"Good morning miss Mills." A wide awake Ruby calls out opening the curtains and blinding Regina with the light. "I do hope you slept well, I will bring your breakfast in a second." Regina watches astounded as the Brunette nurse leaves her room already. Regina let's out a yawn and stretches. She groans a little as the movement causes her some pain. She pushes the sheets of her and walks to the bathroom. She looks in the mirror and feels embarrassed by seeing herself looking so dishevelled in the ugly hospital gown. She will be so much happier when Charlotte brings in some of her own clothes.
When she exits her room and makes her way back to her bed she is surprise to see that breakfast has already been brought in. Regina looks at it and is happy that it doesn't look as disgusting as last night's dinner. Although it could also be the fact that she's famished and that being hungry makes the meal look so much better.
At exactly five minutes past ten Charlotte her assistant arrives with bags holding some things Regina had asked for. Regina raises her eyebrow and chuckles when she sees that the timid girl almost stumbles trying keep the bags from falling.
"Good…good morning miss Mills." She says while looking down, too afraid to make eye contact. "Good morning Charlotte, did you bring everything I have requested?" Regina asks eying the bags.
"Yes ma'am, I do think so. I have brought you bathroom supplies, most of the clothes out of your closet, pyjama's and I brought you your laptop and the several files you requested." Charlotte hands Regina the files and her laptop knowing that the woman wanted to check up on her business as soon as possible. "I also took some time to draft out a proposal for the deal you wished to make with Granny for the home cooking book."
"Perfect!" Is the only thing Regina says. No sign of appreciation as she starts her laptop and organizes the files. Charlotte who is use to never getting a compliment starts opening the bags and organizes Regina's clothes in the tiny hospital closet.
"Seems like everything is still standing." Regina comments when she travels through her mails.
"Yes miss Mills. Although there have been some rumours about Mister Scott. It seems like he wants to promote himself has head editor." Charlotte says when she finishes putting the last item of clothing in the closet. Regina raises her eyebrow. "Are you saying that….." Regina wants to comment on Charlotte statement when a flash of golden hair passes her door.
"Did you see that?" Regina asks pointing at the door making Charlotte look up.
"What, Ma'am?"
"A woman has been annoying me. I don't know who she is but she has been watching me since yesterday." Regina explains. "Charlotte go look in the hall and see if you can find her."
Charlotte hurries outside and walks up and down the hall but can't find a woman with blonde hair.
"I'm sorry ma'am, I think she's already gone." Charlotte tells Regina when she comes back into the room. "Are you sure you saw her?" Charlotte let slip and as soon as she said it she could see Regina's face go from bored and annoyed to anger.
"What are you saying? Charlotte!" Regina asks raising her voice and staring Charlotte down. "Are you implying that I imagined her? That I'm going crazy?" Regina can see how Charlotte bottom lip starts to shake and her eyes are getting moist.
"Oh, please for Christ sake don't start crying!" But as soon as Regina speaks out the last word Charlotte whips away her first tears.
"Get out and go back to the office. And tell mister Scott that he better do the job he has been hired to do. I am and will be the head editor." Regina says and Charlotte takes her coat and leaves the room. Regina sits back against her headboard and sighs. Why does she has to work with these idiots. If the girl is ever going to work herself up to a position of power, she is going to need to grow a pair.
"You should be kinder to her you know!" Regina turns her head to the voice and is visible surprised when she sees the blonde woman again.
"Excuse me?" Regina asks.
"I said you should be kinder to her. She works hard." The blonde walks in the room and sits down on the table under the television.
"Who said you were allowed in my room?" Regina looks the blonde up and down. She's wearing a plain t-shirt and skinny jean, she has golden blonde hair and grass green eyes. Regina has to admit to herself that the girl is beautiful.
"Who said I'm not allowed?" The girl fires back.
"I say, this is my room." The girl chuckles and folds her arms across her chest.
"Do you own the hospital miss Mills?"
"No I don't and how the hell do you know my name? Who are you?" The girl just keeps chuckling at Regina irritation.
"Your name is on the chart at the door." She says and walks over to the window to look outside. "You have a great view here. Better than my room." She says and lets her fingers trail over the glass.
Regina huffs. "Are you going to tell me your name or do I have to call the nurse and say that one of their mental patients has escaped." The girl snaps her head up to Regina and for a minute she thinks the girl is going to yell at her but instead she just starts to full-on laugh.
"Hahaha, your funny. I like that. The name is Swan, Emma Swan." Emma says and takes a seat by the window.
"Well miss Swan. Can you please explain to me why you are in MY room?"
"Just thought you could use a friend." Emma says sincere.
"I don't need a friend, so you can go now." Regina says rolling her eyes and reaching over to the side table to take her laptop again.
"You look like you need one." Emma says passing Regina and walking out her room again. Regina looks at the door where she just saw the blonde disappear. Who the hell does she think she is. I don't need a friend and I certainly don't look like I need one.
But still the small comment haunts Regina. She swings her legs out of the bed and makes her way over to the bathroom. She looks in the mirror and whines at the site of herself. Her hair is greasy and her eyes are red-rimmed. She goes back in her room to collect some proper clothes and shower supplies before making her way back to the bathroom.
Around noon Regina was feeling much better. She had showered and put on her make-up before gathering her computer and start skyping with her assistant. Ordering her around and making sure that people still knew that she was running the show.
"Hello Regina, how are you feeling today?" The happy nurse Ruby asks when she walks in and puts Regina's meal on her side table.
"How do you think I'm feeling? I'm stuck in this bed and I can't even work properly. You wifi server is terrible." Regina sasses. Ruby rolls her eyes and grabs Regina's laptop. She puts it away and pushes Regina side table closer.
"Excuses me! I was working on that!" Regina raises her voice and gawks at the brunette. How dare she put away her laptop. Regina looks down to her meal and cringes her nose. And how dare she put something so disgusting in front of me….again.
"What is this supposed to be?" Regina asks poking with her fork in the meal.
"Massed potatoes, broccoli and some salmon." Ruby explains politely.
"Well I'm not going to eat that!" Regina says pushing the plate away.
"You're not getting anything else until dinner. I suggest you eat it." Ruby takes Regina's chart and checks the test results.
Regina who doesn't care about the nurses opinion grabs her phone and start typing an e-mail. Ruby watches Regina's for a second before she just shakes her head, grabs the plate and leaves the room.
Not long after Ruby is gone Regina feels eyes on her again. When she looks up and sees the weird blonde by the door she sighs.
"What do you want now?" Regina asks frustrated. She looks back down at her phone and continues typing. The blonde walks further in the room. When she crosses the room Regina can't help but follow her with her eyes.
"Aren't you going to answer my question?" Regina asks more frustrated because NOW the blonde decides to ignore her?
"No!"
"What the hell is wrong with you? Are you mentally ill?" At the statement the blonde starts to laugh.
"No, I'm not."
"Then what are you trying to accomplish here?" The blonde is again staring out of the window. She looks in deep thought. Regina shakes her head and crosses her arms over her chest.
Emma turns around, leans against the wall and watches Regina. "What's wrong with you?" She asks and Regina is shocked by the genuine concern in the others woman's voice.
"I don't think that's of any concern to you." Regina says and locks down at her phone.
"Please tell me." Emma tries again and pushes herself of the wall. She walks towards Regina's bed and sits down in the chair next to it.
Regina opens her mouth but doesn't know what she should tell the blonde. Her first reaction is to snap at her and demand her to leave her room but something is holding her back. It has been so long since someone showed any really interest in her.
"I…my…..heart. It isn't strong. I need a new heart." Regina mumbles quickly. She puts her head back down and starts typing.
"Can you stop typing for a second and put that damn phone away." Emma says loudly. She feels irritated by Regina disinterest in her own condition. Why doesn't she care about herself? This is a severe condition, she could die and she doesn't even care. The only thing she cares about is that stupid phone and her job.
Regina is startled by Emma's loud comment and puts her phone down. "What?"
"You could die you know that right?" Emma says looking into Regina's eyes.
Regina rolls her eyes. "Of course I know this. And there's nothing I can do about it right know. So what's your point?"
"What if I told you that I could give you a heart." Emma says looking Regina death in the eye. "What if I told you I could give you my heart."
Regina's eyes grow wide in astonishment. "You are crazy! Aren't you?" Regina finally manages to blurt out.
Emma stands up and walk towards the door. "I'm in room 108, if you want to know more, come and find me." Emma walks out the room without saying anything else.
Regina kept staring at the door not knowing what to do now. The other woman must be completely crazy. Or maybe she's not crazy maybe she's dying and she wants to donated her heart to Regina. But why would she want to donate it to her. Regina wasn't a good person and she wasn't even friendly towards to blonde. Regina can't take it anymore. She is not normally a curious person but sitting here and not knowing what the blonde means is going to drive her crazy.
Regina walks out of her room and makes her way towards the rooms with numbers 100 to 150. It doesn't take her long to find the room the blonde told her about and when she does, she isn't prepared to find what she's seeing.