Changing the Future

Chapter Nine: Where Are The Keys?

ONE MONTH LATER
"Regina sit down! Why are you up?" Robin said trying to sit me back down into the booth at Granny's. I sighed and pushed him aside, using the table to pull myself up. "I have to use the restroom!" I said pushing him aside and waddling towards the bathroom, my patience worn out and I wanted to bawl for no reason whatsoever. Snow trailed behind me and grabbed the door. "Thanks." I muttered and walked in, irritated that Robin thought I needed a babysitter to go to the bathroom. "You okay?" Snow asked sitting on the sink. "I am nine months pregnant and I can't even go to the bathroom without my husband freaking out! I know I'm on Bedrest but I am not crippled! I am losing my mind! Plus my back has been hurting all day and I can't make it stop!" I said leaning on the stall stretching my feet out, they were burning inside of my black heels. Snow smiled and leaned forward, "fathers get a little neurotic during the last couple of weeks." I smiled and turned to enter the stall when I doubled over and grabbed my stomach. It felt like a knife ripped through me, I gasped and grabbed the wall, I had been having small cramps all day, that I could just walk off or breathe away, but this one felt different, it felt, real. Snow jumped off the counter and grabbed my forearms. "Snow I think my baby is coming, I can't have my little girl in a bathroom! Help me!" I pleaded leaning into her panting. "Okay, Regina take a deep breath. In and out, you're in labor so this is not going to get any easier, but I'm going to help you. Now, he he ho, he he ho." She repeated rocking back and forth, resting her hand on my stomach, she wrapped her arm around my waist and pushed the door open and walked us out of the bathroom. "Robin. It's time to go. Now." Snow said, he nearly fell out of the booth grabbing my purse and jacket, throwing it over my shoulders. "Honey breathe! You're fine! Let's get you to the hospital." He had my keys in his hand running out to the car, he stopped and started waving his hands out towards Snow and I, I was hanging onto her for dear life, each contraction nearly knocking me over. I stopped and grabbed her shoulders, waiting for the contraction to pass, I wanted to crumble into a ball and cry, but Snow had her hand on my waist rocking back and forth. "I know, in and out, we are almost at the car." She said supporting my weight as we walked. We finally got to the car and Robin was waving the keys around in the air. "Regina do you have the keys?! I can't find them!" "Robin. They're in your ha-" he started digging through his pockets and freaking out. "Honey. Listen you're holding them." I said pulling his hand down and grabbing the keys, shaking them. He looked embarrassed and he opened the door for me, both of them helping me in.

I was gripping the handle above me with all of my strength, my other hand grabbing my stomach where all of my pain was surging. "Honey can you try and go a little slower?" I asked through my teeth. Robin was going fifteen miles over the speed limit and it started to rain. Robin started to slow down, but my contractions didn't. I yelled through my clenched jaw yanking on the handle. "They're getting closer together! Ahh! They hurt! He he ho!" I yelled, trying to breathe like how Snow told me to. Robin grabbed my hand and let me squeeze it. We were three miles from the hospital when the car started to stall and skidded to a stop. "Robin what is going on!" I just put gas into the car and I had everything changed just in case I did go into labor. "I have no idea!" Robin let go of my hand and ran out and lifted the hood, letting a draft of cold air in. I gripped the seats and laid my head back, grunting as my insides were being torn apart. "Regina, okay, deep breaths, Robin is going to fix this and we will be at the hospital soon, if you feel pressure do not push! I will not let you have your baby here, now he he ho!" Snow said wiping my face off with her scarf. Robin swung my door open and lifted me into the back seat. "Honey, what's going on?" I asked wrapping my arms around his neck. "We are getting you out of this road so you can have this baby in a safe place!" Robin said tucking me in the backseat. "Okay now darling, I need you to use your magic to transport you and Mary Margaret out of here!" Robin said giving Snow a wary look. I got a contraction and grabbed both of their hands groaning and squeezing them extremely hard. "What is going on!" I yelled, they both looked nervous and like they needed to get me out of this road. "Emma escaped from her prison, and she's looking for you, David said that she's close, she wants you and our family, Henry is the only safe one, but she's coming after you and you're in no state to be fighting! Now I need you to summon up all of your magic and get away from here." Robin said wrapping his jacket around me. "No! Robin I am not leaving you here! I need you! I can't do this without you!" I said grabbing his face, pulling him close to me, holding onto him while another contraction hit, I shuddered and moaned, my face pressed up against to his, just like the last moment we shared before he left. In the distance I saw the blonde walking towards the car. I pulled the page that I enchanted out of my pocket and handed it to Robin. "This will get the darkness out of her. Use it." I instructed, doubling over from the pain. Robin nodded and kissed my head, then rubbed my stomach. "Go." He said shutting the door, fear churning inside of me along with the sharp pain in my abdomen. I grabbed Snow's hand and closed my eyes, waving my hand, transporting us somewhere, I didn't know where, but I knew I was away from my husband which terrified me more than ever.