So I got a prompt for Day 253 to be a dream...but I'm not going to do that. Angst is angst, and I like how angsty that chapter was. Sorry :)

"I'm home!" Emma called, walking into the mansion. She took off her shoes, put them on the mat, and shrugged off her jacket. Regina had a thing about everything having a place, especially shoes.

"Took you long enough," Regina said, walking into the foyer. "I thought you said that you would be home in time for dinner."

"Got caught up at the station," Emma said. "Did you eat already?"

"No," Regina said. "I thought that I would wait for you."

Emma smiled. She loved when Regina did the little things like that. It reminded her more of a domestic life.

"Let's eat then," Emma said.

After they had dinner, they ended up putting in a movie and cuddling together on the couch. Regina fell asleep before the movie ended, but that was nothing unusual. Regina always fell asleep before the movie ended.

Even when they watched horror movies, Regina somehow always managed to fall asleep. At first Emma had woken her up, but after awhile she just gave up. It wasn't worth it to try and keep her awake.

Smiling, Emma gently picked up Regina and carried her upstairs. She set her wife down gently on the bed and pulled the covers up over her. Regina smiled and sighed in her sleep before snuggling under the covers.

The doorbell rang, and Emma looked quickly to make sure that Regina hadn't woken up. She hadn't, so Emma hurried downstairs before the person could ring the doorbell again.

Opening the door, Emma looked in confusion at Snow standing outside. "Mom? What are you doing here?"

"I came to just check on you, see if things are going okay," Snow said.

"Of course they are," Emma said. "Nothing bad has happened or anything, why would you think that I wasn't fine?"

"Because of what happened with Regina," Snow said, worry beginning to creep its way onto her face.

"What happened with Regina?" Emma asked. "She's upstairs sleeping, perfectly fine. We had a nice dinner tonight."

"Emma," Snow said sadly. "She's not upstairs."

"Yes she is," Emma insisted. She grabbed Snow's hand and pulled her inside and up to the bedroom that she and Regina shared. Sure enough, Regina was still fast asleep under the covers. Emma pointed at her. "See? She's right there!"

"There's no one there, Emma," Snow said quietly. "The bed is empty."

"No it's not," Emma shouted, letting go of Snow's hand. "She's right there! Right there!"

Snow pulled out her phone and called David as Emma was kneeling by the side of the empty bed. "You need to get here right now and we need to get Emma to Archie."

"What's going on?" David asked.

"She's seeing Regina," Snow said. David didn't need to hear any more. He hung up and drove quickly to the mansion before knocking out Emma with a sedative that Archie had given them in case this happened. He winced before picking her up in his arms and driving to the hospital. Snow called Archie on the way.

"What's happening to her?" Snow asked Archie.

"All of the tests for schizophrenia came back negative," Archie said. "It's just a part of her grief. Her mind is allowing her to see the person that she loves and misses the most."

"I thought she was getting better," David said. "We were going to let Henry go home today."

"She will get better," Archie said soothingly. "But it's going to take a lot of help from me. I wouldn't recommend medication or anything because that isn't what's wrong with her. All that's wrong with her is her mind trying to cope with a broken heart."

Snow sighed as tears gathered in her eyes. Her poor baby girl. "What can we do?"

"Be there for her," Archie said. "Try and get her to talk about it if you can. She'll stay in the hospital until we can determine that she's no longer seeing these delusions, and then she'll just have regular check-ups with me."

"She won't open up for us," David said. "She's never been one to open up."

"Not true," Snow said. "She opened up to Regina. Regina was the first person that ever really listened to her."

"Which is what you can do now," Archie said. "Have some hope. She'll get better in time."

David sighed as he wrapped an arm around Snow. "I hope so."

Emma stirred and opened her eyes. Why was she in the hospital? The last thing she remembered was kneeling by the side of the bed and Regina's sleeping form before she blacked out. Something sharp had been stuck in her shoulder, but what was it?

"You're awake," Regina said, smiling from her chair by Emma's bed.

"Gina," Emma sighed in relief. "I knew you were here. My parents are crazy, they won't even let the kid come home."

"Emma, you know that I'm not really here," Regina said sadly. "I'm a figment of your imagination, used to make yourself feel better about my death."

"You weren't supposed to get cancer," Emma whimpered. "Why did that have to happen?"

Regina reached out and grabbed her hand gently. "I know. And I miss you too. But we'll see each other again one day, okay?"

"Promise?" Emma asked.

Regina nodded. "I promise." And with that, she disappeared.

Archie knocked on the door before entering Emma's room. "Hello Emma. How are you feeling?"

"Fine," Emma said, staring at the chair that Regina had just occupied.

Archie looked at the empty chair. "Who are you looking at?"

"No one," Emma said. "There's no one there."

It was the first time she had said that to him without lying.

Sorry, it's super gloomy where I'm at right now and my sister just had a bullying problem, so I was in an angsty mood. Review some happy prompts?