A/n HEYYYYYY PEEPS! I TOLD YOU I HAD A SWAN QUEEN FAN FICTION IN THE WORKS AND WELL HERE IT IS MAY I PRESENT TO YOU A "BelievingInADream" original lol here's chapter one of "falling for girls like you" BTW! They switch points of views decided to do something different so enjoy!
Chapter One
-Regina's Point of View-
From the moment I was born my life has been nothing but ordinary star student always had the best of grades was never even tardy not even once never snuck out always dated who I was told to date never questioned my mother and father at all I've just always assumed they knew best now my older sister Zelena I like to call her "Zee" she has always let her freak flag fly never giving a flying fluck what our parents say (I hate to swear so I use substitutes I dont know I just always thought swearing sounded so dirty) "Live a little Regina or one day your going to wake up in your big mansion with a husband who cheats on you daily and have many regrets" that's what Zee always tells me but I'm 33 my whole life I've always played it safe growing up I use to draw all the time paint, sketching, sometimes I'd even sculp I'd thought about going to art school my father quickly got that idea out of my head " being an artist is not going to put food on the table now an accountant someone is always going to need help with their money " so I went to business school that's where I met my best friend Kathryn she is amazing she's everything I'm not she's daring she's seductive always has a fling or two under her belt and always trying to get me to let my hair down I try but I always end up chickening out
Now last but not least my darling mother we have a very complicated relationship as you very well know about the accomplishments i just listed above well none of them were good enough for dear old mom she showed up to my graduation at Stanford and said "if you would've worked harder you probably would've made deans list" no hug no flowers no "congratulations you made it out of college alive" nothing but I wasn't surprised Kathryn walks into my office and looks disappointed in a way
"What, whats the matter?" I looked up from my work load which was giving me a headache
"I dont know why you work hard your hot! People would do your work for you if you asked" Kat says sitting down
"Unlike you I actually have morals "
"Morals have nothing to do with it babe you're a wicked hot piece of ass you just dont know how to use it that my dear is your down fall"
"I have a boyfriend and we are content"
You see I've been with Robin for over a year we met at a gala for my fathers firm i was invited to through my father when Robin was first transferred over from another firm he was charming I didn't hate to be around him so that was a start he didn't give me butterfly's but I felt comfortable not comfortable enough to be myself but close enough we still dont live together and I'm sort of okay with that who's in a rush?
"Oh please that relationship is a scam" Kat says rolling her eyes
"Oh it is not " I say trying to focus on my work
"Pleaaaasee you are not happy"
"Yes I am...well I'm happy enough besides who knows what happiness is"
"That's the saddest thing I've ever heard...come on"
"What where are we going?"
"We my dear are going to go get at drink "
"No I can't I have work to do"
"It will still be here in the morning! Come on its Friday night I dare you! "
I sigh and stare at Kat " okay fine let me get my purse"
-Emma's point of view-
For as long as I can remember I'd been gay I remember my first crush Lilah Palmasino gorgeous brown hair olive tan skin green eyes i swear id get lost in them and she always had the prettiest dress on the play ground I think that's what pretty much sealed the deal for me we'd first started out as friends until one day she kissed my cheek my heart was beating 100 miles per minute we spent about a week on the DL till one day i caught her kissing Billy Fischer under the slide my world crashed around me so in tears I confronted her about it she said she could never get married to me "get married!?" I thought ,my biggest concern was finding someone to share my snack at snack time with not signing my life away before I even got to sell my wild oats on the playground that only fifth and six graders are allowed to play on so off she went taking my heart and the bracelet I made for her... Bitch that was my first taste of heart break and I was only in the first grade so from that moment on I swore off straight girls I'd only mess with the gold star lesbians from then on out of course then I didn't even know what a gold star lesbian was but that's not my point my point was...is. is that I was heartbroken and I vowed to never let someone make a fool out of me like that again
"Hey you dork are you done washing out the shot glasses " August comes in from the bar to the kitchen to do nothing but bother the hell of me
"Yes I am your majesty here you go sir" I hand him the shot glasses so he can finish doing inventory
" 'Bout time the hell did you do? Make em yourself?" He says taking them and walking out
" You should only be so lucky!" I called after him
That excuse of a man is none other than my older and annoying brother August dont get me wrong he's amazing and probably one of my best friends but he can really grind my gears you know I remember when I told him I was gay he looked actually relieved and said "Thank god now mom won't have to raise bail money to get me outta jail for kicking some knuckle heads ass for ya" I think we grew closer as siblings from that moment on
"Emmie the crowd is getting restless out here where's the worlds best bartender?" August said entering the room again
"I'm coming I'm coming" I said wiping off my hands
"Actually I was talking about Bernardo but you'll do" he says with a teasing grin letting me know he's joking
" Ha ha Jimmy Fallon ladies and gentlemen"
"Hey " he comes closer to me " you okay"
"Eh I'll be okay eventually"
"Hey screw Ruby she wouldnt know a good thing if it punched her in the nose"
"That's awfully descriptive but thanks for the words of encouragement"
Remeber when i was telling you about heartbreak and how and sucks and how its never going to happen to me again well you'd think i learned my lesson the first time but no saddly i hadnt and well this form of heartbreak was more on the grown up level and the girl we're conversing over is Ruby my fiancé well now ex- fiancé we were together for about six years we just broke up about six months ago I'm not going to give you all the dirty details but lets just say towards the end her definition of monogamy was a little different from mine
I paint on a happy face and go out there and be the best bartender money can buy
"hey handsome whatcha drinking tonight?"
He smiles at me and says "Gin and Tonic i want you to make it though" and winks at me you'd think men would have a gaydar but nope they dont they're dumb like that so I just laugh and play along
"i wouldn't have it any other way!" I go over to the bar and make him the drink and take it back to his side of the bar "you know where to find me if you need another one!"
"how bout a dance and a shot a bourbon " another man says to me
I give him my best fake flirtatious laugh "how about definitely a shot a bourbon and i'll think about the dance" I say while pouring and then handing him his shot
I see a regular and smile at him "Hey Lou what are ya going to have!?"
"I'll have a little bit of Jack!"
" coming right up!" I slap the bar and fill his glass with Jack Daniels and hand it to him "here ya go partner!"
"Emma every guy in this room is eating out of the palm of your hands" Lou says making me smile
Of course August is eaves dropping from across the room and screams from the other side of the bar "yeah to bad her boat doesn't float that way!" And laughs
I throw an olive at him and cant help but laugh as well "shut up!"
"any way i dont blame them you are a sight to see" Lou chimes in again and he warms my heart
"aweee thanks Lou" I pat him on the hand
"anytime sweet heart "
I turn my attention back the crowd and scream "alright who needs a drink!?"
Despite the more requests for drinks my attention is all of a sudden focused on the door or more like who's coming through it she was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen and I've seen and been with a lot of them but her wow I'm having the play ground moment all over again long beautiful black hair big beautiful brown eyes and lips oh my god her lips were ...well let's just say they looked very kissable she had a nice dress too but this time I wasn't focused on the actual dress I was kind of more focused on what was under it but as I paid more attention to her I saw how out of place she looked she looked well expensive very expensive as in her whole closet came from fifth avenue her friend excused herself and went to the back she looked like a lost puppy I felt so bad for her she had to be in the wrong place so i walked up to her
"Hey..you's lost?" I ask her with a gentle tone
She looked at me and smiled "not exactly i let my friend talk me into to coming to get a drink before we left the office and i don't know why i would ever agree i have so much work to look into but we got to talking about happiness and how no one really knows the true meaning and then it got kind of depressing…..which you don't care about because why would you you only asked me if i was lost soo no I'm not lost i'm sorry i feel like I'm rambling " she laughs nervously
I laugh too "a little bit….I'm Emma by the way" I extend and shake the mystery woman's hand
"Oh Regina its nice to meet you Emma"
"so Regina….whats your poison?"
"I'm sorry poison?"
I couldnt help but laugh she truly was clueless "your drink…your choice of alcoholic beverage?"
"Oh um...I dont know a glass of Merlot?"
I stare at her for a while "Nah I know just what you need " I fix her up a drink "here ya go Gin and Tonic"
"How is this just what I need"
"I feel like you've had a rough day so this should help you relax "
"How thoughtful" she says smirking and taking a sip of her drink "and tasty I'm impressed"
"Hey I live to serve enjoy" I start to walk away until she calls my name
"how long have you...been a bartender"
I had a feeling she didn't really care about how long I'd been bartending she probably didn't want to be alone in an unfamiliar place or maybe she didn't want men hitting on her and thought that having me around would ward off all that unwanted attention or maybe she actually did care I dont know I was over thinking all of this but what I did know was that what ever the reason was I didn't care I was willing to take whatever I can get "about two years" I finally answer and leaned against the bar "what about you what do you do?"
Taking a sip of her drink "I'm an accountant"
"Oh so official do you like it"
"Eh pays the bills besides someone's got to do it"
"Well i know I would trust you with my money"
"Oh?" She said looking intrigued "and why is that?"
"I dont know something about you that's trust worthy you have a trusting face" I stare at her for a while "am I wrong?"
" God I'd hope not" she smiles and almost knocks me off my feet she truly doesn't know how beautiful she is that's what's so dangerous about her
"So Emma did you always want to be a bartender?"
"Did you always want to be an accountant?"
"No I didn't "
"Neither did I "
"So what happened?"
"What happened with you?"
" I asked you first"
"Well I asked you last"
She laughs beautifully " well um dreams change and people get older once that happens reality starts to set in and you have to make a choice to either grow up or continue to be a dreamer ...so I grew up"
" Why can't you do both?"
"Well I wasn't really given much a choice"
" well it might not be to late"
"No it is I'm an adult I'm too far gone"
"You're never to far gone to dream"
Regina looked speechless somehow I think what i said knocked the wind right out of her it took her a while to register what I said but once she did she was about to speak until her friend came back from doing what ever she was off doing
"Hey babe ready to go?"
"Kathryn,Emma,Emma,Kathryn" Regina introduced us
"Nice to meet you" I spoke up
"Oh you too" she smiles at me "You ready to go its getting late"
Regina looks at the clock "its barely twelve thirty"
"I know I know but I got the number from the guy I wanted and this other creepy guy keeps eyeing me so can we go please?"
"I...um.I " she looks at me and frowns "okay let's go" she gets up and pulls out her wallet "how much for the drink"
I smile yeah like I'm gonna make you pay for a drink "forget about it its on the house"
"Wait ...are you sure?"
"Yeah I'm positive... I'll see you around"
"Um okay" she turns to leave but turns back around "it was nice talking to you...Emma" she smiles and walks out the door
"Who was that " August comes up behind me and scares the hell out of me
"Ah! God dont do that! I could've shanked you"
"With what your imagination? Now who was that"
"Just some girl"
"Oh I can tell you like her!"
"Oh please she's probably straight and you know I dont do straight girls"
"You don't know that... You don't know what could happen "
"It would never work"
"And never say never " he turns and walks away
Just my luck wanting something or someone that probably belonged to someone else whatever its not like I'm going to see her again right?
OKAY GUYS LET ME KNOW IF I SHOULD CONTINUE OR JUST LIKE LET IT DIE BUT I REALLY ENJOYED WRITING THIS! SO LET ME KNOW AND ILL KEEP GOING AND DONT WORRY I WILL STILL UPDATE THE OTHER FANFICTION ON THE REGULAR SO THANKS FOR READING "Falling for Girls like You "
