Chapter 2: Visiting papa...

"Hey, Regina!" David called and sped up so he would be walking next to her.

"What?" Regina asked.

"I just wanted to ask how Robin was doing," David asked and quickly added: "And how are you doing, too."

"Robin awoke."

"Really?" David asked while a smile formed on his face.

"Yes, he did. Dr. Whale still has to give us the results of the tests he had done." Regina replied honestly.

"Did you tell him? How did he react on the news?" He asked softly.

"He did not really believe it in first, but now he is sad, for he believes he cannot be a proper father anymore."

"Does Roland know his father is in the hospital?" David asked while his eyes grew big, realizing that the boy still did not know his father was alive.

"No…" Regina said having the same realization. "I should bring Roland with me?"

"Well I think Robin would really like that." David said. "Do I need to accompany you?"

"No, thank you." Regina said before she turned on her heels and walked right back where she was coming from, making her way over to the convent. David stood there watching Regina walking before he went back to the thing he was doing before he saw Regina.


"Good morning, Regina. How can I help you?" Mother superior asked when she walked up to a waiting Regina.

"I came here to see Roland." Regina said.

"I will bring you to him. But tell me first, is it true Robin has returned?" Blue asked when they walked through the corridor.

"Yes, I wished to take Roland to him." Blue nodded and opened a door and poked her head in.

"Roland, I have here someone that wishes to see you." She said gently before she opened the door fully and let Regina step inside.

"Gina." Roland said with a little smile before he got up from the little table he sat while he was drawing.

"Hello Roland." Regina greeted while she gave the little boy a hug.

"Look!" Roland said and walked up to the little table to fetch his drawing.

"That is a very beautiful drawing." Regina said trying not to cry over the drawing. It showed three figurines two big ones with a small one in between them in the woods.

"That is you, papa and me, walking in the woods." Roland said proud though he looked sad.

"Shall we go and show that to your papa?" Regina asked softly. Roland looked at her for a moment before he nodded. Quickly he fetched his jacket and his shoes.

"Good job!" Blue praised him after he had tied his shoes correctly.

"Thank you." He said with a big smile before he put on his jacket and slipped his small hand in Regina's.

"You are welcome to dine with us." Blue said before she waved them off.

"Why do we not get to right?" Roland asked when they did not turn right to the cemetery.

"Because I said we would go and show that to your papa." Regina replied, knowing very well what Roland meant. Roland looked at her, being very confused. "You will see when we get there." She promised and Roland nodded. She walked with him up to the hospital.

"Regina." Robin said softly when she walked up to them.

"Hey." Regina said and gave him a little kiss.

"Papa?" Roland asked confused.

"Roland?" Robin replied looking at Regina. Regina smiled at him and softly lifted Roland so he could sit on the bed. Roland crawled over to Robin and hugged him. Robin softly groaned for the movement of the matrass hurt his back, but that could not beat the joy of seeing his son. Robin hugged his precious son back, burying his nose in the dark curls. "I missed you so much." He softly said and quickly wiped the tear away that started to make his way down his cheek.

"You were gone." Roland said while there formed big tears in his eyes.

"Yes, but now I am back, and not going anywhere." Robin replied with a smile ruffling the dark mob of hair.

"Okay. Look, I made this for you." Roland said and showed him the drawing.

"Is that you me and?" Robin asked while he watched the drawing.

"Gina." Roland said with a little smile.

"What are we doing? Camping?"

"No, but I could make them do that. They were just walking." Roland explained. Robin held the drawing out for Roland to take it back. "That is for you." Roland said looking at his papa not touching the drawing. Regina took the drawing from him and lay it on the stand next to Robin's bed. "Also, not for you Gina." Roland said getting upset.

"I just lay it down there, so your papa can look at it when he wakes again and we are not there yet." Regina tried to explain. Roland nodded and tried to snuggle down, trying not to get caught in all the wires. Robin softly rubbed his back seeing his son enjoying the comfort he got from his papa. Robin looked at Regina, getting a little smile from her.

"Roland?" Regina called softly when there had passed more than three quarters of an hour.

"Yes?" Roland replied softly opening his eyes.

"It is time for us to go again."

"I do not want to go." Roland said pulling a sad face while he tried to snuggle back down in his father's embrace.

"I know buddy, but you can come and visit another time with Regina." Robin said and ruffled his son's hair. Roland said up and looked at his father before looking at Regina.

"Would you take me to papa again?"

"I will take you, yes." Regina said with a little smile. Roland hugged his father again before he slowly slid off the bed. "I will see you tomorrow." Regina whispered and gave him a kiss before they left.

"See you soon." Robin said before they left.

Together they walked back to the convent, Roland was happier then when they had left the convent.

"Good afternoon." Mother superior greeted as Regina and Roland entered the convent. "How did it go?"

"Papa said I had made a beautiful drawing." Roland told her with a smile.

"That is very good." She told him. "Well?" She asked Regina.

"Robin was very happy to see him, but I wonder if Roland still takes naps in the afternoon."

"No, he does not sleep then. Why do you ask?"

"Well it looked like he had slept in Robin's arms for over a half hour while being there." Regina explained, not hoping the boy would get sick.

"Roland has a hard time sleeping at night, that is maybe why he fell asleep." Regina nodded.

"I hope he will sleep some better now. I might come and get him later this week again." Regina said and walked up to Roland.

"I have to go home now." She said softly.

"When do we go visit papa again?" Roland asked.

"I hope I can take you to your papa later this week."

"I hope that is soon." Roland said.

"Yes, it will be."

"Then I better go and make a new drawing." Roland said and quickly ran off to his room, to start on his new drawing. Regina smiled and shook her head.

Soon enough she was home, and alone.


Regina was making her way out of the ward when Dr. whale walked up to her. She had spent her afternoon with Robin, but he had been really tired, so they did not really say much to each other than holding each other's hand. "Ms. Mills, do you have a minute?" Dr. Whale asked. Regina nodded and followed Whale where they sat down at his office.

"Well, how is Robin doing?"

"We have done some test, as you know and after consulting several doctors we have concluded that there could be a slight chance that Robin could walk again."

"He could?"

"Yes, but that would take a lot of effort and training, but there is still a chance that it won't get any better."

"When can he come home?"

"When his back has finally healed, which will be somewhere between three and five weeks. Then we will show him how he must take care of himself again, and that will take about two weeks if he is a fast learner."

"So, in less than two months he will be home."

"Yes, if everything will go like planned." Doctor Whale said. "But you must know that there must be some changes in your house, if he wishes to live there."

"How do you mean, like what?"

"Ramps for every difference in level. He cannot go upstairs, so that means a bedroom and bathroom on ground level."

"Is that all?" Regina asked.

"Besides that, he needs a modified bathroom, there needs to be enough space everywhere so he can get through with the wheelchair he will be using."

"Is that everything?" Regina asked again while she watched the doctor go through some papers.

"That is all you need to know on the moment." Dr. Whale said and put the papers in one of the cabinets behind him.

"What are the others thing I do not need to know on the moment?"

"Things like medication and therapy. When he is about to come home, I will tell you everything you need to know about that." Whale stood to let Regina out of his office. "Just make sure that he will be able to move around when he gets home." He said before he closed the door again.

When Regina was home, she noticed that there were indeed a lot of steps that would need to get ramps. She could turn her study in to a bedroom, and Roland could have Henry's bedroom. No, Roland could not have Henry's bedroom, for if he still wanted to come and stay over. Walking through the hallway she came upon two rooms where she not really could remember what was behind those doors.

"Guestrooms, of course." Regina said softly to herself. Two bedrooms with two bathrooms. This would be perfect for Robin and Roland. The rooms would need some TLC before they could come and live in there, but she still has two months before it would need to be finished.


"Roland?" Regina called softly after she knocked on the door of his room. After a little moment Roland opened the door.

"Are we going to see papa?" he asked.

"Yes we are, so get ready." Regina said and watched as the boy got his shoes and his jacket on. When his shoes were tied he fetched his drawings.

"I am ready, Gina." He said and walked up to Regina.

"Okay, then we can go." Regina said and Roland held her hand as they made their way over to the hospital.

"Papa!" Roland called exited when they entered the ward.

"Hey Roland, Regina." Robin greeted. He squeezed his eyes shut when his back hurt because of the matrass shifting under Roland's weight.

"Look papa, I made you another drawing!" Roland showed him his drawing were three figurines were standing in the woods near a camp side.

"Well, that is a beautiful drawing." Robin smiled and ruffled his son's hair.

"Thank you, papa." Roland said and smiled.

"Will you tell me about your drawing?"

"What want you to tell me about?" Roland asked while he snuggled down in his father's arms.

"Everything. Who are they and what are they doing?"

"This is Gina, this is me, and this is you." Roland said pointing at the figurines on the drawing. "And they went camping."

"Where did they go camping?"

"In the woods, papa." Roland said, stating the obvious.

"Okay, okay." Robin said with a smile. "Who did make the fire then?"

"You did."

"And who set up the tent?"

"I helped Gina put up the tent. She also put down the sleeping bags and pillows."

"Did I?" Regina asked curious.

"Yes you did. But you almost made the tent fall again, but papa saved you and the tent." Both Regina and Robin had to laugh seeing Roland's mischevious eyes.

"Is there anything more that we missed from that adventure?" Robin asked with a smile.

"Well, when it got dark, we roasted marshmallows over the fire and watched the stars before we went to sleep." Roland smiled. "And in the morning we packed everything again before we went home." He finished his little story.

"That was a good story Roland." Regina praised with a smile.

"Papa gave me the idea."

"Oh, did I?"

"Yes you did." Roland smiled and hugged his father. "I hope we soon can go camping too."

"I hope so too, Roland. I do too." Robin said, not yet having the heart to tell his son that he could not come and camp with him anymore. He was sure it would break his little heart.

"Then you have to get well quickly."

"I will do my best, yes?"

"Can I help you getting better?" Roland wondered.

"I do not know Roland. But who knows that your drawings and stories might be helping."

"Do they really help?"

"Maybe, maybe I will know the next time you have a story for me." Robin smiled as he watched Roland getting excited.

"Then I will make sure I have a new drawing and a story when I can come again with Gina."

"I think we can do that." Regina said with a smile.

"After story time comes bedtime." Robin said after he yawned.

"Sleep well, papa." Roland said and softly got of the bed. "Do we need to go?"

"I think that is the best." Regina said giving him his jacket.

"See you soon." Robin said and Regina gave him a kiss.

"Sleep tight." Regina softly said before they walked out of the ward, back to the convent.

"Hello mother superior." Roland greeted happily when he walked up to her.

"Hello Roland, how was your father?" She asked kneeling down.

"Papa enjoyed my drawing and made me tell him a story." Roland told her. "He also said that when I told him many more stories he would get better more quickly."

"Oh, really?" Mother superior asked.

"Yes, but papa was tired when I had finished my story. Maybe it will help him sleep, like you do with me when you told me a story."

"Well, go and get started on your story." Regina said with a smile and watched Roland till he disappeared in to his room. "Well, did he sleep better after he had visited Robin?"

"He did not wake up crying in the middle of the night, so I think it indeed helped him."

"Crying?"

"He often has nightmares, but he refuses to speak about them with me."

"Well, when Robin gets home, he can come and live again with Robin and me. Maybe that is all he needs." Regina said.

"I hope so. I will see you soon again?"

"You probably will." Regina answered before she left the convent to go home. Now she still had to figure out how to get the rooms ready for Robin and Roland…


-Well I hope you liked Regina taking Roland to visit Robin. Please let me know what you think, if you miss anything or if there is anything amiss.

I would also like to know what you think about Henry becoming Roland's big brother?-

Guest; thank you for your review. I was not planning on mentioning her baby at all. If Zelena would appear, the baby would not.