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"Yeah mom everything is fine." Regina assured her mother through the phone. "I know, I'm not a child anymore remember?" She smiles, always trying to comfort her over concerned mother. "I will, enjoy your time there and tell dad that I love him." She's obviously on speaker because her dad replies immediately. "I love you too mom, and yes I will behave myself, goodnight!" She hung up her phone and looked at Emma who was sitting across from her. "Shots?" Emma offered. "Sure thing." Emma handed her the glass and she drinks it.

"So when are they coming home?" Her parent were gone for five days now, and Emma was sleeping over ever since. "Not until three weeks, right before school starts." Emma smirked, thinking about all the fun things they could do in that time. "Killian asked if we want to come to the beach tonight, there's a bonfire going on and a lot of booze." Emma asked hopeful. "I don't know Em, last time we took Killian's invitation you left me the second you saw him." Emma's cheeks got flushed. "Please Gina, I sort of already said yes.." Regina laughs, not surprised by her move.

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"Woah there are a lot of people here." They walked towards the crowd. "I'm gonna say hi to Killian, I'll be right back." Regina rolled her eyes. "Take your time, I'm used to it." Emma blows her a kiss and hops away. She let out a deep sigh, what was she going to do, she could socialize with some random people? Nah why make new friends if you already have friends, she looked over the beach. It was a typical summer night, the air still warm from all the sunlight of that day, the sky still slightly red from the sunset. She saw a few people sitting by the fire, one of them playing the guitar. She walked towards them and decided to join them.

Regina took of her jacket and laid it on the sand so that she could sit on it. "Hey I'm Belle." The brunette introduced herself. Belle was curled up to, probably, her boyfriend. "This is Will and that's Robin." She said while winking at the guitar playing men, who was now smiling at her. They were definitely older then her, probably out of college already while she was still in High School. "I'm Regina, nice to meet you." She smiles, enjoying the music that came from the guitar.

They didn't really talk, they just enjoyed the setting, the music and for Belle and Will, each other. They were currently in a heated make-out session. Regina already regretted her choice of company, feeling like a total outsider, not knowing what to say or do. "We going to take a walk." Will said, he raised from the sand and helped Belle up. They walked away, still wrapped up in each others embrace. Great, now it was just her and the guitarist. He was pretty handsome actually, but far out of her league, which made this situation a whole lot more awkward.

"Did you came here alone?" He asked after a while, still strumming his guitar. Oh great now he was making conversation with her out of politeness. "No I came her with a friend, but she's madly in love and I didn't feel like third-wheeling tonight." He chuckles, or he fakes it, she's not sure. "Well like you saw earlier, I sort of had the same problem." She smiles at him and she has a beautiful smile he noticed.

"I haven't seen you here before." She states, making him smile again. "I moved here a few weeks ago, all the way from England." This men gets more interesting every minute. "Hmm It explains where you got your accent from." She stares at the fire, avoiding his eyes. "Do you like it?" He asked, making her blush, hoping he wouldn't see it in this light. "It suits you." She flirts back.

"What are you playing?" She liked the melody that came from his guitar. "It's something I'm working on." She smiles, slowly falling for this men without even knowing him. "Do you sing too?" He nods, laughing at her immediacy. "Yeah sometimes, how about you?" He tried to turn this conversation. "Oh believe me, you don't want to hear me sing." She laughs. "Can I be the judge of that?" Is he really flirting with her? "I guess you just have to trust me on this one." She flirts back, biting her lip.

"How about a walk in the moonlight?" He asked after a comfortable silence, not really knowing where he'd find the courage to ask her. She looks at him, wondering what his intentions are. "Are you planning on kidnapping me?" He burst out in laughing, something that makes her laugh too. "I'm not sure yet." She stood up from her place, grabbed her jacket and wiped the sand off it. "Well I'm ready to take a risk." He smiles widely, and stands up next to her. "I'm glad to hear." They smiled, staring into each others eyes, both feeling something they can't explain. "Let me just put this," He holds up his guitar. "In my car."

"So you like riding then?" They walked near to the water, made some small talk, getting to know one another, moving further away from crowd with every step they took. "Yeah, I owned a horse once, he stayed at a stable nearby, but with school and everything I didn't had enough time to nurse him." She still remembered that day, she was sixteen when she couldn't stop crying when the new owners showed up and took her Rocinante from her. "That must have been hard on you." She nodded while showing him her smile. "It's been three years, I got used to it."

She looked absolutely breathtaking in the moonlight, he wanted to tell her, he wanted to make sure she knows how beautiful she is. But he didn't want to scare her, there was something about her that made him interested. He wanted to find out what this was, this feeling he felt since the second he saw her.

"We have horses back in England, you should visit some time." He heard how ridiculous that sound the second he said it. He just met her, what was he doing. It just felt so familiar, walking here with her, talking. Like they already knew each other. "So you are kidnapping me?" This girl, he thought. "Well I thought you were going to throw me in some kind of basement, so England doesn't sound that bad." She didn't know what came over her, where she found the courage to flirt with him like that, he was like ten years older and still here she was, wanting him to hold her hand.

"Oh believe me milady, I would never lock you up." They stopped walking, listening to the sound of the ocean. The both of them caught up in each other when suddenly a big wave made it's way to their feet. He quickly took her hand and ran away from it. They laughed, still holding each others hand as they looked to the wave that almost reached them. They're closer then before, feeling their hearts beats faster. She had to look up to look him in the eyes. "I'm confused now." She said, making him raise his eyebrow. "First you're kidnapping me, and now you're saving my life, who are you?" She took in his scent, enjoying the smell of his aftershave. "You'll find out." She laughed and let go of his hand to start walking again. "So what brings you here?" She asked, wanting to get to know him better. "Well I needed a fresh start, so I moved here and now I'm looking for a job." She wanted to ask why he needed that fresh start but didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable.

"What kind of job?" He smiles at her curiosity. "I'm not sure yet, I am eh.." He was not sure if he wanted to tell her this, he didn't even told his friends. "I want to write a book, and I would love to publish it when it's done but it's maybe a little too ambitious." She felt her heart beats faster, first he plays the guitar and now he's a writer too? "Where do you wanna write about?" He shrug his shoulders. "Maybe some epic love story." He said, making her chuckle. "I think it's good to be ambitious." She states.

"So what do you do?" She blushed, not sure if he would still be interested if she told him what she did. Maybe he thought she was older, maybe her age will scare him off. "Well I'm hoping to graduate this year." She could graduate from many things, it didn't have to mean she was in High School. "Graduating from what?" Great, now she had to lie to him, she wanted to give this, whatever it was, a fair chance. Him knowing she was only nineteen, would definitely not help. "Law school." There it was, her first lie. It wasn't that big of a lie, she did want to apply for Law School once she was graduated. "I can see you kicking some ass in a courtroom."

"Maybe we should go back." It was getting pretty late, and she didn't want Emma to worry about her. "I don't want this night to end." He confessed. She blushed, thankful that it was toO dark outside for him to notice. "Me n'either." She almost whispered. He had some kind of effect on her that made her want to kiss him, not knowing that she had the exact same effect on him. They walked back, quiet, enjoying the peace while they can, since the noise of the crowd started to grow louder.

They stood before the bonfire again, the place where they met an hour ago. She saw Emma waving at her, ready to go home. "May I kiss you." She turned towards him, feeling the heat rise in her body. "I hoped you would ask that." She gasped before his lips touched hers. She closed her eyes, wrapping her arms around his neck, standing on the tip of her toes. He laid his hands on her back, pulling her closer into the kiss. It felt like the start of something great, something they both hadn't experienced before.

He could kiss her all night, her lips matched his perfectly, like they were made to kiss each other. But he wanted to treat her like a lady and so he took his distance. She still had her eyes shut, enjoying the moment. "Thank you for tonight." He said, stroking a lost lock out behind her ear. "You're welcome." She said, showing him a wide smirk. "I gotta go." She stepped away from him and was ready to leave when he grabbed her hand. "When can I see you again." He wasn't letting her go that easy. "Tomorrow morning, here." She took back her hand and walked away, leaving him in confusion.

"Who was that." Emma asked the second they got off the beach and walked back home. "Hmm Just someone I met when you were busy with your boyfriend." Emma laughs hard. "First of all, Killian isn't my boyfriend.." She pauses. "Yet." She adds making Regina laugh. "Second of all you never kissed just someone before so spill it." Regina rolled her eyes, Emma knew her to well. "We just had a fun night, nothing too special." She lied, she didn't know how it was for him but she definitely felt something she hadn't felt before.