So today is my last day of uni for a while, though I will be spending at least 7 hours a day studying and I'm sure towards the end of April I will be forgetting what sleep is, but for now, while I have a little time between deadlines, I figured I'd update a few times.
February 28th/March 1st 2017
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.
"Ginaaaaaaa" Emma croaked, raising her voice enough to Regina could hear her, before wincing at the pain. She was curled up in the guest bedroom back at the mansion after Regina and Snow had confirmed Emma was suffering from the flu. She'd moved from her parents the previous day as to avoid infecting her little brother, and Henry had been banished there for a few days so he didn't catch it. She was about to call out again when Regina walked in, carrying a glass of orange juice, a cold compress and some flu medication.
Emma smiled despite how she was feeling, not used to seeing her walk around in sweats, make-up free, with her hair in a messy pony. Regina smiled as she did and sat down on the bed beside the blonde, stroking the hair from her face as she switched the compress on her head. She held the juice as Emma took the pills and checked her temperature.
She frowned at the high reading, rearranging the duvet as Emma started to doze. When she thought she was asleep she stood, but could not go further as Emma grabbed her wrist. "Stay with me Gina…" The mayor merely nodded and put the glass on the side, sitting next to Emma, leaning against the headboard of the bed. Emma moved to lean against her thighs and closed her eyes again.
"Thanks… for looking after me." She was asleep before she heard Regina's reply.
"Always."
