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Cady gently pulls Regina by the wrist, leading the blonde to her bedroom. Her eyebrows scrunched up in concentration, Cady maneuvers her way around the crowd of people partying their minds away, her eyes occasionally darting back to check if Regina was still there. She brings the drunk girl up the staircase, holding the back of her waist to lead her up safely. Cady ushers Regina upstairs, letting out little coos of encouragement while the other girl mumbles incoherent words.
Cady sighs through her nose, and using her free hand, turns the doorknob to Regina’s room, swinging the door open. She pulls Regina into the room and locks it behind her so that couples looking for rooms to spend time in (which Cady learned is something that always happens at every party) won’t disturb Regina. She brings her to her bed, sitting down on the edge of the mattress and pats the area next to her. Regina blinks at her slowly before collapsing on the bed face-down, giggling.
“Regina…” Cady whispers, nudging her. Shoot, maybe she should’ve brought water along with them. She wasn’t prepared to deal with a drunk Regina.
Regina flips over, her hair sticking up in a disheveled state from moving around in her bed. “Caaaaady.” She calls back, letting out more drunken giggles.
“You should rest.” Cady mumbles, her cheeks turning warm when Regina simply flashes a bright, genuine smile at her— which is something she rarely sees. She positions the pillows on the bed, tugging Regina up so that she can lay her head on the pillows. Truth be told, Cady has no idea how to handle drunk people. She only knows the basics of what being drunk means, because while she has seen others getting drunk, she has never been drunk. Cady refuses to drink so much that she’d be drunk.
Regina raises a finger in the air, her hands visibly shaking. Another bubble of laughter escapes from her throat and she pulls Cady closer to her, her head leaning against her thigh. “What are you thinking about?” She drags her slurred words, her hands gripping hard on whatever she first found contact with— which happened to be Cady’s arm.
Cady stiffens, gulping. “You’re drunk, Regina.”
“Yeahhh?” With glazed-over eyes, she grins.
Okay, yeah, Cady has dealt with a drunk Regina in the past, but she only saw snippets of what Regina was like before she passed out. At that time, she had been incredibly unfamiliar with seeing what alcohol did to people and she had only read about it. Drunk Regina was giggly and extremely touchy. Cady remembers how much she panicked when Regina passed out from exhaustion while drunk. Well, passed out would be an exaggeration; Regina had just dozed off. But still, Cady was super worried.
Gretchen had shrugged it off and told her it just “happened sometimes”, telling Cady not to worry. The remaining trio had carried her to bed and quickly left her to rest afterward. When she saw Regina the next day, she was her same old self again with her deep-cutting remarks and piercing stares. She wasn’t laughing at every single word spoken, constantly touching Cady’s hand, laying in her lap, or hugging the rest of the Plastics. If she didn’t know any better, Cady would’ve thought drunk Regina was a figment of her imagination.
“Cady,” Regina mumbles, and Cady’s attention immediately snaps back to the other girl. “You…” The blonde squints her eyes, her mouth curling into a small smirk.
“Beautiful.” She laughs, patting Cady’s arm. “You’re really beautiful.”
Cady pauses, taking a few seconds to digest what Regina just said. She flushes, staring at Regina with wide eyes. “You’re drunk.” She repeats, her teeth scraping at her tongue. “I— you should rest. I’ll bring a cup of water from downstairs and I’ll leave you to sleep.”
“No.” Regina instantly tightens her grip on Cady’s arm, groaning. “Please.” She adds, so softly that Cady almost misses it.
Regina pulls Cady down on the bed, making her yelp in surprise. “Hey!”
She stays silent, her clouded eyes trained on Cady, her gaze flickering from her eyes to her lips. Cady bites her lip and silently waits for Regina to say something, anything, but she just continues to stare at her.
Cady squirms in her seat, unsure what to say and do. The feeling of Regina’s eyes locked on her sends shivers down her spine. Her breath catches in her throat and she can feel her throat drying up. She has no idea how she has managed to get into this situation.
Regina’s gaze doesn’t leave Cady. The tension in the silent environment was palpable.
“Cady.” Regina breathes out, her voice hoarse.
Cady’s heart rate skyrockets, and she nods, prompting the other girl to continue.
“Can I kiss you?” Her voice is so meek, so unlike Regina. She leans forward, her movements clumsy.
Cady recalls back, surprise outlining the features on her face. Her eyes were wide, and her mouth was slightly gaped open. “Regina—“ She stammers, her throat feeling like it was being sewn shut.
She’s paralyzed with confusion. Her hands grip at the bedsheets under her, her mouth situated in a frown. Cady watches as Regina looks at her with a small glimmer of hope in her eyes, waiting for a reply from her.
Cady’s not sure what to even say, and the words stuck in her throat stay glued to the tip of her tongue. She’s certain that she wont be able to say anything without feeling like she was going to choke. Her stomach churns with uncertainty.
Cady may just explode on the spot.
“No.” She murmurs, releasing one of her hands from Regina’s pink silky sheets to gingerly hold the back of Regina’s hand.
Hurt swirls in Regina’s eyes, and her pale complexion reddens at her cheeks.
“You’re not in the proper state of mind right now. Regina, you’re still drunk. I can’t kiss you now, it’s not right…” Cady trails off, her voice shaking.
An uncomfortable feeling gurgles up in her stomach, something she can’t identify. She needed to unpack the fact that Regina had just asked her to kiss her. Now, she knows that she’s as clueless as a child would be when it comes to the topic of being drunk, but she knows that things like that don’t just come out from nowhere. You don’t just ask your friend to kiss you, that’s not a normal thing, Cady thinks. The thought that Regina George of all people holds feelings for her is laughable, but when she imagines what it would be like to be able to hold her hand and pepper kisses on her beauty marks, Cady feels her heart clench. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to—
Nope, nope. Cady was not going to deal with whatever those feelings were now. This was hardly the right time to do so. She feels something shatter inside her at the small revelation, but for some reason, she doesn’t feel that… surprised. She had always found Regina to be drop-dead gorgeous, and well, she did constantly fawn over her. She vaguely recalls being enthralled by the blonde when they first met, hanging onto each word that came out of her mouth.
“That’s not fair.” Regina mumbles, her voice was so much softer and sweeter than the bitterness Cady is used to. Her hand is so warm and soft. Strands of shiny blonde hair hang over her shoulders as she sits up, her back supported by her pillow. She winces a little at the short wave of dizziness caused by sitting up so abruptly, but her eyes don’t leave Cady’s.
Cady follows her, sitting up straight as she feels her pulse pound loudly in her eardrums. Her heart was going to burst. Regina parts her lips to speak, but all that comes out is a pathetic whine.
Cady raises a brow, and a smile quickly tugs at her lips. She draws out a shuddery breath while she watches Regina’s eyes flutter. “Sorry.” The squirmy feeling comes back and she can feel her skin prickling with an uncomfortable heat.
Regina frowns, her eyes distant like she was deep in thought. Cady feels nothing but static fill her already fizzled mind, and a dull pain spreads through her body. “I can’t.” Her breathing is shallow, and the muscles in her shoulders hurt. Cady hadn’t realized she had been tensed up for the past few minutes.
There’s no way Cady will do anything when Regina is drunk out of her mind. If she were to kiss someone, she wants it to happen when both parties are completely sober. She doesn’t want to take advantage of her drunken state, and she doesn’t want to jump to any conclusions. Regina may have asked her to kiss her, but maybe the alcohol was making her confused. Cady just doesn’t want to do anything she knows she may regret, because she knows that if she kisses Regina now and it turns out to be nothing in the end, she’ll have to live with that pain for the rest of her high school years. She knows that hearing Regina refer to the kiss as a ‘mistake’ will destroy her. There would be no way she could live a satisfied life if she kissed her once and was never allowed to do it again. If her confusing feelings of attraction towards Regina were fed fuel, she won’t ever be able to return to normal.
And if Regina finds out what Cady really thought of her?
It’d be weird. Regina would find her odd and disgusting. They wouldn’t be friends anymore.
Cady breaks out of her daze, looking back at the blonde. Regina looks so vulnerable, with her flushed cheeks and wide, watery eyes. She wasn’t used to it at all. Regina was the epitome of pride, confidence, and power. She wasn’t weak, and even with her faults, she was incredibly strong. Or at least that’s what she shows in public.
“You don’t even like me in that way, Regina.” Cady pauses. “Don't… don’t play with my feelings.”
An uneasy silence fills the room. Cady feels like she’s going to throw up.
“You need to rest. I’ll bring a cup of water up and then I’ll go home.” She says softly. Cady can feel her tears pooling up in her eyes, but she can’t care less.
Regina looks at her like she’s going to say something, but she just sighs and gives her a tired nod. She leans back into the pillow, turning her head away from Cady.
Cady’s chest heaves while she presses her lips together, a burst of overwhelming emotions seeping out from her heavy heart. The light from Regina’s lamps covers the heavy atmosphere with a warm orange. Cady hates to admit it, but seeing the light against Regina’s body makes her look angelic, and it made her yearn for her touch.
Cady rubs her temple, her head starting to ache. Maybe the alcohol was getting to her. Butterflies as heavy as gigantic boulders flutter in her stomach, and finally, she turns away. She gets up from the bed, letting her fingers slip away from Regina’s. Cady dusts off her dress, pretending to be busy adjusting her hair so that she wouldn’t look so pathetic. She turns on her heel and walks out the door, giving Regina one last glance before she leaves.
The people at the party were already slowly moving out of the house, so Cady didn’t have to push past people to get to the kitchen, which she was incredibly grateful for. She wasn’t able to spot Gretchen or Karen, but if she was being honest, they weren’t exactly on her mind right now. Her brain was switching through fifty channels that just showed the same thing over and over again.
Regina, Regina, Regina.
Cady’s face contorts in a grimace, taking a sharp intake of breath. She grabs a glass from Regina’s kitchen cabinet and fills it up with water. She would get medicine for her hangover tomorrow too but she didn’t know where they kept their medicine, and she also didn’t know what to even get for hangovers. She just knew it was a thing because the plastics had mentioned them before. There were apparently many hangover cures, and Cady knows none of them. Cady knows that Ibuprofen was a common thing people use to help with hangovers, but where would she even find that? Regina’s house was huge, and she didn’t know where anything was.
She tastes something bitter in the back of her throat. She should’ve never come to this party. She wouldn’t have, if she knew it would’ve made her realize that she…
Cady purses her lip. She has feelings for Regina. Maybe. Probably.
She likes Regina. The straightest and scariest person she knows.
God, Cady is a mess. Her thoughts are scattered, and the more she thinks about Regina, the more her attraction towards her grows.
If this was what high school romance was like, then Cady wants to go back to being homeschooled.
She brings up her free hand to knock at the bedroom door using her knuckles before entering. Cady walks towards the bedside table and places the glass down.
Desperation was etched on Regina’s face, and her hair somehow became more messy than it was before Cady had left to get water.
“You’re wrong.” Regina’s voice is thick with frustration.
“What?” The surprise rings clear from Cady’s voice, and she feels another needle pierce her insides.
“You’re,” she draws out each syllable, “wrong, Cady.” Regina gives her a smile that doesn’t reach her eyes.
Cady’s mind was reeling. The tension was suffocating.
Regina’s eyes bore into hers, and her voice falters. “I do like you.” She confesses, biting back tears.
Cady breathes in a lungful of air, feeling her legs go numb. She takes a moment to revel in her words.
“No, you don’t.” Cady heaves into a shaky sigh, ready to leave and forget this night forever. “You’re just drunk.”
“I do,” Regina whispers, reaching out a shivering hand to hold Cady’s numb hand. “I really do.”
Cady doesn’t like drunk Regina. Drunk Regina is honest. Sober Regina would never confess to her in a non-joking way. Cady feels sick to her bones.
“Oh.” She lets out, unable to say any more than that. Something burns in her veins.
She wishes she could’ve lived in denial about the crush she has on Regina. Why did she have to make her think about it?
Cady feels her tears building up. She needs to leave. Immediately.
Regina catches her before she could walk away, her hand shooting up to grab at her wrist. She nibbles on her lower lip, and Cady can see Regina’s lipstick smudged on the sides of her lips.
After a long stretch of silence, Regina speaks.
“Please, Cady.” Her face falls, her lips quivering. “Stay, just for one night.” Her words were slurring again.
Against the screaming in her ear that was telling her no, Cady sits down on her bed. Her mind is lost and is searingly hazy. One night.
Regina is doing a really bad job of hiding the overjoyed expression on her face.
Cady looks at her for a few moments before bringing her gaze somewhere else. Her heart is crashing desperately at her ribcage and she can’t bear to look at the girl who is causing all her internal turmoil. She bites down harder on her lip, almost enough to draw blood. This will be tomorrow’s problem.
“Goodnight, Regina.” She simply says, her voice cracking.
Regina mumbles something back, feeling more at peace. Her grip on Cady’s wrist loosens and she moves her hand down to entwine their fingers together.
Maybe, only for a split second, Cady can pretend that this was something she could have. She chances a glance at the now sleeping girl, and nausea strikes her. She moves in closer so that she wasn’t sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning against one of Regina’s propped up pillows.
She doesn’t know how long she sits there, finally letting her built up tears roll down her tears, making her freckles shine in the soft glow of the room. Eventually, her vision clouds over and she falls asleep with Regina’s hand still in hers.
Morning arrives rather quickly.
Cady blinks awake, her vision blurry as she struggles to focus on her environment. Everything is too pink. She shifts her body around in the bed, ready to drift back to sleep before she suddenly feels someone’s breath hitting against her neck. Then, her brain registers that someone’s body is pressed against hers, and warm arms are curled around her waist.
She slowly turns her body to face Regina, taking in her sleeping face. Cady feels her heart pounding mercilessly against her chest, and blood rushes to her cheeks. The morning light stains through the curtains on the windows and lands on the two figures entwined on the bed.
Cady watches Regina’s chest rise and fall, and she can feel her warm breath on her skin. She can’t get her eyes off her.
Cady swallows hard when Regina starts to stir awake. She stiffens, but she doesn’t make an effort to move away from her.
Regina squints at the bright sunlight that was filtering through the fibers of her curtains. She groans, a hand reaching up to rub at her head. Regina makes a small noise and blinks in disbelief when she realizes that her arm was wrapped around Cady’s body. Her eyes snap open and her mouth parts slightly, but she doesn’t say anything.
For a few seconds, they just stare at each other, unmoving.
“Cady.” Regina finally whispers.
Cady wants to speak, but she can’t find the right words. Her mind is fuzzy, and she can’t focus on anything but Regina’s hand on the small of her back.
Regina narrows her eyes at her, her lips fixed in a frown. “Why are you on my bed?”
So Regina didn’t remember anything from last night. Cady should be celebrating, but she feels hollow.
“You got drunk yesterday,” Cady explains, and something was biting at her stomach. “I brought you up to your room so that you could rest.”
Regina blinks slowly at the other girl, waiting for her to elaborate on why Cady was in her room. In her bed. Under the sheets with her.
“You…” Cady hesitates, licking her lips nervously. “You told me to stay.”
Cady recognizes a flicker of panic in Regina’s eyes. “And did I say anything else?” Her tone was firm and her words were rushed. She takes a deep breath, her cheeks flush with bright red.
Cady’s gaze darts around the bedroom, trying to look at anywhere that wasn’t Regina’s captivating eyes. She sits up, her head resting against the headboard.
“Yeah.” Cady tries to laugh to break the awkwardness, but all that comes out is a squeak. “You were really drunk last night… and, uh…”
Regina’s eye twitches and her jaw visibly clenches. “And what, Cady?” She demands, her voice shaky. “What did I say?”
“I—“ Cady breathes out. “Nothing. It’s not important.”
Regina obviously did not believe a single thing Cady was saying. “Cady,” She repeats, her voice dripping with acidity. Her previously soft expression hardens to something more firm. “Tell me.”
Cady’s heart rate was exploding. She panics, and she can hear her heartbeat pounding harshly in her ear. Cady was on the edge of passing out with how dizzy the panic was making her.
Regina most likely barely remembers what happened the night before, so she could just make up something right? No, Cady thinks, Regina will most definitely know if something was up. She has an incredibly sharp eye, and Cady is an awful liar.
If she tells her, will Regina get mad at her? Will she ignore her? Will she spread rumors about Cady to save her own image even though Regina was the one who asked to kiss her?
She hopes not, because, by the time she notices, her traitor mouth betrays her thoughts.
“Youaskedtokissme.”
“What?” Regina gives her an incredulous look, a streak of red highlights her cheeks. She definitely heard what Cady said, and was probably hoping that she had just misheard her words.
Cady holds back a sigh, taking a moment to organize her thoughts. “You asked me if you could kiss me.”
“What? I—” She almost screams. “I said that?” Regina’s eyes are so wide, and Cady can see the little flecks of dark blue swimming in the pale blue that inhabits her eyes.
Regina goes silent, sitting up to throw her head back onto the headboard to make a loud clanking noise. Cady winces. She swallows loudly, her mouth pulled in a thin line. “Hm.”
She turns to Cady, and Cady almost flinches when Regina suddenly holds her arm. “Did we?” She asks quietly, her breathing ragged.
“No!” Cady instantly says, making random motions with her hands before deciding to curl her fingers into her ginger hair. Regina’s reaction only makes the pit in her stomach grow.
Cady’s stomach tightens with nervousness. She wants to dig a hole and stay in there forever. Regina’s eyes are so intense with emotions that Cady can’t decipher, and Regina tightens her grip, not enough to hurt, but enough that Cady could feel it. Cady tries really hard to look away and break their tense eye contact, but she can’t. She doesn’t know why, but she just can’t.
Regina looks almost desperate, with her furrowed eyebrows and her clenched teeth. “Really?” Her voice has become softer and less intimidating, but it was still sharp enough to cut through Cady’s heart if she wanted to. “We didn’t do anything?”
“We didn’t do anything.” Cady parrots, albeit a little weakly.
Regina was semi-satisfied with her answer and loosens her grip on Cady’s arm, but she doesn’t let go. She looks away, choosing to stare at something in her room that wasn’t the person sitting on her bed. She takes another deep breath, and Cady watches her close her eyes for a moment, before snapping back to look at Cady.
Words are pooling in her mouth, but none came out. Instead, she lets out a nervous laugh that sounds more like a sob than a laugh. Cady hears Regina mutter something under her breath before she rolls her eyes.
Neither women make any move and just continue to stare at each other. The tension in the air could be cut with a knife. Both Cady and Regina were waiting for the other to break the silence.
Regina’s bottom lip twitches, and she finally lets go of Cady’s arm. “Cady.” She says slowly in an unreadable tone, drawing out the word like a question.
Cady’s eyebrows hike up to her hairline, and she nods curtly, acknowledging Regina. She’s frozen in place and can only give her a tight smile.
Regina flips her hair back, frowning into her fingernails. After what felt like hours, she looks back up at Cady, boring into her. However, the blush on her face gave away that she wasn’t calm, and was in fact internally panicking.
“Did you want to kiss me?” She inches forward, and Cady’s mouth falls slack. Regina finds confidence in her reaction, hooking her index finger under Cady’s chin when she looks away so that their eyes meet.
The sudden boldness shocks Cady out of her numbness, and her gaze lowers, lingering at Regina’s lips.
Yes.
She really wants to.
But she can’t kiss Regina, because she knows that Regina doesn’t like her like that.
“Yeah,” Cady admits in a whisper, sheepish. She tries to avert her gaze, but Regina still has her finger under her chin. She gulps. “I do.”
“I’m sorry,” Regina took a quick, sharp breath, a glint appearing in her eyes. “What?”
“I, uh, want to kiss you.” Cady repeats, a tingle going down her where Regina was touching her.
Regina huffs. “No, I heard you.” Her voice was thick with frustration. “This is hardly the time for jokes, Cady.” She almost hisses out, her expression hardening again.
Cady is scarcely breathing. “I’m not joking.” She murmurs, and Regina’s finger drops away from her chin.
Regina just stares at her. Cady nervously scans Regina’s face in an attempt to gauge how she was feeling.
The silence is deafening, and Cady was going to have a heart attack at the speed her heart rate was increasing at. Oh, Cady really feels like she’s going to pass out this time.
“Prove it.”
Cady does a double take. She looks at Regina, and all the other girl did was tilt her head, impatiently waiting.
Cady’s gaze moves from her eyes to the beauty mark below her mouth, then to her lips. “How do I prove it?” Her voice is raspy.
“You know how.” Regina says plainly, crossing her arms together.
Cady’s brain is struggling to catch up with what was happening. She tries to desperately gather her thoughts so that she can respond, but all the folders in her head were arranged out of order. Her tongue is tied together, and something is pulling the veins in her heart apart. Cady fidgets with her fingers as she tries to speak. “Okay.”
Cady’s face is lit on fire and she feels her anxiety buzzing in her bones. She nods vigorously as every muscle in her body collectively tenses up. She moves forward so that the distance between them lessens. “Are you sure?”
“Yes.” Regina replies cooly. Her eyes slide nonchalantly from Cady’s lips and then back to her trembling eyes. If not for the slight wobble in her lips, Cady would have thought that Regina wasn’t as nervous about this as she was.
Cady hesitates a little before leaning in, leaving only an inch between them. She can feel Regina’s breath on her. It smells like a mixture of booze and cinnamon gum. Her breath catches in her throat before she finally presses her lips onto Regina’s in a chaste kiss.
Then, she pulls away, staring at Regina with her breath stuck in her lungs. Cady’s shaking everywhere, and she has to force her voice to stabilize before she’s able to speak. “There.”
Something flashes in Regina’s eyes. “Cady—“ She cuts herself off. Her cheeks and the tip of her ears become rosy.
How can someone look so pretty? Cady thinks, sporting her own uncontrollable blush.
Regina looks taken aback, and she coughs awkwardly. She startles at how shaky her voice is and frowns at herself, swallowing hard before trying to talk again.
Cady couldn’t figure out what emotions were present in Regina’s eyes. Excitement? Anger? Fear? Unease?
“Again.” Regina says, almost pleadingly. The word echoes, bouncing off the walls of Regina’s bedroom.
A stunned silence fills the room. Cady watches as Regina’s lips soften into a small smile. Her eyes dart to her lips again, her lipstick still smudged from the party last night.
Cady obeys, giving her another kiss on the lips. Their lips touch softly, and this time, they don’t separate immediately. Their lips linger there, and Cady can feel Regina’s heart beating when she moves her hand to gently hold her arms. Regina kisses back, her own hands traveling to cup Cady’s face. The sensation drives sparks down her body, and she never wants to stop.
Regina leans back, her mouth still slightly open. Before Cady can say anything, she leans back in, kissing her a little harder. The thudding in her chest gets louder and louder as Regina lets out small noises of happiness against her lips. Cady almost whimpers, a warmth she has never felt before blooming in her heart.
When they finally separate, they both struggle to find their own voices.
Cady recomposes herself by leaning into Regina’s touch. Her heart is fluttering.
“I’ve never kissed a girl before.” Regina admits nervously, her voice so soft that it hurts Cady.
Cady smiles. “Neither have I.”
“I… I really enjoyed that.” Regina's thumb rubs at Cady’s cheek, and a bigger grin tugs at Cady’s lips.
“Me too,” Cady whispers, almost giggling. They stay in the embrace, quietly enjoying each other’s company.
After a few moments of comfortable silence pass, Cady sobers up a little. “Regina?” She prompts, making said girl look up at her.
“What does this mean?” She pauses. “For us?”
Regina looks surprised. “Well, Cady…” She shuffles around on the spot in uncertainty. “I’m not that sure.”
Cady cuts in, interrupting her. “I don’t think we can call each other friends again after this.” At the hurt look Regina shoots her, Cady gestures around vaguely, shaking her head. “No, not like that.”
She breathes deeply, taking in the scent of Regina’s perfume. “I mean, aren’t we more than friends now?” Cady asks, a little afraid.
Regina hums, one of her fingers tracing the shape of Cady’s face. “Yeah.”
“Yeah?” Cady questions.
Regina nods her head listlessly and has to fight the urge to roll her eyes. “Okay, Cady,” her hands move down to hold Cady’s. Blue stares into green, and Cady bites her lip. “How about… you go on a date with me today?” Regina whispers, her signature proud look making its way back to her face. Gone was the almost shy Regina, and the fiery determination that Cady had grown to love about her seeps back into her body.
“I would love to.” Cady giggles as Regina moves in to kiss her freckles, her finger drawing lines into Cady’s freckles, connecting them like they were stars in a constellation.
“More than friends, huh?” Regina murmurs against her skin, and Cady can feel the smirk on her face.
“Yeah.” She says after a beat. “We are.”
Regina pulls back, smiling at Cady. Cady’s heart skips a beat. She really wouldn’t mind getting used to Regina looking at her like that.
The Queen Bee was actually a softie, who would’ve known?
“You’re beautiful.” Regina runs her fingers through Cady’s messy hair.
Another flush attacks Cady’s face, and she can only chuckle. “You’re gorgeous.” She shuffles a little closer, hoping Regina catches the hint.
She does.
Regina grabs Cady by the back of her neck, pushing her forward. She bites her lip before kissing her again and again. Cady lets out a squeak, clinging onto the fabric of Regina’s dress for dear life. Regina’s heart beats against Cady’s chest, making a little laugh slip past her lips. The vibrations from her laughter burn into Regina’s lips, shocking her enough to make her kiss back harder, gripping Cady’s shoulders and pushing her down on the bed.
Pinned down on the bed, Cady laughs again, pulling Regina down with her. The blonde collapses onto her body, and more laughter can be heard from both of them.
“Thank you.” Regina buries her face into the crook of Cady’s neck, her hair ticklish against her skin.
Cady reaches out to brush her hair aside, smiling so widely that she’s afraid she may tear her lips. Regina laughs breezily and Cady’s heart surges.
The morning light illuminates Regina’s blonde hair, making it look like she was glowing. Any tension they previously had melts away as Cady moves to kiss her on the cheek.
If this was what high school romance was like, then Cady will do anything in her power to make this last forever. Everything feels so much lighter. Her chest no longer feels like it was being bound by rope. She truly feels happy. Regina hugs her tighter, and Cady will never trade this away for anything in the world.