Hello everyone! I'm gonna try something new, a Dragon Queen romance, so I hope you like it. If you have reviews/prompts, send them my way. As always, I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: some facts/processes mentioned may not be accurate, I researched as much as I could, but I'm not 100% sure of anything.
Regina woke up happily, ready for a another day of work. She was due to the courthouse at eleven, so she could take her sweet time getting there. Her client to be defended was a man fighting for custody of his son.
She rose slowly out of bed to get changed and cook breakfast for herself. Outside, she heard a car pull up to the house next door. She looked out of the window in the kitchen to find a young girl and her mother hop out of a grey car, followed by a moving van.
The girl looked to be quite young, around four, and had dark brown hair and brown sparkling eyes. She was bouncing around, holding a stuffed dragon. Her mother was tall, and lean, with her blonde hair pinned up. She wore a grey blazer with a black shirt and matching grey slacks. She watched her daughter run around the driveway, looking at her with all the love in the world, and then some. She wished she could have that, someone else to share her large mansion with.
Regina snapped out of the daze that the small family put her in, to find that the eggs she was cooking were now burnt. She turned off the burners and scraped the burnt egg of the pan. Cereal would have to suffice for now.
Regina made her way out the door and was looking for the keys in her purse when she saw the woman struggle with a box. She found her keys and unlocked her car, throwing her purse into her car and going to help the woman next door.
"Do you need any help?" She asked her. She stopped pulling on a box and sighed. She hesitated for a moment.
"Sure." She said. Regina smiled at her and grabbed another box.
"I'm Regina. I live next door."
"I'm Mal," she said,"And this is my daughter, Lily." Lily looked up at Regina and smiled.
"Hi!" She said enthusiastically. Regina smiled back.
"Who are you?" Asked Lily.
"No, my name's Regina. I live next door." She replied. Lily nodded, following her inside.
"That's a very cool dragon you have there," Regina remarked.
"Dragon's are my favourite!" Regina laughed and set down the box, going to get another one, passing Mal.
After the van was empty, Regina left for work. She looked at the time, having seven minutes to get to the courthouse.
"Shit," she exclaimed, backing out of the driveway. Lily waved at the car and Regina waved back.
She had to pass the speed limit a bit, but she got there with two minutes to spare.
The case didn't take long, but she won.
"Thank you," said Mr. Gold graciously. Regina smiled.
"No problem," she watched Mr. Gold and his son, Neal, hug tightly.
When she got home, she was energized; winning cases usually has that effect on her. Regina found herself bored out of her mind, so she made lasagna for the new neighbors.
She finished just in time for supper and brought it over in a plastic container. She knocked on the door and found Lily on the other side.
"Hi, Mrs. Mills!" She exclaimed.
"Please, call me Regina."
"Okay. Mommy says it's polite to say that, so I did. You're very pretty, you could be a princess. A dragon princess." Regina giggled.
"A dragon queen. You could be a dragon princess." Lily grinned happily.
"Mommy, Regina is at the door!" She called. Mal peeked her head out from the wall separating the hallway from the living room.
"Lily, honey, I told you to call her Mrs. Mills,"
"Don't worry, I said she could call me Regina, but she did call me Mrs. Mills." Mal smiled.
"That's my girl," she said, Lily smiled and hugged Mal's legs. Mal waited for Regina to speak, which Regina forgot about.
"Oh, yes, I made some lasagna, a housewarming gift." She said.
"Thank you, that was very thoughtful of you," She said shyly.
"I better get going, but I'll see around." Mal nodded and closed the door.
Regina felt her heart flutter at the little girl. That was probably the best complement she's gotten. Dragon queen, she thought, chuckling to herself as she strode into the house, leaning against the door.
She ate the rest of the lasagna and went to shower, like every night. Her entire life was a routine, but it was boring. She lacked adventure, spontaneity, and mischief. She started to hate it. She longed for someone to bring spontaneity to her dull life, to spice it up, and most importantly, make it less lonely.
She lay in bed wide awake, thinking of Mal and Lily, and the pure mischief a child may bring. Maybe that's what I need. I child, she thought.
That morning, she booked an appointment with a reproductive endocrinologist to hopefully request a donors help. Maybe then, could she find someone to fill her life with unexpectedness.
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The day of the appointment couldn't arrive any slower. She was incredibly excited. Before leaving, she saw Lily playing outside with Mal. She had a fairy wand and ran around, chasing her. Lily caught sight of her about to get in her car.
"Regina!" She called.
"Hey, Lily. What are you up to?"
"I'm playing fairies with mommy," she said excitedly.
"Have fun." She waved at Mal passively before getting into her car.
She sat in the waiting room impatiently, bouncing her foot and glancing at her watch every thirty seconds.
"Regina?" A nurse called. She stood up and followed her silently. After preparing the table and various prep work, she left Regina alone. Soon, the doctor walked in.
"Hello, Regina, what are you here to see me for?" She asked.
"I want to have a child, hopefully with IVF."
"I see. First, we'll have to do a fertility test, and if you're healthy, you can choose a donor from our sperm bank." Regina nodded.
The doctor left her to change into the hospital gown laid out for her and adjust herself in the stirrups.
The doctor came back in with various gadgets. She pulled on gloves and began the fertility test. She drew blood from her arm, gave her an ultrasound, and many other things. She looked at Regina grimly.
"I'm very sorry, but you are infertile. You won't be able to have any children."
"Ever?"
"Ever." Regina was devastated. All of her dreams of a child running around the house, baking cookies, growing up, were gone. She dressed back into her clothes and drove back home, crying.
When she got out, Lily was still outside, along with Mal. This time, they were drawing with chalk on the sidewalk. She watched them wistfully and went back inside, tears welling in her eyes.
"Regina!" Mal called. She turned around, faking a smile.
"Hi," she said. Mal looked into her eyes.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Asked Mal. Lily was now in her arms. Regina let herself cry.
"I can't have children," she stated. Mal hugged her new friend, awkwardly with Lily still in her arms.
"Come in," She whispered.
"I can't, I'm just going to head to bed early." Mal nodded and walked off with her little girl.