Breaking The Rules

Chapter 38: No Happy Endings

"I'll get you some coffee." Ruby says while turning around.

"Hazelnut please." I say quietly. She nods.

Suddenly my phone buzzes and I check it. Its Regina.

Regina,
You still jogging?

Wendy,
Taking a break at Grany's.

Regina,
I'll meet you there, did you eat yet?

Wendy,
No.

Regina,
Okay, meet you in twenty.

I sighed.

"That Regina?" Ruby asks as she sets my coffee in front of me.

"Yep." I say while taking a sip of coffee.

"You gonna tell her?"

I pull away the coffee. "I don't know." I say honestly. "She's coming by to eat breakfast with me. So, we'll see what happens."

"Oh, well, okay. If you want we can talk about it." She says.

"There's nothing much to talk about." There's so much. "I'm an orphan, I've ruined so many lives just being me, I fell for trick after trick, and the only family I ever had since my parents death are more than realms away, and I have no idea how to get back to them." Ruby gives me a sympathetic gaze.

"You can always buy a plane ticket." She says reassuring.

I snort. "If only it were that easy."

xxx

As I wait for Regina for twenty minutes, I drink my coffee and play games on my phone. I would definitely miss my phone is Neverland. And a toilet, and shower, and Adele.

And Ruby and Regina.

The bell rings at the door and I see Regina standing there. I smile at her and she walks over and sits down.

"Since when do you jog?" She says jokingly.

"Since Dr. Whale said so." I say with a smile. It wasn't a complete lie. He did say I needed to build up some more muscles.

Once we order our food, Regina goes on and on about how she was planning on remodeling the house and other stuff I really wasn't paying attention to.

"Are you okay dear?" I hear Regina say. I snap out of thought and look at her with a smile.

"Uh, yeah, yeah, I'm fine." She looks at me suspiciously.

"No really, what is it Wendy? What's on your mind?" She says caressing my cheek. I pull away and look down at my hands.

"Its nothing." I say.

"Oh really? Don't lie to me young lady." I hate it when she talks to me like I'm a little child.

I sigh. "Its just..." I think for a moment. "Its just I remember Regina. I have my memories." I say looking up at her. Her whole face changes and she looks away, sad.

"I see." She says. I stay quite and watch as she looks down.

"Come on. Lets go." She says. She stands up and leaves the money on the counter. I give her a confused look but walk out the door with her.

When we get in the car I ask, "Where are we going?"

"You'll see." She says as she starts the car. And we drive along in silence. With nothing but my thoughts and me.

I look out the window and notice that I don't know where we're going. I've never been to this part of town. Finally, we arrive.

I step out first and see a sketchy looking wooden play ground. Regina gets out and takes a deep breath. She walks over to a bench and sits down, I sit beside her.

Like I said, it was already cold and cloudy out and it was only 8:34.
I hug myself and rub my arms. Regina looks over at me and notices that I was still in my jogging attire.

"Here, I'll be back." She says as she walks over to the car. When she gets back with a white wool blanket, she wraps it around my shoulders.

I snuggle under the blanket and quickly get warm. Regina sits down and takes a deep breath.

She folds her arms and crosses her ankles. "I knew this would happen." She says quietly while looking up at the cloudy sky.

"You knew what would happen?" I question, even though I know the answer.

"I knew you would soon remember. Nothing good last forever. Especially for me." She humorlessly laughs to herself.

I stay quiet. "So where are you from? Because you are definitely not from the Enchanted Forest." She says looking over at me.

"How did you know?" I ask.

She looks back at the sky. "I saw you arrive in a green tornado."

A green tornado? Was that the color of Rumple's magic, green.

No. It was Peter's.

"Magic." She lets the word hang in the air.

"I'm actually from England." I speak up.

"England?" She looks over at me questionably.

"Yes. Not exactly a magical realm. It wasn't until I arrived at Neverland that I found out magic was even real." I laughed a little. "Actually, it's the mother load of magic!" I looked down at my hands. "And its quite dangerous. A poisonous place it is. All I wanted to do was leave it, but now, when I have, I realize how much I miss it." I let the words that I haven't been able to convince myself of ,float out.

"I'm sorry Wendy." Regina says as she wraps an arm around me.

I lean my head on her shoulder. "Its fine. I'm the one who should be sorry."

"For what?" She asks looking down at me.

"For leaving you." I say.

I stand up and Regina looks up at me frightened and confused. "I will miss you Regina, you've been kind to me, and I see you as my mother." Her eyes soften and tears start to pool in her eyes. "But I must go. I have to save my family. Goodbye." She stands up and reaches out for my hand, but before she can grasp me, I use my magic to teleport to my room.

As I stand in my room, I can't help but wonder if I should stay. But I wasn't the savior of Storybrooke, I was the savior of Neverland, and it wasn't my job to bring all the happy ending to Storybrooke, it was Emma's. So there would just be no happy endings in Storybrooke today, especially mine or Regina's.

Because this is it. I'm going to Neverland.

Reginas POV

I go to grab Wendy's hand and convince her to stay, but before I can she's gone in a cloud of white. I stand their speechless. A single tear rolls down my cheek.

She was gone, and I had a feeling she wasn't coming back, and if she wasn't already gone, she would be soon. My last chance at happiness and I lost it.

She said she saw me as her mother.

Her mother.

And I saw her as my daughter. I always would. And she was gone.

My heart is torn. I'll never get a happy ending, I guess I just wasn't destined for one.