So with all these completely depressing rumors about Robin's fate, I felt a little cheering up was in order in the form of a new chapter.
I needed to write to make myself and hopefully you guys feel better, and on that note I hope you enjoy the new chapter. :) x
"You have got to be kidding me, is this some sort of joke?" she asked, turning to look at Robin.
"I'm not doing it Regina, there is no way I'm acting opposite her, I won't do it on principle."
"Robin, you can't back out just because she got the role." She stated "and I'm the nurse which is good, and it means that I can come in and break up any kissing scenes, because isn't that just her whole role?"
"Regina, have you seen who got Juliet?!" he asked staring at her wide eyed.
"Yes, yes I have."
"Then why the hell would you want me to still take the part?" he was completely baffled as to her reasoning.
"Because you deserve it! You deserve to be Romeo; you deserve to shine."
"Regina." He sighed "I don't think I can do this."
"Robin."
"How am I supposed to kiss Swan or even look at Swan, she treats you so horribly? I don't think I can."
"I know, I understand, I shouldn't be forcing you to, I'm sorry." She shook her head "I suppose I just wanted to prove to her that I wasn't some possessive girlfriend, who prevented her boyfriend from taking a role which would be amazing for him… Oh I don't know what I'm saying."
The door banged shut and everyone turned to look at the teacher who had just walked in. Jefferson stood up from where he was perched on top of a large speaker. "Sir, what the hell! Why didn't Regina get the role?!"
"Because Regina can't always get what she wants."
Regina shared a look with Robin and whispered "what is he talking about?"
"I have no idea." He shook his head.
"Sir, she was the best, I don't understand and she doesn't always get what she wants."
"Jefferson are you arguing with me?" Mr King snapped.
"Yes, as a matter of fact I am, because I think that your casting sucks."
"Jefferson I'd watch what you say, I can quite easily take your role off of you."
"Try it sir, I don't care, I don't want to be in your stupid play anyway, not when you are clearly blind to talent!"
"J calm down, I don't mind." Regina argued having made her way over to him and grabbing his arm.
"No it's unfair, why should she get the role?"
"She was good J."
"No she wasn't Gina, she wasn't as good as you."
"Mr Hatter, do you want the role or not?" Mr King asked.
Jefferson was about to respond when Regina put her hand over his mouth. "Of course he does, because if he doesn't take that role I will be fuming."
"You are the understudy Regina." Mr King stated solemnly. "I'm sorry you didn't get the main role, Jefferson's right, you did deserve it."
"I understand sir, Emma was better."
"No, I don't..."
"Wait a minute are you saying that Regina was better?!" Lacy asked as she approached them. "Why did you give the role to Swan then?"
He shook his head "as I said Regina, I would love it if you could understudy."
Regina nodded "sure, of course I will."
The door opened yet again and Emma entered followed by a group of people. Walking up to the sheet of paper she found her name and grinned wickedly. When she saw who was going to play Romeo opposite her she let out a laugh. While they had been watching Emma, Mr King had scarpered out of the door, escaping the conflict he had been facing.
"Regina I don't want to do this." Robin stated shaking his head.
Emma walked over to where they were stood "So then, I bet you're making your boyfriend pull out." She smirked.
"No she isn't actually; she wants me to do it." He bit back.
She rose her eyebrows and looked to Regina "Well, you trust lover boy here not to fall for me." She chuckled.
"Yes, I do, because I love Robin and trust in our relationship." She quipped, glancing at her smugly.
"So sure."
"Yes, I am."
"So you won't mind if we practice right now?" Emma asked taking hold of Robins shirt, she was about to pull him towards her when she felt Regina's hand on hers.
"I think you can wait." She removed her hand from him and dropped it "We have a date." She took Robin's hand.
"Yes we do." He grinned at her.
"I suppose I'll see you at rehearsals, don't tire out those lips." Emma smirked.
"Oh dear." Regina chuckled "You just can't come up with a half decent come back, it's so sad."
"I'm not sad." She fought back.
"Oh yes, you are."
Emma was completely dumbfounded, yes she was used to some sort of resistance from Regina, but never resistance which held such confidence. "I'll have you know that I'm very happy."
"Oh you look it." She stated sarcastically.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"I think you're jealous." Regina put out.
For a minute Emma nearly stopped breathing, yes she was jealous, very jealous, of Robin, not Regina. Laughing she said "Ha! Why would I be jealous of you?"
"Just a suggestion. Maybe Killian doesn't make you as happy as Robin makes me."
"Get over yourself, you've only know each other little over a month." Emma rolled her eyes.
"What would you know about Robin?"
"I could ask you the same thing."
Robin looked at Jefferson, he could tell that Regina was breezing her way through this conflict, taking the whole thing better than he had expected.
"I know enough." she nodded. She was surrounded by her friends, she wasn't alone and this reassured her. Emma was yet again trying to push her buttons, but it wasn't working. She simply smiled and shook her head "Oh dear, Emma, it seems that your narky little comments just don't have the same effect that they used to."
"Sore loser."
"Where in this entire conversation have I done anything to suggest that I am a sore loser? I am quite happy playing the part of the maid."
"Oh yes you got the role of my servant." Emma laughed "Shame."
"You are so desperate for attention and arguments aren't you."
Regina was winning this war of words and Emma was growing increasingly uncomfortable with the entire conversation. "You have some nerve."
"Oh get over yourself, I have apologised for that, it wasn't even my fault."
"Who's fault was it then?"
"Yours, it was your fault."
Emma felt her nostrils flare, Regina had been the one who tried to strangle her, yes she had been pushing her, but she hadn't been asking for that in return. Regina was smiling at her smugly and all Emma wanted to do was kiss her, obviously that wasn't an option, so there was only one other thing she could think of. "It wasn't me! It was you, you did this!" Emma yelled as she launched at Regina smacking her straight in the mouth.
Regina shook her head, her hand had gone up to her lip and she had the metallic taste of blood in her mouth. That she hadn't been expecting, maybe some snarky remark but not physical violence. Regina stared at her wide eyed, not moving an inch, she removed her hand from her face and observed the red pool that had transferred from her lip to her fingers. Before she could say anything Lacy sprung at Emma from behind her, knocking her to the ground. "Lacy." Regina shouted. "Lacy!" anger hit her and she shook her head "Stop! STOP IT RIGHT NOW, THE BOTH OF YOU!"
The two girls stopped, looking up expecting to see Mrs Mills, but instead coming face to face with Regina towering above them, she had sounded exactly like her mother. "This is ridiculous, how old are we? Huh? Lacy get up." She reached out for her friend's hand and helped her up. Lacy straightened her shirt and hair, shaking her head she shared a look with Regina. "Emma, we'll see you at rehearsals, I suppose we can call it quits on this fight. I want to go on my date now, so if you don't mind." She shook her head and turned for the door, Robin, Jefferson, Tink and Lacy following her.
"What the hell were you playing at?" she asked turning to look at Lacy as soon as they were out of the room.
"Defending you." She stated.
"I don't need anyone to defend me, I can manage on my own." She bit back, then sighed "But thank you for wanting to."
"Regina she's split your lip." Robin stated passing her a tissue.
"Yeah well, it's nothing I can't handle and I probably deserved it."
They reached her front door and pushed it open before walking into her house. "Mom? Dad?"
"Sweetie." Her mother came out of the living room and her smile fell upon seeing her daughter's face. "What happened?" She asked rushing towards her.
"She got punched by Emma." Robin stated as Cora ushered them to sit down and went to the kitchen to get some ice for the swelling.
"Hold this on." Robin took the ice and placed it on her lip.
"I can do that myself." She mumbled through the material surrounding the ice pack.
"I got it." He smiled earning a grin and an eye roll from Regina.
"Why did Emma hit you?" Her mother asked sitting in an arm chair across from them.
"Because I tried to strangle her." Regina confessed.
"Ha, very funny, now why did she hit you?"
"Because I tried to strangle her."
"What? Why?" Cora furrowed her eyebrows.
"I don't want to talk about it, it was on Saturday."
"Oh." Cora shook her head "so?"
"So what?"
"The play?" She asked, knowing that Regina would expect her to, even though she already knew.
"Robin got the part." She smiled, touching his hand that was holding the cold compress onto her lip. "I'm the understudy and the nurse."
Cora gritted her teeth, although she had already know, she wasn't any less annoyed about it, that and the smugness of Leopold King. "Oh I'm sorry honey. But I think I have something that might cheer you up."
"What?" She asked, looking up at her and then to the letter in her mother's hand. She only ever got letters from one person and that was because they had joked about being old fashioned in their contact, but they did Skype too, the letters were just trivial. "Is that from Kia?" She asked.
Cora nodded and passed her the letter. Regina ripped it open and scanned over the words, smiling as she read them. "She had something she needs to tell me, and wants me to Skype her." Then her face fell "She says its big." Regina looked up at her mother in concern. "Mom what if?"
"Regina, Kia is a fighter, don't worry."
"No, she'll be fine won't she?"
"Yes she will." Cora state reassuringly, thinking about the girl that Regina had become so close to.
"I think I need to go and talk to her."
Cora nodded "take Robin with you, I'm sure she'll want to meet him."
Regina grabbed Robin's hand and stood up, before rushing up the stairs.
"Whose Kia?" He asked as she snapped open her laptop and typed in her password.
"Well you know I had all my hair cut off last year?"
"Yeah, you mentioned it."
"Well I donated it, Kia is the cancer patient that received it." She clicked on the Skype app and dialled Kia. Sitting on her bed she waited for her friend to appear on the screen.
"Regina!" Kia laughed upon seeing her friend.
"Kia hey!"
Last December
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Jefferson asked as Regina pushed open the door to the hair salon, swishing her incredibly long beautiful raven hair.
"It has to go J."
"Why?" he moaned. "I love it."
"Well I don't, I want it gone."
"How much of it gone?"
"All of it."
"You can't be serious! All of it Gina are you crazy?"
"No, I just want a change that's all."
"Yes, I get that, but all of it, don't you think that's a little drastic, I mean you have so much of it."
"Jefferson I need to do this; it needs to go."
"Urgh, why?"
"Because he loved it that's why, that's why it needs to go."
"You're going to let Daniel make you cut off your beautiful hair?"
"Yes I am, it's going and that's the last I want to hear of your moaning."
"Well can I at least touch it one last time, if you're going to cut it all off?"
"Knock yourself out." She stated sitting down in the waiting room as a member of staff approached her. "Hi, I'm Regina Mills, I have a ten o'clock appointment."
"Yes, Miss Mills, what were you thinking?" the stylist asked as Regina stood up no sooner than she had sat down. "Your hair is beautiful." she complimented.
"Thank you, cut it all off." Regina announced bluntly.
"What?"
"Yes, cut it all off."
"Well, I have to say I wasn't expecting that." The stylist replied rather taken aback at Regina's request. "When you say all, how much did you mean?"
"About here." She gestured with her hands the length she wanted it, just above her chin. "Do what you want, I want something different, as long as it's short I don't care what you do."
"Brave." The woman nodded "Very brave."
"Cut it." Regina nodded sitting down in the stylist's chair. "I was thinking a choppy bob."
"Right, let's see what we can do." The stylist nodded casting a look at the boy who was hovering around them. "I take it that you don't want your friend to get rid of her hair."
"No I do not." He huffed. "She's an idiot."
"No I'm not."
"Regina you've been growing it forever and now you're just going to chop it off because of that jerk."
"J I've thought about this, it's my hair and I'll do with it as I please."
"Your mother is going to murder you."
"Okay, are you absolutely sure?" the stylist clarified.
"100 percent, get it gone."
Regina had sat with her eyes closed, she wanted to see what it looked like when it was finished and not during, if she saw all her hair fall from her shoulders she knew that she probably wouldn't be able to prevent the tears from falling along with it. She had heard Jefferson making annoying gasping noises all the way through, but at the present moment he had taken a bathroom break. "And were done, oh god, I hope you like this." The stylist stated stepping back.
Regina opened her eyes and came face to face with someone she barely recognised in the mirror "Oh my god." She stated grinning as she ran her hands through the short strands "Oh my god."
"Please tell me that's a good oh my god."
"Yes, yes it is, oh my goodness, I love it!"
The stylist sighed in relief "phew, for a minute there I thought you were going to cry on me."
"No, wow."
"You look amazing." She complimented.
Regina couldn't take her eyes off her reflection in the mirror and she couldn't stop touching it, it flicked out just as she had asked for and was short, but not too much so, just the right length.
Jefferson came back through the door from where he had just been to the restroom. "Shit! Mills." He stated as she stood and flicked her hair.
"So?"
"You look so hot."
"Why thank you." She smiled as she touched it again, noticing all the off cuts on the floor.
"I mean you looked hot before, but there's just something about this hair that makes you look so much older and sexier."
"Do you think you'll be able to use that?" she asked her stylist. "for a wig or something?"
"You want to donate it?"
"Yes, if that would be possible, I want someone to be able to use it, after all as J said it took me forever to grow, it might as well go to a good cause."
"That's so sweet, yeah of course we can do that."
"Thank you." Regina nodded, not only did she have an awesome new hairdo, but she might have been able to help someone who had non or who had lost there's and that made her feel great, someone could love it as much as she once had.
"We could also put the person who gets your hair in touch with you, you could talk with them."
"Oh that's great, yeah I'd love that."
"Right, just fill out this form." Regina nodded.
Her and J walked hand in hand down the pavement "She's going to flip isn't she." She shook her head, thinking how much lighter it now was.
"Nah, I think she'll like it."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it makes you look so grown up and sophisticated. But, I don't really want to be around when you tell her, so I'm just going to head home."
"J, you're such a wuss." She rolled her eyes when he turned into his house.
Shaking her head, she carried onto her own. Pulling the door open she nervously walked into the living room, both her parents were sat there. Her father was the first to look round and he nearly dropped his coffee. "Oh my god." He stared at her wide eyed as his mouth dropped open.
"What?" Cora asked furrowing her eyebrows before turning to look at her daughter. "Oh my god."
"What have you done?" Henry asked standing up and touching her hair "all of it?" he had a slight tear in his eye and Regina felt worry in the pit of her stomach.
She nodded "all of it."
"Regina." Cora looked at her daughter in shock before too standing up and making her way towards her. "It's all gone." Regina was sure she saw a tear I her mother's eyes also and began to question herself, just in the slightest.
"I had to mother."
Cora shook her head before running her fingers though the short locks "You look beautiful honey."
"What?"
"I love it."
"Really?" Regina asked, shocked at her mother's admission.
"It suits you."
"Yes it does." Henry nodded "but it's still a shock, it was so long."
"Yes I know, well I donated it to a cancer charity they make wigs."
"Oh that's so thoughtful of you."
"Well I'm not using it, someone else might as well."
Modern day
"Oh it's so good to see you Gina." The girl smiled.
"You too, I got your letter, what's the news?" She asked completely forgetting about Robin who was stood watching her.
"It's gone."
"What? What's gone?" She asked the beginnings of a smile creeping up on her face.
"What do you think dummy, I'm in remission." She smirked.
"Oh my god, Kia! That's amazing, that's amazing!" Regina jumped up "Oh my god! Mom!"
Cora came in "Regina, what is it?"
"Kia tell her." Regina smiled.
"It's gone Mrs M."
"Oh that is such good news, oh I'm so glad."
"Yeah me too." Kia chuckled "it's about time I kicked cancer's ass."
"I knew you would." Regina grinned as her mom said how happy she was again and left them to it.
"Regina, I'm gonna leave you to talk to your..." Robin stated, feeling as though he were intruding on a personal moment.
"Robin, get over here." He shrugged his shoulder as she grabbed his hands and pulled him onto the bed, within the view of the camera. "Kia, this is Robin. Robin, Kia."
"Hi." He stated "Congrats."
"Are you British?" She asked, smiling at him.
"Yeah."
"I love you accent."
"Thanks." He grinned, as Regina hugged him.
"So you have news too then?" Kia stated.
"Oh it's hardly as big as your news." Regina gushed "I'm so happy for you."
"Hey hang up, you've got a boyfriend." Kia smiled looking at Robin.
"You beat cancer Kia, that's massive."
"Yeah it's kinda big."
"Oh I like what you've done with my hair." She smiled looking at the wavy appearance of the raven locks.
"Yeah it's hot, look at your hair though it's growing."
"I know."
"Do you think I'd be able to come over next weekend?"
"Oh my god, yeah, I'd love that."
"Regina shall I..."
"Regina you are being incredibly rude, you have company."
"Oh sorry Robin." She stated shaking her head "I got rather carried away." She smiled up at him and shuffled closer.
"Oh you look really happy."
"Well he makes me happy." She smiled taking his hand.
"Awe that's sweet, so how long have you been dating? Why haven't you told me about this sooner?"
"Well we've know each other just over a month, but the connection was instant right?"
"Yeah, you were eager weren't you." Robin joked.
"Oh Regina did you jump him? What have I told you about that?"
"Shut up I did not and do not jump people."
"I know I'm just messing." She smiled.
Robin chuckled and shook his head.
"What?" Regina asked narrowing her eyes.
"Nothing."
"No what?"
"I was just thinking about our first kiss."
"Did she jump you?" Kia asked casting her friend a disapproving glance.
"Pretty much."
"Hey! I didn't, did I?"
"It took me by surprise I'm not gonna lie, not that I didn't enjoy it."
"One minute, I just realised that your mother is allowing you to have a guy that isn't J in your room."
"She likes you doesn't she." She stated looking up at Robin and patting his cheek.
"I hope so, because I'm not going anywhere."
"Oh I love you too." She smiled.
"Geez. Shall I give the two of you a moment?" Kia laughed. "You do know that you just told him that you loved him."
"Yes, it's the truth." Regina nodded as she kissed his shoulder through the material of his jumper.
"Oh my god and you denied that this was big."
"I did no such thing, I'm not denying anything, we are in love."
"Well that's awesome." They heard a voice on Kia's end calling her "got to go, supper's ready, but I'll call you later about next weekend."
"Can't wait, love you girl."
"Love you too, mwah." She blew her a kiss before ending the call.
"So that's Kia, I can't believe I didn't tell you about her."
"She seems really nice."
"Oh she is."
"How longs she had it?"
"A while, obviously since I've know her, that's been about ten months."
"Ouch."
"Tell me about it, she's had round after round of chemo, I can't quite believe it" she swiped her eye. "We grew really close, told each other everything. Seemingly I've been so obsessed with you lately to even think about ringing her."
He smiled "must be good to have a friend that doesn't have to deal with all the rubbish from school."
"Yes." She chuckled hugging him tighter "now all your friends are friends you don't have to deal with at school. That must be pretty shitty."
"Can't complain about school." he smirked kissing her.
"Me neither recently." She quipped laying back on her bed.
"I like your room by the way."
"Oh thanks." She smiled looking around her giant room.
"It is huge."
"I know." She sat up and hopped off the bed, taking his hand and pulling him over to the window.
"Balcony?"
"Yeah." She nodded as she pushed the window open "not that it's big enough to put chairs or anything on, but it's great to just get some air you know?"
"It's cool, that's what I use my tree house for."
"You still have to take me to this tree house." Regina laughed as he put his arms around her resting his chin on her shoulder as they looked out of the window. His lips brushed over her neck. "That tickles." She laughed as she placed her hands on top of his.
"I thought you liked my stubble."
"I do." She nodded, before swivelling in his arms to face him "Hello."
"Hello." He replied chuckling at her as she moved her arms around his neck, and rose up to kiss him. It was slow and passionate, her stomach was fluttering, she would never tire of kissing him.
"Regina?" They broke apart and looked to the door.
"Al, hey."
"Having a good time?"
Regina shook her head and dropped her arms before making her way over to her. "I was until you interfered." She scoffed.
"Well Cora sent me to get you both, dinners ready."
"Thanks Alex, we'll be down soon. How's Ze?"
"Ready for her blooming casts to come off." She shook her head "and she's not the only one." She muttered as she made her way back downstairs.
"So Robin, Cora tells me that you got the role." Henry stated looking up from his plate and attempting to engage in conversation with his daughter's boyfriend.
"Yes sir, but I'm not sure if I'm going to take it or not." Regina remained quiet looking down at her plate.
"Whys that?" Cora asked glancing at her daughter.
"Because Emma Swan got the role of Juliet and I'm not too keen on having to even look at her, never mind act with her." He informed him.
"Robin." Regina warned as she looked at Ze who had immediately looked up at them.
"Why's that? Emma is pretty." Zelena shrugged.
"She's also a bully." Robin stated plainly, turning his nose up in disgust.
"How so?" Zelena asked.
"She's been pestering Regina for months."
"Robin." She kicked him under the table.
"Regina? Why didn't you tell us about this?" Cora asked sipping her wine.
"I didn't see the need to, I can deal with her." She shook her head.
"Yes it looks like it, look at your lip." Henry pointed out.
"Yeah well, as I said, I deserved that."
"No one deserves that." Alex snapped "point me to this girl, I swear I'll smack her so hard." She announced fuming.
"Alex calm down, I'm fine, trust me, I'm fine." She stabbed a carrot with her folk and nibbled at it. "Can you all stop staring at me?" She rolled her eyes "I can take care of myself."
"You don't have to take care of yourself." Robin added as he found her hand under the table.
She smiled at him "no I don't, but the point is that I can." She nodded "the only reason I let Emma hit me the way she did was because I felt that in a way, I deserved it. Can we just drop it now please? It's over, it's fine, she's not going to hit me again."
"No she bloody isn't." Zelena growled.
"You're goddamn right she isn't." Alex nodded.
"Girls, language." Cora shook her head chuckling at Zelena and Alex's protectiveness. "If anything like this ever happens again, you are to tell me immediately, Robin, I trust that you will be able to do that, do not allow her to keep it to herself."
"Mother I'm not a child anymore."
"Yes you are, you're my child and you will always be my child."
Zelena rolled her eyes "oh mother shut up, you're so cringy."
"Did you just tell your mother to shut up?" Cora asked glaring at her eldest.
Regina chuckled into her glass sharing a glance with Robin.
"Leave her alone, she's not a little baby, she's eighteen and has a boyfriend, she'll be going off to college next year."
"Oh god I hadn't even thought about that." Regina sighed.
"You don't know where you want to go?" Alex asked "You're someone who I thought would have been planning this forever."
"Well I have somewhere in mind, but you're not going to like it." Regina chuckled shaking her head.
"Wait what, Regina you didn't tell me that you had been looking at colleges. Where is it?" Cora asked dropping her cutlery.
She sighed and shook her head "as I said, you're not going to like it."
"Regina tell us." Henry stated smiling at her.
"Okay, I was thinking about Oxford." She looked down at her plate and waited for their reaction.
"England?" Zelena asked.
"Abroad, you want to go to college abroad."
"It was just an idea." She replied pushing her food around on her plate.
Robin looked at her rather shocked, he hadn't expected her to say she wanted to go to England for education.
"Well, I suppose we'll have to talk more about this later." Henry stated.
"Like I said, just an idea. It's a great college."
"What about Harvard?" Cora asked.
"Geez." Robin shook his head "Oxford is massive." He nodded.
"Robin, I haven't considered my options yet."
"Right."
"Right. Mother please may I be excused?" She asked.
"Yes, of course."
"Robin, are you done?"
"Yeah." He stood up and after taking their plates into the kitchen, they both made their way back up to her room. "So Oxford?" He sat down on her bed.
"I don't know, it's just something I've been thinking about, getting away from Storybrooke." She opened a draw and removed her chemistry book.
He chuckled "There's getting out of Storybrooke and then there's moving to England, there's quite a bit of difference."
"I know that. As I said I'm keeping my options open, all I know is it's one of the best. Anyway, I'll go where I go I suppose." She made her way over to where he was perched on the edge of her bed and hopped up next to him, before shuffling into the middle and laying back. "Have you thought about it?" She asked.
"It's art Regina, I can literally go anywhere." He lay back next to her placing an arm around her as she snuggled up to him.
"You're going to be a renowned artist." She smiled as she kissed his arm that had surrounded her.
"What will you be."
"Your model." She joked striking a Madonna vogue pose. "What do you think?"
"I think you are beautiful and make an amazing model."
"Why thank you, although you have to say that, you're my boyfriend." She chuckled, looking up at him, now leaning into him.
"I'd be saying it even if I wasn't your boyfriend, something which I'm extremely happy to be able to say by the way."
"Awe." She kissed his cheek and he moved his head to face her, she bit her lip before kissing him again, this time on the lips. The chemistry book between them soon becoming forgotten, as she lay back on the bed with Robin hovering just above her.
She was enjoying the moment, her mind was a whirl, until his hand came into contact with the bare skin of her stomach where her blouse had ridden up and she had to stop him. Her hand found his on her stomach "Robin, I can't." she whispered, placing her fingers on his lips "I can't."
He furrowed his eyebrows before realising what she must have thought and his eyes grew wide "Oh my god, I'm so sorry." He shook his head moving away from her "I wasn't going to try anything I swear; I respect you and respect the fact that you don't want to."
"I'm so stupid." She sighed shaking her head. "Sorry Robin, I should have known that you wouldn't, it just got a little…"
"Heated?"
"Yes." She chuckled. "I'm pathetic aren't I?"
"No, no of course not, you aren't pathetic Regina, not in the slightest, why would you even think that?"
"We were only kissing; I don't know why I thought it was going somewhere else. It was just my blouse…" she pulled it back down.
"I didn't do it on purpose." He stated casting her a solemn look.
"I know, I'm sorry."
"Hey, what are you sorry for?" he asked moving back towards her and moving a strand of hair behind her ear.
"I'm sorry."
He shook his head "come here." He hugged her to him "You don't have to apologise for anything, if anyone needs to apologise its me."
"No you don't, I'm just sorry that I'm not ready."
"Regina, I don't care about sex, I care about you and how you feel okay?" she looked down at the chemistry book, looking anywhere but his eyes. "Hey, Regina, I love you, I want you to be comfortable and if ever you aren't I want you to tell me okay?"
She nodded "God, what is wrong with me?" she asked.
"Nothing, it's fine Gina." He hugged her tighter, deciding to tell her something which he hadn't yet. "Do you know what happened between Marian and I?"
She shook her head "No."
"She cheated on me." He stated. Regina pulled back to look at him.
"What? Really?"
"Yes really. Do you know why?"
"Why?"
"Because she wanted to and I didn't, so she found someone else who would. When I found out, I broke up with her, I couldn't believe that she would be so shallow."
"That's horrid." Regina scoffed.
"That's why, when you told me that you didn't want to rush things, I realised that you liked me for me and not…"
"Of course I like you for you, I love you for you, thank you for telling me." She smiled. "Marian didn't deserve you, to be honest I'm not sure I do."
"When are you going to realise that you deserve to have everything, you are a beautiful person inside and out, I don't deserve you."
"Maybe we both deserve each other." She compromised.
"Okay." He nodded kissing her gently.
"Thank you." She smiled placing her forehead against his.
"For what?"
"For understanding."
"Why are you so shocked that I am?" He asked kissing her lightly.
"Daniel wasn't." She whispered.
"Whoa, hold on a minute." He reacted pulling back "did he try to force you?"
"God no, no, nothing like that." She shook her head "he'd just get aggravated when I told him no." She huffed.
"Well then he clearly didn't care about you or your feelings."
"I know that now, but I'm afraid I was rather blind to it at the time. You're the first guy that I've dated since Daniel left."
"Why did he leave?" Robin asked. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"No, I do want to. We had an argument, about him rushing me into it. I yelled at him, telling him that I didn't want to and he accused me of not loving him and slammed the door in my face, that was the last I heard or saw from him. Next thing I knew he'd left school, mother wouldn't tell me why, but I'm sure she knows something."
"He sounds like a complete and utter jerk."
She sighed moving from her position opposite him to under his right arm. "I just wanted to forget about him, erase him from my memory, he threw a year and a half of my life down the drain, I wasted so much time trying to please him, in anyway, except from that." She clarified. "I began to question whether he really did like me, or if he liked my money." A single tear rolled down her cheek, he immediately spotted it and wiped it away.
"Don't think about him." He stated kissing the side of her head "think about us, this is now and this is true."
"Promise?" She sniffled casting him a grin.
"Cross my heart and hope to die." He chuckled.
"Stick a needle in your eye?" She asked.
"Yeah, that part too."
She laughed and hugged him tighter "I love you."
"I love you too." He smiled before adding "your majesty."
I hope you enjoyed the chapter and hopefully it made you feel a little better, like it does for me writing them. x