Not alone anymore

Chapter 7

"Hello this is Regina Mills .....  Oh. Hello mother".  Regina looks at me and just shakes her head. "I'm doing well. Thank you for asking.... Tonight?  No I'm sorry mother I have other plans..... What?  No I'm not shacking up with someone mother. I have a dear friend that wants to be there for me and I want her to be there for me, I need her right now mother because I know damn well that I can't count on you".  She ends the call and tosses her phone on the island. "Damn that woman. She knows how much daddy meant to me but do you think that she could show some compassion. Nope. Not even a little bit. Do you know what she actually said to the first time she saw me after he died?"   I shake my head no.  "She put her hand on my shoulder and said 'It's time to move on now dear. No need to dwell on the past'.  Like fucking seriously. My father has been dead all of 3 hours and she says that shit to me. That woman has no heart and no ability to love anyone, not even her own children".   I stand up and go to her.  I don't know if putting my arm around her is what she wants right now so I just stand close to her. "I can understand Regina. I've had my share for miserable foster parents. Some people just don't know how to love and it's an awful feeling being the child that has to deal with it. It breaks you down. It ruins your self esteem right to the point where you feel worthless".   "I made you feel that way too didn't I?"   She looks at me with wet eyes.  "No Regina, no you didn't. I had given up a long time ago but I'm trying to learn how to change and move on from that".  "How?"   "It was you, Granny and Ruby and also some help from Dr. Hopper. When you had me brought back here, the 3 of you really made me start to rethink things. Maybe I could be worth a little something if these people want to help me and not expect anything in return. As for Dr. Hopper. I started seeing him for more counseling. I saw him a few years ago and he's always so great and easy going. So I see him again once a week".   "That's really great Emma. I'm glad your doing that. It probably wouldn't hurt if I give Dr. Hopper a call one day".  "No I don't think it would hurt at all".  I say with smile making her smile. She puts her head on my shoulder and puts her arms around my neck and I hold her around the waist. It's really nice just holding each other until a few minutes later the door bell rings. We both let out a sigh and chuckle a bit. "You stay here dear and I'll get the door. Hopefully it's just the mailman". We kiss and she leaves the kitchen and I sit back down. A few minutes later I hear heals clicking hard against the floor. I know it's not Regina because she's wearing sneakers. Then I hear Regina raise her voice. "Where the hell are you going?"   An older brunette haired woman walks into the kitchen followed by Regina. They both stop and the older woman looks at me.  "Seriously Regina, this is your plans for tonight?"   "Mother my life is no concern of yours. It never was before. Why are you here?"   "Oh Regina dear I was only doing what was best for you. At least your sister was grateful for everything I did. You on the other hand was always daddy's little girl. He babied you way to much".   "Do not talk about my father. Do you understand me?"   I've never seen Regina so angry.  "Regina dear calm down. I'm your mother and I know what's best for you. You will cancel your plans for tonight and you will join Robert and I for dinner".   "I definitely will not cancel my plans. I'm spending the evening with Emma and not having dinner with you".   "So I assume this is Emma?"    "Yes. Emma this is my mother Cora, mother this is Emma".   Regina's mother didn't say anything to me. She turned to Regina and said. "Dinner is at 7 o'clock Regina. I expect to see you alone at Mario's". As she's walking away she says. "Don't be late dear".   And with that she was gone.  We hear the door close and Regina looks at me. "Wow. So that's your mom?"   "Yes. Please don't remind me".   "Will you be joining her for dinner tonight?"   "Absolutely not, and after the reading of the will I hope to never see her again. I don't need her interfering in my life anymore".   I go stand next to Regina and she basically jumps in my arms. I just hold her close.  "It's ok Regina. I'm here now and I always will be until you feel you no longer need me".   She gives me a kiss.  "I really can't imagine not ever needing you Emma".  We kiss again and she puts her head on my shoulder. As we held each other for a few minutes I think she fells asleep. "Gina. Hey Gina. Wake up babe".  She laughs a little. "Oh gosh. I can't believe I fell asleep standing up". She laughs again. I kiss her lips. "Why don't you go upstairs and get dressed for bed while I make sure that everything is locked?"   "Ok but will you join me for a nap after?"   "I can if you'd like me to".   "I'd like that very much Emma. Last night I felt so safe and loved with you holding me".   I kiss her again. "Ok babe. Let's check the locks together and then we can go rest.  Is that ok?"   "Yes very much so".  After everything is locked and shut off and even though it's in the afternoon Regina and I went up to her bedroom and holy shit what a huge room it was. Damn. It has a big king sized bed, a love seat and a lounging chair near the fireplace. I love this room. "The bathroom is right through that door. So if you want to change, you can use the bathroom. I'll change in my closet".  We smile at each other and we both go off to change. We meet a few minutes later and get into bed. I lay on my back and she snuggled into me. I take her in my arms and hold her close. I rub her back to give her comfort. "Hmmm. Emma this feels so wonderful just being in your arms. I wish we could stay like this forever".   "Maybe one day we can Regina. All of this is so new to us. Sure we should take it slow but I want to be with you Gina. I'm falling in love with you".    "Oh Emma. I feel the same my love and I need you in my life so much".  We hold each other close and end up falling asleep.
A few hours later we wake up because someone is banging on Regina's door and ringing the door bell. We both get up and Regina puts on her robe and her slippers. I put my jeans and shirt back on over my tank top. We both walk down the stairs and the banging and ringing continues. "Alright damn it. We're coming. Stop being an asshole".   Regina must be tired because she doesn't usually use this type of language. We finally get to the door and she opens it with so much authority. "What!!"   She barks out.  "That's no way to speak to your mother dear. First you stand us up for dinner and now you have an attitude. Not very nice Regina".  Cora comes walking in like she owns the place and right behind her is a tall thin older looking man. If that's Cora's boyfriend Regina is right he seriously looks like a slime ball.  "What do you want mother?"   "What I want dear daughter, is to know why you never showed for dinner and why is this Miss Swan still here. You said you weren't shacking up with anyone".   "Oh mother please just stop all this. I'm not living with Emma. We are just starting our relationship and she is the only one here for me right now, and I really need someone to count on and I believe in her".   "Really Regina, then why does it look like you just got of bed?"   "Because we did mother. We didn't have sex. I haven't slept much since daddy died and we took a nap. I asked Emma to stay with me because I didn't want to be alone".   "If you didn't want to be alone I would have stayed with you dear".   Regina lets out a laugh.  "Oh mother that's a good one. You have never been there for me when I needed you. All you ever said was 'Oh just grow up Regina'.   Well I am grown up now and I don't need you at all mother. So please leave and take your slime ball boyfriend with you. I'll see you in the morning at the reading of the will and after that I'll hopefully never see you again".   "Is that really what you want Regina?"   "More than anything.  Have a good night. Bye".  Regina walks to the front door and opens it. Cora gives me a nasty look then her and her slime ball boyfriend walks out the door as Regina slams it behind them.  "Damn that woman. I can't wait to be rid of her".  She walks up the stairs of the foyer and over to me. "Emma I'm sorry you didn't have parents but sometimes having them isn't that great either. If it was for my daddy I probably wouldn't be who I am today. Thank you for being here for me Emma I didn't realize how much I needed you".  She kisses me. "Thank you Emma".  She kisses me again and holds me close. I can feel her crying in my arms. I just rub her back and hold her close.   "It's ok babe. I've got you".  We go into the living room and sit on the couch. We hold each other for a while. Later on we ordered some food and watched a movie then we went off to bed.  We have to be at the lawyers office at 9am.