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Once Upon a Time: Schools Out! Chapter 2
"I swear to God, Mr Boss! THAT'S NOT MINE!"
"Then why was it found in your room?"
It wasn't a pretty sight. Everyone in the corridor of the Mills College Dorm was watching as Maleficent screamed protests at the short and portly Dean, Mr Boss-or as most knew him, Mr Bossy-as he held a little cling-film wrap of some sort of green substance in front of her.
"Miss Pyro, are you aware of how long you can get in Jail for possession of Marijuana?" the Dean was saying. And everyone continued to stare as Maleficent almost screamed in frustration.
"It's. Not. Mine!" she yelled, but Mr Boss simply shook his head.
"Miss Pyro, I'm willing not to call the police as long as you pack your things, now, and leave the College"
"But-"
"What's it gonna be, Miss Pyro?"
Regina stood by her bedroom door-which still bore the words "Evil Queen"-and smirked, watching the scene between Maleficent and the Dean in delight. After a few moments of looking absolutely livid, Maleficent roughly pushed past Mr Bossy, and Regina could hear her furiously starting to pack her things while on the phone to her parents.
Regina chuckled softly and went into her room, she then pulled her black cell phone out of her pocket and dialled the number of Gene Glass. The editor and reporter of that ridiculous College newsletter, The Mirror.
The boy was also hopelessly infatuated with Regina, something she took advantage of whenever she could.
"Hey, Gene?" she said, making her voice sweet and inviting. He lapped it up like a puppy-dog.
"Y-yeah, Regina?" he said, stuttering a little from the sheer joy of being able to hear the voice of Regina Mills.
"Can you help me with something? Someone wrote on my door in permanent marker and I..." she sighed like a helpless little girl "I just, cannot get it off"
"Yeah! Of course I will! I'll be right there!"
"Good" she said, and prepared to hang up. Then his voice came through again:
"Hey did...did it work?"
Regina nearly laughed at his worried tone "Yes, it did. Thank-you so much for planting that stuff on her. It worked like a charm"
"Oh" he said, his voice doing nothing to hide the guilt he felt. The boy was such a weakling.
Ten minuets later, Regina was watching as Gene scrubbed at the offending words at her door.
"Be sure not to leave any marks, Gene" she said "Everything needs to be perfect for tomorrow"
"Yes Regina" he said, nodding "Although...wouldn't she understand? It's not like you were the one who did it" he added, looking over at her.
Regina scowled, and Gene got all shifty eyed and concentrated on removing the door-graffiti.
"She wouldn't understand, Gene" she said in a low voice "She never, understands"
Gene sighed, looking over at her again "You know, what happened with Snow White, the whole poisoning thing, it was three months ago"
Regina stiffened, how dare he...
"And as for what happened after-"
Fury bubbled inside her. He had no right to talk about that. None at all.
"Shut. Up" she said, her voice soft and dangerous. Gene got the hint and went back to scrubbing. Credit to him, the black writing was almost gone.
"We don't talk about that, Gene" she continued, and he nodded.
"Yeah, I-"
"Ever. Do you understand me?" she pressed.
Gene nodded "I understand"
Regina breathed out "Good"
OUAT
"Thank-you, Papa" Belle said happily as she walked to her dorm house. Her father had just rung her to say Happy Birthday, and as she approached the door, Belle started to say goodbye to him.
"O.k Papa, I've gotta go now. I love you, bye!" she said, she then hung up the phone, put it in her pocket, and walked through the door.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
Belle gasped, nearly dropping her French books in shock at the scream from her friends. The lights in the darkened sitting room had been thrown on to reveal the huge party her friends had organised for her while she was at her French Lecture. There were balloons and tassels on the walls, a banner across the ceiling that read "Happy 19th Birthday!" and someone had clearly used a party popper because there were little tissue-paper streams all over the furniture.
"Oh my God!" Belle gasped in delight, dropping her bag and raising her hands to her face "You did this all for me?"
Snow White-who was holding a chocolate cake with the number "19" on the surface in white icing-laughed "Of course we did!"
"Happy birthday, Belle!" Ruby Lucas said, bounding forward in a fantastic red dress to give Belle a hug.
Someone put on some music, and two hours later the party was in full swing. People were dancing in the corridors, playing drinking games in the kitchen, and making out in the bedrooms.
After a while, Belle broke away from dancing with Ruby and Snow White, gasping, saying she needed some fresh air.
"O.k then!" Ruby said, and she was soon led away by Peter Lupus.
"Are you alright?" Snow White asked loudly over the music, and Belle nodded.
"Yeah, I just need to get some air!" she gasped, and she walked towards the garden at the back of the house as James took his turn dancing with the black haired beauty.
Belle stood outside, gasping at the sudden cold air. The garden was deserted, and she twirled the rose on her necklace.
Belle sighed, the party was amazing, and she hadn't lied to Snow White, she was O.k and having a great time.
She just couldn't help wishing that he had come too. She hadn't seen him at all today. The only communication they'd had was the card that had come with the necklace. She missed him.
"Belle" came a voice from behind her, and she jumped and turned around.
Stood behind her, dressed in black jeans and a dark grey shirt, was Rumplestiltskin Gold. He was looking at her with his dark brown eyes.
"You know" he said, walking towards her "You shouldn't be out here by yourself. Who knows what could happen to a girl, out here, all alone..." he trailed off when he was stood right in front of her, bare inches separating them. Belle smirked.
"Well then, it's a good thing you're here to protect me" she said, looking up at him with a smile.
Rumplestiltskin laughed softly, looked behind him to check there was no-one watching, and bent his head and kissed her, his lips gentle on her soft mouth, his hands moving to rest on her neck.
Belle's own hands moved to his chest, stopping just short of his shoulders. She tilted her head and he moaned slightly as she deepened the kiss.
Belle felt she might explode with happiness. He was here, he had come for her birthday!Everything was so perfect...
After a while they broke apart, their breathing coming a little faster. Rumplestiltskin touched the chain around Belle's neck.
"You're wearing my gift, I see" he said, and Belle shot him a dazzling smile.
"It's beautiful Rumple, I love it!" she exclaimed, touching the rose pendant "Although, it did cause a stir with Snow and Ella"
Rumplestiltskin arched an eyebrow "Oh?" he said, and Belle laughed.
"Yeah. They figured out who it was from, and they're dying to know who my Secret Boyfriend is" she breathed, and it was Rumplestiltskin's turn to laugh at the image of Snow White and Ella's faces if they discovered that their best friend was seeing the most feared person at College.
"Well, maybe you should tell them about me" he said, his hands still on her shoulders. Belle's eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"Seriously?" she said "You want me to tell them?"
Rumplestiltskin smiled, and brushed a lock of hair away from her neck. When they had started going out, they had agreed not to tell anyone about the relationship until they were ready. They both had reputations to uphold and the inevitable gossip that would ensure was the last thing either of them wanted. Rumplestiltskin was still unwilling to say anything, and judging from her reaction, neither was Belle.
"Not yet, Sweetheart" he said. Belle sighed a little in relief, and reached up to kiss him again, long and passionately.
They broke apart, and she leaned in to whisper in his ear.
"Will...will you stay?" she breathed.
"Only if you want me too" he whispered back, and he once again claimed her mouth, the blaring music and mirthful screams from the party surrounding them.
OUAT
"Hey, Snow!"
Snow White turned away from Charming as Ruby walked out of the raging party and into the semi-silence of the kitchen. She lifted her hand in a small wave.
"Hey Ruby" she said.
"How come you're not dancing with anyone?" Charming asked her, and Ruby shrugged smugly.
"Eh, I got bored, so I decided to come in here for a drink" she said, picking up a cup and taking a sip before walking over to Snow White and Charming.
Snow White laughed as Charming shook his head, but Ruby was suddenly distracted by something she could see out of the window.
"Oh my God!" she said, pointing out of the window at the garden "Someone's making-out out there!"
"Oh Ruby, really?" Snow White sighed. Right before she too looked out of the window. She gasped.
"Oh my!" she cried.
"What? What?!" Ruby exclaimed, and Snow White pointed dramatically out of the window.
"Oh my God, that's Belle!" she said, eyes wide.
"What?!" Ruby said, taking a closer look out of the window. Yes, it was indeed Belle French stood out there, feverishly kissing someone who was obscured by the dorms shadow.
"Holy crap!" she said.
"Who do you think it is?" Snow White asked her, and Ruby gave her a look.
"Oh, come on, Snow!" she said "It's obvious, isn't it? Her Secret Boyfriend!"
"I can't see who it is!" Charming suddenly said, also looking out of the window. Snow White slapped him lightly on the arm.
"Don't look!" she scolded.
Charming looked scandalised "But...you!"
"Girls can look, Guys can't" Ruby said seriously. Leaving him completely bewildered.
"So anyway" Snow White said to distract them from the window "Ruby, how's your project for Animal Studies going?"
"Oh, brilliantly" she said beaming "We're doing a study on wolves. It's really great!"
"Cool" Snow White nodded.
Just then, Peter Lupus came over to Ruby again and whispered something in her ear. Ruby giggled and looked at Snow White. Who nodded.
"Go on" she said, and Ruby grinned and was led away by Peter.
Snow White turned back to Charming, a small smile on her face. He smiled back.
"You know, the game's next week" she said, and a small crease developed on his forehead "Are you nervous?"
Charming shook his head slightly "Every time we played them, The Ogre's have beaten us. Morale's a little thin to the ground"
Snow White touched his arm "Charming, those guys are not invincible. The way you guys have been working...it's no competition" she reassured him, reaching up and pressing a kiss to his lips.
Before she could pull away he deepened the kiss, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her in close. Snow White's arms wrapped around his neck, she opened her lips and let out a sigh.
They broke apart, and she whispered "You don't have to go back to your dorm tonight, do you?"
Charming shook his head "It's Saturday. Why would I need to get up early on a Saturday?" and in a swift move, he had brought Snow White's lips back to his.
OUAT
It was the next morning, and in true College fashion, after Belles party pretty much everyone had hooked up.
Ella rose her head up off of Thomas' chest and got out of bed, rubbing sleep from her eyes and pulling on her white dressing gown, her blonde hair tumbling down her back.
Yawning, she went to her bedroom window, and when she opened the curtain a terrible sight met her eyes.
In the distance she could see cars. Lots and lots of cars just about to enter campus.
And right at the head of them, was her Stepmother's Volvo.
Oh my God. She thought in horror. Her Stepmother. On campus.
What the Hell is she doing here?!
She then noticed that, behind the Volvo, she could see the black Jaguar that belonged to Thomas' father, and behind that was Ford that was driven by James' mom, and it triggered a memory of being informed of an event taking place that day.
Oh God, Parent Visitation.
How could they have forgotten?
Immediately, Ella ran to her bedside table to grab her phone. She nudged Thomas awake as she dialled Snow White's number.
OUAT
Snow White was woken by a ringing. Sleepily, she untangled herself from Charming's arms, and reached over to press her phone to her ear.
"Hello?" she said, sleep thick in her voice.
"Snow! It's Ella!" Ella's voice came through the phone, panicky and stressed. Snow fought to pay attention rather than sink back into sleep.
"Ella? What's wrong?"
"Our parents are here!"
Snow White's eyes properly snapped open.
"Oh God, Parent Visitation!"She glanced over at the still sleeping Charming.
If my father sees this he'll have a heart attack!
"Thomas, will you please wake up?!"
Ella's distracted voice brought Snow White back to the conversation.
"How much time to we have?" she asked urgently, already pulling on some clothes.
"Around ten minuets. Call everyone!"
Then she hung up.
"Charming!" Snow White snapped as she dialled Belle's number "Wake up!"
"Why?" Charming mumbled, not even opening his eyes.
"Your Mom's here!"
Within five seconds Charming was dressed out the door, and Snow White had her phone presed to her ear.
OUAT
"Hello?" Belle said sleepily when she answered the phone, leaning across Rumplestiltskin's sleeping form to get it.
"Belle, it's Snow. It's Parent Visitation. They're ten minuets away, and if you hooked up with anyone last night you need to get them out now!" and she hung up.
"Rumple, get up!" Belle said, sitting up and wrapping the sheet around her.
Rumplestiltskin opened his eyes. "What?" he said.
"Our parents are here!"
"WHAT?!" he sat up instantly, a look of panic on his face as Belle rapidly put on her clothes.
"It's Visitation! Oh God, I can't believe I forgot!"
Rumplestiltskin tugged on his jeans as Belle brushed out her hair in front of the mirror, pulling it into a high ponytail.
Suddenly, a terrible thought occurred to her.
"How are you going to get out?!" she said, turning to Rumplestiltskin as he pulled on his shirt. He looked momentarily panicked again, but then shrugged.
"No-one noticed when I came in, Belle. I'm assuming that everyone's going to be in too much of a panic to notice me leave!"
After pulling on his shoes, Rumplestiltskin hurtled with lightning speed out of Belle's room just as she picked up her phone to call Ruby.
"Ruby! It's Belle, listen it's-"
"Visitation, I know!" Ruby's stressed voice quickly cut her off "Snow already called me. We've got five minuets! Good luck!"
She then hung up.
After Ruby cut her off, Belle began to rapidly tidy her room, smoothing out the bedsheets and throwing dirty clothes in her wash hamper.
She then caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror, and saw that she was still wearing Rumplestiltskin's necklace. As she took it off, she noticed something else.
Something on her neck.
A little, but definitely noticeable, raised red mark.
There was a hicky, on her neck.
OUAT
Regina frantically tidied her room, straightening everything on her dresser, arranging official folders from the student council, and even sweeping to get rid of any microscopic dirt.
The entire time, one thought was going through her head:
MyMotherishereMyMotherishere MyMotherishere.
If Cora Mills found anything-anything-remotely wrong with Regina's room, she would be hearing about it for months.
And she was still mad at her anyway, despite the fact that she had been elected Student Body President and was a straight A student, all that Cora wanted was for Regina to find a future fiancée who had more money than God. She had made that clear by what she had said last Parent Visitation:
"For goodness sake, Regina! You have been at that damned College for over a year now. You need to start finding yourself a boy who is wealthy, and can keep you a kept woman!"
Regina winced at the memory.
And this visitation will probably be worse she thought as she picked out her very best and most expensive clothes, what with that whole business with Snow White, and what happened after-
Regina shook her head. No. She couldn't think about that now, she had to make everything presentable. Everything had to be right.
Ok, Ok, don't hate me, I know how much of a pain in the arse a cliffhanger is, but don't worry because I've already started on chapter 3-in which I MAY be bringing back a certain Stable Boy- and it should be out sometime in the week, and yes, it will centre around the characters relationships with their parents. But don't worry, because there WILL be some plot development. Stay tuned, my lovelies!
Oh and by the way a HUGE thank-you to the lovely Nahbois68 for their idea's on what subjects the student's of Fairytale College could take. It was a big help and you are officially brilliant! X