Chapter 2: You!
The brunette was fixing her clothes to the cabinet when her friend burst in from the door "Hey I just remembered something. Do you think she'll be here too?" Kathryn asked her.
She furrowed her brows not sure what her bestfriend was asking but at the back off her mind she has a feeling who she's talking about. "Who?" she asked innocently.
Kathryn looked at her in disbelief like she should know exactly who she's talking about and she does know. "Who else!? The Pie Mystery Woman that you met 2 months ago." The blonde shouted at her. Regina just doesn't want to get her hopes up besides it's a long shot she'll be here again.
"I doubt that she'll be here." She reasoned although she really wished her Pie buddy will be at the conference. "besides she's not a doctor."
"Even if she's not a doctor she was at the event last time." Kathryn explained to her that there is still hope. "Besides you don't know what she does. She could be an event organizer or something." The blonde walked towards her and plopped to her bed.
Why didn't I ask her name!? She was berating herself Oh yeah! That's right we were rudely interrupted by that probably bake as cake kitchen staff. "May I ask why you are suddenly interested about this woman?" she asked her friend.
Kathryn looked at her like she has three heads "Are you kidding me. Regina you've met this woman for a couple minutes and when you got back you can't stop gushing about her."
Regina looked at her friend as if she'd said something absurd "I did not gush!" she told her with wide eyed "I remember telling you how she was stealing a pie and how -"
"And how you were mesmerized by her green eyes and how beautiful was her long blonde curly hair." Kathryn said with a sweet voice making a failed impersonation of her friend.
"I did not say any of those!" Regina threw a pillow to the blonde "She was rude." Actually she was nowhere near rude. She sighed and lay beside Kathryn "She's also presumptuous." that one's true.
"Fine. Deny all you want but I know you are intrigued by her." Her bestfriend rolled to her side and faced her. Regina knows she is right and she can't stop thinking of the mystery woman since she met her. The brunette shook her head trying to clear her head from the woman "Alright" Kathryn looked at her watch and saw that they should be somewhere else within an hour "We need to go to the hall, we don't wanna miss that welcoming dinner." She said as she pat her bestfriend on the leg before she got up. "I'm hungry."
The brunette sighed as she was reminded of the reason why they were there. She grunted as she was sure that this whole week will be somewhat boring. The brunette sighed heavily as she heard Kathryn shouting to her "Regina! Get up. We'll be late."
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Regina and Kathryn just finished the welcoming dinner of the conference and they are waiting for their other colleagues to join them. "That was boring. I can't wait to go out tonight." The blonde squeezed Regina's arms excitedly about the night to come. "So did you see her anywhere?" she asked the brunette for the third time of the night. "I'm so regretting why I didn't go to that event with you." She was definitely intrigued by this mystery pie woman.
Regina chuckled at her bestfriend's enthusiasm "Relax as soon as I see her you'll be the first to know." She told her as they walk out to the hall and into the lobby. As they neared the reception area they heard couple of their colleagues calling them and Kathryn volunteered to be the one to talk to them and left the brunette for a minute. Regina looked at her purse for their card to their room when she saw a glimpse of something familiar at the door but before she could confirm if her guess was right Kathryn took her arm and drag her to the other side. It took her a couple of minutes before she excused herself and skipped back to the reception area. As she reach the area the mystery woman was nowhere to be found but she saw another glimpse of the her entering the elevator unfortunately she didn't make it in time but as she look up she saw where the lift was heading so she took the next elevator and hoped it was the right floor.
As she got to the floor there's only one problem she has, one big problem, there are 10 rooms. This is stupid! Regina what are you doing, you're not even sure if it's her. She chastised herself, she took a deep breath and braced herself on what's on the other side of the door. "Here goes nothing." She mumbled to herself as she knocks on a random door.
It took almost 8 minutes for someone to open the door and immediate disappointment graced her face as a man opened the door. "Can I help you?" he asked flirtatiously towards her.
She grimaced at how greasy he looked "Sorry wrong room." Definitely wrong room and definitely a bad idea. She walked as far away as possible from the room this is a mistake she berated herself get out now before you make a bigger mistake. She can here the guy calling her but she walked faster with her head down and didn't notice the woman getting out of another room until they collided. "Oh I'm so sorry. I wasn't loo-"
When she looked up she was frozen for a minute at how gorgeous the woman infront of her was. The first thought she got was If this woman is with my mystery woman I don't think I can compete with her…woah slow down Regina you don't even know her! Stop assuming. The tall brunette woman smiled at her with her whole teeth "It's okay, don't worry about it. No harm done." She was almost closing the door when someone yelled inside.
"Hey you forgot this!"
When Regina looked inside, she was shocked and relieved for a minute or was it longer she doesn't know, there she was, the woman that invaded her thoughts for 2 months. A blonde was standing inside the room holding a piece of what looks like underwear towards the taller brunette standing beside Regina Oh yeah, this was a mistake. The brunette immediately lowered her head and tried to walk away as much as possible. She pushed the elevator button as many times as she could as if that could make it come faster. Just as the elevator was a floor away that's when she heard someone behind her.
"Hey! Are you running away from me?" Regina slowly turned around and saw the blonde standing a few feet from her and the taller brunette walking towards her. The mystery woman smirked at her.
Damn! Definitely worth it Regina gave herself a high five. The brunette gave her a practiced smile and played clueless "I'm sorry, have we met?" she looked directly at the blonde and not sure if she saw disappointment. Then the elevator arrived and the taller brunette went in as she also did but before the doors completely closed the blonde jumped right in.
"You stole my pie." The blonde said proudly with her hands on her back pockets and leaned closer to the Regina's side as if she was whispering but loud enough to be heard at the whole area.
Regina scoffed and shook her head with this woman's audacity "I did not steal your pie and that wasn't even yours."
"Aha!" she pointed at the brunette "You do remember me." Ruby looked at both of them with her raised eye brows waiting for more to unfold. "Unless you know, that's how you do it, meet people and after having such good time with them you steal their pies." Emma explained to her then continued "and then pretend you don't know them when you clearly do remember them." She gave the brunette another one of her smirks with satisfaction. She sighed deeply like she was relieved that the brunette does remember her "By the way before anything or anyone interrupts us again, I'm Emma." She gave her hand out for a shake as the doors open to the lobby.
Regina walked pass her towards the lobby ignoring her hand. This could be a little payback and now I know her name she applauded herself. "Nice to know your name." she smiled at Emma as she followed Regina out the elevator.
Ruby leaned closer to Emma and whispered to her "So that's the Pie Lady? She's gorgeous." She chuckled "No wonder why she occupied that pretty head of yours for weeks." She said to Emma as she taps the blonde's head.
Emma looked at her as if telling her to stop embarrassing her "Rubes could you not…" she tried to tell her friend to not screw up her plan.
Ruby raised her hands in surrender "Okay… backing off now." She told the blonde while heading outside "See you soon" she waved to her and mouthed good luck while eyeing towards Regina.
Emma shook her head while she walked towards Regina and bumping their shoulders "I've already told you my name…" she smiled at her as they stopped to the side near a table.
"And now we're even." Regina just kept quiet until the blonde gets the hint that she's not gonna tell her, her name. She looked around hoping to see Kathryn anywhere near since she feels like she needs her help. I don't understand, I can't get her out of my mind for months and now that she's here I'm almost avoiding her, this really is a mistake. Kathryn where are you when I need you? She internally chastised herself.
"You're really not gonna tell me your name are you?" The woman asked Regina a little disappointed that she won't get an answer from her. She looked down at the floor completely missing the conflicted expression from the brunette then she look back up immediately like she just got an idea. "If you're not gonna tell me your name. Then why are you looking for me?" she asked with her raised left brow.
Regina was stunned by the blonde's statement but she quickly put her mask back and lied to her so she won't look pathetic "No, I am not looking for you." she flatly lied to her and scoffed at the blonde's idea even though she was right. "Besides I could be on the same floor as you." She reasoned to Emma.
Emma sniggered at her "Lie… total and utter lie." Regina was offended at her accusations even if it was true but still. Too bad for her though, because Emma is a human lie detector but the brunette doesn't know that, yet.
"Excuse me." Regina pressed her hand to her chest to slow her heart rate "I am not a liar." The brunette wished her bestfriend would suddenly appear by her side now and rescue her from this embarrassment that she created. "You don't have any proof of that."
Emma arched her left brow as if telling her that she accepted the challenge "What are you talking about, you just told me." She smirked at the brunette as Regina gave her, her own arching eye brow telling her to continue "You're facial expression." the blonde crossed her arms across her chest as she focus on the woman opposite her.
The brunette does the same as she took a breather "My expression?" she asked mockingly while hiding her nervousness as it gets longer by the second.
"When you saw me at the door, you smiled for just a blimp second." Emma told her as if that's the biggest clue but before she could make a comeback Emma continued on walked closer towards her "and then there's your body reaction just know when I asked you if you were looking for me, you raised your chin boss because you were embarrassed that I just caught you on the act." The blonde stepped closer to Regina as she continued "and you gave me a rigid repetition of my question." Emma finally stepped back from the brunette.
Regina released her breath that she didn't notice she was holding until she had some space from the blonde. She looked at her not knowing whether she'll be creeped out or amazed by what the Emma just did. She cleared her throat still trying to hold her façade.
Emma smiled "Well if that didn't convinced you…" the blonde shoot her brows up as she slowly told her and pointed at her hand "My guess is that the card you're holding is your room key." The brunette's eyes grew like saucers "and it tells me that you're 2 floors above me."
Regina was afraid to look down because that would just make it real. That she is holding her room key the whole time. She was so preoccupied by the mystery woman when she saw her that she forgot she was holding it. Just when she was about to say something to save herself from this embarrassment someone yelled at her.
"Regina!"
