Captain Swan in this chapter! Squee 3 And Thanks to all the people who reviewed, favorite, followed, it means a lot :) also, does this format look better than the first chapter? Ya know, having the little paragraphs instead of big ones this time? Tell me what you think of the chapter :) And, I forgot this last chapter but here it is now: I own nothing in this story; everything belongs to the writers of Once Upon A time. And usually people put a funny thing to go along with that disclaimer but I can't think of anything. So…yeah. Happy Easter!
Chapter 2
The moment Emma saw him, lying there, bloody, mangled, motionless, her heart shattered into a million pieces. She didn't know why it had shattered but it was as if her heart was a bomb, and seeing him had lit the fuse. She screamed out "NO!" And it was a piercing scream, enough to make Ruby's stomach twist even more. Emma ran over to him, her hand ghosted over his lifeless body. "Hook!" She cried out, hot tears streaming down her pale face.
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They were loading Hooks body into the ambulance, he was barely alive. Emma's face red and sticky with salty tears looked at him lying there unconscious. Seeing him there, so helpless, so vulnerable, almost made her forget all the things that he had done. Almost. Control yourself Emma She thought and snuffled back tears.
Ruby, still in shock, sat atop the hood Emma's car. "I'm so sorry! I can't believe I did something this horrible!" she cried out.
Snow tried comforting her, to no avail. "Remember last time something like this happened? It looked like you did it, but it turned out to be Charmings father!"
"But I woke up next to the body! Emma, lock me up! I deserve it…" Ruby held out her wrists for Emma to handcuff them.
"Mary Margaret has a point, you could have been framed. It's not exactly uncommon in this town" Emma said, fighting to hold back the urge to burst into tears. Why is this affecting me so much? It's not like it was someone I care about…I don't care about Hook.
"Why don't you have some tea, Charming will take you back to grannies" Snow said. Ruby hopped off the car and walked sullenly towards Charming.
"Are we sure it wasn't her?" asked Emma.
"Worry about that later, Emma what's going on with you? You practically broke into pieces when you saw Hook" Snow said, gesturing for Emma to come lean next to her.
Emma walked over and leaned on the hood of the car and said defensively "oh please! I did not break into pieces, it was just Hook"
"You seemed really upset; your face is still red from crying"
"For the last time, I do not give a damn about Hook, we hate each other" Emma said, kind of remorsefully, as if she hadn't meant one word of it. She knew in her heart she hadn't meant it so she got up and walked away without saying another word.
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"Is he going to be alright?" Emma worriedly asked dr Whale. "Right?" Emma didn't know why she was at the hospital to check up on Hook, no one ever came to check on him when he was in the hospital…yesterday. Poor Hook, he had just been released last night! Whoa, where did that thought come from? I'm not sorry for him.
"Yes, no broken bones or anything, just a lot of blood loss. He might be in quite a bit of pain from the gashes but otherwise fine" dr Whale said.
"Can I see him?" Emma asked. She immediately regretted her question. I don't want to see him; he is nothing but a lowlife pirate that doesn't care about anything but revenge.
"He's still sleeping but you're welcome to go in there"
Emma stepped into the hospital room and saw Hook fast asleep. There wasn't as much blood now, but the cuts were still as deep as she'd ever seen. Emma sat down in a chair next to him and said "damn you Hook, you have to stop ending up here! I've been worried about you…I care about you…" she admitted. She would never say that to his face, or he would never stop bothering her until the end of time. But he was asleep, she allowed herself to feel sorry for him. She brushed his hair out of his marred face, cupping her hand around the cheek that wasn't scratched. Emma closed her eyes and whispered "I'm so sorry" but her eyes shot back open when she felt him stir.
Hooks eyes opened slightly, Emma immediately pulled back her hand. Out of embarrassment, she covered her face with her hair and refused to meet his eyes.
"Do my ears deceive me or did I just hear you say that you're worried about me? Emma swan, the woman whose walls are impenetrable, cares about a devilishly handsome pirate like me? It can't be!" Hook said with his classic smirk.
Barely alive, yet still could make those annoying comments that did so well to get under her skin. "You heard what I said?" Emma asked nervously, not making eye contact with him. His smirky smile got so large; it must've hurt the scratches on his cheek. Emma took that as his answer and asked, embarrassed, "Are you ever going to let me forget this?"
Hook changed the subject; Emma knew already what the answer was to her own question, "what do I owe the pleasure of your beautiful face being the first thing I see this morning?"
Emma closed her eyes and sighed. She tried not to think about it, she tried to deny it, but she did care about him. She took a deep breath and opened her eyes "I…uh…" Hook looked at her as if he knew what she was going to say but wanted to put her through the torture of saying it anyway. "I care about you, ok? I admitted it. Happy?"
He looked straight at her, and annunciating the word, he said flirtatiously "very,"
"You're never going to stop pestering me now are you?" Emma said, annoyed, and rolled her eyes.
Hook was surprisingly taken aback by her question. He reached out his good hand, grateful that it wasn't chained to the bed this time, and took her hand. "no love, don't think of it as pestering, think of it as trying to break down those walls" Emma was surprised by the lack of smirk in his voice, he sounded almost like a real person. He no longer had the smug look on his face; it was a real smile, something he rarely used. Emma looked into his deep blue eyes and leaned in towards him.
