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„Mom, I wanna go home," Henry whispered still half asleep. He was slowly waking up to all the beeping around him. He knew where exactly he was. He was so used to being in hospitals that it wasn't scary for him anymore to hear the machines around his bed.
„Hello Henry," an unfamiliar voice reached Henry's ears. He opened his eyes and looked around the room. He was searching for his mother. When his eyes found her sleeping in an armchair next to his bed he exhaled and calmed down.
„Who is it?" he asked while searching the room trying to see who just spoke to him.
„I am Regina, your doctor," Regina introduced herself because when she was admitting him he was in such a bad state that he wouldn't notice her. She moved closer to his bed so he could see her properly. He smiled offering his hand to Regina. Emma taught him well Regina thought and accepted his hand.
„I am Henry," Henry introduced himself even thought he knew that Regina had already known almost everything about him. Regina thought it was sweet and moved closer to him. She checked one of the monitors and her forehead wrinkled. Her doctor instincts were almost unerring. She had no idea what her mother instincts were but when it came to her patients' lives they were bulletproof.
This was one of the things that helped her to move to the top of the „best doctors" list. What she would never admit was that on the way to the top she completely focused on defeating her opponents that her heart shut and she has become cold. The only thing that mattered to her was her own success and the privilege to be the one who was always right.
„What's wrong?" Henry asked Regina when he saw the sudden change in her face. Something bothered her. He felt it.
„Is any of my guardian angels hurt?" he asked still looking at his doctor who studied the numbers on the computer. She raised her head and had to stop the flow of her thoughts to be fully aware of what Henry just said.
„Guardian angels?" she asked not believing her own ears.
„The machines. My mom said that they are my guardian angels because they keep an eye on me when I am sick," Henry explained. He wasn't a little baby who would accept and believe in such an explanation but who knows what's going on in a kid's mind when he is as sick as Henry.
„Do they know that I am not feeling well, now?" he added and coughed which woke Emma up. The blonde got up from the armchair.
„Hello, kid," she smiled at her son noticing another person in the room. She turned around to see who it was.
„Doctor, Mills!" she said harshly remembering their last conversation. Regina looked up from the computer.
„I am sorry but I think I want a different doctor for my son," Emma offered walking towards Regina so Henry wouldn't hear everything she wanted to say.
„You didn't even know us and yet you were so fast when making assumptions about us. You judge without even looking deeper and this is not what me and my son do. So please, leave this room. I will ask the doctors if any of them would be fine with taking care of my son," Emma felt strong. She wasn't tired even thought the armchair she was sleeping on wasn't as comfy as her bed but she managed to get some rest. She felt fresh. Relatively. There was something inside her telling her that she was making a mistake but after what Regina had told her last night she felt like she had to protect Henry, that Regina was some kind of a threat. Yes, maybe she was a great doctor but Emma didn't like her.
„Miss Swan, I am sor.." Regina wanted to apologize for what she have said earlier. She felt that the way she has started this „relationship" wasn't good and it could cause the loss of a good patient and a trophy but her try was disturbed by one of the computers. The beeping sound filled the room. Henry fell on the bad and his body went into a shock. He started shaking. Regina didn't hesitate. With Emma's last words about changing Henry's doctor playing in her head she ran towards the boy's body, catching his hands so he wouldn't hurt himself. She called the nurses by pushing the button on the wall. In a blink of an eye the room filled with people who were trying to save Henry's life.
„We lost him, I can't feel his pulse!" Regina screamed. Her team already knew what would be the next move. One of the nurses handed her the electrodes, they charged them and Regina placed them over Henry's chest.
„Clear!" Regina's voice reached Emma's ears and tears were slowly falling down her cheeks.
„Good, he is back!" Regina informed the staff so they could proceed with other procedures to make sure that the patient's heart would keep beating.
„Do we have the results of the tests I ordered?" Regina asked and when a file appeared in front of her she was satisfied.
„Great!" she exhaled and quickly went through the file.
„I knew it! It is an anaphylactic shock. Give me 5 milligrams of Prednisone. Stat!" Regina just raised her hand and a syringe landed on her palm. She immediately injected the content of the syringe into Henry's infusion. Everyone in the room just waited for Henry to calm down. When his vitals went back to normal Regina asked a nurse to check on Henry every five minutes. Then she asked everyone to leave the room. The brunette turned around to face Emma hoping she would get a chance to finish what she started few minutes ago.
„Miss Swan, I am sorr.." Emma wouldn't let Regina to finish. She closed the gap between them and hugged her. It was probably inappropriate but right now she needed to hug the woman who has just saved her son. Ignoring her dislike towards Regina she needed to remind herself that she was not alone in this fight any more. She wanted to say goodbye to Regina as much as she wanted her to stay and fight for Henry's survival. She couldn't decide now after watching Regina saving her son. Should she give her another chance?
„Thank you," she whispered into Regina's hair. Emma didn't even notice that Regina put her hands around her waist and accepted the hug. Regina herself was surprised that she didn't pull away from the blond woman. The brunette doctor was happy that Henry survived but there was something else she was very glad for. Emma Swan was where she wanted her to be and she didn't even have to apologize for what she said last night, for hurting Emma's feelings. It all was the part of the game.
Emma pulled herself from the hug and went to Henry's bed to check if he was ok. Her son was sleeping and the beeping went back to normal.
„He somehow developed an allergy to the meds we were giving him. I am sure it has something to do with his blood disease. I need to do more tests if you want me to be his doctor," Regina said to make sure that Emma wanted her to stay.
„We have to put our differences aside and do whatever it takes to save Henry," Emma said and smiled at Regina while stroking Henry's sweaty hair.
„This is not about us, this is about him," she added and kissed Henry on his forehead.
Regina stayed in the room and watched the two of them sharing their moment of victory. Henry survived another day, another seizure and Regina was the hero of the day for now. As she watched how Emma took care of her son, how she washed his head, his face with fresh water, how she rearranged his blanked and massaged his feet, something inside her moved. It was so subtle that Regina didn't notice. The only thing that came to the surface was her mother who gave her up when she was a teenager, when she needed her the most. The brunette woman shook this idea off and left the room silently clapping her hands that she was still in the game.
TBC
