Emma left early and both tried to avoid each other. He was afraid he scared her off and she was afraid he didn't mean it. Neal got Robin to take Regina out some place. He just laid on his bed and stared up at the wall. What he wouldn't give to be back at home with his parents, brothers and soon enough, baby sister. He just wanted to be away from Robin and Regina. He wanted to be away from Emma Nolan so he wouldn't embarrass himself anymore. He'd never felt like he did about anyone else. He felt like she was the one. His family believed that you only find one person who you can truly love for eternity and give all of your love and support no matter what.

Emma laid in bed in her dorm and stared at the ceiling. Her mother had texted last night and said when she came home to feel free and bring her boyfriend as they wanted to meet him. She didn't have one to do so though. She had been jealous of Regina for managing to catch a man such as Neal. He was handsome, smart and funny. He made a woman feel like she's supposed to and not some tool. She had had her eye on him for a while now. She had never been jealous of Regina mills in the long time she had known her. Emma had dated many a guy in high school but none acted as civil as Neal Cassidy. No man made her literally lost for words with simply a look or a smile.

She finally found the courage to get up and go over to his dorm door. She knocked on the door and waited for him to answer. He opened the door a couple minutes later with a towel around his neck. He smelt like he had been working out. He had sweat beads in his hair and on his forehead. He smiled. "Hey."

"Hey. We need to talk. Do you remember what you said last night?"

"Yeah, I remember. Remember perfectly, actually."

"Did you mean what you said about loving me?"

He looked down and bit his lip. "I don't say things I don't mean. I already know Regina is a bitch, but I keep coming. I like you. I have since I first laid eyes on you."

"Get a shower and come over in an hour. You're taking me out tonight."

He smiled and nodded. That night they went to a fancy restaurant and ate. He kissed her that night as well.

Neal and Emma had been dating for over six months when they decided to take a walk one day. He said some sweet things and they ended up giving up their virginity to each other with absolutely mind blowing sex. They went several rounds together until they were too tired to continue. Emma went back to her own dorm.

That became their thing they did every other Friday when Regina and Robin went out to a movie and dinner.

After about two months, Emma began to feel off but thought nothing of it. She and Neal went on a walk as always. He squeezed her hand and smiled.

"I really love you, you know that right?"

She smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I know. I love you too... What would you do if you never met me?"

"Gee, I don't know, Em. Probably not have sex. Bowl more." He shrugged. "Look for someone like you."

She blushed and looked down. "Good thing you won't have to anymore."

"I wouldn't want to anyway."

Robin and the new guy, Colin, came over to Emma and Neal. They gagged Neal and Colin held Emma back. Robin started to drown Neal in the nearest fountain on campus.

Emma was crying as she watched the love of her life being drowned before her very eyes. "Stop! Please, Robin, stop!" She was yelling. Neal stop thrashing and Emma just sobbed. Colin and Robin ran off. Another student came and pulled Neal out and quickly started CPR on him. Emma was on her knees just sobbing and calling Neal's name.

An ambulance came and got Neal. Emma went with him and refused to let go of his hand the whole time. His family came out quickly and she didn't leave until three am that night.

The doctors had done everything they could for Neal and he was in a coma.

After two days of constantly sitting in the hospital and getting sick, she scheduled herself an appointment to find out what was wrong with her. She sat on the examination table uncomfortably and waited for the doctor to return with the results of her blood test. She was so nervous that she would fidget, kicking her legs or twaddling her thumbs. Tapping her fingers and crossing and uncrossing her legs.

The doctor came back in after what seemed an hour but was really only fifteen minutes. She had a seat on the stool and looked at Emma, smiling sweetly.

"Well, good news Ms. Swan, you're not ill." At this Emma bit her lip. Conversations like this always ended in you're terminally ill or something like that.

"Then what am I, dying?"

The doctor laughed slightly. "No, no. Of course not, miss Swan. You're pregnant. You are expecting a baby."

Emma's jaw dropped. That never even crossed her mind. Sure, she wanted kids, but she wanted to finish college, get a job and get married first. She wanted to have her child or children in her late twenties, not late teens. She was only eighteen, she would be nineteen when the baby was born. She didn't even know if Neal wanted kids. She thought he would because come on, he's Neal.

She nodded slowly. "Well then... My boyfriend will be quite shocked to say the least."

"That seems to be the normal trend when people find out their pregnant." Her doctor gave her a lot of information on pregnancy and such. She gave her a good sized bottle of prenatal vitamins. The doctor left the room so Emma could get dressed.

Honestly, Emma was terrified. First, she had her baby's father in the hospital in a coma. Then she would have to deal with her parents and his, which she'd only met once and wasn't really paying attention at the time. And finally, she was in college for God sake. She would have to give up her scholarship and future so she could raise her baby. There was no way she would give it up.

She went back to Neal's room and sat in her normal chair, finally aware it wasn't just the two of them and an occasional nurse. It's was them, and their baby, inside her. It was just Neal, her, and her approximately nine week old baby.

Nine weeks... That meant they'd sleep together another four times after their baby was conceived. What if he hurt the baby? He was somewhat big. What if she did something and it hurt the baby? She didn't drink often but didn't eat well, that was for sure. She took some different medicines for her apparent morning sickness as well. She laid her head on his chest and cried on him.

He woke to a weight on his chest and started coughing. He saw Emma look up at him and smile, tears in her eyes. She sobbed and kissed him deeply, wrapping her arms around his neck. He pulled away first, so he could have another coughing fit. Neal wiped her tears away.

"Hey, beautiful." Neal said weakly. He moved over in the bed and patted the spot beside him.

She crawled up next to you and wrapped her arms around him, resting her chin on his shoulder. "I thought you weren't gonna wake up..."

He turned his head to look at her before taking her arms off him and pulling her into his lap. "No, baby. I will always wake up for you. Always."

She cringed when he said the word baby. "Good because I need you here with me. I love you."

"I love you too." He pressed his lips to her forehead for a moment. "What did I miss in the past week?"

Emma bit her lip and ran her hand through his hair. "Not a lot with school.."

"Has my family been out?"

"Yeah, your mom and dad came out. They had to go back though because of his shop."

Neal nodded, disappointed. "Alright... Why were you so upset earlier?"

She sighed and looked at him for a while. "I'm... Pregnant." Tears filled her eyes as she stared at him, his expression not changing. She buried her head in the crock of his neck. "I'm sorry."

"I'm leaving..." he said but Emma interrupted the rest of his sentence.

"What...?" She looked at him. "You can't leave me, Neal. I need you... Please, don't leave me..."

"I'm leaving school. We'll get an apartment near there," he laid his hand on her still flat stomach, "when the kid's born, I'll drop out and take care of him."

She shook her head. "No, Neal, I can't make you do that. I can't do that to you. You've always wanted to go to college and become a cop." She had more tears streaming down her face rapidly.

"Yeah, I have always wanted to be a cop, but I've also always wanted to be a father. I would give up any job if it meant I could be a father. You have more promise then I do in being a cop. Plus, you're on scholarship, I'm not."

She tried to wipe her tears, but they just kept flowing. "I love you..."

"I love you too." He wiped away her tears with the pad of his thumb before lifting her shirt slightly and kissing her stomach. "I love you too, buddy."

She let out a watery laugh. "I hope he looks just like you."

"Oh, so now we're excited?" He said sarcastically.

She rolled her eyes. "I hope it's a boy."

"Oh yeah, I hope it's a girl. A girl just as beautiful as her mother."

"I guess we'll find out in sevenish months."

He smiled. "Already two months along, huh?"

She nodded and kissed him again.