Chapter 4


I'm sorry that I haven't posted a new chapter in soooo long, but I didn't get a lot of feedback and those I got wasn't exactually positive. I lost my ability and inspiration to write stories, but now I'm going to push myself to write! So here you go! New chapter!


As she stepped over the threshold of her old/new apartment, every emotion came back. The happiness and the laughter, but also the sadness and betrayal. Things Emma thought she'd forgotten over the past 2 years, but it all came back again. She was ready to start over in the place she stopped, but this time she had someone to do so with.

"Look Henry, here is our new home." Emma said as to her 1 year old baby boy that happily sat in her arms. "I hope you like it here, because I certainly did, at last for a while."

The apartment was fully decorated, thanks to David who had insisted doing it before Emma came to help, so she could live here right away. Everything was new, all from the furniture to her toothbrush. She walked into what was Henry's nursery which used to be Mary Margaret and David's room. Emma ignored the feeling of breaking down in tears, but she kept it together as always.

"There you go, Henry." Emma said as she put Henry in his crib. He giggled and twitched before Emma leaned at crib's railing, looking down at her son. "Are you going to be okay when grandpa comes to watch you while mommy goes to work?" Henry again giggled and Emma smiled before leaving the room. She couldn't believe that she was back in the apartment where she had the best years in her life. Slowly, Emma walked over to her own bedroom that had been hers for about two years ago. Everything looked like it did than only the furniture looked different. The rush of emotions came back, but got interrupted by the doorbell. She quickly shook the emotions away and walked out of the room to the entrance door.

"Hey, dad." Emma said and hugged David as he walked inside the apartment. She was so happy that she still had her father, even though she had lost her mother.

"Hey Emma." David said and kissed her head. "Exited to live here again?" He asked as Emma closed the door behind her.

"It's better than the last one we lived in. At least we don't hear gunshots from the neighbor apartment." Emma said, half-joking. "So, you know where everything is and you have my number?"

"Yes, just get to work and make the money flow." David said and made an awkward dance, earning a strange look from Emma who grabbed her car keys. "Isn't that what all 19th year old girls listen to these days?" Emma shook her head and waved to her father as she walked out the door. Emma thanked God every day that David woke up from the coma so she could come home with him and leave the foster home she was placed in. She also thanked God for having David with here as she raised Henry.

Emma worked as a secretary for the big corporation Never Ending Stories book publisher and she actually liked it there. Her co-worker Belle French was a total book freak, but super nice, and her boss Mr. Gold wasn't that bad, partly because Belle was his girlfriend. The paycheck wasn't that much, but it was enough to keep herself and Henry going. As she walked into her office that she shared with Belle, she was attacked by the tiny brunette with a hug.

"Whoa, Belle!" Emma said and steadied herself against the desk beside her so she wouldn't fall over. "I knew my new perfume was to attract men, but not women." Belle straightened up and held out her hand.

"Rumple proposed!" She beamed. That's when Emma noticed the big rock of a diamond on her slender finger.

"Wow, congratulations!" Emma said and smiled to her friend. "I bet you'll get one of those fairytale weddings in one of your books you read."

"I hope! I really want a wedding like in the Beauty and the Beast book." Belle said and sat down by her desk as Emma did the same. "That would be so romantic! Just a couple of friends and family! I can already picture it."

"By the length Gold has gone to make your relationship already so romantic, I'm sure he would give you all the weddings in the world if it was possible." Emma said and twirled a pen between her fingers. "Set a date yet?"

"We want it as early as possible, so about three months." Belle said and practically jumped in her seat. "I can't believe it! You're the first person I have told this to! Maybe I should call my dad." With that, the ball of excitement disappeared out the door, leaving Emma to her work.

"Better get started." She mumbled and dug into the paperwork.

By the end of the day, the rain was pouring outside, making Emma's clothes and the grocery bags wet as she walked from her yellow bug and into the apartment complex. Drops of rain ran down her face and her hair was completely wet. Sadly, the building didn't have an elevator, so walking up 9 flight of stairs while balancing grocery bags was not easy.

When Emma finally had climbed the stairs and was about to open her apartment door, the horror and confusion took her as a man walked down towards her. His hands in his pockets, black hair hanging down on his face and familiar blue eyes looked straight at her. He stopped in his step and Emma almost dropped the bags in her hand. Her heart skipped a beat and she tightened her grip around the doorknob.

"Emma." He said and took a step towards her, but she was already in the apartment, slamming the door behind her. Her heart was almost popping out of her chest and she leaned against the door.

"Hey!" David said from where he sat at the couch, his full attention to the TV. "Good day at work?" Emma nodded quickly as she tried to find her voice again.

"Yes." She said and cleared her voice, trying to sound calm. "Tell me, is there still someone we know who still lives here?" Emma asked and sat the bags on the kitchen counter.

"Ehm, I don't know. I haven't been here for about 2 years myself, but it may. I haven't seen anyone though. It's a miracle that we got the same apartment again." David said and stood up from the couch.

Or a cruel intention form the world, Emma thought. David walked towards the door, but dropped a kiss at her head before he left.

"Bye Emma. See you later." He said and disappeared out the door, leaving Emma in her confusion and battling emotions, but one word circled in her head.

Killian


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