Chapter 35

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Hanna laid in bed with an after taste in her mouth from the medicine her mom had just given her. It was the liquid kind and it was gross. Her mom promised to call her dad and have him get some pills while he was out so she didn't have to take that grape flavored syrup again. Hanna looked over at Emma, who was still sleeping. Hanna really wanted to just wake her up so she would have someone to keep her company…she was so bored. Her mom said she had to stay in bed though. She was allowed to get up to go to the bathroom, but that was it. Hanna turned on her side and stared at her sister…trying to come up with the best way to wake her. Hanna lifted her head to make sure her mom wasn't paying attention…she wouldn't be too happy if she saw Hanna trying to wake Emma. She was sitting on the couch with Neal though, so she wouldn't notice.

"Emma," Hanna tried to whisper. Her attempt was pathetic, she barely had enough of a voice to get out a whisper. Hanna nudged her with her hand. Emma moved a little bit, but stayed asleep. Hanna sighed. Then, she got a grin on her face as she got another idea on how to wake up her sister. Hanna slowly reached her hand towards Emma's nose. If she could squeeze it shut, then that just might wake her up from this deep sleep. Hanna's hand got closer and closer….

"Hanna! Don't you dare wake your sister," Snow reprimanded in a whisper, not wanting to wake her sleeping son whom she had just placed into the bassinet or her sleeping daughter, who needed her rest.

Hanna jumped back at the sound of her mom's voice. How did she even get over here? She was across the room with Neal just a few seconds ago.

"Hanna, she needs her rest," Snow said as she sat down on the side of the bed.

Hanna opened her mouth to say something, but quickly closed it…she wasn't suppose to be talking. That was going to be a really hard thing for her to remember.

Snow couldn't help but grin at the frustrated look on Hanna's face. Not being able to talk was proving to be very difficult for her.

"You need your rest too young lady," Snow said as she pulled the covers up tight around Hanna.

Hanna shook her head and pointed towards the door. She wasn't that sick. She just wanted her hot chocolate.

Snow knew what she wanted. "You can have your hot chocolate when you wake up. Your dad will be a little longer anyway. He had to stop at the station to pick up a few things first."

Hanna sighed, but relented. She was feeling a bit tired. So, she closed her eyes and let herself drift off to sleep as her mom gently stroked her hair.

Hanna's eyes shot open. Her stomach didn't feel right and her mouth was watery…she was going to throw up. She quickly got out of bed and ran to the bathroom, despite the fact that the room was spinning. She was dizzy, but Hanna was not one to just puke all over the floor. She always made sure she got to the bathroom in time.

"Oh sweetie," Snow said as she came into the bathroom. She quickly pulled Hanna's hair back and held it away from her face.

"It's okay princess, just let it out," David said as he rubbed circles on her back.

Hanna finally felt like she was done. She sat back and looked up at her parents and gave them a weak smile. Hanna hadn't even noticed that her dad was back when she ran across the room. She wondered how long she had been asleep.

"You okay?" David asked as he reached out his hand to help Hanna off of the floor.

"I'm fine," Hanna managed to squeak out as she shrugged her shoulders and stood up…well tried to. She felt dizzy again as she stood and lost her balance. Maybe she was sicker than she thought.

"Hanna!" Snow said in a panic as she held onto her hands to steady her.

"No, you're not fine," David said as he scooped her up in his arms and carried her back to the bed. He pulled the covers up around her and made sure she was tucked in tight.

"Charming I can't leave. I need to…" Snow said.

Hanna listened…wondering what her mom was talking about.

"Snow, you have to go. You're the mayor now," Charming told her.

The mayor? Hanna thought to herself. Regina was the mayor.

"But…" Snow started to say as she looked over at her sick little girls.

"I can handle this," Charming assured her.

"Okay," Snow said with a sigh. She knew she needed to go. "I won't be long. I'll take Neal with me. Make sure you take Emma's temperature when she wakes up and…"

"Snow," David said with a raise of his eyebrows.

"Alright, alright," Snow said as she walked over to Hanna. "I'll be back soon sweetie. Stay in bed and listen to your father, okay?"

Hanna nodded her head.

"I love you," Snow said as she gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before leaving for her meeting.

"How ya feeling kiddo?" David asked Hanna as he sat down on the bed next to her. "I don't suppose you want that hot chocolate anymore do you?"

Hanna just made a face and shook her head. Even though her stomach did feel better, she didn't think she could handle her favorite drink…at least not right now.

"I didn't think so," Charming said with a laugh.

"Mayor?" Hanna whispered, wanting an explanation on how that happened.

"Yeah, apparently your mother is the mayor now," Charming told her. He explained that since her mom was the one to cast the curse, she was now stuck with that job. He told her that was what she called him about while they were at the ice cave last night.

Hanna nodded her head. It was going to be really weird having her mom as the mayor, but she figured she'd get use to it.

"How about you get some sleep now," Charming said as he stood up.

"Stay," Hanna managed to say as she reached out and grabbed his hand…looking up at him with pleading eyes.

"Okay, okay," David said as he laid down next to her. He wrapped his arms around her and gave her a kiss on the forehead as she snuggled into him.

Hanna was comforted by her dad's strong arms as she laid her head on his chest. She drifted off to sleep, hoping she wouldn't be woken up by her stomach and have to rush to the bathroom again.

Hanna rolled over and opened her eyes to find a very grumpy looking Emma laying beside her.

"What's wrong?" Hanna whispered…she wasn't sure, but she thought maybe her voice had come back just a little bit. Her throat didn't hurt as much as it did and she could at least whisper a little better than before.

"Our father will not let me get out of bed," Emma said as she crossed her arms. Her voice sounded just fine.

"We are sick," Hanna said.

"How's your throat feel?" Emma asked as she turned over on her side and looked at her sister.

"Fine," Hanna said with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Doesn't sound fine," Emma said with a raise of her eyebrows. She could tell by the sound of her voice that it had to be bothering her.

"Sounds worse than it is," Hanna whispered back.

"Are you sure?" Emma asked with concern.

Hanna nodded her head.

"Hey, if we both ask him, I bet we could get Dad to let us go watch some TV…especially since Mom isn't here," Emma said with a smirk.

"I'm grounded," Hanna said as she shook her head. She technically wasn't allowed to watch TV right now, but since she was sick maybe…

"You're sick. I bet he'll let us," Emma said with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Okay, let's try," Hanna said with a grin.

"Here he comes," Emma said as she glanced up. "Probably to give you medicine. He just made me take some nasty grape stuff."

"Ugh," Hanna moaned. He was suppose to stop at the store and get the non-liquid kind.

"I thought I heard whispers in here," David said with a smile as he sat down on the bed next to Hanna. "Feeling any better?"

Hanna nodded her head.

"No more nausea?" he asked as he placed his hand on her forehead to feel for a fever. She still felt a little warm.

Hanna shook her head. Her stomach felt fine actually. She wasn't sure what that was about earlier.

"Good. Let's check your temperature again," David said as he held out the thermometer.

Hanna sighed, but opened her mouth. She would play nice…she figured it would help her chances when she asked to go watch TV in a few minutes.

"It's down a little bit," David said once the thermometer beeped and he took it from her mouth.

"Still higher than mine," Emma said with a smirk.

Hanna turned her head and glared at her sister.

Emma gave her a wink and nodded her head back towards their dad.

Hanna turned back and saw that he was ready with the disgusting medicine. "Dad, you…" Hanna started to say.

"I know, I know. Your mom told me to get pills at the store, but I got caught up at the station and forgot. Your mom is picking some up on her way home. We're stuck with this for now though," he said as he reached it towards her.

Hanna took the small cup of grape flavored grossness and chugged it down quickly. She let out a small whine as she closed her eyes and shook her head.

"Here, drink this," David said as he handed her a glass of water.

"Thanks," Hanna said with a small smile as she took a sip.

"Okay, now lay back down and get some rest," Charming said as he took the glass from her.

"But…" Hanna started to say.

"Nope. Emma already tried. You two are staying in bed," David told her firmly.

"Aww come on," Emma tried.

"No Emma," David said as he went into the kitchen.

Hanna sighed and turned back towards Emma. "Now what?"

"Well I was at least able to swipe my phone on my way back from the bathroom," Emma said with a grin as she pulled it out from under the covers. "Wanna play Angry Birds?"

"Play what?" Hanna asked as she scooted closer to Emma to see what she was talking about. She watched Emma play. Apparently, you had to use a sling shot to send these birds flying across the screen to knock down stuff and kill green pigs. Emma and Henry were always playing these weird games, but Hanna had to admit…it did look like fun.

Emma gave the phone to Hanna and let her have a turn. She had to give Hanna a few pointers.

"If you tap this yellow one it speeds up, see?" Emma said as she tapped her phone screen after Hanna had sent the bird flying out of the sling shot.

"Cool," Hanna said with a smile as she loaded her next bird and gave it a try.

Hanna was surprised at how fast she was catching on to this game. She wasn't too bad at it actually.

"How did you get that?" David asked as he came into the room with a tray of food in his hands.

Hanna jumped at the sound of her dad's voice.

David didn't know how they got their hands on that phone. He distinctly remembered hiding it in the kitchen drawer this morning after he took it off of Emma. That was the first thing she went to grab when she woke this morning. He made sure to get it from her before quickly sending her back to bed. He wanted them to rest, not play on the phone all day.

"I took it from the drawer," Emma said innocently as she shrugged her shoulders. "I just needed to check up on Henry."

"I was just reading what he wrote back," Hanna lied as she handed the phone back to her sister.

"Alright," David said, not quite sure if he believed them or not. "You're not suppose to be talking. You need to rest your voice, remember?"

Hanna just sighed and looked down. She didn't see what the big deal was. She could whisper just fine now.

"Here I made you both some chicken noodle soup," David said.

Hanna smiled as her dad set the tray down and she saw some hot chocolate. Her stomach must have been feeling better because she couldn't wait to gulp down her chocolate treat.

"Okay, okay," David said as he took the mugs away from Hanna and Emma. Apparently, they were both very excited about the sweet drink. "Don't drink it all at once. Eat some of your soup too."

"Feels good on my throat," Hanna told him.

"The soup will feel good too," David told her as he handed her a spoon.

Hanna just made a face and looked over at Emma. Neither one of them were too thrilled about the soup.

"Come on girls. You need to get something in your stomach besides hot cocoa," David told them.

"Come on Han, let's just eat some," Emma said as she nudged Hanna with her elbow and picked up her spoon to take a bite.

Hanna took the spoon from her dad and ate her soup even though she really didn't feel like it. She took several bites though before she decided she was done. Then she drank the rest of her hot chocolate.

"Alright, you two try to get some sleep now. No playing with that phone," David warned. He would let Emma keep the phone to talk to Henry, but that was it.

"We won't," Emma told him with a smile.

David got up and left them to rest. He didn't really believe her and would be keeping an eye on the both of them to make sure they slept.

"Okay, let's see if we can beat this level," Emma whispered as she grabbed her phone.

Hanna smiled as she scooted closer to watch Emma play.

"No, do the blue bird first," Hanna whispered to Emma as she pointed to the phone.

"No, I need to shoot the yellow one first," Emma argued back as she shot the yellow bird flying across the screen.

"Told you," Hanna said when Emma failed the level.

"Whatever," Emma said with a roll of her eyes. "I'm trying again."

"It's my turn," Hanna said as she reached out for the phone.

"Just one more," Emma said as she held the phone out of her sister's reach.

"You said that last time," Hanna said as she sat up and tried to grab it from her.

"Han, stop. Lay down," Emma said seriously as she set the phone on the table.

Hanna could hear the urgency in Emma's voice, so she laid back down. Just as they both settled themselves back down into the bed their dad walked in.

"Why aren't you girls asleep?" David asked with a raise of his eyebrows. He did a quick glance towards the table and saw the phone still sitting there. He could have sworn he heard them playing on it while he was sitting on the couch folding laundry. He thought for sure he'd catch them red-handed.

"We're trying," Emma said as she looked up at him innocently.

Hanna just nodded her head and gave him a smile.

"Alright, well try harder," David said as he turned to leave. He didn't believe those angelic faces looking up at him, but he had no proof. He would let it go for now.

"Okay, let me see if I can do this," Emma said with determination as she grabbed the phone and started that last level over again.

"But…" Hanna started to protest.

"I swear you can have it after this one," Emma promised her.

Hanna just rolled her eyes and leaned over to watch her sister attempt the level again. They had been stuck on it for forever. She wasn't going to beat it.

"Here," Emma said grumpily as she handed the phone to Hanna. "Don't get us caught."

Hanna happily took the phone from her sister and attempted to beat the level. She couldn't do it the first time and lost all of her lives. Emma let her go a few more times since she hogged the phone the last time she ran out of lives.

It was Hanna's last attempt. Her last life until she had to give it back to Emma. There was only one stupid pig left. She was so close.

"You got this Han," Emma said as she sat up and cheered her sister on…in a whisper voice of course.

"I'll take that," David said as he snatched the phone from Hanna's grasp. He knew they were in here playing games instead of sleeping.

"Seriously…" Emma whined. Did he not realize how close they were to winning?

"Dad!" Hanna complained as she looked up at him. She was just about to kill the last pig!

"I told you not to get caught," Emma said as she laid back and crossed her arms.

Hanna just glared at her sister. Neither one of them were paying attention to what their dad was doing. They were both too engrossed in their game. It wasn't her fault.

"Don't look at me like that," Emma said. "You were the one with the phone."

"It's not my fault," Hanna told her.

"Well if you…" Emma started to argue back.

"Girls that is enough," David said with a raise of his eyebrows, giving them a stern look. "Now you two are suppose to be sleeping."

"Sorry," they both said as they looked down.

"I want you two to lay down, close your eyes, and get some rest. Now."

Emma and Hanna gave each other a look, but did as they were told. They were busted and playtime was over.

"Daddy?" Hanna said as she looked up at him, turning on that charm in her eyes.

"What do you want Hanna?" David asked calmly.

"Can we go sit on the couch for a little bit?" Hanna asked.

"And just watch a little TV?" Emma added.

Hanna looked over at Emma, who was giving him "the eyes" too. That's something they both must have inherited.

"I don't think so," David said as he shook his head. He tried not to let a smile out. He couldn't believe they had the guts to ask him that after they had just gotten in trouble. "I just caught you playing video games on Emma's phone and you two to need to stay in bed and rest. Plus, your mother would kill me."

"Technically we're still resting on the couch," Emma told him.

"Yeah and we won't tell Mom," Hanna added.

"You're not even suppose to be watching TV," David said as he raised his eyebrows at Hanna. "Or talking."

"Please Daddy, " Hanna moaned as she looked up at him, trying to sound more pathetic so he would feel sorry for her.

"Come on, Dad," Emma said as she leaned her head next to Hanna and looked up at him too.

David sighed as he looked down at his girls. His heart still leapt for joy when Emma called him "Dad." How could he deny those sweet little faces looking up at him? They would still be laying down anyways and chances are they'd fall asleep faster out there than they would in here with nothing left to do but argue with each other.

"Alright," David said with a sigh. "But only for a little bit."

"Thanks Dad," they both said as they pulled the covers back.

He couldn't help but laugh at their excitement when they jumped out of bed and went to the living room.

"Dad, come sit with us," Hanna said as Emma picked out the movie and put it into the DVD player.

David sat down next to Hanna and she promptly placed a pillow on his lap and laid down. David smiled and covered her up with a blanket. He was a bit surprised when Emma sat on the other side and leaned into him. She had her own blanket to cover up with and snuggled in next to him. He smiled and lifted his arm, wrapping it around her and pulling her close. Emma rested her head on his chest and he gave her a kiss on the top of her head. He didn't know how he had gotten so lucky to have these two beautiful girls for his daughters. He would be forever grateful for them…even if they did cause trouble sometimes.

The three of them were all snuggled in and ready to enjoy the movie. Nobody lasted very long though. They were all sound asleep within the first 15 minutes.

Snow, eager to get home to her sick babies, quickly opened the door to the loft. She looked towards the bed where Emma and Hanna were suppose to be, but found it empty. She turned towards the living room and found everyone asleep on the couch. She sighed and closed her eyes as she shook her head. She couldn't help the small smile that spread across her face though.

"Your Daddy and sisters are in so much trouble," Snow whispered to Neal as she took him out of his carseat and placed him in the bassinet.

Snow quietly made her way over to the couch and leaned down, gently giving her husband a kiss to wake him.

"Snow?" Charming said as he slowly opened his eyes.

"What's going on here Charming?" Snow asked with a raise of her eyebrows.

"Oh, uh…" David said as he looked down to find Emma and Hanna laying on him sound asleep. "This is the only way I could get them to sleep." he told her with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Oh really," Snow said with a grin as she crossed her arms.

Charming just looked up and gave her a grin in return.

"You're such a softy," Snow said with a roll of her eyes. She knew they would convince him to let them out of bed at some point.

"Snow…" Charming started to say.

"But that is why I love you," Snow said as she leaned down, giving him another kiss.

"I love you too," Charming told her with a smile.

"Want to come help me with dinner?" Snow asked. "We can just let the girls finish their naps here."

"I'd love to," David said as he carefully stood up and made sure Emma and Hanna were both laying comfortably on the couch.

"So, how'd it go today?" Snow asked as they made their way towards the kitchen.

"Well…" Charming started. He continued to fill her in everything that happened while she was away as they started in on dinner.

Hanna woke up and smelled something really good coming from the kitchen. She looked around and saw that her mom was back. Hanna smiled and rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she got up from the couch. She made her way to where her mom was standing in the kitchen.

Snow could hear someone coming towards her and looked up. "Hey baby, how are you feeling?"

"Better," Hanna said as she leaned into her mom, giving her a hug. She missed her.

"Good," Snow said as she wrapped her arms around her little girl. "You do sound a little better."

"Mhmm," Hanna said in response.

"Let me get a look at you," Snow said as she lifted Hanna's head. "Your color is looking better too. Let's see about your temperature."

"Okay," Hanna said as she went to sit down at the table.

"It's down a lot, just a low-grade fever now," Snow said once the thermometer beeped and she took it out of Hanna's mouth.

"Let me guess, I still have to take medicine right?" Hanna complained as she thought about that gross grape stuff she was going to have to chug down.

"Yup, here you go," Snow said as she set two pills and a glass of water down on the table in front of Hanna.

"You went to the store!" Hanna said with surprise. She thought for sure her mom would have forgotten too.

"Of course I did," Snow told Hanna with a wink. "How about some grilled cheese?"

"Yes! Please!" Hanna said as she nodded her head. She was starving.

"Did someone say grilled cheese?" Emma said as she came to the table and sat down by Hanna.

"How you feeling, Em," Snow asked right away as she went over to feel her forehead.

"I'm fine, Mom," Emma said. Her initially reaction was to pull her head away from her mom's hand, but she didn't.

"Let's take your temperature to be sure," Snow said as she cleaned the thermometer and held it out to Emma.

"I'm fine. Just hungry," Emma told her.

"You want your grilled cheese, you'll let me take your temperature," Snow said with a raise of her eyebrows.

"Fine," Emma said with a sigh as and took the thermometer and put it in her mouth.

"Good. Now leave it in there while I go get your dinner," Snow told her as she went to the kitchen.

Emma just rolled her eyes and nodded her head.

Snow brought their plates over just as the thermometer beeped. Snow grabbed it from Emma's mouth quickly and took a look. "Looks like you're back to normal," Snow said with a smile.

"Good," Emma said as she picked up her grilled cheese to take a bite, she was tired of sitting around. She needed to get back to work tomorrow.

"I see my girls are finally awake," David said with a smile as he came into the room with Neal.

"Hey Dad," both girls said with mouthfuls of their sandwiches.

David put Neal in his bouncy seat, then he and Snow sat down at the table and joined their daughters for dinner.

"So, were you girls good for your father while I was away?" Snow asked with a raise of her eyebrows.

Hanna and Emma gave each other a look then looked up at their mom. "Yeah," they both said with a shrug of their shoulders.

"Really? You didn't get caught playing games on Emma's phone and get it taken away?" Snow asked with a smirk.

"He's the one who let us keep it in the room with us," Emma said with a grin.

"Because I trusted you to do as I asked," David said with a raise of his eyebrows.

"You know it's a really fun game Dad. You should try it!" Hanna told him as she looked up at him with her charming eyes.

"Trying to change the subject are we?" Snow asked with a laugh.

"No, but it really is!" Hanna said with a smile.

"Maybe you guys could help us beat this really hard level," Emma suggested as she looked up at them innocently.

Snow tried not to laugh at her daughters' attempts to steer the conversation in a different direction. She wasn't really upset with them about the little stunts they pulled while she was away. She fully expected it. She just wanted to see how they would react when she asked them about it. Apparently, their approach was to use that charm they inherited from their father to have things go their way. And Snow couldn't deny that their plan was working.

"Can we go finish the movie we started watching earlier?" Hanna asked once everyone was finished with dinner.

"You mean the one you weren't suppose to be watching in the first place?" Snow asked as she gave her daughters and husband a look.

"Yeah," Hanna said with a smile.

"Come on, Mom. It's a good one. You'd like it," Emma added.

"Alright go ahead," Snow told them. She really would have preferred that they rested in the bedroom for the remainder of the night. Emma's fever was gone though and Hanna's was well on its way to being normal, so she figured it couldn't hurt.

"Yay!" Hanna said with a smile as she ran over to the couch. Emma followed and put the movie back on and found where they had left off before they fell asleep.

"Now who's the softy?" Charming said as he came up behind Snow and wrapped his arms around her.

"Oh stop," Snow said, but she couldn't help the smile that came to her face.

"What do you say we join them?" David asked.

"Let's go," Snow said as she picked Neal up from his seat and went to the couch.

"Alright you two, show me what this game is all about," Charming said as he tossed the phone to Emma and sat down next to her. Snow sat down on the other side of her husband so she could get a good look too.

Emma smiled as she picked up her phone. "Okay well first…" Emma said as she continued to show her dad how to play.

"Dad wait, don't listen to Emma you gotta use the blue bird first on this one," Hanna said as she got up from the other side of her sister and went to sit on her dad's lap.

"No, Han the yellow one is better," Emma argued back.

"And which one of us got closest to beating the level?" Hanna asked with a raise of her eyebrows.

Emma glared at her sister and opened her mouth to say something back.

"Girls, how about you let your dad choose which bird he wants to use," Snow suggested.

"Yes, I think this red one would be good," David said as he loaded the bird into the sling shot.

Hanna and Emma rolled their eyes, both agreeing that the red bird was not the one to use first. Hanna leaned back while Emma laid her head down on his shoulder, and they watched him make his first attempt at the game.

"Here it goes," Charming said as he pulled the sling shot back and sent the bird flying.

Snow, Emma, and Hanna burst out laughing when he didn't pull it back hard enough and the bird barely went anywhere. He rolled his eyes at their laughter and tried again. His lack of skills at this game made his girls laugh and laugh…including his wife. He couldn't help but smile though. Their laughter and being able to spend time with them like this was worth it all.