Regina Mills was sick of moving. Absolutely sick of it. It was bad enough that she had to leave Daniel in Colorado, but now she has to leave Mallory, Ursula, and Crucita in Texas! Finally, for once in her life, she wasn't a complete out cast, and now her mother was making them move again! "It's for your own good, Regina." "The schools are better in Maine, Regina." Sophomore year, and she was leaving the school already!

Mallory and the other girls promised to visit, but it wouldn't be the same. She wouldn't be there for the rest of Mal's pregnancy. She would miss Ursula's song contest. Cru would probably run away with that guy, Isaac, and Regina would be the last to know! She didn't want to move to Storybrooke, Maine. Why would she ever want that?

Regina said a tearful goodbye to her friends before getting in her mom's Mercedes Benz. Everyone knew the real reason they were moving. Cora had discovered Henry's affair with that home-wrecker, Eva. Regina honestly just wished they would get a divorce already.

"Call me as soon as you go into labor." Regina commanded Mal. She hugged her best friend one last time, until she heard Cora's sharp "Hurry up, Regina. It's not like you're saying goodbye to anyone who's important." Regina rolled her eyes and turned towards the car.

"Coming, mother." She whispered one last goodbye and opened the car door. Another day, another town.

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Their new house on 108 Mifflin street was lavish, but Regina hated it. The black and white themed house was dull, and it looked like no one had ever lived there. Regina didn't know how her mother landed a job as deputy mayor so quickly, but she knew just by ljoking at this house that she wouldn't be deputy mayor for very long. She never was.

Preparing for her first day at school made Regina more nervous than she'd care to admit. she had been lucky at her last school when Mallory had instantly bonded with her, but last experiences hadn't been as good. Most of the time people never even looked her way. Well, that was before puberty. Afterwards, quite a few people looked her way.

Exhausted from the day's adventures and many excruciating hours in the same car with Mother ("Regina dear, how's that boyfriend of yours who you swore up and down was the one? Oh right... You guys broke up because long distance was too hard" and "Maybe you should lose some weight. You're looking a bit... Fuller lately. Perhaps a diet?")

Regina was just glad it was all over.

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The next day Cora drove Regina to school. Along the way there were lectures about how she was representing Cora, and she needed to act her best. Regina had gotten away with wearing shorts instead of slacks or a skirt, but Cora had been insistant on her wearing at least four inch heels. "A Mills is never caught in casual clothing, dear."

Luckily, Regina had been able to stash away a pair of sneakers in her bag.

"Now, dear, I've arranged for another student to meet you outside the school and show you around. Don't misrepresent me, or there will be consequences." Regina knew all too well what consequences meant, and decided that being on her best behavior was probably a good idea.

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Mary-Margaret was ecstatic about being chosen to show the new student around the campus. They hardly ever got new people in Storybrooke! As she got out of her father's car, she looked around for anyone who didn't look familiar. She was a bit worried that she'd pick the wrong person and end up offending someone she'd been in the same class with for the past two years.

After she noticed Regina the brunette had no questions about who was the new girl. She was standing in front of the school entrance looking like a supermodel. Most people would look over dressed, but somehow this girl made it work. High heels and sunglasses in high-school. It was a bit like the movie 'Mean Girls'.

Mary-Margaret really hoped she wasn't going to be like one of the plastics.

"Hi! I'm Mary-Margaret, but everybody calls me M&M. You're Regina, right?" Regina looked at the brunette standing next to her and smiled. At least she was friendly, if a bit over excited.

"Yeah, I'm Regina. It's nice to meet you M&M. Do you happen to know someplace I could change out of these heels? I think my Mother left, so I am getting out of these things." Regina seemed friendly enough, despite her super-model like appearance.

"I'm sure you can just switch out here. Nobody will care. Why does you mother care if you wear heels or not?"

"Because a Mills is never caught wearing casual clothing." Regina searched through her bag and stopped dead. "Dammit! I should've known that she would know."

Mary-Margaret smiled apologetically. "Guess you're stuck with those."

"Oh, joy."

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The rest of the day passed uneventfully, excluding the fact that Regina's feet hurt like hell. Despite her over enthusiasm, Mary-Margaret was pretty interesting. Regina also met M&M's friends. There was Ruby, Emma, Robin, Marian, Kathryn, Graham, Belle, Mulan, and David. David and Mary-Margaret had some very obvious chemistry, but for some reason, he was with Kathryn. Regina's attention had immediately settled on Robin, but after a few minutes, she realized that Kathryn and him were an item. Too bad, he was pretty cute.

Besides the disappointment that Robin provided, and her immediate dislike of Emma, everything was great. More than great actually. Regina probably hadn't made as many friends in one day, ever. David was probably the best part. Regina had no interest in him romantically, but he was definitely a great guy. They played verbal ping-pong all day, but it lacked the malice that Regina had adopted towards Emma.

Maybe life in Storybrooke wouldn't be so bad, after all.