A/N sorry for the wait guys but finals have been pretty hectic lately but further more here is chapter 19!
Chapter 19
She ran down the hospital corridor searching for her sister's hospital room trying to block out the events that had just taken place she had to let it go she needed to be there for her sister she finally found room "201" and went inside she saw Zelena in bed breathing heavily with her face flushed trying to control her breathing
"Oh god Regina thank goodness you're here!" She reached out to her and Regina grabbed her hand
"I wouldn't miss my niece or nephew being born for anything in the world" she tried to put on her best fake smile but Zelena quickly saw through it
"Regina? What wrong?" She leans closer "Oh god have you been crying?"
"I promise you I'm fine anyway it's not about me it's about you and getting this baby out of you safely" As soon as she said that Zelena squeezed her hand trying to breath through another contraction that started coming quite frequently now "that's it just breath"
"God! This bloody hurts! Why did I ever think this was a good idea!?"
"Oh stop it its all going to be worth it when you see that beautiful little face that you created"
"You're absolutely right! But it still hurts like you wouldn't believe!"
"Let's fry and focus on something else okay? Now where's mom and dad?"
"They're in the waiting room I told you I didn't feel comfortable with them looking at my hoo ha! Ugh GOD!" She squeezed Regina hand even harder causing her to wince "Do me a favor and call the nurse or doctor or a drug dealer! I need an epi-damn-dural!"
"Alright sweetie just breathe through it" Regina knew breathing through it wouldn't help at this point she could tell by how frequent Zelena's contractions were that she was close Regina was headed towards the door to go find a doctor when he walked in
"Hello nice to meet you I'm you must be the sister I'm assuming?"
"Yes I'm Regina nice to meet you" she shook his hand and let him pass to go talk to Zelena
"How are you feeling Zelena?"
"Like I'm trying to push a basketball through a mouse hole but other than that I'm just peachy"
He chuckles "alright great example by the way well let's see if you're ready to start pushing " he begins checking her "alright looks like you're officially ready to become a mommy I'll be back with the nurses and Regina if you're going to be in here you're going to need some scrubs I'll have the nurse bring you some " he said as he walked out
Regina turned to look at a nervous Zelena "are you ready?" She asked with a smile
"I guess so...I'm just nervous what if I'm an awful mother what if it grows up to resent me?"
She leans closer and grabs Zelena's hand " you will be a great mother because you've learned from your mistakes and if you stumble along the way I will be there to help you"
"No matter what?"
"No matter what now let's have a baby"
"Wow Zelena…...she's beautiful " Regina said looking at her newborn niece that laid sleeping peacefully on her mother's chest
Zelena looked up at Regina with tears in her eyes "I never thought I'd have this….is this what true love feels like? Because from the moment I laid eyes on her I wanted nothing but the best for her I would go to hell and back for her and I only just met her she's just so beautiful "
"She really is so what's her name?"
"Her name is Charlotte Alexandra Mills she's getting my maiden name no way is she getting that psychopaths last name do you like it?"
Regina starts to get teary eyed "I love it! Can I hold her?"
"Of course" she hands Charlotte over to Regina
"Hi Charlie" she says in a whisper
"Ew Charlie? Really Regina don't call my baby that"
"It's cute she needs a cool nickname from her cool favorite aunt"
"You're her only aunt Regina….try to think of something else"
"Nope that's officially her nickname now right Char bar?" She says rocking the baby
"Great another nickname so are we going to talk about why you looked so emotionally distraught when you walked in earlier?"
"It over with…..it doesn't matter anymore"
"Regina….what's going on is it about Robin?" Zelena saw how Regina tensed up when she said Robin's name "Aw so it is here hand me my daughter and tell me what happened"
She's hands Charlie back to her mother and begins to open up about the events that just took place over the past few hours and before Regina realizes it she's breaking down all over again tears streaming down her face
"I….how..how could he do this to me"
"Oh Regina…..I'm sorry you had to go through that but do you want the truth?"
"No! Zelena I want you to tell me a lie of course I want the truth"
"Okay well I think this whole thing was….is blown out of proportion"
"What? you hate Robin you're suppose to be on my side"
"No I don't now granted me and lumberjack man aren't the best of friends but even I can see how mad he is about you"
"Yeah explains why he made out with his ex wife"
"Now that behavior is not excusable he should be punished but ending things? Regina that seems a little too drastic"
"He hurt me Zelena I can't forgive him right now I just can't"
"Yes you can and you will you just need to take a little time to yourself but you're going to have to make a decision sooner or later it's not just about you anymore Regina"
It had been over a month since Regina had heard from Robin and it wasn't because of lack of trying he sent her flowers, chocolates, love letters, phone calls and she just wasn't ready to face him yet no matter how much she missed him
She sat in the cafe across from Kathryn as they had lunch she couldn't seem to carry on a conversation without spacing out nothing really seemed to matter anymore
"You're doing it again" Kat said taking a sip of her coffee
Regina looked away from the mirror she was looking out of "what? What am I doing again"
"Walling yourself off when your emotions get the best of you"
"Kat I'm 8 ½ months pregnant I'm always emotional"
"Is it about Robin?"
"Isn't it always" Regina said looking back out of the window she was gazing out of trying to hide the tears that were forming in her eyes
"Why don't you just go see him?" Kat said grabbing her friend's hand "He's been sleeping on our couch for the past month he's not hard to find 'Gina"
"Never call me that" She snapped her head looking at Kat "Only Roland can or….could"
"Regina you're making yourself miserable… You're gonna have to see him eventually with the wedding rehearsal being next weekend then the wedding"
"Well I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get to it"
"Goddamn it you are a stubborn woman" Kat said leaning back into her chair the aggravation forming on her face"
"Excuse me?" Regina said preparing herself for a fight
"You heard me!" Kat screamed but it still came out as a whisper looking around making sure attention wasn't on them "You're stubborn! And you're miserable! And not because you have to be but because you want to be! You have a man who loves you and truly regrets what he's done to you! And instead of forgiving him and trying to find a way to fix the situation you keeping prolonging the misery for the both of you!"
"What am I supposed to fix!" Regina screamed causing the cafe to look at them "what am I supposed to fix" she said again in a lower tone "I didn't cheat Kathryn he did I didn't break us he did so what am I to do welcome him in loving arms and say 'I understand why you did what you did I forgive you come home' BULL SHIT!" her voice rose once again "Kat I can't see him" she said and her voice began to break with tears threatening to fall out of her eyes "I loved that man with every breath I breathed sometimes it scared me how much I loved him I could never ever do what he did to me ever I just I can't"
Kat leaned over and took both of her friends hands into hers "sweetie love is hard and who ever says otherwise is a fucking liar true love isn't suppose to be easy you found a man who loved every single flaw about you he admires how career driven you are he doesn't care that you're bitchy and that you like to complain he loves you for you honey everyone deserves a second chance but the right one…...deserves infinite and no matter what you guys are always going to face something because it's just the way life is but it's up to you to not let it break you don't give up on him Regina those babies deserve to see true happiness...you deserve true happiness"
Regina walked more like waddled into the cancer center where her father was getting treated she missed him so much but it was getting worse he was getting worse every time she saw her father he was losing more and more of the twinkle in his eye but she tried to paint on a brave face
She got closer and closer to his room when she saw her mother standing outside what was she doing here did she know? As if her mother could read her mind she cracked a smile
"He could never keep anything from me"
"How...how long have you known?"
"About a month but I have a feeling he knew a lot longer than that….how long have you known?"
"He told me around my first trimester…. How did you find out?"
"He started going to the park to play chess more frequently so I got suspicious so one day I followed him and he came here he saw me and told me everything I cried…...I haven't cried that hard in…..well ever but I've made my peace with it as best I could and now I'm spending as much time with him as I can….. Just like you should too go on in my dear he's waiting for you by the way are you okay? You look extremely uncomfortable"
"I'm nine months today mother extremely uncomfortable is putting it lightly"
Her mother leaned in and gave her a hug and a kiss on her temple and smiled "it'll be over soon enough how is Robin? Is he nervous?"
"I don't know I haven't spoken too or seen him we broke up"
"Oh no what happened?"
"Long long story mother I'm tired of talking about it….about him"
Her mother puts her arm around her shoulder "come on let's go visit with your father he'll need a distraction"
She walk into the room to see her father hooked up to a machine and her heart just about broke in two he was so thin and pale since the last time she saw her his eyes were closed he was resting she slowly walked up to him and place her hand on his "Hi daddy" she gave him a teary eyed smile
His eyes opened and he looked at her as if she had a check worth a million dollars "Hey there's my favorite girl don't tell your sister I said that or I'll deny it"
She laughed and sat next to him "your secrets safe with me so daddy how are you?"
"Eh I've been better I've been through worse than this can't think of anything now though" He took Regina's shape in "wow my dear you are about to pop you look exhausted though what's the matter?"
"Papa let's not talk about me I don't want to dump all of my troubles on you"
"Regina I may be dying but I am not a invalid I still have my wits about me"
"I….Robin and I aren't together anymore he thought I was cheating so he kissed someone else"
"Regina are you miserable?" Cora spoke up
"I….I….everyday" Regina let out
"Do you love him?"
"I can't even remember when I didn't"
"Then there's your answer" Cora sat back in her chair
"Well I guess you didn't need my help,after all" Henry spoke up
Her mother was right if she loved Robin still she couldn't give up on him its time to fight for the thing she loved most…..her family