A/N: I posted 2 chapters back-to-back today, so make sure you've read chapter 3 before this one. To those wondering, this won't exactly follow the show's narrative. For example Rumples alive and well. Neal is still dead. And Zelena cast the curse on her own she sacrificed "Oz" aka Emma's monkey boyfriend from the show. So that silly relationship never happened either.

Disclaimer: I don't own OUaT or anything else.

Tattoos and Dimples

The morning found Regina as rested as can be considering she got about four hours sleep. She quickly went through the box of clothes, scoffing at most of them. She was able to find a shirt that would button up over her bump, and a skirt with a hideous elastic band that fell a couple inches above her knee. She was thankful her underwear still fit for the most part, although most of her butt seemed to hang out more than it did before. She had decided on a black satin thong that felt comfortable against her skin and finally found a bra that she could at least do up and breathe at the same time. That was something she was going to have to get today, she refused to ask Snow to shop for her bra and panties. She didn't even want to imagine what kind of granny panty horrors that woman wore, ironically probably the same kind Granny actually wore. Now that she thought about it those two women dressed remarkably alike.

Regina had made her way down stairs slowly as always now it seemed. It was early not even nine o'clock yet. She quickly cleaned the cups from last night that her and charming had used and put them back where they belonged. Looking in her pantry she decided just to make some simple oatmeal for breakfast it was quick and nutritious and would have to do. She turned on the coffee maker even though she didn't plan on having any herself. After she did that she whipped up the oatmeal, enough for the three of them, by the time she was done the coffee was ready as well, and she heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

"Good morning," Snow beamed at her "How did you sleep, I always slept like a log when I was pregnant with Emma."

"Definitely not a log," Regina said "I caught a couple hours though. It was hard to get comfortable I'll admit and the baby was kicking a lot early in the night but so far hasn't been too bad today."

"Oh Emma barely moved from what I can remember and you're much bigger than I ever was so there's that too," Snow smiled. Behind her David frowned knowing that probably wasn't what you said to a pregnant woman, or a pregnant Queen, or a pregnant Regina of all people.

"Right well thank you for that dear, just what every pregnant woman likes to hear how fat they are."

Snow's face fell "Oh no Regina that's not what I meant I'm.."

"It's fine, that mouth of yours has never not gotten you into trouble has it? Moving on, I made oatmeal and there's coffee for both of you, I don't mean to be rude but there is a lot I need to accomplish today and I'd like to get going and on to the first thing as soon as possible."

"Is there anything we can do to help?" Snow inquired.

"Ask your daughter I'm sure there's a lot of things but I have some errands I need to run and some people I need to speak with."

"Your errands I could run those for you, I could probably get them done a lot quicker, free up more of your time for the important stuff," Snow smiled trying to make up for her fat comment earlier.

"No that's okay really I appreciate everything you both did last night but I will handle things from here."

"No really Regina I insist I mean shopping, anything I can do it and that way you can concentrate on Robin Hood and Gold and finding out more about your baby."

Regina was getting beyond frustrated why was it so hard to get this woman off her back. If she knew the answer to that then the past 30 years would have been very different.

Snow was still rattling on "I mean really what errands could you possibly have that I couldn't take care of for you."

"Damn it Snow I need to go shopping for bras and panties okay. Is it okay to do that myself or are you going to try them on for me and make sure that they fit. Because in case you haven't realized my size has changed a bit since we've been back and now my breasts are too big for my bras and my ass is hanging out of most of my panties, thongs aside as that is their purpose, but if I go into labour suddenly I don't want whale seeing me in a lacy thong."

Snow's head turned the colour of one of Regina's apples and was gaping like a fish. David had a blush slowly creeping up his neck and cheeks and was looking anywhere but at Regina whereas Snow couldn't take her eyes off of her.

"Oh um yes right uh of of course yeah it makes sense that maybe you take care of that."

"Thank you for your permission," Regina drawled sarcastically.

They all took their bowls of oatmeal and drinks and sat at the table. There wasn't much talking going on after the outburst in the kitchen. Snow and David said they were going to go back to the apartment and regroup and talk to Emma. After cleaning and putting the dishes away they all headed out the front door ready for the day.

"Thank you for breakfast and your hospitality," David said before they got into their respective vehicles.

Regina turned begrudgingly towards the couple she glanced at Snow but her eyes settled on David as she said "Thank you for all your help last night and the groceries and clothes…" she murmured the last word.

"Let us know if you need anything," David said as he got into his truck. He gave her one last smile before they pulled away.

Regina got into her car with extreme difficulty, she had to put her seat back as far as it would go. She made sure to drive very carefully and made her way into the main part of town where the shops were. The store she wanted was open and she was able to quickly make her purchases and was walking back to her car across the street when suddenly a young boy ran out onto the street as a car came barrelling around the corner. He was only a few feet away from her so she lunged for him and managed to snag him around his waist, she wasn't sure how she moved so quickly in her state, but figured it was motherly instincts taking over. The car missed him by inches and he brought his tiny body around her leg his head pressing into her thigh.

"Roland!" a male voice yelled out. Looking up she saw no other than Robin Hood running towards her.

"Daddy!" Roland cried and threw his arms around Robin's neck.

"You're okay," Robin said as he smoothed his hand down Roland's back and grasped the back of his head with his other hand. He looked up at Regina "Thank you" he blurted out. "I can never thank you enough for that."

"It was nothing," she said. "The car shouldn't have been driving that erratically especially in this part of town."

"Roland shouldn't have run out into the street either, I saw the whole thing you could have been hurt, so again thank you I owe you a great debt. This is my son Roland I don't believe you got to meet him yesterday."

The young boy turned towards Regina and held out his hand "Thank you," he said.

"You are very welcome, try to be more careful darling."

Looking back at Robin, "I was actually hoping to run into you today Mr Locksley. How was your night at Granny's?"

"The food was okay but the night was a bit rough to be honest and we're used to the woods," he chuckled. "It was a bit cramped, I ended up on one of the benches outside of the restaurant."

Regina felt terrible here was this nice man and his ridiculously adorable son and they had nowhere to even sleep while she had an entire mansion to herself since Henry still didn't know who she was. Maybe it was the lack of sleep but for some reason she found herself offering "I have a few spare rooms and a kitchen, perhaps until you can find something more permanent or we can find a way to get you back home you and your son would like to stay with me?"

"What, your Majesty, that's an inexplicably generous offer especially after you just saved my son!"

"I know we don't know each other very well and I won't be offended if you decline I know you've heard the stories, the things I've done in my past but my son currently is with his other mother so I have empty bedrooms to spare. And it would give me some peace of mind to have somebody else in the house in case I go into labour of course."

"I've done things in my past I'm not proud of either so I can hardly hold yours against you. From what I've seen and heard you've changed or at least you're trying to so if the offer still stands then yes we would love to stay with you. I'm not sure what kind of supplies your town offers but if you have tents and building materials available I think my men would still prefer to make a kind of camp in the woods if that's alright with you."

"Of course anything to make this transition and time easier, I'll make some phone calls and make the equipment available and any other necessities."

"Thank you your Majesty," Robin smiled at her.

He truly did have a very handsome face which looked even better when he smiled. She found herself almost blushing, smiling back she said "Please just call me Regina."

Regina turned to pick up her bags, "Granny knows my address so you can head over whenever you'd like after you've gotten your merry men situated."

"We will and thank you again for saving Roland."

Roland nodded and smiled up at her dimples on full display, melting her heart and she was sure they had melted the hearts of many before her it wasn't fair how cute his child was. She wondered who his mother was because the child didn't look very much like his father. But she hadn't seen a woman around Robin nor had anybody mentioned a mother so she wouldn't bring it up. Not every mother was in their child's life especially in the enchanted forest. "I'll see you 2 later then good luck with the rest of your day and no more running in the streets." She winked at Roland before turning and walking back to her car with her bags in her hand, thankful that Robin didn't recognize the logo for being the lingerie shop in town. Although she realized he probably didn't even know what a thong was. She put her bags in her trunk got into her car and drove to the mayor's office to begin the rest of her day and assignments.

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