Emma woke up to the sound of Regina throwing up. Again. This was the 5th day in a row that Regina had woken up feeling sick to her stomach, and Emma was starting to get worried.

The toilet flushed and Regina brushed her teeth before heading back into the bedroom. All she wanted was to curl back up and go to sleep, but Emma apparently had different plans.

"You need to see a doctor," Emma said. Regina immediately tensed. She was deathly afraid of doctors, but Emma had no idea why. But she did know that Regina needed to see someone.

"It's not that bad," Regina protested. "I probably just caught a bug and it's taking awhile to work its way out of my system."

Emma sighed. "You just don't want to go to the doctor. You know there's something off, but you refuse to go in."

"I just need some sleep, that's all. Henry had a similar bug when he was little," Regina said.

Emma narrowed her eyes. Regina looked back innocently, but Emma saw that she was terrified; and trying to hide it. Emma got up off of the bed and left the room, walking up to Henry's. Regina followed her, mainly because she was curious about what Emma was up to.

Emma knocked on Henry's door and waited for a response before opening it. Henry looked sleepily at both of his mother's. "What's going on?" he asked.

"I have a very important question for you kid," Emma said. Henry nodded. "When you had a flu bug, how long did it usually last?"

Regina froze, knowing exactly what Emma was doing. She started slowly backing up towards the door, but Emma waved her hand and the door shut and locked. Regina was trapped.

"I don't know," Henry said. "Couple days I think. Why? Is mom still throwing up?"

Regina winced. Of course Henry would notice and help out Emma's argument. But she couldn't go to the doctor. Not with that man there.

"I'm fine Henry," Regina said. "I'm sure my flu bug is just a little harder on my system than yours was."

"That's bullshit," Emma mumbled. Henry snorted as Regina hit Emma's shoulder for her language. Emma rolled her eyes.

During all of this, Regina had been using her magic to unlock the door. Feeling the door finally give, Regina pulled it open and bolted.

"Regina!" Emma said. Regina ran as fast as she could down the stairs. She had no idea how she was going to escape, but she needed to.

Emma knew that if Regina made it to the front door, she would be gone. Concentrating on her love for Regina, Emma poofed herself to the bottom of the stairs, directly in Regina's escape route. Regina stopped before turning to run back upstairs. Henry stood at the top of the stairs, also blocking her path.

Emma slowly started to climb the stairs, and almost called the whole thing off at the absolute look of terror in Regina's eyes. But she needed to see a doctor.

"Gina do you trust me?" Emma asked. Regina slowly nodded. "Would I ever let anyone hurt you?" Regina shook her head. "Then let me take you to a doctor." Regina shook her head again. She suddenly seemed to remember that she had magic, so she poofed herself to a place far away. Her crypt.

Emma sighed in defeat as Regina disappeared. Henry walked down the stairs to join her. "Let's get dressed," he said. Emma nodded and they both went back upstairs.

Several minutes later, both sat in the kitchen eating cereal. "Do you know why she's so scared of doctors?" Emma asked. Henry shook his head.

"I know where she went though. It's always her hiding place," Henry said. Emma nodded, immediately thinking of the dark crypt full of beating hearts. Emma knew that there was no way to make Regina go to the doctor. Not unless she somehow had no magic.

Suddenly, Emma had the best idea ever. "What happened to the magical cuff that Greg put on Regina?" she asked.

"In my room on the dresser," Henry said. "Why?"

"Think about it," Emma said as she ran up to Henry's room. "If she doesn't have magic, she can't escape!" Henry nodded. Sounded like an operation. And he loved operations.

Emma and Henry arrived at the crypt with the name Operation Doctor Visit. "You wait here," Emma told Henry. "Just in case she gets past me and runs for it. You distract her so I can sneak up on her and put the cuff on her." Henry nodded. He didn't look forward to taking away his mom's magic, but it was necessary.

Emma walked into the crypt and shuddered at the sound of all the hearts. Regina knew that it creeped Emma out and probably had done it on purpose to try and keep her out.

"Regina?" Emma called. She heard something being dropped off to the right, so she headed that way. Regina was standing in front of one of her many mirrors, focusing on her own reflection to calm down.

She was so concentrated on calming down that she didn't notice Emma sneak up behind her until it was too late. The cuff was slipped onto her wrist, and Regina spun around just as she felt the magic drain from her and into the cuff.

"Why would you do that?" Regina asked, panicking. If she didn't have magic, how was she going to escape?

"Listen to me," Emma pleaded. "You need to see a doctor. I promise I won't let anything bad happen to you. But you need to go in."

Regina shook her head and hugged her arms tightly around herself. "I can't," she said.

"Tell me why Gina," Emma said. "Please. I can't help if I don't know what's going on."

Regina was silent for several moments before taking a deep breath. "Whale. He brought Daniel back, but he was so different. It was like he had no control over his actions or his body. And Whale's a doctor. Someone that people trust to take care of them, and he created a monster. I can't go Emma. I can't. Please don't make me."

"Hey, hey, easy," Emma said. She reached out and wrapped Regina in a hug. "Take a deep breath love. I need you to trust me. I promise that not all doctors are like Whale."

Regina let out the breath that she was holding before nodding. She trusted Emma with her life. Even if it meant facing her biggest fear.

Regina couldn't stop fidgeting. "Gina, take a deep breath. I promise you're fine," Emma said. She squeezed Regina's hand reassuringly.

A knock sounded at the door before a woman stuck her head in. "Regina?" she asked. Regina just nodded. "Okay good. Didn't want to walk into the wrong room!"

Emma smiled. She already liked this woman. She felt the grip on her hand loosen and smiled even wider. Regina liked her too.

The doctor, whose name turned out to be Dr. Daley, was very nice. She did a thorough examination before finishing with a smile.

"Well I've got some great news!" she said. Emma and Regina looked at her curiously. How could Regina throwing up bring good news?

"You don't have the flu," Dr. Daley said. "However, there is an explanation as to why you're throwing up." Regina just raised an eyebrow. Emma rolled her eyes.

"You two might want to start decorating a nursery, because Regina's pregnant!" Dr. Daley said. Both Emma and Regina's jaws dropped in surprise.

True love sure did strange things.

Dr. Daley is actually the name of my eye doctor, who is the nicest person I have ever met. Review with some prompts!