Chapter 37 –

Our poor Emma, let's get her checked out and finally tell her the good news.

Snow drove straight to the hospital while Emma continued to stare off in silence. She was actually glad that David had suggested they get checked out because now she was starting to worry about Emma as well.

She parked the car and got out but Emma didn't move. Snow walked round to her side of the car when Emma hit the door lock button effectively locking Snow out of the car.

"Emma unlock the door. We need to go inside"

"I'm not going in there"

"Emma we need to make sure that your injuries weren't effected by your use of magic"

"I can't go in there"

"Emma, come on, it's all going to be okay"

"I can't go in there, I don't want to hurt anyone else"

"Emma you didn't hurt anyone"

"I hurt you, that's why we're here"

"No you didn't, we're here because your father asked me to get us both checked out and he is coming here and he's going to get checked out too. It's just a precaution"

Emma just sat in the car holding down the lock button so Snow stepped a little ways away from the car and called Charming.

"Charming, are you almost here?"

"Just pulled in are you two okay?"

"We're fine but Emma locked herself in the car, she thinks that she is going to hurt someone if she gets out"

"Where are you at?"

"Level 2 in the parking garage by the stairs"

"I see you"

Snow hung up the phone as charming pulled up. Thankfully there was a parking spot next to Snow where he could park.

"Hey, Emma" David said walking up to the window. "You didn't hurt anyone, we just want to get you checked out to make sure you didn't hurt yourself okay?"

Emma sat there for a minute thinking about what her dad said but was still too scared to open the door.

"Come on Em, I promise we will go get Hot Chocolate with Cinnamon on top from Grannie's afterwards okay?" David said hoping his bribe would work.

Finally they heard the doors unlock and David immediately grabbed the door handle before Emma had a chance to change her mind. She stepped out the car but still kept her distance from her parents.

Once they got in Dr. Wale got Emma in a room and looked at her ribs and checked her vitals and everything looked fine but as a precaution he had some saline be pumped into Emma to combat any dehydration or other effects that the magic may have had on her body.

David came in once the IV was hooked up

"Hey princess, how are you feeling?"

"Better"

"Good! You're mom and I got checked out and we're all good! You're mom headed home to start dinner and you and I will stop off at grannies as soon as they are done giving you this stuff" David said with a smile

"I hurt her didn't I?" Emma said not making eye contact.

"No Emma you didn't"

"She's mad at me, that's why she went home without me"

"That is not true Emma. I sent her ahead because I wanted to spend some time with you"

"You're lying"

"Emma I promise you I'm not lying. Your mom is just fine."

Emma still didn't believe him so she sat there in silence as the bag of saline finished being pumped into her.

Dr. Wale disconnected the IV and gave her the all clear to head home. David guided her to the cruiser and they headed straight to Grannies. When they got there David made sure that Emma got out first so she couldn't lock herself in the car again.

They got their Hot Chocolate's and David got a Coffee for himself before they walked back out to the cruiser.

"Why did I hurt mom?" Emma finally spoke

"You didn't hurt her Em, what you did was magic. Unfortunately you don't know how to use it yet but we're going to figure this out"

"How do I get rid of it?"

David hated that he didn't have an answer for his daughter but he simply said "I don't know Em"

Emma then got into the car and sat staring off like she had been for the past two hours. David felt so lost because he didn't know how to communicate with his daughter and meet her where she was at.

He threw the car into drive and they headed home.

OUAT

The pair got home and Emma took off to her room.

"Emma?" Snow said with no luck of getting her to slow down

"She is convinced she hurt you" David said coming in and shutting the door.

"It's time to tell her" Snow said taking David's hand and the two headed upstairs to Emma's room.

"Hey Emma. I'm glad to hear you're okay" Snow said sitting on the bed next to Emma and beginning to rub her hand on her back.

"Hey Emma, you're mom and I have some exciting news for you"

Emma rolled over to face them but she figured it was a manipulation tactic to get her to talk but decided to play along anyway.

"Emma, you're father and I didn't want to tell you until we got to all be together and with everything going on, we haven't had a good time so we decided it's better late then never"

"We want to let you know that you're going to be a big sister!" David said "You're mom's pregnant!"

Emma let a small smile come across her face and then suddenly she got scared. "That's why we went to the hospital, I hurt the baby"

Emma started to back away to try and run but David stood up and put his hands on her shoulders.

"No, no, no, Emma. The baby is fine but I was worried about you going into shock and I didn't know if the force of your mother being thrown hurt her or the baby and I wanted you both checked out and both of you…all three of you are just fine" David said before hugging Emma.

"Emma you mean just as much to us as this new baby, we care about both of your safety equally. We went to the hospital because we were worried about you." Snow said rubbing Emma's back again.

"So I didn't hurt anyone?" Emma said

"No Emma you didn't hurt anyone. We're going to figure out a way to help you learn how to use your magic so you don't have to be scared of hurting anyone okay?" David said taking her face in his hands.

"Okay" Emma said

David kissed the top of her head. "Now I want to spend a fun night with my girls so lets go down stairs and eat and then we can play a game okay?"

"Sounds good to me! How about you Em?"

"Okay!"

And the three headed down stairs.