Kaelyn awoke in her mother's warm embrace in the semi-dark room; most of the morning light was being blocked out by the curtains. She tried to stay still so as not to disturb her sleeping parents but it proved difficult because she was far too excited for the trip ahead of them. She wormed her way carefully out from under Regina's arm. Her mother gave a soft moan but after shifting positions she fell easily back into a deep sleep. After confirming that her father was still asleep too, Kaelyn inched her way to the foot of the bed and slid down onto the carpeted floor. She tiptoed into the hallway and headed towards her brother's room.

Pushing the door open with her fingertips, she saw that he too was still fast asleep.

Walking over to the bed, she crawled up beside him.

"Henry?" She whispered.

He didn't move a muscle.

"Henry?" She said louder.

There was still no response.

The three-year-old crawled closer to the top of the bed. "Henry!" She started tapping him.

"Mphmm. Kaelyn it's the middle of the night. Go back to bed."

"But it's morning!"

"Ughh," Henry rolled onto his other side to check the time. It was 6:50, which was later than he would normally get up for school but this morning his alarm wasn't due to go off for another forty minutes.

"Just a few more minutes..."

"Henry!"

He fell back to sleep.

Kaelyn began to pout, and after staring at him for another minute in case he woke up again, she slid off of the bed and made her way back to her parents' room. She slipped back into her previous position by her mother and waited for someone to wake up.

A few minutes later Regina's own alarm clock went off and her eyes fluttered open.

Once the alarm was turned off Regina relaxed into the pillow again, staring fondly at her daughter.

"Good morning." Regina whispered.

Kaelyn smiled in response.

"Today's the big day, are you excited?"

The three-year-old nodded happily. "Henry won't get up. He fell asleep again."

"Oh," Regina breathed out a laugh. "Don't worry sweetheart he does that to me all the time." She wrapped her arm around her daughter, not wanting to get up just yet.

David yawned as he woke up. He sleepily turned towards his wife and noticed that not only was she already awake, but was also accompanied by their three-year-old.

"There's my two favourite girls." He pushed himself into a sitting position. "Morning."

"Good morning David," Regina smiled as Kaelyn gave him a big hug. "Did you have a good sleep?"

"Pretty good actually, how about you?"

"Me too." She said warmly.

"Guess we'd better get up." David said, stretching his arms above his head. "Wouldn't want to end up running late and missing our flight."

"No definitely not." Regina agreed, reluctantly sitting up. "Come on Kaelyn let's get you ready for breakfast."

"Okay mommy."

The mayor got out of bed and lifted her little girl into her arms. Kaelyn's arms wrapped around her and the three-year-old rested her head against her mother's shoulder.

David met his wife before she reached the door to the hallway.

"Don't I get a good morning kiss?" He rested his hands delicately on her hips as she smiled up at him, eyes shining in adoration. As he leaned towards her, her lips raised to meet his in a short, but passionate kiss. Kaelyn beamed delightedly from her mother's arms, always her parents' biggest fan."

"I love you," David whispered.

"I love you too," she replied tenderly.

She smiled as her husband kissed her temple, and then kissed the top of their little girl's head.

David reluctantly let go of his wife's slender form, he knew they had limited time this morning and there was still a bit of packing to do on top of getting ready to leave.

"I'll check on Henry after my shower to make sure he's up." David said.

"Thank you." She responded. It had been getting more and more difficult to get Henry out of bed lately. He was in his first year of high school now and had almost been late for school on way too many occasions.

Around 8:00, Henry dragged his feet into the kitchen, yawning into his hand. Regina was impressed to see that he was already fully dressed and ready for the day.

"Good morning Henry," she smiled as she poured herself a cup of coffee.

"Morning," he replied sleepily.

David patted his arm as he passed him on his way into the kitchen. "Hey buddy,"

Henry gave him a small wave as he yawned again. He made his way into the dining room and slumped into one of the chairs. Kaelyn was already seated at the table and she was scribbling in a colouring book based on the Sofia the First television series.

"Hey squirt." Henry greeted.

Kaelyn remained completely focused on the picture of the young princess.

"Who's that?" Henry asked, pointing to the picture.

"Sophie." Kaelyn answered, barely glancing up at him.

"What's Sofia doing?"

Kaelyn stopped scribbling to think. Her tiny hand clutched the crayon tightly as she thought.

"Going to Disney." Kaelyn answered.

"Really?" Henry asked with a smile. "Is she coming with us then?"

Kaelyn shook her head emphatically. "Uh-uh."

"Then who's she going with?"

"She's not going."'

"So she's not going to Disney?"

Kaelyn shook her head.

Henry laughed, shaking his head in amusement.

"Who's that?" Henry pointed to the page again.

"Birdie." She answered with a smile.

"Can I help you colour the bird?"

Kaelyn hesitated, but then nodded happily.

"What colour do you want it?"

The three-year-old rolled the crayons around on the table as she debated, and then gave him the red one.

"Thanks," Henry grinned, trying not to get in her way as she messily coloured Sofia's dress yellow instead of purple.

"All done!" Kaelyn said only about thirty seconds later, even though the images were far from being complete.

"Okay," Henry laughed. "Next one then?"

She nodded.

She flipped through the pages until she came to a picture of Sofia with Cinderella.

Henry pointed to the older princess. "And that's Ariel right?" He joked.

"Nooo!" Kaelyn looked at him as if he had two heads, however.

"Is it... Rapunzel?"

"Nooo!"

"Oh I know, it's Sofia's mom isn't it?"

"Henry! She's Cinderella!" She laughed.

"Ohhh. Yeah Kae you're right, I don't know how I didn't see that." He said, ruffling her hair.

"Henryyyy!" She complained as he messed up her long, dark brown hair. She tried to look upset but instead she just looked like she was about to burst into laughter.

Regina entered the dining room and placed a pitcher of orange juice and a few boxes of cereal on the table.

"Kaelyn sweetheart can you put your colouring book away so we can have breakfast?"

"Okaay." She dropped the crayon onto the table with the others and flipped the book shut.

"Thank you," Regina said, taking the book and crayons away and heading back into the kitchen.

Henry grabbed the juice and poured himself a glass. "Want some Kaelyn?"

She nodded, watching as he poured the juice into her little pink plastic cup.

"Thank you Henry." She said, pulling the cup closer to her once he was done.

"Does anyone want toast?" David asked from the doorway.

"I'll have some." Henry responded.

"Kaelyn?" David asked.

She shook her head.

"Are you sure?"

Kaelyn nodded in response.

"Okay," David said with a smile. "Two slices Henry?"

"Thanks."

A minute later David returned, "And what would you like?" He asked Kaelyn.

She pointed at the box of Lucky Charms."Please."

"You got it," he poured her some cereal and then added some milk into the bowl.

"DADDY!" Kaelyn squealed, her eyes wide in horror.

He jumped, startled. "What?!"

"She doesn't like the marshmallows to get soggy." Henry explained.

"Oh I forgot. I'm sorry Kaelyn."

"Daddyyyy!" Kaelyn said in distress.

"Don't worry it's okay, I'll get you another one."

"I'll eat that," Henry offered, pointing at the bowl David had just poured.

"Thanks Henry."

Henry shrugged, someone had to eat the soggy marshmallows.

As Kaelyn was given a fresh bowl of dry cereal, she began to sort through the cereal bits, taking the marshmallow shapes out and putting them on a napkin beside her.

Regina sat down at the table with two plates of whole-grain toast in her hand. She passed one to Henry.

"Thanks mom," Henry said.

"You're welcome darling. Kaelyn did daddy ruin your breakfast?" She said with a smile, spreading jam onto a piece of toast.

Kaelyn nodded, brow furrowed as she concentrated on removing all traces of rainbows, hearts, moons, pots of gold, and any other source of colour from her cereal bowl.

"Aww well, mistakes happen. Daddy's just in a rush this morning."

Kaelyn nodded her understanding.

"I'm sorry!" David said again, taking the remaining seat.

"It's okay daddy."

David patted her head.

"So when do we have to leave?" Henry asked.

"In about two hours," David responded. "Are you all packed?"

"Yeah almost. I just need to pack the stuff I needed for this morning. And my phone charger and stuff."

"And I have Kaelyn's things all packed up." Regina said. "We just can't forget to leave Bunny behind."

"That would be bad." Henry agreed.

"Daddy?" Kaelyn whispered loudly.

"What?" He whispered back.

"Can I have milk now?" She asked, pushing her bowl forward a little.

"Of course you can, just a little bit right?"

She nodded, grinning as she watched him pour the milk into her bowl.

"Thank you daddy."

"You're welcome princess."

"Where's the plane?" Kaelyn asked before munching on a spoonful of cereal.

"It's in Boston." Regina answered. "It's about four hours from here."

"Boston's a city?"

"It is, but we won't really be going into the city today. The airport's just outside it."

"I never been to a city before. Henry have you?"

"Yeah, just once though."

"When?" Kaelyn asked innocently, poking at the marshmallows before choosing a rainbow.

Regina shifted in her seat uncomfortably. Henry gave her an apologetic look before responding.

"About four years ago, before you were born."

"Why were you there?"

Regina relaxed when she felt David's hand slide into hers, squeezing it gently.

"I was just there to see Emma."

"Oh." Kaelyn seemed content for a bit, but then a new question came to mind. "Why was Emma there?"

"Emma used to live in Boston Kaelyn," David answered. "But now she lives here in Storybrooke."

"Why?"

"Because Storybrooke is so much nicer." He said with a smile.

"Oh," Kaelyn beamed. "Cause mommy's the most best mayor ever!"

David laughed. "Yes that's exactly why."

Regina had been surprised by the compliment, she had a very touched smile on her face. "Thank you Kaelyn that's very sweet of you," She said, eyes shining with emotion.

"You're welcome mommy," Kaelyn said.

Henry, David and Regina had finished eating a few minutes later, but Kaelyn was still picking at her cereal and napkin of marshmallows. She was rotating between eating a spoonful of cereal and then eating two marshmallows.

The rest of the family was discussing the plans for the day as the three-year-old slid out of her chair and walked to the other side of the table where Regina was sitting.

Kaelyn began tried to climb into her mother's lap until Regina lifted her up instead. She draped her arms loosely around her daughter, gazing fondly down at her.

Kaelyn reached out across the table. "Henry?" She asked.

Henry grabbed her napkin of marshmallows and slid them over to her.

"Thank you Henryyy." She said, grabbing a half moon. "Mommy? She held it up, offering it to Regina.

"No thank you sweetheart." Her mother smiled.

Henry glanced at David and noticed the way he was smiling at Regina with such adoration. Henry was glad his mother had finally been able to find someone who made her so happy. That she had found someone who treated her so well, with such care and devotion. She really deserved someone like him.

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Regina was in her room still packing. David had already packed and brought his luggage downstairs while she was still deciding what to bring. She had thought she'd been done packing the day before but at the last minute she'd started second guessing herself.

"You all ready?" David's voice came from behind her.

Regina looked over to see him entering the room.

"Just about." She responded. "I can't decide whether or not to bring these."

David arrived at her shoulder and stared down at the pair of shoes she was holding. They were black heeled ankle boots.

"What do you need those for?"

"To wear of course."

"At Disney World?"

"Well... yes."

"Regina, don't bring the pumps."

"These aren't pumps honey, they're boots."

"Boots. It's hot in Florida. Trust me you're not gonna want to wear those."

"These aren't like winter boots. They're made for warmer weather."

"Warmer weather." He repeated. "Not hot weather. Don't bring them."

She sighed. "I don't know..."

"Just remember we can only bring so much on the plane with us."

"They'll fit perfectly in my suitcase."

"What if they get crushed in the cargo hold? The suitcases are just thrown around down there, who knows what could happen."

"Hmm..." Her brow furrowed as she debated.

He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, pulling her close. "Regina they're $700 shoes. We'll be in a theme park. You won't need those."

"Well you never know, what if one night we go out for dinner somewhere that's a bit fancier and I'll want to wear them?"

"You're already wearing a pair of heels to the airport, if you want to dress up for dinner just wear those."

"I need to have options."

"I'm gonna go start loading the car." David said, giving up. He kissed her temple and headed for the door with an amused head shake.

"Okay sweetheart." Regina said distractedly, still staring at the Jimmy Choos.

"Don't bring them." He called over his shoulder. "They'll get wrecked."

"He's probably right." She muttered to herself, putting the shoes back into their box.

A/N: Thank you for reading! Please review!