I apologise for the gap in-between these chapters. I could give you all my excuses but it is just the usual busy busy life excuses. I will try not to leave it so long next time. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
The next morning Cora was woken by someone jumping on the bed and giggling. She smiled to herself but didn't open her eyes. "Haven't I said something about little monkeys jumping on my bed?" Cora mumbled sleepily and a little giggle followed after making Cora's heart soar. Clearly Regina was feeling much better than she had been and hearing her giggling made Cora so happy.
"I'm not a monkey mommy. I your R'gina." Regina said happily and Cora opened her eyes to see Regina bounce down into a sitting position beside her on the bed. As she looked at Regina she could see that Regina really did look so much better. So much more like her cheeky self.
Cora sat up and rubbed her eyes a little before looking back at Regina. "Why so you are, I thought for a moment I had monkeys jumping on the bed."
Regina giggled and shook her head. "Just me mommy."
"Well you too can be a little monkey sometimes." Cora said reaching forward and pulling Regina towards her and beginning to tickle her. Regina squirmed and squealed, trying to get away from Cora but loving it at the same time. Cora stopped and she placed a hand on Regina's forehead just making sure that she felt okay. "Do you feel better darling?" Cora asked.
Regina nodded her head, her messy dark curls bouncing around on her head. "Yes mommy. I think minion make me better." Regina replied.
Cora laughed and brushed some of Regina's hair away from her face. "Oh really? And where is minion?"
Regina looked behind her and then frowned as she didn't see her minion. "He was here." Regina said as she pointed to the bed. She shuffled away from Cora and looked around the big bed. "Minion? Where you go?" Regina said and Cora had to try very hard not to laugh as she watched Regina look for her minion toy. "Minion not funny to hide. Come back!" Regina said with an angry frown on her face and Cora bit her lip in an effort not to laugh. Regina looked over the side of the bed and saw her minion lying on the floor. "There you are silly minion." Regina said as she climbed off of the bed to grab her minion. She then climbed back up on the bed and crawled over to Cora, minion in hand. "Silly minion was hiding." Regina said as she looked up to Cora.
"Do you think maybe minion fell when you were jumping on the bed?" Cora asked.
Regina bit her lip and thought about it for a moment. She looked down at her minion. "Did you fall minion?" She asked her toy. She then brought her toy up to her ear. "Oh mommy he says he did fall." Regina gasped. "He bump his head. I think you need to kiss better like you do for me."
Cora smiled and she leaned down and placed a kiss on top of the minion toys head. "Does he feel better now?"
Regina nodded with a big smile on her face and then shuffled closer to Cora and cuddled into her. "Mommy we don't have to stay in today do we?" Regina asked glancing up at Cora.
"Well…if you are feeling all better I guess we could go out for a bit Regina." Cora said. She couldn't blame Regina for wanting to go out. She too was beginning to find it boring in the house. "Where would you like to go?"
"I wanna go see Henry and Emma and Neal…oh and Mary and David…Oh and the horses too." Regina said getting more and more excited as she suggested things. "And go to Grannies and go see Daddy and Miss Belle."
Cora laughed a little. "So you want to do everything? I'm not sure we will have enough time in the day to do everything."
"Please mommy…Pleaseeeeee." Regina said sweetly batting her eyelashes and giving Cora her best puppy dog eyes.
Cora rolled her eyes a little and knew from the moment she looked at Regina's eyes she was going to give in and give her little princess whatever she wanted now that she was all better. "Alright Regina we will go and see Henry, Emma, Neal, Mary and David, we will go and see the horses, we will go to Grannies and we will go and see Daddy and Belle." Cora said repeating everything Regina wanted to do.
"Yey!" Regina said happily. "I go get ready now." Regina said crawling over to the edge of the bed and slipping off. "Mommy come help." Regina said as she ran out of the room.
Cora pushed herself out of bed and grabbed her dressing gown before she left her bedroom and followed Regina into her bedroom. She smiled as she saw Regina standing in her wardrobe looking up at all her clothes. Cora walked over to her and crouched down beside Regina. "Okay Regina, what are we going to wear for our big day out?" Cora asked.
"Hmmm…" Regina said biting her lip and putting on the cutest thinking face Cora was sure she had ever seen. "Is it nice outside mommy?" Regina asked.
Cora peered out over to the window to see that the sun was out and she nodded her head to Regina. "Yes Regina but remember it is getting colder now so I don't think shorts are a good idea." Cora said knowing what Regina was thinking.
"Okay…" Regina sighed and continued to look up at her clothes.
"How about these?" Cora asked as she pulled out dungarees and held the out to Regina. Regina nodded her head and then walked over to where her tops were and pulled out a white top with flowers all over it. "Lovely.
"I wanna wear my Minnie mouse jumper mommy." Regina said.
"Okay darling." Cora said as she went over to Regina's shoes and pulled out a pair of small black converse. "Okay Regina can you dress yourself while mommy goes to get ready?"
Regina nodded her head. "Yes mommy."
Cora placed the clothes on Regina's bed and walked out of the room. Regina got herself ready and put on her shoes. She then frowned as she looked at the laces. She wasn't really sure what to do with them. She tried to tie them but found she just got them in knots. She pushed herself up and ran out of her bedroom and down the hall to her mother's room. "Mommy I need help." Regina said.
"What do you need help with?" Cora asked as she turned away from her vanity mirror to look at Regina.
"Can't do it." Regina said as she pointed down at her shoes.
Cora looked down to see Regina's laces tied in knots. Cora leaned down and she lifted Regina up and placed her on her lap. "Well done for trying to tie your laces Regina." Cora praised. She started to untie he knots. "Would you like me to teach you how to tie your laces?" Cora asked. Regina nodded her head. So Cora spent the next ten minutes showing Regina different ways that she could tie her laces. She then let Regina try and she almost had it but not quite. After a while Cora tied Regina's laces for her and kissed the top of her head. "You will get there Regina."
"Nearly tied them?" Regina said looking up at Cora.
"You did my darling." Cora smiled. "Now what are we doing with this hair of yours?"
"Ponytail." Regina said simply.
Cora nodded her head and she picked up the hair brush and brushed out all the tugs in Regina's hair. She then tied Regina's hair up. "There we go."
"Do I need to wear a coat mommy?" Regina asked.
"Yes Regina it is cold outside and we don't want to get ill again do we?" Cora said.
Regina shook her head. "No mommy. No more yucky medicine."
"Well go get your coat then." Cora said. Regina nodded and quickly ran out of the room making Cora smile. It really was good to see Regina running around and back to being her normal self. For a while there Cora had been really worried about her and it really showed Cora just how much she loved her beautiful daughter.