Hey guys...sad day.
It's coming to an end, A Movie Mishap. This is the very last chapter, but it's full of fluff and love for y'all.
Thank you for taking this fun little trip with me to discover what Regina's life as a porn star would've been like. I loved this story, and it was a joy writing it.
Hope you enjoy the very last chapter,
G.
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The room that once held all of her magazines, her movies, her posters of pictures she had done, is now cleaned out. She's standing in the doorway, looking at the empty room.
She feels that it's almost symbolic – the taking down of the posters, the packing of magazines and movies into boxes, sealing them and putting them far away. It's like she's putting that part of her life away, moving on to something bigger and better.
She remembers back to when she first met Hatter. He told her that she could be great, do great things in the industry, and it would definitely keep her mother away from her. She wanted that more than anything, so she did it. She became one of the best and well known porn stars in the industry, making millions of dollars along the way. Now, Robin has entered her life. He told her, once they talked about the baby and what it meant for the two strangers, that she could be great. She would be a wonderful mom, he always told her that since the first day they started being civil toward one another.
That's where she's headed now. She can be a great mom, do great things in Lucy's life, and bring Robin into her home and heart. She could become one of the best mom's ever (if she sets her mind to it, like she did to the porn), and, well, maybe she won't make millions of dollars being a mother, but she will make millions of memories.
Robin comes up behind her, laying his hands on her shoulders a moment before kissing her cheek. "Reminiscing?" He asks lightly, rubbing her shoulders (she's been complaining about how sore they are, how sore everything is).
She looks back at him, smiling and nodding. "I guess..." She says, shrugging slightly. "It's more like...I feel like I'm turning a page. A page that's going to be just as good as my porn days, but way better than that..." She admits. "I'm ready to be her mom, Robin..." She looks back into the room again, rubbing her very large bump. She's forty weeks and two days today, and Lucy is about to make her appearance. That's why Regina was just standing here in this doorway, she was waiting for Robin to grab her bags for the hospital. She's going to officially become a mom today.
He smiles at her, turning her in his arms, rubbing her back soothingly to try to help with her very slight contractions. "You are turning a page." He agrees. "You're closing the book, really. You're about to start a whole new book, a clean slate."
It makes her smile softly before feeling a stronger contraction, the strongest one so far. She's been lucky to not have bad ones yet. Wincing, she nods and chuckles sadly, "I'm starting this book with drugs, though, because my contractions are starting to get painful..." She admits to him, pressing her lips to his before squeezing his arm as another rolls through. "They're also getting pretty close."
It's a good thing they're close to the hospital, because her contractions went from "hardly there and far apart" to "give me drugs because they're also super close". There was no in between for her whatsoever. Lucy was about to make her appearance, and Regina was starting to feel the pain of childbirth. "Let's go." He says, taking her hand and slinging the bags over his shoulder before helping her downstairs and into the car.
They make it to the hospital in less than five minutes, and she's already up in a room, in a gown, and has monitors hooked to her. She's definitely not as calm as she was, standing in the doorway of that room, though. She's hurting, and she's starting to get angry at Robin for knocking her up.
"Regina, Regina, just breathe." He says, making her even more angry. "Lucy is going to be here very soon, you won't regret me knocking you up." He pleads with her, kissing her head.
She huffs a harsh breath out, squeezing her eyes shut as another contraction comes. The doctor is just finishing up her examination, then announces that she can start pushing. She's at ten centimeters, and Lucy's head is cresting. "Fuck you, Robin." She groans, squeezing his hand so tight as she pushes that she can actually feel the bones in it pop. She wonders for a short moment if she just hurt his hand, but her mind is quickly directed back to the horrible pain between her legs and in her hips.
Robin is clearly a good sport, though. He doesn't care that he's being called horrible names, he doesn't even seem to care that much that she just hurt his hand, he just is anxiously waiting for their little girl's screams to emit.
And oh, they do. The loudest screams either of them have heard. Once Regina feels that pressure relieved, she closes her eyes and starts to cry. Robin leans down after getting a short look at Lucy, kissing Regina lovingly. "You did it, my love. She's beautiful, she's perfect." He assures, crying with her.
She smiles and tries to catch her breath as she opens her eyes, finding her daughter being held up and about to be laid on Regina's chest. She grabs her into her arms tightly, the nurse rubbing the little girl's head to get all of the blood and fluids off. "Oh my goodness." Regina coos, smiling down at her daughter. "Hi sweet Lucy...hi baby girl..." She cries, just relieved to be out of pain, and to finally see her baby.
They're tugging on the umbilical cord a little, Regina realizes, and she looks down to see it being tied off, about to be cut. She smiles back up at her daughter before hearing Robin being asked if he wants to cut the cord. He nodded eagerly, looking as though he'd just been offered a small fortune. He takes the scissors proudly, cutting the cord. Regina presses a kiss to Lucy's chubby cheek, letting her lips rest there as they prepared for Regina to deliver the afterbirth.
A nurse comes back and takes Lucy off Regina's chest without explanation, and it makes Regina cry quickly. "Bring her back!" She begs, and Robin stands over her, rubbing her shoulder.
He's trying to soothe her, assuring that they'll bring her right back, they just have to clean her up a bit more and wrap a blanket around her so she stays warm. It still doesn't help Regina's heart, though. And now the doctor is telling her it's time to deliver the rest of it, and she doesn't want to. She just wants to hold her baby, not get rid of the damn placenta. She doesn't care. She wants her baby back in her arms.
"Regina, my love, you have to...it's unhealthy to keep it in there when it's ready to be out." Robin says, kissing her forehead. "Lucy will be right back, I promise."
She cries a bit more, then finally aids the doctor in getting the placenta out by pushing again. More relief floods over her when she feels it gone – she hadn't realized how heavy it must've been. "Now let me have her back..." She cries, reaching over in the direction of Lucy.
The nurse brings her back, setting her down on Regina's chest. She cries some more, but the heartbroken tears are gone. They're just happy ones, overjoyed ones. "She's beautiful, Regina." Robin whispers, sitting down in the chair beside the bed, rubbing Lucy's head lovingly.
Regina feels chills run through her body at her next thought, then says, "I'm a mom, Robin." shakily, and looks at him nervously.
"An already wonderful one." He assures, smiling a little bit before kissing Regina again.
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"Lucy, Roland, Robin! Come on, it's time to eat." She says, setting the skillet out on the table that's full of stir fried veggies to go along with the chicken breasts that she's cooked.
She hears the door open, hearing three sets of feet come in the door from outside. "Momma! Momma!" Lucy shouts excitedly, "Daddy taught me how to hit the ball with the bat! I did it, too!"
Regina smiles down at the curly blonde haired, blue eyed little girl, "You did?!"
"She did." Robin says, smiling a bit as he washes his hands. "She even did it three times, and Roland did it twice."
Roland huffs and crosses his arms. "Beginners luck." He says.
Regina smiles bigger and laughs, shaking her head as she sits down carefully in the chair behind her. Watching Lucy grow up, trying to be like her brother as much as possible, for the past four years, makes her so proud and happy. Roland is such a good kid, too, and a wonderful brother. He always has been, and is going to be until the day he dies. He's always protective of her, which is something Regina is also happy with. Her hand lays on her belly, rubbing it gently as the baby inside moves. She moves her wedding ring with her thumb, readjusting it a bit. "You know you're proud of her." Regina coos, smiling a bit at the young boy.
Lucy smirks and then gets picked up by Robin to help her wash her hands. Once everyone was cleaned and sitting down, they start to eat the delicious food. A knock on the door stops Regina, scooting her chair out to stand up. Robin stops her and stands up first, "I got it." He says, making Regina chuckle and roll her eyes playfully. Okay, macho man, she mutters, making both kids laugh.
She hears a familiar voice outside, so she stands up and goes to the door to see it was Hatter. She smiles big, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Hey! I didn't know you were in town." She states.
Hatter also had a happier story in the past four years. He'd told Regina she had inspired him to get out of the porn industry, exploiting young girls all the time. He said that he wouldn't have wanted that for his daughter, Paige – who had just recently found him after never knowing him. She explained what had happened with her mother, too, and that they'd always tried to find Hatter but just couldn't.
He's started a home for children like Regina, a girl who is scared to leave her family but is scared to stay. It's like a shelter for the young girls that come in there, and it helps them get on their feet before sending them off into the world. They have steady jobs before they leave, and it doesn't matter how old they get – they're always welcome into that home. It was such a hit, Hatter now has five homes across the states. New York is the one he manages, mostly, and the other four he has other people running. Regina, needless to say, was very proud of her old mentor.
"I didn't know I'd be until yesterday." Hatter says, his gray eyebrows moving as he speaks like always. "Paige wanted me to meet her boyfriend..." He says, laughing sadly. Regina smiles and welcomes him in for dinner, and they talk just like always at the table. "So, how's that baby boy doing?" He asks, nodding to her stomach.
Regina chuckles, rubbing her bump and sighing. "He must be doing wonderful. The only time he stops moving is when I'm busy, he won't let me sleep, and I eat like crazy." She says, smiling a bit. "But it's all worth it." She says, shrugging.
Hatter nods, smiling a bit. "What a scene, huh?" He says, swallowing his food. "A woman I never thought would be a mom or wife, sitting at a table, feeding me dinner that her husband paid for at his job, and me talking to her two kids and asking about her third."
It makes Regina blush a little, looking down. Roland and Lucy, obviously, don't know about Regina's past. They're both still way too young, and she never plans on telling them all of it. She just plans on one day saying that she wasn't a great person before them, and that's why people sometimes still recognize her. They'll put two and two together one day, she's sure of it, but for now she wants to keep them innocent and pure. "Well, I never imagined you doing the wonderful things you're doing today, either, Hatter." She coos, smiling a bit now. "I think we can all say we're pretty proud of each other." She says, looking over at Robin and smiling as he smirks.
"I know I'm sure proud." Robin says, biting a piece of broccoli from his fork and smiling bigger.
Hatter smiles at the two before looking down and chuckling a little. "I can't believe, either, that you've actually moved out of your loft and left the city. I never thought you'd leave the city."
He's right, they now live in upstate New York, where there's nicer people and more room for the kids to play. Better schools, too. Just safer all around for all of them. "Well, we still have the loft for vacations." She says, shrugging. "It's just better for the kids, plus we've really began to like it out here, too." She says.
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"Goodnight my sweet girl." She coos over Lucy, tucking her in under her purple blanket.
Lucy smiles, kissing Regina's large belly. "Goodnight little brother." She says softly, closing her eyes and laying down.
Regina chuckles at her nightly routine before going in to Robin who was laying on their bed already. She gets underneath the covers and groans a little, rubbing the side of her belly. Robin looks over, turning to face her before kissing her softly. "He'll be out soon." He assures.
She smirks and gives him a look, "And you're getting a vasectomy, too, mister." She teases. "No more after Charlie, no matter what I say..." She says and laughs. "Robin?"
He scoots closer to her, holding her in his arms and rubbing her back to soothe her like usual. "Yes?" He asks.
She looks down at the pillow in between them, swallowing thickly, "I love you so much." She whispers, closing her eyes sleepily. "I never, ever wanted this kind of life until you showed up and gave me Roland and Lucy, and I love this life so much more than I loved my old one, babe." She whispers. "This life is the one I wanted, I just had no idea before you."
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Well, there it is. All done.
Robin, Regina, Roland, Lucy, and Charlie. How cute. And Robin is getting a vasectomy ;)
I hope you enjoyed it, and please leave a nice review for the last time :) Thank you all!
G.