I DO NOT OWN ONCE UPON A TIME OR MARVEL! I AM JUST PLAYING WITH THE PLOTLINE AND THE CHARACTERS. NONE OF THE CHARACTERS ARE MINE EXCEPT HALEY.
Regina's POV:
"Haley hurry up. We are going to be late for school." I yelled up the stairs at her.
"Be down in a second mom." I heard from her bedroom.
I shook my head and walked into the kitchen. I walked up to the stove where I was making pancakes. It was one of Haley's favorite food.
You can say that Haley was a surprise. A pleasant, beautiful surprise. About a month after the charitable event for Cystic Fibrosis kids I started to feel nausea. Eight months later Haley was making her way into the world screaming. I was going to tell Tony, but when I saw him, he was holding hands with the blonde that I saw the morning after. They looked delighted. I did not want to ruin it. I also saw that there was something in the paper that they were together. Hell, that was ten years ago. They are probably married with a kid of there own. I was not sure.
"Mom?" I heard behind me.
"Yes, baby?" I said looking at her. Haley was the right mix of Tony and me. She had Black hair, brown eyes. He facial features were both mine and Tony's. His nose, my lips. She often wondered about her dad. I always told her that he loved her and he was away saving the world. I did not want to tell her the truth.
"There is a science fair that I would like to join. Can I?" She asked sitting down at the table. "Here is the paper for it."
I set her food in front of her and took the paper that was in her hand. I looked down and read the bottom. It seemed like an excellent opportunity. Haley was a brilliant little girl. Because of her birthday, she was able to start school a little bit early. She was in 6th grade. "Sure you can enter the science fair," I said grabbing a pen and signing the paper.
"Thank you, mom. If I win, I can win money for school. Tony Stark is going to one of the judges at the fair." She said eating her food.
I looked at her and when white. "What?"
"Stark's enterprise is the one holding the science fair. It is for all the future scientist. I am interested in science, but I think I want to become a surgeon." She said.
She was so excited. I could not possibly crush her hopes and dreams. Maybe she won't meet him. Who knows? Even if she did it would be okay. Tony should know. Even if she does not win, I need to tell him. Haley needs to know who her father is. "That sounds like a good experience. Do you need help?" I asked her.
"I might." She said finishing her breakfast. After we were both done eating, we finished getting ready for school. For the time being, we were at the same school. That was going to change after this school year. On our drive to school, we talked about what type of projects she wanted to do. We through around the ideas of a volcano, A heart pump, and a few other things. I told her that making a heart pump model would be the best. Mainly, if she wanted to be a surgeon, I said to her that I would go to the store after school and make sure that she had all the materials that she needed.
Once at school Haley and I walk to my class. It was a little early, and it was only teachers in the school. Once we get to my classroom, I started to get everything ready for the day. Haley usually helped me until she had to go to class. We have been at the school for about ten minutes when Mr. Stevens walked in my door. He was one of my best friends. When I started at this school, we became friends fast.
"Regina. Are you excited for the assembly today?" He came into my room and sat at the desk right across from where Haley was sitting.
"There is an assembly?" I asked him looking at my email. There it was. There was going to be a special guest to kick off the Science fair.
"It was last minute. I think they just got the okay for it." He told me.
"It should be an easy day then. The children will be so excited." I said leaning back in my chair.
"They are going to be. I was a little surprised that they were going to have an assembly about it." He said.
"It must be a big deal," I said to him.
"They are donating a lot of money to the school." He said standing up. Students were going to be starting to walk into the doors.
"I will see you later at the assembly," I told him standing up. I walked up to Haley and kissed her head. "Have fun at Janes house. I will see you on Sunday."
"Thank you, mom. I will be home around dinner time on Sunday." She told me walking out with Robert.
A few moments later kids started to walk into the school. They all made their way to there classes. Most of my students were in my class when it was five minutes away from the bell ringing. Once the class has started, we worked all the way up to lunch. After lunch was going to be the assembly. There was a part of me that hope that it was going to someone else other than Tony that was here. I did not want to see him.
It was about 11 when I let my class start going to lunch. They had about 30 minutes for lunch. After lunch, I would give them spend some time reading before we would be called down to the gym. It went by grade so I knew that Haley would be there way after us. There was no reason to start a lesson. The kids would be too excited to concentrate on anything. They were a whole bunch of fourth graders. They got excited about everything especially when it involved getting out of doing work.
After lunch, I walked into my room to see all the kids reading their books. I had a good group of kids this year. I always love my students, but this year I did not have any issues with them. I just told them that we were reading until we were called down to the gym. The assembly would be for third grade to six grade. They started to call the grades. Once our grade was called, we walked down to the gym. When we got there, we got the kids seated on the floor. The rest of the kids walked in. I looked up at where there were people that I did not know who they were. I saw the blonde that I meet so long ago. She was standing talking on the floor.
It was going to be a few minutes, so I told one of the other teachers to watch my kids while I use the bathroom. I walked out the door and turned down the hall when I bumped into someone and went tumbling down to the ground.
"I am sorry. I was not watching where I was going." I heard the voice say above me.
I looked up to see Tony. "It is fine," I said getting up off the floor and wiping off my pants.
"Regina?" He asked tilting his head to the side.
"Yes?" I said.
"Wow, I did not think I would see you again. What has it been ten years?" He said to me.
"Something like that," I said sticking my hands in my pants pockets.
"We will have to catch up some time." He said to me.
"You don't have to be nice to me," I said making sure that there was nobody around to hear our conversation. "We had a one night stand 11 years ago."
He was about to say something when the blonde walked up to us. "Tony you are needed in the gym." She said.
"All right Pepper. I will be there in a second." He said to her.
"The kids are starting to get impatient." She said to him.
Tony rolled his eyes. "I promise that I will be there in a second." He said to her.
"Okay. I mean this really would not be the time or place to sleep together." She said smirking at me.
"Wow... Um... I feel like keeping my job." I said to them. This just had to be the most awkward thing that someone has ever said to me.
"It was nice to see you, Regina. Here is my number. Call me so we can catch up." He said winking at me. "Let's go Pepper."
He said moving her forward. "You should keep that one. I like her." I heard her say.
I smiled and walked to the bathroom. I used the bathroom and went back to the gym. I walked and stood in the back. Robert was standing back there.
"Do I even want to know how you meet Tony Stark?" He whispered to me.
"What?" I whispered looking at him.
"Haley looks just like him." He said looking at me.
"I meet him at a charitable event for Cystic Fibrosis. We hit it off slept together, and nine months later there was Haley." I told him looking at where Haley was in the sea of students. "He does not know that he is a father."
"Are you going to tell him?" He asked.
"I don't know," I said as I watch Tony interact with a little kid. He was showing him how to use one of the science projects. He did well with them. It kind of made me wonder how well he would have been with Haley. It also made me feel bad because I keep it from him. I guess I am going to have to tell him. After a little bit longer they started to let all of the kids go. This time it went the Higher grades first and then the lower classes. When Haley passed me, she hugged me. I could feel that Tony was looking at me. I had to wonder what he thought. There were only about 10 minutes left of class. So I allowed my kids to grab their bags out of there lockers and clean up their desk areas. The bell rang, and the kids left the room.
I was sitting at my desk finishing up my grading and some more lesson plans. It was nice to have a piece and quite. It was not that common in an Elementary school. I was almost done when I heard a knock on my door.
"Come in," I said not looking up from the paper.
"So you don't teach second grade anymore?" I heard Tony ask me.
"I wanted something different. Also, a teacher retired, and I took her place." I said looking up from my paper.
"It is an excellent school. I can see why you like it." He said taking down a chair and sitting in it.
"It is an outstanding school. The students, parents and staff are great." I said.
He sat there in silence for just a moment. "What have you been up to?" He asked.
I looked down at my desk. It was now or never. "There is something that I have to tell you. I don't know how you are going to take it."
"Okay. What is it that you have to tell me." He asked.
"Remember the night that we shared all those years ago?" I asked him.
"Of course I do." He said.
"I found out that I was pregnant right after. I was going to tell you, but I saw how happy you looked with Pepper, and I could not ruin it." I said to him.
He just stared at me. His face looked like it was trying to process the fact that he was a father and I keep it from him.
"Tony?" I asked quietly.
"I am a father?" He finally said.
I nodded my head yes. This was going to take some getting used to for him.
Sorry for not updating sooner. I have been working a lot and I am in the middle of moving. I don't have as much time to write. Also, I have another story that I am working on. Not to mention that I just started watching Games of Thrones and I AM ADDICTED! I hope you guys enjoyed. Thank you for reading!