A/N: Thank yo so much for your patience. Just got back from my Dad's and I had an audition for a short film right when I returned. I got the lead and I start tomorrow, and filming goes to October, so updates may be a little slower, but I promise to never ever forget about you guys! Love you all! Please leave your reviews! Mwah!

"Jasmine! Jasmine, wake up!"

"Mama." The teen said sleepily as she slowly opened her eyes, seeing that the clock on her dresser said 7:17.

"It's time to go." Regina said leaning over her daughter's side of the bed in Granny's motel room.

Jasmine groaned frustratedly and turned over so she'd face away from her mother and moved closer to Aladdin next to her. Suddenly, feeling the boy's touch, Jasmine's eyes shot open in shock, realizing what her mother must be thinking.

"Jasmine." The woman in black stood up tall and crossed her arms. "Let's go." She tore the blankets off of Jasmine just as her daughter sat up nervously.

"Regina-"

"There's no time for chitchat. We need to meet Jafar at the docks at 7:30." Jasmine just stared at her mother for a second before Regina raised her voice, unfolding her arms. "Now!"

Jasmine stood up and went into the bathroom to change as quickly as possible.

Regina was uncomfortably silent on their walk to the docks and Jasmine had a hard time keeping up as her mother sauntered so fast that she almost jogged.

"Where's Olivia?" Jasmine asked, almost out of breath from the rushing. "Is she safe?"

"I left her with Victor."

"Victor? What abo-"

"David and the precious Snow White are there as well. Along with the so-called Savior and my son." She sped up and Jasmine could sense her hostility. "Your brother." She said a litrle softer, as if attempting to correct herself.

"Regina? Regina, what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong. We just need to focus on stopping Jafar. Whatever his plan may be."

"No. That's not it. There's something else, isn't there?"

Regina did not respond.

"Regina..." Still no answer. "Mother!"

Suddenly, she stopped walking.

"Look," Jasmine finally said after a moment of silence. "I know what you might be thinking-"

"Really? And what might that be?" Regina raised an eyebrow. This was a tone of voice Jasmine had never heard before. A tone that Snow White, and anyone else who had ever encountered the Evil Queen in the Enchanted Forest would know all too well.

"Nothing happened." Jasmine tried to justify.

"I'm not sure I know what you mean, Jasmine." The woman said in her original mayoral voice.

"Come on. We both know that you very well do. And trust me, nothing happened."

"Well, I assure you it's none of my business." Regina said, not making eye contact.

"Yes, it is. You're my mother and you deserve to know."

"You said that nothing happened. So what is it I deserve to know?"

"That something COULD'VE happened. We got back from the date last night an-"

"I can't hear this." Regina tried to walk away, but Jasmine grabbed her shoulders to stop her.

"But! But nothing did happen, because-" She looked down and Regina's expression softened as she looked down at her daughter. "Because I was afraid." She lifted her head once more as if she were ashamed.

"That's alright." Regina gently smiled and put her hand softly under Jasmine's chin. "With everything you've gone through, there's no need to feel bad about that. And I'm sure Aladdin understood." She took her hand down from her chin and mumbled to herself, but loud enough for Jasmine to hear. "And if he didn't then he doesn't deserve you."

"No, he did." Jasmine tried to win her mother's smile back. "He did." She won the sweet, approving grin back in an instant. "And, I'm still hurting a little." Regina could tell Jasmine felt embarrassed.

"I know." She whispered. "It took me more than a few days to heal when it happened to me as well." The queen gently held on to both of Jasmine's cheeks and placed a motherly kiss to her forehead. Jasmine held her mother's wrists as she felt warmth in her heart while she closed her eyes during the kiss and they lightly smiled at eachother.

"Now let's go before the 'almighty' Jafar loses his temper." Regina said as she took her daughter's hand and they continued to walk, this time at a more reasonable pace for the both of them.

*One Hour Later*

"So...What happened between you two last night?" David glared at Victor in the living room of the mayoral mansion on Mifflin Street.

"David." Emma felt the tension in the room and Mary Margaret looked back and forth between the two men who stood across from eachother.

"None of your concern." Victor ignored the sheriff.

"Oh, really?" Charming seemed to forget about the others in the room.

"Really." Victor held back a smirk.

"We'll see about that!" David yelled as he ran toward the doctor, almost knocking over the bowl of apples that sat in the middle of the coffee table in the center of the room.

"You're sure this is a good idea?" Aladdin asked as he followed Jasmine and Regina up the walkway to the mansion.

"It's what he wants. I say we get it as Mr. Gold thinks of a better plan." Regina said as they stopped outside of her door.

"How do you know he'll have a plan?" Jasmine wondered.

"He's the Dark One...He always has a plan." She replied.

"Do you think it'll work?" Aladdin asked.

"It has to." The queen answered.

Suddenly, they heard shouting from inside and they ran in as fast as possible.

"Yes, well she's MY daughter!" They heard David yell when they caught the sight of Emma holding back a bleeding Victor and Snow stood in front of Charming, trying to get Dr. Whale out of his reach.

"Well, where have you been through the pregnancy, huh?!" Victor pointed back.

"Guys!" Emma yelled.

"Enough!" The four turned to see Regina standing in front of Jasmine and Aladdin in the doorway, causing the two men to stop struggling against the women who were attempting to restrain them. "What has gotten into you?"

All four began shouting at once to tell their sides of the story, both Victor and David blaming eachother.

"This is ridiculous!" Regina yelled, which caused them all to hush once again.

"Well, HE started it!" Both men yelled at once.

"Yeah? Well, I'm about to finish it." She said. They each received a terrifying Evil Queen look and calmed down immediately. "Right after I check on my daughter.." She said softer, before immediately raising her voice once more. "...Since it seems that all YOU two care about is fighting over me, when right now our main problem is Jafar." She gave them one last glare before turning towards the stairs.

Before she could ascend to them, she looked up and saw her son, barely awake, coming down.

"Mom? What's going on?" He asked, rubbing an eye with one hand and holding a tired Olivia in the other.

"Nothing, dear." She quickly smiled and ran up the stairs to take Olivia from him.

"Did we wake her?" David grew concerned.

"What do you think, Prince?!" Victor snarled, wiping away blood at the corner of his lips and receiving a nasty look from Charming that the doctor saw in the corner of his eye.

"She's fine." Regina said angrily after smiling at her baby girl.

After bouncing her for a little bit, she handed Olivia to her big sister and calmly told Jasmine and Aladdin to take Henry and the baby into the kitchen to wait for a quick breakfast.

As soon as they were out of sight, Regina looked down at the floor behind their heels and scouled before slowly turning and looking up at the four adults.

"Regina," Victor began as she walked up to him. "...we-" he was cut off by a hard slap to the face and David couldn't help but smirk.

But, he wasn't smirking long before she turned to him and slapped him as well.

"What is the matter with you two?" She said almost in a whisper as if trying to stay quiet so the kids couldn't hear. "All three of my children are in danger and all you can think about is yourselves?"

"Reggi-"

"I'm not finished!" She interrupted Victor. "I sent you over here...ALL of you," She looked over to David and her eyes accidentally moved to Emma, followed by Snow. "...because I thought I could trust you to watch after the two children that I KNOW we can still save and you're fighting over who can have me?"

"Regina, we-"

"David!" She said through gritted teeth as she sharply rolled only her eyes to him as she kept her head in turned in Victor's direction.

He stopped right away and guiltily put his head down.

She moved her eyes back to Victor and began to speak softly. "We had this talk last night."

Victor now had his head down and he slowly nodded. "I know, I'm sorry. It's just...harder than I thought."

"Oh, you wanna know what hard is?" She returned back to being a bit snarky, but she was even more quiet than before. "Hard is having to choose between your children." Her eyes teared up and the other four looked at her in shock. "That's right. I have to decide whether I let Jasmine go with Jafar, or Henry and Olivia die."

"What? How-" Snow began.

"We need to give him Jasmine and her father's lamp, or he may hurt ANYONE else. So you think you know what hard is? It's right here, standing in front of you." She gestured toward herself as her voice cracked and a few tears escaped her deep brown orbs.

"Mom, I forgot where you keep the..." Henry slowed down his speech and his walking as he entered the room, seeing his mother's back and the looks she was receiving from the other four adults. He realized she wiped away tears before turning around with a weak smile.

"Yes, Henry?" She said in an upbeat voice.

He wasn't sure if he should reask the question even though he tried to return a smile of his own, but all that came out was a look of concern.

"I forgot where the pancake mix is."

"I'll be there in a minute." She smiled at him and he just stood there. "Go on."

He hesitated, but decided to return to the kitchen so they could finish their talk and she turned back around to the others.

"I'm gonna go to the office and get what I need. Mary Margaret, I trust you can help them with breakfast?"

Snow slightly nodded.

"The pancake mix is on the top shelf of the pantry in the back. David, I think you'll have to get that since you're the only one who'll be able to reach it. "

"What about me?" Victor asked, referring to the fact that he's just as tall as Charming.

"You're coming with me because I don't trust you two together in front of the children at the moment."

"But-"

"No buts. Let's go."

"But Regina, what about Jafar? What if he-" Emma had to stop herself because she realized she was talking too loudly and the others might be able to hear. "What if he comes here?" She whispered.

"Don't worry about that. We have an agreement that he does not touch anyone until noon. IF he doesn't have the lamp by then. But...he will. And we must meet him on Main Street with it and Jasmine if we want everyone to be safe." She stopped and thought of Jasmine as she lowered her head sadly. "Well, almost everyone."