The Genie and The Queen

Friendship

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Regina awoke to the comfort of her luxurious king bed. The last two days Regina had been extremely  tired that she decided to take some days off of work and making sure that she was eating healthy during the day. She hadn't really want to but quickly changed her mind when she noticed that she was falling asleep in her meetings and in her office, so Regina left the paper work to Emma since she was the savior after all. Getting up from the bed Regina went to get ready for the day. She had started noticed some physical changes on her body one of the changes were her breast as they started to get bigger and her hormones were jumping all over the place. After finishing her wash Regina put on her black sweatpants and a purple t-shirt as she wasn't going anywhere. She put on some make up just in case she had some unexpected visitors and made her way down to the kitchen to make breakfast.

 Placing the eggs and bacon on a plate Henry finally made his way into the kitchen. "Good morning my little prince." Regina said as she handed him the plate of egg and bacon.

"Good morning mum." Taking the plate he took a seat and began to tuck in. 

"Henry care you get most your breakfast on your uniform." Regina said as she placed two slices of buttered toast on his place. Regina took a seat opposite Henry with her breakfast and began to eat as well. 

"Hey mum can I ask you question?" Henry said with curious look on his face.

Regina paused for a moment as she prepared herself for her son's question physically and mentally. "Yeah what question?"

"Who is the father of the baby?" Henry said looking into his mother's eyes. "and the truth this time."

Taken back a little bit by the question Regina knew someday that Henry would ask about the baby's father she just didn't think it would be so soon. However taking a deep breath Regina asked the question. "Sidney is the father of the baby but he doesn't know about it yet so you can't tell anyone."

"Oh okay I was just wondering but you are going to tell him?...Right."

"Yes but I just need to think about what I'm going to say to him." Regina looked down from her son; trying to hid her fear clearly shown in her eyes.

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Once Henry left to go to school Regina spent her morning reading and relaxing on sofa. It was quite relaxing but as twelve o'clock came around Regina was began to tidy up around the house. Half way through cleaning Regina noticed the mystery letter on the dining room able next to the beautiful flowers in a white vase center of the table. Putting it up Regina opened it and began to read the letter. 

Dear Regina,

I hope you are recovering from your accident in your office and I hope that these flowers cheer you up if your feeling blue but I am writing this this letter to tell you how I feel.Regina there isn't a single day that goes by that I don't think about you and since the curse has broken I thought that hatred and anger would fill my heart but all it did was remind me how much I care and love you. I know you will never feel the same but I thought that you should know my feelings towards you have never changed since I first met you. I hope maybe we could be friends again

from your Magic Mirror xxx

Regina never thought that Sidney would still love her but Regina wasn't ready for love right now. Taking a seat at the dining table she looked back at the flowers he gave her. The flowers reminded her of the beautiful gardens of  the palace she once called a prison. The gardens where the only place she could escape from her role as Queen and just relax under her beloved apple tree.

Regina was a little bit conflicted but after a moment of reassuring herself she went and got changed into something more stylish and grabbed her coat. If she wasn't ready to tell Sidney about the baby Then Maybe she could just get to know him a little better until she was ready to tell him the news. That was the right thing to do.

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Sitting at the window booth Sidney was reading the Storybrooke daily news paper with a cup of coffee and lemon puff biscuit at Granny's cafe. He was halfway through the newspaper until he began to thing about the letter he gave Regina Three days ago. Sidney had spent hours on how to write that letter and now was hoping that he didn't make it worst. 

Taking a bite from Lemon puff he saw the the cafe door open and to his surprise it was Regina. She took a quick look around then made her way to the booth that Sidney. Sidney took a deep breath as he mentally prepared himself for her wreath but as she got close Sidney couldn't help that there was something different about her. Regina was wearing one of her normal luxurious outfits but he just couldn't a finger on what was different.

Regina took a seat opposite Sidney and nerviness filled his face. "I got your letter." Regina whispered as she looked down at her hands on the table not wanting to show her true emotion.

"Regina I know you will never care for me the way i care for you but maybe we could be friends?" with a soft voice Sidney placed a hand on Regina's ones  making her look back at him. "Like when I first met you."

"yes I agree we should be friends but nothing more...but can I ask you this question?" Moving her hands out of his grasp. "Have you really love since the day we met even after what I've do to you?"

"Yes." Sidney whispered.

"Why all I did was cause pain and misery back in the Enchanted forest." Regina said in disbelief.

"Because I saw the true you. The woman trapped under King Leopold rules but the love she had for the people she cared about."

"Sidney you know that woman is gone now."

"I know but you have kept her locked up inside you for many years and all I want to do is to bring her out again. To see that true smile again."

A little smile appeared on Regina's face as both her and Sidney talked the afternoon away. They laughs together as they remember their funny moments in the past and for the first time Regina felt that she was enjoying herself. She might not have told the news but she was a step closer to doing so.

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