A/N: It's getting there... I beware you and it's getting deeper for Emma.

Chapter 6

The thoughts filled up in the blonde agent's head overnight since her meeting with Cora. It pressured her more to get a lot of burden in herself. She sighed deeply. It impacted her work to be affected by questioning everything Cora had done for her husband. Emma was not sure that it was a plan to get Cora for spilling the secrets about Storybrooke University. There was no choice for her to get her to do it.

The alarm beeped for letting her know that it was already at 7 in the morning. She groaned at the clock and slammed on the beeper to set it off. Her body was still sleepy. The golden-haired woman forced herself to get up from the bed and knew that she just wanted to snuggle with the blanket all day. But the mission was calling for her to find the mystery to be resolved.

Emma finally got her clothes to be a plain flannel shirt with jeans. She looked like a nerd in the high school hallway. She smiled at herself and knew that she experienced the high school terrors in her life since graduating with the honors. To herself, Emma rolled her eyes when she remembered to pick Regina up at her manor before her class started at 8am.

She hastily hurried herself to get ready for her first day of school at Storybrooke University. It put her in a big spot when she came to the college that practically taught her to learn what to do in the reality side. Emma scoffed when she thought of the reality side and had been through it before because she was a professional agent for CIA. It put her pride inside herself when she came in her Veneno.

Few minutes later, Emma drove herself to Regina's house and saw the brunette woman waiting on the front steps. Cora was not in sight and it caused her to be confused. She remembered that she was told by seeing her in the morning before leaving for school. Regina waved her hand when she saw the car circling around on her driveway.

The blonde woman was smiling at her after receiving a cherished smile. Finally, Cora got out of the house and waved her hand then kissed on her daughter's forehead before shooing her inside the car. Emma nodded in the gesture and the oldest woman glanced over at her with a glint. It made her to realize that they had to meet very soon after dropping Regina off at her class.

So, they drove away from the driveway and left Regina's mother behind to watch the car in her sight until it was gone at the end of the driveway. Emma looked back at her passenger seat and found Regina smiling at the landscape through her street to their college. She sighed and hoped everything was okay at this time since it was their first day of the university.

It was coming near the front gate, Emma looked outside to see the sheriff who was gesturing her to park there and have a parking ticket before entering the campus. She rolled her eyes when she saw Killian Jones at the security gate. He was a bearded man with the leather jacket. The blonde woman halted her driving and looked up at him with a reply.

"Hello."

"Hello. Welcome to Storybrooke University. What is your name and what is the model of your car, please?"

"My name is Emma Swan and my model of the car is Lamborghini Veneno." It surprised Killian when he heard the sweet car and swallowed a lump in his throat then nodded at her with a smile. He finished writing down on his information and gave a parking ticket to her then gestured her to enter in the campus. Emma rolled her eyes and drove away to the parking lot near Regina's building which it was the Department of Politics and Law.

The ladies got off and collected their things from the car then Emma turned it off. Regina turned around to find her sorority sisters who were behind her. It caused the blonde woman to be startled when few sorority sisters screamed for the brunette woman and put her hand on her chest. There were two blonde women who did scream out for the world and their names were Kathryn Midas and Maleficent Dragon.

"Emma, are you ok?" Regina asked after glancing over her. Emma nodded with a shake of her body. She giggled at her new friend's action and turned around to smile at her group. Kathryn Midas, a sporty woman in her perky pink clothes with a Gucci handbag was standing there and chewing a gum in her mouth while glaring at the new blonde woman. Maleficent was more aggressive than Kathryn was but her looks were more likely to be a goth kid in the hallway who didn't care about education.

It put Emma to worry about herself when it came to Regina's friends and she swallowed a lump in her throat then smiled at them with a friendly face. Others scoffed and rolled their eyes then looked back at their sorority sister. It was Kathryn who opened her mouth by speaking to Regina and ignored Emma completely.

"Reggie, come with me and we have to catch up with our stories."

"Can Emma join us?"

"The new kid? I don't think so." Maleficent aggressively scoffed and Emma slack-jawed when hearing her comment. Regina shrunk herself and her head bowed down. Others snorted with a laugh. The blonde agent was going to slap her face when she had a chance but stayed back because they were in the public in the campus. She glanced over at the brunette woman who was nodding to their orders and felt bad for her.

At this time, they walked away from her to the building where they could hang out but Regina turned her head over her shoulder with a frown. Emma gave her a small smile with a wave but saw Kathryn rolling her eyes and pushed the brunette woman out of her sight while they were chatting about their stories.

The golden-haired woman sighed and turned around herself to realize that she was lost on her time but heard a bell ringing across from the Chapel Hall which it was located near her building. She rolled her eyes and gently kicked her mind to mutter it out. Emma walked toward her class for her major – Criminal Justice.

"Criminal Justice? My ass, definitely."

After few classes in the building, Emma already went bored as the professors blabbed in their teaching. She looked around for an eyewitness or suspect in each class she went on her class schedule. But it went creepy after few minutes when she sat down in the front row and felt something blowing on her neck behind her. The golden-haired woman mentally fisted her hands and turned around with a forced smile until she saw her past sitting there in few rows back from her seat. She quickly shifted forward to see her professor who was talking about the history of the criminal justice and lowered herself in her seat to avoid her attention.

In her mind, she wondered why her past was there in her class and went in her thoughts about how to escape from her without being seen in a person. Emma stared at the chalkboard and threw some rocks in her balance in the pros and cons. She finally heard the footsteps behind her and slowly looked up at Regina who was there.

It gave her a sense of a relief. The brunette woman smiled down at her and gave a note to her then turned back to her seat in few rows back behind Emma's past. The blonde woman was relieved that she had someone who was in her class and had some trust through her. She opened the note and read it in a silent moment. The professor didn't notice her but continued with the teaching of Criminal Justice.

I'm sorry about my friends. I hope you forgive me for that and I want you to come with me after this class. I hope I see you soon when our babbling professor stop talking.

See you,

Regina

Emma chuckled and smiled at herself. She knew that it was her best moment of the day when she received the support from Regina. The golden-haired agent had a sense of guts that Regina was the good guy in her list and found herself starting to trust her. In her thoughts, she went back to Regina's mother and her statements. It gave her some wonders in the clues that she wanted to answer few of them but went unsure.

The class rang for their dismissal. The professor waved her hand to shoo her students out of the class. Emma was the first person who got out from her desk and walked out in the hallway then waited for Regina to come out. She noticed Maleficent there when she turned around herself to be near the door. Emma watched her in her steps and studied on her before getting called by Regina.

Maleficent was not paying attention to the new kid in the hallway and chattered with someone else in the hallway but it was being seen in the public. She almost yelled then pushed him out of her way then went fading away. The blonde woman was angry with the plan and decided to take her anger out outside then deal with it later.

It gave Emma a chance to suspect on Regina's friends but she was not sure about trusting Regina's friends as well. It put her in a mental note when she came home to research on those profile once she didn't have Regina with her at this time. She held her information in her head and looked away at the brunette woman who was chattering with one of their classmate about the homework that they received on their first day of semester.

The golden-haired woman smiled at her and extended her arm toward the brunette woman who was giggling at her action. They walked away from the hallway toward the front doors and chatted about their day in the campus. Emma found herself that she liked the campus so far because she found her time to explore through the department of Criminal Justice beside the Law Department that Regina majored.

Few minutes later, they finally had a chance to talk it out through their late lunch since they didn't see each other since the morning. Emma smiled at herself and gathered herself to choose the meal for a day. It was a big hamburger with a cheese fries. Of course, she inspected on her drinks before paying that meal at the cashier. Regina blabbered about her first class in the morning and didn't like a lot of homework for that class.

The blonde woman was enjoying her talk with her but someone caught her eye immediately. She was freezing herself out when her past came toward them on their table. Regina looked up at the mysterious woman at their end of the table. Emma slowly gulped and waited. The past was her former partner, Lily Page – the brown-haired woman with a nose piercing. Emma hoped that Lily didn't spill out her secret about being an agent in the public.

It was bringing her to the bad memory lane where Lily and Emma hooked up when it came back to her youth in the boot camp. She remembered everything Lily ruined on her first day of the camp. It caused her to be angry because she found out that the brown-haired woman liked her in the first place. Emma didn't understand why Lily wanted her to like her back but put herself in a neutral place.

In few months after leaving the boot camp, Emma trained herself on her own before recruiting herself into the advanced boot camp. The blonde woman remembered herself when Lily came closer to her and gave a full-blown out kiss on her pale lips. It started when they got to the dating scene.

The ladies kept their secret to themselves because it was a 'show and don't tell' policy in their time. Emma had no problem to have secrets on her own because she was a foster child before. But at this time, Lily blurted it out and caused the blonde woman some trouble in her employment. Emma was lucky that she didn't get fired because of that and went relieved.

It could be her last one if Lily did that and she would be not an agent anymore in her future. She wanted to help the good people to deserve their time to be safe and sound. It made her think that she was proud of her work and people surrounding herself. Emma finished her time in the boot camp and trained by many famous CIA agents in the past then worked with some partners in few occasions.

She was partnered with Lily Page after receiving the news from her boss and worked with her for the years. They did their time on their personal time and most of other didn't know that they were the fuck buddies at this time until the incident came. It caused herself to think that Lily was dead.

Emma reminded herself that she saw a gunshot going through her partner at this time when they were in a big trouble. It caused her to be angry with a mysterious murderer on her hands. She was blinking several times and stared at her former partner who was dead alive in the flesh. The golden-haired woman started to have a panic attack and looked away at Regina with her concerns.

Lily glanced over at her with a smile and decided to leave quickly with no words toward the blonde agent. Emma stared at her retreating back and looked back at the brunette woman who was leaning forward to wave in the front of her eyes. She blinked with a gulp and gripped Regina's wrist to stop it. The voice was brought up by the brown-haired woman who majored in the Politics and Laws.

"Are you okay? You looked paler than before."

"I'm good – for now." Emma responded while searching for Lily but that person already vanished quickly. She reminded herself to call Mary Margaret quickly but decided to spend her time with the brunette woman for her rest of the day. Regina seemed to buy her 'I'm Fine' statement and moved on quickly.

The golden-haired woman gathered herself to calm down and talked her out of it about hanging out at the mansion for a while. Regina loved it and wanted to ride out of the campus to grab something to eat for her snacks. Emma concurred right away and the ladies smiled at each other. They finally left their lunch to the trash bin and on their way out of the building toward Emma's car.

Unknowns to their presences, Maleficent was there to spy on them and opened her cell phone. She dialed the number right away when she watched Regina giggling toward Emma and put her phone on her ear then waited for a ringtone. The blonde woman was growling at the scene between the lovebirds who were blind toward their attraction and heard a mumble from other line then continued.

"I got an eye on the blonde agent that you told me. I have a plan. You better get me something before it comes in a big puddle of blood in yours. You would be my good boy if you get me the bomb. So, be there in 10 minutes at the purple house near the Boston Common Park."

She ended the call with a mischievously smile then retreated back to her location where she planned to meet up with Kathryn and Cruella De Vil. Maleficent laughed before speaking loudly to herself while she was walking on the sidewalk on her way to the dorm building.

Checkmate, Swan!

A/N: What's going on with Maleficent? Find out later when it is updated.

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