Another two-parter! This one was so much fun to write! A little sad in this first chapter but the second is AMAZING! If I do say so myself. :)

You all are the best! I have so many more ideas to write and I will try and get to all of them! MUAH!

Prompt from Guest - Marion comes back (like in the finale) and Regina gives Emma her engagement ring to give back to Robin because she can't face him. Go from there.

"Make sure he gets that Miss Swan." Regina's voice wavered but she refused to let it break.

He wanted them to go out for ice cream. A simple request to end the perfect night spent with the new men in her life. Once they were there she and Roland picked out seats while Robin ordered their frozen treats. Much of the walk over was spent talking about what flavors everyone wanted.

She smiled as she listened to Roland go on and on about how nice everyone was at his new school. He had just started that day and hadn't stopped talking about how much he liked it. When her thief came back over with their ice cream she watched him. He seemed nervous about something. She didn't realize what until her strawberry cone was in front of her. Carefully perched on top of the scoops was a simple diamond ring. Her breath caught when she looked up and saw him down on his knees.

"I know how scared this makes you, but I can't live without you." He kept talking but she hadn't heard anything else. Regina was terrified of opening up, but this was her true love. Her second chance. She laughed at his attempt to convince her. "Robin stop. Yes." His eyes lit up like the stars as he placed the ring on her finger.

That was mere hours before her world came crashing down once again. Hours before she started to relive the pain of heartbreak for what seemed like the millionth time. Looking away from the reunited family, she glared at the blond that she would like to execute on the spot. She couldn't place what stopped her from doing so. It could have been Henry, all the belief he had in her. Maybe it was still the thief who stole her heart, after all he seemed to have just as much faith in the person she could be. When she turned to run out of Granny's she didn't expect Emma to follow. "Regina wait!"

It was a fire on her finger that needed to be removed. So that's what she did. However there was no way that the Queen was going to be able to give the ring back to him.

"Make sure he gets that Miss Swan." Regina's voice wavered but she refused to let it break.

It took a total of twelve hours for him to be at her door demanding entrance. Demanding the chance to explain himself. She wouldn't let him in. Couldn't. All her energy was spent trying to keep up appearances for Henry. Making sure that he thought she was alright with what was going on.

Sleeping was not an option unless she was completely exhausted. Her dreams were filled with Robin, Roland, and the happiness that she no longer possessed. It was her own fault. Regina felt she knew better than to open up to anyone. Knew that every time she wanted to change and be better, someone came around to ruin it. Ruin her.

She was a hero now, didn't that mean she got a happy ending? Maybe she wasn't the hero. Maybe she was just pretending to be a good guy, for Henry. Another wave of tears streamed down her face when she thought of the possibility. No. She had worked to hard over the past year to change. She would not allow this to make her the Evil Queen again, that was such an easy option, but she had be better than that.

Of course, her Prince could see just how broken she was. Two weeks after the diner Henry came into the living room, after making plenty of noise so Regina knew he was coming, to tell her of what was happening outside these four walls. "Mom, he is miserable. He hasn't left our front yard for as long as you have been cooped up here."

It was true. When she refused to let him in the house, he set up camp on the front lawn. Every day he would knock on the door at exactly noon to try and gain access. Robin needed to explain himself. To let her know how mistaken his reaction was. How he should have been a million times more conscious of the fact that his true love was there, not just his wife.

The attempt Henry made just ended up with him in trouble. It was clear that Regina wanted nothing to do with the thief at the moment. What sucked the most was that Henry really liked the guy. On his way to school that day he knocked on the outside of Robin's tent. "Dude you are going to have to get creative to fix this one." With a shake of his head he ran off to school.

Look at Henry being an Outlaw Queen shipper! Hope you like it, part two to follow shortly!