There Was Another (a Once Upon a Time fanfiction)

Chapter 2

The next day, Regina's house was scattered with boxes filled with Zelena's things. Earlier, Robin (with Roland) Snow, David, Emma, Killian and Henry helped her move things from her farm house to the mayor house. Zelena didn't mind the help, but she wasn't in the mood to hear their pity about how they were sorry she lost Hades when she knew they would have killed him themselves if they had the chance.

Therefore, she was glad when it was just her and Regina unpacking things alone. "I forgot how many things a baby actually needs," Regina commented as she stood amongst all the boxes and looked around at them all, "This was about how much I had for Henry when he was a baby." Zelena, who was kneeled down taking things out of a box, looked over at her sister, "Sometimes I forget you went through all of what I'm going through now." Regina gave her a grin, "I know, I don't look like I have a teenage son," and she put a hand on one of her smooth cheeks playfully.

Zelena shook her head but smiled as she looked back at what she was doing, "I guess a curse will do that for you." Regina heard a knock at the door and a few minutes later she was re-entering the room with Robin, who was alone this time. He walked over with a smile and looked down at Cora who was sleeping peacefully in her bassinet then walked over to Regina and put an arm around her waist, "How's it going?" "Great," Regina smiled, "despite it looking a bit chaotic."

Robin smiled, looking back at the dark haired woman, "Fantastic, Roland is with the Merry Men so I was thinking I could borrow you for an hour or two?" Regina looked back at him intrigued then over at Zelena with a hopeful look, as if asking a parent's permission to go on a date. "Go," Zelena smiled some at her, "I'll be alright." Regina smiled at Robin, biting her bottom lip cutely before heading out with him. Zelena looked down at the floor once they were gone, she couldn't help feeling a little sad still.

It had been a long time since Robin and Regina had some real quality alone time together.

Robin wouldn't tell Regina where they were going and Regina was a little confused when they walked up to her mausoleum. "What are we doing here?" she looked at him, curiously. "Close your eyes," he replied teasingly. Regina eyed him suspiciously with a smile, but did as she was told. Robin led her down the dark steps that eventually led into a room that once held all of Regina's collection of hearts and dark magic. Regina could feel warmth hit her skin, but didn't open her eyes until Robin instructed her too.

"Open them," he whispered softly into her ear. Regina's eyes slowly opened and her mouth fell open from the surprise before her. Lit candles surrounded the room, giving off a beautiful light around them. In the middle of the room, on the floor, were blankets neatly arranged for two people and a picnic placed on top with red wine and glasses. Robin took her hand, "I thought this could be our hideaway, it is where we first..." but she cut him off as she pressed her lips to his, kissing him tenderly.

"It's perfect," she rested her forehead against his and put a hand on his chest, feeling his heartbeat underneath. Robin nuzzled her nose then, still holding her hand, helped her sit down on the blankets before sitting down himself. He took the bottle of wine and poured her glass halfway then gave himself some. Regina wasn't really hungry but she took a sip of the wine, her cheeks pink and smiling as wide as her lips would allow. "A toast," he said raising his glass, "to our future." Regina clinked glasses with him and took another sip, feeling happier than she had in weeks.

They had a wonderful time to which ended by them making love as if it was the first time all over again. The picnic was set aside and they were lying on the blankets next to each other. They had one blanket lazily tossed on top of one another and Regina was sleeping peacefully. Robin watched her sleep and stroked his fingers softly down her bare shoulder and arm which caused the blanket to fall some off her body. As he carefully started pulling the blanket back up on her he looked down at her exposed abdomen and the thought of them toasting to their future flashed in his mind, but then he saw her start to move and looked back at her face.