Hi! So it has been a while since I wrote the first chapter of this and I don't know why I never got around to writing the second, I think it was probably something to do with the smut police and what I had planned for this chapter. But plans change and now this doesn't even have any! I'm saving that for the next one I think ;) I hope you enjoy!
Italics = Flashbacks
Normal text = Present Day
Regina sat on his couch with her head resting on his lap as she read out loud from the book in her hand, his hands were running through her hair and this had become their thing, she would venture over to his place on an evening and they would just relax together. They'd been on multiple dates after that first meeting and the coffee date that followed it; their favourite thing to do was just lounge around Robin's apartment reading together.
Regina came to the end of the chapter and placed it down on the coffee table before sitting up and looking at him, "you've been quiet tonight," she stated, cupping his cheek gently. She didn't have much time before school started up, the Christmas break was nearly over and that meant that she would have little time to spend with Robin and a lot of time to spend studying.
"Yeah, I'm sorry, I was just thinking about stuff."
"What kind of stuff, you can tell me," she whispered, moving to sit on his lap and wrap her arms around his neck. They had been together for a month and she was feeling more and more comfortable with him, she was even beginning to think that she might be ready for them to go all the way, he hadn't pressurised her into anything, hadn't even brought up the fact that they hadn't had sex yet, he knew she was a virgin and said that it was up to her when they decided to do anything.
"I got a call this morning and I got a new job."
"What?! That's brilliant news!" she laughed, pressing kisses to his face before pulling back and leaning her forehead against his, "congratulations."
"I'll be working weekdays, but I'll have the weekends free, so we'll still be able to hang out."
"That's great," she smiled, "in fact it's pretty perfect because from next week I won't be able to meet during the week anyway," Regina stated as she leant in to kiss him, "why do you seem nervous?" she asked, furrowing her eyebrows as she stroked his cheek gently.
"It's my first proper job since I graduated college, so I guess I just don't want to mess anything up," he confessed, his hands rubbing over her hips and up to her waist before back to her hips again.
"You won't mess anything up, I just know that you will be able to do whatever you put your mind to, you are good at everything," she chuckled, kissing him softly and nudging his nose with her own, "we should celebrate your new job. What do you want to do?"
"What I want to do is cuddle up in bed and have you read to me some more," he grinned, playing with her hair as he held her tightly before standing from the couch with her still straddling his waist. She let out a playful squeal as she buried her head against his should and he grabbed the book from the counter, passing it to her before moving them into the bedroom and placing her on the bed.
The music was dying down and people were beginning to leave the hall, it was time for everyone to go home, Prom was over, which meant that the after parties were just starting. Regina came out of the bathroom and saw her friends huddled together by the door, she could tell that some of them were already drunk, something probably caused by the alcohol Killian had brought along.
Regina didn't really know what to do now, she glanced over to Robin who was talking to one of the teacher's stood clearing away the buffet table. Swallowing heavily, she made her way over to him, "Mr Locksley," she smiled, seeing him turn to look at her, grinning before he could stop himself.
"Regina, I hope you had a pleasant evening," he replied politely.
"I did thank you," she nodded, "I just wanted to thank you for helping out and thank you too Mrs Nolan," she smiled at the older lady who had just got rid of the last of the paper plates that had been scattered around.
"Well that is very nice of you," Ruth Nolan nodded squeezing Regina's arm lightly, "are you not going to one of the after parties? I think David said that he would be going to one that Kathryn Midas is throwing; she's your friend, isn't she?"
"Kat, yeah, that's where I'm going, I just thought I'd say thank you first," she smiled.
"You're a sweet girl Regina," the woman smiled before moving to find some more things to clear away elsewhere.
As soon as the other teacher was out of sight, Regina turned to look at Robin, biting her bottom lip nervously as he stepped towards her. His hand went into his pocket and he pulled something out before taking her hand and slipping whatever it was into her palm, closing her fingers around it. "What's this?" she asked before she looked and realised exactly what it was. Car keys.
"I shouldn't be too long, but I don't want you standing around outside waiting, it isn't safe," he stated under his breath as he cast her a little lopsided grin. "You know which one it is."
"I do," she confirmed, "I'll be waiting," Regina whispered before heading over to her friends and squeezing Kathryn's arm as she rested her head against her shoulder. "Hey," she murmured as her friend turned to look at her.
"Will you be okay?" she questioned, taking her hands gently, "I guess what I mean is… I hope you have a good night and don't do anything that you'll regret."
"I promise you that I will not regret anything," Regina smiled as she hugged her friend, "I love him so much Kat and I want to be with him," she squeezed her lightly before pulling back. "I hope you have a great night too, don't miss me too much at your party," she grinned, "love you."
"Love you too! Have fun and relax, if you tense up it'll hurt more," Kathryn laughed, "also, lube up."
"Seriously?" Regina's eyes widened a little bit, she hadn't even thought about that, but seemingly she should have. What if it hurt and she could have avoided it by using lube, "do you think I'll need lube?"
"Maybe, I dunno how wet you get."
"Kathryn! I can't believe you just said that!"
"Sorry babe, I just want to make sure that you're okay," the blonde winked as she nudged her playfully, "we're off to mine now, so good luck with the fucking."
"Shut up," Regina rolled her eyes as she followed her friends outside, "he's picking me up here, so I'll see you tomorrow." Regina waved to her friends as they climbed into the cars waiting to pick them up, once they were gone she turned to the car park and weaved through the cars looking out for Robin's, once she found it she unlocked it and slipped into the passenger seat, noticing a letter on the dash board with her name scrawled across the front.
Tucking her hair behind her ears she leant forward and picked up the envelope, glancing around her she discreetly opened it and took out the card that was inside, her eyes scanned over the words before she quickly put it back in the envelop and placed it back on the dashboard as though she hadn't even touched it, not that it mattered because she had a feeling that he had forgotten about it and that he had supposed to have given it to her earlier. She smiled as she flicked on the music, seeing the words Regina's playlist flicker across the screen, she found it adorable that any time she told him she liked a song he would add it to the playlist he made for her whenever she went in his car.
Regina looked out of the windscreen, she hoped he wasn't too long because she didn't know how much longer she could control her nerves for. She took her phone out of her clutch and checked her messages, seeing several from her friends wishing her luck for that night, she chuckled and replied to them all. Before she knew it, Robin was opening the driver's side and sliding into his seat and turning to smile at her, "hey, are you okay?" he asked, reaching over for her hand and squeezing it lightly.
"Yeah, I'm excited, but nervous," she stated, smiling at him and leaning over to press a kiss to his cheek, "is everything cleaned up in there?"
"No, I snuck out," he grinned before shaking his head, "yeah, Mrs Mills excused me from clean up duty."
"You mean my mom," Regina chuckled, watching as he started the car.
"That's still weird," he groaned.
"Hmm, well, you would insist on dating the principle's daughter."
"I think it was a mutual decision," Robin laughed as they drove down the mostly abandoned road, heading towards his apartment, "I'm pretty sure that the principle's daughter is just as into me as I am her, I like to think so anyway," he winked as he stopped at the traffic lights.
"You think right," she grinned as she played with her hands in her lap, "I saw the envelop on the dashboard," she stated, gesturing to the card that she had put back where she found it.
"Oh shit, I forgot, that was for you, but I was meaning to give it to you earlier."
"I figured," she chuckled.
"You already opened it didn't you," he shook his head as he chuckled at her.
"Of course, do you think I can see an envelope addressed to me and not open it? I couldn't resist. It was cute, thank you," she quipped, taking it in her hands and running her fingers over his writing, "and yes, I did enjoy my last night as a virgin," she giggled.
"I'm glad that made you laugh," he smirked as he pulled up into his car parking space and shut off the car, "you ready to go inside?"
She nodded smiling at him shyly as she tucked his card into her clutch and slipped out of the car, taking his hand as they made their way inside.
She flung her wardrobe open and rifled through all the clothes she had tucked inside, trying to find some suitable clothes. Rolling her eyes, she grabbed a pair of her skinny jeans before looking for her pale blue woollen jumper, when she couldn't find it she shimmied into her jeans and pulled on her dressing gown. "Mom!" she yelled, hurrying out of her room, she was already running late and she really wanted to wear that sweater.
"Regina stop yelling," Leopold scolded. Regina simply mocked him and rolled her eyes as she watched him walk down the stairs, god how she hated that man, he might be her step father, but that didn't mean he could boss her around and act all high and mighty as though he had any control over her. He wasn't her dad, he had no say on what she could and couldn't do.
"Mom!"
"Regina?" Cora sighed, coming out of the bathroom having just finished her makeup, "why aren't you ready for school, we need to be setting off in ten minutes."
"I wanted to wear my blue sweater, but it isn't in my closet, I just wondered if you'd seen it." Regina watched as a somewhat awkward expression played on her mother's face, "what?"
"Good morning Regina," Mary Margaret smiled as she came out of her room, wearing the exact jumper Regina had been searching for.
"You have got to be kidding me," Regina groaned, not a chance was her preppy teenage step sister wearing her clothes, she couldn't remember giving her permission to take something from her closet, "you do know that you're wearing my sweater right?"
"Oh is this yours?"
"Urm, yeah it's mine, I thought you would recognise if it was yours or not, do you remember buying it? Because I bloody do and I want to wear it today."
"Oh, well, mommy said it was okay."
"Are you fucking serious? Mommy?" Regina laughed shaking her head, "you mean my mom? Well, I don't care if she said you could wear it, it's my jumper and I want it back, so."
"There isn't any need to be mean about it and you certainly don't need to swear."
"I do when you're stealing my sweater!" she yelled, she was beginning to get more ad more annoyed, the audacity of it was insane, how did she think that it was okay to just wear something that didn't belong to her. "Give it back."
"I really wanted to wear it today, it goes with my outfit, Regina please let me wear it, I'll give it back later."
"I don't care if it goes with your outfit, find another jumper."
"No."
"Yes," Regina gritted her teeth.
"I want to wear it and Cora said it was okay."
"Well it isn't okay, stop being a spoilt selfish brat and give me it back! You know that it's mine and you can't just take things that don't belong to you just because you like them, that's not how life works."
"You can have it tonight."
"That's it, I gave you a chance," with that Regina lunged at her, grabbing the hem of the sweater and trying to yank it upwards, only for the other woman to scream loudly, "give me my jumper!"
"No!" she squealed as she tried to push her away, but she wasn't very successful as Regina managed to get it over her head before pulling it over her arms and seeing the button up white shirt she'd paired it with.
"Thanks," she smiled sweetly, hearing Leopold and Cora rushing up the stairs. Regina grinned at them as she walked into her room, hearing Mary Margaret crying on the landing as she pulled her sweater over her head and looked in the mirror checking herself out, it look better on her anyway, at least she didn't look square in it. She flicked her hair a little and topped up her lipstick a little, hearing her step father outside calling her a poisonous girl, saying she was evil, it just made her laugh because he truly didn't have a clue, he was blind to the fact his daughter was a spoilt little brat who thought she could always have her own way.
Regina grabbed her bag and snuck out of her room, hearing Leopold yelling at her from behind her, "you are a selfish poisonous girl!" he shouted. She simply ignored him and carried on walking, pulling her boots on and opting for her winter coat, "I don't understand why you find it so hard to share with your sister."
"For one she's not my sister, two she would have stretched it out and three, it wouldn't have been sharing because she wouldn't have given it me back. So, would you just get off my back for the rest of the time I'm living here please because I cannot wait to be out of this hell hole." With that she stormed out of the house and leant against her mother's car, waiting for her to come outside and give her yet another lecture before driving them to school.
"Not another word until we are in the car," Cora stated as they both climbed in. Regina awkwardly looked down at the dashboard feeling slightly guilty about her behaviour, she probably shouldn't have reacted the way she did, but she wanted there to be boundaries, she wanted her own space and her own things, what she didn't want was her step sister stealing her stuff and not even asking first. "What on earth were you thinking?"
"I was thinking that I wanted my sweater back and she was wearing it without my permission. I don't understand why she thought it would be alright."
"She asked me and I said that it was fine."
"But it was mine, she should have asked me first."
"Regina, stop acting like a spoilt brat," Cora scoffed, "you know you need to get along with Mary Margaret."
"Why should I even try with her? She's ridiculous and Leopold is horrid to me! He doesn't show me any respect and to him that girl is perfect, but she isn't, she's the spoilt brat taking things that aren't hers!"
"Regina you need to try, we can't afford to do anything that might risk…"
"Leopold trading you in for a younger model? That you would lose your money source and have to sacrifice your designer clothes?" Regina huffed, she knew her mother wasn't in love with Leopold, she was only with him because of his money. Suddenly the car slammed to a halt and her mother shot her a furious look which had Regina recoiling towards the door as though being within a certain radius of the older woman would burn her. She had a feeling that she may have pushed her too far this time, but she had been so angry she just hadn't thought, she said it without even considering what she was saying. "I'm sorry," she whispered, "I didn't mean that."
"We both know that you did Regina so don't pretend with me, you knew what you were saying and you meant every word. Now I think you might want to walk to school."
Regina shook her head and silently opened the car door, "I am really sorry mom."
"Think about the things you've said to me and who puts the designer clothes on your own back, meet me at my office after school," Cora stated as Regina shut the door and she drove off leaving her alone on the sidewalk. Regina watched as she drove off and sighed, it wasn't as though she had particularly far to walk to school, but that didn't make it any less embarrassing. She took her phone out of her pocket and sent a text to Robin. Good luck with your new job, thinking of you today. xxx
She swiped at her eyes before tucking her phone back into her pocket, only for a car to start driving slowly beside her, it was still pretty dark outside, so she was a little freaked out by it and sped up. She noticed the window of the car roll down and finally realised who it was, "need a lift somewhere your majesty?" he asked, flashing her a cheeky smile.
"What are you doing here?! You scared me," she chuckled, resting against the window and leaning inside, reaching out to touch his face gently. "I just messaged you."
"I was driving so I didn't get it," he shrugged, "so, do you want a lift?"
"I'll be fine walking," she shrugged. She hadn't exactly told Robin the full truth, he knew her age and that she was in education, but she didn't clarify which level of education she was in, a part of her didn't want him to know that she was still in High School, she was quite happy for him to think that she was in her first year of college, it wasn't as though it had come up anyway. He was four years older than her, she knew she looked older than she was and acted more mature than many of the other people in her class. She was nearly out of school anyways, so what did it matter? It wasn't as though she was underage, she was eighteen, she could do as she pleased.
"It's dark out."
"I know," she smiled, "I'm a grown woman," she laughed opening the door and moving into the passenger seat so that she could lean across and place a kiss on his lips, "I wouldn't want you to be late on your first day in your new job," she rubbed his cheek lovingly.
"Hmm, well I think I would rather that than something happen to my girlfriend because I allowed her to walk alone in the dark."
"Babe, trust me, nothing will happen to me. I'll be there in five minutes anyway and this is hardly a dangerous neighbourhood."
"Well, if you insist on being stubborn," he winked, "at least text me when you get wherever you're going."
"Aww, are you worried about me?" she teased playfully.
"Yes," Robin chuckled kissing her again before gently running his fingers through her hair, "are you coming around tonight?"
"Hopefully," she bit down on her bottom lip as she slipped out of the car and closed the door, leaning against the window once again, "I'll see if I can get out of the house, I had an argument with my mother this morning, so I'm not sure if she'll let me."
"Let you? You're a grown woman Gina, she can't tell you what you can and can't do."
"Oh, she can if I want to carry on living under her roof," she rolled her eyes, Leopold had threatened to kick her out more than once, not that he had any say, it wasn't even his house, her father bought that house and lost it when her mother filed for divorce and took everything from him. He lived in Boston now and she hardly got to see him at all, something which was the cause of many rows between her and her mother. Cora pushed him away, she married Leopold and it broke his heart to see another man move into his house and play father to his daughter and husband to his wife.
"Well, you know you're always welcome at my place," he grinned, glancing at the time on the dashboard before shaking his head, "sorry babe, I better get going."
"Yes, you had," she nodded, "if I don't see you tonight I'll call you."
"Okay, bye."
"Bye."
"Be careful."
"Get going," she laughed.
"Don't get into odd cars or talk to strangers," he chuckled as he drove slowly beside her, "and don't pet a dog without asking its owner first, you don't know if it bites."
"Shut up!" she giggled, "you're going to be late."
"I'm going now, laters baby."
"I shouldn't have let you watch that film," she shook her head as she rolled her eyes at him.
"You love it," he winked before driving away. She watched after him and smiled, god she loved him already, she never thought that was possible, she had doubted that she would ever find anyone she liked as much as she liked him. How was it that less than five minutes in his presence could make her feel a million times better. She had gone from wallowing in self-pity, to smiling like a fool because of her soppy boyfriend.
She flung the stuff she wouldn't need into her locker and headed to the library to catch up on some of the studying she probably should have been doing whilst she was at Robin's. She flicked through the pages, reading the information for her English class and wishing that she had decided to read the poems with Robin instead of the book they had chosen, it would have been really helpful and she would have been ahead on her reading for the semester. Hopefully she could catch up in the extra time she had before class.
"English isn't until last lesson, why you reading it now weirdo," Emma chuckled as she perched on the edge of the desk Regina was sat at. They turned to see the librarian hush them, "sorry mom," Emma grinned as she took up the seat beside her friend, "you even beat the librarian, do you know what time my mom dragged me out of bed this morning to get me here?"
"I can guess," Regina grinned, "as for the English I want to be ahead, figured I would impress Mrs Mackenzie."
"Oooh! Didn't your mom tell you?"
"Tell me what?" Regina furrowed her eyebrows as she looked at the expression playing on the blonde's face, trying to work out what she was talking about before she filled her in on the apparent gossip, "she hasn't told me anything, so spill."
"Mrs Mackenzie left! She's getting a replacement, some guy."
"Oh," Regina sighed, she'd liked Mrs Mackenzie, she was one of her favourite teachers. "So, this guy, do we know anything about him?"
"Nope," Emma shook her head, "maybe we should go on a little explore, see if we can spot him before we end up in his class. He might be hot."
"Emma you're a…"
"I didn't mean for me, eww no, whatever he looks like, if he has a dick he certainly isn't my type. I meant for you."
"For me? Em, he's our teacher that would be weird."
"So, you're not allowed to find teachers hot? Damn, I broke that rule."
"Why who do you find hot?" Regina asked, having no idea as to what Emma would respond with, she wasn't really in the habit of checking out her tutors.
"That would be telling," Emma teased, only to be nearly knocked off her seat by Regina nudging her, "fine, it's your mom," she stated, fighting to keep a straight face.
Regina's eyes widened as she stared at her friend, "shut up you weirdo, you don't fancy my mother," she scoffed, "anyway, there is no point going to look for this new teacher when we'll see him in class anyway."
"Very true, let's hit the canteen instead, I would kill for a breakfast sandwich and doughnut right now."
"I suppose I could go for a coffee," Regina grinned as she picked up her bag from the floor and stuffed her books inside.
By the time last lesson rolled around the corridors were teeming with stories of how the new teacher was good lucking but strict, she rolled her eyes when she overhead one of the girls saying she would totally ride him, it was stupid, they were never going to actually stand a chance with him, he was their teacher.
Kathryn had her arm round Regina as they walked into the classroom, noticing that the new teacher clearly hadn't arrived yet, they took a desk next to one another on the second row back and Emma sat behind Regina. "So, before he gets here, predictions, hot or not?" Kat smirked.
"Probably hot if I was straight," Emma grinned as they both turned to look at Regina who was trying her best to stay out of it.
"Leave the poor man alone, I doubt he wants to be objectified by a bunch of horny teenagers," she scoffed as she got her books out and flicked to the page she had finished on earlier that day, "don't bring me into your silly games."
"Oh Gina you are such a party pooper, it's just a game."
"Well I don't think it's fun, it's just stupid and immature," she huffed as she tucked her hair behind her ear and wrote something in pencil in the margin of the book.
"Since when are you mature? I swear you changed over the holidays, did Santa not bring you any presents? Is that why you're being salty?" Emma chuckled as she nudged her playfully.
Regina furrowed her eyebrows, they were probably right about her having changed over the holidays, she knew that she probably would have played this game with them if it hadn't been for Robin, what was even the point in playing when she had her own hot boyfriend? She didn't feel the need to check out other guys, she wasn't a single woman anymore. "Sorry, I just don't feel like playing today," she stated.
"Urgh, boring," Kat teased before turning to the front of the class as Regina looked back at her book, "oh my fucking god, hot, Gina, he's fucking hot."
Regina shook her head, refusing to look up right away, he probably had too many people watching him already without her adding to the stress the poor man was feeling. She scribbled something in the back of her notebook, drawing a heart and writing hers and Robin's names inside, shading around the shape, making it stand out. Then she chanced a look up to the front of class and her eyes met piercing blues that were focused on her. She gasped out loud, a hand clapping over her mouth as she stood from her desk before running from the classroom to the nearest bathroom, hearing her friends call her name as she went.
She fell into a stall and closed her eyes, shaking her head as she slammed her hand against the wall of the cubicle, what the actual fuck was she going to do now? How was that actually possible? He couldn't be her teacher, he just couldn't, it didn't work, it couldn't work. She felt the tears begin to roll down her cheeks as she rubbed her hands over her face, she didn't even know why she was crying, maybe it was the fear of losing him, she had become so accustomed to having him around, but now the likelihood of what they had continuing was pretty low.
Regina sat in the bathroom just thinking for what seemed like the entire period before there was a knock on the door of her stall, she glanced at her watch seeing that in reality it had only been ten minutes. She wiped her eyes and cleared her throat, "hello?"
"Gina? You okay in there?" Kathryn asked, "the new teacher sent me to come find you, he seemed pretty worried. Why did you just run off?"
Taking a deep breath, she opened the door, seeing the concern etched onto her best friend's face as she looked at her, "sorry, I just felt really sick and didn't want to risk telling the teacher and just throwing up on him," she excused, hoping it sounded believable.
Kat nodded, reaching out and tucking her hair behind her ear, "are you okay? Is it a sickness bug? Or were you just nervous about the teacher?"
"I don't know Kat, I just felt terrible and needed to get out of there."
"Well the new teacher said to bring you back to class, but if you're sick you should go to the nurse, or to your mom."
"I'll be fine, it's passed now," she stated, lying, but it was better than telling her the truth. That her boyfriend just happened to be her new English teacher, Kat didn't even know she had a boyfriend and now it seemed that she might not ever know. Reluctantly she went along with her friend, with every step in the direction of the classroom she felt her chest constrict. Kathryn opened the door for her and urged her forward, she saw the whole class, including Robin, turn towards her.
She tried to read the expression on his face, she could see that he looked concerned if not scared, she moved back to her seat and buried her head in her hands as she heard him start talking, clearing going through one of the texts they were supposed to be going over. She couldn't concentrate though, not on anything but what was going to happen to them now.
Before she knew it, the bell went and everyone but her stood from their seats, "Gina you coming?"
"No, I think I might see if there is any extra reading I can get," she shrugged, watching her friend roll her eyes.
"Trust you to want extra work to do."
"What can I say," she chuckled as her friends left the classroom meaning it was only her and the teacher left inside. She looked down at her paper nervously as she heard him heave a heavy sigh. "Are you angry at me?" she whispered, twiddling her thumbs in her lap, this was the first-time things had ever been awkward around Robin and it didn't feel nice.
"What the hell are we going to do?" he asked, coming over to her and sitting in the chair beside hers, "shit, Regina, this is really bad."
"I know," she sighed, looking up at him and seeing the worried expression on his face.
"I can't believe you're still in high school," Robin groaned, burying his head in his hands.
"I'm sorry, I did tell you I was eighteen, I didn't think it would be such a big issue."
"Normally it wouldn't have been, but I'm your teacher now and that means…"
"You can't break up with me!" she burst, feeling her bottom lip tremble as she stared at him, her eyes started to burn with unshed tears, "please Robin, I need you in my life, I want you in my life," she cried.
"This is such a fucking mess," he huffed, "this was supposed to be a new start for me."
"Are you blaming me?!" Regina asked, gritting her teeth, how was it her fault that he was now her teacher? She didn't want that any more than he did and it wasn't as though she had lied to him, she told him her age and he was okay with it.
"No, Regina, I'm not blaming you, I just don't know what to do about this, I can't lose this job, my whole life is counting on it and if I get caught having a relationship with a student… that can't happen Regina."
"I'm not underage…"
"I know that, but it doesn't matter, I'm still your teacher, I'm in a position of power and if we were together that would be me abusing that position," he stated.
"Does that mean that you are breaking up with me?" she whispered, the idea of losing him hurt her so much, she wanted him and she wanted to be with him. She was almost certain that she had fallen in love with him, but she was just reluctant to tell him, she was scared of what he might say in response, but now she wished she'd told him sooner, that she had confessed her feelings before it came to this.
"I don't know," he sighed, "I don't want to break up with you, I want you in my life, I just don't think I can."
She didn't look at him as she bit down on the inside of her cheek and tried not to cry, it hurt so much to find someone you loved and then discover that you couldn't be with that person, it was heart wrenching. "But I don't want to lose you," Regina breathed as she traced the lines of the wood that made up the surface in front of her.
"I don't want to lose you either. Come to my place tonight, we need to talk about this."
Regina glanced up at him as she stood from her chair and picked her bag up off the floor, "I'll try," she nodded going to walk out the door but stopping halfway there and turning to run back and hug him tightly, burying her face against his chest as he hugged her in return, his face nuzzling into her hair.
She pulled back nervously and smiled shyly at him, "hopefully I will see you tonight," she could see him attempting to grin, but it came across as more of a grimace, not that she could blame him.
"Yes," she whispered, tucking her hair behind her ear before turning to the door and leaving for good this time. She just hoped that everything worked out, but right now she had to go see her mother and talk about what happened earlier that morning. She truly didn't think her life could get any more complicated.