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Can you believe that there's only two chapters left after this one!


Regina hopped from one foot to the other as they queued up outside the exams hall, she had been over everything, she knew the answers to any question thrown at her, but she was still really feeling the pressure, feeling as though she had forgotten something, something that would ruin her chances of getting into Harvard.

She felt physically sick as she looked around her at the rest of the students who were also queuing for an exam. She had five pens in her hand and had been pretty certain that wasn't enough, that she would need more, maybe it was a packet full of pens where they were all dodgy, you got those packs were none of the pens worked. Still though, all her friends had given her one of their pens, still she didn't think she had enough of them and the last thing she wanted was her flow interrupted by having to put her hand up for a new pen.

She was shaking, she could see her hands wobbling, the pens threatening to drop and roll down the corridor. Suddenly she felt hands grip her shoulders from in front of her and looked up to see Robin furrowing his eyebrows at her, "stop stressing," he stated, stroking her hair behind her ear gently.

Robin had left her alone in the line for five minutes just to go the bathroom and he came back to see that she had worked herself up to a nervous wreck. Not that he was surprised, this was Regina, she stressed about these things, she didn't like exams, even if there was not possible way she could have crammed any more information into her head, she probably knew the text books backwards.

"Easier said than done," she breathed, looking at his hand that was on her shoulder, "Robin! You have two pens? Why do you only have two?"

"Seriously?" He chuckled, "Gina, two is more than enough."

"No, it isn't," she shook her head, passing him one of hers, "there."

"Regina I don't need your pen," he knew how paranoid she was about pens, he'd given her quite a few this past week, she'd already had her Law and Politics exams, today was Chemistry and he knew she had History later that afternoon, after that she was done. For him this was the last one, apart from art, but that was a long on going exam and he wasn't worried about that, he could paint, he didn't need an exam to confirm that, or confirm his grade either.

"Just take it, please you'll make me feel better if I know you have another spare," she looked down at her feet, playing with her hair and the bobble on her wrist.

"Okay you, come here," he took the hair tie from her wrist and placed it on his own, before fishing his iPod out of his pocket, he knew he had to hand it in as he went into the exam hall, but for now he had it, "I think some Katie Melua Just Like Heaven is in order." It had been the song he made her listen to before she had gone on stage as Juliet and he hoped that it calmed her now like it had then. Carefully he placed the ear buds in for her and turned on the song, he saw her close her eyes and take a deep breath.

Then he moved behind her and scooped her hair into his hands, he knew she always tied it up whilst doing an exam or even revising. He moved the strands plaiting them, she had taught him how to do a plait before, it had been on Molly the horse, but that wasn't the point, hair was hair and he could manage to do one in hers. Once he had finished it, he tied it off and rubbed her shoulders gently, kissing her neck, he was aware that some other people were watching them, but he couldn't care less, they could stare all they wanted, his main priority was to make sure that Regina was okay.

She got lost in the music, as she always did whenever he made her listen to that song, it was just so calm and it really helped, she didn't know why, it just did, it was like her safe place, she was able to relax. She could feel his hands in her hair, followed by his lips on her neck as he massaged her shoulders. As the song she was listening to slowly came to an end, she took the headphones out and switched his iPod of before depositing it back in his hand, "thank you," she whispered, realising that Robin had actually tired her hair up for her.

"Feeling better?"

"Hmm, a little," she nodded, moving closer to him and tucking herself under his arm, literally wrapping it around her as she held onto his hand and encased herself in his hold, "I will feel sooo much better at the end of today when everything is over and I finish High School for good!"

"That's a weird thought, I'm gonna have to come in for my art exams and you've gone," he realised. She was right and he hadn't even taken it into consideration, hadn't realised that she would be done, there would be no reason for her to come back. School wouldn't be school without her there, thinking about that brought him to the idea that they were going to separate Unis, sure they were living together, but what about lunch breaks and free periods? They were so used to just spending every spare minute with one another, being together constantly, they were practically glued at the hip and he didn't know how they would cope having to do those things separately.

He tightened his grip on her, resting his chin on her shoulder and kissing her cheek tenderly, seeing that he had managed to gain a smile from her, he nuzzled her playfully.

His stubble tickled across her face and neck and she couldn't help but let out a little giggle as she looked around at him, "what are you doing?" She asked, her hand coming to play with the scruff at his jaw.

"Nothing," he shook his head a cheeky grin coming onto his face as his fingers skimmed her waist, "in just trying to keep your mind off the test."

"Well you're certainly doing that," she swallowed heavily as he stroked the band at the top of her jeans, "you're turning me on," she whispered, "stop it."

"Why?" He chuckled, discreetly moving his hand under her shirt.

"Robin, I will not be able to concentrate on anything if you get me worked up like I know you're trying to." Usually she would be more than happy about this sort of contact with him, not that she was a fan of PDA, but apparently she couldn't resist it with Robin.

"Sorry milady," he straightened up and moved his hands back to himself, ceasing all contact with her whatsoever and knowing that she was going to protest about him not touching her enough.

She was just about to make him hug her again when they heard Gold's voice break through the light chatter in the corridor from the other students. They both turned to look at him and Regina took a deep breath, she knew this was it, the time had come for her to sit this exam and determine her future. She tangled her fingers with Robin's and he squeezed her hand comfortingly.

"I should hope you are all prepared for this examination and that you have done the sufficient revision to pass, not just to pass, but to excel, I expect great things from all of you, don't let me down."

After he was finished, Regina looked to the floor, staring at her boots and wishing she could just run, not have to go in that hall and not have to fill out an exam paper.

"Mills," she looked up to see Mr Gold stood there. "What have I told you before about this doubt Mills? How many times do I need to tell you you're good?"

She shrugged and shook her head, "I don't know, I'm just nervous that's all."

"Have you any need to be? How much revision have you done?"

"I..." she stumbled over her words and looked up at Robin.

"Locksley, how much revision has she done?"

Robin chuckled and shook his head, "way more than enough, she knows the periodic table backwards, could probably recite it in her sleep. She knows it, all of it." It wasn't a lie, a couple of nights ago when they had been revising she went through the entire table with her eyes shut and no grid and he had no idea how she did it, she didn't even have to know it, they provided a table in the exam but this was Regina, she wanted to be extra sure of herself, of what she knew.

"Sounds to me like you are more than prepared," Gold nodded, "good luck Miss Mills, Mr Locksley."

"Thanks sir," Regina muttered hearing the invigilator call in the chemistry students one by one for them to sit down in the hall she turned to Robin.

"Remember, breathe," he chuckled, just at that moment his name was called. "Kiss for luck," he moved in and pecked her lips, "you'll be fine beautiful."

"Good luck to you too," she whispered, kissing him once more, before having to let go of his hands. She watched him walk to the front and hand in his iPod and phone, he cast her one last look and waved before walking into the hall.

She waited for her turn and didn't have to wait long, she was only two people after Robin on the register of her class. She is took a deep breath and made her way to the woman who had called for her. She informed the woman that her phone was in her locker and walked in finding her table which was three behind Robin's, he winked at her when she walked past him and she smiled before sitting down at her desk and staring at the paper, trying to see if she could make out the question through the front cover, which of course she couldn't because they made it almost impossible, heaven forbid should a student have more time to figure out what they were going to write as their answer.

She could see Robin from where she was sat, why was he so calm and collected all the time? He just looked so chilled out and she wished she could be like him and not worry about stuff like that, couldn't he give her some of his relaxation? She could do with it about now.

Regina closed her eyes and took a sip of water from her bottle, before putting it back down on the floor under her chair. She looked up at the clock and the invigilator began speaking, it was show time.


There was a loud ringing noise as the students sitting the exam were told to stop writing and put their pens down. Regina had just finished reading over her answers and dropped her pen, exhaling a heavy breath. It was all over, she was done and there was no going back, there was nothing she could do to change any of her answers now, they were sealed in. Those essays were the difference between Harvard and a different university.

A woman came around and collected their papers, once they were all collected up, the rows were dismissed, having to remain silent until they were outside the room. She hurried out of the room as quick as she could and rested her head against the wall, her eyes sealed shut as she took a couple of long deep breaths, she was shaking again as she rubbed the back of her neck.

Robin saw her rush out and immediately panicked, he thought it had been a good paper, that they had been good questions on topics that they were both confident on. He really wanted to go and find her, but anyone who had handed in valuables had to go into a separate room to get them back which was a pain in the arse. He was just about to walk out when he noticed that she had left her water bottle under her chair and her pens were still on her desk. So instead of walking the way he was supposed to, he walked backwards to collect them for her.

"What are you doing?" an invigilator asked, approaching him with a less than friendly look on his face.

"I'm just collecting my girlfriend's stuff, I saw her run out just now and she left it on her table."

"Okay, be quick."

"Thanks," he literally scooped up the pens and shoved them in his pocket before grabbing her bottle and heading to get his phone and iPod back, hoping that he didn't have to queue when he needed to go and talk to Regina.


Emma walked out of the exam, to be honest it could have gone better, but it also could have gone a lot worse. She was literally walking down the corridor when she saw a familiar figure resting against the wall with her back facing her. What happened? She was top of the class, why the hell would she be sulking in the corridor? Unless it had gone badly and she had forgotten everything, but this was Regina, she wasn't one to mess up something so important. She remembered how she had been for the exams in Freshman year and they weren't anywhere near as vital as these were.

She approached her slowly, she really shouldn't go anywhere near her, she should just avoid her, stay away at all costs, but there was a part of her nagging, telling her to check on her, make sure that she was okay. Rolling her eyes, she stopped by the wall, "Regina?"

The brunette turned her head to look at her, she seemed fine, why had she looked as though she were really upset before? "What?" she asked, moving back a little.

"Nothing I just… nothing," Emma whispered shaking her head, "I hope you did good," she offered before leaving her stood alone and heading as quick as she could down the corridor, away from the girl she knew was stood watching her flee. She has just made a complete idiot out of herself and she didn't have much time left to actually tell Regina the truth, tell her about everything, because she needed to before Lacy did, Regina had to hear it from her and not second hand, even if the feelings weren't reciprocated.

She took a deep breath and tried to act natural instead of running as quickly as she could and get far away from the other woman. Once she was out of sight, she sped up a little bit, running to the nearest exit, just needing to get out of school.


Once Robin grabbed his valuables, he hurried to the corridor to find Regina, he hoped she had stayed there and not run off, he didn't really fancy the prospect of having to go look for her. As soon as he was out of the room, he caught sight of her, well the back of her and his heart plummeted. She had her head against the wall and looked as though she were really disappointed, it couldn't be good whatever had happened. "Babe?" He whispered, coming beside her, placing a hand on her lower back and kissing her shoulder, "what happened?" He heard her sniffle and closed his eyes, shit. "Gina do you wanna talk to me? It's okay you know, I mean you have no idea how you really did. Even if you did bad Harvard isn't all that. Regina?"

She turned to look at him and wiped her eyes, a smile coming onto her face as she let out a little laugh, "it went so well, I can't believe it."

"Jeez Regina," Robin gripped his chest dramatically, "you nearly just gave me a heart attack."

"Sorry," she chuckled, "I was just so overwhelmed, I mean we both just did that practice paper which had practically the same questions." She was so relieved that it was over, now all she had to concentrate on was History that afternoon and in her mind that was easier, she knew the dates and events, it wasn't as though she had to memorise scientific equations.

He chuckled, looking at her and admiring the smile that played on her lips.

"So how about you? How did you feel it went?" She asked, looking at him curiously.

"Yeah it was good," he nodded, "wanna go get food?"

"Yes please," she grinned as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Sorry if I worried you," she whispered.

"It's okay, I grabbed your stuff for you."

"Oh my god, my pens!" She took them from him, stuffing them in the pocket of her jacket, "how did it forget those?"

"I don't know, you were rather obsessed with those pens," he laughed, pressing a kiss to her temple as he gave her back her water bottle.

"I love my pens," she giggled, taking a sip of her water before leaning her head on his shoulder again, her spare hand holding onto his that dangled over her her.

"I couldn't believe it when you sacrificed one for me," he sniggered.

"I'd sacrifice anything for you," she quipped, squeezing his hand playfully.

"Me too, but you already knew that, right?"

"Yes, I mean you risked your life for me already, if that's not proof, then I don't know what is."

"Good point," he nodded, stealing a quick kiss from her.

"Can you please save that for the school yard?" A voice charred.

They turned to see Cora grinning at them as she came out of her office.

"Very funny mom," Regina rolled her eyes as she they stopped met her in the middle.

"So? Was it gas good as I bet it was? How did the two of you do?"

"We both think we did well?" Regina stated.

"That's good and you're ready for history this afternoon?"

"Yes."

"Of course you are," Cora laughed, touching her daughter's cheek gently, "you're my little star."

"What about Zelena?" Regina asked raising her eyebrows.

"She's my big star," her mother smirked proudly, having got out of a situation where she could have been see to be favouring one child over the other.

"Are you saying she's better than me?" Regina scoffed playfully know what her mother meant.

"You know exactly what I meant madam, you are younger."

"True," she nodded, beaming at her mother, "we were just going to get lunch so…"

"Will I be graced with your presence tonight?" Cora questioned.

"I'm going to say…" she looked to Robin and tilted her head, "yes." She felt like although she really wanted to spend the evening with him, she needed some down time with her family and as much as Robin was her family, she felt like it had been forever since she had just had some girly time with her mom.

"That's good," she saw her mother's smile almost double in size, "I don't feel as though I see you enough. Well, I see you I just feel we don't spend all that much time together."

"I know," Regina sighed, she was feeling bad now, she hadn't realised how much it meant to her mother that they just hung out every so often, without the pressure of exams and revision handing over them.

"Maybe we should rope in Zelena and Alex, make a girl's night out of it."

"That sounds lovely, so I'll see you later," she smiled, hugging Cora before she walked off with Robin towards the canteen. "You don't mind me spending the evening with my mother, do you?" She asked, worrying because they usually spent so much time together and she hardly knew what he was going to do without her, not that he couldn't find something to do, because she was sure that he could, it was just if he was anything like her, he would be feeling a little lost without them being able to talk.

"Of course not," he chuckled, "it's good that you are," he gave her hand a little squeeze as they joined the queue for food, she never spent that much time with her mother, so it would be good for her to do so. The relationship between Regina and her mother had changed drastically over the last eight or so months, he never imagined when he had first met them that they would be wanting to spend an evening in together.

"Regina! Robin! We got a table!" they heard Lacy shout from somewhere and both looked around to see her sat with the rest of the gang, Tink, Graham and Jefferson.

A weird sensation ran through Regina as she realised what this was, what this meant, this would be the last time they spent their lunch together like this, the last time they ate in the canteen. Sure, school food wasn't exactly first class fine dining, but thinking that she wouldn't be able to sit with her friends and have fun every dinner time was something that didn't sit well with her, it made her feel uneasy, like she wanted to have more time at the school just to have more time with them.

"We're coming," Regina replied as she grabbed a pot of curly fries and put them onto Robin's tray, there wasn't any point her having one of her own when she could just use his and he would carry it for her.

"That's all you're having?" he asked, looking at the tiny pot as he got some French fries, salad and a burger for himself.

"No," she tutted, "who are you the diet police?" she joked, finding some grapes and an apple, adding them to the tray.

"No, I just want to make sure that you're eating well that's all," he shrugged, "I mean one measly pot of chips isn't enough to last you all day, because I know you skipped breakfast remember."

"I skipped breakfast one time because I was too nervous to eat," she rolled her eyes spotting some chocolate cake and feeling her mouth begin to water, "Robin?"

"Hmm?" He looked at her as he grabbed a couple of bottles of lemonade from the fridge.

"If I were to get that piece of cake right there, would you share it with me?" She asked, it was huge and smothered in chocolate icing with flaky bits of chocolate decorating the top of it, some of them bent delicately into curls.

He followed her gaze and licked his lips, "definitely."

"Good," she smirked. She watched Robin as he looked at the slices of cake as though he were choosing a puppy from a sanctuary, it was quite funny, "what are you doing?" She asked, the humour present in her voice.

"Seeing which piece is the biggest," he laughed raising his eyebrows, "so that piece there is biggest, but that one had more flakes on top, then that one has more icing. Which one do we go for?"

"More icing," they both said at the same time, chuckling at one another as they put the cake on their tray. Regina had a thing for icing and always had to clean out the bowl. His mother would sometimes purposely save the bowl the icing had been in for her.

After having a brief argument about who was paying for lunch, which he won, they moved over to sit with their friends.

"Hi guys," she whispered sadly as she took up a seat beside Tink and Robin sat next to her.

"Hey what's up with you?" The blonde asked, furrowing her eyebrows as she looked at her.

"Gina?" Jefferson cast her an odd look, "you did well right?"

"Yeah I think so," she smiled, biting down on her lips as she took her fries off the tray and began to pick at them, taking one of hers and then going for one of Robin's, comparing the two and wishing that she had got normal fries instead of curly.

"Then what's wrong?" J pushed, clearly not willing to leave it alone.

"This is the last time we're all eating lunch together in the canteen," she sighed, taking another of Robin's fries and dunking it in the ketchup.

She felt Robin's hand move to her lower back as he rubbed her soothingly. As he cut his burger in half and took a bite.

Robin knew she was upset about the prospect of losing her friends, but he knew that wouldn't happen, no matter where they went, they would always come back to one another.

"True, now we can eat somewhere cooler for lunch," Jefferson grinned, "like Starbucks or Granny's."

"Starbucks or Granny's?" Lacy laughed, "really? That's quite the contrast."

"Yeah, in just saying there's options," he scoffed, "we could literally just get Robin's mom to make us lunch every day during the summer."

"Jefferson," Regina laughed shaking her head.

"She actually would do that," Robin smirked, "don't tempt her, she'd love it."

"Her cooking is the best though," Regina nodded, "I swear I don't know how I'll cope at uni without her brownies."

"Maybe she'll make you some and you can put them in the freezer."

"That is such a good idea," Regina laughed, literally forgetting that she was eating Robin's food instead of her own.

He watched her, she probably didn't even know she was doing it, but almost half the pot had disappeared, whilst hers was still practically full. She did that a lot, she would order something and realise that actually she wanted what he had ordered and steal his food, the little thief. "If you wanted them you could have just asked," he quipped, taking another bite from his burger as he watched her trying to work out what he was talking about.

"I…"

"My fries," he chuckled, gesturing to the pot that was now in her hands, "enjoying them are we?"

"Oops," she giggled, placing them back down on the table, "sorry Robin." Why did she always do this? It was a bad habit of hers and she really needed to find a way to stop it. "I'm gonna go get you some more."

"Don't you dare."

"I'm gonna go get you some to replace the ones I ate," she slipped out of her chair and grabbed her purse from the table, she was literally half way to the counter when strong arms wrapped around her lifting her clean of the ground and spinning her as she let out a little squeal, "Robin!" She laughed, smacking him playfully. "I was getting your fries."

"No, you aren't, you can eat a couple of my fries Gina, you're my girlfriend, plus, I'll just eat yours."

"You can, have them," she smiled, resting her head back on his shoulder as he placed her back down on the ground and they walked back to the table.

"You two are too much," Lacy rolled her eyes before casting them a playful smile, "I swear to god, you are too cute you make me want to throw up."

"Stop being jealous," Tink shoved her.

"I am jealous! So jealous! I want to be loved by someone!"

"You are loved by all of us," Regina protested, knowing that their friend was probably only partly joking, "anyway, I thought you had been talking to Harry."

"Harry lives in England, it isn't going to work out, he's nice and all that but… I think I need someone who lives closer to home. I'm not going to lie I have been talking to someone else."

"What?" Regina's mouth dropped open in shock as she stared at her friend, "who? Tell me!"

"Yeah bitch tell us," Jefferson added, "as if you kept a secret like that from us."

Lacy smirked at them and sat back as she took a long sip from her milkshake, clearly not wanting to divulge any of the information to them.

"Do we know them?" Tink asked.

"Do they go here?"

"Come on," Regina shook her head, "you can't just say something like that and not tell us anything about it, that's cheating."

"Cheating at what?" Lacy laughed shaking her head, "this isn't a game of checkers, I can hardly cheat at it."

"Well, you are supposed to tell us everything, as your best friends we demand that you do."

"Yes, we do demand!" Jefferson jumped out of his seat, "you were meant to be my date for prom? Please don't tell me I'm going to be going all single and alone."

Regina looked to her friend and sighed, she felt slightly guilty, she was supposed to be going with him, he was her best friend and they had been looking forward to this day for years, planning out exactly what senior prom would be like, what they would wear, how they would travel there. They had told each other that they wouldn't need a date because they had each other, that had been when they were eleven and Regina had grown up a hell of a lot since then. Unfortunately for Jefferson, she now had a date and he still didn't, but that in no way meant that he couldn't go with them, she would be angry if he didn't go with her.

"You aren't alone, you are coming with Robin and I."

"Aww thanks babes, I love being a third wheel," J stated sarcastically.

"We are a tricycle, get over it," she snapped back, raising her eyebrows at him, before turning back to Lacy. "So? Details."

"He doesn't go to this school, so he probably won't be going to prom," she shook her head, "so Jefferson I am all yours."

"Ooh goodie, I have a dance partner."

Regina knew it was bad, really bad to feel jealous about that, that Jefferson and lacy were going to go together, it was selfish of her to be jealous of their friendship, but she was, she felt as though it was her and J against everything together, but lately, that hadn't exactly been the case. Sure, it was her and Robin who were now in that position, one where they were willing to do anything for the other and she loved that! She really did, it just wasn't the same though. There was a massive difference between best friend and boyfriend and Jefferson had been her best friend longer than she could remember and he would always mean everything to her.

Robin glanced at Regina and he saw it immediately, the glimmer of hurt in her eyes, he knew that she and Jefferson were dance partners, that they always had been and he could tell that his girlfriend was feeling that slight bit jealous, there was a little of that green-eyed monster shining through as she looked at her friends.

She could feel his eyes on her and turned to see him staring, "what?" she whispered.

"Nothing… just admiring how cute you look when you're jealous," he smirked, kissing the side of her jaw as she turned to cast a glare at him.

"Jealous of what?"

"Lacy," he shrugged, keeping his voice low so that the others couldn't hear, "you think she's taking J away from you."

"No I don't," she shook her head, "don't be so ridiculous."

"Okay, so you're not jealous," he chuckled, taking some of the curly fries from her pot, "but I know how you look when you're jealous and this looks pretty close."

"Shut up," she huffed, popping a grape in her mouth as she ran her fingers over the rest of them, plucking the green ones from the stem and putting the on a napkin in front of her, leaving the purple ones on the tray, pushing them away as she turned her nose up at them.

"What's wrong with them?" Graham asked, speaking up after having remained quiet from the majority of lunch, he was a man of few words.

"Too sweet," Robin and Regina answered at the same time.

"There they go again, being all in sync with each other," Lacy grinned, "how often is it that you finish each other's sentences?"

Very often, "we don't do that," Regina denied, that was a blatant lie, they were constantly doing it without even really realising, they were kind of in that place where they knew each other so well, they could pretty much tell exactly what they were thinking just from a simple look at their love.

"You do," Jefferson chuckled.

"We don't," they both replied, as the whole group burst into laughter.

"Sure, you don't."

"So maybe we do a little."

"Okay then, Robin what is Regina thinking right now?" Lacy asked, quizzing them.

Robin looked at his girlfriend and cast her a little smirk, knowing exactly how he could get into her good books, "that's easy, she's thinking that she wants you to tell her who you've been talking to and have the hots for."

Regina gasped dramatically, "how did you know I was thinking that?"

"Very funny," Lacy rolled her eyes.

"Do we know him?"

"Yes," She whispered, looking down and playing with a napkin on the table, "you know him."

"Okay, so we know him and he doesn't go to this school, but he obviously lives in the US because you just said that England was too far away." Regina bit down on her bottom lip, trying to work out who it was that she could be talking about, she looked at her and saw a slight blush creep onto her friend's cheeks, "is he older?"

"Yes."

"Okay, so he lives here, doesn't go to this school and is older, yet we all know him."

"I think you just established that."

She tapped one of her finger nails on the table, trying to think who the hell it could be, who was she… oh… oh him… ooh, she hoped she was right now, a bright smile came onto her face as she beamed at her friend, "I know."

"What? How?"

"I just do, I know!"

"How can you know I only gave you four clues, how can you know from that?"

"I know Lacy!" she stood from her chair, "I'll whisper it."

"Hey! We want to know too," Jefferson moaned, casting her the evils.

Ignoring him she walked to her friend and whispered a single name in her ear, "am I right?" She pulled back, seeing the major blushing from Lacy, "yes! I know I'm right!"

"Tell us! No fair."

"Not telling!" Regina laughed, coming to sit back down again and swiping some of the icing off her cake as she grinned at her friend across the table. "I think you too make a cute couple."

"I will get you to tell me if it's the last thing I do," Jefferson quipped, glaring from Lacy to Regina then back to Lacy again.

"Well, I think you're going to be waiting a very long time, sorry J."

"You're a cow."

"I love you too," she grinned from ear to ear as she picked up a fork and stabbed some of the cake with it, looking around at her friends and sighing, she was going to miss this, she really was, "I love all of you. I'm going to miss you so much!"


Regina's history exam had gone even better than her Chemistry one if that was even possible and she was positively buzzing by the time she got home. Robin had walked her back, before saying that he was going to go home and do the same as she planned on doing, spend time with his family, but he would come and call for her later that night, a plan that was fine with her, because as much as she might be able to take having the evening away from him, she didn't think that a night away from him was a good idea, just in case her PTSD flared up and he wasn't around to comfort her.

It was strange that he was the only person who could bring her out of an episode like that, no one else could; she'd had them when she was with her mother before and nothing they tried had been able to bring her back, not until Robin had rushed over and managed to talk her out of it, loosen its grip on her; he was the only one who could ever get through to her in times like that, the only one she could hear.

Now Regina was curled up on the couch in her mother's embrace, wearing comfy pants and Robin's hoodie, her hair scooped back from her face as it was getting to that annoying length where it always seemed to get in her way, the thing was she liked it that little bit longer, a compromise between how long she'd had it before and how short she'd had it cut. It seemed that Robin liked it with a little length too as he was always running his fingers through it, or playing with one of her curls when she left it to its own devises.

Alex and Zelena were on the other couch as they all watched the film together, face masks on and nails wet from manicures. Regina felt as though she were ten years old again and it was perfect. They were watching Pretty Woman, Regina had seen it a hundred times and still wasn't bored, she loved it, it had to be up there on her list of favourite films, along with Romeo and Juliet which had been the first film she and Robin had seen and it felt as though years had passed, not just months.

Speaking of months, they were verging on ten of them, they would have been together for ten months, nearly a year, which to be honest Regina felt wasn't long enough, she felt as though they had been together forever, as though they had always known each other.

She snuggled into her mother's side as Cora squeezed her tighter, "are you okay?" She asked, stroking her hair gently, "you've been very quiet tonight."

"Hmm, just thinking about things," she whispered, not wanting to disturb her sister and her fiancée from the movie.

"Like what?"

"School, I just feel like I wasn't ready to leave."

"You haven't left yet," Cora chuckled, placing a light kiss on the top of her head, "there's still prom to look forward to."

"Yes, but that's hardly the same, prom isn't even going to be at school, I had my last lunch ever with my friends in the cafeteria today and I just, I don't want to lose them, it feels like time is just slipping away from me."

"Regina, you need to grow up, experience all these new things and that means moving on, letting go of the past and embracing the future, even if that seems like a scary thing to do. You're moving in with Robin, going to University, everything is going to be so different, but it will be for the better, as much as I don't want you to leave me, I know that you will have the time of your life."

"I'm not going to see you ever day," she sniffled, she was being silly, what did she really expect to happen? To never move out? To live with her parents forever? That wasn't going to happen, she needed freedom, needed her own life and that was exactly what she was getting when she went off to college, she was one step closer to her future, to making something of herself, she couldn't risk that by being afraid of leaving home.

"Someone's teary tonight," Cora sighed, rubbing her arm lovingly, "I am going to miss you so much, but you know what? You will have such a good time, that I bet by your second week away, you'll have forgotten about us back at home."

"I don't think so," she laughed, looking up at her mother as she rested her head on her lap, allowing the older woman to run her fingers through her hair. "I'm going to miss you so much mom," she cried, tears beginning to spill down her cheeks. It was a massive thing, moving out, leaving home, leaving everything behind.

"Whoa why's she crying?" Zelena asked looking over at them, catching Alex's attention also.

"She's just a little emotional," Cora whispered, continuing to play with Regina's hair.

"Oh god, she looks so unattractive when she cries," Zelena smirked, causing Regina to glare at her.

"At least it's only when I cry and not all the time."

"Ooh, bitch," her sister stuck her tongue out at her.

This only made Regina cry more, she wouldn't have any more playful banter with her sister, there would be no more arguments that no one ever really won, there wouldn't be any of it.

"Oh god! Don't cry more," Zelena stood from the couch and literally sat on Regina's feet, "come here."

"I love you Ze," she breathed, burying her head in her sister's shoulder as she wrapped her arms tightly around her, then they felt the sofa dip again as a second set of arms wrapped around them.

"I want in on this!" Alex laughed, squeezing them both.

"Well, I think I'll go get a drink," Cora stated, making to move, but both Regina and Zelena grabbed her and pulled her into the hug with them.

"You're not going anywhere." Zelena chuckled.

"You're all squishing me," their mother protested.

"Deal with it," Regina giggled, "they do this to me all the time." She looked at them all and grinned, she knew they would always love her no matter where she was and that they would all come back to one another. She would just miss them, a lot.


Regina had just got out of the shower when her phone began ringing, she quickly wrapped her towel around her body and made a mad dash to her room to try and pick it up before it rang off. But in her rush, she stubbed her toe on the banister and immediately cursed a lot louder than she had meant to, "oh bollocks!" She squealed, grabbing her foot and dropping to the ground. "Awwww fuck me!"

"Regina!"

"Shit," she winced turning her head to see her mother, "sorry."

"Watch your language madam. I think you picked that one up from Robin."

"My toe just died," she fake sobbed.

"You might want to adjust your towel dear," Cora cleared her throat and averted her eyes.

Regina looked down and let out a loud gasp, the towel had slipped, literally revealing the whole of her upper body, she scrambled to pull it up and frowned, "oops."

"Regina what was that?"

"What?" Regina stood up, keeping the weight off her toe as she turned to her mom.

"That mark."

"I haven't got another tattoo, I swear I haven't," she gushed.

"No, I meant the mark there," Cora moved closer and tilted her head.

"What mark where…" Regina looked down and saw a hickey placed on the top of her breast, "oh that mark there," she laughed nervously, "well, I must have done it just then when I walked into the banister." She was going to kill Robin for this.

"Hmm."

She knew her mother wasn't believing a word of it, Robin had even made sure to place it where no one could see, she hadn't counted on accidentally dropping her towel now had she.

"It looks more like a love bite to me."

"Ah haha, no, a love bite? No, of course it isn't."

"Regina, it is."

"Fine, it is," she relented, there was no point trying to argue, because she wouldn't win and her mother knew that she and Robin were having sex anyway, it was pretty obvious, they slept in the same bed literally every night.

Cora cleared her throat and shook her head, "well, I suggest you keep it covered."

"Don't worry, I'm not going to be parading around town saying, 'hey wanna look at the hickey my boyfriend gave me', am I?"

Her mother stifled a laugh before rolling her eyes, "you have a point."

"I know," she grinned, "night mom."

"Robin?"

"I think I just missed his call, so I better go."

"Okay, night Regina, please let me know if he is coming to pick you up, or you're going to his house."

"I will," she nodded, making her way into her room and closing the door behind her, slumping against it as she dropped her towel and buried her head in her hands.

"Well, this is certainly a pleasant view."

She let out a scream before she even realised it was Robin and reached for the main light, flicking it on, seeing him laid on her bed, looking at her as if she were a crazy woman, "what the hell Robin!"

"Sorry," he grinned, stepping off the bed and moving closer to her.

"Regina?! Are you okay?!" Someone pushed her door open and she whipped around, seeing Alex and Zelena both stood there. "Shit."

"OH MY GOD! Get out!" she shouted, shooting behind Robin and reaching for a blanket off the bed, covering herself. Her sister and her fiancée had just see her as naked as the day she was born and she was so embarrassed, what the hell was going on tonight with her family members seeing parts of her body she wasn't willingly showing them?

"We heard you scream," Alex stated, looking at the floor as she awkwardly ran her hand through her hair.

"How were we supposed to know you had no clothes on your body?" Zelena scoffed, "you little nudist," she smirked.

"Hey! I'm in my own room! I don't have to wear clothes if I don't want to, plus I just got out of the shower, so why don't you go away," she fumbled over her words, feeling her cheeks heat up.

Robin was trying really hard to not laugh at her, she was so cute when she got angry and right now wasn't any exception. He hadn't meant to make her scream, but he had been waiting in his car downstairs and figured he'd just climb up to her room and wait for her there instead, it seemed like a much comfier option and she hadn't been answering her phone, so he felt the need to just check in on her.

"Zelena come on," Alex, pulled on her arm, "let's leave them."

The two left and Regina dropped down onto the bed hiding her face, "seriously," she mumbled into the mattress.

Robin laughed as he came to sit beside her, his hand costing across her back, "did you have a good night?" he asked, dropping his head so that he could land a soft kiss to her bare shoulder.

"Yes," she smiled, turning to show her face to him, "we watched Pretty woman."

"What the film about the prostitute?"

"Robin, she isn't…"

"Pretty sure she is," he chuckled.

"Well she is, but she doesn't want to be and in the end she isn't, that's the point of the movie," she scoffed, pushing him playfully as she stood from the bed, "so are we staying here or…"

"Well, I thought we could go for a drive."

"A drive?"

"Hmm, what do you say?"

"I say, bring it on." She nodded, "let me just get some clothes," she pulled a shirt on, forgoing her bra, not deeming it necessary, they weren't going to be bumping into anyone and even if they did, she would have her baggy sweatshirt on so they wouldn't be able to see anything anyway. She slipped into her panties and found a pair of slacks, donning them also, before flinging her hair up into a high pony tail, "are we coming back to mine or going to yours after this drive?"

"Wherever," he shrugged, not really caring where they stayed as long as they were together it didn't matter.

"Yours," she grinned, not needing to pick up anything but her phone because she had so much stuff at Robin's that she didn't even need an overnight bag anymore, she had taken over his room with her stuff, but to be honest her room wasn't any better, there were things that belonged to Robin everywhere and she wouldn't have it any other way.

"Okay then, come on milady, let's go," he took her hand and they made their way out of her room, needing to tell her parents where they were going before they left. She knew that her mom and dad worried more after the whole Daniel thing, they were a lot more protective over her, needing to know where she was twenty-four-seven, needing to know that she was safe.

They drove through Storybrooke and it was pretty quiet on the streets, they had only passed about two cars on their whole journey. Robin took the familiar turn into the stables and parked up. He undid his belt and turned to look at her, she was grinning at him as she shook her head, "what are we doing here?" She asked.

"Well, I figured since we keep nearly getting caught at both our houses, that maybe…"

"You want to have sex in the stables?" she rose her eyebrows, giving him a disapproving glance. "In the dirt?"

"I was thinking hay, which is on dirt, but there is separation," he shrugged, from the way she was looking at him he could see that she disapproved, "bad plan?"

She scrunched up her noise and nodded, "hay is scratchy, and I really don't think I could have sex with Rocinante looking on, it's weird."

"Bad plan, I'm sorry," he rubbed a hand over his face and shook his head, "sorry, I should have just taken us to the tree house."

She hummed and shook her head, "I think I have an idea," she grinned, un-clipping her belt and squishing her body through the gap into the back seat.

"What you doing?"

"Car sex," she quipped, "come back here," she giggled, grabbing a blanket he must have brought for the ground and laying it over the seats before pulling her jumper and shirt off, revealing her breasts to him and realising that it was a little chilly in his car. She leant back through the gap, tempting him with her boobs as she turned up the heating, "care to join me?" she asked, running her hands over her upper body, squeezing her tits as she maintained eye contact with him.

He watched her as he removed all his clothes, struggling to get his pants off due to the close proximity to the steering wheel, but he managed. His cock was already half hard and he knew it wouldn't take much for him to be solid and throbbing, it never did with Regina, she was a goddess and she was his. Soft music played inside the car and he couldn't move, he was captivated by her, she was simply running her fingers across her nipples, letting out a little moan here and there as her other hand descended down her body and hooked around her pants.

Regina arched her back, moving her ass up off the seat as she pushed off her slacks, taking her panties down with them. She kicked them off and situated herself in a more comfortable position, finding that Robin had actually brought a pillow with him, she placed it behind her head and laid back, one hand swirling over her stomach, heading down between her thighs. She met his eyes and saw how hungry for her he looked, slowly she began circling her clit, discovering that she was in fact extremely turned on, she knew she was wet, but she hadn't guessed it would be that much.

Her whimpers of pleasure met his ears as he simply watched, he could watch her do that for hours, just admire the way she worked herself up, knowing exactly where to touch in order for her to be squirming and pushing her hips into her hand. He was transfixed by the beautiful sight in front of him, he wanted to move, wanted to ravish her right there, turn the little whimpers into loud moans and cries as he brought her pleasure.

"Are you coming or do I have to do this myself?" she grinned, breaking him out of his trance as he tried to scramble through the small space, finding it hard because he was quite a bit bigger than she was and his cock was fully erect, posing yet another problem. "Why don't you use the door?" Regina giggled, shaking her head at him.

"The door, that is a good idea, why didn't I think of that?" he moved from the gap and opened the door, before hurrying through the back one to join her on the back seats, "you're a little tease," Robin laughed, pressing his lips the whole way up her legs, then across her stomach, kissing each breast before he landed at her lips and looked her in the eyes, "I love you."

"I love you too," she whispered, her hands costing across his back, "I'm glad to see that I am able to make you extremely hard without even having to touch you," she breathed, her hands reaching his as she pulled him against her and squeezed, her nails digging in slightly, leaving crescent shaped marks on his skin. His mouth crashed against hers, stealing the air from her lungs as his tongue begged for entrance, running across her bottom lip and finding her own tongue when she allowed him in.

His hand ran down her body, swirling across her smooth skin, feeling every inch of her, he parted her folds and allowed his fingers to slip through them, rubbing over her bundle of nerves and causing her to gasp into his mouth. He tore his lips from hers and looked at her, "you're soaked Regina, so turned on, so wet," he played with her arousal, circling her entrance as his lips ran down her body again, stopping at her breasts where he took on nipple into his mouth and sucked, causing her to let out a low moan. "Can I taste you?" he asked, his tongue still stroking across her breasts.

"Please!" she nodded, she really wanted him to go down on her, she was so happy that he actually enjoyed doing it, because he was amazing with his mouth and it was no exception when he was eating her out. She felt him smile against her skin as he carried on descending down her body until he was in between her legs. He pushed them further open, hooking one of them behind his shoulder as he tried to manoeuvre in the back seat of his car, thinking that although this might be kinkier than the tree house, it was a lot less comfortable.

He pressed a kiss to her lower lips, before parting them and giving her a long lick through her folds, dipping his tongue into her entrance, before carrying on up to her clit which he sucked into his mouth, his fingers coming to her entrance and stroking her gently, before he thrust two inside her and dropped her clit.

"God Robin!" She gasped, thrusting her hips towards him.

"You taste so good babe," he rasped, "I love how wet you are for me."

"All for you," she breathed, bringing her own hand to her nipples as she twisted sharply, sending a bolt of pleasure through her, combining with Robin rubbing against her g-spot as he brought his mouth back down to enclose around her clit, in turn causing her to throw her head back in ecstasy, letting out a loud cry of pleasure.


Emma had decided she needed to get out of the house for a while, her adopted mother and father were driving her crazy with their arguing and she just needed to leave, get some peace and quiet. She had been tempted to ring Mary Margaret or Ruby, but decided against it, she looked across the room to the golden retriever that was laid on her bed, literally staring at her.

"Hey Daisy," she whispered, coming up to her dog and stroking its ear gently, "do you wanna go for a walk?" she asked, pressing a light kiss to the top of her head, "do you?"

The dog sprung up from the bed and waited by her bedroom door, wagging her tail eagerly, showing her enthusiasm for walks with her friend. Emma laughed and opened the door bypassing the kitchen where her parents were arguing and grabbed the collar and leash, as well as her coat, before slipping out of the door with the dog and getting her ready for their walk.

She didn't know where she was going, she just walked through Storybrooke with no set destination, any excuse to get away from home. She was on the outskirts now, walking along the border of the woods, down a road which lead to the fields where the livestock grazed. She continued going when she heard a loud shout and stopped in her tracks, what the hell was that? She looked to her dog who didn't seemed phased by the noise, but she was feeling slightly anxious. It was late and dark and she probably shouldn't have strayed this far from civilisation on her own in the middle of the night.

She scrambled for her phone and dialled the first number she could think of, "Emma?"

"Alex, hi."

"Hey, what's up?"

"I'm walking and I just heard a noise."

"Wait, you're walking alone?"

"No, with Daisy, but I think it was someone screaming and I'm freaked out right now."

"Okay, Emma, where are you?" Alex asked, Emma could hear the concern in her sister's voice.

"I'm near the fields, by the stables."

"Okay, I'm gonna come meet you, stay there, stay on the phone, I'm coming now okay?"

"Okay," Emma nodded. She wasn't usually phased by things like that, but it was pitch black and there was literally no one nearby. She heard another yell and gripped onto Daisy's leash a little tighter. What if someone was being hurt and needed help? She took a deep breath and contrary to Alex's instruction began walking in the direction of the noise.

"I'm heading past Granny's," Alex told her.

"Alright," Emma whispered, rounding the corner, seeing the stables and a single car parked up. She frowned and began walking towards it as her dog pulled harder leading her to the car. She was breathing heavily, "there's a car," she stated to Alex.

"A car?"

"Yeah, parked up at the stables."

"There shouldn't be, everything is locked up at night."

"Well there is." Emma heard another cry and shook her head, it was louder this time, "the noise is coming from the car."

"Oh," Alex laughed a little, "probably people having sex."

"What if it isn't though? What if someone is being hurt?"

"Emma…"

"I'm going to check."

"Really?"

"Yes." With that she carried on towards the car, noticing that the windows were slightly fogged up, she swallowed heavily and looked through the window. What she saw caused her to gasp loudly and drop her phone to the ground, her hand flew to cover her mouth as she watched, tears sprouting in her eyes. It was Regina and she definitely wasn't being hurt, it was quite the opposite in fact, she seemed to be having the time of her life.

She was completely naked and Emma was having trouble looking away, she knew she really should, that it wasn't right to be watching such a personal moment, but there was the woman she had fantasised about so many times completely bare, being pleasure by someone else and it cut her up inside.

"Emma?! Emma!" She heard Alex shouting from the smashed phone on the ground and bent down to pick it up, "Emma?!"

"I'm here," she whispered.

"I am literally around the corner now… oh my god." Emma turned to see Alex looking at her from the entrance to the car park, "shit." She sighed, clearly recognising the car.

"You were right," Emma cleared her throat walking away from the car, "they are having sex."

"Come on," Alex beckoned, taking her hand, "I think we need to get you a drink."

"I'm not old enough…"

"Pretty sure that you still need one."

"Definitely do."


"Did you just here something?" Regina whispered, pulling on his hair lightly to get him to stop what he was doing.

"Hear what?" he asked, rather out of breath from all the work he had been doing in between her legs, "I didn't hear anything."

"I thought I heard voices."

"Nah, I don't think there's anyone there," he shook his head, moving back to go to his task, when she stopped him, "Regina, I don't…"

She bit down on her bottom lip as she grinned at him, "Robin, I want something else," she breathed, "something more… filling."

He smirked at her, understanding her meaning and gave her one last long lick through her folds, before moving back up her body, kissing along her skin, before reaching her mouth and kissing her deeply. He moved himself into a move comfortable position, making sure that he wasn't trapping her. The space in his car was a little small, but it was big enough for him to work with; he broke the kiss and rubbed his nose with hers, looking into her eyes. "Did you know how stunning you are?" he asked, his lips grazing over her cheeks and the corner of her lips.

"You make me feel that way," she whispered, skirting her fingers across his back, "now are you going to make love to me or what?"

"Yes, I think I might," he laughed, positioning the tip of his cock at her entrance, before thrusting inside her and giving her a second to adjust to having his length inside her. She gasped and closed her eyes, her head tipping backwards as he held her, his weight was literally laid on top of her, but she wasn't complaining in the slightest, in fact if felt really good, being so close to him, it was so much more intimate that way.

He started thrusting in and out of her as their lips fastened together and they indulged in slow and sensual kisses. Her hands were carding through his hair as he stroked her cheek gently with one of his. Their hips moved in time together, creating the perfect rhythm and working to press his cock against her g-spot. She moved one of her legs to wrap around him and that one was swiftly joined by the other, trapping him between them and keeping him close; it also meant that he had more room on the seat.

Her hands moved to find his as they interlocked their fingers. She had already been really close before he stopped going down on her, so she was there again, chasing that peak, just needing to come and bring him over the edge with her. She released one of her hands from his and moved it down her body, circling her clit and pinching it a couple of times, before finding his abdomen and moving her hand between them, coming his balls and squeezing them, earning a groan out of him as he pressed his forehead to hers, "Regina, that feels good."

"You feel good," she breathed, "faster Robin, go faster!" He did as she asked and picked up the pace, causing her to cry out in pleasure, her hand falling from his balls and moving to rub at her clit.

"Are you close?" he asked, kissing her shoulder as he buried his face in her neck.

"Yes," she nodded, working with him, to push closer to their orgasms. Then on one particularly hard thrust she felt her walls begin to contract around him as her body spasmed underneath his and she came around his cock, her walls milking him as he came inside her. He collapsed partially on top of her as she ran her fingers up and down his back. "That was so good," she moaned, biting on her bottom lip as she felt his lips caress over her shoulder.

"It was," he breathed against her neck, "do you know how good you feel around my cock?"

She laughed lightly and shook her head, "we are rather amazing together."

"You can say that again," he chuckled moving down a little and resting his head on her stomach, "glad you put the blanket on the chair, god knows how hard it would be to get cum out of the seat."

She giggled and ran her hand through his hair, playing with it as a sated smile came upon her lips, "your car smells like sex," she sniggered.

"Yeah, it does," he nodded, "I am not complaining," he nuzzled her stomach closing his eyes as he stroked his fingers over her breasts tenderly. "I quite like the smell, especially your smell."

"I'll buy you an air freshener," Regina shook her head and looked up noticing the windows were fogged over, "Robin, I think your car might have been over heated."

He followed her gaze and laughed, "we are just too hot for it to handle."

"Hmm," she closed her eyes, still just carding her fingers through his hair, one of her legs had dropped off the seat and his body was resting between her legs as they basked in their perfect afterglow.

"This was fun."

"It was," she agreed, "at least no one was around to hear us."

"I like being able to hear you scream with pleasure," he smirked kissing her abdomen. "I love you Regina."

"I love you too," she smiled, "we'll have to do this again some time."

"Oh, I'll hold you to it."

"I'm sure you will."