It was a normal morning at the diner. Everyone sitting and sipping coffee or tea, some fawning over the new prince, others congratulating Rumple and Belle for finally getting married. Henry sat trying to figure out why Emma and Hook were acting so strange, even though they were obviously love struck. That kiss the other night had sparked something compared to the one in Neverland where she nearly slapped him across the face after. Getting no where with this Henry scooted out of the booth and went and sat at the counter. "One hot chocolate, please."
"Sure thing, here you go." Ruby placed a steaming cup down in front of him.
Henry drank his hot chocolate for a few moments. Beside him Tinkerbell sat poking at a plate of eggs and sausage muttering something. "Tink, you okay?"
"Yeah, it's just-"
A small bell jingled from across the room signaling that someone was coming to join the townspeople in their morning meal. In stepped a man, a woman, and a small boy atop the man's shoulders. The boy had a smile from ear to ear as, whom were presumably his parents chatted. They walked to an open booth and sat down, as they passed by Emma and Hook couldn't help but to stare considering the reason the three were together was their fault. Grannie came over and handed them menus, "What would y'all like to drink?"
"Milk!" the little boy exclaimed.
"Regular or chocolate?"
"Chocolate."
"I'll just have a black coffee," the man answered,
"You m'am?"
"A cup of tea would be nice."
"Okay, I'll be over to take the rest of your order in a moment."
"So, Robin what is this hash brown? I've never heard of it before."
Robin. The word bounced off the walls in Tink's head. Just the mention of that name made her angry and she scratched her fork against the plate creating a screeching noise. Henry glanced over at her, "What's wrong?"
"Hey! You're marking up my plates!" Grannie barked.
"Oh Marian, I missed you so much!" Tink could hear Robin say.
She suddenly got up from her chair and looked in his direction, "What is wrong with you!" The diner instantly grew silent and everyone stared at her. Prince Neal seemed to be trying to look as well even though his eyes hadn't opened yet.
Robin stared up at the fairy bewildered, "Excuse me, are you talking to-"
"How could you have felt nothing, after all that's happened!"
"I really don't know what-"
"I'm talking about Regina, Robin!"
"The Evil Queen?" Marian asked.
"She's not evil!"
"Don't yell at her, she's still getting used to things here," Emma stated.
"Swan." Hook tried to pull her back down into the booth but she stayed put.
"Tink I know, Regina told me everything," Robin defended.
"Well obviously you don't understand then. You and Regina are soulmates, you're meant to be together. She trusted you with her heart, literally I might add, she would never trust any of us to do that. Regina didn't blame you either when you lost it."
"Yeah, that would be my fault," Rumple stood up, "Sorry for almost shooting your son with an arrow."
"But that wasn't your fault, Zelena had you under her control, she made you do it," Belle argued.
"You knew she didn't have her heart and even then she loved you, it just took time for her to figure things out! You loved her too and you know it, you felt something deep inside you. Does that all mean nothing to you now? Does it!"
Robin let out a sigh, who would have thought one day he'd be yelled at and lectured by a fairy.
"She has felt pain like this before and you know exactly what that felt like! You're a-. Don't put her through that again, because you know what she did the first time. She had no one without someone that loved her for who she is not what she once was and you fixed something that was broken for far too long, something that no one thought could be fixed, but that tattoo on your arm was hope."
"I knew the pain she did because I lost my wife, and now she's back. Is it wrong that I still love my wife, is it?"
"You know I hate to say this, but I slightly regret saving her, because for once Regina was happy and that was with you. Then I had to go and screw it up," Emma butted in.
"Swan."
"Regina doesn't just feel with her heart, she feels with her entire being," Snow added, "barely a week or two ago I said that to her and that night she realized that it was okay to love again."
"Anything can happen, but seeing my mom happy, that's the rarest thing in the world."
"Would you all stop it, look, maybe I did like Regina, possibly loved her-"
"You were soulmates!"
"I get that you think that, it's just-"
"Stop it, all of you," David ordered, "Look, love isn't something you choose, it just happens. I mean seriously I fell in love with a bandit with her face plastered all over the forest. I chose her over a kingdom of gold here."
"Hey, I was a thief."
"Same thing."
"No it's not."
"I'm sorry, your highness, but I'm afraid they are the same word," Archie interveined. "Well your little quarrel was not the point."
"The point was that love just happens."
"She was too scared that night to go into that tavern because she was afraid of this happening. Going and getting her heart broken," Tink went on, "Regina trusted you."
"Regina," Archie chanted, then the dwarves, and soon the entire diner was chanting.
Roland and Marian were suddenly gone and Robin was alone at the booth. The townspeople began to crowd around him, still chanting Regina's name. "Stop! Stop!" Robin cried.
Robin awoke staring at the ceiling, he was panting hard. He rolled over and looked over at Roland and Marian sleeping in the small bed across the room. They were both fast asleep, happy to be in each others arms again. Robin loved Marian or at least he thought he did, she was the mother of his child so shouldn't he? Then why was he still thinking about Regina? Was the dream right, were they really destined to be together?
He glanced back over to his son sleeping next to his mother. Robin was a world renowned thief so he easily snuck out of the room and down out to the street. He calmly walked down the long road, but he heart was racing so quickly that her felt like running, but he didn't, he stayed calm. Before he knew it he was at the door to Regina's home, about to knock on it. When the door opened Regina stared at him shocked. "What are you doing here?"
He didn't say a word, he cupped her face and pressed his lips to hers. Regina thought to push him away, because of his wife, but she didn't. Then they both went inside and shut the door behind them.
Is this any good, this is my first OUAT story and I'm not too sure about it. It started out a one-shot but if you guys like it I can continue it.
