"They stared for a second longer before Robin closed the gap and his lips finally pressed against hers."
Regina moved herself as close as she could to Robin, given the circumstances. She couldn't believe this was happening. The kiss didn't last very long, but to Regina it was perfect. Lord help her if her mother ever found out. Her mother didn't want her dating. This was her first kiss. 17 years old and she is just now having her first kiss. She isn't sure if Robin remembers that detail; they had this conversation in a round of questions their first summer as friends.
When Robin pulled back, he only pulled back just enough to rest his forehead against hers. They remained quiet only for a short while.
"So...how was your first kiss?" Robin tried to hide his smirk but that didn't go too well. Regina laughed and smiled.
"You remembered."
"I remember everything you have told me, love. but you didn't answer my question." Robin joked.
Regina blushed.
"It was great." She replied quietly.
Robin grinned and leaned in and kissed her again quickly.
"So does this mean you are my girlfriend? I'd love to be able to call you that. I've honestly wanted to be able to call you that for a long time."
"Robin...this, can never happen again. I'm sorry. If my mother found out I was dating, when she's told me I am not allowed, she will kill the both of us. Lord help me if she finds out you kissed me. I can't let her hurt you..." Regina looked away.
"Regina, I can't believe I am saying this but your mother doesn't have to know. Hell, no one has to know if you don't want to. I don't really know how you feel about me, all I know is that you didn't push me away or slap me or run after I kissed you, but let me tell you this, I care deeply for you. I don't really know what love feels like, but I do know that I would do anything for you. I think you are stunning, in every way. I love everything about you; your personality, how kind you are, your intelligence, your smile, your laugh, you are adorable when your angry...I'm sorry I'm babbling but I just want you to know how much I care for you. I have felt this way since the day I met you, but I didn't think you felt the same way and I was worried I would lose you."
Regina sat in her seat, stunned by his words. She had no clue how much he really cared. She knew he did care, but couldn't believe how much.
Regina placed her hand on his face, cupping his cheek in her hand.
"Robin...you see what she does to me, I can't let her hurt you, because she will."
Robin smirked and turned his face to press a kiss to her palm.
"I'm not scared of her love."
"But you really, really should be. You've seen what she's done to me."
Robin just shook his head.
"I am not scared of her, and I will protect you no matter what."
Regina gave him a small smile.
She leaned her forehead back against his and just enjoyed their moment alone. But little did they know, a figure was watching them from the school, fuming.
Regina and Robin tried to act as normal as possible, all throughout the day, but they weren't as subtle as they thought.
They were all sitting at their lunch table (Emma, Snow, Tink, David, Killian, Regina, and Robin) and Emma interrupted everyone's conversations.
"Okay, Regina, Robin, seriously. You all need to stop making eyes at each other. You're not being subtle and these looks are more nauseating than Snow and David in general."
Robins eyes grew the size of saucers and Regina turned as red as a tomato and looked down at her food.
Robin cleared his throat and was about to speak when Regina spoke up first.
"I don't know what you are talking about."
Emma rolled her eyes.
"Emma is right. You guys are not subtle at all. Not that I'm not extremely happy that something has finally happened, but you guys just need to own up to it." Tink smirked.
Regina just rolled her eyes and continued to eat her food. She finished quickly and got up, grabbing her bag and threw away her trash. She didn't return to the table though, she walked up the stairs and they all saw her go into the library.
"What up with her?" Killian asked and all eyes turned to Robin.
"I don't know, why do you assume I know?"
"Well maybe because you have every class together and you drove her to school this morning." Emma raised an eyebrow.
"She hasn't said a word to me." Robin just stated and got up to throw his trash away and went to the library to check on Regina, not caring that all of his friends knew that he was going to see Regina.
He saw her sitting in the corner, "doing homework". He walked over and sat down next to her. She sighed and dropped her pen and dropped her head in her hands.
Robin checked the area around them before placing a hand on her back, rubbing slowly, and kissing the side of her head.
"I'm sorry." Regina told him, her voice slightly muffled due to her hands.
"Don't be. I know you don't want people to know just yet."
She shook her head.
"It's not even that, it's I'm worried my mother will find out and I can't let that happen."
Robin nodded and just held her close.
"I trust those girls with my life, but there are things even they don't know, obviously. And I feel like Tink would freak out and scream if I told them and that would bring attention to me and then it would all come crashing down. I just got you, I can't lose you."
"You won't, I won't let it happen."
"You can't guarantee nothing will happen."
"I will always be here for you, no matter what happens. Your mother, or anyone for that matter. I will be here for you always."
Regina looked up from her hands and gave him a small smile.
"Thank you." She whispered.
The rest of the day went rather smoothly and Robin took Regina home again. The ride home was pleasant, that is until Regina saw that her mother was home early, extremely early in fact. She froze when she saw her car in the driveway and almost forgot how to breathe. Robin grabbed her hand and squeezed.
"It's gonna be okay."
Regina nodded and took a deep breath.
"Okay, well I will talk to you later."
Robin watched her as she began to grab her stuff.
"Text me as soon as you can."
Regina nodded.
She took another deep breath and got out of the car.
Regina had an uneasy feeling as she walked into her house. It was way too quiet. She looks around, and her eyes finally rest on her mothers silhouette standing by the fire place. She tensed up, remembering the last time her mother was home much earlier than normal and she placed her stuff down by the steps.
"Hello, mother."
"So I saw something from my office window this morning, dear. It was a rather interesting sight. Do you know what it was?"
Regina gulped.
"Um-"
"I saw Robins car, alone in the student parking lot, and you were in the passenger seat. What really was interesting was I saw the two of you kiss, not only once, but twice. So that not only means that you have disobeyed me, because I have told you that you are not to be dating, but you also lied to my face yesterday when you told me that you were "just friends." So dear, care to explain?"
Regina had no idea what to say. She was speechless. And she knew there was nothing she could say to have her mother calm down. She took a deep breath and ran a hand through her long hair.
"So you have nothing to say? Fine, come with me." She grabbed her daughters arm roughly.
"Whe-where are we going?"
"Just shut up."
Cora took her up to the master bathroom and basically threw Regina down to sit on the toilet. Cora rummaged through her drawer for a moment before pulling out a pair of sharp scissors. Reginas eyes widened In horror. No. Her mother couldn't be doing this again. She hadn't down this in years. The last time she did this, Regina was six and had disobeyed her badly.
Cora turned with an evil, malicious grin. She walked towards her slowly.
"Mother, please-"
"No. You know you have really disobeyed me. You are going to get what you deserve."
Cora grabbed a section of Reginas hair and cut it drastically. The section now only went to her shoulder. Cora did it again and again until it was all cut to a little above her shoulder. Her gorgeous hair, Regina's favorite part about her appearance, the aspect that made her beautiful, was all gone. She sat there crying silently. Her mother grinned at her handy work and threw her scissors in the sink.
"Stop crying like a fucking baby, Regina." She snapped, slapping Regina across the face as she spoke.
Regina gasped at the pain and forced herself to stop.
"Now, be a good daughter for once and clean up the mess YOU'VE created. And when you're done, come downstairs to my study to receive more of your punishment."
And with that, Cora left the bathroom. Regina got up and shut the door and locked it. She slid down to the floor, her back against the door, and curled up in a ball and sobbed.
It was much later when Regina was finally able to go to her room. She dropped her stuff by her bed and grabbed what she needed in order to do her homework. She looked up into her mirror and gasped when she saw her appearance. Her hair was extremely short, her eyes were bloodshot, her cheeks were bright red and she had a new bruise on her cheek. Her arms were all bruised up and she had cut marks all along her bicep. She started to cry again. This was the worst she had ever looked after one of her mother episodes. She sat there, wondering what possessed her mother to act like this. She had always been mean and harsh, but never to this extreme. She was going to have a hell of a time covering everything up tomorrow. She shook her head, whipped her tears, and forced herself to sit and focus on her homework. She saw her phone laying on the floor and reached out to grab it with a shaky hand. She unlocked it and read all of her messages from Robin. She didn't know what to say, so she typed out something short.
"She knows. And she is driving me to school tomorrow."
As soon as her message sent, she put her phone on the charger and turned it off. This was just something she would deal with in the morning.
Authors Note: I just want to thank everyone for all of the reviews I have gotten! I love that you all love the story. This is the first story I have ever really continued and I love writing it. I want to give a shoutout to EvilQueensDaughterRapunzel for the idea of Cora cutting Reginas hair. I really hope I did your idea justice and I want to thank you! And another shoutout to OutlawQueenOncers for all of your support. I'm so glad I have met you and I am so grateful for your help with this story!
Hope you guys enjoy the update! XOXO-Sam
