Chapter 55
The next morning Regina woke up to find herself pressed against Emmett. She instantly went stiff when she felt Emmett's face snuggled up in her neck and his arm draped over her stomach. She noticed her own arm draped over his and quickly removed it. She then slowly brought her hand over Emmett's hand and grabbed his index finger to remove his arm off her. Once that was done, she slowly inched herself away from him. At last, when she was free of his grasp, she pulled herself up and got out of bed as quietly as possible.
She turned around and went into the restroom. She cleaned herself off. She then noticed the phone by the sink. She grabbed it and exited out of the restroom. Before she did anything else her sight went to the floor where a pair of socks, shoes, and a tie were scattered around. She quickly gathers the items and placed them away. She then went next to Emmett's side of the bed and placed his cellphone on the table.
"…..ahmm Regi….na….da…da…ba..byyyy…." Emmett spoke in his sleep catching Regina's attention. Regina looked at Emmett's turned back and waited for him to say anything else and before she could even shake him awake, a knock came from the door.
"Go away!" Emmett screamed before grabbing the pillow underneath to cover his head and ears as he lay on his stomach now. Regina quickly moved to the door and opened it to notice the maid standing there with coffee and juice.
Regina smiled at the maid and offered to take the tray from her. She let the maid know that they will be downstairs shortly so no one else should come up to their room. The dismissed herself as Regina closed the door.
She placed the tray on her side of the bed and grabbed the cup of orange juice to bring it to Emmett's side of the table. She placed the cup there and thought about how to best wake him.
"It's time to wake up, you know." She claimed as she waited to see any movement. Nothing.
"I placed the cup of orange juice next to you. Make sure you drink it." She advised as she waited for any response if at all.
'I guess he is not ready to be awake yet' she thought as she made her way around the bed to her dresser. She sat in front of the mirror of the dresser and combed her hair quickly. She then looked around the closet where her clothes were to find something suitable to wear for the day. She finally decided on a long dark red dress. It won't feel too uncomfortable she thought. She gathers her clothes and other items and went into the restroom again to shower.
After about 30 minutes or so Regina finally stepped out of the restroom. She was sitting at the dresser again, applying light makeup and fixing her hair when she heard groaning sounds coming from the bed.
She decided to ignore the sounds as she kept trying to keep busy.
Emmett woke up with a headache. I should have eaten dinner he thought to himself as he rolled over to the side and sat up on the bed. He grabbed his head in his hands and moaned in pain as he closed his eyes.
He opened his eyes to find Regina standing in front of him with the cup of juice in her hand. She stretched her arm to him to hand him the juice. He accepted the offer and drank the juice in one go.
"Thank you." He said as he put the empty glass back on the table.
"I can ask the maid to give you something for your headache" she offered as she waited for a response. "Unless you want to eat something instead" Regina added.
Emmett just shook his head for a no. Regina turned away to get back to what she was doing but felt herself be stopped. Emmett had grabbed her hand before she could leave. Regina turned around to look at his hand holding hers and then get eyes looked up to find Emmett's green eyes.
They stared into each other's eyes for a while until Emmett spoke up again.
"Good morning, Regina" he greeted with a soft smile on his face even though his head was killing him.
Regina pulled her hand out of his grasp and looked away. She didn't want Emmett to notice her blushing.
She finally decided to respond back. "Good morning to you too".
She took her seat back and looked towards where Emmett was still sitting on the bed.
"If you are feeling up to it. You should get freshen up and shower as well. And afterward maybe if you like we can have breakfast together. Is there anything you would like to eat?" She inquired as she waited patiently for a response back.
Emmett at this point had gotten up and was stretching his body out of sleep. He came over to where Regina was sitting and looked at her through the mirror.
He put his hands on her shoulders and leaned down to kiss her gently on her forehead.
Regina just sat there too dumbfounded at the gesture to do protest or do anything else.
"Whatever you want to eat. I'm good with it", he answered as he went to gather items to get ready for his shower.
Regina didn't say anything she was still dazed out of her mind at the forehead kiss she received from Emmett.
"Regina!" Emmett said a little louder to get her attention. Regina finally snapped back to reality and looked towards where Emmett was.
"Yes..." she said as she tried to keep her cool.
"I'm going to shower. I'll be downstairs once I am done" he informed her. Regina just nodded her head in agreement.
Once Emmett closed the door behind him. Regina quickly got up and exited the room.
Now they were sitting at the dining table having breakfast together. It seemed like last night all over again but this time with maids accompany them.
Regina was hungry, so she didn't hesitate to dig into her breakfast, Emmett on the other hand seemed to have no appetite which was odd. He always ate breakfast. This didn't go unnoticed by Regina.
"Is something the matter?" She spoke breaking the silence. Emmett looked up from the plate he had been staring at.
"Oh!...uh no no. I am perfectly fine." He said trying his best to smile at her. Regina didn't buy it, but she decided not to push it in front of the others.
Before she could say anything, else Daniel came in and stood next to Emmett.
"Sir the car is waiting outside for you." He informed and at Emmett's nod of approval he dismissed himself.
"You are not going to finish your breakfast?" Regina asked as Emmett stood up to leave for the office.
"No, I am fine. I'll see you later, Regina" Emmett spoke as he walked off. Regina sat there looking at his retreating back debating if she should see him out or not.
"I am done as well." She spoke up and she got up to follow Emmett.
"Wait!" she called out behind Emmett who stopped and turned around to face Regina.
"What is it?" he asked as he tried his best to avoid eye contact with Regina.
"Well…I wanted to see if I could accompany you to the office." She asked casually.
Emmett then finally looked at her, Regina was looking down as she fidgeted with her fingers as if she felt embarrassed to ask that question.
"Well…my parents are going to be there. There's some business I need to attend to with them regarding the company. Are you sure you want to be there with them?" Emmett questioned knowing how tense things were between everyone.
Regina almost thought about not going but she also didn't want to be here all alone. Maybe she could spend the day with Belle instead she thought.
"I'll be fine. I will stay with Belle if that's not a problem" she said as she caught Emmett's eyes to gauge his reaction.
"Alright, fine." He finally agreed as they both started to walk towards the car.
