Memories

Chapter 3

She looked so broken. Her beautiful blonde hair was blood stained around the fresh bandage that the nurse had just changed. Regina, Snow and David have been sat at her bedside for hours, with no sign of the blonde Sheriff waking up. Regina is occupying the chair on the blondes right hand side, while the Charmings were facing the brunette on the other side of the blonde. Only a few words had been shared between the group, Regina didn't feel like making small talk while waiting for her ex wife to wake up. She wished that Henry was here, she needed her...their son. Regina's head shot up as she heard Snow let out a small giggle. Smiling in the smaller brunette's direction, she re-entered into the conversation.

"I'm sorry...it's just, for years we hated each other and tried and failed to kill each other and now look at us!" Snow giggled, Regina often thought about the position she had been put in with the brunette and Regina agreed that it was definitely a comical arrangement.

"Is that only just hitting you now?" Regina smiled at the brunette as she sat back in her chair and ran her hands through her messy hair.

"I think so...the woman I hated the most in the world, ended up being my daughter's true love." Snow let a stray tear run down her cheek, as she smiled gratefully at the Mayor.

"Former...former true love." Regina hated to destroy the woman's hope that she and Emma would work things out, but she'd rather destroy her hope now than let it build up over time.

"I know...I just miss the look on her face she used to get when you walked in the room and the way that her eyes lit up when someone mentioned you in conversation...she's different now, she has been since the divorce. She's not our Emma anymore...I know it's not your responsibility anymore, but even when she's around you, you make her a better person." Snow confessed, Regina had never heard the brunette say such things to her before and it took her rather by surprise.

"We just need to focus on her getting better," David jumped in before Regina had a chance to reply to the smaller brunette. Regina was thankful for this scapegoat and smiled gratefully at the prince.

"I agree," Snow's smile was fake, but Regina knew that her words were not.

"Regina, don't you think it's time we call Henry? He needs to be here, just in case." Snow suggested, Regina knew that she was right. She had been putting off calling her son to tell him the news for hours, but there was no sign that Emma was getting better just yet and he had the right to be here.

"Excuse me..." Regina stood and walked out to the hall. Ruby answered the phone almost instantly, with sleep once again laced in her voice. Regina swore mentally as she looked up at the clock, it had just gone past 6am.

"Is everything okay? Is it Emma?" Ruby talked in a rushed panic.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realise what time it was...she still hasn't woken up...she looks bad Ruby, I've never seen her like this before." Regina whimpered, letting some of her bent up emotions come crashing down.

"She's going to make it through this baby, Henry just walked downstairs. Do you wanna talk to him?" Ruby asked, in the background Regina could hear her son mumbling something about breakfast and asking why Ruby was on the couch.

"Yes, please put him on." Regina spoke sweetly, Ruby didn't respond she simple handed the phone to the teen and proceeded to make breakfast and a steaming pot of coffee.

"Mom, why is Ruby on the couch? And why aren't you here, it's only like 6 or something." Henry yawned into phone.

"Henry, it's your mom...Emma was in an accident last night, I'm at the hospital now with her parents. I'm gonna have Ruby bring you over okay..." Regina waited for the boy to say something, say anything.