Without you.

The Dress

I was still waiting for Regina's phone call. It had been three days since I saw Robin in the drug store. Why hasn't she called? I decided to just go over to her house to see what was going on. I drove to her house so it only took me about 3 minutes to get there. I knocked on the door loudly. "Who is it?" I heard Regina say. "Uhh...its Emma. Regina please talk to me." The door unexpectedly swung open. She hugged me. "I'm so sorry." We said at the same time. We released our hug, Regina looking confused."Why are you sorry?" Regina asked. "I was the one who freaked out at you." I gave her a half smile. "Well, I should have been a better friend. You were going through a lot and I wasn't here for you." I explained. "No Em, honestly it ok. I should be the one saying sorry." Regina said. "Do you wanna come in?" She asked stepping aside. "Sure." I said stepping into her house. We walked over to thee couch and sat down. "So what do you wanna talk about?" I smiled. "I don't even know." She laughed. "How are you feeling?" She said after a long pause. "Pretty good. I mean I'm almost 6 months pregnant." I smiled. I saw her smile fall. "Hey, we don't have to talk about this. Lets talk about you." I rubbed her arm. "I'm happy for you Em. I really am, it's just I was so excited to have a daughter of my own. I've always wanted a child." She said. "Are you and Robin going to try for another baby?" I asked. She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't even know. We haven't really talked about it. We haven't really talked about anything lately actually." She gave me a half smile. "Have you talked about wedding plans?" I smiled. "Sort of?" She laughed. "I asked him if he still wanted to be with me and he said yes so... I guess that means the wedding is still on?" She smiled at me. "Well then get dressed we are going dress shopping!" I said happily. "What, no!" She said. "Yes, now go upstairs and get out of your pyjamas." I said pointing to her room. "Fine." She mumbled and walked upstairs.

When Regina returned we grabbed our purses and left the house. 10 minutes later we arrived at a bridal boutique. "I don't know about this." Regina said. "C'mon you'll have fun." I said getting out of the car. We walked into the store it was gorgeous. "Welcome ladies!" A woman greeted us. "Can I help you with anything today?" Regina smiled politely. "No we are just looking." She said. "Ok let me know if you need any help." The lady responded. We began walking around the store. It was just rows and rows of gorgeous white dresses. I walked over to one. "Regina this is to pretty." She turned and looked at it. "Wow." She said. "You should try it on!" I smiled. "What no!" She said. "C'mon Regina live a little." I rolled my eyes handing her the dress. "Alright." She smiled, walking over to the dressing room. She came out minutes later in the white dress. "Regina!" I brought my hands to my mouth. "What does it look that bad!" She said looking down at herself. "No no. Not at all. The complete opposite. You look amazing!" I smiled. She walked over to the big mirror. She smiled.

"Wow this is gorgeous!" She said looking at me. The dress was tighter fitting with long lace sleeves. It fit her perfectly. "That dress looks like it was made for you." I smiled. "You should buy it!" I said. She looked at the price tag. "Woah, little out of my budget." She said. "How much?" I asked. "Let's just say it costs more than I the entire wedding budget." She laughed. "Who cares." I said. "I can't blow all my money on one dress." Regina rolled her eyes. "Well you love it and you deserve it, so buy it." I smiled at her. She thought for a moment. "I don't know Em. What would Robin think. We don't even have a date for our wedding yet." She said. "Well then why don't you put the dress on hold for today, go talk to Robin and see what he says." I said. "Ok." She smiled and walked back to the dressing room. We put the dress on hold until tomorrow and left the store. "I feel so boring now." Regina said. We laughed and began driving home. Our favourite song came on the radio. "Oh my gosh!" She said turning up the volume. "Fergalicious definition make them boys go crazy. They always claim they know me,
Comin' to me call me Stacy." Regina began singing. I joined in for the next part. "I'm the F to the E, R, G, the I, the E, And can't no other lady put it down like me. I'm Fergalicious." We looked at each other laughing. We sang and laughed all the way to her house.

We got back to her house and I noticed Robin's car and assumed he was home from work. She got out of the car. "Aren't you coming?" Regina asked. "No, you should talk to Robin." I said. "Oh ok. Well thanks for a fun day." She smiled. "No problem, I missed hanging out with you." She began to walk to her house. "And hey!" I yelled and she spun around. "Tell him everything you told me." I said and she smiled "I will and thanks again Em! I'll call you!" She yelled back. Killian should be on his way home from work now so I better go home and start dinner. I arrived at my house and unlocked the door. I heard a strange scratching sound. I looked around my house. "Hello?" I said. I followed the sound to my back door.

I pulled back the curtain to see a tiny dog on my back door step. "Awww!" I opened the door and let her in. I crouched down to her and she kissed me. She didn't have a collar so I assumed that she was lost or a stray. "Well aren't you the cutest thing!" I smiled. I walked to the kitchen and she followed close behind me. "Are you hungry little one?" I asked and her tail waged. I put some water and food in bowls and set them down for her. She began eating. "Awww... You must have been so hungry." I said. I began getting food out of the fridge for dinner. I was going to make Chicken Parmesan. I had left out chicken so I could make it and grabbed some sauce, pasta and cheese from the fridge. I heard the door swing open. "Hey babe." I said assuming it was Killian. "Hey, love." He said walking over to me. "Who's this?" He asked crouching down to pet the dog. "Oh...I'm not actually sure. She was at the back door when I got home. I think she's lost or a stray. She didn't have a collar or a name." I explained. "What should we call her then?" He asked smiling at me. "How about... Ava!" I said. "That sounds perfect." He said.