Okay, so here's chapter 7 part 1. I had to divide it in two cause it would be too long. I don't have the second part written yet and I don't think I'll update this story until October 26, you know why? I'm going to Disney for my birthday! Even though it's in November...

I really hope you enjoy it and thank you very much for the reviews!

I don't own OUAT

"Do you really want to know what happened?" she nodded "Alright…"

"When I stopped in the Enchanted Forest with my crew to celebrate another worthy treasure, we went to a tavern and ordered drinks for everyone. While talking with my crew, I saw her. She was sitting at a corner table, looking down at her hands. What caught my attention wasn't her beauty, but the loneliness and sadness in her eyes when she looked up, noticing I was staring. I smiled and walked up to her. I asked her what was she doing so alone in a place like that, and she said that she was used to be alone. I asked her why. She said her husband was sent to the Ogre Wars but didn't last a day for he hurt himself to come back with her and their newborn, Baelfire. He'd said that a seer told him he would die in the war and she told him his wife was pregnant with a son. He didn't want his son to grow up without a father and decided to 'change his fate'. She left him for being a coward and told me that she was looking for new experiences, so I told her some of my adventures in different lands. She was very amused about how much I'd traveled and felt a little sad for she'd never even left the Kingdom, so I offered her to come and join me on a new journey me and my crew were planning, and she accepted without a doubt.

We spent many months together in the open seas. She was always eager to start a new trip no matter when or where it will be, she just wanted to be in the sea; the place she always said was the only one she could experience freedom… "

Regina smiled at seeing his face lit up while talking about her.

"When did you realize you fell in love with her?" she asked

"The very moment I met her"

"What happened to her?" she really didn't want to ask that question, but she felt like she needed to know. She saw his expression darkened.

"Rumplestiltskin" he said. The venom and hate with which he said it was obvious to Regina "He came to ask for her to my ship one day, when he was still a normal peasant. He said her son needed her, but I could tell it was him who needed her, not to love her, but to take care of the boy for he couldn't alone. I told him she'd died a few weeks ago. That day he left, but when I came back to the kingdom, he appeared. He was no longer that peasant you could look at and he'd start crying, no, he was now the Dark One. He challenged me to a duel, which I accepted, and he beat me, but the moment he was about to take my heart, Milah appeared and told him no to. She told him to leave me and her alone and he did, until the day he came to us looking for a magical bean. He was still mad at her for leaving him and the boy, and he asked her why she left them, and she said it was because she never loved him. That pissed him off and then he took her heart. I tried to stop him, but he tied me at the mast and crushed her heart, turning it into dust. I was able to realize myself just in time to catch her before she fell. She died in my arms and there was nothing I could do. After that I told him he was still being a coward. He cut my hand, and I stabbed him with a hook I found on the floor, but it did nothing to him, and he just poofed away. That moment I swore I would kill him to avenge Milah's death no matter what. I also thought it would be impossible to fall in love with a woman after Milah" he looked up at her, his beautiful blue eyes sparkling and a small smile on his lips "But now I have my doubts…"

Regina felt as all the air inside her left her lungs and her heart stopped beating for a moment. She tried to say something, but nothing came out of her mouth, she was speechless. She had no idea of why this ''confession'' affected her so much, but it felt as if time had frozen– What? She thought Think clear, Regina. Time's already frozen… You're in Neverland!

Just when she was about to say something, they heard footsteps coming their way. They stood and turned to see who it was, and saw Sinbad. Hook growled under his breath.

"What do you want?" he asked reluctant. The other pirate made his way to them

"This boy, hum…" he tried to think about the name

"Felix?" Regina guessed

"Yes! Felix…"

"What about him?" Hook asked in the same tone as before.

"No, nothing, it's just he's dancing a little too close to Kay, and…"

"He's-what?!" Hook asked and turned to Regina "I'll be right back, love…" he said

"I'll be waiting right here, darling…" he winked at her and left.

Regina watched him go. Then she turned back to Sinbad, who was looking at her with a mischievous smile on his lips.

"What?" she said raising an eyebrow.

"Nothing" he said drawing closer to her; his smile growing bigger "We're finally alone…"

"Oh, don't worry, it won't last long…" she said trying to walk away, but she couldn't move her feet. Sinbad laughed and she looked up at him, and he pointed at the ground. She looked down and saw as some herbs tangled in her feet preventing her to move.

"What the hell did you do?" she asked as she struggled to get her feet free.

"I did nothing, beautiful…" he said and looked up, so did Regina.

She saw a green plant with small, red fruits. Her eyes grew wide when she realized what it was.

Hook went back to the party and saw Kayla talking to a group of Indians.

"Kay!" he called. The girl looked at him and smiled. She excused herself and walked up to him.

"What is it?" she asked seeing her brother's expression "Is something wrong?"

"Where is him?"

"Who?"

"Him" he said looking past the girl's shoulders. Kayla turned around and saw Felix.

"The pretty boy? What's with him?"

"You were dancing with him"

"What? No!" she said "That's disgusting..." she shivered at the thought of her dancing with Felix.

"Then why did Sinbad tell me…?"

"Wait, wait, wait. Hold on… " She said raising her hand "Are you telling me you trusted Sinbad with something he said?"

"Well-"

"Where's Regina?" she asked.

"At the back of the cave with…" he trailed off "Sinbad"

"I can't believe you trusted him!"

"That stupid girlfriend stealer…" he mumbled

"Girl-what stealer?" the girl asked with a mischievous smirk.

"I said nothing. Let's go!" he said.

Kayla and Hook ran to the back of the cave. They saw Regina struggling with something, but it seemed like Sinbad wasn't doing anything.

"Oh, no…" the girl said as she looked up at the cave's ceiling "Look!"

When Hook raised his gaze, his eyes darkened and his hand pressed into a fist so hard his knuckles turned white.

"Mistletoe" he hissed. He was about to walk to them and punch him hard, but the girl stopped him.

"Wait… Look at his feet" she said "They're still untied…"

"That means he's not right under the mistletoe"

They stood silent for a moment, trying to think of a way to stop Sinbad.

"Take his place" Kayla suddenly said.

"What?"

"If you push him away, you will be under the mistletoe. Take his place!" she urged him "And don't you dare say you won't because I know you've wanted to do it since the first moment you met her" she said in a serious tone "Now, go!"

Without any hesitation, Hook approached them.

Regina was desperately trying to realize her feet from the herb's grip, but it was useless. She didn't want to kiss that filthy man, but apparently there was no way out.

"Oh, don't worry, beautiful. I'm sure you will enjoy it…" he said as he began to lean closer, but when he was only inches away from her, someone punched him on the face and he fell to the ground, unconscious. She smiled when she saw it was Hook and he wrapped an arm around her waist.

"That, mate, was for trying to kiss my girl…" he said and turned to her "Shall we go, love?"

"I don't think we can, darling… I have a little problem" she said looking down at her feet, but then she saw the herbs began to tie Hook's feet too. She slightly smiled.

"Well," she looked up "I'd love to do something about it…" he said. Her eyes began to sparkle.

"Then what are you waiting for?"

He smiled and pressed his lips to hers sweetly. She wrapped her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss. Kayla was right, he's been waiting to do that since he met her, he's even dreamed of it, and now he finally did. It felt almost exactly as he dreamed of, but her lips were ten times sweeter and softer.

When they pulled away, Regina saw Kayla over Hook's shoulder. She winked at her and waved her a "well done". She flushed and the girl laughed. She walked up to them.

"Let's say goodbye to the Indians and get back to the ship" Hook said

"She can't go back, not yet" the girl said "She has to meet her"

"No, she won't meet her"

"Why not? I'm sure she'll love to meet her!" Hook was about to reply but Regina interrupted.

"Sorry, but what are you talking about? Who am I supposed to meet?"

"A friend of mine" the girl said. Regina turned to Hook

"And why you don't want me to meet her?"

"Because she's a fairy and fairies…"

"…are tricky" Kayla said mocking him "Yeah, you think that of everyone: sirens, fairies, Indians, pirates, even rocks!" she said. Regina chuckled.

"That's not true" he said, offended.

"Yes, it is"

"No, it's not"

"Yes, it is"

"No-"

"Stop it!" the girl said. She sighed and turned back to Regina "Would you like to meet her?"

Regina seemed to think about it. She looked at Hook. He was shaking his head 'no'. She found it funny to see him angry, so she said

"I'd love to"

"Ha!" Kayla said laughing at her brother. She then turned back to Regina "I'm sure you're going to love her"

Once on the ship, Regina and Kayla went to the girl's cabin.

"What's her name?"

"Tinkerbell" the Queen's eyes grew wide

"Tinkerbell?"

"Yes. You know her, don't you?"

"Yes. We…" she cleared her throat "We have a complicated history"

"Well, then this is your chance to change it"

"And where do we have to go?"

"Don't you know I mean, since you know Tink..."

"Well, I don't because she brought me here flying and-"

"Did you just say flying?" Regina nodded "You were a believer…" she whispered more to herself than to Regina "What happened?"

"I don't know what you're talking about…" she said "Can you just tell me where we are going?"

"Pixie Hollow. It's not too far, just 5 to 6 hours sailing" she said "I think you should go to my brother's cabin"

"Why?" she said staring wide eyed at the girl. She laughed

"To talk to him" she said "You two haven't spoken since the mistletoe" she said. Regina blushed. The girl chuckled and took a paper and a pencil in one hand "And I'm sure he wants to see you. Now, go!" she said pushing Regina out of the room and closed the door behind her.

Regina blinked. What was that? She though. She looked up and found herself in front of Hook's bedchamber. She took a deep breath, and the moment she was about to knock, the door opened and Hook stood in front of her. When their gazes met, they found themselves lost in each other's eyes. None of them said a word or moved, they just kept staring at each other.

"Hi" she whispered. He smirked

"Hi, love…" he said "What brings you here?"

"Kay said you wanted to see me" Hook's smile faded. He frowned

"That little…" he said

"What is it?" she asked "If she's wrong I can go back to t-"

"No!" he said "I do want to see you. I was about to go to your room"

"Really?" her eyes lit up

"Aye…" he said and stepped aside "Want to come in?" she nodded and entered the room. He closed the door behind them.

They stood there in an awkward silence, never breaking eye contact. They slowly began to approach. There they were, standing a few inches away from touching, staring into each other's eyes, holding their breaths. She cupped his face with her hands and he wrapped his arms around her, they leaned forward and pressed their lips together in a soft, tender kiss.

They felt it; the same spark they felt under the mistletoe and every time they saw each other. Since the moment they met, they felt there was a connection between them, but never mind though. But now it was different. It was like they needed to be together. Could it be-? No. That wasn't possible; it must be something else. But it felt so good…

They broke apart for the lack of air, his arms still wrapped around her. Neither of them said a word, they just stared at one other.

"That was very… pleasant" she said after a while. He nodded in agreement

"Yeah…"

There was another long silence until Hook, a little hesitant, said

"Do you… hum, want to stay here 'til we reach Pixie Hollow?" Regina smiled slightly

"I'd love to" she said and yawned "Sorry, I'm a little tired…"

"Then why don't you get some sleep?" he let go of her and walked to his bed.

He lay down and moved to a side. He tapped the bed gesturing her to join him. She pressed her lips together and lay facing him.

"Will you stay with me or you have to sail the ship?" she asked softly

"Do you want me to stay?"

"Yes" her voice was a mere whisper. He wrapped his arms around her. Her chest filled with warm for the tenderness of his hold. She never thought the pirate could hug so lovingly.

"Then I'll stay" he said kissing her forehead "I'm sure Kay will take my place at the helm"

"How will she know you need her at the helm?"

There was a long whistle. He smirked.

"She knows" he said "Sleep. I'll wake you at dawn, when we reach shore"

Regina looked up at him and smiled. She pressed a sweet kiss to his lips.

"Goodnight, Captain" she buried her face in the crook of his neck and drifted off to sleep.

"Goodnight, love" he said and stood there, lying on his bed with the most beautiful woman in the world sleeping in his arms.

"Wake up…" someone whispered in her ear, but she continued sleeping "Wake up, love…"

Regina stirred and slowly opened her eyes when a soft hand caressed her cheek. She smiled at seeing Hook lying beside her and his arms still wrapped around her.

"Good morning, love" he said.

"Good morning…" she rubbed her eyes and yawned. Hook smiled. She looked adorable when she was still half-asleep "Did you stay here all the time?"

"I told you I would, and I always keep my word…" he kissed her forehead "How did you sleep?" he asked softly. Regina tilted her head

"I've never heard a pirate asking that kind of questions"

"I just ask of what I care about, love…" he said winking "So, how did you sleep?"

"Better than ever, thanks to you" she kissed his lips tenderly.

They parted for air and stared at each other. They smiled.

"Let's get up" Hook said after getting out of the beautiful, mahogany trance that her eyes were "We've arrived to Pixie Hollow"

Hope you liked it!