"So did you write her up?" Ruby asked as she finally caught up to Robin.
"No, I haven't." Robin said shortly as he continued down the hall.
"It's been a week." Ruby complained while she continued to follow behind him."When are you going to do it? The sooner she gets out of my room the better." Robin sighed before turing to face her.
"Ruby, I'm not reporting her." Robin said clearly. "And it's not your room. You share it with three other people."
"It should be two other people." Ruby snapped. "Why aren't you doing your job?" Ruby asked with her hands on her hips. "She insulted me remember?"
"I did do my job. I talked to her about it and she told me that you were the one giving her a hard time. So since you two can't come to a consensus on the story, no one is being moved and I better not hear another word about it or I'll write both of you up."
"I'm not living with her and you are going to make sure of that unless you want to start looking for another job."
"Is that a threat?" Robin asked, getting in her space. Ruby swallowed heavily but held her ground.
"Just a suggestion." Ruby answered smartly.
"Let me explain something to you. Your grandmother may be the Dean, but you and I both know that you have no real power." Robin said, moving close enough to whisper in her ear. "And I heard that a certain someone is only here because her grandmother pulled some strings and if she doesn't stay out of trouble and keep her nose clean, she'll be going right back to the tiny town she came from. Now that doesn't seem like something you would want. So my suggestion to you is that you let me do my job and I won't inform your grandmother about the empty threats you've been making on her behalf." If looks could kill Robin would surly be dead but Ruby only stood there silently as Robin walked away.
"Are you sure you don't want to go out with us tonight?" Belle asked Regina as she grabbed her purse.
"Positive." Regina said, her nose still in her book. "But you two have fun."
"You just seem so down lately. We just thought you might like to have some fun." Emma said as she slid on her leather jacket.
"I'm really not a party person. Plus I still have a ton of math homework to do."
"You've been doing it for hours. I think you're entitled to a break." Belle reasoned.
"Listen, I really appreciate your invite but I'm just not interested okay?" Regina said trying her best not to sound harsh.
"Got it." Emma said, clearly taking the hint. "Let's go." She said to Belle and with that they both left the room to head to the first party of the year. Regina sighed in relief once they were finally gone. She took a breath and put her focus back on the math problems. Regina had been stuck on this one problem for what had seemed like forever. She only noticed how long it had been when she heard a knock at the door. She huffed as she got up to answer it. Her face tightened once she saw who it was.
"I'm just making rounds." Robin explained. "I'm checking in to make sure you girls don't need anything."
"Well no one is here but me and I don't require your services today." Regina said coldly. She was still mad at him.
"I didn't write you up you know." Robin said, stepping into the room and closing the door behind him.
"Well, lucky me." Regina said, sarcasm clear in her voice as she made her way back to her desk.
"You know, you could be a bit more grateful." Robin said, beginning to get annoyed with her attitude.
"I didn't ask you for any favors. I can take care of myself." Regina said, switching her attention back to her book. Robin rolled his eyes before noticing her face scrunch up at what she was reading.
"What are you doing?" Robin sighed. He didn't know why he was still there but he couldn't bring himself to leave.
"Trying to do this math but it's just so confusing." Regina answered and looked up at his amused expression. "What?"
"It's just funny." He said. "I just thought you'd be a mathlete or something." He shrugged.
"I was a mathlete." Regina said, her face heating up in anger.
"Woah there princess, I didn't mean it as an insult." He backtracked.
"Would you stop calling me princess?" She huffed, turing her attention back to her book.
"I think it suits you." Robin challenged.
"You don't know anything about me." Regina said through gritted teeth.
"Then educate me." Robin challenged. "What do you call a girl who rides to school in a town car, dressed in a classy business suit, and has her driver deliver her bag to her room?"
"How do you know about all of that?"
"My residents tell me everything." Robin shrugged.
"You know what? I don't need this." Regina said, slamming her book shut. "Get out."
"Excuse me?" He asked, shocked. "I'm your RA."
"And I don't give a damn. Get out."
"You do know I have a key to every room right? I can always go get it and come right back in."
"Then I guess I'll just have to kick you out again." Regina replied angrily but Robin didn't move. "Get out!" She screamed. Robin didn't want to cause a scene so he did as she said and left.
The next morning Regina was up early trying to get her math homework done. Belle and Emma were fast asleep after the night they had and Ruby was already gone. Regina groaned when she heard the knock at the door because she already knew who it was. She considered not answering the door but she knew Robin was stubborn and would only keep knocking.
"What?" Regina said as she opened the door.
"You still doing math?" He asked as he leaned against the door frame.
"What difference does it make to you?"
"I came to help you." Robin said, trying his best to bite his tongue.
"Well, I don't need your help." Regina snapped.
"That's not what it seemed like last night."
"Will you please just leave me alone. Clearly you don't like me. So why don't you go find someone you do like and you won't have to be bothered with me."
"I can help you Regina. I'm a TA for calculus 300."
"You're a TA too?" Regina asked.
"Yes, so stop being so stubborn and let me help you."
"My roommates are sleeping." Regina tried to use as an excuse.
"Just come to my room." Robin said as he started to leave. "Room 112." Regina just stood there dumbfounded. She was so confused. One minute he could be so nice to her and the next he was chucking insults at her. But she really needed the help so she swallowed her pride, grabbed her books, and headed to his room. As she made her way down the hall, she saw that he was waiting for her. He held the door open for her and she walked into his room. It was a single room and it was cosy. Robin grabbed his extra char and pulled it to his desk.
"You can sit down." Robin said, snapping Regina out of her thoughts.
"What?... oh." She realized and set her books down after taking a seat. A half-hour later with Robin's help, Regina understood everything. Though she didn't want to admit that to Robin.
"So x is really the value for 57." Robin explained. "So the answer would be-"
"128." Regina answered. "I get it now." She smiled, looking into his gorgeous blue eyes.
"I'm glad." Robin said, returning her gaze. In that instant Regina leaned forward and pressed her lips to his. It wasn't until she felt his hands on her shoulders to push her away that she felt her heart drop into her gut. What had she been thinking? Regina couldn't do anything but get up and leave.
"Regina." Robin called after her but she had already rushed out of the room.