The Villain Got The Happy Ending

Chapter Eight: Excuse Me

"Emma, are you sure? Absolutely sure!" I grabbed her arms. She nodded and cried into my lap, then sat back up again. "I took three! They were all the same! Regina, I can't do this! I've never raised a baby before! I don't know if Hook will stay! What am I going to do?" She looked at me with horror in her eyes, she started shaking and hyperventilating. "Emma, calm down, shh. Okay, you are going to be fine, regardless of what Hook says. This is a lot to take in, I know it is much different being pregnant and married and being pregnant and single. I am going to tell you what you told me, this is not going to be easy, but we were born to do this. You had Henry in a clinic, with unqualified doctors, I had Emilia on your living room rug. I can't assure you whether or not Hook will stay with you, but I can tell you one thing, I will, when it is two a.m. and your water breaks all over my sofa, I will be there to personally drive you wherever you decide to have this baby, and hold your hand the whole time. I may not be your handless wonder, but I am your best friend, and us ladies have to look out for each other." I nudged her on the bed and she looked up at me with a sense of relief, then like a child she hugged me hard, I felt tears damped my dress, her body still trembled like Roland's did after he fell and finished crying. I hugged her back for a while, I knew she needed to get her fear out before she went back downstairs. I sat there in silence while Emma dealt with her emotions. "When did you find out, with the twins." Emma now had bloodshot eyes and she was sitting in a ball on her bed. I hadn't thought of that day in a long time.

NINE MONTHS AGO
"Two more minutes! Oh my god!" I was sitting on the bathtub with my cooking timer on the sink, next to a pregnancy test that I secretly bought from the store. I had been feeling awful all week, and I snapped at Roland and Henry, I felt so disgusted for yelling at them for wearing their dress shoes to school, I had totally forgotten to wash their normal ones, which I was normally on top of. Robin and I were just getting adjusted to living together, and I didn't want to scare him away, he had every right to though, he had no commitments here, just a girlfriend who was currently acting psychotic. The timer went off and I quickly poofed it back to the kitchen where it belonged. I grabbed the test with my eyes closed and held it in my hand. Then very slowly opened them. A plus sign. I was pregnant. I dropped the test on the floor and backed up. "Oh my god. What have I done. I'm not married and I'm definitely not ready for this!" I sat back down on the toilet and put my face in my hands and cried. I cried for a while, I didn't know what to do, I needed to see a doctor, but I didn't know who. My head felt clouded, and I couldn't focus on anything. Then my phone buzzed repeatedly, and Mary Margaret's face popped up. "Yes. Can I help you?" I was freaked out and didn't want to talk at the moment. "Yikes, well we were just going to invite you to a little get together we are having later at Granny's at around seven. Bring Roland and Robin, it'll be fun!" I sighed, the last thing I wanted to do was go to a party where I sat and listened to heroic speeches about the battle. "Yeah, thanks. I will see you later." I was about to hang up when a question popped into my head. "Wait! Snow! I have a question!" I heard her put the phone back up to her ear. "Yes?" She replied in a sing-song voice. "My friend called me and wanted to know about any obstetricians in town and I don't know any, who was yours?" I tried to sound normal, but I needed a doctor to confirm this. "Oh, there aren't any here, just Wale, but he will do a great job, he did for me!" She said cheerfully. "I hope that helped, Regina I got to go, Neal won't stop crying! Motherhood! What are you going to do!" She said jokingly. I quickly said goodbye and hung up. I didn't want to go to Wale and risk any rumors being spread, but I needed to get this cleared before I told Robin.
"Okay Ms. Mills, we just need you to sign this saying you allowed us to test your blood and we will call you with the results later." A nurse said wearily. I let go of my purse, which I was holding tightly to my stomach, and signed the papers. "It is extremely important that you call the number I gave you, not my office, NOT my home, this number. Got it?" I was standing eye level with the nurse, she nodded and ran off. I turned to leave but I felt extremely nauseous, I was about to throw up into the garbage can when I heard my name. "Regina? What are you doing here?" I stood up from the trash can and faced Robin. "I was just picking up Henry's flu shot records for his camp!" I lied, I needed to throw up but Robin couldn't know that I was possibly carrying a child. "Oh, well don't just stand there love." He walked up to me and pulled me close to him in one fast motion. I nearly lost my lunch on his shoes, but I controlled myself and kissed him. "I've got to get Roland, see you at home?" Robin said suddenly. "Okay! Bye babe!" I called out after him. Once he was out of sight I ran to the nearest bathroom, knocking two nurses out while running. I finished throwing up and stood up in the stall. Then I heard the stall door next to me open, and someone walked out. I walked out to the sink and coolly washed my hands. When I looked up I saw Ruby staring at me. "Are you okay Regina?" She slowly walked towards me and placed a hand on my arm. "I'm fine? Why? What's going on? Oh it's probably my hair, I straightened it." She pulled out a packet of mints and handed me one. "Hey!" She pushed the packet towards me again. "I just ate something bad! It's nothing!" I grabbed my purse and ran out of the restroom and went home.
"Are you guys ready?" I called upstairs to Robin and Roland. The party was in five minutes, and we were going to be late. Roland came running downstairs with his jacket. "Daddy said he has to do something at the hotel and that he will meet us there!" I smiled and grabbed his hand, "let's go munchkin."
We got there and Roland pulled on my blue dress, "Regina? I'm hungry." I slowly bent over, trying not to throw up on the toddler, "okay munchkin, let's get you some food, what do you want?" He looked at his shoes then replied, "chicken fingers!" I went up to the counter and bought Roland chicken strips, then we sat down in a booth while he ate them. It made me want to puke, so I looked over at Grumpy trying to play darts. When I finished putting Roland's food in a take out box, Robin arrived and sat down with us. Then all of a sudden he was proposing to me in the middle of the diner, in the middle of everybody. I was so scared that he would be angry that I had kept a secret, but I loved him so much, and I knew we could work anything out. "Of course." I replied with tears in my eyes, he slipped the ring on my finger and kissed me while everyone in the room clapped, even Roland. People came up and were congratulating us, I hardly knew half of them, but they were all giving us well wishes.
When we got home Robin grabbed my hand and pulled me back while Roland went upstairs to change into his robe so I could give him his bath. "Regina, what is going on?" Robin looked at me in the eyes, they were gentle and understanding, I loved him so much and I wanted to tell him the truth, but I didn't even know. "I-" My phone started to ring, I saw it was the hospital so I answered it. It was Wale on the other line. "It's a plus!" He said, I hung up the phone quickly. "Regina! What was that? You've been acting strange all day! You look deathly ill, you were cold and clammy when I kissed you earlier, and when I left the hospital I saw you run as fast as you could away from me! What is going on!" Robin looked so pained, but I was speechless. "I'm pregnant." I whispered. His pained look quickly turned into shock, I started to cry, I didn't know if he wanted this or not. I wiggled out of his grip and backed away. "Robin, please say something, if you aren't happy about it you can go, I'm not making you be here. Just say something!" I was now crying and pleading. "Regina, besides when you said yes, that was the best news I've ever heard!" He had tears forming in his eyes, he grabbed me and hugged me tightly. "Really? You're happy?" I nearly choked in relief. He pulled back and looked at me. "Of course! We are going to be married and have a baby! We are going to be parents again! I am so happy!" Robin pulled me closer and placed his hand on my stomach, it now felt different, it felt alive. "I can't wait to have this baby with you, I wasn't there when Roland was born, I am determined to be here when this baby is though, don't worry, I am never going to leave your side." He put my hand over his and I felt the life that was made by true love. "Now can you do me a favor and hold my hair back? I'm going to throw up." He raced me up the stairs and placed me in front of the toilet while he held my hair back. "You're amazing Regina, thank you for doing this for our baby, I love you so much."