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Two weeks had passed since the day of Zelena's accident, Alex had been round nearly every day, she would be there when Regina got home and leave before Cora did.

Cora hadn't had a talk with Regina yet, she couldn't bring herself to admit to Regina that she might have actually been wrong in preventing her from seeing Robin. She was working her way towards it, she wanted to see if her daughter dropped the notion on her own, before she gave her permission.

Regina and Robin hadn't really moved anywhere with their relationship, there hadn't been another kiss, much to the disappointment of them both. They had simply spent time together, but Regina had told Robin that in order for them to continue meeting each other without her mother knowing, he would need to stay friends with Emma and her crew. He had been extremely reluctant in that and couldn't stand having to listen to the constant bitching, especially when the majority of the time it was about Regina.

Now, Regina was walking down the corridor when she spotted Robin retrieving something from his locker. Smiling she came up behind him and put her hands over his eyes "guess who." She chuckled as he turned around and cast her the largest grin.

"Hey." He stated as they began to make their way to chemistry, it was the first time they would be allowed to complete an experiment since the little mishap. "Have you learnt your lines yet?" He asked, his folder tucked under his arm.

"I suppose. I'm not sure about auditioning." She replied looking down.

"Why? I thought we were both doing it."

"We were, but they're not going to cast me as Juliet, so what's the point. I don't really want to have to act opposite Emma Swan."

"You can't back out now, we made a deal that we'd both do it."

"Robin I..."

"Please Regina, if you don't then I'm not."

"Why you're good Robin, don't pull out because of me."

"You're good too and if you're not going to audition then neither am I." he huffed pouting at her.

"Fine, I'll do it, this is going to be a disaster though."

"No it isn't. How about you come around to mine later to practice?"

"Mother would never allow it."

"Don't tell her, what she doesn't know can't hurt her."

"She'd find out."

"Say you're going to J's." he argued.

"I'll ask my Dad."

"Good." They reached the classroom door and he chuckled "right then, let's try not to blow up the lab today shall we?"

"That would probably be a good idea." She shook her head and rolled her eyes before pushing the door open and sitting at their desk. "We both need to listen."

"It's not my fault, you distract me all the time." He protested.

"Robin." She cast him a warning glance.

"Okay, I'll try and listen."

"You better." She laughed before turning to see Gold walk into the classroom.

"Miss Mills and Mr Locksley, let's see if you can correctly perform today's experiment."

"Miserable imp." She whispered causing Robin to quietly chuckle.

"What was that Miss Mills?" Robin mocked in his best Mr Gold impression.

"I said sir that you are a miserable old imp, who enjoys picking on his students." She whispered back.

"What was that Miss Mills?" Gold asked overhearing the last part of her sentence. They were both trying so hard not to laugh as he had sounded just like Robin's impression. She had the urge to just bury her face in his shoulder and cry with laughter. Gold looked at them as if they were crazy "What in the world is so amusing?"

"Nothing sir, it's just we're looking forward to completing this experiment." Robin announced his voice cracking at the end of the sentence as he gave into his laughter, making it even harder for Regina to hold back her own.

"Right then, may I suggest that the two of you compose yourselves before going anywhere near a bunsen burner with elements."

Regina regained her composure, the seriousness rewritten on her face. "Yes sir."

"Right then, on with the lesson." Gold flicked on the projector, turned off the lights and began to talk through the power point.

She found herself quietly snickering as she covered her mouth with her hand as she leant into him, "wow".

"Oh my god." They were both silently laughing. "That was too funny."

"Tell me about it, you really are a good actor, that impression was priceless."

"Thank you, thank you very much." He mocked a bow.

"Robin stop, it hurts to laugh. Robin." She placed her hand on her stomach trying to stop the laughter.

"What was that Miss Mills? I didn't quite hear you there." He continued with his impersonation.

"Robin we need to pay attention." She giggled.

"I'm sorry I'll stop."

She shook her head and averted her eyes towards the screen, she hadn't sat up straight and was still leaning in towards Robin. "I'm looking forward to tonight." She stated still facing the front, she was of course referring to their rehearsing session.

"So you're coming then?"

"I think I can work something out with my Father." She grinned, they were speaking at barely audible level, one at which only the two of them could here or so they thought. "I can't wait."

"Neither can I." He couldn't stop smiling, what was it about her that made it so that every time he saw her, he felt the massive urge to just grin like a mad person. He couldn't help it, it came naturally, whenever she was around, she made him smile, she made him happy.

Emma scowled at them, Gold obviously couldn't hear from the front, but she could, they weren't kidding her. Yes, Robin had been hanging out with them, but he had hardly been successful in hiding his feelings for Regina, he had constantly been looking out for her and anytime that he had seen her a huge smile broke out on his face. From the sound of their quiet conversation they were very much together and she didn't like it one bit. "Sir, please would you tell them to stop talking, it's so disruptive." She called out spitefully.

"Who is talking Miss Swan?" he asked as he looked across the class. Regina and Robin had immediately sat up straight and gone silent. "I don't hear anything."

"Those two, Robin and Millsy."

"Seriously?" Regina scoffed rolling her eyes at Emma's petty behaviour.

"Well if you'd stop flirting with your boyfriend, we might all be able to pay attention to the lesson." Emma bit.

"Seriously?" Regina felt the anger bubbling inside her, what did Emma know about her and Robin's relationship, there was no reason for her to get involved. Robin wasn't her boyfriend, she wanted him to be, but that wasn't the point, Emma was blatantly trying to embarrass them in front of the whole class.

"Don't even deny it, it's clear that the two of you are getting it on."

"Excuse me?" Regina stood up, pushing her chair back. Emma had taken this to another level, implying that they were dating was one thing, but to suggest that they had been doing something which they hadn't caused Regina's blood to boil. After all this conversation was in front of her teacher and would probably end up making its way back to her mother, never mind ruin her reputation; she didn't just run around sleeping with people, she wasn't that type of person and she certainly didn't want anyone thinking that she was.

"You heard."

"Miss Mills." Gold warned.

"Swan would you like to say that to my face?" she asked, her voice low and scarily calm, similar to the one her mother used when she was about to blow.

Robin watched her, he could see the anger flashing in her eyes, she was not happy. "Gina." He whispered "She's not worth it."

"Emma if you have a problem with me, then why don't you just come out and say it instead of being a spiteful little bitch?" Everyone gasped, her voice was still low, she knew that this was scarier than flying off the handle; she knew that reacting to Emma was probably only going to make the situation even worse, but she couldn't stop herself, her defensive mode had kicked in and she had just about had enough of putting up with this feud.

"Oh you think you're so clever, stop trying to deny it; it's blatantly obvious that the two of you are sleeping together, not that I know what he sees in you."

Robin looked at Regina wide eyed, she was physically shaking, anger radiating from her. Everyone, including Gold watched Regina as she flung her chair back and stalked towards Emma. The idea of being calm immediately leaving her she trailed off into the realm of crazy "What have I ever done to you?! I can't think of anything; why do you hate me so much?!"

At this point thinking that he might actually have to break up a physical fight, Gold stepped in and stood in front of her "Miss Mills wait outside." He demanded.

"Are you kidding me, she's the one…"

"Regina, out, now!"

Regina's nostrils flared, she walked towards the door and bumped Emma on the way. "Sir did you see what she just did?" Emma asked wanting to make the situation worse.

"Shut up!" he snapped.

Robin instinctively stood up, how come Regina was always the one that got into trouble, it was always her that got the blame, this time it most certainly had been the both of them at fault for speaking and was clear to everyone that Emma had been the antagonist.

"Sit down Locksley!"

Regina slammed the door behind her, what had she ever done to Emma Swan to make her hate her so much? She didn't deserve this, she didn't deserve to be targeted by everyone, they all hated her if she was miserable and they all hated her if she was happy, she just couldn't win. What did they want from her? Who did they want her to be? She hadn't slept with Robin and didn't want anyone thinking that she had, she hated rumours like that, rumours that could completely trash the reputation she had built for herself.

"Emma, why the hell did you do that?" Killian asked as soon as Gold had left the room, an annoyed tone to his voice. "You could barely hear them and they are clearly not sleeping together."

Emma didn't answer, she could feel Robin's eyes burning into her, he was most certainly giving her the evils across the classroom.

Gold opened the door to see a fuming Regina Mills leaning against the wall. She said nothing, simply stood there with her nostril flaring as she gritted her teeth.

"Regina, please tell me that you are not letting that silly little girl's comments affect you." He stated causing her to look up completely taken aback by his comment, she stared at him open mouthed waiting for him to continue. "Emma Swan is a pathetic, jealous girl and she was completely out of line. But you just need to ignore her."

"I'm sick of ignoring her, I'm sick of letting her speak to me like that, she treats me so badly. She's making out as if I've done something, that me and Robin have done something we haven't."

"I don't care if you have or you haven't." He tutted. "Regina I thought that you of all people had more stomach than that, I thought that you would be able to take whatever she throws your way."

"I can, but…"

"No buts, you go in there and ignore anything that she has to say. Pay no attention to her, it's your retaliation that gets you in trouble. As long as you let Emma know that she is getting to you she will carry on. You make her think that you don't give a damn and she just might stop, if she doesn't I'll be the first person to go and inform your mother, do you understand me?" He asked.

"I don't know." She shook her head in bewilderment.

"Regina, bring back that tough exterior and pull yourself together. Oh and please don't talk while I'm talking in my lesson yet again."

"I won't."

"Good, well come back in here and pretend that I have just shouted at you." He chuckled somewhat at the look on her face "You are not to cause conflict in my lesson again is that understood?!" he raised his voice. "Right I think that should do it, prove to me that you are the A grade student that I know you are."

She nodded and smirked before walking through the door that he held open for her.

"Are you okay?" Robin asked as she sat down in the seat next to him, reaching for her hand under the table.

She pulled it away "Sir, I think I need to change lab partners." She stated, she hated doing this, she really did, but Gold was right, she needed to concentrate on her grades and she couldn't do that with him sitting so close to her. It wasn't just that, it was the fact that with him sitting there, people would continue to talk, watch them, try to figure out whether they were a couple or not. She wanted to be his girlfriend, but she couldn't risk her mother finding out, not after what happened the last time. If her mother knew that she and Robin were together, she would never see him again and Cora would probably ensure that his father lost his job. Regina couldn't risk that, she couldn't risk losing him and if that meant that they couldn't see each other or had to be secretive about it, then so be it. It was time to enact the plan they had agreed upon a couple of weeks ago, she was going to break his heart and it was going to be horrible but in order for it to look real she knew that he had to be oblivious to her plan, she needed to catch him off guard.

"Wait what? Why? Regina, I swear I won't distract you anymore." Robin panicked, she was allowing Swan to affect her, allowing Emma to tear them apart just as she had planned to. Did he mean that little to her that she was willing to just give up on them because of a little gossip, surely not? Nevertheless, here she was requesting to have a change of lab partners, ultimately meaning that she didn't want to sit next to him. His heart hurt, why was she doing this?

"Sir?" She repeated ignoring Robin, not even looking at him.

"Emma, swap seats with Regina please." Both girls looked at him with wide eyes, now that she hadn't expected, out of all the people he could have swapped her with he chose Emma, now she would have to see her nemesis sit next to the guy she liked for the rest of semester.

"What?" Emma asked rather taken aback, she didn't want Regina sat next to Robin, but she didn't want her sat next to Killian either.

"Just do it, unless you want to remain in your current seats? I would like to proceed with my lesson, I think we've had enough distractions today."

"I'm fine staying sat where I am." Emma protested.

"Miss Mills?"

"Fine." She rolled her eyes, attempting to make it look as natural as possible. Now she had the best of both worlds, it had looked as though she wanted to change seat, but still got to sit next to him. However, unbeknownst to her the damage between her and Robin was already done.

He remained silent for the rest of the lesson, only speaking to inform her of the measurements. Watching him she frowned, his smile was long gone, she hated it, she was the reason behind him being in this mood. She wanted Robin back, the witty Robin, who made small talk and was able to make an awkward situation less so. This situation was beyond awkward, never before had she felt this uncomfortable, in the middle of a lesson was hardly the place for them to have a heartfelt discussion. Did he hate her?

What the heck was she thinking, at that moment she was impossible to read, he was trying desperately to avert his graze from hers. He knew she was looking at him but he couldn't bring himself to talk to her, was she annoyed that she got into trouble because he had been talking to her, surely not, she wasn't the type of person who cared about being told off by teachers, from what he'd seen and heard she took it on the chin. He needed to talk to her, find out what she was thinking.

The bell tolled and it was the end of the lesson, everyone piled out of the classroom and Regina rushed off, slipping a note discreetly into his hand before hurrying out the door.

Unfolding the note, he read it 'meet me in the janitor's closet on the second floor near the music hall, I'm sorry' he grinned, what the heck was going on? He had no clue, but she was obviously up to something. He wasn't going to leave her hanging; one day during his first week she had showed him around every inch of the school, early morning of course when nobody was around to see them together, so he knew where the closet was.

Upon reaching the door, it open and he was pulled inside, she immediately hugged him. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, I do want you to be my lab partner." She let go of him and shook her head "Please don't hate me." She begged.

"Hate you? Why would I hate you?" he grinned looking down at her.

"I was mean."

"I don't hate you, I figured you were planning something."

"Well you would have been correct in that assumption. Do you remember what I said to you on your second day?" she smirked.

"Ah, so that was you crushing my heart then was it?"

"Not exactly, well it was a taste test, I'm going to have to give worse than that if anyone is to believe it."

"How much worse?"

"How about a major showdown in the corridor?"

"Is that a little extreme?"

"Yeah, you're right, I guess I just wanted a chance to practice my acting."

"You're still coming over tonight though right?" He asked hopefully.

"Of course I am." Her hand travelled to his arm. "If I want to be Juliet I'm going to have to perfect my performance."

"Yep."

"Come on then loser, let's keep up this front, I want Emma Swan to think that we hate each other, I want her to look like a fool."

"Right okay, let's do it." He smirked and went to open the door but the look in her eyes stopped him. "What? What is it?"

"What? Nothing."

"It's not nothing, you've got that look" he stated in concern.

"What look?"

Over the past two weeks he had walked her home every night after school, they had hung out before school and even gone riding a couple of times and in that time he had come to recognise certain looks. He simply waited for her to respond and stood facing her with his back towards the door. The closet was dark except from a small spotlight window right at the top this light illuminated her face, she was biting her lip in her customary way and had her head tilted as she watched him. Slowly he began to walk towards her, she maintained eye contact as she consciously placed her hair behind her ear.

She wasn't the type of girl that went to the janitor's closet to make out, that was Emma's thing, but she found herself really wanting it to be her thing, she really wanted to feel his lips against hers again, she had missed the sensation. Reaching out she touched the buttons on his shirt, looking down for a second before she met his eyes again. "We shouldn't be in here." She stated, her voice hoarse from the close proximity.

"You're right." He stated not moving from his position as his fingers gently caressed her upper arms "But I don't think I can leave."

"Me neither." She replied as her hands moved from his chest up to his face as she traced the lines there. "Robin, what are we doing?"

He shook his head "I don't know, but it feels right." He stated before pulling her closer ghosting his lips over hers and waiting.

"Yes, yes it does." That was enough for him, he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her properly.

Her hands immediately moved around him as she deepened the kiss, yes she had most definitely missed this, she felt as though she was flying and her heart seemed like it would burst at any given moment. She didn't know how she was going to keep up the act of pretending to hate him, not when he made her feel the way he did; not when she felt this soul consuming feeling, a feeling that absorbed her so completely.

He had wanted to do this all week, it had been torture spending time with her and not being able to touch her, she drove him crazy, just the sight of her was enough to make his heart soar. He had come to realise that she had a certain smile that she reserved only for him, and it was the most stunning thing he had ever seen, she took his breath away.

Breaking apart they touched foreheads and lovingly rubbed their noses together. "Wow" was all he could say as his fingers ran across the small of her back over her silk blouse. She cast him a smile and he shook his head "That smile." He chuckled, causing her to blush as she shook her head and re-joined their lips.

They were still kissing when she heard the door handle rattle, quickly placing her hand in between them she pushed him off and pretended to look for something. He glanced at her completely confused until he too heard the noise and whipped his phone out of his pocket and flicked on the torch shining it in the direction she was looking.

The janitor opened the door to find them rummaging through a box on the floor. "What are the two of you doing in here?" He asked furrowing his eyebrows.

Regina turned around, "We were looking for a spare microphone, Miss Malory said that they were in here." She excused, knowing that it was a feasible excuse and that sometimes the music staff did leave equipment in the closets.

"Right, well I can't recall seeing them in here, sorry I can't be of more help to you."

"Oh that's okay, thanks anyway Mr Jones." She replied before grabbing her bag and hastily retreating out of the small space. Robin simply cast Jones a grin while still in the dark of the closet, then he followed her out.

As soon as they were out in the light she looked at him with wide eyes and placed her hands over her mouth. "Oh my god."

"What?"

She chuckled before stating "Robin you have lipstick on… well all over." She quickly grabbed a makeup wipe from her bag, "sorry" she giggled as she began to wipe it off.

"We we're lucky it was dark in there, that was a close call."

"I know." She shook her head "we need to be more careful, we've literally just decided to pretend to hate each other and we've already nearly been caught."

"Remind me again why we have to pretend."

"Mother."

"Oh yeah, your bloody mother."

"Yes my bloody mother. I better go, we can't be seen together in the corridor."

"Right." He leant in and pecked her cheek "See you tonight." He stated before walking in the opposite direction down the hall, she watched him go biting her lip, it was definitely going to be hard keeping up the impression that she disliked him.

"Can't wait." She whispered watching him go. She was still watching him when someone came up behind her and grabbed her waist, causing her to jump. "Jefferson I hate you." She wined, her best friend's laughter filling her ears as they walked in tow down the corridor.

"No you don't. I thought you and Robin were trying that discreet thing."

"We were, we are."

"Then how come I just caught you ogling each other in the corridor?"

"We weren't ogling each other."

"Looked like you were to me." He joked placing his arm over her shoulders.

"We weren't and by the way you are my alibi for tonight."

"Why? Is tonight the night that you finally give into you evil mastermind side and kill Emma Swan? Because if, so stuff me being your alibi, I want in."

"J, if you could hear yourself, I don't think that you would say half the things that you do." She rolled her eyes, she knew that he was going to want to know the exact reason why she needed him to cover for her. She didn't want him or anyone else getting the wrong impression, she was simply going over to Robin's to rehearse for the play, it wasn't anything more than that, it was simply Romeo and Juliet.

"On a serious note though, if you want me to cover for you, I need to know what you're doing that requires me to do so."

"I'm going over to Robin's."

His mouth dropped open as he stared at her in shock "Really?"

"Yes and before you say anything, we are simply going over lines for next week's auditions."

"What you're cheating on me with Robin, who am I supposed to rehearse with?" he only half joked.

"It's called a mirror Jefferson; you have several in your room."

"I can't believe it, you've know him two weeks and he's already scooting me out of your life, taking my place."

"Nobody could ever take your place, stop being a dope. You're the one who encouraged me to follow my heart in the first place remember? You're the one who wanted me and Robin to get together."

"You've been so much happier you know? Ever since he arrived here you've been, different."

"Good or bad different?"

"Good different, yes defiantly good different, I don't miss the constant moodiness."

"Hey, I can still be moody when I want to be."

"Oh yes I know, can't have people other than your close group of friends knowing that your face even has the capacity to smile."

"Now you're just being sarcastic."

"And you love me for it."

"True." she smirked.

"I think you forget that everyone has seen you smile before, before everything that happened last year. With Daniel you would always smile, I'm just glad Robin has been able to bring back that side of you."

The smile on her face fell at the mention of his name "J, can we please not mention Daniel, we can't compare him and Robin, they are nothing alike."

"In some ways…"

"No, they are nothing alike!" she snapped before disentangling her arm from his and hurrying away from him.

"Regina! Hey, Regina I'm sorry!"

She shook her head as she carried on going, directly past the classroom she was supposed to be in next, looking at the floor she made her way down the corridor. Why was Jefferson so annoying at times? He didn't think before he spoke, now thoughts of Daniel swarmed her mind, she didn't want to think about him, it hurt too much. She wanted to think of Robin, she needed him, his ability to make her feel better.

She was mid thought when she bumped directly into someone.

"Whoa Regina, where are you going?" The girl asked grasping her arm.

"Lacy, I just, I need…"

"What the hell are you talking about?" the brunet asked as she manoeuvred them out of the middle of the corridor. "Regina, are you alright? You look rather pale."

"Do I?" her hands went up to her face.

"Yes you do. Regina what is going on?"

"Nothing, I'm being silly, J just mentioned Daniel that's all."

"That darn idiot, he's your best friend, but sometimes he can be a complete and utter fool."

"No it wasn't him, it's me, it's my fault."

Lacy shook her head and placed her arm around her friend "How's Robin?" she asked wanting to change the subject.

This attempt succeeded and a smile formed on Regina's face "Lovely, the best."

"Well then, stop worrying. You're walking the wrong way you know." She pointed out.

Sighing she turned around they both headed back in the direction she had just come. Regina knew that the sooner this school day was over; the sooner she would be able to see Robin. Meet his parents properly and see the inside of his house, know where he spends his time when he isn't at school. She wanted to know everything about him, she was getting there. He however still had a long way to go with her before he knew everything.

Stopping at the door Lacy turned to her "Can I talk to you after school?"

"Yes of course, are you alright? Gee I've been so self-absorbed lately, have I missed something?"

"No, it's nothing, my sister told me something that I need to tell you, it's not urgent, but I think you might be interested to hear it."

"Okay, meet me at my locker, we can walk together."

"Sure, I'll see you there." Lacy quickly hugged her before she walked into the classroom next to Regina's.

Robin tapped his foot on the floor watching the clock, he had just finished his piece of work and saw no point in starting another composition, after all it was Friday and he would have come up with a completely new idea by Monday and lost any inspiration to continue.

He wanted to see Regina, it had only been a couple of hours since he'd seen her last, but he couldn't wait for her to come over to his. He wanted to show her his world, the room that was his. He wanted her to meet his friends, even if it was over skype, he wanted to show her how much she meant to him.

He was so consumed in his thoughts of Regina that he didn't notice the teacher come up behind him "Well Mr Locksley, someone has quite the talent."

He looked up at the woman and grinned "Thanks." He shrugged his shoulders

"That's Regina Mills, is it not?" She questioned glancing at the detailed portrait laid on his desk. It depicted a woman sat on a throne in a detailed jewel encrusted blue dress, it was floor length and hugged to her body the tight sleeves embellished at the cuffs. She had a delicate crown upon her head and her curled raven locks flowed down to her waist. The throne was positioned in a large hall, a spotlight shone through one of the windows illuminating her face, making her deep brown eyes shimmer.

"Yes, I suppose it is."

"Well it is brilliant, I bet her mother would absolutely love that."

Robin simply smiled as she walked away, he looked down at his piece, he hadn't set out to create Regina; yes, it had meant to be a queen on a throne, somehow Miss was right, it most certainly was Regina. This made him love the composition more, he had liked the original idea, but clearly his mind had been on her while he was creating it. Now he wanted to show her, picking up his folder he slipped the large piece of paper inside, before taking his sketch book out of his bag and pretending to do something inside.

Leaving the classroom, she knew that she had to meet Lacy at her locker before rushing home and getting changed, she knew that it wasn't necessary but she wanted to look good for him. The clothes she wore to school were much too formal for a simple study period.

She rounded the corner and expected to see Lacy, which she did but she also saw someone else and her heart skipped a beat as she bit her lip.

"Yeah, she just seemed a little edgy that's all."

"Don't worry, I think I know the perfect way to cheer her up." He stated before whispering in her ear.

Lacy smiled "Yeah, that'll work, she'll love it."

"Love what?" Regina asked coming up behind them.

He turned around and smiled at her before realising that they were in a busy corridor surrounded by people. "That is none of your business."

She knew that he was playing the game and furrowed her eyebrows "Whatever, it's not as if I care, I don't care what the two of you want to get up to. I mean feel free, you're welcome to each other." She spat before turning to leave. She had been acting, but she had defiantly felt a slight pang of jealousy, seeing them stood so close to one another. Lacy was one of her best friends though and as one of her best friends she knew how much they liked each other and there was no way that she would ever try anything with Robin, after all she wasn't a man stealer like Emma Swan.

"Wow, intense, you two still pretending that you don't like each other then?" Lacy asked coming into stride with her.

"Who says we're pretending?" She snickered before adding "Yes, I don't want my mother suspecting that I might want a normal life, with a boyfriend, that I might want to find someone who loves me, or who I love."

"You love Robin?!" Lacy asked staring at her with wide eyes "Love, that's a strong word."

"Lacy, where in that sentence did I say that I loved Robin, I've known him two weeks, it takes time to fall in love you know."

"I know that, but do you?"

"I've literally just told you that."

"Regina, so you love him?"

"I like him, a lot, let's leave it at that. What was it that you had to tell me?"

"Oh yeah that, well, I was talking to my sister last night."

"Right, and?"

"Well she said that she was sick and tired of the way that Emma was treating her, treating them all."

"Belle said that?" she asked furrowing her eyebrows.

Lacy nodded "She said that Emma's obsession with hating you was getting out of control, and that if she didn't stop soon, they were going to have to distance themselves from her."

"You have got to be kidding me." Regina was shocked to say the least; she had always thought that Swan's followers were completely loyal to her. Seemingly she had been mistaken. "What does that mean?"

"I think it means that people are beginning to realise that they chose the wrong side, picked the wrong friend."

"Well it's too late for them to come grovelling back to me, they chose her. They had their chance and they made their choice."

Lacy grinned "I did tell Belle that Emma was the one in the wrong, but Mary Margaret was supporting Emma, which meant that there was no way that Belle was going to side with us. There was no way I was picking that bitch over you." She squeezed her arm and Regina returned the gesture.

"Guys, wait up." Tink called from behind them "What we talking about?" she asked linking arms with Regina on the opposite side.

"Lacy was just telling me how Emma is soon going to be friendless if she keeps up this act."

Tink's face dropped. Regina furrowed her eyebrows "Tink, what is it? What's happened, she's done something hasn't she?" Regina sighed as she recognised the look on her friend's face, it was always the same when Emma had done something and Tink was trying to hide it from her in order to protect her. "Tink please just tell me, I can take it, what's she done?"

Tink sighed and took her phone out of her pocket, flipping onto twitter before passing it to Regina. She scanned through the many tweets, all of them ranting about her, not just her but Robin as well. This is what made her mad, how dare she bring Robin into whatever conflict they were having. Slating her was one thing, but to stoop so low as to.

"Regina, stop. Don't read any more." Tink tried to reach out for her phone but Regina moved it away from her before sitting down on a wall and continuing to scroll. "Regina, come on, you don't want to read them."

Lacy jabbed Tink, Jefferson had told them explicitly not to mention this to Regina under any circumstances, but Tink with her big mouth clearly couldn't keep quiet. "What the hell" she muttered, sitting next to Regina. "Hey Gins, give me the phone."

Regina couldn't stop, her eyes scanning over each and every message, there were hundreds of them, spanning back weeks. "I don't understand." She murmured "Why is she so obsessed with me?".

"Regina, give me my phone now, this is exactly why J said not to show you this."

That broke her trance and she looked up her eyes unreadable "Jefferson knew, he knew about this?"

"Well."

"How long?"

"Regina."

"How long Tink?! How long has he kept this from me?" she was close to tears, he was supposed to tell her everything, how could he have known about this and not mentioned it?

"Regina calm down."

"Why wouldn't he tell me, Lace, why didn't he tell me?"

"He just wanted to protect you Gins, he wanted to keep you from seeing that. Listen to me!" She made her friend face her as Tink stood beside her "You can't blame him for wanting to keep you happy."

"I suppose, but I am entitled to yell at him right?"

"Of course."

"Yeah, give him hell." Lacy snickered "Regina, don't worry about Emma."

"I'm not, I just wish she'd stop all this nonsense or at the very least tell me why she's doing all this."

Jefferson narrowed his eyes as he spotted his three friends sat on a wall, what on earth were they doing? "Hey, what you doing sat around here? I thought you had a hot date tonight."

"I do, but I'm not talking to you."

"Is this about earlier?"

"No, it isn't, it's about you not telling me about the twitter account." Why not get straight to the point, she hated fighting with her friends.

"What twitter account?"

"Oh don't play dumb with me J, you know exactly what I'm talking about, so stop pretending."

"Regina, all I wanted to do was protect you, I wanted to stop Emma without you having to find out about this. Regina I love you so much, please."

"I just wish you had told me."

"I'm sorry."

"I could have handled it you know."

"You shouldn't have to handle it; you shouldn't have to put up with her constant shit!"

"Yes, but I can J, I can deal with her, so in the future if she does anything, and I am talking to all of you now and you can tell this to Graham as well, you have to tell me. So I can wipe that smug smile off her face."

"And that is yet another reason why we didn't tell you."

"Do you think we need to tell your mother?" Tink asked.

"Are you kidding me, what's she going to do?"

"She'll probably kill Emma." Jefferson joked.

"That's not even funny, she could you know, at the very least she would be in endless detention."

"Mamma Mills would certainly put her in her place."

"Yeah, but if she sees these messages, there's a chance she could find out about me and Robin. If I have to put up with Swan in order to keep seeing him, then that's what I'll do."

"Speaking of Robin what time are you seeing him tonight?"

"I'm going round to his for five."

"Gina, its twenty to five now!"

"Oh, well then, I better rush." She picked up her bag, taking her shoes off she ran down grass banking next to the pavement. "See you later losers!" she yelled running backwards for a minute a large smirk on her face, before she turned around and did a silly run, waving.

"She's nuts." Lacy shook her head, chuckling.

"She's crazy about him." Tink smiled.

Jefferson grinned, clearly Robin had the ability of taking her mind of things.

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