I do not own any of these characters. They all belong to Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, the creators of Once Upon a Time.

For the past few days, Emma had been burying herself in work to keep herself busy. She missed Killian already. Even if they did talk every day either on the phone or just a simple conversation by text. She had spent more and more time with Ruby to not only help her friend get back on track with Victor but to keep her mind off Killian. On the fourth day after Killian leaving, Emma was called into her boss' office.

"Emma! I've been wanting to talk to you," her boss said as she took a seat. "Your work has been brilliant these past weeks and I recall saying to you not that long ago that a promotion was coming your way..."

Emma smiled, "I think I remember." Emma did remember but she didn't want to him to know that.

Her boss handed Emma an envelope and smiled, "I believe this is yours."

"Thank you so much," Emma said and took the envelope.

As soon as the doors closed behind her, Emma lifted her arms above her head in victory. She opened the envelope and smiled. It had been a while since she had last gotten a promotion. Emma immediately took out her phone and called Killian. He answered on the fourth ring.

"Emma? What is it?"

"I have something important I have to tell you," Emma said smiling. She was happy to hear his voice again.

"What is it?" Killian asked.

"I got a promotion," Emma said.

"That's great! I'm proud of you, sweetheart," Killian said.

"Sweetheart?" Emma asked laughing.

Killian chuckled quietly, "I like the way it sounds. Especially when I say it for you."

"Well I would much rather you said my name or 'Swan'," said Emma.

"I will only use it to annoy you then, sweetheart," Killian said.

Emma smiled and shook her head at his silliness, "I'll talk to you again soon, okay?"

"Speak to you soon, Swan," Killian said.

Emma ended the call and walked back over to her desk. When she got there she saw Ruby sitting on the desk with her legs swinging backwards and forwards.

"Is that what I think it is? It must be, considering the fact you called Killian right after you left the boss's office," Ruby said.

"It is," Emma replied.

Ruby smiled and hopped off the desk, "This calls for a celebration. We are going out tonight."

Emma sighed, "Fine. But not anywhere too loud."

"You're no fun," Ruby said nudging her. "Be ready by the time I pick you up."

"And when are you picking me up?"

"You will find out when I get there."

Emma just shook her head and decided to get some more work done.

/

Killian had been busy filming for his movie but that didn't steer his thoughts away from Emma. As he was filming, he would always try to keep his mind clear but the when it was in between shots all he thought about was blonde hair and her smile.

"You up for doing something later, mate?" Graham asked, pulling Killian out of his thoughts.

"Sure. What were you thinking?" Killian asked.

"Well me and a few others of the cast were going to go out for drinks," Graham said.

"Okay. What time?" asked Killian.

"Around seven I think," Graham replied.

"I'll be there," said Killian.

Graham left the room and Killian was left alone again. He picked up his phone and checked the time. It was around four back in Boston right now. He considered calling Emma but decided against it as she was probably working. Killian got up and left the room. As he was walking towards the outdoor set, he a small group of fans waiting on the other side of a fence and he walked over to them. As he got closer, one of the fans started crying.

"Hello," Killian said with a smile.

"Oh my god. I can't believe this is happening," said the fan that was crying.

Killian laughed, "You better believe it because it is happening."

One of the other fans started rummaging in his pocket and brought out a pen. He held the pen and his phone out to Killian, "I was wondering if you could sign my phone case?"

"Of course," Killian said and signed his name. He then looked over to the girl who was crying, "Hello, love. I didn't realise I was that terrible that you had to start crying."

The girl laughed and wiped away some of her tears, "No it's not that. It's just that I thought I would never get the chance to meet you but here I am and I just... oh my god I can't,"

"Well I'll tell you what. Why don't I sign something for each of you and then we will take a picture together. How does that sound?" Killian said, smiling again at the group.

Killian signed phone cases and posters and then took a few pictures with the fans. When the girl started crying again Killian gave her a hug and then walked away waving to them. Killian had always loved spending time with fans and whenever he did, it always put him in a good mood.

A few hours later, Killian arrived at the bar that Graham said him and a few other cast member would be at. He spotted them sitting in a booth and went to join them.

"I was wondering when you were going to show up," Graham said.

"Well I'm here now so lets order some drinks," Killian said.

/

When Ruby picked Emma up, she was ready to leave.

"I didn't expect you to be ready," Ruby said.

Emma rolled her eyes, "I know what you're like so I got ready extra early just to make sure."

Ruby walked over to Emma's sofa and sat down, "I talked to Victor."

"Really? What happened?" Emma asked as she sat down next to Ruby.

Ruby sighed before explaining, "He came round after I got home from work and he came in apologising and saying how stupid he had been."

"But what exactly did he say?" asked Emma.

"I can't remember it word for word but he said things about how he was going to try and change the way he is for me and try to cut back on his drinking habits for not only his sake but for mine," Ruby said.

"What happened then?" Emma asked, tucking her feet underneath her legs.

"I forgave him and then he said he loved me," Ruby said with a slight smile.

What? Ruby! That's great," Emma said. "Did you say it back?"

Ruby grinned, "Yeah."

"Come on," Emma said, getting up from the sofa and lifting Ruby up with her. "Let's celebrate this."

When the arrived, they immediately went to the bar and did a round of shots. Ruby then dragged Emma to where people were dancing and Emma felt herself relax a bit. She usually hated places like this but tonight was different. Tonight they were here for a reason. After a while Emma retreated back to the bar and ordered a drink. As she took a sip, someone sat on the stool beside her.

"Hello, beautiful. You here with someone?" the guy asked.

"Wouldn't you like to know," Emma said, rolling her eyes.

The guy inched his stool closer to hers, "That's why I asked. I'm Walsh."

"And I'm not interested," Emma said. She got off the stool to walk away but Walsh grabbed her wrist.

"Why don't you sit back down and I'll buy you a drink," he said, slowly getting down from the stool and standing just inches away from her face.

Emma tried to pull her wrist from Walsh's grasp but he wouldn't let go, "Get off me."

"A bit feisty are we?" Walsh said. He reached behind her and cupped his hand around her ass. Emma yelped and tried to get away from him.

"Let go of me," Emma hissed.

"Make me," Walsh said.

Emma didn't know what to do. She looked around for help but everyone in sight was either too drunk or dancing. She tried pulling her wrist away from him but it made no difference. Emma thought about her options before deciding on one.

"Okay. You win. How about we dance for a bit," Emma said, batting her eyelashes.

Walsh smiled, "Sure thing, beautiful."

When they got to the middle of the sea of dancers, Emma started dancing but kept at least a few inches from him. She then stopped dancing and moved her face so it was just inches away from Walsh's.

"I need to tell you something," Emma whispered in his ear

Walsh looked at her, "What?"

"Stay the hell away from me," Emma said and she punched him in the face. He fell onto the floor and a few people around them stopped dancing to stare.

"Emma?" Ruby asked. When she looked at Walsh on the ground, she just shook her head. "Idiot probably didn't even see it coming. Come on."

When they got outside the club Emma pulled out her phone and called Killian.

"Hello, Swan," Killian said. Emma could here music in the background and she presumed he was out with Graham.

"Hey I just wanted to tell you I miss you," Emma said.

"I miss you too but is that all you wanted to tell me?" Killian asked.

Emma considered telling him what happened but decided to not make him worry about her. "That's all I wanted to tell you."

"See you soon, love," Killian said and she ended the call.

Emma put her phone back in her bag and turned to look at Ruby.

"You really like him, don't you?" Ruby said, smiling.

Emma smiled at the ground, "Yeah."

/

When Emma had phoned him, he was worried in case something bad had happened but when all she said was that she missed him he felt something shift inside him and it made him smile. He still had at least two weeks before he could see her again and he wasn't sure if he would make it that long without seeing her.

Graham waved a hand in front of his face, "You in there?"

"What? Oh, yeah. Sorry," Killian said, scratching behind his ear.

"Is this about Emma?" Graham asked.

"A bit," Killian said. "I just really miss her."

Graham clapped his friend on the shoulder, "I know it's hard but you will see her soon, mate."

Graham walked off in the direction off the bar and Killian followed.

"I think I'm going to head off," said Killian.

"Okay. I'll see you later," Graham said.

When Killian stepped out onto the street dozens of flashes went off and he covered his eyes. He pushed his way past the paparazzi and started walking down the street back to his hotel. When he arrived at his room, he checked his phone to see if Emma had tried to call or text again but she hadn't. He took out a bottle of rum from the mini bar and poured himself a glass before heading out onto the balcony. He leaned against the railing and watched the cars pass by on the street below him. Yet again, all he could think about was Emma and how happy she made him. Killian finished his rum and walked back inside the room, shutting the balcony doors behind him.

"What are you doing to me, Swan," he whispered to himself.

Hey guys! I am so sorry for not uploading all week but I'm changing the schedule a bit. I am probably only going to upload once a week as I have a lot of things on right now - sorry! I hope this chapter is okay as it is actually the longest chapter I have written yet. Thank you for all the follows/favourites/reviews - I love you all! I also love reviews *hint hint* xx