Hiya! This is just the first part of the prompt, there will definitely be a couple more instalments to come. Hope you enjoy!


Regina watched as her little girl dropped down on the bed, trying it out to see how comfortable it was, she rolled each way, bouncing as she did. Regina looked on in amusement as she placed her suitcase on her own bed and opened it up. "Comfy enough for you Pippa?"

"I think so," the girl nodded, "but I think I need to bounce a little more just to make sure," she protested, a cheeky smile playing on her face as she stood up and bounced some more, her dark hair flying everywhere as she did so.

"Our neighbours are truly going to hate us," she quipped, taking some of her clothes out and transferring them to the wardrobe in the corner of the room.

"That'll be nothing new," the seven-year-old replied as she stopped bouncing and dropped to the bed, crossing her legs and resting her elbows on her knees as she looked at her mother, watching her quietly as she moved both their clothes and put them away. Once she was done Regina turned to look at her daughter and grinned at her before rushing over and flopping on the bed, making her bounce up, "hey mommy!" she squealed with laughter, wrapping her arms around her.

"Hello."

"I thought you said that our neighbours would hate us for bouncing on the beds."

"Hmm, they won't be our neighbours for very long anyway will they," Regina chuckled, screwing her nose up and making her daughter giggle before the girl stood up and started spinning around in her yellow summer dress. "You'll get dizzy," Regina warned as she sat up on the bed, watching her daughter act like the crazy little madam she was.

"How long do you think I can spin for without falling over?" Pippa asked carrying on going, prompting Regina to stand up and scoop her up before depositing her back onto the bed.

"I don't think we want to find out," she laughed as she straightened the yellow top that Pippa had insisted she put on so that they matched. She'd decided to wear it with a pair of denim shorts that she wasn't too sure if she was too old to be wearing but decided to go with it anyway. She was body confident enough to not feel too conscious in a pair of shorts and a summery top. Pippa had told her she looked great and that was the only opinion that mattered to her. "Right then Pips, how about we go exploring?"

"Yeah! Let's go, maybe we'll see some princess!"


"Mia, come on," Robin coaxed as the little blonde sighed and buried her head in her hands. He'd had this holiday booked for months, but something he hadn't been expecting was his daughter's pet rabbit to die the day before they were supposed to be going. That was the reason for her looking so down in the dumps as she solemnly sat on her bed. "Are you just going to sit in here for the whole week?" he asked, running his fingers through her hair as she let out a huff and turned to lay face down on her bed.

"You will need oxygen at some point you know, you can't keep your head buried in that cushion forever," he quipped, standing from the bed and picking up the itinerary which was left on the console table by the door. He read through it and tried to find something he thought his daughter might enjoy. Quite frankly he knew she was going to enjoy just about everything if she could get herself out of the sadness she was feeling caused by the loss of Mr Snuggles. Which he knew was a stupid name for a rabbit, but it had been her choice not his and he'd gone with it.

He'd had to hold a miniature funeral for the animal before burying it in the backyard. Mia had decorated a shoe box for them to put him inside and they'd said goodbye to him. She'd even gone out and found some flowers to lay on top which Robin found to be entirely too adorable. Now though it was time for her to have fun and put her sadness to the back of her mind.

"Mia come on, Mr Snuggles wouldn't want you to be miserable on your holiday, he'd want you to have the best time," Robin chuckled, "he'd want you to go see Mickey Mouse and all the princesses. You know what else?"

The girl turned her head to glance at him, her blue eyes watching him as she waited for what he was going to say next, "what?"

"He would want you to go in the pool and on the slides! See the shows, eat all the ice cream you could possibly fit inside, or donuts, whatever you want to eat, we'll go get. You probably get served by Eeyore."

"Eeyore," she giggled, "what about Whinnie The Pooh?"

"Oh, Whinnie The Pooh is on lifeguard duty this week, but I'm sure they take turns."

"What? He goes swimming?!" she laughed, her dimples on full show.

"Of course, he goes swimming, Piglet probably goes with him," he laughed, watching his daughter's eyes light up as he carried on joking around with her.

"What about the princesses?"

"Oh they don't go swimming," Robin shook his head as he lifted her up off the bed and slipped one of he room keys into the pocket of his shorts, moving his daughter onto his shoulder, so that she could hold onto him whilst he held her legs to make sure she didn't fall off.

"Why don't they go swimming daddy?"

"Because they are scared to get their hair wet of course," he grinned thinking that he'd made a good joke, but he just heard his daughter scoff.

"That's silly, Moana gets her hair wet all the time and she isn't scared. So does Pocahontas. And don't forget about Ariel! She's a mermaid her hair is always wet!"

She'd got him on that one, clever little monkey, "you are very right Princess Mia, I completely forgot about that. Maybe you might see some princesses by the pool then after all."


Pippa tugged her mother's hand as they headed up towards the pool area, Regina chuckled at her enthusiasm, she was glad to see her daughter so happy. "Woah! Mom look at all the slides we have to go on them all."

"I'm sure we'll have time to go on them sweetie, we are here all week," she chuckled as they looked at the pool. Pippa was a water baby, she always had been, she was an excellent swimmer for her age and always wanted to go to the pool.

"Yeah, but can we go this afternoon?"

"Maybe we can," Regina grinned, playing with the ends of her daughter's dark hair as she excitedly pointed towards something else, Regina followed her direction and her eyes widened when she spotted someone familiar stood by the ornamental waterfall, with a cute little girl dressed in denim dungarees riding on his shoulders. She grabbed her daughters hand as she tried to control her breathing, she hadn't seen him in years and now he was right there in front of her eyes.

Robin Locksley, her childhood sweetheart, the first boy to ever break her heart, the first guy she had ever been with. After him she'd sworn of men for years until she met Pippa's father whilst at a work conference and he'd charmed her completely. A year later they'd had Pippa and a year after that he'd died in a car accident and left her alone with a one-year old baby. She'd really struggled managing the grief and Pippa, she'd moved back in with her parents for a little while just so she could get back on her feet.

Once upon a time she thought the man standing over there was her future and now that couldn't have been further from reality. Clearing her throat her grasp on Pippa's hand tightened, "okay baby girl, why don't we go and see what the entertainment area looks like?"

"Okay, let's go. Do you think there could be any characters there?"

"I definitely do, in fact I bet that's where they all hide out," she grinned as they swung their hands playfully. Regina kept looking back, watching as the man interacted with the girl who was quite clearly his daughter, she was the spitting image of him. Luckily, he wasn't looking at her, they were instead transfixed on the water.

Once they were back down below deck Regina calmed down a little, everything would be just fine if she kept her cool, it was a large ship and they weren't necessarily going to bump into one another. She hoped to god that they didn't because she didn't know what she would say to him if they did. Thirteen years' worth of pent up anger had hit her full force and she was as angry as ever about what had happened between them.

Regina forced herself to calm down for Pippa's sake, she didn't want to ruin the girl's holiday by worrying about Robin Locksley, if they bumped into one another she would just have to try her best to be civil. He probably wouldn't even recognise her. She looked different from how she did in High School, when the broke up she'd cut her hair and changed her style completely, she wasn't as chilled out as she used to be and she still hadn't got back to being that person, even now. She'd lost her trust in people.

"Mommy look," Pippa gasped as she stared up at a massive screen which was playing Moana whilst a girl dressed up as the princess danced by the side, "its Moana!" she squealed, "can we go see her?"

"Of course, we can," Regina chuckled, she was going to put Robin out of her mind and concentrate on having a good time with her daughter, he wouldn't be spoiling her holiday that was for sure.


"Well then my little superstar, how would you rate the first day of your holiday? From one to ten?"

"A billion!" Mia grinned cheekily, holding onto her father's hand as they made their way back to the room from attending a screening of Tangled. "I like Pascal he's funny."

Robing looked down at his daughter and noticed that her eyes were threatening to close whilst they walked, she was obviously tired from everything they had been doing that day. Without giving her any warning, he scooped her up, earning a high-pitched squeal in response before she giggled and cuddled up against him, "I'm tired now daddy."

"I know, I can tell," he chuckled, pressing a kiss to the top of her head as he carried on down the corridor towards their room, his daughter now practically asleep in his arms, her blonde hair messy as it stuck out of his attempt to give her some plaits. He reached the room and swiped the key on the door, just as he was doing so he noticed people down the hall and turned to say hello, but stopped in his tracks as his eyes widened.

There was a woman holding the hand of a little girl as she talked to her about something or the other. He stared at her in shock, not believing his eyes. He hadn't seen her in years, his friends had told him that she'd cut herself off from them and they hadn't heard from her since high school. Yet there she was, on the same cruise as him with who he could only assume was her daughter, just like he was. She was still as beautiful as ever, her hair was shorter now than before and it made her look so much more mature, however the thirteen years since he'd seen her would probably help with that as well.

The woman was his childhood sweetheart, he'd been so in love with her, had thought that they would be together forever, but that didn't happen. They broke up the day they graduated and he never saw her again, didn't even hear from her, she just disappeared off the face of the earth. She refused to pick up her phone or even give him an explanation as to why she didn't want to see him, she just left him with a broken heart and a fractured future.

Regina Mills. The heart breaker.

He quickly disappeared into his room before she could see him and laid his daughter carefully down on her bed before heading into the bathroom. He looked in the mirror and splashed some water over his face, he couldn't actually believe this was happening. Out of all the cruises the woman could have picked, this was the one, she just happened to pick the same one as him. She didn't have to know he was on it, if he could manage to successfully avoid her for the rest of the week he wouldn't be complaining.

Yet another part of him wanted an explanation for what she did, he wanted to know why she left him all those years ago, why she'd just given up on their relationship and not even given him a chance to explain. He'd been confused about their breakup for so long and maybe if he confronted her she would finally give him the answer he was looking for.

After taking a few breaths he headed back out into the bedroom to get his daughter ready for bed. Maybe tomorrow he would see if he could talk to Regina, he wasn't going to actively look for her, but if the opportunity arose and they crossed paths, there was no way that he would pass up the opportunity to find out what the hell happened to them.


The next morning Regina wasn't feeling as worried about the whole Robin situation, she'd thought about it all night and concluded that if they bumped into each other, there was nothing she could do about it. She would have to just politely move away, she wasn't going to get angry with him or confront him, she was going to be civil about it. They were adults now, not kids in love. They'd both grown up.

Pippa wanted to go swimming, so that was what they would be doing, but first they were going to breakfast. Her daughter was wearing a white top and a dark blue floaty skirt whilst she wore a red kimono over her white bathing suit. Although Pippa was still excited about the trip she'd calmed down a little since the day before which meant that she wasn't as hyper and Regina's ears earned the rest they had been craving.

Once they reached the dining room they found a table so they could watch as different characters walked around the area. "Mike Wazowski!" she gasped, "and Sully, look how fluffy he is," she grinned, almost vibrating in her chair as excitement coursed through her.

"Pippa, do you want to go see them?" Regina asked, personally she thought that it was a little scary not being able to see who the hell was under the costume, but the kids enjoyed it and she was with her daughter so she was sure it would be fine.

"Yes please," she nodded as Regina stood from the table and they quickly headed over to the characters to have their photo taken with them.

After that they headed to the area where they could pick what they wanted for breakfast with Pippa choosing pancakes and bacon whilst Regina went for some fruit and a croissant, she was just about to pick up a strawberry yogurt when her hand collided with someone else's. "Oh, I'm sorry," she apologised, pulling her hand back and letting whoever it was take the yogurt.

"Thank you miss," the little girl smiled up at her, her blue eyes shining in a way that was so familiar it almost took her breath away, it was safe to say that she immediately knew whose child this was. The eyes alone were a dead giveaway, then there were the dimples and the dark blonde hair, everything about her screamed "I'm Robin Locksley's kid!"

"You're welcome young lady," Regina smiled back once she'd composed herself. She quickly took a different yogurt, not even really caring to look at the flavour because she knew that if the little girl was there that meant that her father was as well and if she was going to have to talk to him, she at least wanted to be more prepared than she currently was. She certainly didn't want to be preoccupied with having to make sure her daughter was being careful whilst helping herself to the free buffet. "Pippa, do you have everything you want?" Regina asked, eager to get back to the table so she could hide behind a drinks menu or something.

"Yes mommy," Pippa nodded as she went to walk back to the table the way they came, but Regina spotted Robin getting some hot food and hurriedly steered her daughter in the opposite direction, meaning they had to walk the extra distance around the food court to get back to their table. "We could have gone the other way you know, it would have been quicker."

"I know, but I figured we'd have a change of scenery on our walk back to the table," Pippa narrowed her eyes at her a little but didn't ask any more questions as she tucked into her breakfast. Regina chanced a glance over towards where she had just been and spotted Robin helping out his daughter, who was way too sweet, she was literally one of the cutest children Regina had ever seen, maybe apart from her own.

"Mommy, who is that man?"

"What man?" Regina chuckled, shaking her head and playing it off like she hadn't just been caught staring directly at Robin by her daughter who was now looking at her with curiosity written all over her face.

"That man over there, the one you are staring at. Do you think he's good looking or something?"

"Excuse me young lady," Regina scoffed, acting as though she were annoyed at the young girl, "why would you think that I thought he was good looking?"

"I don't know, isn't that why girls look at boys?"

"You better not have been looking at any boys, missus," Regina warned, her little girl was way too young for a boyfriend, even if at that age they were just friends who were boys.

"Eww no, but I know that old ladies like boys. Like you liked daddy."

"Well, I certainly don't like that man like I liked your daddy," she whispered, quietly thinking about Daniel for a moment. He and Robin had been polar opposites and yet she'd fallen for both of them. Daniel had been more serious whereas Robin didn't know when to stop messing around and telling jokes. "And less of the old lady, I'm not that old."

"Do you miss daddy?" she asked with a sigh, a sad expression on her face as she sipped some of her juice.

"Yes, I do miss him," Regina nodded, trying not to cry at the way her daughter was looking at her. It was at times like these when she wondered where they would be if Daniel hadn't died, if he were still with them, if he'd been able to see his daughter grow up. She wondered if they would still be together or if something would have happened and they'd have separated. However it would have turned out, Pippa's life would have been so different, her life would have been so different. She wouldn't have had to raise their child alone.

"I know its silly because I can't even remember daddy, but I miss him too. I wish he was still here," Pippa stated, a lone tear rolling down her cheek.

"Hey, enough of that," Regina tutted, reaching over and wiping away her tears, "I can tell you something, your daddy wouldn't want you to be sad whilst on holiday, he'd want you to be having a good time."

"The both of us?"

"Of course," she smiled, "he'd want us to have as much fun as we possibly could and be as happy as can be."

"I think he would too," Pippa whispered before smiling up at her mother again, "we're going swimming after breakfast."

"Yeah, so you better eat up hadn't you," Regina laughed, glad to see that the sadness hadn't lasted long. The thing she hated most in the world was seeing her daughter cry, whenever she saw that it just made her want to cry herself, she couldn't bear seeing her daughter upset.

She glanced back over to where she'd last seen Robin but he wasn't there anymore. She wondered if he had actually seen her yet or not, she didn't know whether she was hoping for him to be prepared or if she wanted to shock him with her presence. Maybe if he didn't already know he would have a harder time making up an excuse for his actions which led to their breakup.


After breakfast Robin had promised Mia that they would go swimming, she'd been so excited to go on the slides and her excitement made him happy. They walked towards the pool area on top deck and Mia held onto his hand whilst humming How Far I'll Go from Moana. Of course, he knew all the Disney song's by now, his daughter was obsessed with it which was one of the main reasons for this cruise.

Suddenly though she stopped humming and looked up at him, "look daddy, there's the pretty lady that gave me my yoghurt," she stated, pointing a woman who was swimming in the pool with her mini-me swimming beside her.

Robin halted in his tracks and shook his head, he couldn't help looking at Regina, she was still as stunning as she had been at eighteen and now he had to see her in a white bikini and he didn't know if he was strong enough to deal with it. How had she given Mia a yoghurt though? He hadn't even seen her at breakfast that morning. If it were just him he would be leaving the pool and finding something else to do, but this had been what his daughter wanted and that meant that they probably had to get in the pool. "Mia, are you sure you don't want to do something else today? Like maybe go to the princess tea party?"

"Nope, I want to swim," she stated, stopping at a sun lounger before taking off her shorts and top, leaving her in her stripy blue and white swimming costume. "Come on daddy hurry up, I want to go in the water."

"Arm bands on," he instructed.

"But I don't need arm bands," she protested as he pushed them onto her arms, as far as he was concerned she was wearing her arm bands whether she liked it or not, he was not risking her going under the water. "Daddy I can swim without them! They look silly," she moaned.

"Mia, do you want to go in the water?"

"Yes."

"Then we keep them on, just until you've got the hang of it, we haven't been swimming in a while."

She huffed at him before nodding and walking to the edge of the pool, "daddy, can you get in so I can jump?"

"Sure," he chuckled, climbing down the ladder and standing in the water as he waited for her to join him. She looked around before jumping in right next to him and swimming over to hold onto his shoulder as she laughed and wiped her blonde hair from out of her face, "that was fun."

"Good," he laughed just as someone bumped into his back, he turned around to see a brunette girl who was around six years old.

"Hi," she smiled, waving at Mia, "I'm Pippa, do you want to come play with me in the shallow end? They have cool floats," she grinned. He took in the lack of arm bands as the girl confidently treaded water.

"Daddy, can I go play?"

"Pippa," a familiar voice called, making Robin close his eyes and shake his head, it was only a matter of time before this happened, but he hadn't been ready to hear her voice again after so long. Her voice sounded deeper than it used to, huskier and it affected him more than he might like to admit. "Sweetheart you can't just swim off like…"

Regina froze as she stared at him, he was staring right back at her and from the lack of shock on his face, he'd already known she was here. She had no idea what was going to happen now but her heart was beating ten to the dozen.

"Regina Mills, long time no see."