AN: Hello! I just want to give a trigger warning before you read this chapter. It contains mention of sexual assault, abuse, and alcoholism. If these themes are difficult for you please feel free to message me and I can send you a modified chapter or a chapter summary. Other than that happy reading!
Chapter 5:
Emma had been trying to make up an excuse to talk to Regina at school for the past two weeks. It only resulted in smiling or waving at her across the hall. She'd never really noticed how busy the brunette was; she seemed to jump from class to class and from activity to activity, there was no stopping her. Which is exactly why she had had to convince Ruby to throw a party while her grandma was away for a baking convention this weekend. The whole cheer squad would be invited so Regina would have to be there.
On Thursday she got lucky catching Regina at her locker between classes. Emma sauntered over and leaned against the locker beside hers. When Regina noticed her she tried to hide the smile that broke across her face but the blonde noticed it.
"Will I be seeing you at Ruby's tomorrow?" Emma asked all cool, calm, and collected. She waited nervously for the brunette's answer.
"Perhaps," Regina enunciated every syllable drawing the blonde's eyes to her lips. She knew how to play this game. Emma was wrapped around her finger, and they both knew it. Regina shut her locker and walk off to her next class leaving Emma to watch her disappear into the crowd of people.
She could not wait for tomorrow. This was her shot with Regina. The Regina Mills. Emma could hardly believe that this magnificent girl was giving her the time of day.
Regina held up two different dresses. She found herself wondering which one Emma would like better or which one was easier to undo. Finally deciding on the form fitting black one, Regina tried to calm her nerves. She had been looking forward to another party for weeks. She needed to see Emma again. Regina got worried that maybe it was all in her head. Maybe Emma wasn't as great as she thought, maybe she'd glorified her and her friends were right, she's nothing more than a lazy stoner. She quickly tossed that thought from mind. Her friends were judgmental pricks and Emma was more than that.
She put in a pair of earrings and gave herself a quick once over. Her phone lit up with a new message from Katherine, Here. Giving herself a brief mental pep talk, she walked down the stairs to leave.
Her father was sitting in their living room, as she passed by him he shouted, "Have fun and be safe!"
Regina smiled and responded over her shoulder, "Will do, bye!"
It took less than a minute for Regina to spot Emma at the party.
Another few minutes for Emma to invite the brunette downstairs.
In less than five minutes they were finally alone, and that had almost been too long for Regina.
They fall into the similar pattern of Emma offering Regina some weed, Regina accepting, Emma packing her bowl and helping her smoke it. Expect this time Regina feels it more. She's faced with the sudden realization that she hasn't been with anyone since Daniel. But Emma is so different. She opens Regina's eyes to the world, a world Regina had been forbidden to see, and she loved it.
"What are you thinking about?" Emma asked, noticing the way Regina seemed to be looking off in the distance.
They sat side by side on the couch. Emma had placed her arm around Regina. The brunette cuddle in closer as she answered, "Just about how we're from different worlds" Emma hummed in response. "Almost like Romeo and Juliet." she added.
"More like Romy and Juliet." The blonde joked.
"Yeah that too." Regina gave a throaty laugh. When her eyes met Emma's the lust in her eyes was palpable. She bit her lip turning on every fiber in Emma's body. Finally Emma leaned in and pressed lips to Regina's.
"Is this okay?" Emma asked looking deeply into Regina's eyes for the answer.
"It's more than okay." Regina placed her hand on the back of the blonde's head and pulled her in deepening the kiss.
Their kiss is perfect. Everything fits together just right. All thoughts of Daniel are out of Regina's mind. All she could think of was how incredible she felt in that moment. Emma was engulfed with the sweet scent of Regina's perfume. Their hands roamed their clothed bodies.
Emma placed a row of kisses along Regina's jaw line. "God you're so beautiful." she whispered in her ear. This caused Regina to pull their lips back together for a heated kiss. Regina nibbled on the blonde's lower lip inciting a moaned into her mouth.
Their kisses became incredibly more passionate and the heat between them became incredibly intense. Regina's hands began to play with the bottom of Emma's shirt, but before she was successful Emma drew away slightly.
"I think we should stop here." It took all of Emma's willpower to draw away, but she didn't want them to rush things. Regina pouted and began to undo the zipper on her dress. Emma reached out and held the hand Regina was using to undo the dress, "We should save that for another time when we're both not in this state."
Regina let of the cutest groan Emma had ever heard. "Why do you have to be such a gentleman?" Regina complained playfully.
"Gentlewoman." Emma corrected maintaining the playful air.
Regina grabbed her vodka soda from the table and held it out for the blonde, but Emma just shook her head and said, "I don't drink."
This took Regina by surprise. "So you smoke pot but alcohol is wrong." Her tone had a slight mocking to it but Emma didn't take offense.
"It's not that I think it's wrong, I just had some bad experiences and would rather not." Emma smiled awkwardly hoping that is would ease the tension she was feeling about this conversation.
"I see, you got hammered at a party, yuked everywhere and were super hung over the next day. Am I close?"
"Not really." Emma broke eye contact, she stared down at her shoes. Regina looked at her silently. The silence was eerie, but Regina dared not interrupt it, she waited for Emma to continue.
When Emma looked back up she saw the kindness in Regina's eye compelling her to share her story so the brunette could help her. Emma brought her hand to scratch the back of her neck before she finally continued, "I had this foster father who drank a lot. When he was drunk he'd... well he would ...umm... apparently I looked like his late wife...and...yeah…so...uh..." Emma trailed off, her hand now rubbing the back of her neck for comfort.
Regina was completely taken aback by her story and she couldn't bear to hear what Emma was telling her. She put down her drink, now completely disgusted by it. She placed her hand on top of Emma's free hand that was lying on the couch and softly said, "I'm so sorry."
Emma calmed at the touch. The tension in her body lessened as she turned her hand and ran her thumb along Regina's. "It's not your fault." She attempted a smile to comfort the brunette and it worked.
Regina reached up and began to stroke Emma's cheek. The blonde leaned into the touch.
"Bad thing shouldn't happen to good people." Regina said just above a whisper. Her mind wandered momentarily to the scars she knew she had on her back.
"But they do, and all we can do is try to survive it." Emma response was sincere and strong. She'd come so far in her life and Regina could see her strength. Her words were not only for herself but for Regina as well. Emma had recognized the scars on the brunette's back when Regina had tried to undo her dress. Emma didn't want to pry but she wanted Regina to know that she was there for her. Regina could read all that kindness and strength in the emerald eyes in front of her.
The connection between them was so intense. Emma had no idea how she knew but she knew she could trust Regina. There was just something about her and the way Regina was looking at her now proved that she was right. The brunette held nothing but kindness and admiration in her eyes. Emma continued to stare into them, seeming to get lost. Neither of them knew how long they had sat in this comfortable silence.
Just then a reminder went off on Regina's phone.
Calculus test this Friday! Study!
Regina groaned not so internally and then immediately tried to correct herself by adding a quick "Sorry."
Emma still held the brunette's hand in hers. She squeeze her tentatively and asked, "What is it?"
Regina tried to shake it off, "Oh it's nothing, just a reminder about the calc test I will be failing this Friday?"
"I don't think you'll fail."
"Oh I will trust me."
"How could you fail when you've got a willing tutor sitting in front of you?" Emma wore a cocky grin that brightened Regina's spirits immediately.
This caught Regina by surprise once again. She'd known Emma was in her class but that was about the only associate she had with her and school. Smoking and academics didn't seem to mix well.
"You understand what's going on in that class?"
"Yeah," the blonde smirked, "it may come as a shock but I have skills beyond rolling a joint. And math just so happens to be one of my strongest." The way Emma shrugged casual made Regina melt. There was nothing this girl couldn't do and no way she could stop being so attractive to her.
"Maybe I'll have to take you up on that offer."
"Maybe you will." Emma smiled at her and for once in her life Regina was thankful that she didn't understand a lick of calculus.