Regina's First Time

The Party (Part 1)

AN: I just want to say that I don't know if Ruby's name is actually Ruby Lucas or if it's something I'd be stealing from AWCM, but I will call my Ruby, Ruby Oliver. This chapter is a bit longer than the previous two, but I can't be sure they will all be like this, also it's divided in two because if not it would be ridiculously long for my standards. Enjoy!
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Chapter 3: The Party (Part 1)

She had done it, she had actually done it and she couldn't believe it! Regina had convinced Cora to let her host a party at the mayoral mansion, the first party she had ever hosted in that mansion, and it wasn't just any party, it was the great annual Halloween costume party.

The party often changed place, but it was mostly at the town's Diner front yard (hosted by Ruby Oliver who was the grandchild of the Diner's owner) or at the school's gym when the year's hosts convinced the principal.

She didn't know how she had managed to convince her mother, it was hard enough to let her go to it for more than 3 hours every year, it seemed almost as a dream. Even if Regina didn't care much about popularity and having thousands of friends, hosting the party had always been her dream, she thought that having it in the mansion was an amazing idea as the house was big and had many places to hang Halloween decorations from. She could invite everyone, including the freshmen, as her house was way bigger than the school's gym or the Diner's front yard. Generally only one big but selected group of seniors was invited, together with 10 sophomores and 3 or 4 freshmen. Of course Regina had always been invited for being the Mayor's daughter even before being in highschool, as well as Ruby for being the 'second prettiest in town' and Graham for being the sheriff's son. But she wanted to give everyone the opportunity to go.

She could barely hold her excitement and had been sitting on the edge of her bed with her white iPhone between her hands for ten minutes, thinking what was the best way to tell her best friends the breaking news. She finally got the right words and unblocked her phone, then pressed from her favorite contacts the name 'Rosie', which was how she had her friend saved.

The phone beeped three times before the blonde answered. "To what do I own the pleasure of Regina Mills calling my cellphone?" she teased.

"How do you feel about hosting the Halloween party?" Regina asked excited.

"Well... honestly I don't know, talking to the principal kind of gives me the nerves and choosing some people to go doesn't seem nice, shouldn't we let David Nolan and friends do the job? Or the Oliver girl ask her grandmother again?" her friend answered seriously.

"No, in my house" Regina nearly squealed.

The other end of the line stayed silent for some seconds and the mayor's daughter bit her bottom lip imagining her friend's face. "WHAAAAAAAAAAT!?" Rose finally shouted and Regina had to take the phone away from her ear to prevent getting deaf, when she heard the scream stop she pressed it again to her cheek. "How the hell did you convince Mrs. to do that?" the other girl asked.

"I... cast a spell on her" she answered and they both laughed. "No, actually it's like if I had done it, it was a miracle!"

"Yes! I must say I'm impressed. But the party should be like next week, shouldn't we start planning and buying and informing or something?"

"Yup, why don't you call Graham and come over? I'll wait for you"

"Consider it done, magical witch" Rose said and finally hung up.

Regina smiled to herself and ran downstairs with her phone hardly pressed in her hand, when she got to the living room she turned around, remembering she needed to inform her mother that her friends were going to the mansion.