Chapter 20: Come Around
Previously:
"Doctor Whale doesn't want anything said about Emma's condition until she wakes up well if she wakes up. So remember you can't say anything to anyone." A nurse said to coworker as they heard a patient's heart monitor go off. The nurse threw that chart in her hands on the nurse's station and all of the nurses at station followed running the opposite way away of Emma's room.
Graham snuck around the corner quietly to the nurse's station to see the chart belonged to Emma. He knew it was wrong to open it but he had to know what was wrong with her. He read through her chart then his blue eyes stopped reading growing large.
AN: I can't believe I am on chapter 20 already! I kept hearing this song on The Ghost Whisperer and it was haunting me because it was so beautiful. The other day I was listening to my Pandora station and it came on ! It's Come Around by Rosi Golan. Thank you for all of the reviews! If it wasn't for all of them this chapter may have taken awhile to write but thanks to you I was inspired.
"Are you okay?" Mary Margaret asked Graham looking over at him sitting across from her in the waiting room while they waited for Doctor Whale to examine Emma. He had been acting very strangely ever since he went for a cup of coffee.
"When Emma wakes up, I will be." Graham replied to her. Mary Margaret nodded at him feeling the same way that Graham did. "Do you need to go to the school?" He asked her.
"No, Principal Anderson is teaching my class today. She understood that I needed to be here with Emma." She said to him as Ruby walked slowly towards them. "I could use a snack." She said getting up out of her chair heading to the cafeteria.
"Graham, I am know that all of this is my fault and you don't want me here. But I feel like I owe it to Emma to be here. I promise to stay away from you." Ruby told him in a soft voice while Graham stood up making his away over to her.
"I owe you an apology. This isn't your fault, Ruby. I could have told Emma that you needed a friend but I didn't so that is my fault. I am so sorry that I spoke to you like that. Please accept my apology. It's just I was so scared that I could lose her."
Ruby smiled at him pulling him into a hug, "Of course I forgive you. We are friends." She replied to him with her head against his chest. She pulled away from the hug to ask him, "How is Emma?"
"She had some swelling and bleeding on her brain but they were able to drain the excess fluid. They've been keeping her sedated until the most of the swelling goes down. They took her in for more scans to see if the swelling is gone." Graham explained to her. "How are you doing?"
"I've been better. Michael sat up with me most of the night until I fell asleep. He didn't even pressure me into telling him what was wrong." Ruby said to Graham.
"Ruby, he works for Julian so I am sure that he has an idea of what happened. You can't work for someone like him and not know that he's heartless and evil." Graham pointed out to Ruby, who sighed sitting down a chair. "Hey, I'm not saying that he can't be trusted but you do need to be careful."
"You're right. I just made a huge mistake with Julian so I should not rush into anything." Ruby realized disappointed but she knew that Graham was right. She didn't even know if Michael would be okay with the fact that she slept with his boss. "How is Henry?" She asked changing the subject.
"He seemed to be doing okay when he was visiting Emma this morning but I know that he is really scared and worried. Henry is just like Emma when it comes to tough situations. She may not have raised him but I see so much of Emma in him." Graham said to her smiling.
"Thank god, Henry takes after Emma not Julian." Ruby shuttered while Graham nodded in agreement. Mary Margaret entered the waiting room going over to Ruby to hug her before sitting down. "I am so sorry about all of this."
"Accidents happen. None of this is your fault." Mary Margaret reassured her seeing Doctor Whale coming out of the ICU.
All three of them stood up before Dr. Whale reached them, "Good news, all of the swelling went down so we won't need to keep her sedated anymore. It will take a few hours for the sedative to wear off. We moved her out of ICU into room #101. You can all go see her if you would like."
"Doctor Whale, thank you so much." Graham thanked him reaching out to shake his hand smiling at him.
"You're welcome. " He replied shaking his hand smiling at the Sheriff. "I want to keep her for a day or two to keep an eye on her." He added then walked off to attend to his other patients.
Ruby, Graham and Mary Margaret made their way to Emma's new hospital room. Graham noticed that Emma didn't look as pale as she had before when he leaned down kissing her on the lips softly. "Please wake up, Emma. I miss you already." He whispered to her. Graham was stunned to see her eye lids fluttering. "Emma?" He said softly to her as she let out a small groan before her eyes slowly opened.
Her green eyes looked up at Graham's concerned yet happy face, "I feel like someone hit me on the head with a hammer." She groaned out putting her head up to her temple. Emma looked around at her three visitors. "Who are you?" She asked them making all of their eyes go wide with fear. "I' m just kidding. Come on it's just a little hospital humor." She added seeing that none of them were amused. "I bet that some of you were hoping that I would forget." Emma's eyes briefly stared at Ruby before setting on Graham.
"No!" Graham exclaimed quickly looking at Emma with love and devotion. He went to grab her hand but she pulled it away. "Emma, you need to listen to me…" He began say but she cut him off.
"No, I want the both of you to leave my room." Emma said to him staring him down with anger and sorrows making Graham feel nauseous.
"Graham walked in on me and Julian having sex at the inn." Ruby blurted out getting Emma's immediate attention. "I should have listened to you but I didn't. You were right about him. He scares the hell out of and I was ashamed to tell you. I asked Graham not to tell you about it. I felt like I was going to have a break down so I asked Graham to meet me." She told Emma with shame in her tear filled eyes. "All of this is my fault. So blame it on me not Graham. He loves you so much."
Emma stared at Ruby for a few seconds, "I'm so sorry, Ruby. Are you okay?" Emma asked her with worry making Ruby stare at her with disbelief.
"Emma, you are laying in a hospital bed and you are asking me if I am okay?" Ruby asked her as Emma nodded at her. "I'm doing better now that you are awake."
"Do you forgive me for accusing you of cheating on me?" Emma asked sheepishly looking up at her boyfriend. Ruby and Mary Margaret snuck out of the room quietly to give the couple alone time. Graham answered her by leaning in and kissing her softly on the lips. "Is that a yes?" She asked him smiling.
"I owe you the apology for not telling you about that night or that I was meeting Ruby." Graham said sitting on the edge of her bed holding her hands in his. "The eighteen hours and twenty two minutes have been the longest of my life.
Emma raised her eyebrow at him. "I see someone has been just sitting around the hospital instead of sheriffing." She teased him making him laugh.
"God, I love you. Have I told you how adorable you are?" Graham laughed leaning in closer kissing her once again.
"Well, look who is awake." Doctor Whale called out walking into the room surprised to see Emma awake. "I need to examine Emma and speak with her for a few minutes. Could you please wait outside?" He asked Graham, who didn't look very happy about the idea of leaving Emma.
Before he could protest Emma spoke up, "Could he please stay? Anything that you tell me you can tell Graham." She said to her doctor not wanting Graham to leave.
"Okay." Doctor Whale agreed walking over to her bed pulling a lighted pin out of his jacket pocket. He explained to her what had happened to her before examining her. "Follow the light." He told her as he moved the light side to side and up and down. "Good. Are you experiencing any severe pain?" He asked her.
"No, I just feel like I have the worst hangover ever with a headache, tired, dizzy and a little nauseous." Emma replied with a smile. "But I guess that probably normal for a head injury?" She asked him.
"Yes, but it's also typical of systems of something else. "Doctor Whale said to her as she looked at him confused. "Congratulations, you are pregnant." He said to her as her mouth feel open and her eyes grew wide. He glanced over at Graham, who was smiling with joy and excitement in his eyes. "When were you expecting your next period?" He asked a still stunned Emma.
She looked up at Graham looking at her with a goofy smile that made her heart melt as Doctor Whale's words sunk in her head, "I should have started a week ago but I have been distracted." She answered him but didn't take her eyes off Graham turning his goofy grin. 'I am carrying Graham's baby' she thought as he leaned in kissing her lovingly. They smiled at each other for a few moments before she looked back at Dr. Whale panicked with her hands touching her abdomen protectively. "Is the baby okay?" She asked him.
"You are in the very early stages of your pregnancy. I would guess only about 3 weeks along. Normally in an accident like yours the embryo wouldn't make it through an impact but your baby must be a fighter just like his mother. You have recovered more quickly from a brain trauma then anyone that I have ever treated. But I do want to keep you here for two days to monitor you and your baby." Dr. Whale said to her before turning to Graham. "Congratulations Sheriff Graham." He said holding his hand out and they shook hands grinning at each other before leaving the room.
Graham turned to Emma with tears of happiness in his eyes putting his hand on top of hers on her abdomen causing Emma's eyes to tear up, "We are having a baby." She whispered to him as he nodded at her pulling her into a passionate kiss as his hands went into her hair. They clung to each other as their tongues tangled forgetting where they were. The only thing they could think about was that they were having a baby.
"Gross!" They heard Henry exclaim for the doorway making them pull apart. They saw his nose scrunched up making them laugh as Emma motioned him to come into the room. "You are awake!" He exclaimed running over to wrap his arms around his mother. Emma held onto him tightly closing her eyes as she held onto him. "I was so scared that you weren't going to wake up. Did true love's kiss wake you up?" He asked her looking back and forth between her and Graham.
"I think it did, kid." She told him ruffling his brown hair making him grin. "I'm sorry if I scared you."
"Just don't do it again, Emma." He told her making her and Graham laughed as she nodded at him. "Does your head hurt?" He asked her worried.
"Just a little but I will be fine." Emma reassured him looking up to see Regina walk into her room. "Hello Regina."
"It's good to see you awake and healthy, Miss Swan." Regina said to her as Emma held in a scoff. "I know that you probably do not believe but I mean it. Henry was very worried about you." She added with a small smile.
"I am actually feeling better than ever expect for a slight headache. Thank you for your concern, Regina." Emma thanked her but hid her suspicion with a smile. Emma knew that Regina would most likely freak out if she knew that she was pregnant with Graham's baby. She wanted to enjoy the news with Graham for a while before she shared the news with everyone.
"I will leave you three alone for a while. Do not forget we need to be home soon because you have homework, Henry." Regina replied before exiting the room surprising Graham and Emma.
"So tell me how Grace liked your Valentine." Emma said looking over at Henry laying on the right side of her as Graham sat next to her on the left holding her hand.
"She agreed to be my girlfriend. Grace held my hand the other day!" He began to tell her grinning at her.
The hospital lobby
David walked into the lobby with worry written all over his face, "How is she?" He asked Mary Margaret, who stood up walking over to him.
"She just woke up and seemed like her normal self. I let her and Graham have some alone time. It was really hard to leave though. Every bone in my body wanted to stay by her side." She told him watching the relief flood over David's face. "You have really grown attached to Emma haven't you?" She asked him smiling.
"Is it that obvious? Emma is a pretty amazing person." He said to Mary Margaret smiling at her.
"Wow, you two move fast." Regina said to them walking over to them looking at them but setting her eyes on Mary Margaret. "I guess you don't care that you are a home wrecker. You pretend to be all high and mighty but I guess that is just a lie, isn't?"
"I think you need to take a look in the mirror, Mayor Mills." Julian said walking in the hospital lobby while Regina glared at him. "Give it a rest. This is not the time or the place."
Mary Margaret couldn't help but feel a little a bit of appreciation for Julian at this moment in time. She still hated him and didn't trust him but he was right that this wasn't the place or time. "Emma is awake and seems to be fine. Graham is with her." She told him watching a wave of relief come over Julian. Mary Margaret knew at that moment in time that he cared about Emma but she was sure it wasn't in a healthy way.
"I am very relieved to hear that she is awake. Will we be able to visit her?" He asked Mary Margaret.
"Doctor Whale was going to examine her to see if she was okay so he said he would come out to let us know." Mary Margaret explained to him as Doctor Whale appeared. "How is she?"
"Emma seems to be perfectly healthy but we want to keep her here for two more days to make sure." Doctor Whale said to them.
"You should just put a cot in her room because I guarantee you that Graham will not leave this place until she does." David said holding up a bag. "I brought him some clean clothes from his place like he asked me too." Doctor Whale chuckled taking the bag from him.
"I had a feeling when I left them in the room that he couldn't be dragged out of here. The Sheriff can stay as long as Emma is here. I will have a cot put in Emma's room." He said to them getting a glare from Regina but he walked away ignoring her.
Henry walked out to the waiting room with Graham, who was grinning, "You should go see her Mary Margaret and David." Graham said to them. Mary Margaret walked up to him with David looking up at him with a questioningly look on her face. "I'm sorry but Emma waking up from her coma has made it unable for me to stop smiling." He told her making Mary Margaret laugh.
"Mm hmm." She said looking up at him before she walked off with David to go see Emma.
"Can I come to see Emma tomorrow after school?" Henry asked his mother smiling at her.
"Yes as long as you get all of your homework done tonight and tomorrow before I get off work." Regina relented wanting to make Henry happy. Henry rushed over throwing his arms around Regina's waist startlingly her as he hugged her but she hugged him back.
"Thanks mom." He said to her looking up at her smiling with an innocence and happiness that almost melted her evil heart.
"You're welcome, Henry. Let's go home." She said to him then glanced over at Graham. She could see a happiness exuding from him that made her very suspicious.
"Hi Julian" Henry said walking up to him as Julian bent down to hug him. "Emma is going to be okay so you don't need to worry. Maybe we can have dinner tomorrow in the cafeteria after I visit Emma?" He asked him.
"I would love that Henry." Julian smiled at him looking up to see Regina glaring at him.
Emma's hospital room
"Emma" Mary Margaret said as tears of happiness filled her eyes standing in the doorway of her room to see Emma smiling as she laid in her hospital room. She ran into the room throwing her arms around her roommate. "I knew that you were going to be okay. Don't you ever do that to me again, okay?" She told her hugging her tightly.
"I will do my best not too." Emma replied holding onto her closing her eyes. She felt like she was safe and protected the way you should feel in your mother's arms.
"Good. You had all of us scared to death." Mary Margaret said to her pulling away for the hug to look at Emma. "I thought Graham was going to lose it. " She added looking over Emma as her brow furrowed. "You look different. There is definitely something different…"She began but Emma cut her off.
"David, come inside." Emma called out to him as he stood outside in the hallway but he listened walking into the room. "Thank you for covering for me and Graham." She said to him.
"I'm just glad that you are okay. We were all really worried." David told her walking over to the bed taking her hand in his. When he did he had a flash of him, holding a baby in a blanket.
"Are you okay?" Emma asked him concerned getting his attention as he nodded at Emma. "Good. So I have to ask how my car is." She said to them.
"The garage said it should be totaled but I can fix it if you want me to." David offered her making Emma smile once again.
The waiting room
"You should go home, Julian." Graham said to him sitting across from him. He didn't want him anywhere near Emma ever. But now that she was pregnant with his child the urge to keep Julian away from him was even stronger.
"I just want to make sure that she is okay." Julian told him firmly staring him down as Graham stood up.
"Emma is really tired so I don't think it would be a good time to visit her tonight. She really needs her rest." Graham countered while Julian stood up. They stood there staring each other down neither one of them backing down.
"Graham" He heard his name being called out by Mary Margaret so he turned to see her walking towards him. "Emma was asking for you before she fell asleep. She could keep her eyes open but she tried to wait for you."
Graham hugged Emma's mother, "I will see you two tomorrow afternoon." He told her before rushing off to be with Emma.
"You should come back tomorrow night." David told Julian, who nodded at him knowing that he wasn't going to see Emma tonight but he was just happy so was okay. Tomorrow he vowed not to leave until he got to see her.
Emma's hospital room
Graham saw that Emma had a small smile on her lips in her sleep with one hand over where their baby was growing making him get a goofy smile all over again. He saw that a cot was set up near Emma's bed but he sat in the chair next to her bed putting his hand over hers staring at the woman that he loved carrying his child. He saw her eyes open, "Go back to sleep." He whispered to her.
"I want you to fall asleep next to us." Emma's sleep filled voice whispered as she moved over in the bed. Graham couldn't say no to her at hearing us. He climbed into bed next to her and she laid her head on his chest listening to his heart beating. "I love you, Graham." She whispered.
"I love you." He replied to her kissing the top of her head. "You too. " He added placing his hand over her abdomen as he closed his eyes falling into a sound sleep with Emma.
AN: You guessed right Mooney, Rlefay, 7seven7 and Anne-Lillian that Emma's was pregnant. You didn't say it but I know that you knew to KayJdance. I hadn't planned on it happening this early in the story but I couldn't help myself. The image of Graham's goofy and proud smile of knowing Emma was pregnant made me do it! No cliff hanger on this chapter just fluff at the end but there is more drama ahead.