"I want a divorce." Robin dropped the plate he was holding and it smashed on the floor.
"What? Why?" Robin asked.
"She is here and I don't, no, I can't compete with her." Marian explained.
"Are you... Are you sure about this?" Robin asked carefully. Yes, he loved Regina but Marian was his wife, he was still loyal to her.
"Yes. You love her, and you have a child with her. I know that I've been a little harsh on her, but she was gone and I thought that that we could make this work..." She said, her voice breaking down a bit.
"What about Roland?"
"We'll ask him where he wants to stay, but the other parent gets to see him whenever he or she wants... Is that okay with you?" She said and was clearly on the verge of tears.
"Yes... Where will you stay?"
"I'll stay at Granny's until I found my own place." She said and a tear slipped down her face.
"Hey, come here." Robin called and opened his arms in invitation, Marian just stood for a few moments but then went in his arms and cried in his chest.
"We'll make this work." He whispered and gently kissed the top of her head... They were getting divorced.
Regina smiled brightly at the sight, Lily was on Belle's bed chatting about something that happened, Belle was laughing every now and then and whatever Lily was talking about, Zelena shared the couch with Henry, the spell allowing him to see who she really was, Zelena was mostly the one who talked while Henry listened. The hand on her shoulder startled her, she jumped slightly and turned around, still not visible to the people in the room.
"What are you doing here? Why aren't you in there?" Rumple asked her.
"Look at them. They all seem... So relaxed. It's quite beautiful sight." She answered a smile gracing her lips.
"That it is." He asked and stood next to her, watching them too. "Should we go in?"
"I guess." Regina mumbled and went in, Rumple following close behind her. Rumple went to his seat that was right next to Belle's bed. Regina went to the couch to investigate the situation.
"Hey, mom." Henry said when he saw her getting closer.
"Hi, honey." She answered and kissed his cheek.
"Hello to you too." Zelena said sarcastically.
Regina chuckled lightly and said "Hello, my dearest sister." She said and gave her a short hug. Regina sat between them on the couch. "So, how are you accepting things?" She asked Henry.
"Good, did you know that all of the witches of Oz were good? And that the whole bucket of water thing doesn't work? And that they don't burst out singing all the time? And that Glinda..." He said all in one breath, but Regina stopped him.
"Henry, breathe... And yes, I do know all of those things, I was in Oz once myself. It's quite the place."
"You went? Can I go too?" Henry asked with hope and excitement in his eyes.
"Well, someone promised to take Lily to Disneyland in Florida, so I think that the trip to Oz is going to have to wait."
"What? She only spoke of Disneyland, like, all the time!" Zelena defended herself.
"Anyway, are you okay with her being here?" Regina asked Henry.
"Are you kidding? She's the best aunt ever!"
"Yeah, I get that a lot." Zelena joked, she was surprised that Henry had taken immediate shine to her, she'd expected that at least he wouldn't like her and that he'd stay away from her, but all it took was several stories and letting him see the care-free, playful side of her, letting him see that she'd really had changed.
"I'm going to sit by the bed, you two keep talking." Regina said and went to sit in the chair on the opposite side of Rumple. "How are my two favourite girls?" Regina asked.
"I heard that!" Zelena said from the couch.
Regina just smiled and turned back to Belle and Lily. "How are you, Belle? Better?"
"I'm fine, great actually." Belle answered as she continued to play with Lily.
"That's good, soon, you'll be out of here." She said as she took Belle's hand and squeezed it lightly.
They heard a knock. "Expecting someone?" She asked and then glanced at Zelena making sure that the spell was still on. From the last time, Regina altered the spell so that Henry, Belle and Rumple could see her too, but she knew that the spell was still in it's place when she saw a purple sparks around her that were not visible to anyone but her.
Belle just shook her hand in response, Regina carefully went to the door and open it and found a certain blonde saviour on the other side. Emma didn't even look at who's in the room before she started speaking.
"Regina, you brought strangers to Storybrooke? Why didn't you tell someone? This could be dangerous if she stays for a week or so, she'll be here during the wolf-time, I mean you can't really say that it was an over-sized dog, now, can you? I mean yes, I know she knows, but still, don't you think that all of this fairytale, magic crap is a little too much to handle... I'm surprised that the woman didn't get you locked up in an asylum when you told her." By now Emma was in the room. She heard someone clear her throat behind her and when she turned around she saw it was the stranger she was talking about, Elise or whatever.
"Well, hello, Miss Swan, so good to see you again." Zelena played along.
"Oh, shit. Listen, I'm sorry about that, but you must of have thought that she was crazy when she told you. I mean, it-"
"Emma, shut up." Regina said, silencing the blonde. "Elise is here and she knows so there's no need for panic, why she didn't think that I'm crazy is probably because she believed that there was a part of my mind that didn't went completely bonkers. Now, that's settled, anything else?"
"No... But, be careful, we don't want this to be another Greg/Tamara situation..." Then Emma hesitated before she went to Belle's bed.
"Hi, there, Lily. Remember me?" She asked the toddler and Lily stopped to think and then after a couple of moments she said, well, more like yelled "Emma!" and crawled to the edge of the bed.
"Yeah, it's me!" She said and picked her up. She stood in a corner near the door, not wanting to draw any more attention to herself.
"Can I take her back to the apartment to play with Neal?" Regina nodded in response and Emma exited the room.
"Everyone likes her, she's like a cute bundle of adorableness." Belle commented.
"That's Lily. Anyway, I wanted to talk to you and Zelena."
"What about?" Regina kept silent and then glanced at Rumple, catching his gaze, he seemed to get the message because he instantly stood up and said "Come on, Henry, let's go to the shop. We'll be back later." The two of them exited and once Regina was sure that they couldn't hear them she motioned to Zelena to sit on the empty chair next to the bed.
Regina shifted on her chair clearly nervous. Belle and Zelena glanced at each other but kept quiet because they knew Regina was only going to tell them when she was ready.
"Should I... Should I let Robin see Lily?"
"Absolutely not." And "No." were immediately heard.
"Just... Just hear me out, okay?" Regina drew a shaky breath and continued "What if this is doing more damage than good? What if this ends up hurting Lily even more? She doesn't have to know that he's her father, just let him spend some time with her."
"Regina, we know you want what's best for Lily, but she'll just end up getting attached and then having to leave." At the nervous look in Regina's eyes, Zelena asked "You are coming back home, right?" At the silence she received from her, Zelena repeated the question. "You are coming home... in Boston, right?"
The tension that was building in the room was interrupted by loud knocking on the door, Zelena was annoyed that someone was interrupting this moment, so she yelled "Go away! Dammit!", but instead of stopping someone opened the door and came in.
"Regina, can I talk to you?" Robin asked, carrying an envelope in his hand.
"Don't you see we were in the middle of something? What part of "Go away" you don't understand, thief?" Zelena snapped at him.
"I'm sorry, Robin, I'll talk to you later." Regina apologised, Robin nodded and gave her the envelope. He left the room, not knowing how important was the conversation he interrupted.
"What the hell was that all about?" Regina asked Zelena, getting annoyed. She ripped the envelope open and gasped at what she saw "He is... He is divorcing Marian."
"So, you are staying!" Zelena said, clearly upset.
"No, Zelena, just hear me out."
Drama, oh, I missed it... So much about updating on Wednesdays, right? But I was busy- no, I don't want to lie to you, I just didn't feel like writing and I did babysit a sick five year old, so, I was busy for like 6-7 hours... I hope you enjoyed this! Leave a review or PM me and tell me what you think! -K
