina looked at her, holding a wide grin on her face. "You pulled it off."

"I can't thank you enough, Regina," Emma said, smiling back at her.

Regina shook her head. "No thanks necessary, honey. I mean, I just watched the final cut of Killian's movie. Excellent work. I really think it's going to empower the female audience," she said as she stood up and walked to her desk chair, sitting down in it. "I'm such a genius for hiring you."

"What did Killian say about it?" Emma asked curiously.

"I'm not sure. He's made himself kind of scarce this week." Regina opened her desk drawer and retrieved an envelope, extending it to her. "Here you go. You're last check." As Emma took it, Regina continued. "I hope you understand that I can't let you edit your movie here. Just with what has transpired with Killian, it would really be bad business."

Emma smiled in agreement. "I understand."

Regina shook her head. "God, it's such a shame you two didn't just fuck each-other's brains out and get it over with."

Emma rolled her eyes. "Like that's the answer to all life's problems," she said sarcastically.

"It's the answer to some of the problems... some pretty big ones, honey," Regina told her as she nodded, looking thoughtful for a moment. "I need to get laid."

With that, Emma said goodbye as she left her office and went to her old editing room to retrieve her personal items. As she packed her things in a box, she looked around, tears filling her eyes. She didn't know how much she was going to miss this place before she left. In the short time she was there, she had learned so much from these people, most of all she learned to be more open-minded and because of that, this studio would always have a place in her heart.

As Emma closed the box and carried it out of the room, tears started spilling from her eyes. She walked down the hall, towards the exit, but stopped when she heard someone in one of the dressing rooms. The door was cracked open and she approached to peer inside.

She saw that it was Bliss, sitting in front of a mirror.

"Who is it?" Bliss called out from the room.

"I'm sorry, it's Emma Swan. I was the editor here."

"I know who you are. You can come in."

Emma wiped her cheeks dry and opened the door, walking in hesitantly. Bliss was wearing heavy makeup; dark eye shadow and red lipstick. Her hair was black and fell above her shoulders. And her voice was deep and seemed oddly familiar, but Emma didn't know where she had heard it before, other than the moans and sounds she made from Killian's movie.