Sheriff Swan

Chapter 18

Killian grabbed Emma's hand and held it in his. Emma then fell asleep.

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Emma woke up and looked over at Killian. He was still holding on to her hand and was asleep. His head was on the hospital bed and his hair was all messy. Emma smiled and looked up at the ceiling. Dr. Whale walked in and Emma looked over to him.

"Hello, Emma." Dr. Whale said.

"Hi." Emma said exhausted.

Killian woke up suddenly and jerked his head up. His hair fell down onto his face and he quickly brushed it back. Dr. Whale ignored him and continued talking to Emma.

"How are you feeling?"

"I'm ok. I just feel exhausted and I'm hungry." Emma said.

"I'll go get you something if you want." Killian said.

"Thank you." Emma said as Killian got up and walked away.

"So, Emma...Have you ever cut yourself before his incident?" Dr. Whale asked concerned.

"Well, when I was a teen in the foster homes. If I ever got a hold of a knife I would go into the bathroom and...cut myself. I felt terrible after I did it so I cleaned the knife and quickly put it back where I found it."

"Well...some tests came back and say that you are suffering from depression. It's not just any ordinary depression. Emma. This is serious. Your depression is...I don't know how to put this...umm...off the charts..." Dr. Whale said sternly.

Emma looked down at her arms and sighed.

"Emma. You can fight the depression out though. You can see Dr. Hopper and he can get rid of the depression. You just need to go and listen to what ever he says. He knows what he's doing."

"Ok." Emma said.

"Do you promise me, Emma?" Dr. Whale said.

"Ya." Emma said looking up at Dr. Whale.

"Good. Ok, so now let's talk about your physical state. Your arms are really bad. We gave you a blood transfusion. You lost lots of blood. If Killian waited another 15 minutes you probably wouldn't have made it. Emma, you can't cut yourself anymore. I'm serious! You got way out of hand. You are going to have to replace your bandages every morning and then right before you go to bed. It will be about 3 days intill you can take your bandages off completely."

"Ok." Emma said.

"Ok, I will give you extra wraps and medical tape. Oh, and also his ointment." Dr. Whale said picking up an ointment and showing Emma. "It helps heal your cuts faster."

"Thank you so much." Emma said.

"This is what I do." Dr. Whale said happily.

Killian then walked in with a bag from Granny's.

"How is she?" Killian asked Dr. Whale.

Dr. Whale looked at Emma and then turned back to Killian.

"She's ok."

Killian gave out a sigh of relief and then walked over to Emma's bed. Dr. Whale walked out of the room with Emma's clipboard that was on the end of her bed. Killian pulled out a Grilled Cheese and handed it to Emma. Emma took it and began eating it. She devoured the sandwich in seconds. Killian then handed her the onion rings and she ate them up. Killian took the trash and through it in a garbage can next to the bed.

Dr. Whale came back and said, "Emma, if you are ready you can head back home today."

"Ok." Emma said.

"Ok, I'll be right back with your stuff you need for your arms." Dr. Whale said as he walked out.

He came back in and gave Emma a bag with the wraps, tape, and ointment in it. Emma got up from the bed and walked over to the corner of the room were her clothes were. She then walked into a bathroom and got changed. She didn't but her jacket on because she was afraid she would hurt her arms. She then started walking out of the hospital with Killian by her side. He walked her to his car and they got in. He drove to her apartment and parked the car.

"Do you want me to come up and help you clean up?" Killian asked.

Emma looked confused for a second and then realized that he was talking about all of the blood she lost on her floor.

"Sure." she said.

They both walked up to her apartment. Emma stopped at her door and realised that it was shut but not locked.

"I'm sorry. I'll fix your lock." Killian said noticing Emma looking confused at her door locks.

Emma walked in and saw the spot where she collapsed on the floor. She looked deeply at the bloody floor and then walked over to her cleaning supplies under her sink. She grabbed out tons of cleaning supplies and handed some to Killian. They cleaned up all of the blood from the wooden tile floor. She put away all of the cleaning supplies and fell into the couch.

"Are you okay?" Killian asked.

"I'm ok." Emma said into the couch.

"Do you want me to stay?" Killian asked.

Emma sat up right on the couch and looked at Killian. She really wanted him to stay but she didn't.

"No, I'm fine." Emma said.

"Ok, it's 9:08. I'm going to head home." Killian said.

"Ok, bye Killian. Thank you so much." Emma said.

Killian smiled at her and then closed the door as he walked out of her apartment. Emma got from the couch and walked into her bedroom. She then walked into the bathroom and took off her bandages. She looked down at her arms when the bandages came off and sighed. Her arms looked terrible. She opened up the bag that Dr. Whale gave to her and took out all of the stuff. She put the ointment on her arms as she but her lip from the sting. She then wrapped her arms up and taped it. She was putting the extra stuff back in the bag when she noticed a piece of paper. She picked it up and read the note.

Emma, meet Dr. Hopper in his office at 3:30pm tomorrow. I didn't talk about it in front of Killian because I didn't know if you wanted to tell him anything about your depression.

Emma took the note and placed it on the nightstand next to her bed. She then got into her bed and fell asleep.