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Chapter 17
Regina layed there on her yoga mat out of breath dripping in sweat "this is it" she thought aloud "this is how I'm going to die" She heard her sister giggle aloud "what's so funny?"
"Regina you're so dramatic it was a little pregnancy yoga big deal aren't you like a runner or something? This should be a piece of cake"
"Oh that sounds nice right about now"
"what running?"
"No cake...I dont know what's going on with me I use to be so active I ran every morning I went to the gym regularly now it takes me twenty minutes of self persuasion to get out of bed"
"You're not lazy for no reason you have two little humans growing inside of you you're twice as big as normal its going to take a while for your body to adjust especially since its your first pregnancy "
"Yeah tell that to my ass"
"God your such a negative Nancy come on" Zelena gets up and helps Regina up "let's go get froyo"
"I was just saying how my ass and stomach are the size of Texas and you offer me ice cream?"
"Not ice cream froyo! Besides its low cal"
Regina stares at her along time "okay okay fine let's go"
"So I've been thinking" Zelena says as she sits down handing Regina her vanilla and blue berry froyo
"About?" Regina says taking a bite of her frozen yogurt silently humming with satisfaction "god! This is low cal man this is making me a very happy camper"
"Hellooooo focus!" Yanking Regina's spoon out of her hand
"Hey! I'm not listening to a thing until my spoon is back in my hand! "
"Okay fine" she hands Regina back her spoon
"Okay!" She dips her spoon into the froyo "you were saying?"
"I was thinking...since I no longer have a husband I'm going to be in the delivery room alone and I was hoping you would ...be in there with me"
"WHAT" Regina said spitting out some of her froyo "me!? Why me? What about mother!?"
"I love mother but I really dont want her looking at my junk! "
"And I seem like the better option!?"
"Well I think it's highly appropriate seeing how its going to happen to you in 3 1/2 months come on I really can't be in there by my self think of it as a learning experience"
"I think my experience and your experience is going to be a wee bit different sis"
"Come on Regina dont make me say it...I need you"
"Alright ...alright fine I'll be there how long do you have left ?"
" a month give or take plenty of time to prepare!"
"I dont think all the time in the world would help me"
"I dont see why we had to rush back" Regina said to Zelena as the walked down the hallway toward her penthouse "you could've just peed at the froyo place"
"I told you I can't pee in strange places! It's a weird little quirk of mine"
"Yeah its weird alright" Regina says turning the key and opening the door "what the hell...why is it so dark in here" she says turning on the light
"SURPRISE!" all of her closest friends, family and coworkers were surrounded by yellow and white balloons and baby decor
"Oh my god!" Regina says covering her face with her hands as she teared up "What is all of this!?"
"Are you surprised babe!" Kat says as she walked up to and hugged Regina "we've been planning this shower all week you were completely oblivous then we asked Zelena to get you out of the house for a few hours! So we could set up the place"
" oh my god you knew about this" She turned to Zelena who was smiling
"Guilty!"
"You guys forgot one thing...I'm sweaty and I have on no make up! I'm completely mortified"
"I'm one step ahead of you!" Zelena said "come on dear sister let's go change "
Regina looked in the mirror and finished up curling her hair when she heard a knock at the door "come in " she then saw her mother walk through the door holding a medium sized white bag "mom?" She smiled "you came?"
"Of course I came who do you think helped put all this stuff together" she said as she sat down at the edge of the bed "you look gorgeous" Regina's long black hair flowed wavy to the mid of her back she had on a pale yellow halter dress that hugged her belly but flowed at the end with white strappy sandels
"Thank you mom I appreciate that"
"But its missing something" Cora reached into the bag and pulled out a medium sized white square box and handed it to Regina "go on open it"
Regina hesitated but finally slowly opened the box and saw a head band with little white roses that went all the way around it "oh wow mother...its...its beautiful"
"Here let me help you put it on" she said taking it out of the box "when I was little my mother had the most beautiful garden she had chrysanthemums, lilies, daffodils she had them all but she also had the most beautiful rose garden anyway one day I saw her white roses and I asked her what they meant and she said they were typically used for weddings but they also had the meaning of new beginnings and it also has such a quiet beauty that made them a gesture of remembrance so when you hand someone a white rose that's them basically saying I'm thinking of you and I completely forgot all about that story until I was picking up your flowers for your baby shower and I saw this anyway this is me saying I still think of you Regina and I hope we can have a new beginning"
A single tear fell from Regina's eye as her mother finished putting the floral head band on her head "wow you've never told me that story"
"There all done " she gently wiped Regina's tear away "now you're ready to make your entrance" she strokes Regina's hair
Someone softly knocks on the door "come in" Regina says
"Wow you look beautiful" Robin says standing by the door
"Baby" she smiles and gets up and walks over to him gently kisses his lips "you were gone when I woke up this morning"
"I know I didn't want to leave but I had to make sure my favorite girl in the world's day went off with out a hitch "
"So you knew as well" she smiles as she raised an eyebrow
"Of course I knew" he grabs her hand "are you ready?"
"Yeah" she starts to walk but stops "wait a second" she turns and walks up to her mother and hugs her and kisses her on the cheek "thank you" they walk into the living room where everyone is waiting "thank you everyone so much for coming! I am completely surprised it must be the pregnancy brain or they would have never gotten away with this but alas here we are so make yourselves comfortable and enjoy yourselves!"
"You look beautiful babe!" Kat walks up to her and gives her a big hug "beautiful headband "
"Thank you mother gave it to me"
"I'm really glad you and your family are getting along these days you seem so happy"
"I dont know what I would've done without you though you've been my rock throughout this whole entire thing I'm forever going to be grateful"
"Hey Regina are you ready to begin opening the presents?" Zelena came over and asked her
"Yeah I am let's get this show on the road"
"God we got so much stuff today at the shower I dont know were we're going to put all of this" Robin said picking up of what looked like the 20th box of diapers and put them in the nursery
"I didn't know we even needed half of this stuff like the baby humidifier? they need those!?"
"I have absolutely no clue but what I do know is that I couldn't keep my eyes off of you today you looked absolutely gorgeous" he walked over and sat next to her on the couch he took her in her messy bun her black framed glasses her black v neck and yoga pants she looked so sexy in something so simple
"Robin...you're staring" she said blushing "what are you thinking about" she said entwining both hands behind his neck
"I'm just think how did I get so lucky"
"Patience and a lot of it" they laugh and she climbs in his lap "I think its time we have a little adult time"
"Are you sure? You're feeling up to it?"
"Sure just dont scar the children to bad " she grabs her stomach
He grabs by the waist and picks her up "I'll do my best"
"Mmmm I'm counting on it"
"Daddy!" Regina hugs her father when he surprises her at her apartment with a visit
"Hello muffin how are you god look at your tummy looks like you swallowed a beach ball"
"Thanks...daddy...a lot"
"Oh come on now dont act that way so tell me how was your surprise shower the other day?"
"Oh it was beautiful they really surprised me daddy and mother gave me the most beautiful headband our relationship is really on the mend also with Zelena things are starting to come around I missed you at the shower though dad"
"I know sweetie I had...chemotherapy"
"Where did mom think you were?"
"Playing chest in the park I told her that it was a woman thing...and I should leave you guys to it"
"I know you would've been there if you could've ...how are you daddy?"
"Not...not good sweet heart"
"Did... they say how long?"
"Six months ...if I'm lucky"
Her heart begin to pound she begin breathing quickly shaking from the tears that begin to cloud her eye sight trying her best to hold them back but slowly they began to betray her tears streaming violently down her face she begins to gasp deeply trying to regain what little composure she had left until he grabs her into an embrace she buried her face into the crook of his neck and breathed him in trying to forever remember what he smelled like what he felt like trying to remember the memories before they even came to pass
"Its alright my love you've been strong long enough you dont have to be anymore I'll handle it I promise just give me some time to work out the details "
"I love you dad"
"I love you more"
A/N THATS CHAPTER 17 GUYS I'LL TRY TO UPDATE MORE MY SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CRAY! BUT I HOPED YOU ENJOYED IT! BE SURE TO GO CHECK OUT MY SWAB QUEEN FANFIC YOU'LL LOVE IT!