Emma lounged in the loveseat clutching a cup of cocoa and admiring her new ring while Killian was putting Henry to bed that night. She couldn't help but remember Killian's first encounter with multiple holiday things, especially his introduction to mistletoe. A very public introduction at that.

Granny and Ruby were hosting the Christmas party, a hopeful yearly tradition that wasn't letting a few things like curses and relocations put them on hold. The diner was completely decorated from head to toe and everyone was bringing food to ensure that Granny didn't have to do all the catering. Snow and Charming had brought some pies, store bought because of Neal. Emma had whipped up some peanut butter blossom cookies rolled in green and red sprinkles to give them a little extra festivity.

It seemed that everyone had come to the party; even Regina had dressed up and came with some lasagna. Snow had found some festive ugly sweaters for her, Charming and even little baby Neal, and Emma had managed to convince Killian to wrap a red ribbon around his hook to give it a festive look. They all were mingling and it never occurred to Killian that people were giving chaste, holiday kisses to everyone underneath a certain plant. Killian had actually been talking with Charming and Henry when it happened.

Looking up, Killian noticed that Emma was chit chatting with Ruby and the Doctor Whale when Whale looked up, gave them both a quick smile and suddenly kissed Emma lightly on the cheek. He was appalled and outraged at someone blatantly kissing his Swan like that. But before he could get up and rush over to do…something, he didn't really know what; Ruby also leaned over and gave Emma a quick peck on the cheek before taking Whale's hand and leading him out the door. Emma waved to the couple before turning back to the bar, grabbing a couple drinks and made her way to where her boys were all sitting.

"Hey guys, whatcha talking about?" Emma asked as she sat and put the two mugs of cocoa down in front of her and her son.

"Nothing much mom though seeing Killian's vein pop out at the sight of Doctor Whale giving you a mistletoe kiss was pretty funny." Henry piped up.

"I just think it's quite bad form to kiss someone else's lady in public especially in front of his own lady love. What is this mistletoe you speak of though?" Killian huffed, slouching back and wrapping his arm around Emma's shoulders to pull her close. His jealousy practically coming off in visible waves, causing Emma to give him a consoling soft kiss to the cheek before explaining everything.

"Mistletoe is one of the many Christmas traditions you're going to be learning about this month. It's a little plant that we hang in doorways and in ceilings. The tradition is when two people are caught underneath it they must share a kiss. When I was chatting with Ruby and Whale, it was Whale that discovered that all three of us were actually underneath. That's why Whale gave me a kiss on the cheek as well as Ruby." She explained, patting his thigh.

"You're luck that's all he did." David mumbled under his breath as he took a drink, unfortunately not softly enough for Killian caught on and turned on Emma who was shooting daggers at her father.

"How so Dave?"

"Well, Whale is kind of known as the ladies man of Storybrooke due to how he acted when we were all cursed. If he was unattached and you weren't in plain sight, let's just say he might have tried to plant a bigger one on Emma. I'm sure he did the polite thing because of you and ruby being here."

Emma was one second away from poofing a well aimed full cup of cocoa on her father's lap for egging her boyfriend on. Instead she clamped her hand on Killian's leg and snuggled closer. "Ignore him. He's just trying to be a pest. This is probably payback for taking you on patrol instead of him."

"Hey it is not!" David shouted, his eyes gleaming.

"Oh it so is Gramps. Even I can tell that. Who else would tell Killian about Whale on purpose?" Henry spoke up. And the conversation was back to normal, lots of little digs at Charming's expense. Killian still slightly annoyed by the way he learned the tradition of mistletoe.

"Hey, it's okay. Tell you what; I can get some mistletoe for the apartment if that will make you feel better." Emma whispered as she rested her head on Killian's shoulder, her arms wrapped around his waist with his own on her shoulder.

"That sounds like a fine idea love." Killian responded, placing a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Whatcha thinking about love?" killian's voice broke through Emma's thoughts, causing her to look up and towards the hall where he had emerged from.

"Oh just our first Christmas Party at Granny's and the mistletoe." Emma replied, putting the now empty cocoa mug down and making her way to the reformed pirate who had scowled slightly at the memory.

"You're lucky I love you Swan, or that man would have had a hook to the throat for kissing what's mine."

"Sure Killian, whatever you say. Now I know for a fact that there's some mistletoe in the bedroom and I'm rather tired."

"Well then by all means love, we mustn't ignore our traditions." Killian smirked and all but carried Emma to the bedroom.