Hi! Thank you for all your lovely reviews on the first chapter, they all mean so much!
First of all, I just want to say that a new chapter to She's the Boss is coming very soon, I can't wait for anyone who's already reading it to read it, so be prepared that it's coming. Also, if you aren't reading it, feel free to check it out. :)
Here's the second installment, everyone knows how bossy Regina is, so here it is B is for Bossy.
This is an AU fic, rating T.
B is for Bossy
Regina sat at her desk, with a face like thunder as she stared at an email on her computer screen, she had been in the office all day and she had just about enough of this, the constant emails of complaint, or emails from people who clearly couldn't do their own job, so expected her to do it for them. Standing up she pushed her chair back and stormed over to the door, looking out at her employees, "someone get me Robin Locksley, now!" They all looked up at her, 'the Evil Queen', that's what she was to them, who she had always been to them, to all except one; only one of them understood her, only one of them saw through her demeanour.
"He's on his lunch break." A woman in the corner stated quietly, almost as if she were scared to talk, scared to say anything that the boss might disapprove of.
"Well someone get him off his lunch break." She spat, slamming the door behind her and flopping back down into her chair, burying her head in her hands today was not a good day. The stress was mounting and she was feeling the pressure, she didn't mean to take it out on her workers, she would make sure to give them a bonus at the end of the month for all the work they put in and for putting up with her; in fact, she was going to order coffees to make up for it.
Then the door opened and she turned to see him, raising his eyebrows at her, "what was so important that you had to call me off my lunch break, hey grumpy?"
"Not in the mood." She huffed, shaking her head.
"Oh come on, chill out." He placed what he was holding down on the table, before moving around the back of her chair and placing his hands on her shoulders, working away all the tension.
"Robin, we need to have this project finalised by tonight." She sighed, leaning back into him.
"And we will." He nodded, dropping his hands and picking up the bag on the table, "but first you need to eat."
"Oh you do love to look after me don't you." She grinned, taking the bag from him. Robin had been her assistant for two years and in that time they had come to have a close relationship, become best friends, never more than that, but lately Regina had found herself wishing that they were, wishing that they had something closer.
"Yes."
"And that is why I love you." She smiled, patting his cheek, before taking the sandwich out of the bag, he had brought her favourite for her of course.
"Love you too your majesty." He joked perching on the edge of her desk, "you do know that, everyone out there wants your head on a spike right now?"
"Urgh," She slumped in her chair, "I know, I'm a bitch aren't I."
"Hmm, yeah kinda."
"You're not supposed to say that." She laughed, smacking him lightly, "you're supposed to say, 'no Regina, you are a strong, beautiful woman, who has control over her people and rules like a queen'."
"Okay, Regina, you are a strong, beautiful woman, who has control over her people and rules like a queen."
"Better." She nodded, "okay, I need to go and address the troops." She sighed.
"Let's just hope they don't put you in the stocks and throw tomatoes at you."
"You are being really harsh today." She scoffed, "come, they like you more." She patted his cheek, before walking to the door. The rest of the office went quiet as she walked in, her heels clicking on the floor as she looked at them, trying not to be too menacing. "How close are we to finishing?" She asked.
"Not far off Miss Mills."
"Good, how many more hours do we think?"
"Four or five."
"Okay, will we all be able to manage that?" There were a few grumbles, which led to her shaking her head, "if you are not committed to this company, feel free to leave now."
Robin leaned in, "keep it calm bossy, if you're nice with them, they'll be nice with you."
"If you do decide to stay, I will be offering bonuses, to everyone. That's all." She turned and walked back into her office, "how was that?"
"Good, better than usual." He smirked, "have I been good enough to deserve a bonus?"
"I'm not sure, are you prepared to put the work in? Are you fully devoted to me?"
"Fully." He chuckled, "but, could I possibly finish my lunch now?"
"You may."
The afternoon had been a complete disaster, there had been a power default in the building, meaning that all the desktops were unusable; most work was saved onto backup hard drives, so Regina sent everyone to get their laptops; this meant that the schedule was hindered and she found herself becoming more and more stressed, which meant that she was pushing people about more. This was a massive contract for the company, one that meant millions of dollars should it be a success, so she couldn't afford slip ups from anyone.
It was nine o'clock now and she had sent everyone home, telling them to send her their documents when they finished them. She might be bossy, but she wasn't going to keep people from their families. She sat alone in her office, waiting for the final document to come through. She looked out into the empty office and sighed, they had all gone, gone home to their families, who did she have? She was the so called 'Evil Queen', she had no one, would never have anyone.
She felt a small tear roll down her cheek and batted it away, she might be successful, but she hadn't built her success from being kind, she had been bitter, strict, and that was what resulted in her being here, alone, with nobody who loved her, nobody who cared for her. She looked out of the window at the bright lights of the city; although she was a big shot, right now, she felt small, alone and unimportant.
"Knock, knock."
She turned to the door and saw Robin stood there, she wiped her eyes, "what are you doing here? I thought you'd left." She stated, trying to hide the fact that she had been crying.
"I went to get us some Chinese food, you didn't think I'd leave you here alone did you?"
She looked at him wide eyed, he was staying for her, he cared for her, he was the only person that did. She felt the tears start anew as she began to sob.
"Regina?" He hurried over to her chair, "hey, what's wrong, did you want Italian?" he joked.
"Why?" She sniffled as she stood up facing him, "why would you do this for me? Stay here with me when you could be at home?"
"Regina, if you don't know by now that I care for you, then I must be doing a shit job of showing you."
"You care for me?" She asked tilting her head.
"Regina I love you."
"As a friend, I know." She sighed looking to the floor.
"No, not as a friend, I love you, I really love you, have done for two years, I've just been too cowardly to tell you."
Her eyes flashed up to meet his as she stared at him, he loved her? Really loved her? Did that mean that he was in love with her, in a romantic way? "You love me?"
"Yes." He grinned, clearly searching her eyes for some sort of response.
She placed one hand over her mouth as she began to cry, hot tears poured down her cheeks, "oh my god." She sniffled, before laughing, "nobody has ever told me that before."
"Well?" He asked.
She took a deep breath, there was no going back now, she had never said those three words to anyone before, not in the proper sense, to nobody but him, when she had said it earlier, she had meant it. "I love you too." She nodded, bringing her bottom lip between her teeth as she smiled at him, "now what?"
"Now I get to do something I have been waiting to do for a long, long time." He grinned, placing both hands on her cheeks, wiping away her tears with his thumbs, "you really are beautiful, stunning."
"Not the Evil Queen?"
"Hmm, bold and audacious perhaps, but not evil." He chuckled, bringing her lips against his as he kissed her for the first time; she savoured the feeling of his lips against hers, the way he asked for entrance to her mouth, entrance that she happily granted. Her arms came to wrap around him as she pulled him closer, pressing her body against his. He wasn't the only one who had been waiting for this and she found herself wondering why they had waited so long, but she knew deep down, that this moment was perfect and she wouldn't change it for the world. Breaking the kiss, he leant his forehead against her and staring into her eyes stated, "I love you."
She cast him a massive smile and nodded, "I love you." She made the first move this time, crashing her lips against his, marking him as her own, hoping to get the message across that she was never going to let him go, she was going to let him know that she loved him every single day. He had made her into a better woman, he had helped her to love, to open up to him, let him in and she was so grateful that he hadn't given up on her, that he had carried on with his attempts despite her many attempts to push him away. She had allowed love into her heart, and felt so much better for it, she felt complete.
They were both so absorbed in the kiss, that none of them heard the notification on Regina's laptop, letting them know that their contact had been successful, but in that moment, neither of them could care less about the contract, all they cared about was one another and not wasting another second of their time apart.
