Excuse Me, Miss Mills?

Chapter 26

The rest of my first day of work went off without a hitch, and afterwards I celebrated with Ruby and Neal. Neal had snagged a bottle of champagne from his house and we went to the old well in the forest to drink it from red solo cups Ruby took from her apartment. It was kind of a hang out spot for teenagers who didn't want to go home but didn't want to hang around Storybrooke's various playgrounds, so we saw plenty of other recent graduates and had a good time.

True to her word, Regina had given me a dirty little show over video chat. I'd had to wait until my parents went to bed, but that just built the anticipation more. I definitely made sure to be wearing headphones for that one, and she'd said all sorts of filthy things in my ear as she did a little strip tease. I held out for as long as I could before I had to take care of myself, and she didn't hesitate to direct me through that, making me delay myself as long as possible until I wanted to explode before giving me permission to come. I hated how willing I was to obey her when it came to putting off an orgasm, but at the same time it was always satisfying in the end. After I'd come she'd let me watch her get herself off and I'd endlessly cursed the fact that I lived with my parents—I wanted to tell her what to do so badly but couldn't risk being overheard saying something like that.

My second day at work was infinitely less eventful. It was a Monday so it was a bit slower than the previous day, and there certainly weren't any custody battles being fought in the dining room. Tuesday passed in much the same vein.

I had Wednesday off and had hoped to spend it with Regina, but she had one more day of cleaning out her office and wrap-up meetings left. I sulked and pouted and told her to skip it but she'd never skipped a day of work by choice and wasn't about to start now.

That didn't stop me from wanting to see her though, which was why I found myself in the bug in the school parking lot with a small bouquet of lilies. I'd decided to bring her flowers to put a smile on her face and I'd gone with lilies because of their importance in Imagine Me and You. I'd thought it would be a cute little joke that would make them mean more to her, and I couldn't wait to give them to her.

I got out of the car and headed up to the school, wandering through the halls until I got to her office. I heard two people inside—one was Regina and the other was Kathryn. I reminded myself I couldn't call them by their first names, which would be significantly easier to do with Kathryn than it would be with Regina.

"I just can't believe after everything you gave up for her you broke up with her," Kathryn said disbelievingly.

I pulled back, not wanting to interrupt this conversation in particular. I knew Regina had told her friend that she'd broken up with the 'other woman' but I thought she'd said she told her on Monday.

"I didn't want the strangeness of our relationship impacting the twins' lives," Regina said. "Robin would know I left him for her and he'd be upset around her and I. That would inevitably affect the babies."

"True, but still," she said. "You gave him up to be with her."

"It was a young relationship," Regina said, sounding like she was trying to be patient. "We'd only been dating about three months. It wasn't like we were in love."

I didn't exactly like hearing her talk like that. I knew it was all a lie, but it still felt strange to hear it.

"Besides, the babies come first," she continued. "They're more important than almost anything else in my life."

"Almost?"

"You know I can't live without my shoes."

I heard the smile in her voice and grinned a little myself.