A/N : Daddy!Charming Feels!

Chapter 6

"Come on Em, get you in a bed." Emma's father told her.

Emma just tiredly nodded her head, and her father led her into his and Snow's bed, while Snow went to the bathroom for some tylenol and the thermometer.

Once Emma was lying in bed, she realized it wasn't her bedroom. "This isn't my room." She told him. "My room's upstairs, remember?" She semi-joked. He chuckled and tucked her into his bed. "Are you seriously tucking me in?" She asked him.

"Yes Em, I am seriously tucking you in."

Emma smiled. "I'd hate to rain on your parade dad, but don't I need to sit up?" He gave her a questioning look. "Mom's probably gonna bring down tylenol. Even though I'm completely fine." She added.

David stopped what he was doing and smiled. "You aren't fine Emma, you're burning up."

She pushed herself into sitting position, then her mother came in. "Sweetie, I got you some tylenol, but let me take your temperature first."

"Mom. I'm 15. I can take my own temperature." She told her mother. Snow chuckled and handed her daughter the thermometer. Emma took her temperature, but when it beeped, her mother took it before she could see it. "Hey!"

Her mother looked at the number on the thermometer and sighed. "Here sweetie, take this." She said, handing Emma 2 pills and a glass of water. Emma obliged. "Okay, now lay down."

"What'd it say?" She asked her mom. "It can't be that high, I feel fine."

Her mother sighed. "Maybe if you'd listen and lay down, I'd tell you." Emma rolled her eyes, but obliged. "It's high. 101.4." Emma groaned, causing a coughing fit, which lead to her not being able to breath. Her mother noticed and grabbed her inhaler. "Here you go sweetie. I've got you."

Emma lied her head back down. "Maybe I'm not so fine." She admitted and dozed off.

The married couple left the room. "Maybe I can take Henry to spend the day with Roland. I'll admit that I don't like the fact that Robin is seeing Regina, but-"

"It's okay David. I think it's a good idea. I don't want him to get sick too. I think I'll take him though. Regina will probably be there and I need to say something to her." David raised an eyebrow at his wife. "I think she's really changed this time. She keeps trying to apologize, but I wouldn't hear it. I think I'm ready to forgive her."

David nodded and went in the living room to talk to Henry. "Hey bud."

"Hey dad. Is Emma okay?" He asked, looking up from his gameboy.

"Your sister's gonna be fine. How about mom takes you over to Roland's house." Henry shook his head, ready to protest. "Henry, we just don't want you to get sick too."

"Fine." He relented. "But you have to tell me if she gets worse."

David nodded. "I'll call Robin with any updates and he'll tell you, alright?"

Henry nodded. "Okay."

"Go pack an overnight bag. Don't forget your toothbrush." Henry nodded and did as he was told.

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David was sitting on the bed next to his sick daughter when he heard her whimpers, following a coughing attack. "Dad." She whimpered. "My throat hurts."

"Okay kiddo. I'll go get some water." David quickly got up and got some water from the kitchen. He came back and found that Emma had already fallen back to sleep. "Em, sit up and drink some water. Okay princess?"

Emma opened her eyes. "Why do you insist on calling me that?" She asked with a scratchy throat.

He smiled at her and began to help her drink her water. "There you go."

When she finished, she scooted closer to her dad and snuggled up to him. "I'm cold dad, but I'm sweating."

David put his arm around her in attempt to warm her a bit. "I know. It's your body trying to fight off the fever. That's a good thing."

"Easy for you to say." She retorted, causing her father to chuckle. "Are you the only one here?"

He nodded. "Your mom took Henry to spend the day with Roland. She should be back-" He was cut off by the sound of the door opening and closing. "Now." He finished.

"Good. You're awake." Her mother said after entering the bedroom. She walked over to Emma and felt her glands. Emma just eyed her mother curiously. "There a little swollen, I think. I'll make an appointment."

"Appointment for what? It's just a cold mom."

"I ran into doc on my way home. I told him you were sick and your symptoms and stuff. He told me if your glands feel swollen or larger than mine, you might have strep." Snow explained to her daughter.

Emma nodded and Snow left the room and made a call to the doctor. "Well… can you or mom call Bae? I may have gotten him sick as well."

"How?"

"I… coughed on him. Yeah, we were hiding from the workers at the group home and we were close together and I coughed on him." She lied, not wanting to tell her father about her first kiss.

Her mother walked in with a smile on her face. "You have an appointment in 2 hours."

Emma's eyes widened in shock. "How did you manage that?"

"I played the 'my daughters the savior' card. You know, she saved your lives and you can't even bother to get her an appointment." She told her daughter and husband smirking. "Plus, I was their queen." Emma laughed, but regretted it after it made her throat hurt. "You should rest we'll wake you when it's time to go."

Emma nodded and David started to leave. "Don't go." She rasped out, holding onto her father. David nodded and remained next to Emma while she slept.

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"Well Emma." Her doctor said. "It looks like you have strep throat." He looked over to her parents. "She needs rest and she needs to take these twice a day." He handed Snow a bottle of pills. "They're antibiotics. She needs to take one in the morning and one at night."

"Thank you doctor." David said. He turned to Emma. "Let's get you out of here and into a bed."

Short chapter, I know. Apologies.

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