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Robin didn't know what to do, should he go after her or should he just leave her to it, clearly, she felt as though what they had done was a mistake, maybe she regretted it. He didn't know if telling her that he didn't and that he enjoyed the exchange was a good idea or not, what if she rejected him and told him she had just been caught up in the moment that it meant nothing, like she had already done once that night, he didn't know if he could take listening to that from her again, it had hurt enough the first time.
He ran his hands over his face, it had been going so well, their night together had been perfect and then that had happened, he should have stopped her before she was able to run away, they should have talked about the situation, but they didn't and now it was all a big mess. What if she didn't want to be friends with him anymore? What if she wanted to cut ties with him all together? He couldn't lose his best friend over this and he wouldn't let her just isolate herself from him.
The thing was he didn't know what he was supposed to say to her, what could he say really? "Hey Regina guess what, I'm actually in love with you so if you want a re-enactment of that kiss I am up for it?" no that was just totally out of the question, he couldn't say anything to her, but then again, he didn't think that he would sleep a wink if he didn't at least talk to her before he went to sleep. Maybe this sleepover was a bad idea, he really shouldn't have come over when they were alone. The thing was though he had never expected Regina to be the one who made the first move.
He leant back in the chair and closed his eyes, trying to gain the courage to go upstairs. Maybe he should just go to bed and they could deal with it in the morning when they had both had time to think and get into the right head space, he didn't know about Regina but he certainly wasn't thinking straight, that kiss had really knocked him for six.
Glancing over to the left he noticed a picture frame with Regina's school photo inside, he stood and picked it up, admiring the picture. Of course, she would have the most perfect school photo, she was wearing her cheerleader outfit and had her chin resting on her pompoms, her elbows were perched on her knees as she glanced sideways at the camera with a breath-taking smile present on her face. Robin smiled and shook his head, putting the picture where he found it before looking at the door, he had to go upstairs.
Taking a deep breath, he made his way out and then up the stairs to the guest room, he'd get ready for bed and then see how he felt, her door was closed so that probably meant that she didn't want him to talk to her right now. With a sigh he made his way into the guest bedroom and pulled his shirt off followed by his jeans and decided to get into bed. He knew he was a coward and that he should have gone to her, but he didn't know what to say and that would probably just make it a whole lot more awkward.
Regina tried to stabilise her breathing as she held onto one of her pillows, but she just couldn't seem to, she was so embarrassed at herself, at her own actions. She had been stupid, she shouldn't have forced herself on him and have expected everything to be okay. Although she could have sworn he kissed her back and he did tell her that he didn't mind that she had kissed him. That still didn't change the fact that it was inappropriate for her to do that to her friend.
She had messed everything up, her whole relationship with Robin had been thrown into the air and she didn't know where they stood. It had been twenty minutes since the mishap and she figured that he had probably just gone to bed, she wouldn't have blamed him if he didn't want to see her. A fresh batch of humiliated tears rolled down her cheeks as she failed to stop the little sob that fell from her lips. She wanted him so much, as more than just a friend, but not if that meant destroying what they already had, now she may just have done exactly that.
Once the first sob was out, she couldn't stop the ones that followed, freely crying into her pillow as she curled up into a little ball and rocked herself gently, it didn't really make her feel that much better, but she couldn't stop herself. Then her phone lit up on her nightstand and she peered over at it.
Robin: Hey, u okay? x
Regina: Yes, I'm fine, and I am really sorry Robin, that shouldn't have happened. I hope it hasn't cost me our friendship.
When Robin hadn't replied after a few minutes, she sighed and shook her head, at least he'd thought to message her in the first place, but the lack of reply had her worried, maybe it had cost her his friendship. She closed her eyes and shook her head, she was a stupid idiot. Her phone began vibrating in her hand, signifying that someone was calling her, she glanced at the ID and saw that it wasn't Robin, it was her mother. "Mommy," she answered with a sniffle.
"Regina? What happened?"
"What?" she asked, wiping her eyes as she snuggled into the pillow, why did hearing her mother's voice always make her want to cry even more when she was sad?
"Are you okay sweetheart? You never call me mommy, what's going on?"
"Nothing," she whispered shaking her head before she realised that her mother couldn't see her.
"Well it sounds like something honey, I can tell from your voice and the little sniffles you've got going on, you've been crying. Tell me what it is? Do I need to call Jake and get him to come check on you?"
"No! No don't do that," she cried, "mom, he…"
"What?"
"He came into the house this morning and grabbed my arm really hard," she admitted, "and then he tried to force me to accept a lift to school with him when I told him I was driving in."
"He grabbed you?!"
She heard her mother seethe on the other end and knew just how angry she was, she had a feeling that was only the start of the rant that was about to come from her. "Yes, and then he stroked my arm," she whispered.
"How dare he lay a finger on you! Nobody harms my daughter!" she yelled, "I'm coming home right now."
"No! Mom you don't need to, I'm okay, Robin is staying over in the guest room," she confessed, she knew that her mother wouldn't mind, she liked Robin and knew that they were best friends, "he's looking out for me."
"I see, but I still feel like I should come home Regina, I don't feel right leaving you there. I knew I shouldn't have gone on this trip…"
"Mom, it's okay, I'm fine, he didn't really hurt me, I was more shocked than anything."
"You've told me before though Regina about how odd he was and I was stupid not to listen to you, I'm so sorry darling, this is my fault."
"It isn't," Regina shook her head, she didn't want her mother blaming herself because it most certainly wasn't her fault. The only one at fault in this situation was Jake, he had been the one who was inappropriate with her.
"Don't worry, I'll end things the moment I get back to Storybrooke and don't think I won't be giving him a piece of my mind once I get off the phone with you. Now are you sure you're okay?"
"Like I said Robin is staying over," even if I fucked up and he currently isn't speaking to me or replying to my messages.
"Well sweetheart you be careful and I know you said you were staying in separate rooms, but if you do decide to, you know, please use protection, be safe, there are some condoms in the bathroom if you…"
"Mom!" Regina protested as her eyes widened in shock at what she just said, "why would you think that Robin and I would be having sex?!" she whispered, "who has sex with their friend?!"
"Clearly you haven't seen friends with benefits," Cora countered and Regina couldn't actually believe what she was hearing. Her bloody mother basically saying that if she wanted to be friends with benefits with Robin there were condoms at hand in the house. It was ridiculous.
"I have actually," she cleared her throat, "but Robin and I certainly aren't friends with benefits, we aren't anything more than friends."
"Darling, I know how much you like him and I know that it isn't just as a friend Gina."
"Well he doesn't like me that way mom," she stated, feeling the tears starting to well up again, "I know that now."
"I think you should probably try talking to him, because you might be wrong about that somehow. I can see it in the way he looks at you, that boy wants to be more than just your friend. You should know him better than anyone, he's awkward and he doesn't know what to do in stressful situations."
"You're right about that one," she rolled her eyes, to be honest Robin was pretty awkward all the time, but she just found it adorable and it made him even more attractive in her eyes, "he is pretty awkward," she laughed through her tears, "it's cute though, right?"
"I suppose so," Cora chuckled on the other end of the line, "just be safe my darling, my phone is on, ring me any time, day or night. I love you so very much."
"Love you too mom," she whispered, "good night."
"Good night sweetheart, pleasant dreams."
At that the line went dead and Regina closed her eyes, she'd never wished for a hug from her mother more than she did in that moment, just to be comforted by those familiar arms wrapped around her. Her mother had always been the person she went to whenever she was upset or in distress, she knew that she would always listen and take her side, no matter what.
She had been right when she said that Robin could be bad at handling situations, maybe that was all that was happening, maybe he didn't know what to say to her. She just wished he would come to her and say anything, just something that made her know that he didn't hate her, she doubted that he did, but it didn't change the way it hurt.
Robin read her message and sighed, he didn't know how to reply of course it hadn't cost their friendship, if anything it changed it, hopefully for the better. He needed to suck it up and go speak to her in person instead of lying in the spare room and wondering what was going on.
He slipped out of bed and grabbed a shirt, throwing that over his head before heading out of the room and down the corridor towards Regina's, he was about to knock when he heard her voice muffled as she spoke to someone, he couldn't make out what she was saying, so he simply waited, he'd knock when she'd finished with her conversation, he just hoped she wasn't on the phone for too long, because he didn't know how much longer he could deal with all of this.
How could one little kiss have caused so much between them? It had been his first kiss and it was pretty perfect, that was until she upped and ran away, they just needed to solve their issues and see what had gone wrong, that was all, just make sure that they were on the same wavelength.
Robin could hear that she was no longer on the phone, but he couldn't bring himself to knock on the door, he didn't want to intrude and he had a feeling that was exactly what he would be doing if he interrupted her. He was about to walk away when her heard a light cry coming from the room, his eyes widened, she was crying? Something had made her sad and there was no way he could just leave now, not knowing that she was upset about something. Reluctantly he knocked on the door and waited for her to answer. "Regina? Are you okay? Can I come in?"
Regina's eyes flashed to the door in shock, she hadn't been expecting him to come, she thought he was ignoring her, but maybe she had underestimated him. Wiping her eyes, she quickly scooped up all the tissues and deposited them in the bin before glancing at her reflection. Her eyes were red and puffy and it was quite obvious she had been crying, which was totally embarrassing and he would probably think her a baby for doing so. With a sigh she headed to the door and opened it, meeting him stood there dressed in only his underwear and a shirt, combined with messy hair and black framed glasses.
Robin took one look at her before pulling her into his arms and hugging her tight, feeling her hug him back, moving onto her tip toes so she was a little taller, "are you okay?"
"I'm an idiot," she sighed, dropping her head on his chest and closing her eyes, "I don't know why I kissed you Robin."
"Do you regret it?"
"I don't know," Regina whispered, pulling back from him and taking his hand to bring him with her to the bed, "do you?"
"I regret that I let you run away before I could say what I wanted to," he sat beside her, feeling rather awkward that he was just in a shirt and boxers, "you just left me sat there."
"Sorry, I just felt so stupid."
"You aren't stupid," he shook his head, one of his hands found it's way to her knee and he rubbed it comfortingly, "like you said we were both caught up in the moment, it was kind of hard not to want to kiss you," he chuckled at the way she turned to look at him her eyes widening somewhat.
"But we're still friends, right?" she whispered, "it hasn't changed anything between us, you don't resent me for kissing you?"
"Of course not, and of course we are still friends, it's going to take a lot more than you kissing me for us not to be friend anymore. You did make for one hell of a first kiss."
"That was your first kiss?" she asked, her eyes widening a little, she knew he was as inexperienced as her when it came to sex, but she didn't know that he'd never even kissed anyone, although she didn't really know why she was surprised because she hadn't really kissed anyone properly, not until now. She just felt stupid for running like she did.
"Urm, yeah sort of," he nodded, running his hand through his hair as he cringed, that only caused her to let out a little giggle as she shook her head.
"Mine too," she stated, "my first proper kiss anyway."
He looked down at her, his eyes dropping to her lips, he wanted to kiss her again, wanted to re-enact the scenario they found themselves in earlier, but maybe with a different ending this time. "Were you crying?" he asked, distracting himself from her lips for a few moments as he caressed her cheeks gently.
"I wasn't crying exactly but… I guess I felt silly and embarrassed."
"I did kiss you back, maybe I was just bad at kissing and you didn't realise," he shrugged.
"You weren't bad at kissing, it felt nice," she admitted.
"It did," he grinned goofily, "I was kind of stunned that you were kissing me," Robin chuckled.
Regina rolled her eyes and laughed before grabbing his arm and wrapping her own around it, "I was stupid to run and I'm sorry."
"No, I'm sorry I didn't let you know I wanted it."
"You wanted it?"
He nodded, not knowing where he was getting the courage from as his fingers gently moved to cup her cheek, "do you think we could maybe have a do over of that kiss and have something better to replace that last one with?"
Regina felt her heart skip a beat, she had never imagined him being so forward, but she found that she didn't mind in the slightest, in fact she was over the moon that they were seemingly on the same page and that her feelings weren't only one sided. "I think I might like that," she whispered, her own hand coming up to his cheek as she moved closer to him on the bed.
They were both breathing heavily as they stared into one another's eyes, getting lost in them; as if in slow motion, they both moved, in their lips touching lightly, caressing over one another softly. Robin's hand slipped from her cheek to the back of her neck as he gently held her. No sooner had it started they were pulling away, Regina smiled and rested her forehead against his.
"Better?" he grinned, his thumb caressing her lightly.
"Yes," she nodded, closing her eyes and nuzzling her nose against his, "perfect."
"It was," he agreed, reluctantly straightening up on the bed as his hand slid from her neck to her arm giving it a light squeeze, "the perfect end to an almost perfect evening," he gave her a goofy grin which had her shaking her head. "I guess I better head to the other room."
Regina smiled and squeezed his hand, "good night Robin."
"Night Regina," he breathed as she released his hand and he left her sat on the bed, closing the door behind him. As soon as he was out of her eye line he punched the air as he carried on down the corridor to his room. He couldn't have been happier at how things had turned out, he had never in his wildest dreams thought that tonight would result in a proper goodnight kiss, one which no one was running from.
Regina stepped out of the shower and grabbed a white plush towel from the towel rack before wrapping it around her dripping form, she looked in the mirror and straightened her hair. The house was deathly quiet, not a sound to be heard apart from her own breathing, it seemed to surround her in a way she most certainly didn't like.
Shaking her head, she waved off the feeling and headed out towards her own room, she'd just hit the landing when she heard a noise downstairs, she stopped still, her eyes widening as she felt completely exposed standing there only in a towel. "Hello?" There wasn't any answer, just muffled voices coming from the entrance hall, she tried to move but her feet had somehow been rooted to the ground.
"I told you she sleeps with anyone," Regina swallowed heavily as she leant over the banister, trying to see who was with the owner of the familiar voice.
"That girl is mine, not yours, I have been with her mother for an entire year trying to get to the younger model and now here's my chance to take what I want and I will take her."
Regina struggled to breathe as she tried frantically to move from the spot she was stuck to, she just needed to get out, get out of the house and run. She knew she shouldn't have agreed to her mother leaving her alone on this trip, she told her that Jake was creepy, but her mother had dismissed it, but it wasn't really her fault, she could hardly be blamed for going on a business trip. She needed to get out. Now.
She looked around and the lights seemed to dim in the house, flickering as a cool sensation washed over her and goosebumps arose on her flesh. Suddenly she was plunged into darkness and hands grabbed at her, "your mine now Regina. Mine."
"No!" she yelled, shooting up in bed and trying to catch her breath as she looked around her, scrambling for the button on her lamp and flicking it on so she could see properly. She was in her room, it was just a nightmare, taking a deep breath, she scraped her hair back and closed her eyes. The dream had felt too real and she didn't like it, it made her feel uncomfortable and she hated to admit it, but even now when she had a nightmare she would usually go into her mother's bed and sleep there, drawing comfort from the one person who had always been there for her, but she couldn't do that tonight, her mom was still away.
She would just have to try and go back to sleep, despite it seeming impossible, she was on edge and any minuscule noise was making her even more worked up, she clung to the sheets, holding them close to her as she tried to make herself sleep. There was a creak on the landing and her heart nearly fell out of her chest, she scrunched her eyes shut and opened them again before shaking her head, she was an adult for heaven's sake, nothing was going to harm her, the doors were locked and secured from the inside, there was no way anyone was getting in.
Deciding she couldn't stay in her own bed any longer she quietly slipped out, bringing her duvet with her, wrapping it around her shoulders as she crept towards the landing, feeling on extra alert. She was probably making it all up in her head, imagining things that weren't there. When she reached the guest bedroom she knocked on the door reluctantly, "Robin?" she whispered, maybe he was awake, she doubted it though, it was the middle of the night.
She pulled the door handle down and pushed the door open before sneaking inside and seeing Robin asleep in bed, she closed the door behind her and made her way to the bed. Carefully she climbed into the side he wasn't taking up and pulled her covers up to put behind her. Closing her eyes, she smiled, feeling a hell lot safer in here with Robin than she had alone in her own room down the hall. Regina moved to snuggled up to him, pressing her front against his back, an arm wrapping around his waist, however that move seemed to rouse him from his slumber.
"Hey," Robin mumbled, reaching out and touching her gently before turning around so he could look at her in the dim light, "are you okay?"
"Yes," she whispered, nodding as she hugged him properly, "I was just cold in my room," she excused, knowing it wasn't exactly the case, but she didn't want to seem like a baby who still had nightmares.
"Oh," he wrapped his own arms around her as she buried her face against his chest, he wasn't fully awake, but he could still tell that it wasn't the cold that had been bothering her, in fact she was almost burning up, something had clearly startled her, but if she didn't want to tell him that was okay, he was happy to hold her anyway. That was what best friends were for, right?
"I'm sorry I woke you," she breathed.
"It's okay," he grinned, kissing the top of her head as he watched her close her eyes, "go back to sleep," she nodded against him, doing as he suggested. He shut his own eyes, still holding her close as he slipped from consciousness once more.
It was something cold against his leg that woke Robin the next morning, he furrowed his eyebrows in his sleep and tried to ignore it before he felt whatever it was press against him, he opened one eye to see Regina sleeping soundly in his arms and that was when he realised what it was, her toes. They were as cold as ice against his skin, in fact her toes weren't the only part of her that was freezing, she was just cold in general as she snuggled against him, burying her face into his shirt.
He shuddered and held her tighter, trapping her little feet between his legs in an attempt to warm them up, she moved a little before opening her eyes to look at him, "good morning," she whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stay the whole night, it was only meant to be until I warmed up."
"Well I think you'll have to stay a little longer then because you're freezing Regina," he chuckled.
"I'm always cold," she grinned, cuddling him anyway and pressing a kiss to his chest without thinking. As soon as she had done it she looked up at him and cringed, "sorry, I…" A loud knock on the front door interrupted them and she furrowed her eyebrows, "urm, I think I better go answer that," she stated, hopping out of bed, kind of happy for the excuse to take herself out of the awkward situation, despite the kiss last night, she still didn't really know where they stood.
She found his sweatshirt on the floor and pulled it over her head to cover her short pyjamas before heading out of the room and down the stairs, the banging on the door continuing, "thief!" Robin called after hear and she giggled before undoing the lock on the door.
She opened it coming face to face with her three blonde friends, Kat, Tinka and Emma, "hey," she smiled awkwardly, she had thought it might just be the delivery man or something, she hadn't expected a home visit from the blonde brigade.
"Hey you too," Kat chuckled as she came into the hallway, pushing past Regina as the two other girls followed her, "wait, what are you wearing?"
Regina looked down to Robin's jumper and swallowed heavily, it had a space type image printed onto it, some kind of galaxy that she wouldn't really ever wear and her friends knew that. "It was a present," she shrugged, making up any lie she could think of.
"From who? Someone who wants you to get beat up?" Emma laughed.
"No actually, from Robin."
"Oh the new bestie that you abandoned us for," Kat rolled her eyes, Tinka was still to say something but she was looking at a pair of sneakers in the doorway that most certainly couldn't pass off as Regina's. Regina knew that she had worked out what was going on, but if she knew her female best friend like she thought she did, she wouldn't say anything.
"I didn't abandon you and yes, Robin is a really good friend, we spend time together because he is tutoring me that's it."
"Right," Kat laughed, "so, you're coming to mine tonight then?"
"The party?"
"Yes, the party!" Emma smirked, "there are loads of people going, loads of guys that you could hook up with, it'd be about time; also the entire cheer team, you need to be there otherwise it would look weird."
"She has a point Regina," Kathryn shrugged, "everyone is expecting you, as our leader, to be there."
"I don't know, I mean I have to…"
"If you say you have to study one more time, god Gina, you can have a few hours off to come and party with your friends!"
"I already…"
"Oh, let me guess, spending time with your geek boy boyfriend," Kathryn scoffed.
"Stop it!" Regina glared, "stop talking about him like that, he's my friend and I enjoy spending time with him."
"Well bring him with you, but you have to come," Kathryn shook her head as she turned to leave with Emma following close behind, "we need you there."
"I'll think about it," Regina rolled her eyes, her friends could be demanding at times, Kathryn especially, but Regina was used to it, she could imagine that she might have been acting the same way a few months ago if Kat had told her that she couldn't come to a party because she was studying.
"Oooh goody, the party starts at eight, see you there. Tink are you coming?"
"I might stay with Regina a bit, you guys go ahead," she smiled watching them leave before turning to Regina a smirk playing on her features, "oh my god he's here isn't he," she squealed, grabbing her friend's hands and causing Regina to blush profusely. "He spent the night and you're wearing his jumper!"
"Shush," Regina dragged her into the sitting room as she bit down on her bottom lip, she didn't know exactly what to tell her and what not to, but she couldn't exactly lie now and Tink already knew that she had feelings for Robin that were stronger than the ones someone might have for their friend. "Yes, he stayed over, only because I didn't want to be in the house alone whilst my mother wasn't here and we were in separate rooms."
"Why are you in his jumper then?" the blonde smiled as she squeezed Regina's hands and rose her eyebrows in challenge.
"Well, we were in separate rooms, but I kinda snuck into his in the middle of the night and decided that I was going to sleep in bed with him," she confessed with a shrug.
"You slept together?!" Tink gasped.
"Not in that way," Regina shook her head as she played with her fingers in her lap, "we did kinda have a kiss," she grinned, not looking up at the other girl.
"A kiss?! Oh my god! You kissed him!"
"Twice," she chuckled, looking up at the blonde and smiling, "the first one didn't go so well, but the second was just… it was perfect Tinka, it really was."
"I'm so happy for you!" her friend wrapped her arms around her in a tight hug, "anyway, I better be leaving you to enjoy your morning," she winked as she stood up, "you don't have to come tonight Regina, if you don't want to, don't let them two force you into it."
"I'll talk about it with Robin and if he wants to go, then we could always stop by for a little while."
"Sounds good," Tink pressed a kiss to her cheek as she moved into the hallway and opened the door, "have a fun day."
"Oh, I'm sure I will, thanks Tink," she grinned giving her one last hug before shutting the door and clearing her throat, "Robin, you can come out now?" Regina giggled as he came out from behind a tall plant that was on the landing, "what are you doing? Were you spying?"
"No, I was just waiting for them to leave," he shrugged, making his way down stairs, his eyes fixed on her as he shook his head, "I can't believe you stole my sweatshirt."
"Emma said that wearing this sweatshirt would get me beat up," she laughed as she led him into the kitchen.
"Oh my god, so that's what keeps getting me in that predicament, I thought it was just myself in general, well then, I better not wear this jumper again, you can keep it, thief."
"Are you saying that you'd rather have me beaten up?" Regina scoffed playfully as she opened the fridge and took out a pack of bacon along with a couple of eggs.
"No," he cleared his throat and sat at the breakfast island, watching as she prepared their breakfast flicking on the radio in the corner, Rita Ora's new song flooding the kitchen, "do you need a hand?" he asked.
"Nope," she shook her head, beginning to dance a little to the tune that was playing as she turned the grill on, "so, do you like bacon and egg sandwiches?"
"Of course," he grinned at her, not being able to stop himself from watching her sway her hips to the upbeat tune.
"Over the hills and far away, a million miles from L.A Just anywhere away with you. I know we've got to get away, someplace where no one knows our name, we'll find the start of something new. Just take me anywhere, take me anywhere, anywhere away with you. Just take me anywhere, take me anywhere, anywhere away with you." Regina sang along turning around and laughing at the look on his face, "I love this song."
"I can tell."
She stopped singing and leant against the counter thinking that now was a good a time as any to ask him about the party, "so, have you ever been to a high school party?"
"No," he shook his head, "not really my scene, plus never been invited so… yeah I think I would be proper awkward at one of those."
"Robin you're proper awkward all the time," she giggled, putting the bacon under the heat and coming to sit on the bar stool beside him, "well, we have an invite to a party at Kat's tonight, if you don't want to go that's totally cool and we will stay right here and stuff our faces with popcorn whilst watching the movie of your choice. If you fancy maybe stopping by for a little while, then we could also do that if you wanted, but if you really don't want to just say the word and we won't go."
Boy that was confusing, he looked at her feeling rather baffled, "urm… do you want to go?"
"I don't really care if I go or not, it's my friends who are trying to force me into going."
"Well, if you want to go, then I suppose we could…" he didn't like the idea of going to a party and knew that his mother probably wouldn't be all that happy if she found out that he had gone either, she didn't agree with things like that, mainly because she said she knew what happened at those kinds of parties. Apparently, it was underage drinking and sex, neither of which were all that appealing to him, who wanted to have sex at a party where someone could walk in at any moment? It just sounded careless and stupid.
"I don't mind Robin, I don't want you to feel uncomfortable with going, I don't know exactly who will be there."
"Regina, it's fine, we can go to the party."
"Okay," she nodded reluctantly, she had rather been hoping for him to say that he didn't want to go and that they should stay at home, she was looking forwards to her alternative night, the one she had been planning from the start. She knew she would have to ring her mother and inform her about the party, not that she would mind anyway, she knew that she was responsible. Regina was usually the one who was taking care of the other girls who decided that drinking half their own body weight was a good idea, she couldn't count how many times she had held Kathryn's hair back for her.
"Do you drink then?" he asked worriedly, he knew that if she were drinking it would look odd if he didn't too, but he didn't really like the taste all that much, not of what he had sampled anyway.
"No," she shook her head flicking on the coffee machine and grabbing a bottle of orange juice from the fridge, "but everyone thinks I do," she smirked, "you can't be head of the cheer team and not drink, it's almost a right of passage. Tink helped me out with that one, she knows I don't like alcohol and at my first part as head cheerleader, they were all watching me to drink this shot thing. Tinka had already swapped the shot for water," she grinned.
"Clever," he chuckled, watching as she poured two cups of orange and two cups off coffee, "what's with the two drinks?"
"I always have two drinks at breakfast, one cold and one warm," she shrugged, passing him a mug and a glass before letting out a sigh, "we don't have to go tonight Robin, don't feel like you have to go for me because trust me, I am really not bothered."
"Regina, I am fine with going, plus when am I going to get the chance to be invited to a party ever again?"
She rolled her eyes at him, she was pretty sure he was only agreeing to this to make her happy, "well I suppose we can just go for a couple of hours and then we can just come back here and watch that movie that you get to choose."
"Okay," he nodded, hoping to god that Nottingham wouldn't be there, the last thing he needed was to be hassled by that jackass.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure, stop fussing."
"Sorry," she sighed, "right, okay one, two hours max."
"Fine."
"Right. Are you..."
"Is something burning?" he chuckled, gesturing to the grill where it was smoking a little, her eyes widened and she turned around, grabbing the bacon out and groaning.
"I hope you like burnt bacon."
"Love it," he grinned. Burnt bacon was the least of his problems, he was going to have to find a way to make it through a high school party, something he thought he would never have to do. At least he would have Regina by his side, even though he really felt that the party scene just wasn't for him, he'd go for her, he'd do anything to make her happy.