Chapter 1

I tried to make Emmet as much as possible like Emma.

I hope you enjoy the story.

Regina Mills was an outsider. Everyone called her a freak for having obsessive-compulsive disorders and maybe because she was intelligent. She had an IQ of 167. She didn't really understand why they couldn't look past it. She wasn't ugly. At least that's what she tried to tell herself and her psychiatrist tried his luck too but the negative looks of everyone brought her down every single time again. She was 16 years old, had short black hair, chocolate brown eyes, was pretty thin ,at least that's what her psychiatrist told her often, to be exact she weighted 102 pounds. She was small nothing more than 5'4 feet. She was the brightest student on the Storybrooke High school and was praised by the teachers. Her foster foster father was the principal and her foster mother was the Mayor.

Regina sighed when she got out of her bed. Another year of beatings and insults laid ahead and she just wanted to crawl back into her bed and stay there forever. But she didn't. She showered, applied a bit make-up and dressed before she packed her bag, grabbed an apple and left the house quickly. She was kind of disappointed that she hadn't met her parents in the kitchen. She loved her foster mother Cora Mills but she was still skeptic that this would be her last home and that was all she wanted. She walked to her school while she ate her apple and balanced a few books in her arms which hadn't fitted into her bag anymore. Soon she arrived at the school ground and threw her apple stalk into a bin when suddenly she was knocked over by someone.

She sighed and grabbed her things when suddenly someone was crouching next to her and helped her. Regina looked up confused and looked into Emmet Swan's face. He was the most popular and most respected student of the school. He was the captain of the football team and probably had slept with every girl in the school which was over 16. He never treated a girl wrong and he was nice to everyone. Regina was suspicious. No one could be such a saint and in the same time be that popular. "I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention. Did I hurt you?"Emmet asked her when they got up again and Regina shook her head and snatched her books from him. He was taller than her and so she had to look up to see his face. Something around 6 feet. He was muscular and had blond short hair styled in an undercut.

She looked him in the eyes and saw that he had bright green eyes. He had a soft face and wore a small smile. "Uh...well... I'm still sorry for running you over."he said to her and she nodded shyly. "I'm Emmet." "I know."Regina said quickly and Emmet chuckled amused. "I see... and who are you?" "R-" "Em! What are you doing with the freak?"His friend Kilian Jones shouted to him while he was walking towards them. "Shut up, Jones! Who gave you the right to call her that?"Emmet snapped and Regina looked at him surprised. Kilian shook his head grumpily and knocked her almost over with his shoulder but got stopped by Emmet. "You know that I hate people being disrespectful to other..."He growled and Kilian shrugged it off.

"See you later. When you came back to your mind. This girl will ruin your reputation. I'm just warning you."Kilian said and walked off. "Sorry 'bout that."Emmet said. "So. Who are you?" "Regina." She answered and he smiled. "That's a beautiful name."he told her and Regina looked down. "You probably say that to every girl."she said and he was speechless. "N-no. I really find your name beautiful. I mean... look at the names of other girls... I don't really like names like Tracy, Mandy or Taby..." "You just chose names with an Y. You probably had many negative situations with girls who have a name ending with an Y. And that leads me back to my first argument. You are saying that to a lot girls."Regina said and Emmet raised an eyebrow amused.

"You are the girl who got the price for being the most intelligent one three years in a row." He said and she nodded. "It's not really that difficult. The papers are much too easy."She answered and he smiled. "If I could share your opinion in that… I always get bad grades in literature." He said and Regina smiled. "Why?"She asked and he sighed. "I'm not good at getting the message of things..."He answered. "Obviously." She mumbled and he looked at her confused. "What?"he asked her and she shook her head. "Nothing." She mumbled and he sighed. "Uh…anyway… tonight is a party at David's and mine… would you like to come?"Emmet asked and she looked at him surprised.

"You are inviting ME to your party?"She asked him and he nodded. "Yeah. You are funny. I like you."He said and Regina started laughing hysterically. "You like me? What is wrong with you?"She asked then and he looked at her confused. "Just because other people don't like doesn't mean that I can't like you. Anyway. Think about it. The party is from 8 to I don't know when." Emmet answered and walked away. Regina was slightly dazed. "Thank you."She called after him and he turned around slightly. "No problem." He walked into the school and she followed slowly. She just got invited to a party. Her first party. She bit her lip. What if it was just a trap? Her classmates pulled this shit a few times already. But Emmet was popular as kind student. She sighed.

In the end she decided that she wouldn't go. She didn't want to be the one who got pushed around by a circle of drunken people. She sat down in her class. Biology. She loved Biology but what she loved even more was literature. It was just a coincidence that Emmet was bad in it. She sighed and started to arrange her things from big to small and then checked her pencil case. She always checked her things twice before she was satisfied with it. After Biology she had literature. She was giddy. Her favorite professor Daniel Smith was teaching it. She was a bit shocked when suddenly Emmet and his clique entered the classroom and sat down in the middle of the room. Emmet looked over to her before he tore of a little piece of paper and wrote something on it before he threw it to Regina. The latter hadn't seen it and gasped surprised when the paper fell onto her desk.

She quickly took the paper and unfolded it. "Are you coming tonight? It will be fun!" she read and sighed. She looked over to Emmet who was watching her intently. She shook her head and he pouted. He wrote something on a paper again and held it up. "Why?" She took a piece of paper and wrote her answer on it, which she held up too. "I'm not welcomed." He read and opened his mouth surprised. "Mr. Swan. Something you want to tell us?"Mr. Smith asked and Emmet's head snapped to the board. "No. Sorry, Mr. Smith." "I know that Regina can be quite the distraction but please try to focus on my lesson. You didn't forget your deal with the coach already, did you?" Suddenly the whole class except for Regina and Emmet laughed.

"Regina will never be a distraction for Emmet. He is great. Regina… she is a freak."Jefferson said and everyone nodded. Regina looked down on the paper Emmet had thrown at her. "Enough with that bullshit!"Emmet snapped and everyone shut up. Regina looked at him surprised and Mr. Smith watched them intently. "Ooohhh."Kilian said and smiled deviously. "Yeah, dudes. Stop this bullshit." He nudged Jefferson who realized too what Kilian was thinking and smiled. "Come on, Reggie. You know that it was just fun."He said and that was when the whole classroom realized what the two of them wanted to indicate. "That was not a nice joke."Mr. Smith said and the class sighed.

"We know… we just thought that Regina knows that we were just making fun."Jefferson said and the class nodded. Regina shrunk in her chair and Emmet sighed. "Anyway…let's concentrate on the lesson again."Mr. Smith said. The class focused on their papers again. Kilian nudged Emmet. "What do you have in mind?"he asked him and Emmet sighed. "I asked her to come to the party tonight." "But?"Kilian asked. "She declined…"Emmet said and Kilian grinned. He wrote a bit on a paper and then stood up. He walked to the trashcan and dropped the paper on Regina's desk before he walked back to his place. Regina looked at Kilian confused before the unfolded his paper. "Come to the party. You will have fun ;)" She looked a bit uncertain before she nodded.

Kilian smiled. "You have a fuck tonight."he whispered in Emmet's ear. "What?"Emmet asked surprised and looked at him. "I convinced Regina to come to the party tonight." "How?"Emmet asked confused and he smiled. "A magician never reveal his tricks."Kilian just answered and Emmet sighed. The lesson passed rather quickly after that and Regina sighed. She had a small break now and she hated it. The others used it to torture her. But this break there was no mishap. Emmet walked over to her and smiled. "Hey."he said and rubbed his neck. "Sorry for the jerks." "It's alright."she answered and looked on her hands. He put two fingers under her chin and lifted it up. "You don't need to come today just because Kilian told you to. We have almost every week a party. You can come whenever you want." He said and Regina nodded.

"I…okay." She mumbled. He smiled. "You have so soft skin."He said and blushed. "T-thank you…"She answered and he let go of her chin. "Did you already read the book in literature?" He asked her and she nodded. "So… what is it about?" "That's something you have to find out for yourself."She answered and he grinned. Regina smiled shyly and he pulled out a book. "And I have another question." She looked down at the book. "Well, what question do you want to ask me?"she asked and he smiled. "Would you give me your number?" Regina looked at him surprised. "I… uh…" "You think I'm just joking…"Emmet said and sighed. He opened the book and ripped out the last page. Then he took out a pencil and quickly wrote his number on it. "Write me whenever you feel comfortable to do so."He said and handed her the paper. "O-okay." Regina answered and took the paper.

"Well. See you either later, tonight or tomorrow again. Have a good day, Regina."Emmet said and walked away. Regina stared at him. "He is hot, isn't he?"a female voice asked behind her and Regina turned around. "He looks good."Regina admitted and the other girl giggled. "God. You shouldn't be such a prude. I'm Kathryn."The girl introduced herself and Regina smiled hesitantly. "I'm Regina…"she mumbled and Kathryn smiled. "The principal's daughter." She said and Regina nodded. "Foster daughter… but yes." "What happened to your real parents?"Kathryn asked. "If I'm allowed to ask." Regina nodded. "They… they died in a car accident when I was 6. I was sitting in the backseat and fitted into the footwell of our car… that saved my life…Everyday... I think about it. If I wouldn't have distract my father he would have seen the other driver.."Regina answered pretty quiet and Kathryn gasped. "What happened to the other driver?"Kathryn asked. "He left... I don't know who he is... He just... left. Another car came by and found us... and after that I got tossed from home to home..."

"I'm so sorry…and since when are you here?"Kathryn asked. "3 and a half years."Regina answered and sighed. "You like Mr. and Mrs. Mills? Sorry that I ask you so many questions… but well…" "Here nothing happens and I'm something new."Regina cut her off and Kathryn nodded apologetic. "They are better than many of my former foster homes." Kathryn smiled softly. "I'm glad to hear that. Well, you are coming to the party tonight, aren't you?" "I… don't really know… I think I'm not allowed to."Regina answered and Kathryn wrapped an arm around her shoulder. Regina flinched slightly. "Tell your parents you are sleeping at my place and then come to my place. We can go together."Kathryn said and Regina looked at her surprised.

"Why?" "Why what?"Kathryn was confused. "Why do you want to help me?"Regina asked and Kathryn smiled. "Because everyone deserves a friend and you look like someone I could like."Kathryn answered. "And why just now? I'm here since three and a half years and you never spoke to me."Regina said and Kathryn smiled. "I never had the time and we don't have classes together. I was training for the cheerleader competition."Kathryn told her and Regina nodded slowly. "Come to my place at 7, if you can manage that. If not just call me. Wait. Here is my number."Kathryn took the paper Emmet had written his number on and wrote her number underneath it. "Thanks…"Regina mumbled amazed and Kathryn smiled. "See you later. I have to get to training again." "See you later."Regina said and folded the paper neatly before she walked to her next class.

TBC...?