The Queen's Knight In Shining Overalls

Chapter 11

Regina walks out of the bathroom with one towel wrapped around her hair and one wrapped around her body. "Damn it Emma Swan get out of that bed right now. We're going to be late".  "Nooo Gina. I'm tired". She whines out. "I'm sure you are dear and so am I, but you are the one that woke up horny in the middle of the night and just had to wake me up to satisfy your sexual desires. So come on get up". She says as she starts getting dressed. "Emma I swear to god I will drag you out of this bed, and I'm warning you now if I have to do that I will also be cutting you off from any and all sex for a month". Emma immediately turns over and looks at Regina. "You wouldn't dare Gina. You can't even go a week without jumping me". Regina walks over to the bed and leans over and puts her palms flat on the mattress. This position shows off her cleavage perfectly right in Emma's face. Speaking in such a sensual voice she says. "Emma my love, before we met I had quite a collection of toys that I could use to satisfy my needs, and I'm sure all it would take is a few new batteries to still be able to get the job done". She lets out an evil laugh. "Oh that does sound quite exciting. Can't you picture it Emma. Me laying next to you while I fuck myself and you can't even touch me because you won't get out of this damn bed". Regina walks away and goes to put on her shoes. Emma angrily whips the blankets off of her. She gets out of bed and stomps to the bathroom. "Thanks Gina, now I have to take a cold shower". She says as she closed the door loudly. Regina laughs and says. "Make it quick Emma. I don't want to be late". When Emma finally meets Regina in the kitchen her coffee is already in her togo mug. "Not wasting any time this morning are ya babe?"  "I told our new clients we would be there at 9 Emma. We have to leave now". She grabs her mug and they head out to the car. For the last few months Emma has been working for Regina. She's been doing lots of remodels and even made a few special request pieces. She made a beautiful 5 tiered bookshelf that she handcrafted with Egyptian symbols across the top of it. The clients absolutely loved it. She charged 700 dollars, but they gave her 1000 dollars, they wanted to tip her because they loved it so much. Right now she's making a rocking chair for a young couple that just bought their 1st home and are also expecting their 1st baby soon. When Regina and Emma got to the new clients home, they all walked around and listened to what the clients wanted done. They wanted a complete kitchen and bathroom remodel, which is no problem for Emma, but they will have to bring in a plumber and electrician for parts of the work. Regina told them that they would call by the end of the day with an estimate for the work. They all shook hands and Emma and Regina left to go to the office. They both walk by Mal and deep inside Mal really does not like Emma working there now, but she still try's to be polite. Regina had a desk set up in her office for Emma, and even though Emma was against them working together it's actually been really great. She has work every day from either clients or friends of clients that liked Emma's work. She hates to admit it, but she's making more money now than she did with Marco. Her and Regina called the plumber and the electrician that they usually have for certain jobs to book them for the kitchen and bathroom remodel, then they wrote up an estimate and Regina called the clients who had no problem with the price and Emma was scheduled to get started the next morning. About an hour later they went home for lunch, mostly to take Emma home to her car, with the job starting tomorrow she had to make a supply run and get a few things ready. On the ride home Emma's phone rang. She looks at the caller ID and hits the ignore button. "Someone you don't want to talk with dear?"  "Ya. David Nolan. He's called me every week since I was arrested". "And you haven't answered?"  "Nope. I meant it when I said I was done. Sure I kinda miss my mom, but David. Nope". The rest of the ride was quite. Before Regina pulled into their driveway they both saw the Sheriffs car parked in front of their house. "What the hell does he want?"  Emma asked. "There is only one way to find out". They both get out of the car and start walking towards David and he also walks to them. "Is there something we can help you with?"  Emma asks. "I've been trying to call you Emma".  "Yes I've noticed".  "We've been try to find you Emma. Your mother and I went to you apartment but your landlord said you moved out a few months ago".  "Yes. I've been living with my girlfriend for a while now. I'm sorry, Regina this is David Nolan". She shakes his hand. "So why have you been looking for me, do I match a description of someone that's been on a crime spree?"  "No Emma nothing like that, we've been worried about you. We haven't heard anything from you in months".  "I told you the day I walked out of your office that you didn't need to worry about me anymore. Thanks for bringing me into your home and giving me a place to stay and food to eat. I didn't have that in a lot of the places I was at before your house, so for that I owe you a thank you, but your legal obligation to me ended when I turned 18. Ok so, if you'll excuse us we need to have some lunch before we go back to work". She starts to walk away and David speaks. "Emma wait please. I need to apologize. Everything you said that day in my office was right. I never treated you like my own child. I didn't know how to be a father, especially a father of a teenager. I never knew my father, so I figured if I just worked and provided for you and your mother I was doing the right thing. I'm sorry Emma. I understand you don't want to see me, but you know your mother loves you and she misses you so much, so all I ask is that you don't take your hatred of me out on her. Please call her or visit her".  "Ok David, I'll do that, I actually miss her too".  "Thank you Emma. I'll go now. Thanks for hearing me out. I was nice to meet you Regina". And with that he turns and walks away. Emma and Regina walk into the house and go into the kitchen. "Well that was interesting my love. I bet you weren't expecting him to show up at our home".  "No. I can honestly say I wasn't expecting him at all". Emma takes a seat at island while Regina looks in the refrigerator. "Ok sweetheart, we have that leftover chicken. I can make some chicken salad sandwiches. How does that sound?" When Regina doesn't receive an answer she looks over at Emma, who's face is just glazed over. "Emma sweetheart, did you hear me. Emma".  "What?  I'm sorry baby what did you say?"   "I said I can make us some chicken salad sandwiches for lunch, is that ok with you?"  "Actually. I'm not that hungry Gina, I think I'm just gonna go downstairs to the basement and get a work order ready for that job tomorrow and I want to work on the rocking chair for a while". Regina closes the refrigerator door. "Oh Emma please don't do this, you worry me so much when you go into this mood".  "And what mood is that Gina?"  She says with a little attitude. "When you just completely shut down. You don't eat, you don't talk, you barely sleep. Emma please just talk to me. I know Davids coming her is bothering you, just talk to me my love".  Emma stands up quickly and speaks a little more loudly than she normally would. "What do you want me to say. Yes it's fucking bothering me and I'm not sure how to process this yet. That's why I want to go downstairs and work that's what helps me think. Is that ok?"  "Yes Emma I'm sorry. I'm just worried about you. Please try to eat something later". Emma nods and walks out of the kitchen and heads down to her workspace in the basement. Regina can't stop the tears from falling from her eyes. She not feeling hungry anymore. So she just grabs her purse and goes back to her office. From the basement Emma can Reginas car start and drive away. "Shit". Emma says as she drops her wood shaver on the floor. She knows she needs to fix this. She took her frustrations out on the woman she loves and she hates herself for it. She goes back upstairs and grabs her keys. She goes over to the florist and gets the 3 carnations that mean a lot to them and she drives over to Mills Realtors. She walks into the lobby and doesn't see Mal at her desk as she walks by. She opens Regina's office door and sees Regina and Mal siting on the couch kissing. "What the fuck Gina?"