~Emma's POV~

I have to remind daddy that I need new glasses. These ones are very annoying. Like super freaking annoying. They slide off of my face every time I look down. There's no way I can do my homework while looking up! How about I just not do it ever?

"Emma!" Speak of the devil.

"What?!" I yell back. Today is one of those days that I hate with all of my heart: The big move.

"Come and help Regina with her stuff please!"

I chuck my pencil to oblivion and stand with my blood boiling sky high. My feet pad heavily against the floor and make it their point to show off my frustrations as I stomp down every single stair there is in this big home.

Regina is already down at the bottom. Half of her long hair tied up and her arms hugging her chest. Her plump lips move as she chomps away on her gum and looks around my house. Not her's mine!

She looks at me curiously as I stomp down the stairs. Her eyes on me brings an unbearable heat to my skin. The moment I look at her she blushes and those brown eyes gaze upon something else.

"Hello? Don't you need help or something?" I snap.

Regina eyes me down coldly before letting out a sigh. Honestly, she's very intimidating and it only forces me to put my walls up even more. She picks up two heavy bags with ease and begins the long trek up stairs. To try and outdo her, I put a bag on top of one of the big boxes and began to carry it. Yes, I am very strong for a 7 year old, yet she seems stronger somehow.

Her room is now one of the big guest rooms that connects to the bathroom on this floor. This is the same bathroom that connects to my room, so we now have to share. It sucks but I guess I have no choice but to accept my fate at this point.

Once I make it to Regina's room, I set the box anywhere. She isn't going to tell me where to put it because she doesn't speak. It's been a year now since I met her and she hasn't said a word to me which makes the situation even more frustrating. I have reason to believe that something is wrong with her because she doesn't even talk to my dad. The only time I've actually seen her talk is when she whispers something in her mom's ear.

The brunette proceeds to look around her room in thought and began pulling things out. She doesn't ever acknowledge my presence, so I assume my work here is done. I take my cue to leave but before I make it out,

"Thank you." I hear behind me. I couldn't help but look back at her. She's staring at me and turning red again. Why does she turn red? Honestly, her voice is so comforting and it's so sweet.

"No problem." I utter in a confused hazed.

~Time Lapse~

"Eww gross. Are you two really waltzing right now?" Regina growls from the single armchair, but she refuses to pry her eyes away from her phone. Meanwhile, I'm staring at them in admiration.

Years have gone by and now I'm 14. The Mills has grown on me. Honestly Cora is great and caring. She seems to have everyone's best interests at heart which is exactly what my dad and I needed. I haven't seen him happy...Well yea he's been happy before but not this happy. One day I just woke up and thought, Damn my dad is really happy. So I got over the childish grudge I had over the situation.

I've gotten to know both women a little more. Maybe a little too much. For instance...I know that Regina has a cock. No I have not seen it but this is what happened:

Mom and Dad took us to the park to play catch with a frisbee. Spring just hit its breaking point so it was the perfect day to hang out. Regina and I stood at a distance on the opposite side of mom and dad waiting for them to toss it our way.

Dad throws the frisbee between us instead of at one of us, so we both race towards it, keeping our eyes on the frisbee up in the air instead of our surroundings.

"I got it!" She calls out, she sounded pretty far so I kept running, assuming she wouldn't make it in time and would stop all together.

"No I've got it Reg!" I tell her.

"Girls be careful!" Mom calls out to us. As soon as I look forward, my body already slams into Regina's maturing one. I ended up toppling over her. As I shake the haziness away, I find her staring up at me with a super red face like always. I never understood why she turns red until now.

I'm even redder from feeling something hard and big brush up against my leg. I was only 11 so I've never seen or didn't know what a dick was until Cora had to sit me down and explain Regina's situation amongst other things like my period. Everyone in my grade got theirs at 12 and I'm fourteen and just now getting mine at school today.

"Is it a crime to waltz now?" Cora teases from the middle of the living room. My phone pings so I look down to find a text from my best friend, Lily.

"Yes, a crime to my eyes." Regina scoffs. I want to say something but my phone is way more important than their stupid convo.

Lily: dude! Killian just posted this cute picture on insta! Go look!️

"Oh please Regina. Your eyes are glued to your phone, literally." Dad defends.

"Ha ha, very funny dad." Man is Regina an ass nowadays. I guess it's the hormones, which ever ones she has. I learned in sex ed that all teens go through puberty and has mood swings but Regina seems to be going through the worst of it.

After gawking at the picture of Killian for long enough, I look up at dad and mom who are already starting to pull away from another. I shift nervously on the sofa not really sure who I should tell and how I should say it. Of course Cora could always sense uneasiness.

"Are you okay?" I frantically nod my head and look shyly down to my lap, causing my blonde curls to fall over my shoulders.

"It's...its just that I got my period today at school."

That was good enough news for Regina to look up in from her phone. She's staring at me curiously yet the look is hard. Almost predatory like, but I simply ignore it. Maybe I'm over analyzing her face right?

"Oh wow! Are you okay?" Dad asks. I shrug. Aside from the embarrassment of not knowing what to do, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?

"Yea?" I say in confusion.

"What he means is dear, did you have any pain? Monthly cycles can cause pain in some women." Cora explains for my better understanding. Ooooohhhh

I look between the both of them and shrug once more. "Nope, not that I know of."

"Okay good!" Cora concludes with a firm clap to her hands. "Don't worry, I'll go out and get supplies."

"Thank you." I utter shyly.

"Regina, it's your turn to walk the dog." My dad informs. Regina is like stuck or something. She's still staring at me but looks so deep in thought. Just knowing that her eyes are on me makes my heart race so I look back down to my phone and text Lily.

"Regina!"

"Oh right, yes I'll do it now." Regina stammers. My sister...sister. I don't know why calling her that feels so nasty in my mouth. It's so gross. I've accepted Cora as my mother figure but I cannot, for the life of me, accept Regina as my sister. It just seems so wrong! Regina Mills will never be my sister. Close friend yes, but sister, not ever.

"How about you join her? Have some alone time with your sister." My dad suggests. Uuuughhh! I hate that stupid word!

Regina comes back with Lola on her leash and grabs her phone from the couch. That was my cue to stand and follow while texting Lily back once again.

"You two." Cora tsks with a chuckle. Daddy stands up beside her with a big grin on his face. Regina and I look at them with furrowed brows; we're so freaking confused.

"What?" We both question together.

They look at each other lovingly and go, "Teenagers."

Regina and I take a quick glance at each other, shrug our shoulders, and head out the door. The air outside is cooling from the sun setting. There's people still out and all around StoryBrooke despite it.

"Soo..." Regina trails while staring off ahead. "You could've just told me you know?"

"Told you what? About my period?" I gasp. "How would you know about periods?"

"I'm 16 Emma, and I'm not blonde either." Regina scoffs and flicks her hair to the side. What the hell is that supposed to mean?

"Are you calling me dumb?!" I snap.

"Hey, you said it not me...if the shoe fits." She shrugs and stops by a pole that Lola suddenly found interesting.

"Why are you such a dick?" I groan out. I miss the old, sweet and quiet Regina. Now she's just...I don't even know anymore. Maybe unpredictable is a good word. You never know what mood she's in and you probably can't ever tell when she always has her face in her phone.

"I mean I have one. A really big one." She taunts. Suddenly I feel my skin burning and Regina laughs at me a few seconds later. I mean that comment simply knocked the wind out of me. "Jeez Em, relax. I'm just teasing." She grins while popping a piece of gum into her mouth.

"So...do you have a girlfriend?" I ask to change the situation. Lola starts walking again so we follow suit.

"There's this cute new girl at school, I'm sure I can bag her easily." She shrugs with full confidence. That burn in my skin is quickly replaced with anger. Why? What the hell is wrong with me?

"Tell me about her." I blurt nosily. I just want to know how special this stupid new girl truly is.

"Well she has these pretty eyes and big juicy lips. We all call her Mal because that's what she told us to call her. Oh and she's blonde."

I literally choked as soon as I heard 'blonde'. I didn't know that Regina is into blondes. Since when do I even care? I shrug away these thoughts and continue to walk beside Regina without showing any sign of interest.

"Cool." I state. Regina side eyes me for a moment and then says.

"Just because she's cute doesn't mean she has a great personality. I mean I don't know her and personality matters." Something tells me that she's saying this on purpose but it isn't a lie. It honestly made me feel a little better for some reason. Once again I have to shake away the eerie feelings inside as well.

"I'm still a virgin so..."she adds on. Now I'm looking at her.

"You don't act like a virgin." I chuckle. Regina shrugs, her long hair bouncing on her shoulder with every step.

"That's because I know things, but I'm saving it for someone special."

"Awwww! How cute!" I baby with pursed lips. Regina chuckles and shoves me away before staring off at the now starry sky.

"I think it's time to go back. Mom's probably done with dinner already."

"Alright." I agree and kick out my aching legs.

It's been a while since I took a walk for this long. Moving for long periods of time is one thing I hate. However, I always hear Regina at 5 in the morning getting ready for her morning jogs. She takes a shower before and after which is dumb because she takes a shower before bed too. She's a complete neat freak and sometimes she even cleans my room! At first I thought it was mom but I found out it was her. My clutter drives her crazy but her tidiness drives me freaking nuts.

As Regina steps up to the house and pulls out her keys, I can't help but gaze at her ass. I'm just...curious. I mean it's so full and captivating...what are you doing swan this is your sister. Eww I so hate that word.

"I don't even like girls!" I scold in a whisper.

"What was that?" Regina questions while eying me down. My body immediately tenses at the sound of her voice.

"Nothing!" I fumble with widened eyes.

"Uh huh..." Regina chuckles in suspicion and finally unlocks the door. "Mom dad, we're home!"

"Good! Dinner is done, go and wash up first." Cora says. Regina slips the leash from Lola, setting the dog free to happily trot to wherever she pleases. Usually she just harbors in Regina's room but I'm pretty sure she's in need of water.

Regina and I step upstairs to our bathroom. She washes her hands first for an annoying two minutes or so, but she stares at me through the mirror. If there's one thing I've noticed is that Regina always stares at me. From the moment we met she just doesn't stop staring. When I was younger it just made me feel awkward and uncomfortable. As I got older it started making me shy away and look somewhere else. Now my heart pounds roughly and I can't help but stare back. I have no idea what this is. Anxiety maybe? I'm not sure but I do know that I hate showing feelings.

"What? Hurry up." I whine. Regina chuckles and faces me. We're literally so close that I can feel the body heat from her nose on mine. My eyes helplessly falls to her beautiful lips before they trail back up to her beautiful eyes. Brown ones lock on to me immediately.

"Regina! Emma! What's taking you two so long?!" Dad yells from the bottom of the stairs.

"We're coming Dad!" Regina yells back. "I'm going to go before they have a heart attack." I chuckle and simply step around her to wash my hands.

She leaves and I sit there for a good minute, scrubbing away the dirt and trying to figure out what these feelings are that I keep feeling inside. Maybe it's my period? Yea! That's it! It's my period duh! It's making me feel all mushy and what not.

I make it downstairs soon and sit across from Regina as always. Our parents always sit at the head of the table. Mom brings out the big pan of lasagna prompting Regina to whine about it.

"Aww mom! I was in the mood for tacos." The she glances at me just after she says it.

I nearly choked on the water that I am currently sipping on. Mom and Dad freeze while staring at me in confusion. "Are you okay dear?"

"Yes mom, I'm fine, it just went down the wrong pipe." I inform. Regina wickedly grins at me before taking another sip of her water. What has gotten into her?!

"Alrighty, some for you, and some for you." Mom hums as she puts a slice on everyone's plates. She gives herself a slice last before sitting at her spot and digging in.

"So, hows school guys?" Dad asks with a full mouth, earning a scolding look from Mom.

"Great for me." Regina informs. "I actually have a project and was wondering if my partner could come after school so we can work on it."

"Who is this...partner?" Cora questions with a sly grin. That's a really good question.

"She's new. Her name is Mal." That named really tugged at something deep with in me. My grip tightens on my fork and I can't help but angrily stab at my food. Regina gives me a look of a sorrow but I don't care anymore. I hate her all over again now. It's a strong hate too.

"Of course she can come. What about you Emma?" My father questions towards me.

"I told you, I got my period that was it." I mumble darkly. Everyone suddenly goes silent due to the awkward tension I've caused. Regina doesn't even look at me anymore. She seems to be looking guiltily down at her plate but what do I care?

After dinner, I strip from my clothes and pull on my shorts and a t-shirt. Just on cue, the shower starts running, but there's a sudden knock on my door. I open it to find Regina wrapped in nothing but a towel. Oh my god.

"Jeez! Why do you keep doing this!" I snap angrily.

Regina rolls her eyes and leans against the doorway.

"I ran out of body wash." Well yea because you take 40 minute showers four fucking times a day! That's not my problem.

"Okay..." shrug, trying to see her point in all of this.

"Can I borrow yours?" She sasses. I groan and storm away from her before grabbing a bottle from my dresser and throwing it at her.

"Your period gave you a real fucked up attitude." She points out and slams the door. So fucking what!

I sit in bed and think about this. Honestly I have not been myself and I don't like it all. I just want my period to end! I can't wait for it to end.