Chapter 13

One night Emma and Hook were cuddled up on the couch watching a movie while Henry was staying at Regina's. Emma had been thinking about it but didn't know how to breach the topic with either him or Henry. All she knows is that she wants her relationship with Killian to continue moving forward and not get stuck in this in between stage they have been at since the darkness was banished. "Killian…" Emma pauses the movie, "… can we talk for a minute?" Emma readjusts on the couch in order to look at Killian better. "Love, you're worrying me… are we breaking…" Killian started before Emma cut in with a loud "NO!"

"I'm sorry Killian, I didn't mean to scare you. I don't want to break up. I love you too much to give up on this life. But I do need to know how you see our relationship and your relationship with Henry being now and for the future." Emma explained as Killian takes both her hands in his. "It's okay, love, I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. I love you, too!" he leans forward and gives her a quick kiss before pulling back to smile at her. "Emma, I want our relationship to move forward. I can see how all of this is taking its toll on you how we have been and I want us back to where we were headed before you sacrificed yourself for the sake of Regina's happiness. You have always been good and you proved that when you sacrificed yourself. I just don't want our relationship to halt." Emma moves closer to Hook, "I want the same thing Killian. I don't want to halt our relationship. I want move forward with you but I, also, know a lot of things need discussed with Henry though before I make any decisions because every decision I make affects his life as much as it does the two of us." Emma explained. "Love, I know Henry is the main concern to both of us. I want to be a father to him as much as Robin is. I don't want to take the place of Baelfire but I want to be someone he can turn to when he doesn't want to discuss things with you and Regina." Killian kisses the side of her head as Emma lets out a sigh. "I want the same thing. I know you don't want to take the place of Neal but you are the only one besides Rumple who knew him as a child so you can tell Henry stories about him and his time on the Jolly Roger with you. You just need to remember that there are certain decision…" Killian interrupts her, "Swan, hold on a minute. I know there are certain decisions that fall to you and Regina that Robin and I will just have to go along with and if Henry doesn't like it he will have to get over it. But I would like it if when it comes to most decisions, all four of us can sit down together to discuss things." Emma leans in to give Killian a quick kiss before smiling at him, "I think we can take that into consideration." She doesn't discuss her plans of wanting him to move in because she wants to discuss it with Henry first.

After ordering Chinese in for dinner, they curled back up on the couch to finish the movie. When the food arrived the movie had just ended so they chose another one and stayed that way until Emma had fallen asleep on Hook's shoulder. He turned off the movie, and carried Emma to bed. Shortly after laying down with her Killian could feel himself falling asleep; and the next thing Killian knew he was woken up by Emma's tossing and turning. He knew it was more than likely another nightmare. Before Hook had the chance to wake Swan, the nightmare had gotten too bad and she started screaming. "Swan, love, wake up!" Killian shook her trying to get her to wake up as she continued screaming. "Emma, please love, wake up! It's okay, I got you just, please, wake up!" Hook pleads with the still sleeping woman. Moments later Emma jolts awake from the nightmare. "You okay, love? What was it about this time?" Hook asks as he pulls her back down to lie on his chest. "It was about Zoso. It's like my brain is taking me through memories of past Dark Ones." Emma tells him. "What was the memory you saw? You don't have to tell me but I'd like to be able to help you," Killian whispers as he places a kiss to the top of her head.

For the next few hours Emma told him about seeing Zoso control the knights in order to take the children for the Ogre Wars. She told him how she saw Rumplestiltskin kill him in order to protect Baelfire from the knights on his birthday. By the time Emma got to the end of the nightmare she was crying because she got to see Bae as a boy, Henry's age. How she found out that Rumple had only ever been trying to protect Baelfire, even from his own father. When Emma was done retelling the nightmare to Killian she was more tired than she had been when she fell asleep on the couch. With a small whisper of "I love you," Emma clutched Hook's shirt to pull herself closer to him and fell asleep even before hearing Killian whispers his own, "I love you, too," before he kisses her on the head and falls asleep alongside her.

The next morning Emma woke up in her bed alone with a chill. Grabbing the blankets to wrap them tighter around her to keep herself warm; she could smell eggs and bacon cooking. Getting out of bed she made her way into the living space and saw both of her boys in the kitchen cooking her breakfast. She had texted Henry last night to see if he would come spend a couple hours with her because she wanted to talk to him. Heading into the kitchen she kisses Henry on the head with a quick "Good Morning," before wrapping her arms around Killian. As she went to give him a kiss on the cheek for his own "good morning," Killian turned his head and catches her lips with his in a slow, long kiss. "Ewwww! Why do all my parents feel like its okay to kiss like that in front of me?" Henry complains while grabbing plates from the cabinet for their food causing both Emma and Killian to chuckle. "Sorry, kid," Emma chuckles, "you will have to just get over it. Your mom and Robin are already engaged and who knows where mine and Killian's relationship is going at this point. All we know is that we want to have a future together." Henry lets out a sigh, "I know I just don't want to always see it." Killian ruffles Henry's hair saying, "I think we can try to make it a little less gross for you if you want us too."

After breakfast Killian headed off to the sheriff station in order to help David out for a few hours while Emma and Henry spent some time together. The two of them were playing Monopoly when she says, "Henry, can I talk to you about something while we play?" Henry rolls the dice, "Sure Mom what's going on?" Emma is so nervous before she says, "How would you feel about Killian moving in with us?" Henry looks up from his game after taking his next turn, "Mom if that is what you want then I'm okay with it. He and Robin are like fathers to me and I know they don't want to take the place of my Dad but I also know that they will always be there for me when I need them. I just want you happy. If that means Hook moving in then I want that. You deserve it. Especially after sacrificing your life for Mom. You deserve your happy ending just as much as anyone else and I believe that Hook is your happy ending. After hearing Henry say all of that Emma couldn't wait to finally find the time to ask Killian especially since Iago and Jafar are lurking around. For the next few days she kept thinking about doing it but kept putting it off waiting on just the right time.

A few days after Emma and Hook had been discussing the future of their relationship, another relationship in Storybrooke was about to go through even more changes.

Regina could hear Robin watching TV downstairs with their sons. They were watching something funny because she could hear the laughter all the way upstairs. It was a Saturday, but Regina thought she needed to head into work for a few hours. While she had gotten caught up on everything she let slide when helping Emma, things had gotten busy again so she was working a bit more. She had taken her time this morning getting ready to go. The boys both slept in so she and Robin had laid in bed for a while, just cuddling and talking about the wedding. It had been a few weeks since they got engaged and decided it was time that they really started working on plans. Once they got up she went down and ate breakfast with the three of them before heading upstairs to get ready. Regina was finishing up her makeup, waiting for the results of the test that sat on the counter. When she looked down at the test and the result appeared, she could not help but cry. Regina waited a few seconds and doubled checked to be sure, but the digital readout definitely said pregnant. She could feel her heart skip a beat, thinking to herself I cannot believe it worked.

Regina had spent down time when she was not researching how to save Emma or spending time with the boys, researching potions to reverse the infertility one she took many years earlier. Now that she had Robin back, she wanted to give them every opportunity for their future, including having more children if they chose to. At first, she thought it was not going to be possible. Everything she found seemed to be a dead end or far too dangerous to even try. Finally, she found a few potions that seemed promising. She started trying the potions, but had yet to see any results. After everything that had been going on recently, Regina had not really been paying attention to her health. When she realized she had been feeling nauseous on and off for almost two weeks she became suspicious that something bigger might be going on. She then took some time at her office one day to look at a calendar and realized that she had not had her period in two months. Despite the positive pregnancy test, she was still not ready to believe it. After everything she had been through, she still struggled to accept when good things happened. She decided to be sure she would stop by the hospital on her way to work for a quick blood test. She placed the positive test back in the box and hid it in a drawer of sweaters to be sure no one would find it.

When she arrived at the hospital she found Dr. Whale and let him know her suspicions. They did not always have the best relationship, but he agreed to have a nurse take some blood and do some tests. Once the nurse took her blood, Dr. Whale promised to call her later that day with the results. "Any idea how far along you might be?" he asked her before she left. "I'm not sure, but I'm thinking I could be as far as two months along." Regina replied. "Well this blood work will tell us if you are pregnant and give us a bit more accurate idea of where you are at." Dr. Whale explained to her. She headed to her office after leaving the hospital, but she was not entirely sure it was even worth it. Regina was not sure how she would be able to focus to get any work done until she knew for sure if she was pregnant.

Regina thankfully managed to get some work done while she was at the office, but her mind kept wandering. At one point Emma had called her and given her an update on their investigation into Jafar. All they really knew at this point, was that he was up to something not good. Unfortunately at this point they had been unable to figure out exactly it was he was planning. Or even figure out where he was staying.

After 5 hours at the office, Regina decided to head home for the day. Just as she was packing her things up, her cell phone began to ring in her purse. "Hello" Regina said as she picked up the phone, she noticed her hands were shaking. "Good afternoon Regina, this is Dr. Whale. I just wanted to give you a quick call and let you know that you are in fact pregnant. Based on your hormone levels and when your last period was, I'm guessing you're about 9 weeks along. Congratulations! I would like you to schedule an appointment for an ultrasound and a check-up if at all possible in the next week." as Dr. Whale was saying all of this, Regina could barely contain her excitement. "I will call to set up the appointment as soon as possible, thank you Dr. Whale." Regina said before saying goodbye and hanging up the phone. She had not let herself fully believe she was pregnant out of fear that the earlier test had been a false positive. Now that she was for sure pregnant, she placed a hand on her stomach "I promise I will always protect you." Regina whispered to her stomach. It amazed her that knowing she was pregnant with his child, made her love Robin that much more. Every time she thought she could not love him more, something would happen to prove her wrong. A moment later she remembered that Robin still had no idea about any of this. Would he even be happy about all of this? After everything he had been through with Zelena. She had not only kept it a secret that she was trying to reverse the infertility potion, but she also kept it a secret this morning when she found out. Plus, they had not really talked about having children of their own thinking it was not an option. Does he even want more children? What if he was happy with their family the way it was? She decided she would tell him that night after the boys went to bed. At least then she would know how he felt about it. That's if she did not accidently spill the secret before then out of excitement, although now her excitement was accompanied by a bit of nervousness and fear. Nervousness about how Robin would react to the news. Fear that Robin might not be happy about this, as well as fear that many women experience when they are pregnant for the first time.

When she arrived home, the boys had just come home from the park. Regina told Robin she would make dinner tonight as he had done most of the cooking lately with her working so much. "We can make it together." Robin told her. They headed into the kitchen and she quickly sautéed some chicken in a pan with peppers that Robin had cut up. She mixed in some homemade dressing and soy sauce for some added flavor. Robin had been cooking some pasta for the chicken and peppers mixture to go over. They chatted about their days as they cooked and just enjoyed spending time together. Regina caught herself almost spilling her secret a few times while they made dinner. She then made it all the way through dinner without saying anything about it.

The boys asked to watch a movie together as a family after dinner, which Regina and Robin agreed to. When the movie was over around 9, Regina told the boys it was time for bed. Even though Henry's bedtime was a bit more flexible now that he was a teenager, she still liked for him to at least be in bed relaxing by a decent hour. Henry and Roland gave their parents hugs before heading up to bed. Henry offered to tuck Roland in and read him a story. Roland loved spending time with Henry and immediately agreed, as long as his parents promised to come give him a kiss goodnight when they finished their book. Once the boys were upstairs, Regina curled up next to Robin and they picked a movie that they could watch. They had to pause the movie after about 20 minutes when Henry said Roland wanted them to come up and kiss him goodnight. Both parents obliged and went upstairs, each giving their son a kiss goodnight while Henry headed to his room to go to bed himself.

When they returned downstairs, they sat down on the couch together and wrapped their arms around each other. Regina rested her head on his shoulder, deciding she needed to tell him the news she had been waiting all night to share. Regina stopped Robin from pushing play to start the movie again. "Hey, I wanted to talk to you about something. I'm just not exactly sure where I want to start." Regina said, adjusting herself to sit Indian style on the couch and face Robin. He mirrored her movement, resting a comforting hand on her knee. "You know you can tell me anything." Robin replied with a reassuring smile. "Well after talking about the wedding this morning, I found myself thinking about our future. It got me thinking about having more children. I was just wondering about your thoughts on the matter." Regina had decided to see what he thought about having more children before she told him. "Well, I hadn't really thought about it much since you told me that you couldn't have children. If by some miracle it were to happen though, I'd be over the moon. How would you feel about it?" Robin asked her a bit unsure as to where this was going. This made Regina smile from ear to ear before she decided it was time to tell him the whole story. "It would make me incredibly happy. So back when we were trying to save Emma, I was keeping something from you. I was experimenting with potions to reverse the infertility one I took back in the Enchanted Forest. I didn't think any of them worked so I didn't mention anything about it…" Regina said before taking a pause to compose herself. Robin seemed to be catching on to what was going on and took the pause to ask her a question. "Wait, are you telling me that you're pregnant?" Robin asked, his heart almost pounding out of his chest. Tears filled Regina's eyes and all she could manage to say was "Yes". "Oh my gosh Regina! That's amazing!" he said, immediately pulling her into a hug. "I love you so much." he whispered in her ear as they held each other. "I love you too." she replied.

When they released each other from the hug, Robin wiped the tears from Regina's cheeks before resting one of his hands on the top of her thigh and the other hand on her stomach. "Wait so how are you feeling? How long have you known? Do you know how far along you are?" Robin just kind of spit out all the questions floating around in his mind. "I feel a little nauseous and tired, but otherwise I feel good. I only started getting suspicious a few days ago, but didn't work up the courage to take a test until this morning. Then I got a blood test at the hospital today to be sure. Dr. Whale said based on the results of the tests, I'm probably about 9 weeks along. I just didn't want to say anything until I knew for sure it had worked. Are you mad that I kept this from you?" Regina replied, making sure she answered all of his questions. "I mean, I wish you would have told me you were experimenting with potions so that I could have been there for you, but I'm just beyond happy that it worked and that you're okay." Robin responded. He knew that he probably should have been more upset that she had not told him that she had been experimenting with potions, but he was too happy that they were having another child to be upset. "I know I wanted to tell you, but after everything that happened with Zelena I didn't know how you would feel about it. Not to mention I didn't want to get your hopes up, if you did want more children." Regina told him. "I understand, I just wish you hadn't gone through all that alone. From now on though, no more secrets, we are in this together okay. We are a family, all five of us. I will always be there for you, our boys, and for this baby." Robin replied. Regina was overflowing with feelings of love, relief, and happiness as she pulled him into a passionate kiss. "I promise, no more secrets. I love you." Regina said pulling her lips from his and resting her forehead on his. "I love you too." Robin replied, capturing her lips in another kiss before they cuddled up on the couch together.

They started the movie again, but spent the whole time talking about when they would tell everyone the news. Eventually a very tired Regina fell asleep on Robin's chest. Robin placed a hand on her stomach, overwhelmed with the joy and love he felt after what she had told him. Their family was continuing to grow and he would do everything in his power to make sure they were all happy, healthy, and safe. He tried to focus on the end of the movie, but soon found himself falling asleep as well.

They woke up the next morning on the couch with Roland trying to wake them up. "Oh, good morning sweetheart. Do you want some breakfast?" Regina said to him. Roland nodded before running towards the kitchen. Robin was still half asleep so Regina kissed him to wake him up. "I'm up. I promise." Robin said with a yawn. Before Regina could get up off of the couch Robin pulled her closer to him and placed his hand on her stomach. "I can't wait to meet our little man." Robin said. "Or little woman, I could really use another girl in this house." she replied winking at him before giving him one last kiss and getting up from the couch. She then headed into the kitchen to get breakfast for Roland.