A/N: Hey guys! Sorry an update for this has taken so long. I'm juggling two other fanfics, school, and tons of other things which doesn't leave much time to write. But anyways, here is chapter 2! Enjoy!
Happy Labor Day! Enjoy your extra little break off of school (if you're in school like me haha. Maybe all of you adults get a break/have not started college yet, or maybe a day off work, I don't know). Anyways, enjoy it :)
The universe was giving him a second chance and Robin was certainly going to take it. Regina had been cast back into his life after several years of absence and he had to take the opportunity to make things up to her.
He did feel bad about the person he had become in high school. Honestly, what was he thinking–kissing his best friend and asking Marian Maids out the next day? He should have known it would upset Regina. And on top of that, he had partied more than he had studied. His grades dropped low while he got high, drank, had sex, and got in all sorts of trouble with local police.
College was the chance he had to redeem himself and that meant making amends with Regina. Robin had always had feelings for her. She was smart and beautiful and caring and annoyingly stubborn, but he had taken all of that for granted. In high school, all he had been concerned with was big breasts, nice asses and curves, and girls that would let him fuck them. Regina hadn't been that girl in high school. She had been a prude in his eyes, and she had also been very petite, very skinny with no definition to her body. That had definitely changed over time but Robin's sole purpose was not to get her back over her looks. No, He was here to get his best friend back because he was sorry for what he had done and because he wanted a second chance to be with her.
However, because he is Robin Locksley, that plan did not include going up to her and apologizing. That plan meant making her want to come back with him. And he has just the person to help him out.
Robin waits until Regina returns to their dorm so she can get a good look at what she's done. That book to the side of the face had certainly been a surprise and not a good one but Robin isn't too upset now that he's iced it. He has the perfect plan.
As Regina sits on her phone, Robin gets up and begins to get ready. His friend Will is throwing a party tonight and he plans to go, knowing Regina won't. She never partied. He changes into a button up and a pair of jeans, gels back his hair, and brushes his teeth. After spritzing a bit of cologne on himself, he slips into a pair of shoes.
"I'm going to a party. Be back later," he announces. Regina just glances up at him and says nothing, so he grabs his wallet and keys and is out the door.
Time to take action.
After climbing into his car, Robin drives over to Will's house. His friend lives close enough to Misthaven that he doesn't need to get a dorm so he lives with his parents instead. They're apparently out of town for the next week, so he decided to throw a party for all of his former classmates now attending the same college, which was the majority of them. Most graduate students in Storybrooke decide to go to the local college instead of paying big bucks to go elsewhere.
Robin parks down the street, seeing as Will's parking lot and the area around it is full. Robin can hear music and laughter as he makes his way up the porch and enters the house soon after. It smells like body odor, beer, and weed, but a combination of those smells is something Robin is accustomed to, so he enters without so much as a crinkle of his nose.
He needs to find her before either of them consume too much alcohol.
He locates her near the back of the house, making out with – is that Ruby Lucas? He walks over and taps the girl on the shoulder and she pulls away, taking Ruby with her.
"Robin?" The girl exclaims and wraps her arms around him.
Robin laughs and hugs her back. "Hey, Mulan."
Mulan was the only girl allowed on the high school football team. She had been a better player than almost all of the guys and she was a hardcore lesbian. Robin couldn't think of a single person who didn't like Mulan - she knew just how to have a fun time and was the most hilarious person Robin had ever met, next to Will of course.
"What's up, Rob? How's the college life treating you?" she asks.
Robin points to the wound above his eye. "Not so well."
"Sheesh. What happened?" Ruby asks curiously as she wipes at her smudged lipstick.
"Regina Mills happened," Robin scoffs.
"Regina Mills?" Mulan questions. "Shouldn't she be going to Harvard or Yale or something?"
"Yeah, that's what I thought too. Guess not. Instead she came here to chuck textbooks at me," Robin says and rubs his wound sympathetically when he feels a phantom pain at the thought.
"Jeez. Where did you find her anyways?" asks Ruby.
"Let's just say that Misthaven thinks I'm a girl and leave it at that," Robin answers with a frown.
Mulan snorts. "They put you in a girl's dorm with her, didn't they?" she asks.
"Yes," Robin replies miserably. "I kind of invoked her wrath, so it was partially my fault," he admits.
"She still threw a textbook at you," Mulan points out.
"Classic Regina Mills," Ruby scoffs. "That girl is so high strung. I've never seen someone so neurotic as her. Someone needs to loosen her up."
"So, you're sharing a dorm with her?" Mulan says, refocusing the subject. She crosses her arms over her chest. "You're not going to request a change?"
"No. Not unless she does. I have a plan to get my best friend back," Robin says. "I was an asshole to her."
"Yeah, you guys were attached at the hip up until freshman year. What happened?" Ruby asks with a pout. "Everyone shipped you guys together."
"Ship?" Robin and Mulan question simultaneously.
"They wanted you to be together," she amends. "Now, come on, spill. What exactly did you do?"
Robin sighs and runs his hand along the back of his neck. "It's not one of my prouder moments, but I kissed her after our first day of freshman year, turned around, and asked out Marian."
Both girls cringe. "Damn, Robin. That's low," Mulan says.
"It was. And Marian changed me. My lifestyle became very different, as you both know. Regina and I drifted. I think it's safe to say we even hated each other for a while," he says. "But over the summer I did a lot of reevaluation with college coming up. I want to make a better name for myself. I want to get back into her family's good graces and hers."
"How're you going to do that?" Ruby asks. "She still hates you." The gesture to his wound makes them all chuckle a bit.
Robin smirks and turns to Mulan. "That's where you come in," he says. "I told Regina I was going to a party. I know she still feels something for me beneath all the hatred. If I come crashing into our dorm, looking like I'm about to get laid, she's going to freak. And I figured you'd be a good candidate. You're pretty and you definitely wouldn't think I was into you over a kiss."
Mulan chuckles. "I'd be happy to help, but there's only one problem with your plan. Regina knows I'm a lesbian. She won't believe it."
"But if you're drunk enough–"
"I'm definitely not a straight drunk either," Mulan says. She then looks over at Ruby. "But maybe she could help."
Ruby smirks. "It's pretty evident I'm town slut. I'd be way more convincing than Mulan and I don't do anything past one night stands and hookups. Plus, I'm bi so Regina wouldn't be able to peg me to one gender."
Robin thinks it over for a minute. "Okay, I think it could work. Just try not to get too drunk, please, you're a very honest, horny one. I don't need this going further than it needs to," he chuckles.
"I'll keep myself as sober as possible for you," Ruby says and winks.
"Thanks, Ruby. I'll come get you when I'm ready to go. We have to time it so we are back before Regina is in a deep sleep," he says.
As he leaves, Mulan and Ruby go right back to making out. He chuckles and shakes his head hopelessly before going off to find his friends.
After about an hour and a few drinks and good laughs, Robin finds Ruby on the dancefloor. He drives her back to his dorm and climbs out, moving to open her door.
"I can't thank you enough for helping me out, Ruby. You're the best," he says.
"No problem," she replies and flicks one of the bright red strands in her dark hair over her shoulder. "I think it's going to be fun. Plus, I really wanna see you and Regina make up. You guys were so cute back in middle school!"
Robin chuckles. "With some luck, maybe we will get to that state once again. Come on."
He leads her up to his dorm and stops to pull out his key. "Okay, so here is the plan," he whispers. "As soon as this door opens, we start making out. Be as loud as possible. I'll carry you over to the bed, if we can even make it that far, and we'll start making out there."
Ruby nods. "Aye, aye, Captain. Let's get your girl!"
Robin sticks the key in the keyhole, fumbling it around before he opens the door to a quiet, dark room. Ruby is on him in an instant, taking his lips in a rough kiss. They stumble their way into the dorm, lips smacking and grunts and moans escaping their lips. Robin picks her up and carries her over to the bed. He can feel eyes on him, Regina's eyes. As he lays Ruby down, he hears stumbling and in an instant the lights flicker on.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Regina demands angrily as Robin and Ruby's heads pop up to stare.
"I think it's quite obvious," Robin says as he sits up. Ruby follows and pretends to look angry. Perfect! "I was about to get laid."
"Robin, what the hell?" Ruby demands. "You didn't tell me there was another woman in here! I may do many things but threesomes are not one of them!"
Robin almost laughs, because he's sure that isn't true, but he reminds himself to keep up the act. Ruby is too good. He owes her big time for this.
"Ruby, please, I wasn't–"
"You are not about to fuck someone in my presence!" Regina practically shouts. "I will not sit here and be forced to watch it!"
"Nobody is forcing you. Just leave," Robin states calmly.
"No!" Regina shouts. "This is my dorm too, and we are gonna lay down some rules."
Ruby frowns. "This is ridiculous. Who does this bitch think she is?!" she demands. "Robin, you'd better make her leave."
"I will, calm down," Robin sighs and turns to Regina. "Regina–"
"No, I'm not leaving! You are not going to bring your little sluts into this dorm! Understand? You move out if you want to do that," she snaps.
"Slut?!" Ruby demands, but when Robin turns he sees she's not looking offended in the slightest, but she gets up, aims a convincing slap to Robin's cheek and storms out, slamming the door behind her.
Thank you, Ruby! Robin feels as if his plan has been very successful. When he looks over at Regina, she is seething with anger and jealousy.
"I hope you're happy," Robin snaps. "Now I've got a case of blue balls," he lies.
Regina glares at him and turns the light off again, marching over to her bed. "Fuck you, Robin!"
"You wish you could," he replies nonchalantly as he lays back in his bed with a smirk.
Regina groans and rolls over. "Shut the fuck up and let me sleep." She is not a happy camper.
Robin waits for about five minutes before getting up. He grabs some sweats and a t-shirt and heads into the bathroom. He rinses off the sweat from his skin and then changes back into his pajamas. He brushes his teeth and climbs back into bed.
Let the games begin.
The next morning he wakes up to the sound of the shower running. Robin rubs his eyes and sits up, turning to see that Regina wasn't in her bed. He rubs his eyes and slowly climbs up out of bed, taking a moment or two to shake away the sleepy feeling before he makes his way over to the bathroom.
He tests the lock. She's locked the door. No matter. Robin searches her side of the room and locates a bobby pin. He slips it into the circular keyhole on the door knob and fiddles around until he hears a pop. Smirking triumphantly, he puts the bobby pin into his pocket and makes his way inside.
The bathroom is a bit steamy from the shower. Regina has the curtain pulled closed and she's humming a tune as she bathes. Robin hurries up and gets ready, combing his hair and brushing his teeth, so he doesn't have to make a trip back into the bathroom. Regina's water stops suddenly and he makes a quick grab for her towel.
"Who's in here?" Regina demands.
"Just me," Robin answers as he moves back to the sink with her towel.
"Robin... what the hell?! I'm getting a shower? Why are you in here?" she asks, bewildered.
"You were taking too long and I have a class," he answers.
"Well, get out so I can step out of the shower," she huffs. "How'd you get in anyways?"
"I picked the lock," he answers as he swipes her clothes, leaving her with nothing but her matching set of bra and panties, which he can't help but snicker at. They had little red hearts on them!
"Can you get out now?" she demands, trying to remain calm.
"Yep, take your time," he says and carries her towel and clothes out.
He's no more than shut the door when he hears her. "Robin! Give me my towel back this instant!" she demands.
"Sorry, love, that's payback for last night," Robin says. Really, it wasn't, he just wanted to see if Regina would actually come for her towel and clothing. It was a harmless, rather amusing prank.
He hears Regina groan in frustration and open the shower door. Then, "Robin! Give me my clothes! You're being ridiculous."
"If you want them, come get them," he says and smirks. "You are being the ridiculous one."
"I can't get them. I'm naked!" she snaps.
"So? I know what a naked woman looks like," he points out. "I can handle it."
"I will not give you the satisfaction of seeing me naked," Regina snaps.
That will change, Robin thought with a smirk. "Well, then I guess you'll just have to stay in there," he sighs.
As Regina keeps to herself in the bathroom, Robin takes a moment to change into a pair of jeans and a button up. He also makes himself a bowl of cereal and gets into Regina's stash of strawberries. He grabs himself a handful just to upset her and returns to his side of the room. He sits down on his bed and eats, the towel and clothes beside him.
After he finished his cereal, he slowly eats the strawberries, hoping Regina comes out before he finishes. And just his luck she does, sporting her heart bra and panties. Robin nearly chokes on a strawberry and manages a laugh, even though the image of Regina in her underwear is definitely breathtaking, even if they do have hearts on them.
She keeps her head down and wraps her arms around her chest as she slinks towards Robin like a dog with its tail tucked between its legs. "Give me my stuff," she commands standing before him, dripping wet from head to toe.
"Fine," Robin says and hands her her clothes and towel. He pops a strawberry into his mouth as she wraps her towel around herself.
"Are those my strawberries?" she asks with an angry quiver of her lips.
"Maybe. I found them in the fridge," Robin answers. He pops the last strawberry into his mouth and smiles a little when Regina scowls at him.
"Don't eat my food," she snaps. "I can't stand you. Your worse than in high school." With a huff, she turns away and slams the bathroom door to finish getting ready.
Robin can't help but chuckle when she turns away. Yes, she was pissed at him, but he knew it was only because she was jealous. And maybe because of his harmless prank, but he knew he couldn't suddenly turn his life around before her very eyes, she'd never believe it, and besides, he knew she would crack beneath the weight of their bickering someday, and that was how he was going to get her.
All in due time.
