Regina stares at the woman with a stricken look upon her face. Her lips parted as she inhaled deeply. Regina beings to talk and she stutters, "Um... he..." she takes a deep breath and continues, "yes he is here. I will get him. Wait here."
She walks into the living room with a stony look on her face as she says coldly, "a woman is here to talk to you."
Robins brows knit together as he replies, "Who?"
"Go have a look for yourself," Regina snaps.
Robin frowns as he walks to the door, and the woman that he sees there makes his heart shatter and his mind fill with regret. He slowly turns his head to Regina and sees that her eyes are brimming with tears. He looks back to the woman in the doorway and questions, "Who are you?"
She frowns, "you don't remember me?"
Robin grimaces, "I am sorry. The last 6 weeks have been wiped from my mind completely due to a curse."
Her eyes go wide in surprise as she replies, "well that would explain a lot. I wonder how I can remember anything. I am Merida and the I'm woman that you fell in love with in Camelot."
Robin face turns white as a sheet as he repeats, "fell in love with?"
Merida gives him a small smile, "yes fell in love with. I know this is a little awkward. Can I come in and talk to you?"
He looks over and Regina is sitting on the staircase holding back sobs and it breaks his heart. He replies, "I'm terribly sorry, but I don't think I can right now. I already have someone I love in my life. I don't really understand what the hell happened in Camelot that made me do this to her. I'm sorry that I have also put you through the pain of loving me. I have become pretty destructive of those around me in the past 6 weeks apparently."
She pursed her lips and nodded, "But I can tell you everything that happened."
He looked at her and told her told stay there. Robin walks over to Regina and lays his hand on her arm and gives it an affectionate squeeze. She jerks away from his grasp and looks at him with her tear streaked cheeks and her red brimmed eyes, "talk to her. We need to know what happened," she says with a shaky voice.
He shakes is head, "I don't want to. I'd much rather be talking to you and comforting you."
Regina snaps, "you fell in love with someone else Robin! I really don't feel like hearing about how fucking sorry you are right now. You can't change what you did. You are hurting me and you are also hurting her - not that I really give a damn about how she feels right now. You have done the worst thing that you could ever do to me. So go back out there and invite her inside to figure out how badly you screwed up! I wanted so badly to believe that this was a manipulation. I wanted to see the best in you. How could you? I tried to keep my calm about this, but I can't. It hurts top much. And the sad thing is, I can't stop loving you. So right now I really just need you to figure this shit out."
Robin chokes back a sob and just nods his head and walks back to the door. He avoids Merida's eyes as he tells her to come in. She walks in and spots Regina and gives her a sympathetic smile. Regina glares at her, "I don't need your sympathy. You're the one who caused this," she spats. Merida looks down and follows Robin into the living room. Regina tells Robin that she cannot handle this right now and she is going to go upstairs, but little does Robin know that she is listening intently to his and Merida's conversation. Regina has no idea how she is going to trust Robin again. He betrayed her in the worst way possible, but she still can't help the way she loves him.
Robin is staring into space not wanting to meet Merida's eyes. She clears her throat and gives him a small smile that he does not return. He is so furious with himself. He keeps trying to figure out how he could do this. How could he hurt Regina in this way, especially when he just wants her to be happy. He looks at Merida, "I don't understand any of this. What happened?"
She took a deep breath and began, "When I met you, you were really upset about something, and very distant. Naturally I asked you what was wrong and you just shrugged me off. I invited you over to my cottage to ease some of your nerves and to be honest, you looked like you could use a drink. You were hesitant, but I eventually talked you into it. Me and you both had a few drinks and were sharing stories like we've know each other for years and I asked you again what was troubling you. It was silent for a while, but you finally opened up. You told me that you had a small argument with Regina. It wasn't a really bad argument. It was a normal one all couples have, but you were very upset about it and wondering if you should even be with her anymore. The argument was about how you have been a little distant lately and she was just afraid that something was wrong, and you blew it a little out of proportion because you felt like she didn't trust you. In all honesty I still don't know why you felt like that, but maybe there was a part of the story you weren't telling me. I comforted you and told you that I'm sure everything thing would be fine and go back to normal the next day and then you kissed me. I was taken aback and I quickly pulled away not wanting to ruin your relationship with Regina, but you clearly see that, that didn't work out so well. I told you that you were sad and drunk and that you need to go back to Regina and get to sleep. You left and you came back the next day looking defeated. Regina wasn't very happy about you coming home drunk and you had another small argument. Again, I supported you and tried to make you feel better and you kissed me again. I pulled back and looked into your eyes and something was pulling me towards you. I have gotten to know you a little better and was starting to develop feelings for you and I believe that you were also. So I leaned back in and kissed you. After that day we began to get closer. You left Regina and told her that you found someone else that you loved, and that night we made love. I have never met someone like you. You were so caring about everyone's feelings. You felt awful for leaving Regina, but you couldn't deny your feelings for me. The story between us is so much longer, but I shortened it because I know that you need to talk with Regina and I hope that you end up making the right decision."
Robin could not believe what he was hearing. The man she is talking about sounded nothing like him. He wouldn't fight with Regina like that. He wouldn't kiss another woman because of such a simple argument. Red flags are going up everywhere in Robins mind. He still doesn't understand. This just does not sound like anything that he would do. "That doesn't sound like me at all. That doesn't make any sense," Robin says accusingly.
"So you think that I'm lying to you? We fell in love. Why can't you accept that Robin"
He takes a deep breath and sighs, "I can't accept that because I know in my heart that I wouldn't do anything to break Regina's heart. She is the love of my life. I cannot live without her."
Merida frowns as she snaps, "well I'm going to go now. I am not lying to you. I love you and I hope that you make the right choice and choose me." She walks out of the house and slams the door behind her.
Regina can't think straight. She doesn't want to believe what Merida is saying, but why would she lie about something like this. It just doesn't make any sense. And Robin is right, what she said doesn't sound like anything he would do. Regina's heart is breaking. She doesn't know how much longer she can take this pain - its too much. When Merida said that her and robin "made love" her skin started to crawl. It feels as if something is breaking inside of her. She feels empty and alone. It feels like everything she thought about Robin had been wrong. Love isn't beautiful, it is scary. She couldn't take this much longer. Everything seems to go slow when your heart breaks. You notice every flaw about yourself and notice the smallest things. When you are so deeply and madly in love, everything is like a blur and now that is crashing around Regina. She still loves him deeply, but has no idea how to react. She walks down the stairs with tear stained cheeks and hisses, "I need you to get out of my house. I will tell Roland that you had to take care of some things. I can't bare with you being here right now. I don't want to listen to apologies, they mean nothing to me. I can't even look at you right now."
Tears run down Robins cheeks, "But I -"
"I don't care," Regina screams.
"I love you," Robin sobs.
"Apparently you didn't in Camelot. You had sex with another woman Robin. You fell in love with her. That is unforgivable, just get out of my fucking house."
"Please just listen to me. Can we at least talk?"
"I don't think there is anything else to talk about," she snaps.
"There is plenty to talk about. Please lets talk, I am so sorry," Robin exclaims desperately.
"I can't right now. This hurts way too much. If you loved me you would leave!"
He looks down as he cries harder and whispers, "fine." as he walks out the door.
Regina is broken. Her legs shake as she walks up the stairs to check on Roland to make sure she didn't wake him. Luckily he is a heavy sleeper and is still sound asleep, but Henry is not. She walks into his room and sees that his eyes are brimming with tears.
"How much did you hear," she softly asks.
"I... heard that he really did cheat on you and you screaming at him to get out of the house."
She wraps her arm around Henry and rubs his back as she whispers, "I am so sorry baby."
She cuddles with him until he falls asleep and then she goes into her room, slides under her covers and sobs. She thinks about how her life has ended up like this. How did everything turn to shit? Regina cries until she can't cry anymore and falls into an uneasy sleep.
Zelena cackles as she holds Merida's heart in her hand. "Poor dear sister, she is not going to know what hit her," Zelena whispers to herself. Hurting her sister is one of Zelenas favorite activities and this had been her best plan yet. She cannot believe that it was this easy to break her. She smiles to herself, knowing that she hurt her sister.
Zelena faces Emma and smiles as she says, "Okay dark one, what would you like in return for this favor?"
Emma gives her a wicked smile as she replies, "You'll see."
Note: So, I was going to post this a few days ago, but I lost most of my work and I am a little nervous about posting this chapter. I hope you all enjoy it. Please review and if you have any suggestions feel free to leave them. Thank you!