A/N: This story may have taken the idea from Twilight, but it is not a Twilight story, yes some things that happen are a changed idea from the movies, but I am not the biggest Twilight fan and I don't really want this story to be a Twilight one in that instance, I also want to say that each of the Mills' backstories will be addressed in the next few chapters, if they have powers like the movie or just magic I am still not sure of. Thank you for all the support so far.
"I mean come to think of it, my first week at school wasn't the worst, but it wasn't the best either, I knew that something had gone down with Neal and the Mills', I mean if Neal wasn't trying to 'shield' me from them, they were trying to get me away from him. Zelena, to everyone's shock, including my own, when I heard just how mean she can be, had taken it upon herself to give me the 'grand old tour' of Storybrooke High, and Storybrooke itself when I was ready for that. I ended up being in most of their classes, Regina had taken it upon herself on more than one occasion to sit beside me, no matter who's seat beside me it actually was, Killian or Zelena would make sure that Neal always ended up somehow too late to take his seat, by either stalling him by talking right in the doorway or accidentally banging into him in the halls toppling his books from his arms and taking forever to pick them up again for him, I mean, I should really have seen it coming but I didn't I was still the new kid, and was not at all prepared for someone to make it known that they liked me, especially not Regina Mills"
Emma stared at herself in the mirror, her first week at school had been, surprisingly alright, given the fact that there was some ongoing thing between Neal and the entire Mills family, Emma chuckled at the memory of her referring to it as the feud in Romeo and Juliet between the Capulet's and the Montague's. She looked herself up and down once more, she wore a pair of dark blue skinny jeans, black converse, a black tank top and a blue and black checked shirt, Lily's comment of "you own wayyyy too many of them Em" came to mind as she buttoned the last three buttons, a soft knock at the door made her spin around,
"Morning sweetie" Mary said as she peaked into the room, Emma smiled a her, they had come a long way over the past week as well, Mary's slip up after the first day had Emma on edge but she had realised that it wasn't her fault and so she dropped it, and she was thankful as later than evening, Emma was told that she could order whatever she wanted for dinner seeing as Mary had changed her mind about cooking,
"Hey" Emma said as she put a stray strand of hair behind her ear and fixed her glasses,
"Would you mind walking today Emma?" Mary said as she walked into Emma's room and stood just a few meters away from her, "it's just Marian has called an early staff meeting and David isn't working until this afternoon, but he's got some things to do, if not then I can drop you off on my way" Mary said, adding the last bit in quickly as Emma opened her mouth, Emma chuckled before responding,
"No, I'm fine with walking" Emma said, truthfully, she didn't mind the walk, she got to walk home every evening, much to the dismay of Neal who had offered every day last week to give her a lift, but seeing as he lived on the complete opposite side of town, she had refused, and besides, it gave her time to call Lily every day after and talk to her on her walk home from school,
"So wait, you're only there like, not even a week, and you've already got people fighting over you?" Lily said down the phone trying to control her laughing, "Jesus Swan I knew you were popular with both sexes but I didn't think they would actually be fighting over you"
"Oh ha, ha" Emma said as she turned the corner onto Mifflin Street, she had never taken this route before, knowing that the route David took her on every morning was the quickest, and the straightest, if Emma was being completely honest, she really had no idea where she was going, but it was a small town, there was only so far you can go without getting too lost,
"So what is this Regina Mills one like?" Lily said, Emma could hear shuffling and other noises and knew that Lily was making herself comfortable, Emma chuckled,
"Different?" Emma said, more like a question, Lily snorted,
"Wow" Lily said,
"I mean, she's obvious with her actions that she at least likes me" Emma says as she spots a house at the bottom of the street, who she assumes is owned by someone who is wealthy,
"And I bet that ego of yours is even bigger than it was before you left" Lily says causing Emma to chuckle as she continued her walk home.
Emma's foot hadn't even left the bottom step and Mary was already beside her with her lunch in one hand and a bear claw in another, Emma smiled widely and reached for both,
"T'nks" Emma said around a mouthful of Bear Claw, a throaty chuckle from the bedroom behind the stairs made both of them turn to see David walk out,
"A girl after my own heart" David said smiling at Emma, leaning in to kiss Mary before walking to the kitchen himself, "are you sure you're ok to walk?" David said, Emma playfully rolled her eyes,
"I'm fine, jeez, it's literally 15 minutes down the road" Emma said with a chuckle, walking over and putting on her jacket, she turned to give a final wave and she left before things could get a little too weird,
"She seems to be coming around" David said as he quickly drank the coffee that was left on the counter for him, Mary sighed, he smiled at her sadly and wrapped one arm around her, "You just gotta give her time Mar, she lost her parents, gained new ones, moved and started a new school all in the space of a few weeks, it's a lot to process" David said placing a small loving kiss on her temple.
"I know, I just, I want to hold her so badly, I can see the sadness in her eyes sometimes and I just want to pull her in for a hug and make it all go away" Mary said with a sigh, David smiled and kissed her head once again, it was gonna be a long road for all of them, but he knew that they could conquer anything, they were Nolan's after all, and a Swan, but still, they were a family, and family did things together.
Emma heard the gentle rumble of the Mercedes before she saw it, she had to admit, this woman was good, and she had to give her credit, most people would have stopped after their attention was being ignored but not this woman, there was definitely something different about her, Emma just couldn't pinpoint what.
"Care for a ride Miss Swan?" Regina's smooth voice came through the air as she slowed and rolled alongside Emma, Emma's heart almost feel like it skipped a beat, she bent her head to see the grinning Regina looking back at her,
"I think I'm good, not that far" Emma said with a smile, Regina set her jaw, 'so she was going to be playing it that way, ok' Regina thought to herself, Regina was not use to this kind of thing, but if she had to prove something, then she would prove whatever it was for a few moments alone with the most beautiful girl Regina had ever seen,
"I insist Miss Swan, you'll be there just as quick to great your lap dog" Regina said the last bit with more bite than she intended to but it still got a small laugh from the blonde,
"I could say the same thing about your attack dogs" Emma said, bending her head to look directly at Regina, Regina chuckled herself this time,
"Cassidy is but a child" Regina said, a little more sternly than she had intended to, Emma rolled her eyes,
"Yeah, and you are obviously far too cocky" Emma said, Regina chuckled once more,
"Better to be cocky than a lap dog" and with that she sped up leaving a smirking Emma to walk the remaining way.
"What took you so long?" Zelena asked her sister when she got out of the car, Regina rolled her eyes and shouldered her bag, locking her car and linked her arms with her sister as they made their way towards the entrance, she stopped suddenly and cursed.
"I left my phone in the car, I'll see you for lunch" Regina said leaning in and kissing Zelena's check before turning and sprinting back to her car, she was on her way back when she saw what was about to happen, Emma was walking along the footpath, the truck owned by one of Cassidy's friends was coming at too fast of a speed, coming faster than it should be for approaching a junction, she saw it before anyone else even noticed that anything was going to happen, the truck seemed to lose control and started to slide, and it was sliding directly towards Emma, and before Regina could think, she raced towards her, pushing Emma back and pushing her free hand out and stopping the moving truck.
"Are you ok?" Regina asked her, Emma was slightly dizzy, she couldn't comprehend what had just happened, she saw Regina, she was literally just at the complete other side of the car park and next thing she was in her arms being saved from being mowed down, students started to form a circle around them, Neal pushing to the front and seeing what was happening made his way over to Regina and Emma,
"Get away from her Mills" Neal hissed, Regina's head snapped and her eyes narrowed and darkened, Neal at least looked terrified but he stood his ground,
"I'm fine" Emma said, breaking the stare down between the two, Killian and Ruby had rounded the truck with a very pale looking Luke held up between the two of them, Regina took one glance at him and growled low, Emma looked from her to the other two Mill's to Luke and back to Regina, she reached out and pulled the collar of Regina's jacket so the woman would look at her, she smiled softly, "I'm fine Regina" Emma said, Regina's eyes went wide, that was the first time she had called her by her name and it was the most beautiful thing she had ever heard, it took Neal reaching down to Emma for them to stop looking at each other, Emma looked up and smiled dryly and reached for his hand, but before she could get a grip on it, Neal was pulled back by Zelena, Emma rolled her eyes before pushing herself out of Regina's arms and standing, with the help of Regina,
"I….I'm so sorry Emma" Luke said, he looked like he was about to be sick, and Emma couldn't help but smile at him,
"It's fine" Emma said, Regina's head snapped to Emma and she was about to say something when a subtle shake of her head from Zelena made her snap her mouth shut.
"What the hell is going on out here?" A very stern sounding voice came from behind the group of students, a path was cleared and there stood Cora Mills, a small woman, but one you knew obviously not mess with, Killian and Ruby let go of Luke and he stumbled a little before he straightened up,
"N...nothing" Neal said looking from Luke to Emma, this time Zelena was the one to growl,
"Shut up Cassidy" Zelena said shoving him hard, before turning to her mother, "Evans nearly mowed down Emma" Zelena said, Cora's eyes widened and she looked to Luke,
"My office now Mr Evans" Cora said sternly, Killian and Ruby all but pushed him away causing him to stagger into Neal almost knocking them both to the ground, Cora raised her eyebrow and both Killian and Ruby lifted their hands in the air, she then turned her gaze to Emma and Regina, a small smile graced her lips when she looked at Emma, Regina groaned and rolled her eyes when Cora looked to Regina, Emma wasn't sure what was happening, but whatever it was it involved her, and apparently Regina.
"Honestly I'm fine" Emma said as she was reluctantly lead to the nurses station by the vice-principal, who she just found out was in fact Cora Mills, the Mills' mother, and Regina herself,
"Shut up Swan" Regina growled out, she had her hand wrapped around Emma's arm in what could only be described as a bruising grip, Cora chuckled lightly, she had never seen her daughter act like this around anyone, it was something to truly be curious and maybe even excited about.
"Nurse Knotgrass?" Cora said as she knocked on the door, it was opened by a small woman wearing a red nurses uniform, she smiled kindly at Cora, "I have a student that requires some taking care of" Cora said with a small smile, she smiled at Cora and nodded her head,
"Do come in dear" a thick English accent sounded from such a small woman, Emma nodded and walked through the door,
"I'll contract Sheriff Swan and notify him" Cora said before turning to Regina and walking back towards the main school, "so, that is Emma" Regina rolled her eyes and Cora chuckled lightly as they walked.
Emma sat outside the nurses station and groaned when both David and Mary Margaret came running in,
"Are you ok?" Mary asked sitting beside her and running her hand affectionately through her hair,
"I'm fine, seriously, this has been taking way out of proportion" Emma said with a small smile, she was getting use to the affection that Mary was giving her, maybe it was because she hated the look on the woman's' face when she would flinch at her touch or when she hugged her, but she was getting better,
"Where is Evans?" David suddenly growled out and stood as Milah Barnes, the Principal, came around the corner, she held up her hand before David could say another word,
"Mr Evans is with the nurse, he is in shock, you may speak with him after, he has been cleared and his parents arrive" Milah said, she looked to Emma and smiled, "how are you feeling now?"
"I really am fine, there is no need for all the fussing" Emma said calmly, Milah smiled,
"Well as long as you are fine, I see no reason for you to get back to class?" Milah said, more as a question, Emma smiled and stood, both Mary and David went to protest but Emma got to them beforehand,
"I really am ok guys" Emma said, Mary looked to David then to Emma,
"I'm going to pick you up after school" Mary said, she held up her finger when Emma went to argue, "it's either me or David, and he won't be parking around the corner" Mary said with a small knowing smile, Emma nodded and shouldered her bag, she said goodbye to David and Mary and made her way back to the main school, she stopped at her locker to check where she was suppose to be, she sighed, English.
"Will you stop doing that" Zelena said as she threw another pillow at her fidgeting sister, Regina glared at her but hugged the pillow to her stomach, Zelena rolled her eyes, "seriously, what is wrong with you? You've been nothing but rainbows and unicorn kisses for the past week and now you're like a depressed mess" Zelena said, Killian snorted and Zelena kicked him,
"Well, depressed mess is technically how we are supposed to be" Regina said, Zelena rolled her eyes,
"Is it Emma?" Zelena asked,
"Of course it's Emma" Ruby said as she joined Regina on the sofa, pulling Lacey down with her,
"She's a human though" August said, not looking away from the game Killian and he were playing, everyone rolled there eyes,
"No shit" Zelena said throwing another pillow at his head, August grumbled something about putting a rat in her bed, "Human or not, you know the risks Regina, what are you gonna do? Date her but never let her touch you?" Zelena said, Regina groaned and slid further down the sofa, the den was where the Mills' family tended to hang out, Killian and August playing some if the Call of Duty games on the PlayStation, Zelena and Regina gossiping about the events of the day and Ruby and Lacey trying to keep their hands off each other in the presence of their family. Regina shifted uncomfortable until a vibration in her pocket caught her attention, Regina shifted and pulled her iPhone from her pocket,
I didn't get a chance to say thank you - E
Regina sat up suddenly and stared at her phone causing the other three women in the room to stare at her, they looked at each other with confused faces when Regina's face broke out in the biggest grin they had ever seen her wear.
Perhaps if you agreed on a date you could thank me properly? ;)
Regina bit her lip and looked up to see the entire room looking at her, she looked to Ruby who was grinning wolfishly at her,
"You do know I can feel every emotion that is currently running through you?" Ruby said teasingly, "What did she say to you?" Ruby asked innocently, Regina smiled,
"That is none of your concern" and Regina got up and left the room leaving the three women smirking to themselves.
"You know I can have Evans' arrested for dangerous driving" David said as they sat at the table, Emma had to stop herself from rolling her eyes, it was sweet, but uncalled for,
"It's fine, honestly, I think Killian and Ruby scared him enough" Emma said with a small chuckle, remembering walking back into the school and see Killian and Ruby having Luke cornered, she did feel bad for him, he didn't actually mean for it to happen, but she felt something else too, something that she wasn't sure how to process, it was like they were trying to protect her,
"Oh yes, remind me to send them a personal thank you card" David said, this earned him a smack on the arm from Mary along with a firm "David!" and a smirk from Emma, he looked at Emma and winked at her, they had fallen into a sort of routine over the past two weeks, Emma wasn't uncomfortable anymore and wandered freely, even managing to watch a few Lakers and LA Kings game reruns with David, she even started to help Mary with dinner on the nights that they didn't order take out, Emma's new favourite thing was Granny's, it was the local diner that they had visited only a few times since Emma arrived, but it was lovely, homely and warm, and Granny Widow who owned and ran it, was like everyone's Grandmother, and had taken a bit of a liking to Emma, giving her a free hot chocolate on more than one occasion,
"How you holding up Champ?" David said ruffling Emma's hair as he made his way around the sofa to watch the latest game with Emma, Emma had to admit that she did like the nickname, it was kinda their thing, Emma smiled up at him,
"I'm good" Emma said, her phone was lying on her lap and she was staring at it, she had no idea why she texted Regina, how she even got her number she's not really sure either, but she did, and now she was just a bit confused with what to do, "hey David?" Emma asked, she'd been meaning to ask him about the Mills' since the first day but she hadn't approached the subject since Mary's slip up that afternoon, David looked to her and smiled, "what do you know about the Mills'?" Emma said, he ran his hand through his blonde hair and let out a deep breath,
"Not much really, they're very private, don't really socialise in the town, they all go back to Phoenix for nearly a week or two every month, Henry and Cora are lovely, Henry is one of the nicest men I think I've ever met that is in politics, Cora, as you know, is the vice-principal of Storybrooke High, both of them were hired at the beginning of year, as for the kids" David paused as he took a mouthful of beer, "they're good kids, Regina, Zelena and Ruby are their biological kids, and Killian and August are adopted." David said, "they're not biological brothers though, Killian is from Ireland, and August is from England" David said looking at Emma,'so that's why he sounds so different from teh rest of them" Emma thought, "why do you ask? I thought you were getting along with them?"
"Oh I am, it;'s just, everyone at school is telling me to stay from them, I don't really see why, seeing as Regina pretty much saved me, and Killian and Ruby have taken it upon themselves to be my personal bodyguards" Emma said the last but with a small chuckle,
"Kids can be really mean" David said, almost childishly, turning back to the telly, causing Emma to smile and lift her phone once more,
What did you have in mind?
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