i hate that i love you | a swan queen story

CHAPTER ELEVEN

For the most part, not much else happened at first. Emma and Regina were still avoiding each other and Emma was still dating Killian...hurting Regina every time she saw them. She was trying to live with it though. If this is what made Emma happy, she knew she would just have to deal with it...no matter the cost on her feelings.

It had been two months since Emma asked Killian out, and if you asked her she would tell you that it was going well and she was happy. This would not be true however. Emma had convinced herself that she was content in the relationship but really she wasn't. She constantly thought back to what happened to Regina and she longed to talk to her but she was stubborn. They both were.

All this led to both Henry and Zelena becoming very frustrated. They could both see that they had feelings for each other, Emma just wouldn't admit it and Regina wouldn't talk to Emma. Oh, and Emma was dating the pirate.

So, they came up with a plan.

Emma was just flicking through her paperwork that was due that day when she got an anonymous call saying someone had broken in to Regina's vault. She reluctantly drove over there, hoping that she wouldn't have to face Regina. When she got there, there was no sign that it had been broken into. This is strange... she thought.

Her job was her job however, so she still had to check everything was okay. She knocked on the large doors and when nothing happened and there was no Regina coming up to yell at her, she heaved them open and went inside.

A pulse of magic dissipated from the building, resulting in Emma almost falling over. She shrugged it off, but silently hoped that it did not alert Regina of her presence in her private vault.

Emma quietly walked down the steps and looked around. Standing there, also looking around and looking confused, was Regina Mills.

Regina looked at her. "E-Emma? What the hell are you doing here?" She looked tired, as she usually did these days.

"Someone called in to say your vault had been robbed? I'm sheriff, I have to check it out."

Regina rolled her eyes and sighed. "Well guess what? Zelena called and told me the same thing...Zelena what the hell have you done now?!"

Regina looked around, as if Zelena was hiding somewhere in the vault. Emma hoped she wasn't, their sister fight may not be pretty. Regina already seemed agitated, probably the result of a lack of sleep, but this had just made her worse.

A green paper aeroplane appeared in a a burst of emerald smoke and floated on to the floor. Regina bent down and picked it up, and read aloud:

"Hey Emma and Regina,

You need to get your act together. You cannot leave the vault until you've realised the truth. Have fun!

Zelena and Henry, your number one fans."

Emma looked at her, "Henry was in on this too?"

"So it seems, yes." Regina replied, she was still rereading the note. She was apparently not convinced of it's reliability.

Emma was only just taking in the information. "Wait-so are we really stuck in here?"

Regina didn't answer her. She went up the stairs and to the doors. When she tried to get out, her body was blasted back. She tumbled on to the floor and groaned. "Apparently so, Miss Swan."

Emma put her hand out for Regina to take so she could get up. Regina rejected it and got up herself. Emma's eyes narrowed on her. "Why are you calling me that again? We've been through too much to revert to the old times when we hated each other."

"So you're saying we don't hate each other right now? We've hardly spoken in two months!"Regina snapped at her.

"Yeah well you shouldn't have done what you did!"

"Fine! Go blame me! Again!"

"Look, I wouldn't have asked you to help me with my parents if I knew were going to get like this. It was a stupid mistake. Get. Over. It."

"Is that all it was to you?" Regina could feel all the hurt and pain she had begun to bury come right back up.

"Yes, of course it was. Why should you care anyway?" Emma stomped down the stairs and left Regina at the top, wanting to get away from her.

Regina stood there and froze for a bit, comprehending what just happened. But then she was brought back to reality, and she sped after her.
"I care because I love you."