AN:

Thank you all for the great response!

This chapter is shorter because it was too long, so I chopped it in half.

Enjoy!


If anyone asked Emma to describe how she felt, she would tell them sore. Really, really sore. She never thought being a waitress at Granny's was a hard job. No, when she signed up for the job after having moving to her fourth city in the span of three months, she thought it would be simple. Take orders, deliver the food, and smile. But all day on your feet, carrying trays of food, it was truly a workout of its own.

But Emma liked it. It gave her enough money to put her part of the rent and have some spending money. And it also introduced her to her three friends. In truth, Emma's never been in one stable place for long and she knows that's in part to always having been shifted from foster home to foster home. But she doesn't know why but she decided to stay in Boston. As though it called her and told her she didn't have to move any more.

"Remind me, that when we graduate, we're going to… I don't know, go to a spa and never move," Elsa said, throwing herself on her bed. Her silver hair flopped down on the side of her faced.

"I would kill for a massage right about now," Emma moaned as she rolled her shoulders back, they were killing her.

"I know what we can do," Elsa said, sitting straight up.

Emma cocked her head. Elsa was never as excited as she stood at the moment, only when there was snow on the ground then did Elsa get excited. It was as though winter were her season, however strange that was.

"What?" Emma asked, she really wanted to sleep.

"We can go to the hot tub."

That caused Emma's eyes to open. For all the money they were paying, the spa and the buildings lovely amenities –were worth it.

"I thought you were going to say the sauna," Emma said.

Elsa rolled her eyes. "You know Emma, I do not do anything with heat. The hot tub is an exception because it will soothe my tense muscles but no, no sauna."

Emma wondered if she were really a polar bear. Shaking her head from polar bear thoughts, Emma slipped on her bathing suit and followed Elsa out of their apartment to the eighteenth floor –where the hot tub, pool and saunas were located. A couple of building goers were in the pool, swimming their laps back and forth –while Emma and Elsa made their way to the back –where the hot tub stood.

It had been Emma first who heard the splash of water coming from the hot tubs room.

"I hope someone's not using it," Elsa said, "like Leroy, I don't think I can ever un-see that hairy chest of his."

Emma shuddered that had been the second day during their move. The four of them had come up for a dip, only to find Leroy –one of the building's residence in the tub. What they literally thought was a sweater, happened to be a chest and back full of hair. It was a disturbing sight for the four.

When they walked through the doors, feeling the heat that welcomed them, Emma noted the spill of water that pooled on the gray floor. She looked around but spotted no one.

"Looks like we got here just in time," Elsa said, dipping herself in the tub. Emma distractedly followed. She wondered how did the person get out without being seen. That's when she spotted a blur of raven hair, heading out through the second door that stood at the far end of the room.

"Earth to Emma Swan, what are you looking at?"

Emma shook her head, "Uh, nothing."

Elsa shook her head but ignored her blonde friend, allowing the jets of the hot tub to hit her back, it was a soothing effect. Emma had closed her eyes –when she heard Elsa gasp.

"Hey Em, I think they're here. I think that's Regina, our neighbor. Look at her, she's very pretty."

Emma pulled open her eyes, only to have yet again caught another blur of raven hair leaving the floor entirely.

"No fair, I missed her," Emma muttered, bummed to have missed their neighbor.

"Ruby really is going to drool if she ever meets her in person," Elsa said.

That didn't make Emma feel any better. She had to see her before Ruby did. She had to stalk Regina.


AN:

We will meet Regina soon, don't worry Emma is not going to become all stalker type.

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