New Life
SaraLovesCastle wanted a oneshot of Emma being at Neal's birth
"Dad will be here soon!" Emma assured her mother, as Snow tried to remain calm in front of Emma. She had only been in this amount of agony once before. Fortunately Emma wasn't old enough to remember the screaming her mother did. Snow nodded, not trusting herself to say anything. Emma gave her mom a baffled look.
"I've been through this, remember? I know how sore it is. I can see that you're practically biting your lip to stop from screaming. Let it out!" Snow shook her head. She let out a painful grunt as another contraction hit her.
"Not in front of you." Snow gasped, fighting the urge to scream blue murder. Emma rolled her eyes. This was going to be a long wait for her dad if her mom was refusing to scream or at least squeeze her hand.
About an hour in, David came scooting into the room.
"Am I too late? He babbled. "Have I missed it?" He asked, clearly out of breath. Emma shook her head.
"Nope. Baby's still in there. Mom's refusing to scream in front of me." David looked over to Emma, not realising she was there. His face broke into a massive grin. He made it over to Emma in to giant strides and without warning picked her up and twirled her around. Emma hadn't expected that at all and was positively alarmed.
"I'm having another baby Emma!" He said proudly as he set her back down. David was so excited that he didn't notice the look of horror on Emma's face at being picked up and spun around.
"Yes…" Emma said, stepping back. "You are. So instead of doing…whatever that was…maybe you should be assisting your wife?" Emma suggested. David nodded vigorously.
"Oh yeah, right." He quickly made his way to Snow's side, grabbing her hand. He was shocked at how quickly she managed to cut off the blood circulation to it. "I'm here." He assured her, stroking through her hair. "Ready to meet baby number two?" He asked her. Snow answered with a small smile. She still didn't trust herself to open her mouth and not scream. She really hoped Emma would leave now that David had arrived, but by the way she stuck to Snow's side Snow guessed that wasn't happening.
Snow smiled at the little boy in her arms. Only once before had she seen such a perfect baby. She looked to her side to see that perfect baby. Her little girl.
"Thanks for being here." She whispered. Emma smiled back.
"I'm glad I was. I must say, you were pretty calm. When I had Henry I screamed blue murder."
"Well I wasn't letting you see me like that. I wouldn't want to completely traumatise my daughter."
"I think you managed that already…I'll never have a taco again." Snow just rolled her eyes. Of course that's what would scar Emma over this!