For Robin's and Regina's engagement party, they had had to postpone for a few weeks as Cora had taken a backspell. Regina had asked Robin if he wouldn't mind it being put on hold for just a few weeks.
"Regina, this is your family, and I feel like she is my family," Robin had told her. "And I want her to feel as good as she can when we have our party."
"You're such a sweetheart to me," Regina said as she leaned up and kissed him.
So here they were a few weeks later, the house was fully decorated with a masquerade theme. All of Cora's and Regina's friends and family had been invited, along with Robin's. The house was packed and the champagne was flowing smoothly. There was dancing and great food and conversation going all around.
"You nervous?" Robin asked.
"Not at all," Regina answered as they stood to the side watching the party proceeded around them. "It's your last chance to back out of the announcement."
"I'm not going anywhere," Robin said as he drew her up against him, placing his hands on the small of her back. "All my dreams are starting to come true, after I found out my chance of happiness was within my grasp, and who it was with, I ran to it, grasped it and have no plans of ever letting it go."
"Then you're a very wise man," Regina said as she saw his head lower. Robin took her mouth in an explosion of silencing heat, his head blocking out the light of the party, his hands moving on her body. He stopped only to pull her out of the huge ballroom to a side hallway, where he took her into the library, where he closed the door and pressed her back into it.
He braced his hands on either side of her and drove her head back with the force of his mouth, his kiss like a fiery brand of ownership. He unleashed a hunger that was primitive in its intensity, sending a burst of scorching heat shooting through her veins.
"Somebody might-" Regina gasped as he released her reddened lips.
"If I don't have you now," Robin said thickly, "I'll die."
His hands wrenched down the straps of her sleeveless dress and she glanced down, shocked to see her own aroused breasts, helplessly shy of him and yet unbearably aroused by his impatience. With a groan, Robin lifted her and suckled at an erect nipple and her hands clenched fiercely into his shoulders, an involuntary moan of excitement torn from her. Her head fell back as his tormenting mouth bit at her sensitive flesh with a knowing eroticism that drove her our of her mind with excitement.
She was boneless in his grasp, a wanton creature drunk on sensation. A lean hand skimmed beneath the flimsy silken fabric of her gown, following the upward curve of a slender thigh and lingering there with devastating effect.
"You drive me crazy," Robin groaned, sinking to his knees to slowly tug down the scrap of lace that was all that divided him from her. "You always have since I met you."
He buried his mouth into her core, and she started sliding down the wall until he gripped her thighs. "Robin, we can't...ohhhh yesssss," she gasped out.
He didn't listen and a split second later she stopped thinking altogether, thrown into a vortex of extraordinary excitement by what he was doing. She gasped his name, speared her fingers wildly into his tousled brown hair and surrendered absolutely to the pleasure, losing all track of time.
When Robin drew level with her again, she was inflamed to fever pitch, not a bone or a muscle in her body obedient to even the most confused command. He wound her arms around him and took her swollen mouth in a savage admission of need, he quickly unzipped and pushed down his trousers, and then he lifted her, wrapping her thighs round his narrow waist and entered her in one compelling thrust.
Stilling, he shuddered against her, fighting for control. "It's never been like this for me...never!" he rasped.
Bracing her spine against the library's door, he began to move again, fast and slow, smooth and rough until she was possessed by the primal rhythm and the explosive, uncontrollable hunger. As she reached an intolerable peak of excitement, she sank her teeh into his shoulder and was flung over the edge of quivering, whimpering fulfilment at the same time as he was.
His breathing pattern roughly audible, Robin dealt her a shattered glance and slowly lowered her limp body to the floor again, glittering blue eyes still pinned to her. He dropped a kiss on her brow and began rearranging her dress with hands that were uncharacteristically clumsy.
"We'd better get out of here before we have a search party looking for us," Robin said as they left the library and started back to the ballroom, where Robin took her into his arms and started dancing with her. "Like guilty teenagers," Robin whispered close to her ear. "I've never done anything like that in my life before."
"Me either, but I really enjoyed it," Regina said as Robin chuckled low in her ear as they continued to sway to the music. "I love you Robin Locksley."
"I love you as well, Ms. soon to be my wife," Robin said as they continued to dance. Robin danced with her several times, only really giving her up to dance with Belle once and Cora once. An hour later, Cora walked over to Robin and Regina, taking Regina's hands in hers.
"Are you ready my darling?" Cora asked.
"Yes, yes we're ready," Regina said as Regina took Robin's hand in his, and together they followed Cora to the stairs of the ballroom, she signaled to the DJ to bring over the microphone.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, if I might have your attention please," Cora said as the room became quiet finally.
"First of all on behalf of Regina and I, we would both like to thank you all for coming here tonight. Tonight is a night for celebration for many reasons, on my behalf, as many of you know I've had a lot of health difficulties, but thankfully I've gotten a clean build of health finally," Cora said as the room erupted in applause. Robin wiped a tear from Regina's cheek at her mother's words.
"This last few months have been a joy for me, because my daughter found someone who puts her first. He came into her life and I for one am very thankful, I'm thankful because very recently Robin proposed to my daughter, and she said Yes!" Cora said as the room once again let out yells and applause of delight at her news again.
"So if you will all join me in a toast, to Robin and Regina, and hopefully to my future grandchildren!" Cora said as laughs were let out and everyone raised their glasses, behind Cora Regina's cheeks were rosy with a blush at her mother's words. Robin just brought her closer to his side as people started to come up to them and give their congratulations and joy over their impending marriage. Robin and Regina were making their way around the ballroom to meet everyone when a new voice started to speak.
"Well, well, well what do we have here?" Zelena said as people turned their heads towards the sound of her voice, she was standing at the top of the stairs holding another microphone.
"Hello Mommy dearest, I too am very glad that you're feeling a lot better now," Zelena said as she then zeroed in on Regina and Robin.
"And yes, congratulations on your engagement dear sister, and as far as Mother's desire for grandchildren, well consider that desire completed," Zelena said with a wicked smile on her face.
"Zelena what are you talking about?" Cora said as Zelena started making her way down the stairs.
"It means that you're going to be a grandmother before way too long," Zelena said as she turned her attention back to Regina and Robin. "Congratulations Auntie Regina, oh and congratulations Daddy." Zelena said as she walked up to Robin.
"There's no way," Regina said in denial.
"No? Then look at the ultrasound picture," Zelena said as she handed the piece of paper to Regina, who looked at it. It had Zelena's name on it and everything, everything including what looked like to be a baby. Regina's eyes filled with tears as she realized that this must be from the nightmare from the country club where Zelena had drugged Robin.
"I can't believe this," Regina said as she dropped the paper and turned and took off running out of the ballroom.
"Regina!" Robin said as he turned to take off after her, but was stopped by a hand on his arm.
"Wait a minute Daddy, we have things to discuss. Like do you want a boy or a girl?" Zelena said as Robin gave her a look of disgust and pulled his arm from her to go after Regina.
"Well, I would have a drink of champagne but in my condition, I can't," Zelena said to Cora. "Oops."