Very quick update for Thanksgiving! Hope you all had a good one! :)
There was so much to do and he could tell that Regina was working herself out, he had no idea why she had made the decision to have everyone around for thanksgiving, she had to be insane. It was her due date any day now and here she was in the kitchen sat on a stool as she piped mini meringues. She'd been baking all day the day before and promised him that she had only stood up to get things in and out of the oven.
He hadn't believed her at first, but seeing her now she really did have a system going on. Her tongue was peeking out of her lips as she concentrated on making each of the sweet meringues the same size, apparently, she was going to make them into tiny pavlovas, as if they didn't have enough desserts on offer, she had already made a pumpkin pie, apple tarts and chocolate trifle. At the minute though Regina was crazy for dessert, even if she was just about ready to pop.
She had gotten so big and her belly was all round and beautiful, she was glowing though, even if she was exhausted and running on hardly any sleep, there was no stopping her, she was going to do what she wanted to and he had no say in the matter. In fact, he had been banished from the kitchen and was now sat at the dining room table peeling vegetables.
Cora had offered to host Thanksgiving this year, but Regina said that she wanted to do it and she tended to get what she wanted. Robin wasn't so sure though, he had tried his hardest to talk her out of it, saying that they had plenty more years to host the holiday celebrations. He didn't want to put too much on her, stress wasn't good, she had just hit back with the fact that she'd been bored stupid day in day out and would look forward to having something to do.
She didn't seem too stressed which was a good thing, but she was definitely tired, he knew that much, she just couldn't seem to find a comfortable position in bed, she rolled around like a crazy person, telling him that it wasn't safe to sleep on her back and she had to sleep on her side, something he already knew, but she found the need to remind him at one am when he had a shift at five the next morning. Not that he minded, he knew she was the one suffering not him and if he got a few restless nights because of her discomfort he could deal with that.
He'd just peeled the last potato when he heard something fall to the floor in the kitchen, "Gina?" he stood from the chair, bringing the potatoes with him, seeing that she had managed to drop the piping bag she had been holding, the one which had all the meringue mix inside. Luckily she'd had the majority of them piped anyway, he had a feeling that they were going to be eating left overs for the foreseeable future, "you okay babe?"
He picked up the bag and handed it to her, hearing the huff she let out, "hmm, just a little tired and clumsy," she nodded putting the piping bag down and trying to slide off her seat.
Robin shook his head, "I can do it, what do you need?"
"Can you please put those in the oven and check on the Turkey?"
They had a massive turkey because there were quite a lot of people coming over to dinner, Regina's mother and Father, Zelena and her boyfriend; Robin's mum and dad had come over also, not for thanksgiving but because Regina was so close to her due date and they wanted to see the baby. Unfortunately for them the guest room had been turned into a nursery for the baby, so they had to stay at a hotel, something they didn't seem to mind. Then they also had other friends who were coming, ones both from work and from outside work. It was to be quite the feast, he just hoped that Regina made it through.
He did as he was told and put them in the oven before turning to Regina, "babe, I think you need to go sit on the couch for a while."
"I'm fine Robin," she sighed, closing her eyes as she rubbed her belly.
"No, sweetheart you're not, come on," he helped her down from her seat, surprised by the lack of protest as he helped her into the sitting room and moved her into the comfy arm chair, grabbing the foot stool for good measure. "Just shout if you need anything, it's all under control okay," he kissed the top of her head before making his way back into the kitchen. He had no idea how he was going to finish everything on his own, but he was bloody well going to try.
About an hour later and it looked like a bomb had gone off him the kitchen, there was flour everywhere and vegetable skins. He most certainly didn't have things under control, he'd checked on Regina and she was sleeping with the cat on her, so he wasn't going to wake her, especially when she'd had such a bad night the night before. She needed her rest, but that meant that he was left alone to cook the thanksgiving supper. He could handle it, he was a doctor and he'd dealt with much more stressful things than this.
Some of the guests had turned up, including both sets of parents who were now in the sitting room being very quiet around Regina, all except his mother, she had come into the kitchen to lend a helping hand, something that he was more than helpful for, even if he had already done most of the hard bit on his own. "Regina seems shattered," Caroline commented as she glanced at Robin.
"Yeah, well she isn't sleeping so good, you know with the baby so close, she's struggling to sleep."
"I remember it well," she chuckled nudging him playfully, "you were constantly kicking me."
"I apologise for that, if I had know I wouldn't have done it," he laughed shaking his head as he took the turkey out of the oven and stood it on the counter. The oven had been way too small to cook everything all at once, so many of the things had been precooked and just needed to be heated up. "I we manage to pull this off I will be very surprised."
"It isn't all about perfection Robin, it's about coming together, no one will care," she shrugged, heading off in the direction of the dining room to finish the last finishing touches on the table.
Robin took a deep breath, she was right, it wasn't all about the food, it was about being together and having a good time with one another, celebrating the year and everything they were thankful for, this year, he had a hell of a lot of things on his list.
Everyone was sat around the table, he'd managed to get the food out and had woken Regina, apparently, she had been able to sleep through almost fifteen people talking all around her, he felt guilty waking her up, but he knew that she wouldn't want to miss dinner, so he had carefully woken her. She had been more than annoyed that he hadn't woken her earlier so that she could get ready, but once she had seen her family, she seemed to forget about it.
She was sat to his right, her head resting on his shoulder as everyone made their toasts, saying things they were thankful for. She kept stealing little bits of food off her plate and clearly thought that he hadn't noticed, but of course he had and he thought it was adorable.
"Regina? Your turn," her father nodded in her direction.
She looked around biting her lip as she shook her head, "I think it might be a little self-explanatory don't you," she chuckled as she rubbed her protruding belly, causing everyone around the table to laugh, "but I am so thankful for everything in my life, for this little baby which we cannot wait to meet and for Robin for being the best fiancé I could wish for. I am just so happy…" She stopped almost suddenly and Robin looked at her in confusion, trying to work out what was going on.
"Gina?"
"Your turn," she smiled, nudging him.
"You okay?"
"Of course, yes, fine, your turn."
"Right, yeah, well obviously there are so many things that I can hardly even name them all. Regina, you are literally everything to me, I'm just so thankful for you and for the happiness you brought into my life, not to mention our baby, so yeah. I have everything I ever dreamed off and I…"
He saw Regina reach out and grip the table, her knuckles turning white and her eyes scrunched closed. "Babe?"
"Carry on," she instructed through gritted teeth and that's when he realised what was going on.
"Oh my god, it's happening now?"
"Yes," she nodded, "but I want to eat so if we can just… hurry up the speeches a little, oh god!" she cried.
Robin felt himself begin to panic, she was going into labour right now at the dinner table, "okay, come on, we need to get you to the hospital."
"But the food," She couldn't be serious, surely not, was she really thinking about sitting at the dinner table to eat whilst she was in labour? When he pulled her chair back he saw the damp patch on her dress and realised that her waters had broken, Regina protested as he lifted her from her seat saying that she could walk, but he had her in his arms and wasn't putting her down unless it was in the car. This was really happening right now, the baby seemed to know how to make an entrance.
"The food will be here when we get back, but right now, we need to go. Regina, we're about to be parents!" There was only one place they needed to be and apparently thanksgiving was about to give them a whole lot more to be thankful for.
