A/N: Here is a new chapter since I am procrastinating doing work for the coming week! Hope you like it! It is mostly David and Emma, but next chapter we will see more of Mary Margaret and Ella!

Emma and Ella

Chapter 4: More than Enough

6:00 pm

David had given Emma time to calm down and hoped that she would be in a better mood now.

"Emma, dinner's ready. Please wash up and come down." David called up the stairs before heading back to the kitchen.

David finished putting the food on the table before realizing that Emma wasn't coming. He sighed wishing she would have just come down without a fight.

He walked quietly upstairs and knocked lightly on Emma's door. "Emma. It's dinner time."

David waited for a response or her to come out, but when he heard nothing he knocked again before opening the door. "Emma..."

He stopped short when he realized the room was empty and the window was opened. "No." David said as he realized that she ran. He was overcome with fear at the realization that he had no idea where she was. He saw that her backpack was still on the floor where she dropped it and knew she must have freaked out and ran.

David found his cell phone in his pocket as he called Graham at the station as he ran out of Emma's room to go find her. He told Graham, Emma had run away and Graham told him he would start looking for her. Next, he called Mary Margaret to check to see if Emma had ran to her loft or to see if Ella had heard from her at all. Mary Margaret hadn't seen her, but said she would look out for her and call around to see if any one had seen her.

David started out to the truck with a flashlight before deciding to see if there were any tracks to lead to Emma. That's when he saw that there were tracks and they went through the backyard towards the woods. He began to follow them as fast as he dared.

Meanwhile, Emma found herself lost in the woods.

"Ugh why did I run to the woods?! I know nothing about the woods!" Emma exclaimed as she felt like she was passing the same tree again.

Emma groaned as she felt little drops of rain fall on her head. "No." Emma whined as the rain started to get harder and harder.

This wasn't good. She was lost in the woods and now it was raining, not to mention that it was dark now and that no one would even look for her. No one had ever done it before when she ran besides the foster system, they always managed to find her.

She started to cry again as she realized she just ruined the best home she had been in because she got overwhelmed and ran. How could she be so stupid?! David actually cared for her and what did she do? Complain and run away! Why did she have to be this way?

For the last five weeks, she felt like she could have finally found a good foster home and she started to hope that it would last. But she ruined it and now, she would be sent back and she would never see Ella or Mary Margaret, or David again.

Emma cried harder as she realized how much she liked David and wished for once that he could be her real Dad. For once, she didn't want to leave, but would be forced to leave.

'Oh stop kidding yourself! You would have been kicked out anyway! No one wants you and David would have realized that soon anyway. He already found out about how you suck in school and always tend to find trouble. You aren't family material. You are an orphan, an orphan that won't ever matter and you know it.' Emma told herself as she continued to cry.

She didn't realize it until she was falling that there was a fallen log. She groaned, but thankfully she didn't break anything with her fall.

She didn't get up though, she just sat up and leaned against the log. She had to figure out how to get out of the woods because no one would find her and save her. She learned long ago that no one was going to save her but herself. No one would help her besides herself. No one would protect her besides herself. She was alone in this world and she could only count on herself.

She got up slowly and started walking again, but she couldn't stop crying. Knowing she would never see David again, was killing her.

7:45 pm

David had been walking and walking as he called Emma's name hoping she would hear him and call out to him. He was frightened for her since she didn't have a jacket and it was raining and cold. She could have hurt herself walking around in the dark or get sick from the cold or get hurt by a wild animal.

"Emma!" David called again, hoping she would hear him through the rain. "Emma!"

He finally came to a fallen tree and saw Emma sitting against. "Emma! Are you alright? I was worried sick!"

Emma jumped at his voice having not heard him coming and didn't think he'd come for her. "You...found me." Emma said in surprise and shock.

"Of course, sweetheart." David said sincerely. "I will always find you."

Emma started to cry again before throwing herself on him and hugging him tightly.

David was surprised, but hugged her back.

"I'm so sorry! Don't send me back! Please don't send me back!" Emma cried.

"Oh Emma, I'm not sending you back. I love having you with me!" David told her sincerely.

"Really?"

"Of course, but you can't run away like this."

"I won't! I promise! I'm so sorry!"

David smiled sadly at her thinking that he'd send her back. "Now are you hurt at all?" David asked after a few moments, knowing that he needed to get her home and out of the rain.

"I'm okay, just cold." Emma said not wanting to be a bother to him.

"Emma, I need to know the truth. Don't lie to me." David said sternly.

"I may have hurt my wrist the last time I fell, but I'm sure it's okay. Really." Emma said not wanting to lie to him again.

"Let me see, sweetie." David said softly and she held out her left hand for him to see that it was already swollen. "This may hurt a little, but I'm just seeing if it's broke."

David touched it as gently as he could, but wasn't quite sure if it was broken. He would have to take her to the hospital to check for sure. "Alright. Anything else hurt?"

"No, Da- David." Emma said, almost saying Dad, but stopped herself.

David wasn't sure if she had or hadn't almost called him Dad. He wouldn't of cared, actually he would have loved it, but he knew that she probably wasn't quite ready for that yet. But maybe someday she would be.

"Okay, let's get going again." David said as he helped her up. It was then that David realized she was shivering. "Here, sweetie." David said as he took his coat off and put it around her shoulders.

"David you don't need to..."

"Hush, I do and I will. I'm the parent remember? You're the kid so let me be the parent, okay?"

"But foster parents aren't normally as nice as you." Emma said in confusion.

"Well they should be nice." David said with a shake of his head. He knew of some of the homes Emma had been in from her social worker and he hated to think of some of the people she had to deal with.

Emma shrugged her shoulders. "Most of them were just in it for the pay check. I was just a nuisance to them. I got used to it and figured out how to take care of myself." Emma told him matter-o-factly.

"I'm sorry you had to go through so many bad homes and that you had to take care of yourself, but here with me, you don't. Let me be the parent and take care of you. I want to."

"I'll try, but I'm used to taking care of myself." Emma said softly.

"I know, but I want you to enjoy your childhood."

"But how am I supposed to enjoy it if you ground me?" Emma asked with a confused frown.

David chuckled. "Oh Emma, I'm only grounding you because I want what is best for you. I want you to get a good education and learn right from wrong. I want you to grow up to be a responsible, caring adult. If I didn't care, I wouldn't ground you or make you work harder at your studies, but I do, so I will push you to do better. Do you understand?"

"Yes...and thank you, David. I'm just not used to anyone caring."

"I know, but I do and truly want to raise you the best I can."

Emma smiled softly. "So you aren't sending me back?"

"No, I'm not." David said seriously.

Emma smiled widely. How'd she get so lucky to get a foster parent like David?

They walked for a good while before Emma got up the courage to ask another question. "Um David?"

"Yeah, kiddo?"

"Um am I going to get in trouble for running off?" Emma asked as she bit her lip.

"Oh yea." David said as Emma grimaced, but inwardly smiled because that meant he cared enough to punish her. "I'm going to add another week to your grounding. It's dangerous to run off. I've told you before that I need to know where you are and who you are with so that I can keep you safe. You scared me to death tonight when you weren't in your room and I realized you climbed out your window. Which I better not ever see you do again, young lady. You could have gotten seriously hurt!"

Emma grimaced, she didn't like getting scolded very much. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you."

"I know, but you weren't really thinking about me were you?" David said knowingly.

"No, I guess not. I was just overwhelmed and worried you would send me away because I wouldn't meet your standards." Emma said as she looked down in shame.

David stopped and lifted Emma's chin to look at him. "Hey, all I expect from you is to try and try your best. I know that moving around so much and not having good parents put you at a disadvantage, but I know you can improve with some work. You are very smart and are capable of doing anything you set your mind to."

Emma blinked back tears. "You think?"

"I know." David said softly with a smile. "Now come on, sweetheart, we need to get home."

Emma nodded with a teary smile.

15 minutes later, David looked over to see that Emma was dragging her feet as she walked beside him. She was also shivering despite having his coat on her. Not to mention that she seemed to be in a lot of pain from her wrist, but she was trying to hide it.

He stopped her and carefully picked her up.

"David!" Emma said in surprise. "What are you doing?"

"Carrying you. I know you are tired, cold and in pain, but we will be back soon." David said as he began walking again. They were about ten minutes away.

Emma bit her lip as felt touched by his gesture. No one had ever done that for her when she was tired. She couldn't believe it.

*****OUAT*****

David rushed Emma inside and up to her room to get her out of her wet clothes. She had fallen asleep as he carried her.

"Emma, wake up. We made it home, but you need to change into some dry clothes." David said as he set her on her chair in her room.

"Kay." Emma mumbled tiredly.

David smiled as he went to grab some sweats and a t-shirt from her drawers.

"Here you go. Do you think you can change on your own?" David asked.

Emma nodded as her eyes widened.

David smiled. "I'll be right outside. When you are changed, just let me know."

Emma nodded again before he left.

*****OUAT*****

David came back into the room and grabbed a sweater for Emma to put on to keep her warm. It was a zip-up one so it was easy to slide over her wrist.

Once the sweater was on her and zipped, he had to tell her that he would be taking her to the hospital to get her arm checked.

"Ok, Emma. Now we have to go get your wrist checked out." David said softly.

Emma eyes widened in fear. "It's fine, really David."

"I'm afraid it's not fine and we do need to go." David told her.

Emma frowned, but knew David wouldn't change his mind. "Okay."

David gave her a sympathetic smile before helping her up and downstairs. He had her sit on the bench in the hallway as he ran to the fridge for something to use to ice Emma's wrist. He could only find a bag of peas and bag of corn so he grabbed the peas and a towel to wrap them in before running back to Emma.

"Hold this to your wrist. I know it's cold, but it will help with the swelling."

Emma nodded, trying to be brave for her Dad...David. She kept thinking of him as Dad, but she couldn't say that yet.

"Good girl." David said before picking her up into his arms.

*****OUAT*****

8:45 pm

David finally got Emma to the hospital and to the ER. On their way, he had called both Graham and Mary Margaret to let them know that he had found Emma in the woods.

Now David was waiting with Emma in a ER exam room with Emma sitting on the exam table nervously.

"Everything will be fine, Em." David told her softly.

Emma nodded, trying to show that she was fine even though he could see through her trying to be brave. He may have broken down one of her walls, but that didn't mean he had gotten them all. There was still a long ways to go, but tonight was a good start for them.

A few minutes later, the doctor came into the exam room. "Ah, David, it's good to see you again." Doctor Whale said as he recognized his coma patient.

"Good evening, Dr. Whale, this is my foster daughter, Emma."

"Well it is nice to meet you Emma." Whale said kindly.

Emma smiled shyly.

"So I hear that you messed up your wrist?" Dr. Whale said as he gently picked Emma's wrist up.

Emma nodded as she winced.

"Yes she fell over a fallen tree and hurt her wrist." David informed him.

"Well we will have to get her wrist x-rayed." Whale said as he looked Emma over for any other injuries from her fall.

"She was also out in the rain for a long time because she got lost in the woods." David said.

"She may get a little cold from the experience, but that should be it. It looks like she only injured her wrist. We will get her wrist x-rayed and then go from there." Whale said as he set Emma's wrist back down before looking back at David. "How are you doing, David? Have you had any side effects?" Whale asked since he was there.

"No not for months." David said as Emma gave him a questioning look.

"Good, good. If you ever do, please come see me." Whale said.

David nodded and Whale left the room.

"What was he talking about?" Emma asked with a confused look.

"About three years ago I got in a car accident and went into a coma, I woke up from it a little over a year ago, but it's nothing to worry about." David told her. (Not knowing he had been in the coma a whole lot longer!)

Emma looked at him in shock, not knowing what to say.

The door opened and a nurse came in to take Emma to get her wrist x-rayed.

Emma froze when the nurse came in.

"It will be okay, Emma. They just need to see if it's broken." David said as he squeezed her good hand.

Emma nodded trying to be brave.

"I'll be waiting right here for you." David told her, knowing she needed to hear it.

"You won't leave?"

"No I won't."

"Ok." Emma said in a quiet voice, full of fear.

David rubbed her back once before helping her off the exam table. He wished he could just go with her, but he knew he needed to just be there when she got back.

"See you soon, sweetheart."

Emma nodded at him sadly before leaving with the nurse.

*****OUAT*****

It didn't take long before Emma was back and the doctor came in to let them know she hadn't broken it, but she did sprain it. They then wrapped her wrist and put a splint on it to keep it still for the next three days. After that, Emma could just wear the ace bandage for a the next 2 to 3 weeks.

"So I'll need to see her in two weeks to check her wrist and make sure it's healing. At the time, I will let you know if it needs to stay in the bandage or not." Whale told them after they were set to go.

"And Emma the more you rest it the faster it will heal. If you are using it, it won't heal." Dr. Whale added.

"She can ice it for the next few days to help with the pain. Also you can give her some children's Tylenol for pain as well." Dr. Whale told David.

"So will she need any physical therapy for her wrist?" David asked.

"When you bring her back in two weeks, I will set her up with a physical therapist to give her some stretches to do and check on her progress."

"Ok, that sounds good." David said.

"Well I think you're set to go. The nurse will come in with the discharge papers."

"Thank you." David said sincerely.

*****OUAT*****

10:30 pm

David pulled into their driveway and looked over to see that Emma had fallen asleep. "We're home, Emma." David said as he shook her shoulder gently.

Emma woke up and David got her inside and into bed.

"But David, I haven't finished my homework." Emma said in panic.

"I'm not sending you to school tomorrow, I'm afraid your wrist will be hurting and you won't be comfortable at school." David told her, thinking it would be best to let her stay home.

"Oh okay." Emma said with a frown.

"Did you want to go to school tomorrow?" David asked in confusion.

"I want to see Ella and if I don't go, I won't see her till Monday." Emma said truthfully.

"Because you're grounded." David said in realization. "We will see how you feel in the morning, okay?"

Emma nodded, happy that he was at least considering it.

"Sleep well, if you need me during the night just call for me. Goodnight, sweetheart." David said softly.

"Goodnight, David." Emma said before falling asleep quickly.

In the morning, Emma was able to convince her Dad to let her go to school. She was to see the nurse if she needed to ice her wrist or take tylenol. He even spoke with Mary Margaret to let her know about Emma's wrist so that she could check in with Emma and let him know how she was doing.

*****OUAT*****

"If your wrist is bothering you, please ask your teacher to go to the nurse. I don't want you to be hurting during class." David said for the fifth time that morning.

"David, I'll be fine." Emma whined as she rolled her eyes.

"I know. I'm just worried about you, kiddo." David said with a concerned look.

"I know, but I'll be fine." Emma said with a small smile at how worried her foster Dad was about her. She had way worse injuries in her lifetime. This was nothing compared to them.

"Ok. I'll stop. Have a good day, sweetie." David said as he leaned over without even thinking about it and kissed Emma's head.

Emma froze for a second trying to figure out how to react to the new development in their relationship.

David realized what he did and the stunned look on Emma's face. "You okay?" David asked slowly with a small smile.

"Yeah." Emma said slowly and took a nervous breath before making a decision. "Yeah, I am fine. See you later, Dad." Emma added before jumping out of the truck and closing the door.

It was David's turned to be stunned. She just called him, Dad, and it seemed like she did it on purpose. He smiled pleased and overjoyed. He loved his little girl and he probably always would.

I might be putting up another chapter today, but we shall see! Love to hear your thoughts! Oh and Mary Margaret and Ella will be in the next chapter!