a/n: okay so I'm so sorry about the late update but I had a whole heap of shit go on. So, in a nutshell, what went from a family holiday turned into me moving countries and I'm now living back at home in Australia. Oh well. Also, I have some bad slash good news; first part is that I will be ending this fic soon (not really really really soon, but soonish...I guess) and the second part is that I have about three new fics I am going to start. I will definitely put all the suggestions I have been messaged for this particular fic into use before I end the story. I have read them all and even though I may not have acknowledged you, I APOLOGISE AND I WILL USE THEM.
Happy reading!
Emma x (ant1ers. tumblr. com)
Regina had me by the metaphorical balls because it's been a good solid week and a bit since her birthday and we hadn't even touched. I mean, we've kissed but nothing more than a peck because God knows I'd have my hands down her pants the moment there was no other co-workers or Henry in sight. Good thing Regina had a knack for turning up when the staffroom was mega packed or it was that five minutes between classes where the school explodes into havoc of students running around.
I had somehow scored some spare time this afternoon so I took it upon me to try and actually mark the ever growing pile of essays that I had tried to unsuccessfully palm off to Mary Margaret. I hadn't touched Regina in a week and damn, that was like forever in 'my' time. I recrossed my legs to control the urge to touch myself. Suddenly my mind exploded with images of Regina on her knees underneath my desk and I had to stifle a moan. Holy fuck, this was not okay. I glanced at my watch then at the classroom door; it was mid-lesson and there was no classes either side of this room. Maybe…
When it came to anything sex oriented, I was ready to go in a matter of seconds so I locked the door, pulled the blinds shut and sat down on one of the desks. I practically wiped drool off my mouth as I unbuckled my trousers and stuck my hand straight down in between my underpants and bare skin.
Regina's eyes… her tongue… her fingers… the way her hair tickled my thighs… her damn tongue… heels… skirt… open shirt… oh. It didn't take me long. I threw my head back as there was a soft knock on the door. Oh shit. I slipped off the desk ungracefully and tugged my jeans up as I tried to smooth my hair down.
I spotted a flash of shoulder length brunette hair and sighed in relief. Thank god that hair wasn't a pixie cut or I'd be screwed. I left myself a little dishevelled and my trousers unbuckled as I answered the door.
"…Afternoon my little princess,"
Her face was priceless as I stood there, leaning against the frame with my clearly rumpled outfit.
"Ms Swan," Regina's eyes travelled up and down my body, "were you… were you," she leaned forward, her eyes ablaze, "touching yourself?"
"What would you do if I said yes?"
Regina glanced down at my hands, her eyes flicking between the two. I took the initiative to lift my still slightly wet right hand to her lips. Regina's eyes didn't leave mine as she wrapped her tongue around my fingers. She groaned as she tasted me and I pulled her into room. Maybe our dry sex spell was about to be up and I grinned sheepishly as Regina kissed up and down my neck. I locked the door again, praying that Mary Margaret didn't come in.
I grabbed her tiny wrists and pinned them up above her head, completely ignoring the selection of papers in between her fingers.
"Enough…" she hissed but I didn't listen. I captured her lips in mine and nipped the skin just behind her ear. That usually had her weak at the knees but apparently that wasn't the case today.
"I said, enough dear,"
My darling girlfriend twisted herself out of my grasp and sauntered off to my desk leaving me breathing deep and fixing my trousers. Somehow I had lost my restraint and Regina welded it in her super smooth, super tiny hands. Regina sighed and leaned over my desk, glaring at the stack of pink papers like they had killed her mother.
"Well, that was, um, delightful," I wrapped my arms around her waist and bent down to kiss her on the cheek just as her head shot up to greet me. My open mouth and sharp teeth collided with the tip of her nose and Regina made the same noise a mouse would make if you disturbed it mid-snacking on cheese.
"Oh shit, sorry, I mean, oh god," I grimaced as Regina rubbed the nub of her nose. I did spot mild tooth marks. I let her go immediately,
"If you wanted to spice up our kissing, can you maybe let me know before you go ahead and bite my nose?"
I gulped before the woman broke out in the biggest grin I'd ever seen her sport. She reached out hooked her finger around my chin and pulled me down into a kiss that was rather soft yet passionate and I totally wanted like another ten minutes of that type of kissing.
"Now, the reason I wanted you here…" she motioned to the pink form in front of her, lying on the desk and I made a face that looked like someone had shoved a jar of pickles into my mouth. And for the record, I don't like pickles.
"It's not that bad…"
My face was still contorted when she kissed the side of my mouth,
"I don't like forms," I whined,
"I know you don't dear, but you don't have to sign anything; I just need your…professional opinion,"
"You came to me only for a professional opinion…really?" I flopped down into one of the plastic chairs and huffed as Regina sorted her papers.
"Well, clearly I missed the show of a lifetime, but yes…you are a teacher, are you not?"
"Well, yeah, but,"
"And it's your profession, right?"
"Well, duh,"
Regina frowned at me, "then I don't see why you have a problem with it dear,"
"There are teachers here who have been here longer than me and have a more, I don't know, reliable opinion,"
"That might be true Emma, but no other of my staff know Maine Falls High School like you do,"
"I…wait what?" What the hell was Regina playing at? Why did she bring up the school I used to work at? "Maine Falls High?"
"Yes," She tapped the papers and laid them down flat on the desk, running the palm of her hand over them to smooth out any wrinkles.
"I'm hiring some more staff and I happen to have one woman who exceeds all my requirements and it so happens she's from Maine Falls High School,"
I eyed the form in front of her closely. Oh shit, it was a definite 'request for transfer' form with a big fat red 'transfer accepted' stamp in the corner. I squirmed uncomfortably in my seat. Not many of the staff at Maine Falls liked me. It was your standard high school but with one little twist; completely and utterly religious and ran by a crazy Christian nut job. Not that I had anything against Christians, it's just… they made me feel very unwelcome with my, well, life choices, per say.
I think Regina noticed my preoccupancy because she reached forward and scooped my hand into hers. She rubbed it soothingly. But the disgusting memories of the old school had me feeling ever so slightly bitter so instinctively, I yanked my hand out of hers. Regina looked dumbstruck and confused with what to do with her hands so she just clasped them together awkwardly and cleared her throat.
"What's her name?" I asked, chewing the inside of my cheek. The Principal blinked once,
"She, um, has a bizarre name; it's almost up there with Astrid Nova's…"
"Regina…" I picked at the plastic, "tell me," I had inkling with who it was; there was only one lady who had a weirder name than Astrid's.
"Her name is…her name is Blue Superior,"
It felt like I had been hit with a train. The hatred I had for that stupid named woman exploded up into my mouth and spewed out in the shape of abusive words.
"You hired Blue?!" I seethed. I'm pretty sure my nails had ripped through the hard plastic material of Regina's school chairs and the woman nodded woodenly.
"You fucking hired Blue Superior? Are you joking? Is this some kind of sick joke?" I stood up abruptly and ran my fingers through my hair. I felt the flash backs flicker through my mind like a sick movie. The woman ruined my life and almost ruined my career because she couldn't handle the fact I was gay. She was more religious than the damn Principal of Maine Falls. For months, after it became public knowledge that I preferred lasses over lads, I received anonymous hate in the forms of letters, emails and even written in the dust of my car windshield. It was all from her. Blue even made her students make a point of talking about how 'unnatural' homosexuality was in all my classes. The woman didn't just want my fired; she wanted to ruin everything I held dear.
I half expected Regina to apologise for her mistake but she simply shrugged, "I feel that is a definite no towards Blue from you,"
I spun around and Regina was simply jotting away some notes on her form, "is she a good teacher?"
"Is she…is she a good teacher?" I fumed, "Regina, she ruined my life! You can't hire her,"
"Says who?" Regina steeled. I immediately spotted the evil Principal persona and not the soft woman who made my son ice cream and who kissed me when I had nightmares.
"Says me," I stalked closer the woman who, even though I loved a tonne, I really wanted to punch right in the face, "or, oh wait," I bared my teeth at her as Regina simply lifted an eyebrow at me, "you put your job, your career, in front of anything and everything you love!" I screeched, "The woman made death threats to me; she turned my students, my own students against me because what I am…" I pointed myself really hard in the chest but it didn't matter, I needed to get this through to the woman, "because of whom I am,"
I felt the tears prick the back of my eyes as Regina softened immediately. I don't think she realised the profound affect Superior had on me.
"She practically waged a war against me and I was losing, okay? Blue had every other teacher wrapped around her damn claws and they had me thrown out," I choked, "I may have said that it was an end of contract and I may have been happy about it, but I was only happy because I would leave that hell hole,"
I think the people who called Regina 'ice cold' were definitely correct because she went from ice cold bitch to melting into a puddle of teary goo.
"Emma, I…I had no idea, I'm so, so sorry," Regina practically threw herself over the desk and wrapped her thin arms around my middle. I couldn't breathe, not from the fact that Regina was attempting to crush me in a bear hug but from the fact that I had told someone the truth. I pried her off me and she crumpled into herself. Regina hugged her own stomach and I just spun on my heel and ripped the door open,
"I just…I just need to figure my head out…I need to figure out if I'm still willing to accept your offer of a full time position if I am working beside Blue Bitch," I slammed the door shut and bee lined towards the car park.
My head was spinning. Everything was spinning. My life had been thrown upside down because Regina had already approved the transfer and for fuck sake, what was I supposed to do? I tore apart my car's glove box for the small packet of cigarettes I kept for emergencies like this. Bingo. How was I supposed to work efficiently when that crazy bitch was going to be here, breathing down my neck? I threw the car door shut with my cigarettes and a lighter in hand. Fuck this. I ripped a little white stick from the box and stuck it into my mouth.
"Emma…Emma!"
Oh great, Mary Margaret. The History teacher grabbed my shoulder as I lit the cigarette and stormed out the grounds.
"What happened?"
"Regina hired a teacher from my old school who ruined my life; that's what happened," I sucked at the cigarette like my life depended on it. Mary Margaret scrunched her nose up at the smell but didn't comment.
"I'm sure she didn't know…" Ms Blanchard awkwardly tugged at her necklace,
"But she knew the woman was from Maine Falls. God Superior is such a bitch," I shook my head as I tapped the ash off, "oh; Ms Superior is the bitch of a teacher Regina's hired,"
"Ah…is that her real last name or?"
"Yep,"
"Oh,"
"I mean, I barely survived under Superior's care, what makes you think I'd be able to stand that torture again?" I growled. Mary Margaret softened,
"Because you have me and Ruby, and most importantly, you have Regina…the big boss. Plus, everyone seems to like you here so," Mary Margaret shrugged her shoulders as I smiled meekly,
"Thanks M,"
"No worries…Emm," She grinned as I nudged her in the arm for her stupid joke.
"Regina is the boss and you and I both know she's protective as hell over what she loves; she will protect you, I promise," Mary Margaret rubbed my shoulder affectionately, "well, we promise,"
First thing's first, I had to apologise to Regina but when I went on a walk around the school to try and locate the Principal she was nowhere to be found. I sussed out Malory and turns out Regina left abruptly, apparently with tear streaked cheeks and a look that Malory couldn't figure out if it was lust or anger. I had no classes for the rest of the day so I decided to text Henry saying to catch the bus home and I drove out to Regina's mansion, hoping I'd spot her damn Mercedes, but it wasn't there. Shit. I pulled into her driveway and dialled her number. It rung out on loudspeaker and Regina answered after nine rings.
"Emma, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you…"
"Shush," Regina did so immediately, "I'm not angry at you; I just needed to clear my head. I understand that I have no control over who you do and do not hire, and it was stupid of me to think I could persuade you out of doing something that was clearly going to benefit the school,"
She was silent, a little too silent.
"Regina?"
"Yeah," her voice was thick,
"…Where are you?"
"I'm…I'm home,"
I furrowed my eyebrows and stared up at the desolate mansion.
"Regina, I'm parked outside your house…you're not here,"
"That's not home dear, that's just an empty house,"
"Then where's…?" It clicked, "oh, I'll be home in a jiffy,"
"Okay…and Emma?"
"Yes?"
"I love you,"
I gulped as I reversed out her driveway and headed down the main road towards my own home, knowing full well that that is where I would find Regina. She had so often preferred to come to my house instead of us over hers.
"I love you too," I ended the call and sped back down towards my road where I spotted a black Mercedes Benz parked in its usual spot next to the letter box.
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a/n: spiced shit up by adding Blue, yay. But I'm not too fond of this chapter but hey, what can you do.