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"I have to admit, I find it quite relaxing not to have a crisis in this town for once. It's been a long, long time since we haven't been threatened by anything." Bell stated with a dazzling smile.

"Given the fact that I was one of the last villain in town, I'm pretty relieved myself, I'm telling you." I replied, raising an eyebrow at her.

"Emma!" My mom shouted as if I had said something wrong.

"What? That's true, you know! But you're right, Belle. It's good to be in peace for a bit."

We were sitting in a booth at Granny's, where Hook and I had thrown a small party with our closest friends to finally announce my pregnancy to everyone. I was 12 weeks pregnant, and we had thought it was about time we tell everyone about it. Except for Henry, my parents, Regina and Robin, no one knew why we had asked them to come, and I had to admit I quite liked to maintain the suspense.

My mom was rocking my brother, who was sleeping in her arms, and Bell was holding a glass of wine, looking suddenly lost in her thoughts. She had been horribly disappointed by Gold, once again, but she seemed to be getting back up after weeks spend in a state of shock. Regina had put a bracelet around the Dark One's wrist to stop him from using his magic and hurting somebody. He was hiding somewhere in town, trying to be discreet, to ashamed to have lost everything once again because of his love for power.

As for me, I was drinking hot cocoa with cinnamon and enjoying a molten chocolate cake. Since I had found out about my pregnancy, I was hungry all the time and was always craving for anything eatable. My sudden lust for food was probably stressed by the fact I had spend my first pregnancy in prison and I hadn't been allowed to eat what I wanted, literally spending 9 months starving, locked up in my cell. It made Killian laugh a lot, and he seemed happy to see me in such a good mood. He was always joking with me about the fact that food was probably my third true love, with Henry and him. But my desire for junk food didn't really please him, as he wanted our baby to have the best diet. However, he was always ending up giving me what I was asking for, because he just wanted to make me happy, and it was absolutely adorable.

I glanced at my father, Robin, Regina and Killian who were talking with animation in the corner of the diner. I thought to myself that a few years earlier, I would never ever have guessed I would soon be in a room with all the people I loved in order to announce my pregnancy. Now that I was thinking about it, I would never have imagined being hit by the Dark One curse either. Sometimes, life could take weird twists, but it was for the best, I knew it now.

I had focused back on my mom and Belle, who were still talking, but I wasn't really listening to them, lost in my thoughts. I suddenly felt a hand landing on my shoulder, and startled a bit. I turned back to face Killian and smiled at him as he moved to sit down next to Belle, on the seat that was facing me.

"I think it's time to tell them, don't you think?" He asked with a gentle smile. "People are getting a bit impatient."

"Let me guess : by people, you mean Leroy, right?" I asked, laughing.

"I seriously wonder how you've guessed that." He replied, raising an eyebrow at me, making me laugh a bit harder. "You coming?"

I nodded and got up to follow him though the crowd. My friends looked like they were having a great time, and that pleased me a lot. Killian finally stopped in front of the counter and, in order to draw everyone's attention, he jumped on the bar. I looked up at him, surprised, before bursting out laughing. Granny immediately started to shout, looking deeply outraged by his behavior :

"What do you think you're doing? Have you been raised by wolfs?"

"By sailors, darling." He answered in a perfect innocent voice, while I was trying to hide my hilarity. "Believe me, it's worth it. Come on, love." He added, reaching out for my hand in order to help me get up next to him.

Since he had learned about my pregnancy, he was literally overprotecting with me, wanting to assist me in everything I was doing and grumbling every time I had to go to the station. I was pretending to find his behavior annoying but I was secretly thinking his reactions to be really sweets. As long as I could remember, I would never have imagined finding someone who cared about me the way he did. Until Henry went to found me in Boston, I was convinced that I would never find happiness. And I was there today, surrounded by dozens of people, loved, happy. I was sometimes wondering if it wasn't all a dream, if I wasn't going to wake up in my former apartment in Boston, alone and miserable. But when I was looking into my loved ones' eyes, I knew that all of that was real, and it made me happier than I had ever been in my entire life.

"Very well, everyone, your attention please!" He said once I had joined him on the counter, raising his voice a bit so our friends could hear him.

The background noise gradually went down and the guests turned to face us, some looking deeply confused by the fact we were both standing on the diner's bar.

"If we asked you to come over here today, it's because we have something to tell you." He resumed when he was assured he had everyone's attention.

"It's about time!" Leroy shouted, standing in the middle of the room, a glass of beer in his hand.

"Well, if you hadn't just said that, you would already have known why you're here." I replied, laughing a bit.

My comment made a few of our friends laugh as well, and Killian glanced at me, looking amused. When the quiet came back, he turned toward me and stared at me for a little while to imply that it was my turn to talk. I nodded and took a deep breath before saying with a big smile :

"What we wanted to say is that...I'm pregnant."

The room stayed silent for a few seconds before my friends started talking cheerfully all at the same time, and I couldn't understand a word they were saying. Over all the din, I finally heard Leroy's voice asking :

"It's the pirate's?"

"No, it's the Queen of England's." I scoffed, rolling my eyes. "Of course it's his, you idiot, or he wouldn't be next to me on this counter."

The conversations had hushed once again so my friends could hear our dialogue, and it's in a perfect quiet that Leroy replied :

"I could see that you had put on some weight."

I couldn't help myself but burst into laughing while my dad and Killian shouted at the exact same time :

"What the hell is wrong with you?!"

"What?" He said, shrugging. "She's always in here, eating cheeseburgers. You can't be surprised I said that."

Still laughing quietly, I looked down to glance at my t-shirt and check he was only mocking me and my pregnancy wasn't noticeable yet. My stomach had already rounded out a bit and my jeans were starting to get too tights for me, but I was relieved to see that it wasn't obvious when I had clothes on.

When my laughter calmed down a bit, the congratulations arose from everywhere, making me a bit dizzy. I went down from the bar, caught by my friends' arms, who all wanted to hug me, congratulate me and make sure I was feeling all right. It was only twenty minutes later that I managed to find myself alone for a second. I went for it and got out of the diner. The cold wind of the night surprised me, and I wrapped my arms around myself to keep warm. I walked to find a chair on the empty patio, and literally collapsed on it, exhausted from all this agitation. I was hearing the muffled voices coming out of inside the diner, everybody looking deeply happy for us, but I was glad to be alone for a minute. All the excitement had destabilized me a bit and I was so tired because of the party and the late hour. I settled on the back of my seat, put both of my hands on my stomach, looked up to the sky and took some deep breaths, smiling at the stars as if they were responsible for my happiness.

I suddenly heard the door opening, and looked down to see who was coming to join me, but didn't recognize the person who was walking toward me right away. I straightened on my chair, putting my elbows on the table, finally meeting Killian's gaze and smiling at him.

"What's up, love? Running away from our friends?"

"You can't deny it's relaxing to be out of the crowd for a bit." I answered while Killian sat down on the empty chair next to me.

I was so glad he had joined me. I stared at him for a bit, and noticed his eyes were shinning with a spark of pure happiness. He was so happy that we were having a baby. He couldn't help himself but take me into his arms, or place his hand on my stomach, even if it was a little early to sense anything coming from the baby, who was still so tiny for now. I could tell he was going to be the greatest dad ever. He seemed to already love this kid so much, he was trying to bond with it, and it was a beautiful thing to witness.

"And you didn't invite me to join you?" He replied, looking falsely upset.

"I tried, but I couldn't find you in the crowd." I said with honesty, shrugging.

"I brought you this.' He smiled, placing a plate containing a peace of cheesecake in front of me.

"Bless you!" I shouted enthusiastically, smiling at him as I felt my stomach rumbling. "How did you now I'm having the biggest craving for cheesecake? I'm starving!"

I took the fork he was holding in his hand and dug into the pastry with an obvious pleasure. I took the time to swallow a bite of the cake before facing him again, and I noticed he was looking at me with a funny smile on his face.

"What?" I asked, curious.

"I knew you would like it." He answered with a little smirk.

"Stop mocking me!" I replied with a laugh. "It's not my fault, it's the baby's."

"I'm not mocking you, Swan." He answered with a gentle smile. "I'm just happy to see you like that."

"Like what?" I asked, a bit confused. 'To see me hungry?"

"No." He answered, laughing, before suddenly regaining his seriousness. "To see you happy."

His comment surprised me and I looked at him, my eyes wide open, before finally smiling from ear to ear. I loved him so much, and he had always the right words to move me. I dropped the fork on the table and approached him slowly in order to press my lips against his. We stayed for a long time snuggled into each others' arms, and he ended up pulling away a bit to look at me. He was staring at me with half a smile and teased me, an eyebrow raised at me with a mischievous look :

"If only I had known it would have this effect on you, I would have used this sentence way before now."

"You idiot." I laughed, cupping his face with my hand, smiling gently.

He smiled back and his hand made its way toward my stomach. He gently pressed his fingers against my belly-button, and I closed my eyes, enjoying his strokes. We were interrupted by the diner's door opening once again, and my dad's voice rang through the darkness :

"Emma? Hook? You're here?"

"Right there." I answered with a little sight as Hook's fingers were pulling away from my belly.

"We were looking for you! What are you doing out here? It's freezing!"

"We're coming." I simply replied without answering his question. "Give us a minute."

He obeyed without adding anything and stepped away, closing the door behind him. I sighted once again, a bit disappointed by how short our moment was. I was aware that going into the diner meant having to deal with all the excitement again, and I wasn't sure to be ready for that. I stretched a bit before getting up, and pointed a finger at Killian in a playfully bossy way :

"Don't you dare leave me again, this time. I need you now more than ever, I don't wanna be the only one to receive congratulations. Who knew accepting compliments would be so exhausting, though."

"I'm not letting you go." He replied with a smile because of what I had just said, grabbing my hand and intertwining our fingers together."Promise."

I looked up to meet his eyes and smiled at him, and he leant forward to press a kiss on my forehead. When he stepped back, he smiled once last time and dragged me into the dinner, never letting go of my hand.

that's it for today! The next chapter is about the first ultrasound! I hope you liked this part of the story, and I hope to see you in the comments section!

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