Hello, sorry if this chapter seems a little short. But thank you for taking your time out to read. I am exploring their relationship in 4 days and will move it along. I rated it "m" for it will have sexual content later on. Thank you again and prompts or what you would like me to explore are welcomed. Here is chapter two.
Regina gets up in the morning to a knocking at her front door. She sits up making sure her shirt is buttoned up. She quickly goes down the spiral stairs for there was another knock on the door, the person seems to be growing impatient. Opening the door, she sees Graham holding two coffees.
"Good morning, hope I am not being a bother." He says handing her a coffee.
"Come in, its cold." She says as she takes the coffee from him. He brushes against her going up the 3 stairs that lead to the foyer next to the dining room. "What are you doing here Graham?"
"I just want to know. What's going on. between us." He stands there waving his right hand between them as the other rests on his hip getting closer to her.
"Graham what happened that night, really shouldn't have happened. I am sorry about that." She does a tight lip smile while looking at his eyes.
"No, I get it. If you ever need me, or change your mind. You know where to find me." He says as he slowly walks back to the door to leave.
"Graham. Thank you. For the coffee." She holds the cup out to pull it back close to her as if it will keep her warm. He nods with a smile and leaves. She gets ready for work. Today She decides to wear a black dress with a low v-cut, a maroon blazer with black knee-high heel boots. Pulling her trench coat on, grabbing her keys and heads out, she is ready to start the day. The day is all the same, morning meetings, team meetings, and such. Today Zelena has Robin to show him how her team works. Poor Robin has no idea what he is getting himself into with her team. Regina stops thinking about that for she has a long day ahead of her as she has two meetings, and a potential new client. "Good morning Mary Margret."
"Good morning Regina. Robin left a note, and asked if I place it on your desk. I hope you don't mind." Mary Margret says nervously for she knows Regina doesn't like people going into her office.
"That's fine. Any new messages today?"
"Just your meeting at 1pm for the new potential client. They wanted to make sure it was still happening. Of course, I told them yes, since you give 24-hour notices if you cannot make it." Mary replies quickly so Regina doesn't feel held up. Regina nods at her and walks into her office. She sees the letter and opens it:
Regina, this is my number, text me so I can pick you up tonight. See you later. -Robin
She takes her phone and saves his number but doesn't text right away. She places her phone down on her desk, putting her coat on the chair and sits down. Ariel comes in, "Hey Regina, how are you? Wait, before you answer, the video needs a lot of work, when does it need to be done by?"
"I'm well. I'll have Mary Margret call them. I would think by Friday of next week." Regina responds giving her a quick look and looking back down at her laptop on her desk for an email they might have sent saying what time the video needs to be done. "Is that all?"
"Yeah. Thank you." Ariel leaves to work with the team on the video. Time flies and Regina didn't realize it was 12:32pm and she hasn't gone on Lunch. She gathers her laptop and the files that Gold gave her in the meeting for the new client. She rushes out and sees Mary Margret is back from lunch.
"Mary, may you please order me a salad from Granny's. I forgot to go on lunch and I have to set up for the meeting."
"Of course! The usual salad?"
"Yes, thank you! I owe you!" Regina exclaims rushing to the meeting room to clean up and set her paper work in order. The meeting finishes in a little less than an hour, thank goodness she chugged a bottle of water, or her stomach would have growled the whole meeting. The new client is Liam Jones, older brother of Killian that wanted to start his own business. He wants to sell jewelry and wants to have Gold's Enterprise as an advertising team. "Thank you for your time, I will go over what you have supplied me, and I will make sure to get back to you on Tuesday." They shake hands and she then escorts them out to the elevator.
"Hope to talk soon." Liam says before the door closes.
"How did it go?" Mary Margret asks, following Regina to her office with her food.
"It went well. He is just starting out, so he wants our team to help him build his business. Which is fine. I think our team is good at what we do." Regina answers as she sits and scooches herself in holding her hands out for her food.
"That's good. And I'm glad you think our team is good. They like hearing that time to time you know." Mary Margret goes to leave.
"mmm." Regina noises out, placing her hand over her mouth for she already stuffed it with salad, Mary Margret turns around, "Want to sit and talk with me for my lunch? After, I think we can all go home. Its been a long week."
"Sure." Mary Margret takes a seat in front of Regina's desk talking to her and keeping her company. Regina can sometimes get annoyed with how happy and hopeful this woman is, but they are good friends as well. She helps Regina see the bigger picture sometimes and to not be so evil all the time. Regina needs that sometimes or would literally be considered the Evil Queen, and no one would want to work for her. It hits 2:10pm when she finishes her lunch and talking to Mary Margret.
"Okay, I think its time we all go home." Regina gets up to throw away her trash going back to put her coat on. "Should you lock up, or should I?"
"I got it Regina. Thank you for the talk."
"It was nice to sit and chat." Regina states as they walk to the doors and Regina closes it behind her. Her team is all sitting on the couches looking tired, but still working on everything they were tasked. She stands at the end of the couches. "I think it is time we call it a day. You can all go home. Also, I was informed that they would like for the video to be done by Wednesday to air it Friday." They all sigh in relief, get up, and leave. Before Regina heads to the elevator she takes her phone out of her pocket and texts Robin:
108 Mifflin Street. See you at 7:30. – Regina
She smiles as she puts her phone back in her pocket. "Have a great weekend Mary." She heads home to get ready. Reaching her door, she reaches into her pocket to look at her phone. There were two texts, one from Robin and one from Graham. She opens Graham first:
Hey, hope you had a great day. I'll always be here for you.
She responds quickly with Thanks and leaves it at that. Graham caught feelings when Regina was just lonely after Daniel left. She felt bad for the feelings weren't the same toward him. Plus, it was only twice, and it was when they had a little too much and she felt lonely. She opens Robin's text:
I saw you let your team leave early. I'm still stuck here with Zelena and her team. I prefer your floor.
She couldn't help but giggle at the simple fact that many people who walk through Gold's Enterprise who have a friendly demeanor would much rather be on Regina's team. She has always wondered where Zelena even found her team. They were great at getting their tasks done though. She replies:
Many people say that.
She heads upstairs and hops in the shower. Walking out with her towel on, hair blow-dried, and heads to the closet to pick an outfit. Picking an outfit out for a date is hard when you haven't been on one more than a year and all you have is work clothes. Looking through her dresses, she decided on a blue zipper dress. It zips in the back. But there is a zipper on the side, and a leg slit that looks like its meant to be zipped. She puts it on and moves side to side in front of the mirror to see how it hugs her curves. She chose black strappy sandal heels. Looking at the time and she realizes its only 6:00pm. She heads to do her makeup and finish putting lotion on her face. Taking time to do makeup, it was 7:06pm Regina headed downstairs putting on her heels, and getting the last touches on was making her nervous as she stares at herself putting earrings on. There is a knock on the door. Opening the door its Robin in a blue tuxedo. Seems like they both thought blue was the way to go tonight.
"You look stunning milady!" He utters looking her full outfit up and down. She feels her face grow warm and moves her hair behind her ear, taking in his forest smell.
"Thank you. You look quite amazing yourself. You clean up well." Pointing at him and motions to step inside while she gets her clutch bag and coat. They head out to his green Kia Sportage, and drive to the restaurant making small talk about work. "What was so bad about Zelena's team?"
"They all have a manner of 'It better be done, or we will turn you into flying monkeys' something along those lines. Just rough." He says as they both start laughing. When they reach the restaurant, it's packed and very lit up. Regina looks upon it in amazement. Parking took a while for everything seemed to be full. They had a bit of a walk, Robin hops out the car first to be able to open the door for Regina.
"Thank you." Regina says as she holds his hand to step out the car. "Your vehicle is nice."
"My parents gave it to me my last year of Uni." Robin states as he grabs Regina's hand to wrap it around his arm while walking to the restaurant. When they sit down they are greeted and asked if they will be having drinks, they order red wine. Regina looks over the menu licking her lips while Robin gazes at her.
"What are you getting?" She asks as she looks up at him. He beams a smile at her and answers saying the burger with a side of fries, "I love Granny's, but I will give this place a chance to show me what they got." She winks at him placing the menu down.
"Alright Regina. I told you about some of my love life, what about yours?" He asks placing his hands one over the other leaning forward intrigued on what she has to say.
"There isn't much to say, I got engaged, but it didn't work out and I've been alone since." The waiter comes with their wine and takes their order.
"Well, something must have happened for the engagement to be cut off. Do you mind explaining what happened?"
"Everything was good, but, one-day Daniel… just changed."
"Daniel?"
"Yeah, he used to work as another member at Gold's Enterprise with Zelena and I. But after everything that happened Gold removed him. I don't quite know what he is up to now." Taking a sip of her wine then placing it back down. She can't seem to get the image of Daniel out of her head now. She buried her past for a reason and doesn't rather care to bring it up now.
"What about Graham?" Robin quickly asks before she can utter out a word.
"Oh, that's nothing. He simply has feelings, but the feelings aren't mutual." Shrugging her shoulders clasping her hands together on the edge of the table waiting for him to ask more questions. Their waiter come with the food and they sit in silence while eating. Regina's mother taught her to be a queen a bit more refined than to talk with her mouth full. They would stop every now and then talking about childhood memories like the way Regina protected a cat and got attacked by a dog that she got the scar on her face as a battle wound. Robin talked about the time he was playing with Will Scarlet climbing trees and fell knocking the wind out of him. "So, Will Scarlet is a good friend of yours?"
"One of the best mates I have. I room with him actually." He exclaims wiping his mouth from the burger grease. The waiter comes over and takes the plates asking if they would like desert. "What ever the lovely lady wants."
"Oh no, I am full. But thank you." Regina says playing the napkin on the table as the waiter leaves and returns with the check, "When ever you guys are ready." Regina moves to take the check, but Robin grabs it faster than she thought. Almost like a thief. They head out and walk back to the car.
"Hold on. It's the weekend. May I take you for a stroll?" He asked as she stands there looking at the time on her phone. He steps closer in front of her. "hmm? What do you say?" He places his hands on her waist, while she smiles facing down biting her lip.
"Sure, we can kill some time." They walk around the town under the lights, bodies close together, her hand wrapped in his arm getting close to him, for she was getting a little chilly, but it might have been from her getting tired. They get back to the car and Robin opens the door for her, "I can open it on my own."
"A simple thank you would suffice." He shoots back smirking at her while he closes the door. The drive home is listening to music and letting the time pass by. He parks the car by the gates to her house. "I'll walk you up." Before she can argue he is already out the car and waiting for her to get out the car. They walk slowly up. They reach the door and suddenly turn to face each other. "I had a wonderful time tonight. I hope we can do this again some time."
"I hope so too." They lean closer and stare into each other's eyes. "Well, I think it's time for you to go, and bed time for me."
"Will I see you tomorrow?" He asks holding back the urge to push her hair behind her ear to look at her stunning face.
"Come over for dinner. Do you like lasagna?"
"I love lasagna."
"Till tomorrow." She says smiling looking at his smile that grows with those simple words of an invitation to her place. She goes to turn to unlock her house door when she felt a hand cup her face and lips placed on hers. She broke the kiss quickly. They looked upon each other mouths open in shock. He knew he took a leap of faith, but it was something he wanted to do the moment he laid eyes on her. Regina couldn't help but let her mind take over, she threw herself to kiss him again. Their tongues exploring each other's mouths. They let out hums of approval. She smiles into the kiss. He can't see it, but he can feel it. They break the kiss pressing their foreheads against each other and smile.
"Good night Regina. See you tomorrow." He starts to walk away slowly lowering his hand down her arm, till their hands touch and he is walking away. Regina gets into her home and closes the door behind her. She proceeds to take her feels off while leaning on the door. Touching her lips she cannot help but smile. She couldn't believe she is finding herself happy again. She gets ready for bed taking off her makeup and lays down. Checking her phone before going to bed to see that there is a text from Robin.
Is there a chance I can come over for breakfast? Say, around 9?
Regina can't help but shake her head while smiling.
Sure. Good night Robin
She puts her phone to charge, facing down on her night stand and drifts off to sleep.
