Chapter 1

Emma Swan plumps down on her bed. After two hours, she is finally fully unpacked. It feels so good to be back. Don't get her wrong, she loves spending time back at home with Ingrid. But over the past three years UMASS has become her home. Also, spending time in the small town called Storybrooke just brings back too many nasty memories. She shakes the image of the cute boy with the brown eyes and the kind smile out of her head.

The thing she is looking forward to the most is being reunited with her roommate and best friend Mary Margaret Blanchard. They met on the first day of freshman year and have been inseparable ever since. It feels like yesterday when the bubbly girl with the pixie haircut walked into their shared dorm room and exclaimed how college was going to be the best time ever.

Next Monday is the first day of her senior year. A fact she doesn't want to think about. Emma hasn't had a lot of consistency in her life, but UMASS is a place where she finally let herself settle. And the fact that she will be graduating in a year time is something she doesn't want to think about just yet.

College has been good for her; thanks to this place she has met the best people in her life ever. It's just a handful of people, but it's a handful of people who she never wants to lose ever again. Their little group of five had assembled over the past three years and the spectrum of personalities couldn't be any more different. But for some reason it just works.

To start of you have Mary Margaret, the most positive and almost sickly sweet person you will ever meet. If anyone else would be so bubbly and optimistic it would be annoying but Mary Margaret is just one of those people of who it is infectious.

Then you have David Nolan. David is the typical older brother type. He will beat up any guy who looks at Emma the wrong way and he gives the best advice and hugs when she is upset.

At the end of sophomore year, David and Mary Margaret finally started dating after making eyes at each other for almost two years time. The two of them make up the most perfect fairytale couple. Sometimes it is disgusting to see, but Emma is also very glad to see her friends happy and in love.

The third of the group is Ruby Lucas. If you look up lack of filter in the dictionary you'll find a picture of this lady. She is a very interesting girl, but Emma loves is. You'll never have a dull moment when you're around Ruby Lucas.

Robin Locksley became part of the group after he had made quick friends with David when they met after being placed in the same project group. In the beginning, Ruby was very intrigued by the dimples and the British accent but they concluded very quickly that it wasn't a match made in heaven.

To make the group complete you have Emma Swan. Two words to describe her are sarcastic and closed off. She has a challenging time letting people in, but this group has made it easy for her. And when Emma Swan loves she loves deeply.

Emma gets shaken out of her thoughts by the buzzing of her phone. A text message form Mary Margaret lights up her screen.

MM: ETA, 2 minutes from now. I'M SO EXCITED.

She is exhausted. It isn't a long drive from Storybrooke to Boston, only 3 hours, but she left home early to be back at her dorm before midday. But reading Mary Margaret's message has her awake in seconds. Her heart is racing from adrenaline because she's so excited to see her best friend again.

The door of her room flies open and Mary Margaret falls in with the door. She has Emma wrapped up in a big hug within seconds.

"Three months without seeing each other is way too long, I can't believe we keep falling for it." Mary Margaret sighs.

Emma returns the hug with much enthusiasm.

"I missed you so much, we definitely shouldn't go without seeing each other for this long ever again" Emma says with a laugh.

"Okay, and where is my hug?" Emma hears a familiar voice say from the door opening.

She peeks over Mary Margaret's shoulder and sees David standing there surrounded by suitcases. She lets out a laugh because obviously, Mary Margaret let David drag all her stuff from the car to her dorm, and of course he complied as the Prince Charming that he is.

Emma lets go of her friend and goes to hug the boy (or now man) who is standing in the doorway. David hugs her tight and lifts her up while Emma lets out a squeal.

"I missed you Em." David says with a groan, pretending that she was too heavy for him.

"Missed you to dickhead" She says back while slapping him at the back of his head.

She hears Mary Margaret ever the peacekeeper sigh. "Okay, lets act like we love and don't hate each other and just be kind."

David puts her down again with a grin on his face. "Not a problem, babe. I'm going to put my stuff back in my room and prepare myself for meeting my new roommate."

David did not have a great roommate the first three years of his college experience. His name was Walsh and he was a creep. Emma tried to date him for a while but he turned out to have wandering hands and could not take no for an answer. After Emma decided she was not interested and he still practically forced himself on Emma, David broke his nose and spend more time in the girls' dorm than in his own.

At the end of junior year Walsh was caught groping an unwilling girl in the library and was kindly – or not so kindly – requested to leave UMASS and please and thank you never return. Which resulted in David getting a new roommate.

"God, I hope he is an upgrade from the last sleazebag. Maybe he is a perfect match for Emma and we can go on double dates again." Mary Margaret says wishfully.

Emma groaned; "Nope definitely not happening M's. You know damn well that I want to be single and spend as much time as possible with my friends"

"But maybe he is really kind, and we can all become friends and go on double dates. That way you can have the best of both worlds, spend time with us and have a hot boy on your side.' Mary Margaret whined.

"You're starting to sound like Ruby, what is happening to you? And my answer stays no. Hopefully he is a nice boy for the sake of David, but I'm having none of it."

"We'll see." Mary Margaret smiles at her. Emma returns her smile with a scowl.

"My cue to go." David says. "I'm going to let you girls catch up and unpack. Shall we go to the rabbit hole tonight? Ring in the new school year the only way we know how?"

The Rabbit Hole was a bar on campus. Before they were 21 they used to sneak in there to try and get drunk. It wasn't always successful, but since they now all were of legal age it wasn't a problem to get in anymore. They were well known at the bar and often got free drinks from the bartender who Ruby often worked her charms on.

"Yeah, sure that would be great. I want to catch up with you too" Emma smiles at him.

"Shall we meet there at 8? We can grab a late dinner and turn it into drinks." Mary Margaret proposes.

"It's like you're reading my mind." David says. He gives Mary Margaret a quick peck on the lips and grabs his bags. "See you tonight girls."

"Byeee, David." They sing in unison.

David smiles and walks away to his own dorm. Mary Margaret closes the door behind him and turns to Emma.

"Okay, tell me everything you did the past three months." Mary Margaret says excitingly.


After an hour and a half Ruby had joined them. While getting ready for the night, she was telling them all about this hot boy she had been seeing over the summer. In true Ruby fashion, they got all the details about how good he was in bed and all the little tricks he pulled that were sooo good. Mary Margaret HAD to get David to do that to her. Mary Margaret blushed and Emma had to hold in her laugh.

"Seriously guys, Graham is really hot and very sweet. And the wonderful thing is he also goes to UMASS. I might become a one guy kinda gal." Ruby said, dreamingly staring out of the window.

"Wow, miracles haven't left the world yet. Ruby Lucas becoming a 'one guy kinda gal', I never thought I'd see the day. He must be very good." Emma said full of disbelief.

Mary Margaret let out a squeal. "O my god, this is great. This means triple dates. David and I, Ruby and Graham and Emma and David's new roommate."

"No, not again. Will you please stop it?" Emma groaned.

"Mary Margaret Blanchard, calm your tits. You know Emma doesn't want to date. My mission is just to help her get laid tonight. Cause girl needs it, not much hot stuff walking around in dear old Storybrooke." Ruby chastised Mary Margaret.

"Thanks Rubes, I can surely stand behind that plan." Emma smiled gratefully at Ruby.

"Fine, but if he turns out great, which he will, and you end up dating him. I am going to tell you I told you so." Mary Margaret huffed while walking into the bathroom.


Luckily the Rabbit Hole was at walking distance from their dorm. Because Emma's feet were already killing her. She was wearing sky high heels – kindly forced by the one and only Ruby Lucas. But she had to give it to her, they made her butt look great in combination with the skintight leather looking pants she was wearing. The plan of getting laid tonight was definitely going to play out.

"David just texted me, apparently the new roommate is a cool guy so he's coming out with us tonight." Mary Margaret announced.

"That's fine with me, the more the merrier." Emma responded.

"Yeah and you look great Em, so you will be able to make a good first impression." Mary Margaret said suggestively.

"Seriously M's. Fuck the new roommate. Emma needs a random." Ruby became annoyed with her friend.

"If you don't let it go, Ruby will be my maid of honor if I ever get married." Emma threatened.

That sobered Mary Margaret up. "Fine, I'll let it go." She finally agreed while they entered the Rabbit Hole.

David and the new roommate hadn't arrived yet. They picked out a table and ordered their drinks. A bottle of rosé for the ladies and a jug of beer for the boys that had yet to arrive. They fell into easy conversation about what they had to look forward to this year. After fifteen minutes David entered with an unfamiliar face behind him.

Emma's eyes widened a bit. Damn he was hot. If you looked up tall, dark and handsome in the dictionary you would find a picture of the new roommate. David was a tall guy but this guy had a good three inches on him. He was wearing tight black jeans, a dark blue shirt with the top buttons undone to show off his chest hair and a leather jacket. His hair was almost black and it looked like he ran his hands through it a lot. His sharp jaw was covered with a light stubble. And God his eyes, even from the other side of the room she could see how piercingly blue they were.

She felt Ruby leaning over to whisper in her ear.

"Emma, change of plans. Fuck the new roommate."


A/N

So this is my first attempt ever at writing. I don't know if it is any good but I just wanted to let my mind be a bit creative. Sorry for any mistakes in grammar or sentences that don't run well as English is not my first language.