Emma stirred in her sleep slowly waking up from her dreams. Snow and David watched her as she moved around a little trying to be more comfortable making her hair go in her face as she turned on her side facing snow still slightly asleep.
Snow slowly reached to move Emma's hair out of her face piece by piece when most was away from her face. Until Snow saw Emma's face but she didn't see the adult Emma like she usually did, she could see a glimpse of the child Emma they had watched briefly in Emma's memories.
"my sweet girl" Snow whispered putting her hand on her daughters cheek slowly stroking it with her thumb in a comfort.
Emma's eye's slowly opened shortly, to her mother's face. Snow noted Emma's green eye's a mirror image of hers looking back at her.
"Hi" Emma whispered to Mary Margaret smiling a little. Snow held back tears by the sound of Emma's voice, her daughter was, is so strong. All Mary Margaret saw was her little girl's face looking at her as she smiled.
"Hi" Snow whispered back smiling just like Emma.
"You know I love you right" Snow whispered. Emma looked shocked towards her, no one besides her mommy told her she loved her, no one, not a single soul. Not that she could remember...
"No, no one's said it to me" Emma trailed off looking away from Snow.
"Hey" Snow said softly taking Emma's chin in her hand making her look her in the eye.
"I love you Emma. I always will no matter what happens or what you do. I will always love" Snow said to her lovingly looking Emma in the eye.
Emma looked deep in her mother's eyes to see if there was an lie in her words, or hesitation but she found none. Emma quickly hugged her mother sharply, putting her arms fully around her and she put her head on her shoulder. Emma silently cried happily on her mother's should not wanting to let go of the moment. Snow got to hold her daughter again, she felt the same as she did when she hugged her as a little girl, full of love and warmth. Emma finally felt alive again, when she was alone she felt like she was dead and now she felt more alive than she has been in years.
"I love you too Mom" Emma whispered. Snow started sobbing and gripped to her little girl, petting her hair just being there with her was enough. The moment soon ended with Emma starting to rest silently on Snow's shoulder, emma stated to close her eye's again, her head started hurting her again.
Snow took Emma slowly from her grip and laid back down on her pillow gently. Emma put her hand up to her head in pain, she really wished it would just go away. Emma started shaking, she was getting sharp sensations in her head. She thinks that she hasn't had her pain medication this morning at all, which would hurt her.
"Is she okay" David asks eyeing his daughter's actions.
"Her head is probably hurting her again, can you go get her painkillers in the kitchen downstairs" Snow asked as she got up from the bed to sit on Emma's side.
"Emma you okay" Snow asks her as she fixes Emma's blanket tucking her in to make her comfortable. Emma doesn't say anything but she starts moving around a lot, and start thrashing around in the sheets under the bed. Snow tried to keep her still, and tries to hush her and tell her it was alright, but Emma didn't pay her no attention. Mary Margaret can't hold Emma still, as she grip the sheet's in pain.
"CHARMING!"
"I'M COMING" David ran up the stairs holding a cup of water and two pills in his hands. He quickly hands them to Snow who runs over to Emma who is tossing and turning on the bed in pain, not thinking clearly.
"Emma please calm down you need to take these they will make the pain go away" Snow begs Emma as she shuffles around on the bed now calming down, still in immense pain. Emma hasn't been off of medication, in the hospital they were giving her the good stuff and now she hasn't taken her pills, she hasn't felt the full effect from the surgery. Emma tossing and turned was making her bleed slightly through the bandages on her head. They need Whale NOW.
"DAVID CALL WHALE TELL HIM TO COME QUICKLY" Snow yelled, he dashed down stairs for the phone.
"Emma honey calm down, I know you're in pain but try please. PLEASE" Snow begged her, Emma stopped moving a little but not much, she tried but the pain was still too much. Emma had surgery again two week's after she was declared to be in a coma, Whale went in to try to help Emma by putting in a bone graft to create more stability for Emma's brain to heal.
"Whale it's an emergency get here quick!"
"What happened I was on my there now"
"Emma didn't take her pills, this morning and now she is tossing and turning on the bed not calming down"
"I am Coming up the stairs. Open THE DOOR" Whale yelled.
Charming ran to the door, behind him whale had two big cases with him which held the stuff from the hospital. David picked up one of the cases and they went as fast as they could up the stairs. Snow was on the bed next to Emma holding her, Emma was what sounded like she was screaming but was muffled by snows shoulder.
"Let me through to her" Whale declared. Snow let go of Emma who was screaming in pain loudly, now that Snow had let go. Snow went to David who held her in his arms as they stayed at a distance from Whale and Emma.
Whale took out a syringe quickly, he took off the cap.
"Try to Hold her down" Whale shouted. They went to Emma's side, David held Emma's arms while snow held her feet; Whale reached up to inject it in her neck but David stopped him.
"No not there, she doesn't deserve to relive that" David shouted.
"Grab her wrist" Whale shouted pointing to Emma's wrist.
David reached for Emma's left wrist and held it out to Whale who quickly and carefully injected the relaxant into Emma's veins. Emma slowly stopped struggling and calmed down enough for them to let go, David and Snow caught glimpse of a flower tattoo on Emma's wrist which shockingly familiar to them. They watched as Emma relaxed and stopped struggling, Emma put her head back on the pillow and squeezed her blanket with her right hand.
"Good" Whale was relieved that Emma was going to be fine, he went over to his cases and started setting up everything in Emma's room.
"What Happened" Emma whispered felling groggy looking at them all confused, all she remembered was when Mary Margaret told her to try to rest again. They obviously didn't hear her, because they ignored her as Whale continued to talk.
"What caused this"
"Emma went into neural shook from withdrawal of her medication the pain became unbearable, see her brain is still healing so you must make sure she takes her medication as I prescribed or this will happen again" Whale told them upset that this even happened.
"A lot of thing have happened lately and we had forgotten about it" David explained while looking at Snow who was sneaking glances towards Emma. He could tell his wife was worried, especially after seeing the most unimaginable most horrible things done to their daughter and now was too much for her to handle.
"Well, now that she is calmed down I can conduct my exam and set up the I.V. to help Emma adjust"
"Okay we will be down stairs. Snow" he called to his wife who was staring at Emma who was laying on the bed under the covers looking at the ceiling, she still had her wrist out on top of the covers for them to see.
"I don't want to leave her" snow said adamantly in response.
"Stay" Emma whispered from across the room in bed. They all looked toward her, it was the first time she spoke that they heard since she had the attack.
"Of Course" David whispered following snow who didn't have to be asked twice.
"All right I will set up the I.V." Whale started constructing the metal pole from his case, he took out a bag of fluid and placed it on the hook. He connected the tubes to the bag with the needle on the other side.
"Okay this may hurt a little going in" Whale shakily said in fear that snow would hurt him if he did something wrong. Whale slowly put the I.V. needle into Emma's wrist, she didn't even flinch. That scared Snow the most, Emma didn't even move as if she didn't notice the needle at all.
"Okay Emma follow my finger" Whale held up his finger in front of Emma's eyes, she followed it with precision; while Whale shined his flashlight in her eyes.
"Okay looks good"
"I need Emma to sit in a chair for a minute" Whale asked her parents, who were sitting in chairs a foot away.
"Emma can you stand"
"Yeah hold on" Emma pulled back the covers on her bed to get up, she slowly stood up with her hands out afraid she would fall, she sat down in one of the chairs. Whale pulled a knee hammer out of his bag, he kneeled down on the floor in front of Emma; he pulled up her pajama pants leg. Whale tapped Emma's knee lightly, Emma's knee responded it shot up hard and hit whale in the jewels.
"OW" Whale gripped his jewels and fell to the ground.
"I'm so sorry Whale, Oh crap" Emma said freaking out felling real bad.
"It's fine" he shrugged it off.
"Well it seems everything is working normally. I suggest you keep doing what you're doing she will be right as rain by the end of the week, make sure she takes the medication" Whale pointed at Emma who was still sitting on the chair while holding his jewels in pain leaving the apartment.
As soon as Whale was out the door, they started laughing uncontrollably.
"I feel so bad, but it was so funny" Emma cried laughing.
"You should have seen his face after!"Snow laughed, but charming stopped laughing.
"What" Emma asked him.
"It was funny, but it must have hurt"David explained.
"Poor whale" Emma was reduced to small giggles.
This was going to be an okay week. Emma thought...
Tuesday 12:00 pm (Charming Apartment)
"Okay I have Chicken Soup" Snow sung cheerfully going into Emma's room with a tray. Emma was reading Henry's book, which he left for her to read when he visited early in the morning with Regina.
"Canned?" Emma asked thinking it was simply from a can because that's the only soup she ever had.
"No, it's um it's my recipe" Snow said putting the tray on Emma's lap in bed. Emma's eyebrows shot up in question, why would Mary Margaret do that for her, she never had homemade anything in her life, even with her adoptive parents everything they ate was ordered.
"Really?" Emma asked.
"Yes, this is my first attempt to make chicken noodle soup. Back home we had stew or tomato soup, never chicken noodle soup or anything even close to it" Snow explained looking down at her lap.
"Don't worry you did a good job, it looks and smells great" Emma tried to reassure her doubts, Emma would love it and tell her it was good even if it wasn't because she loved her mother, but she doesn't show it much unless she has no choice.
"Okay" Snow smiled and looked toward emma with expecting eyes, waiting for her to eat it.
Emma picked up the spoon and put it into the soft liquid, then brought it to her mouth slowly. Emma didn't know what to expect when she tried it, she did because Snow wanted her to. Emma was surprised when it hit her tongue it tasted like the best thing in the world, full of warmth and love in a spoonful. Emma never knew what people meant when they said made with love until now.
"It's really good Snow" Emma said with a smile to her, Snow face broke into a grin instantly.
Snow sat with Emma until she finished the whole thing which was quickly for Emma because it was so good.
"You finished it?" Snow said with a smile at her daughter.
"Yup" Emma said finishing her last spoonful to the last drop.
"Thank you" Snow said to her in a whisper. Emma looked up confused as to what she was thanking her for.
"For what?"
"For Eating the soup"
"It was really good. It had something extra in it that made it special" Emma said to her, trying to get to a point.
"What's that?"
"It was made by you" Emma told her.
Snow's face perked up from that, she looked at Emma lovingly.
"Here let me clean this up, when I get back you are taking your pills and we are going to have a girl talk" Snow smiled and picked up the tray and was out the bedroom door before Emma could protest.
Emma leaned back on her pillow, in a sigh. She heard loud foot steps come up the stairs she knew weren't snow's, by the sound but was David.
"She wearing you out" David chuckled as he sat down in the seat snow was recently sitting in; he noted that Emma was looking for something to do.
"Hey do want to play Goldfish" David asked Emma as he went over to her drawers and pulled out a deck. "Sure" Emma agreed she was happy to do something anything to get her mind off being stuck in bed with no escape with her parents there. Not on their watch.
"Okay do you have any eight's" David asked looking toward Emma who held her deck in her hand expertly.
"Go fish. Do you have any two's" Emma asked David who was eyeing his deck. "Go fish"
"My turn, Do you have any four's" David asked focusing on Emma who looked to her deck quickly then said "Go fish"
"Liar" David laughed. Emma tried to look believable but he saw right through it.
"Nu uh" Emma disagreed like a child.
"Oh yeah then let me see" David asked while grinning holding out his hand for her to hand over her deck.
"That's cheating" Emma tried to stop him.
"You cheated the minute you lied. Let me or I will.."
"You'll what" Emma asked amused.
"This" David lunged forward and started tickling Emma in her bed, making the 28-year-old laugh uncontrollably.
"David- Stop"Emma said in between laughs.
"or what" David asked laughing at his daughter.
"MOM" Emma yelled still giggling.
Snow ran up the stairs in a flash with a dish rag from the sink in her hands. She stopped when she saw David tickling Emma like it was nobody's business.
"Charming stop" Snow said in between her own giggles.
"Make him stop?!" Emma asked in between laughs.
"I don't know.." Snow walked up behind David and gave Emma a look. They tackled David on the bed and tickled him together, making the charming man laugh. Soon they were all on the bed in a fit of giggles.
"No fair two against one" David complained.
"Alright that's enough, Emma you need to take your pills" Snow said going over to Emma's bedside table to retrieve them and a water bottle. She handed them to Emma carefully who swallowed them.
They laid there together on the bed for a while hugging until Emma fell asleep on David who was staring at her as she slept. Snow was on Emma's other side doing the same. They fell asleep shortly, with Emma between them.
Bam! Boom! Clunk!
Snow was brought out of her sleep when she heard loud noises coming from downstairs in the loft.
"Charming" Snow shook him awake.
"What happened is the loft on fire?!" Charming asked sleepily.
"No there's noise coming from down stairs"
"Okay let check it out" They went to get up from the bed when they remembered Emma, she wasn't there?
"Where's Emma?" David asked Snow.
"I think I have an idea" Snow said looking tired, he caught on to what she was implying.
They slowly went down the stairs, charming had a bat with him just in case there was burglar instead. Emma wasn't supposed to move around too much, in fear of strain on her head. The downstairs was dark for the fact it was night-time; they heard another bang from something in the kitchen. Snow turned on the light to Emma walking into the fridge over and over again. David put down the bat and they walked over to Emma, who was bumping into the fridge over and over again still.
"Emma" Snow whispered to her daughter, in wonder what she was doing;Emma didn't respond to her at all. Snow grabbed Emma shoulders slowly not to jostle her, she slowly turned her around. Snow noticed Emma's eye's were closed and she was breathing softly almost as if she was asleep.
"Emma. Honey are you awake?" Snow asks her daughter who seems non responsive.
Emma didn't respond all she did was stay still, then Snow knew the answer Emma was sleep walking. Snow laughed a little thinking to herself if she did this when she was a kid, or did she always sleep walk without her noticing.
"Emma answer your mother" David said whispering sternly.
"David Emma's sleep walking" Snow explained, Emma walked out of snow's hands and walked into the dinning room table and then the apartment door which made a sound as it was hit with Emma herself. David quickly walked over to Emma, and took her shoulder's steering her to sit down on the couch in the far end of the apartment.
"She should lay down so she stops walking"Snow said as David helped a sleeping Emma to sit down, Emma soon laid down on the couch and calmed down to look like she was asleep,asleep.
David put his arms under Emma's body picking her up to take upstairs, Emma stirred for a second not until snuggling into David chest and gripping his shirt.
"Looks like Emma is a daddy's girl!" David laughed victoriously to Snow. Snow was instantly jealous but was happy Emma loved her father as equally; this wasn't over she was sure Emma was mommy's little girl Charming would have a war on his hands soon.
They climbed the stairs together, Emma in David's hands. David gently put Emma on the bed and put her baby blanket near her which she snuggled in her sleep. David and Snow as tired as they were got into bed again with Emma, As soon as snow laid down on Emma's left Emma went closer to Snow that they were basically snuggling. David saw this and turned on his side to look away, he soon fell asleep close to his family.
Snow was fighting sleep as much as she could, because Emma was right there asleep on her shoulder and she couldn't look away.
"Good-Night Princess" Snow whispered to her daughter kissed her on the head and finally gave in to peaceful happy sleep. Today was a good day and the week wasn't over not yet, they would get to pamper her and she can't say a thing to fight it.
She was definitely Mommy's Little Girl.