A/N: This is a short chapter. It's not much of the blocks that I excepted it to be that chapter for today but now, you have it.
Grammatical Errors are mine.
Enjoy it.
Chapter 4: The Miracles Day
In the morning, Emma was still laying down on the hospital bed, she stayed there for three days since her faint attack in the classroom after turning in her test papers for Professor Mills. She rolled her eyes and sighed then felt hungry and decided to ring through her call button. The nurse came in with a smile and raised her eyebrows at her then replied.
"You called?"
"I'm hungry." The blonde woman nodded with a response. The nurse chuckled and nodded then replied back.
"Ok, a meal coming up."
"Thank you." Emma grinned and exclaimed.
The nurse nodded and left the room. The blonde woman looked away at the window and wondered how Professor Mills was doing in the Boston University. The nurse barged in with a tray of the breakfast and Emma looked away at her with a smile. The tray was on the bedside table and the blonde woman got up in a sitting position then felt comfortable when the nurses fluffed the pillows behind her. As for a while, the blonde woman thanked her and went to dig her meal to enjoy her breakfast. It was scrambled eggs and sausages with orange juice. She was starved to eat it all but knew that she had to eat it carefully with a slow pace because she just finished with her chemotherapy last night.
After the breakfast was finished, Dr. Lucas came in and saw her in a good shape then checked her vitals and nodded with the new results. The oldest lady looked up at the blonde woman who was staring at the tray for a while and continued in a soft tone.
"Emma, what's wrong?"
"I've been here since three days. I just realized now." Emma looked up at her and whispered.
"Oh, your condition has been better since you stayed here. But for your cancer, it was still reducing slower. I'm not sure that it would be accurate if I let you released from the hospital today." Dr. Lucas nodded and acknowledged her soft tone. The blonde woman tilted her head and asked.
"Well, I could stay for another night until you see if my condition gets better."
"Sounds good but it will be tempted to let you stay for weeks." The oldest woman pressed her lips and replied back with a risky tone.
"Oh. Will it be a problem if I stay here as a permanently resident of this hospital while you monitor my condition?" The blonde woman frowned and hesitantly went with her question.
"I will consider if you wanted me to do that for you then I will bring this proposal to Dr. Gold." Dr. Lucas gave a thought from Emma's suggestion and mused with a curiosity. Emma nodded with a response.
"Ok. Just let me know if it is not a problem to let me stay here."
"Sure. I will let you know. Oh. By the way, today, the military comes here to have a talk with all of you on The Miracles Day. Will you be up for it?" The oldest woman smiled at her and asked.
"Why not? It won't hurt me if I could have some company for a while." The blonde woman shrugged and gave a thought of that then nodded.
"Good. They will come at 2 pm to have a talk with you all. Be there before 2 pm in the entertainment room. I am sure that you know where it is." Dr. Lucas exclaimed with a nod. Emma smiled and continued.
"Thank you. I will let the nurse wheel me to reach there."
"Fabulous. See you there. So, take care of yourself. Drink orange juice more." The oldest woman pointed at the glass and mused with her strict expression. The blonde woman giggled and saluted with a saying.
"No problem, Dr. Lucas."
"Please call me Granny. Everyone call me that nickname since I worked here for 12 years. You will do same." Dr. Lucas rolled her eyes and replied back with a smile.
"Ok, Granny." Emma was not sure that it was proper to call her doctor that name but put her feelings away then she looked forward to meeting the military people in the entertainment room. Dr. Lucas nodded with a smile then left the room. The blonde woman felt rested but decided to take a stretch of her legs and called the nurse to help her to get up and take a stroll around in the hallways until she gets tired.
Meanwhile, the blonde woman walked with a hook of morphine. It took her to look around in the hallways with the full of the hospitalized patients who were on the way to have surgery. She winced at the thoughts of the surgery, and it reminded her to have that experience before while she was admitting twice to remove her breasts. Now, she had a flat chest and didn't regret that she chose to not get the breasts prosthetics in her chest. It made her feel insecure about her body except the breasts that were gone.
In her thoughts, it consumed her time to wander through her memories on her admittance at the hospital for the first time. It was like a scar on her body while she was struggling through the difficult time. No one knew it was hard for her to manage through her solitude with no family and friends to support her. It was like a metal knife to stab her heart through her eyes.
Until, somebody startled her in the hallway when Emma was walking back to her room. The blonde woman didn't know how long did she wander through the corridors. She blinked several times and looked away at somebody who startled her. It was Professor Mills. It shocked her out when she was with her. Hearing the brunette woman's voice, it gave her a stop in her reels of the thoughts through her memories.
"Emma, are you ok? You seemed to drift away while I called your name several times."
"Oh, I was thinking about my memories." Emma blinked several times to look at the brunette woman and couldn't believe that Regina was here with her then stuttered her words.
"Is it the good thing?" Regina asked with her curiosity. The blonde woman shook her head and replied.
"Mind you walk with me to my room?"
"Sure, I was planning to see you today. My classes ended few minutes ago."
"Oh. Cool." Emma responded while walking with her along to her room. Regina smiled at her and helped her to get in the room. The nurses looked away at them and smiled at the brunette woman who caught their eyes then walked away from the nurse's station.
The blonde woman put her morphine away next to her bed, turned around and moved her leg on the bed then lay there. Emma sighed deeply. Regina covered the blanket over the blonde woman's legs and walked around to sit down on the chair on Emma's right side. The blonde woman looked away at her with a smile and acknowledged her presence.
"What brings you here?"
"I am wanting to see you if you are okay and planning to release from here." Regina smiled at her and said.
"Oh, I am staying here for another night but I haven't yet heard from Dr. Lucas." Emma arched her eyebrow at her and continued with a soft tone.
"Aren't you releasing today?" The brunette woman raised her eyebrows and asked.
"Yes, I was but my condition seemed to get better and the cancer is still reducing." The blonde woman nodded and replied back. Regina lit up and exclaimed.
"That's a good news."
Emma nodded with a smile and heard the door squeaking. It was Dr. Lucas and the ladies looked away at the oldest woman who barged into the room. The oldest woman raised her eyebrows at them and found out that Regina was there with her then nodded at her with a smile. The blonde woman rolled her eyes and acknowledged her soft voice.
"What's the verdict?"
"You're approved with your suggestion from Dr. Gold. You may be a permanently resident of this hospital, but you could go home whenever you feel like. We couldn't force to kick you out, and it's your wish to stay here for a while." The oldest woman raised her eyebrow at the brunette woman who was still uncomfortable on her seat and continued with her observation. Emma clapped and exclaimed in an excited tone. Regina looked away at the blonde woman and smiled.
"Great! I am staying for another night then I could go home tomorrow because it's a weekend."
"Good. You need a fresh air. By the way, don't forget about The Miracles Day at 2 pm." Dr. Lucas pointed her defenses and winked. The brunette woman was smiling to frowning in three seconds later. The oldest woman looked back and forth at the ladies then rolled her eyes.
"Noted." Emma nodded with a smile. Dr. Lucas smiled back then nodded at them and left the room. Regina was confused about the last sentence from the blonde woman's doctor and asked right away.
"What is The Miracles Day?"
"It's for the cancer patients to have some miracles from the military." Emma continued with a smile. The brunette woman raised her eyebrows and murmured.
"Oh yes, my son mentioned that event not long time ago. He's supposed to be here soon."
"Really? He's coming here to talk with the cancer patients in the entertainment room?" The blonde woman tilted her head and asked. Regina nodded and confirmed it right away.
"I guess so."
"Awesome. Will you be there?" The blonde woman smiled and asked with curiosity. The brunette woman softened her heart at Emma's generosity and replied back.
"I don't know if my son wants me to be there but for you, sure."
"Don't worry, don't be afraid of us, the cancer patients." Emma lit up and mused with a teasing voice. Regina laughed and pointed her index finger at her with a smirk.
"Very funny. Anyway, how was your day?"
"It sucks being alone." The blonde woman frowned about her day and said with a shrug. The brunette woman reached her hand to touch on the blonde woman's hand and caressed her touch then continued with a soft tone.
"Oh right. You had no friends and family in your whole life."
"Yeah. I don't know where to go with, but I'm used to the lifestyle when I was 17." Emma shrugged and responded with her thoughts. Regina sighed, shook her head and mused with a strict tone.
"I think it is time to change everything."
"How?" The blonde woman furrowed her brows and asked. The brunette woman rolled her eyes and teased her with her sarcasm.
"I am your friend."
"Are you?" Emma waggled her brows and smirked with a teasing voice. Regina semi-glared at her and confirmed right away then softened her looks and smiled at her.
"Yes, dear. I'm your friend. Don't worry, if you need someone then call me, and I will be there."
"But you are a professor." The blonde woman shook her head and scolded her back.
"Silly you. I could change my schedule as long as I teach my classes. You are my student in that class. Don't worry. You will be fine if you need me to keep you company." Regina scrunched her face and scolded her back with a smirk. The blonde woman sighed and nodded then continued.
"Thank you. It meant so much to me."
"You're welcome, Emma." Regina smiled at her. In her thoughts, the brunette woman couldn't resist saying that in front of her student and wished Emma were hers at this time but knew that they aren't in an intimate relationship yet. Not yet. She sighed deeply.
The blonde woman tilted her head on the pillow and felt sleepy then yawned. Regina looked away at her and smiled then replied.
"You are starting to get sleepy. Go to sleep. I will be right here until 2 pm. I will wake you early before we go in the entertainment room to meet the military."
"Ok." The blonde woman whispered while falling asleep on the pillow. The brunette woman smiled at the beauty of Emma and tilted her head to study her. It was taking her to think about her daydreaming back in her office at Boston University. Until, the phone rang in her purse, Regina immediately grabbed her cell and answered right away.
"Hello?"
"Hello, mom. I'm on the way to see you." Henry replied with a manly voice.
"Oh, I'm at Massachusetts General Hospital." The brunette woman smiled at her son's response and spoke lightly.
"Which street?" He furrowed his brows and asked.
"Cambridge St. and why?" Regina went soft and mused with a concerned tone. Henry exclaimed in a calm tone.
"Because I was supposed to show up at that hospital you are in right now. Weird. What have you got there?"
"I'm visiting a friend." The brunette woman looked away at the blonde woman and felt unsure that Emma heard her conversing with her son then spoke in a whisper.
"Oh, is they ok?" Henry widened his eyes and asked with his concerned tone. The brunette woman shook her head and spoke lightly with a smile.
"Yes, dear. She is fine now. Why not you come to get me lunch then meet me here. It's Room 108."
"Sure. What do you want?" He lit up at the food and asked right away with his excited tone. Regina laughed and said.
"Something Italian."
"Eh. Mexican?" Henry scrunched his face, and he knew that his mom can't see his face then continued. Regina rolled her eyes and asked back.
"Why not Italian?"
"Remember that we did eat there before like two days ago." He rolled his eyes and murmured with a defended tone.
"Oh right. Mexcian, it is." The brunette woman muttered under her breath and flat-toned it.
"Ok. See you soon." Henry smiled at his mom's response and exclaimed right away.
"Drive safe," Regina demanded and heard her son grunting. She laughed and ended the call then looked up at Dr. Lucas, who was still observing on the vitals on the monitor. The oldest woman took a glance at the brunette woman and replied.
"It's nice to hear your voice again since you've been silent."
"Oh, it was my son. He is in US Army." Regina shrugged and replied.
"What position?"
"Private. He was enlisted two years ago before I moved here." The brunette woman continued with her thoughts back in two years ago. Dr. Lucas sadly smiled at her and voiced her memories with her granddaughter then sighed.
"Out of the respect, I know how it feels to let them go in the war with our worries."
"You've been experienced before?" Regina was surprised that Dr. Lucas had the same experience with her and asked with her curiosity.
"Yes, my granddaughter, Ruby. She called herself, Red. She is Sergeant First Class. I've been not seeing her for four years." The oldest woman nodded and continued with a smile. The brunette woman leaned back in her chair and asked.
"Wow. Did her parents know?"
"No. They died when Ruby was 14. It was a fire accident in their house. No one knew that Ruby survived in the fire. I was the one who took her in since she was young." Dr. Lucas shook her head, wrote it down on the paper and mused with her thoughts. Regina smiled and complimented her right away with her sympathy.
"You've been a great grandmother."
"Yes, I was. Now, we've been in touch every weekend and missing each other. But now, I'm a head doctor of the oncology department. I've been taking care of every cancer patient since my twelve years. I never missed it out." Dr. Lucas looked up at her and felt comfortable around her then said.
"Oh. You've been busy since Emma was your patient for the first time." The brunette woman understood and gestured at the blonde woman with a response.
"No, Emma was not my patient from the first time. She was Dr. Gold's patient before. Trust me, you wouldn't like him at all. He is the hospital, administrator. He's annoying man but had no life." Dr. Lucas shook her head and replied back. Regina raised her eyebrows and continued.
"Wow. I should trust your judgment."
"I'm not kidding. Well, I guess that we need to end our conversation. I am telling that your son is outside by the door at any moment." Dr. Lucas replied while gathering her paperwork then opened the door to reveal the brunette man in his 20s.
It was Henry Mills who was still balancing the food in his arms. Regina smiled at him and went to help him to get their food out then put it on the bedside table and nodded at Dr. Lucas. Henry looked away at the doctor and shook his hand then spoke lightly.
"My name is Private Henry Mills."
"Nice to meet you, My name is Granny Lucas. But you could call me Granny. Everyone call me that. I'm thankful that you came home safe to your family and thank you for your service to US military."
"You're welcome. It's been a pleasure to serve the country with my respect and commitment." The brunette man nodded with a smile and continued.
"Regina, he is a keeper but a handsome man. You're lucky that you have him to be home. See you then." The oldest woman smiled at him and looked away at Regina then mused with a compliment.
"Thank you," Regina spoke lightly while Dr. Lucas left the room. Henry looked away at her and gave a smile then looked away at the blonde woman and tilted his head. The brunette woman walked back to the bedside table and took a glance at her son then looked away at Emma and replied.
"That is Emma Swan. She is a breast cancer patient."
"Oh. She is beautiful."
"Yes, she is." The brunette woman nodded at him and gave his food to him then walked back to her chair and started to eat her burrito. Henry walked toward her and sat down on the couch then studied on the blonde woman for a while. The brunette boy cleared his throat and spoke in a soft tone.
"How long is Emma becoming a patient?"
"Well, she is admitting the third time." Regina sighed and continued with a thought from few days ago. Henry raised his eyebrows and mused with a shocked expression.
"Wow. She is a strong woman."
"Yes, dear. Let's eat it before she catch you." The brunette woman nodded and got up to grab the lunch boxes from Henry then continued.
"Already did," Emma replied. Regina whipped to look away at the blonde woman in a sleepy motion. The brunette man was eating halfway while studying on his brunette mother and looked away at the blonde lady. Emma shifted her position comfortable and spoke in a raspy voice.
"Hi."
"Hello." He cleared his throat and put his meal away in the bag then replied.
"My name is Emma Swan. I'm Professor Mills's student and friend." The blonde woman smiled at him and introduced herself right away. Henry smiled back and continued with his introduction.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Private Henry Mills, and I'm a son of Regina Mills."
"Likewise. That looked delicious." The blonde woman pointed to the meal that Henry ate few minutes ago. Regina was silent while she was eating her second burrito and watching them for a while. The brunette man looked down at his meal then back to her and spoke lightly.
"Want some?"
"No thanks. I can't eat that one because of my stomach." Emma shook her head and scrunched her face with a response.
"Oh want me to get Granny?" Regina looked away at her and asked. The blonde woman shook her head and acknowledged her soft tone.
"It's ok. I get it all the times."
"Ok, I wanted to make sure." The brunette woman said. The blonde woman smiled at her and looked away at him with her gentle gaze. Henry shifted his sitting position and asked right away.
"How long did you come here for the first time?"
"When I was 24," Emma said with a sad smile. He frowned and continued.
"Wow. You've been fighting to survive through your difficult times. You're a brave woman that I have met."
"Thank you. You too. Thank you for serving your country with your commitment and respect." The blonde woman pointed out her fact and raised her eyebrow. Henry chuckled, nodded and said.
"It's my duty to do that as a solider."
"What made you decide to be in US Army? If you don't mind if I ask that question." Emma tilted her head and asked.
"That's fine. In my whole life, I grew up watching the soldiers on the television and went to see the parade when I was a little boy. One of the US solider came to me, and I think it was his name, Archie Hopper. He was a nice man who gave me a toy soldier. I looked up at him as my role model, and I wanted to be like him. But I knew it was a lot of things to be a solider with the commitment and respect to serve the country. I was absorbing the things like a solider supposed to be in a legal responsibility. I went for it." Henry absorbed his thoughts and continued telling a story with a smile.
"You never told me that," Regina replied while she was in a shocked state to listen from her son. Henry looked away at his mom with a sad smile and acknowledged his bitter tone.
"I've been growing up like that. I knew that you had been scared since I left to serve the country with other soldiers. It's been a terrifying but yet experienced." The brunette man shrugged and mused with thoughts.
"I didn't realize that at the time when you were young, and you never mentioned about that man who came to you." The brunette woman replied while she was pausing to eat her chicken burrito.
"That was the time when you were in graduate school. I was like six years old. Grams took me to the parade to watch them return home." He narrowed his eyes and continued.
"Oh." The brunette woman understood the day when she was stuck in the graduate school taking a final exam. She nodded and looked away at the blonde woman who was silent. Henry smiled away at Emma and replied.
"What about you? It's enough about me. I wanted to get to know you better since you are my mom's friend."
"I'm in a graduate school for Criminal Justice." The blonde woman said with a smile.
"Oh. What do you want to be?" Henry arched his eyebrow. Regina sent a motherly glare at him, and he ignored her then continued. Emma chuckled and replied.
"I want to be a police, officer."
"Who in the heavens know that they are similar to the law enforcement." Regina mused while rolling her eyes at them. Emma giggled at her comment and waved her dismissal hand then spoke in an amused tone.
"I grew up looking at the role model who saved me from drowning in the river."
"Oh," Henry replied. Regina growled at the memory of her longtime boyfriend's spirit. The brunette man looked away at his mom and furrowed his brows then heard the blonde woman's voice.
"I think that I need to stop talking, and it's time for us to go in the entertainment room. It's five minutes before 2 pm." Others nodded and got up. Regina went to clean the bedside table up and threw it out in the trash near the door. Henry went to help Emma to get up and walked away with her to the entertainment room.
The brunette woman softened her heart when she saw her son helping the blonde woman to reach the room and grabbed her purse then strode behind them. They finally entered the room that the soldiers were mingling around with the cancer patients. Emma finally sat down on the leather chair and covered her legs with a knitted blanket. Henry released his hold and walked away to his friends. Regina sat down next to her and looked away at the soldiers. The blonde woman looked away at her and responded.
"Your son is charming. Isn't he?"
"Yes, dear. I can't believe that he grew up to be a man." Regina nodded with a smile then continued.
"Blink once and you would be in the different dimension." Emma looked at her with a loving gaze and mused with a quote.
"I never heard that saying before." The brunette woman looked away at her and narrowed her eyes then replied.
"It was from my foster mother when I was little. She's the author of the children's books. I can't remember the name of the book that she read it to me. I believed that it was her name, Ms. Tolley." The blonde woman looked away at the young girl in the wheelchair and said. Regina raised her eyebrows and asked with her curiosity.
"Oh, where were you with her?"
"We were in Texas, Houston." Emma sighed and continued with her soft tone. The brunette woman frowned and asked her again.
"Miss her?"
"Oh yes. Ms. Tolley was a kind woman in her fifty. She sent me a mail when I was shipped to Missouri with another foster family. Before I received her letter, she died from heart attack. I didn't hear from her since I found out when I was twelve, and I found her mail in my box." The blonde woman nodded with a response. Regina caressed her touch on the blonde woman's hand and didn't acknowledge that her son was staring at them for a while.
"Wow. I'm sorry."
"That's fine. I get shipped a lot in my childhood. It was terrifying but yet horrible. I don't want the child to live my life." Emma shrugged and shifted her seating position then continued. Regina nodded and mused.
"I understood."
"Anyway, did Henry know his father when he was a little?" The blonde woman pressed her lips and hesitantly asked.
"No. But he just knew that he had his father somewhere, and I intentionally didn't get him to meet him in person." The brunette woman froze and decided to blurt it out with her mouth. Emma looked away at her and found herself to be curious about Regina's life then asked.
"Why is that?"
"Meet Daniel? He never gave his money away to support his child, and I filed the charges against him while Henry was in my tummy. It was strongly advised that he won't be around in my son's life until he came to see me in person before I birthed him. He believed that I had his baby, and he begged me to come back with him. I told him that I don't want to see him at all because he was a jerk to me and went to sack with 18 years old girl that he didn't know. I cut the contacts off with him. Remember I told you that my family and I assumed that he left New York City but he ended up staying there until his death." Regina scoffed and continued with her story. The blonde woman went frowning at her and rubbed her thumb on the brunette woman's hand. Henry walked closer to them and listened to his mom's story then frowned at the thought of meeting his dad.
"Did your family and you know that he was a cop?" Emma asked.
"To be honest with you, we didn't know that he got a job after graduating from college. I assumed that he just wanted to be a chemist. Daniel dived in science and math things. But we were wrong that he got straight from Police Academy for two years and became a police officer while Henry was born." The brunette woman shook her head and continued with a blank gaze on the floor.
"Geez," Emma said. Regina nodded and murmured.
"Yes, dear."
Emma was silent and knew that she had no questions to ask Regina herself then looked away at the soldiers included Henry mingling around with the cancer patients. The brunette woman smiled at her son's gentle touch with the young girl in the wheelchair and tilted her head then spoke lightly.
"Is all the cancer patients like this?"
"What do you mean?" The blonde woman didn't understand her question and looked away at them then continued. Regina pointed to them and spoke lightly.
"Cancer things?"
"Oh. All the types of the cancers. Leukemia, Breast Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Lung Cancer and many kinds. Emma finally understood and nodded with a soft tone.
"All of them are too young to receive that." The brunette woman felt sad and broken at the thoughts of the children who were suffering through the life then mused.
"I know. I felt sorry for parents who suffered from watching their child in dying bed." The blonde woman nodded with a sad smile and spoke in an amused tone.
"Me too. But what about you?" Regina looked away at her and asked.
"Oh yes, I was devastated when I saw myself in the dying bed for the first time." The blonde woman looked back at her with a sad smile and continued. The brunette woman asked with her curiosity but knew that she pushed her too hard and hoped that Emma don't mind her persistent questions.
"How bad was it?"
"It was in my right breast, and it was spreading rapidly. It was not bad. So Dr. Lucas decided to remove the nodes out immediately. I was shaking at that time when I got in surgery. It was my third time to get surgery." The blonde woman smiled at her and knew that Regina wanted to get to know about her then replied. Emma didn't mind if Regina ask her about breast cancer and her life.
"Third time?" Regina furrowed her brows and went confused with a response. Emma nodded and continued.
"Yes, before I got a breast cancer, I got in a knife fight when I was in high school. I broke my right ribs, torn muscles in my left hand and several wounds on my legs."
Regina winced at the thoughts of the wounds on the blonde woman's legs and looked down at them then frowned. Emma looked away at Henry and remembered her memory in the knife fight in her high school days. The brunette woman looked up at the blonde woman's beauty face and tilted her head then acknowledged her soft tone.
"How many stitches?"
"15 stitches each on my legs and eight stitches on my left hand. It was a lot of pain I received. I was on the bed rest for two months and didn't move my legs at all. The wounds were intensely severe." Emma pointed the scars on her body and spoke lightly. Henry was surprised that the blonde woman was fighting her battles for her life and found himself to be interesting in Emma's life then studied on his mom's attraction toward her and smirked. Hearing Regina's voice, it gave him a big grin and Emma looked away at her with a smile.
"Now, you can walk."
"Yes, I did get physical therapy when I finished my GED and took under my doctor's orders to be physical for eight weeks until I recovered myself and went on the morning jogs for a little. When I finished my training and decided to take a job as bail bondswoman before I applied to Boston University for my undergraduate years." The blonde woman replied with a story. The brunette man finally walked to them and listened to Emma's story.
"Wow. You've been amazing woman." Henry said while standing in front of them. The ladies didn't acknowledge his presence until they heard his voice and whipped their heads at him with a shocked expression. The blonde woman blushed and responded.
"Thank you Henry."
"You are welcome. I guess that time is out for the military to finish our social gathering. So, it's finally nice to meet you, Emma." The brunette man nodded and continued.
"You too. Please come visit us." The blonde woman lit up and asked.
"Will do." He smiled at her and turned away at his brunette woman then spoke lightly.
"Do you want to come with me for a long drive back to home?"
"Ah. No. I have a car in the parking lot. I will be there at about 6 pm. I would like to stay with Emma for a while." Regina shook her head and continued with a motherly tone.
"Sure. See you at home. Hope Grams don't annoy me." Henry nodded with a smile and rolled his eyes at his grandma then replied. The ladies laughed at the brunette man's reaction.
"Ha. See you, dear. Be safe." Regina scolded him with her raised eyebrows. Henry rolled his eyes and kissed on the brunette mom then gave a hug to Emma and whispered in her ear.
"Why not you ask Mom out for a date? I can tell that she likes you." The blonde woman blushed redder and nodded with a tight hug. They released a hold. Regina arched her eyebrow at them and didn't get anything to tell her. Henry winked at his mom and left the room.
The brunette woman looked away at Emma, who was blushing and rolled her eyes then got up to help her. They finally walked back into Emma's room and the brunette woman helped her to lay down on the bed then sat down on the chair beside her. Emma looked away at her and spoke lightly.
"You should go home."
"No. I'm here to spend my time with you since I finished my teaching this morning. I haven't been seeing you for two days." The brunette woman rolled her eyes and murmured in a strict tone. The blonde woman scrunched her nose and continued with a smirk.
"That's fine. It's been a busy week for you."
"Indeed. All of that happened to be an event that I am working for this weekend." Regina nodded with a smile and mused.
"Oh, Graduate School Event for Criminal Justice?" The blonde woman knitted her brows and asked. Regina nodded and confirmed it right away.
"Yes. That one."
"I was supposed to be there." Emma frowned and whispered. The brunette woman softened her heart and spoke lightly.
"Don't worry, it just is a social gathering to know each other. There are three presentations from FBI, Boston PD, and Lawyers. That's all we do for the day to spend our time to socialize with them and to get to know what they need to do for their future."
"Oh. I thought it would be exciting if I'm there to learn something new from three presentations that you mentioned." The blonde woman continued with a frown.
"Perhaps if you could stay there for three presentations then do whatever you want to do for the rest of the day." The brunette woman suggested it right away while narrowing her eyes. Emma lit up and nodded with a response.
"Yeah, I was planning to do that."
"Good. It will be at 10 am." Regina nodded with a smile and continued. The blonde woman saluted right away with a giggle.
"Noted."
"Now, ladies it's time for Emma to get the chemotherapy." The nurse came in the room with a smile and the women looked away at her. The blonde woman nodded and got up with her nurse's help to get on the wheelchair. Regina stood and walked away with them to the chemotherapy area then found a chair beside the blonde woman's seat. The nurse prepped Emma's arm with a needle and a small tube. The blonde woman winced at the pain and exhaled in the air while she was closing her eyes.
The brunette woman looked at her with sympathy and winced at the tube from the chemotherapy. Emma finally opened her eyes and looked away at Regina with a small smile. The nurse finally was done with the prep and left the room to check on other patients. The blonde woman went drifting away with her thoughts in her memory lane when she was young at 24. Hearing Regina's voice, Emma looked away at her with a blank stare and blinked several times.
"Are you ok? You seemed to drift away when I called you several times."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I do that all the time when I am on the chemotherapy. It reminded me of my first time to receive that treatment." Emma shrugged and replied with a soft tone. The brunette woman shook her head and pointed her defenses.
"It's all right. It looked painful."
"Yes, it was but right now, I feel fine." The blonde woman gave a glare at her and murmured. Regina mocked the surrender and replied with her curiosity.
"How did you feel when you got that for the first time?"
"Nauseous and Dizzy." Emma gave some thoughts back in her 24 years old self and said.
"Like last time when you fainted in my classroom." Regina hesitantly nodded with a response. The blonde woman rolled her eyes and defended her tone.
"Oh yes not like that bad. It was like a lightweight."
"Indeed. I understand. How long will you finish your chemotherapy today?" The brunette woman scoffed with understanding looks and asked. The blonde woman looked away at her left arm and continued.
"At an hour mostly."
"What did Dr. Lucas say about your condition after you stayed here for three days?" Regina smiled and asked with her wondering thoughts. Emma looked away at her and replied back.
"I believed that I didn't mention that one. I get treated for three months unless my cancer start to reduce in time."
"It's a prolonged treatment." The brunette woman frowned and said.
"Yes, it was." Emma nodded and yawned then replied back.
They went silent while Emma was feeling sleepy. Regina smiled at her and informed her that the blonde woman can go sleep until her hour is up. Emma thanked her and went to sleep. The brunette woman sighed and studied the blonde woman for a while then got a text message from her mom. Regina pocketed her phone out and checked on the message then widened her eyes.
When can I meet the mystery woman, Emma Swan?
A/N: Next Chapter: Cora's Questions about Emma.
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