Storybrooke

He ran to the woods, he stopped when he was too tired to continue, he looked around and saw that this was where he found her with that letter.

Stunning in every way.

His mind repeated every memory he had with her, but those four words were always repeating, because it was true, for him she was stunning and he didn't realise just how much she meant to him until he lost her. He tried not to break down, but he hadn't succeeded, he sat down on the log and cried silently. He thought about them, about the future they could have had, about all the things that were impossible at that moment.

"Us and the days that never came." He whispered and then he saw the tattoo on his arm, for many years it was just a tattoo but from the moment that Regina told him that story it was so much more. For him, it was a symbol that they were meant to be together, that they fitted like two pieces of the puzzle, without one, the puzzle would never be complete.

My soul mate, my second chance.

He traced the tattoo with his finger, tears streaming down his face.

"I'm sorry, I am so sorry. I love you and I never got to tell you, it doesn't seem fair, but I guess life stopped being fair a long time ago." He said imagining that she was in front of him, but the truth was that she was gone.

So, on that day he decided that he'd stay with Marian, until Regina comes back. Him and Marian will never be the way they used to. He'll tell her that he was with her only because of Ronald and that his heart belonged to Regina, even if she never comes back.

"Robin?" Marian called him somewhere behind him, he wiped away the tears and made sure that it wasn't visible that he was crying.

"Over here." He yelled and saw her smiling to him with Ronald in her arms.

"I'll tell her sometimes, but not now." He thought to himself knowing that he was lying himself and that he'd probably never tell her.

Boston

-Four months later-

Regina waited in the waiting room, impatiently tapping her foot, she was going to find out her baby's gender and she couldn't be more excited, Gold almost finished the potion, she was expecting him and Belle to be there in a few days.

"Regina Mills." The nurse called. Regina got out of her seat and went in.

"Are you familiar about how the ultrasound works?" The doctor asked her as she sat down on the chair.

"Yes." She already had one on the beginning of her pregnancy.

"How far away are you?" The doctor said as he prepared the machine.

"4 months."

"And you don't have your doctor? Lift your shirt, please, now this might be a little cold." She said.

"No, I don't." Regina answered. Soon the picture appeared on the screen, and heartbeats were heard.

"Those are your baby's heartbeats, and this is your baby." The doctor said and pointed at the screen.

"I'll give you a moment alone, I'll be back later." Regina just nodded not being able to advert her eyes from the screen, from her baby. She heard knocking on the door and turned around to see who it was.

"Miss Mills? These two people are asking for you." The nurse said and let Gold and Belle in, the nurse then left the room leaving the three of them alone.

"What? I thought you didn't figure out the potion." Regina said as the nurse left the room.

"I made him lie to you. Surprise!" Belle said and hugged her. And then Gold also hugged her.

"I missed you two."

"Is that...?" Belle asked pointing at the screen.

"Yes, that's my baby, and if you listen carefully those are it's heartbeats." Belle and Gold watched the screen fascinated.

"Your baby's got a strong heartbeat." Gold commented.

"Mommy's child." Belle added. Few minutes later, the doctor entered the room again.

"I see you got some company." The doctor said.

"Oh, yeah, doctor - Gold and Belle, Gold and Belle - doctor Montgomery." Regina introduced them to each other.

"Do you want to know the baby's gender?" Doctor Montgomery asked Regina after she shook hands with Gold and Belle.

"Yes."

"And this is my apartment." Regina said to Belle and Gold as they entered her flat. They left the bag they had in the hall.

"Sit down. What do you want to drink?" Regina said when they were in the kitchen, Gold and Belle sat down for the dinning table.

"I'll have a tea." Gold said

"Me too."

"You also must be hungry, any special requests?" Regina asked as she put water in the teakettle and put it on the stove.

"No, whatever you feel like cooking."

Regina remembered she had her lasagna made but not baked, she reached for the fridge, took out the lasagna and put it in the oven.

Regina poured the tea in three cups and brought it to the table.

"So... How's Storybrooke?" Regina started the conversation.

"Chaotic. Snow and Charming want to run the town but they don't have the time so we have no mayor, the city has not financial incomes, and nobody wants to step up or say something. I think that they all hope you'll come back." Belle said.

"And Emma's magic?"

"It's not back, I guess that's for the best because she doesn't know how to use anyway." Rumple said.

"And my son? How's Henry?" Regina asked lovingly.

"Angry and desperate. He's angry at Emma because she brought Marian back, at the whole Storybrooke because no one is looking for you. And most of all he's angry at Robin."

"And how's...?" Regina couldn't say his name, it still hurt.

"He's... fine."

"Is he still with her?"

"Yes, he puts on a show for her and the whole town and everyone believes that he's happy but sometimes he just zones out, he'd spend hours in your vault looking for something that could help him find you." Rumple said.

"I don't care. I, don't, care." she said it more to herself then to them. "I don't care." Regina repeated and try to stop the tears that were threatening to fall. The timer that marked that lasagna was ready went off and Regina excused herself and went to take the dish out. Belle went after her to help her.

"Where are the plates, forks and knifes?" Belle asked.

"Plates are over there," Regina pointed, "and... forks and knifes are in the first drawer on your left."

They ate in silence, when they were finished Belle and Regina cleaned up the table.

"So, when are you leaving?" Regina asked them.

"Tomorrow morning."

"But you just got here." Regina protested.

"We want to stay too, but we can't, someone will notice, it's the best that we go back tomorrow." Gold explained. "How are you getting used to this, living without magic, I mean?" He asked her.

"We lived 28 years without magic, remember?"

"Yes, but that was different."

"I know, it's hard but I'm managing." Regina answered. "It's getting late, do you want me to show you the way to the guest room?" They nodded and she lead them to the room.

"My room is this one if you need something." She pointed at the room opposite of theirs.

"Okay, that is the bathroom." She said when they were in the room. "And that is a bed, obviously. I think you left the bag with your stuff in the hall, do you want me to go get it or...?"

"No, that's okay, I'll go for it, you go and sleep."

"Okay, goodnight, and remember I'm right across the hall if you need something."

"Goodnight, Regina." Regina went in her room but she didn't sleep, she took a pen, paper and started to write a letter for Henry.

Just because they know the baby's gender, doesn't mean that you get to know it too. I already have a plan about what's going to happen but... if you have any special requests, I'll try and write them in, just don't ask anything big that could change where I'm heading with this story because I won't write it... Leave a review or PM, any kind of feedback is appreciated. Also, the next update is probably going to be somewhere around weekend.