Hi guys,next chap is here and I hope you won´t be angry after your read because in this chap everything between Robin and Regina will change. So I am sorry about that.
I want thank you my new friend tarynicole2442 for correct my english. I hope we´re going to work together for long. Thanks, hun :)
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Hospital of Storybrooke, present day
"How long do you want to sulk?" Regina asked as they walked through hospital on the way to Dr. Whale's office for Danny's first check-up in Storybrooke.
"I know you have a right to be upset with me but you can at least be nice to the doctor , ok?" she said as they sat in the waiting room.
They sat a few minutes in silence as they waited for the nurse to call another patient. The nurse noticed Regina and she called inside: "Dr. Whale, Madam Mayor is here." The doctor came out and Regina stood up. Danny stayed in her seat rocking her legs sulkily. "Go to the patient…" he said to the nurse. "I´ll be there soon." The nurse nodded and walked into the exam room.
"Regina, you don't have an appointment today." He said. "Perfect mom, great job! Can we go back to home?" Danny said, perfectly imitating her mother's sassiness. Regina wasn´t used to this tone of voice from Danny. Normally, she would scold her but now she let it be. But it seemed Dr. Whale didn´t agree with that.
"Dannielle," he said "I don´t know how things are in Paris, but now you are in Storybrooke and here we are nice and respectful to our parents. Even if we have a reason to be angry. Understand?" he said strictly but not cruely. Danny wasn´t used for this tone from a doctor, especially not from strangers so she stopped talking and sat in silence.
"I know I don't have an appointment, Dr. Whale. You wrote me a referral." Regina said, trying to save this unpleasant situation.
"Of course, I forgot to call you about that. I´m not taking care of children anymore. So I referred Dannielle to Dr. Hood." He said as Regina exploded like grenade.
"Have you lost your mind!?" she screamed, not caring that a waiting room full of people looked over at them and listening curiously. "Why would you do that?" she continued. "You transferred my daughter to that Forrest Lady? I thought she´s a nurse." Danny was surprised to see her mother so angry.
"And how stupid is that? You took care of Henry since he was a newborn!"
"Yes, you´re right but since then I took on a new doctor here and we divided all the patients. We felt that the parents in Storybrooke would be happier with a physician who has a child too. And yes. She was a nurse but her studies are over now and she´s a doctor." he defended himself.
"Well, yes, normally I would agree but you know how difficult it is between us because of Robin. This is not good idea." she protested "Not to mention Danny´s case is more than complicated. Marian hasn't lived in this world very long. How long has she even been working with you?" Dr. Whale put his hands on her shoulders. "Please, calm down. I know why you're scared. She´s new and she is Robin´s wife and it´s hard for you. I understand that, but I would put my life in her hands that´s how much I trust her. And as to this situation between you two, she is a professional, trust me." He said and it seemed she calmed down. She looked down to the floor and just listened to him.
"You can´t be angry and upset. It isn´t good for you. You have to think of your own health too, not just your daughter's. You can hurt yourself this way, ok?" She nodded. "Ok, I´ll try." she finally said. "Good, now go or you´ll be late. Her office is just next door." He said and walked into the exam room to his patient who was waiting.
When Danny saw how upset and pale her mom was she decided to capitulate. She took her hand and they walked to Marian´s office. Her waiting room was a bigger than Whale´s and it was a full of parents with their children. Regina noticed Cinderella with Alexandra, who was at least 8 years old by now. Regina took the only empty seat next to her and sat Danny on her lap.
"Madam Mayor," Ashley said, greeting her. "Ashley, how are you? I haven't see you in a long time. Even before I left town." Regina said. "Yes, that´s true. I´m fine, thank you. What about you?" she looked surprised at Regina´s nice behavior but Regina was used to it from people in this town. "It could be better honestly. But we try." She replied.
They sat there a few minutes talking about children, problems, their jobs and then finally someone came out from the exam room. It wasn´t nurse but Dr. Hood.
"I´m sorry, parents. My nurse is sick so I have to do administrative stuff too, so it takes more time." she said before calling in the next patient. When the next mom with her child went inside Marian noticed Regina with Danny.
"Regina, come on back too. I´m sorry guys but Regina´s daughter is very sick and she needs just a few referrels for some tests. So I will take little Miss Mills first." She made her apologies again and Regina took her daughter into her arms and followed Marian into the exam room. Marian walked behind her desk. "I'll be just few minutes, Mrs Steel. Meanwhile, you can help your son to take his shirt off so I can listen to his breathing and cough."
"So Regina. I will write Danny some referrels for a few tests which I'm sure she is used to but it´s important to do it again here in Storybrooke because climate can be different here." She said and started write. "I understand," Regina replied and she was really surprised, Marian really was a professional like Whale said. No screaming, no tears, no signs of jelousy, just a good doctor.
"So this I have written referrals for a sonogram, ECG and Holter for her heart, I want to be sure her heart ok because she has sick lungs, it is possible it can be her heart too." She said handing Regina the paperwork. "Go there now and when they give you the results go to the Holter for the last examination and then come back to me and we´ll talk, ok?" Regina took the papers from her and nodded. "Of course, bye now," she took Danny´s hand and walked to the door.
"You can´t say goodbye, Danny?" she asked her daughter. "Some behavior," Regina took Danny in her arms and Danny waved to Marian over her mom´s shoulder. "Bye, Miss doctor." Marian just smiled at her and replied before the door closed behind them: "Bye, bye sweetheart."
Storybrooke, outside the school
"Roland!" Robin stood before the school and he waved at his son who was walking to him. Today he wasn´t with Henry so he was glum. "Daddy," he greeted. Robin smiled at his son when he heard Roland call him. He always smiled at that.
"What now?" Roland asked. "Well, it wasn't long ago when you called me 'papa' because that was normal in Enchanted Forrest but now you're calling me 'daddy' because it´s normal here. I like that, even though…" Robin hesitated and Roland raised his eyebrows.
"Even though what?" he asked curiously. "Well, I feel that means you forgot for our home and maybe you feel at home more here than in Enchanted Forrest. Maybe it means you've forgotten." Robin explained sadly.
Robin always missed their home, Locksley where he grew up or Sherwood where he lived when he had to escape from sheriff. He missed all of that.
"Because I know that we can't go back. All of the portals are gone except for the portal to the past and you know better than anyone what it means to take a trip to the past. It would have catastrophic consequences." Roland replied.
"I didn´t forget the Enchanted Forrest but now I feel that this is my home. Do you think it´s bad? To live here and feel at home here?" he asked and it seemed that he was in a better mood.
"Of course not. But does it have anything to do with Regina? You met her there, that´s true but it made all of us closer to each other here." Robin asked.
"Well, yes, I won´t lie to you. This place does remind me of her, her good heart and her love to me. Don't tell mom but I feel like Regina was a mom to me. Mom would be sad if she knew that." He replied sadly.
"Don´t worry, I won´t. But now we have to go. You have a doctor's appointment and we´re late already. Marian hates tardiness and since she moved to Granny's you don't see her as much." Robin said putting his arm over Roland shoulders as they started walking to the Hospital. "Because she's always working. She has hospital services every day and sometimes night hours too." Complained Roland and he sighed.
"Well, I will ask her to make some time for you. How was your day, you looked glum." Robin asked.
"I didn´t see Henry today and even Danny wasn´t at kindergarten so I couldn´t see her. Her teacher told me Regina took her to the doctor today. Maybe because of the seizure she had when you helped to save her, dad." He said.
"Finally, maybe we will meet her. Both of them. Regina had to know that things between Marian and me were over. I didn´t go to her yet because I was scared of her reaction. What if she doesn´t love or want me anymore? I´ll tell her. I have to take that chance."
"But by now she's probably home already so I guess I will see her on Monday because today is Friday." Roland added dashing Robin's hopes to see her.
"Damn it, isn´t here some hope to see her? She won´t listen if I come to her or call her. I have to meet her somewhere. I have to invent something. She has to hear me out."
"Do you hear me, dad?" Roland said, snatching him from his thoughts. "Of course I did," he replied. "Well, maybe they are still there and we´ll see her." He added.
"Danny or Regina?" Roland asked with a significant glance. "Are you sassing me, son?" he laughed. He took Roland´s head under his arm and started to rough his hair. Both of them laughed and when Robin let him go, Roland kept going.
"Well, I´m not four years old anymore, dad." He said. "I know you still love her." Roland sobered. "And I really don´t blame you that mom left. I think she should have done that a long time ago. Maybe she would be happy already and she could have spared us a lot of pain and sleepless nights. But especially she could have spared herself because I know how much she suffered. Maybe she could have her new true love already." He finished sadly.
"She will, she´s a kind and beautiful young woman. She will find her happiness. But you´re right, we should have made the decision to split up a long time ago. Maybe Regina would have come back sooner and Danny would be ours." The last sentence Robin said in a whisper.
"Yes," Roland smiled over this picture. "It would be perfect."
Hospital of Storybrooke, Marian´s office
Regina stood in Marian´s office after Danny´s tests and she watched as Marian listened to her daughter's heart. There was a knock on the door and since Marian had a stethoscope in her ears Regina went to open the door. She was shocked by what she saw. It was Robin with his son. Roland immediately hugged her with a happy smile. How she missed him.
"Regina, you´re here. I am so happy to see you. I have missed you" he told her to her ear.
"Roland, honey, I missed you too" she whispered and kissed him above his ear on his hair. Roland and Robin walked inside. Regina moved to close the door and Robin turned to do the same. They both reached for the handle and their hands touched. He stared at her and she immediately became nervous. She didn´t want Marian to see so she removed her hand and took a few steps towards Danny. Marian removed the stethescope from her ears and noticed her son and ex-husband's presence.
She turned to them with angry glance. "How many times I have to tell you that you can't just walk in here. Go back to the waiting room before I get angry and you know I can get very angry." She said strictly. "But you have no patients in waiting room, mom" Roland said defending both of them and was taking another breath to say something else but Marian didn´t let him. "But I have a patient in here, honey" she said
"It´s ok, Marian" Regina said and everybody looked at her as if they forgot she was in the room. Danny sat on the exam table and watched a situation that she didn´t understand. "Mom?" she asked. She wore a dark green skirt and her yellow shirt was by her side. She had a many tubes over all of her chest and she felt uncomfortable.
She didn´t want to her daddy see her like that and her brother too but she couldn´t tell them to not hurt her mommy. That is something her mom had to do alone. So she just looked at her mom with a pleading expression. Regina immediately understood so she took a step to her and started helping her with her shirt but Marian stopped her, taking her elbow.
"I need talk to you now," Marian said and then looked at her ex-husband. "Robin, why you don´t help Dannielle with her clothes?" Robin smiled at her gratefully and walked to Danny. He took her shirt and started to help her very carefully because of her tubes. Regina looked at Danny and waited for her to signal 'stop this' but Danny just shook her head so Regina would know she was ok.
She sighed and sat down by Marian´s desk which was on the other side of the room so Robin, Danny and Roland couldn´t hear them.
"What was that, Marian?" she asked a little angrily. "I don't appreciate you doing that. This is just made my daughter more confused." She added.
Marian leaned against her chair and she looked at her curiously. "Look Regina, he is her dad and he has a same rights like you. And if you don´t want to tell him the truth let him be with her. At least this way, it won´t hurt your daughter because she even doesn´t know who he is." She said
"She does!" she said quietly because she didn´t want Danny or someone else in this room hear.
"What?" Marian straightened in her chair and looked in shock.
"Look, I have just one request for you. Just be her doctor and stay out of the things that are none of your bussiness. Understand?" she said a little louder not noticing Robin had come up behind her with Danny in his arms.
She held him around his neck with one hand and she sat at his right hip. She looked confused about what happening here and why her mom is so unpleasant to her doctor but she anticipated that. She looked into her daddy´s eyes and he looked into hers. Robin felt odd, as if Danny wanted to tell him something. But then Dannielle glanced away to her mom who still didn´t know they were behind her. Roland stood by Robin´s left side and he looked confused too. Marian could see they were there so she tried provoke Regina to tell the truth.
"What´s your problem, Marian? I´m fed up, trust me that a goblet of my patience just overflowed right now. What more do you want from me? I gave up on everything I care about. I gave you my second chance. You have your husband who loves you and who is happy with you." Regina screamed at her, forgeting that Robin and the children were in the room. She stood up and leaned against the desk so that she could look down on Marian better.
"How many times did you tell me that when we talked when I lived in Paris? How many times did you tell me that I have no chance to get him back? Not to mention, I don´t want that. So do anything what you want with him, eat him if you want! I don´t care anymore!"
If Robin with children stayed there at another side of room they certainly would hear that too. Robin didn´t understand what was happening and he felt Danny shaking in his arms so he pressed her into his arms tighter and she leaned her head on his shoulder.
Marian's patience suddenly disappeared too and she violently stood up with her hands on the table too. They looked at each other and in their eyes were just thunder and lightning.
"You know I´m right, Regina. You know that. Your time is running out and your daughter deserves some memories with her parents together. Both of them. Stop being selfish and tell the truth. You told me that Dannielle knows who is her dad already so what´s stopping you? " She screamed out and hoped Regina will tell that alone because if she won´t Marian would.
"What is that supposed to mean? I never needed a man to help me raise Danny so tell me what´s changed now? Nothing. Just Danny knows that. That´s all." She said.
"REGINA, STOP WITH THAT! YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE AND YOU KNOW IT!" Marian was angrier than Robin had ever seen her.
"Why do you suddenly care so much?! We´re talking about Robin, don´t you get that?"
And then finally Robin understood. He is the man Regina never needed. Dannielle Guinevere Mills, the girl in his arms was his too. That´s why he felt drawn to her, like he always did to Roland. Both of them are his children!
"HE´S YOUR HUSBAND!" Regina was still angry and she began feeling dizzy. It was just few hours after Whale warned her to not get angry. She needed to calm down or she would collapse and her secret would be divulged.
"No…" Marian said but this time with normal tone. She wasn't screaming anymore. She looked at Regina's pale face. "He´s not anymore. I divorced him. It was my decision, not his."
Regina took a deep breath, not believing what she just heard.
"All those years you tried to hurt me, convice me that you were happy and now when it´s too late you are telling me that you let him go? Now when my days are numbered and you know that! But unfortunately, I don´t care anymore. You shouldn´t have destroyed your family. It was a mistake." Regina cried and wanted one thing. Go away and die.
"Mom, I want go home." Danny cried too and she wanted just to be with her mom because she felt Regina needed her. Regina turned to them in shock.
"Oh no." She whispered when she saw anger in Robin´s eyes. He was angry. Regina looked back at Marian. "You knew they were behind me, didn´t you?" she laughed unhappily between her tears. "You´re a such a bitch!" she said. She took her handbag and ripped Danny from Robin´s arms. Danny didn´t resist because she wanted to be with her mommy.
"Regina, we need to talk" Robin said. "No we don´t!" she screamed to him and then looked at Marian for the last time.
"Tell Dr. Whale I don´t want you to be my daughter´s doctor and he has to accept both of us as patients or neither of us, understand? I don´t want you touch my daughter, ever ever again!" she said and then she ran out of the office with Danny in her arms.
Robin just looked after her and couldn´t believe what had just happened. Danny was his daughter and Regina didn´t even try to tell him. She didn´t even bother.
"So Danny IS my sister, that´s why I like her so much." Roland whispered.
"I am sorry you found out like that, but I had to do it this way. She would have never told you, Robin and I couldn´t do this, I´m a doctor." Marian said and looked at Robin who looked into an empty place at the floor and seemed to be in shock.
He had a daughter and he missed her first step, her first word, her first smile, her first everything. And she is sick. How many times did she need him when she was in hospital or she had a seizure?
"This is not your fault, Marian. This is something I will never forgive Regina for." he whispered.
"Don´t say that, Robin. You didn´t know the truth about her. She needs you." Marian started explain but he didn´t let her continue.
"I don´t care what is wrong with her. It can´t be anything she couldn´t handle. She IS the Evil Queen, you were right. I'll never forgive her. Do you know how many moments I've missed in Danny´s life? Can you imagine that?" he looked at her and his tears and anger came out.
"Of course I can. Did you forget I missed all of that in Roland´s life? But you can´t punish her. She´s frightened and she has a good reason to be. Didn´t you see that? The way she was shaking? I told you that when I gave divorce with my signature, please you have to help her, she is s…" Marian desperately wanted to tell him "she´s sick" but he interruped her and screamed at her: "I don´t care what she is but I do care about my daughter and I made my decision." He said
"What do you mean?" Roland asked with a fear in his voice. He never saw his dad like that. Robin still looked at Marian and she knew suddenly. This look she always had when she threatened to him with the same thing.
"No, Robin, you can´t do this." She said in whisper.
"What´s wrong, daddy?" Roland said seeing something in his father's eyes that scared him.
"I will take my daughter away from Regina." He said definitively. "Forever."
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