Regina ran from the ballroom into the library, where only a short time before Robin had been making love to her. They had been so happy then, and now her sister was expecting Robin's baby. Regina knew in her head that Robin had been forced by Zelena, but it still hurt her heart so much to think about Zelena having Robin's baby. She walked over to a desk, and pulled it open and found a hidden bottle of whiskey. She didn't waste any time and just started drinking it right out of the bottle. She needed something to get her through this nightmare.
"Regina," Robin said as he came into the room. He shut the door behind him and went to her. "Regina this doesn't change anything between us, I love you, I'm in love with you."
"She's having your baby, she's going to have a part of you with her all of our lives," Regina said as he took the bottle from her.
"I don't know one hundred percent sure that she is pregnant, and we don't even know if it's my baby, but Regina even if it is, I'm committed to you, to our family. If it is my child, then I will love it and try my best to get custody of it," Robin said. He had let the thoughts enter his brain as he had ran after the direction Regina had fled.
"She's not supposed to have your baby, I am," Regina said in a whisper.
Robin put his hands on the sides of her face. "You know I willingly did not sleep with her. You and I will have our own children one day, do not doubt that. But Regina I have to know, if it is mine, are we going to be okay?"
"Yes, I know you didn't cheat on me or anything close to that. She took advantage of you, she did this to you, to us," Regina said as Robin took her into his arms.
"I am so sorry my sweetheart, I can only imagine the pain this is making you relive," Robin said as he put his hand on the back of her head, keeping her close to him. "But be safe in the knowledge that you are the one who holds my heart, you are the one I want to spend my life with and have children with. And I intend to do everything in my power to make them all come true." They continued to stand there, hugging one another, knowing that the other was there for each other.
The library door flew open and in walked Zelena, causing Robin and Regina to pull apart.
"Now there is the proud papa, don't you want to feel my swollen belly?" Zelena asked as she walked up to Robin.
"You're not going to get away with this, Zelena," Robin said as he stood in front of Regina as if to shield her from her sister. "If this is my child, and I say IF, then you will be in jail for raping me. And I'll make sure you don't get this child back."
"You would take our sweet little baby from me?" Zelena asked.
"In a heartbeat," Robin answered. "You're so jealous of Regina having my love you can't see straight."
"Come now, Robin. " The smirk widened to a malicious grin on Zelena's face as she moved about the room, tossing her mane of hair, not a trace of contritiion as she faced Regina. And for a second, a horrible moment, Regina swore she saw pity in those eyes of Zelena's. "Regina had to find out about us sooner or later. I'm sure given time she'll come to understand. The ruse is over, you see sis, Robin's been messing around with me for months."
"That's a lie!" Robin roared. "I never could stand you, I never wanted anything to do with you, Zelena. Regina is the woman I'm in love with, Regina is the woman I'm going to spend my life with, she's the only woman I dream about when I close my eyes."
"You don't have to keep lying to her, Robin. She's stable enough to know the truth, you set up the little love shack at the country club, you had her walk in our room, which I found a little on the kinky side of you, to find us just finishing making love to one another," Zelena said as Cora was in the room along with a few others. "Why I bet that is where our precious little baby was conceived. Not the most ideal but still."
"You drugged me! You took advantage of me for whatever you sick plan was. I promise you, that come tomorrow morning I'll have you on charges of drugging someone and raping them," Robin said.
"Zelena you have done enough! Get out of here!" Cora said as she walked up to Zelena and started to pull her out of the door.
"Sis!" Zelena said as she was at the door. "Just so you know, if you're lucky enough to be pregnant with Robin's baby too right now, then our babies will grow up as half siblings, won't that be fun?" Cora gave her a firm yank and pulled her out. The door was shut behind them, leaving Robin and Regina in the room alone again. Regina walked over to the side of the room by herself.
"Regina," Robin walked up to Regina, and placed his hands on her shoulders, for the first time he felt her flinch under his touch. "I love you, please don't doubt that. You know I never wanted anything with Zelena, she always disgusted me with the way she tried to get me. I should have been more on alert with her, if I had then maybe she wouldn't be-" Robin stopped talking as he hated to even say the words he knew would hurt the woman he loved.
"Maybe she wouldn't be carrying your child right now," Regina finished for him.
Robin let out a soft sigh as he thought of the everything that had happened to them, to try to keep them apart, and now this. Robin would love his flesh and blood, it was not the child's fault who the mother was. And he knew that if Regina and him moved forward and were married, then this child, if his, could not ask for a better mother than Regina. But that was only if Regina stayed in his life. He knew this was a lot to take in for anyone.
He took her shoulders and pulled her around to face him, he took his hands and placed them on each side of her face. "You'll have my child one day, Regina. But I want to ask you now, are we going to be okay?"
"It just hurts so much, Robin," Regina said as tears came out of her eyes, the tears she had kept at bay for so long until now. "I wanted your children to be mine, and mine alone. If that is selfish then so be, but my head realizes that that child did nothing to cause all this."
"So?" Robin asked.
"So, we're going to be okay," Regina said as Robin breathed a sigh of relief.
"So you're still going to marry me?" Robin asked.
"Yes, I still plan on marrying you," Regina said as Robin pulled her into his arms. So thankful for this woman.
The evening ended as the guests were left with no choice to but to leave, Robin and Regina's party which had started off so perfect was now destroyed. Robin left the house, after reassuring Regina of his love once again.
Regina went to bed that night, well she laid in the bed, she cried her eyes out until she couldn't anymore. She knew Robin wasn't to blame for this, she put the blame where it needed to be, on Zelena. Zelena was going to pay for this one day, and Regina was determined to make sure she did.
Over the next few days, Robin spoke with his lawyers and they all stated he had a strong case against Zelena. He had his doctor's statement which included his drug screen which showed that Robin had something in his system that day, but in court Zelena was adament that she had done nothing to Robin, well nothing he didn't want her to do.
"He wanted me to come see him, and we made love as we normally did," Zelena told the judge. "And our baby was conceived on this day." Robin squeezed Regina's hand as he sat beside her in the court room.
After a few days of testimony, a jury reached the uniamous verdict that Zelena was guilty and she was sentenced to twenty years for her crimes against Robin. The judge also rule din favor of Robin's demand for a paternity test as soon as it was safe. Zelena was screeching as she was escorted out of the court room.
"Robin! Tell them Robin, tell them how we love one another and made this baby together! Robin, I love you!" Zelena said as she finally was taken out of the room.
"Why don't we get away for a few days, just the two of us?" Robin asked once they were in the car and he was driving them to her house.
"I'm just not in the mood to get away right now, I think I would just like to spend some time with my mother now," Regina said as she looked out the window.
Robin could sense her pulling away from him. He felt so helpless right now, this should have been a happy time in their lives, her picking out a wedding dress, a venue, them picking out a wedding cake , where they would go on their honeymoon, everything! But for the last few days, she has been very withdrawn from him.
"Regina, is something bothering you?" Robin said as he pulled into her driveway and shut off the car.
"Besides the fact that my sister is going to have your baby? No, everything is perfect," Regina said as she covered her mouth as she started to cry. Robin pulled her into his arms as she cried.
"Regina, I told you. I promise you'll have my baby," Robin said as he took her chin in his hand. "Come away with me, and I'll get to work on that very promise to you."
"I need to go in and check on my mother," Regina pulled away from him and got out of the car and headed inside. Robin knew it was wise right now, not to follow her.
"Damnit!" Robin shouted as he hit the steering wheel with both of his hands. The only woman he had ever loved was pulling so far from him, he didn't know how he was ever going to get her back. He had no choice but to leave right now, but he was not going to give up on her, on them.
It was the longest two minutes of her life. Sitting in the bathroom, staring at a piece of paper. She was strangely calm as she awaited her fate, and the pink cross slowly appearing was not even a surprise, more a confirmation of what she already knew.
"We'll be all right," Regina said as instinctively her hand moved to her stomach, massagingly the tiny scrap of life that so clearly was meant to be. Catching sight of herself in the mirror, she wondered how she could still look the same when so much had changed. She was going to be a mother and Robin was going to be a father, again. Zelena apparently got her wish.
Regina was having Robin's baby.