Regina stood in the foyer, wearing her coat and holding Henry's, tapping her foot on the floor.

"Henry!" she called. "What's taking so long?"

"Sorry, mom!" he called back, bounding down the stairs with his shoes untied and staring at the phone in his hands.

"Henry, your shoelaces. Be careful. And watch where you're going." She held up his coat for him. Without lifting his eyes from his phone, he put his left arm through his coat sleeve, then passed the phone to his left hand to finish putting his coat on. Regina raised an eyebrow at him. "Henry? Put that away please."

"Just a minute, mom, I have to finish texting Emma," Henry said urgently.

Regina pulled his coat closed. "Henry, we're on our way to see her now. Can't it wait?" But Henry wasn't listening to her. His attention was still wrapped up in his phone. Regina shook her head. "Henry. I understand that you want to stay close to Emma, but you're about to spend the rest of the day and night with her. Can I at least have you here with me while we walk to meet her? If you remember, it was your idea for me to accompany you."

Henry looked ashamed and slipped his phone into his pocket. "Sorry, mom. I wasn't trying to ignore you. It's about Operation Outlaw Queen!"

Regina straightened. "You… told Emma about it?"

Henry zipped up his jacket and wrapped his scarf around his neck. "No, but I did ask for her help. You don't mind, do you? She's happy to do it." Henry smiled at her as she frowned at him. She didn't mind extra help with their mission. Emma's guilt was really working in Regina's favor, as much as Regina hated needing her. But she still had a feeling Henry wasn't telling the entire truth.

Regina handed Henry his hat and gloves and looked suspiciously at him as he put them on. "What exactly did you ask her to do?" she asked.

Henry led the way outside and waited until they were walking side by side toward the lake to continue speaking. Regina watched him carefully. She had learned after Operation Cobra how to tell when he was preparing to lie to her. Now she could tell he was preparing to explain his plan.

"Operation Outlaw Queen," Henry started. He kept walking for a bit before saying, "We need to get Robin Hood to believe in second chances. Like I said, if he's going to do that, he needs to see that second chances can really happen. So he has to see you."

"Henry, you know Robin's not my biggest fan right now." Her voice grew quieter. "Seeing me would not be likely to put him in a forgiving mood."

"Mom, you're wrong. I'm telling you, he needs to see you, so he can get to know you, so he can see how you've changed. It's the best way to get him to believe in second chances." Henry put his hand on her arm and turned to look at her. "Trust me, mom. This will work."

Regina narrowed her eyes at him. "And Emma agrees? That's what you were texting her about?"

Henry looked away guiltily. "Well, no."

"Henry…" Regina warned.

"When I called her, she just bumped into Robin at Granny's. So I asked her to talk you up to him." Before Regina could protest, he rushed to keep talking. "She was happy to do it, mom. She's on your side! We both think that you should be with Robin."

Regina was fuming. She walked a little faster as they reached the beginning of the trail through the forest. She was trying not to yell at Henry, despite how furious she was with him! What was he doing talking to Emma about her love life? And especially about things she already told him were both none of his business and never going to happen. "Henry, we've talked about this. He drank the memory potion. It's over. Besides, he's married. He's with Marian. You shouldn't be talking to Emma about this, and you shouldn't be…"

Henry cut her off. "Well, what if he wasn't?"

Regina looked at him. "What are you talking about?"

"What if he wasn't married?" Henry urged. "What if he wasn't with Marian anymore, what if she was out of the picture?"

Regina closed her eyes. She couldn't think like that. She and Robin had been great. They weren't perfect, but they were closer than she thought possible. The only problem they had was Marian coming back. She was alive, and he was married to her. Regina couldn't think about Marian not being in the picture anymore. It was too painful. And she had already thought about getting rid of Marian - it was wrong, and she was not going to do it.

Regina looked at her son and said, "Henry, there's no point in exploring what-ifs. He is married. End of discussion."

Henry wasn't dropping it. "But people get divorced."

Regina dropped her head. "He wouldn't do that," she whispered.

"He is doing that."

Her head shot up, and she looked at Henry with wide eyes. "What?"

"That's what Emma texted me. Marian wants a divorce. Robin's marriage is over. There's nothing in your way now. Well, except the potion, but that's what I…"

Henry kept talking, but Regina couldn't hear a word he was saying. He was getting a divorce. Not only that, but Marian wanted it. Regina never brought up the idea to Robin because she didn't want to ask him to leave his wife for her. If she was being honest with herself, she didn't want to hear him say that he wouldn't. He was too honorable, he would feel it was wrong.

Regina's ears were ringing. He was getting a divorce. He was no longer with Marian. Soon, he would not be married. Marian, his marriage, it was the only thing that was ever in their way.

Regina tried to focus on what Henry was saying. Right, the potion. There was still the matter of that. If what Emma said was true, then there was no reason she couldn't be with Robin, if that was what they both wanted. There was no question that being with Robin was what Regina wanted, but the potion meant that he did not want to be with her. He despised her. Every time he saw her, he looked at her with those cold, hateful eyes that broke her heart. He wasn't her Robin anymore. Now, he was a stranger who hated her.

But she had to fix him. So she concentrated on Henry, who was still jabbering away.

"Henry," she said. "What did you say to Emma in your texts?"

"I told her to find out what she could from Robin," Henry said. "She had to stop texting me because she left the diner to walk to the lake." His cheeks were red, probably from the cold. She continued walking toward the lake and waited for Henry to elaborate. She knew silence could be very effective at getting Henry to tell her things he was reluctant to say. "And I told her to talk you up to Robin."

Regina hid her smile from Henry. He was sweet to think that Emma would, or even could, talk her up. But Emma had been fighting Regina since they met, and probably had more bad things to say about her than anyone, which was saying something. But it just made it that much more clear to her that Henry really believed she was good now.

They walked for several minutes in silence, with Henry looking at her occasionally to gauge her mood. Regina sensed that he wanted to ask her something, but was waiting. So she let him choose his moment.

They were almost at the lake when he finally said, "Mom?" Regina turned her head towards him. "You know, for Operation Outlaw Queen to work, you'll have to talk to Robin." Regina looked forward again and didn't respond. Henry continued, "I know that Robin… has issues with you right now, but you have to fight for him. After Snow White took the potion, grandpa had to fight for her. She knocked him unconscious and tied him to a tree, and he still jumped in front of an arrow for her." Regina scoffed. she couldn't stand the Charmings and their sickening love story. Henry seemed to sense that and changed tactics. "You have to give Robin a chance, mom. He wanted to be with you. He would be with you now if he could. The memory potion is just making it impossible for him. If it was up to him, he would fight for you. But he can't, so you have to do the fighting."

Regina was listening to everything Henry was saying, and she couldn't help but feel guilty. She still hadn't told anyone that she slipped Robin the potion, and she never would. She wondered what Henry would think if he knew. Because everything Henry was saying was right. She had made Robin's choice for him when she put the potion in his drink. So now, if she actually could be with him, how could she expect him to choose her again? He had chosen her once, before she had erased that choice. She began to wonder if there might be a future for them after all.

Regina tried to sort out her thoughts as she caught a glimpse of Emma sitting at the bench by the lake. If Henry was right, Regina would have to fight to win Robin over. She still wasn't sure if it was possible. Henry believed it was, but believing was what he did best.

Regina looked over at him. "Okay Henry. I'll try. I'll talk to him."

Henry beamed. "Good," he said as they came into the clearing. "Then you should start right away."

Emma stood to greet them as they reached her. The two woman said cordial hellos but didn't get a chance to say anything more before a loud screech of "Regina!" ripped through the air.

Regina, startled, turned around. She knew that voice. Roland was running toward them at full speed. Behind him, Robin was sitting on a picnic blanket under a tree. What was he doing here? she thought. But then she looked back and forth between Henry and Emma, both with guilty looks on their faces. They set her up. She noticed Henry's guilt was mixed with amusement, anticipation, and a fair bit of pride. That kid enjoyed being sneaky a bit too much.

Regina reigned in her mom glare as Roland launched himself at her. She picked him up in a big hug, and couldn't help smiling. She had missed Roland. He was such a sweet boy, and she had grown fond of him while she and Robin were together. She knew Roland was fond of her. And apparently he missed her, too.

"Regina, hi! Papa and I are having a picnic." Roland said.

"Yes, dear, I can see that," Regina said. Then Roland was chattering away. She just listened, absorbing the sweet boy's affection that she had been missing since Marian's return.

"Papa got the picnic from Granny's. I thought we were having lunch at Granny's but we had lunch at Granny's yesterday, so papa said today we should have a picnic. I saw you yesterday, also, but mama said you were with Henry so I shouldn't say hi. But I wanted to say hi because you were having lunch at Granny's, too." Roland paused to breathe. Regina laughed, but knew she shouldn't expect him to stop talking long enough for her to say anything. He obviously had a lot to update her on. "Did you see the ducks? There were ducks, but they flied away when I tried to catch them. I think maybe they were scared. I wasn't scared of them, because ducks aren't scary. Also, I'm brave."

Then, Robin was there. She knew he would come after his son, but she could feel his presence in the air once he was near. When she caught sight of how close he was, she lowered Roland to the ground, knowing Robin probably wouldn't want his son around her. She knew she was supposed to fight for Robin, but if he felt his son was in danger, he would not be receptive to what she had to say. As she stood back up, Roland grabbed her hand, apparently reluctant to let go of her. She glanced at Robin to ensure he was alright with that.

Robin smiled. It wasn't an open, friendly smile, but it wasn't cold either. He greeted her and Henry politely. Okay. Politeness she could work with. It was a starting point, at least.

Wait, why had he greeted only the two of them? Had he been speaking with Emma earlier? Of course, she thought. Henry had been texting with Emma until she left the diner to walk toward the lake. Roland said they got their picnic from Granny's before coming here. And then Henry said Regina should start her part in Operation Outlaw Queen right away.

She had been set up.

"Hello, Robin. I didn't realize you would be here. I just came to drop off Henry with Emma" She wanted to make sure he didn't think she had been the one to orchestrate this meeting. And she wanted the other two to know she was onto them. They weren't as clever as they thought. She was pretty sure Henry was the mastermind here, but as the adult, Emma should have known better.

Emma decided to speak up. "Henry was with Regina last night, but tonight he's with me."

Roland tugged on her hand. "Regina, my monkey is gone!"

She looked down at him. "Your stuffed monkey?"

Roland confirmed and turned his puppydog eyes toward her. That boy was dangerous - one flash of that look would get him just about anything he wanted.

Regina was not surprised at the loss of his stuffed animal. When Zelena was defeated, her monkeys turned back into the people they were before she cursed them. It was entirely possible that Roland's toy, despite having been transformed again, had reverted to its human form once the original magic was undone. She crouched down to face him and did her best to give him a five-year-old's explanation of what had happened. At the end of it, he still had his puppydog eyes trained on her, so she promised him a new toy.

Roland was apparently satisfied with that, because he reached out to with arms that said "pick me up". She hesitated, not wanting to push too far too soon. She looked up at Robin.

And nearly fell over. He was staring intently at her. His blue eyes were trained on her, obviously having listened to her and Roland's entire conversation. She replayed it in her head. Roland had mentioned her saving him from the monkey. Of course. Robin would have forgotten that. So now he knew she had saved Roland. And that Roland liked her. And he must not have a problem with it, because he was looking at her, and his eyes were familiar again. His eyes had been so cold since he took the potion. Every time he looked at her, it was with hate in his eyes.

But now, he was just looking at her. It wasn't like it had been before the potion. It was closer to the way he did when they first met in the Enchanted Forest. They hadn't been together then. They hadn't even liked each other. In fact, they were quite hostile to one another. But he had still looked at her as though he saw her. He looked at her as though there might be something more to her than the worst of what he had heard. That was the way he was looking at her now.

She broke out of her thoughts when Robin nodded at her, and she lifted Roland up in her arms. She ran her hand up and down his back and he rested his head on her shoulder.

Emma spoke up, and Regina tore her eyes away from Robin and instead turned them toward Henry. Henry was staring at Robin, as though he was analyzing the outlaw's expression. When Emma put her hand on his shoulder, Henry smiled and said, "yeah, let's get out of here." He threw a smile at Regina, as if to say, keep it up, it's working! and he left with Emma.

Regina took several deep breaths after they left, trying to work up the courage to say something else to Robin. Or at least to look at him. She didn't know what to do. She took the easy way out and just looked at Roland instead. He was warm in her arms and she couldn't help but smile at him as he played gently with her hair. Robin stood only a few feet away, not making any move to take his son away from her. Perhaps that was enough progress for today, then.

Regina ruffled Roland's hair and said, "well I should probably go." She put him down and finally looked up to face Robin.

He was still looking at her. She was momentarily discouraged when he looked away, but it was only long enough for him to send Roland off. Roland called out a goodbye to her and ran back to the blanket.

Regina watched him go, and when she looked back at Robin, he was staring at her again. Her face froze in a tight smile. She could barely breathe. There were those familiar blue eyes again. She couldn't pinpoint exactly what the change was, but it was very powerful. Suddenly, it was too much. "Goodbye, Robin," she said and started walking away.

"Goodbye, Regina."

By some miracle, she managed to keep her pace steady. Regina. He had called her Regina. He hadn't called her that since he took the potion.

She felt a spark of something warm in her heart, and couldn't help but smile

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A/N: Finally, a chapter that ends with Regina happy!

Does this count as four in four? It's past midnight, but I'm going to count it. I'm rushing because the end is now in sight! I swear when I started writing this, I thought it would be maybe 5 chapters. Oops. But I'm going to be pretty busy for a few days, so I'm trying to work overtime before then. I'm hoping to have one more chapter tomorrow. I may write this scene a third time, because Henry is thinking some things and his POV might be worth exploring. But a triple POV could be too much. We shall see.

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