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"You look great, come in!" Regina smiled, thanked and hugged her sister and walked into the house. She quickly walked into the living room. "Gina!" Her niece was the only one who got to call her that. The little girl ran toward her ant who lifted her up the second she reached her. "Hello princess, I've missed you." She hugged her niece before she put her down again. "You look beautiful." The girl proudly turned around to show off her pink princes dress. "Rose have you eaten your fruit?" Emma walked into the room with to cups of coffee while the five year old hurries back to the table to kneel down in front of her bowl.

"So tell me, how are you, how was Maine?" Emma asked after they both took place at the couch. "Wait don't answer that, how is that guy you met?" Regina laughed before she took a sip of her coffee. "Well, he can call me any minute." Emma's eyes widen. "Did you two..?" Regina immediately shook her head. "God no Emma, you're disgusting."

In the mean time Rose had finished her fruit and climbed up the couch to sit on Regina's lap. "But he's cute right?" Emma asked, not ready to let this topic go yet. Regina instantly begun to smile, she felt like a lovesick teenager for not keeping her emotions to herself. "A little." She wrapped her arms around Rose who curled up on her lap, twisting her finger around Regina's dark curls. "How are you and Neal?" Emma let out a deep sigh. "We're fine, there's just not much time left with his job and this one.." She winked at Rose who was totally fascinated by Regina's hair. "Mmm I see.." She and Neal were only just married when Emma was pregnant, and although Rose was very welcome, it wasn't exactly planned. "I can pick her up Friday morning, she can sleepover if you want too?" Emma looked like she was about to cry, absolutely exhausted. "Really?" Regina smiled at her. "Of course, besides I guess the princess and I do have a little catching up to do."

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Later that night Regina walks home from the subway. She was almost home when her phone started to buzz. Without even looking who it was she answered. "Hey I was wondering when you were going to call me." She had looked forward to here his voice ever since they said goodbye. "Hey I hope that's a good thing." It wasn't Robin. Instead it was the last person she wanted to talk to. "Graham, what do you want?" It was in that moment where Regina wondered why she hadn't blocked his number. "Expecting someone else love?" Asshole, he had no right to call her that and he knew it damn well. "What do you want?" She asked again, ignoring his question. "Well Kaitlyn and I got engaged, I thought you should hear it from me before the press starts to question you." She let out a deep sigh, she really hopes the press leaves her alone this time. "Congratulations." She didn't know what else to say.

"But that's not really why I'm calling." She knew it, there was always something behind it. "Kaitlyn and I are gonna make some engagement pictures and she wondered if you would do her makeup?" Regina's eyes filled themselves with tears, how could they asked that. Like it wasn't already hard enough that he left her for the model which makeup she'd been doing since the start of her career. "We figured it may be hard on you, but Kaitlyn really wants you for the job." She couldn't do this, she couldn't even face him let alone her. But she also couldn't let him see that he still was her weakness, she couldn't be weak with him. "You can send me the date and I will see if I can make it." Graham sighed relieved. "Thanks love, I knew you would do it, you're great, see ya!" He hung up, he got the answer he needed and hung up. She didn't matter to him, he just used her when he needed her like he had always done.

When she entered her apartment she quickly closed the door behind her. She got rid of her shoes and jacket and walked straight to her bedroom. She fall down on the bed and curled herself up. Don't think about it. She told herself. But it was to late, she already did.

"These are beautiful!" She looked at the pictures Kaitlyn showed her while she was cleaning the model's face. "Thanks, how about dinner at my place tonight?" Regina smiled, they worked together for over a year now and they had become friends on the very first day they met. "I actually made plans with Graham tonight." She smiled proudly, she alway did when it came to Graham, simply because she knew how many girls wanted to be with him. "Graham can come too? I actually need to discuss something with you two." Regina raised an eyebrow, wondering what there was to discuss. Kaitlyn and Graham had worked together a few times but they didn't really knew each other. "I'll call him and let you know." She took her phone from her bag and walked to the hallway.

Later that night Graham and Regina stood in the elevator, waiting to reach Kaitlyn's floor. Graham was quit and she didn't really know what was wrong with him. "Are you sure that you're alright, we can still go home if you want to?" Graham shook his head, telling her that he just felt tired and Regina let it go, if he wanted to tell her he would, right?

"So what is it you needed to discuss with us?" Regina asked when they all sat at the table, three filled plates standing before them. Regina sat next to Graham who still was awfully quiet and Kaitlyn had taken place across Graham. "Actually we" Graham looked at Kaitlyn. "Need to discuss something with you." Regina raised an eyebrow. "Okay what have you two done, is this some sort of surprise party?" She smiled but her company obviously wasn't amused. "Regina…" And that's where she knew something was wrong. Graham grabbed Kaitlyn's hand over the table, making Regina's heart skip a beat. "I'm in love with Kaitlyn."

And in that moment Regina felt her entire world fall apart. Kaitlyn smiled and rubbed her thumb over his hand. Graham gave her his 'I'm sorry.' face, like it was something small wher he was apologizing for. " ?" Regina asked, wondering when she would wake up from this nightmare, when someone was going to tell her this wasn't real. That her boyfriend for two years didn't just tell her he's in love with her best friend. "After the shoot for L'Oréal we went out for drinks and.. fell for each other." Kaitlyn said, still smiling at Graham. "But… that shoot was seven months ago." Regina went back in her memory, trying to look for signs, why hadn't she noticed, she saw both of them every day, how could she have missed this. "We wanted to tell you earlier, but it was never the right time." Graham said, why did they both act like this meant nothing, like it wasn't that bad. "And this is the right time?" Regina snapped, still trying to hold back her tears. "Please love don't be like that, we were unhappy for quite a while now." He was unhappy? Why hadn't he told her, why hadn't he just left her if he felt that way. "So all your work trips.. late nights.. you two.." She asked, hoping they would deny although she already knew the truth. "Yeah well that wasn't pretty but Regina try to see it from our perspective." Regina stood up from her chair, fire in her eyes mixed with tears. "Did you two.." She didn't had to end that sentence. "Come on Regina, seven months what do you think." How could he treat her like this, she thought he loved her, that he cared for her. But he was talking like she means nothing to him. "Look Regina, you're great really. And we had a fun together, but for me that's all it was." When Regina thought he couldn't hurt her more than he had already done she was wrong, he could. "Sorry Regina, it's a little messy I know, but we can still work together right?" Kaitlyn asked. Regina gave the both of them one last look and walked away, out of this apartment and after that as far as she could.

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The next morning Regina to the sound of her phone. Her head hurt, her eyes still swollen from her crying and she wore the same clothes as she wore yesterday. With a lot of effort she managed to grab her phone from her nightstand and answer it. "Hello." She said, her voice horse from the crappy night she'd had. "Good morning sleepyhead, did I wake you?" The instant she heard his voice she felt better. "Maybe a little, but I don't mind." She said, smiling widely. "So what are you doing Saturday night?" She would spent the day with Rose, but she would bring her back in the afternoon. "I think you're about to tell me that." She couldn't see him but she knew he must be smiling. "How about I come to Boston and you show me around a little?" She would love that, but thats when she remembered something. "Robin, I'm not going to let you drive four hours for that." Maybe the distance between them would be a problem after all. "Regina, I want to." She chuckled, this man was just as stubborn as she was. "You're not gonna fight it?" He asked, surprised when she didn't put up a fight with him. "Would it make you change your mind?" She asked. "Probably not." She laughed, she couldn't wait to see him again. "So can you text me your address? I will pick you up at seven, I can't wait to see you again." She bit her lip, this men made her feel so special. "Me too." They both said goodbye and hung up. Regina let herself fall back on her mattress and sighed relieved. Robin was the first men who could make her forget about Graham and that felt really good.

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That Saturday Regina woke up with someone stroking her hair. She smiled when she opened her eyes. Seeing her niece who had spread all of her hair out on the mattress. "Morning Rosie." Regina sat up straight, making Rose look sort of sad with the loss of her hair. "Can we make pancakes?" The girl was probably waiting for her ant to wake up to ask that question. "With chocolate chips?" The girl nodded excited and got of the bed to make her way to the kitchen. Regina took a quick look at her phone to find a text from Robin.

Good morning beautiful, I'm looking forward to seeing you tonight. x R

She felt that familiar tingling through her body when she read his words. "Gina!" Robin could wait, her impatient hungry niece obviously couldn't.

"Did she behave?" Emma asked when Rose ran into the house after hugging Regina goodbye. "Alway." Regina assured her. "So did your lover called?" Regina rolled her eyes at her. "He's not my lover and yes he called, I'm seeing him tonight." Emma almost jumped out of excitement. "I really do hope he's one of the good guys." It was no secret that Emma wanted her younger sister to be happy. "Have fun and I'll call you to see how it went." The sisters hugged and said goodbye. And Regina really did hope he is one of the good guys too.

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And can anyone tell me how to make that pretty line in between paragraphs I'm already done with the — — — thing.. please help I'm sort of a noob in that kind of stuff..