Chapter 1
Brooklyn has been Emma's home for about 4 years now and she loved every second of it. When Mary Margaret and David Nolan took her in when she was 12 years old and scared of coming into another bad foster home, luckily it didn't turn out like that. Instead she got to live in a beautiful apartment and got to go on a good school along with nice people.
Emma slowly opened her eyes and looked over her room. It was an early Saturday morning and the sun had just peeked through the buildings around the apartment, sweeping Emma's bedroom in the morning sunlight. Her almost just white room made it look like it came out from an Ariana Grande music video. All Emma wanted to do was to sleep in and relax all day, so she turned around in the bed and fell asleep again. Suddenly, she woke up by someone lying down beside her in the bed or rather falling down. Emma sighed and turned around to the familiar body beside her.
"Happy 17th birthday, love." Killian said and smiled to her. He leaned his head on his hand while his other hand was caressing her arm. Emma smiled up to him as he bent down for a kiss. This was one of the reasons she loved living here. Her boyfriend of three years lived in the upstairs apartment and Emma had lost count of how many times Killian had snuck down the fire escape outside her bedroom window to sleep in her bed along with her. They have done so much together like sneaking into each other's bedrooms, lying on the roof at night, watching the stars, or spent endless time together in front of the TV, snuggling.
"You woke me up this early just to tell me that?" Emma sighed with a tired smile and rubbed her eyes. Killian shrugged and smirked down to his girlfriend.
"Not just that." He said and kissed her once more before falling down on his back. Emma laid her head on Killian's shoulder as he put his arm around her and kissed her head. "I know you said you didn't want anything for your birthday, but it's not every day my girlfriend turns 17 so…" He stuck his hand in his front pocket and pulled out a little box.
"If you're asking me to marry you, I swear to God, Killian." Emma smiled as she took the box from him. Killian chuckled and shook his head.
"Not until you're 18, love." He said and Emma elbowed him slightly in the ribs before starting to take off the ribbon around the little box. "You are the slowest unpacker I have ever met, Emma!"
"My bed, my birthday, my present and I'll open it as slow as I want!" She said and started unpacking the box slower to irritate him. Killian groaned and put his free hand over his eyes which only made Emma laugh. "Okay, okay!" She ripped the ribbon off, opened the little box and gasped.
"I take it you like it." Killian said and smiled. Emma nodded as she was completely stunned by the necklace in the box. It was a golden locket with the letters E + K in a heart engraved on the front. "Open it." Emma opened the oval locket and smiled by the inside. It was a picture that was taken 2 weeks ago of Emma sitting on Killian's lap while kissing him on the cheek on the roof of their apartment building.
"I freaking love you, Killian!" Emma said and sat up in the bed before taking the locket out of the box. She handed it to Killian and he fastened it around her neck. "Thank you." With that she planted a kiss on his lips before jumping of the bed and walking over to her closet.
"You are very welcome, love." Killian smiled and looked at his girlfriend as she took a hoodie over her singlet which was all she wore except for her shorts. "How are you going to spend your birthday?"
"With you." Emma answered and walked over to the bed again before lying on top of her boyfriend. Killian smiled and placed his hands on her hips while licking his lips. "Not like that, not today!" Emma rolled her eyes with a smile as Killian pouted.
"What are we supposed to do then? No, let me guess! A whole day in bed with pizza and a Pretty Little Liars marathon?" He sighed and an innocent smile formed on her lips.
"You know me so well, babe." Emma nodded and kissed him softly. "But first, let me get some breakfast and you have to go before my parents discover you're here!" Emma rolled off Killian and they both got out of the bed. She followed him to the window and kissed him one last time before he got out to the fire escape. Emma walked into the kitchen where her tired parents were making breakfast.
"Happy birthday!" David and Mary Margaret beamed as they saw Emma walk towards them.
"Thank you." She smiled as she sat down by the kitchen island. "How'd you guys sleep?" David handed her a cup of hot cocoa with cinnamon and smiled.
"Great, until you and Killian's loud talking woke us up." He chuckled along with Mary Margaret. Emma sighed and pushed her hair away from her face as she started blushing.
"So you heard that? Great." Emma said sarcastically as she sipped her cocoa and watched her parents smile.
"I thought he would stay for breakfast at least, but if we know Killian right, he will be down any minute now." Mary Margaret said and looked up at the clock above one of the kitchen counters. "What did he give you to your birthday than, honey?" Emma pointed to the locket and Mary Margaret took it in her hand before opening it. "So sweet! The boy's got taste!"
"Yeah, can we change the subject to something entirely different?" Emma asked embarrassed and took another sip of her cocoa.
"Yes, your birthday present from us!" Mary Margaret beamed before walking into her and David's bedroom. David placed a stack of pancakes in front of Emma and handed her a fork.
"Emsy! Take it easy with the chocolate syrup! You know you become what you eat!" David teased and grabbed the syrup from her and squeezed some on his own pancakes.
"I become what I eat? Then I will become a chocolate pizza with cinnamon!" Emma beamed and put a huge piece of pancake in her mouth. David laughed as he took a mouthful of pancake himself. Mary Margaret came into the kitchen again, but this time she had a rectangular package in her hands.
"Wow! If that's not a pony, than I don't know what it is!" Emma joked as her mother handed her the package. Suddenly, the entrance door opened and Killian came walking inside.
"Morning, Nolans!" He called out as he headed towards the kitchen. "Wow, is it a pony?" He joked as he saw the present in Emma's hands.
"They are like twins." David said and looked over to his wife who smiled while shaking her head.
"No, soulmates." She corrected and made Emma blush as Killian sat down beside her. He kissed her cheek and took her plate of pancakes before starting to eat it. Her parents had become used to Killian appearing in their apartment and starting to eat Emma's food. They had even gotten used to them kissing in front of them.
"Open the present!" Mary Margaret said and looked at Emma along with the others. Emma started to carefully rip the paper off the present and received sighs from all of them.
"Emmy, you are literally the slowest person in the world to open something!" Mary Margaret complained with a smile and leaned on her elbows. Killian pointed to Mary Margaret while looking at Emma.
"What did I tell you, love?" Killian said before he realized what he had said. "Eh…I mean…"
"They know. They heard us." Emma sighed and eyed her parents who smiled to them innocently.
"Oh, sorry." Killian apologized before turning to Emma again. She continued ripping the paper off slowly to irritate them all, but after they all sighed of irritation, Emma laughed and ripped the paper off. Again, she became blown away.
"Do you like it?" Mary Margaret asked as she nearly jumped up and down of excitement. Emma nodded and stared at the package. Inside it laid a white dress that she had wanted for so long. It was the only dress she had ever wanted and ever gotten.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Emma beamed before walking around the kitchen counter and throwing herself at her parents for a hug. David kissed her head and Mary Margaret hugged her close. Emma was really happy with her family, but the happiness would come to an end…
What do you guys think? This chapter was all about presenting some of the characters and a lot of fluff to understand the relationships. Shall I go over to more exciting, and maybe sad, stuff or shall I continue with fluff for a little while more? Please leave a review, darlings!