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Regina nervously glanced at Robin as she pushed open the door to her friend's house, they could hear the loud music filtering through from the backyard and main living area of the house. She adjusted the hem of her skirt and checked that her cropped top hadn't ridden during the car ride, she had opted for a tight white skirt that fell to the middle of her thighs, paired with a yellow floaty cropped top which showed off her tanned stomach and shoulders.

Robin awkwardly ran his fingers through his hair, he'd never been to these kinds of parties before and he hardly had any appropriate clothes with him at Regina's house, so he simply wore a pair of jeans and a blue t-shirt that he felt weird wearing without anything hiding the muscles of his arms. He'd caught Regina looking at him a few times already that afternoon and had to refrain from teasing her about it. She truly looked stunning though, her outfit was beautiful and he could tell that she was trying to be somewhat conservative with her choice whilst blending in with her friendship group.

The one thing that he had been most annoyed about had been the fact he hadn't thought to bring his contact lenses to her house and there was no way he could go home to get them without his mother asking questions, so he was stuck wearing his geeky glasses to the party. Regina had offered to wear hers so he didn't feel weird or conscious about her, but he'd tried to convince her that he was okay with it, it wasn't as though they had ever seen him without them anyway, so what difference would it make if he wore them to the party.

"It's not too late for us to bail," she stated, moving a stray lock of hair behind her ear, her hair flowed to just above her hip in luxuriously perfect curls.

"I thought we'd agreed to stay for a couple of hours as a little break from studying," he chuckled, it was weird seeing her so nervous, he just hoped it wasn't because she was embarrassed to be seen with him, humiliated in the fact that she brought him along to a party.

"We did," she smiled as they lingered in the hallway, listening to the yelling and loud singing that awaited them outside in the yard. Regina was dreading going out there, she just didn't want them to say anything to Robin, she didn't want him to have a terrible time because she wanted to spend some time with her friends, that wasn't fair to him. She would have rather spent time with him back at her place, spent the evening eating takeout and watching cheesy movies whilst they lounged around on the couch. In fact, that notion sounded entirely too appealing to her in that moment, just snuggling in her PJs and cuddling up with her study buddy.

Before she went through the door and into the room where the party was in full swing, she reached into her clutch and took her reading glasses out before sliding them onto her face and turning to look at him, sending an attempt at a wink his way. "What are you wearing?" Robin asked, clearing his throat, he hadn't really seen her in glasses before but she certainly looked sexy as hell in them, how was it that she could pull them off so well? She could pull anything off.

"As I told you, I thought we could be matching and that way you wouldn't feel so left out being the only one wearing glasses, even though they look good on you."

"Do you even wear glasses?"

"Yes, actually, sometimes I need them to read."

"You're not reading right now."

"I know that."

"You really don't have to wear them, Regina, don't feel sorry for me because I am wearing mine, trust me it makes no difference to me, I dress like this every day people will be used to it by now, they will be expecting it." He moved over to her and gently removed the black reading glasses before handing them to her.

Regina sighed and reluctantly took them off him in order to put back into her purse, "I thought I was doing a good job at channelling the sexy librarian vibes."

"You really were, but I don't think that the arsehole jocks would appreciate it as much as I do."

"Well, maybe I don't care what they think," she smirked staring into her eyes as her breath hitched and she pulled her bottom lip between her teeth. She was almost about to lean in and kiss him when the door she was leaning against swung open and she broke out of her trance. Regina shook her head, trying not to laugh at the fact she was nearly knocked out by whoever came through the door. "Okay, so let's go outside then. Promise me if you feel uncomfortable you will tell me."

"I promise."

Regina looked at him one last time before pushing the door to the outside area open. Everyone was dancing and talking on the patio that surrounded the pool holding onto their red plastic cups which were more than likely filled to the brim with alcohol. It wasn't until she met Robin that the realisation this wasn't the world she belonged in sank in, she thought that she was supposed to be involved in these parties, thought she was supposed to enjoy drinking and flirting with any single jock she could find, but she never had, she'd just tolerated it hoping that the enjoyment might come later.

She didn't want to be the odd one out, she wanted to fit in, but now she was seeing that all she had been doing was feeding the stereotype. That just wasn't who she was and she wasn't afraid to say that anymore.

Robin smiled at her whilst chucking somewhat at the worry etched onto her face, it was cute and he really appreciated her concern towards him but it wasn't necessary. A for the party, it was exactly what he had been expecting, a bunch of drunk horny teenagers. He just had to remind himself that he was doing this for her, he was here for her. "Stop worrying," he nudged her playfully, seeing the slightest flicker of a smile play on her lips.

"I'm just really protective that's all and I really don't want to fight tonight, I just want people to let us enjoy the party without saying anything," Regina confessed.

Robin nodded and reached out to squeeze her hand, "it'll be fine, I can handle it, I've been handling it for years."

"You shouldn't have to…"

"Regina! You came!" Kathryn squealed as she hurried over to her and almost knocked her off her feet as she flung her arms around her, sloshing a little bit of alcohol over her.

"Yep," the brunette laughed hugging her friend back, she could tell that Kathryn was already pretty drunk, she had clearly been going pretty hard on the pre-drinks. "I couldn't say no to a party, now could I?"

"No! Of course, you couldn't, you also had to come because this is my party and if you had bailed I wouldn't have spoken to you ever, ever again."

"Sure, you wouldn't," Regina rolled her eyes playfully as she looked over Kathryn's shoulder to Robin who was watching the two of them with a humorous expression on his face, "so, are you planning on letting me go any time soon?"

"You just got here! Why would I let you go! We're gonna be doing body shots later!" the blonde shirked.

"Oh well we can't miss that can we," Regina cringed as she peeled herself away from Kathryn, pulling back slightly in order to take in the full extent of her friend's drunkenness. "How much have you actually had to drink Kat?"

"Oh, just a teeny weeny tiny bit," she stated, attempting to show her just how much with her fingers. Regina had a feeling that she would be holding her hair back later that night as she threw up, she tended to be the first to go, she was a little bit of a lightweight when it came to alcohol.

"Sure thing."

"Regina, I'm going to go get us some drinks, what do you want?" Robin asked as Kathryn turned around only just noticing that her friend hadn't arrived at the party alone.

"You brought your nerd!"

"He isn't my nerd," Regina scoffed, "and yes, you said that I could invite Robin if I wanted and I did want to, so here he is. As for that drink, I think I'll come with you to get it."

"Chill out Gina, I didn't mean anything bad by it," Kathryn laughed, pushing her playfully, "you need to relax, also, I think someone over there might be checking you out," she stated gesturing over to a group of jocks.

Regina glanced overseeing that Kathryn was right, they were looking over in her direction, "not interested," she shook her head. She couldn't be less into those guys, sure they might be good looking and sporty, but they weren't her type and she wasn't going to pretend that she was looking for someone like one of them.

Robin watched her nervously, he knew that most of the guys in their grade had a huge crush on her, he'd never really been concerned about it before, but apparently, that wasn't the case now. He was worried that she might be into one of them, that she might like them more than she liked him, thus meaning their friendship or whatever it was would be over. What girl still spent time with her guy friend when she had an actual boyfriend to hand around with?

"Robin," Regina nudged his arm as she gestured in the direction of the drinks table, "I think I could do with a good strong drink."

"You said you didn't…"

"Of lemonade," she giggled as they walked over, "caught you out."

"I wouldn't have minded if you were wanting a drink."

"Urgh no, it's disgusting," she grimaced finding a bottle of lemonade and pouring some into a cup before adding some ice, "so, what drink will you be having?"

"Same as you I think."

"Good choice."

As the party drew on Regina began to relax somewhat, she was sat in the corner of the garden with Robin as they talked quietly about random things, currently, the topic of conversation was what they thought was going to happen next on Outlander. They had certainly distanced themselves from the rest of the party goers and Regina was wondering why on earth they had even bothered to stay when they could be having the same conversation back at her house.

"Do you think we should leave?" Regina asked, looking around her, they hadn't really been there that long, but she didn't see the point in them staying.

"Maybe we should stay a little longer, don't you want to go spend some time with your friends?"

"What? Why? I'm not going to just leave you sat here alone."

"I have my phone and my fanfiction."

"What are you reading?"

"Oh," he swallowed nervously, he hadn't exactly told her that he had decided to try his hand at writing his own, mainly because he was worried about her judging him, not that he thought she would do, but he was still concerned that she might not approve. "That one you recommended to me the other day," he lied, it wasn't a massive lie though, he just wasn't planning on reading it at that precise minute, he was leaning more towards writing.

"Oooh! Do you like it! It really picks up around chapter 5! I couldn't stop reading, I just hate that I have to wait for a new chapter! I hope that they don't leave it hanging for too long."

Robin grinned, "I don't think they will."

"They could though, some writers take forever to update."

"Look at you, and they call me the nerd."

"Shut up," she laughed, feeling her cheeks heat up, "this is you rubbing off on me, I wasn't like this before we began to hand out."

"Well, if I may say, I like this version of you."

She smiled nervously as she stood from her seat, "well, I suppose I'll leave you to your reading, you need to catch up so I can talk to you about it. I won't be too long."

"Just go enjoy yourself," he grinned shooing her away.

Reluctantly she walked towards the mass of people who were dancing and to the loud music, "about time Mills! Where've you been?!" Graham asked, wrapping her up in a bear hug and lifting her off the ground, she squealed and laughed, shaking her head at him as he put her back down.

"I've been here, I guess you just didn't notice," she shrugged, winking playfully at her friend as Daniel came out through the porch doors, spotting them immediately.

"Thought you join us commoners then Gina!" he grinned, passing her a cup of something that had clearly been meant for Graham by the look he received from the other guy. "We were missing you."

"Sure you were," she scoffed, passing the cup to Graham, she wasn't going to be drinking whatever was in there.

"Hey, we're your friends so of course we were missing you firecracker," Graham laughed as he messed her hair a little resulting in her rolling her eyes at him. She was considerably shorter than the two of them and knew that they enjoyed treating her like a child, whether they meant to or not, that also meant that they were fiercely protective of her and that side she didn't mind so much.

"Anyone seen Tinka tonight?"

"Yeah, last time I saw her she was inside."

Regina smiled and excused herself before slipping through the back doors and into the house, Kathryn's house was massive, her father was a multi-millionaire and owned some kind of corporation, so their house showed their wealth. She weaved through the people crowded in the kitchen, looking out for her friend as she did, she spotted Emma talking to Killian in the corner with her signature flirtatious smile etched onto her face. Regina chuckled before making her way over to them, "Em."

"Hey babe!" Emma beamed, turning away from Killian to wrap her arms around her friend, Regina found that the people she hung out with became a lot clingier when they were drunk, she seemed to be receiving a lot of hugs tonight.

"Hello. What you doing?"

"Shushhh, I'm trying to flirt with Killian," she whispered loudly so that the guy behind them could still hear.

"Hmm, you're being very discreet about it too. Have you seen Tink?"

"Check upstairs."

Regina nodded, waving hello to Killian before leaving them in the kitchen in favour of heading upstairs to look for her best friend. It was then that she heard shouting coming from down the hall, Regina's eyes widened and she ran in the direction of the yelling. "Tink!"

"Regina!"

She threw the door open seeing Tink stood there glaring at Arthur, one of the jocks from the football team, "what's going on?" Regina asked.

"I just caught him in bed with her!" Tink screeched, gesturing towards the bed, Regina turned her head to see Guinevere holding to covers against her body. "They were fucking in Kat's bed."

"Gross," Regina cringed, "you two are disgusting, get out," she rolled her eyes as the two teenagers scrambled for their clothes and ran out of the room. Once they were gone Regina moved over to her friend and took her hand, pulling on it gently as they sat down on the bed, "come on, I've been looking for you."

"Hiya," the blonde smiled. At least she looked soberer than her other friends, "glad you came, did you bring Robin?"

"Hmm," Regina nodded.

"Oooh yay! So, where is he?"

"I left him outside," she cringed.

"What?! Oh god Gina! He's probably being torn apart as we speak!"

"I'm sure he'll be…"

The door swung open as two people stumbled into the room. "Hey, we were making out in here!" Tink yelled, causing the couple to turn and look at them in shock.

"I should hope that you weren't," Kathryn laughed, "otherwise Regina's poor nerd is outside pining for nothing."

"Oh, it's you," Regina shook her head as she stood up, "you might want to change the sheets before you get in there," she shrivelled her nose up in disgust.

Kat just waved them off, "so if you want to get out of my room so I can get laid that would be helpful thanks."

"Seriously Kat?" Regina rolled her eyes as they moved towards the door, looking at the guy who was clearly eager to sleep with her friend, "don't forget protection!"

"I got that covered," he stated, taking a solo condom out of his pocket.

"Lovely to know that he was planning to fuck someone tonight isn't it Kathryn."

"Don't Kathryn me, you know I hate it when you do that, it makes me feel like I've done something wrong."

"I don't think that this is…"

"Urgh! Stop being a party pooper!"

"Just be safe," Regina sighed, knowing that there was no way she could reason with her, Kathryn tended to get whatever she wanted.

"Oh babe! Your nerdy boyfriend is being hit on by our arch bitch of a nemesis," Kathryn stated, "just thought you might want to know. I mean she is literally all over him right now, it's a little sad and totally disgusting. In fact, I am pretty sure she was sat on his lap last time I glanced in their direction."

Regina grit her teeth and hurried out of the room with Tink quick on her heels, she stormed through the house, "Regina! Calm down, she's drunk she probably doesn't know what she's saying!"

"Whoa, what's going on?" Emma asked, perking up from where she was perched on the counter.

"You go stop Kat from sleeping with that random guy and I'll go stop Regina from knocking Marian's head off," Tink instructed.

"I'd rather have your job! I would love to see that!"

"Emma! Seriously."

"Fine," she held her hands up turning towards the stairs in order to find their friend.

"Regina!"

Regina pushed her way through the crowd and spotted Robin looking extremely awkward as Marian sat perched on the table in front of him, leaning over giving him a view directly down her dress. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Regina asked, wanting to take hold of the bitch's hair and yank her off the table, but finding the self-restraint not to.

"Regina! You made it! Well, I was just talking to, sorry what's your name again?"

He rolled his eyes as he looked towards Regina hoping that the expression on his face conveyed to her that he needed saving from this girl. She hadn't even been gone that long before Marian came over to his table and began to hit on him shamelessly.

"Robin, his name is Robin and I think you are making him feel uncomfortable, so if you would like to move on that would be wonderful."

"I'm pretty sure the guy can speak for himself, he doesn't need the senior year bimbo to do it for him."

"What did you just call me?" Regina asked, her hand balling into a fist as she fought the urge to punch the smug grin off Marian's face. God, she was infuriating, Regina just didn't understand what her problem was, she clearly had some sort of grudge against her.

The other woman laughed as she slipped off the table and onto Robin's lap, wrapping her arms around Robin's neck, "trust me, she's the school slut, you don't want to touch her with a barge pole, you'd probably get crabs!"

"That's it, I've had just about enough of your shit! Get the fuck off him and get out."

"You can't kick me out," the other woman scoffed, "but what does it matter anyway, I'm sure you've found someone who will take you home."

Robin couldn't actually believe what he was hearing, it was absolutely disgusting that someone could speak about someone else in such a way. Before Regina could reach out and do anything to her Robin stood up from his seat, causing her to lose her balance and hit the grass below her, "oops," he chuckled, "sorry, I didn't realise that I was a seat."

Regina looked at him in shock, trying to hold back her laughter at the sight of Marian on the floor with a bright green grass stain running up her once pristine white dress. "Well, I hope you enjoy the rest of the party, and I think white vinegar and was detergent might just get that stain out if you dab it hard enough," Regina grinned smugly, looking up at Robin as they turned to walk away from her. "Thank you for that, I think you might have saved me from going further than I would have been proud of," she sighed, looking up at Robin.

"No problem, she was a bitch and she deserved it," he stated, he had been happy to help her out and he was even happier when she wrapped her arm around his and leaned her head against his shoulder.

"I think you might be my very own Jamie Fraser."

"Is that so?" he laughed.

"Hmm. Wanna get out of here and finish off the episode we started this morning?"

"Definitely," he nodded. He had certainly witnessed enough of the party to confirm his suspicions and make it clear in his mind that he didn't want to go to another.

"Hey Mills!" Marian yelled, Regina huffed and let go of Robin, turning around just in time to see Marian hurrying towards her with her arms out. She collided into her, pushing her backwards into the pool, Regina hit the water and came up gasping at the cold temperature. She flicked her hair behind her and glared at the other woman, seeing that the entire party had stopped and they were all staring in her direction.

"You fucking bitch," she seethed under her breath before grinning wildly, "pool party!" she shouted, picking up a random red cup and pretending to throw back whatever liquid was inside it. As other people began to jump into the pool because of course they saw her as a trendsetter, she held her hand out for Robin to help her up. "So cold," she shivered, turning to look at the woman who was looking extremely shocked that she had been able to turn it around so easily and go from victim to the coolest girl in school.

"How…"

"Sorry Marian, now enjoy the party," she smiled sweetly before staring her out and turning to walk out of the garden.

"Well that was impressive," Robin chuckled as they stood by her car and she rang her hair out before peeling off her top and skirt, taking the dry sweatshirt he was holding out for her. He tried not to check her out whilst she changed, but she simply grinned at him and shook her head.

"It's not as though I'm naked Robin," she laughed, "it's only like wearing a bikini."

"Yeah," he cleared his throat awkwardly as he slipped into the passenger seat and she buckled herself up in the driver's side of the car.

"So how was your first high school party?"

"Terrible," he chuckled.

"Just as it should be," Regina giggled, watching as he put her feet up on his dashboard. "Hey feet off the interior!"

"Stop whining," Robin grinned as he leant across the console and kissed her cheek playfully, "now take me home driver."

"Is that all I am to you? Your driver?" She teased.

"No," he shook his head, his voice growing quiet as she began driving in the direction of her house, it was a few moments later when he spoke again, "no, you're much, much more to me than that."