The Most Resilient Heart.

A little push.

In my cool room in a nuns' guest house right now... my roommate thinks I'm absolutely CRAZY always talking about OUAT and stuff... but I am SO going to get her started on the series!!! Everyone knows that once you start, you can't stop. ;) My Latin is getting so much better and I am losing my italian by the day... English can do that to you. Americans are the most AMAZING people on the planet and the ones I've met here just prove it. Just wanted to ask, does anyone know about Sean and Rebecca being in Italy???? 'Cause I've been ABSOLUTELY FREAKING OUT but I'm not entirely sure... ??? Anyway, enjoy...

"Pregnant?" He freezes in the doorway, his back turned to Marion and voice quiet. He could feel his heart beating through his chest causing all sort of pain to run through his body. The only thought that ran through his head was that of Regina. If only she were there to wrap her arms around him to kiss his forehead or lips comfortingly. If only she were there.

But he didn't want her there so that he wouldn't be the one to break it to her, he wanted her there because he needed her.

And suddenly his brain started to work and he turns around to face Marion. She has a stupid smile on her face and he feels like punching her. They had been through this. They were done, weren't they? "But we never..."

Marion raises her eyebrows. "Before I was taken away? It may have been several years for you,"

Several decades.

"But it's been several weeks for me." She smiles remembering the last time they saw each other; the night with Roland away, leaving them in well-deserved peace and how he had just needed her. She was happy for a moment, just remembering. Remembering that there had been a time when she was wanted, needed.

But Robin couldn't remember. He couldn't remember the night she was speaking of. All that flashed before his mind was the irresistible figure of Regina and how any time that he looked at her, he just needed his lips against hers; his hands roaming her body. The heat was burning in his eyes just thinking of her and Marion recognised the expression he used to give her.

"So you do remember..." She smiled and watched as his eyes dropped to the ground awkwardly, his suave and confident manner disappearing in a matter of seconds, just like it did everytime he saw her these days. He hated feeling so depleted. He was a strong man of the forest and this woman didn't make him feel like one anymore.

He left. He ran out the door and shut it loudly behind him. His power seemed to be slipping through his fingers so quickly and yet so slowly. He had never thought that two women fighting over him would be so exasperating!

Marion stood there. She was doing the right thing. The guilt wasn't eating at her insides anymore, neither her outsides, you could say. This was the way it was meant to be. She, Robin, Roland and their new child, together as one big happy family. She could do it and she knew that Robin could too. All he needed was a little reason and a little push.

***

"Robin?" Regina stared at the man panting in the doorway. He looked so incredibly gorgeous standing there, drammatically. She smiled as he strode towards her and pulled her in; a hand behind her head and a hand on her arse. She gasped, eyes bulging, before melting into the kiss. Melting is a little bit of an understatement. Maybe subliming would be a better word. It was hot, crazy and uncontrollable and being felt up on top of it all, just sent Regina off the edge. What the hell was he doing?

She didn't care though. He was kissing her like his life depended on it... and she wasn't complaining.

He pulled away quickly, as if suddenly realising why he was there. Regina brought herself back towards him watching his lips with urgency, trying to push herself back into him. He placed his hands on her hips, trying deperately hard to keep them from wandering down, and kept her a fair distance away from him. It would have been a gamble to keep this temptress too close to his body.

"Robin..." His name left her lips, erotically, softly. She still tried to push herself towards him but his hands were strong.

Regina's eyes suddenly look up into his eyes, realising that something was not right.

"What?" He voice was weak. She had been expecting this, she had known that it had been coming.

"Marion..." His voice wavered but he kept his eyes staring directly into hers. He loved the way hers just captured anything or anyone that looked into them. They were dark and mysterious and would leave you speechless for seconds. They were just so beautiful. "Is pregnant."

Regina suddenly pulls away and turns away from him.

"Regina, I-" He places his hands on her shoulders, comfortingly.

"I think you should go." She lets out that same monotone she had gotten so used to using.

"Regina, don't do this again!" He was getting angry now. This woman continued to do the same things over and over again and never seemed to realise just how much he needed her. He pulls her around to face him and softly sifts through her hair. As his warm body pressed against her cold one, he sighed softly. "We can figure this out."

"Robin," She stares back into his eyes, her body rigid. "Do you believe in fate?"

He stared at her. She couldn't believe in fate, not after everything that she had been though; everything that she had changed.

"Everything is telling us that we were meant to be apart. I'm starting to believe it..." He voice was quiet and scared. Robin knew her too well to try and comfort her so he just nodded his head and kissed her on the forehead before walking out the door.

"I believe in fate," He turns around, annoyance written all over his face. "But I also believe in second chances. I'm just disappointed that you don't."

And with that, he walked off and Regina could feel her heart sink. She didn't call after him, she didn't run after him, she just stood there and watched the love of her life walk away for what seemed to be the billionth time. And this time she was certain that he wouldn't come back for...

One can only get so many happy endings.

Sorry, I know it's not incredible but i just really felt like writing something and I'm just crossing my fingers that the next one will be more intense. Please just KEEP HOLDING ON!!!

...A New England...

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