Chapter 4: The sleepover

Regina closes the door and takes a deep breath. She collects herself before getting to work. The rest of the day seems to fly by. She has been dreading thesleepover she is having tonight with Roland and Robin. Robin had just poured his heart out and she was hoping that it wouldn't make things awkward. She wanted tonight to be perfect for Roland, he is so important to her.

Right before she was about to leave there was a knock at her door. She sighs and says, "Come in, but make it quick I have stuff to do." Snow walks in cheery as ever which made Regina roll her eyes and ask, "what do you need?" Snow lets out a sigh and sits down across from Regina and says, "We need to talk."

"About?" Regina questionably asks. Snow takes a deep breath before saying, "You have seemed off all day today. Everything seemed to be fine except when I mentioned something about Robin. What happened Regina?" Regina inhales sharply and forces a smile and replies, "Nothing, we are fine." Snow rolls her eyes and says, "I don't believe that. I know when you are lying to me. Don't shut me out Regina I can help you." Regina looks down and says, "nothing can help what has happened. I know that you are trying to help, but right now that's not what I need. I just need some time to think. I will tell you soon, I promise." Snow gets up and hugs Regina and replies, "I know things will work out." Tears begin to form in Regina eyes as she hugs Snow tighter. She releases her and gives her a sad smile and says, "thank you," as Snow walks out of the door.

Regina takes a deep breath as she gathers her things and heads home. When she arrives she starts making dinner so it will be ready when Roland and Robin get there. She puts the lasagna in the oven and sets the timer for an hour. She hears a knock at the door. "Shit, I didn't think they would be here yet," Regina whispers to herself. She opens the door and looks down at Roland as he gives her the biggest smile and yells, "Gina!" She picks him up and spins him around as he giggles. Robin looks at the two of them with so much love. Regina gives Roland a kiss and looks at Robin and says, "I wasn't expecting you for another hour. I don't even have dinner ready."

Robin looks at Roland and then back at Regina and laughs as he says, "Someone just couldn't wait to get here. He's been asking me when we were going to come over since he woke up this morning."

Regina lets out a loud laugh and looks at Roland and asks, "is that so?" Roland blushes and looks down bashfully and whispers, "Yes." Regina giggles and sets him down and asks, "would you like a snack?" His eyes light up as he says, "Do you have any chocolate?" Regina gives him a stern look and says, "you don't want to spoil your dinner. I made lasagna just for you. How about some grapes?" Roland pouts and says, "I guess. When is Henry going to be here?" She gets him a handful of grapes and says, "He should be here any minute." Just as she says that, Henry walks in. Roland jumps out of his seat and runs to him and gives him a big hug. Henry ruffles his hair and says, "hey buddy."

Roland gives him a giant smile and asks, "can we go play in your room until dinner is ready?" Henry looks at his mom and she nods giving her approval. He replies, "of course we can. Let's go." Roland runs up the stairs and Henry follows him.

After Roland leaves there is tension between Robin and Regina. Regina tries to make conversation to break the tension between them. "How has your day been," Regina asks. Robin clears his throat and says, "its been okay I guess. How was yours?" Regina responds, "It was good for the most part." After that the awkward silence returns.

Regina speaks up again and whispers, "you looked at her the way you look at me and that hurt so much because you always look at me like I am the entire universe."

"Regina, you are my universe. I can't function without you. I hate that I did this to you. I can't even fathom why I did it in the first place. My life is incomplete without you. You are my other half. I'm scared. I don't want to let you go. You're the mornings that remind me I'm alive and the evenings that remind me I made it through the day. You're my ray of hope and now I'm terrified that you are going to leave. I don't want you to be with me if you're not happy. All I want is to make sure that you'll be happy, even if it is without me," Robin says as he begins to sob.

Regina begins to cry and just stays silent. After a few minutes she collected herself and begins to speak. She says, "I love you with my whole soul. I don't want to lose you, but I need time to process this all. I can't believe that you did this to me. I don't understand how you could kiss someone else. Why would you kiss someone that you don't love? It just doesn't make any sense. Tomorrow I'm going to try to get something out of Emma. There has to be some kind of reasonable explanation. I just don't believe that you could cheat on me. But maybe something happened in Camelot that made you do this. I at least need some sort of explanation of why this happened."

Robin looks down and says solemnly, "I wish that I was able to answer that. " The timer on the oven sounds and Regina goes in the kitchen and takes the lasagna out. She gives it a few minutes to cool before calling the boys down for dinner.

All through dinner Roland kept staring at Regina and giving her weird looks. Regina eventually asks him what's wrong. He looks down and says, "Are you and daddy breaking up?" Regina is stunned. She replies, "of course not sweetie. Why do you think that?"

A tear rolls down Roland's cheek as he stammers, "I heard daddy saying that he wants you to be happy, even if it's without him." Regina gets up and pulls Roland into a hug and says, "me and your daddy are going through a rough patch, but that doesn't mean that we are breaking up. I love you Roland." He looks into Regina eyes as a small smile starts to form and as he says, "I love you too Gina. Is there desert?" She laughs and says, "Of course there is. Do you want an apple turnover?" Roland quickly nods his head.

After dinner the boys go back up to Henry's room while Regina and Robin clean up. Regina laughs as she says, "I think Roland may have missed Henry a little more than me. It seems like he had other intentions than just seeing me today." Robin smiles and replies, "I think he missed you both, but Henry is just more fun to play with." Regina looks a him with a playful look in her eyes and says, "are you saying I'm not fun?" Robin throws his head back in laugher as he replies, "of course not Milady." Regina smacks him playfully with a towel and gets back to drying the dishes.

Robin stands right beside her washing the dishes and he says, "I've missed talking to you like that. I know it's only been a day, but I've missed that playful glint in your eye and your beautiful laugh." Regina looks down and says, "I missed talking to you like that also. And your forest scent." Robin laughs loudly and replies, "I had a feeling you were going to say that." His laughter dies down and he starts talking again. He says, "I know we were just having a nice conversation, but I need to change it to a serious one for just a minute. I meant what I said in the living room. I don't want you to stay with me if you aren't going to be happy. Your happiness is my first priority, even if-"

"Even if what?" She growls, "Are you gonna feed me romantic slurs about how you want me to be happy without you?"

"I-"

She cuts him off once again, "Robin you are my happiness. I can't imagine my life without you. I meant what I said to Roland. And what I said to you. I'm going to find out what happened in Camelot." He sighs deeply, "What if what happened in Camelot turns out to be something awful? I've put you through so much pain. I just figured you would be happier without me. I love you and I don't want to be without you, but I was thinking that was what you needed. I can never forgive myself for what I have done. So I just couldn't imagine you forgiving me."

She replies, "Robin I know you, and I doubt you would ever hurt me like that on purpose. I could never be happier without you. You need to try and forgive yourself. Especially since we don't even know the whole story yet." Robin wraps his arms around Regina and holds her tight. They stay like that for a few minutes. Robin pulls back and looks into her eyes and says, "I will do anything for you. I don't know how you got me so hooked on you. It's like you're a fucking drug. I feel your presence in my veins, and I hear your voice in my mind. I can't get away from you. I love you." He holds her face in his hands and inches closer to her. Their lips are just centimeters apart. Their lips crash together. It was like they were trying to piece back everything that has happened with that one kiss. Regina broke the kiss and stares into his eyes as she sees a tear roll down his cheek.

Note: I'm sorry that I haven't updated in weeks. I'm going to try and update every week. I've been so busy studying for finals. I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Please review and if you have any suggestions feel free to leave them. Thank you!