Hi guys! Chapter 4 is here and a new character is introduced... can you guess who it is? :) Let me know if you liked it and what you would like to see happen next. I love hearing from you! Happy reading! xx
~Chapter 4~
Dinner had been delicious and Emma suddenly started to feel how tired she actually was. This had been quite the day and all the stress had been getting to her. The remaining of her dinner guests, Belle had gone to put her son to bed, were chatting happily and she took that moment to really look around her. She had seen from the outside that the castle was big and seeing that Granny and Ruby were present in the castle staff, as well as there was Robin and Belle and apparently Regina, she got curious as to who else would be in this realm. It made her wonder whether her parents would be somewhere around here as well? Or Henry, would he be here also? Would Neal still be alive? She decided she would wonder around the castle tomorrow to try and find some answers. She was snapped out of her thoughts by Killian's voice.
"Miss?" she turned her head to look at him. Every time Killian wanted to address her and called her miss or a variation of it, she felt a little sting in her heart. She wanted him to call her Swan or Emma or love. She missed her Killian... her Hook.
"You look a bit tired my lady.. should I escort you to your room?" he smiled at her and in the corner of her eye she saw Robin smirking. It was good to know that he was still teasing Killian, like he did back in Storybrooke. She nodded yes politely, not wanting to look too desperate. Killian's smile grew bigger and he stood up while she did the same.
"I'll see you in a bit for a drink eh?" Robin asked Killian before they left.
"Sure mate, meet you in a bit"
She smiled at Robin as to wish him a goodnight before leaving the dining room with Killian. She was glad he had proposed to walk her to her room as she did not remember where it was.
"Have you enjoyed your evening?" Killian began as they walked to the quiets halls of the castle. A soft orange light came through the windows as the sun was setting. She nodded and smiled and she saw a smile appear on his face as well.
"I wish I knew your name….Must be really hard to not being able to talk" he looked down and Emma felt her heart heavy in her chest while she was trying hard not to let the tears come out. Because yes, it was really hard that she could not speak. She wanted him to know her name, to remember her. She just really wanted her Killian back and sit in front of the fire in their home with rum and Chinese, but she was stuck here and she had no idea what to do.
"Hey.. hey" Killian had stopped her with a hand on her arm and was now standing in front of her. He was trying to look her in the eyes, but Emma kept her head down stubbornly. She did not want to look in his beautiful ocean blue eyes, she couldn't. If she did she knew she would break and would not be able to stop the tears from falling. Suddenly she felt Killian's finger under her chin as he lifted her head up. Looking up she saw those beautiful eyes looking at her, full of concern.
"I am so so sorry… I did not want to make you upset love" Emma's eyes widened with the mention of her familiar nickname. A little spark of hope blossoming in her chest.
They had walked further up to her room in silence. She had stolen a few glances at Killian while they walked, but he had been looking forward. It almost seemed that he did everything he could to not look at her. She knew she had scared him off with her crying, she just could not help herself.
"Well here we are…" they had stopped in front of her room. Killian was again standing in front of her, his eyes fixed on hers. She saw him scratching behind his ear nervously.
"So uhm.. maybe.. I thought.. I don't know… I could show you a bit of the kingdom tomorrow?" he looked up at her unsure but she saw the little bit of hope present in his eyes. She smiled and nodded yes excitedly. A smile now also forming on Killian's face and she saw the tension dissolve from his shoulders.
"Okay good.. uhm.. well good night… I will see you tomorrow my lady" he made a small curtsy while smiling up at her and she nodded her head smiling before opening the door and going inside.
Once inside she saw the nightgown Ruby had laid out for her and went to change in her bathroom. When she was done changing she studied the bottles that were carefully placed in her bathroom. She was busy looking for something she could use to brush her teeth with when she suddenly heard the door of her bedroom opening. Listening carefully she heard footsteps, but it could absolutely not be more than one person. Deciding that she could take her intruder Emma walked out of her bathroom a candle in hand.
She saw her intruder stand still when hearing her footsteps. She could not see her intruder well and because she could not talk she walked closer to get a better look at the person who had walked into her room. Standing almost in front of the intruder she could see it was just a child who could not be much older than ten. The child turned around and smiled up at her as innocent as possible. However, Emma did not care how he looked at her or that he had walked into her room when she got a good look at him. Because, when she saw who her intruder was her heart stopped beating in her chest.
