Thank you everyone for your support since the last chapter was posted. I know a few reviews mentioned what I had informed you guys at the end of the last chapter. I wanted you all to also know that my family is holding together in this tough time. Danny might be making an appearance in a fiction of mine soon, or in this one even. He was an excellent brother, friend and son, and had an endless dream of protecting and serving not only his family, but the world. However, back to the story!
Disclaimer: We do not own the rights to Ed Sheeran's album and OUaT or any of its character's. Much to our own dismay, as we would love to have Lana Parrilla and Jennifer Morrison apart of our lives. :)
I wanna be drunk when I wake up,
On the right side of the wrong bed,
And never an excuse I made up,
Tell you the truth I hate,
What didn't kill me, it never made me stronger at all,
Love will scar your makeup lip sticks to me,
So now I'll maybe lean back there
I'm sat here, wishing I was sober,
I know i'll never hold you like I used to
Emma downed another shot, determined that she could douse the pain. She messed up and she knew it. Ruby and Belle moments earlier had noticed her arrival back at the Rabbit Hole and her mad dash for the bar manned by Jimmy. Ruby noticed the jug of Jack and the double shot of whiskey that Emma had just downed. Almost instantly after putting down the shot and grabbing the jar to pour another, she was dragged away towards the table. Emma was only just able to snatch the shot glass as she was tugged away.
"What the... Ruby!" Emma struggled, then was suddenly forced onto a nearby bar stool.
"Spill it Emma, what happened." Ruby asked as she looked pointedly into the blonde's eyes.
Emma reached for the shot glass and attempted to pour another when Belle snatched the glass.
"You've had enough, what happened?"
"I fucked up! That is what." Emma snapped, "I hurt the one person I thought that could keep me sane, grounded even!"
"What did you say?" Belle asked.
"Too much and yet far too little." Emma quipped, taking the moment to snag the shot glass out of the reach of Belle and poured another shot.
Ruby snagged the bottle from her hand, determined to help Belle stop Emma from drinking more than she already had.
"You need to stop drinking before you do something else you regret!" Ruby explained when Emma tried to get back the bottle.
"I bought that give it back! And what am I supposed to do, Rubes?"
"I'll pay for it, and you need to go back and apologize, thats what you need to do." Ruby explained.
Emma looked at her, then attempted to snatch the bottle of whiskey again.
"Emma, she is right. You won't win Regina back sitting here." Belle said, "Go, what else could happen?"
Emma nodded, snatched the bottle of whiskey from Ruby's now unguarded stance and took a deep swig from the bottle. She stood, hugged Ruby and smiled at Belle before walking out of the bar with as much dignity as she could muster. She stood against the door of her bug, that was parked outside the bar. She took a deep breath and pulled out her phone, she realized that she needed her mother most of all in this hard time, her mother would know what she would need to say. She pressed 3 on her phone and hit send, praying that the speed-dial would help her reach her mother faster.
But a house gets cold when you cut the heating
Without you to hold I'll be freezing
Can't rely on my heart to beat in
'Cause you take parts of it every evening
Take words out of my mouth just from breathing
Replace with phrases like when you're leaving me.
"Mom..." Henry gently shook Regina out of her muffled crying stupor as she rested upon him. He motioned towards the ringing phone on the coffee table.
Henry had done his best to comfort his grief stricken mother. As he reached for the cordless phone, he noticed the caller and showed the screen to Regina. She waved it off, not wanting to talk to the blonde. Henry set the phone back down and a moment later the answering machine picked it up.
"Mom, I need to talk, I messed up and I don't know how to fix it. Regina and I got in a fight earlier tonight and I was drunk, Hell... I still am drunk. God mom, I love her I just don't know how to say it, show it, or at this point even prove it. I've messed up everything I am so unsure..."
A muffled sound came across the speaker then a loud crash then the phone went dead. That sent Regina into a panic as she attempted to pick up the phone and dial Emma. It went straight to voicemail. Regina hung up and dialed another number to get ahold of the two people Emma was actually trying to call.
"Snow. Come to my house. Now. No. No questions. tell charming I need his deputy services." Regina hung up and five minutes later, she was dressed in dark Jeans and a light sweater and Charming and Snow were knocking at the door as she walked down the stairs. Henry answered the door.
"Henry, What is the matter, is Emma...?" Snow asked as she came in.
"I don't know..." Regina interjected. "Snow, I need you to stay here with Henry, while David and I go find her."
"Mom..." Henry started to chime.
"No Henry, no butts. I will call you if i Find her" Regina cut him off, walking over to him and hugging him, "I promise you that."
"Okay." Henry replied as Regina hugged him.
"Lets' go, Charming."
Should I, should I?
Maybe I'll get drunk again
I'll be drunk again
I'll be drunk again
To feel a little love
Emma slammed her phone right across her attackers face. While he was reeling, she noticed that it was shattered. Tossing it aside, she clentched her fist to hit her attacker again and as she turned, she felt glass strike her temple. Dazed and stunned, she slid to the ground against her bug. The sensation was all too familiar to her. Blood filled her vision as she felt a kick against her ribs and a few f them crack. She then felt herself being dragged to her feet. Stumbling, the attacker walked her what felt like an eternity, but was only a few steps away to what seemed a wall.
Suddenly, Emma felt like she was falling. It was a long sensation to be interrupted by multiple impact points and noise. At that point, it was all so slow to her she knew it all was happening in a matter of moments but to her it felt like hours. It was like slow motion, she could tell how each trashcan fell to the ground as she laid amongst the loose trash and allowed her senses to overcome her. The pain from her ribs consumed her torso, and was certain that she had a decent cut on her right arm, and maybe a dislocated elbow on her left. Her leg sensory was all but cut off by the broken ribs in her torso.
After a moment, Emma blacked out completely.
She regained consciousness when she heard frantic voices. Unsure if she could figure out who they were, Emma attempted to climb to her feet. Grabbing a trash can in an attempt to support herself, she was able to pull herself up until she made a move towards the street from the back alley, then it was sent crashing to the ground in a loud bang. Emma reached for the nearby wall, but her depth perception was poor at best and she was then sent face first and unceremoniously into the concrete.
Dazed, She saw three figures running towards her. The tunnel vision she had caused it to all happen to fast for her brain to comprehend. Able to just barely make out the sound of her name being called out and the bronze eyes of the brunette that had gotten to her first.
"Regina..." Emma was able to mutter before completely sucumbing to the darkness.
"Emma!"
I wanna hold your heart in both hands
Not watch it fizzle at the bottom of a Coke can
And I got no plans for the weekend
So should we speak then
Keep it between friends
Though I know you'll never love me like you used to.
Regina and David pulled up outside of the Rabbit hole, where Ruby and Belle waited for them.
"What happened?" Ruby asked before Regina could climb out of the old Chevrolet. "She was supposed to be on her way to see you?"
"She was?" Regina asked
"Yes, she told Belle and I what happened earlier and we urged her to go back and talk to you." Ruby replied.
"She called my house trying to call Snow. I didn't answer. She was looking for advice, then the line ran dead after what sounded like a scuffle." Regina answered
An audible crunch sounded.
"Well," Charming chimed, "That would explain all the broken glass and her shattered cell phone." He motioned to the evidence that was surrounding them.
"Oh dear I hope she is alright!" Belle finally spoke up.
"Ruby, can you track her?" Charming asked.
"With ease, look, blood." Ruby pointed at the small specks that lit up the sidewalk, She started following the trail alongside the building.
As they walked alongside the building, Charming noticed a look on Ruby's face.
"What's wrong Ruby?"
"There is another smell here... Thick abs smothered in alcohol." Ruby replied, the apparent disgust on her face." The scent splits here..."
Another rather loud crash from the nearby alleyway startled the trio. Regina noticed the blonde hair first and darted into the darkness.
"Emma!"
All Regina heard was Emma mutter her name before the blonde collapsed and blacked out completely. "Emma please wake up!" Regina began crying shaking the limp blonde in a futile attempt to wake her. She didn't hear Charming call for an ambulance.
"Ruby, can you track the other scent?" He asked.
"I can try. I'll call you if it results in anything." Red replied.
"just do your best, that's all I ask."
Ruby nodded and went off after the scent. Charming called the paramedics and went to Emma's side.