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Chapter 4: "Cruella D' vile"
Regina picked up Roland and went to her apartment. Roland didn't notice the redness in her nose which she usually gets when she cries. He stayed in the living room watching cartoons while she prepares dinner just for Roland and her mother Cora, who is coming to babysit tonight while she goes out with Robin to wherever he plans on taking he. She didn't like the idea just because her mother is very inquisitive and not to mentioned very opinionated especially when it had to do with Regina and her personal life and decisions.
The door opens and Roland stood up excited, running to his father, "Daddy! you're here early!" Robin picks his boy up and gives him a bear hug, "Yes daddy came home early today, I'm taking Gina out for some grown up time" Roland didn't look too excited, "Are you going to have time to watch a movie with me?" Robin smiles and feels a little bad that his son thinks he won't have time for him "Of course son, I'm going to talk to Regina so she can let you eat dinner in the living room while we watch a movie together, sounds good?" Roland smiled widely, very excited to be able to share some time with his dad, "Yay! ok!" Robin ruffles his silky dark hair while he walks to the kitchen to say hello to his wife, he grabs her from behind and kisses her neck. Regina was cutting some ingredients, she has her beige apron on and a simple top, dark jeans. Robin had his uniform suit, a dark blue blazer matching the dark blue pants and a white button up shirt. He holds her tight "How's the most beautiful woman in the world? and why is she cooking so much food if we are going out for dinner tonight?" Regina shows a small smile "My mother is eating here since she's babysitting Roland" Robin rolls his eyes and looks somewhat annoyed "Can't you ask Emma to watch him? I really don't need your mother up my ass right now" Regina puts the ingredients in the pot where she's making beans next to another were the rice is getting cooked as well, she turns to look at Robin, "Emma is busy tonight it was either my mother or cancel our date". When in reality she never got to ask Emma if she could and didn't plan to after what had happen in her apartment, so she decided to make an excuse. Robin places his hands in the counter while he sits on a stool facing Regina "Ok, but we leave as soon as she gets here, I really don't want to deal with your mother, but for you I'll do anything!" he stands up and hugs Regina tight and gives her a peck on the lips which brings her some memories of what happened earlier making her look down while images run through her head, she shakes it off and tries to maintain her mind occupied by continuing to cook. Robin walks out of the kitchen to join his son, they both watch Zootopia together while Roland is having dinner.
The boy finishes his meal and starts his homework alone, tutoring has helped him be more independent when it comes to school work. Regina and Robin were getting dressed, the brunette wearing a simple cream and black dress, showing half a thigh with a delicate black bow in the middle. Robin is wearing a nice button up blue shirt with a black blazer matching the black pants and semi-formal shoes. "Are you ready love?" Regina looks stunning with her hair in loose curls and simple yet delicate makeup. "Yes, I hope this is ok" Robin looks at her stunned by her appearance "You look amazing" and kisses her in the lips while a knock in the door interrupted their moment, Regina opens the door, "I thought I was going to rot out here! what took you so long?" looking at Regina with a scowling face while she comes in, "where's is my favorite boy?" Roland gets up and hugs Cora with a smile, she wasn't too happy about their marriage and she didn't like Robin for her daughter one bit as a matter of fact she never liked Regina's boyfriends or girlfriends in the past, the old woman will always find something negative about them. Regina tries to put a smile making eyes with Robin to behave and not lash back to her mother. "Hello mother, thank you for babysitting Roland. We will try not to be too late out, I fixed up the spare room if you get tired" Cora gave an ungrateful look to both Regina and Robin "Yes, thank you. Oh sorry Robin didn't recognize you with the cheap suit and I see you shaved this time?" Robin was going to say something but Regina made a stern face at him to not stoop to her level, he simply closed his mouth again and then say "have a nice evening Miss. Mills and thanks for watching my boy" he grabs Regina by the arm almost rushing her out of the apartment so the old woman won't have the time to say another word, Regina mouths goodbye to her and kisses Roland in the forehead reminding him in front of Cora that he has to be in bed at 8pm sharp!
They leave and forty minutes later they pulled up in a fancy restaurant with crystal walls so the guest can look at the beautiful mountains and bloomy skies of Vancouver. It was in a top floor of a well-known hotel, Robin was waiting to be attended, the greeter approaches, "Welcome to the New Spot's Restaurant, may I have your name?" Regina looks around impressed by the beautiful designs and delicate decorations of the place while Robin answers "Locksley, Robin. Table for two" The man looks down at a list in front of him, "Yes, Mr. Locksley right this way" Robin grabs Regina by the hand, they arrived at the table and he pulls out a chair for the woman to sit. He sits as well on the other side of the table and laces his hand with Regina's. He looks at her clear brown eyes "I'm sorry for what I said yesterday, you are a good example for Roland and not to mentioned and excellent mother figure to my boy, I promise I will be more careful choosing my words when I'm angry or in any moment to be exact" Regina bites her lip and looks down at the table for a second, she smiles with a gentle look in her face. "It's ok Robin we all make mistakes" in a low soothing voice, Robin smiles sweetly to the brunette while they start to look at the menu. Regina wasn't even reading what they had to offer, she was thinking of how much this relationship needed to work, she needs to try, for Roland at least.
The woman snaps up as soon as she hears a female voice speaking to Robin. "Why hello Darling! isn't this place ravishing?" Robin stands up all excited and pulls the woman to a hug and kiss in the cheek which made Regina a little uncomfortable surprisingly not jealous but uncomfortable, "Regina, this is Cruella D' vil, the CEO of the company, Cruella I'd like for you to meet my wife, Regina Mills" Regina stands up and smiled at the woman in front of her. The woman was tall, white skin, beautiful with a tight black dress under her knee, a pearled necklace hugging her neck which they seem to be very real, her hair was blonde almost gray color in a pulled up style, her hands covered by black delicate gloves, "Regina Mills? Charmed, may I ask why you didn't change it to Mr. Locksley last name?" Regina took a small breath and try to calm her annoyance caused by the nosy woman, "I cherish my family last name if you may know, and my husband respected that enough to not ask me to do so, and Cruella is it? like the 101 Dalmatians movie Cruella?" the woman looked at Regina up and down for a second and threw a sarcastic laugh "Yes darling only I skin people out of their money" pausing and looking at Robin "by the way Robin nice suit..." Robin laughs and says "Thank you" in a playful way. The woman looks back at the brunette "It was a delight to meet you Regina Mills, hope we meet again" with a hypocritical voice only Regina caught, "bye darling, see you tomorrow at work" he nods and she walks away. "So, she's your boss, care to explain the suit comment?" Actually the cheap suit that Cora stated cost more than three months of payment on the apartment. Robin hesitated a little bit to answer but he did, "Oh we had a meeting and I didn't have any proper suit to wear besides the one I wore to the wedding and she was kind enough to get me this one at the last minute" Regina remembers taking it to dry cleaners but she didn't realize it was uncommon in Robin's closet, she thought it was just another uniform given to the company employers for formal activities. "I see..." Regina looked seriously at the menu, trying to not make a big deal out of it when Robin spoke again "I got good news..." Regina looks up waiting for him to continue, "I got the promotion! I'll be working hand in hand with the CEO of the company" Robin is full of excitement when Regina's eyes grow wide and smiles "Congratulations sweetheart" as she grabs his hand and strokes her fingers while she realizes that, "Wait, you mean hand in hand with Cruella?" Robin nods with a tiny smile. Regina stays silent for a few seconds when the waiter comes to take their orders.
They both change the subject a little and starting to talk about how things are going to change as soon as he starts his new job next week. He will have to travel and some days even work a little later than usual but it will be worth it, promising Regina a comfortable life, he even brought up the idea of Regina quitting her job and becoming a stay home stepmom since his income will be enough. She stayed silent at the offer not because she thought it was a good idea, but surprised and refused to even think of herself as a trophy wife. Regina worked for everything in her life, she was always a hard worker and loved to achieve her goals and ambitions by herself, it never drew her attention for a man to buy her things and prance her around like arm candy. They both finished their meals and walk back to the car, Robin opened the door for his wife so she can sit in the passenger side while he drove home. As soon as Regina checked her phone on the way home she sees a text message from Emma.
"We need to talk, I'll come by your office tomorrow with lunch"-E
While Regina was having dinner with Robin, back at Emma's apartment a knock at the door got Emma standing up from her bed, she was reading a book trying to keep her mind out of thinking what had happened earlier with Regina. She was somewhat annoyed and didn't want to be disturb that night so she was hoping it was someone who she can brush off in minutes, too bad for her it wasn't, "Hello love!" Emma was sort of surprised, she really didn't need this right now, at least that's how she felt, "Killian hi, you didn't tell me you were coming over" Killian was surprise and confused by Emma's reaction, "I wanted to surprise you, did I make a mistake?" Emma felt bad and had him to come in. He said hi to Henry on his way to Emma's room, she had every intention to speak privately with the man and since Henry was playing video games in the living room she thought her room was the best choice. Killian thought differently of course, as soon as the door shut he grabs her by the waist and kisses her, when he breaks the kiss, smiles at Emma and speaks "Why I think you read my mind perfectly" he starts to bring up her shirt when Emma puts it down, "Killian that's not why I brought you here, we need to talk and Henry is in the living room so..." Killian has a concerned and somewhat disappointed look that it wasn't what he wanted, "Is everything ok Emma? Are you ok?" she opens and closes her mouth and sits on the bed, "Killian sit down please" Killian sits next to the blonde, facing her waiting for her to speak, she didn't know how to say it without hurting the man. Sure the man was a horn dog but he was still a good man and good friend to Henry, having knowledge of that made it harder for her to make this decision, "Killian...about us...I...we have been dating for quite a while and, well I thought I can one day love you the way you deserve but, it's just not happening." Killian was stunned, shocked and hurt. He didn't speak a word, just staring at her waiting for it to sink in. He had a feeling she didn't love him.
She never said it once, he thought that the woman just wasn't vocal with her feelings, but that wasn't the case, it was what he feared, she just didn't love him. Emma continued to speak, "Killian I don't want to continue this so that at the end I'll end up hurting you. I'm sorry but we just can't be together, I care for you too much and appreciate you being there for Henry but I can't lie to myself for you...I'm sorry", Killian looks up speechless "Well...I appreciate your honesty...I... should be going..." he stands up and walks out of the room, Henry sees the sad face in the man "Hey Killian...you ok?" Killian tries to put a smile but you can still see the sadness in his blue eyes, "Yes mate, how about I take you out for fishing after school tomorrow?" Henry smiles as he answers "Ok, sounds good" Killian looks back at Emma and Henry again "See you tomorrow mate, I need to get going" Emma walks him out of the apartment, she whispers to the man on her way out "I'm sorry." Killian looks at her eyes for a few seconds, "me too" and continues to walk out of the building.
Emma closed the door and makes her way back to the room, she tells Henry to not to go to bed too late since he has school tomorrow. She shuts the door of her room and sends Regina a quick text, not waiting for a response, she goes to bed thinking of all what's happened today, she turns of her lamp and covers herself preventing to get cold, her eyes still open in the dark as she whispers to herself "I guess I'll have to accept it and live with it... but Regina...Regina is not an option..."
Regina didn't answer her text and simply put away her phone, it was a long night and a lot to take in. Of all what Robin told her at dinner, she was looking forward for the blonde to forgive her and be able to talk to her about all what had happened tonight.
