Baby Daddy Ch3

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A/N: Thank you for all the follows, favs, comments and PMs on both sites FFN and AO3. I must say though I know who the other parent is going to be obviously but I'm shocked by who the majority so far want as the endgame! Shits gonna get reaaaaal!

Baby On Board

As David and Regina stood by the stairs, Regina glanced over at Snow "Guest bedroom is upstairs second door on the right. There's an attached bath as well, clean towels are underneath the sink."

Snow glanced at Charming and said "Will you help her up the stairs?"

"I'm not an invalid," Regina replied testily.

"Of course," said Charming.

Snow proceded to go up the stairs, leaving Charming to deal with a frustrated Queen.

"Well" said David, looking at an exhausted Regina, leaning against the wall. "There's the easy way or the hard way."

Regina just looked at him through half lidded eyes, too tired to think.

"Okay then." David grinned.

Without missing a beat David bent down and put one arm underneath the back of Regina's smooth legs behind her knees, while the other arm slid across her back. He lifted her as he stood up straight. She made an undignified noise as her arms automatically came up around his neck and shoulder.

"Are you crazy!"she exclaimed "I must weigh 200 pounds!"

David just chuckled as he took a step up the stairs, he had to admit she was not as heavy as he was expecting. He tried to ignore how comfortable she felt in his arms, the more time he spent with her this evening he felt as if maybe they had grown closer in the enchanted forest. Maybe they had finally buried the hatchet and started becoming friends. It seemed as if maybe her and Snow had made the same progress so maybe it wasn't all that far fetched that they could have too.

After carefully making his way up the stairs he pivoted and asked "Which room?"

"I can walk myself," Regina replied.

"I'm already carrying you," David said "Might as well deliver you to your door."

Regina's head turned to the door at the end of the hallway, so David walked towards it and pushed it open. Careful not to bang her head or legs against the open doorway, he moved inside towards her bed and carefully bent down to put her back on her feet, his hands moved to her waist to make sure that she was balanced before letting go. "Your bedchambers your Majesty," David said with a mock bow and slight chuckle under his breath.

"You must be deceivingly strong under all those flannel shirts Shepherd," Regina bit back somewhat teasingly.

"Must be," said David "Hang on just one second," he said before leaving the room.

She wondered where he had gone to, but didn't give it too much thought as she pulled back the covers on her bed, she went into her bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face for the night, as she walked back into her room David was coming through the door carrying the boxes that he came with.

"As I said before they're probably not what you want or would ever buy for yourself, most of the shirts are actually mine as they're probably the only thing that will fit at the moment, sorry about that.."

She tried to smile politely knowing they were doing her a favour, but inwardly cringed at what she would actually find in the boxes "Thank you, I'll look through them in the morning, I appreciate the effort you and Snow went through tonight."

"Of course," he said "Well I hope you get a good night sleep I have a feeling tomorrow will be a busy day for all of us, sweet dreams." He tried not to look at her too long, she looked beautiful with her face scrubbed clean and not a stitch of makeup on, he turned to leave the room and go find his wife when he heard her say "You too, and if you or Snow need anything you know where to find me during the night."

Regina happily got into bed she truly was exhausted the stress of this pregnancy physically and mentally draining her of all her energy. She had some goals for tomorrow she would ask Emma about speaking to Hook as covertly as she could, for she didn't want anybody to suspect that it might be his baby and perhaps he could shed more light on who she had been hanging around with, and becoming, dare she say, friends with, she also needed to speak with this Robin Hood but should that come before or after she speaks to Rumple and Whale? It would probably be easier for her to just call Whale and make an appointment for an ultrasound, as much as she didn't want to maybe Rumple could meet her after she had the ultrasound done, two birds one stone, her time was currently precious. She didn't know when it happened but she must have dozed off, she woke up to a pain in her ribs that left her gasping for breath. Glancing at the bedside clock she saw that she'd been asleep for two hours. Sighing and realizing she was thirsty and now wide awake she slowly got out of bed. The baby was kicking like crazy, probably punching too, of course her child would hate her and bruise her from the inside, she chuckled darkly. Very slowly she made her way down the stairs, it took a while but she finally reached the kitchen.

She decided to make some decaffeinated tea thankful that she had some. It took much longer than she ever expected, she kept having to stop every few seconds as the baby just kept kicking. It was such an odd sensation and although it hurt it still brought a small smile to her face. Rummaging around and putting the kettle on she suddenly heard footsteps on the stairs and standing before her in the kitchen was none other than David in his tank top and boxers. She realized quite quickly that she never offered either Snow or David anything to sleep in. She tried to keep her eyes off of his exceedingly toned arms and shoulders visible because of his top as he leaned against the kitchen doorway with his arms across his chest.

"I'm so sorry did I wake you," Regina said "I didn't realize how much noise I was making, I just wanted some tea I was…" her sentence cut off suddenly and she grimaced and put her hand back on her stomach grabbing the spot where she was just poked.

"I didn't even hear you," said David "Snow is snoring, and I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd get something to drink, what about you, are you okay?" he said taking in the grimace on her face.

"It's the baby," she replied, at the look of concern on his face she corrected herself "No I mean he or she won't stop kicking and moving it woke me up and now I can't get them to stop I've tried rubbing my stomach but it doesn't seem to calm them down." She paused, and smirked "Of course the princess snores."

"Like a bear," David nodded but put a finger to his lip to indicate not to tell.

The kettle began to whistle she turned to look at David "Would you like some tea I was just gonna have a cup to see if it would settle them down, sit in the living room for a bit."

"Sure," he said with a smile. He watched her make the tea leaving the milk and sugar and a nod of her head and hand to indicate to him to do with as he wanted. He walked over to her and made his tea when she was done with hers as well he grabbed both cups and carried them into the sitting room carefully placing them on some coasters on the table in front of the couch. She joined him on the couch sitting on the opposite side, not that that left a lot of distance between them as it was basically a loveseat. "Thank you," she said indicating the tea he brought in for her. As she went to take a sip she got a particularly hard jab right in her ribs that left her sputtering and a little breathless.

David grabbed the tea from her and put a hand on her shoulder "Hey hey easy it's okay, maybe you should try talking to it they do that in movies right and it calms them down, the baby."

Rubbing the side of her torso where the last kick had landed she was almost willing to try anything, looking at David though he interrupted her thoughts and asked "Can I?" while looking at her bump with one hand raised slightly above it.

"Um oh, okay," she stuttered it was obviously something she had never experienced before, somebody else touching her stomach for this kind of reason. She honestly didn't know how she felt about it but figured she might have to get used to it, she recalled TV shows and movies that she had seen, romantic comedies and such that she would deny ever watching if anybody ever asked, that people touched pregnant women's bellies all the time.

He always wanted to consider himself very paternal but he honestly had no experience being a father at this point. He'd known Emma for all of a couple years and they'd only been together for maybe half of that, fighting some crazy manchild in Pan in Neverland no less. Still he put his hand on her stomach through her robe and about 20 seconds later he felt it. She made a noise again but he had felt it against his hand a kick, perhaps the baby's foot or who knows maybe it was actually a fist, a punch, a little fighter in there already. With her as his mother this baby would be strong. He couldn't help wondering who the father was, it made him wish he could remember the last 12 months even more. He didn't realize he had even begun doing it but he found himself telling a nursery rhyme that his mother had told him on the farm growing up. Regina had chuckled at first, but five minutes in to the story she was no longer grimacing in pain and David could no longer feel anything against his palm. He smiled so cockily up at Regina.

"What's that look for Shepherd she scowled." She didn't like that smile or the twinkle in those mischievous blue eyes.

"I've got the magic touch," he said and couldn't help laughing at the irony of the statement.

She couldn't roll her eyes hard enough, cocky bastard she thought, but she was actually grateful that the baby had settled down. She found it hard to listen to the story and focus on it as his hand had continued to rub against her stomach, nothing separating it from her skin except her thin silk robe. She chalked it up to pregnancy hormones and the fact that although she didn't like the Shepherd she couldn't deny that he was a good looking man. It didn't help that he was in boxers and a tank top either, she couldn't see his chest and abs but if his arms and shoulders were anything to go by the rest was probably equally as chiseled. And although she tried not to look his butt looked great too, she couldn't deny that she had perhaps glanced at it once or twice when he was wearing particular pairs of jeans that really accentuated it. She supposed that is something him and his daughter have in common their asses both look great in jeans. She almost snorted at the thought but begrudgingly said "Thank you david I think I'll be able to sleep now." She had been sipping on her tea while he told the story and felt a lot calmer now.

"I'm glad I could help," he said as he got off the couch and held his hand down to her to help her up.

After heaving her off the couch they took their cups into the kitchen and left them in the sink to be cleaned in the morning. They made their way back to the stairs and when he glanced at her she held up her hand "No it's okay I can get up them on my own right now I'm not as tired as I was earlier,"

He begrudgingly nodded but stood behind her as she slowly made her way up the steps. He quickly realized this could have been a mistake for her ass was now level with his eyes and her robe ended just a few inches below it. The silk robe was thin and showed off her womanly figure from behind. Her hips were fuller from the pregnancy but looked amazing and her legs were still just as toned as ever, as the muscles flexed as she made her way up the stairs. He wondered how her legs stayed in such good shape but realized 30 years and more of wearing ridiculously high heels probably helped. He rubbed a hand down his face as they made it to the top of the stairs she turned and placed her hand on his arm.

"Seriously David I appreciate what you did tonight thank you I don't throw that term out lightly."

David just smiled and tried to ignore the sensation of her hand on his arm. He didn't know why he was feeling this way he figured he must have been missing his wife, with all the curses and villains it's not as if they'd had a lot of alone time and he was just a man after all. He couldn't help that Regina happened to be a particularly beautiful woman, probably the most beautiful he'd ever actually seen in person, it kind of was not fair. "Get some sleep you and baby both need it." He turned and went back into the room with Snow.

She was still snoring and in the same position he had left her. He climbed into bed and pulled the sheet back over his torso. He couldn't explain it but he felt calm when he had been in Regina's presence on the couch. He felt proud of himself for being able to calm the baby down. He had no experience with babies or children even and very little with being a father altogether so it made him feel even better that he was able to get the baby to just stop kicking. He tried to remember Snow's pregnancy with Emma but for the life of him he didn't remember moments like that. He supposed every woman is different and from what he's seen on TV shows and movies in this world Snow was different. She had been colder throughout her pregnancy and hadn't wanted to be touched. She had a bit of sickness but not a lot she was lucky like that he guessed. They never had sex during the pregnancy she had been scared that he would hurt the baby as he was well endowed. That was different than the movies showed but he supposes they were fake for a reason. He wondered what Regina had been like during hers. Had Snow and him been supportive and helpful through the whole thing or had the father been the one taking care of and helping her. It was going to bug him he knew it was, maybe he could talk to Emma, they were the police for God sakes, surely they could figure out whose baby it was and didn't they have tests for that kind of thing in this world. Snow's snoring began to roll him into sleep, good he thought. The father was needed to support that baby he probably didn't even know at the moment that he was going to be a father since he couldn't remember the last 12 months. That was his last thought before sleep finally overtook him for the night.

Up next: we finally get that conversation with Robin Hood special appearance by those dimples too.

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