Chapter 7
Emma woke up next to a sleeping Killian and it made her smile. Just lying beside him was enough for her, but the moment quickly ended by her clock on her nightstand started beeping. Killian groaned and opened his eyes.
"Good morning." Emma whispered and laid a hand on her stomach while propping her head on her other. Killian shaked his head and groaned again.
"What is so good about it?" He asked and got out of the bed. Emma lay down in the bed again while watching Killian getting dressed. "Except waking up next to you of course." He said when he saw her playful pouty mouth was on its place.
"Exactly what I wanted to hear! Now the day can begin!" Emma said and rolled out of the bed. Killian was buttoning his shirt when Emma walked to him and kissed his cheeks. Suddenly, her stomach turned and all the food she ate for supper came rushing up. Her hand flew up to cover her mouth and the other down to her stomach.
"Swan?" Killian called as she ran to the bathroom and slammed the door behind her. Emma just reached the toilet when she threw her guts out. She could hear Killian knocking on the door and calling her name, but she didn't answer. When everything was up and gone, she just sat on the bathroom floor.
"Swan, are you okay?" Killian opened the door and leaned in the door way. She just nodded and stood up.
"I'm fine. Probably just something I ate." She said and washed her hands. He nodded and kept staring at her. "You're going to be late for class." She walked to him and finished buttoning his shirt.
"I love you, Emma. Heartbreaking much." Killian said and kissed her forehead before picking up his bag and leaving her alone. As soon as he left, Emma quickly grabbed her phone and dialed.
"It's too hard! Every time I see him, which is a lot, I almost spill my guts out." Mary Margaret said and leaned back on the pillows in Emma's bed. Belle sat on her desk chair with a book in her lap and Ruby was sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall.
"Please don't say guts." Emma said and covered her ear, receiving a confused look from Belle, but shrugged in return.
"It's like the new talk of the school, but they don't know who it is. Just what's going on." Ruby said and stretched her legs. "Amazing none of them has heard anything yet. Like, they are on the football team, so, again, amazing."
"Good, that means we can keep it a secret a little longer." Mary Margaret said and shot daggers at Ruby, while tugging at her shirt.
"So, how long before⦠we're telling him?" Belle asked carefully. Emma and Mary Margaret exchanged a worried look, but no one answered.
"Can we just drop it for now? It's getting depressing. What do you say about ditching school and go to a bar instead? I promise not to drink any alcohol." Ruby said and stood up, straitening her skirt so her stomach didn't show. Everybody hesitated when Ruby said bar, but Emma was tired of worrying.
"Let's go." Emma said and grabbed her jacket and walked out the door with the girls following her.
Killian walked to the school building when he met his new best friend and his girlfriend's friend's boyfriend. David came walking up beside him.
"Morning." He said when Killian nodded and he yawned. "Mary Margaret is kicking me in her sleep and I can't get a minute of sleep anymore." Killian chuckled and made a sound in agreement.
"I know the feeling, mate. Emma is a restless sleeper as well." Killian said and got a heartfelt clap on the shoulder from David. "But we love them even more." David smiled and laughed. Killian had known David since freshman year and has been his friend ever since, but he became his best friend when they discovered that their girlfriends where best friends. The circle of life, everything starts with love and friendship.
"Can I ask you something, mate?" Killian asked slowly, not knowing how to approach what he was saying.
"As long as it's not about math, I'm failing." David said and sighed. Killian shaked his head and hesitated a little before continuing.
"No, have you noticed anything weird about Emma lately?" He asked, but got a confused look from David.
"What do you mean?" Killian thought about it for a second, not knowing what to say.
"Uhm, like how the girls seem to keep something from us. Emma has started to avoid talking about it if I ask and they seem to always be thinking about something." David shrugged and chuckled.
"I think you are going crazy. Let the girls have their secret, but if Emma starts throwing up in the morning, that's when you should be worried." David said and opened the door to the school building.
"Why should I be worried about that?" Killian asked, slightly panicking. David shrugged again and walked down the hall with Killian by his side.
"Mary Margaret threw up yesterday morning, but that was just food poisoning. If Emma starts throwing up it's either that or morning sickness." Killian felt the panic build up in him.
"Morning sickness? Emma threw up this morning." Killian asked and scratched the back of his ear. David nodded and looked worried at him.
"You guys have done it, right?" David asked. Killian nodded slowly and thought back to the first time he had ever spend the night in Emma's bed without his clothes on. The night, after the fight with Liam, he followed her home, but one kiss led to another and that was the first time he had ever been as close to her.
"How long since the first time?" David asked and stopped by his locker. Killian leaned beside him on the lockers.
"About three weeks ago." Killian said. He remembered the date perfectly and the night, but now he was the one getting sick.
"Ah, seems about right then." David slammed his locker closed and looked seriously at his friend. "I may be studying law and order, but I know more than that." With that he gave Killian a slap on the shoulder and walked to his class.
Emma could be pregnant. That was huge and also terrifying. Why wouldn't she tell him? Was she afraid to tell him? Didn't she know that he would love her and the baby just as much? He would never leave Emma or the baby, not since Emma was abandoned as a child. Killian had never pictured himself with a baby, but he was actually starting to like the idea of being a father.
The bell rang, but Killian didn't go to his class. No, he had to find his lovely Emma.
