Robin slammed the phone down on another private investigator, who had come up with nothing since Regina's disappearence a month ago. He had waited a few days before he had tried to talk to Regina again, Cora had told him that Regina was not there, and there was something about the way she said it, that said to him that she was no longer living there. When Robin had asked Cora where Regina was, Cora had told him that she couldn't tell him, he could also tell that Cora wanted to tell him, but her loyalty was to her daughter.

So that very day he had hired a private investigator to locate Regina, but it was as if she had disappeared from the earth. Robin felt so helpless, he knew Regina loved him but something had changed her thought process. The woman he loved more than life was out there, hurting and he couldn't fix things between them if she wouldn't meet him halfway. There wasn't a day, no a minute that went by that he didn't think about her, wondering where she was, was she safe, who she was seeing and driving himself crazy in the process.

A knock on his door brought his thoughts to the present. "Come in."

Luke Sanders, one of his oldest friends, stuck his head around the door. "Got a minute for an old mate?"

Robin waved him in. "Hey, Sanders. What are you doing here?"

"I was in town for the present time and thought I would see what you were up to," Luke said. They shook hands and Luke looked around Robin's office. "Not bad, Locksley. Not bad at all. So, how's business?"

Robin indicated that Luke take a seat. "Can't complain."

"I hear you've been busy. Burning the midnight oil, huh?" Luke said.

"You might say that," Robin said as his thoughts, as usual drifted to Regina.

"Go on, spill your guts, Locksley. I know something's bothering you." Luke said. The two men had been friends for years and could tell by the looks of the other if something was wrong with them.

Making a split-second decision, Robin leaned back in his chair and clasped his hands behind his head. "I met someone a few months back, and now she has up and disappeared on me."

He hated seeing the pity in Luke's eyes. "That's a tough one. Want to go out and get plastered?"

Robin shook his head, amazed that he felt like laughing; he hadn't done that in weeks now. "Wish it was that simple."

"What happened?" Luke asked.

"Well first it was her step father who helped break us up, then it was her sister who really came between us. She made it look like I had willingly slept with her, and then she shows up weeks later, pregnant," Robin said.

"When you say 'willingly slept with her', you mean?" Luke asked.

"She drugged me, I have no recollection of sleeping with her, but she is pregnant. The baby is due next year," Robin said as he had gotten the confirmation from the prison's doctor that Zelena was in fact pregnant.

"But you don't know if it's yours, do you?" Luke asked.

"No," Robin answered.

"But why would she do that to you?" Luke asked.

"Because she didn't want Regina to have me," Robin said.

"So this Regina, ups and leaves you just like that?" Luke asked.

"Something happened, something made her change her mind for some reason," Robin said.

"I'm sorry mate, but maybe it's all about timing," Luke said.

"Anyway, enough about me. What are you doing here? Anything to do with a woman?" Robin asked.

Robin had seen Luke in action with the opposite sex; women flocked to his friend, equating his blond, boyish looks with an easy-going, fun-loving guy who would stick around. They were right, to a point; Luke loved having fun, though with myriad beauties. He wasn't a stayer, a fact which most women didn't like a hell of a lot.

"No, I'm here for business only," Luke said as Robin rolled his eyes at him. "I actually saw the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, I met her in Venice. Ah she was lovely, the darkest eyes, the fairest skin, her dark hair that was past her shoulders. Phew, the curves! Her name fit her perfectly, since I called her a Queen. Her name was Regina."

Robin quelled the urge to beat his friend into a pulp. Surely the woman he'd just described couldn't be his Regina? Luke could have just outlined any number of women in the world. But why Venice? That was where they had made love for the first time.

Luke continued, oblivious to his thoughts. "Pity she had a bun in the oven. I could have really gone for a looked like that." Luke's grin faded as Robin jumped to his feet.

"Where in Venice did you meet her?" Robin asked as he grabbed Luke's shirt in his fists.

"The Belmond Hotel Cipriani, she was staying at that hotel. Now what's the matter with you? I've never seen you get upset over me talking about some babe I met," Luke said.

"That babe happens to be my fiancee, and she had a lot of explaining to do," Robin said as he grabbed his things and headed out of the room, slamming the door on his friend's gaping mouth. Robin had already called his pilot and told him to have his jet ready, immediately. He was going to find Regina, and from the news that Luke shared, not a minute too soon. Regina was pregnant? Why wouldn't she have told him such precious news with him?

Regina was just finishing packing, she was due to leave Venice in a few hours, she was going to London next. The bell hop had just taken her last bag, or so she thought when she heard her hotel door open behind her.

"Did you get all my bags?" Regina asked as she turned around to face the bell hop, or so she thought. Robin was standing there, looking at her.

"What are you doing here?" she managed to say while she pulled her jacket around her, trying to hide her swollen belly from him.

"Hello, Regina. I hear you've got some new for me." He said.

She'd envisaged this scene several times in her dreams, a happy reunion where Robin would sweep her into his arms, caress her belly and swear his undying and eternal love. Then, like now, she'd woken up. And the reality hurt more than she could possibly know.

She lashed out, all the weeks of pent up pain spilling over. Putting a hand on her stomach, she looked him straight in the eye. "What makes you think it's yours?"

He moved to stand before her. "Quit lying to me. I want the truth and I want it now, Regina."

Every tense line of his body radiated anger. She'd never seen him this upset, her lies had fueled his fury; would he seek vengeance by taking away the one thing that mattered? Her teeth gnawed to her bottom lip; she wanted to fall into his arms, to tell him the truth, to let him soothe her pain. But there was too much at stake, and even the welcome contact of his grip and the familiarity of his steely gaze couldn't shake her conviction.

"Please Regina, I need to know, I'm going insane here." He thrust his hands in his pockets, drawing her attention to areas of of his body she would rather have forgotten.

He looked irresistible, prime candidate for heartthrob of the year. And if the way her body was reacting was any indication he wouldn't just win first prize, he would scoop the pool. Jacketless, the white business shirt molded his chest as if it had been poured on, and she knew the multitude of sins it hid beneath; hard, rippling pecs, and firm abs, good enough to eat. She salivated at the thought, wondering how she could think of sex at a time like this. This man had the power to snatch the one thing that had become her reason for living-her precious baby.

"How did you find me?' Regina asked.

"You're a hard woman to track down, but I think you met my friend Luke," Robin said as he saw the look of recollection on her face.

"Why couldn't you stay away?" Regina asked.

"How can you ask that? Gods, Regina! I'm in love with you, every part of you. Even the parts of you that drive me insane the way you just up and run out on me," Robin said. "How could you not tell me about our baby, Regina? Didn't I have a right to know?"

"You didn't want children, not with me," Regina said.

"When did I ever say I didn't want children with you?" Robin asked.

"You were in the library that day,talking to someone on the phone. You told him how you wanted us to spend alone time together, that you wanted to wait before we had children," Regina said as she recalled his words that day.

"That's the day you ended things with us," Robin said as he too thought about his words. "Regina, I want children with you, I'm thrilled out of my mind that we're having a baby."

"Then why did you tell that person that?" Regina asked as she realized his words all made sense now. She had been so foolish to believe that Robin wouldn't want to have children with her now.

"Because I thought it might be better for us to wait a little while, before we started a family. But Regina, that was before I found out about the baby, I'm truly thankful that we're going to have a baby together," Robin said. "I can't wait to see this life that we created together in my, no your arms." Robin moved his hand out and started to place it on her belly, she smiled as she grabbed his hand and placed it there for him, his palm moved about as it searched for a sign of the baby. Finally he found the small bump on her lower abdomen, he smiled as he moved his hand ever so lightly over her bump.

"I love you, Regina. Please don't run from me again, cause if you do, just take my heart with you," Robin said as Regina started to cry and he gently pulled her into his arms.

"I'm so sorry, Robin," Regina said.

"I know, it's alright, just promise me no more running from me," Robin said as Regina moved back to look up at him.

"I promise, no more running from you," Regina said.

"Thank god," Robin said as he moved his hand to his pocket. "Now this is yours, and I'd appreciate it if you never take it off," Robin said as he took her hand and gently slid her engagement ring back on her finger.

"I'll never take it off, again," Regina said as she smiled and brushed a kiss over his lips, Robin starved from her absence in his life, deepened the kiss as he pulled he up against his form. As he started to walk them towards the bed, his phone went off.

"Don't answer that," Regina said.

"One second, then I'm finished with them," Robin said as he answered his phone. Regina listened as he gave several one words answers, his face was stoic as he turned to look at her.

"Robin? What is it?' Regina asked as she placed her hands on his arms, something now was bothering him.

"It's about Zelena's baby," Robin answered...