Chapter 7

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the main characters of Once Upon a Time, however much I wish I did. I do, however, own all of my OC characters. I hope you enjoy this story, and there will be a very important author's note at the end, so please read it! Thanks to Guest and OUATLOVER4EVS for suggesting this prompt! Guest and OUATLOVER4EVS I hope I have fulfilled your vision and that you enjoy this chapter! Now, on with the story!

Christmas Day has arrived in Storybrooke, and a nice blanket of snow covers the ground of the small town. Robin wakes up, not feeling the warmth of Regina in the bed beside him. His light blue eyes start to scan the bedroom, looking around for his wife. Not seeing her, panic begins to build in the former thief's chest.

"Regina?" Robin calls out, afraid of finding out that his wife and his queen has been taken by some form of evil.

"Well, look who's finally woken up," Regina says with a smile from their window, watching the snow as it continues to fall from the sky.

"Someone's in a good mood," Robin grins, sitting up in the bed before he moves to stand behind Regina, wrapping his arms around her before pressing a kiss to the top of her head.

"I am. We have five minutes," Regina replies, turning to face her husband, resting their foreheads together, running one hand over his stubble-lined jaw.

"Five minutes until what, my love?" he asks with a confused expression on his face, looking into Regina's dark brown eyes.

"Until Henry and Roland wake up, thief. Trust me, I've been around Henry many Christmases, and he always gets up at six AM to open up his presents and drink hot cocoa," she answers before pressing a slow, long kiss to Robin's lips, pulling apart only when both of them need air in their lungs.

"Mama, Papa, it's Christmas!" Roland excitedly yells as he runs into his parents' bedroom, nearly crashing into his father's legs in the process.

"Good morning, my boy. It's quite early, isn't it?" Robin lightly teases his son, scooping the four-year-old up into his arms, holding Roland close to his chest.

"No, Daddy! Come on; Santa came!" Roland smiles, bouncing up and down in his father's arms, wiggling to try and get down.

"Roland, my love, let's wait for Henry to get in here," Regina remarks, pressing a kiss to her youngest son's floppy curls.

The young boy nods before having Robin set him down on the bed. Henry comes into his parents' room, rubbing sleep out of his eyes, a Santa hat on his head.

"Merry Christmas, Mom and Dad!" Henry nearly yells, a huge smile plastered on his face.

He then comes and hugs his mom and dad before jumping on the bed beside Roland, placing the Santa hat on his younger brother's head. The hat slips down on Roland's head, covering his dark brown eyes. This makes all of the Mills-Hood family laugh before the four of them go down the stairs to start opening presents.

"Mom, these are awesome!" Henry says with a smile, coming over and wrapping his mother in a tight hug.

"I didn't know which ones you were reading these days. I can exchange them if you already have them," Regina smiles back, wrapping her arms around her almost grown son, pressing a kiss to the top of his head.

"They're great, Mom. I don't have any of them. You didn't have to do this," Henry answers, beginning to thumb through some of the Thor comics Regina picked out for him. He knows it must have taken Regina quite some time to track all of these down, most of the ones she picked out are mint condition of some of the earlier series.

"Well, I wanted to. But don't get used to it," she laughs picking up one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. comics to look through in order to understand a little bit more about the heroes Henry loves so much.

"Thanks again, Mom," he says, getting off of the couch and going to sit by Roland where the younger boy can see the comics as well.

"You're welcome, Henry. But, your father does deserve some credit. He actually found the Spiderman and Thor ones."

"Thanks, Dad, they're my favorite."

"It's no problem, Henry. Your mother told me how much you liked to read about these heroes, so I procured a list of some of the owners of the originals. Then all I had to do was get them to ship here," Robin remarks with a smile and slight laugh, wrapping his arms around Regina, burying his nose in her hair.

"Okay, Roland, I think I see a present for you under the edge of the tree," Regina smiles, lightly nudging her son closer to the tree.

The four-year-old's face lights up and then soon he is ripping off the wrapping paper and lets out an excited gasp upon seeing the new set of Legos he's wanted since they came out in October.

"Thank you, Mama and Papa!" Roland yells, throwing himself into Regina's arms before pressing big kisses on both of his parents' cheeks.

"You're welcome, my boy," Robin smiles down at his son.

"I'm glad you like them, sweetheart," Regina grins, pressing a kiss of her own to Roland's cheek.

Both Robin and Regina hug their little Merry Man before he scrambles back down to the floor to open the box of Legos.

"Hold on, little man. There's one gift left for you and one for Henry," Robin laughs, seeing his youngest son's reaction to the Legos.

"Really, Dad?" Henry asks, moving over to the far edge of the tree.

Robin nods in response and soon enough, Roland is by his older brother's side, looking for his last present. Henry reaches his last present first and looks over at Regina for approval before tearing into the wrapping paper.

"Oh, thanks, Dad! A karaoke machine; it's great!" Henry smiles.

One of his silent wishes since he was a kid was to get Regina to sing karaoke with him. Now that Robin and Roland are in the picture, he knows his mother won't be able to refuse.

"You're very welcome, Henry. Now, Roland, what are you doing?" Robin responds, looking over at Roland with a smirk on his face.

"Looking for my present, Papa," Roland innocently answers.

Robin starts to laugh, moving a bit where Regina's head is now resting against his chest.

"What's so funny, Robin?" Regina asks her husband, moving to where she can look into his light blue eyes that are sparkling with laughter.

"Your gift is not under there, my boy. Come over here," Robin says, patting the couch beside him.

Roland instantly runs over to his mother and smiles, his dimples appearing in the process. Robin takes Roland onto his knee, his own dimples coming out as well before he starts talking again.

"Tell me, little man, how old are you?" he grins, laughing a bit at his own question.

"Papa, you know how old I am!" Roland giggles, his dark brown eyes looking slightly suspicious.

"Well, Daddy seems to have forgotten. Tell me again, Roland," Robin says with a small smirk.

"I'm four, Papa, going on five," the young boy answers, wrapping one arm around his mother.

"Four? Well, that does make you a man of the house, and I've got just the right present for you," the former thief tells his son, reaching one hand behind the couch to reach his son's present. "How do you like this present, Roland?" Robin asks, showing his son the bow and arrows he crafted especially for the four-year-old Merry Man.

"For me?" Roland asks in surprise, his eyes growing wider in surprise.

"Yes, Roland, it's all for you, my little man," Robin smiles, watching as his youngest son tries to fit an arrow into the bow.

"Thanks, Papa!" Roland yells out, wrapping both arms around his father, giving the leader of the Merry Men a squeezing hug. The four-year-old then jumps down off the couch and starts to draw the bow to his chin as he's seen his father do many times in the past. "How do I look?" he questions, casting a glance at Henry.

"Not much like Dad," Henry laughs, and he can't help but think that Roland's trying just a little too hard to be like his famous father, Robin Hood.

Roland looks at Henry with a disappointed look on his face, scrunching up his nose and then looking back towards his parents.

"Henry's right. There is something missing," Robin admits, scratching his stubble-lined jaw while he ponders the missing piece of his son's attire. "Of course! There you go," he finally says, producing a hat from behind the couch as well, plopping it onto Roland's head of messy brown curls.

The hat instantly slips down, covering Roland's face down to the boy's nose, making him laugh.

"The hat's too big," Regina laughs, moving to fix the hat on her son's head, only to have it slip down again just as soon as she's fixed it.

"Don't worry. You'll grow into it, Roland," Robin promises his son before handing Regina her last gift.

He passes her a small, square box wrapped in red and gold paper, a neat black bow adorning the top. Regina looks at Robin in confirmation, getting a nod in response. She carefully unwraps the small present, knowing how Robin loves giving her fragile gifts. Her last birthday he proposed to her, giving her the beautiful ruby ring that sits on her finger to this day. The last bit of wrapping paper falls away, and Regina gasps upon seeing the contents of the box.

"Oh, Robin, I don't know what to say. It's beautiful," Regina breathes, placing the golden charm bracelet on her lap to examine it closer.

There is a charm for each one of them, their name and birthday on their specified charm. Regina turns over the apple charm and sees her name with her birthday, July 15th, engraved on the back. Robin's is the next charm on the bracelet, his an arrow with his name and April 18th on the back side. Henry and Roland's charms are next to each other, Henry's closer to Regina's and before Roland's. Henry has a knight charm, as he will always be Regina's little knight, no matter how old he gets. May 30th is on the back of Henry's charm, reminding Regina of the special day her son was born. Roland's charm comes next; his is a teddy bear with the date February 18th engraved on the back.

"I thought you would like it, Regina. I know you don't like flashy gifts, so I figured you would like a sentimental one better," Robin smiles before capturing her face in his hands, kissing her lips like he's done so many times before.

Regina returns the kiss before moving to stand up and prepare Robin for his present.

"Okay, Robin, now for your present. The three of you are going to go on a scavenger hunt around the house and if you figure it out, I'll give you your present," Regina smirks, leading Robin and their sons into the kitchen to start on their scavenger hunt.

The first note the three boys find is on the eye of the stove, waiting for them.

"Okay, my three beautiful boys. The rules to the scavenger hunt are quite simple. Wherever you find the note is a word in a sentence. You have to figure out the word and put them in the correct order when you've found them all. Good luck!" is written on the sticky note in Regina's beautiful calligraphy.

"So, since we found this on the eye of the stove, it could either mean "eye," "stove," or even "I" like the pronoun," Henry comes to realize before they head around the house looking for more clues.

About an hour later, the three Mills-Hood men have found all of the clues and now they are arranging them on the floor. Henry has determined that the clue found on the eye of the stove is for the pronoun I, as it is the only way the word can fit into the sentence.

"Okay, so far we have I am halfing. I am halfing what?" Robin asks, a perplexed look on his handsome face.

"What if it's not halfing, Dad?" Henry questions, a smile on his face.

"I'm not sure I follow you, lad," Robin says to his and Regina's oldest son, wondering what the teenager means.

"Dad, what if the word halfing is actually supposed to be having?" Henry suggests, thinking over the solution to the riddle.

"But, Henry, that doesn't make any sense. The only thing that could be the message then would be: I am having a baby. That can't be right."

"Actually, it is right," Regina smiles. "I have some pretty wonderful news," she happily says to her husband.

"Regina, are you saying that-?" Robin starts off, his eyes shining with love in them.

"I'm pregnant," Regina tells her soulmate and their sons, a giant smile on her lips.

With just these two words, Regina receives three different reactions from her boys.

"Congratulations, Mom," Henry happily tells his mother before wrapping his arms around her.

"Regina, my love, I am thrilled, ecstatic, excited, and any other word associated with happiness," Robin excitedly reveals before scooping his wife and queen into his arms, spinning her around with the same smile plastered on his face.

Roland has a completely different response than his father and brother.

"What does that mean, Mama?" he innocently inquires, wondering why the second word in his Mama's sentence made everyone but him happy.

"What does what mean, my boy?" Robin asks, not sure what his son means.

"Are you confused by what Mama said?" Regina questions, thinking she understands what Roland means.

Roland nods in response, his dark curls bobbing up and down. Robin's perplexed face switches to an understanding one, realizing what it is that Roland doesn't understand. The famed thief had never had to explain the word to the young boy; there aren't that many expectant mother in Sherwood Forest. Robin's glad he has Regina there to explain the concept of the words "pregnant" and "pregnancy" to Roland, because he's pretty sure he would end up leaving Roland scarred for life, something Robin DOES NOT want to do.

"Well, Roland, it means that Mommy is going to have a baby," Regina softly explains, pulling Roland into her lap where she can gauge his reaction.

"Really? I'm gonna be a big brother like Henry?" Roland gasps, his mouth opening in a wide O.

"That's right, my boy," Robin says to his son, watching as Roland excitedly bounces on the couch with a huge smile on the young outlaw's face.

"So, sweetheart, while the baby's in my tummy, you can't be rough around Mommy's tummy. You have to help Mommy keep your baby brother or sister safe, my little knight," Regina smiles, wanting her son to know how delicate and precious the baby inside of her is.

"Okay, I promise. Mama?"

"Yes, my little knight?"

"How does the baby fit in your tummy? Is the baby not big like me and Henry?" Roland innocently asks, wondering how the baby is small enough to be in his Mama's stomach.

Robin and Henry start to laugh a little before Regina shoots them an icy look which makes them stop.

"Roland, you were small when you were a baby. So small, in fact, that I could hold you in one arm. You made up for that with your loud cries, though. Will Scarlet thought whenever he held you that you would burst into tears or he was going to break you," Robin smiles, remembering when his son was that small and kept the whole Merry Men camp up with his crying.

"Good thing Will got that out of his head," Regina says with a laugh, remembering what Anastasia says about Will being a great father to their twins, Michael and Penelope Scarlet, the prince and princess of Wonderland.

Robin had waited with Will in the waiting room, helping the former Merry Man and Knave of Hearts keep his cool. Now that Robin and Regina are expecting their first child, Robin knows he'll ask Will to do the same for him. Robin Hood was not going to sit in the hospital waiting room alone while he went through the agonizing wait for his and Regina's baby to come into the world.

"Mama?" Roland asks again, reminding his mother of his question.

"Oh, yes, Roland, your question. Well, my love, your baby sister or brother is very small right now. He or she is going to grow in Mommy's tummy for about nine months before making his or her appearance to the world. Now, while the baby's in my tummy, you're going to notice that my tummy's going to get a lot bigger as time goes on. Do you know why?" Regina answers her son, running her hands through his curls.

" 'Cause the baby's getting bigger and won't fit anymore?" Roland guesses, a hopeful smile on his face.

"That's right, sweetheart. Now, are you excited about having a baby brother or sister coming soon?"

"Yes, Mama! I'm so happy!" Roland happily yells before pressing a big sloppy kiss to her cheek and then proceeding to do the same to her tummy, giving the baby a kiss as well. "Love you, baby," he whispers.

"I'm excited too, Mom," Henry speaks up from across the room, an excited smile on his face.

"I can tell. Now, what should we do now, my amazing boys?" Regina responds, looking over at Robin.

"We could play my new racing game on the Xbox," Henry suggests.

"You know I never lose, Henry," Regina smiles, a teasing look in her eyes.

Ever since Regina has learned how to play some of Henry, Robin, and Roland's favorite video games, she can win almost every time.

"Yeah, well, this is a new game, Mom. And I've been practicing at Hannah and Killian's house," Henry smirks.

"That's just unfair, young man," the once Evil Queen teases before grabbing the Xbox controller out of her son's hand.

"You'll pick up the controls in no time, Mom. Killian mastered it in just an hour," he laughs, starting the game and letting his family pick the cars they want before beginning the race.

"Well, Regina, if the one-handed pirate is able to beat our lad, then I'm sure you're going to defeat us all," Robin laughs, resting one hand on his wife's still flat belly.

Later that night, after both the boys are in bed, Robin and Regina lie awake in their own bed, Regina reading a book and Robin just looking at her with a smile on his face.

"Regina?" he softly asks, his hand coming to rest on her stomach, tracing small patterns on her skin.

"Yes, Robin?" Regina replies, putting the book down on the nightstand before turning to face him, their noses touching after she does so.

"I am thrilled about our baby, but I thought that you couldn't have children. You told me you took a potion that prevented you from having any biological children. How are we being blessed with a beautiful baby in a few months?" Robin inquires, keeping his voice low.

That is the reason why Robin said the message couldn't be I am having a baby, because Regina had told him long ago about the potion she took when she was much younger. Both Robin and Regina have decided not to tell Roland and Henry this piece of information.

"Our baby certainly is a miracle, Robin. To be honest, I don't know how the potion isn't affecting me anymore. Maybe since we have true love and are soulmates, our love broke the effect of the potion. I'm so excited to be a mother again," Regina answers, smiling at the last sentence as her hand joins Robin's on her stomach.

"As I am at becoming a father again. Regina, you have made me the happiest man alive, more times than one. You married me, and I am thankful every day for that. You became Roland's mother, and he couldn't be happier living with you, me, and Henry. And, last, but not least, my love, you are giving me another baby and the chance to be a father all over again. I am exceptionally thankful for you, Regina," Robin tells her, a smile as wide as the Cheshire Cat's on his face.

"And I am thankful for you. I love you, Robin Hood. You are my one and only," Regina says, pressing her lips to his, kissing his on their bed, smiles still on both of their faces.

"I love you, too, Regina," he responds, running his free hand through her dark hair after they finish kissing.

"Don't think you're going to get out of the late-night bottles and diaper changes, thief," she lightly teases, turning to where her back rests against his bare chest.

"I wouldn't dream of it," he promises, wrapping his strong arms around his wife and queen, silently vowing to never let anything or anyone hurt Regina or their children, including the baby growing in Regina's tummy. Robin Hood of Locksley would do whatever it took to protect his family, forever and always.

Author's Note: And there's Chapter 7! I hope everyone liked this chapter; I for one had a great time writing it! :) I'm sure all of my fellow Outlaw Queen fans are cheering at the fact that I have written an Outlaw Queen baby on the way! Don't worry, there is plenty more of this to come. I can't promise how soon updates will be, since my summer break from school is slowly disappearing, but I'll try to update soon! Hope to hear what everyone thought of this chapter; can't wait to hear your reviews and thoughts. Until Chapter 8, my amazing readers. :)