"You, you're the stubborn bartender from last night," Regina said as the images of the previous night came crashing back into her mind. She saw flashes of herself trying to get a drink from him and him refusing to do so.
"I'm the stubborn one? Milady, you might want to look in the mirror some day," Robin said as he sat down the two cups of coffee. "Here, I thought you might need this."
"How do I know there's not something in that?" Regina asked.
"Milady, if I wanted to take advantage of you I had all last night to do so," Robin clarified. Regina nodded her head and grabbed one of the coffees, she took a very long sip from it. Hoping it would wake her up.
"So is this your place?" Regina asked as she looked around the room. From the looks of it, he seemed to be doing pretty good for himself.
"Yes it is, I thought it would be a much safer place for you to stay instead of on top table that you seemed to be so fond of flaunting yourself on," Robin said, why was he getting so angry with her? She wasn't anything to him, except an annoyance from last night.
"I do not flaunt myself, I'm not like that," Regina said.
"Oh really, well I have a good memory and I fondly remember you on the table last night, dancing your cute arse off in front of all those men, who I promise you would not have acted as I did last night," Robin said as in Regina's mind, the dancing came back to her.
"Oh god," Regina said as she put her hands over her face as she was quite embarrassed by the images in her mind.
"It was quite the show. You might want to try taking up a job as a stripper, you seem to have a knack for it," Robin said and immediately regretted his cruel words for two reasons. His behavior in what made him react like this towards this woman? The second was the slap he received, but deserved to his left cheek. For a little woman, she sure packed a good slap in her.
"How dare you!" Regina said rather loudly.
"I apologize for my poor choice of words, you just get under my skin for some reason," Robin said and also regretted those words as the image of her exactly like that flashed through his mind, her under his skin. Cool it Locksley he said internally.
"I know the feeling," Regina said as she rolled her eyes at him. It took her a moment to think of his earlier words, he fondly remembered her dancing on the table? He thought she had a cute arse?
"Finish your coffee and I'll drive you back to your dorm," Robin said as she drunk another sip, and preceded to almost choke on it.
"Oh shit!" Regina coughed out.
"What's wrong? Too hot for you?" Robin asked.
"I'm late for my exam! Shit!" Regina said as she started running out of his apartment.
"Wait a minute..wait I don't even know your name," Robin said as he ran to follow her. He learned something else about her, she sure was fast. He caught the back of her making her way to a taxi.
"Hey! Wait!" Robin yelled as he ran to follow her, but it was too late, the taxi was pulling away from the curve.
"Damnit," Robin said, now he had no way to find her again. He had no choice but to turn back and go into his apartment. Maybe someone at the bar knew her and could give him her name. But for what? What did he want from her? More of her sass? He smiled as he walked into his apartment, he had to admit she was truly something. If only he could find her again, but with so many students at Columbia was there truly a way to track down this beauty? He grabbed his coffee, as he walked into his bedroom and stopped in his tracks as he realized his mystery woman had left something.
Her purse.
Should he look into it? He only wanted to find out her name, there was no harm in that. His decision made, he opened her purse and found her billfold. He smiled as he saw her driver's identification.
Regina Mills, age twenty. He smiled as he thought of how right he had been with her being underage last night in the bar. His instincts had served him well. He had her name and also her student ID which told him which dorm she was in. He would have to pay a visit to the Carman dorm later, he had an eleven o' clock class that he needed to be getting ready to go. And who knows maybe he'll see Regina on his way to class.
Regina arrived at her dorm in such a rush, she saw the way people were looking at her, but at the moment she didn't care. Thankfully the taxi driver had been understanding, because she didn't have her purse, she had no idea where it was. She had promised to pay him, after getting his information she had darted out of the cab and ran into the dorm. She flew open the door to her dorm room, and started undressing before the door was even completely closed. She changed in a matter of seconds and was out the door again and off to her ten o clock class.
SHIT, she was going to be late by a matter of minutes, thanks to that damn bartender. But how could she really blame him, when it was her own fault that she had been out last night, drinking of all things in the first place? She made it to her class room door, and quietly opened it, already dreading what was to come.
"Ah, Ms. Mills, it's nice of you to grace us with your presence," Mr. Moore stated as she cringed and sat down in her seat. She luckily had not missed the beginning of her test and was filling out the required information, when she felt someone watching her, she turned to her left and saw that it was Graham, smiling at her and he winked at her as well. Great, just great, she thought. He must be remembering last night's fiasco. She concentrated on the exam, but as she was about halfway through it, she kept remembering the bartender's face, his blue eyes. His...shit she didn't even know his name. Great Mills, that's just great.
After the exam was over, and Regina was pretty sure she had failed it in flying colors, she headed to her next class.
"Hey, Mills, wait up," Graham said as he came up beside her.
"What now Graham?" Regina asked.
"I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your company last night," Graham said as Regina stopped in her tracks, causing Graham to as well.
"You enjoyed me being drunk last night," Regina said as she watched him laugh and she continued to walk.
"Well, I have to admit that was quite the dance on the table last night," Graham said.
"I'm never going to be able to live this down," Regina said.
"Regina, it was quite the performance. But I have to ask, where did you go?" Graham asked as Regina looked at him before answering. "I looked for you but there was no sign of you."
"Someone took care of it last night," Regina said as she remembered the bartender.
"Oh yeah? Who?" Graham asked as Regina stopped in her tracks again.
"Him," Regina said as she pointed to where Robin was talking with a few people. "I can't face him again, I'm too embarrassed to."
"Well isn't your next class in that direction?" Graham asked.
"Yes, crap," Regina said.
"Well, there's no way to get there without passing him by," Graham said.
"Well maybe if you walk with me, he won't approach me," Regina said as she grabbed his arm and together they started towards her next class. They were almost to the steps of the building when Robin, turned and saw Regina. He excused himself from the people he was talking to and made his way towards her.
"Great," Regina mumbled under her breath.
"Well, fancy meeting you here," Robin said as he stood in front of her.
"Don't you have someone else to bother?" Regina asked.
"Why should I? When you're so much fun," Robin said.
"Well we should be going," Regina said as she grabbed Graham's arm.
"Regina," Robin said causing Regina to stop.
"How did you know my name?" Regina asked.
"You left your purse back at my apartment," Robin said as he sized up Graham. "In my bed in particular."
"You are quite a crude man," Regina said.
"It seems that is the type you like," Robin said.
"Oh really?" Regina asked as Robin just smirked at her, she then boldly grabbed Graham by his shirt and proceeded to kiss him full on the lips, in front of not just Robin but anyone who happened to be passing by. She heard a few whistles as she kissed Graham, but that didn't stop her from continuing. She was sending a message to this irritating man once and for all. Suddenly she ended the kiss and for good measures, she wiped her lipstick off of Graham's lips and headed to her next class, leaving both men standing there.
"Well, I can't say when I've had such a wonderful morning," Graham said as he walked away, leaving a fuming Robin. Robin hated to admit it but he was green with jealously at the kiss he had just witnessed.
"Ah, what is this woman doing to me?" Robin asked as he turned and also headed to his next class. He was halfway there when he remembered, he still had her purse. He smiled as he started to make plans for the afternoon, he would be paying Ms. Mills a visit later.