Hey Everyone! Some more ill Regina and Cora and Rumple looking after her.
I just wanted to say again about some story ideas I have that I am hoping to start soon and to ask which one you would like to see. I still have my OQ college story that I did wan to start before but I hadn't quite got all the details sorted so there is still that one. Or I have an EvilCharming story, college based again with David Charming coming from a very rich family and wanting to rebel against them meeting the lovely Regina Mills who will be the one to help him. Or I also have had another idea recently from personal things and from watching a film. The idea is about Regina being diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer and what the struggle would be for not only herself but for others around her.
So just to see if anyone else wants to vote for whichever idea before I see which one has the most.
Rumple turned up at the mansion within half an hour like he said. He opened the door to silence and he took off his coat and hung it on the coat stand near the door. He closed the door behind him and then walked up the two steps into the foyer. He could see into the living room that no one was there and from where he stood he knew he would be able to hear if someone was in the kitchen. So he presumed both Cora and Regina were upstairs. He walked across the foyer and over to the stairs, walking up them.
Once at the top he wandered down the hallway and into Regina's bedroom where he saw Regina curled up in bed and Cora sat beside her holding a wet cloth to her forehead. Cora looked up and gave Rumple a small smile when she saw him. "How is she?" Rumple asked as he sat down on the other side of the bed.
"I think I'm dying." Regina groaned and both Cora and Rumple both laughed a little.
"Oh Regina you're not dying. Doctor Whale says it is just a normal stomach virus." Cora said as she patted Regina's forehead with the wet cloth.
"Doctor Whale's an idiot. I am dying." Regina threw back.
Rumple smirked a little. "That's my girl." He said and leaned over placing his hand on her arm. "But I do think your mother is right and you just have a normal stomach virus Regina."
"Yea well…" Regina started as she pushed herself up. Her hand then suddenly flew to her stomach as her stomach churned. "Uh oh." Regina said and then leaned over, reaching for the waste basket and lifting it to her just in time to be sick. Cora quickly stood up and moved a little to hold back Regina's hair and rub her back again.
"I'll go get a glass of water for when you're finished." Rumple said standing from the bed and making his way out of the bedroom.
Regina retched a little more finishing and letting out a huff of breath. "I think I'm done."
Cora nodded and took the waste basket from Regina. "I'll wash this out. You rest." Cora said and she walked over to the ensuite bathroom.
Rumple returned and handed Regina the glass of water. "Just take slow sips. You don't want to make yourself sick again."
Regina nodded and started to take sips of water. Cora returned with a clean waste basket and put it back down beside Regina's bed. "Can someone contact Emma and tell her she will need to keep Henry for another night…or maybe until I am better. I don't want him to get this. You two should probably stay away from me to. I don't want to pass on whatever this is." Regina said.
"I will phone Emma." Rumple said with a nod. "And I will come straight back."
Regina sighed a little. "You don't have to…I don't want to…"
"I will be back." Rumple interrupted.
Regina sighed again but didn't say anything else. Cora sat back down on the edge of the bed. "You should go mom." Regina said quietly.
"I'm not going anywhere. Just half an hour a go you didn't want me to leave and now you want me to go." Cora said.
"I don't want you to get ill. I'm not four anymore mom. I can probably handle this myself." Regina replied.
"I know but you are still my daughter and I want to look after you. I am not going to go anywhere. I will care for you and make sure you are okay." Cora said. She then leaned down and placed a kiss on Regina's forehead. Regina smiled a little and gave her mother the glass to put on the bedside table.
Regina then shuffled a little on the bed so that she was lying back down on her side. "Okay. Just don't blame me if you catch this." Regina mumbled.
"Don't worry I won't." Cora replied softly.
"I'm tired…" Regina mumbled sleepily as her eyes fluttered closed. "And my tummy hurts."
Cora smiled a little and in that moment she didn't see her grown up daughter she saw her little girl, ill and needing comfort from her mother. Cora leaned over and picked up the hot water bottle she had prepared a little earlier and put it under the covers on Regina's stomach. "Here that might help a little. Now go to sleep my darling."
Regina mumbled something that Cora couldn't quite pick up but she watched as Regina fell to sleep, her breathing evening out. she sat and watched her daughter sleep.
Cora walked out of Regina's bedroom, leaving the door open in case Regina needed them. She walked downstairs just as Rumple was coming off the phone. Rumple turned to see her and gave her a smile. "Henry says get better soon, as does Emma and Neal." Rumple said and Cora nodded. "She sleeping?"
Cora nodded her head again. "Yes. I thought best to leave her to rest. Her bedroom door is open if she needs us. We are only down here." Rumple nodded and he sat down on the sofa. Cora sat down on the opposite end, her hands in her lap. "Thank you for coming over…again. You must think me silly, phoning you again when she is ill but I got worried."
"It's alright. I'm glad you phoned." Rumple replied turning to face Cora a little more. "You needn't have worried though. You have looked after her well already."
"I panicked…again. I didn't think about her getting ill when she became an adult again." Cora said. "Not only that I didn't think she would need me."
"No matter how old our children get they will need us at some points in their lives." Rumple replied with a small smile. "They never outgrow needing their parents at times. It appears that Regina becomes particularly needy when she is ill."
"Yes she does…weirdly I kind of like it. I like the fact that she wants me to look after her. She is just so independent never wanting to show vulnerability that the fact that she needs me and wants me to care for her now…"
"I understand." Rumple said as he placed his hand on top of Cora's which was resting on the sofa between them.
Cora was about to say something else when they heard the sound of Regina being sick again. Cora was quick to push herself up from the sofa and make her way out of the room while Rumple slowly followed behind her. Cora entered the bedroom and headed straight for the ensuite crouching down and collecting Regina's hair in her hand and rubbing her back with her other one. "It's okay sweetheart.. Your okay." Cora said soothingly and Regina leaned into her slightly enjoying being cared for.
Rumple stood by the doorway not sure what to do to help. He already had a glass of water in his hand for when Regina had finished. He watched as Regina sat up, reaching over and flushed the toilet before leaning back against the wall, a hand over her stomach. He limped over and handed her the glass of water.
"Thank you." came her hoarse reply and she brought the glass to her mouth and took small sips.
"Do you feel a little better?" Cora asked as she reached over and placed her hand on Regina's forehead.
"A little. My stomach has settled slightly." Regina replied.
"We should get you back into bed. Your shivering a little." Rumple observed.
Regina pushed herself up, with Cora helping her and they walked back through to the bedroom. Regina climbed into the bed, placing her glass of water on the bedside table and she snuggled into her pillow letting her mother pull the duvet around her. "Is there any aspirin? I have such a sore head." Regina mumbled.
"I'll see if I can find something." Cora replied. "You just rest."
Cora left the room and Rumple walked round the bed and sat down on the edge looking down at Regina. "You don't have to stay you know? I'll be okay. Mom just panicked a little." Regina mumbled pulling the covers up to her chin.
"I know…but I am your father and I want to be here to make sure you do get better. It might be a simple stomach bug but like your mother I still worry." Rumple said.
"I'm a grown up…"
"Doesn't stop both your mother and I from worrying about you Regina. No matter what age you are we will always worry when you are ill. It's our jobs." Rumple replied.
Regina smiled a little. "It's weird…but I like it. So I won't argue too much."
Rumple chuckled a little and Cora entered the room again with two tablets. "Here Regina these should help with your headache. I just hope you can keep them down."
Regina sat up a little and took the two tablets from her mother. She popped them in her mouth one at a time and then laid back down. "Thanks mom…and dad." She mumbled before she let her eyes flutter closed and let sleep take over her once again.
A couple of days had passed. Regina's eyes fluttered open and she looked around the room, taking in her surroundings and slowly letting her body wake itself up. She let out a yawn and stretched, before she sat up rubbing her eyes. The dizziness, headaches and sickness had gone. She felt nothing of the past couple of days and she laughed to herself as her stomach let out a growl to indicate to her that she really did need to eat something.
She felt normal again and she was so happy to be so. She pushed herself out of bed and grabbed her robe as she exited her bedroom. Making her way downstairs and towards the kitchen. She was ready to feed her stomach. Her stomach was shouting at her and she was ready to answer it. Stepping into the kitchen she saw her mother leaning against the counter, reading one of the many magazines she had picked up for Regina while she was sick and a coffee cup in her hand.
"Good morning." Regina said in a sing song as she walked over to the fridge, pulling the door open and studying the contents.
"Good morning sweetheart." Cora replied as she pushed herself away from the kitchen counter and stood up straight. She watched Regina as she took food out from the fridge and placed it on the counter. "You're feeling better I see…"
"So much better. No more sick feeling, no more dizziness and no more headaches. I am starving though." Regina replied happily as she nudged the fridge door closed with her hip and went about making herself some breakfast. She was going to have a feast.
"You should probably take it easy on the food. Just in case you are still not quite right…" Cora said.
"Mom stop worrying. I'm fine. Back to normal." Regina waved off. She finished making her sandwich and went on to start cutting the fruit she had picked out from the fridge. She placed the pieces in a bowl and then picked up her plate and bowl and walked over to the table in the kitchen. "Is there still coffee going?" Regina asked before she took a big bite of her sandwich.
Cora nodded her head and turned on her heel going to grab a mug and get Regina some coffee. She had never quite seen Regina eat the way she was this morning. Usually she ate slowly and delicately but today she was wolfing down her food and it almost made her laugh. Clearly Regina had her appetite back and that did make Cora happy. It eased hr worrying and she liked that. She didn't like being worried about Regina. She finished making Regina's coffee and then took it over to her. She placed the mug on the table and then reached over stealing a piece of fruit out of the bowl Regina had prepared.
"Hey!" Regina said, lightly slapping her mother's hand.
"Oh you have plenty there. You need to remember and share Regina." Cora warned playfully as she pointed her finger at her daughter.
Regina rolled her eyes and laughed a little. "Yes mom." Regina mumbled. "I'm not four anymore you know. I'm a grown up."
"Well act like one then." Cora smirked. A smirk which Regina returned to her mother.
"Where's dad?" Regina asked before taking a sip of her coffee.
"He needed to get home and also go into the shop. He knew you would be fine here with me and…well you didn't need us as much as you did when you were a toddler and sick so there wasn't much he could do." Cora explained.
"I guess I didn't" Regina nodded. "Has Henry been okay?"
"Yes. Emma has been happy to keep him the extra days while you recover. He can't wait to get back here though. Says he misses your cooking and he is sure Emma is going to poison him one of these days. His words not mine." Cora said.
Regina laughed and popped a piece of strawberry in her mouth. "Poor Henry. I will have to make sure I cook him something special then. I will phone Emma later and arrange for him to come back tonight."
"So you're really feeling okay then? Your all better?" Cora asked worry still showing on her face.
Regina smiled at her mother's concern and she leaned over and placed her hand on top of Cora's which was resting on top of the table. "Yes mom I'm okay. You heard it from the doctor himself. It was just a simple stomach bug. Nothing to worry about. It has passed now. I am all better."
"I know…I'm sorry. I just can't help but worry." Cora said with a sigh.
"You don't need to apologise mom." Regina said standing up from the table. "I like that you worry about me." She said before kissing Cora's cheek and then turning on her heel and leaving the kitchen.