Regina's First Time

New Friend

Chapter 5: New Friend

"Regina dear" Cora called knocking on her daughter's door.

Regina sighed, got up from her bed where she was layed down in front of her MacBook and opened her door to her mother. "Yes? Mother" she said.

"Your two friends are allowed to come to dinner on Friday as you requested. Think it as a reward on your good behaviour last weekend you stayed alone"

Regina smiled, convincing Cora to let her friends have dinner with them on Fridays was almost impossible, but it meant that they could also sleep over and do fun stuff like playing truth or dare or having a movie marathon. "Thank you mother. I was thinking... would it be possible to bring another friend?" she asked.

"Another friend?" Cora exclaimed with wide eyes.

"Yes, she's called Emma Swan, I met her at debate club and we got along very well on the party in the weekend" the teen said.

"I'm glad you make a new close friend, after all this years. It had always been Graham and Rose. Of course she can come dear, I'll be delighted to meet her" her mother replied with a tight smile.

Cora turned around and walked back to her office, while Regina closed the door and went back to her laptop. She opened Facebook, she ignored her 53 notifications and 78 friend requests. She couldn't care less about the people she didn't know, in the end they only wanted to talk to her because she was the mayor's daughter or because they wanted to hook up with her or become popular, none of the three cases seemed any good for a friendship. She looked in her friend list for Emma Swan, she clicked the blonde's profile and then clicked the button that read 'Message'. She let her hands fly on the keyboard as she typed a quick first message to her new friend, then she hit the enter key to send.
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At the Blanchard's house...

Emma's laptop gave the two notes that announced a new Facebook message, she closed the current tab she had opened and went to her Facebook. She saw at the bottom right of her screen a red number 1 next to the name Regina Mills.

"Holy shit!" she shouted in excitement and threw her back against her mattress to look at the ceiling.

"Emma are you ok? What happened?" Mary Margaret came running to her room's door.

"Regina just sent me a message on Facebook" the blonde said covering her face with her hands.

"Thank god my parents aren't home, you know what they think about swearing, and your scream was probably heard on the whole neighborhood" the brunette said, trying to not care about her friend's emotional outburst. When the blonde didn't answer and just kept breathing heavily to her palms she sighed. "All right, what did it say, lovebird?"

Emma sat back up and looked at her friend. "I have absolutely no idea but she messaged me and that is more than enough for me"

"Ugh Emma you are so in love" Mary Margaret said, entering the room and sitting on the couch that was in front of Emma's bed.

"Says the girl who has to bite her lip every time David Nolan texts her so she doesn't squeal like a mouse" she replied teasing her.

Mary Margaret rolled her eyes. "Shut up and read the message"

Emma opened the little window with a click and read to herself.

Regina Mills: Hey Emma! My mother, Rose, Graham and I would like to invite you to have dinner/sleep over at my house on Friday night. It's a kind of tradition we have (every time my mother doesn't give us a hard time) and we though that as from the day of the party you have become our fourth part in this friendship madness you would maybe like to take part in it. Sorry for asking with such a short time before, but until today I was told I had permission to invite you. Hope you can come! The warmest hug, Regina.