A/N: Hello everyone, Next chapter is here! I'm sending a big MWAH to everyone who left a review. It's big motivation! The second part of this chapter was so hard for me to write and I'm still not quite satisfied with it but I didn't want to make you wait even longer. Despite that, I hope you will like it.
English is not my first language so I am sorry for all my mistakes. I tried to do my best. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon A Time nor its characters.

CHAPTER 8 – The Good And The Bad

Few days had passed and nothing strange had happened in Storybrook so far. Town line was guarded by Dwarfs and Marry Men all the time but there wasn't any sign that Rumple or anyone could be somewhere close. It seemed quiet and peaceful but everyone knew it never last long in Storybrook.

Robin joined to his Mary Man on the patrols sometimes but he didn't want to let Regina alone for long. Everybody in the house on Mifflin Street 108 got used to live together and it started to really feel like home for Robin and Roland.

"I've that checkup with doctor today. Will you come with me?" Regina asked when she came out from the bathroom.

"I will. When you should be there?" He asked while he was buttoning his shirt up.

"Nine thirty." She picked up her clothes from the closet.

"Okay. I will drive boys to school and come back for you." Since they returned to Storybrook, Roland had attended the preschool and he really enjoyed it.

"Good." Regina said and started dressing up herself. She knew Robin was watching her but she didn't mind, actually quite the opposite. She appreciate he considered her attractive enough to look at also now when she was pregnant and the excess pounds had started to show. She put her earrings on and wanted to fasten her necklace but Robin come to her and reached his hand.

"Can I?"

She gave it to him and lifted her hair up. When he fastened the clasp, he caressed her shoulders down to her arms and placed a kiss on the left side of her neck.

"You are so beautiful." He whispered against her skin and placed another kiss little lower. Regina closed her eyes and he wrapped his hands around her body. She covered his hands with hers and turned her head so he could kiss her. The kiss was long and slow, full of love and adoration. When they parted, he caressed her growing baby bump.

"Hello, little one. Are you awake already? We are going to the doctor today and I just wanted to tell you I can't wait until I see you, my little angel. I love you very much and also your mommy. I'm so lucky I have you both."

Good morning daddy. I love you too, almost as much as I love my mommy. I'm very happy I have both of my parents now. It's awesome because mommy has been smiling more often since you and Roland are living with us. I love when she smile and her laugh is the most beautiful sound ever. Do you think it too, daddy?

Robin was holding Regina close to him and she relaxed her back against his chest.

"We should go, I must make breakfast for boys." She said after a while.

"Yeah." He agreed but neither of them moved. They were standing there few another minutes when Robin kissed her one more time and released her from his hug.

"I'm going to help Roland with dressing."

xXx

Regina and Robin were sitting in waiting room next to each other, holding hands.

"Miss Mills, you can come in, Dr. Whale is awaiting you." The blonde nurse tell her and let the door ajar when she left Whale's ordination.

"Good morning, Regina." Whale greeted her and looked at Robin.
"I heard you had returned. Good to see you here, Mr. Hood."

"Robin is good." Robin shook hands with him. Whale nodded and turned his attention to Regina.

"So how does our mommy-to-be feel?"

"Well, actually great." She said with a smile.

"That's a good sign. Let's look at the baby." Dr. Whale waved his hand to the examination table. Regina lay down on it and tucked her blouse up while Robin was standing at her side. All the medical gadgets and instrument in room with white walls and smell of disinfection feel so strange and even little terrifying to him.

Whale put a cold gel on Regina's belly and started to move with little device that was connected to the monitor. He was looking on that black and white screen without any word for a while when he frowned with concentration.

"Is something wrong?" Regina asked worried and took Robin's hand into hers.

"No, no." Dr. Whale shook his head.
"Baby is developing normally, has almost 15 cm and this little heart is beating like a bell." He turned the monitor to them so they could take a look at their baby. While Robin watched movements of their little miracle, he squeezed Regina's hand, he felt absolutely stunned and infinitely happy.

"Do you want to know the gender of your child?" Whale asked, Regina looked at Robin and they both nodded.

"Yeah, we would like to."

"So..." He made a short pause. "It's a girl. Congratulation."

Regina and Robin got stuck in each others eyes, smiling. It's a girl, they are going to have a daughter. After a while Dr. Whale turned the monitor down, handed the printed ultrasound picture to Robin and the tissues to Regina so she could wiped the gel away from her belly. Dr. Whale made some another examinations to be sure that Regina and the baby are really healthy and to confirm the due date. Then they made a conversation about the following weeks of her pregnancy and when he prescribed another pack of pregnancy vitamins for Regina, she and Robin left the ordination.

"Are we going straight home or do you need something else in town?" Robin asked when they got in the car.

"Well, now when we know our baby is girl we could finally set up the nursery. I have already painted the walls with Henry and I have his old crib but nothing more. So we could look at some furniture if you don't mind."

"Of course I don't." Robin smiled at her and leaned to her and caressed her baby bump.
"Hey honey, doctor told us you are a girl. I love you, my little princess. I'm so happy."

"And I'm happy too." Regina said with a wide smile and Robin couldn't resist to kiss her.

It's awesome that you know finally but I have something else new what that doctor didn't tell you. My hair stared to grow and it's funny feeling. It's so amazing you can be so happy just because of me. That's everything what I want. I love you both very much.

"I must talk with Henry, I promised him he'll be the first one who I'll tell the baby's gender to." She pulled out the cellphone from her handbag.

"Why you don't wait until he'll come from school?"

"Because he's staying with Emma from today."

"Oh, right, I forgot."

Regina took the phone and typed the message 'Call me when your school ends. Mom.' for her son.

xXx

They spent few hours in shops, Regina chose the dresser and shelves in white color, soft carpet in more shades of pink and a beautiful quilt with pink, yellow, white and little bit of sky blue. Now she was looking at rockers.

"What about this one?" Robin pointed on beige rocker in the corner.

"It's nice." She sat on it and laid her hands on the armrests.
"Soft and comfortable." That was important because she knew that she'll spend much time of her nights there and she could imagine herself sitting on this rocker with her daughter.
"I like it." She told when her cellphone rang. It was Henry.

"Hello, honey. How was school today?"

"Hey, mom. Good. Did something happened?"

"No, just... Do you remember when you asked about baby's gender?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, I was at the doctor today and I have news."

"And will you tell me or let me die by curiousness?" He laughed.

"Girl." Regina said simply.

"Yes!" Henry said with excitement.
"I mean, I would be happy if it was boy too but you know, I have Roland now and it will be amazing to have also a sister. Is she healthy?"

"Yes, she is."

"That's good. Okay mom, I need to go. Thanx you told me."

"I promised you to. Enjoy your day, Henry.

"You too. Bye, mom."

"Bye."

xXx

During the way home Robin and Regina stopped in the preschool for Roland and told him the news. When they were finally home, the boy went to play in his room, Regina took the ultrasound picture and wrote I'm GIRL! with black marker on the white part on the bottom and pinned it to the fridge. Robin took the marker from her hand and drew a little heart in the corner of the picture.

"Better like this." He smiled at Regina and kissed her cheek.

xXx

When Robin woke up the following morning, Regina was sleeping peacefully so he had dressed his clothes quietly and let the note on the bedside table before he left the room. He didn't want to wake her up because he knew she hadn't slept well, he had felt her tossing and turning almost the whole night.

The first thing Regina noticed when she started waking up was that Robin wasn't in bed. She looked at the clock, 10:07 am. She saw the note and started reading it.

Good morning, my love.
I didn't want to wake you, you looked so peaceful. I'm going to take Roland to Marian, I'll be back in few hours.
PS: I made a breakfast for you, look in oven, hope it has stayed warm.
xx Robin

She knew that Roland will stay with his mother for this weekend but she was upset she didn't say goodbye to him before they left. Robin should wake her. Everytime when someone mentioned Marian, Regina remembered one thing she hadn't told to Robin yet and she knew they have to make that conversation despite she didn't want to. She couldn't postpone it anymore.

When Robin came back, she was in the kitchen, thinking about the day when he had left the town.

"Hello, my dear. Did you sleep well?" He came towards her but she stand up from the high stool and turned to wash the plate from her breakfast.

"You should have woken me up. I wanted to see Roland before you left."

"Sorry but I knew you didn't sleep well in night and you finally looked sleeping calmly in the morning. You need to rest enough." He smiled softly when Regina looked at him but she didn't say anything and continued with the dishes. He could see she wasn't in good mood.

Mommy, what's wrong? Why are you upset? Please, don't be, I love you and daddy loves you too. You know that.

"Can I ask you something?" She looked at him again after a minute.

"Of course, anything."

"The day when you left..." Regina hesitated for a second and wiped her hands into a towel. Robin knew what was going on, they couldn't pretend he hadn't hurt her because he knew he had.
"Why didn't you try to find some other way? I mean...You are one of the 'if-you-have-hope-there-is-always-another-way' kind of people. I wouldn't let you do something what could put Marian's life in danger but you didn't even suggest we could try something else. You were like 'Okay, I'm leaving. Goodbye forever.'"

"You know that's not true." He shook his head, the fact Regina thought this was painful.
"I didn't want to leave you." He said and Regina could hear all the hidden pain in his voice.
"But yes, I had a choice. I should have done something or said something at least but everything happened so fast I couldn't even think. I'm not proud of it. I've never claimed that I'm perfect. I'm not, Regina. I didn't try to find a way how to stay but I found one how to come back and I'm so sorry I hurt you in the meantime. It was my mistake and I learned from it. I won't leave you ever again without fighting or finding another ways."

"Well," Regina cleaned her throat, "I haven't tell you something yet and it might change your mind." She wasn't looking at him, it was too hard. She knew life wasn't always good for anyone and she would be fool if she thought that she and Robin won't never have an argument. Even with their soul-mates-thing there were also bad moments waiting for them. And it seemed like one of them has just started. Her heart whispered to her they can overcome that but her mind was terribly afraid that it's something what could make him leave.

"What are you talking about?" Robin asked little confused and Regina made herself to look into his eyes again.

"It was me, who killed Marian in The Enchanted Forrest." She whispered ready for his anger but it didn't come.

"I know." Robin told softy and a barely noticeable smile appeared on his face for a briefly moment.
"Marian told me."

Regina's jaw dropped, she was expecting anger, disappointment, pain, she was expecting he'll yell at her or leave without any word, she was expecting literally every reaction except this one.
"You know? And how the hell can you be okay with that?" She really didn't understand why he was still with her if he knew and it made her a bit crazy.

"Because I know you. You are not the same woman who did that. You've come so far."

Regina snorted with resentment.
"That's the problem, Robin. Don't you understand?" She lifted her hands helplessly and started pacing across the kitchen furiously.
"Yes, I changed but it was me who had done all that horrible things. I had killed you wife,"

"Ex-wife." Robin interrupted her but it was irrelevant detail for their current conversation so Regina continued.

"I killed so many people and caused so much suffering. We can't pretend it was someone else." She stopped and looked into his eyes.
"You can't love me now and hate the woman I was. It won't work."

"I don't hate..."

"Oh, stop." She raised her hand and shook her head before she turned away from him, leaned her elbows against the kitchen board and hide her face in her palms. She couldn't listen to his words anymore.

"Regina," he came closer to her. He wanted to touch her, hug her, comfort her but he know she was angry and she had every right to be.

"Leave me alone." She told him with cold voice but when Robin didn't move, she stood up straight.
"Or stay... I'm leaving." She went away from kitchen but Robin followed her.

"Regina, where are you going?"

She sighed and stopped on the place but didn't turn back to him. She wasn't fool, she knew he won't let her go just like that, without knowing where she was, especially now, when she was pregnant.
"In my vault." She decided to tell him.
"But don't go there. I need to be alone." She said and left the house. Robin was watching her, he wanted to follow her but he knew it would make things only worse.

xXx

Few hours had passed and Regina was still in her vault. She had been sitting on the chest, walking across the underground rooms or laying on the bed from time to time. She was thinking about everything what happened to her and everything what she had done. She was still pissed of but more with herself than with Robin and she didn't know what she should do.

"This is crazy, isn't it?" She caressed her baby bump.

Do you want to hear the truth, mommy? Yes, it is. You know daddy loves you. He wouldn't have come back to us if he doesn't. He loves all of you, the good and the bad. That is what true love means. We all love you for everything what you are. You need to remember that, mommy.

Regina closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She realized everything she had reproached to Robin wasn't quite true.

She understood why Robin had left without suggesting any other plan. She really did and she could forgive him that. After all, he had come back to her, he had chosen her despite he knew what she had done. She didn't understand how it was possible but it was something what mede her love him even more than before.

He had been always around when she needed someone and he wanted to stay despite everything. He had been listening to her when she had been yelling at him. He had let her go, when she had asked to be alone. He knew her better than anyone else. However, there were still so much things he didn't know but she couldn't push him away, she didn't want to.

She was still a bit afraid he'll realize someday that she isn't good enough for him but she knew they must live in the moment. They had their little girl on the way and that was everything what mattered.

"I love you, darling." She said to her daughter.
"I should go back home and talk with your daddy. What do you think?"

I agree, mommy. I know you and daddy can go through this because your love is strong. You really can be happy with daddy, me, Henry and Rolland. We are all here for you because that is what family does. You are so much loved, mommy. Don't forget about that.

xXx

When she came back home, it seemed Robin wasn't there but Regina could hear some noise from the floor. When she went upstairs she realized the sounds came out of the nursery-to-be. The doors was ajar and when Regina opened it quietly she saw Robin was kneeling on the floor with screwdriver in his hand.

"You assembled the furniture." She said and barely perceptible smile appeared on her face when Robin turned his attention to her.

"I did." He looked over her carefully but once, when he was sure she was alright, whole and unharmed, he turned to the shelf again and tightened the remaining screws.

Regina breathed out.
"I'm sorry. Can we talk?"

"I think we should." He stand up and followed her into the bedroom. Regina sat on the bed with her back leaned against the headboard while Robin sat on the edge.

"Everything I reproached you... I didn't really mean it that way. I'm sorry I yelled at you. I don't know why but I couldn't just stay calm."

"I think it could be your pregnancy hormones."

"What?"

"I read your book." He pointed to the book about pregnancy on her nightstand.

"Changes of mood are normal when you're expecting a child."

"You read it. Why?"

"I wanted to know what's happening with you and what it's like for you." He shrugged and smiled softly.

Regina felt so touched because of how much he cared about her.

"Regina," he reached to take her hand into his and squeezed it gently, "I love you here and now but it doesn't mean I hate who you was in the past. I accept you, all of you – the good and the bad. There is a lot what I haven't known about you yet but every time I learn something new, it make me love you even more because I see how strong you are. Everything what had happened in the past made you the person who you are now. And I love all of this person."

"I know," she smiled sadly, "I just don't understand why."

"Love is not something we must understand. People love or they don't but when they do they have to love with their whole heart and whole soul, completely and unconditionally. That's what the true love means. And that's how I love you."

Regina had smile on her face and tears in her eyes but she didn't let them fall.
"I think I love you even more." She moved closer to him and hugged him.

"Impossible." He was caressing her back and she giggled against his neck.
"What if we go to make something for dinner now?" He asked after a while.

"I'm afraid we haven't nothing what I can cook. I was planning to go in shop today but..." She shrugged. But they argued and she run away, Robin understood.
"Granny's?" Regina suggested.

"Are you asking me on a date?" Robin raised his eyebrow playfully and Regina chuckled.

"Maybe."

xXx

They were walking next to each other with holding hands in silence. Regina realized he had told her he loves her but not if he was still angry. And she knew you can be angry with someone who you love.

"Aren't you angry anymore?" She decided to ask him.

"I wasn't even. It just made me crazy that you were angry."

"Not angry. More like... pissed off."

"That's the same, maybe even worst." Robin frowned.

"It's not." She made a short pause and then whispered, "Anger was what had made me evil. This was different, I didn't want to hurt anyone."

"We will get through this." He squeezed her hand lightly.

"Yeah." She nodded and interlocked her fingers with his.

Well, I don't know what I think about this chapter, so please let me know what YOU think about it, okay? :)

Enjoy your day. Mwah.