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111. Regina takes Robin Hood on an airplane for the first time

"Robin, can you please calm down?"

Robin looked away from te runway of the airplan and turned to Regina, who sat right next to him, composed and beautiful like always "I'm perfectly calm!"

"You are? So that's why you're keep moving on your seat? Find a position and keep it!"

The man snorted, checking again out the window "It's just that I still don't understand how you managed to convince me to get on this thing!"

"This thing is called airplane and I did not convince you, I forced you!"

He raised his eyebrow "I can't believe you say it without bein ashamed!"

Regina looked up from the newspaper she was holding on her legs "Who said that we had to go out from Storybrooke? That the world is too big to stay a lifetime in a small town in Maine?"

"When I said it, I thought it was obvious that we would use the car to get out of Storybrooke. After all the work I did to learn how to drive, at least!"

She tried to be patient as she explained it one more time at her very tensed husband "The United States are huge and California is on the other side of the country, it would have take us a week with the car!"

"Then what? trips in the Enchanted Forest always lasted days!"

"I know, but here we have the chance to shorten the times, so that's what we're doing.." She said, looking around trying to figure how many people still had to come inside "Anyway we already had this speech a million times, and even if this time you could make me change my mind - and I assure you that you would not succeed - it would be useless since we are almost already gone! "

Robin almost jumped from his seat "Have we already left?"

She held back a laugh, shaking her head, while a curly head peeked out from the front seats "Are you scared, daddy?"

Robin opened his eyes wider seeing his son unsafely kneeled on is seat "Roland, sit down immediately and fasten your seat belt!"

"Henry said I have to fasten it when they turn on that light!" The child replied, pointing at the light still off "Look, it's not on!"

"It doesn't matter, it could be broken or they might have forgotten to turn it on so fasten your belt, and you too!" He added, turning to look at Regina, who snorted in response "And kid, I'm talking with you too, even if you're pretending not to hear!"

"That's not true, I can hear you very well!" Henry closed the book he was reading and leaned over the back of his seat, to face his stepdad "And you look a little too anxious to me!"

"You're perceptive, honey!" Regina exclaimed with a note of sarcasm in her voice, focusing on her magazine again.

"You tell me how I can not be anxious when I find this right in front of my eyes!" He exclaimed, starting to wave in front of the boy's eyes the plastic sheet that listed all the emergency measures to be taken in case of need.

"It's a precaution, Robin, it doesn't mean that this stuff is really going to happen... in fact, plane crashes are very rare now!"

"Very rare it does not seem a satisfactory percentage!" he protested, following with the corner of his eyes all the crew's movements, ready to catch any sing of danger.

"we could crash?" Roland asked worrily.

"Of course not, baby, don't listen to your dad, we are perfectly safe!"

"Yeah, that's what the guy in that Titanic movie told.. unsinkable, sure!"

She hit him on his shoulder, trying with all is strength to not laugh "Oh, please, are you done with all this drama? And if not, could you at least not scare Roland? I already have one frightened boy to take care of!"

Henry tried to hide a smile and exchanged an amused look with his mother, while Roland shook his head "I'm not scared Regina, I'm happy to fly!"

She smiled at him "I know sweetheart, that's because you are very brave, unlike your dad!"

Roland laughed and so did Regina and Henry, so Robin crossed his arms "So, have you done making fun of me, all of you? And boys, I mean it, settle down on your seats, right now!"

Regina looked up at the ceiling, exhausted "I'm telling you right now, we're going to do our next vacation in Vermont, on the mountains, a couple of hours of car and it's done! "

"No way mum, we have already established that we're going to Europe!" Protested Henry.

"Do you really want to cross the ocean with him doing that?"

"He is just here and he can hear you!" Protested Robin "It's easy to talk when you're living in this world for more than thirty years!"

"If we're getting technical it's the first time for me too, but I'm not acting crazy like you. People take airplanes every day and nothing happens, why should we crash today?"

"We are not normal people, you know it very well. I would not be surprised if after we survived ice monsters, flying monkeys and evil witches, we die because of an airplane!" He had unknowing raised the tone of his voice and only noticed when he noticed the two boys sitting in the row next to them staring confused at him.

"He's joking!" Regina exclaimed, forcing an amused smile, before turning to look at her husband with a grim look. "Keep it up and they'll drop you off for real, but to take you to a psychiatric hospital!"

"The light, the light turned on Henry!" Roland's enthusiastic voice caught the attention of the other three "We're leaving!"

"Yes, I see that.. sit down and get your belt fastened and do not yell in my ears, please!" Replied the brother, laughing at Roland's enthusiasm.

Robin made sure the boys were settle down, then looked at his wife "Well, now if you're not too busy, could you fasten your damn seat belt?"

Se looked at him wit a scowl "I'm doing it, don't freak out!"

Robin waited impatiently for Regina to close the magazine, fix her hair, and finally, slowly - he could swear she was doing it on purpose - fasten her seat belt.

Then he nailed his head to the seat, inhaling deeply and trying to focus on something other than the disquieting rumble that came from under his feet.

"They just turned on the engines!" Regina explained to him.

He nodded, not daring to move "I didn't say anything!"

His wife laughed as she reached out his hand, squeezing it "Don't worry, everything will be fine, I promise!"

She had minimized his fears, but despite everything she had to admit that she and everyone else had arrived in Storybrooke with new lives and new memories so the technology of that world had been familiar to them from the beginning, but for Robin it was all new, and he was faced every day with objects and inventions that he could not even figure in his mind when he lived in the forest, so he had the right to be at least destabilized by all that changes, after all.

"I hope you realize what a great proof of love and trust I have given you, agreeing to get on this thing!"

"I'll keep it in mind, I promise!" She assured him, clasping his hand more tightly and starting to stroke the back with her thumb "Now, relax and enjoy the journey!"

Robin brushed his head with hers, smiling mischievously "You know, if you could help me relaxing, maybe ..."

She did not even let him finish that leaned toward him, taking his face in one hand and snapping a loud kiss on his mouth.

"You see? Now we're really on the same page!" He exclaimed, satisfied, and then it was him who caught her lips in a deeper kiss.

And when the plane began to take off, neither of them noticed it.

The California sun greeted them as soon as they left the airport and Regina took a deep breath, enjoying the fresh air. SHe squeezed Roland's hand a little more and turned to wait for Robin and Henry, who stood behind admiring the majestic structure that stood on their heads.

"Did you see? We're down on the ground again and guess what? Without even a scratch!"

Robin nodded, keeping to push the cart with the suitcases "I have to admit, it was better than I expected, I almost didn't notice we were flying!"

"Of course you didn't, you two smooched all the time like two teenagers!" Henry exclaimed.

Regina blushed as Robin affectionately struck the boy behind the back of his head. "And how do you know? You slept all the time!"

Henry shrugged, answering with a grimace "Maybe I saw you?"

"that 's true dad, I saw you two smooching too!" Roland added, turning to look at his father.

"You got it wrong boys, the fact is that your mother was nervous, she needed to be reassured.."

"Me? I was nervous? "Regina shook her head, laughing, as she pushed her husband away "You're unbelievable!"

In response Robin surrounded her shoulders with his free arm, starting to walk beside her "Ok, now I can confess, it was all fake, I just pretended to be afraid because I knew you were scared but too proud to admit it, so I wanted you to not feel alone, and ave you seen? Trying to turn away my fear you did the same for you. No need to thank me, milady."

Regina stared at him, raising an eyebrow "Love, something tells me that this holiday is starting very bad for you.."

"Well.." he watched Henry and Roland walk toward them and spoke at her ear "Let me tell you how you can fix this.." Regina laughed as he hugged her and kissed her head affectionately.