February 20th 2017
Regina shifted to try and alleviate the ache in her back as she remained sat at Emma's bedside, both of her hands holding one of Emma's. Regina sat at Emma's bedside, keeping hold of her hand. It had been almost 8 hours since she had been rushed to the hospital via the town's only ambulance and neither Regina nor Henry had left her side since then. She looked around at the stark room, trying to avoid looking at the woman whom she'd come to rely on so heavily. The beeping was incessant and was aggravating Regina to her core but she was not going to move from that spot until Emma was awake.
Henry was asleep on the chair in the other side of Emma's bed, his head resting on his arms, leaning against Emma's legs. Regina had been fighting the sleep and wanted to at least see Emma awake before she did let herself go to the exhaustion. She was still waiting on some results from the doctor and didn't want to miss him coming in.
The blonde had been taken for a scan almost immediately on arrival, and, though Whale refused to confirm, Regina had heard a nurse whispering that Emma had suffered another seizure in the scanner. The mayor sat up in her chair, stretching as best she could without dropping Emma's hand and groaned as her back cracked from sitting in one position for too long. She fidgeted for a few moments before finding a position she was comfortable with, and leaned closer to Emma, using her other hand to brush the blonde's hair from her face. She couldn't stop thinking about dropping to her knees as she watch Emma seize, while Henry had run for a phone and began to call 911. She'd remained by her side in the ambulance as Henry had called Emma's parents, and as people came and went. She only took her eyes off of the other woman as she was wheeled down the corridor and out of her sight.
Though she had tried, she found herself unable to keep her eyes open for much longer, and so she copied Henry's position, clasping Emma's hand tighter in both of hers, lying her head on the bed, facing up to the serene looking blonde. Though she was exhausted, the fact that Emma had not yet woken once, prevented Regina from falling asleep. She closed her eyes hoping she would drift, but all she could see behind her eyelids was Emma's face. She fidgeted for a while, pressing a kiss to Emma's hand as she folded her arms beneath her head and closed her eyes again. She was about to give up on attempting to sleep when she felt a warm hand pushing the hair that had fallen in her face. Her eyes blinked open quickly, and she jumped up when she saw Emma, watching her with a frown.