Emma was stuck in her seat for the next half hour, listening to her Professor speak. Some people raised their hands asking a question or talked about their drinking problem. The blonde was going to kill her roommate when she would get back home. Emma didn't want to be here in the first place and now things were worse that Regina was conducting these meetings. Emma would sometimes see Regina looking back into her eyes and would hear the woman in her mind saying things like:
I can't believe one of my student is here.
No wait former student.
Don't act like an idiot Regina she needs help.
She looks amazing tonight.
The blonde cringed trying hard not to read her teacher's mind but it came so effortlessly. Her powers could not be controlled and she figured just for tonight she would get through reading Regina's mind and getting the hell out of there never seeing the woman again.
The brunette introduces Ingrid Frost who is another person who helps out with these meetings from time to time. Regina looks around for an available seat and sees the only one next to the blonde. She sighs and then sits down next to Emma in the back.
Emma whispers, "Hey."
"Hello."
"So what's up with these meetings?"
"Alcoholics Anonymous Miss Swan, is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem." Regina simply puts like she's been saying it her whole life.
"Sorry I asked just didn't expect to see you here and trying to make conversation."
"Most students in college don't come to this group. So I was surprised to see your presence as well."
Emma looked down at Regina's hand as the brunette was fumbling with a coin that said "Five Years" on it.
"Five years?"
Regina looked at Emma then at her coin, "Five years I have been sober."
"Congrats. That's pretty impressive."
"I didn't pin you to be a drunk Miss Swan."
"Well that's why I'm here. To get help."
"I'm sorry but I have a hard time believing that. Plus you knew my name is on the pan-flit for this group. I'm starting to think you're stalking me."
"Funny story. My friend signed me up. She saw that I had a problem and decided to take action without my consent."
Sounds like my mother.
Regina hummed, "You should be paying attention."
"Then stop talking to me."
"I'll stop when you stop."
"Fine."
"Fine."
Emma grinned and decided to let Regina win this round. The brunette kept fiddling with her coin.
My heart is pounding. I feel like a love sick teenager when I'm around her. It's only been two days and already she's made me feel again.
Emma felt bad for intruding on Regina's thoughts but it wasn't her fault. It was something the blonde couldn't control and once this was over she was gone. A small part of her though wishes it wasn't the end of the road for both women. The blonde tried to focus on the older blonde woman asking around whoever wanted to speak about their drinking problems and Emma suddenly grew hateful feelings towards two men towards the front who weren't taking the class seriously. They were heavier set than the rest of the group and Emma could smell them from the back that both of them have been drinking before they got here. The blonde felt bad for Ingrid having to deal with two losers. Emma didn't like the guys from the start and when the group was over Ingrid announced that she had bought a cake in honor of Eugene Lucas's one year sobriety. They all clapped and got up and headed over to the cake as Regina got up and walked over to Ingrid to talk.
It was time for Emma to go. She felt like she should say goodbye or something and it wasn't that bad of a group. Neither woman asked Emma about her life story but that was probably something they don't do on the first day for newbies.
One of the heavier set guys shoved two pieces of cake in his mouth while the other went over to Regina and try to flirt with her. Emma didn't like how the man was getting into her personal space and it was clear that Regina didn't want anything to do with the man. He finally took the hint as she politely walked away.
Emma decided to read this guy's mind. He was acting too jumpy and sweaty and she was afraid he might be up to something bad. The blonde held up two fingers to her temple as she zoned in on the man's brain. Emma felt the sharp pain and knew she had made it to his thoughts.
Okay after the meeting he said she could be mine don't rush things it's okay just after the meeting he said we will grab her.
The blonde dropped her fingers and winced as she pulled herself away from her mind reading power and back to reality. These two men were going after Regina. Emma felt dizzy and a small drop of blood fell from her nose and quickly catches it with her palm. The blonde quickly rubbed it up against her jeans and looked back at her teacher. Regina was safe for now but not but for long. So Emma came up with a plan.
Regina breathed in the cold crisp air as she stepped outside of the building where they had held their AA meeting. She remembered Emma leaving in a hurry and wondered if something was wrong or if the blonde just wanted to get far away from Regina. The older woman understood that she wasn't the greatest person in the world and most people would jump for cover. Regina had said her goodbyes to some of the people in the group as well as thanking Ingrid for helping out and was now walking on the sidewalk.
The brunette's home was just a few blocks away but she would have to be driving soon. The night air was getting colder and snow could appear at any day without warning. So Regina walked down the sidewalk placing her folders in her black bag and snuggled up in her black coat. The clicking of her heels and the flickering of lamp posts were the only things that could be heard down the street. All of the sudden Regina heard a car come park up next to the side walk behind the brunette and turned off the ignition. The brunette wasn't too worried since she had just passed by a coffee shop thinking whoever was in the car was going in there but when she heard the doors being slammed and a couple pair of footsteps walking up behind her she started to panic.
Regina turned her head carefully looking over her shoulder to find two men following behind the woman. The brunette couldn't see their faces and she picked up her pace a little. The two men had picked up theirs as well and were getting close to the woman. Regina felt her heart pounding her ears and started to jog and look through her purse trying to find her handy mace but she was two late. She felt an arm pulling her into a dimly lit alley way and a hand taking away her purse, letting it fall to the ground.
The brunette could see all three of their hot breaths in the unkind night air as one guy pushed her up against the wall holding her in place as the other guy placed his hand over Regina's mouth so she couldn't scream. The man pulled out his pocket knife and held it up against Regina's neck.
"Now you be a good girl and follow our instructions and we won't take a nice piece of skin off your face."
Regina breathed heavily and whimpers as the man pressed her harder against the wall but then her world stopped as she saw heavenly blonde tresses standing behind them.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
The man holding Regina turned to see who was behind him, "Huh?"
Emma pulled her arm back and let her fist go crashing down on the man's right cheek. He groaned in pain holding his cheek with his hands but then the other guy grinned and held out his knife slicing in front of Emma but the blonde dodged his blade. Emma felt a metal trash can lid hit the side of her body and she almost fell to the ground then the man with the blade sliced her left arm. Emma was then in the middle of trying to read their minds to see who would attack next.
The blonde growled with anger and with her powers she let the blade go flying out of his hand. The man was stunned and didn't know how his pocket knife left his hand but couldn't think much more when Emma punched him in his gut and then turned to the other guy who was just as stunned to see the knife fly out of his buddy's hand. He helped his friend who just got punched and they both scrambled and ran out of the alley.
The blonde won this fight. Emma's brain was fried from reading their minds to see what move they were going to do next to moving the metal object from the guy's hand. Emma knew blood was coming out of her nose down her Neck and to her white tank top but she didn't care. The blonde had to make sure Regina was okay.
Regina was on the ground kneeling as she watched in awe of Emma's strength and skill throughout the whole scene. The brunette was then falling hard for her student and this made things much more worse.
"You-you saved my life." Regina finally let out.
Emma swayed a little trying to keep her balance, "Are you okay?"
The brunette wanted to laugh, "Are you?" Regina's face dropped, "Miss Swan your nose."
Regina picked herself up and rushed to Emma to help her. The blonde leaned up against the opposite wall with her back and breathed, "I'm okay just give me a second." Emma wiped some of her blood with her fingers and then looked at her arm that was cut slightly.
"Okay? You don't look okay. We have to get you to the hospital."
"No-no I'm fine I just need to-no I just-no insurance-and let's just get to-to my yellow bug," Emma stumbled and blacked out from exhaustion but thankfully Regina caught her in time before the blonde's head hit the ground.
"Emma!"
Back at the building where the AA meeting was being held, Ingrid was flipping through some of her work papers at her desk when a knock came at her door.
"Come in!" she yelled out.
Two men entered the room. Ingrid's jaw dropped and she rushed over to the door shutting it then locking it behind the two. The blonde woman became angry.
"Are you two fools insane? What if someone saw you come back in! And where is she?"
Both of them looked down in shame.
"Well? Where is she!"
The taller man spoke up, "We couldn't get her boss."
Ingrid crossed her arms, "And why not."
"The blonde girl in the red leather jacket who was at the meeting showed up."
Ingrid tilted her head and paused for a moment thinking about everyone who was their at the AA meeting, "The one Regina was sitting next to?"
The other man finally spoke, "Yeah. She gave Leroy here a black eye."
Leroy points to his friend, "And punch Dopy in the stomach. But that's not all she did."
The blonde woman stepped forward, "What do you mean?"
"She took the knife from my hand."
She laughed, "So? What's the big deal?"
"Well she took it with her… mind."
The blonde's face fell and her arms fell to her side, "That's impossible."
Ingrid moved towards her large window staring out over the city lights, "Can it be," the woman whispered to herself, "have found my precious treasure?" The blonde woman has been looking for her missing daughter ever since she was in a car accident with her infant coming home from the hospital just giving birth to her. Someone had found out about Ingrid and the blonde woman had kept her powers to herself until that fateful night, exploding her mad energy making her former town envelope in an earth quake. Someone had taken her away her infant daughter that night afraid for the baby's safety and now Ingrid believes she had just found her.
"What about Regina boss? You said if we get her we would hold her for ransomed."
Ingrid needed more money and thought about this plan for a while. Using these two fools as bait to get Regina and lock her up sending a ransomed not to Regina's mother Cora Mills who was loaded with money. Pretending to be Regina's friend and getting the brunette's trust.
"Forget about her. We will get Regina later. Let's just hope she didn't see your idiot faces and press charges." Ingrid grinned, "We have more important things to discuss."
Emma groaned and she slowly came back to consciousness but instead of waking up on the cement ground like she thought she would, Emma woke up on an very comfy couch with a blanket on top of her. The blonde turned her head to the side and saw a fire place going and on the coffee table was her car keys and wallet. The blonde sat up with her lower back against the couch arm and saw her red leather jacket lay across the top of the sofa. Emma winced at the sharp pain in the side of her temple and heard someone come in.
"Here is some water and some pills."
It was Regina's voice.
"Where am I?" Emma asked.
"This is the fifth time you asked me but you look conscious enough for me to tell the truth this time." She smirked.
"What?"
"You kept going in and out of consciousness and every time you would ask me where you were and I would tell you, then you would precede to pass out again. This last time I told you, you were in an alien space craft."
The blonde chuckle and grabbed the water and pills from Regina's hand. The pills were almost stuck in her throat when she saw what Regina was wearing. The brunette wore a silk purple tank top with spaghetti straps and matching silk shorts. The woman's hair looked washed and make up free. Regina looked beautiful with the fire light dancing across her face.
The brunette blushed and looked down at her attire that Emma had just looked at, "I'm sorry this isn't appropriate for me to wear in front of you. I thought you were going to be out for quite a while."
"No don't be sorry but I have to ask, how did we get here? And where exactly is here?'
Regina sat on the sofa across from Emma, "I hope you don't mind but I walked you back to your car and drove here to my home."
"How did you know what car I drove?"
"You kept mumbling about a yellow bug."
Emma nodded, "Thank you for not taking me to the hospital. That's something I just can't afford right now." The blonde looked at her now wrapped arm, "Are you a nurse? Because you wrapped this up perfectly."
Regina chuckled, "No I have a son and I took many community classes on emergency med."
Emma gasped feeling guilty, "You have a son! I hope I didn't wake him up."
"No. I sent his babysitter home when we got here and he has been asleep this whole time and still is."
The blonde sighed in relief but then looked down, "Hey look... I'm sorry about earlier today and-"
Regina interrupted her, "Don't worry about it. You saved my life Miss Swan. I can look passed you not going to my class for saving my life and letting me see my baby boy another day."
Emma smiled a little and looked at Regina who stared down at the blonde's bare arms then looking away blushing and biting her lower lip.
Her arms are so chiseled I could just drag my nails down them. I could ask her to stay. No. That would be inappropriate.
Emma blushed a little as well after hearing that, "Well I should get going. There is school work I still need to do and my roommate is probably worried sick."
The student stood up carefully not wanting to get dizzy again and gathered her things and her jacket, "Thank you for dragging my ass here and taking care of me."
Regina stood up as well and nodded, "It's the least I could do Miss Swan. I'll see you to the front door."
Both of them walked in silence and the blonde tried to get a better look at the home. It was perfectly well organized and clean. Nothing like Emma would ever own. The brunette opened the front door and held it for Emma.
The blonde smiled, "Well. Goodnight Professor."
Regina smiled back, "Goodnight. Miss Swan."
The teacher watched Emma walk down her walkway and to the yellow bug car. The brunette then shut her front door and let out a slow breath. Who knows what the teacher would have done to Emma if her former student would have stayed just a minute longer.
