AN: This will be the last update for a while, because I literally can't be bothered writing for something that isn't getting any reviews - so I don't see the point when it's not getting any to give me the will to keep writing.
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Henry came home just as the pizza delivery guy pulled up, he lead them out to the back yard, making all the work men freeze at the sight of Henry, but cheer when he said that the pizza was here and to enjoy it.
Regina smiled as Kathryn kissed her shoulder before whispering into her ear. "Babe, your parents are literally the coolest. You know that, right?"
"That I do," Regina said, nodding.
"This is honestly the best job I've ever worked," Regina heard a worker tell a group of his friends as they sat in a circle around one of the many boxes of pizza.
"Dude, same. Remember that time we worked that hundred-twenty degree day my first week on the job?"
"Oh god, you were so out of it the whole day," another worker said with a laugh.
"Drinks are here," Henry called as another pizza worker showed up with a few carry bags filled with various drinks.
"Does everyone want me to go get some cups or are you okay with sharing a bottle?"
A few people raised their hand for a cup, making Regina do a headcount before she slipped off Kathryn's lap and made her way inside.
"Dude, again... you have the best girlfriend ever," one of the workers said when Regina was out of ear-shot.
Kathryn just smiled, resting her hands between her knees. "Yeah, she's pretty amazing," the blonde said, looking up as Regina came outside with a stack of plastic cups and a sharpie.
"Here, so you don't forget which ones your cup, write your name on it," Regina said, handing out the cups to the people who asked and putting the remainder down by the drinks in case others decided they wanted a cup.
"Excuse me, Mr Mills, sir?" A worker asked, making Henry look up from his newspaper.
"Yes, boy?"
"I want to thank you for allowing all of us to have that time to relax and beat the heat," he said, making Henry smile at him.
"It's not a problem, tell you what. For the remainder of the project, if you all keep your swim-trunks near by, at the end of the day, or even on your lunch break, you can all go have fun in the pool, okay?"
"Are you serious? Thank you so much."
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Regina made her way over to her father at the end of the day, after all the workers had left and she made sure they'd taken all the pizza home with them and some of the sodas.
Other soda's were put into the fridge that Regina already had installed into her area seeing as the kitchen had already been tiled and painted.
"Everything going well, Regina?" Henry asked.
"Yeah, I just... daddy, you haven't said much to me about Kathryn. Are you really okay with us being together?"
"Yes, I'm very okay with it," he said. "I'm happy that you're happy, I'm happy you've found love, especially with it being your best friend. I admit, I was a little hesitant at first, with the fact she's a girl... but that's only because of the way I was raised, how people were so against it... how people are still against it. But Regina, you are my daughter, and all I want it your happiness."
Regina has tears in her eyes as she hugged her father tight.
"Thank you, daddy," she whispered, kissing his cheek. "I love you too."
"I love you too, darling. Now, I believe I saved us some Hawaiian and some supreme pizza before they got taken and eaten, shall we go heat up a few slices?"
"Maybe later, I'm not really hungry. But you can go eat as much as you want," Regina said, smiling.
"What have you eaten today?" He asked concerned.
"I had some carrots and peanut butter earlier, before I called to ask about the pizza."
Henry nodded and looked over at Kathryn who was reading by the pool.
"I really am happy, Regina. I'm sorry that I made you question it."
Regina rubbed her father's shoulder gently before looking over at Kathryn also. "Babe, do you want a coffee?"
"Yes please, Ri," Kat said, pushing herself out of her sunlounge and making her way over to Regina and Henry, book in her hand.
"Daddy, sweet tea?"
"Oh, that sounds great, Regina. But I haven't got any made," Henry said.
"I made some this morning," Regina told him, heading through to the kitchen.
"Henry," Kathryn whispered, getting his attention. "Would it be alright if I got Regina a pet?"
"A pet? What kind?"
"She's been looking at kittens online lately, maybe a cat?"
"I don't see why not, but why not wait till her areas set up?"
"Yeah, of course... I was just double checking it was okay with you, I was thinking for her birthday though."
"Sounds like a plan," he said, smiling before looking up as Regina came back to them.
"What's a plan?" Regina asked.
"Pizza for dinner," Henry said quickly.
Regina nodded, handing them their drinks before leaving against Kats side, resting her head against the blondes collarbone.
Kat rested her free hand around Regina's waist, smiling.
"It's almost finished, are you ready for your new room to be complete?" Henry asked.
"Yeah, it'll be good to not have to worry about waking you or mother when I come home late from watching the game and Kat's cheer tournaments."
Henry nodded, remembering a particularly late night Regina and Kat came back.
"Yeah, it will be nice to not wake at three in the morning to you two giggling away while also trying to be quiet," henry said.
"Everything just seems so much funnier when you're tired and trying to be quiet," Kat said, shaking her head. "Sorry, Henry."
"It's quite alright, girls. I'm just happy you're both happy."
"I'm going to go lay down," Regina said, kissing Kats and Henry's cheek before making her way back into the house.
"Should I be worried?" Henry asked, looking at Kathryn.
"I don't think so, I think she's just tired. We stayed up watching movies till three," Kat said, taking a sip of her coffee.
Henry nodded, going back to his newspaper. "Go on," he said, knowing Kat wanted to be by Regina.
The blonde blushed a little before running inside after her girlfriend.
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Cora knocked on Regina's door later that evening, well past dinner time.
When Kathryn opened the door, she was a little surprised, only ever seeing Regina open it after all these years.
"She's still sleeping," Kat said as she opened the door wider for Cora to see.
Cora looked concerned and passed the blonde, letting herself into her daughters room.
She rested a hand on the brunettes forehead. "She's a little bit warm, has she had the sheet on this whole time?"
"No, I threw it over her to open the door cause she fell asleep naked complaining she was too hot." Kathryn moved to the other side of Regina, stroking her hair off her face.
Kathryn moved over to her bag that she kept in the bathroom that was filled with makeup and various other hygienic things, she dug through it before pulling out what she was looking for and made her way back across Regina's room to the bed.
She held the object against Regina's forehead and pressed a button, watching the screen rise with numbers.
"What's that?" Cora asked, the device looking like a tiny gun.
"A thermometer, it's for babies so you don't have to worry about them moving around or pulling it from their mouths or arm pits, but I prefer it... less germs."
The device beeped and Kathryn frowned. "A hundred and seven. I'm going to run her a cool bath, do you have Nurofen?"
"No, she hasn't been sick in years, so everything went out of date. I'll run out and get some."
"Wait, I should have some Panadol in my bathroom bag, sit with her and try to get her to drink some water," Kat said, heading back to the bathroom, turning the taps on in the shower and bathtub to fill it quicker while she dug through her bag.
"God, yes!" Kat said, reading the side of the bottle to find the correct dose before pulling the lid off and shoving the attached syringe into the bottle as she made her way back to the bed. "Ri, open your mouth, babe," Kat said and Regina blinked, looking over at her confused.
"What?"
"You've got a fever, honey. This should help bring it down, but you've also gotta jump in the tub, okay?"
Regina turned her head to look at her mother who looked just as worried.
"Fever?" She asked softly, watching as Kathryn brought the syringe closer to her mouth.
She swallowed the medicine and gagged slightly as she watched Kat fill the syringe again. "No, please... it's gross."
"Well, it's the only one I have for now, I'll buy more later. But you need this now, then you can drink some water and have a cool bath to bring your temperature down, okay?"
Regina begrudgingly too the second dose and grabbed the water her mother was holding out with a thankful look towards the older woman as she chugged the bottle that had just been opened.
"Too much sun, not enough water, not enough food," Kat listed, looking at Regina. "Are you going to start eating more?"
Regina nodded slowly and allowed Kat to help her to the bathroom and into the tub as the taps were shut off.
"Oh, that's the perfect temp," Regina sighed, leaning back and resting her eyes.
"No, you need to stay awake, the baths half full."
"Slide on in," Regina murmured.
"Yes, you sit in there with her, Kat. I'll go buy some better tasting medicine." Cora stood, looking at Kat. "Anything else?"
"Maybe make a call to the home doctor?"
"Right, yes," Cora frowned, not liking that she hadn't thought of it.
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"Kathryn?" Cora called quietly as she knocked on Regina's bedroom door.
"Still in the bathroom, come on through," Kathryn said loud enough that Cora should hear her.
Cora came into the bathroom quickly, a bag in her hands. "I grabbed as many different flavours that weren't the cherry one you had," Cora said, not looking into the bathtub, just lining the bottles up at the back of the sink. "I grabbed both the Panadol and Nurofen."
"That's good, that means she can take a second dose in two hours instead of waiting four," Kat said. "She's still warm, but the water is freezing."
"You should get out so you don't freeze," Cora said, holding up a towel. "The doctor should be here soon." Just as Cora finished talking, the doorbell rang.
"Go, I'll get her into some clothes so she's covered."
Kathryn carefully helped Regina out of the tub, promising she could get back in later if she felt like it, she dried her off before helping her into a tank top and sleep shorts before quickly dressing herself into boxers and a sports bra as there was knock on the door.
"It's open," Regina called out, sitting with her back against the wall, trying to stay awake.
"Regina, it's dr whale," the man said as Kathryn flicked the lamp on so there was a bit of light in the room. "What seems to be the problem?"
"I'm not sure, I woke to them saying I had a temperature, but I feel fine."
The doctor nodded as he listened, pulling a thermometer out similar to Kathryn's but pointed it towards the roof. As soon as it beeped, he checked it before pointing it at Regina's forehead.
"Hundred and four, what was your reading?" He asked Cora.
"Hundred seven," Kat said, pulling her own thermometer out to show him the memory of the read.
The doctor nodded and touched his hand to Regina's arm. "She's cold," he said.
"She just got out of a cool bath cause she was sweating and burning up."
"Regina, are you specially active?" He asked.
Regina nodded and gestured to Kathryn. "She's my girlfriend."
"So we can cross pregnancy off the list," he said, chuckling lightly.
"Doc, is it possible for a chick with a dick to knock up another chick?" Kathryn asked.
"I've never heard of it happening," he said looking between the girls. "Which one?"
"Me," Kat said, and he looked to Regina.
"Maybe we should check just in case. Are you taking any form or pill or wearing protection?"
"I'm on the pill to help regulate my period and help with my cramps," Regina said, running her hand through her hair.
"When did you start having sex?" He asked.
"Just before my sixteenth birthday, and Kathryn has been the only one."
"Have you both been checked? Paps?"
"I had a pap check the other day," Regina said. "Everything came back normal."
"And even though I've only ever been with Regina also, I get checked monthly just in case." Kathryn settled beside her girlfriend before slipping an arm around her waist. "She hasn't been hungry lately, I try to keep her fluids up, and even though we're in the pool a lot, I try to keep her slathered in sunscreen."
"How much water do you think you drink a day, Regina?"
"Two or three litres. I keep a one litre bottle filled at all times. One for the fridge and the other to keep with me."
The doctor nodded and dug through his carry bag. "We'll test for pregnancy, because like I said, I've never heard of it happening, but then again, until last year I didn't know that a certain movie was based on a Shakespeare play." He pulled two packages from his bag and handed them to Regina.
"Pee sticks? Oh fun." Regina huffed.
"Better than needles and blood," Kat said, smirking.
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AN: This will be the last update for a while, because I literally can't be bothered writing for something that isn't getting any reviews - so I don't see the point when it's not getting any to give me the will to keep writing.