Chapter 2

Great pre-calculus again, Regina thought with a sigh. This was the gist of her thought process this whole week every time the bell rang for fourth period. The first week back had sucked. Her classes sucked and her classmates sucked. She was the queen bee in a school of idiots. As she entered the classroom she saw the usual grouping of boring people. Regina took her usual seat and awaited the arrival of her desk partner. Two people in the seat in front of hers sat closer to one another as they talked about things that were a little too personal for a public. Regina just sat down quietly behind them so that her presence would not be registered and she could listen to their conversation.

"Jack, my period is super late." Milah's face was scrunched up in worry. It took almost all of Regina's willpower not to laugh at the pathetic girl.

"It'll come soon don't worry," Jacqueline, Milah's friend, was only half paying attention to her friend as she stared intently into her make up mirror applying her mascara. "Wait, Milah, when did you last sleep with Killian?" Jack, finally catching Milah's drift, looked up at her friend with the same horror struck expression.

"Exactly" Milah huffed through her teeth.

The conversation was broken up when Regina's seat partner had finally joined them.

Jack immediately perked up and turned to face him, she batted her eyelashes and greeted the blonde, "Hi James." Regina did not miss the way she puffed out her chest in James' direction and judging by the way he was staring, James didn't miss it either. This was how most of the cheerleaders and basically the whole female population greeted their star quarterback.

A smugly confident smile on his lips he answered, "Hey Jack, Milah, Regina." He nodded hello to each of them and took his seat beside Regina. "Are you all coming to my party tonight?" He asked casually.

The two girls nodded eagerly and returned back to their rather hilarious conversation in Regina's opinion.

Leave it to the Nolan's to have a party the first week back at school. They were famous for having the best most outrageous parties. Parties bored Regina to tears. All the people there were so annoying. She used to just go as a way to see Daniel and now that he was gone her party going motivation was gone. She could admit that she missed he him but she knew it was the right call long distance was torture for the both of them.

James stared at Regina expectantly. She had been so lost in thought, she had never answered his question. So she nodded and unconvincingly said, "Of course I'll be there. There's nowhere else I'd rather be."

"Oh don't be so bitter Gina, maybe you'll find a qualified Daniel replacement." James wiggled his eyebrows and winked at her. Regina's face scrunched in disgust, she would never stoop low enough to hook up with the filth of a human that is James Nolan. She started to pull out her notebook in an attempt to end this conversation with James. Luckily he seemed to get the message.

Emma sat a few seats away from the group observing the whole situation. She laughed at Regina's obvious disgust with James. It was good to know that she wasn't the only one to find him completely revolting.

Her phone vibrated in her pocket and she checked it. It was a message from Ruby.

First party is tonight, I'll be picking you up at 10 in an Uber.

Emma waited a moment before answering. She thought back to the overheard conversation and she realized that Regina had said that she was going to be there. Maybe she would have to go to this party after all.

Regina stood in the Nolan's living room. In front of her Adam and Killian were engaged in a heated beer pong game. They were obviously fighting over something else. And it didn't take a genius to see that. Regina didn't really care for their petty drama unless she could get something out of it. She felt a bit out of place here so she just casually sipped her Smirnoff.

"I don't think I've seen you around here," the blonde appeared behind Regina. Emma was trying to keep up an aloof persona and she could see by the curiosity in Regina's that it was working. They stood very close to one another mostly due to the mass of people surrounding them but neither one of them would complain. The blonde held a Coors bottle in her hand that was almost full.

"That's because I'm not usually around here." Regina motioned to this exact spot. It was the truth being in the crowd wasn't Regina's place. When she came to these parties, she and Daniel would always sneak out somewhere to be alone. She had thought that maybe this party would be different. But looking at the girl in front of her she thought maybe it wouldn't be. She was intrigued by the way this other girl held herself, it was a contagious kind of confidence.

The blonde smiled at the stunning brunette in front of her. She'd played this game before. Step one was figure out if the girl was gay. From the way the brunette was basically undressing her with her eyes, she decided that the odds were in her favor. This was enough encouragement for Emma to try her luck. She knew she couldn't mess this up, it was probably the only chance she would get to speak to this beautiful girl. So she mustered all her confidence and said, "So how about we leave here." She copied Regina's hand motion from earlier.

Regina let out a slight giggle at the blonde's obvious mockery. Emma's confidence grew as the angelic sound reached her ears. She had to take her time with this girl, because she was too majestic to lose. Lucky for Emma, Regina nodded and let Emma lead her out of the crowd towards the Nolan's second floor balcony.