The New Girl

Chapter 25

It wasn't long before Cora and Henry showed up. Regina and I were sitting on the living room couch when the door bell rang. "I'll go get honey". I kiss her cheek and get up and walk to the door. I open it and they both have a lot of bags in their hands. It seems to be grocery bags and possibly takeout bags. Henry asks me to get a few more bags out of the car so him and Cora can bring everything into the kitchen. I do as asked and there is like 5 more bags. What they heck did they buy for us? I grab everything then I close the car door and go back inside. I take the bags to the kitchen and put them on the island. "You guys didn't really have to do this but thank you". They both stopped putting everything away and came to hug me. "Emma we are so sorry that this happened". Cora said with a hug and then kissed me on the cheek. She stepped back and then Henry hugged me and asked quietly in my ear. "Are you ok dear?"  I just shrugged in his arms and I felt him hold me tighter. I answered back. "I have to be ok right now. Regina is so hurt and I have to be there for her. She blames herself. I know that's not true and I need to keep telling her that. I'll be ok when she is". Cora heard everything I said and she also wrapped her arms around me. "Emma we are here for you and Regina. You are going through something traumatic right now. We know how much you both wanted this child".   "Thank you for being here. Regina is waiting to see you in the living room". They nod and we leave the kitchen. They walk right over to their daughter and hold her tight. The sight of it is both beautiful and heart wrenching at the same time. They sit close and chat for a few minutes as I look on from the chair next to them. Henry informs us that he told his top security guy to look into what may have caused Regina's miscarriage. They are concerned that the drug Robin gave Regina may have caused this. I think that too but I want to handle Robin myself. If he caused this he's definitely going to get what he deserves. They move on to lighter subjects and tell us what they brought over. They said that we just need to focus on healing right now and not worrying about food or work. Cora told us that she called both our bosses and explained what was going on and told them that we needed time off. When the Mayor calls and tells you something in this town she pretty much gets what she wants. We thanked her for that and then she said she brought over groceries and prepared dinners. Basically with those we just had to thaw them out and put them in the oven. She's always thinking. About an hour later Regina was feeling some pain so I gave her another pill. She was due for it an hour ago but the doctor said take as needed so that's what she wanted to do. After that her parents decided to take their leave. They said they would be back soon. They hugged us and wished us well and told us if we needed anything to call immediately. I told them we would and then I walked them to the door. They said they would find out what actually caused this and they would call me. We hugged once more and then they left. I walked back into the living room and sat next to my fiancé. "Are you hungry sweetheart? Your parents brought over so much food it's crazy".  "No thank you dear".  "They also brought some soup from Granny's. There is Italian wedding and cream of broccoli. Those are both your favorites. Your mom told me that Granny made them just for you".   "I guess soup won't be so bad. I wouldn't mind some cream of broccoli".   "Sounds wonderful sweetheart I wanted the same thing. I'll go heat it up and bring some crackers along with it. Maybe we could watch something while we eat it. You want to check out Netflix?"   "Sure my love, why not". I kiss her and give her the tv remote. Then I get up and head to the kitchen to heat our soup. About 10 minutes later I walk back in the living room and Regina is watching Dexter.  We do love that show but I didn't think she'd pick this one. He's a serial killer but only kills the bad guys. Oh. I think I know why she chose this. It's the same reason I want to strangle Robin with my bare hands. After I torture him of course. I only know about the girl in high school that he drugged and raped, who knows how many others he's done it to. I can't believe he never faced charges for that. His parents must have paid someone off. We ate our soup and some crackers. After that Regina ended up falling asleep I didn't want to wake her so I tried to pick her up as gently as I could and carried her upstairs and put her in bed. I made sure she was covered then I went back downstairs and cleaned up our soup bowls. I put everything in the dishwasher and I made sure everything was locked and I went back up to our bedroom. It's only 8pm but it's been a long day and with Regina's medication she'll be out for a while. I get in bed next to her and carefully move over to hold her. I hear her hum so I know she's ok with it. She turns to face me and I lay on my back and she moves to snuggle into my chest and I hold her close. I begin to cry as I think about everything. I know miscarriages happen but it's so unfair and I never really knew till it happened to us. Once you find out you going to be a parent you get flashes of the future. Well at least I did. I hoped it would be a boy so we could name him after Regina's father. I saw his face as a baby with Regina's hair and my eyes. Now it's all gone. I cry a little more but quietly so I don't wake Regina. I know she needs the rest after the medical procedures. I'm really going to make Robin pay for this. For the next few days Regina and I just spent time together alone. We talked, we cried and we even called Dr. Archie Hopper to ask him how to cope with this. Archie has always been there for me all through my high school days and even after I graduated he kept me on as a client so I could talk to him any time I needed to. He's a great man. He helped us try to focus on the positive things, like Regina is fine and healthy and that she still will be able to get pregnant. Regina told him how scared she was to have to go through something like this again. He was honest with us and said sometimes it does happen. He told us that he read in a medical journal about a woman who had 5 miscarriages and then she went on to have 3 healthy and and very active children, who also grew up to have happy healthy children. I said. "So basically sometimes you have to go through hell. Is that what your sayin Doc?"  He answered back. "Well I was trying not to be so blunt but yes I guess your right". Regina and I let all that set in and we tried our best to start somehow healing. 2 weeks after we lost the baby Regina and I were laying in bed watching the Maury show and I got a text from Ruby. She wanted to know if it was ok to come and visit. She said Granny had one of my favorite dinners on special tonight (chicken broccoli fettuccine Alfredo) she wanted to bring some over and also bring her wife Dorothy so we could all have dinner together. I asked Regina. She was a little hesitant but ended up thinking it would be a good idea to try an get back into our regular lives. I texted back that they could come by in about an hour so we could have some time to shower and get dressed. When we were done getting ready they showed up about a half hour later. Ruby said she gave us extra time so we didn't have to rush. We all hugged hello and we walked into the kitchen. Ruby and Dorothy set all the bags down on the island and then opened them. They were all still hot so instead of going into the dinning room we ate at the small table in the kitchen. This was a casual dinner anyway so it wasn't so bad. We all had a glass of wine as we ate. The conversation was actually a great change of pace for Regina and I. We both laughed, truly laughed. Dorothy was telling us a story about how Ruby almost burned down their kitchen at home. It seems Ruby was trying to make dinner for them as a special night and Ruby wanted to propose. It turns out she was making a fried chicken dinner but the chicken wasn't completely defrosted yet so as soon as it hit the hot oil it over flowed and it hit the flame and everything just went up. We were all laughing so hard because we could see Ruby doing this. In the end Dorothy came home and helped clean up and Ruby still proposed and Dorothy said yes. They ended up eloping so no one really knew. They've been married for about 5 weeks now and they seem so happy. They really are a great couple and great friends. After dinner we all cleaned up and then went into the living room. We had a little more wine and sat and talked some more. Ruby said she was off this Friday night and asked if I wanted to go out and grab a drink with her. I of course said maybe some other time but Regina said I should go. She told me I need to get out of the house for a while. I didn't want to leave here alone but Dorothy said she'd come over so her and Regina could have a drink and maybe watch a movie. Regina basically told me to go so I said yes even though I wanted to stay home. At the end of the night when our friends were leaving Regina and I walked them to the door and we all hugged each other. We said our goodbyes and they left. Regina went upstairs to get ready for bed while I made sure everything was cleaned up and all the doors were locked then I went up and did my night time routine. I get in bed and shut the lights off and Regina and I snuggled up together. I'm so glad that after everything that has happened this hasn't changed. We still loved being in each other's arms.