Who is Graham?
Summary: They are still in Neverland where Emma and Regina have a quarrel. After that Emma and Killian have a little talk.
It's been fifteen days since Emma unlock the map and they are still in the woods searching for Peter Pan and Henry. In their searching they find Tinkerbell who didn't know where Pan and his Lost Boys were but who agreed to helps them.
With all of that, Emma was tired. She can't sleep at night because she still hears the boys crying and when she is asleep she has nightmares with Henry or with her parents. Another thing that gets tired for Emma is Regina who constantly says that she could use magic to find where are Henry and Pan. And today was one of those days when she was more annoying than ever.
"Do we really need to look around this island after Pan, when I could use magic to find him?" Says the queen with an annoying voice.
"Is it magic your solution to everything, Regina?" Asked Emma.
"In this case, yes it is."
"No is not. Bad things happen when you use your magic. Remember what happened with the mermaid and when you used magic on the map."
"None of those were my fault."
"Yes, they were. And is not just about those things."
"You put your trust in a pirate who helped Greg and Tamara, because he wanted revenge. How is this my fault?"
"Is not about Hook. You always choose the easy way, by using magic. You used magic to curse my parents, you tried to use magic to keep Henry with you, you wanted to use the trigger to kill us and the beans to run with Henry. You killed Graham because he remembered who he was. With magic!"
When Emma realized what she said, there was already silence. Everyone was there, listening. Including Hook.
"So, this is about? It's about Graham?" Regina said with a grin.
"No it's not!"
"It is. You blame me for his dead."
"It was your fault! I don't know how, but it was you! Wasn't it?"
"Yes! It was! And you want to know why? Because he chose you and because of you he remembered!"
"So you killed him."
"Yes! I killed him. But it was your fault! If it wasn't you the one who decided to stay in the town, he would be still alive."
"You lie! It wasn't my fault! You took his heart, not me!"
"Because he couldn't do what I told him to do!"
"No. Because he was a good man."
"He loved me, Miss Swan."
"You controlled his heart! He didn't love you! You lie to yourself, Regina. You think he loved you? You think you loved him? You lie to yourself again. If you would have been in love with him, you wouldn't killed him when he chose me. You were jealous and you took the easy way by killing him." And with that Emma turned on her heels and goes in the woods, alone, leaving Regina with the others.
At a moment she stopped behind a tree and sit on the ground. Maybe she was too harsh with Regina, but she knows she was right. Graham wasn't dead because of her, he was dead because of Regina. She killed him because he choose Emma. Because he wanted to have his heart back.
She felt how tears made their way in her eyes. She wanted to cry and not only for Graham.
One tear fell on her cheek in the moment when she heard footsteps behind her. When she turned her head she was surprised to see Hook standing behind her.
"What do you want?"
"Are you okay, love?" In his voice was concern. He was worried about her.
"Yes. I am."
"You're not."He said coming closer and sitting on the ground a few steps near her.
"If you know the answer, why you asked, anyway?"
"I wanted to hear your answer."
They stayed in silence some moments until he decided to speak.
"What happened there?"
"I had a quarrel with Regina."
"I heard that. I'm pretty sure that even Pan and his boys heard that. What I want to know is why?"
"Why what?"
"Why you yelled at each other?"
"I don't know exactly. I guess that I'm too tired for listening her and I hit a limit."
"What limit?"
"That limit in which I can support everything she says or she makes."
"You just need some rest." He said with a soft voice.
"I know. But I can't."
"Because you hear them."
"Yes."
"Came here, love." He made a sign with his hand for her to come closer.
"Why?"
"Come."
She goes closer to him and then he made something that surprised her. He wrapped his arms around her, making her put her head on his shoulder. They stayed like that a while. Her head on his shoulder and his arms around her, on the ground, their backs pressed against the tree.
"Love? Who is Graham?"
"I don't want to speak about him."
"I told you about Milah."
He was right and she knows that, so she began to speak.
"Before I arrived in Storybroke, there was another sheriff." She took a breath and then she continued. "His name was Graham. He died."
"Why? How?"
"Back in the Enchanted Forest, he was known as The Huntsman. Regina sent him to kill my mother, but he couldn't kill her. Regina wanted my mom's heart and because Graham didn't killed her, she took his heart but she didn't killed him."
"What has she done?"
"Graham came in Storybroke with the curse and he became the sheriff. He and Regina… they had a relation."
"They were together?"
"I don't think so. No. They weren't. They just slept with each other."
"And why is he dead?"
"I don't know how and why, but he remembered who he was in the Enchanted Forest and he wanted to have his heart back."
"How happened this?"
"I don't know… In one night he kissed me and then in the next day he knew that he has no heart."
There was another silence and Emma wished to know what was in his mind, but she continued.
"We searched his heart but we couldn't find it. Instead I had a fight with Regina and I hurt myself in the head. We, me and Graham, goes back at the station and he took care of my wound, then we kissed. After that, he remembered more about his past, but I couldn't believe him that he has no heart. Though, I think that slowly I started to love him. When he wanted to kiss me again, he fell on the ground, unconscious. I tried to wake him, but…"
"He was dead."
"Yes. The doctors said that he died because of some natural causes. Henry, on the other hand, told me that Regina killed him. But I didn't believe him."
Her eyes were invadated with tears, but she let them fell. It was good to cry and because he was there she felt more relaxed.
"You know, Emma… We are more alike than you think."
"Milah?" She asked through tears.
"Yes. She died in my arms because Rumplestiltskin crushed her heart."
"And Graham died in my arms because Regina crushed his heart."
"Indeed."
One more time, silence comes between them. Emma continued to cry, her head still on his shoulder. She didn't know what he thinks, not until she saw a tear fell on her hand which was now on his chest. It was his tear. And then, in that moment, Emma knew that he cries, that her story brought back in his mind memories about Milah. And yet she couldn't believe that he cries.
They stayed there, tears fell between them, until Emma break the silence.
"You think you can love again?"
"I don't know. Maybe. She died a long time ago. Maybe it is time for me to get over. But you? Can you love again, Emma?"
"I don't know. I think I'm afraid to love again."
"Why?"
"I loved Neal and he leaved me. Then, when he came back, he died. I loved Graham and he died. I start to believe that I will die alone. That I won't have my happy ending."
"There's still hope."
"Hope for what?"
"For you to have a happy ending."
"I don't think so. Every person who loved me died."
"I'm still here."
He didn't say anything and neither she. They just stayed there for a while, alone, in silence, with Emma still in Hook's arms. Knowing that at a moment, in their future will be a happy ending. Maybe sooner than later.
