"Now to say that when I first met Regina it was like something had clicked for me, and it really had, I knew that Regina was different, she even said it herself not long after sitting down beside me, she had a way about her, it was obvious too the way she waltzed into Biology, apparently it was a first, seeing as she never came to class much, she was like the Queen B, if she was in any way popular, from the small amount of time I had spent in the halls previously, I knew that her name was Regina, and that her father was the mayor, her whole family had moved here not that long before I did, her father had been elected from outside of Storybrooke, he had a excellent reputation, in Phoenix where the Mills had lived previously, but they were here long enough to have a good name for themselves around town, but everyone in school avoided the Mill's siblings and their significant others at that, they didn't care, they knew a lot of people didn't like them, they tended to all group together when they weren't in class, but they did avoid one Mills in particular, why I honestly don't know, I mean yeah, he looks really creepy at first, especially with the colour of his eyes, but he was really the sweetest man I have ever met, apart from her father, oh and Killian." A small chuckle escaped red lips, "Regina's youngest brother August, it was definitely his eyes that had put the students and teachers on edge , there was something about his eyes that even to this day still makes ME feel uneasy" Emma reached for a glass and took a long drink, not that she actually needed it, but all the remembering and talking was making her...thirsty, "I remember the first time I properly laid eyes on Regina,, she strode into Biology, Zelena and August followed her in, they all scanned the room before Zelena and August started to walk to the back, but Regina stopped and stared around the room, her eyes had found me and that was when I truly knew, that I was never gonna be without Regina in my life again"
The door to the biology class opened and in walked her, the woman from the car, along with two others, a taller red haired girl and a boy, he was a bit, wilder looking, his eyes darting around the room, Emma shifted uncomfortably when his hazel eyes landed on her, she didn't make eye contact, instead reached under the desk and pulled her bag into her lap taking from it a notepad, when she set it down and sat up straight she stopped herself from jumping and cursing out loud, the girl from the car was standing right in front of her desk and looking at her curiously,
"Eh..can I help you?" Emma said looking around the now suddenly quiet room, Regina smiled, she couldn't help it, she really was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen, Regina smiled even wider again,
"May I sit?" Regina asked motioning to the empty stool beside her, Emma looked at it, then to Regina, around the room, noticing that there was a few empty stools, and desks for that matter and then back to her, she cleared her throat but couldn't vocally answer her so just simply nodded, Regina smiled, twisted the notepad in her arm and walked around the table, she was sitting beside her before Emma could even take a deep breathe, she opened her notepad and pulled out a pen from the pocket of her black leather jacket, she set it down on the open page and then turned fully to Emma, she held out her hand,
"I'm Regina, Regina Mills" Regina said an even wide smile gracing her beautiful face, Emma looked at her hand and then to her face, she mentally shook herself before extending her own, she gasped softly, her hand was a mix of being ice cold and burning hot, like a pleasurable in between,
"E..Emma, Emma Swan"
"It's nice to meet you, Miss Swan" Regina said, she smiled at me and gave my hand a harder squeeze before turning back to face the class, Emma looked over her shoulder to see the red haired girl grinned madly at Regina's back and the boy beside her, even had a small smile on his face, but when he caught her looking, it dropped and his face became hard and unreadable once more. Emma sighed and turned around to face the front.
"I'm sorry, I eh, I forgot to grab my book" Emma whispered to Regina, leaning in closer, the smell of her Millions perfume invading her senses.
"You may share with me if you would like?" Regina whispered back a small smile gracing her lips, if she had of leaned any closer if would have almost looked like Regina was about to kiss her, Emma just grinned and shuffled her chair closer to Regina as they both stared at the page, their leather clad shoulders touching. Neither of them noticed Zelena or August snapping pictures and chuckling quietly to themselves behind them.
"Seems Gigi likes the new girl" Zelena said as she joined her siblings and boyfriend at the table in the canteen, holding out her phone with the picture displayed on the screen, Killian who was halfway through a forkful of mash almost choked, Zelena smacked him hard on the back to which he nodded with a small smile,
"Jesus, we're only back a day and you're already looking for some fresh meat?" Ruby, Regina's other sister, said taking the phone from Killian, she whistled, handed the phone back to Zelena and then reached across and stole a forkful of green beans from Regina's tray sitting opposite her,
"I am NOT looking for some meat, thank you" Regina said glaring at Ruby and moving her tray further away, everyone around Regina looked at her and smirked, Regina rolled her eyes, she then turned to look directly at Zelena, "and NEVER call me that in public again" Regina said, Zelena just smiled, her perfect white teeth on show, Regina lowered her head to start on her salad when her head shot up and looked towards the door,
"That's her" August whispered to Killian who turned himself around to look at where August was pointing, Killian looked at the young blonde and turned grinning madly at his sister,
"I can see why, she's something" Killian said, he yelped and glared at Zelena, he lifted his leg and rested it on the edge on the chair as he rubbed at his shin, Zelena just smiled at him sarcastically, "watch it love, I paid good money for these boots" Killian said, the entire table erupted in laughter, Regina included, but she stopped when she noticed Emma watching her, Emma smiled at her and walked towards another table, she growled low in her throat grabbing the attention of her family, they all followed Regina's line of sight and their backs tensed and they sat up straighter,
"Cassidy" they said in unison.
"You look like you could do with a friend" Emma jumped slightly, she looked over her shoulder to see a girl standing behind her looking at her curiously,
"Eh.." Emma said, looking from the girl and then back to her locker, Biology had shaken her more than she would have like, Regina especially, she couldn't help feeling that the older brunette was somehow attracted to her,
"I'm Ashley" the blonde girl said sticking out her hand, Emma looked at it and smiled,
"Emma"
"You're new right?" Ashley said, and Emma just raised her eyebrow as if to say obviously, Ashley chuckled and shook her head, "Stupid question, I saw you in Biology"
"It was an interesting class" Emma says honestly as she turns back around to her locker taking out her biology notepad from her bag and placing it inside, glancing at the timetable tapped to her locker door, English and History, she smiled, two subjects she actually enjoyed,
"Mills is weird, they all are, they moved here last term, they stick together a lot, which was weird seeing as Her Royal Bitchiness sat beside you and not RedHead and Creep" Ashley said with a chuckle, Emma was use to name calling and nicknames in her old school, but for some reason, Ashley calling the other Mills names didn't seem to sit right with her,
"Have you actually spoken to any of them to start calling them that?" Emma asked curiously as she shut her locker after putting two new notepads into her bag and shouldering it, "or have you just come up with them because they keep to themselves?" Emma asked, Ashley went wide eyed for a second before she sighed,
"I tried making friends with them, Lacey and Ruby seem the only two to actually speak to others, Zelena and Killian are more like the family attack dogs, Regina just doesn't want to talk to anyone else, she acts like we're all beneath her and well August, his eyes just make him, scary" Ashley said, Emma was shocked, she didn't actually expect and honest reaction to her question, "But Regina has never acted like that before"
"Never judge a book by it's cover" Emma said simply as she walked alongside Ashley to English.
"Hey, you should come sit with me and my friends at lunch" Ashley said as he packed away her books after History, Emma looked at her,
"Sure" Emma said, she wasn't one to have clicks, her and Lily tended to go out of school for lunch, either back to her apartment where her Dad would make them his famous, steak, salami and cheese sandwich topped with onions and some weird sauce that Emma loved but still had no idea what it actually was, or they'd go to the cafe that Mal owned, Mal was a businesswoman, she owned lots of little bistros and cafes all over New York, as well as being an editor and marketing manager of Playstation Magazine, something that both Emma and Lily loved as they usually were the ones who tried out the latest games that Mal wrote her reviews on,
"Awesome, the food here isn't too bad, but we all tend to bring our own lunch most days" Ashley said, "come on, we usually meet outside the canteen to debrief on first period"
"Guys" Ashley said as they approached a small circle of people, two boys and another girl, "this is Emma Swan, she's just started, thought she could eat with us" Ashley said, they all looked to Emma and smiled, Ashley rolled her eyes, "Fine, I'll do the introductions, Emma this is Neal, Ella and Luke" Ashley said pointing at the three in turn, Emma gave a small smile and wave,
"How are you liking it so far?" Neal asked as they made their way towards the canteen after having stopped for fifteen minutes to discuss the first day, in excruciating detail, Emma constantly rolling her eyes at her first group of 'friends' being the nerdy ones, she was a bit of nerd herself yes, but she wasn't as obvious as this book loving group was,
"Yeah it's not too bad" Emma said,
"Hey eh, just between us, I'd stay as far away from the Mills' if I can" Neal said leaning closer to her, Emma rolled her eyes, she didn't like being told what to do, especially from a guy who needed some serious body spray, and especially about a family that has done nothing to her,
"Thanks, but eh, I think I can choose my own friends" Emma said with a tight smile, the canteen was huge, almost as big as the one in her old school, she scanned the room and her eyes fell on a table in the corner with the people everyone has been warning her about, her eyes locked with Regina's and she smiled slightly, before following Ashley over to the table with the rest of her new...friends?
Killian and Zelena both placed their hands over Regina's arms when she went to get up,
"Leave it G" Killian said looking at his sister, Regina turned and glared at him before relaxing a little,
"You can't make a claim to her Reg" Ruby said from beside her and she earned herself a glare as well, "I'm serious, you met her once"
"Once was all it took, I know what I felt" Regina growled out, Ruby, Killian and Zelena all rolled their eyes,
"Be that as it may sis, you can't just walk over there and tell her that she can't sit with them" Zelena said leaning back and opening up her own container of salad,
"But it's Cassidy!" Regina said,
"We know!" everyone at the table said, not at all happy with who Regina's new crush was having lunch with.
"Have you noticed they haven't stopped staring at her" Ashley whispered to Neal as she looked from Emma who was too engrossed in her lunch to pay the table attention,
"Yeah, especially Regina" Neal said, "I feel like I should say something to her, I already told her to stay away from them" Neal whispered, Ashley rolled her eyes,
"You do know that Katheryn wasn't even your girlfriend to begin with" Ashley said, Neal turned and glared at her,
"She was a good as" Neal hissed, Ashley rolled her eyes, "besides, she keeps looking at her in a weird way" Neal said,
"You do know that she's more than likely a lesbian?" Ashley said motioning to Emma, "I mean, she IS from New York" Neal scoffed,
"Not every city kid is gay Ashley" Neal said,
"Pfft, please, name one kid that isn't gay that's from the city at this school" Ashley said,
"You both do know I can hear you?" Emma said not evening looking away from her lunch, both Neal and Ashley's head spun that fast they could have easily snapped their own necks, they stuttered and Emma chuckled and shook her head, her eyes scanned the canteen once more and they locked with Regina's, Emma couldn't help but smirk at her as she went back to her lunch, not really noticing the small glaring match that was happening between her table and the Mills'
"Stop staring at her" Ruby said hitting Regina's shoulder, Regina turned to look at Ruby and glared at her,
"Please refrain from hitting me" Regina said and Ruby rolled her eyes,
"I'm serious G, you're gonna freak her out, and it's not helping that the nerds are already suspicious of you and your intentions with the new girl" Ruby said,
"Emma" Regina said, which caused the whole table to look at her, the name sound beautiful on her tongue, just as beautiful as the girl who owned the name,
"Who's Emma?" Ruby asked, Regina rolled her eyes this time,
"Her name is Emma" Regina said, looking back over to the table and was slightly surprised to find a pair of beautiful green eyes staring back at her.
"So how was your first day?" Mary said the minute Emma walked through the door of the apartment, Emma couldn't help but chuckle lightly,
"Yeah it was, good, I guess" Emma said, as she took off her jacket and beanie and hung them up on the coat stand inside the doorway, she slipped her boots of placing them beside the rest and sighed,
"Make any friends?" Mary said, Emma walked into the kitchen and sat at the island, grabbing an apple from the fruit basket, she rubbed it on her shirt before biting into it,
"A few people, don't know if I'd call them friends after one day though" Emma said, she paused before continuing, "what do you know about the MIlls'" Emma asked casually, Mary looked up from the lecture she was taking apart,
"Nothing much, Henry and Cora are lovely from the brief conversations I've had with them, Henry is the Mayor and Cora is vice-principal and head of the board of governors at the school" Mary said, turning around with a handful of lettuce and depositing it into the sink, "they've got, three biological kids, and two adopted, I haven't had much interaction with them but they do seem like lovely people" Mary said, "why do you ask?"
"No reason, a few people at school have told me to keep clear" Emma said casually, Mary looked at her,
"Well we can ask your fath...I mean, David, when he comes home" and Emma's mood had changed, she couldn't help the sudden pain that went through her heart, she knew that Mary didn't mean anything by it, but Patrick was Emma's father, she cleared her throat and smiled tightly,
"It's cool, just wanted to know if I should be worried about them" Emma said as she got up from the island and all but ran from the room, Mary sighed and ran her hands through her pixie hair, she wanted to do nothing but hug and smother Emma in love, but she knew that the girl was not in the right place for that kind of affection, she just hoped that one day she would be.
"Gina's already got her eyes on the new girl" Zelena said as the Mills' sat down for family dinner, Regina dropped her knife and fork and rubbed her forehead as smiles grew on both her parents faces,
"Oh?" Cora said with a wide smile, Henry reached across the table and grabbed his wife's hand giving it an affectionate squeeze,
"Ye.."
"One more word and I'll put a sunbed in your room and leave it open!" Regina said pointing her fork at Zelena, everyone looked at Regina with wide eyes before Regina cracked a small smile and the table erupted into laughter,
"Who is she?" Cora whispered to Zelena, Regina glared at her mother, Zelena just smirked,
"Emma" Zelena said in a dreamy voice causing a roll to get thrown at her from across the table, the table erupted once more as Regina glared at Zelena and her mother,
"That is quite enough from you" Regina said,
"Now Regina" Henry said gently a smile on his own face, Regina sighed and sat back in her chair her arms folded over her chest, he chuckled and turned back to Zelena, Zelena stuck her tongue out at Regina before continuing,
"She's Sheriff Swan's biological daughter, her adoptive parents died in a car crash up in New York a couple of weeks ago" Zelena said, a touch of sadness to her voice as she said the last bit, Regina's head snapped up as she looked at Zelena,
"How did you even find that out?" Ruby said from the other side of Regina, Zelena rolled her eyes,
"Unlike the rest of you, I actually listen to the news" Zelena said, Regina shot up from the table and out of the room quicker than anyone could say otherwise.
A/N: So that is the first two chapters. What do we think?
If it's not been made obvious, then I'll just tell ya - Regina is gonna be the one pursuing Emma in this story, I've read so many that have it as Emma pursuing Regina, which I love, but I thought I'd change it up a little. I'm also thinking of having Regina more like Roni with her clothes and that? I was also considering maybe having her G!P if I want to introduce Henry as her and Emma's kid? I'm not 100% on where the rest of this story will lead so I'm not sure about the G!P thing as I've never really written that kinda thing - let me know what ye guys think.