First of all thank you to anyone who have read the chapter. And second while I was rereading the chapter I realised that there was a mistake: the name of the psychopath should have been 'Jefferson' and not 'Anderson', I tried to fix it but I don't know if I've done it in the right way. Sorry again for the mistake. English isn't my first language and for this chapter I didn't have a beta so any mistake is on me.

Ok so here there's the chapter.

I own nothing (unfortunately) but Alyson

Chapter 2 - The beginning

Years earlier

A 4 years old Regina was sitting alone on the ground playing with some twigs and mud.

"Why are you sitting here alone?" 5 years old Robin asked.

"Because I'm new, I don't know anyone and and the other girls are scared of a bit of dirty, like some mud could hurt them so I play alone" she said with a strange look in the eyes.

"Can I play with you? I'm not scared of the mud. I'm Robin" he said outstretching his hand like his father had told him to do when he introduce himself to someone.

"Shouldn't boys only play with boys and girls only with girls?"

"and why is that?" he asked smirking and taking back his hand.

"I don't know, it's kind of an unwritten rule?" she shrugged.

And to that he just laughed "Nah, I just don't like playing with who is scared of the mud. And you aren't scared of it so can I play with you before playtime is over?"

"Sure, why not. I'm Regina."

And that was the beginning of a very long friendship.

"So are you going to the party this saturday?" 10 years old Regina asked to an 11 years old Robin while they were doing their homework.

"I don't know… I mean it's not like the High school dance."

"Of course it's not the High school dance, you are in 5th grade and I'm 4th grade" she said laughing like it was the most obvious thing, and of course it was but wasn't what he meant

"I know that. It's just it's elementary school, it's not important. It's just a party where there will be junk foods and drinks."

"Of course it's important, it's your last year of elementary school. And you love junk food. It'll be great, believe me." She said smiling at him.

"And how do you know it will be amazing? Last time I checked I was older then you and I still have to go to said party" he said,

"Zelina told me, and you know how she is about parties." Her sister was a fanatic of parties, so if she said it was a good one it should be true.

"Will you come with me? Please, please, pretty please?" he asked making the best puppy eyes he could.

"Oh yeah, I wouldn't miss it! I thought you never asked! But you have to come with me next year" she challenged him,

"You got yourself a deal!"

"What are you doing here?" she asked when she saw him by the gate.

"It's your last day of middle school so I thought we could celebrate with ice cream" he said like it was something that they normally did. And it used to be, she thought sadly.

Go get ice cream after school was something they use to do before he started high school. Since that day Robin often ignore her but she was determined to not end their friendship and she did everything she could to prevent it, from go to see his practice and basketball games to go to his house unexpectedly to spend time with him. But at some point she stopped to go to his practice, then to his games but it was like he didn't even notice. The bell of why she was doing this rang in his head only four months after she stopped to go also to his house. So he went to their favorite ice cream shop and bought as much ice cream as he could and then he went to Regina's house to ask for forgiveness. It took a while but in the end Regina forgave him.

She couldn't be happier with the answer he gave her and soon the pair was walking toward the ice cream shop to celebrate his last day of the first year of high school and her last year of middle school.

They were watching a film where a girl professed her love to her best friend but he just friendzoned her and it was so sad. So he took a decision, it was now or never; he just hoped that the conclusion would be different from the one in the movie. "Be my girlfriend", it was the only thing he said.

Regina looked at him with wide eyes and popcorns that fall from her mouth "What?"

"Be my girlfriend" he repeated like she hadn't heard the first time.

"I heard what you said. It's just… Why? Why now? Why are you asking me this? We are good friends, well best friends. Why ruin this?"

"Because I might only be sixteen but I think I'm in love with you. In love like a 16 years old can be but every time I look at you I have butterflies in my stomach, my heart it's like it goes faster and I'm always so much happier when you are around."

"I don't what to say. Robin… I…"

"Why don't I tell you something and then we'll go from there?"

"What other things you could say? You just told me that you are in love with me…"

"I might have seen your diary." And if before she looked speechless now she looked angry, but he continued anyway "Please don't kill me, I didn't see it on purpose. I saw your sister in your room reading it and I took it away from her. And I might have seen a page where you were saying that you have feelings for me but you didn't want to ruin our friendship because it was too important to you, as it's for me. And to all of that I can add the fact that you always hated every girl that I asked out and the two girls that were my girlfriends only received killer looks from you."

She was speechless. No one should have seen that diary, Robin in particular. But he did and he said that he also has the same feelings. She wanted to scream but the only thing that came out from her mouth was "wow! I mean… wow... I spent years trying to hide the fact that I had a crush on you, trying to not act like a crazy, jealous and possessive person every time you introduced me to one of your 'girls friends' and you profess your love for me like this. Well… wow!"

"So what the problem? I have feelings for you, you have for me. Why you don't want to be my girlfriend? I know I can be an idiot sometimes but..." He asked like the most normal thing, like he was asking her what kind of ice cream she wanted.

"Why? Argh, you're such a boy."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means… I don't know what it means. Maybe I mean that in my head I often pictured you profess your love for me… don't laugh and don't look at me like that…" She said pointing her finger at him,

"I wouldn't dream of it" he said and so she continued to speak

"...like in a movie with the romantic things and everything but this… this is so you and it's perfect. And it's so perfect that I'm scared this is only a dream and soon I'll woke up."

"Can I do something to show you it's not a dream without you freaking out?"

She nodded and so he kissed her, but that kiss was different from the ones he had gave to his previous girlfriends; it was like that kiss was magical and the fact that it was her first kiss was even more magical. And since that day they were together, with the funny moments and the sad one, with the laughs and the tears after the arguments but always together.

"So college. Have you thought about it?"

"No. You?"

"Me? I have another year to think about it. You have months!"

"Well with the basketball and my good grades I can go everywhere but I was thinking to stay local."

"Stay local? You could go everywhere and you want stay here?"

"Yes well you're here, so yes I was thinking of staying local."

"While I really appreciate this I don't want you regret anything by staying here, you have to where you really want to go and I'll be here only for another year. Maybe next year I can go to the same college as you."

He was now looking at her like she was crazy "It's not that we live in the desert we live in New York, the colleges are really good here. And what do mean you don't want me regret something if I stay here? Staying here with you is not something to regret." And now he was looking at her with a serious expression,

"What I mean is that we are young and we don't know what will happen in the future; if for any reason we should break up, I don't want you to regret anything, like go to a college you didn't really want to go only to stay near me." Yes well she had a point he thought, they were young and anything could go wrong in their live but he didn't really believe it, he knew he was going to marry her one day.

"While you are perfectly right I believe we are going to be together for really long time. And if you don't like the fact I want to stay local to be close to you, well put the thing like this: I want to stay close to my parents." And he was smirking and showing her his dimples and he knew she couldn't resist his dimples.

"Smartass. Alright you win this round but don't get to use to that."

Laughing he said: "I'll mark this date on the calendar, you admit that I won! I want remember this day. And I was thinking about the Columbia University." He said smirking.

They were sitting on stairs in front of her house, in her hand the letter that could change her future in a good or in a bad way. "You open it, I don't wanna see it"

"Calm down I'm sure you got in. You're amazing, intelligent, you have this amazing intuition… If they didn't accept you they're a bunch of idiot!" She smile and he put his arm around her shoulder, "Ok let's do this" He open the letter and start reading, his face showing no emotion.

"So? Came on, tell me!"

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry but you're about telling your mother you're about to go to the 'John Jay College of Criminal Justice'! I knew it! I think it's the right moment to tell you 'I told you so!" She didn't know if being angry at him for what he had just did and almost gave her an heart attack or being immensely happy to go to her college dream.

"You are an idiot! You almost gave me an heart attack! I really got in? Like, for real?" he nodded and he hugged her and kissed

"I told you, you are amazing." Her mother will have un heart attack when she'll find out she's going to public college.

They were at Regina's graduation and she has lost the count of how many picture Robin has already took of her. She just wanted to go to eat!

"I want another picture with the graduated girl, by that that plant with the white roses"

"Another one? I lost the count of how many pictures we took."

"Just another one, okay?" He took her by the shoulders and moved her to stand in front of the big bush with the white roses, then he checked that someone of their family was ready to take the pictures or film the moment and then he got down on his knee and her mouth fell open

"What are you doing? Get up, everyone is looking at us!" And it' was true, all the people at the ceremony were now looking at them but he just shook his head and began to speak

"Just shut up and listen to me ok? I had all this speech ready, I even practiced in front of the mirror but I don't think I'll follow it. The first time I saw you, you were playing alone with the mud and I remember I thought 'what girl would play with the mud?' and my friends said it was better stay away because you were strange but while they were thinking that I was thinking that it was amazing that also girls like play in the mud. And I'm so glad I didn't ignore you like my friends told me because that day I meet my first girl friend who became my crazy best friend and then my girlfriend. And now I'm hoping she'll becoming else, so Regina Mills will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"

She was speechless, with tears that were wetting her face and a smile so bright that could light up a room "Please say something, I'm dying done here! I need to know if I have to go and hide my head under the mud..." She still could only stare but in that moment she couldn't love him more

"Yes, yes, yes! I'll marry you! Yes! You are the most sappy man I know but I couldn't love you more in this moment!"

"I love you too!" He put the ring on her finger then he got up, picked her up and swung her around until they both fell on the ground still in each other arms. Their families watching them crying too.

They found an apartment in the between their colleges, and started living together. They married a year later after the proposal and a couple of years later they had their first child, well children a little boy named Henry and a little girl named Alyson. They both finished college, Robin become a lawyer and Regina decided to go into police. Their live was amazing and become even better when they had their third child Roland when the twins were four.

Life couldn't be better than this and nothing could ruin it. Or so they thought.

A.N. I know nothing about the school and the college system in America and I'm sorry if I had wrote something in the wrong way.

I don't know when I'll be able to update again since life is a mess right now but I hope to be able to update soon.

If you want and have time please tell me what you thing. Constructive criticisms are welcome.