What can I say about this one? It's pretty raw and I'm still developing the story...
Nonetheless, I hope you like it and feedback is much appreciated!
— Enjoooy, lovelies!
Emma pushed the shopping cart through the supermarket aisles, her eyes searching the shelves for whatever she would need.
"August, I tell you, this town is seriously new to me. I've been here for roughly a week now and I have the feeling that I know it in and out."
She cradled her phone between her shoulder and cheek, while she spoke to her best friend who was in Boston.
August laughed lowly. "That is completely normal with small towns like this, you will get used to it."
The blonde rolled her eyes at this, as she suddenly felt a strange tingling going through her body. Her eyes instantly shot up, locking with two brown ones.
She swallowed hard, incapable of breaking eye contact. The owner of the set of dark eyes stared seriously back at her, an aura of sadness surrounding her.
"Mom can I have these chocolate bars?" A voice piped up and the dark haired woman tore her eyes from Emma away. "Yes…Henry…you may." She answered absently, as she tried to clear her mind of that strange and new feeling.
The boy scrunched up his face in confusion at his mother, who agreed to buying the chocolate, without any debate or arguing.
Emma cleared her throat, staring down at her cart. "August, I um…I gotta go, I'll talk to you later." She ended the call, locked her phone and pushed her cart further down the aisle. What did just happen?
Within the next twenty minutes of shopping, Emma caught herself seeking out the brunette. She had the strange feeling that she knew this woman.
At the bread aisle, she saw the little boy, who accompanied the brunette. He looked curiously at her, his eyes flashing secretly to her. When Emma caught his glance, she saw a small smile gracing his lips. She smiled briefly back, turning her gaze back to the bread.
Whenever the blonde would see the brunette woman in the supermarket, they would gaze briefly at each other, neither saying a word.
When she sat in her yellow bug, she cursed loudly at herself. "Idiot, you should've given her your number!"
This woman rattled her and she didn't know why. But the blonde felt instantly drawn to the brunette and it made her stomach churn and nerves tingle.
She didn't know anything about the woman, not even her name! Okay, it seemed she had a son. So maybe she was married? Great! No, she was not married! Emma had glanced at her ringer finger at some point and didn't see a ring.
"Oh my god, I'm a perv…Here I am, new to this sleepy and very friendly town, the first beautiful woman crosses my path and I start checking her out." Scolding at herself, Emma started her car.
Emma placed the groceries she bought on the kitchen table, starting to put them away her thoughts wandered back to the day she arrived in Storybrooke.
She met Ruby Lucas and Mary Margaret on the same day and the three women clicked instantly. Mary told Emma that she was looking for a roommate and if she would be interested in moving in with her.
She had been living in Boston every since she could remember. At first, she lived on the streets, fighting and trying to get by. Then she met August and the two became friends.
Since a few months now, Emma had been plagued by nightmares and August thought that a change of scenery could help with the issues. So she moved to Storybrooke.
The entrance door of the loft opened and Mary Margaret stepped in. "Oh Emma, you're back!"
"Yeah, I bought groceries and everything else on that list." The blonde smiled, while she made coffee.
"Oh that is wonderful!" Mary exclaimed, examining the list.
"I've been checking out the vacancies and there is nothing that I could do… I've been a bail bondsperson all my adult life." The blonde sighed, flipping through the newspaper.
"Well as you know I'm dating David Nolan and he's friends with Graham, the Sheriff. Maybe I'll ask him, if that would be something you're interested in?" Mary suggested, flashing Emma a big grin.
"Sounds good." Emma agreed, while she poured two cups of freshly brewed coffee.
"Splendid, I'll text David in a bit and arrange something. Graham is really a nice guy, you'll like him." The petite woman winked at Emma, whose mind briefly wandered back to a certain brunette woman. "We'll see about that." The blonde mumbled into her cup.
Ever since she laid eyes on that mysterious, brunette and beautiful woman, Emma couldn't forget her. It was like someone opened a gap in her mind and placed that woman into it.
The blonde wanted fate to do the job. If any of this meant something, she would see her again and then…then Emma would've the guts and talk to her.
The blonde didn't want to force anything. She was used to finding people and she probably could find the brunette as well. Nevertheless, she didn't want to do it that way.
She entered the diner and Ruby rushed to her. "You wanna work at the sheriff's station?"
"Well, I thought about it, yes. How do you know about it?" Emma rolled her eyes." Oh, never mind…Mary Margaret."
"Yes, I think you got a fair chance there, with your track record." Ruby proudly stated, fixing hot cocoa with cinnamon for the blonde.
The bell above the door jingled and both women turned their heads to the door.
"Oh God…She."
"Hey Regina, the usual?" Ruby called over the mysterious brunette woman.
"Yes, please. I'm in a—" ...Regina's voice faded out, when her eyes landed on Emma. They locked gazes again, oblivious to Ruby's confused face.
"Um… Ladies?" The waitress cleared her throat, pulling both out of their haze.
"Sorry, I was saying, that I'm in a hurry." Regina rasped, shaking her lightly to clear it. "The water pipe in my kitchen is leaking again."
"Oh, damn that's shitty." Ruby answered, while preparing Regina's order.
"Indeed, I have to call the Plumber."
"I can fix it."
Regina stalled just a moment longer, then she heard the blonde speaking up. "Excuse me?"
"I'm, um...really talented with this kinda stuff... I mean, I could fix it." Her fair skin blushing furiously as she nervously sipped from her cocoa.