A/N: Wow, I'm so glad that you guys liked the first chapter well enough! I hope you like this one as well. It's basically a filler up for next one but I hope you still enjoy ;)

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"Okay, let me digest this here for a minute. You are pregnant?"

Opening her warm chocolate eyes as wide as she could and looking around to make sure that no one sitting outside their table listened to her Emma's outburst, Regina clenched her jaw as hard as she could and shook her head no.

"I didn't say I was pregnant… at least not yet." She said the words in a hiss, wondering why in hell had she confided such a delicate manner to the likes of Emma Swan.

Chocking on her coffee, the blonde covered her mouth to prevent it from spilling out. "Holy shit so you are actually trying to get pregnant? Does Henry know… and how come I didn't even know you were dating."

"He doesn't know." Regina said, her tone never ceasing to sound hostile. She just didn't like discussing her private life and what was worse, she hated asking for favors and basically that was why she called Swan, to ask for some help. "That's why I came to you, so maybe you could… I don't know, give me a hand on how to tell him."

"Okay." Emma said slowly as her eyes settled deep into the raven haired brown orbs. "So who is he?"

Blushing profusely, the former Queen ran the tip of her fingertips through her hair and shrugged. This was the really awkward part and she wasn't looking forward to revealing the rest of her story to Emma.

Sure, it was obvious that after going through so much over the past few years the two of them had overcome the initial rivalry that characterized them, but she was still far from calling the woman a friend.

"That doesn't concern you, Miss Swan." She said coldly and as a response, Emma shrugged and took a sip of her coffee.

"It's Robin; am I right or am I right?"

Opening her mouth to reply and then closing it shut, Regina cleared her throat and placed a hand casually over the table.

"Ha, I knew it. You know, I don't think Henry will be as surprised as you think he'll be… hell, I don't think anyone in town will be surprised like at all." Emma said that with a wink and once again, Regina wondered why did she think that telling the Charming's offspring would be a good idea.

"Not that this is any of your business, but Robin and I are just friends."

"Friends with benefits?"

"Just friends."

Or at least that was what she hoped… because even though she wouldn't say that their friendship was ruined after their night together, she could say without a doubt that the nature of it has changed.

For example, the next time they saw each other after 'that' night, has been more that a bit awkward. Regina evaded looking at him to the eye, he didn't touch her even once like he was used to and after exchanging a few words they each went their separate ways.

The next time was better though, one week after the whole thing happened, Robin made one of his rare phone calls and invited her to a cup of coffee after he would drop Roland in school and she accepted. At first she felt weird, but after a while she started to relax in his company and ended up talking about everything but their plans.

It was almost like in the old times… almost, because even though they didn't talk about it, the weight of what they did was present and she still couldn't look at him straight in the eye without feeling awkward.

A whole week has gone by since that coffee because she has been in one of her infamous retreats into her house, but now that she was out and about, she wouldn't doubt that she would run into him sometime during the night.

"Mary Margaret is going to drop dead when she hears about this, she has been going nonstop about how he looks at you and how you warmed up to him with such an ease."

Snorting in disbelieve at the fact that Snow liked to speculate about things that didn't concern her, Regina shook her head and made to get up from her chair.

"I shouldn't have told you any of this."

"No, no, no… stay. I swear I'll keep my mouth shut from now on."

Dropping her hand to the table, Regina forced herself to sit back and as if it wasn't such a big deal, she took a sip of her coffee and then took in a deep breath.

"Like I said before, not that this is any of your concern but I'm not dating anyone; I just… I've been thinking about this for quite some time and after weighting every option, I decided for an in vitro fertilization."

"Okay…"

And now the really good part. "Only that I wanted the father to be someone I knew and I… I asked Robin."

Keeping her face as straight as she could, Emma coughed a few times and Regina just watched her, waiting for the questions to come.

"So Robin is going to be the father of your baby?"

"If everything goes as planned, yes," She said before using her tongue to push the inside of her cheek.

"Alright, now I really need to process this so give me a second." With that said, Emma took a bite of the pancakes she had ordered and after chewing for what felt like an eternity, she swallowed it down. "With Robin being out of the Enchanted Forest so recently… how did you convince him of going with the in vitro? I mean does he even know how that works, or that he has to go to a lab and you know… do the deed in a cup?"

Breathing in, Regina prepared herself to break the news nobody but her and Robin knew. "Well, he said yes to fathering my child; only that he didn't want to do the in vitro thing and he wanted to you know, conceive the natural way."

At that, Emma's lips broke into a big smile and she pulled her chair closer to Regina's. For some reason that Regina couldn't quite comprehend, she seemed over-excitedly and giddy and she was sure that she was trying to contain herself.

"And what did you say?"

"Do you think I would be sitting here telling you this if I had said no?" Regina spat because yes, they were both adults and she doubted Emma was innocent in the arts of 'coupling', but she didn't really wanted to discuss her personal business.

"I see… so you are after all friends with benefits."

"No… we were completely emotionally detached during the whole thing and the only purpose we did it was to get me pregnant."

"Oh don't give me that bullshit, you can't have sex with a friend and be emotionally detached, it's impossible. The two of you made love to have a baby and that makes you bond with him in ways you will never bond with anyone else. I think it's beautiful."

Groaning, Regina looked away. She didn't like to think about it but yeah, maybe Emma was right. Being with Robin has been very special… sure, it hadn't been a mind blowing experience but after the initial awkwardness she ended up enjoying it and it was definitely something she wasn't going to forget anytime soon.

But no, it wasn't as if she wanted to talk about it; after all she was a very private person and as a rule, she was very jealous about her personal affairs.

"So do you think I should just wait until I actually get pregnant to tell Henry or should I leave little hints before telling him for sure?"

"Tell him at once, he's a very perceptive kid and beating around the bushes won't work for him. Do you want to take him over the weekend so that you two could talk?"

Parting her lips to answer that yes, she would have her son over but then closing it back when she saw no other than Robin walking into the dinner with Charming, Regina, brushed her hair behind her ear and tried to act as casually as she could.

Robin walked in looking cheerful as always, a big smile plastered on his face as he chatted amicably with the blond by his side. But as he spotted her, his eyes lit up even more and flashing her way an even bigger smile, he started to make his way towards her.

Emma saw her looking and turning her head to see what it was, she grinned. "Okay, I think I need to find Killian to tell him we have the weekend for ourselves so see you later." With that said, the woman stood up and left.

It didn't take long for Robin to get to her and once he was close enough he sat on the chair the blonde just vacated.

"Hey,"

"Hey yourself."

She replied his accustomed greeting.

Licking his lips and reaching for her water to drink from it, Robin locked eyes with her and smiled faintly.

"Sure, help yourself." She said while pointing to the glass of water he just took.

Indifferent to her cutting tone, Robin placed both elbows over the table and shrugged. "So what's new, are you with child yet?"

Yeah, leave it to the former outlaw to go straight to the point. Clearing her throat and brushing her hair behind her ear once more, Regina arched and eyebrow and shrugged in the same manner that he did.

"I don't know, I need to wait a few days and see." And that was synonymous to 'I'm not supposed to have my period until next week and I need to miss it first to get the tests done.' Of course, she didn't think he wanted to know that kind of information so she didn't share it.

"Alright, if wait he must, then wait we shall. Nervous?"

"More than nervous I feel anxious. I'm telling Henry this weekend."

"Ah, talking about Henry, the other day I saw him getting cozy with a girl at the park." After saying that, he clicked his tongue to his cheek and waited for her response.

"Liar." She said at least, her tone raspy and sure.

Humming, the blue eyed man leaned a bit into her. "I am a lot of things, Regina, but a liar is not one of them."

Narrowing her eyes as she tried to read out of his blue orbs the truth, Regina gasped and slammed a hand to the table. "Define cozy."

"As cozy as a lad his age would get with a pretty girl he fancies."

"Nooo." Regina said, feeling incredulous that her son could already be in that phase. He was still a boy… she didn't want him going out with girls… especially with girls she didn't even know.

"Yes."

Shaking her head, she closed her eyes and drew in a deep breath. "Well thanks, Robin, as if I didn't have enough to worry about."

As soon as her words were out, Robin reached for her hand and took it in his. It was the first time he actually touched her in almost two weeks and for some reason her eyes got glued to the way he interlaced his fingers with hers.

It was almost hypnotic, his hand was way larger than hers and yet they seemed to fit perfectly together.

"What else are you worrying about?"

Blowing out the breath she just took, Regina opened her mouth to reply. "To start things, I'm worried about not being pregnant… and, well I worry about Emma telling the Charming clan and Hook what I just told her and now, now I worry about Henry having a 'girlfriend'. Gods even the word makes me shiver…"

"I see. Well I can just help you with one of those."

"Yeah?" She asked almost dumbly and Robin chuckled.

"Sure, if you didn't get with child on first try we'll just try again."

Moving her eyes up to meet his, Regina felt a heat creeping up to her face and she wished he was looking away. But he wasn't and she was almost sure by the smile on his face that he noticed that she was blushing.

"I mean last time wasn't so bad, or was it?"

Rolling her eyes, Regina did her best to make a grimace and shrugging, she arched an eyebrow. "It wasn't bad for a thief… I guess."

He snorted and squeezed her hand. "Well you aren't bad for a snotty Queen."

Fixing him with a cold glance, Regina tilted her head to the said. "Excuse me?"

"But back to the point, we all know that practice makes perfection and come on, I have to get at least one good shot."

Putting her hand down, the raven haired beauty blinked a few times. "Alright, we'll wait one more week and then we'll decide okay? Now let's not talk about this right in this moment." She didn't want to stress herself with thoughts of having to ask him for a second try.

Without letting go of her hand, Robin chuckled. "Alright, but let me tell you something. I think I'm getting a kick out of making you blush, it's so easy."

Moving her head to the side and chuckling as well, Regina rolled her eyes. "I don't, blush!"

Pouting her lips, Regina shook her head. "So, who was this girl you saw Henry with?" So yes, she changed the subject as she wanted to talk about anything but what could happen if she wasn't pregnant because seriously…

She just hoped that she got pregnant with their first try because she really didn't know what she would do if she had to have sex with him once again. She survived one time already without letting her feelings intervene, but she didn't know if she would be so lucky with a second time, a third or even a fourth…

But for now, more waiting and then she would see.