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Anyway, this is, in my eyes one hell of a chapter, so fasten your seatbelts it's about to get bumpy.
PS. Sorry in advance for the cliffhanger. ;) Love to all. xxx
Robin couldn't sleep, Regina was sleeping peacefully in his arms, they only had a few more hours before they would be waking up to set off for England. Robin had been keeping something from her, something he had been afraid to tell her and now it was inevitable, he would have to tell her, soon. He ran his fingers over her arm, before kissing her head, just above her ear, inhaling the apple scent of her shampoo.
She would laugh at him, it was silly, a silly thing for him to be afraid of, it made him look stupid, a complete idiot. He took a deep breath and sighed, it was the one thing he had a phobia of, the one thing that made him feel ill every time, flying. Being miles above the ground and not feeling in control, flying scared him a lot, not because he thought anything was going to happen, it was just that feeling of complete and utter helplessness, like there was nothing he could do if something were to happen. The taking off and the landing was, in his eyes, the idea of hell.
He always got like this before he had to fly anywhere, he had been like it over Christmas before he had returned to England for the holidays; but now, having Regina with him, made him feel worse, like there was much more to lose. He was being stupid, nothing was going to happen, they would be fine and safely in England before he knew it, but that didn't change his fear, didn't make him any less afraid.
He closed his eyes, he was tired and really needed to get some sleep, otherwise he would be groggy when it came to leaving and he couldn't be like that with Regina, he couldn't spoil it for her, she was so excited and had told him how she loved flying and going abroad, experiencing new things. If he had to get on a plane to make her happy, he would, but he didn't know if he would be able to hide his fear from her, she knew him too well, knew his emotions well enough to know when something was wrong with him, and no doubt she would find out about this as soon as they were at the airport.
His eyes were closed, but he couldn't sleep, he never could sleep the night before he was due to fly; so carefully, he removed his arms from around Regina and slid out of bed. He opened the door of his room and headed down to the kitchen, running his hands over his face, he switched the light on and received the fright of his life when he saw his mother sat at the table, with two cups, one in her hands and the other on the table. "I knew it wouldn't be long." She stated shaking her head as she gestured for him to sit down.
"Mum, what are you doing? It's the middle of the night."
"I know you well enough Rob, to know that you wouldn't be getting any sleep."
"It's fine, I just need a drink."
"No you don't, you can't fool me; it will be fine you know."
"I haven't even told her." He stated, sitting down beside his mother. "I haven't told her; she's going to think I'm a complete baby."
"No, she isn't, she loves you and she will be there for you, so stop being so silly."
"It's a stupid fear." He moped.
"Robin, when she was scared of Little John, did you laugh at her?"
"No of course not." He furrowed his eyebrows as he picked up the cup and sipped some of the warm tea.
"So why do you think she would be any different with you and your phobia of flying?"
"Because, she had a genuine reason to be afraid of dogs, I hardly have a reason to be afraid of flying."
"Robin, you will be okay, tell her."
"Tell her what, that I might have to bloody sedate myself so I don't have a panic attack on a plane?! This is meant to be a fun trip, a trip that we are going on together, what fun am I going to be on a plane?"
"Robin, she will understand, now drink your tea and go get some sleep." She stood up and kissed her sons head, before leaving the kitchen and heading back up the stairs.
Robin closed his eyes, his mother was right, he would have to tell her and she would understand. He could always try the plane, see if he could manage it without the pills, but he highly doubted it. He felt guilty, she was so looking forward to it, but now she would have to spend a seven-hour plane journey keeping herself occupied, while he was asleep next to her.
Regina woke when she felt cold air brushing against her back, when she felt his heat missing and the lack of his arm wrapped securely around her. She stretched somewhat and turned to see what had caused him to move away from her, however, when she did turn she found that he was gone. Slowly she sat up, maybe he had just gone to the bathroom, he would probably be back any minute; she kept her eyes trained on the door. When he hadn't returned ten minutes later, she reached for her dressing gown and stood up. Glancing at the alarm clock on his bedside table, she noted that it read two am, they didn't need to get up for another three hours.
She made her way to the door and wandered towards the bathroom, he wasn't in there, quietly she snuck downstairs, peering around the kitchen/diner doorway, she spotted him sat at the dining table with his head in his hands. She furrowed her eyebrows, before making her way over to him; standing behind him, she wrapped her arms around him. "Robin." She whispered. "Are you okay?" she kissed his neck lightly.
"Regina." He turned to look at her. "I'm sorry, did I wake you?"
"No, no you didn't, I just woke and you were gone." She ran her hand through his hair. "What's wrong?"
"I need to tell you something." He stated softly.
"You can tell me anything."
He smiled, placing her hair behind her ear, before bringing her to sit sideways on his lap, one of her arms around his neck, her hand still gently massaging his head. "Robin?"
He took a deep breath, he had to tell her, might as well get it out in the open sooner rather than later. "Regina, I lied to you."
"What?" She asked furrowing her eyebrows, her hand stilling. What was he talking about? Lied to her? What had he lied to her about? It must be something important if it was enough to keep him up. Suddenly she felt really nervous, as if he had been keeping this massive secret that was going to blow apart their relationship.
Upon seeing the look of dread come upon her face he shook his head "When we first started dating, we played twenty questions, do you remember?"
"Yes." She nodded, scanning his eyes, trying to find out what he was keeping from her, what he could have lied to her about.
"You asked me if I had any phobias and I said no." He took a deep breath "I lied."
"You lied about being scared? Why?"
"Because I didn't want to seem pathetic."
"Why would you seem pathetic?"
"Because it's a stupid thing to be scared of and I wanted to look…"
She interrupted him "I can't believe you would do that, Robin, I wouldn't have cared if you had a fear of something. Not to mention how you just worried me then when you told me that you had been lying to me about something, I thought it was something huge."
"It kinda is."
"Robin, what are you scared of?"
"Flying." He whispered.
"Flying?" Her eyes widened "Robin! Why didn't you tell me?!"
"Because it's pathetic."
"No, it isn't, plenty of people are afraid of flying." She felt terrible, she had been the one who had wanted to go on the trip, she had been extremely excited, all the while he had been dreading it, dreading having to get there.
"Regina, it can get really bad, I have panic attacks."
"I have them all the time, you've seen it first-hand. Robin I'm here for you; were you going to tell me?"
"I was going to have to eventually, because sometimes, if it's bad enough, I have to take meds."
"Oh my god, Robin. I would never have said for us to go on this trip had I know."
"Regina, this isn't your fault, I want to go, I want to take you, show you my world, where I grew up."
"Yes, but all the while you had been terrified about actually getting there."
He sighed and shook his head "Regina, I love you and that is why I am going on this trip, but I'm going for me as well as you okay. Don't feel like it's your fault because it isn't."
"How long have you been worrying about this? Worrying about telling me?" She asked, her fingers beginning to move again in his hair.
"A while." He admitted, as he turned to place a little kiss on her arm.
"You silly idiot, you could have told me you know."
"I feel bad, you're so excited and I can't be until I actually land."
"Robin, shut up, you don't feel bad, do you hear me." Her hand came to his cheek and forced him to meet her eyes. "You do whatever you need to get through it. But right now, you need to come back to bed and get some sleep. Come on." She stood up and took his hand in hers, casting him a smile as she pulled him along behind her and back to his room.
She slipped into the bed and put her arms around him. "Wanna be the little spoon?" She asked, smirking at him.
"The little spoon?" He asked, laughing at her.
"Hmm." She nodded, kissing his neck.
He chuckled laying down properly allowing her to place a leg over him and secure her arm around his waist as she buried her head into the crook of his neck. "I love you." She whispered, brushing her lips over his skin. "You could have told me, I understand."
"Sorry. I love you too." He linked his fingers with her and laid their hands on his stomach. He didn't really manage to fall alsleep, but he felt better for telling her, better that she now understood.
Robin and Regina had bid farewell to their parents, none of the friends from their circle were going on the trip with them, so they had all come to say goodbye. Tink, Lacy and Jefferson had huddled around Regina, telling her to enjoy herself and just relax when the time came for her and Robin to have sex. Tink had taken her to the side to give her some extra tips of things she could do, something which although was useful, she felt slightly uncomfortable talking about. Graham had done the same with Robin, it seemingly was less uncomfortable, he had given him a tip that was guaranteed to bring her to her peak, something which Robin was rather nervous about trying and had said that maybe they needed to just do it the normal way before they thought about that.
They were both now sat in the departure lounge, having already gone through customs and check in; Robin was resting his head on her shoulder as she was absentmindedly running her fingers through his hair while lowly reading to him. She hoped this would make him feel somewhat better, he had been slightly flustered as made their way to the airport, but she had assured him that she would be there by his side the entire time, holding his hand. They were wearing the outfits they had picked out for each other, minus Robin's hat and glasses, she had said that he was only required to put them on once they landed.
The teachers who were accompanying them, were a strange assortment. There was Dr Hoper, who had told Robin if he had any problems to come and see him right away. Mrs Malory, who had come because she wanted a break from the annoying confinements of her classroom and because she said that London had some great art galleries. Miss Nolan was an English teacher who had never been to England, so that was her reasoning. There were a couple of other male teachers, mostly from the sport department; last but not least there was Rebecca, the librarian, who had gone to fill up the numbers.
As for pupils, Robin and Regina weren't really friends with any of them, they knew them, but the only ones they could say they more than knew were Mary Margaret Blanchard and David Nolan, who was Miss Nolan's nephew. Arthur and Guinevere were also going, which was slightly annoying for Regina, not that she was jealous, it was just, Guinevere was the only other girl who seemed to get near Robin.
Regina looked up from her book at him, he hadn't slept a wink the previous night and now he had his eyes shut; he wasn't asleep, she could tell he was just trying to calm his nerves. Looking across from her she noticed Arthur staring at them, while Guinevere talked to the girl sat next to her. Regina frowned at him, before glancing back to Robin, he opened his eyes upon realising she had stopped reading. "How are you feeling?" She asked, her fingers brushing over his cheek.
"Nervous." He rubbed his face and shook his head.
"Shall we go look in the shop?" She asked, she wanted to distract him, keep his mind off flying and on her.
"Yeah sure." He smiled, standing up and holding her hand.
"You two be back in twenty minutes." Dr Hoper instructed, casting them a knowing look.
"Alright sir." Regina nodded. "Come on. Mary Margaret, please could you watch our stuff?"
"Sure." She smiled.
They swung their hands as they went into a shop, Regina looked across and saw something. "I am buying these." She picked up a tub of salt and vinegar pringles.
"Ooh nice." He chuckled.
"Do you want anything?"
"Regina, I'm fine."
"Robin, I am looking after you okay."
"Okay." He shook his head. He loved how supportive she was of him; she was there for him completely.
"Travel sweets." She chuckled, grabbing them also.
"Stashing up food?" He asked.
"Yes, like a bear in hibernation."
"A bear?" He rose his eyebrows.
"Mmm, or a hamster." She added randomly. She knew this would amuse him, hopefully distract him.
"You make a beautiful hamster." He stated.
"Why thank you." She replied, adding some chocolate to her basket. "I am making the most of the fact that my mother won't find out what a load of shit I am eating. So prepare for a week of burgers, fries, and literally all the junk food I can find."
"Regina." He laughed shaking his head.
"Oh come on Robin, are you telling me that on this trip you are going to be eating healthy food?"
"No."
"Well then, might as well start now." She bought allot of confectionary and crisps, before they came back to join the rest of their group.
"Okay kids, we are boarding in five minutes, so everyone please make sure that you have all your luggage, we don't want anything left in the airport." Archie stated.
Robin squeezed her hand tightly "It's alright." She whispered, bringing their joint hands to her lips. "It's okay."
"What sort of chicken are you?" Arthur asked, bumping into Robin. "Who's scared of flying? What a wuss."
Regina whipped around "Excuse me, we didn't ask for your opinion, so if you'd kindly keep it to yourself."
"Oh so he needs his girlfriend to stand up for him too."
"Arthur." Guinevere shook her head.
Regina cast him a deathly stare "Shut up, or I'll make you shut up."
"Regina." Robin sighed. "He's not worth it."
"Pussy boys too scared to take me on, but he gets to fuck her?" He pointed at Regina as he scoffed.
Regina gritted her teeth "What?"
"Regina." Robin rubbed his face as he shook his head, this was the last thing he needed.
"Is she a good fuck Robin? Does she give it to you?"
That was enough to push him over the edge, Robin dropped her hand and rounded on Arthur "Excuse me?" He narrowed his eyes, casting him a look which was challenging him to repeat what he had just said.
"I bet she does, I mean look at that arse and those ti…" There was a loud slapping noise and Arthur's hand came up to cup his cheek.
Guinevere stood opposite him "You are dumped." She stated, dropping her hand "You complete arsehole. I am sick of dealing with your shit and your lack of respect for women. So Arthur, you can go fuck yourself." She turned, flicking her hair as she went to join the back of the queue.
"Guinevere!" He hurried after her.
Regina turned to look at Robin, biting her lip before laughing. "Who knew she had it in her?"
"I know." He chuckled a little and then remembered that he was about to get on the plane.
"I think little Guinevere just went up in my estimations."
"Hmm."
"Come on, it'll be okay." She reached for his hand again and they picked up their bags, before following them into the queue.
"Robin are we alright?" Mrs Malory asked, Archie had told her about Robin's phobia as they had a closer relationship, with her being his art teacher.
"So far? Panicking, not gonna lie." He let out a deep breath.
"Okay, well just keep breathing."
"I'll try." He chuckled nervously.
"I'm sure Regina will be looking after you."
"Yeah, she is."
"Good, tell me if you feel worse."
"I will, thanks miss."
They were sat on the plane waiting for take-off, Robin was in the window seat holding onto Regina's hand. This was the worst part, the taking off and the landing, it wasn't as bad once they were in the air, it was the getting up into the air that was the major problem.
"I'm here." She whispered kissing his shoulder.
"Good morning ladies and gentlemen. This plane will be landing at Heathrow, London at approximately three pm British standard time. The Captain has turned on the Fasten Seatbelt sign. If you haven't already done so, please stow your carry-on luggage underneath the seat in front of you or in an overhead locker. Please take your seat and fasten your seat belt. And also make sure your seat and folding trays are in their full upright position. We remind you that this is a non-smoking flight. Smoking is prohibited on the entire aircraft, including the lavatories. If you have any other questions about our flight today, please don't hesitate to ask one of our flight attendants. Thank you."
They proceeded to do the safety demonstrations, on what to do in the case of an evacuation.
Regina turned to look at her boyfriend who was physically shaking next to her, his forehead damp with perspiration. "Robin, look at me." She forced him to look at her. "It's okay." She kissed him lightly. "It's alright." She ran her fingers across his arm. "It's okay."
"Excuse me mam, is he alright?" One of the flight attendants leaned over, to look at them.
"Yes, he is just very scared of flying."
"Okay, well, the weather report was good and hopefully we won't experience much turbulence. Is it your first time flying?" She asked.
"No." he replied finding Regina's knee and holding onto it.
She recognised the British accent "I see, I'm sure your beautiful girlfriend will make sure that you are alright."
Regina smiled at the woman "Thank you."
"No problem, if you need anything just shout." She stated, before taking off in the opposite direction. To take her seat, in preparation for take-off with the rest of the flight staff.
"Robin, breath." Regina stated. "Okay, will closing your eyes help?"
"Maybe." He nodded closing his eyes. He knew it probably wouldn't, but he was willing to try anything right about now, other than the medication which would completely knock him out and subject Regina to the whole flight alone.
"Okay, I have another idea." She smiled, biting her bottom lip. "Keep your eyes close okay, don't open them." She moved her mouth close to his ear and began to kiss him lightly.
"What are you doing?" He asked, really wanting to open his eyes.
Regina hoped that this would work, she knew it would distract him, but she didn't know how much. "Warming up for next weekend." She whispered, running her lips down his neck. "Thinking about you, naked, being able to touch you, wherever I want." Her voice was throaty and at that moment, she hoped that nobody was watching them. "About you making love to me, about you taking me." She felt him shiver under her lips and really hoped her actions were working. "I'm thinking about having you inside me." She heard him literally moan. Was this working?
The plane began to move and she felt him tense up, slowly she began to run her tongue along his neck, drawing patterns with it, she knew she would need to step it up a notch if she wanted to keep him distracted, his eyes were still shut as she watched him. "Robin, I love you. And I can't wait to show you how much." She stopped kissing him and nuzzled her head into the crook of his neck. A light blanket was across both of their laps and suddenly something came to her, something she knew would definitely distract him.
Slipping her hand under the blanket, she moved it to his lap, before blindly undoing the buttons on his jeans. "Regina." He opened his eyes and looked at her "What the hell are you doing?"
"Shut your eyes."
"What if someone…" He stopped as soon as her hand was inside his boxers.
"Nobody will see." She whispered as she slowly ran her fingertips along his shaft. "That's what the blanket is for, keep your hands under too and they won't think anything, just don't moan too loud."
He closed his eyes again before muttering "I think this is the worst idea you've ever…" He felt himself harden under her touch, this was definitely helping, now instead of thinking about actually taking off and flying, he was thinking about how much shit they would be in if Regina got caught giving him a hand job on a plane.
When Regina felt him harden in her hand she smirked, it was working, she knew it was and she couldn't help but see the amusement. "Don't open your eyes, don't think about anything, just feel." She whispered. Then she turned and saw Dr Hoper looking their way from a few rows behind and smiled at him. What was she doing? She would be murdered for doing this, that was if anyone found out, if they did, so would her mother.
She carried on with her movement and as soon as she felt the plane taking off, she quickly attached her lips to his neck. "This is just a taster session, just you wait till we can finally make love, think about what it will feel like, what we will feel like together." She was never usually this brave with her words, but she felt he needed it and if it worked to help him forget about his fear then she would say anything. "Imagine what we will feel like Robin." She rasped, hearing a soft moan escape his lips. "Imagine what it will feel like to be inside me."
"Regina, if you carry on like that, I'm gonna come."
"What's so bad about that?" She asked, looking past him out of the window, seeing nothing but blue sky and a splattering of white clouds. "Robin, open your eyes."
He opened his eyes "What?"
"Look." She nodded towards the window.
"What?!" His eyes went wide. "How?"
"You were otherwise distracted I believe." She chuckled. "The worst parts over, we are up, well you are." She couldn't resist adding that.
"It's not a good idea for you to finish that, I have no spare clothes, they're all in my case."
"You want me to stop?" She asked raising her eyebrows at him.
"You should."
"One second." She noticed the same flight attended coming over to them.
"How was it?"
"Fine." Robin nodded.
"I managed to keep him distracted." Regina smiled.
"That's good."
"Yes, it was." Robin grinned at his girlfriend.
"Well then, I'm glad you're feeling alright."
"Thanks." He tried not to burst out laughing until she walked away. "Thank you Regina." He shook his head. "I can't believe that worked."
"Well, what can I say? I'm just too good." Slowly she pulled her hand away, before reaching for the wipes and food she had shoved into her bag. "Okay, so what first? Pringles, or Jolly Ranchers?" She asked, holding up the bag off sweets and the tube of crisps.
"I think crisps first."
"Me too."
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. First I'd like to welcome everyone on board flight 23A to Heathrow, London. We are currently cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet at an airspeed of 400 miles per hour. The time is 8 am. The weather looks good and with the tailwind on our side we are expecting to land in London approximately fifteen minutes ahead of schedule. The weather in London is clear and sunny, with a high of 10 degrees for this afternoon, which is surprising for everyone. Enjoy your flight and it's easy cruising from here."
In the duration of their flight, they watched a movie, listened to music, talked, kissed and Robin had albeit forgotten that he was suspended miles above the ground, she was a distraction, she helped him to overcome his fear and he couldn't express how much he loved her for that. But now it came to landing and the nerves were back again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, as we start our descent, please make sure your seat and tray tables are in their full upright position. Make sure your seat belt is securely fastened and all carry-on luggage is stowed underneath the seat in front of you or in the overhead lockers. Thank you."
Regina turned to look at him, the panic was back, she could see it, but her solution for take-off wasn't a possibility for landing. She reached for his hand and gave it a tight squeeze. "It's okay Robin, you're doing really well, really well, we are nearly there."
He closed his eyes and focused on his breathing, hearing her voice did help him, but he was scared now and he hated looking so weak in front of her. He looked pathetic, he knew he did, why did he have to be afraid? He let out an extremely deep breath, then he felt it quicken and his chest tighten.
"Robin?" She recognised what was happening, he was going to have a panic attack. She reached for a paper bag and passed it to him. "Breath, Robin breath." She rubbed his knee gently. "It okay." She kissed the side of his head and squeezed his hand. Something else was needed "Robin, look at me." She ordered.
He turned to look at her, as he breathed in and out of the bag.
"Don't move your eyes away from mine, keep them focused." She cast him a smile. "I love you, you are the best thing in my life, without you, I don't know what I would be, I can't even remember what life was like without you now and I don't want to. I don't ever want to be apart from you again, you are perfect, you are everything." She moved her other hand to her necklace. "When you kiss me it's like magic, the first time we kissed, it was the most powerful thing I ever felt in my life and I know that after next weekend, we will be even closer than we are now. I don't know how that is possible, but it will be, it will be possible, because you and me, we are meant for each other, soulmates. I'm so proud of you and words will never be enough to let you know how much you mean to me; you are my life Robin." On her last words, the plain bumped as it landed on the runway and she smiled at him.
"You did it." She chuckled. "We are in England."
"We're here."
"Yes, we are."
"I love you!"
After going through another round of checks and having collected their luggage, they headed to the area where they would be meeting their mystery exchange partner.
"Oh, I hope she's nice." Regina mutter, her arm linked in his as she adjusted her shorts with her other hand. "Robin, what if she doesn't like me? What if I don't like her?"
"Regina, she will like you." He laughed, just glad to be anywhere but on the plane. "Of course she will, what's not to like."
"Robin do I look alright?" She asked.
"You look wonderful, completely beautiful. Personally I think the 'I love Storybrooke' baseball cap makes the outfit."
"Me too." She chuckled. "You look, adorable." She smiled at his silly hat.
"Okay, gather around people, your exchanges are here at the airport and you will go home with them and come back to their school tomorrow, from which we will be going on a trip as a school and your exchanges will be joining us. Okay then, when I call your name…"
"Robin!" Archie was cut off as someone came running over to them and nearly knocked Robin off his feet.
"Will?" He asked as he turned to share a shocked look with Regina.
"No way, it's your school that we are exchanging with?"
"Really?" Robin asked as his friend pulled back.
"Regina." Will picked her up off the ground in a hug. "Nice to finally meet ya face to face."
"Well, it's nice to meet you too." She smiled as he put her back down.
"I must say ya look even more beautiful in person."
She blushed a little as she shook her head.
"Excuse me young man, but I was in the middle of something." Archie stated sheepishly.
"Sorry old chap, just catching up with me mate."
"Not a problem." Archie nodded. "As I was saying, when I call your name I will also call the name of your exchange partner, they have a card with their name on and you must go and find them. Everybody got that?"
There was a general mumbling of 'yes sir' before he began. "Okay, let's start this thing. Mary Margaret Blanchard, you will be paired with Dorothy Gale."
Mary Margaret nodded and picked up her bags to go and find her exchange partner. Archie continued like this, reading through the alphabet and he soon came to M.
"Arthur Martin, you will be staying with Liam Jones."
Robin shook his head. "Poor Liam." He scoffed, he hated that his friend was going to be lumbered with a jackass like Arthur. Robin knew everyone from both schools, so knew who had a good exchange partner and who didn't.
Regina looked up at him nervously, it was her turn to find out and she was rather scared now. What if she really didn't get on with the person what if they were terrible, what if they thought she was terrible. Could she even sleep alone without Robin, in a stranger's room, in a strange house, in a strange country? If she was honest she felt rather sick. Before she could think any more about it, Dr Hoper was reading out her name.
"Regina Mills, you will be paired with, Marian French."