Find You

~ Chapter Ten ~

Regina looked anxiously out of the window as they approached the town line. She had already texted in advance to keep Roland away from the arrival and to keep it as minimal as possible, she couldn't risk scaring Robin. She had, of course, allowed Zelena to be there with Robyn so Robin would meet his daughter, even if he didn't realise it. Henry would be there for Regina and Emma as well as the Charmings. "You okay?" She asked, bring her gaze over to Robin who was staring aimlessly out of the window next to him taking in all of the features.

"Yeah" he nodded, quickly trailing off not wanting to say anything else. He didn't know why but he felt such a pull to this woman next to him but at the same time, he felt like she was hiding something from him, something big. But it wasn't just Regina, he felt like the woman Emma also withdrew something but when it came to Regina, he just wanted to pull her into a tight embrace, to never let her go… to kiss her lips. He shook his head to erase the thoughts, he was pretty sure this woman did not show any feelings towards him but he already did for her.

When Robin fixed his gaze to the outside world, he realised he was in the town Storybroke. They pulled over where a small crowd of people stood looking at them grinning while one stood there with a baby in her arms staring at the bug unsure what she was meant to say or do. First, it was Emma and Regina to step out before Regina walked over to Robin, pulling the door open for him to allow him out having pulled the seat forward. "You're back." A young teenage boy shouted out with delight as he ran to Emma and Regina, embracing the woman tightly. Robin just stood there awkwardly unsure what he could do, he didn't know any of these people.

It wasn't long when Regina noticed him standing by the car watching everyone, so quickly she grabbed the young boy guiding him towards Robin. "Robin" began Regina, smiling widely. "This is my adoptive son Henry." She announced as Henry extended his hand out towards Robin.

Robin took it, shaking the hand as he took in everything about Henry. The boy seemed familiar, but again he didn't know him. "Hello," Henry spoke breaking his thoughts. He shot the boy a small smile in response, not feeling like to talk much.

"Uh, I will show you around town today" spoke up Regina grabbing both her son's and Robin's attention but more Robin's than Henry. "First I'll take you to the inn which is situated above Granny's, a small diner that serves good food. You can find us there a lot." She said gesturing the group behind them who stood was in their own deep conversation. "After, I can show you my office where you'll be working and I will give the basics. And after that, I can show you around our other small landmarks before we go back to Granny's where you can meet everyone else and get the contact on us." She explained in a simple way as possible. Robin nodded, seemingly having gotten it out which Regina returned. "Right," she said pursing her lips. "I'll just say goodbye to everyone else," she said, guiding Henry back to the group where she joined the conversation for a few moments before returning back to him. "We'll have to walk but Granny's isn't far from here." Regina said before beginning the small journey, Robin closely following.

"Welcome to Storybroke" Granny grinned as she offered a silver key. Robin cautiously took it before stuffing it into his jeans pocket for later. He must admit, as beautiful as this place was, he was finding it quite weird. When they arrived, Regina excused herself to speak with Granny while he stood alone in the diner and during then, people all stared at him with disbelief while few whispered things into other's ears. It had been like they'd seen a ghost.

After taking a quick peek into Robin's room, they wondered off to Regina's office that had a style of black and white. The office was big but beautiful and it had an amazing few outside of an apple tree. "So this is where you'll be working," Regina explained, gesturing to a desk she had asked the Charmings to quickly supply and put in the corner of the room to pretend this was for her secretary. Robin nodded, walking forwards so he could inspect his working condition. "You'll be just filing paperwork and I'll have been right here, every so often asking for your opinion on things. There might be moments during the day when someone will burst into her and it may seem… urgent, just ignore that. I might have to leave for a while but if I am not back in time to lock up, you'll have your own set of keys." Regina explained. "And if there are any questions, please don't hesitate to ask." She added in. Robin nodded as he fiddled around with the pens on the desk with a few blank pages of paper with a laptop set in the middle. He had a feeling he'd be doing a good bit of typing.

As promised, Regina did show Robin around the rest of the town. He had visited a small section of the woods where a camp had been set up. He went to a small lake then to the harbour and after to the clock tower with the library underneath. She told him about the shops they had but warned him to stay away from one that said 'Mr Gold's Pawnshop.' She had such hatred and venom in her voice with that warning but he didn't think anything about it. And finally, to end his very adventurous day, they went to Granny's where everyone was waiting except there were a few extra people.

"Can you excuse me please?" Regina inquired but didn't wait for an answer as she stalked off to Emma who was with Henry, a man wearing some random attire and two other adults. They all spoke in whispers as Henry excluded himself from the group, walking over to him.

"This… is where uh… where we're sitting." He stuttered slight, gesturing to the booth where the same old woman with red hair sat holding her baby tightly to her chest. He nodded at Henry, sliding in across from the woman while Henry sat next to her. "This is Zelena." He said beginning a conversation having realised Robin and Zelena never met yet. "She is Regina's - my mom - sister and this is her baby. Coincidentally named Robyn as well."

"We did it to honour my daughter', father," Zelena added in but when she spoke, you could easily detect how uncomfortable she was with the entire situation. It wasn't long before the group returned with Regina sliding into the seat next to Henry while Emma and what Robin assumed her other slid in next to him and the two other adults got two seats from a different table.

"So next to Emma is Killian, and next to Killian would be David and Sno- Mary Margret." She corrected herself. Snow looked at her questionably but she shot back an apologetic look. She knew Snow wanted to be referred to as well Snow but she needed Robin to think this was a normal town that isn't filled with fairy tale characters and that meant keeping Snow's identity a secret. It wasn't hard for everyone to catch on to what Regina was doing, well everyone but Robin.

Regina knocked gently on the door before allowing herself in to see Henry already in bed, flicking through the pages of the storybook completely out of reality, "Henry, light out." She started making her presence known. He sighed, setting aside the book lying on the bed as Regina sat down next to him to tuck him in - which he hated - but old habits die hard.

"Mom, what are you going to do about Robin Hood?" Henry inquired abruptly. Regina looked at him surprised he asked her this but to be honest she wasn't sure. "Why haven't you tried true loves kiss yet?"

Regina sighed. "Because I'm not sure it will work," Regina admitted truthfully. "Besides he needs to remember. You can't love someone you don't know."

"But why can't you just give him the book? Then he can remember." Henry pressed on although he did know why his mom was being reluctant. She was afraid. Afraid that if she did try true loves kiss and give him the book, it wouldn't work. Afraid to find out if they truly did share true love but it wasn't hard to know the answer. Even Henry knew that.

"I am just trying to look for an alternative. I don't want to seem crazy and scare him off just in case it doesn't work." Regina announced although that wasn't the truth. It would work and she knew that she just needed to have hope… hope that in the end, everything will work out for the best.

A/N: I think today I'm doing great. The chapter is a little longer than normal and I have managed to get further in my writing schedule then I could ever hope for. For me I am nearing the end of this story but don't worry, lots of chapters are still to come.