The Villain Got The Happy Ending

Chapter Five: We Have To Go

"Let's move her." Mary Margaret helped me stand up while Hook lifted Emma up. She was passed out in a nap. I went to walk but my bare foot stepped on a rock. "Ow! Can you hand me my shoes, they're right there." I pointed to my black stilettos next to the stroller. Mary Margaret grabbed the pumps and handed them to me. "I went to your house to grab you a pair of shoes and throw your dress in the washing machine, but when I looked there were only heels and boots with heels, don't you own any flats?" "Just because I was pregnant doesn't mean that I had to look it!" We both laughed at the remark. Then I heard footsteps coming down the mine, Snow helped me move in front of the stroller where the three babies were sleeping. "Congratulations, you really out did yourself. For a second I thought you had defeated me, but sadly that little boy is still alive." Anger bubbled up inside my chest. I wanted to rip heart out, tear it in half, and crush it. "You! You were the one who almost killed my baby!" I was shaking I was so mad. "Not almost dear, I did. But all you did was make my plan so much sweeter." Robin was standing right next to me, I could feel his hand on his arrow. "Now move aside you three, I'm sorry I missed the baby shower, but this is kind of a personal gift." I saw her mist form in her hand. "Protect them whatever you do." Then the mist shot me, and it went black.

THREE WEEKS AGO
Robin and I were laying in our bed staring at each other. "I love you." He admitted with a grin. "I love you too." He grabbed my hand and pulled me closer. He rested his hand on my stomach and closed his eyes, I moved his hand up from my torso up to my face. "Don't ever leave me again." His eyes opened and he concentrated on me. "I swear that whatever happens, you will always be my wife, and whatever happens I will be with you." I smiled at him, " until death do us part." He nodded and grabbed my left hand. "I love the feeling of your hand with a ring on it." I thought back to the day he proposed to me. We were all in Granny's, nine months ago, and we were celebrating the defeat of Cruella, Malificent, and Zelena. I had been deathly ill that morning so I was sitting in a booth watching Roland eat his chicken fingers. Light chatter filled the air, I was waiting for Robin who forgot his key to the hotel room, so he went to go get it. "Do you want a fry Regina?" Roland held up a French fry soaked in ketchup, I wanted to gag but I didn't want to hurt his feelings. "No thanks Roland, I'm not hungry, thank you for sharing though." He frowned over his plate. "I'm full and I can't finish it!" He sighed and leaned back on the booth. "That's fine, I'll just get a box." I walked over to the counter and grabbed a box and walked back to the booth. I started putting his food into the box, it was making me nauseous, so I held my breath. The door swung open and Robin came in holding an ice cream cake. He put it on the counter and whispered something to Granny then she took the cake. "Hello you two." Robin sat down across from me and grabbed my hand. "Have you been feeling okay? You look pale?" "It's nothing, I'm just tired." He got up from the booth and pulled me up with him. I have something to show you. Out from behind him he pulled a stuffed monkey and handed it to me. "What's this?" I laughed. I moved the hand and saw a diamond ring stitched to the inside of the hand. I was speechless, my jaw dropped. "I remember the thing that intrigued me about you was your beauty and your incredible stubbornness. But the one thing that made me fall in love with you was when you saved my son's life. You are the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with so..." He grabbed the monkey and cut the stitch that held the ring. "Regina Angelica Mills, will you do me the honor of marrying me?" He was on one knee in the middle of the diner. "Of course!"

We were back in bed, the sun was coming up, and my alarm went off. "Let's get going, I got to get to work." I slowly started to get up, but Robin protested. "Can't you take today off? It's Friday!" He tried to pull me back into bed. "I'm the Mayor." I giggled then leaned over and kissed him. Robin helped me up out of our large bed. "Well I'm going to make breakfast for us." After I showered, I pulled on my black dress and my favorite black jacket. I grabbed my tights and my black heels and walked downstairs. Robin was cooking something that smelled like fish and onions. He had been reading all of the books that recommended strange food concoctions that are apparently good for you. "Honey can you help me put my tights on please?" Robin placed the plate on the counter and walked over to me. "I don't understand why you still try and wear your old clothes! They look so uncomfortable, plus, you need help getting them on half the time." He said as he stretched one leg hole open. I held onto his shoulders while I stepped into them, I knew that Robin wanted me to be as comfortable as possible, but I am the mayor, I needed to look presentable. "It is not uncomfortable and tights are already hard to put on, I just can't see my feet anymore so I needed help. Plus, it's cold outside." He pulled my tights up to my thighs then stood up. I pulled them up over my spanxs that I had secretly bought and sat down. Roland came running down the stairs in his pajamas, he didn't have preschool on Fridays so I had to take him to work with me. I still had a box of old toys at my office from when Henry would come to work with me as a toddler. "Go get dressed munchkin! We have to get going!" Roland walked over to me rubbing his eyes, it took him a while to wake up. He walked over and laid his head on my lap like he always does, and closed his eyes again. "Come on." I lifted him off of me, "lets go get dressed, I'll help you." He silently grabbed my hand and led me up the staircase into his room. I walked over to his dresser and opened the top drawer up, laying neatly on top was a piece of paper folded with a purple seal on it. The note read: "Give me the child in three days time, or else your happiness will forever be mine. Love M." I grabbed the note and shoved it into my coat pocket and finished dressing Roland. I would never give him to the wretched beast, and I needed Robin to not find out, he would overreact. She was dead, and if it ever happened I could defeat her. Plus, I was already happy, and I was not ready to give it up without a fight.