Emma let out a breathe of relief as she entered the empty toilets of Storybrooke High, she had an hour to herself for lunch without having to interact with anyone else. After washing her hands thoroughly she walked over to her usual stall, the very one furthest to the door and locked herself in and pulled out a lunchbox. She knew having lunch in a toilet was disgusting and really unhygienic but it was the only way she could have a lunch break without any hassle, so for the last few months she had come in every day ate her lunch and read a book until the bell rang and she went to lessons. Whenever other people came in she put her legs up on the seat so no one would know she was there and wait it out till they went. She was about to take a bite of her BLT before she heard the door slamming and the sound of high heels on the marble floor. Pushing her glasses further up her nose she then silently put her sandwich in her Dr Who lunchbox and waited patiently for whoever it was to do what they needed and leave. Sometimes she did feel like a slight weirdo listening to peoples movements but what other people wouldn't know wouldn't hurt them. She began reading the graffiti on the walls, like she had many times, when she heard a sob being let out the other end of the bathroom. Emma recognised the voice when she heard the girl repeat the word no a number of times between crying. The voice belonged to Regina Mills, the entire reason Emma was in this bathroom in the first place, they had been in school together since first grade and had never got along despite Emma's best efforts so she didn't particularly have any sympathy for the brunette who had made her life hell for the last decade. As they say Karma is a bitch Emma thought to herself as the other girl continued her breakdown. She picked up her sandwich and began eating as quietly as possible before her stomach growled and she would be ratted out by her intestines and then probably have her head shoved down the toilet. She was almost finished when she overheard the other girls breathing began to get faster assumedly from a panic attack. She'd had plenty of her own across the years, due to a number of a reasons however one of the top five would be Regina Mills herself so Emma kept quiet hoping it would pass and the girl would be okay and leave in a minute. About five minutes later she heard some rustling, probably the other girls fixing her face before she heard a deep breathe and the sound of heels leaving the bathroom.
She was the first one to turn up to her biology class as usual, she liked being able to sit down and hide at the back before everyone came in, putting her books out on the desk she looked up the title on the board and wrote it down, as she was doing so her peers started to fill the room, all chatting about things Emma paid no attention too so the blonde just started doodling in her text book waiting for Mr Whale to turn up. When Regina walked in Emma noticed, everyone noticed, by the fact the room fell silent. Only then did Emma notice how the brunette was on her own. Usually Regina would walk in with her two friends who were just as horrible as her, make a few nasty comments or looks to some people and sat down today however, the entire class appeared to whisper about her and her usual friends Kathryn and Mal gave her looks of disgust. It was then Emma briefly wondered what had happened during lunch. Pushing her thoughts aside she noted Mr Whale was now in the room and focussed her attention to him she was more than surprised when the brunette sat on the desk next to her looking over Emma noticed how self conscious Regina looked, she also noticed the circles forming under chocolate eyes and how Regina's full time death glare and been replaced with a look of pure sadness and Emma suddenly felt slightly guilty for not asking if she was okay earlier.
Regina ignored the comment her mother had made about her weight as she walked into the house she lived in, today had been long enough without an with her mother she thought as she walked up the never ending flight of stairs straight to her room. As she put her bag down she made her way over to her bed and led down; thankful for the headache she'd had all day to ease. Staring up at the white ceiling she let go a deep breathe. As she thought back to the night before the nausea came back, how was she such an idiot, how the hell could she of let him find out. Him of all people! As much as she knew technically it wasn't her fault she knew she'd still pay the price. The photo was out. Her phone went off for the a thousandth time today, probably more hateful messages from people who 24 hours ago were her close friends. Although she wanted to ignore them all she knew she'd have to face the music sometime. Not today though she thought as she turned her phone off and started up her laptop and opening Netflix on her iPad. Homework and an episode of Greys anatomy should take her mind off of the day she thought.
An hour later Regina found herself running, not quite sure where to but she was running. Halfway through Greys, she'd given up on not thinking, it was all she could do right now so she found herself in her wardrobe putting her gym stuff on and going for a run. She didn't go her usual route around the park in fear she would see someone instead she went to the local woods. It was a quiet route on the outside of the small town and at the end overlooked a beautiful lake with a bench. Regina went many times with her father when she was younger, whenever her mother was being particularly bossy or bitchy they'd come here and feed the ducks with a picnic. She smiled as she thought about her father. He was a nice Latina man who got walked all over by her mother their whole marriage. When he die although Regina was devastated she eventually felt relief and a sort of comfort in knowing his mother couldn't bring him down anymore, he deserved better. Once Regina got to the end of the path she smiled again as she looked at the open lake. It was still the same as she'd pictured, whilst still gazing at the water she walked over to the bench and took a sip of water from her bottle. As she approached the bench she noticed there was a girl with blonde curly hair sat down on the bench. As she got closer she realized it was Emma Swan. The girl she had terrorised with no good reason for years. Does she know? Regina thought as she kept unconsciously staring at the pale face with eyes that were focussed on the book in her lap. She didn't seem to know earlier today when Regina had sat next to her, she seemed more confused and slightly baffled. She'd never even saw the girl talk to anyone who wasn't a teacher so she couldn't know. Could she?
"Um, can I help you?" Regina realised she was staring and instantly blushed once she realised it. The blondes question didn't come out as bitchy or annoyed, it was more awkward and anxious and Regina realised she probably thought she would have a go at her or pick on her or something.
"I-I'm sorry" Regina replied, surprised and slightly self conscious at the fact Emma may not want her forgiveness. When she looked over she just saw a blonde with furrowed eyebrows and a confused look on er face that looked slightly adorable.
"For, uh, being a bitch, and terrorising you so much I was, am a total bitch and i'm sorry." Regina said whilst playing awkwardly fiddling her thumbs not knowing if she should walk away.
"Uh thanks." The blonde replied, still very baffled at the fact Regina Fucking Mills had apologised to her. They carried on staring at each other before the awkwardness reached its peak and Regina turned around to leave. "Wait!" Emma called out and Regina turned her head. "I can leave if you wanna sit here."
"No its fine honestly." Regina replied as she walked away and jogged back home. Emma left still feeling baffled at what the hell was going on.
Emma was washing her hands the very next day when she saw Regina again. The brunette had came in covered in what appeared to be chocolate milkshake. As the door shut the sound of laughing faded. Although Regina had poured water over the blonde before she was kind enough to not use chocolate milkshake which Emma was thankful for. After finishing washing her hands she contemplated what she should do. A part of her wanted to leave, not help Regina. Whatever it is was probably her doing anyway. She knew she couldn't though. Not without making sure the brunette was okay. Walking over to her bag she pulled out a bottle of water and handed it to the brunette who took it.
"Do you want me to leave?" Emma asked nervously, no one had ever comforted her in her times of need so she wasn't really to sure what to do. "Because I can if you want me to but if you also want me to stay I can I mean we don't have to talk or anything I can read a book unless you wanna talk then we can but its up to you." Emma asked as she looked away and pushed her glasses up again. After a moment of Regina giving her a slight pissed look the blonde figured she should leave. As she walked out of the bathroom she saw all her classmates outside, waiting for Regina and her heart broke a little. She wasn't sure why, but she felt sorry for her childhood bully because although she believes in karma, she also knows nothing about the situation. What she does know is that no matter what no one should be humiliated like Regina had been. Turning around she headed back in the bathroom, and turned one of the schools showers on and pulled out a shirt from her bag.
"I know this is probably really ugly and you probably don't wanna wear it but the whole school are outside waiting for you, and as great as chocolate milkshake is, its a drink not a fashion accessory so you might wanna shower and change. I know from experience" The blonde noticed the look of regret and sadness on the brunettes face as she said it. "That wasn't-"
"No its okay, its true. I am so sorry Emma. If I knew what it felt like i'd never of-" Regina began to cry.
"Its fine. What's done is done alright? I just wanna make sure your okay." Emma replied and Regina why the hell she was being so nice. "Wanna talk about it?" The Latina shook her head slightly. "Well I can go while you shower if you want. Leave you in peace." She shook her head again so Emma just nodded and sat next to the girl who usually looked so confident and put together now covered in milkshake and utterly broken. A minute or so later Regina got up and went in the shower so Emma just pulled her phone out and watched an episode of izombie while she waited.
Half an hour in the shower did wonders to Regina's mental and physical state, although she was still heavy with emotion the fact she was clean felt amazing. Walking out of the shower wearing Emma's batman t short she didn't expect the girl to still be in here but she was. Emma was sat on the floor with her head looking down to her phone with her eyebrows furrowed in concentration and Regina noticed how cute the blonde looked. Truth was she had always found Emma insanely intriguing and beautiful just never got the chance to be friends. When she was younger she began teasing the blonde to get her attention, like the boys did, however her friends also found it funny and the attention went to her head. She never wanted to cause the blonde pain, she was just too stupid to admit it and before she knew it she was the most popular girl in school because she tease- bullied the blonde and as awful as she felt she couldn't stop. She couldn't understand for the life of her why Emma Swan was helping now, after all she'd done, had it been anyone else she wouldn't of accepted help at all but there was something about the blonde that was so genuine.
"You look so much better without chocolate milk all over you now." Emma spoke up as she paused her show.
"Well thanks." Regina replied, "Really thank you, for everything."
"No problem. I know what its like to feel humiliated and alone in the least offensive way possible."
"Non taken." Regina replied.
"Um I have a question, you don't have to answer if you don't want to but I just wondered because I care without meaning to sound creepy but I just don't understand why." The blonde began to ramble and Regina just smiled and told her to be out with it although she knew what was coming.
"You wanna know why suddenly im a laughing stock?" Regina asked.
"Well, yea, you've kinda taken my spot ya know?" She replied with humour in her voice so Regina didn't take offence.
"Well, I um. I" She took a deep breathe before just blurting it out. "I was born with a penis."
So that's the first chapter. Hope you enjoyed and if you did let me know and I really don't know if I should continue so its down to you guys:)