*Present Day*

"Okay...That was weird." Emma said after a long moment of awkward silence when Olivia finally seized her crying.

"Was that you?" Aladdin asked Jasmine as the four adults just stared at the infant in David's arms.

"No...I don't think so?" The teen replied.

"Maybe it was your magic." Henry suggested, unsure himself if it was possible.

"I don't know. My power doesn't work like that."

"Well, whatever it was...it worked." David said. "It's strange."

"What is?" Henry asked.

"Babies don't cry silently."

"Maybe she's different?" The twelve year old tried to persuade.

"Hmm...Maybe." Charming didn't sound too convinced.

He sat back down and Regina slowly followed, still confused and curious as to what all of that was about.

"More coffee anyone?" Granny appeared with a coffee pot and a genuine smile.

"Yes, please." Regina said in a monotone voice, still looking down at the table in front of her.

"Anyone else?" The woman asked as she poured the steaming liquid into her cup.

"No thanks." Emma replied.

"I think we're good. Thanks, Granny." Snow White smiled.

Miss Lucas began to walk away before she stopped to look at Olivia and examined the estranged facial expressions given by everyone.

"This wasn't the first time that's happened."

"What?" Emma wondered.

"Olivia has cried like that once before. She did while I was watching her one day."

"Why didn't you say anything?" A worried and annoyed Regina asked.

"I wasn't sure what it meant and it only happened once. I was going to tell you last night, but you left so fast and-"

"Next time, you need to tell me!" The former mayor snapped. She felt as though she were drifting back to her old ways. Granny glared at her for a moment before taking a deep breath and walking over to Gold's table.

Regina stared at her as she headed towards him, seeing the look he had on his face after Granny left his table. It was as if he knew something.

"Excuse me." Regina said, getting up from her chair and majestically sauntering to the imp. "Why do you keep looking over there?" She asked in a low voice as she bent over, putting her hands on the table in front of her and leaning on it.

"I don't know what you're talking about, dearie."

"Gold!"

He just smiled at her for a moment and she squinted back at him. Belle grew anxious watching.

"Look, Regina. I-I think you should go back to your table." She said nervously, afraid of what the powerful Evil Queen might do. "Pl-please."

"Oh, I'll go...As soon as your dear Rumple tells me what he knows."

Belle opened her mouth to say something when Rumple cut her off.

"I know lots of stuff, Your Majesty. What exactly would you like to know."

"Why was Olivia crying and why was Jasmine able to stop it just by saying her name?"

"Oh, that? Well, it's quite simple actually. They have a sort of...connection, I guess you could say."

"What kind of connection? Magical?"

"No. It's more like...sororal. Family. Your dear Jasmine, was crying inside her head, and Olivia felt her sister upset. So she actually cried...And when Jasmine calmed down...so did Olivia."

Regina kept her hands on the table in front of her as she only turned her head over her shoulder to glance at the family at her table. She turned her head back to Gold to ask one more question.

"Why doesn't Henry have that connection with them?"

"Do you really need to ask that question?"

She pursed her lips in frustration, anger, and agony as her eyes teared up. "Because he's not really their brother." She turned to look at them one more time.

"Correct." He taunted as she looked back at him with a softer face.

She took her hands off the table and returned to her original seat beside Henry. Everyone watched her sit down and then check the temperature of the coffee. She looked up, finally realizing that they all had their eyes on her.

"What was all that about?" Emma asked.

"I asked him if he knew what was going on with Olivia." She said nonchalantly as if it were nothing.

There was a short pause.

"And?" David asked.

"It's nothing to worry about."

There was a second pause as Regina asked for some sugar. No one seemed to be listening at all.

"Well...What is it?" Jasmine finally asked.

"It's-" She paused and looked at Henry. If she were to tell them the truth, she'd really lose him. He wouldn't feel like a part of her family anymore if he knew the truth. But if she lied to him...he'd be mad at her for it.

"He said that Jasmine and Olivia have a kind of sisterly connection where when one of them feels down, the other one can sense it...and that's all that happened earlier. Jasmine felt stressed, so Olivia felt her inner tears and she cried real ones. When Jasmine became concerned about her and stopped crying in her head, Olivia stopped crying."

Everyone turned to look at Jasmine and she looked around at them, unaware herself.

"Now, can someone please pass me the sugar?" Regina acted like nothing happened. There was another awkward pause and everyone was still looking at Jasmine. " Hello?"

Finally, everyone shook it off and returned to whatever it was they were doing and Jasmine reached for a packet of sugar. She suddenly stopped when she felt a hand touch hers as Aladdin reached for one as well. They looked at eachother for a second before quickly removing their hands.

"You can get it-No, you-Alright I've got it." They both spontaneously said at the same time.

"Would someone just pass it, already?" Emma said, holding back a laugh.

Henry reached across Jasmine and gave his adoptive mother two packets while the two teens tried to regain their composure.

"Thank you, Henry." Regina smiled as she shook the two packets at once before opening them and pouring them into the coffee. She looked to Mary Margaret, then to Emma, and then to David as she stirred it with a spoon. They all exchanged looks that each recognized as a reference to Jasmine and Aladdin.

"So Jasmine...earlier you were saying something about what you wanted to do for the rest of the day? What was that?" Snow said, still looking at Regina who just drank her coffee and smiled.

"Oh...I think we should have a picnic in the park later...like for lunch."

"That sounds like it would be wonderful." David looked up from Olivia and smiled.

"And then we should have ice cream after." She grinned.

"Yeah." Henry exclaimed. "After we go to the stables. I have to feed my horse first."

"You have a horse?" Aladdin asked, in awe.

"He does." David answered from the end of the added table.

"We should all go." Snow suggested when she realized how excited Aladdin seemed.

"What do you think of that, kid? Introduce everyone to your horse?" Emma playfully hit Henry's arm from across the table.

"I'd love that." He smiled.

"Cool!" Said Aladdin.

They all began to leave and Regina let them go out ahead.

"Ruby?" She stopped by the counter.

"Hm?" Red answered shortly, leaning against the other side of the counter across from her.

"Could you bring your grandmother out here for minute? I'd like to speak with her."

"Sure." The tall woman left for a second and returned with Granny right behind her.

"Make it fast, sister. I've got burgers on the grill back there." Granny said upon arrival.

"I'm sure they'll be fine." Regina waved her hand gesturing that she had nothing to worry about. "I just wanted to apologize for snapping at you."

"You're apologizing to ME?" The older woman almost laughed, not being used to the regal woman apologizing to anyone, let alone herself.

"Yes." The younger one answered in annoyance while rolling her eyes, but her sincere look quickly returned. "There was no reason for me to get so angry and-"

"Ah. Don't worry about it. She's your baby, of course you should be mad when I don't tell you serious things like that."

"It wasn't that serious. It turns out she's just fine."

There was silence for a moment.

"Well, again...I'm-I'm sorry." Regina broke the silence.

"Well, thank you...And I'm sorry, too."

"Now get back there before your burgers burn." The queen lightly smiled at the woman before she nodded in appreciation and returned to the back.

Regina exited the diner, saw everyone standing by the "Granny's Open" sign, and joined the group.

"Are we carpooling?" Emma asked. She tried not to laugh at the clueless look on Aladdin's face. He obviously had no idea what that meant.

Regina looked up to the sky. It had stopped raining and it seemed as though the dull, gray color was returning to a proud blue and the clouds were slowly moving away. She smiled still looking up.

"No." She looked back down. "I think we should walk."

They all looked around at eachother as if they were deciding.

"Yeah." David said, holding Olivia's carseat with her in it.

"This town's small enough." Emma mumbled, causing a light chuckle from everyone before they began to walk.

Halfway to the stables David stopped abruptly, closing his eyes. "Crap!"

"What is it, David?" Snow asked.

"I left the diaper bag at Granny's."

"I'll go get it." Jasmine offered.

"I'll go, too." Aladdin said.

"No-"

"Yes, you two go on." Regina jumped in before Jasmine could protest.

"But-"

"I insist." Her mother smiled and she rolled her eyes.

"Fine."

Aladdin began to walk back and Regina grabbed Jasmine's hand holding her back for a second. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong." Jasmine replied. "I just don't understand why he has to come, too."

"Two reasons." Regina grinned. "One...You're not safe on your own yet...and two...you should talk to him."

Her daughter scoffed. "I've talked to him way more than I wanted to in the past...I don't know if I want to add onto that." She tried to continue walking, but her mother didn't let go.

"Jasmine, he likes you...a lot."

"What? No way."

"Yes way...And I think you like him, too."

"Uh, no."

"You may not think so, but you both have really good chemistry. I really see what's going on...We all do. You're the only two who don't. Go talk to him. And I have something that I need to talk to you about when you return."

Jasmine stared at her mother with a look of slight confusion and concern on her face before Regina finally let go of her hand and she caught up to Aladdin.

"So..." Snow said to Regina when they continued toward the stables. She now had Olivia's carseat after asking if she could hold her for a while.

"What?"

"Are those two-?"

"I don't know. I don't think that THEY know, but something's going on there...and neither of them realize. They claim that they are not very fond of eachother...but I see differently."

"Jasmine's got a boyfriend?" Henry got excited.

"Not exactly, kid." Emma said.

"I don't understand?" The boy replied.

"Neither do I." David mumbled.

"You're a man...you wouldn't understand." Mary Margaret said while smiling and Regina chuckled.

After her chuckle, her smile faded into a strange look. She had never really laughed at something Snow White had said while actually thinking it was funny. She continued to walk, but she looked around at Emma, Henry, David, and Snow. This actually felt like family to her. They all seemed happy in this moment and she didn't feel threathened by anyone. Not Henry for leaving her, nor Emma for taking him from her, nor David for leaving all responsibility of Olivia up to her, nor Snow for keeping him from his daughter and leaving her fatherless...She felt security...and oddly enough...she felt unconditional love. How strange that was to her. She couldn't help but weakly smile.

"What's that look for?" David asked, slowing down so they could walk beside one another.

"Huh?"

"That smile."

"I don't know. I just feel-"

"What?"

"I just feel." She smiled. Yes, that's what she meant...She had finally been able to feel something...Well, something other than hurt and anger.

"Is that a good thing?" He teased, while gently bumping her arm and then keeping the contact.

"Yes." She giggled and pushed his arm away.

He laughed while continuing to watch her walk...his smile faded a little.

"I'm sorry, Regina. I really am."

"Sorry for what, David?" She still smiled, looking at her feet as she walked.

"Everything." His smile had completely gone now. "Everything in the Enchanted Forest, everything in Storybrooke, everything between us, between you and Jasmine." He paused. "Everything between you and Victor, I'm sorry about it all."

She stopped when he said 'Victor' and gave him a look that told him he had no right to bring him up.

He stopped, too. "I know, I know. I didn't mean to say that..." He thought for a moment. "Actually, no. I DID mean to say that...You deserve to be happy and lately, it doesn't seem like you are."

She had no idea how to respond to any of this.

"Are you happy?" He wondered.

"It's not that I'm not happy, David. I'm just stressed. There's so much going on right now. It was enough with Olivia...but then this whole thing that's happening with Jasmine, I just-I-" She sighed and looked down as if she were ashamed to say the next part. "He and I just haven't had time to work on our relationship." She confessed.

He understood and he slowly attempted to hold her hand. To his surprise...she didn't pull it away. They walked hand in hand for a few minutes before Snow turned around and they quickly let go.

"You can hold hands." She smiled. "I don't mind...as long as the town doesn't self destruct again." She said while grinning at Olivia in the baby carrier.

"In that case, we probably shouldn't." Regina said.

"Yeah." David agreed. "Just to be on the safe side."

They smiled at eachother and continued to follow the other three.

"I guess you could say we're a little dysfunctional." Regina said, referring to her relationship with Victor.

He smiled at her. "Aren't we all?" He joked.

"Yeah." She laughed and then retreated to a thoughtful look. "...Especially considering he kissed my daughter."

"Yeah." He said awkwardly.

A/N: I hope you liked it. Please review! It means a lot to me and I'd like to know if I'm doing anything wrong. Love you lots! Mwah!