Life in the balance- part 3
Pearsons asked for a oneshot of a sequal to Ch3063 "Life in the balance- part 2" where Whale tells Snowing he doesn't know if Emma will make it. Even if she does, there could be brain damage. In the end, Emma squeezes the hand of a parent and they get hopeful again. So putting a trigger warning in here if this kind of stuff upsets you.
Snow and Charming had been mentally preparing themselves for this meeting, but they knew it wasn't going to make what Whale had to tell them any easier to hear.
"I'm afraid it's time we spoke about different paths." Whale said grimly. "Emma has been in a coma for nearly two weeks now, and as you both know it hasn't been a settled couple of weeks. Snow, David, I'm afraid the reality is we do not know if Emma will survive this injury." He told them honestly. Neither parent could help crying at this news. What parent could?
"What are the chances Emma will wake up?" Charming asked. He had to know, they both did. Whale sighed.
"I can't give you a concrete answer to that, I'm afraid. All I can say is the longer Emma is in a coma, the slimmer her chances become. Her chances of also not having any long lasting brain damage are also becoming slimmer. If Emma does wake up, I can't promise you it's going to be the daughter you once knew." He warned them. "I'm sorry. I'll give you some time to process this. If there's anything you need, you know where I am." Whale said, before leaving the family alone. Snow and Charming weren't ready to accept that Emma could die yet. Not really. She'd held on this long, surely that meant she'd come back? Snow wiped away her tears and returned to her daughter's bedside. She grasped Emma's hand tightly.
"Emma, I need you to know something." Snow told her. "We don't care what you need when you come back to us. Yeah, you heard me right Emma, when. Whatever care and support you need, your father and I will be there for you for as long as you need it. Even if it's the rest of your life. You're not being abandoned this time Em. You've got people here who really care about you. Your dad and I, Henry and your new sibling. I think they're waiting for you to wake up before they come out. So if you could wake up soon that would be appreciated because it's getting kinda cramped in my uterus." Suddenly, Snow gasped. Charming was hovering over her in a second.
"Are you alright? Is it the baby?" He asked, ready to call for help. Snow shook her head, shocked. He handed Emma's hand over to David.
"She squeezed my hand." Snow told him. Her face breaking out into a grin. "She squeezed my hand!" It was the first indication Emma had given since the accident that she would be ok. Charming cried out in joy before kissing Snow and then kissing Emma's hand. For a moment there, they lost hope. Emma had just reminded them that was something this family could never do. She was going to fight this with all she had, that's what that squeeze just told them.
