Emma wasn't scared of Regina Mills. Nop, she wasn't. But right now, she wasn't too sure of that anymore. As much as she was hot, she was also extremely good at finding new ways to 'torture' her students. That's probably why we couldn't hear anything but the sound of her voice and the click of her high heels on the floor during history class.
Students were so scared of her that they didn't dare look at her.
Graham, one of Emma's friend, accidently ran into her one day because he was late and made her fall on the floor. He got 10 hours of detention that he spent cleaning the entire school. The poor guy has never been late again since this day, unlike Emma, he was always perfectly on time. No need to ask him why.
And right now, Emma was sitting next to her mother who seemed totally oblivious to Regina's cruel smile. Yes, for the first time of her life, Emma was scared of Regina Mills.
"Regina and I- hum, I mean Ms. Mills and I talked about you on the phone and we came to an agreement. I know you probably won't like what she is going to tell you but you have to understand that this is for your futur, sweetie" said Mary Margaret, looking at her daughter with loving eyes.
"Yes, well, what your mother is trying to tell you is that, as we all know, you have excellent grades. Thus, I thought that it would be great to think about where you would go after High School. I talked to one of my friends who works at Harvard and they would be pleased to welcome you at the end of High School. You would only have to spend an hour with me after class every day but week ends, of course, and wednesdays, those ones you would be spending with another teacher of the school."
Emma slightly laughed thinking that her teacher was kidding. There was no way she was spending more time with her than she had to. It was already hard enough to see her practically every day.
"Isn't that an amazing opportunity Emma ? I'm sure Ms. Mills has many things to teach you so you can be prepared to go to Harvard. You have to start thinking about your futur, Emma. Your teacher is right."
Emma looked at Regina. She was sitting in her chair like a queen in her throne. She knew she had won and she was currently appreciating her victory. Getting Emma a place at one of the most prestigious university of the country had been more than easy and, to be completely honest, no one had asked her to give Emma private lessons. But that way, she would finally spend all the hours of detention she had to spend and after all, her mother didn't need to know that. Regina always stayed late at the school anyway, a little bit of company wouldn't kill her.
"You will come to my office after class every day. If you do not come I will personnally call your mother so she can take care of you. This is an obligation Emma, you have no choice."
"Yes well, don't worry sweetheart, it's only one hour, you will get to see your friends after. So, what do you say ?"
Emma was angry. Regina was right, she had no choice. If I say No, they are probably going to force me to go anyway but if I say Yes, mom would probably be extremely happy, after all, Regina really convinced her that it was the right thing to do. Emma stayed silent during a minute, as if she was thinking about her decision, a decision she had already made anyway, and Regina knew that.
"Ok I- Yes, that's ... an excellent idea." said Emma with a fake smile adressed to her mother and killer eyes adressed to the principal.
"Good. I won't ask anything of you but I think it would be great if Emma wasn't late anymore. Some of her teachers tend to find that rather ... annoying."
"Oh yes, of course, do not worry about that anymore Ms. Mills, Emma will never be late again. Right, sweetheart ?"
"Yeah, of course" said Emma with the fake smile still on her face.
"Ok well, that will be all. You will excuse me Ms. Blanchard but I have work to do. Call me if you need any more informations and Emma, I will be waiting for you in my office on monday."
Regina stood up in the direction of the door with Mary Margaret and Emma following her and shook both their hands.
"Goodbye Ms. Mills and thank you again !!"
Regina closed the door after they were gone and sighed. "No problem, Ms. Blanchard, no problem."
"She did what !" yelled Ruby, practically spitting her drink when Emma told her about what happened in the principal's office. "Oh my god. I don't wanna brag or anythingbut I warned you that this wouldn't end well Emma. You were playing with fire, you know that, right ?"
Emma, Ruby and Belle were sitting in her bedroom, Emma and Belle on her bed, Ruby on the carpet in front of them.
Emma had directly called her friends after what happened and asked them to come over as quickly as possible. She needed their support and someone to insult the evil Queen with.
"Yeah, yeah I know. I should probably have listened to you but I don't know ... I guess I just didn't think about the fact that she could involve my mom."
"Yeah well now you're screwed." laughed Ruby.
"At least you will go to a great university and you will be well prepared." softly said Belle.
Emma didn't know why, probably because of her teacher's evil smile, but she had a feeling that she was lying and she wouldn't be teaching her during those hours. But she kept those thoughts to herself. For now at least.
"Yeah, If you say so."
Belle and Ruby looked at each other. Ruby had a smug smile on her face and Belle was shaking her head 'No'. Emma curiously stared at them for a minute before Ruby finally spoke.
"I have an idea. You are not feeling well and you probably won't have the time to do that later so ... Why don't we all go out on friday to this new club, the Rabbit Hole or something like that ?"
"Are you sure that's a good idea ?"
"Hell yeah !"
"Ok ok why not" said Emma reluctancly. "What about you Belle, Are you gonna come with us ?"
"hmm ... Yes, I guess I have to"
"We will go there from Granny's so come there at the end of my shift."
"You did what ?" yelled Kathryn. Regina had invited her to her house for diner the day after her discussion with Mary Margaret and Emma. She had previously told her that she had a great idea to rule the 'problem Emma' but Kathryn had just shrugged it off thinking that Emma would probably find a way to not face the consequences of her actions, as always.
"Regina. You are a genius. You know that, right ?"
"Of course I know that, dear" laughed Regina. They were sitting on her couch, waiting for dinner to be ready meanwhile Henry, her 4 years old son, was playing with his toys on the floor in front of them. "That way, she will finally spend all those hours of detention you and her other teachers gave her. I will only ask of you to keep her with you on wednesdays after class because I am supposed to spend this day with Henry. right, baby ?"
"Yes, mommy, wedesday is mommy and Henry day !"
"It's wednesday, sweetheart." Regina chuckled at the cuteness of her son.
"Of course, Regina. David always finishes work late on wednesdays anyway and I spend most of them alone correcting tests."
"What an exciting life you two have." sarcastly said Regina.
"Yeah well at least I have some company. Company wouldn't kill you, you know. When are you gonna date again Regina, it has been 2 years now, you have to turn the page."
Regina sighed heavily. She knew that Kathryn was right, but it wasn't that easy. She missed Daniel every day and this would never change.
"I know Kathryn but stop pressuring me. By the way, about friday, I can't go with you to the restaurant. I- I have to stay here with Henry. But we could go there next week. I will find someone to babysit Henry."
"Oh. Ok, next week it is. But you better be available or I will drag you there by your hair. And trust me, I will do it."
"Try." laughed Regina, standing up when she heard the alarm of the oven.
After dinner, Regina said goodbye to Kathryn and helped Henry brush his teeth before telling him goodnight.
She went to the bathroom and decided that a shower was necessary. Once inside of the shower, she started washing her hair. I hope that Kathryn isn't too mad at me for cancelling our plans. I also hope that she won't find out about my lie. She would understand anyway. I haven't seen Maleficent in so long and I can't say that I've missed her but ... like Kathryn said, a little bit of company won't kill me.
Regina knew Maleficent since High School. They were not best friends but they were close. Sometimes even too close. They once went to a party together, they got drunk and 5 minutes later they were in both naked in a bed. The party was Daniel's party, her boyfriend, and the bed was his bed.
He caught them and tried to break up with Regina but after apologizing again and again, he finished by forgiving her.
Regina didn't talk to Maleficent for 13 years after that, until she ran into her 5 years ago at a coffee shop. Regina didn't have many friends and decided that she wasn't against having her old friend back.
Maleficent had called her this morning and they stayed on the phone during a good hour. Thus, Regina was late but no one needs to know that. She had invited her to go out on friday and Regina could only say yes. She was really excited about seeing her friend, their relationship became way more pleasant since they started seeing each other again. And also since Maleficent stopped flirting with me at every occasion she got, chuckled Regina.
Once her shower was over, she put her nightgow on, brushed her teeth and washed her faced before going to check on her son. When she opened the door of Henry's bedroom and saw his angelic little face sleeping, she decided that it was time to go to bed. She quickly Well asleep, thinking about her son and weirdly, about Emma Swan.
It was friday night and Emma and Belle were waiting in front of Granny's for Ruby to finish her shift.
Belle had dressed casually with her usual favorite spring pink dress when Emma had decided to wear a deep red dress, showing just enough legs and cleavage. Nothing provocative but Emma didn't want every person present at the bar to hit on her. More precisely men.
Ruby got out of the restaurant after her last customers and walked toward her two friends. She chose to wear a short red t-shirt with a black mini skirt and red high heels.
"Wow ! Emma you look gogeous !" said Ruby.
"Thanks for me." joked Belle.
"Oh but you're hot too Belle. You're a cute kind of hot if you wanna know what I think."
"Thanks Ruby, you look amazing too, as usual." winked Belle.
"Yeah, Belle's right. I love your skirt."
"Thanks. We should probably go now. Emma ? Do we take your car ?"
"Yeah sure come on, I parked it at the end of the street because there were not any places left in front of Granny's."
The three friends made their way to Emma's yellow car, her third best friend. Mary Margaret had told her that the car used to be her dad's so she takes good care of it.
Once in the car, Emma followed Ruby's directions and drove them to the Rabbit Hole. She parked her car in front of the buildings and they all made their way inside.
The bar was practically full and finding a table had been hard but they finally managed to sit not far away from the dance floor. Ruby went to the bar to order their and came back with them 10 minutes later. They talked about everything and anything and they drank. 2 hours later, there were a little bit more than 12 drinks on their table. Emma, Ruby and Belle were underage but lucky for them, no one ever checked their IDs.
At one point in the night, Ruby and Belle decided to go dancing and stood up.
"Come with us, Ems. We didn't come here to watch people sweat on a dancefloor."
"Yeah, I'll join you later. I'm just gonna go to the bathroom."
She watched her two friends go on the dancefloor and Ruby started to rub her ass on Belle's front making both of them laugh. Oh Well, no wonder why they're my best friends, thought Emma, laughing at the scene that was happening in front of them.
She stood up and went to the bathroom. And that's when she finally reached it that she finally saw her. A brunette was currently kissing a blonde and her hands were roaming all over the stranger's body. Holy shit, thought Emma.
"Ms. Mills ?!"