Escape in the Night

Chapter 18

Regina's POV:
I moved out of Tucks arms and looked at him.

"Thank you," I say in a whisper.

"For?" He asked.

"The Alan situation," I said softly.

"I was doing both Alan and Robin a favor if I'm being honest," he said.

"How so?" I asked.

"I was saving Alan from Robin beating the living crap out of him. Because let's be honest Robin would have beat the man to death. And I also was doing Robin a favor because I know how important you are to him," he said softly.

"Am I really that important to Robin?" I asked.

I only asked because Marian makes me think I'm not important to anyone. That everyone would give up on me for the world. Instead of them giving up the world for me.

"You are really important to him. He is always talking about you and to be honest he can talk about you for years and never get bored of you. He has a lot to say about you," he tells me. "I promise Robin is a good guy. But if he lays a hand on you I'm not scared to beat the hell out of him," he said.

"He is everything," I whisper as I smile a little.

"And you're everything to him," Tuck softly.

Tuck and I sat there and talked. It was kinda nice getting to know Tuck more. He was really sweet. Soon the door opened and I got scared.

My mother came in and looked at us for a moment before speaking.

"I'm letting you go," she said.

"What?" I asked.

"Look, I'm sorry. For everything I put you through," she said.

"You know I can't just forgive you like that. You basically ruined my childhood," I tell her.

"I know," she said looking down. "And I don't expect you to forgive me ever. But umm... Robin and your group of friends are on there way here," she said as we hear a knock.

She looks up at me and nods her head. I ran out the door and ran to the front door before swinging it open. Robin and everyone was standing there but I didn't care, I just wanted Robins comfort. So I ran into his arms and cried.

He wrapped his arms around me tightly and kissed the top of my head.

"Tuck?" Robin asked.

"Don't worry I'm fine. Just take care of her and we can catch up later," he said.

"Ok," Robin replied.

"Who's hungry? I'm pretty sure if we get away from this house for a little it would calm everyone down," David suggested.

"What do you think baby?" Robin asked me.

I didn't want to talk right now so I nodded my head in response. Everyone else agree.

"Regina?" My mother said. "Are you going to come back tonight?" She asked.

I whimper a little because I didn't want to be left alone with her. So I shocked my head.

"She will probably stay with one of us tonight," David told her.

"Ok," she said.

They nodded before we all made our way to Granny's to eat an dinner. I wasn't really hungry though.

As we got to Granny's I glued myself to Robins arm. I hated being around a lot of people and it's dinner hour so a lot of people are going to be here. We walked in and found a table before sitting down. I pushed my chair as close as possible to Robin.

"What do you want to eat?" Robin asked.

"I'm not hungry," I whisper.

"You need to eat something," he said. I sigh knowing I wasn't going to win.

"Fries?" I question in a whisper.

"Water or sprite?" He asked.

"Sprite," I whispered.

"Ok," he replied.

"Can I have your phone and AirPods please? I wanna watch something," I say quietly.

"Yea here go," he said handing it to me.

I put his AirPods in and put on Hulu to watch Criminal Minds. I didn't want to socialize right now because I felt overwhelmed with everything that just happened. Robin being in the accident, my mother taking me, and then her apologizing about ruining my life. It didn't feel right coming from her. I want to forgive her but she put me through hell and back many times. It hurt. My childhood was ruined because of her.

After watching about 25 minutes of Criminal Minds, Robin took his phone and I whined. I was still watching and the episode was almost finished anyway. So I go to grab it again but he was faster than me.

"Bubba," I whined.

"No, you need to eat." He tells me.

"Please, I wanna watch it." I said.

"Eat some fries and drink some of your sprite. Then you can," he said.

"But,"

"Baby you need to eat. And I know if you continue on watch Hulu on my phone you aren't gonna eat because you will be distracted," he tells me.

I mean he wasn't entirely wrong. I would get distracted and forget to eat. So I think of a way to for him to give me back his phone.

I cross my arms leaning back in my chair and pout.

"Someone's not happy," David mocked. I only pouted more.

"Baby," Robin said. I just look away from him I didn't want to talk to him right now. "Ok have it your way," he said before going to talk to everyone else.

I just huff before picking at my fries, and Robin wasn't even paying attention. Everyone was laughing and smiling. I whimper softly when I seen Graham walk into Granny's, but apparently it was loud enough for Robin to hear because he turned to face me. He just gave me a soft look before taking my hand and taking me to the back of Granny's.

"What's going on?" He asked.

I look at him as tears threatened to spill out and shrugged my shoulders.

"Baby, talk to me what's wrong?" He asked as he wiped a tear that had fallen.

"You're gonna be mad," I choked out.

"Why would I be mad?" He asked.

"Because I let him do it to me," I said as tears spilled out and I started to cry.

"Let who do what?" He asked with a worry voice. I look up at him as I cried.

"G-g-graham," I sobbed out.

"What about Graham?" He questioned.

"H-h-he r-raped me," I cried.