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Two busy weeks had gone by since the grand opening of Enchanted and now that finals were over, the brunette bombshell was all that Emma could think about. She couldn't stop thinking about the connection that they had or the almost kiss that they were about to make before the douche bag interrupted them.
Emma was lounging on the couch staring blankly at the T.V as she kept replaying that night over and over in her head. She wanted to see Regina Mills again. She grabbed the laptop from the table and powered it up. She opened the search engine.
Enchanted, Regina Mills.
Hundreds of links opened up. Emma clicked the first link from the list, which happened to be the club website. She went through the page and clicked on several other links.
Emma learned that not only did Regina Mills own the Enchanted club here in Story Brooke but she also owned the Enchanted club line in New York, L.A, Honolulu and Boston. Ms. Mills is apparently a proud supporter of the L.G.B.T community since her company sponsors many L.G.B.T organizations and events.
Her phone started to vibrate in her pocket, stopping her from her "research".
Yeah, just look up the lady online. That's not stalker creeper action or anything, she thought to herself, as she pulled out her phone from her pocket. It was text message from Ruby.
Hey bitch, want anything from Granny's?
As if on cue her stomach growled.
Usual she texted back quickly. Setting the phone down she closed the open window on her screen and powered down the laptop. She shook her head at herself as she continued to watch what ever it was that was playing on the T.V.
Ruby and Belle walk in not to long after Emma had texted back, walking straight over to the couch and placing the paper bags of food on the table.
"So…" Ruby began as she took a bite out of her burger.
"Mmmm" Emma responded while she chewed the food in her mouth.
"There's an even at the club on Saturday" Ruby continued waggling her eyebrows at Emma.
"Okaaay" Emma said trying not to show the sudden excitement that she felt at the possibility of going to the club and seeing Regina again. One could hope.
"Annndd, I was thinking we should go…" Ruby responded with a shrug, "Maybe you'll bump into Ms. Thang again" Ruby finished with a smirk.
Emma rolled her eyes and turned her head away from the couple to hide the smile on her face but failed.
Before Ruby could make another comment, Jane walks into the apartment.
"Hey guys" she greeted taking a seat next to Emma.
"Anyway, as I was saying" Ruby began again not phased by Jane's appearance, "we should go to the Summer Kick Off at Enchanted this weekend" she said to the group.
"That sounds good. Hey, maybe your boo thing will be there again" Jane said looking at Emma with a smirk. Everyone but Emma laughed.
"Ha. Ha." Emma responded sarcastically, failing to wipe off the smile on her face.
"Seriously though… club this weekend?" Ruby asked when they were done laughing at Emma.
"I'm down for what ever," Emma said trying to sound nonchalant. Deep down, she could feel the butterflies fluttering in her stomach at the thought of seeing Regina again.
Enchanted – Summer Kick Off Event
Emma was walking up the stairs to the V.I.P floor with her friends, trying to fight the crowd from both directions. Almost to the top, she squeezes her way through when she feels a body crash into her. Emma quickly braces herself; feet firmly planted to the floor as she wraps her arms around the body, trying hard not to let them go crashing down the stairs.
"You alright?" Emma asks, gently removing her arms around the girl and getting her settled on her feet.
The girl lets out a breath, "Yes, thank you" she responds turning to face Emma, trying to regain her composure.
Greenish-blue eyes meet dark chocolate ones. Emma smiles, "Regina."
"Ms. Swan" Regina smiles back. They lock eyes, standing still in the middle of the moving crowd.
Ruby clears her throat and nudges Emma from behind before leading the rest of the group past her and to the second floor.
Emma clears her own throat, "C'mon, you owe me a drink" grabbing the brunettes arm and taking her up the rest of the stairs.
Regina follows Emma through the crowd and towards the bar.
"Remind me, Ms. Swan, exactly why do I owe you a drink?" she asked turning to face her.
"You know, you can call me Emma, right?" she said raising an eyebrow at her.
"OK, Emma, why is it that I owe you a drink?" She asks again.
"Well, I have two reasons" Emma begins holding up two fingers, "one, you left me hanging last time without so much as giving me your name,"
"And yet you know it," Regina cuts in.
"I have my ways," Emma throws back with a smirk, to which Regina responds with an amused eyebrow raise.
"And reason two is?"
"I just saved your life back there," She said with a grin on her face gesturing towards the stairs.
"That's a little extreme, don't you think?" Regina responded with a small chuckle.
"No, not at all" she replies, the grin never leaving her face.
"Hmmm" Regina hummed out as the pair reached the bar.
"Think about it," she continued, "If I wasn't there to catch you, you would have gone tumbling down to your death"
"You've got quite the imagination," Regina laughs.
"You have no idea" she responds smiling and throws her a wink, leaning into the bar.
The bartender approaches the pair, "Ms. Mills" he nods towards the brunette.
"August," she responds with a nod of her own.
"What can I get for you?"
"Apple Martini please, and Emma will have a …" she responds, turning to Emma to fill in the order.
Emma turns to face August, "I'll take a Tokyo Tea, please." August nods again and turns to make their drinks.
"So Emma, what do you do other than saving people from their deaths?" Regina asks jokingly.
"Ha!" Emma smirked "nothing impressive, Ms. 'I own Enchanted'" she continued with mirth in her eyes. Regina threw her a playful glare, "I just finished my final semester for my Masters, fingers crossed that I actually passed." She finished crossing her fingers.
"Masters? What field?"
"Criminal Justice"
"That is quite an accomplishment" she commented impressed.
"Eh, I suppose it is" Emma responded shyly, with a shoulder shrug.
August returns with their drinks and places it in front of them. Emma goes to pull out her wallet, but Regina halts her action by placing a hand on her arm.
"On the house, dear."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, besides I do believe that I owe you a drink for saving my life", she replies playfully placing a hand on her chest with a smile.
"Right," Emma says smiling back at her, as she pulls out a twenty and throws it in the tip jar.
Emma leads them to one of the leather couches along the wall. They take a seat next to each other quickly becoming engulfed in conversation. They talk about subtle things to get to know each other but didn't touch on anything serious.
The beat to a remix of "Drop It Low" started to play through out the club and Emma recognized it immediately. Finishing her drink, she pulls Regina up from her seat, "C'mon" she motions to the dance floor. She gives Regina a moment to finish her drink before they make their way onto the dance floor.
The pair found a spot on the floor, Emma swaying to the beat with one hand in the air. Regina had her back pressed against Emma's front, her hand planted on Regina's waist as she guided her hips as they grinded to the song.
After a few songs they found themselves facing each other. Emma's arms wrapped around Regina's waist and her arms wrapped around the blondes neck, completely oblivious to the world around them. They stayed in each other's arms, swaying to the music as they took a break from the heavy grinding.
A brunette with red streaks pulls up behind Regina and starts dancing with her backside. An action that did not go unnoticed by Regina as she began pulling her arms away from Emma, but Emma pulled her in closer and spun them around so that the brunette with red streaks was now dancing with Emma.
"Ruby, you ass" Emma said shooting a playful glare. Ruby turned around to face her with a grin. She offered her a simple shrug before Belle and Jane joined them. Emma turned her attention back to Regina and leaned in closer, "Do you wanna grab another drink?" she asked into her ear.
"Sure" Regina agreed nodding. Emma turned back to her friends and motioned to the bar, before leading Regina towards the bar again with Ruby, Belle, and Jane following close behind.
Reaching the bar, Emma leaned into it as she looked into Regina's eyes. They were lost in each other's eyes, again. I could get lost in her eye's forever Emma thought to herself.
Ruby and the gang caught up quickly, but allowed the blonde and the brunette to have their moment.
Ruby slid into the moment by bumping hips with Emma and throwing her arm over her shoulder. Emma pulled out of the moment and laughed at her best friends antic. Belle and Jane joined the group. A smile plastered on Regina's face, raised an eyebrow at the two in front of her.
"Hi!" Ruby practically squealed.
"Hello" Regina answered with a small nod. Emma brushed off Ruby's arm; Ruby un-phased walked over to Belle and put her arm around her waist.
"Regina, this is Ruby, Belle and Jane" She introduced pointing to each of them, "Guys, this is Regina." They all acknowledged each other.
"Shot!" Jane suddenly announced after pleasantries were exchanged. She made her way to the bar next to Emma as everyone agreed and waited for the bartender to come around to take their order.
"Hey Guys," a thick Australian voice greets. Emma and Jane look at Belle and wait for her to finish talking, but they notice that Belle is busy laughing and snuggling into Ruby.
Emma's eyes go wide at the realization and turns her head slowly to face the bartender. She visibly tenses as they make eye contact.
Jane follows Emma's head turn. "Oh…. shit," she mumbles to herself.
"Lacey," Emma breathes out.
"Hi," Lacey replies with an innocent smile.
Emma tries to regain her composure by offering her a tight smile, "Hey" she barely chokes out. Ok. It's O.K. It's Fine. Don't make it awkward. Get yourself together, Swan, she thinks to herself.
Regina watches the interaction with curious eyes, interesting.
"Ms. Mills" Lacey greets the brunette with a small nod.
"Lacey" she responds returning the nod.
"Oh my god! I didn't know you were working tonight!" Belle screamed, noticing Lacey and making her way over closer to the bar.
Lacey let out a laugh, "Yeah, I had to cover a shift," she said with a one-shoulder shrug. "Anyway, Patron…?" she asked already knowing the groups preferred drinks.
Emma nodded silently, while Jane responded with a "Yes, Please". Lacey nodded and turned her attention to Regina, waiting for her to put in her order.
"I'll have the same Lacey, thank you," she said with a smile.
Lacey nodded again and turned to make their shots. She put on a show for the group. She laid out five shot glasses and poured a stream full of Patron into a shaker. She then tossed the shaker up in the air and caught it behind her back, before pouring the liquid into the salt rimmed shot glasses. She finished by pulling out a bowl of limes and placing it in front of the group.
"Show off," Belle sneered playfully at her sister, Lacey could only grin while she snuck a glance at Emma.
The group grabbed their shots and took it before biting into the lime. Emma put down her glass, letting out a deep breath then turned to face Regina again, which instantly put a smile on her face. Regina raised her eyebrow and returned the smile.
That eyebrow raise, Emma thought to herself as she took another deep breath to calm herself.
Some time had passed, as the group took more shots and talked among themselves, Lacey joining the conversation every once in awhile as she took care of other customers.
Emma and Regina were in a deep conversation when another girl came to take over the bar for Lacey.
"I'm about to get off, are you guys leaving any time soon?" Lacey asked. Belle looked at Ruby who shook her head "I doubt it" she replied taking a glance at Emma and Regina, who were off again in their own world. Lacey followed Ruby's glance and she was hit with a small pang of jealousy.
Lacey left the bar and joined the group fifteen minutes later at a leather couch that they had migrated to. Emma was sitting at the corner of the couch, an arm on the back of the couch and her hand draped over Regina's shoulder. Jane took the middle seat; Ruby took the other corner with Belle sitting in her lap.
Lacey approached the group and decided to take a seat on the arm of the couch where Emma was. Emma shifted causing her to remove her arm from around Regina and pulled to the edge of her seat. Emma's hand found a new home, now draped loosely over Regina's knees. Lacey watched silently nodding her head to the music as Emma cleared her throat and squeezed Regina's knee trying to get her attention. Regina turned to face her.
"So what's a girl gotta do to see you outside of the club?" Emma asked. Regina smirked at her question.
"It depends on the girl" she replied.
Before Emma could respond, Regina's phone went off with a small vibrate. She grabbed her phone from the inside pocket of her fitted blazer top, unlocked her phone and looked at a text message she had received. She exited the message and looked at Emma again.
"Well this has been fun but I must get going" Regina said with a sad smile.
"Right, sure," Emma responded with a small nod and returned the same sad smile.
Regina shifted in her seat but stopped when Emma turned in her seat to look directly at her.
"Can I see your phone real quick?" Emma asked when she got Regina's attention.
Regina raised a questioning eyebrow at her. "I just want to give you my number," she said holding out her hand as Regina slowly gave her, her phone.
She began tapping away on Regina's phone as she spoke, "I like you, and I know that you like me too. So if you ever want to see me outside of the club shoot me a text or give me a call."
Emma saved her number in Regina's contacts before placing the phone back in her hand. Instead of responding Regina smiled and nodded then got up from her seat. She bent down to place a kiss on Emma's cheek before walking away, waving goodbye to the girls on her way out.
When Regina had disappeared through the crowd, Lacey dropped from her spot on the arm and onto the couch causing Emma to scoot over to giver her room with a scoff.
"How are you?" Lacey asked leaning closer to Emma. She couldn't help rolling her eyes at the question.
"Fine, yourself?" Emma asked back, not really caring for an answer.
"Good."
There was a moment of silence as they both looked off into the crowd, not knowing how to interact with each other.
"Soo, you and Regina?" Lacey tried to ask subtly.
Emma visibly tensed before she turned and glared at Lacey.
"That's none of your business" she replied with a bite.
Emma's response irritated Lacey and she couldn't control the next words that fell out off her mouth, " Yeah, well you're wasting your time… it's never gonna happen."
Emma's jaw dropped slightly shocked that Lacey had the nerve to say that. Then she fixed her with a hard glare, "Yeah?" Emma then put a smirk on her face, "watch me." Without waiting for a response she got up from her seat, announced that she was going home and then proceeded to make her way out of the club.
I know, not too much going on in this chapter. However, I plan to make it up in the next few chapters. I already have them planned out, just need to get them written out! I am open to idea's and suggestions if you guys wanna see anything happen and I will try to work them in!