The Interview
Once Upon A Time
Emma Swan ~ Swan Queen ~ Regina Mills
Sorry it took me so long to get the final chapter up! I've been doing through a tough time but things are looking up :-)
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"It may take me some time to learn to forgive you but I want to. I want my mother in my life. So when you have thought it through and you think you can co-exist with Regina then the house is yours." Emma explained
"Regina will not want me in your life, Emma." Mary said
"She said the choice is mine. I know about the deal you both made. I found her so the deal is broken, but she will try if you do." Emma replied before she turned and got in her car and drove away.
Chapter 20
Emma pulled up outside the house in Richmond the following night after seeing her mother and she felt better from getting some distance and sorting things out in her head. She knew Mary Margaret and Ruby would eventually show up in Richmond and when the time came she knew she would be happy to see them.
Henry and Regina exited the house when they heard Emma's car to greet her.
"Emma!" Henry called out while he jumped into her arms.
"Hey, Kid. Sorry I bailed for a while."
"It's OK, I understand. You needed time alone." Henry said understanding. "I knew you would be back. Do you feel better?" He asked
Emma smiled down at him before she turned to look at Regina. "Yeah, I do." She replied smiling at Regina who smiled back.
Emma ruffed her hand through Henry's hair before she stepped closer to Regina.
"EWW! I don't need to see you both kissing.. I'm going to tend to the new apple orchard for a while." Henry stated once he saw the look in his mothers eyes.
Emma chuckled watching Henry run off to the new orchard he was growing with Regina's help before she wrapped an arm around Regina's waist and pulled her body flush to her own.
"Hey." Emma whispered
"Hey." Regina replied
"There is something I should have done before I left." Emma stated before she looked down at Regina's ruby red lips
"What's that?" Regina replied while her own eyes drifted to Emma's lips witnessing her tongue running across her pale pink lips.
Emma replied by kissing the other woman. The moment their lips touched, they both moaned into each others mouths. Emma's tongue slowly ran over Regina's bottom lip before Regina opened her mouth and her tongue joined the fun.
Emma lowered her hands softly down Regina's back until they found their way to her perky butt cheeks. Grabbing hold of each cheek roughly, Emma picked Regina up and wrapped her legs around her waist and carried her into the house.
Once they made it to the bedroom, Emma lowered Regina down on her own feet and started to slowly unbutton the dress she was wearing. Green eyes turned darker the more of Regina's flawless olive skin was uncovered as she undressed her.
Emma licked her lips while she slowly ran the tips of her fingers along Regina's collarbone and across her shoulders, gathering fabric and pushing it slowly off her shoulders. Regina felt the soft fabric slide down her arms and flutter around her feet.
Emma stepped forward and captured Regina's lips in another kiss. "You have no idea how much I have missed you." Emma whispered breaking the kiss while she rested her forehead against Regina's and ran the tips of her fingers softly down Regina's taut stomach before taking hold her her hips and roughly pulling her flush to her own body.
"Oh, I think I might have an idea, Dear." Regina replied in a breathless whisper while her eyes fluttered closed as she enjoyed the feel of Emma's hands on her body.
"I need to feel you too, Emma." Regina stated while she opened her eyes.
Emma took a step back and started to remove her clothing slowly while keeping eye contact with the brunette. Regina eyes darkened to near black when Emma was stood before in all her naked glory.
"Come here." Regina commanded in a whisper.
Emma complied and moved forward, with an extra swing in her hips before Regina reached out and grabbed Emma's hips and spun her around until Emma's back hit the post on the canopy bed.
Emma held onto the post behind her while she shivered due to the predatory look in Regina's eyes.
Regina pressed her body against Emma's and captured the moan that escaped Emma's mouth in a kiss. "I spent the last 90 years thinking about your lips." Regina whispered against Emma's mouth.
Emma moaned and craned her neck exposing it to Regina while Regina planted hot wet kisses along her jaw and down her slender neck. "The taste of your skin." Regina whispered again.
"The way you gasp when I do.." Regina paused taking a pebbled nipple in her mouth and sucking it between her lips. "..this." Regina continued and smirked when Emma gasped at the sensation.
"But what I've been mostly thinking about is..." Regina paused falling to her knees in front of Emma. Emma moaned at the sight and watched while Regina hooked one of her legs over her shoulder and tilted her head back when she felt Regina's tongue slide through her soaked folds. "...making love to you." Regina continued before she sucked Emma's clit into her mouth and flicked the tip of her tongue over the swollen nub.
"Regina... Oh..." Emma moaned while she grabbed hold of the canopy post behind her for support tightly when she felt Regina's tongue enter her. "Gods, yes!" Emma cried out.
Regina replaced her tongue with two fingers and buried them deep within Emma's sex and wrapped her lips around her clit and began to pump her fingers in and out.
"Oh... don't stop! So close!" Emma cried out as one hand lowered to Regina's hair holding her in place between her legs.
"Faster." Emma commanded while she arched her back
Regina complied pumping her fingers in and out faster, bending them to find that rough patch of skin that sent Emma over the edge.
Regina planted soft feather light kisses against Emma's inner thighs, hip bones and stomach while she recovered from her high.
Emma slowly opened her eyes and looked down smiling widely at Regina who returned the smile. "I love you."
Regina stood and wrapped her arms around Emma's neck. "I love you too." Regina replied in a whisper before she pecked Emma's lips in a quick kiss.
"Come, I need to shower." Regina stated.
"You got a shower?" Emma asked to which Regina smirked before she walked away into the en suite bathroom.
Emma shook her head and followed only to gasp when she walked into their old bathroom. "that is not a shower, that's a waterfall!" Emma said in amazement while she took in the new modern bathroom. The entire back of the room looked like an indoor waterfall. Stone covered the walls and water fell from the ceiling. The sight of Regina entering the path of the water made Emma's mouth water. She watched the water make its way down her toned olive skin.
Regina lifted her hand and signalled for Emma to join her. Emma complied and moved forward wrapping her arms around Regina's slender waist and sighed happily at the feel of the hot water powering down on her cool skin.
"You have been busy." Emma stated to which Regina simply shrugged her shoulders.
"I had to kept myself busy in your absence." Regina answered.
Emma hummed while her hands explored Regina's body. Nails slowly raked down Regina's back making her shiver at the contact. Emma growled allowing her lust to overtake her for the woman in her arms, she grabbed Regina's hips and turned her around so her front was pressed against the smooth stone of the shower wall. Emma pressed the front of her body against Regina's back and lifted her knee separating her legs.
Regina swallowed the saliva that formed in the back of her throat and moaned when she felt Emma's knee rub against her centre. "Emma." She moaned in a whisper.
Emma smiled before she grabbed hold of Regina's long brown locks in her hand and wrapped it around her fingers and pulled Regina's head to the side exposing her long slender neck. Emma felt Regina slowly start to grind herself down on her knee while she sucked, bit and kissed her neck.
Emma ran her free hand across Regina's chest, grabbing hold of firm breasts and kneading the soft flesh before she lowered her hand down her flat stomach and between her legs. Regina paused her movements when she felt two of Emma's slender fingers rub soft circles against her clit.
"Harder, Emma." Regina ordered. Emma complied releasing her hold on her hair while she licked, sucked and kissed the back of Regina's neck while her free hand made its way down her back and between her legs.
Regina gasped and titled her head back onto Emma's shoulder when she entered her from behind with two fingers while the other hand continued to rub circles against the clit harder.
"Come for me, My love." Emma whispered in her ear when she felt Regina's walls tighten around her fingers.
As soon as the words left Emma's mouth, Regina came violently on her fingers. Emma held her tightly while she slowly removed her fingers from inside her and kissed her shoulder.
"Better" Emma whispered when she felt Regina relax against her.
"Much." Regina simply replied.
Once the women washed and dressed, they found Henry outside still tending to his orchard.
"WOW, looks great, Kid!" Emma said smiling.
"Thanks, Regina and I planted them while you were away." Henry explained.
Emma nodded her head.
"Did you see Grams and Ruby" Henry asked.
Emma glanced at Regina before looking back at Henry. "Yes, I did. They both miss you."
"Will we see them again" He asked stopping what he was doing and looked nervously at Emma.
"I would never stop you from seeing them, Henry. No matter what was going on between us. They are your family too." Emma explained.
Henry nodded his understanding. "So they are staying in New York?"
"I don't know. I bought an estate not far from here." She explained glancing at Regina again who smiled at her.
"I gave them the keys to it. They will come, I'm just not sure when." Emma finished.
"Cool! You OK with that, Mom?" Henry asked Regina.
"I will be. Has Emma explained, they are family."
Emma smiled at Regina proudly and mouthed a thank you.
Emma and Regina tucked Henry into bed before they went to rest themselves.
Emma took something out of her bag and turned to Regina. "I have something that belongs to you." Emma stated before she walked to Regina and turned her around. Moving Regina's hair to the side, Emma placed her apple necklace around her neck and kissed Regina's shoulder.
"Thank you." Regina whispered.
"When I opened the door to the sun room and I saw the two piles of ash, it felt like a part of me had died in that room also. I did terrible things that night. I killed possibly hundred of vampires. I was willing to met the sun so I wouldn't have to go another minute on this Earth without you." Emma explained in a whisper.
Regina whimpered and turned wrapping her arms around Emma. Regina closed her eyes and clenched her jaw in anger, mostly at herself at Emma's words.
"I'm so sorry." Regina replied
"If you ever pull a stunt like that again, I will kill you myself." Emma said with a hint of humour in her voice.
Once they were in bed Emma laid with her head in Regina's chest. "I wasted 90 long, excruciating years without you. Just knowing you were out there somewhere killed me a little every day I was here alone with only my memories of you and Henry has company. Knowing I would one day see you both again is the only thing that kept me going." Regina explained while she ran her fingers through Emma's long blonde waves.
Regina frowned when she felt wetness on her chest, glancing down she realised Emma was crying. Regina tucked a finger under Emma's chin to lift her head. Regina sighed when she saw Emma's tear stained cheeks.
"I know my promises don't mean much to you at the moment but I promise I will never cause you heart ache again." Regina softly said while she smiled sadly down at Emma.
Emma slowly shook her head. "I believe you."
It was 5 months after Emma gave Mary Margaret and Ruby the address and keys to the estate not far from their own that they turned up. Emma went with Henry every week to check the house to find it empty.
On a chilly night in November, Emma and Henry were casually walking towards the estate when Henry piped up.
"Maybe we should get cellphones." He stated
Emma laughed. "I don't like all that modern technology."
"You mean it doesn't like you. How many TV's have you broken in the past 50 years?" Henry said chuckling.
"Its not my fault they can't handle my awesome vampire strength!" Emma said defending herself.
Henry shook his head before he smirked seeing a light on in the foyer to the house when they rounded the corner to the estate.
Emma noticed the light too and smiled. "Looks like someone is home, Kid."
Henry ran towards the house and pressed the door bell and waited bouncing on the balls of his feet.
Emma reached the door just as it opened to reveal her mother.
"Grams!" Henry said before he launched his small body at her.
"Hello, Henry. I've missed you so much!"
Emma smiled nervously, "Hey."
Mary Margaret stepped closer to her while Henry ran into the house shouting for Ruby.
"I didn't think it would take this long for you to show up." Emma stated chuckling.
"I started packing the moment you drove away but Ruby thought it would be good to give you and Regina some time together and then I thought you might appreciate some time away from me too." Mary explained
Emma sighed. "I did need some time. I'm grateful for that. I did miss you though." Emma explained shrugging
"I missed you so much." Mary said before she took a step closer and took Emma's hand in her own and squeezed it.
Emma smiled and pulled Mary towards her into a hug. "Clean slate. The past is the past." Emma whispered getting a nod from Mary in response.
"Emma!" Ruby said excitedly before she wrapped her arms around Emma in a hug once Emma moved away from her mother.
Emma chuckled. "Hey, Rubes. I missed you." Emma said hugging back.
"I missed you too, Em." Ruby whispered breaking the hug.
"How is Regina?" Ruby asked
Emma smiled. "She is good, thank you." Emma replied.
"Grams! You have to come see my orchard! I have 20 apple trees! Regina helped me!" Henry explained proudly.
"I would love to! But I..." Mary Margaret said looking at Emma nervously.
"It's fine, Mom. You have to see her at some point. Better to get it over with." Emma said encouragingly.
Mary Margaret nodded her head. "OK."
Emma walked along side Ruby smiling has Henry explained to Mary Margaret the tricks to planting successful trees. She giggled at her mothers fake interest and indulgence to her son.
Ruby slowed down beside her and took hold of her arm. "Can we talk for a few minutes, alone." Ruby asked.
Emma turned. "Of course, what's up?"
"We didn't get to speak when you came home after finding Regina."
"Ruby, you don't have to explain yourself to me." Emma explained.
"Yes, I do. I consider you has a sister, Emma." Ruby said
Emma stopped walking and nodded her head.
"That night when.. well I didn't know about the deal between M&M and Regina. I found out when Regina sent a letter when we were in Canada. I wanted to tell you but M&M made me promise. I'm sorry, Emma. If I had said something you would have found her a lot sooner." Ruby explained sadly
"I understand, Rubes. You're loyal to my Mother, and I love you for that. As I told Mary Margaret, a clean slate, the past is the past. I forgive all three of you." Emma explained to which Ruby smiled and nodded her head.
"Come here." Emma said opening her arms open for Ruby. Ruby smiled and hugged the blonde.
"Now lets go, I'm not exactly sure how this will go." Emma said nervously.
Once they made it home, Emma walked inside the house and called for Regina. Regina walked out of the living room and opened her mouth to speak but paused seeing Mary Margaret and Ruby. She simply smiled at them.
"Look who we found." Emma said nervously.
"So I see. Welcome to Virginia. I hope you settled in well." Regina said towards the two women.
"Thank you, we have. The house is beautiful." Mary Margaret replied and smiled before she looked away.
Emma winced at the tension and cleared her throat. "The orchard, Henry." She said.
"Yes! Follow me!" Henry said before he left the house glancing at Emma nervously.
The four women followed Henry to the middle of the grounds of the estate where he had set up his little apple orchard. He babbled on filling the silence with his knowledge about apples that he learned from Regina. Ruby asked him questions and followed him around, obviously wanting to escape the tension too.
Emma stood awkwardly between Regina and Mary Margaret and sighed when she glanced at both women who were both looking in the opposite direction. "There is only one thing to do..." Emma thought before she excused herself and quickly joined the others but kept her eyes on the two women.
Regina and Mary Margaret glanced at each other and smiled awkwardly at each other. "You have a lovely home." Mary Margaret said.
"Thank you. I had a lot of spare time to spend on it." Regina said.
Mary Margaret sighed. " Regina, I'm sorry, for everything. Daniel, your mother, the deal. I.." Mary paused get the right words. "Emma loves you and her happiness means everything to me. I was selfish to ask what I did of you. I really am sorry."
Regina's eyes went wide in shock. "I forgive you and I'm sorry too. Emma is right, its time to bury the past and move on."
They smiled at each other again and fell back into silence until Mary Margaret started to fidget.
Regina turned to watch her. "Is something wrong?"
"I have something... this belongs to you." Mary Margaret stated before she passed her engagement ring to Regina, the one Emma had given to her many years ago.
Regina took the ring and sighed, smiling of the memory of the moment Emma gave it to her.
Emma watched them and her eyes went big when she saw the ring and rushed over to them.
"Actually, Mom. You can keep that ring. You are right, its yours and belongs to you." Emma explained talking the ring from Regina and passing it back to Mary Margaret.
"Emma?" Regina asked shocked.
Emma shrugged nervously then sighed when she saw the questioning looks of everyone. Ruby and Henry stopped to watch them with wide eyes.
"Fine. I didn't want to do this like this." Emma mumbled to herself.
"Do what?" Regina asked confused.
Emma walked towards her. "I gave Mary Margaret back the ring because I got you another one." Emma stated before she pulled the small black velvet box from her pocket. She sighed hearing Henry and Ruby giggling excitedly behind her but chuckled herself before she looked back at Regina. "Regina, I spent 90 years without you in my life and I never want to spend another minute without you. You are my world and I love you so much." Emma opened the box revealing a golden ring with a ruby stone. "Will you marry me?"
Emma watched Regina's eyes widen comically before she looked at the ring then back at her. "Yes" Regina whispered smiling widely before she wrapped her arms around Emma.
"I love you." Regina whispered in her ear.
"I love you more." Emma replied while she placed the ring on Regina's finger.
"That is not possible, Dear." Regina said smiling.
Henry and Ruby ran towards them to congratulate them. Once they had, everyone turned to Mary Margaret who had remained quiet the entire time. Emma watched her mother closely.
"Mom?" Emma asked
Mary Margaret looked at Regina. "From Step-Mother to enemy to Daughter-in-law..." Emma opened her mouth to speak but paused when Mary Margaret raised her hand to silence her. "That will take some time for me to adjust to but its clear to me how much you love each other so I give you my blessing." She said smiling. "Congratulations."
Once Mary Margaret and Ruby had gone home with Henry, who wanted to stay with them so Emma and Regina could have some alone time, Emma and Regina laid on the bed naked wrapped in each others arms.
Emma started to laugh causing Regina to look at her like she had gone mental. "What's so funny?"
"Oh, I was just replaying that whole thing outside in my head again. Proposing to you in front of my mother. That was beyond awkward." Emma said. "I did plan on doing it differently, you know romantically."
"Oh, it was perfect! Your Mothers face was a picture. I have logged it to memory." Regina replied laughing herself but stopped once Emma poked her in the ribs.
"Sorry." Regina said trying to stop herself from smiling.
"You are wicked!" Emma said smirking.
"Yes, I am."
"I love you.. wickedness and all." Emma said
"I love you too.. Mother and all." Regina replied smirking.
The End
While writing I kept a time line so I thought I'd share.
The Interview time line
1693 – Regina born
1710 – Mary Margaret born
1712 – Regina, aged 19
Mary Margaret, aged 2
Regina becomes her nanny. (thanks for Cora) Leopard takes a shine to Regina. Regina falls in love with his stable boy, Daniel.
1715 – Regina, aged 22
Mary Margaret, aged 5
Daniel is killed by Cora when Mary Margaret tells her she saw him kissing Regina. Leopard tells Regina that Daniel ran away. Regina is forced to marry Leopard by her controlling and abusive mother.
1726 – Regina turned, aged 33
Mary Margaret, aged 16
Regina finds out that Cora killed Daniel and Mary Margaret was the reason. Regina runs away. A vampire finds Regina and turns her.
1727- Cora turned by the same vampire that turned Regina and then kills him, to take his wealth and estate.
1738 – Mary Margaret turned – aged 28
Emma Born
Regina turns Mary Margaret has punishment, blaming her for her life and Daniels death. Mary Margaret leaves her family.
1739 – Cora finds Mary Margaret and takes her under her wing. Vows that they will find Regina and make her pay.
1748 – Emma's father, David dies
1766 – Emma turned, aged 28
1800 – Henry born
1811 – Henry turned, aged 11
1865 – Trio move to Paris, France.
1866 – Paris, France.
Regina, Emma and Henry celebrate Emma and Regina's 100 year anniversary. They see another vampire, Maleficent. Maleficent and Emma fight, Regina saves Emma by killing Maleficent. (Killing a vampire is against Vampire law.) Regina learns from Maleficent that her mother is still alive. They flee to Italy.
1866 – 1871 – Italy
The trio travelled around Italy.
1871 - 1924 - London, England.
The trio lived in London, England.
1924 -1926 - Boston
the trio moved back to America and moved back to Boston to Regina's apple orchard estate.
While visiting her parents graves, Emma discovers a bunch of flowers with her name on them. Believing them from Cora, the trio runs.
1926 – New Orleans.
The trio arrive in New Orleans. Cora is there waiting for them. Emma and Henry rescued by Mary Margaret and Ruby. Regina was helped by Mary Margaret to take out Cora. Regina leaves after making a promise with Mary Margaret. Emma and Henry believe Regina is dead.
1926 – 1994 – Canada
Emma, Henry, Mary Margaret and Ruby live a secluded life in Canada while Emma and Henry mourn Regina.
1984 – Emma, Henry, Mary Margaret and Ruby move to New York.
2013 June 24th – Emma's interview.
2013 June 26th – While visiting Henry's tree in Richmond. Emma and Henry discover Regina is still alive.
2013 November 9th – Mary Margaret and Ruby move to Richmond to be near Emma and Henry. Mary Margaret and Regina bury the past and try to move on for Emma's sake.
Regina and Emma get engaged.
Live happily forever after?...
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Much love
KQ xx