Author's Note

So I realize it's been a while since my other stories have updated and I promise those are coming soon. This story just popped into my head and I decided to write it out. I have chapter 2 done and most of chapter 3 planned out so I should have updates up soon. Hope you enjoy it, please tell me what you think in the comments.

Chapter 1

It was early. Way too early, especially on a Monday. She had been peacefully sleeping in her husband's arms until his alarm on his phone began to go off. Regina rolled out of his hold and onto her side, pulling her pillow over her ears to muffle the sound. She felt Robin shifting in bed behind her to turn off his 4:30 am alarm.

He rolled back towards her draping his arm over her waist and kissing her shoulder. "Why must we get up so early." Regina groaned.

"You can go back to sleep if you like my love. You really don't have to be up for at least another hour today." Robin said, kissing her cheek.

She laid there for a minute considering his proposal, but she knew that she should get up and start her day too. Then Robin said something that made her decision for her. "I'll make it worth your while though if you get up now."

He pulled her towards him and kissed her deeply, slipping his tongue in to further entice her. "How about a nice shower?" he asked.

"Fine, you win." she replied as she threw the covers back. He took her hand and led her to the adjoining bathroom of their master suite.

45 minutes later she was blow drying her hair after her brilliant husband had given her the best "shower" she could have asked for. Her body was still tingling a bit from their activities just 5 minutes prior.

Regina stood in the bathroom reflecting on the life they had built together in 10 years of marriage. They had two amazing kids, a beautiful home, and were still completely in love with each other. It hadn't always been easy though.

They met at a bar in New York City when they were both out with friends. Robin had just moved to the US from England and was trying to acclimate to being in the US. Regina was forced by her sorority sisters into one last night out before their last semester of college started. She had sat down next to him at the bar when she went up for a round of drinks. Regina smiled at him while she waited and he built up the courage to introduce himself. By the end of the night, they had exchanged numbers and he promised to call her the next day.

Unlike most guys who promise to call and then don't, Robin was true to his word. They made plans for dinner that night and from then on they became inseparable. She helped him adjust to being in the US and away from most of his family and friends. Meanwhile, he helped her survive her final semester of college, giving her pep talks when she needed it and bringing her late night snacks while she studied. They quickly fell in love with each other and built a solid foundation for a long term relationship.

A year after they met he proposed, he had been saving for the perfect ring almost from the moment he met her. It had a princess cut diamond in the center, with a diamond on either side. The band was a twisted combination of two thin bands, one with diamonds and one without.

He planned the perfect evening for them that ended with a walk in Central Park. They walked hand in hand until he found the spot under a tree where they had a picnic on one of their first dates. Robin kept his speech simple that ended with him getting down on one knee and asking Regina to be his wife. Tears streamed down her cheeks, but she managed to choke out "Yes, of course I will be your wife." before Robin pulled her into his arms and kissed her senseless.

They had kept the wedding small and simple, they were both struggling to really get their careers started and could not afford much else. Neither of them minded though, as long as they were married in the end and would get to spend the rest of their lives together.

Soon after the wedding, they decided to move back to Regina's hometown in a suburban city in Maine called Storybrooke. She had received a job offer from the father of her best friend throughout high school and college. Mal and Regina had met in high school when Mal's father moved her whole family to Maine so he could run a new office his company was opening. They had been best friends ever since. When it was time to go to college Mal convinced her to go to NYU and move to New York. They joined the same sorority and roomed together for all four years. Mal graduated and would go on to get her law degree while Regina completed her bachelor's in business.

The job offer was for an entry level position in his company, which was a small step down for Regina compared to where she was at in her job at the time. Even though Regina and Robin had begun to build a life and careers in New York, they both agreed that they wanted to start a family and moving back to Maine where Regina had family would be helpful. They scrounged up enough money to afford a small house in the same city Regina grew up in. It had an extremely good school district and was a very family oriented area. Robin was able to set up his construction business in the area, while Regina had to make her way into the city each day.

They struggled for years to have a child, going through various fertility treatments with no success. Eventually, they decided to adopt. After a year on a waiting list, a birth mother chose them and they went through with a closed adoption, per the birth mother's request. They brought their son Henry home and never looked back.

Just after Henry's 1st birthday, they got a surprise they never thought possible. Regina was pregnant. They say it happens sometimes to families who adopt, once they have a child through adoption and the stress of trying so hard to get pregnant is gone, it just happens. 9 months later, their second son Roland joined the family.

As their family was growing so were their careers. Regina eventually became an executive for Mal's father's company. Meanwhile, Robin's construction company had grown into the most popular, trusted, and well respected in the area.

Around Roland's 3rd birthday, they moved into a new house. It had been built by Robin's construction company. The house was a colonial style with 6 bedrooms and 3 1/2 bathrooms. It was a bit bigger than Regina had originally thought it would be, but it allowed them plenty of space. They also made sure to buy enough land to give them a large fenced in backyard for the boys to play in.

Their kids were getting older now and they were considering having a third. Henry was 6 and had just started kindergarten. Roland was 4 and was in half day preschool. They had decided Regina would stop taking birth control and if it happened then it happened. If not, they still had 2 wonderful children to keep up with.

Despite both of them having extremely demanding careers, they had found a pretty decent balance of their home and work lives. They never wanted to be those parents who pawned their kids off on a nanny for 12 or more hours out of the day so they strategically planned their schedules to allow them to spend as much time at home as they could. One of them would go into work early each day, leaving the other to get the kids up and ready for the day before the nanny would arrive. Then whoever went to work early would be home in time to start dinner and relieve their nanny at a decent hour. Regardless of what schedule they worked that day, they both made sure to be home in time each night for dinner and to spend some quality time as a family before bed. They also worked hard to ensure they rarely worked Saturdays and if they did only one of them was working.

Robin had finished his morning routine and gotten dressed before he snuck into both the boys rooms to kiss them goodbye before heading off to work. Henry squirmed a bit, just like his mother would do when Robin would kiss her forehead while she slept. It amazed him that despite not biologically being their child, there were many similar traits Henry had picked up from each of them. Although, he did tend to be more like Regina. Roland on the other hand, stayed dead asleep much like he would when Regina says she kisses his forehead if she goes to bed after him.

By the time he made it downstairs, Regina was in the kitchen starting breakfast. She handed him a banana, granola bar, and his morning coffee. "I love you, I'll see you when you get home tonight." he said before leaning in to kiss her goodbye. "I love you too. Have a good day." she replied when he pulled away and with that he left the house for work.

Once she had placed pancakes on plates for each of the boys and had fruit and yogurt out for herself at the kitchen island, she made her way upstairs to wake up the boys.

Roland was first, "Good morning sweetheart." Regina said as she walked into his room. She opened the curtains to let the beginnings of the sunrise stream into his room. He pulled the covers up over his head. "Come on mister you need to get up. There are pancakes waiting downstairs for you." He seemed to perk up when she told him that. Once he sat up in bed she knew he was up and she began to head for Henry's room.

She repeated the same routine with Henry, although he was a little bit easier to wake up on this particular morning. As they both made their way downstairs she followed behind them. They shared a nice breakfast together before Regina sent them upstairs to get ready.

Once breakfast was cleaned up, she made lunches for both boys. About the time she was pouring coffee into her travel mug, there was a knock at the door before their nanny Emma made her way into the house. "Good morning, Regina." she cheerfully greeted. "Good morning." Regina replied.

"So, how was your date with Killian the other night?" Regina questioned the blonde haired woman. "It went perfect. Thank you so much for getting me those concert tickets." Emma replied, a slight blush coming to her cheeks.

"Oh, I've seen that look before. It's the same look I get every time I see and often even think about Robin. You're in love with him, aren't you?" Regina was going to get Emma to fess up to her feelings one way or another.

"Okay, so maybe I am. I just can't tell him that yet. Especially because I still don't know if he feels the same way." Emma whispered back. Regina rolled her eyes at the blonde, before moving on to discussing the boys.

She explained to the young woman that both boys should be just about ready. "Robin should be home fairly early today, he has a meeting around 3 and plans to head home after that." Regina informed her. She went over some other last minute details for their day before calling up the stairs for her children. They both ran down the stairs for hugs before she left for work. After telling them both she loved them, they released their holds to head into the living room with their nanny. "I'll see you guys later. Have a good day at school and listen to Emma please." she called out before leaving for the day.

Little did she know that by the time she returned home that day, her whole world would be turned upside down.