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Disclaimer: I forgot that most of you aren't Canadian, so a Looney is just a one dollar coin. I'm too lazy to change it now, so now you know something Canadian. Just imagine they're dollar bills.

Regina felt the bed sink down, as a bundle of energy hopped onto the bed to try and wake Mal.

"Sh, don't do that, we should let your mom sleep. How about we make pancakes for her?" Lily nodded eagerly and jumped off the bed. Regina noticed the stool Lily brought in to help her up on the tall bed. They crept quietly out of the bedroom and to the kitchen.

They were in the middle of cooking the pancakes when Mal descended the stairs gracefully, despite how she felt. Regina smiled at her utter beauty.

"Morning," Regina said as happily as she could muster, but fighting off the moodiness the mornings bring.

"Mm," she moaned, clearly still warding off sleep. Lily grabbed her fingers and drag her towards the dining room, clearly impatient. She began to look less tired after breakfast, and promised Lily they would all do something at home together; Mal called in sick and Regina had a day off.

Mal had run to the bathroom for most of the day, and Regina came with her to calm her as she expelled the contents of her stomach, while Lily would sit and watch cartoons. They did a bit of drawing, and a lot of reading, stories that Regina found in a closet somewhere.

"Can we watch Spongebob?" Her sweet voice asked quietly against Regina's shoulder while she cuddled up to her.

"Sure. Why not?" Lily jumped excitedly from her arms and next to her on the couch, leaning her head against her arm while she changed channels.

Both Lily and Mal were tuckered out by the end of the day and Regina put them to bed, despite both of their stubborn denials that they weren't tired, and yet they both fell asleep within ten minutes of being in bed.

Regina found herself feeling restless and grabbed a book off a shelf and read in her chair that sat in the corner of the room until she couldn't keep her eyes open. She made her way back to the bed, and as soon as the bed shifted under her weight, Mal grappled her and pulled her towards her instinctively.

Regina not only felt the pull of Mal, but the pull of sleep, and finally drifted off.

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"Can we go, Regina? Please?"

"Your mommy isn't feeling well again, we can't go, I'm sorry babe."

"How about she stays here while we go?"

"I don't want to leave your mom alone, and I don't know if she wants to be here by herself. We need to take care of her." Lily pouted and crossed her arms, and Regina couldn't take her seriously, with the way her bottom lip pouted and how tiny she was.

"You guys can go, I'll be okay." Mal said wearily. Lily bounced up and down and leaped to her, wrapping her arms around her legs. Mal stumbled and Lily felt. She backed up and grabbed Regina.

"Come on, come on, let's go! I wanna see the Ferris Wheel!" Regina laughed at her escapades.

"Are you sure? I don't want to leave you alone, or make you feel left out. We can go next year, with the baby." Mal rolled her eyes.

"I'll be fine, go have fun, I'm never one for crowded spaces and lots of people anyway." And Regina swore at that statement that they were both the same; not liking crowds, and that she was irrefutably in love with her.

"I love you," Regina said sheepishly, pecking her on the lips and trying her best to convey her desire for her with a winsome smile. Mal kissed Lily on the cheek and sent them off.

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The carnival's lights were almost whimsical in contrast to the jet-black sky. They ambled down the street and visited the food trucks parked along the sidewalk, the rides set up in the middle of downtown Storybrooke, and the endless amount of carnival games.

From the across the carnival, Lily laid her eyes on a dragon stuffed animal. She ran to the game, and Regina found herself relieved to know that the carnival was relatively vacant. Once she sprinted to catch up with the animated child, she looked to the carnival game.

It seemed easy enough, a ring toss, but she was always sceptical of the games and prizes found at these gatherings.

"How about I just get you one from the store instead," she said to the child.

"Okay. We should win some small toys for mommy and the baby."

"Sure. We can both play." Regina walked up to the vendor.

"Two plays, please." She handed him a small bundle of Loonies, and handed them a bundle of rings. She watched Lily go first. She stuck her tongue out the side of her mouth in concentration. The first ring got around a bottle, and she jumped up and down.

"I got it, look Regina, I got it!" She declared from the stool seat she stood on. She threw the rest of her rings, and only one missed. She chose a llama from the selection, and immediately hugged it close.

"Mommy's gonna love you," she told the llama discreetly. Next, Regina threw her rings and missed two bottles out of her six.

She got Lily to choose a toy that she thought would suit the baby, and chose wisely; a monkey with long limbs and tail.

"And the baby will most definitely love you," she said to the monkey. Regina smiled down at her.

"She we bring home donuts for mommy?"

"Yes! And some for us!" Regina nodded vigorously and headed for the mini donut stand as the sparse residents of Storybrooke watched the most successful lawyer and her lover's child run through the streets for the treats awaiting them.

When they were waiting for their order to come, Lily asked a question Regina thought would never leave the little girl's teeny mouth.

"Why is mommy so sick, is it because the baby doesn't like her?" Regina was taken aback at the little girl's question.

"You're very smart," she remarked,"but it isn't that. Being sick a lot is just a…thing that comes from pregnancy, or something that happens when you have a child growing in your stomach."

"Why?"

"Well…" she started, and began to go into small detail about what exactly entailed being pregnant, without scaring her. When she finished, Lily was quiet. They walked to the car and ate from the first bag of donuts, while the second was for Mal.

"What's wrong, sweetheart?" Regina asked benevolently.

"Is the baby hurting mommy?"

"Oh, no honey, it isn't hurting her. It's just making her less comfortable."

"Then why do people have babies? I wouldn't bend backwards so I could watch T.V., so why do people have babies if it isn't comfortable?" Regina shook with laughter.

"Because, sometimes you have to do something really bad for you, so that you can have something you want."

"Like buying ice cream? With money? 'Cause I had ice cream once and I bought it and I didn't want to give her my money, but then mommy said I could have ice cream if I gave the money, and then I got it."

"Yes, exactly like that," she said, chuckling softly.

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"Mommy, don't ever have a baby again!" Lily shouted as she got into the house. It was late, but she was still on the couch waiting for her girl's to get back home. The two older woman burst out laughing.

"What if I want one?" She asked the girl standing in front of her, before wrapping her arms around her.

"Because Regina said that babies make you pee and cry all the time and get sick." Mal laughed.

"I won't have another one in my belly," she said sincerely. Lily smiled and went upstairs for bed.

"Thank you, for taking her out, I know she wants to spend more time with her," Mal said to the brunette on the armrest of the couch.

"Of course, we had a great time. Lily won you this as well, and this for the baby," she said, holding the monkey and the llama.

"Oh, that's so sweet."

"We also got you mini donuts, but I didn't know if you were going to want them."

"I want them, thank you so much." Tears sprang to Mal's eye's.

"Hormones," she muttered, "don't let Lily see, or I'm afraid I won't get grandkids." Regina laughed.

"I can put her to bed." Regina left the room and helped Lily choose between her banana pyjamas, or the striped pajamas. She chose banana, of course.

After Lily was in bed, she made her way to her own room, where Mal was sitting on the bed. She sat down next to her.

"I miss you," Mal whispered to her ear. Her body tingled at the hot breath on her skin.

"Yeah?" She asked, slipping Mal's t-shirt off her body. Mal nodded and bit her lip. Regina pulled her back farther on the bed and kissed her fiercely for the rest of the night, and a little bit else in between.