February 28th 2017

After a deep, personal conversation with her son and her son's other mother, Emma had gone to visit her parents, figuring now her son knew, it was time to involve them. One thing she would never admit to her son was how worried she was that when she returned to the hospital for further tests the week after, there would be something genuinely wrong.

Of course her parents reacted the way she thought they would, and after telling them numerous times that she did not need them to attend the appointments with her, they insisted she spend the rest of the evening with them seeing as she'd be going back to Regina's and probably not returning for a while. She spent a couple of hours watching movies with her brother and when he was in bed she spent time with Snow and Charming, talking about everything except what they wanted to talk about. Before long Emma was yawning repeatedly, and it took little convincing from Snow to make her stay the night. With a quick goodnight text to Regina she settled into her old room and closed her eyes, almost instantly asleep, only for her to be woken moments later as the scent of apples filled the room. She didn't say anything as Regina appeared in front of her, instead moving from the centre of the bed so the mayor could slide in with her. They were both silent as they lay facing each other properly for the first time in over a week. The brunette placed a careful kiss onto the blonde's lips as Emma pulled Regina closer to her. No words were spoken as they fell asleep in each other's arms.

"No… No… Gina, no…!" Regina startled awake as she heard her name, sounding somewhat pained as it fell from Emma's lips. When she opened her eyes she saw her faces was inches from the blondes which was contorted up in pain. A quick glance at the clock showed it was around 4am and that they had been asleep for almost 5 hours.

"Em…" She muttered the name softly, raising her arm to push the hair from her face, noticing it was matted, and the sheriff was too warm for her liking. She spoke louder, pushing her shoulder gently, still receiving no response. "EMMA!" Her tone this time was harsher, but she was not loud, not wanting to wake anyone else up.

Emma's eyes shot open, and they were panicked until they registered the woman in front of her. They instantly calmed and swam with love as she removed the mayor's hand from her forehead and placed a kiss to her palm. She smiled lightly, noting Regina's concerned look.

"Emma, you're burning up, we need to get you to see a doctor…" Emma shook her head and pulled Regina closer, laying her head on her shoulder.

"Gina, I'm just a little warm. You're a very warm person. Calm down." She snuggled closer and soon the blonde was back to sleep. Regina watched her for a number of minutes, grinning as Emma began to mutter in her sleep. He inane nonsense mumblings made the older woman smile, until her face dropped at the first clear sentence spoken.

"Why won't you just marry me Gina?"

February 28th

Regina slept very little that for the rest of the night and was still awake when Emma woke up a few hours later. Her cheeks were flushed and she her eyes were a little glassy, but her face lit up when she saw Regina was still with her. Her smile quickly turned into a frown when she noticed how tired she looked.

"Wow, do I really snore so loudly that you couldn't sleep?" She was joking but her tone was concerned. The mayor shook her head and brushed the hair from the blonde's forehead again, using it as an excuse to check her temperature.

"Emma, you still have a temperature, you can't argue this time, you need to see a doctor." Emma rolled her eyes and sat up, turning her body to face Regina, crossing her legs.

"Chill out Gina, it's a temperature, not uncontrollable bleeding. I've been asleep under a duvet all night, and you're pretty hot yourself..." She grinned as Regina this time rolled her eyes.

"You used that one earlier Em, I'm still worried about you."

"Ah, so it was my sleep talking that kept you awake? Next time wake me up and we can have a girly heart to heart." The blonde looked around, only then noticing where she was. "Why am I at my parents' house? Did we fall asleep here?" The mayor's brow furrowed, confused at Emma's apparent lack of memory of the previous night.

"What's the last thing you remember?" Regina sat up and mimicked Emma's position.

"I dunno, talking to Henry after school… Did I get drunk? That would explain my nausea…" The brunette frowned again.

"Stay there. I need to go talk to your parents…" Emma pouted as Regina got out of the bed and moved towards the door, returning to the blonde to kiss her before she left the room.