Hi guys! I'm sooooooo sooooooo sooooo sorry for this extremely late update. Some personal stuff has been going on and i've been really busy as far as school goes and started this chapter but never found the time to finish it so here it is!

It's more of a bonding moment between Molly's dad and Sherlock but Molly wakes up for a bit of it.

I desperately wanted to add at least a bit of fluff in it so I mixed some in there of course.

So yeah, I apologize again for the late update. So here it is

-Katie-


Chapter 9:

2 hours, 23 minutes and 41 seconds.

42..43..44..45..46..47

Sherlock was counting every second since she had come back after flatlining, holding her hand except when he was forced away from her side.

He stared intently at her face, watching her sleep peacefully, waiting for another nightmare to show whenever her eyebrows would crease and she would frown and fidget and he would get up and stroke her cheek gently and it would go away.

He'd already done it three times within the 2 hours, 24 minutes and 12 seconds since she was admitted.

Sherlock had still held her hand even when her father had come running into the room. His eyes had been puffy and red and he was shaking and looking around wildly for Molly.

"Where is she, oh my god is she okay. Wait, who are you and why are you holding my daughters hand?"

"Oh hello Mr. Hooper, I'm a...close friend of Molly's. I was the one that found her, had I not she would have been successful in her suicide attempt."

"Why the bloody hell were you in my house to find her?"

"I received a text from her that I analyzed further and figured out that she would attempt so I ran to your house as quickly as I could to stop her. I was almost too late," when Sherlock said this, he squeezed her hand, using it as an anchor to keep him in reality.

"O- You're the boy that they told me about that was in the ambulance with her and got her through it oh my… thank you so much, um?"

"Sherlock…Sherlock Holmes."

Mr. Hooper reached his hand out and Sherlock took it and shoot it firmly before holding Molly's hand again. "Thank you Sherlock Holmes, for saving my daughter's life. I just, don't understand why she would do this."

Sherlock sighed before launching into the long story about Molly's anxiety and increasingly worse depression, about her habit of self-harm and how it probably worsened because she feels somehow responsible for the loss of her mother and sibling.

"I…Wh…No… She shouldn't blame herself for that it isn't anyone's fault," he paused and laughed sadly. "If anyone is to blame it is her mother for putting so much stress on herself and over-working herself. But I'll never blame her. Or anyone. Oh Molly…" Her father went over to the opposite side of the bed and held her other hand since Sherlock certainly wasn't letting go of the hand he was holding.

Sherlock delicately studied every part of her hand, glancing at her heart monitor every so often as her father stared at her face. Both saying nothing for a few more minutes.

"How long are you going to stay here with her?" Mr. Hooper asked.

"At least until she wakes up, I don't sleep much, especially when I'm on a case or doing an experiment so I can stay up for a long time and I'm not exactly worried about school since I'm smarter than all of the teachers in it anyway." He replied, staring intently at her pointer finger.

"Are you guys like…a thing?" Mr. Hooper asked hesitantly.

"We might be. I certainly like her a considerable amount and I'm positive she likes me as well we were just friends before this but I was never able to admit my feelings for her."

"Oh, alright. I'm just afraid she might do this again."

Sherlock looked up between Molly's face and her father's.

"I don't think she will. Once she sees you she will become slightly upset but not at you, at herself as well as become overwhelmed with grief. She apologized right before the ambulance arrived so I'm sure she knows what a huge mistake she made by attempting and almost going through with this."

"Okay." Her father replied softly.

Sherlock smiled softly as he realized that he's where she got her mousiness from and recalled memories of her acting similarly, blushing and wringing her hands with a small smile on her face. Normally he would have scoffed at himself and pushed those thoughts completely from his mind, deleting them from his mind palace, locking the door to whatever room they're in and throwing away the key. But he didn't want to, and his mind didn't object to thinking this way like it normally did.

Not soon after he went into his mind palace did Molly's father fall asleep in the chair that he had moved up next to her bedside, snoring quietly with his arms crossed over his chest.

What finally took Sherlock out of his mind palace and away from his thoughts about Molly was when he felt something squeeze his hand. He shook his head a couple times to clear it and looked down to see Molly stirring, holding his hand back tightly.

"Sher…ck" was all she could manage to say as Sherlock practically leapt out of the chair he was sitting in and was rubbing her cheek gently as she struggled to open her eyes.

When she finally did they settled onto his, which he immediately softened as much as he could, and she smiled at him, reaching her hand out weakly to touch his face. She then looked over at her sleeping father and squeezed Sherlock's hand tighter when, as he predicted, a huge wave of guilt passed over her face and memories of what she did returned to her.

Her eyes widened and she looked back at Sherlock, opening her mouth but no noise would come out as tears began to stream down her face.

Without a second thought he scooped her up and sat in her bed, placing her in his lap and rocking back and forth lovingly as he whispered soothing words in her ear while he held her tightly.

"Shhh, it's alright Molly, he's not mad, he's just worried about you. I am a bit worried too to be honest because I care greatly for you. I'm go to help make you better okay? Me and your dad, we're going to fix you up and make you better, no matter what, alright?"

She relaxed in his arms and nodded, slowly calming down, she knew he was telling the truth that both he and her dad would help her.

The movement of Sherlock had woken up Molly's father and he watched as this boy he had known for a few hours, calmed his Molly down.

'If this isn't what love looks like, then I don't know what is,' he thought to himself as he cleared his throat, letting the two teens know that he had woken up.

Molly blushed and snapped her head to look at her father, but Sherlock's grip stayed strong, unwilling to let go of her yet.

"Hello MollyWobbles." He said quietly, smiling slightly.

"Hi dad…listen I'm so sorry about this I just, I let go and blame myself for mom's and the baby's death." She spoke guilty.

"It is not in any way your fault Molls so just forget that right now alright? It's nobody's fault about what happened to your mom and you should have talked to me if you blamed yourself so much. I wish you talked to me when you felt sad or anxious about anything. I know that's the most cliché thing to be said in these situations but it's true. If it ever feels too much just tell me or your boy Sherlock here, I can see how much he cares about you too so please just know we want to make you feel better." He would have said more but his voice was starting to break and he had to swallow a huge lump that was forming in his throat.

Molly stared at him then weakly leaned out of Sherlock's hold slightly and hugged her father tightly.

"I'm so sorry dad, I love you so much." She said, tears forming in her eyes again.

"I'm sorry too Molls, I love you too." He pulled back and kissed her cheek and wiped a couple tears off her face, then he let her go and she sat back in Sherlock's lap, leaning her head on his shoulder.

Sherlock leaned down and kissed her temple as she fell asleep again before looking up at Molly's father who was sitting in his chair again. He thought for a minute before asking.

"How do you know I care so much about her?"

Mr. Hooper didn't even need to think about his answer. "Because that's the way I would care about her mother and cheer her up or calm her down. Her mother also suffered from frequent panic attacks, I should have known there was a chance she would get them too, I should have paid more attention to her."

"Don't blame yourself Mr. Hooper. Molly is a very closed up person, I'm guessing that the only things that really set them off was stressful stuff like harder homework or when she was having a rough day. She's good at hiding things and I didn't even see it until I walked in on her in the middle of a panic attack, and I see everything! But… I also know that she is very strong. I mean, how else could anyone go on this long without any kind of support without completely breaking and losing herself? But she didn't and now that we're here for her she won't be alone anymore and we can help her through this."

Mr. Hooper stared at Sherlock with his mouth agape slightly. He swallowed another huge lump before going over and shaking his hand again.

"Sherlock Holmes you are wiser than any boy your age should be, thank you so much. I'm so glad Molly found someone like you to care for her. I um, I think I'll go home and rest for a few hours, clean up the bathroom and her room a bit for when she comes home. I'll just leave you two alone." He patted Sherlock's shoulder and kissed Molly's cheek before leaving.

Sherlock sighed before hugging Molly closer, planting a gently kiss on the corner of her lips before leaning back and allowing himself to fall into a light sleep for a little while.


So that was chapter 9. Nottttt really anything happens plot wise but there are some definite bond growthage goin on between all three of the character.

I mean it's kind of obvious that Sherlolly is now official in it but next chapter they're definitely going to finalize that fact with each other. So yeah that's going to happen with some moreeeee fluff. I love writing fluff it makes my heart feel warm and fuzzy but it feel better to me when it happens when one of them feels upset or something like that. I dunno i'm weird. Be back hopefully tomorrow or the day after with the next chapter!

Review, i love hearing what you have to say!

Bye!

-Katie-