Someone Will Remember Us - Swanqueen

Chapter 9

"I swear, I hate men." Mulan muttered as she slid into the seat next to Emma's.

Emma laughed through her nose. "What happened?"

"Those two." Mulan replied, using her pen to point in the direction of August and Killian, who were both still chortling away one row back. "They both think they have a chance with me just because I'm single, and that I must be so overcome by their devilish charms that I won't mind when they don't do any of their assignments and then immediately try to copy mine."

"They tried that with me in week three." Emma said, not bothering to keep her voice down. "I jabbed my pen into Killian's hand."

"Oh, was that why he had it bandaged up for a week?"

"It sure was."

"Excuse me." Killian interrupted from behind them. "It was wrapped up for a day, and it wasn't from you."

"What was it from then, dumbass?"

"Why are you so interested in my hands, ladies?" Killian countered, wiggling his eyebrows. "Interested to see what they can do?"

"Jesus." Mulan muttered, turning back to the front of the class. Regina had just walked into the room, and Emma deliberately avoided staring at her. "You see, anyone with like, one fifth of a brain cell would have been able to work out that I'm gay as fuck by now. But not them."

Emma laughed. "Well – boys really are dumb. They don't think there's a chance that anyone could possibly resist them, when in actuality we've got some much better options waiting for us."

"Girls, you mean?"

"Exactly."

Regina was shuffling her papers ahead of them, which usually meant she was getting ready to start the class, but for once Emma was distracted from her. Mulan was laughing happily, her eyes crinkling at the sides.

"I thought you had a gay vibe about you."

"Sadly, I'm actually bi." Emma said, lowering her voice. "Which means those two fuckboys behind us do technically have a chance with me, but I'd prefer it if they didn't know that."

"My lips are sealed." Mulan said. "You can do better, anyway."

Emma glanced up at Regina then, who was just walking to the front and centre of the room.

"Yeah." she said quietly. "I probably can."

Regina called them all to attention, and Emma settled back into her seat to listen. Mulan, though, had other ideas.

"Are you seeing anyone at the moment?" she whispered. Regina looked at them immediately, and Emma stayed quiet.

"Alright." Regina said, turning back to the rest of the class. "Did everyone remember to do the assigned reading for this week?"

"Is that a no?" Mulan hissed in Emma's ear.

Emma mumbled back, "I'm... sort of seeing someone. It's early days."

"Ah, I get it. How many dates?"

"Well. Technically—"

"Miss Swan." Regina barked, making her jump in her seat. "Did it escape your notice that class has begun?"

Emma felt her cheeks turn pink. "No. Sorry."

Annoyingly, it seemed that Regina's angry face was still a turn on for her, because with that one displeased look, Emma felt a familiar throbbing start up between her legs. She swallowed and tried to straighten up in her chair, hoping that if she looked more focused, it would take Regina's attention away from her again.