What About Last Night

A New Beginning Pt 2

Strolling out of the enchanting restaurant Emma grasped Regina's petite hand, entwining her fingers with the brunette's lithe, slender ones. Thinking that they were going to walk to the car in order to go to their next destination Emma headed in that direction. Regina, on the other hand, pulled Emma away from her goal and set her on a different path for them, which was down the long, culturally colorful street. Seeing as it was an artsy town, they looked at the sculptures made from alabaster, bronze and other materials that were scattered around Main Street on their way to the next stop, which Regina was beyond excited for.

They came to a little shop called The Palette. It looked like a brightly lit artists gallery to Emma, her eyes lit up like lights on Christmas Day. She was so incredibly enthusiastic about going in that she almost knocked a little boy over on her way into the exotic place. Regina continued to lead Emma into the enormous studio by her hand, holding it tenderly. The room was nice and cool due to the air conditioning being on and had an aroma of fresh acrylic paint and canvases, seeing as this was an art studio it made perfect sense. Emma felt right at home and it made Regina nostalgic for her high school days sitting in the art classroom with Emma after school.

Traveling to the tall front counter Regina smiled at the hostess, whose name tag read Lily, "Yes I have reservations for two under the name Regina Mills please." She reported politely.

Nodding her acknowledgment, "That'll be $70 for the two of you." Lily announced with a flirtatious giggle thrown in.

Noticing the exchange Emma put a possessive hand in the middle of Regina's back hoping Lily would get the hint. Regina pulled out her platinum credit card, slid it into the machine and waited for approval, once it was approved she replaced the card back into her customized Michael Kors wallet and put it in her matching purse. Sliding over to the beverage counter Emma noticed that they served an extensive selection of alcohol, pop and water and immediately got even more excited. Both of the women pulled their ID's out, knowing they'd be carded, showing them to another woman whose sole purpose was to provide drinks for the night. Regina ordered a glass of red wine and Emma had a Corona which, as always, was served with a lime wedge.

They were ushered to their assigned seats near the front of the studio, they placed their drinks down on a table and slowly looked around the room. It was a very large room with six or seven long tables with parchment paper on them, on top of the paper were multiple easels with 11x14 canvases on them. Off to the side were ceramic cups with clean water as well as several synthetic hair brushes of various shapes and sizes.

Lily was slowly strolling around the room and noticed Regina and Emma's confused looks on their faces, "This is your first time here isn't it?" She deduced speaking exclusively to the brunette.

Regina blushed lightly and nodded her head as Emma responded, "Yes it is. How does this work exactly?"

Dragging her attention from Regina, Lily glared at Emma and explained, "Well, you go over there and put on your aprons," she pointed to a plethora of aprons hanging on pegs on a wall. "Then you grab a paper plate and pump the paint onto it. The amount of pumps needed are on signs on the front of the gallon bottles of paint. After that you return to your seat and wait for my instructions on how to paint the picture we're supposed to be painting tonight." She said almost robotically, like she's done this a million times then returned her gaze back to Regina. "You got it sweetheart?" Her buttery voice smoothly reaching the brunette's ears making her smile, she nodded unable to speak.

This all played out in front of the flaxen haired woman's eyes. She couldn't believe the audacity of Stacy and wanted to rip her organs out through her nostrils. But she kept calm, barely, and voiced brusquely, "Yeah, I think we have it."