A/N: Thanks in advance for reading this story. It's my first one so I'm sorry if it is too short. Also sorry for any grammar mistake or words misspelled. I'm not a native english speaker. Enjoy

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The next morning, Regina woke up as if she didn't get any sleep all night. All her muscles were aching and she was bone-tired. She looked at the clock 12 am. Great, I just wasted half day sleeping she thought sadly. This Summer was going to be boring with that kind of schedule.

As the hours flew by she knew she had to dress up to go to work. It was tedious, and almost painful saying goodbye to her accustomed freedom of doing what she wanted.

A buzz from her phone woke her from her sorrow. Ruby she instantly felt happier. Her friend Ruby, or Red as she usually called her because of her obsession with that colour, wanted intel of her first day at work on her grandmother's restaurant.

"Soooo?" asked Ruby

"So, what?"

"Oh come on, don't be like that Gina, I wanna know how was your first day" Ruby whined

Regina rolled her eyes

"It was okay I guess, I managed to not screw up anything, so that's a win but.."

"But what?, What aren't you telling me?"

Should I ask Red about Emma?. I'm sure she knows her She was having a huge dilemma but she didn't had the chance to decide.

"Earth calling Gina, are you still there? I was telling you that yesterday I met this cute guy while…"

Regina was happily hearing the younger woman chatter about her newest crush. Even though they were a year apart, Ruby was a beautiful young woman, way taller than herself and with a beautiful dark mane. She always was the one who everyone wanted to hang out and she had had more love interests than Regina could remember. She was quite the opposite of Regina but that didn't seem to matter at all.

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The days seem to flew by. The mornings were slow and passed mostly unnoticed and afternoons were a frenzy swirl of emotions as Regina tried to keep doing all the things she liked but never seemed to have enough time. That and her mother hovering around her to "make sure" she was getting things ready to work stressed her beyond words.

She was quickly adapting to being a waitress. She was getting more loose and with the constant help and encouragement of Emma, there was no way she could didn't like failure. It meant a great disappointment for her and mostly for her mother. Cora had always talked about how talented she was when she had her age, all the awards she won, all the people she got to meet….she never failed. So that wasn't an option.

The blonde had started working as a waitress last summer, as a summer job and got pretty skilled at it. Regina tried to watch the blonde work as much as she could copying the way she did things, analyzing each movement, each comment.. trying to become as good as her.

While they worked, they were tuned with the other's needs, before Emma had to ask her to bring her the drinks to a table or to clean the table, Regina was already doing it. Emma was also checking constantly if Regina needed help, not wanting the brunette to stress. And today was no different

As Regina was busying herself delivering the food to the patrons, Emma stopped her

"Are you okay? Do you need any help?"

"No, I'm doing great, thanks for asking" she replied quickly, flashing a reassuring smile

"Perfect" said the blonde, grinning an winking at her as always, before she quickly checked on the clients' needs

They kept working a few hours in this perfect harmony

A/N: Reviews are always encouraged