Mary-Margaret, David and Regina were now all sat at the table eating their dinner. Regina was telling David all about her day at the diner with Granny and Ruby and David acting excited and everything in all the right places which made Regina very happy.
"It was so much fun daddy. I thinks Robin is my best friend." Regina said happily.
"Oh really?" David asked. He then looked at Mary-Margaret. "I think we need to meet this Robin." David said in an over protective father mode.
Mary-Margaret laughed a little. "They are both toddlers David you have nothing to worry about." Mary-Margaret then turned to Regina. "What about Rose, Regina? I thought she was your best friend."
"She is. But I haves two best friends." Regina declared.
Mary-Margaret nodded. She knew she had to let David know about what had happened with Regina and her time out before he had gotten home and she hated to turn the conversation sour but Regina had to know what she had done was wrong and that her parents were together on the whole thing. "Regina I think we should let daddy know about what happened earlier when we came home, don't you?"
Regina looked up at that and bit her lip, shaking her head a little. She didn't want to tell her daddy what had happened. She didn't want her daddy to be angry with her. "No mommy." Regina whined a little. "I no want to tell daddy."
"Tell me what?" David asked taking a bite of his dinner and looking from Mary-Margaret and Regina.
"Regina do you want to tell daddy or shall I tell him?" Mary-Margaret asked giving Regina the choice.
Regina huffed a little at her choices. She didn't like any of them. Neither of them were what she wanted. She looked down at her dinner trying to decide what would be best. "I was silly daddy." She mumbled still looking down at her dinner, her lip pouted and a sad look on her face.
"Oh dear. What happened?" David asked.
Regina looked up, looking from Mary-Margaret and David. "I not listen to mommy." She mumbled again and looked back down at her dinner.
David looked at Mary-Margaret for a bit more information. "Regina didn't listen to me earlier when I told her she couldn't have sweets before dinner. So we had to go in time out, didn't we Regina?" Regina just nodded her head, her sad face making David wince a little as all he wanted to do was go over and hug the little girl. She had him wrapped around her little finger already and he knew it.
"Yes. But I says sorry." Regina said quickly trying to redeem herself in her daddy's eyes. "And I then help mommy make dinner cause I was sorry."
David then cleared his throat knowing Mary-Margaret expected him to show Regina that they were a united force in this and he wanted to show that to Regina as well, even if her cute little face did sometimes make him falter. "Well Regina I am very disappointed to hear that you didn't listen to mommy earlier." He started and Regina dropped her head, her lip wobbling a little and he was sure he could see a glistening of tears in her eyes which made him a little weak but when he looked at Mary-Margaret she gave him a look to continue. So he took a breath and continued. "We should always listen to mommy, shouldn't we Regina?"
"Yes daddy." Regina replied quietly not looking up at him. "I says sorry to mommy."
"I know you did Regina and I am very happy that you did your time out like a big girl and said sorry to mommy for your silly behaviour. Now I think from now on we will listen to mommy when she says no, won't we?" David said bringing Regina's face up to look at him gently with two fingers under her chin. He could see she indeed had tears in her eyes and her lip was pouted.
"I will daddy. I promise." Regina replied.
"Good girl." David said giving her a soft smile to show her he wasn't angry. A smile that she soon returned. "Now are you finished Regina?" He asked motioning to her plate. He looked at it to see she had not finished her food and in fact had barely eaten half of the dinner. He noted that he had never noticed quite how little Regina had eaten before now.
"Yes daddy. I'm finished." Regina said pushing her plate away a little.
David looked round to Mary-Margaret and mouth 'ice cream' to her but she shook her head and he knew why she didn't want Regina to have it, her earlier behaviour. He was more upset because he really wanted it but he guessed he could wait until Regina was in bed before he had some. "Okay, I'll go do the dishes then." He said standing up and beginning to clear the table.
"Mommy?" Regina asked as she slipped off the chair and walked over to Mary-Margaret.
"Yes Regina?"
"Can I watch some TV please?" Regina asked, giving Mary-Margaret one of the sweetest looks she was sure she had ever seen.
"Of course sweetie." Mary-Margaret replied. Regina ran off and Mary-Margaret went through to the kitchen to help David with the dishes
It was half past eleven and Mary-Margaret and David had enjoyed the bit of quiet time they had managed to get before they both decided they wanted to go to bed. Mary-Margaret pulled on her pyjama top and let a big smile fall onto her face as David wrapped his arms around her from behind. He began to kiss up her neck and she rested into him, enjoying being in his arms.
"You know I was thinking…" David started to say in between kisses. "We haven't…you know…since everything that has happened…"
"Mmmm." Mary-Margaret mumbled.
"What would you say to fooling around?" He asked making Mary-Margaret laugh a little.
She turned round in his arms and wound her arms round his shoulders and crashed her lips onto his. She ran her tongue along his bottom lip asking for entrance that he gladly granted her and their tongues danced together as the kiss grew more and more heated as time went on. David began to push Mary-Margaret backwards slightly and their hands began to fumble over one another. She felt her legs hit the bed and just as they were about to fall onto the bed they heard a little voice behind them making them jump apart.
"Mommy, daddy I no feel well." Regina said sadly and tiredly as she rubbed her eyes.
"Oh princess what's wrong?" David asked as he pulled away from Mary-Margaret and walked over to Regina. Regina opened her mouth to answer but started coughing. Mary-Margaret and David winced as the cough sounded very dry and quite sore on the child's throat. David turned to Mary-Margaret. "Did she have that cough earlier?"
"I noticed she was coughing a little earlier and had a bit of a runny nose but put it down to just a common cold that most children get." Mary-Margaret shrugged and walked over to them. She crouched down to take a look at Regina. She could see that Regina seemed to have a drowsy, ill look about her. Her eyes were watering, her nose running. She was still coughing . Mary-Margaret pressed her hand to Regina's head and could feel that she definitely had a fever. "I think we should take her temperature. She feels a little too hot." Mary-Margaret was about to stand up and leave when she felt little hands grab onto her.
"No mommy stay." Regina cried holding onto Mary-Margaret tightly.
"Sweetie I'm just going to get the thermometer. I will be right back." Mary-Margaret said.
"No mommy. Want you here." Regina cried again and continued to hold onto her.
"I'll go get it." David said standing up. "You take her over to the bed."
Mary-Margaret nodded and David quickly left the room to get the thermometer. Mary-Margaret picked Regina up and she carried her over to the bed. She sat down and leaned against the head board and let Regina cuddle into her. David soon came back and her sat down beside Mary-Margaret and Regina. He checked Regina's temperature and showed it to Mary-Margaret who gasped as she saw how high it was.
"David that is much too high." She said worry showing on her face.
"Do we have any medicine that would help to bring her temperature down a little?" he asked.
"I'm not sure. There might be some in the bathroom cupboard where the thermometer was." Mary-Margaret replied. David nodded and hurried out the room to go and look. Mary-Margaret held onto Regina and she ran her fingers through her hair trying to sooth the sick child. Regina started coughing again and Mary-Margaret rubbed her back.
"Mommy it hurt. Don't like it." Regina cried cuddling back into Mary-Margaret.
"Oh sweetie I know. Mommy's here. I will help you." Mary-Margaret said soothingly.
David came back, medicine in hand as well as some water just in case Regina did not like the taste of the medicine which was more than likely. "Okay princess I have something that will make you feel much better." He said as he sat down on the bed beside them again. He placed the water on the bedside table and then opened the medicine bottle and poured some onto a spoon.
Mary-Margaret sat Regina up. Regina looked down at the spoon not liking the look of what was on it. "Look yucky." She said turning away.
"Regina come on. This will make you feel much better." Mary-Margaret said. "You don't want to stay feeling like this do you?" Regina looked up at Mary-Margaret and shook her head. "Okay then. So you be a big girl for mommy and daddy and take this medicine."
"Okay." Regina sighed. She opened her mouth and David poured the medicine off the spoon and into her mouth. Regina screwed her face up a little at the horrible taste and shook her head. "Yucky!" She whined a little. David gave her the water and she took a few sips before giving it back to him to put back on the bed side table. "I sleep here mommy." Regina said.
Mary-Margaret looked over at David and mouthed 'rain check' both knowing their romantic moment was over now with a sick child in their bed.
It was the next morning and Mary-Margaret, David and Regina were all tired from the lack of sleep they had all had that night. Regina had struggled to sleep with coughing quite a lot throughout the night. While Mary-Margaret and David struggled to sleep more just because they were worried about the little girl. They had checked her temperature periodically throughout the night and as the medicine began to wear off they saw that Regina's temperature began to rise again.
So they had given Regina some more medicine and had decided that if once this medicine had wore off and Regina's temperature was high again they would take her into the hospital to see a doctor. For now Regina was cuddled up on the sofa with Mary-Margaret. The girl had not wanted to leave her side the whole time, even refusing to go to David which was unusual. So David went off to work while Mary-Margaret stayed at home to look after Regina.
"Mommy…" Regina mumbled moving a little on the sofa beside Mary-Margaret.
"Yes sweetie?" She asked.
"I sore." Regina whined looking up at her.
"Where are you sore sweetie?" Mary-Margaret asked.
"All over." Regina said beginning to cry a little.
"Oh sweetheart." Mary-Margaret cooed and pulled Regina closer to her to give her more of a cuddle. "I know you feel horrible and achy but that is just because you body is trying to fight the horrible illness." She tried to explain although she realised a three year old Regina would probably not understand this.
"Don't like it mommy."
"I know sweetheart." Mary-Margaret replied. "Now I think maybe we should take you upstairs and you can have a nap in bed, what do you think?"
"I stay with you mommy." Regina said clinging onto Mary-Margaret.
"Regina if you go for a nap it might make you feel a lot better. Sleep is the best thing when you are not well. I will still be here when you wake up. I promise." Mary-Margaret said stroking Regina's cheek soothingly. She stood up from the sofa carrying Regina on her hip. "Now you have magic there, she will make sure to look after you while you are in bed okay?" Mary-Margaret said while walking out of the living room and making her way upstairs towards Regina's bedroom.
"Okay mommy." Regina replied too tired to put up any kind of fight with her mommy today. She rested her head on Mary-Margaret's shoulder as they went upstairs.
They went into Regina's bedroom and Mary-Margaret lay Regina down on her bed gently and pulled the covers over her. She pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead and brushed some of her hair out of her face. "I will be just down stairs okay? I will come and check on you soon."
"Okay mommy." Regina said as she turned onto her side and cuddled into magic and closing her eyes. Within minutes she was fast asleep.
Mary-Margaret went back downstairs and she decided to try and tidy up a little now Regina was sleeping. It didn't take her long to do so and she made herself a little snack, a sandwich and some tea. She sat down on the sofa, watching a little TV while she ate her sandwich and drank her tea. After she had finished and cleaned up her dishes she decided to go up and check on Regina.
As she entered the room she saw that Regina was still sleeping. As she looked down at the little girl she sighed a little as she really didn't look well at all. She walked over to the side of the bed and sat down on the edge of it gently being as careful as she could to not wake the sleeping child. She then gently placed a hand on Regina's forehead and could feel that Regina had her fever back. She picked up the thermometer that was on the bedside table and took Regina's temperature and gasped as she saw it was much higher than it had been. Now she was really beginning to worry. She knew no amount of medicine was going to fix this fever so she decided it was now time to get Regina to the doctor before she got any worse.
She quickly left the room and went into her and David's room. She pulled on whatever clothes came to hand not even bothering to see if they went together or not. She then went back through to Regina's room and she pulled the covers off of the little girl and lifted her up in her arms. Regina just clung onto Mary-Margaret but did not seem to wake up. Mary-Margaret carried Regina out of the room and downstairs. She switched everything off, grabbed her bag and her keys and made her way out of the house and to the car, thankful that today Emma picked David up rather than him driving into town. She opened the car and placed Regina in her seat, buckling her up before running round to the drivers side and getting in.
She drove carefully but as quickly as she could to the hospital. Parking up wherever she could find a spot she got out and ran to Regina's side of the car. Unbuckling her she gently pulled her out of the seat and carried her over to the hospital a look of worry and slight panic on her face, not sure what she could do for her sick little girl. She burst into the hospital and was thankful to see Dr Whale stood at the reception desk.
"Dr Whale, please I need your help. It's Regina there is something wrong with her." Mary-Margaret said all in a panic and a fluster.
Dr Whale turned round to face the woman who was carrying the small child in her arms. "Mary-Margaret? What is wrong?" He asked.
"I don't know. Regina got up late last night complaining that she wasn't feeling well. She has had quite a high temperature but we gave her a couple of doses of medicine and that seemed to help. But when I went to check on her this afternoon while she was napping she felt really warm and I took her temperature and it is much higher than it has been." Mary-Margaret explained.
"Okay what have her symptoms been?" Dr Whale asked while motioning for Mary-Margaret to follow him with the child as he began to walk down one of the corridors.
"She has had quite a nasty sort of dry cough, a runny nose, I guess cold or flu like symptoms. She has been complaining that she aches all over and well she has had a fever." Mary-Margaret explained.
Dr Whale nodded and he stepped to the side and held the door of a room open and motioned for Mary-Margaret to go in. She entered the room and he followed. "Put her down on the bed and I will have a look." Mary-Margaret did so and watched as Dr Whale began to look Regina over. He looked behind Regina's ears and then over her head, neck and then the rest of her. "Okay I think I have an idea of what is wrong with Regina."
"What is it?" Mary-Margaret asked worriedly
"I think Regina may have measles." Dr Whale said. He then tilted Regina's head a little. "You see the rash here behind her ear?" He said showing Mary-Margaret. "She also as a rash on some of her body. My guess is the rash is only just starting to develop on her."
"Measles? Is this dangerous to her? Is she going to be okay?"
"Regina will be just fine with plenty of rest and fluids. There is not really anything I can give her for this. I will give her something for the high temperature just now. That should help that settle. Just keep using the medicine you have at home for the fever, make sure she gets plenty rest and drinks plenty of water and she should recover in around four days or so." Dr Whale explained. "Now measles are very infectious have you and David both had measles?"
"I have, I had them when I was a child. I'm not sure about David." Mary-Margaret said.
"Well I would suggest you check with him and if he hasn't I would keep an eye on him as it is more than likely he would catch them from Regina if he hasn't. As well as anyone who comes into contact with her and who hasn't had them. I suggest you take her home and make sure you limit the amount of people that come into the home until she is feeling better." Mary-Margaret nodded. "Now why don't I get something for Regina's fever and you contact David?"
"Okay. Thank you Dr Whale." Mary-Margaret said. She took one last look at Regina before she stepped out of the room and went to phone David. David of course was extremely worried when she told him she was at the hospital with Regina but once she explained everything he was still worried but a little more relieved that he first had been. He told Mary-Margaret that he had indeed had measles so he was clear to be around Regina and Mary-Margaret asked him to check with Emma and Henry to see if they had had measles just in case Regina had passed it onto them. Once she had finished she went back to the room Regina was in.
Dr Whale gave her a little smile. "I have given her something for the fever. The fever should go down now. I suggest you get her home and back into bed. Try and get plenty of fluids into her and although her appetite will be lacking try and get her to eat something."
"Her appetite lacking? She barely has an appetite at the best of times." Mary-Margaret joked. Dr whale laughed a little. "But I will try. Thank you Dr Whale."
"That's alright Mary-Margaret. Come and see me if there are any more problems." He said before leaving the room.
Mary-Margaret went over to Regina and she gently lifted her up and carried her out of the hospital. As she got outside she smiled a little as she saw David stood leaning against the car. She walked over to him and placed a soft kiss on his lips. "What are you doing here?"
"Emma told me and to quote her 'get your ass home to them and tell Regina I say get well soon'" David said making Mary-Margaret laugh.
"That sounds like Emma." She said as she opened the car and placed Regina in her seat and buckled her in.
"What did Dr Whale say?" David asked as he got into the car with Mary-Margaret, this time he was driving.
"Just that she should be fine and should be over the worst in around four days time. She is to get plenty of rest and plenty of fluids and although her appetite may be lacking we have to try and get her to eat something…"
"Appetite lacking? She barely has an appetite anyway." David said.
"That's exactly what I said to him." Mary-Margaret said laughing a little. "He gave her something for the high fever and then said just to keep using the medicine at home if her fever returns and if we have any problems to get in contact with him." Mary-Margaret finished.
David nodded. He then glanced in the widescreen mirror to see Regina was still fast asleep. "I don't think we will have any fight getting her to rest and sleep."
Mary-Margaret glanced behind her and then let out a little sigh. "No I don't think we will. That's what I don't like. That just tells you how ill she feels."
David moved a hand to her knee and gave it a comforting squeeze and gave her a little smile. "Don't worry she will be fine. In a few days she will be up and about, running around and causing all sorts of chaos again. You wait and see."
"Yes your right." Mary-Margaret laughed.
Soon they were back home and David carried Regina upstairs and laid her back in bed and she didn't even stir. He and Mary-Margaret enjoyed some time to themselves downstairs on the sofa and every so often would go up and check on Regina just to make sure her fever was still down and everything. After a while Regina woke up and although ill managed to shout for them to come upstairs. They made her drink some water and offered to make her a snack but she refused and they decided not to push her on the food right at this moment. They read her a story and soon she was back to sleep and they were back downstairs, cuddling on the sofa and watching whatever was on TV.
A week had passed and Regina was beginning to feel a lot more like her old self. Her energy was back and she was not as quiet as she had been over the past week which Mary-Margaret and David both couldn't help but feel relieved at. They were so happy to have the loud, energetic Regina back. They had taken Regina to the hospital for a follow up appointment with Dr Whale just to make sure everything was okay and Dr Whale was more than happy with how the measles had cleared up.
So now Regina was in the bath after having been out at the park. During her time at the park she had decided to fall in all the muddy puddles that could be found, roll in any muddy patch there was and well just get herself caked in mud. So as soon as they had gotten home Mary-Margaret had stripped her off and put her in the bath, not wanting the whole house to get as mucky as Regina had gotten. Regina was sat in the bath, her dolls surrounding her and as Mary-Margaret walked past the bathroom she couldn't help but smile because for the first time in nearly over a week she could hear Regina singing. That definitely showed her that Regina was much better.
"Row row row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily merrily merrily merrily, Life is but a dream." Regina sang and Mary-Margaret leaned against the doorframe smiling as she listened. "Rock rock rock your boat faster down the stream. If you see a crocodile don't forget to scream. AHHHH!"
Mary-Margaret laughed and then walked into the bathroom clapping her hands making Regina look round and smile. "That was some lovely singing Regina."
"Thanks you mommy." Regina smiled sweetly. "You know more?" Regina asked sitting up in the bath a little more and facing Mary-Margaret.
Mary-Margaret nodded her head and she sat down at the side of the bath. She picked up Regina's shampoo and poured some into her hands. She then began to rub it into her hair and then teach Regina the other verses to the song that she knew. "Now let me see…there is… row row row your boat gently on the shore. If you see a lion don't forget to roar…"
"RAAHHHH!" Regina shouted making Mary-Margaret laugh.
"Very good." She praised. "And there is…row row row your boat gently to and fro. Wibbily, wobbly, wibbily wobbly into the water you go. Splash!" Regina giggled. "Close your eyes sweetie." Regina did so and Mary-Margaret poured some water over her head washing out the shampoo. She then repeated with the conditioner and then sat back a little just looking at Regina for a moment. She still couldn't believe everything that had happened but she was glad to give Regina her second chance and she couldn't deny that she and David had fallen into quite a happy family life with Regina around. Even after everything she had put them through it didn't matter anymore.