So sorry for the long wait! I don't know what happened! Hope you're all still interested in reading. :)


Three months later and the happy couple were moving in together, deciding to move all their stuff into Regina's house as it would be the best place for them the settle down. It was bigger than Robin's apartment and therefore there was more room for when there might be any additions to their little family. They didn't see the point in staying together every night but being at Robin's one day and Regina's the next, plus sometimes lately it had been resulting in one of them leaving something at the wrong house and not having everything they needed.

Regina was sat at her desk looking through some files when there was a knock on her office door, she looked up over the rim of her glasses to see the mail boy stood there with a massive parcel in his arms, "come in," she smiled, standing from her chair and moving over to inspect the box as he placed it down on the table before grinning at her and leaving. Regina hadn't ordered anything, but maybe it was something for the fashion department that had simply come to them via her instead of going straight upstairs.

Moving back to her desk she took an opening tool from her top drawer before slicing it through the parcel tape and opening the box, as soon as she saw the contents her eyes widened and she closed it again, looking around to make sure that Tink wasn't nearby before hurrying to grab her phone.

"Robin Locksley's office," his secretary answered.

"Hello, Ruth it's Regina, is Robin there? I need to talk to him about something."

"He's just in a meeting Miss Mills but I can get him to call you back."

"Thank you that would be wonderful," she shut her phone off and slid it into her pocket before lifting the insanely heavy box from her table and slipping it under her desk where no one could find it, she didn't want anyone seeing what was inside and by anyone she meant her extremely nosy assistant.

Awkwardly she sat back down in her chair, unable to properly tuck her legs underneath because of the huge parcel in the way.

"Why are you sat like that?" Tink asked, wrinkling her nose as came in and she sat in the seat opposite.

"Because I was just about to get up and then someone barged into my office," she glared at her assistant playfully before standing from her seat, "what's the situation with the weather?" she questioned, turning to peer out of the full-length windows that lined the back of her office and looking out onto the streets of New York City, where it was currently white, covered in snow that was still rapidly falling from the sky.

"The National Weather Service says it's forecast to snow continuously for the rest of the day, if not get heavier, they are predicting that New York will be in gridlock within a couple of hours."

Regina sighed and ran a hand over her face, she could hardly control the weather, but it was still annoying, her magazine was due to be shipped from the warehouse to shops all over the country and if it couldn't be transferred, the magazine wouldn't be on the shelves when it was supposed to be. There was nothing much she, or anyone else, could do about it.

"What are you going to do?"

"There isn't anything I can do, we just have to wait it out."


An hour later and Regina had sent out plans to certain departments for segments in the new addition, not that she needed anything yet, the current edition had literally just been to the printers. Robin still hadn't called her back, she guessed he was probably stuck in a meeting with a stubborn client, he'd been complaining earlier that morning when he'd left the house, saying that he had to meet Robert Gold, a businessman who according to Robin didn't know anything about playing fair, yet it was a deal that would bring a huge amount of profit for Robin's company.

The snow was still coming down thick and fast and she had made the decision that enough was enough, there was no point all her staff staying at work, sure there were things to do, but everyone could do that at home and if the weather got any worse she feared that they would be having an office sleepover.

Flicking onto her emails she selected everyone who worked for her in the contacts and wrote a message to them all.

Hi all,

The weather seems to be getting worse, so I've decided to close the office for the remainder of the day, obviously, you will still get paid for this afternoon. I wish you all a safe journey home.

RM

Once it was sent she collected everything she would need from her desk, she wasn't looking forward to driving home in the snow, she didn't think that her Mercedes would like the weather conditions very much, maybe she would be better getting a cab home. With a sigh, she picked up her cell and dialled Robin's number if he was out of his meeting maybe he would be able to drive her home and she could leave her car in the parking garage.

He wasn't picking up though and Regina groaned; with a shake of her head she lifted the parcel up from underneath the desk and snatched her purse from the top before heading for the door. "You're leaving?"

"Yeah, I'm closing the office, didn't you get the email?"

Mal nodded at her, "yes I did, I just wanted your opinion on something but it doesn't matter, it can wait till Monday."

"Are you sure? I can put this box down and…"

"No, it's fine, you get home, enjoy your weekend."

Regina narrowed her eyes at the tall blonde, something was clearly wrong and she wanted to know what was going on, "Mal, tell me."

"I think we should up the security on the building."

"What why?" Regina tried to balance the parcel on her knee and look over it at the other woman, "has something happened?"

"I caught someone lurking around in the fashion department earlier, I knew she wasn't an employee, but she looked familiar. I just think we need extra security to make sure that everyone is safe, even if she didn't seem to be a threat."

"No one should have been able to get through security as it is Mal," Regina shook her head, she'd upped the security in her building a couple of months ago after receiving the threatening note the day Lenny went missing. "Not unless they had a pass, that's why we have the gates."

"So, someone has managed to get a pass and enter then Regina, because she doesn't work here."

"Let's go look at the CCTV," Regina stated, she wanted to find out who thought it was okay to trespass on her property and sneak into the building, there were security measures in place for a reason, to make sure that everyone who worked for her remained safe and wasn't at risk.

"Jeffery," she stopped at the desk seeing that the receptionist was just packing some things away.

"Miss Mills, are you heading out?"

"In a moment," she smiled at him, "I just have something I need to check out first, Mal told me that someone who doesn't work here managed to find their way into the fashion department and I just wondered if you'd caught anything on CCTV? Or if you've seen anything yourself that might assist."

"No, I wouldn't have let anyone I didn't know through though, especially if they didn't have a pass."

"That's what I thought," she knew that he was trustworthy and amazingly good at his job, he was totally loyal to her. "Would we be able to have a look at the tapes, I want to see if it's anyone I recognise."

"Maybe it's someone who wants to steal our content," Mal huffed as she leant against the desk beside Regina.

"Maybe," Regina sighed, magazines sometimes did that, they broke into offices of other magazines and stole their stories or their looks, it was disgusting but it happened, a whole team's hard work could sometimes be stolen and if that issue ran before theirs they would have to pull the segment and come up with something else. It was totally illegal but there was no way to prove it.

Part of her hoped that wasn't the case, but the other hoped it was, at least then they knew what the intruder wanted, if it was someone else they could be even more dangerous. Having not heard from the person who left the note in so long she had fallen into a false sense of security, she had a feeling that maybe she wasn't as safe as she had first thought.

"Here miss, the tapes," Regina moved around so that she could look at the screen, watching the pictures from the fashion department for any sign of the introducer.

Mal was on the other side of her also watching the tape, "there," she pointed as Jeffery paused it.

Regina narrowed her eyes and moved closer to the screen trying to work out who it was. She closed her eyes and shook her head, "shit."

"What? Do you know her?"

Regina nodded as she ran a hand over her face in frustration, "unfortunately I've had the displeasure of meeting her yes," she glared at the screen, "I need to get hold of Robin."

"Who is she? Is she trying to steal content?"

"I doubt it, she's Robin's insane ex-girlfriend, she probably was behind what happened to Lenny too, Robin says she's crazy, he has a restraining order."

"Okay, so she's here to get to you then?"

"I think so, I thought she'd given up but clearly not, she's obsessed with Robin," Regina found her phone and dialled Robin's number again, it rang and rang but clearly, he wasn't picking up, "hi Robin, it's me, can you call me back when you get this message, I need to tell you something, okay, love you." Once she had finished the message she turned to the receptionist, "if you ever see this woman in here again, call me immediately please."

"Of course," he nodded.

Regina took a deep breath and turned to Mal, "how are you getting home?"

"I was just going to get a cab."

"Okay, I could drive you if you'd like, it's on the way and I don't really want to be driving alone all the way home."

"If it's no trouble."

"It isn't."

"Okay, I'll just go grab my things, shall we can meet back here?"

"Yes," she nodded, heading back towards her office, spotting Tink closing off her computer and gathering her things, "Tink."

"Hey, I thought you'd gone without saying bye," the blonde grinned as she adorned her bobble hat and pulled her winter coat tightly around her, "I'm heading for the subway before it get's hectic, apparently the weather is knocking the power out across the city, you should have set out earlier Gina, is it safe for you to be driving? You could stay at mine if you wanted."

"I'll be fine, thank you" she groaned, "it's at times like these that I wish Robin still had his apartment in the city. I have to get back home for Lenny anyway though so it wouldn't have made much of a difference. Tink, I need to talk to you later, I would now but I think we better get going before we can't leave the building. So, I'll call you."

"Yes, please call me, let me know you got home safe, be careful," her best friend wrapped her arms around her, "don't go breaking yourself or anyone else, okay? Promise me you'll be careful because I rather like having a best friend around, even if she is my boss."

"Promise, same with you though, don't go slipping, I need my coffee on Monday morning and you won't be able to get me it with a fractured leg," she winked, kissing her friend's cheek playfully, "text me when your home, I won't be able to reply whilst driving, but at least I'll know."

"Love you Gina."

"Love you too," she smiled, turning from her friend and heading back out into the lobby in order to wait for Mal, she would have given Tink a lift also, but she lived in the opposite direction and her place was also on the subway route, so it would be pretty pointless. The older blonde passed through the gate and Regina noticed that she was still wearing her heels, chuckling she shook her head, "really?"

"What?"

"Shoes Mal."

"Well, I didn't have any other shoes and I also didn't know it was going to be this bad, I'll just have to hold onto you and make sure that I don't fall on my ass."

Regina rolled her eyes as she lifted the massive box from the counter where Jeffery had been watching over it for her, "well then, let's go. Jeffery, be safe getting home."

"You too Miss."

She smiled and nodded before heading towards the parking garage, glad for the fact that you didn't actually have to go outside to access it as it was underneath the building and there was an internal entrance. She didn't know how she was going to get the god damn box into her car and she didn't really want Mal to see what was inside.

"Do you think your Merc is going to get through this snow?"

"I hope so," she sighed as she opened the trunk, finding the box would not fit alone, "if you wanna get in and turn on the heat, I'll just find a way of fitting this in."

"Sure," the blonde took the keys from her and moved into the passenger seat, as soon as Regina was sure that the door was closed and she was inside, she began to take the items out of the box, quickly stuffing them into the boot, looking around as she did so to make sure that no one was looking at her. Once they were in, she slammed the boot and broke the empty box apart before tossing it in the back seat and moving into the driver's side.

She'd already changed into some safer shoes, her heels were swapped for some pale grey Timberlands that didn't exactly go with the power suit, but they were comfy and they had grips which meant that they were good for the weather, even if she only had to walk from the car to the house.

Regina was confused as to why Robin hadn't called her back yet, she thought he would have by now, surely, he must be out of the meeting, he had told her it would be till twelve and it was almost half past one now. She knew she shouldn't be bothering him at work, but she was just worried about him with the weather being like it was, the meeting had probably just run over, Gold was an unrelenting client and she wouldn't be surprised if the meeting turned out to be somewhat problematic.

Regina smiled at Mal and flicked on the radio, cranking up the heat to full blast as she drove out of the garage and prepared to weather the snow.


"It's really coming down now," Mal observed as Regina concentrated on the road, trying to pretend that her windscreen wasn't becoming coated in snow quicker than the wipers could clear it. She knew it was dangerous to be driving in weather like this, especially when her car wasn't a four-wheel drive. That was why she would rather have waited for Robin to drive her home in his Jag, but he obviously wasn't ready to leave the office yet.

"I hate snow," she murmured, going slowly as they began to pull onto the bridge at a snail's pace, "is it just the weather that's causing this?"

"I'm not sure," Mal shook her head as she carried on driving, they were about halfway across when the blonde spoke up again. "Looks like someone had quite the smash," Mal cringed as they approached the cause of the traffic jam, seeing police and ambulance crews surrounding the area where a car has clearly lost control and smashed through some barriers on the bridge, the front end was now dangling precariously over the edge. Regina steadied her breathing trying not to look and concentrate on the road, for a second her heart had constricted in her chest, she couldn't see the car properly yet, but she knew it must have been a pretty bad crash.

She was just driving past when Mal gasped, "Regina stop now! You need to pull over!" she yelled, her voice sounding panicked.

"Why?! What is it?!" she turned to look at the crash and her eyes widened, her breath left her as she hurriedly pulled her car over behind the wreck, she threw the door open and set off running in the direction of the accident, leaving Mal trying to follow her, slipping slightly on the icy ground because of her high heels.

When she reached the barricade of police she was in a sheer panic, she could see that the black Jag was totally smashed, the front crumpled up from where it had come into contact with the metal barriers on the bridge, "madam you can't pass," a policeman stated as he stood in front of her, stopping her from moving any closer.

"I... you don't understand," she shook her head, her voice trembling as she tried to push past him, "that… that's my boyfriend's car." She cried, "I haven't been able to get hold of him all day, not since he left for work this morning." She could hardly breathe as she stared at the wreck, where was he? What was going on? She felt totally helpless, as though her whole world was about to slip out from under her. "He... he was supposed to be in a meeting… oh god."

The policeman took a deep breath, "mam would you follow me please." The snow was falling rapidly, sticking to her hair and clothes, she felt herself shivering, but she didn't know if it was from the cold or the shock and complete despair she was feeling.

"Where is he?! Please tell me he's okay!"

"Come with me madam."