A Pleasant Surprise

Chapter 4

"How are you this morning my love?" Robin asked Regina, stroking her hair as she began to stir next to him.

"I feel wonderful" she told him smiling. Six weeks had passed since they'd told Henry about the baby, making Regina twelve weeks pregnant. She was glowing this morning, she had never looked more beautiful in Robin's opinion and the morning sickness had stopped a few days ago, much to Regina's relief. She was so happy that Robin could live with her now and that Marian hadn't fought her when she finally did unfreeze. Rolan was happy living with Marian and Will Scarlett and Regina and Robin enjoyed the days that they got to see him.

That had been enough for Regina to finally accept that Robin had truly chosen her.

"You must be famished my love, I'll make you some breakfast darling". Robin's words interrupted her train of thought and she nodded gratefully as he went to make her some waffles. The morning sickness may have let up, but it had given way to a voracious appetite. Regina was hungry all the time and she wasn't sure if the tiny bump between her hips was due to the baby or the food.

She rose to the smell of waffles and followed it down the stairs to the kitchen where Robin already had a couple of waffles waiting for her. She began devouring them in the usual way that she ate food these days.

"I'm just starting to show Robin, I'll need some looser clothes soon enough" she told him.

"Well then let's go shopping love" Robin suggested.

"Okay I'll just finish these and we can go" Regina said, hastily scoffing down the last waffle and donning a dress with a quick wave of her hand. With another wave she had Robin dressed and the wandered off down the street hand in hand.

The whole town marvelled at the change in Regina. She truly was a better person now, nobody disputed that and everybody liked this new maternal Regina. She smiled all the time now instead of fixing her face into her old condescending smirk and people genuinely wanted to smile back at her.

She and Robin walked into Ashley's little maternity store and Ashley looked up with a smile as they entered.

"Oh Regina I hadn't heard that you were pregnant" the younger woman said.

"Yes I am dear and I find myself needing to buy some looser clothes before I start showing" Regina said with a soppy smile in her face.

She let go of Robin's hand as Ashley led them around the store, suggesting clothes, but she jept looking back to where he was smiling at her and nodding his approval of her choices of maternity dresses.

Regina thanked Ashley for her help as she went to pay for her purchases. Robin took her bags in one arm and placed his other arm around her waist as they left the store and wandered through town. They stopped at the docks together to watch the waves roll in. Hand in hand, each unwilling to let the other go now that they finally had each other.