A/N: This is my first fanfic. I decided to have some of the dialogue be in more of a streams of consciousness format. I apologize if the grammar isn't 100% correct. Also, I'd love for your feedback.
To say Emma had a lot on her mind was the understatement of the century. Neal was back in her life whether she liked it or not. She couldn't afford alienating Henry any further by telling Neal to stay out of their lives. So there it was. All of the hurt, betrayal, and heartbreak was flooding back after being pushed away for so long. You wouldn't think that after slaying dragons, fighting ogres, and all that other fairytale crap, the worst thing she had to face was something so simple as seeing an ex again.
She couldn't keep all of this bottled up much longer. Who could she even talk to though? Obviously not Neal. Henry was still mad at her and he didn't need to be burdened with her inner turmoil anyway. There's no way in hell she's going to talk to Rumple-freaking-stiltskin. She could talk to Mary Margaret, or Snow... whatever, but it was still awkward to talk to her now that she's her mother. Also, she's stuck on this stupid ship for the next couple of days.
That's when Emma remembered the one other passenger on board: one sarcastic, arrogant, rouguishly sexy (Did she just think that?), pain in the ass pirate. If she was going to vent to anyone, it was going to have to be him. "What the hell. I guess he's my only option." she thought. After a frustrated sigh, Emma went below decks to the brig.
To Emma's relief, Hook was still unconscious as she entered the small dark space. She had already been anticipating some sort of innuendo-laced greeting that she really didn't have the patience for right now. It was strange to actually look at his face when his seemingly permanent smirk and quirked eyebrow weren't in place. He didn't look like the smug bastard that seemed to always be around just to annoy her or the menacing villain that had dug his hook into Rumplestiltskin's chest. He was just a man.
Emma let out a frustrated sigh, now staring at the side of the ship, and said, " I feel like I will regret this very soon, but here it goes. He's back. Neal. The very reason I left you behind on that damned beanstalk. You told me that you could tell that I had been abandoned before and was afraid to open up because of it. Well guess what? You're know, you really are the only person to be able to see me past the walls that I've built up. Even my own family only sees the tough front I put up since I'm the brave and noble savior. I was abandoned...by him as well as others, but his betrayal hurt the most. I thought I was in love, maybe I was, maybe I wasn't. I'll never truly be sure...and he just left me. Just like everybody else.I was alone, incarcerated and pregnant. His only excuse was that Pinnocchio told him to. Are you kidding me? Now, he's here, and Henry knows that he's his father and that I lied to him. I didn't want him to think his father was a thief and a coward. Now he won't even talk to me. You know all that I went through to get back to him... and for all of that to be destroyed just because fucking Neal shows up! Oh, and it gets better! Neal actually turned out to be Baelfire. Yep, he's your Crocodile's son. How messed up is that? As if my life wasn't complicated enough! I've had it with magic, and fairytale characters, vengeful witches, fucked up family trees, and stupid pirates hell-bent on revenge!"
On the verge of tears, Emma paused and attempted to gather herself. "Yeah, I didn't mean to mention the last part out loud. Or maybe I did! I am pissed at you too. Is your revenge really all that important? You could've gotten yourself killed. Part of the reason I even went here with Gold was to save your stupid ass. I've been alone for a long time, and I was perfectly fine with the walls that I built up before you came along. But you saw right through them. That's why I left you on that damned beanstalk. You read me like a book. Now, I'm dealing with whole bunch of crap right now: 28 years worth of repressed abandonment and trust issues coming to the surface, my relationship with my son, the best thing that ever happened to me, might be ruined, a whole bunch of crazy magic shit as soon as we get back to Storybrooke, and having to make sure that neither you or Gold ends up killing each other! On top of it all I'm dealing with the fact that my ex who left me pregnant and in jail is engaged. He was able to move on and find love, why can't I? Why does he get to find a happy ending with someone? I maybe could've had something with Graham, but I'll never know because Regina crushed his heart so he could die in my arms. So what am I left with? Just a stupid sarcastic pirate who thinks he know everything about me and can't go five minutes without making and innuendo! That's it! I am done. Done with you. Done with Neal or Baelfire, or whatever. Done with being the savior. Just done!"
Emma stormed out of the brig and went back on deck to see how far the Jolly Roger was from Storybrooke. Moments late Killian Jones opened his eyes and with a raised eyebrow said, "Well Swan, that's too bad, because I am far from done with you."
A/N: Squeal! He heard it all! How do you think he's going to respond to Emma's speech? Also, how do you think Emma is going to react when she finds out he heard everything? I might wait for Sunday's episode to write a new chapter. Let me know what y'all thought of it? Should I continue?