Emma and Henry sit on opposite ends of the edge of the bed playing a card game.
Suddenly realizing they are alone, Henry looks up. "How'd it go?"
"What do you mean?" Emma asks, scanning over her cards to debate her next move.
"The meeting. How did it go?"
Emma stops and glances around the room, noticing how empty it is for the first time. "Where'd everyone go?"
Henry shrugs. "Point is, they're not here. Tell me what happened."
She looks at him then shakes his head. "It's not important."
"Come on, Ma. I know that's not true. Something happened, and you won't tell me. Why not?"
"It's between your mom and me."
"I know what social workers are. I'm not stupid. This involves me too."
Emma shakes her head again. "You're 19. Believe me, you made it out alive."
Henry puts down his cards. "Just because I can't be taken away or whatever doesn't mean that having my family torn apart won't ruin my life just as much as yours, okay?"
Dropping her cards, Emma puts her head in her hand. "We are not being torn apart, kid. That woman is trying to make things difficult, but Gen says she can't do anything without your mom's statement."
"I don't understand why we know Gen. Who is she?"
Emma hears footsteps and sees Gen enter the doorway with an armload of food. "A godsend, apparently." She gets up and takes the food from Gen. "You're amazing. Thank you."
Henry gets up and grabs a box containing a cheeseburger. "So much better than the cafeteria food," he says, smelling the burger.
Once everything is set down, and Emma and Henry have their food, Gen turns to Emma. "You will have a visitor soon, Emma. Please keep your emotions in check."
"Um, okay," Emma responds cautiously. "Something you want to tell me?"
"I just did." Gen grabs a box with a grain salad and takes a seat to eat lunch.
Emma rolls her eyes and sits her food down across from Henry. She moves toward the top of the bed and kisses Regina's forehead then cheeks. "I love you," she whispers in Regina's ear, before a placing a kiss just under her earlobe. When she takes her seat, Henry smiles at her. "What?" she asks.
"I hope she knows we're here."
"Me too, kid."
They eat mostly in silence, playing their hands between bites. A high-pitched wail from the doorway catches Emma's attention, and she looks up just in time to stop Neal from leaping onto the bed. She holds him out in front of her. "What are you-" She turns and narrows her eyes at David. "Why are you-" She grunts in frustration and looks back at Neal, hanging limply in her arms. "You have to be careful. We don't know what she's feeling right now, so you can't bounce around or anything."
Tears streak down his face as he nods his head. Emma rolls her eyes and sets him on the bed. He immediately curls up in her side and stares up at her face.
"Emma," David calls to her softly.
Emma clenches her fists and slowly turns to face him. "David."
He visibly winces at the use of his first name. "I'm glad you're here."
"I doubt that."
He shakes his head. "No, Emma, I wanted you to be here, but I wanted to respect Regina's wishes."
Emma laughs derisively. "Since when do you care about respecting her wishes?"
Noticing Emma take a step toward her dad, Gen sets down her food and watches.
David holds up his hands. "It was foolish, I know. Your mother helped me understand that."
"It took mom for you to realize that lying to your daughter was a bad idea?"
"Emma, I know you're upset. Let me make it up to you."
Emma closes the space between them. "Make it up to me? I was what, a hundred yards away when she passed out, and you couldn't call me? Instead, you let me leave and spend well over a day wondering why on earth the woman who I just finally started a real relationship with suddenly wanted nothing to do with me? You thought that upholding her little promise was more important than my emotional well-being? More important than giving me the opportunity to take care of my girlfriend after a mistake that I made? If mom hadn't finally cracked and called me, how long would you have let this go on?"
David stares at her, not answering.
"Well?" She presses, leaning closer to him, her voice rising.
Gen stands up and glides behind David to pull a gawking Mary Margaret into the room. She sees the social worker smirking in the hallway. She glares at her and closes the door.
David takes a step back, but Emma matches him, staying in his face. "I- I don't know, Emma. When she made me promise in the airport, I didn't know what was going to happen. I was trying to do the right thing for you with work."
"That bitch at my work could have waited a few days, David. Regina can't. Regina is my priority whether either of you," she points at David then Mary Margaret, "likes it or not."
"We know how much she means to you, Emma," Mary Margaret offers quietly, moving closer to David.
"And you still want to ruin what we have," Emma accuses.
Mary Margaret shakes her head. "No, I'm sorry. I've said some terrible things, and I'm the one that tipped her over the edge at the airport. I don't want to stand between you two, Emma. Your father isn't trying to do that either."
Emma stares at her then looks back at David. "You know what? I can almost forgive her because she stayed here at Regina's side and cared for her while you stood in the corner and called me, pretending like you were simply too busy to check on her, then you bailed before I could get here and you'd have to face me. I'm surprised you're even here now."
David takes a shaky breath. "Emma, I wanted to see you and support you. I want you to be here for Regina, I mean that. And I am here for her too."
"No! You're not here for her. That woman," she points at Gen, "who I hardly even know has done more for Regina than you have with your lies. Oh and thanks for telling the doctor I threw my wife into a wall." She leans in as close as she can. "Do you have any idea what it feels like to be taken away from your lover's bedside and treated like a criminal?"
Gen notices Emma's fists clenching and her knuckles turning white. She steps forward and pushes them apart. "Mr. Nolan, thank you for visiting. Today does not seem like the best day for an extended visit."
"You can't tell me to leave," David barks at her.
She raises her eyebrows and turns to him fully. "Mr. Nolan, unless you wish for your daughter to be permanently removed from the hospital, I suggest you find your way out."
He opens his mouth to speak but stops when Mary Margaret squeezes his shoulder. "David, take Neal and go home. There's nothing you can do here." She leans up and kisses his cheek then moves to the bed to lift Neal off of Regina. She takes him out into the hallway.
Emma gently pushes Gen's hand away from her and moves back to Regina's bed, plopping down across from Henry again who has simply been staring at all of them.
David tries to step around Gen towards Emma, but Gen grabs his arm and stops him. He tries to rip his arm away, but her grip is firm.
"I must insist, Mr. Nolan."
David removes her hand and straightens his sleeve before clearing his throat and stomping toward the exit. "I love you, Emma. And I love Regina too." He closes the door behind him.
Emma picks up her cards and shuffles through them, trying to fight the tears brimming in her eyes.
"I love you, Ma," Henry whispers across the bed to her.
"I love you too, kid." She gladly accepts his hug when he moves around to her side.