Disclaimer - I do not own any of these characters. They belong to ABC and Disney. I only own the plot

Chapter 1

"Welcome back everyone to the show. Now with me is actress Regina Mills who is promoting her new movie Calculated Movements in which she plays an assassin hired to kill a lawyer who turns out to be your former girlfriend. Welcome to the show Regina," the presenter Kathy says.

"Thanks so much for having me. Lovely to back again," Regina responds with a smile.

"Well we have had lots of questions come in on social media for you so the first one we have is "How was it playing someone who was so cold and calculated which is far from the personality you have?" Kathy reads out.

"Wow great question. I guess I was just able to get into the mind set of the character, she had been in this life of being a lone wolf and I guess in some parts as an actor when travelling and shooting sometimes you do spend a lot of time alone. I guess I picked the parts I could relate to and tried to build the character around that," Regina responds.

"Ok next question is what kind of exercise did you do to get ready for this role as you had a lot of fight scenes?" Kathy asks the next question.

"Well I do yoga everyday and have done for years now but I did work very hard and took some hand to hand combat classes which I enjoyed. They were hard but I did enjoy them. I felt it was important that I did my own fight scenes, they had a stunt double for me, and she took over in a couple of places, but I had a great time learning from her how to complete the stunts myself. She was incredible," Regina finishes.

"I would say it was hard work you looked incredible in it. Next question is you seem to have got on very well with your co-star and love interest in the story Ruby Lucas how was it filming with her in reality?" Kathy asks.

"Well Ruby is a pretty cool person. I kind of knew her from friends of a friend of mine but this was the first time I had really meet her properly. I have nothing but great things to say to her and now I can say we are friends after this. She was wonderful to work alongside. She is a super talent and I loved every second of working with her," Regina smiles thinking of her new friend. They had truly bonded on set and were in frequent contact with each other outside of the press junkets that they had to do to prepare for the release of their movie.

"And how did your girlfriend and agent Mallory Firestone feel about you locking lips with your co-star?" Kathy asks. Regina hates these questions, but she knows people are just curious.

"She is used to it now giving I have had six different on-screen love interests in my last movies and on tv before this. She knows that it is just work. It's all very technical and not very romantic shooting kissing or sex scenes to be honest," Regina laughs through the answer while internally cringing. She knows that Mal hates these questions too.

"Well unfortunately that is all the questions we have time for so check out Calculated Movements which hits theatres on the 31st of March nationwide. Regina thanks so much for popping in and chatting with us today and as always was a pleasure to talk to you," Kathy finishes.

"Thanks so much for having me again Kathy," Regina replies.

"And thanks to you at home for joining us and don't forget to drop in tomorrow when I will be interviewing Blake Lively about her upcoming movie," Kathy says to the camera.

"Thanks so much again Regina," Kathy says to her after they have been cleared and are off air.

"No problem Kathy. Again, thanks for having me and I will see you soon," Regina says shaking hands with the young presenter and standing to leave the stage.

She heads back to her changing room and finds her assistant Elsa waiting for her. She hands her the phone which has a message from Ruby waiting on it.

RUBY: Why didn't you just tell them I am the best kisser you ever had and that you couldn't bear to pull me away from Graham?

REGINA: Damn! Would you like me to ask to re do the interview? Maybe I can get them to bump Blake from tomorrow's show to tell them the truth

RUBY: maybe just keep it in mind for the next time you get asked that amazingly boring question.

REGINA: And what to you say when you get asked that question?

RUBY: That you often call my name while kissing Mal catch you later!

REGINA: Very funny! You wish!

"You did a great interview," Elsa says timidly. She started working for Regina about 6 months ago but is still quite shy around Regina and the whole celebrity thing.

"Thanks Elsa," Regina smiles at her. Just then Mal comes bursting into the room.

"Car is here time to go!" Mal bellows out. Regina grabs her bag and is ready to head off. She moves to walk beside Mal but Mal takes off at a brisk pace before Regina even reaches her.

"Are we in a hurry?" Regina says as they settle in the back of the car. Elsa is in the front with the driver.

"No just want to get you home to bed," Mal says as she is glued to her phone.

"Mm," Regina says as her head goes to Mal's shoulder and she places a hand on Mal's thigh.

"I like the sound of that," Regina says as she suggestively moves her hand up and down Mal's thigh.

"Not for that you have early interviews in the morning, and you need your rest. We don't want you looking all puffy eyed in the interviews," Mal states as she shrugs Regina off. Regina huffs and moves away from Mal again. They have been distant for a long time now. Regina can't even remember the last time they had slept together, and she barely gets a kiss off Mal these days. Usually it is only on the red carpet or something like that when she gets a kiss these days. She doesn't know what is going on and anytime she brings it up she either gets dismissed or it starts an argument neither of which she is in the mood for right now. She wonders when they turned into this couple? She still loves Mal in some way she guesses but it's not like it used to be. She used to get butterflies in her stomach when she would see Mal. They had been together for five years now. They met at a party for Regina's former tv show Glass Ceilings which gave her, her big break. Mal had wanted to meet Regina and sign her. The more they worked together a relationship formed. They kind of fell into it if Regina was being perfectly honest with herself. It wasn't the type of relationship she had ever thought she would have. She supposed it was easy as she was so busy that Mal was always there to scratch the itch. Mal didn't ask too much of her. She had been warned by many not to get involved with Mal romantically as she was known to have a bit of a reputation for going after the next up and coming actor male or female. Regina and Mal haven't spent a lot of time together in the last year but anytime Regina is in LA, Mal is there at the house. The relationship has all gone a bit stale she feels. Maybe she is not trying hard enough. Maybe she is not sexy enough for Mal anymore. Then again Mal doesn't make much effort for Regina. Now that she is thinking about it Mal never made much effort for Regina. She continues her musings as the car finally pulls up outside her house. She was so lost in her train of thought that she hadn't even noticed that they had dropped Elsa off and were now at Regina's house. Regina moves to get out of the car she turns to Mal who is following her.

"Seen as all I am going to do is go to bed it may be better if you head you your own place," Regina says. It may seem petty but Mal had really insulted her and she wasn't about to lie next to her all-night fuming and be put to bed by Mal at what she deemed a reasonable hour.

"Really Regina?" Mal says with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes. Really," Regina replies as she shuts the door of the car and moves to the door of her house. She opens the door and finally removes her shoes. She loves her heels but today had been a long day. All she now wanted was something to eat, a glass of wine and a bath. She loved her job loved being an actor, but this was a long publicity stint she was on and they were always hard. She was just glad that tonight she was in her own home and not some hotel somewhere. She headed to the fridge and thankfully probably thanks to her mother there was some nice fresh food. She then spots a foil covered bowl with a note attached to it.

"Regina sweetheart welcome home. Heat this for your dinner please eat it as I will be checking tomorrow that you did. I will be over in the morning for breakfast before you leave. You did wonderfully in your interviews today, Love Mom."

She picks up her phone and takes a picture of the lasagne her mother had left her and sends it to her mother with the caption I love you so much right now! She gets an immediate reply of an x in the message. Regina's parents do not live that far from her. Cora is an agent herself. She had tried to get Regina to go with her, but Regina was bull headed and wanted to make a name for herself on her own without everyone thinking she was only getting parts because of who her mother was. Henry was an award-winning screen writer. He was currently working on his latest masterpiece. Regina was glad she was able to get a house close to her parents. She had always been close to them growing up and loved that her mother did little things like this for her. Mal on the other hand hated that they were so close. She would often stay upstairs when they were over. Mal had a dislike to Cora as in business matters, they were completely opposite on how they worked. In every way. Cora was a caring agent who often told her people when they needed to take a break if they were working too much while Mal worked her people into the ground. Regina included. Something that Cora had on numerous occasions told Regina, but Regina loved to work. Cora could see though the effect it was having on her daughter. She was tired and really needed to take a break she had been working practically non-stop for the last three years. Though Regina would never admit it to her mother she was now feeling the damage of all this work she had undertaken. She was really feeling the need for a break and was hoping after this movie was done, she was taking one. Regardless of Mal's opinions on the idea.

Regina's lasagne is ready, so she pours herself a glass of her favourite red wine and heads out to the porch at the back of her house to eat it. She loves it here. She loves to sit out here with her lovely views down onto LA. The lasagne as expected is perfect. The wine is amazing flowing down her throat. She needed this. She needed this peace. Her phone buzzed beside her.

MAL: A car will be there in the morning at 10am so be ready. You better be in bed right now.

Regina throws the phone on the table without answering. Got Mal gets on her nerves sometimes. She doesn't even know what she saw in her in the first place anymore, maybe it was just the way Mal flattered her in the beginning. And the power a little bit. Regina had come to realize as she dealt with her fame that she rather enjoyed the quiet life. She didn't want to be at parties all the time like Mal did. They were different people and the more time she spent away from Mal the better it was. She was really fed up with Mal. She picked up her phone again and sent off a quick text to her lawyer.

REGINA: Hi Kathryn, sorry to bother you so late. Any chance I can get you to look over one of my contracts for me to check a few things out.

KATHRYN: Well hello stranger nice to hear from you. Yes, I can do which one?

REGINA: The one with Mal.

Regina's phone immediately starts ringing.

"Yes Kathryn," Regina says with a smirk on her face.

"Please tell me this means you have broken up with the dragon lady," Kathryn says. Kathryn and Regina had been friends since high school. She was Regina's best friend though she knows she has been a lousy one in recent years. Kathryn had gone off to study law when Regina went for drama. When Kathryn qualified Regina hired her as her lawyer. Mal had over the years tried to get rid of Kathryn but Regina wouldn't allow it. She had a great trust in Kathryn and knew that if there was anything wrong with any contracts that Kathryn would and had pointed things out for Regina. Kathryn never hid her dislike for Mal since the moment she arrived on the scene. In fact, Kathryn had been attending the party with Regina the night that she met Mal and from the very first moment she disliked her.

"No. I have not. I just… I just don't know what I want right now," Regina says. Truly Kathryn and her parents were the only ones she was ever 100% honest with.

"Ok. Regina are you ok?" Kathryn asks now concerned about her friend. Regina always knew what she wanted and what she wanted to do next. Mind you it had become skewed by Mal in recent years, but she knew.

"I don't feel very happy," Regina announces. Kathryn gulps down. She knows that Regina is only ever truly honest and open like this when she really feels defeated.

"Ok. Tell me what you want me to look for in this contract and I will come over tomorrow night and we can talk and go through with what I have found," Kathryn says as she feels this isn't a conversation that she should be having with Regina over the phone.

"I want out of the contract entirely. Even if I must buy myself out. I need a break and I need away from Mal," Regina sighs out exhausted. She had come to realize while on the set of her last film and speaking with Ruby and her husband Graham who were both represented by her mother that they both had amazing careers but also had a life away from the movie and tv world. She also realised that Mal didn't treat her like someone she loved. She never really did. She watched how Ruby and Graham interacted, and it was nothing like her and Mal. She knew couples were different but what she and Mal had was nothing anymore and probably ever on Mal's part. She had spoken at length with Ruby about things and Ruby had set her straight on a few things. It was something she admired very much about Ruby was her honesty. Something she and Kathryn had in common.

"Ok sweetie, I will check things out and I will be over tomorrow evening. I will let myself in and see you when you get done," Kathryn said.

"Thanks Kathryn see you then," Regina said and hung up. She picked up her dishes and moved back into the house. She made sure it was all locked up before she dragged herself up the stairs and into bed. What a day!

Hi All back sooner than I thought. Posting chapter 1 a little early as I am away for the weekend. Will likely keep this story posting once a week on sunday's with a surprise chapter thrown in her and there. Hope you enjoy