I return quicker than before with a new chapter for you all. I seem to have gotten the writing bug and found writing this chapter easier and quicker than before and I have actually managed to write the last few chapters of this story and finish it. This story has four more chapters after this and will hopefully be rounded off in a nice way that I hope you will all like. Anyway here is today's chapter and I will try and not take to long to get the rest of the chapters up to you!
Regina rested her head back on the sofa and smiled as she could hear Robin and Henry talking in the kitchen. They were all going to sit down and play one of Henry's games while one of Henry's favourite movies was playing in the background. It was a night for Henry as Regina wanted to make sure that Henry knew just because a new baby was on its way it didn't mean he meant any less to her.
So of course Henry had taken full advantage of his night and convinced Regina that they needed to have popcorn, sweets and plenty of soda to drink. And that was what Robin and Henry were organising in the kitchen. Regina had been about to go and organise it but Robin insisted she sit down and rest and look after herself and their child.
"Robin do you think this is enough sweets in the bowl?" She heard Henry ask. She was more than sure that he would have over loaded the bowl with sweets. He always did but then he gave her that smile that made her heart melt and she never said anything.
"I think that is plenty Henry…maybe a little too much." She heard Robin reply and she laughed to herself. She was right he had over loaded the bowl.
She could hear them coming back through to the living room and she lifted her head up as they walked in Henry carrying in over loaded bowl of sweets and Robin carrying the popcorn and some sodas for them. Regina pushed herself up and as soon as Robin placed the bowl of popcorn on the table she reached in and grabbed a handful. "Salted?" Regina asked.
"Of course. Exactly what the lady ordered." Robin said with a smile.
"Not me. The baby." Regina said and then popped some popcorn into her mouth.
"How did the baby order salted popcorn?" Henry asked with a confused look on his face.
"Well during a pregnancy sometimes women have cravings for certain foods and this little one has decided that mommy would love to have some salted popcorn." Regina explained.
Henry nodded his head in understanding and then knelt down by the coffee table and started to set up the monopoly board as he had decided that was the game they should play. Robin turned on his heel to go back into the kitchen to fetch something else and Regina sat back on the sofa again. "Will we push the table over to you mom? So you don't have to sit on the floor…" Henry suggested.
"No it's okay Henry. I think I will find it easier to sit on the floor. I have my pillow to keep me comfortable." Regina said with a smile.
Robin walked back into the room and walked over to the sofa. "Would you like some help to get down?" Robin asked holding out his hand.
"Yes that would be great." Regina replied placing her hand in Robins and letting him help her down onto the floor. Robin grabbed her pillow and placed it behind her. "Thank you."
"So…does she kick a lot?" Henry asked emphasising the word she and glancing up at Regina and Robin. Regina and Robin had both found out what the baby's gender was but had decided not to tell anyone and Henry was desperate to know whether he was having a baby brother or sister.
"Henry stop trying to trick us we are not going to tell you what the baby is." Regina said as she reached forward and grabbed the popcorn bowl.
"Aw come on mom. I won't tell anyone I promise. Please tell me!" Henry whined.
"Don't you want the surprise of finding out when the baby arrives?" Regina asked and Henry quickly shook his head.
"No I hate surprises."
"You liar you love surprises." Regina laughed.
"Okay maybe I do…but I don't want this to be a surprise. I really really want to know now. Pleaseee mom." Henry said giving Regina's his best puppy dog eyes face that usually was the best way to get what he wanted.
Regina rolled her eyes and laughed at him. "You're really giving me the puppy dog eyes face? Your that desperate to know."
"Yes Pleaseeeeee mom. Pleaseeeeee!" Henry sang.
Robin laugh and he looked over to Regina who was looking at him giving him a questioning look as if to ask him if it would be okay to tell Henry even though they had agreed not to tell anyone. "I have no problems with Henry knowing. I am sure he can keep it a secret for us. It might be good he knows. Could be an operation to keep it a secret." He gave a slight wink at the end and Regina smiled.
"Oh yea mom. We could come up with a code name and everything." Henry said excitedly at the thought of having another operation.
Regina laughed a little and nodded her head. "Alright then we will tell you. But you do have to promise me you will not tell anyone. Not Zelena, or Cora or even Emma. Okay?" Regina said holding out her pinkie to Henry.
"I promise mom." Henry said wrapping his pinkie around Regina's.
"Okay." Regina smiled. "Robin could you go get the scan out of my desk drawer in the study please?"
Robin nodded his head and stood up. Henry frowned in confusion. "Does the scan show what the baby is?" Henry asked.
"Yes…Kind of. It shows a different kind of surprise." Regina explained. Robin came back through and sat down and handed Regina the scan. Regina motioned for Henry to come over and sit beside her. "Okay Henry look at the photo and tell me what you see…"
Henry took the photo from Regina and he looked at it carefully. He moved it closer to his eyes and then turned it around slightly. "It kinda looks like there are two babies…one there and one there…" Henry said pointing to different bits of the scan photo. He then looked up at Regina and Robin who were both smiling at him. "You're having two babies? Your having twins?"
Regina nodded her head. "We are. We were going to tell everyone tomorrow night when everyone is round for dinner but well since we are telling you the secret I thought we may as well start with the fact there are going to be two babies."
"Wow." Henry said as he looked down at the photo again. He then looked towards Regina's bump. "Is that why you are so big?" Henry asked making Regina and Robin laugh.
"It is a reason why I am a little bigger than usual for this time yes." Regina said.
Henry nodded his head. "So what are they?" Henry asked.
"Well…" Regina started and looked over to Robin. He nodded and Regina continued. She shuffled over to Henry a bit more and pulled the photo down a bit so they could both look at it. "This one…" Regina said as she pointed to one of the babies in the photo. "Is a boy and this one…" She said as she pointed to the other baby. "Is a girl."
"One of each? I'm going to have a little brother and a little sister!" Henry said happily.
"Yes one of each." Regina smiled.
"That's so cool. Do you have names yet?" Henry asked.
"We haven't really come up with any names just yet." Regina said.
"Maybe you could help us out now that you know Henry." Robin suggested.
"Yea!" Henry said excitedly. "And can I help you with the twins room?"
"Course you can. I could always use the help of a merry man." Robin said and Henry smiled happily and puffed out his chest making Regina laugh and roll her eyes. "So what is the operation going to be called Henry?"
"Hmm…" Henry hummed out trying to think of a perfect name for the operation. "I think operation twinies."
"Operation twinies?" Regina asked.
"Yea. Everyone is going to know it's twins." Henry shrugged.
Regina nodded. "So shall we get on with this game?" Regina asked. Henry nodded and quickly shuffled back to where he had been sitting before and they started the long game of monopoly.
Once they finally managed to convince Henry that they should stop the game of monopoly and he should head to bed (having to tell him they would finish the game the next day) Regina and Robin found themselves tired enough to go to bed themselves. They were now lying in bed, Regina resting her head on Robin's chest, with his arms around her and her bump pressing against him.
He smiled as he felt a kick every so often from one of his babies. He wondered which one it could be. It was a strong kick whichever one it was. He rubbed his hand up and down Regina's back soothingly. "Do you have any names in mind for the babies?" Robin asked.
"A few names yes." Regina replied.
"What are they?" Robin asked. "Maybe we could pick out the names now."
"Well for a girl I like…" Regina said. "Sophia, Olivia, Layla or Louisa." Regina said.
"And for a boy?" Robin asked.
"I like…Oliver, Harry, Charlie, Noah, Aaron, Roland…" Regina said listing off some boys names.
"Wait…Roland…" Robin repeated. He felt Regina nod her head.
She looked up at him. "You like that name?" Regina asked.
"Yea. Roland Locksley. Has a nice ring to it don't you think?" Robin smiled into the darkness of the room.
"Yes I like that." Regina replied.
"Good. So we have a name for our boy. What for our girl?" Robin said.
"Well I gave you my lift of girls names. Do you like any or is there a name you like for a girl?" Regina said
"Out of your list of names what really hit out to me was Olivia." Robin said.
"So is that the name for our little girl?" Regina asked.
"I think so." Robin replied. "Roland and Olivia. Sounds good."
"It really does." Regina smiled. "I can't wait to meet them."
"Me too." Robin said as he leaned over a little and pressed a kiss to the top of Regina's head all the while feeling a few kicks from the babies snuggled inside her tummy.