Hey guysss! Here's another quick update :) I'm feeling a little bit better today finally. I hope I can go back to work tomorrow!
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G.
I woke up the next morning and started my day off normally, trying to forget all of what happened yesterday. I was still confused as to why all of a sudden that he wanted to kiss me so bad? I just didn't get it.
I walked to the kitchen and prepared some toast, then went to the fridge to take the orange juice out. I grabbed a glass from the upper cabinet. I leaned my bulge against the countertop, then opened the pitcher and poured some in. I took a few swigs of it, the poured some more in the glass. I giggled slightly when I could feel the baby push against the countertop. I laid my hand gently on the top of my stomach, "I'm sorry, you're probably squished." I said, soft and gentle in my tone.
I smiled and put the orange juice back, then headed to the dining room table to eat my breakfast. I sat down in the chair and pulled my plate close to me, then began to read the news on my phone. I scrolled through some of the headlines, then took a bite out of my toast. I repeated this process until my toast was all gone, though I still felt hungry. I guess it was because of the baby.
"You sure do want a lot to eat!" I said, sounding almost grumpy. I grunted and got up from the table to prepare another piece of toast, then went back to my table.
Robin stood at the door, staring at the number "3" screwed onto it. He debated if he should knock or not, but he finally gathered the courage to hit his knuckles on the green door.
He heard footsteps come through the loft, then the door opened. "Robin?" Emma answered, looking as if she had just woke up.
He nodded, "Yes. It's me." He paused, "I remember."
"You remember? Oh my gosh, Robin! That's…that's great!" Emma exclaimed. She turned back inside to the loft, "David, Mary-Margaret, Robin remembers!" She said through a smile.
They both walked up behind her, "That's wonderful news!" Mary-Margaret said, catching Emma's contagious smile.
He nodded again, "But Regina, I tried to kiss her last night."
Emma tilted her head down, looking concerned.
"She didn't remember me, she apparently thought that I had once attacked her. She thinks that's how she got pregnant."
"She doesn't remember anything at all?" David asked.
He shook his head no, "She doesn't. All that she 'remembers' is that the baby is mine, but she thinks it's an illegitimate."
"Have you tried showing her pictures?" Mary-Margaret asked.
Emma spoke up before Robin could, "I tried that yesterday with the wedding photos. Gold said that the only way to make her remember is true loves kiss, and unfortunately, she thinks her true love is a rapist." Emma said, sounding a little defeated. She put her head down in shame for what she had just said. "I'm sorry, I should've left that out."
"No, no. It's fine. It's the truth. Or at least what she believes to be the truth." Robin said, patting the blonde's upper arm.
"Please, come in." Snow said, gesturing him to sit with them in the living room.
They all found their seats, then began conversing again.
"We have to have a plan to make her remember. Otherwise, she'll never let you around her." Emma said sternly.
"But how? It's not like I can take her out on a date or something. It was hard enough to get her to go on a date when she didn't think I raped her, can you imagine how hard it would be now?" Robin said, sounding worried.
Emma clenched her teeth and cocked her lips to the side.
"He has a point." David said.
Mary-Margaret nodded in agreement, "There has to be a way, though. Just have hope."
Robin looked at her as if she had two heads. "Hope? How can I have hope?! I don't…she doesn't…she doesn't even remember me! She's giving her child up to that so-called 'goddess' as soon as it's born. It's my child too, she can't just get rid of it."
"She's not going to, because we're going to stop her by making her remember. There has to be a way!" David said.
Robin shook his head and buried his face in the palms of his hands. He rested his elbows on his thighs, trying not to panic too much.
"How?" Emma whispered.
"We're going to find the way to make her remember. We need a plan."
"We've gone through this already! Now we need to actually make the plan and fulfill it, stop just talking about it." Robin snapped, looking at them hurtfully.
This woman was his second chance. His first wife, his first love, she was taken from this life too early. He didn't think he could live life without her, but he found that he could when he found Regina. He knew that everything would be okay once more because of her. His son had a motherly figure and a brother, and was going to have a sister. But now…now he was lost without her. She was the one that came up with the strategic plans, now he needed a plan for her.
"He's right, but where do we even start?" Emma asked her parents.
"We need to start by trying to get her used to you, Robin. Show her that you didn't actually hurt her, and that you're never going to do so." David explained softly, "Then we'll figure it out from there."
"She won't let me get around her. I'm surprised Emma didn't get a call in to the sheriff's office last night, she threatened me with calling the cops." Robin said.
Emma chuckled, "Well, if she's anything like the Regina I first met, she's all threats. She won't hurt you unless you hurt her, from what I can gather."
"Okay. Then it's set, we need to get her to go on a date with you." Mary-Margaret said, trying to smile.
I heard a knock on the door, I so hoped that it wasn't that deranged man again. I opened the door slowly, peeking around it. I saw a tall, skinny woman with dark brown hair. I smiled and opened the door all the way, "Vanessa! I didn't know you were coming here."
"Sorry to drop by on such short notice. I just wanted to bring this to you." She said enticingly, handing me a basket full of baked goods.
"Thank you! Why don't you come in and we can share some?" I said.
She shook her head, "I wouldn't want to be a bother."
"You're not a bother. I don't go to work today, and it's not like anyone is coming."
She smiled, "Okay."
We walked inside and into the kitchen. I sat the basket of goodies on the counter, then opened the plastic wrapping around it.
"Now, I know you've been hungry lately, so I just thought this would be a nice, early baby shower gift."
I smiled and looked up at her, "Thank you, Vanessa. You've been a great friend."
She smiled and blushed a little, "It's the least I can do, for you giving me this little bundle of joy." She said, touching my stomach.
I chuckled, "Right."
She walked around to the other side of the counter and leaned over on it. She got a curious look on her face, then it cracked into a bit of a devious smile. "So, word around the town is that Robin came to your door last night. Am I right?"
I nodded reluctantly, "Yes. I told him I was going to call the cops."
She let out a huff of air, almost like a laugh. "Hmm, I guess he didn't take it too seriously, then." She said, letting her eyes now wander around the room.
I tilted my head to the side from curiosity, "What do you mean?"
"Oh! You didn't see them?"
"See what?"
"The flowers, dear. They were on your porch when I got here."
I looked at her confusedly, "Who sent them?" I asked in a low tone.
"Robin, of course." She replied.
I gasped slightly, "What? What did he want?"
"Here, there was a card on them. I wanted to try and save you some heartache, seeing as how he is your attacker and all."
I nodded and snatched the card from her hand. I opened it and read the neatly written pen marks,
"Dear Regina,
I know you don't remember me, but I need to let you know that you have a life with me. We really are married, and that baby is ours. Not because I attacked you, but because it was by choice.
I love you, my dear, and I know you don't understand, but you will soon.
Please meet me in the park at noon, and we can sort this out.
Love,
Robinhood."
"He wants me to go to the park…" I mumbled.
"To the park? Why?" She asked.
"He wants to 'sort things out'." I said, putting air quotations around those words.
She chuckled, "Work what out? His jail time?"
I shrugged my shoulders, "I guess I should at least hear him out. If he really thinks he didn't attack me, maybe he's telling the truth."
"Regina, really? He most definitely did."
I shook my head and pursed my lips, "I'm going to go."
"You're making a big mistake."
"By keeping you here? Yes, I am." I replied in a harsh tone.
She looked at me, hurt. She got up from her chair and walked toward the door, "Have fun. Don't say I didn't tell you." She said, opening the door and walking out.
When the door shut, I took a deep, shaky breath. Something just didn't feel right, but I couldn't tell what.
I waited a little while before I left to go to the park, to meet this odd man. Was I making a mistake? Possibly. Do queens make mistakes? No, everyone else does.
I arrived at the park and got out from my car. I stood at the edge of the grass and looked around, trying to find the meeting place. I walked around a bit, trying to find him. I looked around a tree, and finally saw him. He was sitting on the ground on a blanket, it had food spread out on it along with a dozen of flowers. I could feel myself blush, but I quickly shook the feeling off. I was here just to hear him out, and that only. I wasn't going to fall for his tricks.
I walked to the blanket and he saw me. He stood up and extended a hand out to me, "May I help you sit?" He asked politely.
I furrowed my brow and opened my mouth, trying to say something. I simply nodded and extended my hand. He took it, and we sat down together.
"I was hoping you would come, I really didn't think you would though." He said as he was getting two glasses from a basket.
I huffed and looked over my shoulder, "Just because I'm the queen doesn't mean I can't hear someone's story." I said, sounding annoyed.
He nodded and took a deep breath. His mouth remained open from the large breath, it turned into a half smile. "I'm glad, because I definitely have a story." He said.
"I don't know why you're going to explain this to me, though. I remember exactly what you did."
"Those are false memories."
"False memories? Right. And who did that? Rumplestiltskin?" I taunted, becoming visibly irritated now.
He shook his head, "Time will tell you that."
"Right." I rolled my eyes.
He dipped some food out onto the plates he brought. He gave one to me first, then he prepared his own.
"I don't know if I should eat this. You could be poisoning me." I said bluntly.
He shook his head and let out a small, quiet chuckle. "I wouldn't do that." He mumbled.
"What?"
"I said I wouldn't do that." He repeated. He looked up into my eyes, "Whether you believe me or not, that really is my child that you're carrying currently."
My tongue brushed my upper lip as I forced my eyes off of his, "I know. I just know that it wasn't by choice, that's all." I said, repositioning the plate in my lap.
"It was by choice. I can assure you."
"Was it really? Because I know one thing, and that is that I'm the queen. I'm evil, Robin. Everyone knows my heart is too hard to do any of this by choice."
"Any of what?" He asked, confused.
"This!" I shouted, pointing to my large stomach. "I don't have children. I won't have children. I can't love."
"Yes you can, Regina. You can love."
"That's no way to address a queen!" I snapped.
"I'm sorry, I'm used to calling you that."
I shook my head and huffed. I put the plate to the side and started to get up, but was stopped by his hand wrapping around my wrist.
"Please, stay!"
"I don't know why you think you have a right to make me want to stay here and listen to some excuse of yours, but you don't. Now let me go!" I yelled.
People walking by in the park were now watching us, curious onlookers' eyes didn't leave us.
"Yes I do, really. I'm your husband! You just don't remember me! A witch, an evil witch did this to you." He yelled, tightening his grip around my small wrist.
I shook my arm, "No witch is powerful enough to do something like this to me." I said proudly, "Now, let me go." I demanded.
"No." He said.
"No?" I chuckled deviously, "No…okay." I squatted down to his level as he was still sitting on the blanket. I looked into his eyes coldly, "I'm not listening to you anymore." I said quietly.
He stared into my eyes, his own looked sad. "Yes you are." He said boldly. Suddenly, he thrust his body toward mine, closing his eyes and puckering his lips.
Just before his lips touched mine, I thrust my fist into his chest. I laughed and curled my lip as he shouted in pain, "Did you really think I would just let you do that? Please."
He winced out of pain, his teeth were clenched together. "Please, just listen to me." He said pleadingly.
I laughed again and took his heart from his chest, "I'll listen to you."
"Really?" He managed to say.
"When you're dead."
"I'm just nervous for him. If Regina is back to her evil queen self, she'll kill him quicker than we can say stop." David said.
Mary-Margaret listened to her worrying husband on the phone, "David, really. I think Robin is perfectly capable of protecting himself, he was a thief after all. He's stolen from her." She said, walking down the sidewalk.
"I don't know, Mary-Margaret. Maybe you should just go check on him and see if she even came?"
"I'm about to be walking right by there anyway, but I doubt anything is going-"
"Mary-Margaret?" David said, not hearing his wife on the phone.
"Oh my gosh. David, I'll call you back." She hung up and stuffed the phone into her pocket. She ran over to where Regina and Robin were, she saw the glowing heart in the sorceress's hand.
"Snow!" Robin managed to shout.
I turned around and looked at what he was shouting at. Low and behold, Snow White was heroically running towards us. I grimaced. "Go home, Snow."
"No!" She shouted. She jumped beside me and slapped me in the face.
"What the hell was that?!" I shouted.
She took my arm firmly in her hand and squeezed it.
"You can't hurt me." I said.
She stopped in a surprised face. She looked at me intently. "I know, Regina, that you don't remember who he is, but I do. I was in your wedding." She said in a low, harsh tone. "I have grown up looking up to you, Regina. You were my idol for so long. You turned evil and I had no idol. But then, this man saved you from that evil life. I look up to you again! You don't see that!"
"This man has done nothing except impregnate me forcefully."
"Look, I wasn't there obviously, but I know this man would never do anything to hurt you. He loves you."
"The only one that loved me was Daniel, and you got him killed!" I yelled, trying to wriggle out from her surprisingly strong grip. "And then my mother made me marry your father. Do you realize how much of a living hell that was?" I yelled.
"Yes, Regina, I did. Do you think I didn't hear your cries at night after my father had hurt you? I know he was not perfect, nor did he even love you. You were simply a piece in his life that he put there to try and fill the empty hole in his heart left by my mother."
My expression changed. A moment ago, I was ready to kill this woman; now, I was shocked. "You knew what he did to me?"
She nodded and loosened her grip slightly, "Yes, Regina. I cried right along with you into my pillow. I was only a room away. I never understood what was going on when I was younger, but then I finally realized what was happening."
"Then why didn't you do anything!?" I bellowed.
She tightened her grip again as I tried to hit her face, "What was I supposed to do? No one would've believed me. It saved us all embarrassment."
"Embarrassment? You?! You can't be serious!"
"Yes, Regina, I am!"
"The embarrassment it would've given you to tell someone what was happening to me could not possibly compare to the embarrassment of trying to hide the bruises on my arms and neck. I was never perfect enough for him."
She calmed down and took a deep breath, "I know. My father was not perfect and neither are you. We all have our faults, but you know what? This," She looked at Robin's heart that I still held in my hand, "This is not yours. I can't let you do this, you've overcome this problem! You're better than this."
"Better than what? I've never been 'better' than anything! I've spent my whole life looking for approval from someone, whether it be from my mother or from your father. I never could amount to what they wanted from me."
She let go of my arm and threw her hands onto her lap, "You don't understand, do you?"
"Understand what, Snow?!"
"That you were more than better to me. You were the mother in my life, Regina. You were the only one I had. I loved you so much."
I was shocked. My mouth hung open, I couldn't say anything. I studied her eyes, they were filled with tears. She wasn't lying, I could tell. I sniffled and looked up at the heart in my hand, "But I didn't want to be good for you." I said maniacally.
She looked at me surprised. She was expecting a different reaction.
I started to squeeze Robin's heart, he yelped in pain.
"Please don't do this, Regina! You'll regret it!" Snow yelled.
"I have no regrets." I said deviously, watching Robin squirm in pain.
Suddenly, he leapt forward and grabbed my arm, thrusting it aside and moving his body closer to me. His lips smashed into mine, I tried to push him away.
Everything flooded back. Memories were flashing through my mind left and right, I couldn't hardly fathom it. My fingers slowly opened without thinking, his heart fell to the blanket. I could feel his body flinch when it hit, but he kept his lips onto mine.
Henry ran to me, "Mom!" He exclaimed, wrapping me in a hug.
"Here's your new son, Madam Mayor." The man said. I took him in my arms and immediately was consumed in him, "Henry…" I murmured.
"Then love again." Daniel said, putting his hand to mine. He winced in pain.
"M'lady." He extended his hand politely. "You're injured." I looked up into his eyes, "It's your majesty, and I'm fine."
"Yes, Robin! Yes, we're going to have a baby!" I exclaimed.
I pulled away from his kiss, forcing my eyes open wide. I took a deep, shaky breath and looked at the man in front of me.
"Regina?" He said softly, looking into my eyes worriedly.
DOES SHE REMEMBER?! DID THE KISS WORK!?
I'm FREAKING OUT.
Oi.
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G.