A/N: Sorry about the confusion with the chapters this weekend. Apparently there were some problems with uploading chapter 6 and it wasn't available for awhile. And then I went to take it down to re-post it I ended up deleting chapter 5 by accident because 6 wasn't there so I've just re-uploaded both of them. Thank you so much to Grace de Gold for bringing it to my attention! Thank you to everyone for reading and I'd love to hear what you think!
The family had just walked through the tunnel onto the plane and were about to take their seats.
"Is there anything going up into the compartments?" David asked, pointing to the overhead space for carry-ons.
"Here honey, this can go up." Regina handed him her bag as she kept one hand clasped in their daughter's hand. She would keep her purse and Kaelyn's backpack down with them.
"I wanna sit with mommy!" Kaelyn declared. Happily swinging her arm in Regina's grasp.
"I guess I can sit with David." Henry said, very obviously feigning disappointment.
He failed to duck in time as David playfully punched him in the shoulder.
"Which spot do you two want?" Regina asked Henry and David, pointing to the two sets of seats that were for the four of them.
Henry shrugged. "We can sit behind you guys I guess. It doesn't really matter."
"Alright, Kaelyn you and I are going to sit here then. Would you like the window seat?"
Kaelyn nodded.
"Okay, so you go in first then." She prompted kindly.
Kaelyn padded carefully over to her seat and plopped down into the blue cushiony chair. She began rifling through the objects that had been left out for her; the little pillow, blanket and sleeping mask that were sealed in a plastic bag, and a few other things that were left on each seat for the passengers.
David wrapped his arm around Regina's waist as he squeezed past her.
"See you on the other side?" He said teasingly, knowing it would be difficult for them to see each other during the flight with the way the seats were set up.
Regina smiled and pressed a soft kiss to his lips. As she took her seat beside Kaelyn, David patted Henry's arm.
"I suppose you want the window seat as well?"
"Sure, unless you want it?"
"Makes no difference to me." David said with a smile.
"Thanks." Henry grinned, moving into their section first.
They all settled into their seats and waited for the rest of the passengers to get settled.
"Mommy what's that?" Kaelyn asked, fingers pressed to the little window as she looked outside.
Regina leaned over her to see. "That's everyone's luggage. Remember how we checked our suitcases in when we first got to the airport? Now they're all down there on those caets. They are just about to be loaded under the plane."
"Do you see mine?!"
Regina gave a soft laugh. "No honey it's too far away and there are way too many suitcases to tell which ones are ours."
"How do they know which plane to put them on?"
"All of the bags are labelled with tags that say which planes they belong on." Regina explained.
"Ohh."
They heard Henry's voice from behind them. "There are so many movies on here!"
David laughed as he and Henry played around with the little individual screens that were on the backs of everyone's seats.
"They have tv shows too! And maps. We'll be able to track the plane as we're flying."
Kaelyn peered at him through the crack in between her and Regina's seats. "Why would you watch tv on a plane?"
"What else am I gonna do?" Henry grinned.
"Look out the window!"
"That'll get boring."
"No it won't!"
"Trust me; take off will be cool, landing will be cool, seeing Florida for the first time will be cool, but other than that everything looks pretty much the same from up there. And you never know, there might even be too many clouds for you to even see the ground."
"We'll be in the clouds?!" Kaelyn asked, eyes wide.
"Yeaaah. What do you think a plane does? It flies. In the sky. And what's in the sky? Clouds!"
Kaelyn began tapping her mother's arm frantically. "Mommy! Mommy! We'll be in the clouds. We'll be like fairies! We'll be like Tinka-bell!"
"Yes sweetheart I suppose we will be." Regina responded with a smile.
"I'm a fairyyy I'm a fairyyy I'm a fairyyy." Kaelyn sang happily.
"Hush Kaelyn." Regina said softly, placing her hand on the little girl's arm. "We don't want to disturb the other passengers."
"Sorry mommy." Kaelyn whispered.
"It's alright sweetie."
There was a brief pause.
"...I'm a fairy I'm a fairy I'm a fairy." The three-year-old continued in a whisper.
Kaelyn turned around to peek through the seats again. "Daddy?!" She whispered loudly.
"What?" David whispered back, leaning towards her.
"I'm a fairy!" She giggled and then disappeared from view.
David shook his head and shared an amused look with Henry.
They then heard a message from the pilot that told them they were about to take off. The 'Seat-Belts On' sign lit up and clicks from the passengers around them could be heard over the noise of the plane and the chatter of its' occupants. Regina fastened her daughter's seatbelt before fastening her own.
"Here we go." She heard David say.
"We're moving!" Kaelyn said happily. She kicked her legs excitedly as she looked out the window again, watching the men guiding the plane onto the runway.
It took a while to get the plane onto the runway, but when they'd reached the long stretch of road Regina could practically feel the excitement radiating off of her daughter. She shot a glance into the seat behind her and smiled when she saw the light in Henry's eyes as well as he looked out his window. The lights around them dimmed as she relaxed into her seat. She felt her heart warm when Kaelyn grabbed her hand as the plane began to accelerate. Before they knew it, the plane's wheels had left the ground and they were steadily rising higher and higher into the air.
They had a relatively calm plane ride. Henry had been right, Kaelyn had quickly grown bored of looking out the window. She'd watched a little of a movie and then had fallen asleep against her mother's side with Bunny clutched in her arm. Later on when David had gotten up to use the bathroom he had seen that Regina too had fallen asleep, and she had her arms wrapped loosely around Kaelyn.
Soon they had arrived in Orlando. The terminal where the baggage claim was located was in a different building, and so the airport had a monorail to shuttle travellers back and forth. David held Kaelyn's hand as they boarded, making sure she made it onto the car and didn't trip on the gap between the platform and the floor of the car.
There was a bench free at the back of the train, just to the left of where they had entered. Henry sat down and pulled Kaelyn up onto his lap while their mother sat down beside them. There was room for David to sit down too but he decided to stand. There was an announcement that their shuttle would be departing momentarily.
"What's this?" Kaelyn asked.
"It's our first Disney ride." Henry joked.
"We're already there?!"
"Not quite sweetie." Regina said. "We're still at the airport. We still need to pick up our suitcases."
"Ohh." Kaelyn turned around on Henry's lap so she could look out the window behind them.
When the shuttle quickly but smoothly departed from the terminal Kaelyn began to squeal happily.
"It's like a ride!" She said.
Regina breathed a laugh, looking up at Henry as she ran a hand through Kaelyn's hair. They watched through the windows as they sped away from the building. After going by where the planes were stationed at the gates, they passed over a green space with lots of palm trees and then passed over a lake.
"Kinda beats Boston's airport doesn't it?" Henry commented.
Kaelyn was now kneeling on Henry, holding on to his shoulders to get a better view. Her knees were digging into his legs a little but he didn't ask her to move because they were almost at the next building already anyway. He just had to hold on to her a little more securely so she didn't topple down onto the floor in case they stopped quickly.
Once they had arrived in the next building they retrieved their luggage and made their way to pick up their rental car.
"So, there is more than one Disney right?" Henry asked as they made their way towards the parking garage where all of the rental companies kept their vehicles. "Isn't there like, one in California too?"
"Yep," David answered. "And there are a few other ones too, outside the States."
"So why Florida?"
"You're asking that now that we're here?" David asked incredulously, raising his eyebrows at Regina.
"I don't have a problem with Florida, I think Florida's great!" Henry said, raising his hand defensively. "But like, what made you pick Florida over L.A.?"
"Florida is a lot closer to Storybrooke Henry." Regina answered simply. "It would have taken us twice as long to get there."
"Can we go to the one in Calforna too?!" Kaelyn peeped up.
Regina laughed. "Maybe someday sweetie, but I assure you the parks are very similar."
"Okay." Kaelyn smiled.
When they'd reached the parking garage the employee there gave them a choice between two SUVs. One was a white Cadillac Escalade and the other, a black Lincoln Navigator. To no one's surprise, Henry had insisted they take the Escalade.
They loaded their luggage into the car that despite the colour, very much resembled their own. Out of habit they went to their usual seats.
"I like this car in white." Regina commented as she got into the front passenger seat. "Don't get me wrong, I love it in black too. But the white gives it a different kind of... elegance."
"We should buy a white one!" Henry suggested from the back seat.
"What?! You love our car." David looked back at him incredulously, until his expression turned more knowing. "Wait, you're just saying that because you want us to give you the one we have now aren't you?"
"No." Although Henry's voice rose to suggest otherwise.
David shook his head. "What are we gonna do with you?" He grinned.
Henry shrugged. "Was worth a try."
"Alright. Let's head out." David turned the key in the ignition and the car roared to life. "Next stop, Disney."
