A/N: Hey, readers! This next chapter has two parts to it because it ended up being longer than I intended, but here you go! Mwah! Review review review!

"Regina?"

"Yeah?" She answered slowly, staring into the full body mirror by her bed. She remembered looking into this mirror with David holding her stomach from behind before Olivia was born.

"You ready?" Victor asked, poking his head through the door.

"Well, I've done this before, right? I should be." It was almost as if she were talking to herself more than him.

He walked in and stood next to the mirror looking at her.

"I'm sorry." She said as she snapped out of whatever daze she was in. "We can go." She tried putting on a smile.

"You look beautiful."

She looked at herself in the mirror once more, then looked back at him and turned around to grab her scarf off of her bed.

"I wear black everyday...why does this feel different all of a sudden?"

"Because, today's not everyday."

"I'll go get Olivia." She said as she passed him and left the room towards the nursery.

He watched her walk by and stayed in the room for a few minutes before finally heading towards the stairs.

"Who else is coming?" Victor asked as they pulled up to the small funeral parlor.

Regina didn't answer, nor did she move. She just stared at the entrance to the funeral home in silence, not even reaching to unbuckle her seatbelt. Her hands clung to the steering wheel and Victor looked at her, wishing she had let him drive.

"Regina-"

"I'm fine." She quietly interrupted him.

Finally stepping out of the car, she felt the chilled January breeze blowing her hair back. The month of December had gone by so quickly, no one even realized they had missed Christmas and New Year's while they focused on finding out what happened to Jasmine. One thing Regina WAS grateful for was the lack of snow the last few weeks. Although she DID despise the freezing rain. But she knew that soon, the snow would return...it never stays away for long. Not where they were anyway.

As Victor watched her take Olivia out of the carseat, he realized this was the first time she's ever left the carrier in the car.

"You're not bringing it in with you?" He asked as she shut the door.

"Jafar's gone. Therefore, she's safe." She said sharply as Victor looked at her, confused. Suddenly, she realized how harsh she was being and her voice softened. "She just needs to be held today."

He said no more, but knew that it was actually Regina, who needed to be held today. Perhaps that's the real reason she held the baby so close to her chest as they walked into the parlor.

After going over some things with the undertaker, they both walked into the room, Regina stopping abruptly when she saw the casket in the front of the room. It was only a few yards away, but as she looked at it down the aisle, passed all the chairs on either side of her, it looked like a hallway that never ended. Victor stopped beside her as well and just put a gentle, comforting hand on her lower back.

"It's okay if you're not ready." He practically whispered. "Why don't you go take a seat for a while, and when you're ready, you can get up and see her."

She just nodded slowly as he kissed Olivia on the head as she rested it on her mother's shoulder.

"Come on." He led her over to a chair in the back before leaving to hang up their coats.

When he returned, she had not moved one bit. She contained the same expression on her face, Olivia laid in the same position in her arms, and she just stared ahead. It hurt Victor seeing her like that. He sat down at the chair in the aisle directly across from her.

He opened his mouth several times to say something, but he had no clue what should come out.

"You know, I haven't seen you cry since-"

"I'm not gonna cry for you, if that's what you're expecting." She snapped.

"No, I was just-" He didn't even know himself. What WAS he getting at?

"I don't need any words of wisdom right now, okay?"

"Okay." He said, surprising her by how understanding he was. He looked around the empty room in silence. Then he looked out into the lobby and squinted at the book that lay on the posium by the entrance. He saw the one name in it...his own. "Where is everybody?" He thought out loud, even though he meant to keep it to himself.

"They're not coming."

Shocked, he turned to look back at her. "Not even your David? Not even her father?" He was apalled. "At least a FEW people should show up to the funeral of a young girl who died saving their lives!"

"They don't know."

"Not even Aladdin? What do you mean they don't know? They had to know that there'd be a wake."

"Yes, but I didn't tell them when."

"Why?"

"I guess I forgot, okay?" She continued to rub Olivia's back.

He was terrified at her calmness. But, understanding that she must've been a little flustered having to deal with funeral arrangements and taking care of an infant by herself, he remained calm himself.

"Okay. I understand that you forgot because you've been dealing with a lot." He saw the look on her face when she slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "That IS why you forgot, isn't it?"

She slowly reopened her eyes, still looking straight ahead. "Sure."

He stared at her as she ignored him and he sighed heavily before turning his head back to Jasmine's coffin.

About ten minutes of silence went by and he couldn't hold it in anymore. "She's a hero. They should be here."

"It doesn't matter, Victor." She finally looked at him, her expression changing to anger. "Okay? She's MY daughter. The terrifying mayor's daughter, the Evil Queen's daughter, the daughter of everyone's enemy!" Her expression quickly returned to mournful and she turned to look at the casket once again. "It doesn't matter HOW MUCH good she did or HOW MANY people she saved...she's still MY daughter."

After staring at her for a few moments, Victor realized what was really going on. "That's why you didn't tell them, isn't it?"

She gave an annoyed look as she raised one of her eyebrows, still avoiding looking at him.

"You didn't think anyone would come...so you didn't even invite them."

"Yeah, well. They wouldn't come. Even if she gave everyone a kidney, she's still a Mills and NO ONE comes to a Mills funeral."

"Well, I'M here."

She ignored him and it went back to being silent for a while before Victor decided that they needed to do something.

"Do you wanna say a few words for her?" He stood up and put his hand out, offering it to her as if he wanted to dance.

She just looked at it, thinking before slowly shaking her head no. He disappointedly put his hand down and kneeled next to her chair. "Shall I say a few things?"

"I don't-"

She was cut off when they heard soft chatter out in the lobby. Regina turned around and Victor stood up to look passed the door into Jasmine's room.

Regina stood up, not believing what she was seeing. David was signing his name in the big book out on the podium and a long line of Storybrooke residents dressed in beautiful, black outfits stood behind him. The line reaching out to the door.

"I thought you said you didn't tell anyone."

"I didn't." She said, stunned. She walked around her chair and went out into the lobby, people telling her sorry for her loss and saying how brave Jasmine was.

Holding Olivia even tighter to her chest, she walked up to Aladdin, who was third in line behind David and Snow, and took his hand in hers as if she would shake it. But she just held it.

"Aladdin, I-" She wasn't sure how the words would be able to leave her dark lips. "I'm very sorry and I-" Her voice wavered at the slightest, but she stayed strong. "I wish we could've gotten closer."

He obviously had been crying and he didn't hold back the two more falling tears as he nodded when she said this. "If you ever need anything..."

He nodded once more, slightly smiling and wiping away his tears with the opposite hand of the one she still gripped tightly.

"Don't hesitate to call." She finally said, sending him back a light smile.

"Mom?" Regina looked passed Aladdin and she felt her heart shatter as she saw Henry in line behind the tall young man.

"Henry." She said, overjoyed to see him, yet unable to crack a larger grin than she already wore.

They hugged, Olivia still in her arms and once they broke the embrace, Henry kept a hand on his mother's arm and Olivia held on tight to the forefinger on his right hand.

"I'm so sorry, Mom. I-"

"Don't apologize, dear. It wasn't your fault."

"No, I'm sorry for doubting you as a mother. Jazzy was right, you are a good mom. I love you."

"I love you too. My Prince." He smiled and gave her one more hug before she felt a hand on her back and turned around as Henry returned to waiting for his turn to sign the book.

"Regina, I- I am terribly sorry. I have no idea what you must be feeling." Snow pulled her in for a hug that David couldn't help but watch feom the coat rack.

Unaware of how to react, Regina just let her stepdaughter hold her as long as she wanted. While they hugged, Regina saw Emma over Snow's shoulder and the Savior gave her a weak smile of sympathy before the hug finally ended.

"Hello, Madame May-I mean...Regina." She turned around, surprised to see Widow Lucas immediately place a sympathetic hand upon Regina's arm that held the peaceful infant. "Would you like me to take her for a while? You must be terribly overwhelmed and it's gonna be harder to see people, today of all days, with...your hands. Uh, full."

"No, it's okay. I've got her."

"Are you sure? Bec-"

"I said no!" Regina raised her voice a little more than she wanted. "I'm sorry."

"Don't apologize. You have every right to be-"

"To be what?!" She interrupted the older woman.

"I was just gonna say...To be protective. After everything that happened. It's okay."

There was a short silence between them. "Thank you." Regina thanked Granny and Widow put a sympathetic hand on the brunette's arm before weakly smiling at her and moving towards the podium. Ruby was right behind her grandmother in line and she also put a comforting hand on the queen's shoulder before moving closer to the podium.

"Regina." A voice came from behind her and she slowly turned around.

Seeing who it was she realized that she must not have seen him go by and sign the book when she was talking to Miss Lucas.

At first, she didn't know what to say. They just looked at eachother forever before he finally thought of something to say.

"So, this is your daughter." He said, putting a hand up to touch Olivia, but stopping just before it reached her.

"Yes." She said quietly, feeling everyone's eyes on the two of them.

"And...who is the father?"

"It's-" She looked down as if she were ashamed to say it. "It's David." She looked at his hand, still hovering over Olivia. "You can touch her, Sydney." He hesitated. "It's alright."

He looked into Regina's eyes and slowly moved his hand in closer to the infant, rubbing her back gently. For some reason, Regina smiled at the strange happiness on his face as he looked at the baby. But she also saw the sadness in his eyes that she recognized as pain from missing everything in his passed daughter's life. Regina recognized that look because it was a look that she too wore when meeting her first born years after learning of her death as a still born.

Suddenly, Sydney took his hand away and looked back to Regina. She noticed small tears growing in his eyes and realized that this was the first time she ever felt extreme care for him...Of course she did though. They have both just lost their child and neither got to spemd enough time with her.

There were no words between them when they exchanged similar looks and Sydney walked into the room where Jasmine's sacoffigus lay. Regina just stared at him walk by and she suddenly couldn't move, but she knew that she had to keep up appearances and not give anyone in this town the satisfaction of seeing the mayor break.

Finally, after everyone had signed the book, gone in, sat down, and Regina had, to her surprise, gotten lots of sympathetic looks and a few hugs and handshakes from people she never imagined would even touch her, she realized that she was now the only person who had not even seen Jasmine up close yet.

There's always seats in the front row reserved for the family of the deceased and Regina was so scared to go up there, but it was the only open seat...so she slowly walked down the aisle, feeling lingering eyes upon her. When she reached the casket, she averted her eyes away from it and sat down in the front corner as the speaking began.

The undertaker said a simple but heartfelt speech and when he finished, he gave anyone else who'd like to talk the option to. Regina, expecting no one due to the fact that Jasmine was hardly known, was shocked when a few people went out of their way just to say a few simple words. Some of which could've actually made her fall out of her chair in agony.

She was not surprised when David, Aladdin, and Victor were the first ones to speak, but the others she never even dreamed would attend a funeral where she was present.

"I didn't know Jasmine very well. I met her in the hospital after my baby was born and she was being, all kinds of stubborn with a nurse there." David tried to bring in a few laughs, to stay upbeat and hold back tears. "I saved her from getting kicked out and she was even giving me some attitude after that." There was a short pause and he put his head down for a second, before looking up to Regina.

"At first when she told me that Regina was her mother, I wasn't sure if I believed her...but the second I remembered how stubborn her mother was, I knew it was true." He laughed and a tear fell down his cheek, Regina staring at him up on the podium. "I remember telling her that I'd be her savior one day when she felt unwanted." This was the first time anyone had ever heard this and Regina looked to him, confused and wondering. "I told her I wouldn't let anything else happen to her after what Jafar did. And I told her that I would save her from him...I'm just ashamed I couldn't. But I do know that she was a very determined young girl and she would've died for everyone here today...Including her mother." He looked to Regina once more. "Thank you." He said into the microphone before leaving and Aladdin stepped up after him.

"Well, uh." The teen sniffed. "David, there's one thing I should say to you before I begin. Jasmine and I had a talk one day and she told me about that day. The day you promised her you'd protect her and...she told me that she was very grateful for that, but she would do anything to make sure nothing would hapoen to Olivia's father and, uh. I just wanted you to know that when she saved you...It was how she would've wanted to go." He sniffed once more and David sat down, shocked and feeling more tears well up in his eyes.

"But, uh, to begin my speech I'd like to say that...As long as I've known Jasmine, we have never gotten along. And yes, she was the most stubborn person I knew." He chuckled. "But when she finally let her guard down, we realized that we could learn to like eachother. But I've known her for years and I do know that she'd do anything for family. I mean come on, she spent 28 years travelling through different realms just to find her mother...and no matter how many times she doubted heraelf, or others doubted her. She didn't give up. So, Regina...I know that I never got to know you myself, but you should know that Jasmine loved you very much and when she wished for you to have a happily ever after...she meant it. And when she left," He had to pause for a minute so he wouldn't cry again. "When she left she said that she loved her family...I know that she meant everyone in here today." He looked down and smiled. "I remember her saying that she thought of the whole town as one, big, dysfunctional family that she would love to die for. So when she died out there...It was for all of you." He sniffed once more. "Thank you."

He left and Victor was up. Everyone was not surprised to see that Regina had not let one tear slip yet. They knew her for her strength and stubbornness to make people believe that she didn't have a heart.