A/N: Here is chapter 2! I am so glad that I got so many amazing responses from the first chapter. You all seemed so happy to read this.
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Two - My Dear Friend
She finally arrived at the office and was greeted by Emma, her secretary, also known as Killian's secret lover that no one is supposed to know about, and her best friend. Emma stared at her, fuming, trying to get Regina in on time by helping her with her bags and coat. Regina rushed in and greeted her coworker, Killian, nicely and ran to her office room. Emma was still back way behind with all of her stuff, talking to Killian.
Eventually hours had gone by, and work had ended. Regina went outside to get into her car, but she was interrupted by Killian and Emma. They each grabbed one of her arms, and dragged her into the parking garage, up some stairs, took some turns, and finally stopped before the lunch room doors. They both opened one and Regina stood, stunned, at all of her co-workers that threw her a surprise party.
"Surprise!"
"We wanted to do something special, for our 24 year old friend!" Emma said, all giggly.
Regina's favorite song came in as she ran into the party, and started to dance. She suddenly forgot about Robin. She danced with Graham a couple of times, snuck in a few kisses, opened some gifts, and had some drinks, since it was finally legal for her to do so. Around 11, she decided to go home. She insisted that she would be fine driving herself home, since she hadn't had her drinks since 9. Killian and Emma were worried, but they had to let her go. Regina got into her car, all shaky and dizzy from her "few" drinks she had earlier. She buckled up and started out for her apartment building. After a few minutes of driving, she decided that it probably wasn't safe to be driving this late, and not completely sober, so she stopped at the corner coffee shop.
She ordered her usual again, for the second time today, hoping that she wouldn't spill it on yet another hot stranger. She payed, and sat down in a corner booth. She silently drank her French Vanilla coffee and pulled out her phone to check the time. Her phone read 12:00. A shadow suddenly appeared in front of her and she almost fell out of her seat. She was so out of it.
"Regina, can I talk to you for a second?"
"Robin, I'm half out of it, so I'm not responsible for anything I say." she said.
He laughed, "First of all, happy brithday."
"How did you remember?" she asked.
"It was exactly one week before I left for England."
Suddenly the air went sad.
"Look, Robin, I didn't actually expect you to keep your promise."
"It was foolish of me to think you would." Robin shrugged.
"Now don't be like that. We both know what we had, I just assumed that you wouldn't come back from England." she said.
"Can I tell you the truth?"
She nodded.
"I saved all my money that I made working with my father to come and see you." he said, "And everyday I would tell myself tomorrow is the day I can fly back and see her."
"Robin, I-"
"And then, tomorrow turned into next week and then next week turned into next year. Time just kept going, the company slowed down, it actually crashed. My father and I became unemployed, he wasn't able to support our family."
"I'm so sorry."
"He left us, my mother and I moved back to America where she got a day job as a kindergarten teacher and a night job as a personal secretary." he said, "At that time, it was about three years ago actually, I was working myself as a busboy at a restaurant and helped her. Now we are living steadily."
"Why didn't you ever come to me?" she said.
"I wanted you to be happy with someone who had been successful and who could take care of you. At that time, that wasn't me." he said.
They sat insilence for a few moments, letting the air cool of the heat that was just placed.
"We can try to work this out. Why don't we just start as being friends?" Regina suggested.
"Okay, we can do that."
They talked for hours, it seemed like, getting to know each other. It was 2AM when she finally said she had to go home, if she was going to be able to go to work the next day.
"Can I get your number?" Robin said as he stood up out of the booth. Regina handed him a napkin with her number written on it.
Regin waved goodbye, smiling as she walked out of the coffee shop. He raised an eyebrow.
"I just know that he'll love it. He loves surprises." Regina said, as she placed the last balloon in his bedroom.
"He will love it, my dear." Robin's mother said.
"Mrs. Locksley, do you think me and Robin will be together forever?" regina asked, sitting next to her on the couch.
"I hope you will be for more than forever, Regina." his mother said.
Robin walked into the front door and dropped his backpack, giving his mother and Regina a confused look.
"Am I on one of those prank shows where you two will act insane in about five seconds?" robin asked.
Regina stood and laughed, walking over to him and hugging him, 'Nope, but we do have a little surprise for you."
"And what might that be?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
She pulled his hand and brought him through the hallways and to his room. She flicked the lights on and revealed his all done room.
"Will you let me be the thief and steal you at prom?" he read the giant sign out loud.
"You know, if this wasn't a Sadies dance, then I would probably have used that exact phrase to ask you." He laughed before hugging her.
"Is that a yes?" she asked.
He kissed her quickly, "Does that answer your question?"
"I'm not sure I understand the answer." she giggled.
He kissed her once more, but longer and more passionately.
"I guess that's a yes."
"Regina, honey, what did he say?" his mother yelled through the hallway.
"He said yes!"
The next morning was very rough for Regina. She got up late and was rushing around the house. When she finally finished getting ready, she hurried to the office.
"I don't recall allowing you to be twenty minutes late, Miss Mills." Mr. Gold said.
"I'm sorry, Gold, I- just, I didn't-"
"She was helping me find my client's information at the record's office downtown." Graham said.
Gold gave the two a suspicious look and went on with his day.
"Thank you." she sighed as she spun around and kissed him sweetly.
"Why were you actually late?" Graham asked.
She was actually going to tell him that she had been talking to Robin when she left the party all the way until two in the morning. And she definitely could tell him the things she was remembering ever so often.
"My alarm clock," she quickly made up, "It wasn't working."
She waved goodbye to him before hurriedly rushing to her office room and locking the door behind her. On her desk sat a beautiful bouquet of purple tulips, her favorite flowers.
Instantly, like rang on point, another memory flashed into her mind.
"Just today, okay?" Robin said, "For me?"
"Fine, let's go." she sighed, "But next time, I better be the one picking out flowers for my wedding."
He laughed as he helped her into the car.
"Regina, dear, I'm really sorry if Robin is making you come, you can go home if you want," his mother said, "I just thought you would like to do something like this."
"It's no problem really, Mrs. Locksley." Regina replied, "You're sister is lucky to have a nephew with a girlfriend who loves this type of stuff."
"Yeah, she is. She is so overwhelmed with the wedding, so I just thought I would take a load off of her and help her out." his mother said.
"Fortunately, for me, that means I have to go flower shopping with my two favorite woman." Robin smirked.
"Come on, kids, we're here." his mom said.
The three got out of the car and entered the florist shop.
"Woah, there's like every type of flower in here." Robin said, amazed.
"It is a flower shop, sweetie." his mother replied.
While his mother was looking at the flowers for her sister's bouquet, Robin and Regina were sent to pick flowers for the centerpieces at the tables.
"How about daffodils?" Robin suggested, "They smell nice."
"Nah." Regina shrugged.
"What about sunflowers?" Robin asked.
"I don't think your aunt wants bees at the tables." she laughed.
"Then what flower is good enough for you, your majesty?" Robin said.
"Why, citizen, only flowers that I have in mind are tulips."
"Why do you like tulips so much? You talk about them like everyday." Robin laughed.
"They are just beautiful." she replied as she picked up a purple one and swirled it in her fingers.
Robin's eyes watched the flower in Regina's hand and then moved up to her eyes, which were sparkling from the sun shining through the glass perimeter.
"What?" Regina asked, placing the flower down.
"Oh, nothing." Robin cleared his throat.
"Tell me, Robin! Best friends don't keep secrets!" Regina said.
"That's something we said when we were like 9, that was five years ago." Robin smirked and walked away.
"Whatever, let's get these for your aunt."
"Why?"
"They are my favorite and she'll love them." Regina said.
"If you like 'em, I like 'em." Robin grabbed one and brought it over to his mom, presenting the two's idea.
"Purple tulips, my favorite." Regina said as she grasped them and inhaled their beautiful scent. Attached to them was a little note that read:
For my dear friend - Regina.
She shook her head and couldn't bare but let a small smile escape. Quickly grabbing a vase, she placed it on her desk and let the flowers move freely inside of it.