Regina had the cold to end all colds. It had started as just a simple scratchy throat, and had slowly turned into a stuffy nose and nonstop coughing.

Emma had tried to get her to take medicine, but Regina claimed that taking anything would just slow the healing process down. After all, people in the Enchanted Forest never took medications for something so simple.

The one thing Emma had convinced Regina to do was stay home and rest. The only reason Regina agreed was because she was too tired to do anything else, much less go to work.

Henry and Emma had reluctantly left her alone, making sure she was completely comfortable and had enough movies to watch. Regina didn't tell them that she would most likely be sleeping the whole day anyway, but just went with their wishes.

After a couple hours of sleeping, Regina woke up feeling fully rested and better than she had the past couple days when the cold had first hit. She coughed and sat up, careful to move slowly. Sitting up too fast would result in a coughing fit.

Once she was up and resituated, Regina turned on the TV and settled in for whatever movie Emma had put in before she had left for work. As the opening credits started to play, Regina smiled. Emma knew that her comfort movie was "Toy Story".

Regina had no idea why she turned to this movie whenever she was sick, but she had discovered it when Henry was little. She hadn't known anything about movies in the outside world, or even what movies were, and was pleasantly surprised with this one.

The first time Regina was sick, Emma had arrived home just as the movie was ending. Regina expected to be teased about it, but Emma just joined her in bed and watched the end before putting in the next one. Since then, Emma had made sure the movies were readily available.

About half way through the movie, Regina's eyelids began to droop. She didn't even try to fight it, and quickly fell back asleep.

Emma walked into the mansion and smiled at the sound of a movie playing upstairs. If a movie was playing, that meant Regina was starting to feel better, which was the goal.

She climbed the stairs and opened the door to their bedroom, smiling at the sight of "Toy Story" playing on the TV. She prided herself in how well she knew Regina.

Emma looked over to the bed and chuckled at seeing Regina sleeping. She had clearly tried to stay awake for the movie, she was sitting up, but had given into how tired she was and fallen asleep.

Backing out of the room as quietly as possible, Emma snuck back downstairs and into the kitchen. No matter how much crap Regina gave her, she really could cook. Or at least make some chicken noodle soup.

She had been in a foster home once that had loved cooking. Granted, the mother was mainly the one that did it, but every once in awhile the foster kids got to help make dinner. One day when Emma was sick, the mother had made chicken noodle soup for lunch. Emma had loved it, and demanded to know how to make it.

Emma got together all of her ingredients and began cooking. If there was any cure to a cold, it was chicken noodle soup. With a little love thrown in of course.

Regina woke up just as the movie was ending. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the TV in disappointment. She had wanted to actually watch the movie, not fall asleep during it.

The door opened slowly, and Emma stuck her head in. Her face lit up at seeing Regina awake. "Hey there."

"Hi," Regina said, yawning. "What are you doing home?"

Emma entered the room holding a tray. "Thought that you could use some cold remedy."

"I said no medicine," Regina protested.

"It's not medicine," Emma said, setting down the tray on Regina's lap. "It's called soup, which will help you feel at least a little better."

"What's in it?" Regina asked.

"Chicken, noodles, some carrots and celery," Emma said. "And of course, a lot of love. Told you I could cook."

"Soup is a very good step in the right direction," Regina teased, picking up her spoon. "Thank you for the extra love thrown in here."

"Anytime," Emma said, walking over to the DVD player. "Now then, let's get a different movie playing."

Regina ate her soup as Emma put in the movie and joined her on the bed. The opening of "Toy Story 2" started, and Regina couldn't help but smile. Suddenly her cold didn't seem so bad.