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"Where have you been, child? Where's Emma?" Granny removes her glasses as Ruby strolls through the doors of the restaurant near closing time.

"Emma had to take off, so I made an executive decision and took her home," Ruby shrugs and Granny's face twists into a frown. Ruby elaborates further, "Something came up"

"You should have at least let me know," Granny scolds.

"I'm sorry Granny. I just assumed it would be okay"

Ruby walks behind the counter and begins to help with closing procedures. I'm still worried about Emma and Regina. From the looks of Regina's mom storming out like that things are not okay. Emma and Regina are perfect for each other. Just the looks they give each other. My god! They do not deserve to be torn apart. Is there anything more I can do? If they're staying in that hotel then they must be having trouble finding a space for themselves. An idea pops into her head.

"Granny, is there still open space above the restaurant?" Ruby inquires.

"Yes, dear. Why do you ask?" she raises a single eyebrow in confusion.

"I think Emma and her girlfriend need a place to stay, but I'm not a hundred percent sure. Would you be interested in renting it out?" the brunette asks hopefully.

Granny takes a moment to contemplate. "If that is the case then I think that could be arranged. Emma is a good kid"

Ruby throws her arms around the older woman, "Thanks Granny. I think that will really help them out".


"Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz," the alarm on Emma's phone sounds loudly startling the two women awake. Emma quickly turns off the alarm and looks over at the very hungover brunette.

Regina slowly lifts her head as she still lays on her stomach. Oh my god, my head is pounding. What happened? Why don't I have a shirt on? Emma's actually still here? This is so embarrassing. She slams her head back down on the pillow as nausea builds. She groans.

Emma giggles and gently shakes the other woman as she pulls the covers over her head, "Babe, you have to get up. We have to check out of the room in an hour and then we have to go print out this paper and then class is this afternoon"

Oh my god, I shouldn't have drank like that last night. I feel awful. I should know better, but my mother drives me absolutely insane. I can't believe all of this.

She pulls the covers off her head revealing her face again. The sun beaming in from the windows burns her eyes.

"I'm so sorry about last night. I can't believe you're seeing me like this," she blushes and hides her face in the pillow.

"It's okay. You look beautiful," she grins and the brunette lifts her head again. She laughs, slapping the blonde's leg.

After a moment Emma frowns and looks down at her feet, "I'm so sorry for causing all this trouble".

Regina sits up and moves next to the blonde. Ow, my head. She gently takes Emma's chin and turns her head so their eyes can meet, "Emma, I love you. My mother is not going to deter me from being with you. If she truly means that she won't support me any longer then she is the one missing out. It may be more difficult, but we will figure it out"

Emma smiles and kisses the brunette's forehead, "Okay babe. Let's start getting ready"

She assumes the best in me. They get off the bed and begin to get ready for the day. I guess she doesn't remember what I told her mom from last night. Regina starts to heave and rushes to the restroom. I should bring it up, but now is not a good time.

"Babe, are you okay?" the blonde knocks on the restroom door.

She has a massive hangover and we're in a huge rush. Definitely later.


Emma and Regina walk to their class together hand in hand that afternoon.

"Babe, do you still need those?" Emma jokes gesturing to the brunette's over sized, retro sunglasses.

Regina smirks playfully, "I'll answer that how you would: fuck you"

Emma bursts out laughing. She's so fucking cute. Regina removes her sunglasses as they enter the building. They enter their classroom and sit down next to Ruby and Belle.

"Aw, you guys are so cute together!" Belle comments with a smile.

Emma and Regina simultaneously blush, "Thanks, Belle"

"Oh, hey, wait up after class. I have some good news for you guys," Ruby grins.

"Will do!" Emma responds.

The professor soon walks into the room and announces, "Hello class, please pass up your assignments. I should have them back to you soon"

Regina pulls their paper out of her bag and passes it up to Ruby who then passes it to the professor.

"Alright, today we'll be going over…"


Class finally ends and the group meets outside the classroom.

"Hey, I noticed that you guys were at a hotel yesterday, so I thought maybe you might need a place to stay," Ruby begins.

Emma glances between Ruby and Belle who are standing opposite of she and Regina, "Oh, Rubes, there's no way we're going to put you guys out"

Ruby shakes her head and elaborates, "No, not with us silly! We only have a one bedroom as it is," she giggles and puts an arm around Belle, "I mean Granny has a living space above the restaurant. She is looking to rent it out and I mentioned you guys to her"

Emma seems frozen in shock at the good news, so Regina speaks up, "Oh, wow. Yes, I would love to look at it. My mother seemed pretty serious about kicking me out," the brunette frowns.

"I'm so sorry to hear that. Emma took a hell of a smack from her at the restaurant yesterday," Ruby discloses.

Regina's eyes widen in shock. She turns to Emma, "My mother hit you?" Tears threaten her eyes because of the news. I can't believe she would do that to Emma. I'm absolutely mortified! Why didn't she tell me? Come to think of it she never told me much about last night. Or at least I don't remember it.

Emma's eyes squint as she fumbles, "Oh, uh, yeah".

"Why didn't you tell me?" a hurt expression flashes across her face.

"Oh, I mean…I'm so sorry. Can we talk about it later?" Emma stammers her offer.

Regina glares, but eventually states, "Okay, dear," she puts her faith in the blonde.

Ruby and Belle have been looking back and forth between each other and the other two women throughout their side bar conversation. I hope I didn't cause them any trouble, Ruby thinks.

"So do you guys want to head over now? Granny won't mind"

Emma looks to Regina and the brunette nods in agreement. Emma responds, "Yeah, sounds good. We'll meet you there"

Emma and Regina head back to the Benz in the parking garage.

"Hey, you don't need me to drive again, do you?" Emma jokes.

"No, dear, that will not be necessary. Thanks for not killing us by the way," the brunette banters back, but in the back of her mind she feels upset that Emma wasn't telling her the full truth about her interaction with her mother.

Regina and Emma hop into the Benz and drive off. Emma directs Regina to the restaurant.


"Hey guys! Took you long enough!" Ruby ribs the couple as they walk through the door.

"Very funny, Rubes. We didn't take that long," Emma defends them.

Granny exits the kitchen to meet the other new prospective tenant of her upstairs room.

She strides over and extends a hand to Regina, "Hi, you must be Regina. I've been dying to meet the woman keeping Emma so busy recently"

Regina blushes and shakes Granny's hand, "Yes, thank you so much for offering the room to us. We really appreciate it"

"It's not a problem, child. Ruby can take you upstairs to show you around"

Ruby takes charge of the group, "Okay, this way," she leads them into the kitchen and into a door in the corner that contains a set of stairs. They walk up a moderate amount of stairs where they reach a small, dimly lit hallway. The scents from the kitchen are still detectable even on the second floor. A door presumably containing the spare living space is just a few feet on the right. Ruby unlocks the door for them and steps aside letting Emma and Regina step in first.

Well, it could be worse. Regina looks around the room hesitantly. She doesn't realize it, but it is quite similar to Emma's dorm room. Just with a lot less concrete brick walls and a separately defined bed room. The front, large living room has a similar open layout with a small kitchen just steps away. There's also a small single bathroom. Several storage boxes are stacked in the corner. It seems like this has become a space for their extra belongings. She notices cobwebs in the ceiling fan and in other corners of the room. I guess no one has lived here for quite some time. There's a door to the left leading into a bedroom that already has a queen sized bed and a small, old box television. They gather back in the living room.

"So what do you think?" Ruby pipes up after a moment.

Regina answers, "It's not bad. It just needs a few touch ups, but everything seems acceptable"

Emma nods in agreement. Shit, this is actually better than the dorm. No complaints here.

"Awesome! Granny says that since Emma is working here and, of course, you're a family friend we can discount the rent to just $300 a month. Utilities separate though".

"Wow, thank you so much! I really can't thank you enough," Emma brings Ruby into a bear hug.

Regina places a supporting hand on the blonde's back, "Yes, thank you so much, Ruby".

"Come on, Regina, group hug!" Ruby opens an arm to bring Regina into the embrace as well.

They walk down the stairs and meet Granny in the dining area again.

"Looks like we have a deal, Granny," Ruby announces.

"Wonderful. I'm glad we could come up with a solution for you ladies," she gestures to Ruby, "We'll try to remove the extra storage boxes soon and you can start moving things in this weekend"

"Okay. Thank you so much again!" Regina smiles brightly.

"Yes, thank you!" Emma echoes.