(A/N-Special thanks to a friend for the art work for this. And to Bekki for beta reading these, thank you so much! Also special thanks to those who read, review, follow and fav this.)
Day 21-Kiss Me
(A/U Setting)
Regina Mills was just finishing her job at the local elementary school. She had been working there for the last two years, she loved her job, loved her kids. The only thing she didn't like was one fellow teacher.
Robin Locksley.
Just the thought of the man made her roll her eyes. From the first day they had met, there had been some sort of anomosity between them with him always trying to get to her. Granted, she did have her wall up around meeting new people, especially people like him that made her feel things, things she hadn't felt since she had found her fiancee in bed with her best friend.
That was why she didn't have many friends now, and didn't date as well. She didn't trust people, well, not adults anyways. Kids were a different story, kids she trusted and they trusted her. She had put her trust in the wrong people in the past, and as time had proved they had let her down. Now, she had her guard up around people.
And people like Robin Locksley were trying to put a crack in them. He was trying to get under her skin. Like this very morning, when she had arrived to school and had just stepped into the teacher's lounge.
"Well, good morning, Ms. Mills," Robin had said with a very chipper greeting. He was standing right next to the coffee maker. The other teachers were scattered throughout the room.
Regina was not a morning person, but she was trying to be polite,"Good Morning," she had walked over to the coffee maker and saw that it was empty. She looked over at him, and saw in his hand he had an extra large cup, not one that the school provided but one he had obviously brought from home.
She then looked up at his face, he was staring at her with a smirk on his face. She looked around for another package of coffee and saw that the bin where it was usually stored was empty. He had drunk the very last of the coffee on purpose!
"Enjoying your coffee?" Regina asked sarcastically.
"Immensely, it is very..." Robin took a small sip of his coffee before continuing,"satisfying."
"I bet," Regina said as she started to walk away.
"Oh, dear, did I get the last of the coffee?" Robin asked as she wanted nothing more than to take his coffee mug and tug it upside down on his shoes.
"Enjoy it," Regina said as she headed towards the door. She would try the cafeteria to see if there was any coffee in there.
She had just made it into the hallway, when she heard the sounds of fast approaching steps coming up behind her,"I do feel terrible about that." Robin said from beside her now.
She turned around and said,"Try pepto bismol, I hear that is good for you."
Robin chuckled as he continued to walk beside her,"Well, I feel it's the least I could do would be to take you out for some coffee."
"No, thank you," Regina said as she continued to head to the cafeteria. Oh! Why wouldn't he just go away?
"What about a drink then, after work?" Robin asked.
"I don't day time drink," Regina said.
"Well, then we'll make it some evening perhaps?" Robin tried again.
"I'd sooner have a drink with Leroy," Regina fired back.
"The janitor? Well, I must say I'm surprised," Robin said.
"Oh, don't you have someone else to bother?" Regina said as she turned around to him.
"But watching you squirm is so much fun, don't you agree?" Robin asked. Regina rolled her eyes and turned and kept walking. "Wait, where are you going?"
"To the cafeteria, since some jerk deliberately stole the last of the coffee," Regina said.
"Can't steal something that's been given to you," Robin said.
"Just because the school provides coffee, doesn't mean you had to drink all of it this morning," Regina said.
"But, I didn't," Robin protested, "Ms. Blanchard was nice enough to share my first cup with me this morning."
Regina stopped and turned to look at him, with a sarcastic smile on her face,"Oh, I'm sure she did. Wait, your first cup?"
"Well, yes, then I had another cup with Ms. Greene, an interesting person," Robin said, he could see something in those eyes of hers.
"Oh, yes, she never misses and opportunity to share 'coffee' with all the male teachers," Regina said deliberately,"among other things."
"Why, are my ears deceiving me or do I hear a tinch of jealously in that tone?" Robin asked.
"Jealous? Jealous of what?" Regina asked, aggravated he had gotten to her.
"That I had coffee with others," Robin said.
"Have coffee with all of them, heck throw in some smores while you're at it, I just hope you have enough protection for it all," Regina said, clearly angry.
"Now how did the goody Ms. Mills start talking about coffee to mentioning my sex life?" Robin asked. "Unless..."
"Unless what?" Regina asked.
"Unless, you have been thinking of my sex life, sex with me in general?" Robin said boldly.
"Why...you.." Regina stammered out.
"Me...you...my bed perhaps?" Robin said, he loved to tease her. If he could just get her to open up to him, he knew she would-
SLAP!
Robin's cheek was stinging as he realized that Regina had actually slapped him,"You'll have a better shot of kissing me than ever dreaming of that happening!" she said as she took a turn and went into the lady's room.
Robin rubbed his cheek where she had slapped him, he couldn't help smiling. She was definitely affected by him, otherwise she wouldn't have responded like she had to him. She had brought up his sex life, which at the time he had none, not that she knew that. Then, she had mentioned kissing him. All very good signs for him. He was about to head to his classroom when he happened to see a poster in the hallway near the water fountain. And a slow smile started to grow on his face as an idea started to form in his face as he said,"A kiss..."
Later that afternoon, Regina was on her way to the teacher's lounge for an after school teacher's meeting concerning this weekend's fall festival. She had been asked to be on the committee, and she had reluctantly agreed to do so. She had not really participated like she knew she should have, but she made an agreement with herself that she would help out this weekend.
"Now, that everyone is here," Mr. Hopper said, he was the guidance counselor at the school. "There are a few new booths that will be added to this weekend's fall festival carnival, we have divided them into three sections if everyone will look on the map. Ms. Blanchard, you will have section A, Mr. Booth you'll have section B, and Ms. Mills, your section will be C.
Everyone looked over their assigned sections, hers would be near the woods at the end of the field. "Now, in order to get these new booths up and going, we will be having people taking turns at their food stands to go to their new assigned section. When you arrive at your section, please be ready to spend at least an hour there, then you may return back to your food stations."
"Mr. Hopper, what are these new booths?" Regina asked.
"They are being constructed as we speak, and once you arrive, you will understand," Mr. Hopper explained,"everyone relax, and just enjoy the day. And remember, it's for the school's book funds. Thank you all and the meeting is now finished."
Regina let out a breath, clearly frustrated with the secrecy behind this, along with the conversation she had had with one Robin Locksley, who thankfully had made himself scarce today. Tomorrow was the festival and she could relax once it was over, besides she told herself, how hard could it be to run one more booth?
The next morning, Regina arrived at the school early, and went to the lounge to grab a cup of coffee, before she made her way to the festival. As she entered the lounge she saw a note on the coffee maker, 'Drink Me' it was signed, R.
"Robin," Regina said as she turned and walked out of the room, the coffee forgotten. She instead went to the festival and started preparing her items that she was cooking. Corn dogs, candied apples, fried pickles, and cotton candy.
She took a little break and walked around the carnival, enjoying the festivities, she came across a water dunking booth, and was surprised by who was in it...one...Robin...Locksley.
Oh the temptation was just too much, so she marched over to the guy running it and paid her money. Smiling as she gathered the balls and looked at him, who had the audacity to smile at her when he saw her.
"Well, there's everyone's favorite socialite, come to grace us with that charming attitude of yours?" Robin asked as he watched her anger cross her face and throw the first ball, which missed the target.
"Well, maybe someone didn't have their morning coffee," Robin said as he watched her throw again, only to miss again.
"Maybe you have been too busy thinking of evening activities to practice throwing a ball?" Robin said and...that...did...it! She took careful aim and fired...and nailed the target. Sending Robin into the cool water, others had gathered around and watched him being dunked.
"There, that should cool you off," Regina said as she marched back to her food booth, completely satisfied. Behind her, Robin raked the water from his face as he sat back down on the bar in the tank and smiled at her tenacity. "Soon, Regina, soon." he smiled as he watched her walk away.
Another hour passed by and it was now time for her to go to her new secret booth, she was being walked over to it by Mr. Hopper,"Now, just remember this is for a good cause, so please don't be upset about it."
"Why would I be upset over a...KISSING BOOTH?" Regina asked as she saw what her booth was. "No way am I doing this."
"But, Ms. Mills, its for the children, and there are only twenty tickets each for these new surprise booths," Mr. Hopper said as he tried to convince her to do it.
Regina groaned as she realized he had her,"Oh, alright, I'll do it." Regina looked around, there were not many down towards this end of the carnival, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad.
"Great! Thank you Ms. Mills, now I must go to the book reading," Mr. Hopper said as he headed off. She got behind the booth and waited, and waited. Luckily since she had been here all of twenty minutes, she had had no customers. Maybe this wouldn't be as bad as she thought.
Until...
Up walked one Robin Locksley!
"No!" Regina protested.
"No, what?" Robin asked as he stood before her at the booth.
"You're not," Regina said.
"I do believe I am," Robin said as he pulled out his tickets...all twenty of them!
"You bought them all?" Regina asked.
"Indeed," Robin answered.
"Why would you do such a thing?" Regina asked as she walked around the booth to stand before him.
"Because we have unfinished business between us," Robin answered.
"What unfinished business?" Regina asked.
"This," Robin said, and before she could move away, his head was lowering, his lips capturing hers in a fiercely possessive kiss. She tried not to respond, she was upset at his high handed manner.
But hell's bells, could the man kiss, she wanted him! As much as she had tried to deny it she wanted Robin Locksley! And before she realized what she was doing, she was kissing him back hungrily.
Slowly she started to wind her arms up and around his neck.
"That's better," He murmured the words with satisfaction as he stroked her cheek with his fingers. "And that was one." meaning one kiss.
"And it's too bad I had to work the dunking booth, or I would have sampled your candied apples, such forbidden fruit I bet," Robin said with a smirk on his face.
She made to move away from him but he caught her other hand and pulled her back, as much as he could. And then his mouth was on hers again, possessing her with an almost ruthless intent.
No one had ever kissed her with such total demanding control and she hesitated this time for a moment as shock pounded through her as his kiss was affecting her once again. The pleasure he was creating within her, detonated inside her.
"I've wanted to kiss you since the day you started teaching here," Robin murmured against her lips.
"And I thought you hated me," Regina said.
"No, I just love getting a rise out of you," Robin said.
"Well, it looks like I got one from you," Regina said as she had felt his erection pressing up against her.
"Well, if it means anything to you, you did get me wet earlier," Robin said,"and I have to wonder if I just did the same for you."
Regina pulled back to look at him,"That's something you can just dream about." she went back to the booth to gather her things and head back to her food stand.
"Well, just remember something, Regina," Robin called out, causing her to look back at him.
"What's that?" Regina asked.
"You still owe me eighteen kisses, and I intend to collect every single one of them," Robin said with a wink and a smile.