So this story is kind of in between two worlds.

I'm basing our leading ladies and the rest of the charachters on the actual charachters from the show but in this story they're actually actors in OUAT. (the show is slightly or probably really different and I won't go into it in too much detail because I'm not planning on working that out… I don't have THAT much spare time.) Okay I'm very well aware of the fact it all sounds really weird and unclear but if you start reading it might start to make sense, or not? In which case, I'm sorry. Totally my bad.

Also, this is my first fanfic ever. I only ever write music so this is whole new territory for me. If you decide on reviewing (which would be so nice of you, thanks) please be nice to me.

I've writen a couple of chapters already and I feel like my writing is becoming looser as I go…

If you can all keep in mind that I'm not a native English speaker that would be very much appreciated. Any and all mistakes you might come across that annoy the hell out of ya'll are due to my lack of nativeness :p You can of course always tell me if I'm making major errors, that is.. if you're being nice about it. Feedback is also welcome of course!

Okay I'm gonna stop excusing myself now and start this story.

Regina is an actress on OUAT, as is Kathryn (and other people as well but that's not relevant to this chapter) Emma is a lot younger and Kathryn's personal assistant. She meets Regina for the first time.

Of course she has a past and blablabla but you'll all come to learn about that in good time.

I don't own OUAT or any of the charachters I just have some fun with them.

Rated M for later chapters.

CHAPTER ONE.

She looks up from her laptop, only to see that the entire room is empty now.

Earlier this morning it had been rather crowded. Not that she had minded. It was actually funny watching the extras getting ready, stressing over their scenes. But after a while she had just put her headphones in and started answering her boss's emails.

Now no one is around she decides it's safe to pull out the headphones and listen to some music through the laptop speakers. It's not like there's anyone to appose. She hums along to Fleetwood Mac, The Band, Buffalo Springfield and Bob Dylan songs. Occasionally adding some words to her soft humming.

Like a rolling stone

Suddenly she realizes time has past quicker than it had felt and it's already 3 pm, she feels slightly dehydrated. Placing her laptop next to her, the girl gets up and walks over to the watertank, her soft singing accompanied by silly dancemoves. Okay, dancing has never been her strongest suit but that doesn't mean she can't let loose from time to time, right? After downing three cups of water in a row she refills the plastic holder a final time to take back with her to the couch she has been working from.

Turning around she let's out a high squeel. She's taken by surprise when she sees she was never alone after all.

On the other side of the room, across from where she's standing she's surprised to see a dark haired woman looking in her direction, the woman is seemingly supressing a laugh. Pressing her lips together, her eyes less subbtle.

'I…' the young blonde smiles awkwardly. 'I'm sorry I didn't realize I wasn't alone.' She says, looking at the ground for a second before realizing she's only making the situation more uncomfortable like this.

She looks up with a huge smile on her face

'So, can I get you some water?'

'Would you mind? I'll give you one of my grapes in return.' The other woman offers kindly.

Emma chuckles at that.

'I don't know Miss. That sounds rather inappropriate and we just met .'

She jokes. Suprised at the sight of the other woman who clearly wasn't expecting her forward response.

Emma turns around and get's another cup of water.

Fuck how could she not have seen right away…She's only just realized who exactly the other woman is and can now knock herself in the head for saying something so stupid as she just had.

She has basically just hit on Regina Mills, as if it is the most normal thing to do.

Regina feels her cheeks flush red and can't supress her typical laugh.

Okay Em, just bring her the water and be normal. Just be normal.

Oh lord who am I kidding? I don't do normal. Oh and lower the volume! Holding both cups in one hand she walks towards her laptop to do so.

Regina watches the young woman walk towards her. She hasn't even bothered responding to the blunt sexualy loaded joke simply because she has no idea what one could possibly asnwer to that.

'Here you go.' She hands her the plastic cup.

Regina takes a few sips while the young blonde sits down beside her.

Sitting on her right leg so she can face the dark haired actress, keeping a safe distance though. So she shouldn't, wouldn't invade the other woman's personal space.

She leans over to take a grape from the little jar sitting beside Regina on the couch.

Quickly eyeing the woman before actually doing so. Making sure if the offer still stood.
'I can take one right?'

The brunnette surpresses a laugh. She turns her head and holds up her cup.

'You did hold up your end of the bargain, dear.'

Did she do that on purpose? Did she really just say that in her 'Evil Queen' tone?

Regina pulls up her eyebrows and chuckles before putting the grape in her mouth.

'You know you could have told me to turn down the volume. I didn't realize I wasn't alone. So please accept my apology.'

The young woman closes her eyes slightly whilst bowing her head a little and making an apologyzing handgesture.

Regina laughs

'It's quiet alright, you have splendid taste in music.'

She says before pursing her lips and raising her eyebrows in an impressed manner.

'So I don't mind it really.'

'Well in that case I take my apology back.' Emma huffs.

Regina laughs.

God that laugh

'I'm Emma.' The young woman offers her hand in a burst of confidence.

Regina's laughter sinks into the prettiest smile Emma has ever witnessed in her entire life while she shakes the woman's hand.

'It's nice to meet you Emma. I'm Regina.'

'Likewise!' Now Emma isn't sure what to say next so she's very happy when the older woman starts to talk.

At this point Emma is having trouble breathing while interacting with the woman and desperatly hopes that it isn't showing too much.

She tries to keep her cool on the outside.

'So you're an extra on the show or something?' Regina askes while taking a grape and offering another one to the young woman as well.

Em takes one and eats it whilst thinking of Regina's question, for a split second there her mind is blurred from the proximity of the other woman and she hasn't heard the actual words that had come out of her mouth.

'Hu?' she asks with a confused expression.

Regina chuckles before couching since she almost chocked on the grape in her throat.

'I'm sorry.' She keeps on laughing.

Emma's head turns red. 'is there something funny?' she asks awkwardly.

Regina stops laughing. 'Your face. You made a hilarious face.'

'Oh yeah, it does that sometimes' she smiles.

'So are you?' Regina asks again.

'Am I what?' Em's confused. She narrows her eyes but is still smiling, waiting for clarification from the older brunnette.

Regina lets out another, smaller chuckle. 'An extra… on the show.'

'Oh. No. No no.' She shakes her head. 'I work for Kathryn… Nolan' she adds just to be clear which Kathryne she's talking about.

'Oh?' Regina's surprised by her asnwer.

'I'm her personal assistant.' Emma clarifies casually.

The girl before her seems so young. Not childish of course but just rather young to be a personal assistant.

Regina and Kathryn had always been really close actually. So the fact that she didn't know her friend had hired a personal assistant did feel pretty weird but the last couple of weeks had been so busy she realized she shouldn't be surprised. She makes a personal nota to call her later to hang out soon.

'Impressive!' she says with indeed… and impressed facial expression.

Emma smiles. 'Yeah it's pretty unbelievable for me even.'

'I don't wanna sound rude, so please don't feel offended or anything but aren't you very young?' Regina asks careful but nonetheless forward.

Emma pulls up her eyebrows whilst nodding in agreement.

'Well for me personally, this is literally the oldest I've ever been but still I think you could say I'm pretty young.'

The older woman shoots her an annoyed gaze at that joke but Em can see she thought it was funny. At least a little.

'So how did that happen?' Regina asks nonetheless, still impressed and interested.

Emma clears her throuth before saying.

'Well I don't know it kind of just did. I mean probably years ago when my parents decided to have unprotected sex.' She looks up at the woman with a wide grin across her lips.

The other woman gives her another one of those gorgeous gazes that she tries to sell off as a look of annoyance. Emma isn't easily fooled though.

The dark haired woman gives her a punch on the shoulder.

'You morron.'

'Auwch' Em says while rubbing the place where Regina's hand has just touched her.

She just touched me

Regina blushes.

'No serious now… I met Kat in London after a concert we both attended. I had travelled there, from Holland… where I've lived for a while. So yeah, I went there just to see the concert. so I was going to try to take the first train back. I guess I was just waiting for the hours to pass when she noticed me after exiting the concert hall. We kind of started talking and the next day she offered me the job. We flew here the same day.'

There is just something about the girl. How she talks and how every second her face seems to have a new expression washed over it. The way she looks. There's something or several things. But at this point. There's no way of pointing out what exactly.

'That's a crazy story. Wauw.' Regina's kind of speechless to the explanation.

'Yeah it's pretty crazy.' Em says nodding her head, her gaze drifting away into the room. She sighs and smiles.

'So whatcha doing?' she kind of sing-songs the question.

Regina smiles. And pulls up a stack of papers from beside her.

'Lines' she says nodding and pursing her lips.

'You want me to go over them with you?' the young woman asks right away. Surprised at her own bluntless.

Regina feels very much at ease but at the same time has a weird feeling in her stomach. It's not an awefull feeling so she tells herself that she probably is getting a bit nervous for her big scenes later that day.

That doesn't happen much to her, but occasionally she could get a little nervous.

'You think you're up for it?' she asks, a smile crossing her lips.

Those lips

'Of course.' She leans over and takes the papers from the older womans hands.

Regina can't help but just stare at the girl now.

'Okay so I take it you know your lines?' the young woman asks rather cocky and arrogant before giving the actress a little wink.

This girl really knows no shame. Lana thinks.

She's pretty cool.

'Okay so I'm basically everyone except for the Queen. Go!'

Regina's eyes widen at the girl. 'How. You know I'm the Queen?'

'Well if they type-casted at all I don't think you could be playing anyone but the Queen, right?' Emma says softly, eyebrows high and a little smirk across her lips.

Regina feels her cheeks turn crimson. Her jaw dropping slightly.

'Plus I actually watch the show.' Em casually adds. And laughs.

Regina shakes her head with that 'annoyed gaze' in her eyes.

'screw you Emma.' She laughs.

'You actually made me believe you didn't know me.' She says acting as if she's offended by the situation.

'Um, I think I acted normal, thank you… what did you want me to do? Act all starstruck and fall at your feet?' Em laughs

Regina laughs along

'That doesn't sound to bad actually.' She jokes and they both laugh at their rediculas conversation.

The two women start going through the scenes Regina has to learn by heart.

To Emma it's really fascinating watching Regina really get into her role of Evil Queen. She truly is a great actress.

Regina on her turn is very much surprised herself to learn that the young woman actually seems like a pretty great actress herself. Switching from persona to persona whilst going through the script. The fact her current reading partner is acting along with her makes it so much easier and fun to go through the script.

At moments when either of them fall out of their rolls they just have the best laughs.

The young woman feels oddly familiar to the dark haired actress.

This could be the beginning of a great friendship she thinks to herself.

The two are taken by surprise when they hear a cellphone go off.

They have been very caught up in the scenes and in Emma's case… Regina.

The blonde answers the vibrating device in her pocket.

'Kat' she mouths to Regina.

Before realizing it might be weird to inform the other woman of who's calling her.

'Ready? Okay I'll be out in a minute. Just let me get my stuff. Aaight!'

'Gotta bounce.' She says before she puts the stack of papers in Regina's lap and playfully grabs another grape from the jar in between them.

She gets up from the couch they have been sharing and walks towards her laptop and bag. Turning off the music and placing the Mac in its bag.

'You think I could have your cell number?'Regina quickly asks the young woman before thinking.

The woman hasd no idea she had it in her to be this forward towards a stranger.

Emma is very surprised the older woman would want her number.

She doesn't really know what to make of it but of course she wouldn't mind giving it to her. Especially if it meant seeing her again.

'I think so yeah.' She chuckles.

Regina takes her phone from her pocket. 'Go.'

'0031 78 65 38'

A few seconds later she sees her phone light up again.

She sighs before answering.

'I'm on my way Kat' she says, sighing annoyed but only a little.

'Seriously?' The voice on the other end and behind her says low and dry.

Emma looks behind her embarassed and smirks at Regina

'Thanks.' She says pressing her lips together awkwardly.

Regina rolls her eyes but still smiles.

'There, now you have mine too.'

Emma nods. Before taking her bag and walking up toward Regina again. She quickly leans over and kisses the other woman goodbye with a peck on her cheek that was more of a brushing of cheeks.

Regina looks as though she's taken by surprise by the other woman's actions.

Em just laughs.

'Well I lived in Europe, dear.' She says cocky.

'Well thank God you didn't live in France, dear.' Regina replies, rolling her eyes.

'You keep telling yourself that, darling' Em winks jokingly.

Both burst out in laughter before the brunnette kicks Emma's leg. Not hard though. Just a nudge.

'Go! Your boss is waiting.'

The blonde puts on her serious face again. Salutes the dark haired woman with a formal nod. And leaves in a hurry.

Regina rolls her eyes before smiling wide.

Definitely a funny friendship

Kat and Emma sit in the car in comfortable silence listening to the silent radio.

'Were you able to keep yourself busy?' the older blonde asks

The young woman stares absentmindedly out of the window when her eyes drift to her boss.

'Hu?' she says smiling

'Or did you have a horribly boring time?' she chuckles.

Em snaps out of her daydream.

'Naa, I had fun actually. Got some work done and ran over lines with Regina.'

'Regina?' the older woman raises a perfect shaped eyebrow.

'The Evil Queen' says the young woman mysteriously, dangerously. Before smirking.

'I'll have you known I know who Regina is, we're actually really close. I was merely surprised you already socialized is all. You're so cool.' Kat jokes and laughs.

'I know right, I don't know how I do it … I win all of you over so easily.' She winks at her boss and Kat smiles wide while rolling her eyes.

'Charming our way to the top are we? I knew you were a con!'

Kat jokingly accuses the young woman.

'I'll send you a postcard.'Emma winks at her boss before Kat pinches her leg not being able to come up with another witty response. Em knows she's won this time. She smiles wide.

The woman were very comfortable around eachother. They'd taken quiet a liking towards eachother. Emma always seemed to know what her boss needed even if it was distance or silence. Even if it was just a hug. Even if it was a glass of wine. And Kathryn had listened to Emma, without pittying the young woman for what she'd been through. She had given her a new purpose by giving her the job and they both had eachother to thank for their new found happiness.

Em hoped her friend would some day really find a man who was worthy of her. And if she didn't, that she'd at least never had to feel lonely again.

Kat wished that Emma would find real happiness and now and then pushed the girl into asking someone out on a date. She wanted for the young woman to start thinking about her future and the prospect of working on a family, she'd always wanted one after all–even if it's just a good girlfriend… for now- would give her roots. Emma hadn't listened but Kat thought that if she kept trying it would eventually sink in. It had to.