Ready to meet a new adversary who is gonna play a big part in this story?! I haven't decided yet whether I should carry on posting chapters of them when they get back at school in this story or create a sequel for those, let me know what you think. ;) (Italics are flashbacks)

Tie-Dye was the decision she made that morning, it was a shirt she and her father had made in eighth grade, it still fit though it was now a slightly faded pink and white colour, but she loved that shirt. When she made it, the shirt had been too big for her and she had gradually grown into it, now it was just right and paired with her tight ripped jeans she felt as though it was the perfect outfit for her first day of senior year.

With a sigh she grabbed her denim backpack and headed downstairs, grabbing a pair of sneakers from the closet and setting them out ready for her to quickly put them on and run to school before her mother could see what she had chosen to wear. Although she might love that shirt, her mother most certainly did not, she thought that her daughter should dress up for school, she'd even bought her a wardrobe full of expensive dresses and skirt suits, ones that were most certainly not something she would ever choose to wear. Some days she had to wear them over her casual clothes just to pretend to her mother that she was actually wearing them.

She ran her fingers through her slightly tangled curls, she'd not had the time to brush them properly but she could do that whilst running for the school bus. It was either that or run the whole way to school, something that most certainly did not appeal to her first thing on a Monday morning on the first day of term. She grabbed a denim jacket from the closet, knowing that she was totally overdoing the denim but her others were upstairs and quite frankly she didn't have time to run up and grab one.

Regina struggled into it as she stumbled into the kitchen grabbing an apple from the fruit bowl and hearing a noise from her mother's office, her eyes widened as she shoved the fruit into her pocket and headed for her shoes, she knew she would need to be quick before her mother came out and offered her a lift to school, she knew it would happen.

"Regina is that you?"

"Who else would it be?" she mumbled under her breath, it was only the two of them living in the house, "yes mother, I am just leaving."

"What? I will take you to school if you…"

"No thank you, I feel as though some fresh air would do me good this morning," she cringed at the sound of her own voice, but her mother liked it when she spoke in a 'correct' manner. She sat on the bottom step of the mini set of stairs as she pulled on her beat up converse, her mother would have a heart attack if she knew she was going to school in them, much like her tie-dye shirt, she didn't care for them.

"Are you sure…"

"Perfectly sure, goodbye mother," she quipped before flinging the door open and shutting it behind her. Once she was outside she scrambled in her backpack for her hairbrush and quickly pulled it through her hair before looking to the end of the street and seeing a flash of yellow, "oh shit! No! No!" She flung the brush in her bag and took off in a sprint down the sidewalk, her house was a good distance away from the bus stop and she was doubtful about catching it. "No! Stop!" she yelled, seeing it start to pull away, "fuck! Fuck." She stopped running as she watched the bus pull off down the street.

Trying to catch her breath back she bent over with her eye closed, without thinking she kicked the wall in front of her, "shit." Opening her eyes, she turned looking at the yellow vehicle, wait a second… was it… it was stopping, why was it stopping?! "Thank you!" she shouted at no one in particular as she chased the bus, watching the doors swing open.

"Cutting it fine aren't we Mills, you're one lucky lady," the driver shook his head at her as she paid her fare.

"Seems that way, maybe this will be my best year yet," she quipped glancing over at Robin who was sat right at the back, but looking towards the front, she could have sworn he was grinning at her. Maybe this would be her best hear yet, maybe she would finally pluck up the courage to talk to Robin.

Regina took a deep breath as she looked at Robin, she was sat on the bed with her legs tucked underneath her, she was extremely nervous to talk with him, there was a part of her that was worried about what he was going to say, what if the truth wasn't what she wanted to hear? "Talk," she whispered, looking down at her hands that were resting in her lap.

"Okay, but I need you to promise me that you won't freak out and that you'll give me the chance to tell you the whole story before you judge me."

"I guess I can do that," she nodded, biting down on her bottom lip, so he was going to give her a reason to freak out and judge him. What did that mean? Was he guilty of all these things? Had she really just been a meaningless fling?

"I already told you that us sharing a room wasn't an accident and I wasn't lying, it wasn't an accident, but it wasn't some bet or whatever you think it was, I can promise you that," he breathed.

"So, what was it?"

"Well, when we were collecting our room keys that first morning, Ana, who is Will's girlfriend, found out that she would be rooming with you," he sighed, "I overheard her saying that it wasn't fair and that she wouldn't sleep in the same room as you, she was saying a load of crap and I didn't want to listen to it. So, I offered to swap with her, allowing her to room with Will," he stated, "I didn't have any other intentions, I promise, I just wanted to make sure she didn't fly off the handle or do something."

Regina looked at him in interest, the story was pretty believable and she could see Ana being annoyed that she had to share a room with her, but why would he just offer to do something like that when he stood every chance of getting into major trouble? "Carry on."

"I had no idea there would only be one bed, I thought it was a twin room, I swear, I was totally shocked when I found out and was all for swapping rooms back, I even went to Will and asked them, I didn't want you feeling uncomfortable having to sleep in the same bed as me. They refused to swap back," he shrugged in defeat.

"So, what about you making a move on me, what was that about?"

"That was about us, the connection we have. I also kinda had a crush on you before," he confessed, running his hand through his hair nervously, "I thought you were cute and smart. You were also kinda awkward which I found adorable."

She had to fight the urge to smile, she so wanted to be mad at him for not being straight with her from the beginning, but she felt that she couldn't be, he just seemed to just make her want to smile. "You thought I was a cute nerd?"

"Something like that," he chuckled.

"Okay, so what about this morning, I came to find you to talk about what I heard and you snapped at me. That hurt," she sighed thinking of how she'd tried to be optimistic and playful with him only to be rebuffed.

Robin looked down at his hands, playing with the bed sheet as he swallowed heavily, "I'm really sorry about that Regina, it shouldn't have happened, I shouldn't have taken it out on you and I apologise." He avoided her gaze then and swallowed heavily, "I got a phone call this morning from my aunt."

"You did?" she whispered, a feeling of dread welling up inside her as she looked at him.

"Hmm, my mom is in the hospital," he stated, "she had a funny turn and she…" his eyes welled up and Regina closed hers, moving the blanket from between them and shuffling over to him, her arm wrapping around him as she kissed his shoulder gently and rested her forehead against him, her hand rubbing his back tenderly.

"I'm sorry Robin… fucking hell, I've been such a bitch to you all day and you…" her nose began to burn as she fought back tears. No wonder he'd been testy with her, she'd been the one who came up behind him and tried to be playfully, but obviously, the news of his mother had put him into a less than playful mood and she wasn't surprised.

"It wasn't your fault Gina," he whispered, reaching out for her and pulling her into his arms, she straddled his lap as she hugged him, her front pressed against his as she rested her face in the crook of his neck. "Do you forgive me? I promise that…"

"Of course, I do, there isn't anything to forgive. Do you forgive me for being such a cow?" she breathed, his fingers stroking the stubble on his jaw.

"Yeah," he nodded, his hand finding hers and leading it to his mouth so he could kiss her fingers.

"You were meant to say that I wasn't a cow," she giggled swatting him playfully and earning a brief chuckle from him. "So, your mom, what did the doctors say?"

"It isn't good Gina, they don't think she has long left," he stated under his breath, the smile disappearing completely from his face. Regina used her thumb to wipe away the stray tear that rolled down his cheek, she couldn't imagine how much pain he was going through, having to watch his mother dying and know there was nothing he could do must be torture.

"Is she still in the hospital?"

"Yeah, they're keeping her in overnight, but I don't know what to do, how can I stay here knowing that she's in pain and that she's in the hospital. How can I not be there for her?"

"She'll understand Robin, you're on a trip, she won't expect you to go home for her."

"You're right, but what if she…"

"I know what you're about to say but don't, don't think like that, you will see her again Robin, that I am sure of, we only have two more days and then we're out of here and you can be with your mom. I promise that I will be with you, we need to put what happened today behind us, it was all a stupid misunderstanding, right?"

"Yes, it really was," he agreed, running his hands up and down her sides, caressing her lovingly. "I promise to you that from tomorrow onwards you will have no reason to doubt my feelings for you," he smiled, leaning in to kiss her tenderly, "tomorrow I will prove to you just how much you mean to me, I swear it."

"Well then, I shall be looking forward to this grand gesture, but for now, I feel we may need to get some sleep, it's late and we have a long day tomorrow," she stated, slipping off his lap and back over to her side of the bed. She turned to look at him, casting him a small smile as she reached out for his hand, taking it gently, "I was such an idiot, I can't believe my behaviour."

"I was quite shocked," he chuckled, "do you realise how scary you actually are when you get into one of your frenzies? I was worried about my life for a moment there."

"Shut up," she groaned, poking him with her toe underneath the duvet.

"Trust me I shall be having words with Daniel tomorrow about his behaviour towards you."

She frowned, looking down at their joint hands, "I can't believe he did that," she whispered, feeling as though she was going to cry yet again, something she knew was pathetic, but that wasn't the point, "you were my first kiss, and now he's… I didn't want him to kiss me."

"It's just a kiss Gina, it doesn't matter," he whispered, wrapping his arms around her as they learnt their foreheads together, "like you said it didn't mean anything, just pretend it didn't happen, I mean you said you didn't kiss him back."

"I didn't kiss him back, I wouldn't do that to you, not when I still feel the way I do."

"I'm sorry for accusing you like I did, I was a complete arsehole," he murmured nuzzling his nose against hers.

"This day has been truly shitty," she sighed pecking his lips gently.

"That we can agree on."

Regina shuffled down a little in the bed so her head could rest on Robin's chest, she closed her eyes and held him close, spotting a kiss on his chest as she nuzzled against him and he stroked her hair gently.

"Are we okay?" he asked.

"Hmm," she nodded, a small smile playing on her features as she yawned and squeezed him tighter.

Regina headed down the school corridor, spotting Tink stood at her locker, she smiled and leaned against the lockers, "this is going to be a good year, I can feel it," she hummed, looking to the blonde who was chuckling at her.

"What happened that so drastically changed your mind? And what are you actually wearing?"

"Clothes," Regina smirked, looking down at her shirt with a smug smile, "I figured that this year I wasn't going to be the stuck-up posh nerd who wears a skirt suit in high school, I'm not that person and I don't want anyone thinking that I am any more."

"And your mother let you go out wearing that?" Tink asked raising her eyebrows at her.

"Not exactly," Regina cringed, thinking about her mother finding out about what she was dressed in, she wouldn't like it one bit, "but I have a change of clothes in my bag, so she won't know a thing," she grinned playfully, turning and opening her locker to take out the necessary books

"Brave choice," Tink chuckled as she opened her own locker, "it's annoying that your mother won't let you wear what you want. I don't think I could cope with mine telling me what to wear all the time."

"I barely do, trust me it's a nightmare, some mornings she actually lays out what she wants me to wear," Regina huffed, "but not today, today I am claiming back myself and making a statement," she smiled, "I want to blend in with everyone else instead of standing out like a complete and utter moron who looks as though she should be representing someone in court instead of sitting in a high school English class."

"Well, you certainly don't stand out anymore, at least not for the same reason," Tink shrugged as she closed the locker door and pocketed her key, "that double denim is really something."

"Yes, well you know what, I couldn't give a damn about what people think about me," she stated proudly as she zipped up her bag and flung it over her shoulder, "this is my year and…" just as she turned around she collided with someone and felt something ooze through the fabric of her shirt. She groaned and opened her eyes to see a stuck up brunette glaring back at her.

"You just made me spill my smoothie," she scoffed.

"You were actually going to drink that?" Regina asked, looking down at the green slime that had completely covered her.

"Of course, that was my breakfast, I'm on a juice cleanse," she huffed, "stupid dork."

"Well I'm sorry, but you should probably watch where you're walking and as for your smoothie, I hate to break it to you but it looks and smells like pond scum," she snapped back, hearing the people surrounding them gasp, she also felt Tink's hand reach out and grasp her arm.

"What did you just say to me?" the brunette glared at her, taking a step closer as she looked her in the eye. Regina swallowed heavily as she looked at the two girls stood either side of her and the three behind, this girl wasn't to be messed with, she was definitely one of the mean girls.

"Do you really need me to repeat it for you, I think you heard me well enough the first time. You ruined my shirt."

"No dear, that shirt was already ruined, not to mention an insult to fashion, I think I did you a favour. Also, I think you missed the memo."

"What memo?" Regina asked without thinking, as soon as the words were out of her mouth she knew she had played straight into the devious cow's hands. She was so stupid and absolutely rubbish when it came to conversation, her comebacks weren't something to be desired, she certainly needed to work on them, unless she was in a row that was extremely heated and she was pent up with emotion, she just couldn't come up with them on the spot.

"Lesbians wear plaid not tie-dye."

She was so taken aback by the comment that she found herself letting out a little laugh before shaking her head, "one that is the most stereotypical thing I have ever heard in my entire life. Two, even if I were a lesbian, which I'm not, I'm free to wear whatever the hell I want. And three, get your head out of your ass you stuck up bitch." Regina spat, "If you are categorising people based on their sexuality then you most certainly need a reality check because you are not the centre of this world and I think you'll find that…"

"Okay that's enough," Tink whispered, pulling her away.

"Listen to your girlfriend nerd, run away before I make your life a living hell."

"You already do, so who the fuck cares, you arrogant arse," she bumped past her, making sure that her elbow nudged her on the way.

"So much for this being your year," Tink sighed as they made their way to the locker rooms so that Regina could clean her shirt. "Something tells me that she'll be out to get you even more than she was before now."

Regina sighed, that uppity bitch was the bane of her existence, she couldn't stand her in the slightest, even having to look at her drove her to the edge. She took a deep breath before pulling her soiled shirt over her head and dropping it in the sink, "I made this shirt with my dad," she whispered as she allowed the water to wash over the fabric causing chunks of spinach smoothie to splosh into the sink. "This is so gross."

"I don't know how she can drink it," Tink almost gagged as she wet some of the paper towels and helped clean Regina's skin where the dink had managed to penetrate her shirt, "it's sticky as well."

"It's disgusting. I swear she did this on purpose, she's the kind of cow that would kick a dog and enjoy it."

"How did you find out what she does on the weekends?" Tink giggled, earning a slight snigger from Regina.

"She hardly keeps it a secret. I don't know how she does it, how does she manage to be so cool and get such a following?"

"Money," the blonde shrugged, "and a personal shopper at Bloomingdales most likely."

"I have money, I could get a personal shopper at Bloomingdales if I wanted, but it wouldn't turn me into a class A bitch."

"No, because you're you and Marian is Marian, she is a class A bitch, and I am pleased to say that you, my dear best friend, are not."

Regina smiled at her and shook her head as she took her folded up red blouse out of her bag and buttoned it up before tucking in one side into her jeans and turning to hug her friend, "thanks Tink, I don't know what I would do without you."

"You would probably be on the floor whilst Marian gets her minions to beat your ass. She obviously couldn't do it herself, she'd break a nail," Tink giggled.

"God forbid that ever happened," Regina gasped dramatically as she pulled her denim jacket back on.

"You know this look is actually working for you, you look hot," Tink grinned as she reached out and undid a couple of the buttons on the shirt. Regina glanced in the mirror and cocked her head at her appearance, she had to say she'd looked worse in her life, she could deal with it, at least she still had her jeans and wasn't wearing a pencil skirt.

She smiled as she rung the water out of her tie-dye shirt and let out a loud sigh, "this stain better come out because I swear to god if it doesn't Marian better be watching her back."

"It's just a shirt, you could…"

"My dad helped me make this shirt when I was younger, so I couldn't just replace it, it's special to me and I thought it would bring me luck today. I don't think I could have been more wrong."

"The day is still young, come on, we're gonna be late to lesson, and you know who I heard was taking the same class this semester?"

"Who?" Regina asked as she folded her shirt and placed it in a plastic bag before putting it in her rucksack and flinging that over her shoulder.

"Your true love, Mr Robin Locksley," the blonde smirked at her, winking playfully.

Regina couldn't fight the smile that played on her features, Tink knew just how crazy Regina was about Robin, she'd felt that way since she first set eyes on him and when she had found out that he wasn't a jerk like the rest of the football team, she had crushed even harder. He was just the perfect guy and she found him quite irresistible. "How do you know he'll be in that class?"

"I heard that he was taking English Lit, think he might be into Shakespeare," Tink stated as she wrapped her arm through Regina's and they made their way out of the restroom. "It does make sense, he is British after all."

"His accent is so beautiful," Regina cooed as she shook her head, just thinking about him made her feel all gooey inside. She didn't know what it was, she'd never really felt that way about anyone else before, it was only with him, as though the first time she saw him she fell in love, that was if love at first sight was real. She believed in it, but most likely in her case it was one-sided, she was a sufferer of unrequited love, but that wouldn't stop her from fantasying about him, that one day he could be hers, that they could be together.

How could someone like him be with someone like her though, it just didn't happen, he was so popular, so well liked and she was the complete opposite. He wouldn't ever even notice her presence. They stopped outside the classroom they would be in for the next hour and both gazed through the window, "I don't see him in there," Regina stated, shaking her head as they continued to stare.

"What are we looking for?" a voice asked, causing Regina to jump out of her skin and turn her head to see Robin stood there looking through the window with them, "anything interesting going on in there?" He chuckled.

Regina's eyes widened as she stared at him in shock, had he actually just spoken to her? "Urm, we…"

"Hey, it's Robin right?" Tink smiled.

"Yeah," he nodded, "the two of you in this class?"

"Yep we are," she grinned, "we were just looking to see who else was."

"Ah, scoping it out, good decision," he chuckled as he looked through the glass before turning to them, "I think you'll be fine," he laughed winking at the girls before opening the door and taking a seat on the back row.

"Holy fucking crap," Tink gasped.

"I'm dead," Regina whispered.

"Come on."

"What the hell was my reaction," she cringed as she rubbed her hands over her face in aggravation, she'd just had the chance to talk to Robin Locksley and she had completely fluffed it up. "I am such a failure."

"Come on Gina, you weren't that bad, he probably just thinks you're an awkward dork."

"Urgh."

"We gotta go inside, class is starting and we need to get at least half decent seats."

Regina took a deep breath as they peered through the window, seeing Robin sat there tapping his pen on the desk as he flipped through the book in his other hand, she was going to have to go through a full year with him sat there and it was going to be absolute torture.

Regina woke to the feeling of fingers running through her hair, she smiled to herself and nuzzled further into the warm chest that was acting as her personal heated pillow, it vibrated with his low chuckle and she ran her tongue across her lips before pressing a kiss to his skin as her own fingers travelled across the muscles of his arms. "Good morning."

"Were you watching me sleep?" she asked groggily, not opening her eyes as she continued to snuggle against him.

"Well, it isn't my fault you look so beautiful when you' re sleeping," he chuckled, twirling her hair around his fingers, "like a goddess."

"Such a flatterer," she hummed, moving her hand down his body and finding the hem of his shirt before slipping underneath it so she could run her hand across his bare chest, lightly tracing each indentation with her fingers. She opened her eyes and rolled fully on top of him so that she was resting on his chest and her legs were securely tucked between his, she moved her fingers to brush over his lips. "Not that I'm complaining, I particularly like your compliments," she stated.

"Well, then, let me think of a couple more," he quipped, causing a wide smile to play on her face as she took her bottom lip between her teeth and let out a little giggle, "your smile is the most satisfying thing I have seen in my life," he moved a finger to trace over the side of her mouth, "and your laugh is just my favourite noise in the entire world."

Regina felt her cheeks warm up as she stared into his blue eyes, she wanted to tell him she loved him, right there in that moment, the words were on the tip of her tongue, but she was still uncertain, she wasn't confident enough to confess her feelings. "You are amazing Robin Locksley," she breathed, closing the gap between them and pressing her lips to his.

"As amazing as I may be, I think we might have slept in, that was entirely your fault for distracting me from the time."

"What actually is the time?" she asked, dropping her face into the crook of his neck as she peppered kisses there.

"Nine thirty," he stated.

"Shit," she gasped her eyes widening as she slipped off him and crawled out of bed, moving over to find some suitable clothes that preferably weren't stained, the top she had been wearing the day before had been ruined. "I officially have no clothes," she groaned as she shuffled through her case.

"I have a purple sweatshirt with your name on it," he chuckled, getting out of bed and finding a hoodie in his bag and throwing it over to her.

"I can't keep wearing your clothes," she laughed shaking her head as she pulled the jumper on and snuggled into it.

"You look hot in my clothes," he winked, moving towards her wearing only his boxers as he reached out and pulled her towards him gently, his hands moving to her hips and slipping under the hem of the sweatshirt.

"We're supposed to be going to breakfast, you naughty boy," Regina breathed, pinging the elastic of his underwear and chuckling softly.

"Urgh, you're a little tease," he groaned as he buried his face against his neck, his arms wrapping around her waist as he attached his lips to her skin, sucking strongly on her neck earning a low moan from her as her head tilted back and she allowed him more access to her.

"You know you love it," she whispered, her hands slipping down to his ass and squeezing playfully. "But I am serious, we need to get down to breakfast," she pushed him away letting out a little laugh as she moved over to find some jeans. She pulled them on and jumped to pull them up before putting on some socks and boots, "come on, there will be time for fooling around."

"Promise?" he pouted as he found some clothes of his own.

"Yes," she grinned as she hurried into the bathroom to brush her teeth and put on a little mascara and chapstick.

Once they were ready for the day and had stolen a couple more kisses, they left the room and headed downstairs to the main area of the house where they could hear the other students having their breakfast.

Robin took Regina's hand before they went into the dining room and she looked up with furrowed eyebrows, "what are you doing?" she whispered in alarm, trying to pull her hand away from his and staring at him in shock, they had kept their relationship to themselves, nobody knew they were actually together and for them to walk in there hand in hand would tell everyone that they were a couple.

"I want everyone to know we're together, I'm proud to call you my girlfriend and I need them to know how I feel about you," he stayed, his hand stroking over her cheek.

"Are you sure about this? I don't want you to regret it," she whispered nervously, she was fine with everyone knowing they were together, in fact, she would be happy for it, maybe it would make life easier when it came to dealing with the bullies in high school, they wouldn't pick on someone who was dating Robin. "I mean do you really want everyone to know?"

"Regina, I'm not ashamed to be with you," he smiled, "not one bit and yes, I do want everyone to know, as long as you're okay with that."

"I suppose I am if that's what you want."

"I do," he smiled squeezing her hand lovingly as he pulled her into the dining room with him, they walked straight to the buffet and filled up their plates, opting for an array of different breakfast foods.

"Do you want some of these?" Regina asked picking up a bunch of grapes before plucking one off and throwing it up in the air for him to catch in his mouth, he caught it letting out a laugh as he picked up one of his own and threw it to her, she failed to catch it as it bounced off the top of her head. "Oi!" she giggled as she discreetly kicked it underneath the buffet table.

"Litterbug," he grinned, nudging her as they made their way to a free table by the window. Regina was aware of the eyes on them as they sat down, Robin reached over and took her hand, "ignore them."

"Little hard to do when they are staring at us," she whispered.

"Let them stare. In fact, let's give them something to stare at," he smirked before standing from his seat, "hey guys, listen up." The room went deadly silent as everyone in the room, including the teachers, turned to stare at them.

Regina felt her cheeks heat up and her eyes widen as she stared at him in shock. What the hell was he doing?! She knew that he was willing to go in there and be with her, for them to hold hands in front of everyone, but she didn't know that he was going to stand up and literally tell everyone they were a couple, "Robin," she whispered, "what are you doing?"

"Just go with it," Robin grinned before turning back to the rest of the silent room whilst Regina watched on nervously.