I am so sorry that I have taken so long to get this chapter up to you! I know excuses excuses but I have been incredibly busy recently. I have been on holiday, down to England to see family friends and then they came up to Scotland to celebrate my birthday and have been doing things practically every day so have had zero time to write anything. But I have managed to catch up slightly and so here we have a chapter. I am going to try and sort out a regular updating system so that I can get a chapter up every week so I will try figure that out! Anyway I will stop with the chat and let you read. Let me know what you think! :-)
It was a little later on and Rumple had made his way up the stairs and towards Regina's bedroom to check how she was doing while Cora was downstairs. He walked into Regina's room to see her sat up in her bed rubbing her eyes, clutching her cuddly toy horse. "Hello princess, how are you feeling?" Rumple asked as he walked closer to Regina and knelt down by the side of her bed.
"Still yucky." Regina replied and then started coughing. Rumple quickly got Regina's bottle from her bedside table and gave it to Regina and she took a drink from it to try and ease her coughing. "Daddy make me feel better." Regina groaned a little as she handed the bottle back to Rumple.
"I wish I could princess." Rumple replied softly and he reached forward and placed a hand on Regina's forehead to check if her temperature was back. She seemed to feel okay for now but Rumple took a mental note to make sure and check later on as he was sure the medicine would soon be wearing off. "Would you like to come downstairs with me and mommy for a little while?" Rumple asked. Regina nodded her head and she held her arms out to Rumple. Rumple lifted her up and he carried Regina downstairs and walked into the living room where Cora was.
Cora looked over as they walked in. "Oh hello sweetheart." She smiled as Regina looked over at her.
"Mommy…" Regina said and held her arms out to Cora.
Rumple handed Regina over to Cora and Cora kissed the top of Regina's head. "How are you feeling darling?" Cora asked.
"Yucky." Regina mumbled as she cuddled into Cora.
"Oh my baby." Cora said softly.
"Are you hungry Regina?" Rumple asked as he sat down beside Cora.
Regina shook her head no and rested her head on Cora's shoulder. "Are you sure Regina? You haven't eaten anything since last night." Cora added in.
"Not hungry." Regina mumbled back in response.
"Okay sweetheart. Maybe we can try eat something in a little while okay? It might help you to feel better." Cora suggested and Regina just nodded her head.
"How about we watch 'Despicable me'?" Rumple said as he pushed himself off the sofa.
"Yea. Wanna watch the minions." Regina said brightening up a little at the suggestion of watching her favourite film. Rumple put the film on and he sat back down on the sofa. Regina lay in between himself and Cora, her head resting on Cora's lap and her little feet on Rumple's.
As the film went on Cora and Rumple were happy to hear Regina giggling and every so often Cora would place her hand on Regina's forehead to check if she was burning up again. Once they were half way through the film Cora decided to try again to get Regina to eat something. "Regina shall I make us some sandwiches?" Cora asked.
"Jam?" Regina asked quietly as she peered over at her mother for a second before looking back at the TV.
Cora laughed a little and she sat up and kissed the top of Regina's head. "If that's what you want baby." Cora replied. She then pushed herself off of the sofa and made her way into the kitchen to prepare the sandwiches leaving Regina and Rumple alone.
"Daddy you see Mr Gru?" Regina asked as she sat up a little and shuffled closer to Rumple so she was cuddled into him.
"I haven't seen Mr Gru in a while I'm afraid." Rumple said playing along.
"So I can't meet Mr Gru daddy?" Regina asked with a slight pout. Ever since she had received her minion she was determined she would meet Gru for real. She considered them the best of friends since he sent her a special minion.
"Maybe one day princess, but you wouldn't want to meet Mr Gru feeling ill would you?" Rumple said.
Regina shook her head and was about to speak but then started coughing. Rumple winced a little at the sore chesty sounding cough and he leaned over picking up Regina's water bottle and giving it to her encouraging her to take a sip. She did so a couple of times and eventually her coughing stopped. "It sore daddy." Regina cried a little.
"I know princess. You will feel better soon." He replied softly and he leaned down and kissed the top of her head.
Cora re-entered the room with a plate of sandwiches. She sat down on the sofa and place the plate on the table. She picked up a sandwich and handed it to Regina. "Jam for my little princess." Cora said.
"Thanks you mommy." Regina replied, coughed a little more and then dug into her sandwich. Cora and Rumple were so happy to see Regina eating something. Cora then handed a sandwich to Rumple and took one herself and they sat back and watched the rest of the film.
Once the film was finished both Rumple and Cora decided it was time to try and give Regina a bit more medicine as she was beginning to feel quite warm again and her cough didn't seem to be easing up. Of course this turned into a bit of a fight with Regina curled up on the sofa hiding her face away and pushing Rumple and Cora's hands away from her.
"Come on Regina you know that this medicine helps you. It didn't hurt you last time did it?" Cora said trying to coax Regina to take the medicine.
"Don't wanna have it!" Regina said stubbornly.
"Regina you need to have your medicine." Rumple said.
"NO!" Regina shouted but then started coughing.
Cora sighed and she looked over at Rumple giving him a questioning look. He nodded his head and Cora leaned forward and picked Regina up, holding her close to her and making sure she held her arms down so that Regina couldn't push away. Rumple then put the medicine into the syringe and he leaned forward and tried to put it into Regina's mouth but Regina struggled as best she could to get away from them.
"NO! DON'T WANT IT!" Regina cried.
"Please Regina you need to have your medicine." Cora said. Rumple reached forward and held Regina's chin firmly but not strong enough to hurt her and he put the syringe into her mouth and pushed the medicine out. He let go of Regina's chin and Cora let go of her arms and Regina pushed away from Cora. "There all done Regina. Do you want a cuddle?"
"No! No like you no more!" Regina mumbled and she pushed herself off of the sofa and ran out of the room.
"Well she is definitely better. More stubborn less clingy." Rumple said as they watched Regina leave the room.
"She doesn't like me any more…" Cora said with a sad look on her face.
"Oh Cora she didn't mean that. I bet if you went up there she would be right back in your arms wanting a cuddle. She was just annoyed that we made her have the medicine. But you can clearly see it is helping her. We didn't see that yesterday." Rumple said.
"I suppose your right." Cora sighed. "I think I will go up and see her."
Rumple nodded his head. "Yes you go, I am going to go and phone Belle."
Cora stood up from the sofa and she made her way out of the living room and up the stairs. She walked down the hall towards Regina's room and she glanced in to see Regina sat on her bed and cuddling her minion. Cora pushed the door open a little more and walked into the room and over to Regina's bed. She sat down on the bed, looking at Regina. Regina didn't move a muscle just staring at her minion. "Regina sweetie are you okay?" Cora asked softly.
Regina glanced up at Cora and then back at her minion, biting her lip. "No like medicine." Regina mumbled.
"I know my darling but you need to have your medicine so you will feel better. You already feel much better than before don't you?" Cora said. Regina slowly nodded her head. "See…the medicine is helping you."
"It yucky."
"I know it is but I promise you that it helps you." Cora said. "Mommy never lies to you does she?"
"No mommy you don't." Regina replied now looking up at Cora.
Cora gave Regina a small smile and she opened her arms to her. "Can mommy have a cuddle now?" Regina nodded and gave Cora a smile. She then shuffled over on the bed and climbed into Cora's lap and wrapped her small arms around her as best she could. Cora wrapped her arms around Regina and kissed the top of her head. "I love you baby girl."
"Love you too mommy." Regina replied.
A little later on it was just Cora and Regina as Rumple had to go back home. Cora had managed to convince Regina to have some chicken soup and Regina was really beginning to feel a lot better which Cora was very happy about. She now settled Regina in front of the TV for a little bit and went about clearing up the dishes.
The doorbell rang out through the house and Cora frowned wondering who it could be. She dried her hands and made her way out of the kitchen and towards the front door. She opened it to reveal Henry and Emma with Mary-Margaret and Neal. "Oh hello…" Cora greeted.
"Hey we heard mom was ill so I wanted to come see how she is." Henry said walking into the house.
"Oh yes she was…she is much better now. I think it was just a small cold. She is in the living room." Cora said pointing towards the living room. Henry nodded and quickly made his way towards the room.
"So is she really okay?" Emma asked as she walked into the house with Mary-Margaret following her.
"Yes she is." Cora replied closing the door. She indicated for the two women to follow her and they followed her into the kitchen. "After Rumple and I finally managed to get medicine into her that is."
"Oh she wasn't too keen?" Mary-Margaret asked.
"That is a understatement. We had to practically hold her down to get the medicine into her. It was horrible but we needed to get the medicine into her as her temperature seemed to be very high." Cora explained.
"At least you managed to get some into her." Emma said. "It's a shame a couple of your days with her have had to be spent like this."
"Yes it is but then years ago when she was ill I never went near her so I guess it was nice to look after her even if I was terrified about her being ill." Cora said. "But I think she is back on track now, on the mend."
"Well that is good. We are glad to hear that aren't we Emma?" Mary-Margaret said.
"We sure are. Henry has been champing at the bit to see her. Hasn't stopped talking about her." Emma said with a small laugh.
"I meant to phone to let him know…" Cora started.
"Don't worry about it. I get you had a lot of on your mind and Henry understands." Emma smiled, a smile which Cora returned.