Okie dokie, so I do hope you all like the latest installment of the Holiday Moving Forward chapters. Also, If you haven't read the main story Moving Forward you might be a bit confused with some of the things at the end of this chapter, but it can still be read alone.

Without further ado..

Chapter 2

Thanksgiving (Twenty Weeks)

"Robin can you come get the Turkey out of the oven for me please!" Regina calls from the kitchen to her husband who is helping the boys set the dining room table for dinner that night. Why Regina agreed to host Thanksgiving dinner at her house, she has no idea, but the fact remains that everyone would be arriving within the hour and she still had to take the stuffing out of the turkey, make gravy, and mashed potatoes –which she insisted on doing from scratch because there was no way she was going to be serving some powdered potatoes from a box.

"Coming, milady," Robin says as he enters the kitchen and sees his beautifully pregnant wife standing by the oven with pot-holders in her hand.

Robin takes the pot-holders, opens the oven door, and takes the turkey out and sets it on the counter next to the stove. After he closes the oven door and turns around to face Regina, he notices she has moved and is crouched over by a rather large bag of potatoes of varying colors and sizes.

"Love, I can do that. No need for you to be crouched on the floor like that," Robin says, rushing over to Regina to help her off the floor.

"It's okay, Robin, I've got this. And seeing as how I am on the floor anyways, might as well just stay here and pick out all the potatoes. But you can take the ones I hand to you and set them on the counter for me so I don't have to go back and forth," Regina says, as she hands him a couple potatoes, to which he promptly puts on the counter behind him.

"As the lady wishes," Robin says with a smirk.

After about three more handfuls, Robin helps Regina to stand just as Henry and Roland come into the kitchen.

"We're done setting the table, Mama. Henry showed me where to put everything and I did just like he told me," Roland says proudly from next to Henry.

"Good job, and thank you sweetie. Thank you, Henry, for helping him," Regina says as she walks over to the sink to wash the potatoes and then peel them.

"No problem, Mom. Is there anything else we can do to help?" Henry asks.

"Well you could go get ready and help your brother as well. By the time you boys are done, dinner should be almost done and people should start arriving. But," Regina says, catching the boys on their way out of the kitchen.

"Yes, Mom?" Henry asks.

"Don't forget to take a shower. Both of you. You two were running around all day outside, you could use it," Regina says, and then laughs at the simultaneous groans from both boys as they walk out of the kitchen and up the stairs. "Robin do you think you could peel these while I get the stuffing and gravy?"

"Of course, love," Robin says, moving to take Regina's place at the sink and finish washing the potatoes before moving on to peel them.

Regina nods her head and moves over to start on getting the stuffing into a bowl and then start the gravy. When she gets done with the stuffing, Regina moves over to the stove to start working on the gravy. When she hears the garbage disposal turn on, she turns around wondering what on earth that is doing on, thinking the baby did some form of magic again. The last time that happened, the water faucets exploded in the kitchen and it took two hours and a great deal of patience before everything was back to normal. And it really isn't the baby per se, more like Regina's magic is very unpredictable, meaning the baby is causing it, meaning the baby has magic.

What Regina sees when she turns around, though, is that it is Robin who has turned on the garbage disposal.

"Robin? What are you doing?" Regina asks tentatively, hoping that he hasn't just done what she thinks he's just done.

"Just cleaning up the potato skins, love. This noisy machine in the sink really is helpful for cleaning up. Regina, love, what's the matter? Is everything alright? Is the baby alright?" Robin asks, turning off the garbage disposal and rushing over to where Regina is standing.

"Robin? Did you put the potato peels down the garbage disposal?" Regina asks.

"Yes, just cleaning them up for you. What's the matter, milady," Robin asks, looking between Regina and the sink where she is looking with a look of horror on her face.

"Robin, you aren't supposed to put potato peels down the disposal," Regina says worriedly as she walks over to the sink and looks down the drain to see a starchy blended mess moving up the drain. "It plugs the sink up."

At the word 'up', the contents of the drain of the sink explode up and out of the drain as Regina and Robin stare in horror. It only takes Regina less than two seconds before she is moving and trying to get her magic under control so she can get everything cleaned up before everyone shows up in thirty minutes.

"Regina, love, please be careful. Remember what happened last time you used magic while our daughter was as well. Counteracting her magic is very difficult. You said so yourself," Robin says.

"Yes, I know, dear, but I think I've … just … about … got … it," Regina says, just as she gets the spray down and the kitchen cleaned up in a cloud of purple smoke. "There. Now no more of that, little girl."

"What's going on down here?" Henry asks, coming down the stairs, freshly showered and in dark jeans and a light blue button-up shirt.

"Your sister and father were just causing some trouble, that's all," Regina says looking over at Robin pointedly.

"Yes, well, now that that has been taken care of, do you need any more help love or should I go help Roland and then get ready myself?" Robin asks cautiously.

"No, I think I've got everything down here. The gravy is almost done, and the potatoes won't take much time, so you can go help Roland get ready. Henry can help with the mashed potatoes while you get ready," Regina says understandingly to Robin.

"As her Majesty insists," Robin says, repeating something he said quite often during the year in the enchanted forest.

"Smart ass," Regina mutters under her breath, remembering him saying those words to her with that once-infuriating and now-irresistible smirk on his face as he would walk away from her, since that is usually what she said she wanted.

Robin turns away and walks up the stairs, chuckling all the way up to their room, remembering that year where the two of them could barely stand one another, but looking back on it, and on the last month before they returned to Storybrooke, it was all just sexual tension. It is amazing they didn't get pregnant sooner, but then again, after what Regina told him about her past, it made sense. Something had had to have happened while they were in Camelot in order for them to have gotten pregnant. Robin's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a small voice singing a song he had heard Regina sing a few times when she thought no one was listening. Except obviously, Robin wasn't the only one who had heard her.

Robin stops just outside Roland's bedroom door, listening to him sing the song in his adorable child-like voice, noticing he really isn't that bad of a singer.

"I will be here, don't you cry. For one so small you seem so strong. My arms will hold you, keep you safe and warm. This bond between us can't be broken. I will be here, don't you cry," Roland sings from inside his room. "'Cause you'll be in my heart. Yes, you'll be in my heart. From this day on, now and forever more."

Robin walks down the hallway to the master bedroom to get ready, listening to his son's voice fade the further down the hall he went.

Roland comes out of his room just as Robin closes the door to the master bedroom, and heads downstairs, still singing, just more quietly now, almost like a hum.

"Mommy?" Roland says tentatively.

"Yes, sweetheart?" Regina says, turning her head slightly but not taking her eyes off the gravy in the pan.

"How does the song go?" Roland asks, wringing his hands together in nervousness because he knows Regina doesn't like being interrupted when she is busy working.

"What song, baby?" Regina asks, still looking at the gravy and stirring it in the pan.

"The heart one? That you sing to me before bed sometimes," Roland says in a small, hesitant voice.

"The heart one? The one from Tarzan?" Henry asks, looking between his little brother and his mother, who has stopped stirring. "The one you used to sing to me when I would get nightmares?"

"You get nightmares, Henry?" Roland asks, looking wide-eyed up at his big brother.

"I used to. I don't so much anymore," Henry tells the boy.

"What were they about?" Roland asks innocently.

Henry hesitates because they used to be about him losing his mom, and then when he found out she was the Evil Queen, he would have nightmares that she would come and rip his heart out. So, Henry settles on telling the boy the first one.

"Usually it was about me waking up and finding mom gone or missing. Like someone had taken her," Henry explains.

"Oh. Mine about the flying monkeys from the Enchanted Forest," Roland explains.

At that, Regina walks over and kneels down in front of Roland and grabs his hands in her own.

"You know those monkeys can't hurt you anymore, right?" Regina asks, looking the young boy in the eye.

"Yes, Mama. Because you won't let them get anywhere near me or Henry," Roland says, to which Regina nods her head. "What about baby sister? Will she be okay?"

"She is perfectly safe, my little knight," Regina says, smiling at him and cupping his cheek in her hand.

"Besides mom as a defense, she also has me, dad, and you to protect her. It is our job as big brother's to keep her safe," Henry explains, coming and sitting on his knees in front of Roland next to his mom.

"Really?" Roland asks.

"Really," Henry says definitively.

"But for right now, she is safe right here in my belly," Regina says, placing her hand with Roland's still in it, on her stomach. "See? She is right here, all safe and sound."

Roland smiles as he feels his little sister moving around inside Regina's belly.

"What part of the song are you stuck at, my little knight?" Regina asks gently.

"Just after 'Now and forever more.' Right at the beginning," Roland explains.

"Ah, okay hang on, let me think," Regina says, standing up and leading Roland over to the island where he crawls up on one of the barstools and sits down. "Ah, yes. 'You'll be in my heart, no matter what they say. You'll be here in my heart, always. Why can't they understand the way we feel? They just don't trust what they can't explain. I know we're different but, deep inside us, we're not that different at all. And you'll be in my heart. Yes, you'll be in my heart. From this day on, now and forever more. Don't listen to them, 'cause what do they know. We need each other, to have to hold. They'll see in time, I know. When destiny calls you, you must be strong. I may not be with you, but you've got to hold on. They'll see in time. I know. We'll show them together, 'cause you'll be in my heart, believe me you'll be in my heart. I'll be there from this day on, now and forever more. Oh, oh, you'll be in my heart. You'll be here in my heart, no matter what they say. I'll be with you. You'll be here in my heart. I'll be there, always. Always. I'll be with you. I'll be there for you always. Always and always. Just look over your shoulder. Just look over your shoulder. Just look over your shoulder. I'll be there, always.'"

While Regina was singing and finishing up the gravy and while Henry was finishing up the mashed potatoes, Robin had come downstairs, heard a knock at the front door, let in Snow, David, Neal, Hook, Rumple, Belle, and Tinkerbell, and they all made their way into the house and were all standing just inside the dining room, watching Regina sing to the boys as she and Henry finished up the rest of dinner. It was quite the sight for many of the guests, as they didn't expect Regina to be the kind to sing, let alone actually have a really good voice. Everyone except, of course, Snow, who often asked Regina to sing her to sleep after waking from a nightmare on more than one occasion growing up. Snow had a giant smile on her face while everybody else had a dumbfounded expression on theirs. Well except for Robin who was looking at Regina with a smile full of so much love and adoration, that made Snow smile even more, because finally, Regina had found happiness and someone who loved her the way she deserves to be loved. Hell, the way anyone should be loved.

Regina finishes singing and places a kiss to the tip of Roland's nose, causing the boy to scrunch it up with a huge smile on his face. She hears someone clear their throat, and, expecting to see Robin alone, Regina turns and sees that everyone has arrived, and has undoubtedly been standing there long enough to hear her singing, if the confused looks are anything to go by. Regina blushes slightly at what her audience just witnessed, but then she looks at Robin who is smiling at her with so much love in his eyes that she can't help but smile back and forget about why she was blushing in the first place.

When Robin makes eye contact with his wife, he takes a couple strides and soon is holding her in his arms, placing a kiss to her temple. Regina turns her head and looks up at Robin and smiles then turns her head back towards Henry.

"Henry, why don't you take everyone's coats and then Roland can you lead everyone into the living room, please?" Regina asks, receiving nods and a 'Yes, Momma' from Roland.

Everyone followed Roland into the living room after giving their coats to Henry. Everyone except for Snow and Tink, who were still standing in the entryway to the kitchen, clearly wanting to talk about something.

Regina places a kiss to Robin's lips, then asks him to bring the finger foods out to the guests.

"As my Queen wishes," Robin says, jokingly half-bowing, but pausing to place a chaste kiss to her belly before grabbing the plate of hors d' oeuvres and walking out of the kitchen leaving the three women alone.

Snow goes to put the mashed potatoes in a bowl while Tink takes Roland's seat at the island counter and resting her elbows in front of her with her chin on her hands. Regina stirs the gravy some more, then turns off the burner and ladles some into the gravy boat that is next to her on the counter. There is a somewhat comfortable silence amongst the three of them before Tink speaks up.

"Why didn't you just make this all appear by using your magic?" Tinkerbell wonders aloud.

"My magic is a bit unpredictable right now. This little one doesn't seem to like it when I do, but has no problem doing her own," Regina answers, patting her belly at the end of her statement.

"The baby has magic for sure?" Snow questions, turning to face Regina and looking between her and Tink.

"It is to be expected, considering it is a product of True Love and Soulmates, the latter probably making the baby rather powerful. Magically, that is," Tinkerbell explains.

"Wouldn't the fact that Regina has magic as well contribute to it too?" Snow questions, looking at Regina and then back at Tinkerbell.

"Yes, since it is a girl," Tinkerbell shrugs. At Snow's confused look, Tink elaborates. "Magic, hereditary magic, can only be passed down through the females of a family, which is why Zelena and Regina both have magic, because Cora had magic. So, since Regina is in fact having a girl, then the baby will be very powerful. Magically that is."

"I had a feeling she would have magic when I finally admitted to myself that I was pregnant, since, like you said, Robin and I are Soulmates which is stronger than True Love, but a part of me was hoping she wouldn't," Regina admits as she joins the two women on the barstools at the island.

"Why not?" Snow asks.

"Because I've seen what magic does to people that are influenced by it, and I didn't want that in my family. It drove a wedge between my mother and I. I don't want a relationship like that between me and my daughter," Regina explains, setting a hand on the top of her belly.

"It makes sense that you would worry, but Regina the mere fact that you are worrying about this tells me that you won't have that kind of relationship with your daughter," Snow reassures.

"How can you be so sure? The last time I tried to hold onto something, it ended up backfiring. I lost Henry for almost a year because of it, and when I finally got him back, we had to leave again, for another year," Regina admits.

"I can be so sure because we will make sure nothing of the sort happens. If she ever gets mad at you or feels like you are holding on too tight, she will know that she has a whole bunch of people whom she can talk to. Even if it is just to cool down, because I have a strong feeling she will inherit your temper. If not, Robin's isn't much better with you," Snow chuckles slightly causing the older woman to roll her eyes at her.

"Regina, everything will be fine," Tinkerbell insists. "Where is Zelena? I thought she was coming tonight?"

"She is at my vault trying to figure out ways to locate her daughter," Regina explains, looking at her watch. "But she should be here by now."

Just then there is a knock on the door and then Zelena walks into the kitchen.

"Sorry I'm late. I lost track of time down in the vault," Zelena apologizes.

"It's alright, Sis. We weren't going to start without you," Regina says, leaning her sore back against the counter and facing her sister.

"Aw, thanks, little sis. Well, now that I'm here, shall we get to eating the delicious meal I have no doubt you have prepared?" Zelena says, starting to walk into the dining room where everyone is waiting patiently.

"Yeah, it smells wonderful, Regina," Tinkerbell says as she and Snow grab the remaining dishes and head into the dining room.

"I thought you said Mal and Lily were coming too?" Zelena asks as Regina gingerly gets off the stool and rubs her lower back.

"Mal said she would've loved to come but she wanted to spend the holiday with her daughter alone. And I can't say I blame her for that," Regina answers, still rubbing her back trying to get it to loosen up.

"Oh for goodness sakes, here," Zelena sighs, moving to stand behind Regina and starts massaging her lower back, working the tight muscles to relax.

"Oh. My. Goodness that feels good," Regina practically moans from the relief she was feeling from the massage her sister was giving her. After a few more seconds, Zelena stops, much to Regina's dismay, causing Zelena to chuckle at the whimpers of protest.

"Come on, let's go eat. I'm starving and we can't let my niece get hungry either," Zelena says, practically dragging Regina into the dining room with her. Regina chuckles at Zelena's comment, but follows anyway.

Dinner is a smash hit. Everyone gets along quite well, much to everyone's surprise. As the last people leave, Robin shuts the front door and returns to the kitchen where he can hear talking and dishes clattering. When he walks into the kitchen he sees dishes and food flying around the room, putting themselves away as Regina, Henry, Roland, and Zelena watch on.

"What's going on in here?" Robin questions while dodging under and around dishes on his way over to Regina.

"Zelena is helping out with cleaning up. Magically of course," Regina explains, taking her eyes off of the flying dishes and looks at Robin. She leans in and gives him a quick kiss, or what was meant as a quick kiss, on the lips, but Robin had other ideas. They only stopped kissing when they could hear throats being cleared and nothing but silence. They pull away from each other looking at everyone guiltily.

"Well since you two are done kissing each other, how about we watch a movie in the living room, hm?" Zelena suggests.

"Actually, it is time for a couple little boys to get ready for bed," Regina says, much to the dismay of the boys. "In fact, I think I am going to get ready for bed as well. Today certainly was an eventful one."

With that, everyone disperses to their respective rooms and gets ready for bed. About ten minutes later though, there is a hesitant knock on Robin and Regina's door. Robin answers it to reveal a pajama clad Zelena on the other side.

"Zelena. What can we do for you?" Robin asks, causing Regina to turn around on the bed and face the door.

"I was wondering if I could talk to my sister for a moment?" Zelena asks hesitantly.

"Of course. Come on in. I'll just go check the downstairs and make some tea. Regina, love, do you want or need anything?"

"I'm fine, Robin," Regina dismisses with a nod and a smile.

After the door shuts behind Robin, Regina turns to face her sister who is standing awkwardly by the door.

"Why don't you come sit next to me on the bed?" Regina suggests, patting the bed next to her. Zelena does so and sits next to Regina. "What's up, Sis?"

"I just wanted to say thank you," Zelena starts, earning a quizzical look from her sister. "Thank you for everything. For believing in me, for starting to trust me, for inviting me to dinner tonight, for inviting me into your family. It means a lot to me."

"You're welcome, Zelena," Regina says, her hormones getting the best of her causing tears to well up in her eyes. "I figured that if someone like me, who has done terrible things in the past, gets a second chance, then so do you. If I hadn't been given that opportunity, I wouldn't have Henry, or Roland, or Robin, or my little girl."

"Why are you doing this?" Zelena asks after a few moments of somewhat comfortable silence between the two of them.

"Why am I giving you a second chance?" Regina asks. After receiving a slight nod from her sister, she continues. "I told you already. I want a chance to be a family, because I know that's what you've always wanted, and I am willing to give it to you. But you also have to want it badly enough so that you don't revert back to your old ways. I also hope that finding your daughter will help as well."

"I really hope I can find her, Regina. I really wish I get the chance to tell her how sorry I am and about how badly I screwed up with her," Zelena admits, hanging her head and turning away from Regina.

"I'm sure you will, but you will have to explain to her why you did it, and that won't be easy. For either one of you. Our family history is also going to be interesting to explain, but, if she is willing to listen, then it shouldn't be too difficult. And I'll help you with that. I'll tell her about Cora. If you want me to," Regina says, scooting closer to her sister and reaching out and grabbing her hand.

"I would like that very much. Thank you, Regina. For everything."

Just then, there is a light knock on the door and soon after Robin walks into the room hesitantly, silently asking if it's okay to come in now.

"I should probably get to bed. As should you. We don't want my little niece to be kept up all night," Zelena remarks, getting off the bed and heading for the door and leaving after saying good night to Robin.

"Everything alright?" Robin asks, as he and Regina settle down under the covers and spoon up against each other.

"Everything's just fine," Regina answers as Robin turns off the bedside lamp and pulls his wife closer to him.

And really, everything was great. Regina's family just kept getting bigger and bigger, and she could not be happier for that. And on this day of thankfulness, she was thankful for her family. Every single member of it. Robin, Henry, Roland, her little girl. Even Zelena, Snow, David, Neal, Tinkerbell, Belle, Rumple, Hook, and Emma –even if she couldn't be there with them because she was busy isolating herself from everyone. Regina thought about that, and decided that she was going to talk some sense into the woman before the darkness totally consumed her. But for now, Regina was going to revel in the fact that she was starting to be happy, and finally feel at home in the world.

Okay, hope you all liked this chapter, and now I am in need of some suggestions for the Christmas one. I want it to be full of adorableness and fluff, since that is what these Holiday chapters are for. So, if you have an idea or ideas for the Christmas chapter, leave a review or PM me.

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