Life After High School - Ten Years Later
By Risty and Silver
Disclaimer: The short answer is: No. The long answer is: Nnnooooooooooooooooo.
Summary: You've read this far . . . man.
A/N: I'm really happy today. You want to know why? Because I have just seen been to the theatre to see Sean Bean performing live on stage. Yay!
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(Benny's POV)
Before everyone started arriving, I persuaded Damon to go home for a couple of hours and try to get some sleep, promising that I would stay right by Emma's side until he came back. In the end he went, although not without much complaining. Part of me was glad that he did go, because I had something to say to Emma and I needed to be alone with her when I said it.
"Emma" I said slowly, taking her hand and squeezing it. "I don't know if you can hear me, but it's me, Benny. I…I probably shouldn't be telling you this, but I have to get it off my chest and now seems like the perfect time to do it. The fact is Em…I love you. Not like a sister or a friend, my feelings for you run much deeper than that. And I know that you love Damon and I would never do anything to come between the two of you, but I don't want you to die. I want you here with us where you belong. Emma, if you can hear me then please, please come back to us."
It might have been my imagination, or the fact that my eyes were blurry with tears, but I was certain that her eye opened just a little before quickly shutting again. If my suspicions were correct, then just for a moment she had understood what I had said. Perhaps, if she was willing to fight, then not all hope was lost after all…
Damon returned about three hours later, bringing a change of clothes for me with him. He seemed quite worried, and I knew without asking that something had happened. However, when I asked him, he just shook his head and said that he would tell me later, after he had gotten his head around it himself. I was curious, but I didn't push him.
As I was leaving the room to find some place to change, Emma uttered a low cry. As I turned around, she opened her eyes. The first person she saw was Damon, and then her eyes quickly fell on me. At first she looked scared, but then she smiled slightly and I knew that she had remembered. I questioned her a little, but she seemed to remember little else, even her own children. However as I explained to Damon, over the next few weeks she would hopefully begin to remember things, although it would likely be a slow process and one that you could not rush.
"Benny?" Damon asked. "Can you call everyone and tell them that Emma is awake? And remind the hospital staff that I want no hobbits in here" he glanced at Emma and lowered his voice. "I don't want too many of the bad memories to come back until she is stronger" he explained. "And I don't know what seeing Jaime might do."
I nodded and left the room. As I looked back over my shoulder, I saw the two share a tight embrace and smiled. It would be all right now, I was sure of it…