Rose's POV

Mom and I were at Granny's and I gave her one of Regina's shirts. After she put it on she walked back to the booth and sat down. "Thanks for the shirt. Hey, is this your mother's?" She asked. "She'll never notice," I said. "Where does she think you are, anyway?" She asked. "Playing Whac-A-Mole," I said. "And she bought that?" She asked.

"She wants to believe it, so she does," I said. "Oh, imagine that," Mom said. I heard the door open, and I looked to see Ms. Blanchard. "She's here," I said. "Hey, don't get your hopes up. We're just getting started, okay?" Mom said.

Then Ms. Blanchard came and sat down next to me. "He woke up," Ms. Blanchard said. "What?" Mom asked. "I knew it," I said. "I mean, he didn't 'wake up' wake up, but he grabbed my hand," Ms. Blanchard said. "He's remembering," I said. "What did the doctor say?" Mom asked. "That I imagined it, but I'm not crazy. I know it happened," Ms. Blanchard said.

"We have to go back. You have to read to him again," I said. She thought for a moment and then she looked at me, "Let's go." We both got out of the booth. "Wait, wait what?" Mom asked as she got up as well. "If I got through to him, if we made a connection . . ." Ms. Blanchard said.

"You don't believe -"

"That he's Prince Charming?" Ms. Blanchard cut Mom off, "Of course not. Somehow, some way, I touched him." Then she opened the door and I followed her outside.

When we got to the hospital, I ran ahead of them. "You're right. He's waking up," I said as I ran even faster. "Rose, you should stay back," Graham said as he stopped me. "What's going on?" Ms. Blanchard asked as she caught up to me. "Is it John Doe? Is he okay?" She asked.

"He's missing," Graham said. I could tell we were all shocked by that. Graham moved and I saw Regina standing in the room by the bed. She walked out of the room, "What the hell are you doing here? And you," She said as she grabbed me by the wrist. "I thought you were at the arcade. Now you're lying to me?" She asked and I didn't respond.

"What happened to John Doe? Did someone take him?" Ms. Blanchard asked as Regina let go of me. "We don't know yet. His IVs were ripped out but there's no sign for sure there's a struggle," Graham said. "What did you do?" I asked as I looked at Regina. "You think I had something to do with this?" She asked.

"It is curious that the mayor is here," Mom said. "I'm here because I'm his emergency contact," Regina said. "You know him?" Ms. Blanchard asked. "I found him. On the side of the road years ago with no ID. I brought him here," Regina replied.

"Mayor Mills saved his life," Dr. Whale said as he walked up. "Will he be okay?" Ms. Blanchard asked. "Okay? The man's been on feeding tubes for years on constant supervision. He needs to get back here right away or, quite honestly, 'okay' might be a pipe dream," Dr. Whale said.

"Well then, let's quit yapping and start looking," Mom said. "That's what we're doing? Just stay out of this, dear. And since I clearly can't keep you away from my daughter, I guess I'm just going to have to keep my daughter away from you," Regina said as she grabbed my wrist and we started to walk. "Enjoy my shirt, because that's all you're getting," She said and turned around. "Sheriff, find John Doe. You heard Dr. Whale. Time is precious," She said and we walked away.

... ...

Regina dropped me off at the house, then left. So I decided to go to the woods and help. I run and saw Ms. Blanchard and Mom talking. "Rose," Ms. Blanchard said as I ran to them. "Did you find him yet?" I asked.

"No, not yet. You shouldn't be here," Mom said. "I can help. I know where he's going," I said. "And where's that?" Ms. Blanchard asked. "He's looking for you." I said to Ms. Blanchard.

We started searching for John. "You're the one who woke him up. You're the last one he saw. He wants to find you," I said. "Rose, it's not about me. I just . . . I think he's lost and confused. He's been in a coma a long time," Ms. Blanchard said. "But he loves you! You need to stop chasing him, and let him find you," I said. "Kid. You need to go home. Where's your Mom? She's going to kill me and then you . . . and then me again," Mom said.

"She dropped me at the house. Then, went right out," I said. "Well, we need to get you back immediately," Mom said. "No!" I said. "Guys!" Graham called and we went on. We found Graham, crouched down near a plant. I saw that it was a hospital wrist band. "Is that . . ." Ms. Blanchard trailed off. "Blood," Mom said.

We were all shocked and went down to a river. "Where is he? Can you see him?" Ms. Blanchard asked. "The trail dies at the water line," Graham said, as we looked with the flashlights. All of a sudden Ms. Blanchard started to panic, "Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!"

Ms. Blanchard dropped the flashlight and ran into the river. I see John laying in the river! "I need an ambulance! At the old Toll Bridge, as soon as possible," Graham said as he and Mom get to John and Ms. Blanchard. I say watching as they try to get him out of the water.

"Hang on, hang on. I got him, I got him," Mom said. "I'm falling," Ms. Blanchard said. I watched nervously, and wanting to jump into the river to help. "Hold on. I feel it," Ms. Blanchard said. They placed him on the ground. "No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. I found you," Ms. Blanchard said. "It's going to be okay," Mom said. "Help's coming," Graham said.

"Is he okay?" I asked. "Rose . . ." Mom said as she ran over to me. "Is he going to be okay?" I asked. "Rose, don't look. Okay? Don't look," Mom said as she spun me around and she wrapped her arms around me as I closed my eyes.

"Come back to us," I heard Ms. Blanchard say. "It's okay, honey," Mom whispered to me. Just then there was silence, then I heard coughing, and we looked and saw him awake. "You saved me," He said.

"She did it. She did it! She woke him up," I said with a smile. "Yeah, kid. She did," Mom said. "Thank you," He said. "Who are you?" Ms. Blanchard asked him. "I don't know," He said. "It's okay. You're going to be okay," Ms. Blanchard said. Soon the ambulance came, and took him to the hospital.