A/N I remembered to put line breaks in. Yay! Anywho, thanks for the reviews, even though they're from guests. I love your enthusiasm! Now back to the story. Enjoy and review!
Andrea
The red head quickly turned, depleting the eye contact between her and Regina. She took another gulp of the blood in her glass and nervously shifted her wings.
"Excuse me? What's your name?" It was Regina, suddenly beside her. Her gaze intense, striking a nerve in Andrea, but she didn't know which one. She put her glass down before saying anything.
"Um, my name is Andrea…" she faded. Do people have last names here? Think fast, Andrea! she thought to herself, saying the first thing that came to mind. "Andrea Hallow."
Regina smiled like they've been best friends for a long time, but Andrea noticed a shimmer in the woman's eyes. The looks the two women shared created an awkward moment, making Andrea's senses scream at her.
"I think I'll go now," Andrea said, shifting out of her chair carefully so she wouldn't touch the woman by her side.
"Don't forget to pay," Ruby said behind the bar, cleaning of the counter and taking Andrea's half drank glass away.
Andrea looked at the waitress, confused. "What's pay?"
"I'll take care of it, Ruby," Regina said calmly, still looking at Andrea like she was a lab rat being tested in a maze that held cheese at the end. "Can you follow me please, Andrea?"
"I really should be heading back to…" Back to what? "Sure. I guess I could."
"Wonderful," Regina said, laying down what looked like green paper with pictures of men. "This way, dear."
Andrea followed Regina out of the diner and over to the machine that she'd seen before. She gave Regina an odd look when she tried to get in it.
"What is this thing called?"
"It's called a car, dear. It helps people get around faster. After all, we all don't have wings like you do," the brunette said, getting in and closing the door. Andrea pulled on what she thought was the handle, the door opening so fast it made her jump. She slid in and closed the door, no sitting all the way back so she wouldn't hurt her wings.
"It's quite small in here," she said, looking at the interior. Her breath came to her slower. Andrea was never fond of small spaces. She instantly decided she liked flying better, but something in her made her put up with it for Regina's sake.
"Well it's not as big as the world, but it'll do," Regina said, turning away from the curb.
Regina
When Regina had looked up from her plate and saw Andrea, her heart went up to her throat and her mind became shrouded with disbelief. There she was, and how cliché it was, the woman of her dreams. Regina immediately cleared her mind and had gone up to her.
Andrea Hallow. Even her name sounded beautiful to Regina. But as she was ever excellent at, she put on her iron mask of unreadablilty. Regina instantly wanted to get her alone. Just to talk though. And she thought the best place for that would be her office.
So here they were. At her office. Fortunately she had an errand for her secretary to run for her so they wouldn't have a peeping tom.
"Ms. Danvers, will you please take these papers to the sheriff?" Regina asked, handing the stout woman a big stack of paperwork. "Follow me, dear," she said to Andrea after the secretary left her desk. Regina led the red head into her office, closing the door behind them.
"This is a wonderful, um…," Andrea started to say, trying to find the right word.
"Office?" Regina supplied. "Thank you, Ms. Hallow. Yes, I'm the mayor of this town. I hoped you'd like to talk to me about yourself. You see? I like to know a few things about my residents." Regina walked over to her desk and sat in her leather chair.
"Oh, of course. The mayor back home is, uh," Andrea stopped. She didn't want to talk about where she was from or anything like that. She wished that Regina would ask questions about other things like maybe her favorite color. "You can call me Andrea, if you want, by the way. I don't particularly like my last name."
"Then you can call me Regina," the brunette said with a small smile, watching as Andrea explored her office and looked around. The red head had a confused face on when she encountered something she probably didn't know what was. "Where are you from, dear?" Calling people dear will never be habit that would break for Regina. She got it from her horrible mother, Cora, and now she did it.
Andrea glanced at Regina, sitting comfortably in her chair with her legs crossed and her arms resting on the chairs. Her face seems stressed and wanting answers. In her dark eyes, she could see longing also.
"A horrible place. I'm glad I got out. I wouldn't wish anyone to live there. I love the sun, and there was no sun where I lived," Andrea replied, and stopped there. She didn't want to say too much. She had just met the mayor and felt that she could trust Regina, but she had to be careful. She finished her looking and sat lightly in the chair on the opposite side of the desk.
"Andrea, may I say something?" Regina asked. She was just going to come out and say it. Hopefully Andrea wouldn't think it was too weird that she had dreams of her. Dreams that were making her yell in her sleep. Dreams that may have made Regina have an attraction to the other woman. "It might sound weird, but I want you to hear me through, all right?"
Andrea gave her a look that said you can tell me anything, but her mouth said otherwise. "Sure. I suppose."
"For about six months now, I've been yelling in my sleep according to my son Henry. That was when my girlfriend and I had broken up. And I suppose these dreams were just side effects, but they were too real. Almost like they actually were," Regina paused to catch her breath. It all was coming out in a rush and watching Andrea's reaction was making her heart race like a horse. "Andrea, they were about you. I would always see you in your chair in your tower and wish on a start every night so you wouldn't have to be where you were anymore."
The other woman looked at the tiled floor for a moment. Now it all made sense. Why Regina had wanted to talk to her, why it was obvious that both woman had an attraction toward each other. Why she had heard someone yell before she opened her eyes in the clearing. It had been Regina that had yelled. She looked back up at Regina. Her face was contorted with angst and longing for an answer.
"I heard you last night," she said. "Before I opened my eyes in the forest, I mean. The last thing I heard was 'I wish I could help you' then I was here."
Regina smiled. She had gotten through! That means her power could have sent Andrea here to her.
"My son Henry said this morning that he wished you was real so you and I could be together," the brunette said. "And now you're here."
Andrea blushed, yes, blushed. The blood that was left in her stomach reaching into her cheeks, and Regina smiled even bigger. She loved the reaction.
"I would like it if you stayed with me at my house," Regina asked.
"Regina, before we go any further here, I want you to know something. I know it will sound very cheesy, but it's still something to know."
"What's that?"
"I'm a vampire," Andrea said.
Regina smiled," That's fine, dear. I'll tell you something, too. Everyone in this town is based on a fairy tale story. You know me? I'm the Evil Queen, Snow White's step mother."
"That's amazing! I love fairy tales. I know all of them by heart, despite where I used to live banned them a long time ago. I know this will sound weird since everyone supposed to like the good guys, but I like the bad guys. I like you, Regina."
