The Lost Girl, Now Found

7) I'm not ready to forgive you yet

Emma's POV 

I was finally released from the hospital, and David keeps trying to talk to me and ask me about Walsh, he was released hours after I woke up. He has been trying to see me everyday since he was released, so for a week. When I left the hospital, Mary Margaret insisted on taking me to the B&B, and I caved after half an hour of her... well, of her demanding, we are now in her car and she's driving me there now. "So, where's your boyfriend?"

"Not my boyfriend" she told me blushing. 

"Yeah right" I said to her jokingly.

"When I left, he said he was going to go for a walk on the toll bridge"

"Where's he staying?"

"He had a house before he was in the accident, I just went over to check on him before I picked you up"

"Does Walsh know that I was released?"

"No, but when he tries to visit you again, he will most likely find out" she told me, causing me to slightly tense up, luckily is wasn't noticeable. 

"Yeah, he'll probably pay an orderly off or something" I told her in a bit of a sad voice. 

"Where's Henry? Walsh doesn't know does he??"

"Relax Em, Walsh doesn't know, but Henry's still at the foster home, at least until it's time for him to stay with you" she told me, and I smiled, just the thought of Henry being able stay with me warms my heart. 

"Mary, can you do me a favor?"

"Sure, anything"

"Can you ask sheriff Humbert to find someone for me? His name's August Booth" 

"Yeah. Who is he?"

"Someone that I owe an apology to. Years ago he told me something, he told me that I have a family, somewhere out there, I just have to find them, and lets just say I didn't react well"

"How'd you react?"

"Well I told him that he was a lunatic and I left and told him not to follow me. He was my best friend, and I ditched him because I didn't have hope that I could find my family" she placed her hand on mine for comfort. 

"And your family, being Henry?"

"Well yeah, but not only him" I look into her eyes. "You too, even David, I may not know him very well, but your flat out in love with him, so I trust him" I see her eyes watering up. "Don't cry Mary Margaret"

"I love you too Em" she said to me and hugged me pretty tightly, it kind of hurt, but I didn't say anything because we were having a moment, then a wince of pain escaped from my lips. 

"Oh my God, I'm hurting you, aren't I?" She said while releasing me. "I'm so sorry Em, I got caught up in the moment and forgot about your injuries"

"Relax Mary, I'm fine" 

"Are you sure?" I nod my head and she stands up. "Well I better head out, I'm gonna go see Graham about your friend, don't worry, I'll get you a number"

"Thanks Mary, see you soon" Mary Margaret leaves. 

About an hour later, I hear a knock at the door and I freeze, I'm struck with fear, worried that it could be Walsh. 

"Emma, it's me, David" I let out a sigh of relief, but I'm still reluctant to open the door, I know he's gonna ask about Walsh, I make my way over to the door. "Emma, please open the door, I know you're in there" I stand there, not moving. "I'm sorry Emma, we never should have sent you here, alone" my eyes are watered up, tears threatening to spill, but he has no idea that I wasn't alone, I had August, until I abandoned him.

I finally get the courage to open the door, but as soon as I let him in, I shut the door immediately, in case Walsh was watching me. We sat in silence for nearly 10 minutes, until David spoke up. "Emma, please talk to me"

"I wasn't alone" I looked up just long enough to see him eyebrows furrow in confusion. "Geppetto, he secretly sent Pinocchio here without telling you, he told him to watch after me. He made Blue tell you and... Mary Margaret that there was only enough magic to transport 1 person, but there was really enough to transport 2, but instead of me growing up with a parent, I grew up with a best friend 7 years older than me" 

He was shocked, I don't think he knew how to respond. "Where's Pinocchio now?"

"I don't know, but I do know that he goes by August now, but when I was 16, he told me the truth about the curse, but I didn't believe him. I told him that he was crazy, then I ran away and that's when I met" I stop myself before finishing my sentence. "But I asked Mary Margaret to ask the sheriff to find him"

"Before you met who?" I chose not to respond "Walsh?" I ignore him again "Emma did he hurt you?" 

"I-I don't wanna talk about it" I look up and he looks furious, not at me, but at Walsh, maybe even at himself. I reach over and place my hand on his. "It's not your fault David, you did what you had to do to save the kingdom"

"Emma, you're my daughter, I should have put you before the kingdom" he tells me, while wiping my tears away. 

"I'm not ready to forgive you yet, but I can understand why you did it" I tell him. 

"Em, can I ask you for some advice?" I nod in response. "I want to court your mother, and apparently it works a lot differently here than it does back in the Enchanted Forest"

I answered him, glad to change the subject. "Well, you walk up to her door and say 'Mary Margaret, I would like to take you on a date' and avoid terms like court or marriage or true love for a little while"

"And what happens at the date?"

"I suggest that you take her to the Toll Bridge for a picnic, have a candlelit dinner, it's romantic, and trust me, she loves romance"

"Thanks Emma, well I'm gonna go ask her out on that date now" he stands up and lost all control of myself and I ran up him and hugged him and when i did, he cradled my head like I was a child, but I sort of like it, as strange as it sounds, and I let a tear escape my eye, but we were interrupted by a loud banging on the door. 

"Emma! Open the door!" We heard from the other side of the door. "If you think that you can just report me to the police and get away with it then you're gravely mistaken!!" He yelled through the door, I was frozen I didn't know what to do. 

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Much Love 

~Jasmine