Chapter Six
Killian chuckled and sang. "On the fourth day of Christmas, your true love gave to you…"
No one appeared. Emma stopped eating and looked around. "Well?"
He just smiled. Then Emma's cell rang. "Answer it, Love."
She looked puzzled but did it. "Hello?'
"Four calling messages," sang two voices in unison.
"Mom? Dad?"
"We love you, Honey. Isn't it so sweet of Killian to go to all this trouble?" asked her mom.
"He's been impossible!" yelled Dave.
Killian smirked.
Emma laughed. "I can't believe you guys are doing this! Guys? Hello?"
"Tis a recording, Love, or whatever they call it," said Hook. "Would you be so good as to end that call?"
She did. "That's only one, pirate, the line says four…"
Her phone rang again.
She laughed while he smiled. "Hello?" she asked.
"Four calling messages," sang Henry's voice, "This is actually number two of four. Hey, Mom, Merry Christmas."
She giggled. "Henry?" She looked at Killian. "Recording?" He nodded. "Let me guess, hang up?"
Killian nodded.
The phone rang again. "Four calling messages," sang Belle. "I'm so happy Killian is doing this for you. Oh, he loves you so much Emma!"
Emma blushed. "You're crazy," she told him. "So, who is four?"
He shrugged.
The phone rang. There was a pause and whispering. "OK, fine. Henry, jeez, the things I do for you and this crazy family," said Regina. Emma listened with awe as the former evil queen herself sang, "Four calling messages. You are so owing me for this pirate."
Emma hung her head, laughing. "I can't believe she did that!"
Killian just smiled. "I have my ways."
She shook her head. She looked at him. "I love you."
"Sh, not yet, Love! I am not even half way through!"
She burst out laughing.
"I believe you shall particularly enjoy this one," he said with a smug smirk. He sang the fifth line, carrying out the "rings," so long that it made her laugh. He then laid five small boxes in front of her.
Her eyes got wide. "You didn't."
"Open them and see."
"Oh, Killian," she said, her fingers trembling as she pried the lid off the first box. She had not looked inside yet when she looked at him with tears streaming. "You got me onion rings."
"Emma Swan!" he cried.
Laughter filled the diner. Henry cried, "I told you so!"
Emma just chuckled as she looked in and saw the beautiful gold ring with a single diamond atop. "It's lovely. Almost as good as the edible kind."
He looked at her and laughed. "I apologize, Love. I shall ask the proprietor to whip you up a batch."
She laughed, leaned over and kissed him. "I think I can live with these." She still had tears as she opened the rest.
She found a rose gold ring with a rose carved into the top and a silver ring with a large square, blue stone. She laughed as the third ring featured his signature color, black as the base. Different colored stones were inlaid the whole way around.
The last ring, however, made her burst into tears completely. She took that one out of the box and slipped it on. She admired the rose gold ring with a gold heart entwined with a silver one sitting on her finger.
"It's you and me," she said softly.
He smiled warmly. "That was my inspiration."
She looked at him. "I'm...speechless. Thank you."
He nodded. "It was my immense pleasure, Emma."
"I'll wear this one first, if you don't mine, but I do love them all."
He smiled. "That is quite alright with me, Love." He then flashed his many ringed fingers. "Feel free, however to wear them all."
She giggled and leaned over to kiss him slowly. "We could stop now and I'd be happy."
"So would we!" cried both Dave and Robin's voices.
"Ignore them. Onward," said Killian.
She nodded, wiping tears away.
He sang, "On the sixth day of Christmas your true love...was terribly hampered by the limitations of six geese a laying…"
Emma burst out laughing.
Killian chuckled with her. He renewed the off tempo beat as he sort of sang, "So he was inclined to give you six versions, replications, and artistic renderings of eggs."
Henry and Belle reappeared. Belle held a beautiful Faberge egg painted in red and green. She turned a key at the back and it opened, revealing a small goose turning as "Twelve Days" played.
Henry presented her with a chocolate egg, a marzipan egg, and a marshmallow-chocolate covered egg. Belle then gave her a small crystal egg. Finally they made room for Granny who brought her a hard boiled egg.
"That was my contribution," said David.
"Where is he?" asked Emma. "That's twice I've heard him."
"Your father will be appearing in a moment, dearest," said KIllian. He smirked. "Now, to my personal favorite."
Emma laughed. "Seven has to do with swans, right?"
"I'll be in the back for this one," mumbled Henry, walking quickly away.
End of Chapter Six