A couple of comments and follows popped into my inbox for this fic lately and I thought, why not write another chapter. So here it is, hope you enjoy! ;) xoxox
They had been to the history museum and Regina hadn't been able to resist the temptation of buying Roland a new dinosaur to go with his collection. Unfortunately, she had been called up by Gold ordering her to come to the hotel to help him with some paperwork, she'd had to apologise to Robin and Roland before leaving, she'd not even had time to finish looking around.
Luckily, she hadn't been long with Gold and now she was back at her hotel laid out on the bed as she emailed on her mac book, she was messaging Henry, he was telling her how much he was missing her. She had just sent her last email saying how she was looking forward to seeing him again soon and giving him the present she'd bought him when her phone began ringing.
She leant over and grabbed her mobile from the side and answering the call, "Regina Mills."
"Robin Locksley."
"Haha, very funny," she rolled her eyes, leaning against the headboard as she bit down on her bottom lip, playing with the edge of the duvet.
"You're very formal when you answer the phone milady."
"Well, I didn't know it was you did I," she chuckled as she ran her hands over the bedding and moved over to the window looking out onto the streets of London and watching the passers-by.
"Do you not have caller I.D," he laughed.
Regina shook her head, "enough about that, now I guess you had a reason for your call, unless you just wanted to tease me some more about the way I speak."
"Yeah, urm, I, I just wondered if… I wanted to know if…"
"Come on, spit it out Robin," she joked, he had some cheek badgering her when he couldn't even get his words out properly.
"Do you want to go out to dinner tonight?" he blurted.
She felt her cheeks heat up as she nibbled on her bottom lip, "I would love to go to dinner with you and Roland."
"Ah, urm, I meant with just me, Roland is at his friend's house tonight for a sleep over so I thought that maybe we could just grab a bite to eat at a restaurant. That's if your free and you want to go of course."
"So, a meal in a restaurant, just the two of us. Like a date you mean?" she smiled feeling her heart begin to race within her chest, he was asking her out and she didn't know how to feel about that. She hadn't been on a date in so long, she'd been throwing herself into her work, but the prospect of going on one now with someone she just happened to really like was a good one.
"Yeah, I suppose, or not if you don't want, it could just be dinner."
"Well, I would love to go on a dinner date with you," she stated as she moved over to her case to see what she had to wear, "so, where are we going?"
"Just somewhere casual," he informed her.
"Sounds perfect."
"I'll pick you up at seven?"
"Then I suppose I will see you then."
"Till then milady," the phone went dead and a massive smile formed on Regina's face, she dropped the phone down on her bedside table and flopped down on the bed. She had a date!
Regina waited in the lobby looking in the mirror that was stationed behind the reception desk, she straightened her hair before perching on one of the chairs in the entrance. It was five to seven, but she figured it wouldn't do any harm to be early, glancing at her shoes she knocked them together impatiently, she was feeling nervous, she didn't know how the date would go, she could only hope that it would live up to her expectations. So far Robin had been wonderful and there was no reason for her to think that this date would be anything but the same.
"Regina."
"Gold, what are you doing here?" she questioned with furrowed eyebrows.
"I thought would stop by at the hotel restaurant for a spot to eat, I don't suppose you would care to join me would you."
"Ah, I have other plans," she confessed. She knew where Gold stood on her relationship with Robin, he hadn't been all that accepting of her plans when she had informed him of them on Friday, so she doubted that he would be happy for her now.
"I see, well, I hope you have a lovely evening Regina, I expect to see you in the dining room on Monday morning for final briefing, we will be leaving shortly after that."
"Yes," she whispered, watching as he walked away and letting out a deep sigh. She'd almost forgotten the inevitable, the fact that she wouldn't be able to have anything significant with Robin because she lived in America whilst he lived here in England. She was torturing herself by allowing herself to get mixed up within it. She had a feeling that she would end up with her heart broken, she'd allowed herself to fall too far and she was the one who would be getting hurt as a result of that.
What was she thinking? This was such a bad idea, she couldn't do it to herself, she shouldn't have spent so much time with them. She'd already become so attached to him and it was a huge mistake. She stood from the chair, she couldn't do this, couldn't allow herself to fall for him even more than she had already. Regina darted for the lift but as she was waiting she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Hi, sorry am I late?"
She closed her eyes and turned around to look at him, "Robin, no I… no you're not late, I was just…" she stopped staring at him, now he was here she couldn't do it, she couldn't bail on him, the look on his face was too much, there was no way she could just leave him in the lurch, she'd agreed to the date.
"You ready?" Robin asked, he was kinda worried that she had changed her mind, she looked as though she didn't want to go and that was the exact opposite to what it had sounded like on the phone.
"Yes, I'm totally ready," she nodded.
"Are you sure? If you don't want to go that's okay…"
"I want to go," she smiled heading towards the exit, "I really do Robin."
"Good, I'm glad," he chuckled walking with her. She'd scared him there for a moment, he actually thought that she didn't want to go, he was really happy that she was still up for it. He really, really wanted this to go right.
"So," Regina bit down on her bottom lip as she sipped on the glass of lemonade she ordered, she wanted to stick to soda before she moved onto something alcoholic, seemingly Robin was on the same wavelength as she was. Robin looked more casual than she had ever seen him, in a blue polo shirt and jeans, she liked seeing him like that, out of the usual suit pants and shirt. "How was the rest of your day? Did Roland enjoy the rest of the trip to the museum?"
"Yeah, he did, I think he missed you though, he kept saying Regina would have liked this, or Regina would like that. In fact, he made me take photos of the things you might have liked so I could show you later," Robin laughed shaking his head as he thought about his son.
"Aww, how adorable," Regina cooed as she took the phone from Robin and looked at the images on his phone, seeing Roland stood with a big grin on his face as he pointed to different objects. "He really is the sweetest," she smiled, scrolling through the pictures, landing on a selfie of Robin and Roland outside the blue whale in the entrance. "You both are," she handed the phone back to him and picked up the menu, "do you know what you're wanting?" she asked, feeling her face heat up.
He chuckled at her embarrassment before glancing down at the menu, "I was thinking fish and chips."
"I'm going to go with the burger and chips," she hummed, putting the menu down again and looking up at him. Just looking at him made all the fears she'd been feeling earlier well to the surface and before she could stop herself she was blurting out everything she was thinking about, "what are we going to do?"
"What do you mean?" he furrowed his eyebrows, leaning back in his chair and looking at her, trying to work out what was going through her head, he had known something was wrong when he first turned up at the hotel and she had been putting on a façade since then, trying to cover up what she really felt.
"We're sat here having a good time and the past couple of days have been just perfect, but what happens on Monday?" Regina rushed, she just needed to know what he thought, needed to know whether he was on the same wavelength as she was.
"Monday?" he questioned, he didn't know what she was talking about, but he had a bad feeling about it.
"Monday, when I return home to America hundreds of miles away from here," she whispered regretfully. She knew she had only just met Robin and Roland, but that didn't change the way she already felt about them.
Robin sighed and shook his head, he'd been thinking about it himself, but had been trying to avoid it, he didn't want to think about the possibility of losing her after having only just found her. He wanted them to enjoy the time they had, "I think we should just enjoy the time we have," he smiled, reaching for her hand and taking it gently in his, "I know you're going to have to leave, but I really want to spend time with you while you're here."
Regina nodded, he was right and she knew it, she couldn't stay away from Robin and Roland and she might as well enjoy the time she would have with them before she left. "Yes, that sounds like a wonderful idea."
"Good," he grinned stroking her cheek gently, he was about to say something more as his phone began to ring, vibrating on the table with the number of Roland's friend's mother. "Sorry, it seems I'm being facetimed."
"Answer," she stated, "I'm just going to pop to the bathroom." Regina stood from the table and made her way towards the restroom, she looked in the mirror and rubbed a hand over her face, she needed to talk to someone else about this situation. Someone who was impartial. Taking her phone out of her pocket she found her best friend's number and called her.
"Millsy! It's about time you called, how's London, are you totally bored hanging out with Gold?" her friend sniggered.
Regina rolled her eyes, "no actually Emma, and hello to you too. Actually, I am calling because I need your advice on something."
"Cool, everyone knows that I am the best at advice, so what do you need help with? Wait can I guess?"
"No," Regina replied bluntly.
"Are you crushing on Gold? Because that would be weird."
"Ew, no, he's practically my father, that's disgusting."
"True. Urm so, you want to plan a robbery and need to know how to pick a lock?"
"Emma! Be serious," Regina scolded, her friend could be annoying at times and right now she just needed some genuine advice.
"Okay, sorry, sorry, what is it?"
"I met someone."
"No. Fucking. Way! I would never have guessed that one! You met someone! Oh my god Regina, that's… wow."
"Thanks, glad to see you think that I am capable of meeting someone," Regina breathed as she slumped against the wall.
"Okay, sorry, so what's he like, what's the issue?"
"He is just perfect and he has this son who is just the most perfect, beautiful little boy. I have fallen for him Emma and I don't know what to do, I don't want to get hurt," she whispered.
"Shit, well okay, just go for it Regina. Don't ruin something that could be great."
"Well he does live here in London whilst I live in New York, that's kinda a big problem, don't you think?"
"I suppose, but do you really want to just give up and not see them?"
"No," she sighed, she really didn't, she'd already been through this conversation, but maybe it took her best friend telling it to her for her to actually listen to what her heart was saying and spend as much time with him as she possibly could. "Thanks Emma, I have to go, I'm kind of on a date."
"Yeah, I should be going too, I'm not really supposed to be on my phone at work," a woman shouted in the background for her to put it down, "shut it, I'm trying to talk to someone here!" Emma yelled back, "sorry about that Gina. Gotta go, speak to you later. Love you."
"Love you too," Regina cut off the call and straightened her hair before heading back out into the restaurant. She watched Robin as he was talking on face time a massive smile on his face, she stood just looking at him for a few seconds before moving to join him, sitting back in her seat.
"She's here now Roland," Robin stated looking up at Regina and grinning at her, "do you want to talk to her?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!"
"Phone call for you milady," Robin chuckled as he passed her his phone and sat back watching as she talked to his son, mainly about what she had missed during the time they were at the museum without her. He asked if she liked the pictures and carried on talking to her for another five minutes about what he was doing at his friend's house.
"Sammy has this cool train set and we've been setting it up."
"That sounds brilliant," she smiled as she watched the happy chappie through the phone screen, the dimples never leaving his face as he chatted away to her. She loved him already, it was crazy but she really did, how could you not fall in love with him? He was the perfect child and charming just like his father.
"Guess what though Gina, the train is big enough for the small dino to ride on. I brought the one you gave me, look," he held up the plush toy to the camera, putting it a little too close so she could only really see colourful scales filling the screen.
"Wow, you must be having lots of fun."
"Yep. Will you pick me up with Daddy tomorrow?" he asked, his chocolate eyes going wide as he pleaded with her through the camera.
"Well, it's up to your daddy, but I would love to."
"Of course, you can," Robin chuckled, god it had been so long since anyone had interacted with Roland the way that Regina did, she was genuinely interested in his life and whether he was having a good time and in return his son had quite clearly become rather attached to her, in fact Robin would wager that she had been all he talked about since they met. "Hey buddy, I think we'll have to say goodnight now because it's past your bedtime and I'm sure that Sammy's mummy will be wanting you both sleeping."
"But I want to talk to Gina more," he pouted.
"Roland, you can talk to Gina tomorrow okay, but now it's bedtime okay, so say goodnight."
"Night Gina, I can't wait to spend the day together tomorrow."
"Me either, goodnight sweetheart," she waved back at him as Robin took the phone from her and said his own goodnight. She closed her eyes, not being able to stop herself from imagining what they would be like as a family, it was ludicrous, she knew that, she must be a crazy person for thinking it after only knowing them two days, but she couldn't help it. It was as though she was drawn to them and unable to pull herself away from them.
"So whilst you were in the bathroom the waiter came and I figured you wouldn't mind if I ordered for you."
"No of course not, I told you what I wanted," she chuckled. "I've actually been on a date before where the guy insisted on ordering my food because he seemed to think that he knew what I would like more than I knew myself. Let's just say, I didn't see him again. Ever."
"Seriously?" Robin raised his eyebrows, someone would actually do that? "Was that the first date?"
"And the last," she nodded, "so, what was the worst date you ever went on?"
"Ah, it was really bad."
"How bad?" she smirked, she liked hearing stories like this, it was amusing to listen to the funny things that happen to people.
"Really bad. It was around a year or so after my wife died and I had been on a couple of dates, mainly my friends trying to set me up, But this one was the worst, my friend Will set me up with this girl and claimed that she would be perfect for me. I was reluctant to go, but went anyway and it turned out that the girl he had set me up with thought that she was going on a date with Will instead of me and she had secretly been in love with him for five years. Basically, the whole date turned into her crying on my shoulder about how much she loved him and asking me why he didn't love her back. It was a whole world of awkward."
Regina laughed into her lemonade and shook her head, "wow, that is a good one, I hope you told your friend off for pulling that trick."
"Yep," he grinned, "so, was the guy ordering your meal the worst date or do you have one to top that?"
"Oh, I definitely have one to top that, in fact I doubt that one is even in my top three," she rolled her eyes before meeting his, "not that I'm some sort of serial dater, I just have never really found anyone I've had a proper spark with, there has never really been any real chemistry, hence the hordes of terrible dates I just so happen to have been subjected to."
"I get it, dating is just not fun really is it, especially when you are sat there waiting for it to end."
"Which let's face it is 80% of the time," she scoffed, she hated dating and it happened to be worse when it was a blind date and she had never met the person before. Emma tended to just try and get her hitched with anyone single she found, acting as her own personal dating site but without the profile matching. "I think I might have a glass of wine actually."
"Good idea," Robin agreed as he called the waiter over for them to give their drink orders. The thing was he and Regina seemed to just get each other and there was no denying they had the chemistry that she was talking about being lacking with other people, he'd been feeling that chemistry since the second they met and it wasn't just lust, it was something more than that. He was drawn to her, he couldn't explain why, but he was.
Once the waiter had left he started up the conversation again, "so you were telling me about your worst date."
"Oh, yes, well. My friend Emma, she's Henry's mother, my god son who I was buying the dinosaur for. Anyway, she once set me up with this guy she worked with, she told me that he was a catch and that I should just go on this date with him and see where it led. So, I agreed and he took me to a strip club."
"What?" Robin's eyes widened at what she was telling him, that was actually insane.
"I know, I went inside and got quite a shock," she laughed, "apparently he doesn't only work with my friend, his night-time job is as a male stripper and he couldn't get of work for our date so he figured he'd treat me to a lap dance at work instead."
"Holy crap. Did that really happen? Like seriously?"
"Yes, honestly, I'm not lying it happened. I didn't take him up on the offer, I got the hell out of there and never saw him again," she chuckled, looking up and thanking the man who placed the glass of red wine in front of her. "I now refuse to go on a date with someone she has set me up with, I was nearly scarred for life."
"Crazy," Robin took a sip from his own glass before looking up at her, "I can assure you milady that I am not a male stripped on the side," he stated in the most serious fashion.
She almost choked on her drink as a loud laugh burst from her lips, "oh my goodness," she giggled wiping her mouth on her napkin. "The way you just said that," she shook her head, "I never thought you were a male stripper."
"Good to know," he bit on his bottom lip and reached for her hand once again, "I'm really happy that you agreed to come on this date with me."
"So am I."
"That was the best burger I have ever eaten in my entire life," Regina groaned as she sipped on the rest of her wine, sitting back in her chair as she closed her eyes briefly.
"They do pretty good burgers here," he nodded as he asked for the bill, "I have somewhere else I would like to take you, if you want."
"Yes, where is it?"
"That's a surprise," he rose his eyebrows, "you trust me, right?"
"Of course," she smiled, she did trust him it was odd how she did, but she couldn't help it, she felt so safe with him, "I suppose I'll finish the rest of this glass," Regina hummed, taking the last sip and placing her empty drink back down on the table.
Robin paid the bill and stood from the table, reaching his hand out for hers, she took it and stood also, grabbing her coat from the back of the chair and putting it on before leaving the restaurant with him hand in hand.
They climbed into the waiting cab and sat back, Robin had his arm around her shoulders as she leant into him, looking out of the window at the surroundings and letting out a contented sigh, "I take it you still won't tell me where we are going," she huffed looking up at him in mock annoyance.
"It takes the fun out of it if you know," Robin chuckled, knowing they were already nearby, they could have walked, but there was a bit of a chill in the air and he didn't want to risk anyone getting sick, Regina's coat wasn't exactly one made for the current temperature.
"Hmm," she smiled pressing her lips to his shoulder gently, not even thinking about it, "is this a surprise that I will like?"
"I hope so," he grinned squeezing her hand gently as the car came to a stop, so yeah, they definitely didn't have to get a taxi.
"We're here already? Couldn't we just have walked?" she laughed as he got out of the car and paid the driver.
"In hindsight we could have walked, but it is cold out and I figured that we might as well just get a cab," he shrugged as she slipped her hand into his and drew him closer to her. "This way milady," he tugged her with him, leading her to their destination, as they rounded the corner he heard her gasp and smirked to himself.
"Big Ben?" she asked, looking up at the clock tower in awe, she'd been past it in the day time, but to see it all lit up was something else entirely.
"Hmm, it's usually better, they're doing it up which it why it's covered in scaffolding," he huffed, he wished she could have seen it properly, but from the look on her face she didn't mind, that wasn't even his surprise yet, so he had a feeling she was going to love what he had in store for her. "Come on, across this bridge, no peeking," he covered her eyes playfully as she walked a little in front of him and they came to a point where they could stop and see what her surprise would be, "right, now you can look." He dropped his hands and opted to wrap them around her gently.
"Oh my gosh," she gripped the side of the bridge as she looked at the huge wheel that towered above the ground, "we aren't going on there," she laughed as she turned around to look at him, "are we?"
"Only if you want to, probably should have asked if you have a fear of heights first."
"A little fear of heights," she admitted, her own arms coming around his neck as she looked into his eyes, "but, I do really want to go, will you hold onto me?"
"Of course," he nodded, reaching up and tucking a curly strand of dark hair behind her ear, "you're gonna have to hold onto me because I'm bloody terrified of heights," he confessed nervously. It was the truth, he'd only been on the eye once and that was to take Roland, he'd almost throw up when they reached the top, whereas Roland had come off wanting to go on again.
"Deal," she smiled, "you don't have to go on just for me you know, I don't mind…"
"I want to take you," he chuckled, "come on," he let go of her for a moment only for her to wrap her arm around his as they made their way closer to the tall spinning wheel. God, he hated that thing.
They held onto each other as the stepped inside the pod with the reminder from the staff that it was perfectly safe and there was nothing to worry about. Regina looked up at Robin and thought he might actually have been turning a green colour, he obviously was more scared of heights than he was letting on, "you okay?" she asked as they sat down on the wooden bench in the middle of the pod, figuring it might be better to remain seated to begin with.
"Yeah, fine," he nodded, he wasn't really, but he wanted to do this and share the memory with her, it would be something they could look back on and remember, hopefully not for him throwing up all over her. He just had to get his nerves in check and remember what the woman said, they were perfectly safe, even if they were going to be one hundred plus meters off the ground.
"Thank you, for bringing me here," she smiled as she leant in and pressed her lips to his cheek in a chaste kiss, "this is really turning out to be the most wonderful night," of my life, she wanted to add the last part, it was the truth, but maybe she was best holding out on saying that until they were off the ride.
After about ten minutes when they were halfway to the top, Regina stood from the chair and moved closer to the edge, her eyes widening at the sight, it was truly beautiful, the whole of London was lit up, shining brightly and from where she was the view was spectacular. She shook her head and held onto the bar in front of her, it was simply amazing, the most wonderful thing she had ever seen in her entire life. She glanced behind her, seeing that Robin was watching her, she winked at him before turning back to the view before her.
Robin let her look for a couple of minutes, she looks stunning stood there, her jeans were sculpted to her and the red cashmere jumper helped to show off her curves. Her dark curls fell to her shoulder and when she turned around and winked at him like that, not quite mastering that talent, his heart began to beat just that much faster. The view was nothing in comparison to her, it couldn't hold a candle to her beauty, nothing could.
Taking a deep breath, he stood from the safety of the middle of the pod and walked over to her, standing beside her as his hand rested atop hers on the bar, "it's breath-taking isn't it," she gushed.
"Hmm, stunning, in every way," he breathed, not tearing his eyes from her for a second.
She turned to look at him, her eyes widening at the intensity of his stare, she felt her cheeks heat up at the compliment, she knew he had been talking about her and not the view outside. She felt as though she were in some kind of romantic movie and playing the staring roll, but she wasn't, this was her life, this was real and most importantly he was real and the most perfect gentleman she could ever wish to meet.
One of her hands came to rest on his upper arm, their eyes never straying from one another's as they moved in closer, he was holding her, one of his hands cupping her cheek, "Regina," he whispered.
"Yes?" She swallowed heavily, praying that he wouldn't pull away and that he would make a move to kiss her, they were the only ones in the dome, but the other people were at the opposite side and rather immersed within their own lives.
"Can I kiss you?" he asked, he didn't know why he'd just done that, he should have just kissed her instead of making himself look like a fool and…
"You didn't have to ask," Regina replied, closing the gap and pressing her lips to his tenderly, their lips grazing across one another's, softly at first, like two petals blowing against each other in the wind. Regina's grip on his arm increased and her other hand came up on the opposite side, her body moving closer to his so they were pressed flush against one another.
The kiss ended and they both stared at one another, she wanted more, needed more of him than just a brief kiss, as beautiful and amazing as that kiss might have been, she wanted another kiss, she wanted a deeper kiss, to be able to hold him close and feel everything all at once.
This time he didn't ask, he just acted, pulling her to him and crashing his lips against hers, his hand cupping the back of her head and guiding her into the kiss as his other hand went to the small of her back, running over her cardigan. It had been a long time since he had kissed someone like this, with so much fire. Regina set him alight, she made him feel things that he thought weren't possible to feel ever again after Marian's death, but here they were, with Regina.
His tongue ran across her lips begging for entrance which she granted, pairing her tongue with his and holding onto him, her arms now wrapped tightly around him as she moaned into his mouth. God, she could barely breathe it was so wonderful, the way he kissed and touched her just made her feel alive, more alive than she wagered she had ever felt in her life. This had been what was missing, this sheer passion and desire.
When they broke apart their lips were bruised and they were panting heavily, "well, that was something," she gasped, not moving from her spot pressed against him, still sharing the same air.
"It really was, you're an exceptionally good kisser."
"You're not so bad yourself," she smiled, resting her forehead against his, her fingers running up and down his back. They turned a little so they could look out of the window for the rest of the ride, never once letting go of one another, clinging on and touching at every opportunity they had.
When the ride came to an end they hopped off and walked hand in hand towards the tube station, "Regina, I have had a wonderful night," Robin stated as they headed down the tall escalator into the underground.
"Is the night over?" she whispered, looking up at him hopefully, she wanted to at the very least snuggle with him, after all, he did say that they had to make the most out of the time they had together.
"Do you want it to be?"
"No," Regina shook her head.
Robin took a deep breath and looked at her, "would you like to come back to my house?"
"I think I would like that very much, though I don't know if I'm ready for that step yet," she confessed, she didn't know what had driven her to say it, she felt ready, but maybe it was because she didn't want him thinking her to be easy. She wasn't, but that didn't matter, she really wanted him to respect her and think a lot of her. She didn't just sleep with men just like that, not normally anyway.
"We don't have to do anything, we could just sleep, or watch a movie."
She bit down on her bottom lip as she nodded, "that sounds perfect actually, I think I would rather like to fall asleep in your arms again, you made a perfect pillow the last time," she joked as they hopped onto the train that would take them to the stop they needed. Robin held her as they stood in the crowded carriage, it felt so good to have his arms around her and just feel his warmth.
When they arrived at Robin's place, they broke open a bottle of wine and took it to the bedroom, he'd allowed her to borrow one of his shirts to sleep in and she curled against him under the covers as a film played quietly on the television. He ran his fingers through her dark locks, thinking about how soft her hair was in his touch, it felt almost like strands of silk.
"Hmm, that's nice," she moaned, looking up at him as her own fingers continued to dance over his chest, he was making her feel tired and his hands in her hair were almost enough to send her to sleep. His bed was also really comfier, much cosier than the one back at her hotel which was hard and cold, this was soft and warm and she had most certainly made the right decision coming back here with him.
"So is that," he nodded towards her hands and she smiled before closing her eyes, she really was sleepy but that didn't stop her from leaning up and pressing her lips to his, kissing him soundly and humming against him. "That's even better," he chuckled, opening his own eyes to look at her, his hand moving to cup her cheek tenderly, "you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen."
"I love these," she whispered, one finger tracing his dimples, "and your eyes just draw me in."
"Just like yours do to me," he grinned.
"I don't ever do this," she admitted.
"Do what?"
"Never mind," she shook her head, she had wanted him to know that she didn't go home with random guys after only one date, but she'd already told him that she wasn't ready for sex yet and she knew that he would respect that, "I just wanted you to know that, tonight has really been one of the best nights of my life," she confessed, "I really mean that."
"Mine too," he smiled, moving further down in the bed and bringing her with him so that her head was pillowed on his chest. She closed her eyes and nuzzled against him, "are you tired?"
"Yes, I've had a very busy day," she stated, her arm draping over his abdomen as she cuddled closer, yawning slightly in the process, truthfully, she was exhausted, she'd been up really early and then out and active almost all day, she was ready for a nice long sleep.
"Sleep," he whispered, pressing a kiss into her hair as he held her close and turned off the television and the lights.
"Good night Robin," she breathed quietly as she drifted off, slipping from consciousness.
"Good night Regina," he grinned, stroking her back. He was already in love with her.