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"Bye mom!" Henry said as he was walking out the door.

"Bye? Where are you going? It's Saturday." I said, crossing my arms.

"I'm going to Emma's!" He replied.

I nodded my head, "Ahh, okay. Be safe."

He nodded and walked out the door.

Daniel walked into the room and gave me a confused look, "Where's he off to so early?"

I looked over at the clock, "Hmm, I didn't realize that it was this early. He said he was just going to Emma's."

Daniel crossed his arms, "Why so early I wonder?"

I shrugged my shoulders, "No idea. I'll call Emma later and ask if he's okay."

He nodded.

A few weeks had gone by since our little…or big feud with Bella. She didn't hardly speak to either of us at all. Daniel's first day at the horse track was today, we were both hoping it would go well.

"Bella?" I shouted up to her room.

A grumbling, "What?" shouted back.

I huffed and looked at Daniel, rolling my eyes. I lowered my voice, "Apparently she's still mad." I said.

He made a somewhat disappointed face.

"I need you to come down here please." I shouted back.

After a few seconds, I heard her feet start to come down the stairs. "What?" She mumbled.

I bit the inside of my cheek, trying not to explode, "Are you still going shopping today with Wendy?" I asked.

She nodded.

"Okay. I need you to take your father to the track then, please. I have to-"

"What?! Why do I have to?!" She complained.

I became infuriated for her interrupting me, "If you would've let me finish you would've known why." I crossed my arms and shifted my weight to one leg, "Now as I was saying," I said irritably, "I have to take Pippa to the doctor's office for her shots later. I have to have the car for that."

She groaned and rolled her eyes.

"If you have a problem with it, maybe you can just haul your dad around wherever he would like to go today, and you not go shopping. How's that sound?" I said sternly.

She crossed her arms and huffed a little, "Fine." She mumbled.

"Good. He has to be there in thirty minutes, it takes twenty to get there so chop-chop." I said, snapping my fingers.

She rolled her eyes again and started to go up the stairs.

I had enough of the eye rolling. I was done with it. Over it. Through with it. No more.

I reached out one hand and pulled her back with magic, making her slide down the stairs.

"Ah! Mom! What are you doing!"

I stayed silent until she was floating in front of me. I let her down and snapped my fingers to turn her towards me, "Bella I don't know what has happened between us in the past year, but whatever it is, it needs to be gone. I'm tired of your constant attitude towards me and your father." I said, nodding my head toward Daniel.

She huffed and started to say something.

"You don't get to speak right now. All you've said lately has been negative comments towards us, and I'm tired of it." I said.

"But-"

"Bella Charlene, your mother said to not talk." Daniel stepped in.

She groaned a little.

"Now go upstairs right now, get changed, and go take him to the horse track." I said sternly, then let her go.

She crossed her arms and ran up the stairs.

I turned toward Daniel and looked at him, "What has happened?" I said, utterly confused.

He bit the inside of his cheek, "I-I don't know, Regina." He said, also confused.

"I mean…I…" I couldn't finish the sentence before I felt a lump in my throat. I didn't want to cry, but I was starting to. I could feel the tears coming into my eyes.

Daniel noticed this and walked closer to me, wrapping me in his arms, "It's okay, my love. We'll get through it, okay?"

I nodded with my head on his chest.

He rubbed my back gently then softly pulled me off of him, "Now don't cry, okay? I can't get tears on my uniform." He said with a small smile.

That made me laugh.

"Do you want to come with me?" Daniel asked Bella, who was currently still mad, leaning up against the car.

She shrugged her shoulders, "Whatever." She said.

He nodded towards the stables, "Come on then." He said, leading the way.

She somewhat reluctantly followed behind him. When the dirt turned into concrete floors, she looked up to see all of the horses.

"Whoa." She mumbled under her breath.

Daniel smiled at her, "A lot, isn't it?"

She nodded.

"And this," Daniel said, walking over to one of them, "Is the one I'll mostly be taking care of. Clever Cadillac is his name."

Bella raised an eyebrow, "Clever Cadillac?" She repeated.

He nodded, "Yep. One of the best racehorses, too." He said, patting the horses face. He nodded towards it, "Want to pet him?"

Bella looked around to see if anyone was watching, then slowly came up to the horse. She extended her hand to pet it on the nose.

After a few moments watching his daughter, Daniel decided to share a story. "You know, this is how your mother and I met." He said casually.

She didn't look at him, but was still looking at the horse, "Really?" She asked.

"Mhmm. I was a stable boy, kind of like I am now." He laughed.

"Guess that was your true calling." She said.

"I think it was. I found true love doing this right here." He said.

She almost smiled, but didn't. She still wanted to be mad. "Hm." She simply said.

He put his hand on her shoulder and hugged her, "This is how you even became a possibility."

She huffed, "Dad…"

"What?! I didn't mean it that way. Sheesh." He said playfully, rolling his eyes.

She let out a little chuckle, accidentally. She immediately straightened up and began petting the horse again.

"Are you going to be mad at us forever, Bella?" Daniel asked.

She nodded, "Possibly."

"You know we're only doing this for your own good…"

She didn't reply.

"Bella, your mother had to go through a lot because of how young we were. We don't want you going through that."

"Going through what, Dad? Scared I'm going to become the evil queen?" She snapped, becoming irritated.

"There's no need to get mad." He said calmly, "Do you realize what all had happened to your mom to become the evil queen? It didn't happen overnight."

"Like you know so much about it. You were dead!"

"I was. And you know why? Because of a stupid mistake. Her mother was evil, Bella, unlike yours. Regina may have been in the past but she isn't now, she loves you so mu-"

"Then why is she keeping me from Michael?" Bella interrupted.

"It's not just her. We both made that decision."

"Why?"

"Because! We don't want you and Michael ending up like we were. What if that happened and then the worst case scenario, your mother turned evil and ripped Michael's heart out. Frankly, I could probably do that too."

"For what?" She asked.

"You know good and well what I'm talking about, Bella. We don't want you to have to deal with the pain and heartache of having a child so young. As I was saying, if your mother turned evil again, she could very well do the same thing Cora did to us. She could rip his heart out and take your child away from you. Is that what you want? Or would you rather have the scene that she and I had a year ago in the hospital bed. She held Pippa so proudly in her arms, you could see the love that she had for her." Daniel paused to take a deep breath. The memories were choking him up. "Not only that, but she remembered back to when you were taken from her. I wasn't there to help her, no. I was dead!"

"But-"

"Let me finish." He said. "Which would you rather, Bella? Huh? Rather have your mother or even someone else ripping your screaming, crying, newborn baby from you; not even getting to hold it at all, or would you rather be beaming over your child with love and compassion, knowing that you'd be there for it?"

Bella was blinking fast and hard to try and hold back tears. She knew he was right. Even if they hadn't made that mistake, she knew it was wrong. She knew going behind their backs was wrong. Staying after curfew was wrong. She was all wrong, and he was right. Even if she didn't want to admit it. She wiped her cheek quickly and crossed her arms, "Michael and I have never. We won't be. I know that I'm too young."

"But the other night-"

"Yeah? I had fallen asleep while we were watching TV. Nothing happened at all, Dad. Don't worry so much over me!" She said.

"I will never stop worrying over you, Bella. You're my daughter and I will always look after you."

Bella felt tears wanting to rush into her eyes. She quickly turned away from him and back to the horse.

Daniel looked at his watch, "I need to go." He said.

"Alright Pippa, let's check you out here, sweetie." Dr. Whale said as I laid her down on the small table. She smiled and wiggled around as he put the stethoscope to her chest to check her heartbeat. All was well, then it was time for those dreaded shots. I wasn't looking forward to this at all; her little smile always disappeared and turned into a sharp, loud cry. It sounded so horrible and sad. "I'm sorry, Pippa. But it will do you good." Whale said as he picked her up from the table.

I scooped her out of his arms and immediately started bouncing with her to try and make her stop crying. "It's okay, little girl." I said, brushing my fingers through her soft, short hair. "It'll all feel better, baby. It's okay." I cooed.

Daniel walked in the house and into the kitchen where I was. He came up to me and kissed me on the lips, as he did every day when he came home.

"How was work today, sweetie?" I asked, laying my hand on his chest.

He nodded, "It was good for the first day. I think they all like me."

I furrowed my brow, "They all? You have more than one boss?"

He smirked, "The horses." He answered.

I slapped him playfully and shook my head, "Well, the kids already ate. I didn't really know when you would be home, so here's your dinner." I said, handing him a warmed up plate of food.

He smiled and took it from me, walking to the counter and laying it down to eat. "It's delicious, my love." He said as he was chewing.

I smiled, "Do I need to teach you too that you don't talk with your mouth open?" I asked teasingly.

He stuck his food covered tongue out at me, "Oh...sorry." He replied, taunting me back.

I shook my head, "You're silly." I said through a chuckle.

He continued eating, then it was time to put Pippa to bed. After that, it was time for us to go to bed as well.

"Can you believe that our anniversary is coming up already?" He asked as he was changing into night clothes.

I shook my head, "It's crazy, isn't it?" I replied.

He nodded.

I changed into my dark blue, satin nightgown. I looked over at him voluptuously. "You know, Henry asked me something tonight when I tucked him in." I said, not giving any ideas as to what he said.

He looked back at me and tilted his head, "Really?" He asked, raising a brow.

I nodded and lecherously walked over to him. I laid one hand on his bare chest, sensually tangling my fingers around in his chest hair. "Mhmm." I said in a low tone.

"And what was that?" He asked, taking a deep breath as I stroked my fingers on his skin.

I shrugged and stuck my bottom lip out, "Nothing much. He just wanted to know if we were having going to have another baby..." I said, my voice trailed off. I could feel his eyes looking down on me, but I was still looking at his chest.

He took a deep breath, it was almost as if he didn't know what to say. "And what did you tell him?" He asked cautiously.

I smirked, "I told him it was a possibility." I replied, now looking up into his eyes.

Both of his eyebrows shot up. He beamed at me for a moment before his mouth finally opened, "Regina?" He paused, "If you're try to tell me what I think you're trying to tell me...I think this is the best surprise since Pippa." He said, smirking slightly.

I let out a chuckle and shook my head. I ran my hands from his chest to his cheeks, "Not right now..." I said smoothly.

"Not right now?" He repeated as a question.

I smiled at his sparkling eyes, "No, not now. But I'm saying I would like to have something to tell you." I said, winking at the end.

He simpered, "Are you saying you want another baby?" He asked.

Another StableQueen baby? Do you think it'll happen?! :)

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What about Bella and Daniel's conversation in the stables? :O

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G.