a/n: a nice long chapter for you lovelies! also I just realised I should probably mention the fact I'm Australian and our education system is hella different to everybody else. In this story' Story Brooke College' is kinda like a high school? so kids from the age of 11 to 18 attend it! I went to a College like this when I lived in Australia so I'M SUPER SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION.
PS sexual references in this chapter, weow.
Enjoy ;) ;) Emma xo (ant1ers. tumblr. com)
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"…And that's basically the French Revolution in a nutshell," I cleared my throat and turned the classroom lights back on. My students glared as their sensitive eyes became accustomed to the florescent light. I had quickly made a PowerPoint on Napoleon, just to fill in this extraordinarily short lesson. There was a slow clap from the doorway and Regina was leaning against the frame, watching me,
"Very good Ms Swan," she chimed as I grabbed all my things together from the teacher's desk. I sighed and dismissed my class as the bell rung loudly.
"Don't forget your homework; you'll get the wrath of not only Ms Blanchard but also me,"
"Ms Blanchard wouldn't hurt a fly Miss," one of the boys grumbled.
"Oh I've seen the way she attacks her salad in the staffroom, I beg to differ," I grinned as the boy laughed. Regina waltzed over, rested her hands on the edge of the desk and pushed out her chest. The boy wished Regina and I a good day and Regina bit her lips as her eyes grazed over my body. You know, I wasn't really going to tell Regina to stop it because it was definitely an ego burst of epic proportions. I think Regina knew that too because I flicked the ends of my messy hair over my shoulder and wiped the board down for Mary Margaret.
"So Ms Swan, you have been here a week so far, how are you liking things?"
I scrubbed a particularly annoying spot of marker in the bottom corner and furrowed my eyebrows, "Ruby wasn't lying. This place is a breeze to work in," I dropped the duster and leaned against the board, crossing my arms and ankles.
Regina was clearly suppressing a disgusted facial expression and cleared her throat, "Ruby, as in Ruby Lucas," she pulled a pencil from the mesh tin on the desk and fiddled with it,
"Yep, that's the one," I raised my chin slightly. Ruby and I had become quite close and even though Regina was the hottest thing walking around this school, I was not going to let her badmouth Ruby.
"Hmm, what else did she say?" Regina stuck the pencil back and lifted her eyes to mine.
"That…that, uh," I was totally tongue tied. I mean, I'm pretty sure Regina was looking at me with lust. Like, is that even possible? No, stop it. Oh my God, "That um, the Head Mistress was a total babe".
Did I really just say that? Oh boy, yes I did. Go me. I might as well start packing up my desk in the staffroom now. But Regina lowered her head and chuckled.
"Oh, she is quite the dear isn't she?" Regina ran her tongue over her bottom lip.
"Well, she wasn't kidding,"
Where the actual hell was this sudden burst of courage coming from? Had someone slipped bourbon into my coffee this morning? Good grief.
Regina's head shot up and she stared wide eyed at me. Yep, I'm definitely fired.
"I beg your pardon,"
"I mean, Ruby wasn't lying. You are quite beautiful,"
"I, uh," Regina lowered her head as a blush crept up her neck and pinked her cheeks, "thank you Ms Swan. As are you,"
Whoa, what? This is supremely excellent development, holy good Lord.
"Thanks," I grinned widely at her and brushed her shoulder as I went to leave.
"On the contrary of what you've heard, Emma, I am not seeing Ms Lucas,"
I froze. Why the hell would she bring that up? Did she want something from me or simply telling me that because I am Ruby's friend?
"The other day, my son saw you with Ruby," I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. I didn't want to turn around and face her; I felt stronger not looking into her brown eyes.
"That was a simple misunderstanding Ms Swan,"
"How could my son misinterpret a kiss, Ms Mills?"
"I was simply relaying information into Ruby's ear,"
"Oh," I turned around and face Regina. I felt kind of stupid. But maybe Henry was seeing things because he was so damn into Ruby Lucas.
"But," Regina raised a single finger at me, "Henry was not mistaken. Yes, I have kissed Ruby but we were both quite drunk at an end of year staff party. Rumours flew and they still are still quite flying, Ms Swan,"
Hell yeah, this school had end of year staff parties with alcohol. I wonder if I will be invited to the next one. I guess if I get onto Regina's good side, I might be.
Like, who wouldn't want to see a very drunk, flirty Ms Mills? I mean what. No, she kissed Ruby, damn it.
"Ah, okay," I smiled weakly and clutched my books tighter to my chest, "why did you tell me that?"
"I don't want you to get the wrong impression of me,"
"And why does that matter to you, if I get the wrong impression? I mean, I won't be here long," I ushered Regina out the classroom, pulled my lanyard over my head and jammed the key in to lock it.
"I care about you Emma,"
I rolled my eyes, "Really? Like, I've been here a week Regina and suddenly you care about me?"
Regina was taken slightly aback by my rude statement,
"Some staff tickle my fancy, like you, dear," She winked but then deadpanned as a pair of heels clicked down the hallway behind me, "others however, do not," Regina glared at the arriving teacher.
"Ah, I see you've locked the classroom, Emma," Mary Margaret's voice sung behind me. I raised my eyebrows at Regina and she rolled her eyes. For a Principal, she was sure as hell childish.
"Good day Ms Blanchard," Regina snipped and averted her gaze back to me, "remember what I told you Ms Swan, keep it in mind," Regina placed a soft hand on my shoulder and I had to double check she didn't set me alight from her touch. She stalked off down the corridor towards the staffroom.
Mary Margaret and I watched Regina turn the corner and Mary sighed loudly,
"That woman's been angry with me since I arrived. I try to be friends but she just shuts me out and runs to Kathryn,"
"Kathryn?"
"Kathryn Midas the Maths teacher. They were inseparable when Regina used to be in the Maths department, but Regina got put up to Head Mistress and they still gossip like teenagers,"
"I think that's my son Maths teacher, blonde woman right?"
"Yep," Mary Margaret unlocked the door and quickly ducked in, grabbing some files from the drawer in the desk, "okay, I'm back. Sorry. I've got some spare time; did you want to catch some lunch with me?"
"Yeah sure, I've got twenty minutes before the next class," I glanced at my watch and Mary Margaret beamed at me.
"…and then David put the Mentos into the Coke and it shot him right in the face!" Mary Margaret covered her mouth as she giggled at the memory. I smiled and pushed my leftover spaghetti around in its container.
"Hey, you okay?" Mary put a hand on mine and I gasped.
"Yeah, no, yeah I'm fine! Sorry, I'm in another world today," I twirled my fork and crammed some spaghetti ungracefully into my mouth. I smiled again and a single piece of pasta fell from my clenched teeth,
"Charming," Regina raised a single eyebrow at me as she entered the staffroom.
"Shit, Regina, sorry," I slurped the loose strand back into my mouth and wiped my lips with the back of my hand. Of course Regina was here and saw it. Mary looked down into her salad and stifled a laugh. I glared at the pixie haired woman as Regina turned her back to us and pressed a pink flyer to the staff corkboard. I took this glorious moment to check out her arse and Mary Margaret stabbed me in the hand with her fork,
"Ow! Hey, what was that for?" I pressed my sore hand to my lips and frowned at Mary. She just shrugged and flicked her eyes over to Regina,
"Completely childish you two," Regina flashed us a smile over her shoulder and stuck a few thumbtacks into the flyer.
"It's all Emma, I swear," Mary piped up.
"You know, I'm really starting to question this friendship Mary Margaret," I nudged her slightly. Regina scoffed loudly and Mary Margaret coughed to dismiss Regina's disapproval, "so, what's that?" I licked the sauce off my fork and dug around for another sizable scoop.
"School Disco," Regina sighed as she pressed the last thumbtack and stepped back to admire her work. I was surprised. Regina didn't seem like the Principal who'd hold cool things like that.
"Sweet," I chirped but Mary Margaret scrunched up her nose like there was a bad smell around, "When is it?"
"Two weeks from now. I need some staff volunteers to help out," I looked eagerly to Mary Margaret and she exhaled quietly,
"Fine,"
"Uh, Regina, Mary Margaret and I will join,"
"Excellent," Regina jotted down our names on list attached to the bottom of the flyer. Our names weren't the only ones on there, "we're going to have a good-sized team this year,"
"Who else is doing it?" Mary asked as she finished the last of her lunch. Regina eyed her suspiciously and ran her pen down the list,
"You, Emma, myself, Ruby Lucas, Astrid Nova, Kathryn Midas and David Nolan so far,"
Mary Margaret perked up considerably at the last name mentioned. Meanwhile, I was hyperventilating over the fact Regina was going to be there. Regina.
"Sounds like an excellent bunch. I wonder why Henry's never told me about these," I mused aloud as I followed suit and shoved the last bit of spaghetti into my mouth.
"I'm sure Mr Swan will enlighten you when you go home this afternoon. After all, I did tell Ms Lucas to announce it to her class," Regina smirked knowingly. I blushed for Henry's sake,
"Oh, okay,"
Mary Margaret's eyes flashed between Regina and I, "I don't understand, wait, why is Henry apart of this?"
Regina took a step back and leaned her hands against the stiff back of my chair; her knuckles brushing my jacket. Oh man, I just wanted to rip this damn jacket off and throw myself backwards against her. Her hands would be so soft and I wonder if she's the 'explore-the-skin-over-clothes' or 'under-clothes' kind of gal.
"Henry may or may not have a crush on Ruby," I mumbled. Mary giggled,
"Oh that's just too cute. No doubt he's not the only one. You sure have a knack for hiring attractive teachers, eh Regina?"
I glared at Mary Margaret as Regina laughed quietly, "that I do. Considering one of the finest looking ones are seated right in this chair,"
Oh no she didn't, Regina did not just say that. Mary's blue eyes widened at me as I lowered my head in embarrassment. Sweet Jesus, Regina is going to kill me. How I am even supposed to respond to that? What would a normal, rational person do in this situation? Actually wait; no normal person would be stuck in this situation because it's humanly impossible.
Regina leaned over and her breast scraped my ear; her breasts, her glorious boobs that were separated from me by just two layers of cloth. I watched her dip two fingers into the leftover sauce of my lunch and bring it up to her mouth.
No, no if she sucks on them, I am a dead woman.
Of course she sucks on them, good grief. I almost groaned out loud as I crossed my legs tightly, her tongue licking the last bit of sauce.
"Mm, quite delicious Ms Swan. I might need you to cook for me one night," She winked and left the room, leaving Mary Margaret and myself open-mouthed.
"What the actual hell just happened?" Mary fumed as I stared at my container, scrutinising the marks Regina had left in the sauce.
"Your guess is good as mine, Blanchard," I squeezed my eyes shut and the image of Regina licking the sauce off her fingers flashed up.
"Did she seriously just lick the sauce from her fingers like that? What the hell is she trying to pull?"
"I don't know man, but it was hot,"
How the hell am I teacher? I seriously need a filter on my mouth. Mary sighed and stood up angrily,
"Like I said to you a few nights ago at Parent-Teacher, each to their own," She busied herself with sorting out her papers for her next lesson, "thank you for joining me for lunch Emma, I'm sure we'll do it again sometime without that little interruption from Regina," Mary spat our boss's name out like it was poison.
"Yeah, sorry about that," I apologised and slammed the lid down on my empty spaghetti container. Mary smiled softly and left the staffroom in a flash.
Like Regina had stated, Henry had rushed home that evening and told me he was going to the school disco. He had no need to look for lifts because I would be attending too. He didn't seem too happy about that.
Anyway, it had been three days since that little incident and Regina was no less subtle as the days wore on. She had an unbelievable knack for turning up when I was bent over or licking some kind of substance off of a piece of silverware. But then again, she had caught me red handed on multiple occasions staring at her boobs or butt, and would quickly ask if I saw something I liked. Hell yeah I saw something I liked but I was not going to admit that. I confined this juicy gossip to Ruby and Ruby only.
"Seriously man, you shouldn't worry about it" Ruby caught a stray tennis ball and threw it back to the group of students. We stood around on lunch duty, making sure the kids didn't destroy the area underneath the Science block.
"Yeah, but this is Regina. What happens if she fires me if I don't do the… you know, 'do' with her?"
Ruby snorted, "God Emma, do the 'do'? What are you, four? Nah she won't. She's super chilled about it. I think you should ride it out and see where it leads you,"
She blasted a toothy grin at a passing group of boys, who all blushed brightly.
"I love doing that," she muttered.
"Doing what?" I glanced over to the Arts teacher and eyed her suspiciously,
"Make the boys blush, it's so much fun. Total ego boost,"
I raised my eyebrows at her, "they're children Ruby. Anyway, they're probably off to the toilets now to wank…"
"Don't go there," Ruby glared at me but I just laughed, "Anyway, do you even like Regina?"
I choked a little bit. Oh God, here we go; twenty questions.
"Sort of, I guess. I mean, I'd totally bang her if that's what you're implying,"
"I'd definitely recommend a bang from her," Ruby winked and picked up a lone hat sitting on the cement.
"Wait, you've banged her?" I gasped. Regina didn't disclose that little snippet of information.
"Nah, I've heard stories though. Totally worth the game she plays with you for like two months before hand," She spun the hat on her fingertips.
"What game?" I snatched the hat from her hands and looked at the label; the hat was owned by D Crawly.
"The game she's got you in now!" Ruby stated. I almost fainted right there. So this was all a game? Like a massive super stretched out version of foreplay? "Oh come on Emma, like you haven't noticed. Mary told me about the sauce thing the other day and Regina totally checks you out like a lion to prey,"
"Oh boy," This was not happening. Regina was interested in me? "But I thought you and her…" I trailed off, shoving the hat back into Ruby's hands.
"Me and Regina," Ruby laughed, "Oh man, that was one time. We got super drunk at a staff party and kissed. Nothing too crazy darling,"
"Oh," I breathed a sigh of relief,
"Plus, everybody knows she likes blondes. Why do you think we have so many at this school?" She pinched a lock of my blonde hair from my shoulder and waggled in front of my nose, "come on Captain Obvious,"
I snorted, "Fine, okay. So Regina likes me, now what?"
The bell rung loudly and the students cleared out slowly. We followed the path down to the staffroom. We both had spare time this afternoon.
"Totally abuse it," She pushed open the staffroom door, smiled at Ms Nova who was leaving, and plopped herself down in a chair.
"Or embrace it?" I suggested as I pulled a red apple from the staff fridge.
"You're not suggesting to start a relationship are you Ms Swan?" Ruby scoffed. I winced at the words. I'm pretty sure Regina wouldn't pick me when she had other suitors lining up eagerly. I was a contract teacher; she could probably get someone with more money. I shrugged my shoulders and closed the fridge door with a swing of my hip, "if that happens, I wouldn't stop it,"
"Right, well," Ruby traced the knots of wood in the table as I sat down next to her, "maybe we should initiate something then?"
"We," I asked. This apple was no longer as appetizing as it was thirty seconds ago.
"Yeah why not, I mean you are a contract teacher and if this doesn't work out, you just change schools, simple," Ruby shrugged like it was the easiest plan in the world.
"And she said if I was in her good books, I might get a permanent position here," I mumbled as I rotated the apple in my hand. Ruby's eyes lit up,
"Dude that's awesome! See? More reason to try this out,"
"But when and how would I start something?"
Ruby's eyes flicked up to the School Disco poster on the corkboard.
"At the Disco,"
"Serious? The Disco, come on Ruby!" I whined. That was stupid. The horny fifteen year olds would be trying to get with other equally horny fifteen year olds. There was no way I was going to try and get with Regina when that was happening.
"It'll be interesting. I mean, we could get her a little drunk?" She waggled her eyebrows at me, "eh, Swan? Drunken Regina is a bit fun".
"We can't get the Principal drunk at a school event," I huffed as I crossed my arms.
"What? We've all done it before," Ruby admitted, "How else do you think we survive the night?"
"Oh my God," I rolled my eyes. She rested reassuring hands on my knees,
"Just a little bit of wine, just to loosen the inhibitions," she winked. I sighed dejectedly and Ruby slapped me on the knee, "come on Swan, it'll be fun. You, me and old Mills, but minus the fact that Mills knows,"
There was no way I was getting out of this alive. Ruby's eyes burned into mine and all I could do was accept under that ferocious glare.
"About time this school hired another party animal," she stood up and ruffled my hair. I swatted away her hand and she laughed.
"I'm not a party animal,"
"Of course you're not Swan,"
a/n: *fist pump* fuck yeah who's keen for a slightly drunk very, very slutty Regina Mills later on in the story? whoop whoop.