𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍 ~ 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬

S I X

It had been three weeks since anyone had seen or heard from Vivienne, the last anyone saw of her was when she walked out of the sheriff station with Emma. People tried to contact her however they were ignored. Vivienne had never lost anyone who meant this much to her so she took it hard. She kept herself in her house mostly looking back at photos and videos of the two together.

Vivienne woke up on a Thursday morning to her door knocking, rolling out of bed she threw on her dressing gown and headed downstairs, as she got halfway down the stairs the knocks became more fierce "hold on I'm coming" she shouted trying to get them to stop, unlocking the door she opened it to only to see Mr Gold.
"Hello dearie, may I come in?" Vivienne nodded opening the door wider for him to come in, once he had placed himself in the centre of the her hallway Vivienne shut the door. "So, what can I do for you Gold" Vivienne rubbed her eyes whilst looking at the man "I was going to clean out grahams apartment, and I know the two of you were close. So I was wondering would you like to come and help and pick some things out for yourself?" He questioned watching the girl as she yawned

"yeah, let me go get ready. Help yourself to coffee in the kitchen, the doors just behind you.." she told him before rushing back upstairs to get ready. After finding an outfit she quickly fixed her hair and brushed her hair she returned back downstairs to see Mr gold sat down in the kitchen. "Okay I'm ready" his head turned towards the girl squinting at the sight of her "Vivienne, sweetheart have you been eating?" he watched as she shrugged "right okay, on our way I'm going to buy you lunch. Okay?" Vivienne knew she had no choice in the matter so she nodded following the man out towards his car.

The drive to granny's was silent, although comfortable. Vivienne felt the looks gold was giving her, it was like he was making sure she was still alive "we're here sweetheart" gold said taking in the girls zoomed out state "Vivienne?" The girl immediately shot back "shit, sorry I must I've dozed off.." the man nodded unbuckling his seatbelt and getting out the car, Vivienne shortly followed behind feeling all eyes on her as she left the car, most of them were full of sorrow however some looked shocked, and some were happy. Happy that she was alive, happy that she was well. When they entered granny's a certain pair of eyes were laid upon her. Regina's. The woman looked at Vivienne with relief, Viv didn't understand why, she didn't understand why the brunette woman's eyes followed her everywhere, she didnt understand why Mr Gold cared about her so much, she didn't understand why it was Graham that had to die.

Gold had told Vivienne to sit down somewhere whilst he grabbed her something to eat, as she looked around her eyes fell on the table hidden away. Hidden away from all of eyes that looked her way. "Here you go sweets, eat up" gold had placed a grilled cheese in front of her as-well as glass of water. Vivienne had ate it within five minutes, the built up hunger from rarely eating was finally settled. "Thank you, you didn't have to do that" gold smiled at the younger woman infront of him "no my dear, it's a pleasure" Vivienne nodded slightly smiling at him

The two left quickly, Vivienne not batting an eye at the brunette who continued to stare. The two arrived at grahams apartment shortly after leaving granny's, Vivienne fought hard not to let tears fall however one of many had slipped through the walls she had placed around her, the two walked in and immediately went to work, Gold stayed in the kitchen clearing out the cupboards whilst Vivienne when to the bedroom. When she entered the room she felt all the oxygen leave her body, she felt all the tears that had fell come back, her knees had gone limp. Just as the girl was about to drop she felt arms around gently lowering her to the ground "it's okay sweetheart, I've got you" Gold cradled her head against his chest as she cried. Five minutes had passed and Vivienne's tears slowly stopped, "thank you, again" she smiled at the man who nodded "it's no problem, I'll go clean the kitchen again" Vivienne nodded watching him as he left. The girl lifted herself off the floor before going to his closet, she picked through them deciding which ones to get rid of and which ones she'd like to keep.

7 jackets, 15 tops and 8 pairs of trousers Vivienne was finally done, she had kept three of his jackets and two tops, the rest went to the donation box, moving on to his drawers Vivienne had throw most of it away apart from his cologne collection that she donated as most of the bottles were filled, Grahams room didn't have much in it that she knew she wanted to keep. However he always kept all of the photos they had took together in a photo album underneath his bed, Vivienne looked under the bed searching for the album, she looked for a few minutes before getting back up searching his room, the girl wandered over to his bedside table and opened the drawers, in there she found it, she found the album with a letter attached in it, it read:

To Vivi,

If your reading this then that means Im dead and I wanted you to know this wasn't your fault, I wanted you to know you can move on. Find new friends and live the life you've always wanted. I knew the day was coming when I was going to die, a few months ago I got diagnosed with a heart condition which shortened my life, I didn't want to tell you because I wanted my last few months to be filled with joy and love and not with you worrying about me. In my will I've left all my money to you, I want you to get everything you've always wanted, I want you to have the best life. I've also made sure to tell the mayor my job must go to you, otherwise I'd haunt her. That's the real reason I went to her house. Please know I don't want you to grieve to hard, I understand you will but please, move on. I'll always be in your heart and I'll watch out for you from wherever I am. Just promise to look after yourself. I love you Vivienne you were the best friend I've ever had.

Lots of love

- Graham ♡︎

Vivienne held tbe note close to her as a tear slipped, she placed the photo album in her bag as she headed towards the door, the box of clothes she was donating in one hand and the letter in the other "I'm ready, if you are" she smiled at the man who nodded "make sure that you have everything because once we lock that door that's it" Vivienne nodded leaving the apartment for the last time, she headed straight for Golds car placing the box in the trunk, just as she closed it she felt a hand tap her on her shoulder.

Regina. "I'm sorry, about Graham. I would've come sooner but nobody knew what was happening" Regina stood still looking at the woman In front of her "it's okay, I'm feeling a lot better now, he's taking care of me even beyond the grave, I'll be back at work tomorrow if that's what your wondering" Viv smiled at Regina "I did wonder when you'd be back however that's great Vivienne! And I know you've just had a rough few weeks but I was wondering maybe on Saturday if you could look after Henry for me, I have a lot of work things to catch up on" Regina paused taking in Vivienne's face "but if you don't want t-" "no Regina that's fine, I'd love to look after him" she smiled at the brunette before walking towards her side of the car "I'll see you on Saturday ma'am"