Regina breathed heavily as she sat down in her office chair. She pulled out her phone and typed a text message to Emma.

Regina: Emma, I'm bleeding.

A few seconds later her the phone buzzed alerting her that she had a new message.

Emma: Stay there. I'm on my way.

Regina set her phone in her purse as she placed her hand protectively on her growing stomach. She hoped and prayed that her babies were safe and that nothing was wrong. A few tears fell down her face as she cried silently.

Emma felt like her heart was going to explode out of her chest. Her whole body was shaking as she grabbed the keys to the police cruiser. She called Dr. Whale and let him know that they would be there shortly.

As she drove she prayed, "please God if you are listening, please keep Regina and our babies safe." Just as she finished praying she arrived at her wife's office. Her heart broke as she saw her wife crying at her desk.

"Gina, it's okay love. I'm here." Emma said calmly as she rushed to her wife's side. She noticed that the brunette was pale and shaking.

"Emma, what if something is wrong? I don't want to lose them." Regina said in a weak voice as she cried even harder than before.

"Shhhh. Whatever happens, we will face it together. I already called Dr. Whale and he is expecting us." The sheriff grabbed a tissue and wiped the tears from Regina's eyes and cheeks. She was struggling to keep her own emotions at bay. Regina needed her to be strong and she was determined to keep herself together.

They didn't have to wait long before Regina was given a gown and they were taken to a private room. A nurse and a lab technician came in and took a couple of vials of blood. Grace stuck Regina in the hand because she couldn't find a vein in her arm. The mayor winced as she squeezed her eyes shut from the pain of the needle.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Swan-Mills we are almost done. Dr. Whale wants to put you on some fluids through the IV. You seem to be a little dehydrated today. The doctor will be in shortly." The Asian nurse said as she finished setting up the IV drip before leaving the room.

Emma held her wife's hand tightly as they felt the heaviness of everything settle in. She didn't know how to react or how to feel. She was terrified, worried, and just felt like something was not right. The sheriff wanted to cry but instead, she played with her wedding ring, silently hoping that her wife didn't see through her tough exterior.

Suddenly Regina spoke in a soft but blaming voice. "Emma, I'm sorry. I'm sorry if I messed up." She apologized repeatedly as she started to blame herself.

The blonde's head lifted, and hazel green eyes tried to meet honey brown eyes. She was in disbelief that her wife felt that all of this was her fault. The pregnancy was going wonderful and her wife always made sure to eat healthily, take her vitamins, drink plenty of water, and she did light workouts on the weekends including yoga in the evenings.

"Hey, don't do that to yourself. This is not your fault. Sometimes things just happen, let's not get ahead of ourselves. I was reading in one of the pamphlets in the waiting room and it said that sometimes women experience bleeding in their pregnancy. The blonde said as she placed a kiss on the brunette's forehead.

Just then Dr. Whale walked in and turned on the ultrasound and slipped on a pair of latex gloves. "Alright, first we are going to listen to the baby's heartbeats; and then we are going to look at them and check to see if they are developing right and that all is well."

The room was silent as Whale moved the wand around. Everyone let out their breath as they heard two strong heartbeats echoing in the small room.

One single tear fell down Emma's cheek as she felt part of her strong walls start to collapse. She was so relieved to hear those two strong heartbeats.

Images of their unborn children appeared on the ultrasound screen. They looked like babies, unlike the last time when they simply looked like blobs or little jelly beans.

"The babies look fine and healthy. We are still waiting for your lab work and then I can tell you more when we get the results." He smiled as he took off his gloves and threw them in the trash can before walking out of the room.

Regina looked up at her wife who was trying to hide the fact that she was crying. "Come here, Emma." She said as she opened her arms waiting for the blonde to let her embrace her.

Emma sniffled as she embraced her wife. She placed her face in the crook of Regina's neck breathing in her wife's perfume which always calmed her down. "I'm so happy that they are okay. I was so scared." She cried as she placed a kiss on Regina's lips which were wet from their tears mixing.

Regina pulled out her phone and called Charming and asked him if he could pick up Henry from school and if her son could spend the night with them. She didn't know what time they would be getting out of the hospital.

Charming agreed and told his daughter in law to take it easy and that his grandson would be taken care of.

Just as she hung up Dr. Whale came in with Grace the head nurse. "We have decided to keep you overnight for observation. Your white blood cells are extremely high, and we would like to do more testing." Whale said.

"What kind of testing? I thought you said that everything is okay." Emma said protectively as she looked into the doctor's eyes, trying to use her superpower.

"The babies are fine. It's Regina that I am concerned about. My team has contacted one of the best oncologists from Boston Memorial Hospital and she will be here in the morning." Whale said slowly as he waited for what he had just said to sink in.

Regina's eyes went wide as her lip quivered, "you mean a cancer doctor?"

Whale nodded his head. "Yes, I'm afraid so."