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Regina had planned for a bad day. She had exams all week and was studying her brains out at the town's diner in Tallahassee. She was so close to getting her Master's and couldn't stand to be in the same room as her loud, obnoxious roommate. She had just sat down and gotten all of her materials splayed out on the table when a blonde about her age walked towards her in a waitress's uniform.
"Welcome to The Diner can I…" The blonde's voice trailed off as soon as she laid eyes on the remarkably beautiful brunette.
"Take my order?" Regina suggested with irritation in her voice, though she almost couldn't shake the same feeling. Almost.
"Yeah, sorry," the waitress replied. "I've been working since last night."
"Well, just a coffee for me." Regina bit on the end of her pen, already back to trying to remember what was on the page.
"Sounds good." The waitress left. Regina sighed to herself, 'More interruptions.'
Regina had stayed at The Diner for more than two hours when the waitress returned with her third cup of coffee. "Are you sure I can't get you anything else?" She asked.
"No thanks, I'm fine," the brunette replied, taking one look at the other girl before returning to her work. 'Again, that feeling…' She thought to herself. 'No. I can't. It's wrong. My mother,' she shuddered at the word, 'did not raise me to be like this.' But the words were out of her mouth before she could stop them. "Well, since you're so tired, perhaps I could interest you in your own cup of coffee?" 'What am I doing?' She suppressed a grimace. 'Well, I could use help studying…'
The blonde grinned. "I get off in 15. How about somewhere else though."
"Sure." Regina smiled back.
"My name's Emma by the way."
"Regina." Emma walked to help another table, grinning the entire time. 'To hell with studying.' Regina packed up her things and walked out the door with Emma.