Bet you all thought this was just going to be abandoned or an OS, well finally I got around to writing a part two, so I hope you enjoy!
After dropping her bags off in her hotel room, she'd hurried to get to Gold and he did tell her off, but not much as he said they had to hurry and get to the offices in time for the meeting. So no sooner had she been back to the hotel, they were gone again, on their way to speak with one of the top London businesses. The last thing she wanted to do right now was go and meet with some potential business partners, but she had to, it was her job, it was what she had come here to do, to sit beside Gold and represent the firm.
They hopped out of the car, Gold had hired a private chauffeur, ever the exhibitionist, what was wrong with taking a cab? Or a taxi as they called them here in England. Sighing she followed Gold into the building, they made their way through the main entrance, passing security before going up to the main offices. They were meeting with the CEO, in one of the boardrooms. She made sure to stay close to Gold, mainly because he was walking fast for some reason.
She let out another sigh and he stopped abruptly, causing her to crash into the back of him, "Regina."
"Sorry," she winced, "you could have given me some sort of warning. Maybe said, oh Regina, I'm stopping now, might wanna stop too."
"What is going on with you today?"
"Nothing," she shook her head, scoffing lightly, "I'm fine, trust me, now are we going to this meeting?"
He narrowed his eyes at her and she knew that he wasn't buying what she was telling him, he knew there was something off with her, mainly because he knew her, probably knew her better than anyone else which was rather strange to think about. "Yes, but afterwards, I want you to come clean and tell we what it is that's bothering you."
"Fine," she rolled her eyes, "let's go," she shooed him with her hands, trying to get him to move, but he looked at her for a few more seconds first, then headed off in the direction if the boardrooms. Regina followed him, trying her best not to sigh again, it was just she had a lot to sigh about, maybe that was what Gold was picking up on, the fact that she was making a lot of exacerbated noise for no reason, the thing was she couldn't help it, it just happened, she was feeling like a complete moron.
They walked past a large office which had many desks, all filled with computers and the staff all seemed to have disposable coffee cups and doughnuts, suddenly something caught her eye and she stopped in her tracks, leaving Gold to carry on walking. It couldn't be, could it? She must just be imagining things, there was no way, no way at all. Nevertheless, she pushed the large glass door open and walked into the office room which was abuzz with conversation. Biting her bottom lip, she moved closer and closer until she was behind him. Closing her eyes she tapped on his shoulder.
"Regina?"
The smile from earlier was back again as that voice confirmed what she thought she saw, her eyes opened and met an ocean of blue, "Robin," she breathed, not being able to stop the look of joy from spreading across her features. The thing was though, he looked just as happy to see her and had a matching grin, those beautiful dimples showing, god, how was it possible for her to have missed seeing them after only being apart for not even one whole hour.
"I never thought I'd see you again," he whispered, moving closer to her, she looked up at him and let out a little laugh.
"Neither did I."
"We tried to find you," Robin stated, "Roland wouldn't stop crying and I just kept thinking about never being able to see you again, or get to know you and it just… it didn't sit well with me, but you were gone."
"That's because I came to find you," she chuckled, shaking her head, "I think we both came to the same realisation."
"So we did," he nodded, reaching out to tuck her hair behind her ear causing her to let out a small gasp, after which he immediately apologised, "that was inappropriate."
"Why?" she laughed.
"If I made you feel uncomfortable I apologise."
"Really? I promise you I was not uncomfortable, in fact, quite the opposite," she smiled, staring at him as he stared back with those blues that looked as though they could see into her very soul. What was the coincidence of this, that they would meet again, London was a huge place with so many businesses, how was it that they just happened to be going to the same one, just like they had met in the store, it was all rather creepy. She couldn't care less about that though, she had found him and she wasn't going to let him go again without having a way to contact him.
"Oh, that's good," he nodded, "sorry, I just, I don't really interact very well with… you know what, never mind."
She smirked at him, he was a gentleman, pure and simple and he hated to think that he was doing something that would cause someone distress. "Is Roland okay now?" She asked, hoping that the little boy hadn't caused his father too much trouble.
"Yes, he's much better, it took him a while. I really don't know what happened there, he just seemed to get so attached to you in the brief twenty minutes he knew you, he doesn't do that with anyone, doesn't connect with anyone," he looked at her and she felt butterflies in her stomach as her heart seemed to tingle, she didn't know what that meant, but it wasn't a bad thing, that much she did know.
"I feel honoured that he chose me."
"I think he chose pretty well," Robin rose his eyebrows at her, "I was rather surprised that you have no children of your own, you had the touch of a mother."
"Thank you, let's just say I haven't been fortunate enough to have my own family just yet," she sighed, still smiling at him, it hadn't really sunk in yet that he was stood right there, "but I would really love to be a mother."
"You would make a good one."
"Regina, what are you doing?" Gold hissed from the doorway, "I thought you were behind me."
"Sorry, I… sorry, I'm coming," she nodded, having forgotten totally about the meeting, she turned to Robin and smiled at him before rooting around in the pocket of her jacket and taking out a card holder, passing him on of her business cards, "my number is on there, you'll call me, right?"
"I will most definitely call you," Robin grinned at her, slipping the card into the pocket of his suit jacket, "now I am pretty sure that fellow is desperate for you to follow him."
"Yes, sorry, bye."
"Bye."
She scurried off, running after Gold with a stupid smile on her face, she was just too happy to have found Robin again, "Gold," she called, managing to catch up with him.
"What on earth are you doing?"
"I just saw someone I knew that's all," she shrugged, hoping that he bought that, because he knew she had never been to England in her life, so how would it be possible that she knew someone from the country, unless they had moved here from the states, that would be a plausible excuse.
"Hmm," he cast her a somewhat sceptical look before coming to the correct floor and talking to the woman who was sat behind the desk, "Gold corporations here to see the CEO and his team."
"Ah yes, well I think he may be running a little late, but have a seat and I will see if I can get hold of him," she stated, gesturing towards the conference room, "the rest of his team are already inside."
"Very well," Gold nodded, opening the door and gesturing for Regina to go inside before him, she did and sat down in her allocated seat, looking at the papers in front of her, she needed to get her head back in the game, she had found Robin and now she could concentrate on doing her work and doing it well, not having to worry about having lost something that could have meant something to her.
She read a couple of the words of the document before she heard the door open and that newly familiar voice ring out, "sorry I'm late folks, I come baring coffees and doughnuts," he stated, placing the trays in the middle of the table as he caught her eyes and smiled, before moving to the head of the table and sitting down in the chair reserved for the CEO. "Well then, let's get down to business, shall we?"
After a productive meeting of Regina pretty much trying to hold back on flirting with Robin when she had to speak up, everyone began to filter out. Gold had shaken Robin's hand and left on the agreement that they would pick up again on Monday but what they had so far was a wonderful start towards a merger of their two companies in order to become the biggest in their field in the entire world, also making them the most powerful.
It kind of worried Regina because she knew the rumours about powerful men, men that had money, they were renowned for being untrustworthy and controlling, but she was certain that he wasn't like that. She had got to know him and in that time he had been nothing but sincere and friendly and just overall a nice guy, he must have literally bought coffee and doughnuts for every single one of his workers because she had simply thought he worked down there, it had looked like it by the way he had been interacting with them, like he was one of them and not their boss, probably even their bosses boss.
Once they had all gone Regina turned to Robin and smiled at him, "so?"
"So that was a success, was it? He's rather hard to read that man," he laughed perching on the desk as she collected her things together.
"Yeah, he is, he seems pretty impressed," she nodded, clipping the clasps on her briefcase and standing it up before going to put her coat on. "I think the merger will go smoothly, I'll put a good word in for you," she smirked, flicking her hair as she pulled it out of the collar of her jacket.
"You will?" he chuckled standing up and grinning at her.
"Hmm, I will."
"What are you doing for dinner tonight?" he asked.
"I was going to order room service and crash out in my hotel room," she shrugged, that had been her plan, she had just been on a flight all the way from New York, she should be feeling tired, but she just wasn't for some reason.
"Okay, I know this might sound slightly odd you having just met me and I totally understand if you say no, but would you maybe consider coming and having dinner with Roland and myself? Not going out or anything, just at our home?"
She could hear how eager he was, that he really wanted her to go and she wanted to go too, she wasn't going to pass up any opportunity, they were on borrowed time as it was, "yes, I would love to," she nodded, "that would be lovely."
"Perfect!" He stated excitedly before clearing his throat and running his fingers through his hair, "I mean that will be great, I know Roland will be over the moon to see you again."
"Yes and maybe he can show me the rest of his dinosaurs," she had to resist the temptation to ask if Robin himself would also be over the moon to see her, it was too forward and she wasn't that kind of girl, she wasn't really one for spontaneous relationships, or relationships in general for that matter. She told herself that she was happy being alone, sitting on the sofa with a good book, a glass of wine and her cat for company.
"Oh well if he does I don't think we will have the chance to talk all night because I can assure you once he gets going he won't stop."
"He's wonderful," she smiled, she really would be thrilled to see him again.
"He is," Robin agreed, "so how about six o'clock? Is that okay for you or…"
"Yes that's perfect."
"Great, I can send a driver to pick you up if you need it."
She thought about it for a moment, she could always take the tube, but then again she had no clue how she was ever going to really find his house, she had no clue how to get around London, never mind find one house in such a massive city, "are you sure that's no problem? If it is, I can just get a cab…"
"No it isn't a problem, I have a driver and you might as well use him."
"Are you certain?"
"Yes Regina, I'm sure," his hand went to his wallet and he pulled out his card before handing it to her and grabbing a pen from the centre of the table and scrawling down another number on it, "that's my personal cell, just text me the name of your hotel and I will get my driver to come and collect you, okay?"
"Okay," she unclasped her briefcase briefly so that she could place it safely in one of the sections. Looking up at him she suddenly felt rather shy and tucked her hair behind her ear, "so I guess I will see you sometime after six."
"I can't wait, what do you like to eat?"
"Anything really, I'm not fussy, except for seafood, it makes my skin crawl," she shuddered just thinking about it, her friend back home had once taken her to a sushi bar and she had nearly thrown up over the counter, mainly because of the texture of the raw fish and seaweed in her mouth, it had grossed her out somewhat.
"Oh I know right, that and I am allergic, so I can quite safely say that we will not be having seafood for dinner."
"Good," she smiled, picking up the brief case and beginning to walk to the door, "I am so glad that I didn't lose you," she had said it before she could stop the words from coming out and he probably thought she was ridiculous.
"Yeah me too, I can't wait to see you again tonight," he looked into her eyes and she felt her breath catch in her throat, his eyes were so blue, like too pools that she could just drown in and right now she was willingly drowning, not bothering to breathe.
"Me either," she nodded, extending her hand for him to shake which he did, his eyes not leaving hers as their hands touched and warmth swam through her again liked it seemed to always do whenever his skin came into contact with hers.
"You know what, I am going to see you out because I don't want to let you out of my sight just yet," he announced still holding onto her hand.
"Okay," she bit down on her lip a little, "do you think you might give me my hand back at some point?"
"Oh yeah, that," he let go of her hand and opted to move his to the base of her back as he opened the door, "shall we?"
"Hmm," she cast him a bright smile before moving out of the door and seeing that Gold had also been waiting for her and she had been stupid to think that he wouldn't have been considering they had ridden there together, how else was she bargaining on getting back to the hotel?
"Regina are you alright? Do you have everything?" Gold asked, eyeing them, especially the way that Robin was touching her, it was his protective streak, he saw her as his daughter and she knew that.
"Yes and yes," she grinned looking up at Robin, "Mr Locksley just offered to walk me out."
"I see, well dear we should be going, the driver has brought the car around so…"
"Right," Robin carried on walking with them as they all stepped into the lift, his hand had left her now though and the two of them were stood at the back of the elevator behind Gold. She looked up at him and he rose his eyebrows at her and she stifled a laugh, she knew what he was referring to, simply at how Gold was acting like a father who was assessing a potential prom date for his daughter.
They continued to share glances until the lift reached the ground floor and Gold strolled out with them following behind, once they reached the front doors they saw that whilst they had been inside the heavens had opened and the rain was literally bouncing off the street as it pounded the ground. The older man had already gone, simply pulling his hood up to cover his head, Regina however didn't exactly have a hood on her coat and knew should her hair get wet without having product it would simply go crazy and she would not be able to tame it again by tonight.
"Wow, it's really coming down out there," he stated and she saw him undo one of the buttons on his suit jacket before lifting it over both of their heads, "ready to run?"
"Robin no! You'll get soaked!"
"Come on," he laughed getting her to hold one side of his jacket.
"You are crazy!" she giggled as he pulled the door open.
"Three, two, one, go!" they both ran out of the building and down the steps to the sidewalk where her car was waiting. He pulled the door open for her and ferried her inside, slamming the door behind her once she was in. She wound the window down and touched his hand gently as the car pulled away, "see you tonight!" he called after her as she waved and flopped back when he was again out of sight.
She smiled to herself and chuckled, winding up the window and biting her bottom lip. She heard Gold clear his throat and turned to look at him, "what was that?"
"Seems that I have a date with too handsome men tonight," she chuckled, brushing her hair behind her ear.
"Two?"
"Hmm, Robin and his son."
"Do you think it's wise to be going on a date with him?" Gold sighed.
"He's a five-year-old, I doubt he's going to try any funny business," she smirked, joking with him, there was no way that Gold was going to dictate to her who she could and could not see.
"I wasn't referring to the boy Regina, I was referring to the man, do you think it sensible to be getting involved with him when he may be a potential business partner?" Gold asked concern and warning laced within his voice.
"Gold," she sighed, "I really want to go, I like him."
"I just don't want to see you get hurt that's all."
"I won't," she shook her head finding his hand and giving it a brief squeeze, "I think I would hurt more if I didn't go."
"Then I suppose I should trust your judgement."
"I suppose you should."
It took Regina a while to decide what to wear, she wasn't sure if to go for something more casual or something that was semi formal. In the end she decided that she was only going to his house and it wasn't as though they were going out anywhere, so she pulled on a pair of dark skinny jeans and a deep red high necked jumper, thinking it to be inappropriate to wear anything she had with a cleave and that was the only item of clothing she had that didn't, she hadn't exactly been planning for this eventuality.
Once she was dressed she applied a light layer of makeup, finishing off with her signature red colour and pulling on some high heeled boots before grabbing her purse and heading out of the door to greet Robin's driver who had contacted her saying that he was outside.
She had wanted to get a little present for Roland so had stopped off beforehand at a small toy store on the corner, she didn't really have time to get all the way to Hamley's and back and get ready so she mused she would be able to find something in there and she had. She had bought him a small plush Brachiosaurus that fit in the palm of her hand, she deemed he probably had quite a few teddies, but hoped he would like it all the same.
Her hair had kinked a little in the rain, but it wasn't too bad so she had decided to leave it how it was, she didn't see the need to heat up her straighteners to get rid of her natural curls. Once she was out of the hotel she spotted the black limo, luckily the rain had stopped; she knocked on the window and it rolled down to reveal a bulky man with dark curls, "Regina?"
"Yes," she nodded.
"The names John, hop in."
She opened the door and slipped into the passenger seat, mainly because she didn't really want to sit in the back on her own, she would much rather make conversation, hopefully it would make her feel less nervous than she currently did. She could feel butterflies in her stomach, she wondered if Robin had told Roland that she was coming or if he had left it as a surprise, she really hoped it was a surprise because she wanted to see his reaction.
They pulled up outside a grand townhouse and Regina admired it before biting down on her bottom lip, "well, here we are, good luck and Robin is a really good guy just so you know."
"I know," she smiled, she did know, she had seen it in the brief time they had been together throughout the day. Taking a deep breath, she pushed the door open, wandered to up the stairs to the entrance of Robin's house and rang the doorbell, looking to the ground as she did so.
"Daddy, it's the door!" she heard Roland's little voice call and she couldn't help but chuckle to herself, bless his little heart.
"Go answer it then buddy, I'm right behind you," she heard Robin reply. With that the door swung open and she saw Roland's eyes go wide as he dropped the toy he was holding.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for a Roland Locksley, have I got the right house?" she joked
"Gina!" he squealed throwing his little arms around her, "you came back! I knew you would! I wished it on the feather! I wished you'd come back and you did, you did!"
"Yes, I did," she laughed running her fingers through his hair as she looked down at him and he stared up at her in wonder.
"Are you really here?"
"Yes," she smiled. "
"Come on, I want to show you our house!" he stated eagerly, his little hand grasping hers as he pulled her with him. She looked at Robin and grinned as he shut the door behind her. She unzipped her boots and placed them neatly beside Robin and Roland's which sat in the hallway.
"So I hope you like pizza, Roland insisted on pizza for his special dinner," Robin chuckled, ruffling his son's hair as they moved further into the house.
"Special dinner? You didn't tell me it was a special dinner, am I intruding on something?" she asked, slightly concerned that she was third wheeling on something planned between the two of them.
"No, of course not, do you think that I would have invited you if I didn't want you here?"
"I suppose not," she smiled, "what is the special occasion then? If you don't mind me asking." Roland pulled her into his playroom and it was her turn to be shocked, there was literally everything a little boy might want or need in that room and it was huge. Some of the floor had been painted to look like waves and there was a wooden boat with flags and masts that he could climb on, it had a plank that you could just off into a ball pool.
Then in the far corner she spotted a little fort with turrets and toy cannons which she could only assume you could fire the ball pool balls out of. To her right there was a tepee type tent which was currently surrounded by loads of dinosaurs. She had never seen anything like it, it was quite astounding. "My goodness," she gasped.
"I know, I think this area may have gotten slightly out of hand I just want it to be perfect for Roland, we don't have a garden really, so he needs space to run around and play," Robin quipped as his son disappeared inside the little tent. "I may spoil him slightly too much but…"
"He doesn't come across as spoilt," she stated, "not at all."
"He didn't even ask for any of this, except for a couple of the dinosaurs, but I like my little projects so birthdays and Christmases usually mean a new addition to the playroom, or his bedroom."
"It is amazing Robin. You didn't tell me the special occasion," she pointed out as they walked further into the room and lifted the flap to watch Roland as he played nicely with his toys in the tent.
"Ah, well, when Roland was younger he contracted an illness that caused both his kidneys to fail," Robin shuddered taking a deep breath, "I had just lost my wife Marian and I thought that I was going to lose my boy too, however luckily he got a transplant just in time. I was so scared that everything I had was going to crumble under me, that I was going to lose my family, but Roland, he's a little miracle."
Regina rubbed his arm soothingly, "that must have been torture."
"Yes, it was, so ever since then we have celebrated by having a special tea together to mark the day he had his operation, usually it's just the two of us but this year we have the honour of your company."
"Gina we have cake and everything!" Roland nodded excitedly as he looked up from, his toys, "we did last year didn't we daddy!
"Yes."
"Regina, do you want to look at my baby dinos?" he asked, his dark eyes sparkling as he looked up at her with a dimpled grin.
"I would love to look at your baby dinos!" she stated enthusiastically, climbing into the tent with him.
"I need to just go check on dinner, you don't mind staying with him do you?" Robin questioned.
"Of course not, I am quite happy to stay here and play with Roland," she smiled, sitting down crossed legged opposite him before taking the dinosaur that Roland passed to her eagerly. "Who is this?" she asked looking at the toy in her hand and back to Roland who was clapping.
"I know! It's the Triceratops!"
"Is it?"
"Yes! It is," he giggled falling onto her lap as he took it from her and showed her another one, "this is a Stegosaurus."
They had a lovely meal all sat around the dining room table which was covered in a children's table cloth that had dinosaurs on it, apparently Roland had quite the obsession with the scally reptiles. After that Robin insisted that it was time for Roland's bath, the little boy hadn't been best pleased about that, wanting to hurry and get back to Regina, she had offered to clean the pots whilst Robin cleaned Roland, something Robin had not been too happy about her doing, insisting that she was a guest in their house and shouldn't be cleaning up after them, but she insisted that she was capable of cleaning away a few plates.
She could hear them and it was funny to listen to what they babbled on about, it was mainly Roland talking to Robin, "Daddy?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you think Gina could stay here with us forever?
"I don't know about that one my boy."
"Why? Does Gina not like us? Does she not want to stay with us?"
"It's not that simple Roland, of course she likes us, she lives far away…"
"But I like Gina, I don't want her to go"
"She isn't going now, she's still here for a while yet, so how about we spend some time with her whilst she's here?"
"Yes! Does that mean I can have off school?" he asked eagerly and Regina pressed her lips together trying to stop herself from laughing at him as she put the plates in the dishwasher.
"No mister you cannot."
"Whyyy?!" he whined.
"Because how else are you going to get all smart?"
"I don't want to go to school though Daddy," he chuckled mischievously.
"Well then you're just lucky that it's the weekend then aren't you and hopefully if you ask her nicely Regina might want to spend some of her time here with us."
"I hope she does Daddy, I really do."
After Roland had his bath he came running out in his, believe it or not, dinosaur pyjamas, his brown mop of curls bouncing as he hugged her, "Gina, do you want to watch The Land Before Time with me?"
"Yes," she smiled, running her fingers through his damp hair, she felt slightly tired, but she wasn't going to say no to movie time. She and Roland flopped down onto the sofa and Robin came into the living room with a bowl of popcorn. The space was modern, with grey sofas and purple tartan cushions, the wall paper was decorated with birch trees and was a shimmery silver colour, Regina guessed that he probably had an interior designer, either that or he had really good taste. It was pretty tidy apart from the few toys scattered here and there, but that was to be expected with a young son.
"You don't mind this do you?" he asked and she could tell he was worried that she wasn't enjoying herself, even though this was the most interaction she'd had with any other human being for months, except from Gold but he didn't really count did he, that was work anyhow.
"Of course not, I have never seen this movie, so it should be good."
"This is my favourite film Gina," Roland beamed snuggling into her side as Robin sat down on the other side of him, Roland acting as somewhat of a barrier between the two of them. It was only as she was sat there combing through his hair that she realised that she hadn't gotten around to giving him his present yet.
She shuffled a little and found her purse, she took out the little toy and tapped on Roland's shoulder, "I got you a little something."
"Oh wow! Thank you so much," he cuddled it close to him, "it's a Brachiosaurus, Daddy, look at the dino Gina got me. I love him thank you!" he hugged her, his little arms going around her neck, she hugged him back, glad that she could make him happy, "I will treasure it always," he smiled pulling back to look in her eyes before settling down again, now clinging to the soft toy that was securely under his arm.
The film started playing and Regina met Robin's eyes over the top of Roland's head, he was looking at her in awe and she rose her eyebrows at him before chuckling and turning to the screen.
All the way through the film Roland had been pointing out things to Regina, telling her what they were she was really feeling the jet lag now and hummed along with him, simply holding him close as her eyes drooped. Robin kept looking over at her and she knew that he knew she was tired, the major giveaway was that he kept checking how much longer was left to play on the film. At one point though her eyes got too heavy and she couldn't help but give in to her need for sleep.
Regina woke to the feeling of someone running their fingers across her cheek and through her hair, groaning she nuzzled into the touch. Slowly her eyes opened and she saw Robin grinning down at her, "someone's tired," he quipped, his hand stopped moving and rested on her arm.
She smiled and brushed her hands over her face, "how long have I been asleep?" she asked. She couldn't really believe that she had fallen asleep whilst she was at Robin's, she usually would never sleep unless she was on her own in complete silence, but she hadn't been. She had been so comfy cuddled up with Roland on the couch that she must have dozed off.
"A while, Roland wanted to wake you up when he went to bed but I told him we should let you sleep."
She yawned and sat up, stretching her arms as she turned a little to see Robin properly, it was crazy how comfortable she already felt with the pair, she was usually quite awkward with new people but not this time, she had been asleep on his couch with her head practically on his lap. "You could have woken me up, I wouldn't have minded."
"Didn't have the heart to," he chuckled, placing the book that had been reading down on the little table which was beside the couch as he moved to tuck her hair behind her ear.
"But in terms of time, how long have I been asleep?" she asked rubbing her eye sleepily as she yawned again.
"Couple of hours," he nodded, "I was beginning to think you'd never wake up."
"I think I should probably be heading back to the hotel now before I fall asleep on you again," she stated, not really wanting to leave but finding the need to, she could hardly stay over, it wasn't proper and Gold would probably have a freak out if he wanted to have a mini meeting in the morning and she wasn't at the hotel. She moved off the sofa as he did and stretched a little more before picking up her purse.
"Sure, let me call John," he smiled, standing from the couch and grabbing his phone from the sideboard.
"I'll get a cab back," she waved her hand at him, not seeing the need for him to pester his driver at such a late hour.
"Not a chance, you'll probably never get a taxi on a Friday night anyway," he excused and she knew he was probably right, in NYC there was no way you were getting transport home, you would most likely have to brave the subway, she guessed it was probably the same in London and that was something Regina didn't really feel like doing at night.
"Thank you," she laughed, "I had a really lovely time tonight."
"Yeah, me too," he nodded, a goofy grin on his face, which was apparently contagious because she couldn't help but cast him a massive smile. "What are you doing tomorrow?"
"I was just going to explore London a little I think."
"Well, I'm taking Roland to the Natural History Museum to see the dinosaurs, not that he hasn't been dozens of times, but would you maybe like to come along with us?"
"Yes," she agreed, shopping could wait, she would rather spend as much time as she could with Robin and Roland, "that would be lovely."
"Cool," he chuckled, running a hand through his hair and if she didn't know any better she would think that he seemed rather nervous around her and it made her want to laugh at him because it was cute, "do people even say cool anymore?"
"I do," she shook her head biting down on her bottom lip as there was a knock on the front door, "well I suppose I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah, I can't wait," he stated.
She looked at him and couldn't resist leaning in and pressing a kiss to his cheek, "see you tomorrow," she whispered opening the door and hurrying down the stairs to slip into the passenger seat of John's car.
"Make sure she gets back safe John," Robin waved.
"Will do," the other man winked as Regina rolled her window down.
"Night Regina."
She cast him one last smile, offering him a little wave as the car pulled away and she shouted "good night Robin."
