Disclaimer: I do not own Bates Motel nor do I own the characters
Summery: Dylan gets set on the right path.
Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait guys, like I said before the inspiration for this story isn't coming to me like it did when the show was airing. Thank you all for your sweet reviews!
XOXOX
Dylan looks at Emma with fear in his eyes. He doesn't know what she overheard but none of what he's been saying to Mr. Decody has been good. He was so ashamed of himself. He was so desperate to keep Emma with him for a long time, he was willing to do something she was dead set against. What kind of animal was he?! He swore to himself he would be better than this!
Emma looks at the two men unemotionally, tears still slowly making their way down her cheeks. Dylan wanted nothing more than to wrap his arms around her and promise to do whatever she wanted, just as long as she never cried again. The fact that he was the reason for her tears made him feel that much worse.
"Dad, I'm going to take Dylan upstairs to talk. I'm sorry we interrupted your work." She says softly before giving Dylan a jerk with her head for him to follow her. Mr. Decody nods to his daughter and gives him a sympathetic look before he goes and returns to his work on his latest project.
The walk upstairs is silent and the shame Dylan's feeling is only getting stronger. It was so like him to mess up the one good thing he's had going for him. She was going to break up with him; not for her sake, she was going to say it was for him.. Emma's known about her condition for years and somehow she was able to accept that her life would be cut at it's prime. Dylan, however, just realized how short her life really was and maybe he couldn't handle that kind of thing. Emma would do anything to make sure he wasn't hurting even if it meant her suffering the end of her days alone. She would let him go to save him pain, of that he was sure.
She opens her bedroom door and motions for him to enter before she closes the door quietly behind her. There was so much white and light colors in her room but it still managed to capture everything that made Emma her. There were little kick knacks everywhere placed neatly and gave a hint to the shy girl most people didn't bother getting to know. In the corner of his eye he saw the flowers he gave her yesterday sitting proudly on her desk along with the box to the necklace she was wearing.
"Sit down. Please." Emma says to him, interrupting his thoughts. He looks at her and slowly sits down on the bed next to her at a safe distance.
She was so beautiful, so kind, and much too good for someone like him. He was going to fight for her. He knows she is probably going to break up with him but he couldn't bare to lose her so quick after just finding her.
"Emma..."He starts to say but she holds up her hand to stop him.
"Let me get this out before you say anything." She pleads with him softly and he just nods as she takes his hands in hers and places them on her lap, squeezing them tight.
"I know you had only the best intentions coming here to talk to my father. I know you wish there was something you could do to give me more time and you have no idea how heart warming it is to know you would do something like pay my way up the transplant list just to keep me around." She says and the tears start falling down her cheeks again and she laughs as she wipes them away. She would be lying to herself if what she overheard didn't make her fall in love with him that much easier, but she would never forgive herself if the man she loved gave up the best parts of himself for her.
"But my dad is right. I would never let you do something like that. I know if you tried to get the money, you would have to do something illegal and I know how hard you worked to make your farm legit. How much time and care you put into getting out of shady shit of White Pine Bay and be something so much better. Something you can be proud of. I would hate for you to throw that away just for me." She states and he takes one of his hands and wipes away some stray tears before he leans in and kisses her softly.
"I would throw it all away in a heartbeat if it meant you stay with me." He admits and she smiles sadly as him before taking his hand again.
"It wouldn't matter. I may be on the transplant list but I never wanted to actually get the lungs." She says and he looks at her confused.
"Why?! The lung transplant could save you! It could extend you life." He says so confused as to why she didn't want something that would only help her.
"Dyl...if I got the lungs, it may not even work. Transplants are tricky and full of so much risk; lungs especially. Even if it does work at first, it could fail at any moment and I refuse to live the rest of my life in fear. I want to live my life like I've been living it. Happy, yet aware my time was fading. I wanna spend my time left with my dad, Norma, Norman, but especially you." She leans in closer and kisses him.
It takes a brush of her lips over his before he crumbles and pulls her closer, pulling her whole body to his and kissing her like it was their last kiss. His lips are harsh and desperate and Emma can barley breath but it was by far, the greatest thing she has ever experienced.
By the time she pulls away because she really couldn't breathe at that point, her lips were so red and swollen it was almost painful. She looks up at him and she can see the tears in his eyes. She wraps her tiny arms around him and holds him close to her.
"I don't want you to leave me." He whispers sadly into her ear and her heart breaks at the utter despair in his voice.
"I know you don't baby; but we come into the world the way we come into the world. It's not our choice, but at least we are both here now. I want to make the most of the time we have together, don't you?" She asks him softly kissing the top of his head.
She feels him nod slowly before pulling away from her.
"I was afraid you were going to dump me." He says shamefully and she shakes her head shocked he would even think that.
She takes his hand and brings it up to her neck, where her sun necklace rested happily.
"I said I would be yours and I meant it. I know I'm not going to be around forever and I know we may not even work out until my time is up, but I care about you Dylan, more than you will ever know and I don't leave the people I care about." She says strongly and he smiles at her before kissing her again.
They weren't done talking about everything just yet, but for now, nothing needed to be said. All that mattered was they were both here, alive, and together.
XOXOX
They lied together in bed for over an hour before Will Decody came up and softly asked Emma if she wanted to reschedule their dinner. She quickly sat up from her bed and looked at the sleepy eyes of her boyfriend and told her dad that she wanted to go out to dinner with him. While she wanted to make sure Dylan was feeling better, she would not give up the chance to spend time with her dad.
Dylan gave her a soft kiss goodnight and thanked Mr. Decody for setting him straight before he left his girlfriend's house.
He walked around White Pine Bay for what seemed like hours. He was still feeling like shit about what happened all day and needed to think of something that would help him clear his head.
Emma was like a ray of sunshine that entered his dark and cloudy life; she brought him happiness after he convinced himself he didn't deserve it. She smiled at him when everyone else was telling him he was nothing compared to Norman. She saw everything good about him and he cared about her...so much.
He was falling for her hard and fast and wasn't even scared about it. The only thing that frightened him was that she would be gone before he had the chance to show her how much she really meant to him.
By the time he made it to the barn, it was late and Gunner was passed out in his chair and Caleb was outside tending to a fire. He sits down next to his uncle/father without saying a word.
"What's going on?" Caleb asks his son softly. He knows that look; he has it on his own face nine out of ten times. His son was heartbroken.
Dylan shakes his head sadly, not knowing how to even begin explaining his situation.
"It's that girl isn't it? The sweet one with the oxygen? Is she okay?" He presses and Dylan closes his eyes and sighs in sadness at the thought of his beautiful girl in a hospital bed, tubes and oxygen sticking out of her poor little body and it just makes his heart break even further. Not because of the imagine, but knowing that it was something that would happen sooner rather than later.
"Yeah. I can't save her. She's dying and I can only stand by and watch." He whispers looking into the fire and Caleb doesn't know what to say for awhile.
"Maybe your not meant to save her." Caleb finally says and Dylan looks at his father with anger in his eyes.
"What does that mean?" He asks angrily ready to punch him if he didn't shut his mouth.
"Maybe you were meant to make whatever time she has left memorable for both of you." He answers and Dylan looks at him shocked.
Make her days memorable? He knows he went all out for her birthday and he knows it meant the world to her but is that really all he can do? Show her parts of the world before she has to leave it? Make her smile every day even when she isn't feeling well?
It sounded so simple and so complicated at the same time.
"I wouldn't even know how I could pull that off." He admits and Caleb looks at Dylan before getting up and going into his trailer for a couple minutes. When he comes out he hands his son a thick manila envelope.
Inside was a shit load of cash.
"I told you, I got some money from selling my mom's house and I wanted you to have it. You may not want anything from me, but you can take Emma places and do more things with her with that money. Please...just take it and give her memories she deserves." He says, his voice thick with emotion. He knows he is not a normal father figure. Hell, he was this kids dad and his uncle, duncle, but he would be damned if he didn't give his kid anything he could. He would never be able to do right by Norma but he can do something for Dylan.
Dylan looks over to Caleb and the money before pulling him into a fierce hug.
"Thank you." He mutters to his dad when he lets him go.
He'd give her a novel worthy life if it was the last thing he did.
TBC!
Only a couple more chapters to go!