Sorry it's so late, also I did proofread but forgot to save and I just decided to post it anyway.

Regina was pleasantly surprised after having dinner at the Locksley's house, his mother had been rather hospitable. More than usual anyway, she had almost seemed nice if she was even capable of that. Poppy had been excited to see Regina there and had babbled on all the way through dinner about how she wanted another cheer lesson soon, which Regina had promised her she would get.

She'd spent a few hours at Robin's house after dinner, she and Robin had watched an episode of Outlander and done a little revision before she had reluctantly driven home alone. Her mother was up when she arrived home, sitting on the couch watching the tv with a glass of wine in her hand. "Hey baby, how was your dinner?"

"Surprisingly good," Regina smiled, sitting down beside her mother and stealing some of the chips from the bowl on the coffee table. "He must have talked to his mom because she actually talked to me without being condescending."

"Progress then," Cora hummed, her finger's carding through Regina's hair gently as she looked at her daughter. "Are you going straight to bed or coming to watch something?"

"I need a shower but if you're still awake after that I'll come down for a little while."

"Okay, darling."

Regina grinned at the older woman before standing again and slinging her bag over her shoulder. She had just reached her room when she heard the doorbell downstairs. Knowing her mother would probably get it she grabbed her towel and was just about to head to the bathroom when her mother called her name from the bottom of the stairs.

She furrowed her eyebrows, it had been weird that there would be someone at the door this late, but she hadn't really thought about it, right now though she thought it strange, especially if it was for her. She had thought maybe her mother might have ordered takeout or something.

Regina slung her towel over the bannister before heading back downstairs into the sitting room where she found Kathryn's mother and father sat on the couch. Her chest tightened and dread sept through her body, that wasn't a good sign. Kat hadn't replied to her messages from earlier but she'd just assumed she was still hungover and her phone was dead.

"What's going on?" she asked, glancing at her mother who was in her pyjamas and robe, now sitting in the armchair. "Is this about Kat?"

"Have you seen her?"

"No, not since yesterday. I haven't heard from her since then, I thought it was strange," she took a deep breath, moving over to her mother and taking her hand, squeezing it tightly as she tried to process what she was hearing, or putting together in her mind. "Haven't you heard from her?"

"No, we haven't seen her since she left for school yesterday morning. We've been going out of our minds, none of you girls have seen her or heard from her," Kathryn's mother cried, looking at her husband with sheer panic on her face.

"What was she doing last night? We know she was going to a party after the football match, we assume you went as well." Mr Midas stated, staring her out a little, making her feel somewhat intimidated.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't really paying attention at the party yesterday. I hadn't been feeling well so came home early," she answered. She should have been a better friend; she should have made sure that Kathryn was being safe. She normally did, but that night she had been so caught up over Robin that the idea of watching out for her friends had slipped her mind. Apparently the one time she wasn't playing the role of mother hen was the time that something happened to one of them. To Kathryn.

"I think we should talk to the cops Geoff," Mrs Midas stated looking to her husband, "she's been missing for over twenty-four hours."

"Haven't you contacted them?" Cora asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"No, we were going to, but she's done this before, just not for as long as this."

"Well, I suggest you call the sheriff, I can get the ball rolling if you would like," she stated, standing from her chair and moving to grab her phone before calling a number on her phone. As the mayor of Storybrooke she had influence within the sheriff's office, she could get things done quicker. "Detective Rodgers, it's Mrs Mills. Yes, I have a serious problem, would you be able to make your way to my residence as soon as possible please, bring two of your men with you two, please. We have a missing person case for you to attend to."

Regina was stunned by what she was hearing, she couldn't believe that her friend had actually gone missing. If she wasn't missing, where the hell was she? No one at school had seen her, she had been asking around earlier and no one seemed to know what she had been doing the night before and when exactly she had left the party. Regina was assuming that it was later than she had but she wasn't sure about that, she couldn't be certain. She couldn't even remember actually seeing Kathryn at all.

When the police arrived, they took statements from everyone before putting out the alert, luckily because Kathryn was still under eighteen, they were able to class her as a minor. It was her birthday in a couple of weeks and she had a party planned. Regina hoped that this had all just been one big mistake and that she was going to show up after bunking at some random guys house. Like her parent's said, it wouldn't be the first time she had done something like that.

She opened her phone to the group chat which had the entire cheer team and football team added in. As well as some other popular kids who hung around with them, anyone who was deemed worthy of being in the group.

Regina: Guys I'm freaking out, has anyone heard from Kat at all since last night?

Tink: Seriously? She still hasn't replied to your messages?

Regina: It's worse than that. Her parents were at my door a few hours ago, they haven't seen her. She didn't go home last night. Who saw her last?

Emma: Like I said earlier, I don't even really remember seeing her last night. All I know is she was drunk.

Graham: Drunk is an understatement. I had was holding her hair back whilst she threw up. I was gonna take her home, make sure she got back safe but when I came back with my keys she was gone. Didn't see her again after that.

Regina furrowed her eyebrows as she read Graham's message, she knew that he had been the designated driver last night. He wasn't drinking, that had been why he had tried to console her also, seemed he had a lot on his plate the night before. Luckily, he was one of those people who just took life in its stride.

Tink: She can't have just disappeared. Someone must have seen her. Killian?

Killian: I was with Em last night love. I only had eyes for one blonde.

Emma: Aww my cutie.

Regina: Guys this is serious! She's gone, like properly gone.

Nottingham: Someone probably snatched her and murdered her. We're never gonna see the bitch again. What a shame.

Regina: Why don't you shut up!

Tink: Shut up, you insensitive idiot.

Graham: Dude, what the fuck?!

Regina really couldn't believe Nottingham sometimes; did he really not think about things before he typed them. Their friend was missing and he didn't have a sensitive bone in his body, he wasn't capable of sensitivity. He really has a problem and she wasn't sure anyone could fix the stupid idiot he was.

Marian: Last time I saw her she was swaying her way down the sidewalk on her own.

Regina: Wait, you just let her go off alone? Are you insane? Anything could have happened to her Marian! She hasn't come back and from what you just said you were the last one to see her.

Marian: I could hardly stop her. I'd just gone outside for a smoke. She said she was going home, catching an uber.

Regina: You need to tell this to the cops. Talk to Detective Rodgers and tell him what you know.

Marian: Are you insane? I was high at the time; do you really think they will take me seriously?

Regina: If she caught an uber there would be a record of it, Marian. Just don't tell them you were getting high; it's not rocket science. You are doing this whether you like it or not.

She walked into her mother's room with her phone still in her hand, "mom, can you get in touch with Detective Rodgers and tell him that he needs to go see Marian French. She just told me that the last time she saw Kathryn last night was when she was leaving the party. Apparently, she was drunk and trying to catch an uber home."

Cora nodded and grabbed her phone from the nightstand, seemingly opting to text the detective with the information rather than call him. She slipped her reading glasses on as she typed it out before putting her phone back where it had been and looking back to Regina. "Darling, what is it?"

"I don't know how I am going to sleep tonight, not when I don't know where she is," she whispered, walking towards the bed and sliding under the duvet on the opposite side to her mother. "Do you think something bad happened to her mom? This isn't good is it."

"It doesn't sound very good, no," the older woman sighed, wrapping her arms around her daughter and pressing a light kiss to the top of her head. Holding her that little bit tighter for a moment, "goodness, I don't know what I'd do if you ever went missing like that. I don't even want to think about it, it makes me feel sick. They must be terrified. I'm so glad that you are responsible darling, that you don't drink like that. I couldn't bear it if anything happened to you."

"Don't worry mom, you have nothing to worry about with me. I'm worried about her though, do you think… Nottingham said that she was probably dead. I didn't want to think about it, but… what if he's right?"

"Don't think about things like that baby, it won't do you any good to think like that," Cora whispered, stroking her hair gently. "First thing in the morning I promise we will put a full alert out, make sure that everyone knows to look out for her. See if we can get any statements to help the detectives with their enquiry."

"Can I stay with you tonight? I don't want to sleep alone."

"Of course, sweetheart," Cora smiled, "you need to get some sleep baby. You have school in the morning."

"I don't know if I can bear it," she murmured, burying her face against her mother's shoulder as she snuggled into her side, making herself comfortable in the older woman's bed. It wasn't often that she climbed into bed with her mother, but any time she did it made her feel young again and she always knew that her mom would look after her and protect her from the big bad world. Her mom had always been her superhero and that hadn't changed.

"You can, I know you can. Sleep."

Regina sighed as her mother turned off the lights, plunging them into darkness. She closed her eyes but knew it would probably be a while before she could get to sleep. She had too much going on in her mind for that.

The next morning arriving at school was strange, Kathryn still hadn't been found, she hadn't turned up. There had been a part of Regina which was still hoping that maybe her friend had met a guy and hooked up with him and she'd been otherwise engaged and forgotten to tell them. That option was seeming less likely every minute she was missing.

Everyone was acting strangely and the whole school seemed to be on edge, there were cops walking the corridors, questioning people who had been at the party the night of Kathryn's disappearance, wanting to know as much as they could about her last known whereabouts.

"This is weird," Robin murmured as he approached her locker, stopping beside her and hovering somewhat awkwardly.

She turned to look at him and nodded in agreement, "you should have seen her parents. They were distraught."

"God, it's awful. How are you holding up?"

"Truthfully? Not the best," she sighed, moving closer to wrap herself up in his arms, resting her head on his chest as he held her. "I just don't understand it. Someone has to know what happened to her, she can't have just disappeared into thin air."

"I know. I'm sure the police are working hard to get to the bottom of it all, they want to know what's happened as much as everyone else does. They'll be trying their hardest to find her."

"I know. I don't want to think about it, I need to get it out of my mind."

"Okay, well, what are you doing at lunch?"

"Eating," she chuckled at her little joking, looking up at him with a soft smile.

"Well, today is my book club day."

"Urgh, does that mean that I have to find someone else to hang out with?" she groaned. She'd almost forgot that Robin met with his book club every other week. She'd been wanting to spend her lunch break with him, but it looked as though she was going to have to eat with her friends instead, not that she minded eating with Tink and the rest of them, she just enjoyed Robin's company as well.

"I'm afraid so, unless you want to tag along, though you haven't read the book so it would be a little pointless." He moved his fingers to her face before carefully tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. He always felt so awkward showing affection in public, mainly because he couldn't believe that she actually wanted to hang out with him, never mind wanting them to be together. That was a conversation he was still trying to avoid. He was also worried about what people might think seeing them together.

"I suppose so. I guess I'll see you in the library after school then?"

"You want to study tonight?"

"What else are we going to do?"

"I dunno, I thought maybe with everything that was going on you might want to take the night off."

"I need to carry on Robin or I'll go crazy. I've also missed out on a few sessions this week, I don't want to fall behind again, not when we were getting on so well."

"Okay, if that's what you want to do."

"It is," she nodded. She just wanted something to take her mind off what was going on and throwing herself into her studies was one way to make that happen, if they ended up back at her place then what was the harm in it. At least she was starting off with the intention of getting work done.

The bell sounded for the first lesson, ringing out through the corridor and she realised that her time with him was over for now. She was going to have to let him go to his lessons because of course, he was in a much higher set than she was. He was most likely in the top set for everything, she wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if he was. "Well, have a good day and enjoy your book club," she scoffed with an eye roll, her bottom lip coming between her teeth as she looked up at him.

"Yeah, you too. Don't miss me too much. Stay positive."

"Aren't I always," Regina grinned, trancing her fingers over the neckline of his forest green sweatshirt, "bye Robin." She sighed, she had wanted him to give her a parting kiss, but seemingly he wasn't receiving the messages she was sending his way. She lifted onto her tiptoes and pressed her lips to his cheek before turning to walk in the opposite direction.

"Regina, wait," he called, his hand enclosing around her wrist as he gently pulled her back to him. He brushed his lips against hers, whilst cupping her cheek with his hand. "I'll see you later."

"Yes, you will," she beamed, feeling heat bloom in her chest as she headed towards her lesson.

When the lunch hour rolled around Regina couldn't bring herself to go eat with her friends, not when she knew that a major character in their group was missing. It would be too strange to go sit with them, she wanted to hurry into the dining room and grab her food before getting the hell out of there as quick as she possibly could.

As soon as the bell went from her lesson she hurried through the corridors, maybe she would just have to spend her lunch break in the storage closet, it wouldn't be the first time she had. She wasn't so lucky though because just as she was entering the hall, a familiar blonde approached her. "Still no more news?" Emma asked, flicking her blonde curls over her shoulder.

"Nothing," Regina breathed as they walked together towards the food stands, "are you as worried as I am?"

"I wasn't until today, but yeah. I'm worried."

Regina nodded, looking at her friend in concern. Emma was one of those people who didn't worry about anything, she was always so calm and laid back, so to see her panicked was unsettling. She bit down on her bottom lip and glanced at the menu; she didn't feel so hungry all of a sudden.

Reluctantly she grabbed a salad pot and some cake along with the reddest apple in the bowl, ordering a latte too before paying. "Are you eating with us?" the blonde asked, piling chips and a burger with an extra-large soda on her own tray as she gestured over to the tables that were normally reserved for their set of friends.

"Yes, I suppose so."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Oh," Emma nodded, eyebrows risen as they walked over to the table.

"What?"

"Nothing, I was just expecting you to be eating with Robin that's all."

"He's at his book club," Regina shrugged, "also I think that's the first time you've called him by his actual name."

"Whatever."

By the time they were sitting down, they had been joined by a few others. She remained quiet as she pocked at her salad, her friends were all talking about Kathryn and what might have happened to her but she was nearly at breaking point. She didn't think she could listen to it for much longer without going crazy or breaking down into tears.

She had known Kathryn since they were in Kindergarten, they might have had their ups and downs but at the end of the day, she had been a close friend, even if they hadn't been as close in the past few weeks. "Can we just stop talking about it already," she sighed, putting her fork down and looking around the table, seemingly no one was listening.

They carried on talking, and it seemed to be getting louder and louder. She could feel herself starting to hyperventilate as they went on and on about with all sorts of crazy theories. Awful things that might have happened to their friend, she couldn't listen to it any longer.

"Just shut up! Shut the hell up!"

Everyone went quiet, not just at her table but all around the cafeteria. Then they were all staring at her, watching her and she needed to get out. She grabbed the cake and apple from her tray before running to the door.

"Regina!" Tink shouted after her. She didn't stop though, she needed to escape, couldn't bear having everyone's eyes on her. Bursting through the doors she took a sharp breath as she tried to calm herself down. It had been a while since she'd had a panic attack, she'd been managing to control them somehow, preferring to push her anxiety down, but sometimes she just couldn't. Right now, seemed to be one of those moments.

She didn't know what to do, didn't know how to cope. She hurried down the corridor to stopping at her storage closet and hurrying inside before sitting on the floor and pulling her knees up to her chest, trying to control her breathing.

She didn't know how long she sat there for attempting to get a handle of her emotions. She had been vaguely aware of the school bell tolling but didn't really register it. She just kept her face pressed against her knees with her eyes closed and prayed to god that her friend would be found safe and sound, that she wouldn't be hurt or even worse.

"Regina."

She groaned and shook her head, curling further into herself as she tried to block out the sound of someone calling her name. She wasn't exactly comfortable in the position she was in but she was tired and hadn't been able to keep her eyes open. After not sleeping a wink the night before and being in such a high emotional state, she was exhausted.

"Hey, Regina."

She blinked her eyes open, adjusting them to the light shining in through the now open door of the storage cupboard. Robin was hovering over her, a look of concern etched onto his face. "What are you doing sleeping in here?"

"I just came here for… I don't know. I just needed to be alone."

"How long have you been sitting here?" he asked, pushing her hair behind her ear.

"I don't know, since lunch."

His eyes widened as he stared at her, "four hours?"

"I dunno, I guess so," she shrugged. She had no idea that she'd been in there so long, by the sound of it she had missed all of her afternoon lessons. She wouldn't be surprised if her mother had a phone call home to tell her about her daughter's absence.

She could see the concern written on his face as he looked at her. He took a moment before offering her his hand, "come on, let's get you out of here.

Regina accepted his hand and stood up, bending back down to pick up the slice of cake she had brought in with her, "I got this for you at lunch, it might be gross now though, I'm not sure."

"Library or home?" Robin asked as they left the cupboard and made their way down the corridor.

"We could go to the library for a little while, grab some books maybe," she suggested. She probably needed to talk to someone about why she had been absent from all of her lessons, but she didn't really fancy telling them that she had been sitting in a random closet without any lights on four hours. That just made her sound thoroughly insane.

"Okay we can do that, but as soon as you want to go home just say the word and we can leave, whatever you want."

"Alright," she nodded, holding on tight to his hand as he pushed the door open and they moved inside. There were a few people there, some of them chatting quietly, others studying intensely, scrawling down notes as they read their book.

She noticed a group of people at a table who were staring at them as they entered, she couldn't say that she recognised any of them. "Why are they looking at us?"

Robin followed her glance before turning to her, "they're some of the people from my book group. They are probably just shocked to actually see us hanging around together."

"How come I haven't seen them before?"

"They usually use the library in town to study, I'm not quite sure why they're here. Want to go say hi?"

Regina felt wary of the situation, she moved a little closer to Robin, scared that his friends or whatever they were to him were going to judge her. God, why was she feeling like a child hiding behind its parents when it was nervous of new people? It was stupid, but that the minute she felt too fragile for social interaction.

"Hey guys, this is Regina."

"We know who she is," the only girl at the table scoffed. Regina furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at her, she couldn't say she recognised her but seemingly she had something against her without even really knowing her.

"Regina, this is Mary Margaret."

At the name Regina found her eyebrows raising, "Mary Margaret?"

"That's right," she nodded, "remember me?"

"I didn't even realise you came here," she stated truthfully. They had gone to nursery together and been friends until they were five, then when it came to going to Kindergarten, they went their separate ways, attending different schools. She hadn't spoken to her since then and seemingly the girl was bitter about it.

"Whatever."

"I'm serious, I didn't know."

"That's bullshit, Regina. I tried talking to you in freshman year and you completely ignored me. Too busy being a popular bitch."

"Hey Mary," Robin snapped.

"Its okay Robin," Regina murmured, "I'm sorry, I was a different person back then, I was desperate to be popular and a complete idiot."

"Yep well, what can you do?" the other girl huffed, "you used to be so smart Regina and then you threw that all away for popularity. Well done to you."

"Right enough," Robin hissed. "Anyway, that's Mary as you now know. This is August, John, and Sydney."

"Hi," she smiled, trying to be friendly but feeling rather awkward in their presence. The guys were looking at her and then to Robin and it seemed that the former of the three would be the first to speak up.

"Great to meet you, we've all heard so much."

"Yeah well, don't believe everything you hear because quite frankly ninety-nine percent of that is fake news. Robin shall we find a table"

"Yeah definitely."

"It was nice meeting you," John grinned, waving as they walked away.

"Well that was awkward," Regina breathed once they had found a table out of the way, somewhere that they didn't have to be seen by his book club friends.

They were revising in the library for about an hour before Robin abruptly stopped the session and closed the revision book.

"Hey, what are you doing."

"Where are you right now?"

"What do you mean?" she asked, furrowing her eyebrows as she looked at him trying to work out what he was talking about. Though if she were truthful with herself, she already had a bit of an idea, she just didn't want to acknowledge it.

"You're not concentrating, your mind is somewhere else. Is it Kathryn?"

"Yes and no," she sighed, she didn't want to talk about it. To be honest she was ready to just pack up and go home.

"Other than Kathryn, what is it?"

"Meeting your book group just proved everything. To them I'm the slutty, popular cheerleader. I guess that's all I will ever be to the majority of the people at this school."

"Don't talk about yourself like that. You have the power to change people's perceptions, make them see the person I know you are."

"I don't know how Robin, I really…"

"Well, well, what do we have here?"

They both looked up to the source of the voice, seeing Keith stood in front of their table with a wicked smirk playing on his face. "The head cheerleader having a heart to heart with the school nerd. How touching."

The two of them ignored him, rolling their eyes Robin reopened the textbook to the page they needed to revise from before placing it in front of Regina. They were both hoping that if they ignored him for long enough, he might go away.

"Ignoring me huh? How grown-up of you."

"We are trying to study," Regina huffed, "so if you'd like to leave us to it that would be great."

"What are you doing with him anyway? Are you sucking his dick so he'll tutor you? Is that how she's repaying you for your help?"

She was sick of playing the nice card, he needed to get out of her way before she really lost it. "Why don't you fuck off and leave us alone Nottingham," she spat, glaring at him as she held Robin's hand.

"Ooh, cheerleaders getting feisty hey? We all know what a greedy little slut you are, sucking cock for grades. You know I'll help you out any time you want right?" he grinned reaching out to touch her only for Robin to smack his hand away.

"I suggest you get the hell away from her." He wasn't just going to allow this prick to talk to her like that, not when she was already rather upset.

"Aww, what's nerd boy going to do about it?" the other guy rose his eyebrows at him. "Do you want a repeat performance of last time because I would be more than happy to kick your ass again."

Robin laughed and shook his head, maybe if he had his gang that would be some kind of threat, but alone, Robin really wasn't scared of him, sure he didn't want to have to get into a fight, but he would be more than happy to in order to defend Regina, "good luck with that mate," Robin smirked, shaking his head as he pulled Regina closer to him.

She wrapped herself around him holding on tightly to his arm, personally she thought they should just get up and leave, go home. Then at least they wouldn't have to listen to other people's judgments or threats.

"Seriously? You want to go, because I'm happy to take this outside right now."

"Why don't you just take your ass outside?" Regina rolled her eyes, "go find something to do that is actually worthwhile."

He just stood there for a moment before the sadistic smile returned again. "You know what, I bet that's what happened to Kathryn."

"What are you talking about?" Regina eyed him, the expression on her face daring him to carry on with what he was about to say. After the day she'd had, she could really use the opportunity to let off some steam.

"Yeah, I bet the little slut went and got herself fucked and murdered."

Her nostrils flared as she stood from her chair, letting go of Robin's arm, "you are a disgusting, vile boy," she hissed. "I'm beginning to think that maybe you do know what happened to Kat, maybe you were the one who did it." She saw the look on his face change, she knew he didn't have it in him to do something quite so evil, but he had the decency to look panicked at the accusation. "I might just have to have my mom call the sheriff, I'm sure he'd be happy to investigate my theory."

"I didn't do nothing."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I'm not some sicko."

"I beg to differ; I think you are a little bit sick. Anyone who finds fun in hurting others has to be, right?"

"I've never hurt a girl in my life."

"You know, the rumours you started about me? The ones about me sleeping around, well, just think how quickly rumours about you and Kathryn could get around, think about how popular you would be then? People thinking you were the one responsible for her disappearance."

"I didn't touch her! I wasn't even at the party."

"Weren't you?" she asked with one eyebrow raised. She'd touched a nerve, he was freaking out and although she was sickened at the fact, she was using her friend's disappearance as a threat against him, she would be glad if he never came near her again.

"No! No, I was caring for my nan she's sick and… you know I wasn't there! You know it wasn't me you little bitch."

"I do, but words can go a long way to tarnishing someone's reputation, so I'd be careful if I were you Nottingham, you never know what rumours might spread."

"Fuck you," he spat, shaking his head as he ran away from them, hurrying out of the library.

Robin was watching her with furrowed eyebrows and she rolled her eyes at him, "I did what I had to."

"That was really dark."

"I just needed to get rid of him. Who knows, maybe it was him."

"Do you really think so? I'm not so sure. I know he's a jerk and all that but don't you think he's just mouth most of the time?"

"Probably. I hope so anyway," she whispered with a shake of her head. She was ready to go home now, she's had enough studying and confrontation for one day. "Would you like to come over to mine?"

"You want to leave now?"

"Yeah might as well."

"Okay. Let me just call my mum and let her know what I'm doing," he nodded, closing the revision textbook yet again before l shoving it in his bag.

"I need to go get a couple of things from my locker," she quipped, "meet you by my car in five?"

"Sure."

"Cool." She grabbed her things and headed out of the library and down the main corridor. She'd put her jacket in her locker that morning and figured that she might need it in the morning.

The corridor was empty and the lights were dull, she sped up on her way, feeling a little creeped out by it. Why did it always feel like someone was watching her whenever she was alone, she knew it was probably just her subconscious but she couldn't help but be a little nervous anyway.

Once she reached her locker she grabbed her jacket, just as she was about to shut it she heard what sounded like the squeak of shoes coming from down the corridor. She swirled around and looked in that direction but couldn't see anything. Shaking her head she closed the locker, she really needed to calm down but her heart was racing and she wouldn't be surprised if her mind was causing it all.

That notion was scrapped altogether when she saw a hooded figure looming at the far end of the hallway. Her eyes widened, watching as they just stood there, she was frozen in place. Maybe it was just some football team asshole playing a prank on her, if not for her friend going missing she would have been sure of it, but now not so much.

She stayed out for a moment or so until the person started to walk towards her, then broke out into a jog, picking up the pace.

She shook herself out of it and turned on her heel, running as fast as she could towards the front doors, not daring to look back. Just as she neared the doors she ran straight into someone and screamed. She carried on screaming, trying to push past them as they held her arms.

"Hey! Regina, it's me! It's only me."

She looked up and saw Robin staring back at her, "someone was chasing me," she breathed, trying to catch her breath as she held onto him, turning to look down the empty corridor. "There was someone there."

"You really are tired aren't you."

"I'm serious Robin! They were running after me; I saw them with my own eyes."

He looked at her for a moment before deciding what to say next, "who was it?"

"I have no idea; they were wearing a black hood."

"I bet it was Nottingham trying to scare you. Don't worry," he whispered, holding her tight. "Come on, let's go to yours and have a movie night."

"Yeah okay, you're right."

They left the building, walking down the steps towards the parking lot. She was still shaking from how afraid she had been, it was probably the most scared she had been in her life, even more than she had been walking home alone in the dark.