I am here with a new chapter. This one is a bit longer and it's the beginning of the more dramatic part of this story. I hope you will like the way this story is going to go. Enjoy. Xoxo.


She felt like a teenage girl who was going to a prom with her date. She kept checking her dress and make-up if everything was ok. Last look at her reflection in the window reassured her that everything was at its place and she was ready to meet her date. Her mind was playing with images of the brunette doctor entering the hospital entrance in a very precise make-up, wearing a beautiful dress. She had no idea. The door opened and Emma's eyes met the brown orbs. They both almost stopped breathing. Both their hearts skipped a beat. Regina was dressed in a short red dress with a black belt around her waist so her figure looked perfect. Curly hair decorated her beautiful face and when Emma's eyes landed on the red lipstick she was wearing she wanted to plant a kiss on Regina's lips just to feel the tenderness. Her eyes kept moving down towards Regina's bare legs. The brunette knew exactly what her appearance did to Emma and she smiled. Regina also had to admit that Emma dressed up quite nicely. Her dark blue dress fit her perfectly. Her light make-up was accurate. Emma made sure that she wouldn't look like a mask, she wanted to be simple and still pretty. According to Regina's stare she knew that her job was well done.

„You look amazing," Emma spoke first. She couldn't take her eyes off the brunette woman.

„As you do, miss Swan," Regina answered and pointed to the entrance.

„Shall we?" she turned to the door and waited for Emma to leave the hospital building first and then she followed her. Emma has never seen Regina's car so she watched her walking towards the parking lot. The brunette walked to a black Mercedes asking Emma to get in.

„How's Henry?" the doctor asked when they both were in the car. The car slowly left the hospital area and soon they joined the Boston trafic.

„He is doing just fine. The hospital is getting ready for the surgery. I didn't have a chance to say thank you for the money so, thank you," Emma needed to get this off her chest before they join the party. Now when they were alone she thought it was a great opportunity to show her gratitude.

Regina just smiled and kept focusing on driving.

„No need to thank me. You are going to this party with me so we owe each other nothing," Regina said sounding a little bit cold. As they approached the venue she felt more and more nervous about this evening.

„You didn't tell me what kind of a party it is," Emma said just to fill the silence in the car.

„It's a party where all the most famous doctors come twice a year to just meet, discuss some medical stuff and have some fun," Regina explained while parking her car at the parking spot next to a very luxuriously looking building. Music could already be heard and there was a lot of people standing at the entrance. The party was about to start.

„We arrived just in time," the brunette added stepping out of the car, waiting for Emma so she could lock the car.

„Was it a good idea asking me to join you as your plus one when the party is for doctors? I am no medical specialist," Emma stopped catching Regina's hand to make her stop. The brunette turned around to face her date.

„We can bring whoever we want to these parties," Regina tried to calm Emma down a bit. There was nothing to worry about and she wanted her to know. For her it was no trouble having Emma as a plus one. There was something else that bothered her more than this. Her mother. Cora Mills, the ceo of the Boston hospital. She was the one who Regina tried to impress and she hoped that Emma would do the job. She was usually the only person who had no one at the parties and even thought she didn't want to come, her mother forced her to join her. She would rather spend 24 hours operating on people than to be here with her mother pretending that she was enjoying the party as much as her. It was hell and she hoped that bringing Emma to this party will give her a free ticket to freedom. At least in this she wanted to be free, she wanted to plan her evenings according to what she wanted to do not according to her mother's wishes. Regina couldn't be herself, she didn't even know if she knew how to be herself. She was always pushed into being someone who her mother wanted her to be. Hopefully this was going to end. It was maybe wrong to use someone and then throw her away just because she wasn't useful any more but Regina couldn't see any other way out of this. On the other hand she loved playing with people. She loved the feeling of being the boss and having everything under control. It was something that she inherited from her mother.

„You will be fine, don't worry. You look great and I am happy that you are here with me," Regina tried her best to convince Emma that her presence was appreciated. Emma smiled and they walked towards the entrance to the building. Music filled their ears as soon as they went inside. It wasn't as loud as Emma expected. There were people on the dance floor dancing and enjoying the rhythm of the music coming out the speakers, few people were standing around the big tables which were full of food and drinks. Emma's stomach grumbled. She was hungry. She knew that if she went there as the first thing people would think that she came just for the food. Emma knew her manners. She followed Regina wherever she went, she listened to her talking to some other doctors discussing the new methods in medicine. Then they went to grab a drink and finally something small to eat.

The evening was great. Emma couldn't get enough of Regina's appearance and also admired her level of education. She could talk about everything and when it came to medical stuff people gathered around her in order to hear about her experience. Emma expected the people to start clapping their hands after Regina's talk. She was amazing. She was really someone in this field. Emma expected to be pushed away but Regina always made sure that she was noticed as her plus one. Almost everyone was surprised when hearing Regina talking about bringing someone with her to the party. It was the first party when she had a date. Emma was well approved. She was a beautiful woman and with Regina they created a beautiful couple even thought they weren't even dating. The brunette doctor was actually enjoying the party but when Cora appeared in the doorway Regina's mood changed. She started shaking and her voice was trembling. Emma caught the sudden change and asked her if she was ok. Regina just waved her hand in front of Emma's face and without saying a word she went to say hello to her mother.

„Hello mother," Regina greeted Cora and hugged her kissing her cheeks.

„What a lovely evening, my dear Regina," Cora smiled returning the hug and kisses. If only Regina could feel at least a little bit of love in this gesture. Everything that she could feel was coldness.

„Who is the blond woman over there? She seems unfamiliar to me," Cora asked looking around the room.

„It's my plus one, Emma Swan," Regina answered trying to sound as firm as she could. She needed to show her mother that she could defend her choices.

„Your plus one? Like a date?" Cora screamed feeling threatened. Not threatened for herself but for her daughter. In her eyes Regina didn't need anyone because if she was about to get into a relationship her career would be ruined. And it was something that Regina wouldn't let happen. How would she look like in the eyes of the famous people from the medical field if she had to answer all these questions about her daughter giving up her career.

„Are you two dating?" she asked another question not giving Regina much space for answer.

„No, mother, we are not dating. She is just an entertainment," Regina answered hoping this would satisfy her mother. Emma was some kind of entertainment until now. She knew that there was something more between them than just a patient-doctor relationship. First she thought that it was Henry who made her feel this way but she started to realize that it has been just the initial spark that put everything in motion. It scared her and she wanted to analyse this situation just like she used to analyse a patient's condition but this was completely new to her. Now she made herself believe that Emma was just something to fill the gaps in her life, to entertain her, to bring something new into her daily routine. She couldn't be more wrong. It was a beginning of something beautiful but her heart was hurt, broken and full of regret, sadness and darkness so she couldn't feel the real feelings. Not yet. Regina was lost in her thoughts so she didn't notice Emma approaching them.

„Good evening, miss Mills, I am Emma Swan," Emma introduced herself to Regina's mother offering her hand to her.

„It's nice to meet you," Emma added and smiled.

„This is not going to go nicely," Regina thought looking at Cora's surprised expression.

TBC