My palms hit my pants as I wiped the sweat off. I reached for the heat and turned it down. That had to be the 6th time I've done that since Regina has been inside getting us burgers. I'm so fucking nervous. We haven't said a word since she asked me if I trusted her. The silence was heavy with tension. She didn't even turn on the radio. I didn't know if she wanted talk about us, or what happened at the game, or some far worse scenario that my imagination was conjuring up.
I didn't even answer when she asked what I wanted. I think I mumbled 'whatever' because I was to wrapped up in my thoughts. How much did I want to say? What did I want to say? I had to be careful because after tonight I knew nothing would ever be the same between us.
Her slender figure popped out the burger hut and she jogged to her car. How does she do that in heels? The door popped open and she got in passing me two bags. The smell of food filled the car and on cue my stomach growled.
"I got you a barbecue bacon cheeseburger, extra onions, no tomatoes, and it's well done. There should be a thing of fries for you in there and our drinks are here, yours is the one with the buttons pushed down." she said holding up her other hand showing me the drinks.
I took the food and placed it on the floor board then put the drinks in the cup holders near the center console.
"Thank you, it sounds really good."
"No problem. Is it okay if we swing by my house, I just want to change really quick."
Her house? We're going to her house?
"Uh, yea."
"You don't have to come up if you don't want to."
Oh thank God. Nodding my head I reached for my drink taking a large gulp. Root beer? Nice guess. We pulled out of the lot and back towards the direction of my house. Does she live close to me?
Silence crept into the car again and after a few more minutes Regina reached for the radio and pressed a button, turning it on. Her fingers flipped through the channels until she landed on one she liked.
"94.9 hitting with you best 90's throwback on your Friday evening."
The song started and I recognized it immediately. Dad had a thing for 90s hip hop and he so kindly passed it on to me. This station has the worst fucking timing to play this song at this particular moment. I bobbed my head and took another drink of my soda as she turned up the volume.
"Really, you know them?" Regina asked cracking a sliver in the tension, turning her head to glance at me.
"My dad digs this stuff." I replied taking another sip of my drink.
"Show me."
"No. I don't rap."
"Come on. It's just us." she pressed turning her gaze back to the road
Her eyes danced across the cars in front of us as she dodged in and out of lanes. Street lights bounced off her face highlighting her flawless features.
"If it makes you feel any better we only have 3 minutes until we get to my place." She said turning right where I would turn left to go to my house.
Sighing I sat up in my chair and cleared my throat.
"Now in my younger days I used to sport a shag
When I went to school I carried lunch in a bag
With an apple for my teacher 'cause I knew I'd get a kiss
Always got mad when the class was dismissed"
Getting into it I slipped out of the upper part of the seat belt and turned my body to face her, propping my left ankle on my right knee as I used my hands while I rapped. Or attempted to anyway.
"But when it was in session, I always had a question
I would raise my hand to make her stagger to my desk and
Help me with my problem, it was never much
Just a trick, to smell her scent and try to sneak a touch
Oh, how I wish I could hold her hand and give her a hug
She was married to the man, he was a thug
His name was Lee, he drove a Z
He'd pick her up from school promptly at three o'clock
I was on her jock, yes indeedy I wrote graffiti on the bus
First I'd write her name then carve a plus
With my name last, on the looking glass
I seen her yesterday but still I had to let her pass"
Regina widened her eyes at me as we sang the hook together.
"She keeps on passing me by! She keeps on passing me by, She keeps on passing me by, She keeps on passin-"
We slowed down at a red light.
"I'm really impressed right now." she chuckled.
"Hey I have tricks too." I teased.
As we laughed I felt my entire body relax. I guess we just needed some sort of ice breaker. Thank you Pharcyde. When the light turned green she hit the gas pedal with ease going down the street and surprisingly I wasn't worried about her driving. I trusted that she would get us to wherever we needed to be safely and in one piece. 2 left turns later, we pulled into a parking garage under the huge lofts that just went on sale last year.
"You live here?" I chocked out.
"Yea." she replied simply.
How in the fuck can she afford this on a teachers salary. I know our teachers get paid well, but the Porsche and this loft, in California...she's got to be from money or something. Regina was about to turn off the car before I reached my hand out and stopped her.
"I had to rap now it's your turn." I replied not wanting our teasing vibe to end yet. We looked at each other and she smiled.
"Fair enough" Regina replied as she took off her seat belt.
"...Whenever she happens to walk by, why does the apple of my eye
Overlook and disregard my feelings no matter how much I try?
Wait, no, I did not really pursue my little princess with persistence
And I was so low-key that she was unaware of my existence
From a distance I desired, secretly admired her
Wired her a letter to get her, and it went
My dear, my dear, my dear, you do not know me but I know you very well
Now let me tell you about the feelings I have for you
When I try, or make some sort of attempt, I symp
Damn I wish I wasn't such a wimp
'Cause then I would let you know that I love you so
And if I was your man then I would be true
The only lying I would do is in the bed with you
Then I signed sincerely the one who loves you dearly, PS love me tender
The letter came back three days later, return to sender
Damn"
I clapped and bowed my head.
"You are way better at that than I am."
"I've had a few more years to practice." Opening the door she grabbed her purse then her keys, stuck a leg out and looked at me. "I'll be right back. Just press the button in case you get cold."
She closed the door and took off, I shifted in my seat feeling the belt press on my bladder and that sensation that I had to pee hit me hard. Fuck. I shouldn't have chugged that fucking soda. Maybe I can still catch her. Quickly I unbuckled myself and hopped out.
"Regina!" I called before she got in the elevator.
Turning her head I saw her laughing.
"You have to go to the bathroom don't you?" she asked once I got closer. "I was wondering when that soda was going to catch up with you."
"Don't judge, I was thirsty."
Reaching her hand up she caught the door before it closed and we stepped inside the elevator.
"Can you hold these for sec." she held her keys to me.
"Yea." I replied, taking them from her and she nodded thanking me.
I watched as she pulled out her wallet from her purse, held it up to the keypad and we started moving. Whoa. Fancy. I hummed a made up song trying to distract myself from the weight in my bladder. Ugh, hurry up. Mindlessly I wrapped her key ring around my finger then flipped them back and forth making an obnoxious clinging sound in the quiet elevator as we stood shoulder to shoulder.
Finally it stopped and we stepped off, but to my surprise it led to a short hallway with a door. Her hand touched mine as she gracefully took the keys from me then unlocked it. Regina walked in first then left it open for me to come in. Slowly I crept in and when the lights turned on I was able to get a good look at her place. It was fucking huge for one, two she had big bay windows everywhere. Her place was contemporary and warm. Lots of light tones but the furniture was sleek.
"The bathroom is over there." she said pointing to a door as she kicked off her heels then jogged up the spiral staircase and to a loft that had to be at least another 900sqft. I heard the sound of a zipper being undone and I gulped.
Bathroom. Yup. Now.
Jetting to the area she pointed to I shut the door a little louder than I meant to and tried to suppress thoughts of Regina being naked right above me, feeling that recognizable twitch in my pants. I dropped them down and freed myself, it hung there semi hard.
Just go to the bathroom and we can leave.
I walked to stand over the toilet and a thought crossed my mind before I could let go. You can definitely hear the difference between a man and a woman going to the bathroom, I'm going to have to sit. Turning around I sat down, doing my best to control the flow so it didn't sound so forceful. After I finished I washed my hands and sent a quick text to my parents in the group chat saying I would be going to the party then I texted Belle telling her she's my cover, but I didn't tell her I was with Regina.
They both responded with an okay, Belle making me swear to tell her why sometime soon and mom told me to be home by 1:30AM. I stepped out of the bathroom as she was hopping down the stairs. I sucked in my breath at the sight of her skinny khaki pants and her shirt that hung low in the back but high in the front showing me a glimpse of the skin underneath. Turning away before I got caught up in her look I gazed at the pictures on her wall. Lots of pictures with the red head from the game tonight, quite a few with Coach and Roland, and my least favorite, there were some with the doctor. I have to say that, there's no way I can take someone seriously with the last name Hyde.
I stared at a picture with the two of them on a boat with Regina's arms wrapped around his shoulder while she sat on his lap.
"Why does he bother you so much?" My body jerked from her sudden appearance next to me and her melodic chuckle reached my ears.
"Shit, you fucking scared me."
"Sorry." she didn't sound sorry.
Her honey eyes moved over my body as I turned my head back to the picture of them.
"You guys seem really close."
"We were, we use to date." my heart pulled at the comment. "He's basically my Killian only I didn't have the guts to say no like you did. We dated for a while until I broke up with him, we're just friends but he still has feelings for me. Now, why does he seem to bother you so much?"
Keeping my eyes on the picture I frowned and took a deep breath. I'm having are hard time saying anything about how I feel because she's given me little to no signal that she may feel the same way.
"You're not going to talk now?"
"He just gives me weird vibes."
"Why?"
I ground my teeth together and side stepped away from her.
"I can't tell you why, he just does." bringing my eyes to hers I saw the concentration on her face as she tried to figure me out.
"Wanna play a game?" she asked staring at me hard.
Well that was completely from left field.
"What game?" I asked cautiously.
"Why don't I go downstairs and grab our food from my car, we can eat and I'll explain the rules."
It doesn't sound like you're really giving me a choice.
"Okay. I have to be home by 1:30 though."
Regina tensed at my comment.
"You told your parents you were here?" her voice had raised a few octaves. A flash of concern crossed her features but as usual it was gone in an instant.
"No, I didn't. I told them I was going to a party."
"Good, good..." she trailed off. "It's just that if-"
"I know." I finished. "I won't I say anything. I promise."
Her shoulders relaxed and her confident demeanor was back.
"I'll go run and grab the food. My clothes might be a little small for you but do you want to change? I have some sweats and a shirt you can wear."
"You mean you own something other than leather pants, nice suits, and low cut shirts?" I joked.
"Ha-ha you should be a comedian. Yes or no?" she made no effort to hide the sarcasm in her voice.
"Not if you're looking like that."
"I'll change if it makes you more comfortable."
A chance to see Regina in normal clothes? Game.
"Okay, deal."
"Go upstairs to my dresser, in the bottom drawer are all of my comfy clothes. Pick what you want."
Then she turned around and walked out of her loft.
Trotting upstairs, I saw she had a nice king size bed that was perfectly made with a shit ton of pillows. Her bed was up against the ledge and it faced a huge sliding glass door. I can't imagine the view she must get. Her bathroom was fucking gigantic. It had a deep shower with two shower heads and a bench, on the other side of the bathroom was a whirlpool tub.
Following her directions I walked back out, rummaged through her drawer and found a pair of cut of shorts and a long sleeve shirt. I changed fast and when I was done I folded them up neatly and placed them on top of her dresser. Continuing my adventure I opened the sliding glass door and stepped outside. The chill was mild tonight but the air smelled amazing. Fall air just has a distinct smell to it.
Regina had a nice lounge set with chairs, a patio table, and a couch. I walked to the ledge of the balcony and placed my elbows on top it. I wasn't sure how much time had passed when I heard a light tap on the glass door behind me. Looking, I saw Regina with her body propped up against the frame holding our bags of food in her hand and her drink in the other. She had on completely different clothes, sweatpants, a hoodie, and she was barefoot. Regina moved effortlessly to me, took my hand and led me to the couch. As I sat down she turned on the propane patio heater and the warmth hit me immediately.
Taking her place she sat down cross legged and faced me head on. I adjusted my position and did the same as she handed me my bag and I dove into it. I was definitely hungry.
"So you ready to play?" she asked as I stuffed the burger in my mouth. I tensed up, completely forgetting about our game. I nodded my head. "Pick a number between 1 and 15." then she took a bite of her burger. I swallowed and thought.
"8." I replied.
She nodded her head and handed me a napkin.
"Break that up into 4 pieces."
Taking another bite I did as I was told.
"So we get to ask each other 4 question each, totaling 8. If there's a question you don't want to answer you raise your so called white flag and we skip past it. The person who has the most pieces left gets to ask a question to the loser and it has to be answered truthfully and honestly. Ready?"
"Before we start are there any questions we can't ask?"
"You can ask any question you want." she said.
I finished my burger in the last few bites and wiped my hands on a napkin that wasn't torn. She finished most of hers before she put the remaining scraps in her bag, took a sip of her drink and then placed all of her attention on me. She took my bag and placed it on the table next to us then tucked her hands in her sleeves.
"If you're cold we can go back inside." I said unable to hide the concern from my voice.
"Once the heater gets going I'll be fine. You go first." her assuring smile is hard to say no to.
Okay, no boring questions but no deep questions either. At least not yet. I only get 4 so I'll have to play it right.
"What's the worst date you've ever been on?"
Regina's smile turned into a grin and soon her laugh filled the night sky.
"Props for not being boring. Well when I was a senior in high school I invited this girl over to watch a few movies with me and I had set it to record during the day on Cinemax and then we could just pick whatever. I didn't think about how loose they were with their timings, so some programs spill into other programs' time slots. Turns out there was some soft core porn before one of the movies I recorded and of course that was the one she chose to watch."
Laughter bubbled from my chest and Regina joined me.
"It's not funny." she said with a smile. "I get set up on the couch with her, nervous as could be. I press play to hear moan after moan with the sound of extremely wet sex."
I laughed until I cried, then laughed some more before I settled down.
"That is by far the best story I've ever heard." I replied gasping for air.
"I'm glad I could be of assistance." she answered bowing her head. "How useful would you be in a zombie apocalypse?"
"I wouldn't be useful at all." I chuckled pulling my legs up to my chest and leaned my side against the cushion next to me. "I could grill the meat and boil some water." I joked and it was her turn to laugh at me.
"So what you're saying is I shouldn't look for you to save my life if I was about to get attacked by a zombie."
"Definitely not."
Leaning her head to rest on the cushion her eyes fell upon me, we stared at each momentarily with nothing but the sound of trees rustling in the gentle breeze.
"How did you decide you weren't into labels?" I finally said. Her gaze left mine as if she was reliving a memory.
"Ever since I could remember I've always been attracted to both sexes, but people were always trying to put me in a box, telling me I had to like one or the other. One night I talked to my dad about it and he said 'why do you have to choose? If you like both, then you do.' That's been something I carried with me my whole life." her hazel orbs shifted to mine then she bit her lip. "Tell me about your first mind blowing orgasm."
I raised my eyebrow at her. Straight from PG13 to MA huh?
"Remember you can always surrender." challenge swirled deep in her eyes.
"Are you trying to make me do that?"
"That is goal of the game."
See here's the thing. My first my mind blowing orgasm was when I got a blow job last year from a girl at a party Jefferson threw. Jessikah with an H we called her. Her head was amazing, I came once and she didn't stop until I came 2 more times draining me before I collapsed on the bed out of breath in a sweaty mess. So how do I describe that? I don't want to throw in one of my pieces because I'm competitive but I'm not sure I'm ready to actually tell her. I feel like she already knows but still, so I sighed feeling defeated, waved my torn napkin in the air and tossed it in the middle. But if this is how we're going to play, then game on.
Regina smirked in a triumphant way dropping her eyes to the napkin then back at me. No, I'm about to wipe that cocky grin off her face. I straightened out my legs and stood up.
"For this question I need you sit like you would normally and keep your head straight."
She searched my face trying to figure out what I was up to, I hid it well only showing her the glint of mischief in my eyes. After a few seconds she complied, shifted her position and sat with her hands in her lap, keeping her gaze forward. I stepped closer then sat down, I slid over so our legs were touching and a breathy gasp left her lips. Yes, two can play this game. I placed my hand on her knee and leaned in.
"What happens to your body when I'm this close to you?" I whispered in her ear.
I watched as the pulse point in her neck jumped and sped up. She gripped her hands tightly, relaxed them, then picked up a shred of napkin, holding it to my face.
"Yes!" I shouted victoriously, stood up and walked back to my side of the couch. When I sat back down I saw she was still staring into the distance. "Regina?" I softly asked.
Nothing.
Um, did I break her?
Slowly she turned back to me, even in the dark I could see how much darker her iris's had gotten.
"That wasn't nice..." she grumbled lowly.
Oh fuck, I knew she was going to make me pay for my little stunt, so I braced myself mentally for the severe mind fuck I was about to receive from her.
She cleared her throat.
"If you could spend the day with me what would we do and where would we go?"
That's it? Maybe I pushed it too far and she's trying to reel it back in.
"This is hypothetical right? Like if we could do anything?"
"Yea, anything."
"Honestly, I'd just want to sit around, watch movies, you know Netflix and chill."
Netflix and chill? Ah I sound so stupid.
"Out everything we could do, that's what you choose?"
I shrugged my shoulders.
"I'm pretty basic."
"No Emma, you are from that." Regina replied smiling at me. "You're go."
Deciding to go easy on her this time, I went for something light.
"This is a two part question. How old are you and how can you afford all this stuff?"
Her light chuckle made my heart jump.
"That's really two different questions but I'll let you have it. I'm 27 and my dad use to trade stocks when I was younger, he taught my sister and I, overtime it's proven to be decent. It's definitely a route that can make you a lot of money but not right away, there's a lot of risk involved but if you're smart then it can work in your favor."
"Wait, so aside from being a high school physics teacher you're a bad ass stock trader too?"
"I guess I am." Regina laughed lightly in response.
She watched me closely then place a coy grin on her face.
"My turn." the tone in her voice was dark.
Uh oh. I should have known she had something up her sleeve. It's fucking Regina.
"At the gym earlier this evening." Fuck, I shifted in my seat. "You were going to tell me why Warren bothered you so much. What was the end of the sentence?"
Immediately I picked up a piece of napkin and threw it in the middle. I'm not ready to go there yet.
"Guess I win."
Moving the shreds she scooted closer to me so our knees were touching. I went to scoot back but her hand reached out and gripped my calf, not forceful just strong enough to keep me there.
"Nope, your mine now." she said lowly and I shuddered. I watched her like a lion about to attack.
"Okay, um, what's your final question then." My eyes left hers and darted to my lap.
Slowly Regina trailed the tips of her fingers down my bare calf then back up to my thigh, jumping on my clothed forearm, she swirled patterns all the way up to barely graze over my collarbone. I couldn't fight it anymore, the shocks, the goosebumps, every hair on my body standing on end, my heart pounding erratically in my chest, it was sensory overload and she was hardly touching me. My body shivered under her hand as I slammed eyes shut, dug my fingers into my legs, and bit my lip to fight the moan that threatened to escape. Lightly she trailed up my neck then cupped my cheek with the palm of her hand.
"Look at me." she whispered.
Obeying, my eyes flew open and I tilted my head up to face her because when she says jump I ask how high.
So many emotions were shifting in her brown orbs and they were too fast for me to catch.
"Do you feel that?"
I hesitated. Technically I can't lie but even if I did she would be able to read it. Letting my lids fluttered shut I nodded.
"Yes."
Regina's fingers traced over my cheek and then her hand was gone.
I didn't want to open my eyes, I was nervous about her reaction. The warmth of her knees were gone from mine as the couch shifted and I cracked my lids open. She walked around the table and ran both hands through her hair holding them behind her neck, her head dropped and she sighed.
Not a fan of how it's going so far.
"This is so fucked up."
My ears jerked at her language. Did she just say fuck? Is she that upset with me she feels she needs to cuss. Is it bad that it's turning me on? Maybe if I get up quietly I can sneak out of here. It would only be a 15 to 20 minute walk.
"I shouldn't have let it get this far."
Wait what? Is she talking about my feelings for her? I got up and stepped around the table quietly walking up behind her. Gently I placed my hand on her shoulder and she jumped then spun around. Recognizing she needed some space I held my place waiting for her to speak as she stared at me with a volume of intensity I can't even describe.
"I'm sorry..." she finally said.
"Why, you didn't do anything wrong." I'm thoroughly confused. I went to take another step forward but she held her hand up.
"Just...stay there for a minute."
"Are you planning on hitting me?" I asked.
Scrunching her eyebrows the corner of her mouth pulled up into the tiniest crooked smile. Well I'm glad she thinks it's funny but I'm kind of being serious.
"No, I could never do anything like that to you. I'm not mad my body just needs a minute."
Her body needs a-Oh! Ohhhh! She's flustered. By me. I flustered Regina.
"Wait-" I said and her shoulders tensed up. "Does that-does it mean...do you like me?" I asked quietly and she looked at me like that was the dumbest question ever.
"Emma, are you serious right now."
"I am, you're not as obvious as you think." I stated.
Sighing she took a step to me.
"Could you tell that I, um, that I-"
"Liked me?" Regina finished for me and I nodded my head. "Yes. At first I wasn't sure, I started doing things to prove to myself I was being crazy but every time I got close to you I could see your chest rising and falling faster, I could feel how you reacted to me when I touched you. Every part of you."
Every part? Like every single part. I'm hoping it's dark enough that she doesn't see how red my face is right now.
So she knows. She knows and she still wanted to hang out with me. That's a good a sign right, or should I brace myself for impact.
"I can see the wheels turning in your head. Before you jump to conclusions you need to know I don't care." she said interrupting my thoughts.
"It's not, like, fake or anything." I grumbled out.
"I know." she said taking another step forward.
I chewed on the inside of my cheek and ran a hand through my hair tossing it to one side. I was not planning on having this conversation today.
"When did you find out?"
"In class on my first day I noticed it. Then it was confirmed when your car broke down. The sweatshirt was a nice try."
My shoulders slumped and my head dropped. I should go. I should definitely go.
It wasn't long before her fingers were under my chin pulling me back to her.
"Stop it." Regina pleaded softly. "The reason I like you is because of the person you are, the only thing this has changed-" she said looking down at my cock that was still semi hard because yes, I still hadn't softened up a bit since I heard the zipper from her clothes drop. When I where sweatpants or in this case sweat shorts it's way more noticeable. Especially when it's not men's sweats.
"-Is how interesting my dreams became." Regina replied with a flirtatious voice.
My cock jerked, the light chuckle that left her let me know she saw it since she was still looking down there. Lifting her head and looked at me from underneath her lashes.
"You're so responsive to me." she whispered and as if to make a point she trailed her middle finger down the line that separated my abs, even over the shirt I was wearing the muscles twitched under her light touch and she giggled as I let out a ragged breath. "It's sort of...mesmerizing."
Regina gazed upon me for a few seconds before she took a step back placing some distance in between us. After gaining some control over my frenzied state I cleared my throat and spoke.
"What do you want to do about...whatever is going on between us?"
Shoving her hands in the pocket of her hoodie Regina attempted to block the emotions tumbling in her eyes but I could see the moral battle she was having with in.
"Truthfully I don't know. My mind is telling me to cut this off before it goes any farther but other parts of me are not so sure which is stupid because I'm the adult, I should know right from wrong, it's my responsibility to protect you as my student when you're with me and instead I flirted with you knowing that you were attracted to me. I like you and I let myself get caught up in my feelings for you."
I let her words sink in. The remorse was flooding out of her and pulled at my heart.
"Regina you have no reason to feel guilty. You can't help how I feel and it's not from you swaying me in one direction or the other. I still would've liked you even if you weren't dropping your low key not so obvious hints." I replied smiling at the end but she didn't return in it.
"We could be friends." she finally."Really get to know each other over the year and if we still feel the same we can go from there."
"Friends...for a year." I'm not buying it, if we keep spending this much time together there's no way in hell I can last that long.
Yup, now I definitely know how Killian felt. My gaze dropped from hers and to the ground.
"It's not the best but even after you graduate you still won't be 18 Emma. We have to be smart about this and honestly I have doubts. How do I know you won't find someone else? Or what if you decide to go to college forgetting we even had this conversation? Not to mention I could get in trouble if this were to go public."
I watched as her bare feet moved into my vision. I dragged my gaze over her body and then to her serious eyes.
"You have to trust me to know that I wouldn't tell anyone. I would never do anything intentionally hurt you, and your doubts are completely valid. I have know way in telling if I'll meet someone or if you'll meet someone. I have doubt too because you're an adult and maybe you'll get tired of dealing with a teenager. Then there's Warren who I think will always rub me the wrong way."
"Unless we were in a zombie apocalypse." she said with a grin. Well that's not the answer I was expecting to get. "You would never do anything to intentionally hurt me unless we were in a zombie apocalypse."
I cracked a grin and we both shared a soft laugh.
"Yea you're own after that." I joked. Regina mocked a shocked expression and I took a step closer to her.
"Would you really not save me?" she asked.
"That's a slippery slope. I mean if they walked how they did in the Walking Dead then yes but if it's World War Z then, see ya." playfully she slapped my shoulder. "I'm sorry, you'd just have to become a zombie."
She stepped closer, inside my personal bubble.
"Well just for that I'd have to hunt you down and bite this pretty little neck of yours." she said gripping my jaw and gently turning my head, exposing my neck. With the tip of her fingers she softly trailed from my chin down to my collarbone and then slowly released me.
Friends for a year you said, it'll be fun you said. How about complete sexual torture.
Regina lifted her sleeve and glanced down at her watch.
"I should get you home. It's going on 11:30" she whispered. No! I'm not ready, I wanted to beg and plead. Walking past me she grabbed the bags and headed inside, I followed behind and took my clothes off of her dresser then headed to her bathroom. I set it on top of the sink and began to take off the shorts and slip on my pants.
Fuck, where's my shirt. I stood in the bathroom with my jeans and my sports bra on. I probably dropped it out there. Mild panic set in at the thought of going out the like I was.
She likes me, I have nothing to worry about. Just be an adult and go grab your fucking shirt.
I cracked open the door and slid out leaving her clothes neatly folded in the bathroom. I spotted my shirt on the floor next the dresser but when I walked out Regina was walking back up the spiral staircase. When she spotted me, she froze at the top of the stairs. I noticed she had changed into a white shirt, dark tight jeans, and black boots. Her mouth slightly dropped open as her eyes racked over almost exposed upper body.
"I'll just wait for you downstairs." mumbled while spinning around and going back down.
Well that was weird. Quickly I put on my shirt, made sure I had all my accessories then headed down stairs. As I hopped down them I checked my phone and saw about 10 texts between Killian, Jefferson, and Ruby. As I opened their threads I saw they had sent me a bunch of pics of the party, a couple people playing beer pong, Killian with Aliey, who did make a cute couple if they decided to go for it, and a video of Belle and Jefferson singing karaoke in the backyard.
I pressed play and their voices filled Regina's quiet loft. It was fairly out of tune but she was probably tipsy. I laughed and sent them all a quick text back.
"Who's that singing?" Regina asked when I made it downstairs.
Turning my body I saw she was casually leaning her back against the door with one ankle over the other, a black leather jacket had been added to the ensemble. My body called to her but I remained in my place.
"Belle and Jefferson, they sent me a video from the party." I said as I slid on my shoes. "Why are you all dressed up?"
"I'm going to have drinks with Robin. It's celebration for winning the game."
The age between us blared in my face as I thought that's a sentence I couldn't officially say for another 4 years.
"Sounds fun." I mumbled.
"Yea looking forward to it. Do you have plans tomorrow?"
"I do and Sunday, until about 6." I finished tying my laces then stood and walked over to her.
"Oh, what are you doing."
I sent a mischievous grin her way.
"Can't tell you, I want to but I'm trying to surprise everyone including you."
She smiled and opened the front door.
"Now I'm intrigued." she said just as mischievous as I did. "If you get bored though text me."
I pressed the button and the elevator opened.
"Maybe I will. Same goes for you, not that it will probably happen because it seems you have a life outside school."
"Doesn't mean I wouldn't text you back, even if I was busy." She chuckled and pressed the G button.
We rode the elevator down, walked to her car, and took off to my house as we talked about everything from religion to the pros and cons of long socks versus ankle socks. When we pulled into my neighborhood I leaned in the junction between the seat and the door and brought my gaze to her face. I can't believe this beautiful, amazing woman likes me. Even if it is in a fucked up scenario.
"I feel you looking at me. If you see something on my face you should just get it." our normal playful banter was back. I hope now that things are sort of out in the open this type of stuff won't change.
I laughed lightly.
"No there's nothing on your face. I'm just looking at you."
The smile on her lips grew bigger and from the street lights I could see the red on her cheeks. The car slowed down bringing me out of my daze. I frowned at the sight of my house. I'm not ready for this to be over yet. Undoing my seat belt I stepped out of the car and I saw her get out as well. We walked to my door in silence and I felt my nerves peak. This totally feels like the end of date. Should I hug her or kiss her on the cheek? Hug, definitely should do the hug.
Reaching my door we turned to face each other. I brought my gaze to my hands as I played with my fingers.
"Um, thanks for tonight. I had fun."
It was quiet for a moment before both of her hands came into my vision and she pulled mine apart then dragged me to her for a hug.
I relaxed against her and brought my arms around her waist holding her slender body closer to me. Her fingers gently played at the nape of my neck setting my body through an electric frenzy of tingles and vibrations. She began to pull away and loosened her grip but paused when we were cheek to cheek. My breathing became shallow as I tried to anticipate what she would do next.
I don't think she'd kiss me after admitting she felt guilty.
Is the universe giving me chance to make a move? Fuck it, you live and you learn right.
Slowly I turned my head and grazed my lips against her cheek as my stomach coiled before I placed a soft but quick kiss there. Her grip tightened gently around my neck and a quiet short moan left her throat and filled my ears. The sensation of my lips on her skin turned my insides to a jumbled mess, shocks fired down my body hitting my core, then she pulled away letting my hands fall to my side.
Her face was blank as she looked at me. Fuck, I fucked up. I moved too fast. Opening my mouth to apologize, her lips pulled into a full smile showing me it was okay and maybe this is wishful thinking but it looked like she wanted more.
"Thank you for tonight." Regina said. "Just one thing."
"What's that?"
"You won't get all weird on me again come Monday."
I smiled at her and nodded.
"Promise. Same for you." I replied.
"Promise." Regina said softly then bounded off the top step landing gracefully on her feet. I watched her walk to her car and open the door, she paused before she got in, looked back at me, winked the sexiest wink ever and drove off into the night.
Quietly I walked into my house and crept into the bathroom to get ready for bed. When I was done I slid under the covers, my mind running over the time spent with her this evening.
She admitted she liked me then friend zoned me.
A territory I'm not familiar with, so far, it sucks.
I understand her hesitation, her worries and concerns as well as my own but even through all that I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. Snuggling into the sheets and pillows I could still smell Regina's faint scent stuck to my skin as I drifted off into the best sleep I've had in a long time.
A/N: I'm sure it was hard to imagine Emma rapping :D Hope everyone enjoyed. Thank you for all the love bombs! Til next time.