"Regina?"

"Hm."

"Regina."

"What?"

"We fell asleep." Emma nudged Regina's shoulder with her own. "It's two in the morning."

That woke Regina up. She blinked at the clock through sleep blurred eyes. Damn, Emma was right.

"You should get back to Henry, and I should get back to sleep. Physical training starts in a few hours."

Regina rolled her neck, and the gentle movement resulted in the loudest crack. Emma grimaced at the sound. No wonder, however long they'd slept Regina had been using the wall as a pillow. The two books remained where they had been before, both opened to seemingly random places, one on each woman's lap.

"Do you want me to leave these here?" Regina gestured to the books. "Or should I bring them back later?"

"They can stay here." She watched as Regina started closing them. "I think they must have slipped me something pretty strong to deal with the pain of the physical therapy."

Regina laughed. "Oh, you weren't hallucinating."

"You don't even know what I was talking abo –" Or she did, because it was happening again. Just when Emma thought to move her hands so she could hold Regina in place, the latter broke contact.

"Care to guess again?"

"Okay." Emma smiled. "You did," she amended. That first one could easily be labeled as the result of the heat of the moment, but twice made a pattern. Only thing to do was figure out what it meant. "That…we're not going to ignore this, right? Obviously this is not an hour for talking, but…"

"Ssh." Regina pressed a finger to Emma's lips. "Get some rest. I'll come see how you're doing later."

"That wasn't an answer."

Regina pressed a lingering kiss to her forehead before moving her lips to her ear and asking an innocent question, "How could I ignore you?" She slid off the bed and placed the books on the counter once more on her way out.

It appeared Mary had invited David over at some point, for Regina found them curled together on the couch. At least they were fully clothed. Regina merely shrugged at the sight and draped a blanket over them. Sleep should be enough to adequately make up for the extra time, especially since that's what held Regina up in the first place.

Regina stopped by Henry's room, and he must have heard her come in because he was half awake. "S'it morning already?"

She smiled at the drowsy child. "Too early for you to worry about it." She re-tucked him in, smoothing his sleep mussed hair back down. "Go back to sleep, sweetheart." She kissed his forehead and ran a hand gently along his cheek.

Henry snuggled back into the covers. "Mmph, did Mommy really wake up?"

Like mother, like son. Where Emma had thought she was hallucinating, Henry thought he was dreaming. "She really did."

"I fell asleep…then I was here." Henry looked extra confused in his barely awake state.

"Mama took you home, that's why. If you don't believe me, we'll see her again real soon, okay?"

"Mmkay." Henry wore a sleepy grin.

"Goodnight, Henry." Regina straightened up and turned to leave.

"Mama!"

Regina turned back.

"I love you."

Those three little words were enough to melt anyone. Regina smiled warmly at him. "I love you, too. Sleep now." She was careful to be quiet as she closed the door and made it to her own room. She didn't bother changing before sliding into bed; she just kicked off her shoes.

Henry was giddy with an idea that came to him later in the morning. He didn't know why he hadn't thought of it before, and stumbled in his haste to get to his mother's room several times. She was still sleeping, but he paid it no matter. He hopped up onto the bed and started bouncing. "Mama. Mama. Mama!" Wherever his little hands fell, he shook her. Shoulder, waist, chest, legs, they were all the same to him. "Maaaaamaaaaa!"

Regina groaned, rolling onto her back. "Henry…"

"Uuuuuup! Up up up up!" He nearly poked her in the eye in his excitement.

"Hey, watch it!" Regina sat up quickly before any accidents could happen. She put her hands on the bouncing boy's shoulders until he stilled. "What are you so hyper about?" She knew Mary knew better than to give him large amounts of candy.

"I have an idea!"

Regina chuckled, reminding herself that Henry was only four. Anyone else would likely be smacked for waking her in such a way for such a trivial reason. But this was Henry, and he was too damned adorable when he did it. "What's that, Henry?"

"Show her the movie!"

Regina's eyebrows furrowed together. He was going to have to be a bit more detailed than that. "Show who what movie?"

Henry actually rolled his eyes at her. It was all Regina could do not to laugh. She could easily put Emma's 'duh!' to his expression. "You know! Mommy! Maybe if you show her it she'll be better faster."

Maybe Regina wasn't getting it because it still felt like it was stupid o'clock in the morning. "The movie being…?"

"The funny one! The one about someone who has your name."

"…Mean Girls?"

"Yeah! We watched it when I was sick and then I was all better."

Regina was sure if she glanced at her expression in a mirror she would be very cartoonish. That had been once. And it had only been because she thought he was young enough for him not to catch onto anything. But if he'd made the name connection, there were probably a lot of other things he'd caught onto as well.

"I think it's magic. Like those other stories are magic."

Well that settled it then, Regina had no choice. Saying no was no longer an option. Even if she didn't own a copy of the DVD, she'd have to find it in her budget to purchase one. But she did have one lying around. And by lying around it was meant that it was among the rest of her stash of romantic comedies.

Still, Regina didn't want him to be disappointed when it didn't make Emma instantly better. "Okay, we can try. But you know how magic works, right? Sometimes it only happens once. Or maybe it only works for little boys."

Henry looked contemplative a moment, then nodded firmly. "Try."

Regina nodded. "Okay." She looked at the clock. Six in the morning. "While you're at school. In the meantime, let's go back to sleep. Go see if Mary's still downstairs. If she is, tell her to wake us at nine."

Henry pressed a sloppy kiss to her cheek. "Mmkay." He dashed off as soon as his feet hit the floor.

"Be careful!" Regina flopped back down onto the bed, ready for three more hours of sleep.