A/N okay so no one really responded its okay I guess I gotta sell you a little more and this is my longest chapter ever! ENJOY!
Chapter 2
-Regina's POV-
I didn't know what it was heck I dont know what it is but I can't get her out of my head those eyes...its like she saw right through me as soon I walked through those doors and saw her I can't even explain it I'm not gay but I've also never felt this way before about anybody this is new territory for me I'm feeling things I dont understand I guess they didn't teach this in grad school
"Hey hon what's up!?" Kathryn comes in the copy room and sits on top of one of the copy machines
"Really? Kat that's not a chair or in your case a bed" I chuckled
"Well it was the other night with Todd" she winked
"Todd the unpaid intern!?"
Kat smiles "oh the things that he can do"
I can't help but blush "Kat he's fresh out of college he's twenty two "
"So what he's legal! And besides no ones gonna find out and if they do well no ones gonna care...well maybe Brad"
"Dont tell me you had sex Brad too..."
"No! God do you really think I'm that big of a slut! He wants to and I keep telling him I don't mix business with pleasure but once he finds out about Todd that excuse isn't going to be of any use anymore "
I stare at her "okay I'm leaving now "
"Wait! I meant to ask are you still on for dinner tonight at your parents "
"Yes...I am and Robin is suppose to be there"
"Still keeping up with that charade I see"
"We are not a charade for the last time"
"When's the last time you seen him?"
"Um...um"
"Mhm that long you two have been together for...I dont know a year have you even told him you loved him"
"Its too soon..."
"Wow...okay"
" Wow okay what?"
"Never mind.."
"No what what is it?"
"It...just seems like your settling"
"I am not settling! "
"Oh please you are and you know it that's why your so defensive"
"No I'm defensive because I no longer want to discuss this anymore"
"Okay fine ...so is your sister going to be there tonight?"
"Yeah I hope so I can't handle my parents tonight alone I'm mentally and physically exhausted"
"Well I'd go but I have a date"
"You always have a date"
"No its with the guy I meant at the bar last week Graham he's sweet something about him..."
" is Kat finally smitten?"
" ummmm I wouldn't say all that I'd say intrigued"
"Baby steps I guess"
"Oh yeah about the bar last week that girl that you were chatting up what was her name emmy?"
"Emma" I spoke up a little to quickly "Her name...was Emma "
She looked at me and smiled as if she could read what I was thinking "Yeah Emma...she was cute... And she couldn't keep her eyes off you"
"Well of course she couldn't it be awfully rude to not look someone in the eye when having a conversation"
"That's not what I meant and you know it...I dont know why you play clueless with me I see right through it"
"I'm not playing anything "
"Okay fine play dumb if you want to but I saw the way she looked at you she thought you where hot and I wouldn't judge if you thought the same"
"That's very gracious of you now can I go please?"
"Get out of here you crazy kid you"
I pull up to my parents house just as Robin did and I smile at him he's in one of his expensive suits I've never seen him in jeans he's always dressed as if he's about to walk in a courtroom he reminds me of my father growing up he'd always say "Always dress as if you have somewhere to be that way people will see you have a purpose" I always hated that saying I don't mind dressing up but there's nothing like putting my hair in a messy bun and sweats with a pencil and sketch pad in one hand and a glass of red wine in the other
Robin gets out of the car and greats me with a kiss there's a little tingle when we kiss but nothing to send up fireworks about "darling you look lovely although your make ups a little to dark try something lighter next time okay ?" he pats my shoulder and walks towards the door
"Yes sweet heart lovely to see you too" I follow him toward the door and my sister opens it with a huge smile on her face
"Well well well! Little sister come here!" She moved past robin and taking me in her arms and squeezed tightly
"Hey Zee! Thank goodness your here"
"Did you honestly think I'd let you go into the lions den by yourself!?"
"Hello Zelena" Robin speaks up
"Hi...Robby! What's shaking?"
"Where's mom and dad?" I ask
"They're in there waiting I guess I don't know I've been in the kitchen drinking"
I laugh "of course you have "
"Come on! " we walk inside my old home which still looked the same I spent so many nights feeling as if this place was my prison I'm first greeted by my mother who looked as if she just had a botox injection
"Hello darling you made it" she wrapped her arms around me, as if I had a choice I thought
"Hi mother " I paint on a fake smile my father comes out shortly after her
"Hello muffin!"
"Hi daddy!" I hug him I know my father and I have our tiffs but he's always had a special place in my heart
"How are you ,you look well!"
"I've been pretty good daddy thanks for asking "
"Robin my boy how have you been!"
"Amazing sir we finally got the upper hand on that case we've been working on so all things are working out "
"Oh no darling that make up its not a good look " my mother says to me I dont know what happened but something inside of me sort of snapped I was about to respond until Zelena interfered thank God
"Um Regina come with me to the kitchen I need to show you something" Zelena says and takes my hand and leads me to the kitchen
"What do you need to show me?"
"Here " she pours and hands me a glass of wine
"What am I suppose to do with this "
"Drink it you idiot" she laughs "i'm gonna drink twice as much just because mother wouldnt want me too"
I laugh at her "do you always have to push moms buttons Zee?"
She laughs as well "and do you always have to play it safe Regina?"
"what are you talking about i never play it safe"
"pssh please you always have in your career life and social life hell even your love life why do you think you've never been in love"
"no i haven't and how do you know who i've loved"
"yes you have! you never had any ethnic friends growing up only straight collar! i was the one with diversity!"
"well not in my love life "
"Regina yes you have …always have"
"what about Robin?"
She laughed out loud and responded "are you kidding a walking safety net that man is…..but you know he is don't you?"
I dropped my head and thought on it "i've thought about it but this late in my life i want kids i want to get married i want a family i know Robin is trying i know but he doesn't have that oomph i don't know maybe Robin is all i'll ever get"
"please don't start with that oomph bullshit so all of that is worth your happiness? sweetie your a great girl you don't deserve to settle your 33 you have a little more time left don't rush your life so much try to experience falling in love first before you decide to throw it away for a ring and piece of paper"
I'll be damned she was right all my life I'd been trying to be what everyone else wanted me to be I was focused on everyone else's happiness but my own and its royally screw me in the process I shake my head and smile at her "when did you become so wise?"
"Oh around my third glass of wine and maybe you would to so come on have another glass of wine live a little….."
Its time to start taking my life back "i'll have two!" I don't know what happened but two glasses turned into five and now well...I'm pretty plastered and the night got even better when my mother tells us dinners ready
"okay okay " my sister says after she finally manages to stop laughing I on the other hand ...not so lucky "pull your shit together i don't want mom to know we're drunk"
This just sets me into another laughing fit "what! you told me to drink this much!"
"since when did you start listening to me!?"
"alright…..come on lets go " we walk more like stumble into the dining room and sit mother strikes up conversation first
"so Regina how is your career going ?"
Trying to play it cool i answer as vague as possible "great mom just great "
She pushes the subject "care to elaborate"
Finally my drunk side starts to over power the sober "well mom I'm kicking ass and taking names" I say and Zelena and i look at each other and start laughing I was surprised at my behavior I never swear ever I hate it...but now it was a whole new me taking over or maybe I was just drunk and didn't care "I'm sorry mom but its going well and i…..i'm sorry what were we talking about?"
"your career sweet heart " my mother says now looking pissed off and concerned
Robin looks annoyed as well and grabs my hand "Regina are you alright?"
"I'm tip top" I then idiotically salute him
My father catching on and finally asks the question of the hour "sweetie how much did you guys drink?"
"daddy we're fine she's fine your fine mom's fine we're all fine!"Zelena says and laughs
"yeah it shows" my father grumbles
My mother gets up from the table and grabs me by the arm and pulls me to the kitchen "excuse us" once we're out of sight she turns into her regular dramatic self "Regina you are embarrassing your self pull it together!"
"mom I'm fine" I slur
Brushing what I said aside she quickly replies "not only are you embarrassing yourself but your embarrassing Robin what will he think!"
I felt hurt she didnt pull me aside because she was worried about my well being she just didnt want me to embarrass her "so thats what this is its aaaaaalll about ROBIN WHAT ABOUT ME I'M YOUR DAUGHTER GOD DAMN IT! " see another curse word I was on a role tonight
"lower your tone!"
"You know what thats it screw it i'm out of here!" I storm into the dining room then into the living room to get my coat with everyone trailing behind me
"Regina stop it where are you going!?" My father yells
"away from here!" I scream
" Regina come back please!" Robin says
"yeah come on Regina your drunk you can't drive " Zelena speaks up
"than i'll walk!" I storm out the house and hail a cab knowing exactly were I'm headed
-Emma's POV-
"Hey Em we need you out here its crazy and besides they keep asking for the blonde with the killer smile" he says rolling his eyes laughing and walking back into the bar
I do have a nice smile but that's neither here nor there. I'm in trouble I can't get her out of my head she's haunting me her smile her laugh and well just her but she's probably straight and I don't have the time nor energy to be anyones science experiment
I make my way to the bar and begin serving drinks "Hiya there sweetie what can I get for ya?"
"my frat bros and I want 4 shots of tequila and keep them coming" oh joy bartending for horny college boys this experience shall be fun I turn and I begin making their drinks then I hear a familiar voice I immediately begin to smile
"do they respond to you like this every night" I turn and see Regina smiling
"not always sometimes they go home to their wife" I return the smile "Hi Regina"
"Hi Emma" I immediately realize she slurring "mind if I sit" she stumbles and sits
"yeaaaah i guess Hey Regina are you drunk?"
She laughs "just a little bit but I'm fine i promise"
"okay well you look nice where'd you come from "
"dinner with my parents "
"Aw i see that explains the intoxication"
"ding ding ding ding! first prize winner! so are you gonna fix me a drink?"
I chuckle and raise an eyebrow "don't ya think you had enough?"
"god you sound like my mother! fine can i have some water"
"now that you can have!" I pour her some water and hand it to her "so what's your story Regina? I've been trying to figure you out but no luck "
"what do you mean" she genuinely looks confused
"I mean tell me something about you"
" ummmm i like purple…purples the shit and I loveeeee rom-coms soo good i like the beach long walks on the beach are kinda my thing"
I couldn't help but roll my eyes her answers sounded so rehearsed "god your giving me all this dating game show answers tell me something real about you…?"
She stares at me for a long time I felt bad for putting her on the spot "you know what forget it my bad"
"No! Um i want to answer it….I've never been in love"
"now thats real…..so why have you never been in love?"
"i don't know maybe i'm guarded maybe i'm not good enough maybe…..i'm unloveable "
"or maybe….your holding out for someone to love you as deep as you want to love them"
She smiles at me I swear I have to remember to breathe around her or I will pass out "maybe…soo Emma you wanna get out of here?"
I laugh gosh was I nervous? "Im kind of working"
"boooooo your no fun"
"if i were to say yes where would we
go? "
"i don't know New York's a big place "
I sigh this woman is going to be the death of me "hang on let me tell my brother i'm leaving" i walk over to my brother he sees Regina smiles and waves at her she waves back and I walk back over to her "okay come on lets go"
We're walking down the streets of New York its a cool night its a little awkward until she finally breaks the silence
"sooooooooo Emma how did you become a bartender?
"well a couple of years ago my brother opened up The Wooden Stool and needed a bartender and i needed a job so I took it after a couple of shifts i got pretty good and well thats that"
"do you have a boyfriend?"
"oh god no!"
She laughes "what you don't like men?"
"in a way no i don't….I'm a lesbian"
"yeah i kind of figured"
I laugh "so why'd you ask if i liked men?"
" because you don't just ask someone if they're gay isn't it offensive?"
"nah i'm use to it"
"have you ever had a boyfriend?"
"yeah when i was a kid I was curious"
"when did you come out?"
"when i was 16"
"did your parents understand?"
"my father died when i was 6 and well my mother is what you call one of those progressive types lets just say she really lets her freak flag fly"
"god i wish i had a family like yours really seems like a breath of fresh air"
"your parents aren't like that?"
"I'm somewhat close with my father but my mother is a real pill! I have a big sister Zelena we're extremely close she's the one i got drunk with tonight it was a lot of fun" she let's out a laugh that weakens my knees
"are you the rebel of your family?"
" not even close! according to my sister I'm always playing it safe"
"you don't look like your playing it safe now?"
"Well my dear looks can be deceiving "
" i don't think your safe i just think your scared"
Regina stops and looks at me "and what exactly do you think I'm scared of?"
"to live"
Then she hear's "Our Day Will Come" by Amy Winehouse playing from a bar near by a side that I had yet to see came out of her "ohhhhhh i loveee this song!" She starts to dance in the street well I might add swinging her hips as if no ones watching I'd never think she had it in her "your a great dancer! " I laugh
" hey i cant help it i feel the beat"she continues to sway her hips then she holds out her hand "come on come dance with me"
" naw i don't wanna cramp your style"
"you could never cramp my style come on please " she grabs my hands and slowly we begin dancing "your a good dancer too"
Yeah she's definitely drunk "yeah i think i'm picking up some of your moves" I couldn't stand it any longer so i pull her closer by her lower back at this point we're dancing hip to hip
"are you leading or am i" she whispers in my ear and makes me shiver
"who knows" i say as she then puts her arms around my neck
"you got me thinking"
"about what?"
She sighs and steps closer to me "why don't you teach me?"
"how to what?"
"how to live"
"you really want me too?"
She steps closer eyes glossy as ever from the alcohol "sure why not now" she leans in and tries to kiss me but i quickly turns my head
"no I'm sorry i got caught up in the moment but Regina not like this"
"you don't want to kiss me Emma?"
"hell yeah i do but your drunk and you probably wont remember any of this" that was seriously the hardest thing I've ever had to do I'm so stupid but I couldn't kiss her not that way
"I'm…..not..that drunk"
There was something seriously off about Regina she looked pale and her eyes were seriously dialated holy shit she was about to hurl "then why does it look like your about to puke your guts out….."
"because... I am!" She runs to the trash can and starts puking I run over to her and hold her hair
"they you go tiger let it out " i start to laugh ive been in her place one to many times
She finally stops puking enough to scold me "stop laughing at me this is embarrassing!"
"oh come on Reg everyone has had their head in a trash can once upon a time "
"not me…"she gets up wiping her mouth
"really?"
"nope"
"not even once?"She shakes her head "god maybe you are playing it safe"
"shut up " she tries to playfully hit me but stumbles and i barely catch her
"alrighty maybe we should get you home"
"no you can't know where I live stranger danger! I'm going with you"
"how do you know i'm not a serial killer"
" you dont look like the type "
"alright alright fine come on"
