A/N: Finally, it goes Chapter 3. It got me longer to transition from the movie to the storyline. Phew. Anyway, You go. Chapter 4 is in progress. I think I will post it sometimes this weekend. I don't know. We wait and see.

Anyway, I would like you to see what my vision of the White Palace look like. I wish that I can post it.

You can see a beautiful modern castle for Emma Swan.

Enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 3: Winter Break

The crowd were chattering, dancing and drinking beers. Emma and Elsa danced over a song in the room. Maleficent, Tinkerbell, Cruella, Robin, Regina, August and Graham were sitting around the table. Regina and Robin were flirting each other. Others were watching Emma and Elsa.

"Well, they make a beautiful couple, don't they? Princess Elsa. We can all say we knew her then." Tinkerbell said and drank her beer. Cruella rolled her eyes and continued, "Blast. She's not her type."

Tinkerbell looked away from Emma and Elsa to her and arched her eyebrow. "Why, because she's not royalty or because she's not you?" Regina chuckled and listened to Tinkerbell and Cruella's conversation.

"She's a lovely girl but it's only temporary. I don't Emma bringing her home to meet the queen. Well, certainly not in those jeans anyways." Cruella said.

"No, Cruella's right. Come on. A princess does not get serious about a commoner." August spoke. Maleficent scoffed and said, "You never know."

Regina thought about bringing her to the palace to meet the queen and turned to ask her boyfriend, Robin. "Would you take me home to meet the queen?" Robin looked at her and smiled, "If my grandmother were the queen, I would definitely take you home to meet her." He paused and sipped his beer. "You know, in fact I think I'd bring her here to meet her."

Regina felt warmth from him and said, "Aw. Thank you." They kissed. Maleficent and August groaned loudly and she threw peanuts toward Regina and Robin. She said, "Oh stop it."

Cruella waited until Elsa was out of Emma's sight and decided to face her in a proper way. She continued, "Emma! Hi." She walked toward her at the counter for drinks. Others were laughing at her actions.

During the afternoon in the classroom for the art class, Emma was lazy in her seat and her head was against her palm on the desk. She sighed loudly. The professor continued, "The colors are vibrant and express emotions typically associated with the life of sunflowers. The bright yellow of the full boom to the dark, and browns of wilting and death. Every stage in the life of a sunflower.

Emma rolled her eyes for the professor, twisted her neck until she glanced over at Regina who was paying attention to the lecture in the class. She smiled at her. Regina looked away and saw Emma's smile. It gave her a grin. Then she got to pay attention again and knew that Emma was bored in the class.

"is expressed here in this one composition. Notice the short strokes of yellow hues that blend the edges of each new shape, and see how the shadows are created without pinpointing where the light is coming from." The professor resumed by his lecture.

After the class, Regina, Emma and their two classmates were finished with presentation for an art project. The classmates were leaving Regina and Emma on the table in the corner near the window.

"Bye, guys. Bye." Regina said.

"Take it easy, guys." Emma spoke. They were satisfied with their project.

Regina sighed and continued, "We're done." Emma looked up at her and nodded.

"We should celebrate." They smiled. The brunette woman rolled her eyes, snorted and waved her hand.

"We still have three more exams to study for." She groaned. The blonde shrugged and continued, "Right. We'll put a pin in the celebrations."

"By the way, you've developed quite a reputation." Regina picked the tabloids and waved it in front of her classmate. Emma arched her eyebrow and giggled.

"Really?"

"Mm-hmm. According to the Daily Mail, you're a bit dull and aloof." She glanced over at her and continued reading on the article.

"Am I?" The blonde started to flirt with her.

Regina looked at her, felt heat inside her and cleared her throat to get her attention. "Princess Emma has not yet joined any of the social clubs at Boston University and is rarely seen around town at the pubs." She defended her point and hid her smile.

"Well, that's not so bad." She pointed to the tabloids.

"The title of the article was 'Emma the Dull'." They laughed.

"I'm not a big fan of the tabloids." Emma shrugged and packed her school work in her backpack then looked at her.

"Why? They seem to care so much about you." Regina indicated on the tabloids and was worried about her reaction.

"Well, if I go to the pub, I'm wild and wicked. Then they're filled with moral outrage. If I stay home and study then I'm dull and boring." Emma arched her eyebrow.

Regina tilted her head and put the tabloids away then looked at her. "Well who cares what they think? Just ignore them and live your life. They only print rubbish anyway."

Emma nodded with an agreement on her point and spoke in a manner, "Right. Well, people see it printed, then they think it's the truth."

Regina arched her eyebrow, leaned back on her chair and crossed her arms on her chest. "Really? Okay. Because there is an article in here somewhere that says a man ate 60 crickets ball for a dare. Do you think that people believe that?"

The blonde shook her head and laughed. "Of course, that's clearly true." The brunette nodded and continued, "Right." They paused in the silence. Emma put her pen away in the pocket then looked around in the library and spoke, "One more week. Then we get to go home."

Regina shrugged and asked, "Don't you like here?"

Emma was confused and was not sure about that question. "Boston University?" The brunette nodded.

"It's beautiful. I just thought I'd enjoy being isolated but I miss the city and being close to my friends." The blonde said.

"Well, why don't you transfer?" Regina bit her lip and packed her schoolwork in her bag.

"If I come back, people will think I've failed."

The brunette nodded and sighed. "It doesn't matter what they think. It's your life." She paused and looked at her for a while until she felt her stomach grumble. "I'm starving. Let's go."

Emma nodded and laughed. They stood and walked on the way to their lunch.

The winter break is here, most of the student went home for their holidays with their families. It left Maleficent, August, Regina, Emma and Ruby outside of the their dorm building. Regina came out from the front entrance of the dorm and saw her best friend, Maleficent and Ruby chatting with each other.

"Maleficent." Regina said. Her best friend looked away to her and hugged her.

"Hello." Maleficent said.

"You have to call me so we can see each other on break.

"I will. I promise."

"Okay." Regina smiled. Ruby looked back and forth to two ladies in front of her and gave a small smack on Regina.

"Me too." Ruby grinned. Regina laughed and continued, "You too? I know." They embraced each other while August and Emma came out to see them on their way.

"So you're just gonna stay with your parents?" Emma said.

"Yeah, I think I'll just – Ciao, all Don't do anything I wouldn't do." August spoke to them. They laughed and Emma broke the silence, "We would never do anything you would do."

August rolled his eyes and said, "I'll see you soon." He left Ruby, Regina, Emma and Maleficent. Regina smiled and said, "All right Bye Darling" to her blonde best friend then watched her walk away with Ruby.

"Okay. Bye-Bye. Have a good Christmas, guys." Ruby spoke.

Finally, Regina turned and looked at Emma standing here beside her outside while the snow is falling down. She wondered if Emma come back to Boston University next year and feel like she wanted to ask her for confirmation. She did ask her.

"So I hope to see you next year." The brunette woman said.

"I may not be coming back." Emma affirmed. Regina felt disappointed and wanted to see her more. She knew that she felt comfortable around her popular friend. She rubbed on her neck and looked away then said, "Oh." She didn't want to see Emma's reaction. Until, Regina's boyfriend walked toward her and kissed her on the lips.

"Come on, Kate. Hi." Robin said. Regina was out of her thoughts and looked at him.

"Hi." She said. Emma nodded and said, "Hi." Robin looked at her and shrugged then looked back to his girlfriend, "We better get going."

"Okay, Bye" Regina spoke to Emma and she wrapped her boyfriend's forearm with her hands then they walked away from Emma to their car.

"Bye." Emma whispered and watched her then looked away. Regina didn't hear her. She decided to go with her bodyguard for getting home. She sighed.

After Regina's departure from her college, Henry, Cora and Regina arrived at their cottage home. They came in the front door.

"Hello." Cora shouted inside the house. "Here we are!" Henry said to her young daughter.

Finally, a redhead woman who happened to be a half-sister to her, Zelena ran to jump on her young half sister. Regina was in shock when her sister scared her. They screamed and embraced tighter. Henry and Cora laughed then walked into the living room.

"Oh! Zelena!" Regina smacked her. They walked into the living room and she heard her oldest sister, "Oh, it's so good to see you! Are you all right with that?" Zelena pointed to the Christmas tree.

"Oh, it's fantastic!" The brunette gaped in awe.

"Finally, all our children under one roof. They're growing up so fast, aren't they?" Cora spoke to her husband on the couch.

"Yesterday, they were babies." Henry nodded. They laughed.

The sisters sat down on another couch and relaxed until Zelena broke the silence.

"So have you been invited to White Palace for tea?" She nudged her sister. Regina rolled her eyes and turned to face her.

"Ha-ha very funny."

"Rachel Kasen's sister goes to Boston University and she says she sees you with her all the time." The redhead said.

"Really?" Her mother was curious about Regina's experience with Princess Emma. Regina looked away to her mother and arched her eyebrow then continued, "We're just friends."

"And what does Robin say about that?" Zelena asked. She sighed and rubbed her forehead.

Henry scoffed, "Don't tease your sister. She just got home." Regina winked at her father then looked away to her sister.

"You wouldn't even know Em was a princess or anything if you met her."

"Em? You call her Em now?" The redhead nudged her and tried to tease her more with information. The brunette groaned. "Yes, because that's her name. And she has a girlfriend And she might not even be coming back to school next year. So I'll probably never see her again." Regina was avoiding to be disappointed in front of her family and her little brother, Neal, a scruffy brown haired man walked into the living room from the kitchen.

"Regina, hello sis." Neal said. Regina looked away and gaped in awe. He jumped over the couch on his sisters. They groaned at him.

"Neal!" The brunette woman sneered. Other laughed.

"Oh my seat." He said.

"Oh ow!" Regina pushed him on her side on the couch. Zelena fought against her brother. "Oh comfortable." Neal giggled.

"Oh, mum! Go on, I just got home." Regina snapped.

"Oh yes, they're so grown up." Cora said. Her husband nodded. They watched their children on the couch.

In the White Palace, David and his two daughters were sitting on the long dining table with food. The butlers were standing in the corner and resisted to listen to their conversation. Emma broke the silence.

"So, Malcolm tells me Lily's a shoo-in for the ducks of Storybrooke next year." The blonde woman said.

"How's your biology coming along?" Her father said to her daughter, Lily, a brunette woman in the flower dress. She sighed and placed her fork on the napkin. Emma looked up at her young sister.

"It's fine. I just want to be finished with school so I can go to New York and do something matters." Lily said.

Emma scoffed and continued, "They'll never let you fight." Lily glared at her and sneered, "Yes. They will. I'm not the heir. I'm just the spare." Emma rolled her eyes and ate her soup. She thought about transferring to other school from Boston University, glanced over at her dad and was not sure about his reaction. She tucked her blonde curl behind her ear and continued, "I'm thinking about leaving Boston University."

"Not a wise choice." David sipped his wine and looked at her.

"Well, it's so far away from everything." She said and fiddled her hands under the table.

"Isn't that the very reason you decided to attend Boston University?" He spoke in fatherly tone.

"It was, but now I'm thinking of transferring to Storybrooke University." The blonde looked away and looked up at her sister.

"Let's talk about this later." Her father said in serious tone to end this conversation. She whisked to look at him and continued, "Well, I want to talk about it now." She paused. "I think I should have the right to change my mind if I want to."

David rubbed his forehead and looked at her again. Lily was shifting uncomfortable in her seat and kept eating her soup.

"There are always repercussions when one changes one's mind." He said.

"I'm not quitting school. I'm just asking to transfer University." Emma defended her point. "That's not the point. You start something, it's important to see it through." David spoke.

"I thought it would be different. I thought -." Emma spoke but her father interrupted her sentence to finish it. "Emma, Boston University has gone out of its way to accommodate us, and you have a responsibility toward them as well as to yourself."

Emma cannot believe that her father just cut her off by speaking for herself and decided to leave them in the dining room and went out. Until, Lily stopped eating and looked at her father. "I don't look so bad now, do I?" She was nervous to speak in front of them. David looked at her and giggled.

In the living room, Zelena came in with the popcorn from the kitchen, Regina was sitting on the couch and eating a banana. They were watching the classic movie, Zelena on the floor chugging popcorn and Regina was in deep thoughts until, the phone ringing. It interrupted them from watching a movie.

Regina snatched her phone, checked on the caller id and answered it.

"Hello" She said.

"Hi Regina." Emma was speaking on other line. She was gasping for few minute and lost her words in the mouth. Until, she realized that she was on the phone with Emma. On other line, Emma was in her private plane and traveling back to home.

"Emma, hi. How—how—how are you? What are you—What are you doing?" She stuttered and glanced over Zelena who was whipped to hear her royal highness' name and jumped on her. She tried to get her sister off from her.

"I'm coming from back from Melbourne. I'm spending some time with my sister." The blonde spoke.

"Me too. I'm doing the exact thing." Regina smiled and looked away to Zelena then sneered at her for few minutes. She finally got out from her struggle with her sister and moved to other couch. She heard her sister speaking to her, "Is that her?" She nodded in confirmation.

"Um, are you—have you decided if you're coming back to school next year?" She said.

"It looks that way. My family is comparing my changing schools to abdicating the throne." The Royal Highness said.

Regina was hiding her shock and continued, "That's a bit dramatic." They giggled until, Emma said, "That's my family."

"Well, you don't seem to love art, so maybe you should just change your main subject and do something you're passionate about." The brunette said.

"I was thinking doing that. How'd you get smart?"

"Don't sound so surprised. I'm an extremely bright and insightful person."

"Clearly. Have you always known what you wanted to do with your life?" Emma fiddled her button when she gets nervous.

"Yes. When I was 5 years old, I wanted to be a train conductor, and then when I was 11 years old, I wanted to be a professional ballerina." Regina sighed and twisted her brown locks.

"None of that worked out?" The blonde asked.

"Sadly, no. What about you?" The brunette was frowning at her memories when she was younger and paused her thoughts then she was curious about Emma's memories.

"My life was planned for me before I was even born."

"Well, what if you could do anything you wanted?"

Emma arched her eyebrow and never thought about it for a while and blurted out, "I never really thought about it." Regina smiled sadly and stared at the picture frame of her.

"Maybe you should." The brunette finally spoke after the few minutes of the silence. They smiled.

During the night after the return in Boston University, the ballroom was hosting the winter fashion show for the charity. August Booth was a master of ceremony to announce those women on the runway. The audience were around the runway and watched them. Emma was in tuxedo suit and she knew that she didn't like dresses at all. She watched each woman on the runway, chatted with her best friend, Ruby Lucas in same table in front of the runway. She smiled.

"… Who is wearing a short and black cocktail dress. Get your checkbook out, people. Remember this is all for charity here at Boston University Winter Fashion Show." August stared at the woman who wore the dress that he described on the runway. He chuckled and resumed.

Cruella appeared on the runway. August checked his index cards then spoke, "And now we have Cruella, who is wearing a beautiful party dress and a cream wrap. This is the sort outfit that looks just as good walking away as it does arriving."

August rubbed his forehead then exhaled for some air. He looked on the index card for next contestant who walked on the runway. "And next, we have Maleficent, who is wearing a sleek cocktail gown with a black corset. She's trying to rein in the night." Maleficent posed her best posture and blew a kiss to Ruby Lucas who was giggling with Emma.

"Oh, and I think my friend, Ruby Lucas might need to remain seated after seeing those curves." He laughed. Ruby literally pointed to him and arched her eyebrow. Emma shook her head and clapped for Maleficent.

"Straight on to Bethany, who is our fairy tale princess in sparkling chocolate and aqua mint. Wouldn't you like a piece of that? I can see that gentleman certainly would." August said. Bethany walked on the runway and postured her best one then walked away.

"Now, we have our final girl, Regina." Regina walked to the center and had her coat under her black lace see-through dress on the runway. She smiled at Emma.

"Is that Regina?" Ruby spoke and stared at her. Emma arched her eyebrow. August grinned at Emma and spoke, "Let's unwrap that gift Miss Mills."

Regina ripped her coat off and swayed her hips toward the end of the runway. Her dress was a black lace see-through dress and she wore her undergarments under that dress. She postured her best one, looked at Emma and gave a wink. She turned around and walked away with extra sway on her hips.

"Wow." August said and clapped for the final ending. Others cheered for Regina and Robin clapped.

"She's hot." Emma and Ruby said in unison.

"Yeah. That's what I just said." The brunette with red streaked said.

"Worth repeating." The blonde in a tuxedo suit said.

"Wow. Well, that's the gift that just keeps giving." August threw his index cards and shrugged.

"When did that happen?" Emma said and looked at Ruby. They were shocked to see Regina in a black lace see-through dress.

After the runway ended, the people were mingling around with their drinks and chattering about the fashion show. Ruby, Maleficent, Tinkerbell, Regina were chatting about their dresses.

"Honestly, you're all stunning." Ruby said. Tinkerbell held her hand on her chest. Maleficent and Regina glanced over each other and laughed at Ruby's expression.

"Oh, Oh, Thank you." The three women said in unison.

"We had a lot of fun." Maleficent said.

"Oh I must – Ohh." Regina said and felt something touch her should then turned to see her boyfriend behind her. Robin pecked a kiss on her lips and continued, "You were amazing." Regina grinned. Others were gagging at his actions toward her. The brunette woman stammered and didn't know how to say in front of her boyfriend.

"You're a supermodel." He said and pecked other kiss on her lips. Regina shoved him and laughed. "Oh God, here we go." The blonde woman in the blue dress said.

"Robin." Regina spoke.

"They make me sick." Ruby mumbled.

Regina strode away from her friends to the bar counter to get another drink. "Can I get one more? Thank you." She spoke. The bartender went away to get another drink then got back to give her. "Thanks." The brunette woman said. Emma walked through the people from the doors, spotted Regina at the bar counter and strode toward her.

"I forgot to thank you for your advice over Christmas break." Emma spoke. Regina was startled by her voice and turned to see her beside her.

"Oh, you're welcome. I see that you changed your main subject to geography. That's great." The brunette woman said. They were in silence until Emma raked her eyes on the brunette woman in the black dress that she saw on the runway few hours ago.

"You look beautiful tonight." The blonde said.

"Thank you." She smiled.

"I'd fly."

"Excuse me?" Regina was confused at her words. She was not sure about that. Emma forgot that she mentioned her memories about fly.

"You asked me if I could do anything with my life, what would I do? And I'd be a pilot. I'd fly airplanes." Emma said.

"Then you should find a way to make that happen." The brunette woman waved her hand and giggled.

"Maybe I will." Emma was getting closer to her, bit her bottom lip and thought about kissing her on the plump red lips. She was leaning to kiss her but Regina stopped her from doing that.

"Wait. What are you doing?" She said. The blonde shrugged and continued, "Just kissing you." Regina was uncomfortable with that action and was very disappointed about it. She continued, "We're just friends."

Emma smiled sadly, nodded and continued, "Right. And it was a friendly kiss."

"You've had too much to drink." Regina smiled sadly. August stood in a small distance from Emma and Regina, listened to their conversation and decided that it was good time to interrupt them.

"Em, buddy, let's go do a lap of the room, eh? Let's go for a wander, see who's around." August said and wrapped his arms on her shoulder. Emma walked away from her spot with Regina.

Regina wondered how it happened between them in the moment, watched her walking away and wished that she stayed with her for a while but she preferred to not do it. She sipped her drink and was in the deep thoughts about Emma and her.

A/N: How did you like this chapter? I loved the reaction from Ruby and Emma on Regina's surprised gift on the runway. HAHA.

See you then. My lovelies.