Chapter 8
As the time approaches near for Regina to leave, every family member gathers up in the living room. Regina decided to say her goodbyes to everyone individually while Robin is getting all of their stuff put away in the car. Marian is waiting for Regina to get done with her pathetic goodbyes so they could leave already. So she decided to call out to her, "Lets go Regina, I know it hard but we have to leave right now to get to the hotel on time", Marian said with a fake smile on her face. Regina was now saying her last goodbyes to her Daddy, "Bye daddy, I will miss you so much", "I will miss you too my sweetheart, make sure to call us when you get to New York" informed Henry. "Yes daddy I will" assured Regina.
So she went with her now new family to New York without knowing what was ahead.
(The Hotel Room)
"If you don't mind me asking, why are we staying in a hotel instead of going straight to the airport?" Regina asked as she was sitting on the bed and was confused with the circumstances. It was only she and Robin in the room; Marian had booked a separate room for herself.
Robin, who had just freshened up and was checking his appearance in the mirror, turned around and looked at her with panicked eyes, "Umm….I have to tell you something, we um had a little change in our plans. I am actually meeting one of my clients in this hotel and we are staying the night here," he confessed.
Regina didn't know what to say; surely they should have discussed this with her beforehand. Now she had no idea how to react to this situation.
"Um well then, when are you meeting this client of yours?" there was nothing she could say; she knew getting angry wouldn't do her no good so let it go.
Robin had been watching Regina since this conversation started, he noticed how Regina had started breathing in and out slowly, trying to let her anger/nervousness down. So, he went up to her and sat down beside her, "Hey listen, please don't be nervous I won't be gone for long. This client of mine is very important to me because he is the one helping with my project", he tried to assure her. After hearing that, Regina started to calm down.
She turned towards him and said, "Okay...i know I am overreacting but please don't judge me. This is just really a delicate situation I am in and I have no clue what I am suppose to be feeling. I know you are a kind, gentle, and nice man and I wouldn't have asked for more but I don't know why I am still feeling scared" she finally let her feelings out to Robin. She had been dying to convey how she has been feeling about everything that has happened unto now she just hoped that Robin would take it gently.
She got up and started pacing back and forth. Robin was still sitting on the bed, when he noticed that she was pacing back and forth he got up and grabbed Regina's bicep to stop her pacing and hugged her from behind. This took Regina by surprise, as she felt his arms around her waist and his face nuzzling in her hair. Robin smelled Regina's hair that smelled like apples, and he instantly loved the smell, then he went to move her aside and kissed her neck. Which caused Regina to stop her breathing as she felt his lips kiss around her neck and closed her eyes letting the feeling of his lips sink in.
"My dear Regina, Don't be scared, specially not from me, I promise to always take care of you, and always be there for you. You are the most beautiful woman I have seen and I am also lucky that I got you as my life partner. I believe it is true that I love you, Regina", at his admission, Regina opened her eyes and turned around. Now she was looking into Robin's greenish eyes, which showed care and love. She couldn't believe that Robin had felt love for her; whereas she herself couldn't decide what feelings she had for him.
"You love me, Robin?" she tried to make sure. "Yes I love you, Regina, please believe me" Robin said hoping that she believed him. Then he felt soft lips on his lips, which conveyed more feelings than its owner's words. They kissed for about few minutes before separating. "Please, try to come back soon from your meeting" Regina said feeling weak and sad at the same time. "Don't worry love, I will be back before you know it" Robin said with a sweet smile, which melted Regina's heart.
As they let go of each other, Regina instantly missed feeling him around herself. She wanted them to stay like that forever but she knew time wasn't on their side.
"Bye love", Robin said as he kissed her cheek without Regina having time to react then he was already out of the room and the next thing Regina heard was the door closing.
She just let herself fall back on the bed and sit there with a sweet smile on her face, replaying the moments that occurred between her and Robin. Finally, after everything that has happened, she found her herself feeling happy.
(Another room in the same hotel)
"What took you so long?" asked the person with an irritation in their voice as Robin walked into the room.
"I am sorry, I was trying to calm down my new wife, she started to panic out of nowhere so I had to do something before something unusually happened" Robin explained himself.
"Oh great, then maybe you should have spend few more hours with her to make sure she wouldn't to anything childish" the person said being sarcastic.
"Oh please, you are the one acting childish, Marian" Robin was getting frustrated with Marian's behavior lately.
"Oh how so my dear husband, Would you like to explain it to me?" Marian, now more irritated to being compared to a child.
"Oh I don't know. Maybe how you have been whiny and getting jealous for no reasons what so ever from Regina. You knew before we agreed to this, that this would happen so why are you trying to make it harder for me to concentrate on our plan. You know how much in need we are for that money" Robin tried to get through his real wife.
After hearing that from Robin, she came up to Robin and hugged him, "I know, I am sorry that I have been letting my feelings for you get in the way of our plan" her anger now all gone as she felt content at finally getting to touch Robin after few days.
Robin also let his irritation go and decided to enjoy this moment with Marian. He did really love Marian with all his heart but he knew that he felt something for Regina, maybe attractions or lust he didn't know but he knew it is not love. His heart only belonged to Marian he knew that from the first moment he saw Marian at the college they both attended. He was brought back from his memory when he felt Marian's lips on his neck.
He backed away from her, "What are you doing?" he asked as he went to the bathroom to check his neck in the mirror. "Marian, we can't do this right now, look now your lipstick is on my neck I hope there isn't a bruise because what I am going to tell Regina if she noticed" Robin let out in a hurry.
As he came out of the bathroom, he noticed that Marian was back to being jealous again so he corrected himself, "What I mean is that I lied to her that I was going to meet one of my client here in the hotel, you know that we can't do anything wrong because it will ruin everything, please try to see that" Robin didn't wanted to be angry with her again he hoped that she would try to see that.
"I know, I know right now it's all about her, all about Regina. You don't have to repeat yourself Robin" Marian tried very hard to not get angry at him, she knew its not his fault. Then she felt his arms again hugging her, trying to assure her that he was faithful to her and she knew that in her heart too but she just couldn't put her finger on it that something was telling her the opposite.
"I am sorry to ask this but can you leave me right now because sooner or later you have to go back to her since it's 'supposedly' your honeymoon night", she said while letting out a heavy breath.
Robin instantly let her go; he has never heard his wife ask him to leave her alone. This shocked him, but he knew that if he stayed things could get out of hand and he didn't want that so he left Marian and went to Regina.
