Hiya! I was missing Heidi and needed to write her again! So I figured we hadn't seen Jefferson in this story yet, so here we go! Jefferson meets Heidi for the first time and Regina meets some of Jefferson's friends from LA! Hope you enjoy and let me know what you thought as well as what you want to see next!
Heidi is now 7 Months.
As soon as the knock on the door sounded Regina shot out of her seat and ran to the front door, she flung it open and squealed as she wrapped her arms around her dearest friend. He lifted her off the ground, spinning her around a little, "hey you!" Jefferson chuckled.
"Oh my god! I have missed you so much!" she pulled back from him her hands going to his cheeks, "what is this? You look so different," she gasped feeling his stubble under her fingers, he always used to be clean shaven so this was a first for her. "I really like it."
"So do the guys in LA," he winked playfully causing her to shake her head.
"So, where is this boyfriend you told me about?!" Regina gushed, "you said you were bringing him."
"I brought a whole entourage darling," Jefferson grinned as his eyes looked over her, "you look different too."
She tucked her hair behind her ear self consciously and smiled at him, feeling slightly shy, she didn't know where that was coming from, but she couldn't stop it from manifesting. "That tends to happen when you have a baby Jefferson," she stated.
"I didn't say it was a bad different! You look good! Really good…"
"Hardly, I don't really have time for me any more so…" at that she was cut off by crying coming from the sitting room, "come in, I just need to go get her, she's been sleeping all morning," Regina hurried inside, taking a deep breath whilst she had her back to him, they had both changed a lot since they last saw each other and she just hoped that he still liked who she was now, she was a different person whether he liked it or not. Her daughter was her number one priority.
"Where's Robin?"
"Oh, he's at college today," she shrugged as she came to the playpen Heidi had been sleeping in. "Hey baby, mommy's here now," Regina cooed as she bent down and lifted her daughter into her arms, the crying stopped immediately as Heidi's eyes fell on their visitor. She watched him with interest shining in her eyes, her little fingers still clinging to her mother's shirt.
"She is the cutest baby I have ever seen in my entire life!" Jefferson claimed as he came nearer.
"I think so, but maybe I'm a little biased," Regina smiled looking down at her beautiful baby who was sat quietly on her hip, being her perfectly behaved self, "I got lucky with Heidi," she laughed kissing her daughter's head and causing her to look away from Jefferson in order to look up at her mother and reach for her, playfully patting her cheeks as she giggled to herself.
"I can't believe I'm only just meeting her now. Hi Heidi, I'm your Uncle Jefferson," he greeted, reaching out his hand to her.
"Do you want to hold her?" Regina asked.
"I'm not sure me and babies mix all that well," he shook his head, "that and I have never held a baby before."
"Well, there is always a time to start, sit," Regina ordered smirking at him, "I need you to watch her for me whilst I get ready, where are we going again?"
"Just to a restaurant," he shrugged as he sat down on the couch, following her instructions, "nothing fancy."
"Okay," she carefully placed her daughter on his lap, "now if she cries, you can sing to her, that usually works, although she rarely cries unless there is something wrong with her so you should be okay." Regina glanced at them one last time before hurrying up the stairs to get ready. She hadn't had time before Jefferson got there, because she had been so busy doing the household chores and seeing to Heidi. She felt rather underdressed in his presence and that was something she hadn't really felt around him before.
Hurrying to her closet she glanced at the outfit she had planned to wear that day, a simple burgundy jumper and some skinny jeans, but she felt that wearing that she might be a little too casual. Jefferson had said that he brought a whole entourage with him, she had only really been expecting his boyfriend, so now she was extra worried about making a good impression.
Regina searched her closet for something that would work and finally landed on a dark blue summer dress that had a tight top with buttons and floaty skater skirt which dropped to her knees. She quickly changed into it before running a brush through her hair, making her curls fluff out way too much, she cursed under her breath before hurrying into the bathroom and putting some product in it. It was in times like these that she regretted growing her hair long again, it just looked messy.
With a sigh she applied her makeup, using her signature red lipstick for the first time since her date with Robin a couple of weeks before. She glanced in the mirror one last time, nodding at her appearance, it was fine, it wasn't quite up to her usual standards, but it would have to do. Once she had finished with herself she ventured into Heidi's room looking for something for her to wear, she found an adorable summer dress which matched the one she was wearing and took it off the hanger along with a white top, her daughter was going to look a lot better than her. She grabbed the soft brush from the side along with a couple of buzzy bee hair slides, some little socks and a pair of shoes before heading downstairs, she'd already changed her diaper so she should be good to go.
"You ready?" Jefferson asked, turning to look at her, Heidi was back in her playpen with her stuffed giraffe in her hands as she looked up at her mother.
"You put her down?" Regina questioned with furrowed eyebrows as she picked her daughter up once again.
"Yeah, I had to take a call."
"Oh," she whispered in response, "well I'll just change her and we can get going?"
"Are you dropping her off with a sitter?"
"No, why would I do that?" Regina scoffed with an eye roll as she placed her daughter down on the opposite couch and took her onesie off before finding the pretty outfit she had chosen and carefully pulling it over Heidi's head, the little girl's hands immediately beginning to play with the flowers that were stitched into the skirt. Regina sat down beside her and patted her lap, when she saw the brush in her mother's hand Heidi crawled onto her and sat with her back facing her mother, knowing that she was going to have her hair brushed.
"I just… sorry," Jefferson cringed, "sorry Gina, I guess I'm just not used to having babies around when we hang out."
"Well, I hate to break it to you J, but you're going to have to get used to it," Regina shrugged as she gently brushed her daughter's short curls, she loved having her hair brushed, Regina knew that it made her sleepy. She smiled as she carefully slipped the delicate slides into her baby's dark curls. "Look at you beautiful girl," Regina smiled as she kissed the top of her head.
"Can I help you?" her friend asked and she nodded.
"Yes, do you think you can manage to put her socks on?"
"Yeah I think I can do that," he picked up the frilly socks and found Heidi's feet as she kicked them playfully, giggling at him.
"She likes to move her feet," Regina laughed at the look on her friend's face as his hands were pretty much kicked away.
He finally caught them and slipped the socks onto her tiny feet, "shall I put her shoes on too?" Regina reached over and passed him the shoes which he carefully put on also, doing up the velcro before releasing her feet and letting her kick them once again. "She looks so cute!"
"Of course she does," Regina smirked.
"Very true! Any baby made by you and Robin would be beautiful."
Regina stood up, lifting Heidi with her at the same time, "so am I driving or are you?" she asked.
"I can, will her seat go in my car?"
"It should yeah," Regina nodded as she gently placed Heidi in her car seat, strapping her up before grabbing the changing bag and stroller, "her seat just fits into the stroller too, my mother bought it for us and I think we're finally getting the hang of it even though we've had it for months."
"Want me to get those for you?"
"Please," she smiled handing him the things she was holding as she picked up the seat Heidi was in, she checked for the last time that she had the things she needed and turned to the door, "let's go."
Over the course of the drive Regina and Jefferson took the time to catch up and reacquaint themselves, Heidi was making her own entertainment in the backseat as she played with some of her toys. Regina was just happy that she could still talk to him and not be scared of confessing too much, during the car ride he seemed to slip back to being his old self again and the mask that he'd seemed to be wearing back at the house dropped.
"I'm looking forward to Tink and Graham coming back this weekend! I have missed them so much! Lacy is also back on Monday, so I think we need a squad trip to Granny's," Regina laughed, sometimes she just needed a reminder that she was still young and that she didn't have to stop enjoying herself just because she had extra responsibilities, just because she was a mother didn't mean that she wasn't allowed to have any fun.
"I am in strong agreement with that," he chuckled as he pulled up into a parking space at the mall.
"So, this was the surprise venue."
"We're going to a restaurant in the mall," he rolled his eyes at her and she hit him playfully, "I really missed you Gina."
"Right back at ya," she smiled, breaking out of her trance by the now restless baby kicking in the backseat, "it's because we've stopped," Regina stated, "she doesn't like to just be sat there without anything new to look at." Regina hopped out of her seat and unclipped the straps before lifting her daughter out of the chair, "I think I'll just forgo the stroller, it's a pain in the butt to set up."
"You sure you'll be okay just carrying her?"
"I'll be fine, she isn't exactly heavy and I'm sure they'll have high chairs. Hello there my sweet baby," Regina cooed as she stroked Heidi's cheek gently before finding the toy giraffe that had fallen onto the floor of the car, she passed it to her daughter who cuddled to it before resting her head against Regina and kicking her legs softly. "I think we're good to go. Heidi are we going on an adventure?" Regina asked, brushing a stray curl behind her baby's ear.
"You know you look good with a baby on your hip."
"Like she's an accessory?" Regina laughed, "the latest Gucci bag in the form of a seven-month-old baby."
"I just meant you make a good mother."
"I know, I'm teasing," she stuck her tongue out at him causing Heidi to laugh as they made their way towards the entrance of the mall. "So, who will we be meeting then?"
"Oh, well there's Adam who I already told you so much about and showed you a picture of," he grinned.
"Your hot boyfriend," she smirked playfully, "who else, I didn't even know you were bringing other people, I thought it was just going to be you and Adam, I'd planned a double date and everything," she teased, she hadn't really, but she had been considering it and knew that Jefferson would love finally having someone to go with on a double date with her and Robin instead of being a third wheel like he used to be.
"We can still do that! Leave the rest of the gang at home," Jefferson shrugged, his hand moving to play with Heidi's foot, Regina smiled at that, knowing that as much as he might not like to admit it, her friend was warming up to her daughter. She'd been worried at first after the rocky start, but she had a feeling that by the end of the day he was going to love Heidi nearly as much as she did.
"So the rest of the gang, who are they? Have you replaced me?"
"No! Never! I could never replace you!"
"I should hope not, I know I haven't done a very good job of keeping in touch lately."
"You've been busy living life, looking after a baby, cleaning up poop and vomit and whatever other messes babies make."
"Trust me you don't know the half of it, this little madam certainly keeps me on my toes. Okay so, other friends."
"Well, there's Ivy who is a fashion major and Nick who is… well, he's just Nick."
"Right helpful."
"You and Ivy will love each other! Trust me, you have so much in common."
"Is she a teen mom too?" Regina joked seeing her friend's face fall, "J I'm joking, chill out."
"That isn't the only thing you have going for you Gina," he shook his head, "you have so much to offer, much more than being an amazing mother."
Regina smiled at him, he was right, she still wanted to do all the things she had dreamt of before becoming a mother and she knew that she would do, when Heidi was old enough not to be fully dependent on her she would go to university and get her degree and then she would get her dream job whilst being a mother and hopefully wife. She was somewhat surprised that Robin hadn't proposed yet, they were already living together and had a daughter together, so it made sense for them to get married.
"Maybe, but being an amazing mom comes before everything else I have to offer. Looking after this little one and bringing her up well means the world to me and I wouldn't change it for anything," Regina hummed, gently bopping her daughter's nose as Heidi buried her head against her trying to make her mother play a game with her, wanting her to try and catch the nose like her father did with her.
"Of course," he agreed as they stopped outside a restaurant and he peered through the glass, "I see them, they're here."
"Why didn't they just come with us?"
"Because I wanted some alone time with my bestie and my niece. I also didn't want you to feel awkward and they wouldn't have even fit in my car anyway."
Regina looked through the glass, spotting three people sat at the table he was pointing to, one was the man she had seen in the pictures, the one she knew was Jefferson's boyfriend, there was a guy sat on the other end and then sat in the middle was a girl with dark hair and dark eyes that Regina stared at a little longer than the rest. "She looks…"
"Nice? Yeah, she's amazing."
Regina smiled awkwardly, she was actually going to say that she looked a lot like her but snootier, but she had learnt better than to judge someone before she even met them so she was going to give the girl a chance.
"Come on let's go in."
She held on tighter to her little girl as if drawing her confidence from her, "let's go in then shall we," she whispered pressing her lips to the top of her daughter's head as she walked over the threshold of the restaurant. She didn't know why she was feeling nervous, they were Jefferson's friends and surely that meant that they would accept her also.
"Guys! This is Regina! Regina this is Adam, Ivy and Nick."
"Hi," she smiled shyly, bumping her daughter higher up on her hip as she looked to each of the people sitting around the table.
"Regina! I've heard so much about you, he literally doesn't stop talking about you!" the blonde guy grinned, "it's so good to finally meet Jefferson's best friend."
"Likewise, I don't think I've been able to get him to shut up about you either," Regina teased taking the seat that Jefferson gestured towards as the waitress came over. "Do you have a high chair?" Regina asked.
"Of course," she nodded as she scurried off to get the seat for Heidi to sit in. The little girl was now bouncing on her lap as she peered across the table at the new people she had never met, seeming braver than Regina.
"So, you brought your little sister to dinner?" the other woman quipped, "that's cute."
"My what?" Regina laughed, "I don't have a little sister, just a big one."
"Oh, so the baby is…"
"My daughter," Regina stated resting her chin gently on top of her little girl's head. She saw the look on the brunette's face as she glanced at the guy who was sat next to her, Regina took a deep breath and gave Heidi a little squeeze, causing the baby to look up at her and turn around so that she was leaning into her chest, her little face pressed right against her mother as her hand clung to her summer dress. For a seven-month-old baby, Heidi sure could sense when her mother needed comfort and in that moment she was spot on.
"Shit, I'm so sorry that happened to you."
"Pardon me?" Regina's eyes widened as she looked at the other woman in complete shock.
"I mean no one wants to get pregnant so young, I couldn't imagine it, it must be awful being a single parent."
"Who said I was a single parent?" Regina scoffed, "I actually have a boyfriend and we love our daughter very much, so why don't you get to know the facts before you give me your pity," she hissed as the waitress came up to them carrying a high chair, "thank you," Regina smiled at her. Part of her really just wanted to stand up and leave, but she was here for Jefferson, she wanted to get to know his friends and learn more about his new life in LA, but if that stuck up bitch said another nasty thing about her being a young mom she didn't know if she would be able to handle her temper. "Anyway, this is Heidi," Regina introduced, hearing Jefferson's boyfriend aww at her.
"She is the cutest little angel I have ever seen," he gushed from where he was sat, "any chance I can have a hold?"
"Of course," Regina grinned as she passed Heidi to Jefferson who still looked rather scared to actually touch her, "what is that face?" she giggled.
"It's my, she's so precious and I don't want to break her, face," her best friend groaned.
"Oh I get it! That's why you put her down this morning."
"I told you I didn't do babies and that meant that I had no clue how to keep a hold of her, she was wriggling and I had to put her down before I dropped her."
"You wouldn't have dropped her."
"I didn't want to hurt her."
Regina shook her head at him and rested on his shoulder, she understood now, she got why he had been so anxious around her daughter, he had been scared of something happening to her, he didn't want to be responsible for her hurting herself or for something bad to happen to her. "You're holding her now and she's fine," Regina pointed out, watching as Heidi played with the scarf that was wrapped around her friend's neck.
"I suppose," he sighed as he passed her to his boyfriend who held her as though he'd held a million babies. She could feel Ivy's eyes on her from across the table and glanced over to see the girl staring at her, Regina's hand slipped to Jefferson's arm as she squeezed it gently, "she doesn't like me," Regina whispered.
"Who, Ivy?"
"Who else?" she cleared her throat before biting the bullet and talking to her, she could hardly just pretend that she wasn't there, "so Ivy, what is it that you study?" Regina asked confidently.
"Fashion," she quipped sipping her drink and not saying anything else.
"Sounds fascinating."
"Ivy, you should see Regina's collection! She has so many designer things," Regina glanced at him and smiled awkwardly, she used to have designer things, but she sold most of them when Heidi was born, despite her mother and father saying that they would gladly give her any money that she needed, she didn't like to depend on their handouts, she'd sold quite a few of her bags and other clothes. She wasn't going to correct Jefferson though, she didn't want the stuck-up bitch to look down on her any more than she already did.
"Which designer is your favourite?"
"I love my Choos," she stated, she hadn't quite been able to bring herself to sell her Jimmy Choos, instead they were in the back of her closet still in their boxes because she never had the opportunity to wear them. "How about you?"
"I'm a Louboutin fan myself."
"Hmm, I had a pair of those, but I wasn't too keen on them so gave them to my sister," Regina shrugged, she wasn't going to suck up to the bitch, not by any means.
"Miss can I take your order?" the waitress asked as she appeared at their table, Regina was about to say what she wanted when Ivy chirped up.
"Do you have a sparkling water with extra ice and lemon?" The waitress looked rather taken aback that she had just butted in but nodded and wrote it down on her pad. "I also want a Caesar salad without the dressing, or the anchovies, I don't want any cheese or bread."
"Give her a lettuce," Regina joked seeing the smirk that the waitress tried to hide at her comment, but she could tell that Ivy wasn't at all amused by her comment.
"That's all thank you, although make sure there are tomatoes."
The woman taking their order nodded before turning to Regina, "I'll have a burger and fries please with a lemonade, I do want the bread, and the cheese and whatever unhealthy food comes with that," she grinned, "also this is going to sound really weird, but can you possibly do a bowl of pretty overcooked carrots and a banana?" She looked over at her daughter who was staring at her from where she was sat on Adam's knee.
"Sure."
"Is there somewhere I might be able to go and… you know," she hadn't thought that one through and felt her cheeks burning up, she usually wore a big baggy jumper so that no one could see, but she hardly felt comfortable breastfeeding in public wearing a summer dress.
"Of course."
"Thanks, you're a lifesaver," she didn't want to mess up Heidi's routine, not to mention that her body was also used to feeding at a certain time. She wasn't feeding her that way as often, but she was still doing it around three times a day whilst supplementing the rest with homemade baby food that she'd learnt to make whilst at her mommy and me classes.
"Isn't she a little old for that?" Ivy questioned.
"Do you have a child?"
"God no!"
"Then don't assume that the way I'm parenting is wrong. It's recommended that you continue breastfeeding combined with other foods until your baby is around two years old, so no, she isn't a little old for that," Regina snapped back, reaching to take her daughter back when she heard her start to make little noises. "Is it alright to do that now?" she turned to the waitress.
"Yeah, sure follow me."
"Excuse me," she nodded to the rest of the people sat at the table before standing up and following the woman, "thank you, I really needed to get out of there."
"I could tell," she smiled kindly, "forgive me for saying, but that woman is extremely rude and judgemental."
"You noticed that?" Regina laughed as she tucked one of Heidi's curls behind her ear. "Something tells me she has it out for me, probably because of Heidi," she sighed. "Some people just don't get it."
"You know what, they are the people that you don't need in your life."
"You couldn't be more right," Regina grinned as the young woman opened a door for her and gestured to the room.
"You should be fine to do what you need to do in here."
"Great, thanks." Regina made her way inside and sat down on the little couch before unbuttoning the top of her dress and allowing her daughter to feed from her as she ran her fingers through her hair. She was glad for the excuse to get away, she just needed to find her feet and reassure herself. All of a sudden she heard her phone begin to ring and rooted in her bag to find it, she quickly swiped right and put the phone to her ear, "hi babe," she breathed.
"Hiya baby, how's your day with Jefferson going?"
"Horribly," she groaned, "I wish you were here with us."
"What's going on?"
"He introduced me to his friends and one of them is awful, it's clear she doesn't approve of the fact that I'm a mother and she obviously doesn't want Heidi around. She's just nasty."
"Aww, well don't let one horrible woman ruin your time with your friend. I finished early for the day, so I was wondering if maybe you would have room for one more at the table, you're at a restaurant in the mall right?"
"Yes! Please come Robin, I feel I might go insane."
"Okay, I'm on my way, I might just walk round, it's literally two minutes away from campus."
"Yes, I love you!"
"Are you saying that because I'm saving you from the evil witch or because you mean it?" he joked playfully.
"I think I'm gonna say both," Regina smiled. Just hearing his voice had made her feel so much better and she knew that him being there at dinner with them was bound to make her feel more at ease with the situation.
Around five minutes later Heidi had finished her feed and Regina cleaned herself up a little before heading back out towards their table, "is daddy coming to see us?" Regina asked looking at her daughter whose blue eyes nearly bulged out of her head at the mention of her father, "do you love your daddy?" Regina grinned as the little girl squealed and clapped her hands together. She glanced at the door and spotted Robin explaining to the waiter that he would be joining someone, she bit her bottom lip and pointed him out to Heidi who screamed causing Robin to turn his head and see them.
"Hello my little princess!" he cooed as she reached for him, he lifted her out of Regina's hands and swung her playfully through the air until he was holding her against his chest, "have you been a good girl for your mommy today?" he asked jiggling her gently and kissing her cheeks.
"Of course she has," Regina smiled moving to press a quick kiss to his lips, "hello."
"Hi you," he chuckled bumping his nose against hers, "so then, where are we going? And do I have to deal with the bitchy lady?"
"Unfortunately, I doubt she will have left, so yes," Robin wrapped the arm he wasn't using to hold Heidi around Regina as they headed back to the table. "Look who I bumped into," Regina stated causing Jefferson to turn around and look at them.
"Robin! Hi!"
"Hi J, long time no see," he grinned releasing Regina from his grasp and reaching out to half hug Jefferson with Heidi sandwiched between them before moving back so that Regina could get into the booth next to Jefferson and he could sit on the end.
The same waitress came with their drinks and placed them in front of everyone, "can I add another burger and fries to the order please?" Regina asked, "and…"
"Just an orange juice with lemonade please," Robin filled in.
"I already knew you would ask for that," Regina laughed as she rested her head on his shoulder glancing across at the brunette who was trying to forge a look of disinterest and failing.
The rest of the meal seemed to go rather well with Regina and Ivy ignoring one another the entire time, that was until around halfway through when Ivy decided to speak up again. "So Robin, are you Heidi's father then?"
Regina almost choked on the lemonade she had just sipped as she turned to look at the insane woman, wasn't it pretty obvious that he was Heidi's father? Heidi looked just like him, sure she had her mother's hair and nose, but her dimples and eyes were all Robin. "Yeah," Robin furrowed his eyebrows at her, "I'd have thought that was clear," he stated, stopping feeding Heidi the mushed-up carrot and earning himself a miniature glare in return as she tried to reach for the spoon.
"You never can tell," she shrugged smugly as she ate one of her lettuce leaves, "I mean maybe she just burdened you with her kid."
"Burdened?"
Regina placed her hand on Robin's arm, squeezing his bicep trying to tell him to let it go and that it wasn't worth it, "babe," she whispered.
"My daughter is not a burden and as for not being her father, Regina and I were each other's firsts, so unless she somehow got impregnated by magic, then I think Heidi is mine. Who do you even think you are?"
"Robin just leave it," Regina sighed.
"No, no I won't leave it, how dare you say something like that and disrespect our family," he seethed.
"Seems someone has a little issue with rage."
"Ivy shut up," Jefferson snapped.
"It's not my fault he's touchy. Maybe he's insecure about something, either that or he knows that she's a…"
"Regina let's go," Robin stated.
"Robin…"
"I'm not going to just sit here and let her talk shit like that! Stupid…"
"Oooon!" Heidi cooed reaching for Robin's hand, "oon, oon!"
"What is she saying?" Regina asked as she looked to her daughter who was still reaching for Robin.
"Ooooon! Hiiii! Ooon!"
"I think she wants the spoon," Jefferson pointed out.
"Do you want the spoon Heidi?" Robin asked as he held it out to her and she squealed, wrapping her little fingers around the spoon and banging it on the tray of the high chair.
"Ooon!" she gurgled, reaching for the little bowl of mashed up carrot and trying to put the spoon into them, after a while of trying and failing, she threw it across the table, the carrot that she had managed to scoop up flew off the piece of cutlery before landing on Ivy's expensive white silk blouse causing her to let out a loud shrike.
Regina really tried to keep a straight face, but her daughter's high-pitched giggles were infectious and she found herself in tears of laughter as the woman frantically tried to wipe the orange mush from her clothes.
"That is disgusting! Your child is out of order!"
"Our child is a baby," Robin laughed, "I doubt she meant to get her dinner on your top, did you, princess?"
Heidi squealed as her head lolled against his arm and she reached up, clearly wanting to be lifted out of the chair, he picked her up, lifting her into his arms and resting her on his knee.
"I think you need better control over her."
"Ivy shut up," Jefferson chuckled, "you sound like a complete idiot."
She scoffed as she stood up and nudged past Nick who had remained virtually silent the entire time they had been inside the restaurant.
"Well J, I can safely say that you were entirely wrong about Ivy and I getting along," Regina snorted finishing the last bit of her burger.
"Yeah, sorry about that guys. Jefferson, I think Ivy and I are going to go to check out Boston, so do you want to meet up in New York in a couple of weeks before we go back to LA?" Nick asked and Regina was shocked to actually hear him speak and she couldn't help but think that Ivy was defiantly the top in their relationship.
"Yeah, are you sure you're gonna go?"
"Yep, I think she has said enough and I want you to enjoy your time with your friends," he smiled awkwardly as he took some money from his wallet and dropped it on the table, "it was nice meeting you both, sorry about Ivy, she can be a little bit…"
"Judgemental?" Robin tried.
"Bitchy?" Regina scoffed.
"Yeah, both. Anyway, bye."
"Bye," Regina waved before sitting back in her chair and breathing a sigh of relief.
"I told you they would clash," Adam chuckled from where he was sat in the corner.
"Shut up, I should have listened to you," Jefferson sighed.
"Yep," his boyfriend grinned smugly.
"Sorry about that Gina."
"You're just lucky that I had my daughter with me otherwise I doubt I would have been so polite," she smirked leaning against Robin's arm, "do you two want to come back to our place for drinks?"
"Yeah sure!" Jefferson smiled, "maybe I can try holding Heidi again."
"As long as you don't break her."
"I think I can manage that," he chuckled, "did she just say her first words?"
"I think she nearly said spoon," Regina shrugged, "but I'm still holding out for her to say mommy."
"She's going to say daddy first," Robin scoffed.
"Nope, it's going to be mommy."
"I suppose we'll soon see won't we," he grinned as Heidi found her toy giraffe that was on the seat between her parents and stuck it in her mouth, sucking on its ears as she gurgled happily. Regina smiled and rested her head on Robin's shoulder, people could say whatever they wanted about her little family, but she knew the truth and her heart was full of so much love for the both of them love for the both of them.