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CHAPTER FIFTEEN - THE CURE

And if you say you're okay, I'm gonna heal you anyway
I promise I'll always be there
I promise I'll be the cure

Regina, Emma and David made their way into Granny's Diner later that evening and spotted Henry and Snow sitting together in the booth waiting for the rest of the group to arrive.

When Henry saw his mothers, he slid out of the booth and ran over to hug them both.

"How was school, Henry?" Regina asked as they walked toward the booth and Snow stood up to hug her daughter.

Henry told everyone about his day as they sat back down in the booth. After they placed their drink orders, David cleared his throat. "Snow, Emma has something she needs to tell you. Actually - from what I've seen today, I think it's safe to say she might have a couple things she needs to tell you." His gaze shifted and he looked at Regina and smiled.

Regina gave him a soft grin in return then turned to look at Emma, giving her a reassuring nod.

Emma looked at her mom, about to begin telling her the same thing she told her dad earlier in the day but then she paused. Quickly, she turned to face Regina, "Do you think it's okay for Henry to hear this?"

Regina paused, aggravated that neither she nor Emma had thought about that beforehand. She pursued her lips then glanced at Henry who was extending his arm toward Emma.

He grabbed her hand and gave it a small squeeze. "Mom, I want to be here for you, too. No matter what. But if you just want to talk to your parents, I'll go talk to Ruby and give you guys some space."

"Thanks, kid." Emma whispered and he nodded.

He slid out of the booth and made his way over to the counter on the other side of the diner.

"We did a good job raising him, didn't we?" Regina cut in, causing Emma to smile and nod in agreement and Regina noticed Snow smiling, too.

"So the reason I wanted to talk to you is because…" Emma paused briefly to exhale, suddenly feeling much more nervous than she anticipated. Regina slipped her hand under the table and grabbed ahold of Emma's hand, brushing her thumb lightly over the back of her hand and Emma immediately felt better.

"Hook and I aren't together anymore. I already left him. Kind of — thanks to Dad's help… and Regina's." She blurted out, her nervous rambling evident to everyone seated at the table as she reached out and began fidgeting with the edge of the napkin in her lap.

Snow looked at her with confusion, tilting her head and then opened her mouth to speak but Emma cut her off.

"I'm so sorry, Mom. I know you love Killian and really wanted our relationship to work so I could be happy. But he's not Killian… he's Captain Hook. The Killian you know and love is just a facade. He did a great job hiding his true colors, but underneath… he's still a selfish, ignorant, entitled... disgusting pirate!" She spat out the last word and a few heads of other patrons in the diner quickly turned to glare in her direction.

She continued, her voice growing louder. "He treated me like I was some kind of possession!" Her blood boiled and her heart raced, but when she felt the pad of Regina's soft thumb brushing gently against her hand, she calmed down again. "I don't deserve that." Emma whispered.

"Emma. Honey, you don't have to defend your actions and apologize. You're right, I did push for you to be happy together. But if he isn't giving you that happiness, then you deserve to find someone else who can. You don't deserve someone who treats you like a possession, sweetie."

Emma nodded and she dropped her gaze, fidgeting again with the napkin.

Snow's tone quickly changed from soft and gentle to concerned as she saw her daughter's reaction. "Emma, what happened? Something is wrong that you aren't telling me."

Emma opened her mouth to speak and when no words came out, Regina let go of Emma's hand and moved her hand up to Emma's shoulder and rubbed her arm, causing Snow to furrow her brow. Regina leaned in to Emma and whispered, "it's okay, you can tell her."

"Dad, can you tell her?" Emma asked her father with a hopeless look.

"Emma, we're here to support you, but this isn't something we should be telling her on your behalf. You can do this." He said with a small smile.

Emma nodded slowly and faced her mom again. "He hurt me, Mom. Pretty badly. Multiple times. Dad and Regina helped me though." Her voice trailed off as she leaned her head into Regina's shoulder.

Snow gasped and grabbed her daughter's hand, tears filling her eyes, and David leaned into his wife and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"Emma, oh my god I am so sorry. This is all my fault." Snow said softly, trying not to get too upset and make Emma feel worse. "We pushed for you to be with him because we wanted you to have a love like ours and we never should have done that. How could we have been so blind?"

"No, Mom. Don't be upset, it's not your fault. You couldn't have known. And it's taken care of now. Dad and I arrested him and now he's in the ward getting treatment while under a careful eye. He can't hurt me anymore."

Regina jumped in, the only calm one at the table. "She's right about everything. We don't have to worry because he will never hurt her again. And you can't blame yourself because you couldn't have known. Emma pushed everyone away and did a great job of keeping us all in the dark."

Regina slid out of the booth, planning to go grab Henry and let him know he could come back to the table and order dinner. She turned around to look at Emma, who bowed her head, ashamed to see the look on everyone's faces.

Before Regina could walk away, Snow called her name.

"Regina!" She turned at the sound of Snow's voice and let her continue. "How? How did you know? I can tell you were the one who figured it out and helped Emma…" Snow asked, pushing her hand against the back of the booth to stand up.

Regina smiled softly. "With Emma, I can always tell when she's hiding something. But I promised her she never had to be afraid again and I meant it." She grabbed Emma's hand for everyone to see. "Emma, I know you don't need someone to save you, but I will always do everything in my power to protect you no matter what."

Emma lifted her head and wiped away a tear that began to trickle down her cheek. She smiled at Regina and then looked at her parents whose eyes were still on Regina. David was smiling and Snow saw the look on his face and it all clicked.

"You love her, don't you?" Snow said with a small smile.

Before Regina could answer, Henry ran back over to the table when he saw everyone was standing up. He took in the sight of everyone staring at Regina. "What's going on, is everything okay?"

Regina looked at Emma again and answered Snow's question. "Yes. Yes, I do love her."

Neither Emma or Regina broke eye contact to see Snow and David's reaction. Both women just smiled at each other and then Henry wrapped his arms around both of them.

"I knew it!" He shouted, his voice full of joy.

Snow reached out and placed her arm on Regina's shoulder, pulling Regina back to reality and turning to face Snow and David.

Both of them had a smile on their faces. "I couldn't be happier." Snow said with a wide grin.

"Really?" Emma and Regina asked at the same time. Emma's jaw dropped and Regina raised a skeptical eyebrow.

David wrapped his arm around his daughter's shoulders and let Snow continue.

"I can't think of anyone else who could protect and love my daughter better than you can, Regina. I know how deeply you love once you open up your heart to someone and I'm really glad that you did."

"This is the happiness we wanted for you, Emma." David added.

"Me, too, Moms." Henry said with a grin. "How about after dinner, we all go get your stuff from your home and you can move in with us?"

"I like the way you think, kid. But there's just one thing wrong with what you said — that wasn't my home. I know that now. Home is where I feel safe and loved and that's right here, with my family." Emma said with a smile and Regina wrapped her arms around Emma to pull her closer.