"Morning , beautiful." Daniel said quietly, as he got out of the bed and kissed Regina's lips gently. "Where are you going?" he asked, looking at her cap-a-pie, dressed up the way he's never seen her before. There were no more jeans and a T-shirt, but a white dress to her knees and a jacket he's never seen before. Dressed up just like the day when Robin told her he chose his wife.

"I need to talk to him, Daniel. I have a lot to explain." She said, as her face changed, as her look fell down. If Daniel didn't know so much about Robin from Henry, he wouldn't have to worry that much. He wouldn't have to sit home and wonder the whole time what was happening. She felt incredibly bad for him, for Robin, for herself and in the end, for Brianna, and she was the most important in the whole story. She didn't want her baby to get hurt in any way.

"Do you… Do you want me to go with you? Because I can leave Brianna with Mary, she would take good care of her. And she would have someone to play with there. And I don't want to leave you alone with him. Who knows what he might do to you now, he's angry and…" Words just came out of his mouth, he didn't even think about what he was saying. He only knew that he didn't want the two of them to be alone. Too much history, even a child in it, between them. And he didn't want to lose Regina. That was the biggest truth of them all. He didn't want to lose her. He lost her once and losing her hurt more than the death itself.

"Daniel, I need to talk to him. He won't hurt me, I promise. But I have a lot to explain. Too much." Regina said, walking to the bathroom and putting her lipstick on. A lot was going on in her head. What to say? What to do? How to act? For one thing, she decided she won't tell. Brianna is Daniel's child. If Robin knew she was his, he would feel too guilty. He would feel as he failed down his own child. He would regret leaving with Marian and it would eat him alive.

"There is nothing to explain, Regina! You kept living, you married, you had a child!" Daniel walked into the bathroom after her. He really, really wanted her not to go. What was the lipstick for? And the whole make up? Why was she putting that stuff on her eyes now too? To look more beautiful? For Robin? That was not the way he should have been thinking like.

"Brianna, Daniel… He is her father! Her biological father!" She made a small break, shaking her head. No. He can never know. "I won't tell him. But I still have to talk to him." She finished, leaving the eyeliner on the mirror. She was trying too much.

"I don't want you to go, Regina." That was his last try. And he knew it will fail.

"I know. But I have to." With those words and a peck on his lips, she left the room. And the very next moment, the street door opened, then closed silently.

She walked down the street with millions of thoughts on her mind. She knew where she will find him. And in less than ten minutes, she was at the forest, with a tent and what seemed like a happy family on her sight. Marian was there. And Roland. And Robin. And they couldn't look more perfect. To someone who didn't know what was happening. Like this, her heart was breaking.

The small boy looked at her direction and a huge smile appeared on his face the same moment. "Gina!" he shouted, running towards her and jumping into her arms giving her a tight hug.

"Roland! I missed you." She said, picking up the little monster and giving him a kiss on the cheek. "How are you?" Roland… The little kid melt her heart with a single word.

"I missed you too! And daddy missed you. He talked about you every day. And how he will come back. So we did!" he laughed, tilting his head to the side, staring at Regina's eyes. He didn't even know how much his words hurt. He didn't even know how much pain he gave her that moment.

"Oh… Did he?" Regina managed to pronounce, looking at Robin, who was staring at them till that moment. Then he started walking towards them, telling Roland to come back to his mother.

The world stopped. The two of them, standing in front of each other, unable to greet each other normally. Thousand memories running in front of their eyes. Once lovers now acted like strangers.

"We need to talk." Regina said stammering. She could barely stand on her feet, she could barely hold her tears back. Guilt was killing her. Guilt for letting go so easily, for moving on the same moment he left, and he waited. He waited, tho it was almost sure that they would never see each other again. He believed. And she failed. Not only she failed in his eyes, but in her own, too. He was ready to leave everything for her. To leave his wife, to crush his code and honor that he's been living for for years. And she… She was a coward. Confused. Scared.

"How old is she?" That was all Robin asked. He wanted to come closer, to hug her, kiss her, wrap his arms around her and hold her tightly, so she could never leave again. But she had a husband. And he understood. When Marian first came back, he decided to stay with his wife, he decided to respect what they had. And Regina's been with Daniel for… It didn't matter for how long. She was with him now. And if he could change that, he would. But everything told him she will stay with Daniel. For Brianna.

"Robin…" she hesitated.

"How old is she, Regina? That's all I'm asking." He made a step towards her, looking her straight in the eyes. He had to know.

"She's one year and a half." Regina said silently, her look falling on the ground. "But she's Daniel's daughter." Her look ran up back to his eyes. She knew this was going to break him, but the truth would hurt more. "You left and… I don't know how, but all the dead came back to life. And you were gone…" she didn't know if she was hurting him or herself more this way. Her eyes were filled with tears now and she couldn't hold them back anymore. "I thought I'd never see you again. He was there and… It just happened, Robin." A cold tear ran down her cheek. One more followed.

"Are you… Are you in love with him?" Robin asked, feeling his heart falling apart. Seeing her cry hurt him more, than his own pain. And those two, together, were enough to destroy him.

There was no answer. Because she didn't know what to say. She didn't know what to do. No matter who she loved more, she had to stay with Daniel. Brianna was too young to meet life. She was too innocent.

"Regina… I need to know."

"Does it matter?" she asked, wiping away her tears. Whatever she said, it would hurt him.

" It matters to me." He broke the distance between them, now feeling her warm breath on his face. He was too close. And scared. As a little child. His heart was beating fast and he could almost hear hers, beating just the same. She was as scared as he was. There was no doubt.

"It wouldn't change anything." She made a step back, placing her hand on his chest, so she could make the distance appear again, but somehow, that didn't happen. He took her hand in his and pulled her closer, looking straight in her eyes.

"Tell me you love him more and I'll leave." He got no response. And he understood it as the one thing he wanted to hear. He leaned forward, stealing a kiss from her lips. And the very next moment, Regina showed that the kiss wanted to be stolen. That the kiss was no mistake, at least not in that exact moment. She pressed her lips back against his, feeling the taste she hasn't felt in a quite long time. The taste she's been dying for to feel again.

"Robin…" She pulled away the moment she heard Roland's voice somewhere in the back. "I can't." She wasn't a child anymore. She couldn't just switch from the man to the man. Because of Brianna. Because of Daniel. Because of everyone.

"But I love you, Regina." He said silently, pulling her back to him, pressing his forehead against hers and closing his eyes. He couldn't stand to look at her in the eyes now. He wouldn't be able to face out her "no".

"And I love you, Robin, but… This…" she pulled away, still holding his hands. "…Cannot happen again." And a flashback hit them both. A flashback of their last night, of their last time together, next to each other. The night that, for Regina meant the whole world. The night when something she loved the most in the whole world was made – Brianna.

"Don't do this. I fought for us! I believed in us, Regina! I've been waiting for two years!"

"And I've been waiting my whole life for happiness. But when it finally came, when I finally got it, it ran away! Again!" she shouted, annoyed, disappointed, hurt. "And he came and I thought maybe he was my chance for happiness! For eternal happiness! And then you came back, ruining that idea! Why, Robin? Why did you have to come back now, when I was really happy? When all my fears disappeared, when everything that was left in my life were joy and happiness? Why did you have to ruin my small, perfect life? Because… All I really feel now is… Fear! And happiness! And everything I've ever felt in my entire life! But I am so scared, Robin! Scared that I'll lose the man I love, that I'll lose Brianna, Daniel…" and that moment, she realized what she has said. And the words stopped coming out. Silence was all that was left. The man she loved… And Daniel? They both knew very well who was the man she loved.

Faced with that, she couldn't stand the idea of looking Robin in the eyes anymore. Tears were leaving wet traces down her cheeks, lip almost bleeding from how hard she bit it. Before Robin was able to say anything, with a simple move of her hands, she disappeared in a purple smoke.

"No! Wait! Regina…" he tried to reach her at the place where she was, but all he managed to catch is a bit of smoke, which disappeared after less than a second.

Let me know how you liked this one! I have to study a lot, so I might not be posting new chapters in the next few days… Thank you for the reviews, tho!