You all are the greatest! Thank you for reviewing, you all inspire me daily! This chapter maybe be a little more "M" rated than the previous chapters. Hope you don't mind. If you do...don't read the last bit of this chapter. XOXO
Robin sat with his daughter until she calmed down. "Let me show you something Olivia." He took her down the hall to the restroom. "Now I want you to take the toothpaste out and squirt it all on the counter."
She looked at her father as if he'd lost his mind. "That's going to make a mess."
"I know, but I want you to squeeze every last bit of toothpaste on to the counter." He watched as she did what she was told.
"Now what?" She looked at him.
"Now I want you to put all of it back in the tube." He smiled.
"How?" She asked.
"You just try to get every bit of it back in the tube." He sat on the edge of the tub and watched as she struggle for five minutes trying to do what she was asked.
"I can't daddy. It' won't go back in." She looked at him with frustration, her hands covered in toothpaste.
"Olivia, our words like that toothpaste. Once we say them they are out and we can't take them back. Sometimes our words can make things very messy and hurtful. What would happen if we walked away from the toothpaste right now?"
"It would sit on the counter and get yucky."
"Exaclty. We can say we are sorry for things we say or do and then walk away, but when our words are hurtful people still feel yucky." He explained.
"I understand daddy." She said softly.
He kissed the top of his daughter's head as Ellie came in. "Auntie's back."
Robin left Olivia to clean up the toothpaste and went to check on his wife. "Are you better milady?"
"Yes." She smiled kissing him softly.
"Whose jacket are you wearing?" He asked lifting it off her shoulders.
"Oh that's mine." Charming answered walking into the room.
"Well you can have it back." Robin said thrusting the jacket in his direction.
"Jealous are we?" Regina teased wrapping her arms around her husband's waist.
"No. Just making sure he knows who you belong to." He said kissing neck.
"Oh he knows. Trust me, Charming is not my type at all. He's too prissy for me." She laughed.
"I heard that!" Charming yelled from the hall.
"Where's Olivia?" She asked.
"She's upstairs."
"I'm going to go talk to her." Regina kissed him one last time and jumped as he patted her bottom as she walked away.
Regina found her daughter and Ellie in the bathroom cleaning toothpaste off the counter. "What happened here?"
"Those were my words that I couldn't put back in the tube. Ellie is helping me clean them up." Olivia answered.
"Your words?" Regina asked with a chuckle.
Olivia explained what her daddy had taught her. Regina smiled feeling so grateful for the man she had married. What a genius way to teach a child about something so complicated as how our words affect others. Olivia turned to her mom. "I'm really sorry mommy." She said with tears in her eyes.
"I know baby. I'm sorry I walked out when you were calling me. I just needed to think for a minute." Regina reached out and smoothed the girls hair out of her face.
"I don't know why those words hurt you, but I won't say them again." Olivia promised.
"I'll tell you why when you are a little bit older."
"Are you still angry with me?" The first tear fell down her cheek.
"No sweetie, I'm not. I love you very much. I'm not sure I understand why you were so angry." Regina wiped her tears.
"Because Amanda takes all Henry's attention and then I saw her hug you and I thought she was going to steal you too." She cried.
Regina's heart squeezed in her chest. The mind of a six year old was very difficult to decode at times, but it all made sense now. She had been afraid of losing Olivia while Olivia had been afraid of losing her. She took her daughter into her arms and held her. Olivia cried into her mother's chest for quite sometime. Regina rubbed her back and hummed to her softly. "Olivia, you and your brother's are my heart and soul. I couldn't even live one day without you three. No one could ever steal me away from you. You truly are the biggest part of me." Regina rocked her back and forth.
"What about me?" Ellie asked from the doorway.
"I would be lost without you too sweet pea." Regina held her arm out for Ellie to join them. Ellie ran into her aunt's arms and put her arm around Olivia too.
Ellie enjoyed being in her aunt's arms. She could physicaaly feel her love and it was a wonderful feeling. She snuggled into her as much as she could.
"I hate to break up the group hug, but I need to go to the bathrrom." Roland smiled rubbing his eyes.
"We are done in here. Breakfast will be ready in few minutes." She kissed her son's cheek and headed down stairs with the girls.
"Hey look who's back from camp!" Olivia smiled hugging Neal. "My nephew!"
"Stop calling me that." Neal shrugged her off. Being nine years old, he wasn't the most accepting of hugs from the girls.
"What kind of camp were you at Uncle Neal, stinky boy camp?" Ellie asked as both girls giggled.
"No. I was at get away from prissy girls camp!" He shot back.
"Were there spiders? Creepy, crawly spiders?" Olivia asked knowing Neal was terrified of spiders.
"Or frogs? You know how much you hate frogs." Ellie chided.
"You two are so annoying!" He crossed his arms.
"We miiiissed you Nealy poo." Olivia smiled.
"Yeah right."He huffed.
"Were you scared at camp?" Ellie asked.
"You girls think its so funny because you aren't afraid of anything. If you didn't have magic you would both be big chickens."
"Big chickens! I'll show you big chickens." Olivia stood up and magic began to form at her finger tips.
"Olivia! Do not conjure chickens in my house!" Regina stopped her daughter in her magical tracks.
"I take it back. You are afraid of one thing...your mommy." Neal teased.
Olivia scowled at him, but sat back down. She had been in enough trouble for one day. Not to mention her mother was staring her down.
The rest of breakfast went well with Snow telling the kids that they all needed to get along. Emma and Killian making plans for the day since they would have both girls. It was Olivia's turn to stay the night with them. Henry and Amanda were going to spend a few days at his grandfather's cabin and Roland was going to spend the rest of the weekend with his friend Josh. They were headed on a fishing trip with Little John and a few of the dwarves.
Robin and Regina would have the house all to themselves for more than twenty-four hours. She could tell by the way his fingers were gently grazing her upper thigh exactly what he had in mind. Regina was lost in the sensations he was creating, absently stirring her food on her plate. Her mind picturing what was to come as soon as they were alone had her body reacting despite the fact that she was sitting in a crowded room. Robin was staring at his wife, her cheeks were flushed and he could feel the heat radiating off her body.
Emma looked up from her empty plate and was going to compliment Regina on the meal when she saw the look on her face. Emma gave her a questioning look, but Regina's eyes almost glazed dropped her napkin and when she bent to pick it up she saw what was happening under the table. She sat up straight and cleared her throat. "Is everyone ready to go? We have lots to do today." She stood up. "We'd stay and help you clean up, but I have a feeling it's going to be getting much messier in here."
"What?" Snow asked confused.
"Nothing mom. Let's just get out of here and get our day started. Regina, we will drop Roland off for you."
"Thank you." It was a hoarse whisper.
"Come on Amanda, we aren't going to want to be in ear shot of this place in about ten minutes. Grab your bag." Henry laughed.
The boys hugged and kissed their parents followed by Olivia. "I love you mommy. I love you daddy."
"We love you." They kissed her cheeks.
Ellie came and hugged Regina and then gave her a questioning look.
"What is it Ellie?" Regina asked.
Ellie leaned in and whispered in her ear. "I don't understand what you are feeling right now."
Regina leaned and whispered in her ear. "What do you mean?"
Ellie leaned in again. "I can always feel what you are feeling when I touch you, but I don't know this feeling."
Regina jumped out of her chair breaking any physical contact with the child. "I'll tell you when you are older, much much older." Regina laughed nervously.
Once everyone was out the door and she closed it, Robin was behind her pressing soft kisses to her neck. Her hand came up to run through his hair. He turned her so she was facing him and pressed her up against the wall, his lips crashing down on hers. There was a fire lit that only she could extinguish and it was raging out of control. He backed her into the dining room and cleared off a portion of the table with one sweep of his arm.
Just as he lay her on the table and had his thigh pressed between her legs the front door opened and Emma came back in. "Oh God sorry! Olivia forgot her bunny." Emma stammered. "But really you two, we just ate in there!"
Regina magicked the bunny right into Emma's face. "Get out Swan!"
"I'm going and I'm locking the door. Great! I'll never be able to unsee that!" She motioned toward them.
"You've got two seconds to get out before you see more than you bargained for." Robin smiled at her before turning his attention back to his wife.
"I'm gone!" She exclaimed slamming the door.
What started out on the dining room table ended up in the shower trying to get all the syrup and whipped cream removed from places it had never been before. "I'll never be able to eat or even look at syrup again without needing a repeat of that!" Robin smiled at his wife as she towel dried her hair.
"That was fun." She giggled as he wrapped his arms around her.
"And vey tastey." He nipped at her bare hip as she stood in front of him. "But now I need a nap. Care to join me?" He scooted up in the bed.
"I could use a nap." She smiled climbing in beside him.
"I love you." He whispered in her ear.
"Not as much as I love you." She whispered turning in his arms to face him.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked as she grew quiet.
"Ellie." She said still whispering.
He gave her a confused look. "Why?"
"She feels what I feel when she touches me. I don't know if it's specific to me or if she feels what everyonefeels."
"How do you know?" He asked while he played with her hair.
"That's what she told me before they left."
"Are you going to talk to Emma about it?" He asked quietly.
"Probably, but first I need to talk to Ellie about it and see exactly what's going on." She smiled at him. "By the way, thank you for explaining things to Olivia the way you did earlier. That was very smart."
"I am more than just a pretty face you know." He kissed nose as she laughed.
They drifted off to a peaceful sleep in each others arms enjoying the rare silence that now enveloped them. Only the steady beating of their hearts lulling them to sleep.
Thank you so much for reading along. I was in need of a little OutlawQueen "moment". Didn't go too far, wanted to try to keep this as PG as possible. Let me know your thoughts! Constructive criticism is welcome! XOXO
