Save Me

Chapter 7

The resulting silence between them made the girl sad. She knew she had destroyed everything now. But Reginas next action made the girls heart beat quicker. The brunette slowly extended her hands to hers and lifted them up. As they were in the same position as before, she carefully began to stoke the teenagers hand with her thumb again.

A sudden warmth filled the blondes whole body and she relaxed again. She felt the weird tingling in the belly and blushed even more.

Carefully, still ashamed, she raised her head slightly. The girl noticed that Regina was watching her and lowered her head again quickly.

She closed her eyes briefly and leaned unconsciously into the touch. Before she opened them slowly, she exhaled deeply. She lifted her head and their eyes met. The womans brown eyes sparkled friendly, and an open warm smile lay on her lips

The blondes eyes stayed on her lips for a moment before she could hear someone clearing their throat. Immediately she pulled her hands away and looked for the source of the noise. Mary Magaret stood in front of the wooden table, on which there were now three plates of scrambled eggs and three cups of cocoa. She looked at them with a big friendly smile.

Regina stood up and pushed her chair back to its original position. She sat down next to the insecure girl and Mary Magaret sat down at the opposite side of the table.

"Enjoy the meal!" said Mary Magaret after a brief moment of silence.
"Thanks," replied Regina.
The blonde briefly lifted her head and gave Mary Magaret a grateful smile before she took the fork and pushed a big mouthful between her teeth.
It tasted delicious and as she swallowed the egg, a low noise of pleasure escaped her mouth. She blushed but continued eating greedily.

"Where is David?" Regina asked after some time of silence.
"He had to go back to the station." Mary Magaret glanced at Regina before she continued: "He has been gone for some time now. He should be here any minute"

The two of them continued talking but the young blonde could only think about the woman next to her. While her conscience kept telling her to not let anyone in, because she would only be disappointed again, she could think of nothing else. The girl thought about the feeling as the brunette'd touched her the first time. She helped her. She took care of her. She was worried about the girl. No one has ever worried about her or took care of her. It was a completely strange feeling.
And then there was her thumb on the back of her hand. She still felt the gentle circles on them.

Lost in her thoughts, she reached for the cup in front of her. As she grabbed it, the blonde felt a hot stabbing pain and dropped the cup immediately. The hot contents spread out on the table and the cup fell to the floor and shattered in thousands of pieces.
Shocked, she stared at the items on the ground. Then she realized what she'd done. She had messed up again. Why could she never do anything right?

"I... I'm sorry," she stuttered, "I... I am so sorry! I didn't do it on purpose! I'm so sorry!"

Mary Magaret jumped and the scared girl jerked. She could already feel the strikes that were about come. The teenager jumped up too and walked backwards until she pumped into the wall behind her. She jerked as the cool surface touched her back.

Regina also rose and walked towards the girl.

"It ... I'm really sorry, please ... Please don't hurt me!" the blonde begged desperately. She began to tremble and her breathing hitched. Both women stopped instantly. The blonde heard Regina's calming voice: "Oh, kid, don't worry, I promise, we won't hurt you!"

The girl calmed down a little and began to breathe normally again. She couldn't quite believe what the woman was saying. After all, she had spilled and broken something. There must be consequences!