Chapter 11

Emma felt her mouth drop open. She stood there, trying to say something, but nothing came out. "You're... you're my dad?" she finally stuttered.

David nodded. "I've been meaning to tell you, but I wanted to find the right time."

"How long have you known?"

"Maybe a couple weeks after you started here."

"You've known for that long?" asked Emma, her voice beginning to rise. "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I didn't want to distract you. You were doing such a good jo-"

"Are you serious? You care more about work than your own family?" she yelled, causing everyone outside of the office to stare.

"I do care about family, it's just-"

"Then why didn't you keep me?" Emma felt tears forming in her eyes. "Why... Why didn't you?" she whimpered.

"My wife and I were only sixteen when she had you. We weren't ready to take care of a baby. It was the best for you."

Emma shook her head, tears trickling down her cheeks. "You could've at least put me up for adoption. Instead, I bounced around in fucking foster care. Like I was an object or something. You thought that was the best for me?"

"Emma, we did what everyone suggested. We were only high schoolers." David slowly walked over to her, trying to look her in the eyes, but she kept turning away from his face. "Please try to understand."

Emma looked at him. She could tell that he was hurting on the inside as much as she was. She shook her head and stormed out of David's office. She quickly grabbed her coat and keys from her desk and ran out of the MBI.

"Emma?" Killian ran after her. "Emma! Wait!"

Once they left, everyone turned to David, who was leaning on his desk, shaking his head. August went into the office and patted David on the back.

"Just give her time, Chief. She'll come around."

David nodded. "I sure hope so."

Killian sped over to Emma's loft, where he saw her yellow Volkswagen parked outside. He ran up to her floor and started calling her name.

"Emma! Emma, lass, can we talk?" He heard a faint "go away" from the door next to him. He began to knock on her door, begging her to let him in. "Emma! Just please let me in! I want to help, love! I want to be there for you in times like these. Just, please, let me help."

Killian heard the lock click and he backed up to let it open. Emma's cheeks were stained with tears, her eyes red from crying.

"Darling," whispered Killian, bringing her in for a hug. "What happened?"

Emma pulled him into her loft and lightly closed the door behind them. She turned around to find Killian sitting on her couch. He gave her a quick, sympathetic smile and patted the seat next to him.

"Come. Talk to me. You can trust me."

She sat down next to him and leaned her head of his shoulder, taking his hand in hers. "Chief Nolan. David Nolan. He's my..." she trailed off. Emma looked at him, her eyes welling up with tears. "He's my dad."

"He's your father?" Killian stared at her, trying to find any resemblance. "Well, you do have his eyes."

"That's not the point," she mumbled, feeling the rage from before come back.

"That's good, Emma! You have a chance to meet your family! I know he gave you up, and I understand that hurts like hell, but at least he found you. At least you have the chance to be with him again."

"That's not why I'm angry, Killian." She tore her hand away from his and began wiping the tears from her eyes. "He's known for awhile. He's known ever since I've started working there. I'm angry because he didn't tell me sooner! I'm angry because he cared about the work I was doing more than family. More than being reunited!"

"Oh, love." Killian pulled her as close as he could to his body. He planted as kiss on the top of her head and gently ran his fingers through her blonde curls. "I know it hurts. It hurts like a bitch. But right now, you should forgive him. I know it's difficult to do so, but at least you have a family now. Not many people have this opportunity. And especially with the baby coming, we're going to need as much help as we can get. I think it would be best for the kid too. To have a family."

Emma nodded. She broke the hug and wiped the last tears from her eyes. "What if they don't like me?"

"If they don't like you, they're mad."

Emma smiled and kissed his cheek. "Thank you."

"Anytime, lass." He pressed his forehead against her temple. "I love you."

"I love you too."

The next morning, Emma walked into the MBI with Killian trailing behind her, trying to ignore the stares she was receiving from all the workers. She and Killian entered David's office, where he, August, and Neal were holding a conversation.

"Chief Nolan? Can I talk to you?"

"If course. Booth, Cassidy, can you excuse us?"

"No," Emma stopped them from leaving, "it's okay. They can stay. I assume the already know." She glanced at Killian, who gave her a quick nod before turning back to David. "Chief, I'm sorry I kind of exploded at you yesterday. It was just really surprising and a lot of information to take in all at once. I wasn't expecting it. I've decided that I want to let you into my life."

At that, David solemn face brightened with happiness. "Thank you, Emma. This means so much. I'm sorry too. I should have told you sooner. And I think that we should start off clean. No secrets, no lies."

"Yea, about that." Emma brushed the hair out of her face as her cheeks burned red. "There's something I need to tell you. That we need to tell you." The reached back for Killian's hand, smiling when he accepted it. She looked back at David, noticing that she had gotten everyone's attention.

"No," Neal said under his breath, quiet enough that only August heard him.

"Don't freak out, okay?"

"Uh, okay?" David looked at both of them, not sure of what was happening.

"I'm pregnant."

"You're what?" screamed Neal, lunging towards Killian. He was jerked back by August, who did his best to kept Neal from attacking Killian.

"I'm going to be a grandfather?"

"Yea."

"And he's the father?" David asked, looking from Emma to Killian.

"Yea. And we're going to help each other through this. If we were also going to become one family, we were hoping that you and my mom could help too."

David nodded, wiping his eyes to prevent tears from coming. He hugged Emma, squeezing his eyes shut as he leaned his head against hers. Emma stood there for a second, unsure if she should hug him back. Eventually, she gave in and wrapped her arms around his torso.

"Chief! What about the rules? I thought coworkers couldn't date!" Neal butted in, breaking up the hug between David and Emma.

"It didn't stop you from trying," Emma snapped, glaring at him.

Neal glared back. "All I'm saying is the rules state that coworkers aren't allowed to date."

"Then I'll quit."

Everyone turned to Killian, who had finally spoken up.

"Killian, you-"

"Well, if this guy wants to go by the rules, then fine. I won't work for the MBI anymore. I mean, there's no point me to work here. We caught Gold. You don't really need my help. So it's okay. I'll quit."

"Killian," Emma swung her arms around him and buried her face into his neck. "Thank you. This means so much to me."

"I know it does," he whispered. He broke away from Emma and walked over to August and Neal and held out his hand. "Nice working with you."

August took it and gave him a firm handshake. Killian then extended it to Neal. Neal glanced up at Killian, then to his hand, then back to him. He reluctantly shook it and left the office with August.

Killian went to David and offered his hand. "It was nice working with you, Chief."

David gave Killian a handshake in return. "Thanks for all your help, Jones. But," he yanked Killian in so that they were face to face, "if you hurt her, I will hunt you down."

"Understood. But no need to worry. I'm not going to leave her. Ever."

David let go of Killian and turned to Emma. "Emma, I was wondering if you two would like to come over to my place tomorrow. You can meet your mother. But you don't have to if you think it's too soon."

"Oh. God, that's really, uh, nice. Sure. It'd probably be a good idea if I met her. I'm going to have to meet her sooner or later."

"That's great! So let's say seven o'clock. Here's the address." David quickly wrote the down his address on a post it note and handed it Emma.

"Thanks." She exited the office with Killian, feeling his arm snake around her waist. "Thank you again for, you know, quitting."

"Your welcome, love. It's a win-win for both of us. You get to keep your job and I get to stay away from the man who probably wants to kill me."

Emma laughed. "He'll get over it." She walked Killian to the door and gave him a quick kiss. "We have another case. I'll see you when I get back?"

"Of course, love." Killian cupped her face in his hands and gave her one last kiss before he left.

Emma watched as Killian drove out of the parking lot and into the distance. She couldn't help but smile at how perfect her life had become. Not only was she going to be a mother and raise a child with the man she loved, but now she also had a family.