(A/N-Thanks to Lynn for beta reading this! I hope you enjoy this.)
*No disclaimer needed as I helped create Outlaw Queen, not Adam or Eddie per the COWARDLY ADAM!*
Robin Locksley was anxious for this evening at his father's house to be over with, he was called earlier today by his father requesting his presence at his home tonight. He just wanted to get this over with so he could go see his girlfriend of over a year, Regina Mills. Her room mates Tink and Red were gone for the weekend and he had just gotten back from Los Angeles and just wanted to see Regina.
He couldn't help but smile as he thought of her, he had met her one night in a pub. He had been performing with a some friends at the club that night. He had seen her on the dance floor and it was as if he had been struck by lightning. He had even thought he had saw her with her gaze locked on the stage, on him in particular. He had wasted no time and made his way over to where her and a group of women had made their way to the bar, as soon as the band had taken a break.
"Can I buy you a drink?" Robin had asked as he had walked up to her.
She turned her head and looked at him, with a small smile on her face,"If you want to."
Robin had signaled to the bartender for a drink for them both, with a glass of the finest wine they had. Robin had watched as she watched it being poured, saw the way she slightly twirled the glass and then inhaled the fragrance of the wine. Then finally, she had taken a small sip, letting the flavors linger in her mouth, before she eventually swallowed.
"Delicious," she murmured.
"I agree," Robin said.
Regina smiled as she said,"You haven't tasted yours yet."
"I wasn't talking about the wine," Robin said with a smile on his face. "I'm Robin, Robin Locksley."
Regina chuckled at his reply,"I'm Regina. So how long have you been playing here?"
"Off and on for a few years now," Robin answered.
"Is this your only job?" Regina asked.
"No, I also have a full time day time job," Robin answered. "What do you do, milady?"
"I'm a school teacher," Regina answered.
"What grade do you teach?" Robin asked.
"First grade, I love my kids so much and miss them when the summer lets out," Regina answered.
"I can imagine you become attached very quickly to them," Robin commented.
"I love being around children, they tiny faces as they learn new things just proves that I'm right where I need to be," Regina said.
"How long have you been teaching?" Robin asked.
"Just over a year, still paying back my college loans," Regina said as Robin smiled at her.
Just then the drummer came up and put his hand on Robin's back,"If you're done flirting, we could use you back on the stage."
Robin nodded and smiled and turned back to Regina,"I have to go, but I hope you stick around."
"We'll see," Regina answered.
"Can I have your number?" Robin asked brazenly.
Regina smiled as she said,"No," as she turned back to her friends.
Robin had been rejected a few times in his twenty six years, but for some reason this one had affected him more. There was nothing he could do but leave her be and go back to the stage. He performed a few more songs and watched her often at the bar, chatting with her friends, an the occasional male who would stop by, obviously flirting with her.
An hour later it was last call and they had just finished their last song, Robin quickly exited the stage and went to where he had last seen her at the bar, but there was no sign of her.
"Damn," he said.
"Now don't go be acting like that, this should cheer you up," the bartender said with a smile as he handed Robin a drink. An hour later, he arrived at his apartment. His thoughts has been consumed by the meeting he had with Regina.
He went to the refrigerator and grabbed himself a beer, he sat down and heard his phone signal he had a text message, he grabbed his phone and saw a message from a number he didn't know...
Thank you for the drink earlier
Robin smiled as he realized the message was from Regina, he quickly typed a reply.
You are more than welcome. How did you get my number?
A few seconds later he got his answer.
From the bartender
Robin smiled at her boldness in getting his number. That very night he had asked her to meet him for a drink the next day, she had accepted and a year later they were still dating, very much in love with the other. So much so that Robin was thinking of asking Regina a very important question very soon.
Now here he was, at his father's house, well his father and his new step mother of a month, Zelena. Robin couldn't stand the woman as he knew that she had only married his father, Ronald Locksley for his money. Ronald had made his millions in the stock market along with his other business.
Robin had his own money, as he'd become a multi millionaire in his own right, courtesy of the internet at first, as student at university having played poker online, and then had had moved on to trading on financial markets. Essentially another form of gambling, but one that made better use of his brilliant mind. He'd set up up his own company, Lucky Arrow Investments, and never looked back.
At his father's request he had agreed to join the family firm while keeping his own business, and had soon virtually taken over the running of the Locksley Corporation, which had for decades specialized in hotels as well as other areas of leisure industry. The company was now incredibly successful, but Robin's relationship with his father, always strained, had become increasingly bad.
Mainly thanks to Zelena.
Robin had eventually told Regina what he really did, and it did not seem to influence her at all. In the time they had been together she had never hinted at commitment, never asked him for anything, and he was pretty sure she had no hidden agenda. She had made no attempts to try to trap him, his mind was at peace.
He had nothing to worry about...
Meanwhile, Regina, turned off the shower and stepped out of the cubicle. It was near six in the evening, and she was glad that she had rested this day in preparation for Robin coming to see her later.
Her stomach fluttered at the thought...
She glanced at her reflection in the mirrored wall as she reached for a bath sheet from the towel rail to wrap around her slender frame. Slender for how much longer? she wondered, with a growing sense of elation tinged with slight worry.
She had yet to tell her boyfriend Robin she was pregnant...
Robin Locksley was a successful financier, and also the power behind the throne of Locksley Corporation. Regina had suspected from the beginning that he was wealthy, simply by his supremely confident attitude, which was why at first she had been way of him. He'd seemed so far out of her league, but now she was hopelessly in love for the first time in her life. Her flatmate Red had told her the full extent of his mind boggling wealth.
Robin had spent many a night here at her apartment, seemed to get along with her friends. And despite Robin's wealth they were just like any other couple in love, she told herself. They occasionally went out to dinner, or a film, and after their relationship had become intimate he'd often stayed overnight, if pressure of work allowed, sometimes more than one night. Robin had left a few items of clothing here over the year, but he did not live here. He traveled a lot, as she knew as she had laid there many a night with her longing heart for him.
Regina knew that Robin was a workaholic and split his time between Los Angeles and New York, she also knew he had a younger sister, who was married with two young girls whom he adored, so he obviously liked children a positive sign, surely. He would want their baby just as much as she did, she was convinced...
Robin walked into his father's house and headed for his study, upon walking in he found his step mother waiting there, wearing only a small robe.
"Robin! How good to see you!" Zelena said as she walked up to him and put her hands on his chest and tried to kiss the side of his cheek, but he moved his head out of her reach.
"Where is my father?" Robin asked as he moved her hands from him.
"Oh, he should be home any moment," Zelena said,"Won't you have a drink?"
"No," Robin said as he watched Zelena. "Don't you have clothes to buy or something?"
"Oh, my darling Robin, why are you always so mean to me?" Zelena asked.
"Because I know you for what you are," Robin answered.
"And that is?" Zelena asked.
"A gold digger," Robin answered truthfully.
"You are very wrong about me, I love your father," Zelena said.
"You love my father's money," Robin said.
"Just like your little girlfriend loves your money?" Zelena asked.
"Keep Regina's name out of your mouth," Robin said, his anger increasing at her accusations about Regina.
"Oh, did I hit a nerve?" Zelena asked. "Is she not asking for jewels and your credit card?"
"Not one more word about Regina, Zelena," Robin warned.
"I almost envy her," Zelena said as her eyes went over Robin's form,"in more ways than one."
"Because she has a heart and you don't?" Robin asked.
"Because she is set up quite nicely, well possibly if things go right for her," Zelena said,"after your grandfather had changed his will right before he died a month ago."
"What are you talking about?" Robin asked.
"Oh you don't know?" Zelena asked with a laugh. "You see, your grandfather stated that his first great grandson would inherit the bulk of Locksley Corporation."
"You're lying," Robin said. He couldn't see his grandfather doing this, not to his sister with his two nieces that he loved to bits.
"Am I?" Zelena asked with mocking laughter. "So you see, if your slut happens to get herself pregnant and has a son, she will be set for life."
"But don't worry, dear Robin," Zelena continued,"Maybe she'll get another man to get her pregnant, maybe this one?"
Robin watched as Zelena handed him a newspaper, in it was an art gallery opening by Jefferson Hatter and beside him was his Regina.
His Regina!
The door of the study opened up and in walked his father. "What's going on?" his father asked.
"Is what she said true? Did Grandfather put a stipulation in his will about having a great grandson inherit it all?" Robin asked.
"Where did you hear this?" Ronald asked, then looked at his wife who just shrugged her shoulders at him,"Never mind, Robin my lawyers are attempting to sort through all this."
"You do that," Robin said as he walked out of the study.
"Robin! Don't leave!" Ronald yelled to his son who was out of the house in seconds and heading to where he could relax, with Regina.
Regina had just finished getting dressed and was about to go to the kitchen, when the doorbell sounded. She was in the process of answering it, when a wave of nausea hit her and she raced to the bathroom. She lost her dinner, along with her lunch it seemed, maybe even her breakfast from earlier.
Slowly, she straightened, and after flushing the toliet she turned to splash her face with cool water and wash her mouth out. Maybe if she just went to lie still, she would feel better.
"Regina?"
Regina turned around to see Robin standing there in the doorway of the bathroom, and from the look on his face, he had unfortunately witnessed some of her sickness. She knew that he was waiting on an answer, and she would have to tell him the truth.
"I'm pregnant," she said. She waited for his reaction, and saw his look turn to a cold hard stranger. She shivered, as a sense of foreboding swept over her.
This wasn't good...