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Chapter 4: Dragging
Graham just wants to ask her out already! The process is agonizing slow, though, almost as if it's dragging. He can't get her in a room alone, and as soon as the work day is done she either runs to the apartment she shares with Mary Margaret or to Granny's to get drunk if it's been a particularly rough day, usually involving Regina. He doesn't want to randomly ask and make it seem like the question is for the heck of it. He wants to gain her trust first, but that is another sluggish process. He supposes the other problem is Regina. She and him aren't exactly together –at least he doesn't consider themselves a couple. He's pretty sure she doesn't have the same view point, and breaking up with her isn't exactly an option at the moment. He's terrified of her. Maybe some night after getting really drunk he'll do it. He has to if he wants to speed up the process of becoming Emma's boyfriend.
She's wondering why he won't ask her out. She's not opposed to the idea of her doing the asking, but she'd much rather know he actually likes her and isn't agreeing just to keep her happy for a couple weeks. She doesn't know Regina, and doesn't even suspect anything. As far as she's concerned, Graham is totally available, waiting to be taken in all of his sexiness and adorable hair. Emma knows she's partially to blame for the waiting. Every time she's alone with him, except at the station, she makes up some excuse to get out. As much as she wants to be with him, she's terrified of actual commitment. Maybe he senses that. Maybe that's why he's waiting. With that in mind, it's enough to make her fall for him even more.
SORRY IT'S TAKEN ME SO LONG TO UPDATE. I'VE BEEN WRITING CHAPTER 33 OF ONCE UPON A TIME IN A LAND FAR FAR AWAY, AND THAT ONE TOOK A PRETTY LONG TIME. FEEDBACK WOULD BE NICE!