Storybrooke Scandal - A SwanQueen story

Rumours

~*~ Regina's pov ~*~  

The downside of living in such a small town as Storybrooke was the fact that any kind of rumour would spread like wildfire. Hook and Robin weren't exactly keeping their demise a secret either, instead, they pretty much told the whole town just to embarrass us even further. I guess it was working, because Emma and I have been hiding out in my mansion since that morning on the beach.

"So what will we do now?" Emma asked softly as we sat on the couch together. She was sitting with her knees pulled up to her chest and her arms wrapped around them. I was sitting on one of my legs and leaned against the backrest with my arm slung over it.
"Honestly, I don't know. This is a downright mess that I didn't expect to ever be happening." I said and the blonde looked at me.
"You hit Robin." She said and bit her lip. "Pretty hard." She added and I nodded.
"I guess I did." I chuckled and looked at her with a soft gaze. "When I saw him hit you, I just lost it." I explained and bit my lip. "I'm not going to apologize to him either. A man shouldn't be hitting a woman, Saviour or not, it's not right." I said and she chuckled.
"You knocked him on his ass Regina and then kept going." She shook her head a little and I shrugged.
"I only slapped him." I smirked a bit. Our mirth slowly died down, leaving a silence hanging between the two of us. I sighed and let my head fall back. As I looked up at the ceiling and tapped my fingers on the backrest, I realized another thing.

"I suppose we're both getting a divorce now." I looked at the blonde and she nodded, silent a little while longer before smirking.
"You wouldn't happen to know a lawyer who'd do a two for one deal?" She joked and I snorted, biting my lip as that would be quite convenient.
"I wish. But this is a serious problem however."
"I know." Emma said softly and let her forehead rest on her knees. "Everyone will look at us differently now and certainly not in a good way." She added.
"I'm surely not going to be just the 'Evil Queen' now."
"Yeah and I'm a Savior of nothing now... I was supposed to be the one to bring back all the happy endings and yet, here I am..."
"Emma... It's not your fault." I reached out to her and took her hand.
"Yeah well, it's not your fault either." Emma said softly and squeezed my hand back. "I suppose we both just royally screwed up." The blonde said and looked into my eyes. It was silent for a while before she carefully spoke.

"Do you ever wonder what would have happened if we didn't marry them?" She asked carefully and I shrugged.
"We probably would still be doing this little dance, wouldn't we?" I tilted my head. "Honestly what would change? This has always been about the pleasure, hasn't it?" I asked and Emma looked a little troubled. On second thought, she actually looked hurt. "Emma?" The woman pulled her hand back and got up, walking over to the window and staring off into the rain that was pouring out of the sky. I sighed and looked down.

I had had my suspicions for a while, that perhaps this meant more to Emma than what we had initially agreed on.

"Am I wrong?" I asked and turned to look at her back. "I suppose I was wrong in thinking that what it meant would never change." I said softly and got up. I put my hand on her shoulder and made her turn around. I looked at her apologetically as I saw the tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry."
"For what? Because you thought you could just have sex with me and nothing would ever change? Or the fact you don't love me back?" She yelled and I gasped.
"Emma..."
"Tell me!" She really started crying now. "I need to know... Was all this for nothing?" She sobbed. I slowly leaned my forehead against hers and wrapped my arms around her shoulders, pulling her into a hug.
"You know I don't know how to love very well." I said softly and felt her wrap her arms around my waist.
"Try, because I need you." I could feel her tears getting soaked up by my blouse. I held onto her tighter and let her hide her face in my shoulder.
"I need you too, Emma." I said and closed my eyes as I held her.

I had known for a while that my own feelings had shifted from lust to adoration and eventually love, but I thought that if I just hid it from the world, I would never have to act on them and nothing would change. I was just too blind to see, that everything had changed.