Chapter Eleven- First Impressions
She knew this moment was coming but she still had no way of preparing herself for the swarm of people that were shoving their camera's in her face. She had left Regina's late the night before and gotten to her apartment. The brunette told her she had to go into the office and do damage control. Emma had to go into her studio to speak with her manager and to say August was pissed would be an understatement.
"Hey Emma!" "Emma over here!" "Is it true that you have been sleeping with Regina Mills?" The questions were like bullets flying all around her and she cursed herself for thinking that she could just walk to her car in peace.
"Emma wait!" One of the journalists physically grabbed her as she was reaching for her door handle.
"Dude are you serious?! Touch me again and I'm pressing charges!" Emma turned around to glare at the grinning man.
"No need to get sensitive Princess. I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions!" The slimy ball held up his hands while another reporter recorded the whole thing.
"You don't have to physically put your hands on me. Can you just respect my privacy? Go make your money off of somebody else!" Emma slid into her car and slammed the door. Whenever she saw Tink, she was going to murder the bitch. She pulled out carefully to avoid hitting any of the photographers
Regina carefully opened the door to her car and stepped out into a mob of camera flashes. However she had been used to this since she was a teenager and started interning with her mother. Speaking of which, she was avoiding the older Mills since this came out. Cora had been calling her nonstop.
"Regina is it true that you are sleeping with Emma Swan for records?" A reported shouted.
"No that is not true. Unfortunately we have some bitter people in this industry who can't respect another persons privacy." Regina replied coolly, her slight glare making sure none of them came close to touching her 700 dollar all white jumper.
"So are you not sleeping with Emma or are you not sleeping with her for hits?" The same reporter asked.
"You do know this is public property right? You can be arrested for trespassing. However to answer your question I have been dating Emma Swan for several months know. The nature of our relationship is no ones business but our own and it is certainly not the reason her career has flourished and Tink's can be found on the discount rack at Walmart." Regina answered with a devious smirk before walking into the door of her studio.
"Well I figured I'd catch you here." Her mother's icy tone greeted her as soon as she walked into the door causing Regina to falter before she set down her bag.
"Yes well, I figured you wouldn't." Regina admitted swallowing deeply.
"Oh but darling, I came to fix the mess you've made." Cora replied sweetly causing Regina to raise an eyebrow.
"And how exactly do you plan on going about that?" Regina questioned.
"You see every contract we make these useless bodies sign, has a little clause in the fine print. I've already had y lawyers draw up the paper work but you are taking the rights to every song that girl Tink has ever put out. By the time I am finished with her McDonalds will be asking why does she think she's qualified to flip a krabby patty." Cora ground her teeth as Regina took a seat in her chair.
"That isn't anything that I haven't already set in motion, Mother. Is there anything else?" Regina asked in a tired tone.
"I want you to tell me about this Swan Girl and why you haven't signed her." Cora's icy blue eyes stared at her youngest child.
"She rejected the offer that The Queen of Hearts put out there. Nothing I could do about that." Regina shrugged, logging onto her computer.
"You could have made her a better offer! Something she couldn't refuse! Do you know how much money we are loosing behind this?" Cora asked in a harsh tone.
"Excuse me for not pressuring my girlfriend into a business deal!" Regina snapped at her mother who seemed taken aback.
"Girlfriend? For how long? Does she even know about it?" Cora fired off questions like an overbearing mother.
"Yes she knows about it! And almost two months." Regina rolled her eyes.
"Two months?! Why am I just hearing about this now?" Cora exclaimed, crossing her arms as she pouted.
"Because I know how you are mother. Besides we are two very private people, we just wanted something to ourselves for a little while..." Regina trailed off as her phone pinged with a new notifcation.
"IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DATING MY SISTER, SHIT LIKE THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING!" Was the angry text that she received from Ruby. The next message came through and it was a small clip from E News. Emma was walking out of her apartment with her hair in a messy bun and big shades. A jean vest was over a black sports bra paired with gray joggers.
"The Modern Day Swan Princess as she's been dubbed by fans, got into it with a very handsy pop earlier today on her way out. The dazzling startlet was dragged by a journalist from Bossip as she tried to enter her car. Take a look." The news reporter frowned as the clip was played.
"Hey Emma!" "Emma over here!" "Is it true that you have been sleeping with Regina Mills?" Emma had pushed her glasses up to the top of her head, and Regina could see the nervousness as clear as day. Cursing herself for not thinking about this sooner, she watched as Emma didn't speak but kept walking to her car. Right as she was about to grab the handle, the man grabbed her and pulled her away from the car.
"What the fuck?" Regina hissed.
"Emma wait!" One of the journalists physically grabbed her as she was reaching for her door handle.
"Dude are you serious?! Touch me again and I'm pressing charges!" Emma turned around to glare at the grinning man.
"No need to get sensitive Princess. I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions!" The slimy ball held up his hands while another reporter recorded the whole thing.
"You don't have to physically put your hands on me. Can you just respect my privacy? Go make your money off of somebody else!"
"Regina dear..." Cora tried to calm the brunette.
"Not right now!" Regina was positively steaming as she punched in the code to Graham's office.
"What's up Reg."Graham was most likely eating because his voice was muffled.
"You are always complaining about how you don't spend enough time with your wife, so we're going to fix that! Find me five of your best men for a security detail and report back to me within the hour!" Regina barked down the receiver.
"Where are you going?" Cora asked her daughter whom was already leaving her personal office.
"To check on my girlfriend!" Regina shouted behind her.
"When I see her, just know I'm kicking her ass!" Emma ranted as Ruby paced back and forth.
"Did I tell you I seen her at that gym? We can probably find her there!" Ruby's eyes gleamed.
"Like I'm going to stick my foot so far up her ass she's going to be tasting it for a week." Emma continued.
"And what about your girlfriend, hmm? Where the fuck was she during this?" Ruby raised an eyebrow.
"I was at work, but I can assure you this won't ever happen again." Regina glared at the younger brunette for her insinuation.
"It's not her fault this happened, Rubes." Emma took a deep breath, Regina's presence seemed to help calm her.
"I didn't say it was. But she knows better than anyone else how this shit works. She could have at least had Graham escort you! I know he would have, he loves you like a little sister!" Ruby shot back.
"Yes, that was my mistake not having someone there for you, my love. That could have gone a lot worse." Regina buried her hand in Emma's hair, gently massaging her scalp.
"But it didn't. So can we drop this for right now. August is pissed, he's been on the phone with the police ever since the video aired."Emma licked her chapped lips, bringing Regina down to sit in her lap.
"How are you feeling? He practically man handled you!" Regina growled, situating herself better.
"I'm fine, I think it came as more of a shock than anything else." Emma burrowed her face into Regina's neck.
"Is August trying to get the police to file charges?" Regina questioned.
"I think so, I'm not entirely sure though." Emma yawned
"I hope so. I have Graham putting together your security detail. Things like this-" Regina took a deep breath to compose herself.
"I'm still beating Tink's ass when I see her." Emma mumbled causing Regina and Ruby to snort as the tension broke.
"I'll try to make sure you don't end up in the slammer." Regina joked.
Three Days Later
"Really Emma!" Regina scolded as she walked the blonde out of a New York police department.
"What? I mean I told you I was going to do it! Twice in fact. It's not my fault you thought it was a joke!" Emma defended herself.
"Yes but now we have to make sure charges aren't being filed! The press is going to have a field day with this." Regina shook her head as she began typing out several emails.
"What the fuck was I supposed to do? That bitch spit on me! And I'm not talking about her trashing my name! She literally hock-spit on me. Sorry that your precious girlfriend got hurt!" Emma spat as she began stalking towards the car. Regina grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back.
"My girlfriend didn't get hurt, in fact she kicked a tramps ass. Lets not turn this into something its not because you know my feelings for you and how I feel about Tink! Now you can be angry as you want, just get that sexy ass into the car with a little less lip and a little more zip. Like I said, I'm taking care of it!" Regina glared at her girlfriend who was now pouting.
"And if I don't?" Emma raised an eyebrow.
"Then your ass is going to be too sore to practice tomorrow. In fact it will make for a wonderful conversation on why you can't sit still when you go on Briar's show on Tuesday." Regina warned, growing impatient with Emma's attitude.
"Well who died and made you my daddy." Emma grumbled but slid into the drivers seat.
"I'm not your daddy, but I'm growing weary of your shit. Your constant mood swings for the past three days has been very grating, dear." Regina walked around to the passenger seat but hearing Emma scoff.
"You don't seem to be complaining when you're fucking me from behind." Emma sassed, pulling out of the station.
"Hmm, maybe that will shut you up. We should try it when we get back to my place." Regina smirked.
"I'll have you know, I can kick your ass Ms. Mills." Emma joked, taking a left turn.
"Oh dear, don't tell me your going to throw something at me too." Regina teased, remembering the way the fight had started.
Flashback: Several Hours Ago
Everybody was chilling at a little get together thrown by Aurora . Almost every artist living in New York was invited as they all discussed future features and other songs they were going to do together. Everything was chill until Tink made her presence known.
"You think your slick don't you, you fucking bitch!" She seethed walking up to Emma.
"Just the dummy I was looking for." Emma stepped forward, but was held back by Regina
"Once she's done with you, she's going to throw you away like yesterdays trash. Just like your parents did!" Tink smirked when she heard the resounding gasps
"You don't know shit about me! That's high and mighty coming from the girl who lost her virginity to her god brother. How is Peter Darling?" Emma sneered. She hadn't expected it when Tink cleared her throat and spit on her. On instinct Emma threw the martini glass that was in her hand at the other blonde, alcohol splashing the girl in the eyes before the glass hit her. Regina had let her go in shock and she used this moment to rush at the girl.
They both fell to the ground with Emma straddling Tink, using one hand to pin both of Tink's to the ground she slapped the girl hard. Hearing Tink gasp, she started raining down open hand smacks as the girl squirmed underneath her. When Tink managed to get her hand free and start to sit up, Emma punched her hard in the nose and was going in for a second one when Graham snatched her off of the girl. Swinging her foot out, she busted Tink's lip screeching how she was going to fuck her up.
"My love, calm down!" Regina roughly grabbed the blonde from Graham but Emma broke away from her before stalking into the bathroom. It took her twenty minutes of talking through the door before Emma unlocked it. The police had been called and both women had been taken in. Luckily everyone at the party said Emma was merely defending herself.
End of Flashback.
"I'd like to think it was warranted." Emma shot a small glare over to her girlfriend .
"Oh I don't disagree. However you did ruin your 200 sweater, that I had just given you." Regina grumbled.
"The dry cleaner said she can get the blood out." Emma rolled her eyes as they pulled into Regina's driveway.
"Come on, darling. I want to give you a massage. Hopefully this time you won't fall asleep." Regina grinned.
AN: Thoughts?