Emma was lying in her bed, crying into her pillow. She kept replaying what happened just an hour before in her head. Neal and her have officially broken up and she felt like her entire world was slowly being destroyed. While crying into her pillow, Emma felt her heart aching and she felt sick to her stomach. Soon she heard a knock on her door. She got up from her bed and went to answer it.
When her door opened she was met with the smiling faces of August, Ruby and Regina. "Hey we saw that you light was on so we figured…" Ruby trailed off, seeing Emma's face. Her eyes were red and puffy, and so was her nose. Her face was paler than they have ever seen it before. She was dressed in her sweatpants and oversize shirt, that had stains on it. Her hair was up in a messy bun that was falling out.
"Emma, you look awful!" Regina said, stepping forward placing her hands on Emma's shoulders.
"Thank you." Emma mumbled, looking down at the ground sniffing.
"Are you okay? What happened?" August asked, entering the room, followed by Ruby. When they all entered the room, they shut the door behind them.
"Neal and I broke up." Emma whispered, tears streaming down her face again.
"Oh Emma! I am so sorry!" August said, giving her a hug, which she softly accepted.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" Ruby asked, guiding Emma back to her bed.
"I..I ..I just feel so stupid!" Emma said, leaning her head down on Ruby's lap, crying harder.
"Oh Emma! You are not stupid!" Regina said, rubbing Emma's arm.
"Tell us what happened." August said, sitting on her desk chair, moving it to be in front of them.
"Well, I never told Neal I thought it was a good idea for me to wait till I graduate to move down to Tallahassee. I went to tell him tonight and he didn't take it very well. He started to say it was selfish of me to wait. He..he.." Emma began to hiccup from crying so hard.
"Emma, Sweetie, please breath." August said.
They all waited patiently for Emma to catch her breath. Finally she took a couple of deep breaths before she continued.
"He is still going to move down there in a month. He told me if I am going to wait till I graduate that he doesn't want to be together when he is down there and I am up here. He told me that leave us with two choices, to break up when he leaves or to break up now. I told him now." Emma cried, accepting the tissue Regina was trying to give her. "I mean, what's the point of breaking up later and moving down there, when there is no guarantee of a relationship waiting for me."
"He really only gave you those two options. What an ass!" Regina said sternly, receiving a glare from both August and Ruby. "What? He is!"
"Regina!" August scolded.
"No, she is right." Emma said, sitting up, wiping her face. "He is an ass. Everything is either his way or the highway. Someone should tell him the world doesn't revolve around him." Emma was getting angry now. She thought of all the stupid things he did while they were together.
"Well I am glad to see that you are feeling more than sad right now." August joked slightly.
"Emma you deserve so much better than him. After everything he has done." Ruby said, placing her head on her shoulder.
"What do you mean after everything he has done?" Emma asked, moving her shoulder to Ruby would look at her.
"Ruby.." Regina whispered shaking her head slightly.
"Regina, we need to tell her." Ruby argued.
"Tell me what?" Emma asked, standing up to look at all three of them.
"Regina has told me a couple of things that I think you should know about Neal." Ruby said, seeing Regina visibly stiffen.
"Okay, Regina." Emma said, gesturing for Regina to tell her what she knew.
"Well, remember the night we decided to have the steak out?" Regina asked, hoping Emma won't get definive again.
"Yes, we found Neal and Graham smoking and selling together." Emma whispered, looking down at the ground, remembering that night in full detail. "Than you spent the night here."
"Right, well when I woke up, you were still sleeping, and I felt bad. I felt like Neal was going to hurt you and so I thought I would confront him about everything. So I got dressed quickly and I went looking for him. When I found him he got very defensive and he started telling me to mind my own business. Emma you know that he was doing drugs and selling. No matter why, it doesn't make it right. Things got out of hand pretty quickly and…" Regina trailed off, unable to tell Emma what happened.
"You weren't robbed were you? Neal did that to you didn't he." Emma breathed. Suddenly everything seemed to click. Neal was selling and doing drugs because he wanted to. He beat up Regina without a second thought. Emma felt like she couldn't breath and the lump in her throat was getting higher and higher. Emma turned and ran to her bathroom, emptying her stomach in the toilet.
"Emma! Oh gosh Emma! Are you okay?" August asked, rushing to her side, followed by the other two.
"Yes, I am sorry. I think everything is just becoming overwhelming." Emma confessed, leaning her head against the wall.
"I'm sorry Emma, maybe I should have waited." Regina said, feeling ashamed.
"No, I am very grateful you told me. I needed to know. I am the one who should be apologizing. You guys tried to tell me that Neal was no good for me and I didn't listen. You guys are truly my best friends." Emma said, getting teary eyed again.
"We love you Emma." Ruby said, helping Emma stand up. "Is there anything we can do for you?'
"Just be here."
"Of Course we will be." August said.
A few hours later, Emma was falling asleep on Regina's lap, as they all watched their favorite tv show, hoping to leave all of their worries behind. When Emma could feel herself drifting off, she heard her phone ringing, and recognized the ringtone immediately.
"Oh God!." Emma groaned, moving off of Regina's lap.
"Who is it?" August asked.
"My mother." Emma said, making her way over to her phone, and taking a breath before answering. "Hey Mom!"
"Emma! Hey, I wanted to finish our conversation from the other night, about you and Neal moving in together." Emma cringed at hearing Neal's name. Her mother chipper voice rang through her phone, clearly having thought everything over and had decided that this was going to be a good idea.
"Yeah, about that Mom." Emma started sitting on her bed, knowing her friends were listening even though they were acting like they were watching the tv show.
"Emma? Is everything okay?" Mary Margret could tell something was wrong by the tone of Emma's voice. It was rougher than usual, and it sounded like she had been crying.
"Well, I am not moving anymore. Neal and I decided to break up instead." Emma said, her voice quivering slightly.
"Oh Emma! What happened?"
"Well, I told him I wanted to wait till I graduated, then meet him down there and he didn't seem to like that answer." Emma said, trying to keep her emotions in check, and not start crying again.
"Oh Emma! I am so sorry sweetie. Did you want to come home this weekend? You know we will always welcome you here. We can go somewhere together to get your mind off of him!" Mary Margaret began to ramble on about all the things they could do.
"Mom, I would love to do that, but I think I am going to stay here. I have August, Regina, and Ruby here with me." Emma tried to convince her mom that she was okay, or at the very least she was going to be okay.
"Well, I am glad that you have your friends with you. But you ever change your mind than you know where to find us." Mary Margaret said, hoping to bring some comfort to Emma.
"I sure do." Emma laugh slightly.
"But honestly, how are you doing?"
"Not the best. I have been learning things about him that are not great. I guess you can say that I am seeing the real him now. I was told something a couple of hours ago that made me physically sick." Emma confessed, grimacing at the thought of getting sick.
"Emma! Oh my gosh. You're not...pregnant are you." Her mother questioned, her tone laced with worry.
Emma felt her entire body go cold. She tried to remember the last time she had her period. Running over to her calendar she saw it was not even three weeks ago. Sighing she spoke to her mother again. "No, that would be impossible. I had my period not even 3 weeks ago."
"Okay, well thank our lucky stars for that."
After a few more minutes on the phone with her mother, Emma hung up her phone and looked over at her friends, their faces plastered in confusion.
"What?" Emma asked.
"Did..did your mother ask if you were pregnant?" Regina asked, with a horrified look on her face.
"Yes, she was just making sure."
"And you are 100% sure your not." Ruby pressed.
Emma opened her mouth to speak, but quickly closed it, not wanting to lie.
"I don't know." Emma confessed.