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Chapter 2

Regina sat with her meal for one on the sofa, annoyed but grateful that Tom was still currently asleep, when her phone rang. It was half 7 which meant it could only be one special little person.

"hello"

"Mummy! Mummy! Mummy!" Henry squealed down Robin's phone,

"What's the matter, are you ok?" Regina's maternal instinct kicking in.

"Mummy I'm fine, I promise! Guess what?"

"What?" Regina expected to hear about some new game or toy Robin had spoiled him with,she did not expect

"I'm going to be a big brother!" Regina's jaw may as well have hit the floor, she didn't know how to respond to that.

Robin had been looking all over for Henry but had found him in his bedroom on what looked like his phone, which was only confirmed at the announcement.

"What are you up to Henry?" Robin was shocked, he instantly took the phone off Henry, praying that his little boy wasn't about to tell him what he thought he was,

"I was telling mummy that I'm going to be a big brother!"

Robin's eyes popped out of his head before he swiftly took the phone to his ear.

"Regina" he reached out for her to respond, his voice clearly panicked. He could have sworn he heard a subtle whimper as the voice he needed to hear responded

"Congratulations! That must have come as quite a shock"

"Well, yes, it wasn't exactly planned" Robin found he was often more honest with Regina than perhaps he should be, than he was with his own wife.

"I'm sure you'll both be fine, we all just have to look at how you are with Henry, this baby is going to be spoiled rotten" Regina couldn't be happier for him but a small part of her couldn't help feeling jealous. If only they'd both just admit how they felt.

Robin was about to wrap up the conversation, not sure that Henry should be hearing this when he discovered he'd run off into another room to play. Robin really needed to talk to someone about how he was feeling, he slouched down onto Henry's bed.

"Robin?" Her soft voice broke him from his thoughts

"Sorry what were you saying?"

"You are happy about this baby aren't you?"

"Marian is thrilled, she's been looking at paint colours for the nursery and started choosing a crib and other furniture, I'd forgotten how much a tiny baby needs"

"Robin" Regina gently stopped his rambling knowing him well enough to know he was digressing intentionally from answering the question.

"But are you happy?" He took a deep breath, he couldn't lie to Regina, not to the one person who'd been there through all his ups and downs over the last 5 years, who he'd raised a child with.

"Truthfully Regina, I'm not sure how I feel. I mean I know I'll love this baby but"

"But you don't think you're ready" Regina finished off the sentence for him. Regina took a sip from her now luke warm coffee before carrying on with their more frequent heart to hearts.

"Look Robin, don't run away from this. Don't do what we did, it's not fair on Marian"

"What am I supposed to do Regina, I've already got Henry, we've got Henry how could I possibly love another little person when I have so much love for him"

"You will, trust me. It will be different this time"

They were having a long over due conversation it was just a shame so much time had passed and circumstances had changed and prevented the outcome that should be happening.

"How will it be different, I'm still having a baby I'm not sure I'm ready for"

"You have Marian, you have someone to go through it all together with this time"

"I wasn't alone last time, I had you"

"Robin, you know that's now what I meant. She's your wife Robin, this is the next step together"

"But what if I'm not ready to take that next step?"

As Regina was about to reply and attempt to bring this conversation back to topic she felt a familiar presence lean down and kiss the side of her neck. A refreshed Tom, wrapped his arms around his partner as he gave her a look that questioned who she was talking to.

"Robin I'm gonna have to go, but give Henry a bedtime kiss from me" Regina hung up before she could hear Robin's attempt to make her stay on the line.

Tom moved round the sofa so he could wrap his arms more comfortably around Regina.

"What did he want?"

"Oh it was Henry"

"That didn't sound like Henry to me, unless he's grown a few feet and his voice has broken" Tom was being particularly suspicious of her and Regina wasn't liking his distrust of her at that moment.

She rather abruptly informed him "Henry phoned to tell me he's going to be a big brother, I think Robin was worried how I'd react" Regina untangled herself from Tom before marching off to the kitchen to make another cup of coffee, though right now she was definitely needing something stronger. Tom swiftly followed her, desperate to pursue this conversation.

"What do you mean, worried how you'd react?"

"Well we had Henry together, it's going to be a big deal for him having to share his daddy"

"I get that! But what does that have to do with you Regina?"

"Robin is a really old friend Tom, he just wanted to have given me the courtesy of telling me himself"

"And why does he need to do that!" Tom and Regina really were fighting a lot, Regina hadn't noticed herself until her little boy had pointed it out earlier.

"Seriously Tom! Of course he doesn't need to but he wanted to, what's so wrong with that!"

"I don't know why I even bothered coming home?"

"And what is that supposed to mean exactly?"

"Well I come home to find him in my house"

Regina cut in quickly

"He was getting Henry, he always comes in you know that. What do you expect me to do, leave him out on the porch!"

"This is my home, I don't feel comfortable with him being in it when I'm not here"

"What so you don't trust me?"

"I don't trust him!"

"For god sake Tom, this is also Henry's home and that means that Robin is going to be here at times. For Henry and no other reason. You've been in our lives for the last three years and it's now that you have such an issue with the arrangement"

"Well maybe I don't expect to then find him on the phone to my girlfriend having some form of heart to heart"

"This is ridiculous Tom, grow up!" Regina slammed down her coffee walked through the apartment grabbed her coat and keys and headed out for some much needed air. She had a lot to process, Robin was having a baby and on top of that her boyfriend of three years didn't trust her. Why was everything such a mess. All she wanted right now was Henry and she couldn't even have him.

On the other side of town Robin was still in Henry's room trying to figure out why he and Regina didn't stay together, why they never became a proper family. Why all this couldn't have been them.

"Honey you going to come play hungry hippos with us?"

It was that voice that drew him from his thoughts, one that should give him butterflies but with the impending arrival he couldn't help but want to shut her out. But he knew he couldn't do that, it was only him being scared. He wished that he could be as honest with his wife as he had been with Regina.

"I'll be right there"

Marian smiled before stepping further into the room and placing a delicate kiss upon Robin's lips

"Ok well don't keep us waiting daddy."

Marian's words echoed through his head, only Henry called him that and for now that's the only daddy he wanted to be. Robin suddenly became very protective of his little boy and ran down the stairs picking up Henry's coat on the way.

"Bud how would you like to go to the park?" Robin said it with so much enthusiasm he just about persuaded him away from the game of hungry hippos.

"Yes please daddy"

"Well pop your shoes on and I've got your coat."

Marian got up from being sat around by the game with a confused expression as she walked over to Robin.

"You ok? I thought we were going to sit and play this together as a family?"

"We aren't a family, your not his mother" Robin's words left his mouth before he had a chance to take them back. Her eyes welled with tears and she made to leave, but Robin caught her hand tentatively,

"I'm sorry" she wriggled free and headed off to their room.

"I'm ready for my coat daddy" Robin was drawn from really putting his foot in it with his wife by little Henry. As Robin popped the coat on his little boy Henry asked

"Is Marian not coming?"

"No bud, she's feeling a bit tired. We can have a boys outing to the park instead" Henry luckily got very excited at that idea as he raced off through the front door, daddy close behind.

Regina was sat on the bench in the park trying to separate all her thoughts in her head and find some sort of answer or solution. Her peace was destroyed by the sound of a little boy's impersonation of buzz light year. She recognised that voice... That was her little boy's impression. She looked up to see him racing around the park followed by Robin who was smiling fondly at his little boy before calling "careful Henry, you might hit somebody" in response to his little boy's arms becoming the wings. Regina sat back and watched for a moment, watching the two of them interact. It were as though all her thoughts were cleared at the sight of Robin and their son interacting together. At least something was going right, Henry was doing ok. Regina couldn't resist the urge to go and make her presence known Robin scooped Henry into the air so that he could feel like he was really flying.

"Wow look at you buzz light year"

"Mummy!" Henry happily exclaimed as he wriggled in his daddy's arms to be put down so he could run towards her.

"Hello my little prince, is daddy treating you to the park"

Henry nodded eagerly as Regina enjoyed her hug, she couldn't help but catch Robin's sad eyes and knew they were at the park because of him, for the same reason she'd found herself there.

"Henry why don't you go and play for a little bit" Regina suggested, knowing that Robin really needed to talk to her, who was she kidding she needed to talk to him just as much.

"But won't you come play with me? It will be even more fun with the both of you here!" Harry tried to persuade them.

"In a bit bud, we'll only be over on that bench there"

"Don't go anywhere we can't see you" Regina added in before the pair sat down on the bench, their eyes firmly on Henry.

"So no Marian?"

"Ur no, I may or may not have just caused the biggest row by saying we weren't a family and that Henry isn't her son"

"Ah" Regina replied in understanding

"Yup, well and truly cocked it up this time"

"Robin you two just need to talk"

"What like you and Tom?"

"That's different"

"How?"

"Well..."

"Go on, you know you can tell me" Robin gave a soft glance to encourage her to tell him before his view became once again fixed on his little boy who was currently being a bit of a terror way in the park.

"He doesn't trust me"

"What do you mean?"

"After you called me he flipped out about how he didn't want you in his house whilst he wasn't there"

"What?"

"He said he doesn't trust you, but what he actually means is he thinks something's going on between us"

"He's crazy, deluded even" Robin replied trying to swallow down his feelings that he did have for Regina.

"I told him that. But you're a special person in Henry's life and you're always going to be around" Regina faltered for a second Robin knew she wasn't doubting him but knew she hated presuming or putting pressure on people. He reached over and squeezed her hand

"You know I will be"

"And therefore he just needs to get used to it. I thought he was after 3 years but apparently not" Regina sighed out with frustration.

"It's all a bit of a mess" Robin captioned the moment perfectly.

"Yup" Regina replied as she watched Henry climb across the monkey bars,

"Why didn't we ever work out?" Robin asked frankly, it was something that had been bothering him ever since the phone call.

"You know why Robin, please don't"

"I'm sorry, just sometimes I feel like I can be more honest with you than my own wife" Regina took a deep breath.

"You need to talk to her, your having a baby for god sake"

"Don't you think I know that!"

"Robin it will all work out however it's supposed to. You may not feel like you're ready but"

"We weren't ready!" Robin added in quickly

"But we also hadn't been married for 3 and a half years. Robin the situations are completely different"

"I know" Robin bowed his head.

"You're a brilliant dad and I couldn't have asked you to be any better for Henry, this baby will be lucky to have you" Regina got up to leave before this conversation went down anymore dark alleys. Henry raced over having seen mummy about to go.

"Where you going, you said you'd play with me?" Henry began to get really upset. Regina crouched down and took his head within her hands,

"I've got to get back, but you're going to have lots of fun with daddy and I will see you tomorrow"

"But I want you now!" Henry got quite boisterous

"Aye that's enough of that bud, come on say goodbye to mummy" Henry refused and Regina stood up and placed her hands in her pockets. This was turning out to be a pretty stressful day she didn't need a Henry tantrum to top it all off.

"Henry, you'll be sad later if you don't say goodbye to mummy now"

He was coerced by daddy finally and gave his mummy a big hug.

"Right mister, I love you and please be good!"

"I will, I love you mummy" Henry bounced off back to the park.

"I'll call you later" Robin considered, he still felt like there was so much left to say. Regina was staying strong, they both needed to sort their own issues out.

"No Robin, I'll see you tomorrow when I pick up Henry. Now I think that son of ours is summoning you to push him on the swings" Robin began to head back over to Henry,

"Oh Robin" he quickly turned around at her voice

"Talk to Marian, you need to share this together. She's probably as scared as you are, it's a big deal." Robin smiled gratefully before they all left in their separate directions, back to the chaos of their own lives.