The next day was hectic for Emma. To start off the morning she had to almost had to pull Henry out of bed to wake him up. He was very slow in the mornings. He probably inherited that from Neal because it wasn't from her. Whilst Henry was eating his breakfast, Emma went upstairs to check on Regina. She made her way quietly to Regina's room and cracked the door open enough to see the once Evil Queen comatose on her bed. Emma had never seen her so peaceful before it was hard to imagine this woman killing villages of people. It really wasn't who Regina was now. Regina was wrapped up in her blanket, her legs were sprawled out on the bed her one leg hanging off the edge and her hand lay almost on her bedside table. Those tablets must of worked wonders. Emma quietly left the room knowing how important it was for Regina to rest. She made her way back downstairs expecting Henry to be waiting for her. Instead, She was greeted by Henry asleep on the couch. She shook his shoulders slowly.
" Henry wake up you have school soon," She said knowing it was getting later. Henry's eyes opened slowly. "You OK Kid" Emma said a little worried about the color of his skin. Henry just shook his head and made a beeline for the toilet. Emma rushed after him concerned. As she had thought, he was lent over the toilet being sick. After he had finished Emma helped him to his bed.
"I'm sorry Mom, I didn't mean to get ill. I really didn't think I would. I felt fine yesterday and last night. I got up this morning and felt really ill." He said a little upset because he had missed school like both his Mom's didn't want to happen.
" Kid it's fine I'd rather you told me you felt ill so I didn't drag you out of bed and feed you sugary food. Just rest up I'll go get you some water and crackers.I'd better go tell Regina you're sick too." Emma said not really looking forward to telling the evil queen that her son was sick ... again. These next few days might be hell she thought to herself.
Emma went downstairs and got Henry some water and crackers. She remembered Regina telling her before that she gives them to him to settle his stomach and make it less uncomfortable when it comes back up. She set them next to his bed and went once again to check Regina. When she got into the room Regina was curled up into a ball. Emma could see her eyes were shut like she was trying to concentrate. Before Emma could say something Regina dash out of bed to the toilet and shut the door behind her. Emma heard the sounds and decided she didn't need a visual. She waited until she couldn't hear anything and knocked the door.
"You OK Gina that sounded horrible," Emma said not really sure what to say just waited to check on her.
"Seriously, I just threw up my stomachs contents and maybe my lungs," Regina said a soft tired laugh came through the door. Emma knew her cracking jokes was probably a good sign but she never knew with Regina.
"Do you need anything, clothes, water, your tablets?" Emma asked she'd never had to look after more than one person before and she was starting to wonder if she could handle both Henry and Regina being home ill by herself, she may have to bring in reinforcements. For now, she would try her best and hope it is enough. Regina opened the door slowly. Her face was bright red and she looked like she was going to faint.
"Yes, yes and yes. I feel worse this morning, how? I felt better last night." Regina said a little annoyed she was still ill.
"That's the miracles of modern day medicine, it tricks you into thinking it isn't as bad as it actually is. I think maybe we should call Dr. Whale, just to make sure." Emma said very anxious about how unwell Regina was.
"Maybe you are right most people build up a sort of immunity after a few colds but I've never had one, my antibodies don't know how to deal with it yet," Regina admitted. She wasn't happy she had to see a doctor but it was probably for the best.
"Yes, and well, Henry is ill also. He spent this morning throwing up too and I kept him home. He is in his bed at the moment." Emma confessed knowing that Regina wouldn't like that she couldn't nurse her son.
"Poor boy, I was hoping that wouldn't happen, he only just got over his cold" Regina said a little upset with herself that she made Henry ill.
"It's OK Regina, Kids get sick it happens. I'll look after the both of you. I'm just going to go get you some crackers. It's best to have at least that in your stomach. Trust me it's better that way." Emma said. She hadn't personally had a sickness bug in ages. The last one she remembered was when she was a teenager.
" Could you bring me some ginger tea also, it helped a lot yesterday," Regina said hoping it would do it's trick again because her stomach muscles were starting to hurt.
" Yes of course, but first I'll bring you some comfy clothes and get you back to bed. Where do you keep them" Emma asked, not really accustomed to where Regina kept things in her bedroom.
" In the top drawer in the left corner." Regina's groaned as she lay down on the cold tile remembering how nice it felt last night. This time her clothes were thinner so it helped to cool her down more. Emma brought clothes over and lay them on Regina who was still lay down.
" Give me a minute," Regina asked her head was spinning and she still wasn't convinced it was safe to leave the bathroom.
"Sure thing. I'll go make your tea and Henry as well. I'll fetch you some crackers." Emma said she left Regina on the floor of the bathroom because she saw the relief on Regina's face when the cool tile had hit her back. She made her way downstairs and made them all drinks ginger tea for Regina and Henry and a coffee for herself. She grabbed the crackers and a Poptart for herself because she hadn't eaten yet and some medicine for Henry which Regina had plenty of. She made her way back upstairs. When she entered Regina's room she saw that Henry had come in to snuggle up to his Mom. It was kind of adorable to see the two of them that way. They both were awake but they weren't talking. Henry had gotten back into his PJ's and Regina was taking her medicine.
" Hey kid feel any better?" Emma said as she gave them their drink.
" Thank's Mom. Not really My stomach doesn't feel as bad but I don't want to move again for a while." Henry said clearly more affected by his walk to Regina's bedroom than he had expected. His face was as white as a sheet and Emma was becoming a little concerned.
" Ok, I'm going to call the Doctor to see the two of you. He might know how to make this a bit easier." Emma said she took her phone out and went into the hallway to talk.
" Hey it's Emma I was just wondering if you could send Dr. Whale over to see Regina and Henry they caught the flu or something but I think someone needs to come over to check on Regina. She's never been ill before and I don't know how bad it is." Emma said. She knew Regina was alright at the moment but she had a high temperature and that could go bad fast. Emma wasn't prepared for that. When Whale had told her he was on his way she went back into Regina's room. Henry was showing Regina how to play Mario Kart. She looked funny, she was holding the DS like it was a magical object. Unsure of what to do. Henry demonstrated how to play and after a while, she got the hang of actually got pretty good at it to Emma's surprise.
Half an hour later the doctor knocked the door. It wasn't a surprise to find Mary Margret and David at the door also. Mary Margaret was carrying soup. She handed the warm Tupperware box full of fresh tomato soup to Emma.
"This is for Regina and Henry but there is plenty in case you want some. David and I wanted to visit in case you needed anything and to see if you guys were ok" Snow said as she and David walked in. Behind them was Dr. Whale. He was holding his bag which contained the equipment. Emma walked Dr. Whale upstairs and left Mary Margret to sort the soup out.
" how often have they been sick?" Dr. Whale asked as they walked into the room.
" Regina was sick last night before I came and this morning and Henry was sick just before we were going to head to school," Emma told him. He nodded.
" How is their temperature?" He asked.
" Regina's must be high, I don't think Henry's is as bad. His body knows how to deal with it better. Regina I think must have a fever because she has been sweating a lot on and off all night. I gave them crackers and Ginger tea to settle the sickness but I'm at a loss with the rest" Emma admitted. The doctor nodded and went into the room. Emma left him to it and went downstairs to see her parents.
" Hey sorry I didn't call you guys I completely forgot. Regina called late last night and well I said I'd look after her. She is family after all" Emma said sighing as she sat down. She was tired from the night before she hadn't gotten to sleep until three in the morning and had to be up at eight to get Henry up. Although it wouldn't usually affect her, Her late night had gotten to her.
" Honey you need to sleep before your no use to them. We don't want you passing out from exhortation." Mary Margret advised when saw how Emma could barely keep her eyes open. " Your Father and I hold down the fort for now."
" Ok, your right I need sleep I'm so tired I could sleep right here," Emma said her eyes beginning to get heavy, she let out a yawn.
"Come on to bed with you. I'll go take the soup up when Dr whale is done and any information he gives me I'll tell you when you are awake." Mary Margret said. Emma nodded and hugged her mom grateful for her help. She shuffled to the spare room where as soon as her head hit the pillow she fell asleep.
Regina lay still as the doctor examined her. He checked them over for what to Regina seemed like forever. She was towards the end holding back from telling him
"Regin your fever isn't extremely high but I want you to make sure you look after yourself and tell Emma if you feel faint, dizzy or like it's becoming too much. It's important you keep her updated in case it gets worse. Henry, you should be ok I think it's just a sickness bug." reported back to them at the end of the check.
" Ok, Thank you, Doctor. Emma is doing great so far. I'll think everything will be ok." Regina said.
" Sure, ok Bye Regina, rest and drink plenty fluid's" He advised before he left the room. By this point, Henry had fallen asleep with his head on Regina's shoulder. Regina felt her eyes closing slowly only to be awakened by Snow bringing them soup. Although she was grateful she was a little pissed she couldn't get another hour of sleep.
" Snow what a surprise you are here," Regina said confused as to why Snow would bring her soup. She expected some for Henry but never has Snow offered to help her like this before. Regina was slowly beginning to feel a part of a loving, caring family and that made her feel like she belonged there and also made her feel warm inside knowing finally she had people around her who knew who she really was.
