New chapter. The next day. I don't have much to do with my life. I'm such a geek! Anyways; hope you'll like it.

Boston, present day.

David was sat in a chair at the hospital, still waiting for any piece of news on Regina. The wait was unbearable and the silence in the waiting room was driving him crazy. He buried his head in his hands, tears falling on his cheeks. What if something happened to her? No! He couldn't lose her. And the baby? Their baby. Their little boy -or little girl- she would say.

-"Mister Nolan?!"

David raised his head to face the doctor. He stood still looking at the doctor's face trying to search for any kind of hint that let him know how Regina was. But she didn't faint.

-"So her blood pressure was way too low that's why she fainted but she is fine now." She said smiling. "The pressure is still abnormally low but it's rising."

-"And…and the baby."

-"The baby was under stress which is really not good. So we are going to keep Regina here for a few days. At least until she regain some strengh for her and the baby.

David nodded, tears picking his eyes.

-"May I ask what happened?" The doctor asked.

-"I…we had an argument. It was my fault…I"

David felt the tears coming again.

-"Look! A pregnancy is a lot of stress. She needs to let go a bit and so do you. Put all the stress behind because the baby feels when its mother isn't right. Ok?"

David nodded.

-"Go see her now, she's awake."

David executed himself and went into Regina's room. She was on the bed, her back facing the door. He went closer and put a hand on her hip. She jumped and turned to face him. Tears were filling her eyes and David pulled her into a hug that she immediately answered.

-"I'm so sorry." He said softly.

-"I thought you left me…I thought I lost you and…I...just…"

-"Shh!" He said in her ears stroking gently her back.

They parted after a moment and David put his forehead onto hers.

-"I will never leave you Regina. I promise you that. No matter what, I will always be there for you. You…" David sighed. "I can't imagine a future where you and that baby growing inside you are not with me. I'm sorry I hurt you. I wanted you to open yourself to me and…I can wait. I just want to enjoy my present with you and dream about our future."

-"It's just that my past…it's…"

-"No! I don't need to know it. When you will feel like it. When you will want to tell me then I'll be here to listen. I just want you to know that I have your back Regina. You might not be used to having someone next to you but I am here!"

Regina nodded softly and snuggled up against him, tears running on her face.

-"You scared the crap out of me, you know?!"

Regina let out a small laugh.

-"I'm sorry." She whispered.

-"Look!" He said, parting from her to look at her in the eyes. "I know that whatever was going on affected you a lot but can you put it all behind for a while?"

-"What do you mean?"

-"What about we forget? What do you say? What about our only preoccupations are directed towards you being happy and healthy for you and for the baby?"

Regina gave him a small smile.

-"Yes?! And when you will be ready and only then, you will deal with those problems and I, will be there if you want me too. And if you don't, then I won't. You're in charge here and I'm under your commands".

Regina couldn't help but laugh.

-"You're my Queen Regina, and all I want is for my Queen to be happy!"

Regina straighten a bit.

-"And what if I don't want to be Queen?"

-"Well then, don't be! You owe your own destiny, and I'm here just to accompany you along the way if you want me to."

-"I want that!"

-"Yeah?" David said with a smile and Regina nodded.

He pulled her into a hug and whispered "Then, you're now stuck with me."

And Regina chuckled.

Storybrooke, two weeks later.

It had been two weeks since she'd last heard from Regina. After the "incident" with Snow, Emma had desperately tried to call Regina but the former queen wouldn't pick up. Emma was sat behind the bar playing with her cereals. She sighed. She was worried about her. She hated to admit but she was. She was worried about her because she knew that apart from all the resentment she felt and all the terrible things she had done to her family –and kept on doing- she was pregnant with her little brother –or sister. "Damn it!" She said throwing her spoon on the wooden bar. She would be the half-sister of her son's… This family was a heck of a thing she thought to herself. She heard her phone rang. She didn't even bother looking at the screen as she just picked up.

-"Hello?!" She said.

-"Hi, Emma. It's Regina."

-"Oh?!" Was all Emma managed to say, eyes wide opened.

She felt the anger rising in her. Damn yes she was furious. Furious and happy she was at least still alive.

-"I…Emma look…" Regina started.

-"No. Why are you calling? It's been two damn weeks since you crushed my mother's heart all over again and I am the one who have to pick up the pieces. Damn!"

Emma stood up and started walking towards the door. She was not done yelling and she didn't want to wake up Henry or worst Mary Margaret. Regina sighed.

-"I want to talk to her." She said simply.

-"I'm sorry, what?"

-"I want to talk to Snow. Please."

Emma couldn't believe it. Was she insane? Was it the hormones? Has she been drinking during her pregnancy? Was she completely crazy?

-"This is out of question! I won't let you hurt her again." Emma shouted, finding it hard to keep her voice down.

-"I don't want to talk to her to hurt her. I want…I want to explain myself so please…"

-"I.."

-"Emma…please!"

Emma sighed. "Damn."

-"I'll call her!" She finally agreed.

She came back in the loft, furious against herself for having given in. Once she arrived in the living room she stood still, mouth opened facing Snow.

-"Was that Regina?" Snow simply asked.

Emma nodded.

-"She…she wants to…"

Emma wasn't able to talk so she just gave her mother the phone. Snow took the device and went outside

-"I'm here!" She said coldly.

-"Hello Snow." She heard.

-"I want to talk to him!"

-"He…He isn't here. He is working." Regina said simply.

-"What do you want then Regina?"

-"I want to apologize…"

Snow felt the rage burning inside her skin.

-"For what Regina? For what do you want to apologize exactly? Trying to kill me? Hunting me down like some game! Or do you want to apologize for seducing my husband and bearing his child?"

Snow's voice cracked on the last word but she composed herself. She had to be strong.

-"For all of it" She said after a few seconds.

Snow let out an ironic chuckle.

-"Well thank you! I appreciate."

-"Snow please. I want to redeem myself. I really want and I'm trying. That's why I left. To be out of your way…"

-"No Regina I'm not buying that. The only reason you left was to protect yourself. I'm not stupid. You would have stayed in Storybrooke, it would have been your face on a wanted paper after what you did! Your damn face!"

Silence installed between the two women. Snow had never been so harsh in her entire life except maybe when she had drunk that memory potion. She felt tears running down her cheeks. She couldn't help herself but think that maybe, by losing her true love like Regina did she…

She shook her head to erase the thought. No! She wasn't turning into an emotionless, cold-hearted bitch like Regina.

-"You had him killed." Regina finally said, her voice betraying her emotions.

Snow felt her heart broke at the thought but she didn't break down. She wouldn't. Not today.

-"And I apologized for that!" She said firmly. "How many times do I have to keep apologizing for it? I am sorry Regina. I truly am. I didn't mean for it to happen. I didn't mean to ruin your happiness. I was a child and my first intentions were for you not to lose your mother! Is it so hard to understand?"

Snow was crying now. She was really crying because it hurt her. It hurt her so damn much that she ruined Regina's happiness. That she caused her to have a hole in her heart that slowly transformed itself into a dark poisonous shadow. It hurt her and she was sick of it.

-"I am happy now!"

Snow jumped surprised. Was she? Had she really find happiness after all this years? But why did it have to be with her husband. Her true love. Her Prince Charming.

-"And in the process you ruined my happiness." She said so low that it had probably been hard for Regina to catch it.

It wasn't an accusatory voice it was just simple concession and to that Regina answered:

-"I guess that you and I will never have our happy ending unless by ruining the other's one."

The princess sighed heavily.

-"I refuse to believe that."

-"If I let David go…I will be left alone. Again. And if I simply act selfishly and keep him to myself, you're the one who would be left alone."

Snow couldn't help but chuckle.

-"What?"

-"Nothing. Really. I just find it so depressingly sad that I guess I needed to laugh at it not to cry."

Regina sighed.

-"I'm sorry Snow! I really am."

-"Let him come back to me." Snow said.

-"I can't." Regina whispered. "I don't have the strength."

-"Then apologies not accepted!"

And with that said the princess hung up.

Boston, present day.

Regina hung up the phone, tears still rolling on her cheeks. She couldn't believe she was so affected by Snow's anger. At the end of it, it was all she always wanted…But she felt guilty. She genuinely felt guilty.

-"Hey! What's going on?"

She heard as she saw David emerging from the bathroom.

She faked a smile.

-"Just a clarification with an old 'friend'."

-"Oh!" Was all David could say!

He went to sit on the couch next to her. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, pulling her into a hug. She closed her eyes. She could feel drops from his still wet hair, falling on her but she didn't care. Behind in his arms was comforting.

-"I was talking to Sn...Emma's m… friend."

-"The wife of your baby's father?"

-"Yes!"

-"I guess she wasn't please?!"

Regina laughed softly.

-"No but we took the opportunity to speak our hearts out and…" She sighed. "I think I'm realizing that I might have done stuff in the past that…that were not worth it. I mean without doing them I wouldn't have my son and I wouldn't change that for anything but- If I had…" She sighed once again.

-"It's complicated!" David finally whispered in her ears.

She laughed.

-"Yes. It is!"

-"Well at least, as you said, you were able to speak your hearts out to each other and I'm sure that at some point you'll both realize that fighting over something that has already been done is just a waste of time."

Regina rose to face him.

-"But what if that thing didn't only cause you pain but also caused somebody else's life?"

David frowned.

-"What are you talking about?" He asked.

She shook her head and closed her eyes, cursing herself.

-"Nothing. It's hard sometimes to let go of the past."

-"But it's what is need to be done to be able to enjoy the present and dream about the future."

With that said, he leant to kiss her lips and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

-"Maybe." She whispered.

That was huge! (I'm just realising because I just re-read it!) I thought about cutting it in half but I wanted to wrap that Snow thing up. We have more important things to think about like the fact that there is still a Greg up there (down there?!) in Storybrooke. I hope you like it. See you in the next chapter.