A/N: So we're finally here... the last chapter... I'm amazed that it had "only" taken me about 2 months to write this...(Looks like my writer's block period is finally over) had the first 7 chapters ready when I started posting this 1,5 month ago...wuhu... I do have an epilogue in mind that I want to write... but will mark this as finished... hope to hear from you in a review, let me know what you liked (or didn't like) about this story, and what you want to see happen in the epilogue... got some ideas myself but I'm open to suggestions.

It has been a great joy to write this as it has been something that I have had in mind for quite some time now. Got a few other CaptainSwan ideas brewing up in my head... also AU/inspired by another tv show ;) Follow me and you will get an update once I start with that project... (Also have a somewhat original idea brewing that in one way or another have been inspired by some of CaptainSwans history and some pretty awesome songs by Brantley Gilbert... thanks to Timberwolf3706 I found this amazing singer. )

See endnotes about the music/dances in this chapter... enjoy.

Chapter 16

Saturday morning Emma found herself pulled into a flurry of preparations for the talent show this afternoon. Who would have known so much needed to be done before she could be her brother's assistant? For some odd reason, Ruby had taken upon herself to help her with hair and makeup and fussed endlessly with this after they had eaten a quick lunch. Leo had practiced continuously on his tricks and Emma had to smile at his excitement over doing this, and it rubbed off on her own expectations for the show. She found herself looking forward to it, trying to forget that she should have danced with Killian on that very same stage. Killian had sent her a few texts during the morning wishing them good luck.

The talent show was set to begin at 2 o'clock that afternoon and afterward, there would be dinner and dancing. Ruby was finishing up the final touches of Emma's hair, she had made a loose style with a simple braid wrapping around the crown of her head; the rest of her hair hung in loose wavy curls down her back.

When the time came, Emma walked with her family and Ruby up to the hotel auditorium, they found their way behind the stage, leaving their parents to find a seat. Ruby had followed them and when Emma asked what she was doing backstage she had said, "Oh I'm volunteering to help people with hair and makeup as they come back here, just in case someone needs help with anything. It's something I can do without walking around too much. I'll make sure to pop by you before you have to be on stage to fix your hair, just in case." She smiled warmly at her friend, trying to hide her underlying excitement over the fact that Killian would be coming backstage while Emma and Leo were on stage. Ruby had stolen a peek at the show's list of acts and she had let him know what time he had to be there. She would go to the backdoor to let him in, once Emma was safely up on stage, she just hoped they would be able to hide him from Walsh until Emma walked off stage.

Emma nodded and tried to entertain her brother while they waited for the show to begin. He was bouncing off the wall with excitement, and she had to remind him to stay still or he would tumble over one of the other contestants. She scanned the room where they sat; it was fairly large, larger than the backstage area in the Town Hall auditorium she and Killian had danced in two weeks ago. She sighed at the thought of Killian, she fiddled with her phone and shot off a text to him "love you… miss you… wanted you to be here with me, sorry we're not going to dance today…love you."

Killian: "miss you too Swan, we get plenty of opportunities to dance together in the future, remember I'm moving to Boston with you. Wish you both luck with the magic act, your brother will rock the show… wish I could see it." (The text ended in a long row of kisses)

Emma smiled when she read his text, her heart swelled with love as she read the last part, he was already feeling like a part of her family, she thought, and then she quickly called her parents asking them to record their show. They assured her that they already had their phones ready, and was looking forward to seeing their kids on stage together.

Emma could see that Merida, the head waitress had been assigned to coordinate when people should get ready for their act. She could see Ruby talking with her from time to time, it looked as if this whole thing was a team effort and everyone pitched in where they could. Walsh had taken the role of being ringmaster for the whole show, introducing the acts as they walked up on stage. When Merida walked over to them and said they had a few more minutes to get ready Emma got up and started to help Leo with getting his things ready. They had found a small table she would carry on stage with his magic stuff on.

When Walsh finally announced that it was time for the spectacular magic show with the pirate Leo the Lion, Emma took a deep breath and walked behind Leo on stage. They passed Walsh going down and he shot her a big smile and managed to whisper, "Good luck Emma." He had moved so close to her that she could feel his breath on her face, she took a large step away from him and shook her head trying to make her mind focus on the act ahead of her. They had practiced the last few days, so she knew when Leo would need this or that object for his show, she could do this. Within a short time, she had forgotten the incident with Walsh and quite enjoyed herself helping her brother on stage. Leo had a blast that was evident, he charmed the audience with his little tricks and he had even managed to weave in some pirate references to his act.

The second Emma and Leo had walked on stage Ruby walked out of the backdoor where she found Killian waiting for her. He was dressed in all his pirate gear, he even had put on his hook, and when Ruby asked how he would do the lift with that thing he had grinned, "I'll take it off before she runs to me to do the lift, I'm pretty sure we can nail it this time." Ruby could only agree with him as she ushered him inside to the backstage area. She had found a dark corner where Killian sat down waiting for Emma to walk off the stage; Ruby had told him that there would be one act between Emma and Leo and when he would be dancing with Emma. He felt restless as he watched from his hideout; Walsh was busy looking over the chart and then order people to do this or that so he never saw Killian.

When Emma and Leo walked off stage they were met by an overexcited Ruby, Killian watched them hug and talk with huge grins on their faces. Walsh had walked up on stage to present the next act, and he was now walking over towards Emma and Ruby. Killian scowled at this, and he bristled when he could see how close he was standing to Emma, he knew they would be the next act so he walked swiftly over to them. Emma had her back to him and Walsh was so occupied in talking with Emma that he did not see Killian coming closer to them, close enough for him to hear what Walsh said.

"So Emma I see you're up next with a dance act, who are you dancing with… your brother?" Walsh asked in puzzlement and a condescending look at Leo as if the very thought of her dancing with her brother would be off-putting for him. He had seen Emma Nolan on the act list and had been curious to know who she would dance with.

"What…? I'm not dancing; you of all people should know why I'm not going to dance today." Emma bit out between clenched teeth, aware of her brother still being with her.

Walsh looked at her in what could be called fake sympathy and showed her his clipboard, "But look here, Miss. Nolan, your name is here, with partner!?"

Emma looked at the paper and frowned, what the hell? "Whoever put my name up there has lost their minds I'm not going to dance."

"Well you could always dance with me if your partner does not show up," Walsh said with a smirk and his eyes light with hope of finally dancing with Emma Nolan.

"I'm not…"

"This Swan only dances with her pirate!" Killian's voice broke off whatever Emma had planned on firing back at Walsh. She whirled around and found her pirate standing in front of her in all his pirate glory, including a hook she realized with a smirk. She raised her eyebrow and said, "Did you lose a hand there pirate, think you can handle dancing with that thing." She lifted her head and took in his pirate attire; she would never get tired of seeing him dressed up like this. Her heart hummed in appreciation.

"I think it's you who couldn't handle it!" Killian shot back with a smirk and raised his eyebrow in a mock challenge. Taking her into his arms, he leaned down and kissed her quickly. He looked back at Walsh who still stood there gaping, "I think the lady Swan here asked you to back off mate!"

Emma had her arms wrapped around his waist as he spoke with Walsh, who didn't look like he was about to leave, she rolled her eyes at this; honestly couldn't that man take a hint.

"But… but you can't dance… I should… I mean…" Walsh tried to stutter out.

"Oh come on Walsh you know the rules just as anyone else, there must be at least one resort guest on stage, and as far as I know Emma Nolan here is still a resort guest, so shut it and let them dance!" Ruby fired off and looked at him with a glare. Emma had to smile at how easy it had been for her friend to scare the crap out of the Flying Monkey. She was still trying to figure out what was going on here, why would her name be on that list anyway.

"I…" Walsh tried again then sighed in resignation, he shoved the microphone in Ruby's hand and proclaimed, "Then you do the honors of introducing them, I need some air…!" Then he stalked off much to the amusement from everyone around them. The argument had been loud enough for people around them to hear what was said.

"Thanks, Ruby, you are a beast when it comes to scaring the shite out of people," Killian laughed and hugged Emma to his side, then he looked down at her and whispered, "ready to dance with your pirate, eh… Swan princess?"

Emma grinned stupidly up at him, she could not believe he was actually here and they would be dancing on that stage within a minute or so. She tried to mentally prepare herself for the dance they had not practiced on in the past few days; not since Killian had been fired.

"Oh what if I forget something, we haven't even practiced this… I…" Emma looked at him worried as she could hear the applause from the act leaving the stage; it was time for them to walk on stage.

"Don't worry we got this… you got this… you'll do brilliantly, and if you're up for it we try for the lift okay… I'll take off the hook and throw it behind the stage before you run to me, just thought it could be fun to try and dance with the hook, making the whole pirate theme complete."

"Hmm I do like the complete pirate look, I'll try for the jump okay. Thank you, Killian, for being here," She looked to Ruby now walking up the stairs, "we got a good friend there don't we…" she had guessed it had to be Ruby who had signed them up for the show, then a thought struck her, "oh bloody hell was my mother in on this too?" She looked up at Killian who tried not to laugh too much.

"Aye your mother was in on it too, Ruby had talked to her when she tried to find a way to get you into this dress," Killian explained and ran a hand up her back, gently caressing her neck.

"So mother came up with the brilliant idea to have Leo dressed as a pirate for his show… she is friggin sneaky my mother…" Emma sighed and shook her head; well she would have to give her mother a hug for helping her and Killian in getting their chance to dance anyway.

"You got great friends and a family who loves you… and a devilishly handsome boyfriend who is looking forward to dancing with his Swan." He whispered into her ear as they could hear Ruby introduce them as the next act. Emma found herself grinning as they walked up on stage.

Ruby walked up on the stage with a slight limp, her foot was still bothering her, then she found her inner entertainer and shouted to the audience, "Okay ladies and gentlemen, be prepared to be wowed and amazed as I introduce to you, the pirate and his lady Swan doing a wickedly spectacular pirate dance. Give it up for Emma and Killian." She gave thumbs up to the sound guy Tiny and rushed off stage and gave Emma a quick high-five on her way out.

Emma felt butterflies starting to flutter around in her stomach as they found their start positions. Then the music began to play and she found herself moving into the dance with ease. Every twist and turn of their dance routine was done effortlessly and with ease. Whenever Emma dared to look out at their audience she could only see happy and smiling faces, this gave her enough courage to do the dance moves that took her to the other end of the stage. With a grin she watched her pirate remove his hook and to the pearls of laughter from the auditorium, he flicked it over the edge of the stage in a dramatic arc. He lifted his hands and raised a challenging eyebrow at her, while his fingers beckoning her to run to him. The music was getting to the crescendo and she nodded her head, letting Killian know she was ready. She locked her eyes with his as she moved closer and closer to him; she could see he was ready for her to jump up into the lift. When she felt herself soar over his head her whole body hummed in excitement and joy bubbled to every nerve ending of her body.

Killian couldn't stop grinning as he gently eased Emma down again, her body sliding close to his, he held on to her waist and when he saw her beaming face he forgot they were on a stage with hundreds of people watching. They were in a world of their own, huge grins on their faces, they had been able to dance despite everything that had happened, and this final lift was the culmination of everything they had been through. Emma grinned mischievously and let her hands slide around his neck and pulls him in for a kiss. Killian opened his mouth and let her take her reward; they kissed to the endless cheers of their audience. It took an effort to pull away again, but suddenly Emma was reminded that they were in fact on a stage, kissing in front of everyone. She hid her face in his chest and tried to suppress the giggles bubbling inside of her. Killian held her in his arms and whispered, "Come, love, let's get out of here." Emma nodded and with a beat red face, she did a bow and followed Killian off the stage.

Ruby threw herself in Emma's arms squalling in happiness; she had given the microphone back to a sulking looking Walsh who trod up on stage to present the next act.

"You guys were effing fantastic, the audience loved you, bet you're going to win the whole thing," Ruby said in a rush as she kept hugging Emma.

"Well ain't there a jury or something for that?" Killian asked he had honestly not thought about this as something they would win, "hope Walsh is not in that jury, don't think he likes us that much!" He joked and shook his head that man needed to figure out where people's boundaries were.

"Oh God I hope not," Emma whispered looking at her friend Ruby for help, she had honestly not thought about this.

"No worries it's a panel of juries selected from each department of the resort, so I think you got a winning chance," Ruby explained and finally pulled back from Emma.

"Oh shite where is my brother?" Emma suddenly asked and looked around in the backstage area with a frantic look on her face. Where had the little lion walked off to?

"Don't worry, I walked him out to your parents, think he found a spot on the front row on the floor when you guy's danced, he looked so proud…" Ruby started to reassure Emma and then spotted Emma's family walking backstage. "Speaking of the devil, look…"

Emma turned around and smiled brightly at her family, she hugged them all, ruffling Leo's hair and said, "Sorry for leaving you behind the stage buddy, I forgot to say how awesome you were up there, you did great," Leo smiled at his sister and hugged her middle, then peaked behind her and found Killian, his eyes lit up at the sight of the pirate in front of him. Leo waved Killian's hook in the air and grinned, "Look I found your hook, Killian."

"Thanks, kid, was wondering where that had gone off to," Killian took the hook from Leo and smiled reassuringly at him, "sorry I missed your show, Leo."

"No worries Killian, mom recorded it on her phone, I can get her to send it to you…" Leo turned to his mother and said, "Could you… please, mom… I want Killian to see my magic show…" He looked back up at Killian and said, "See I'm dressed as a pirate too, that was how we had Emma dressed in her pirate dress, mom just told me that was why she wanted me to do a pirate magic show…" The boy talked in a hurried voice, wanting to tell the whole tale to Killian and everyone else.

Killian smiled at the boy's enthusiasm and laughed, "Well I'm glad you got your sister to dress as a pirate, or I might have ended up looking rather silly dressed as a pirate alone." Killian made a move to make a high five with Leo, who shot him a wink and high fived his new friend.

Emma had watched this whole scene with a smile on her lips, she was so amazed how easy Killian had become such a big part of her life, her family. She looked over at her mother, who looked like she could end up crying any minute now. Rolling her eyes at her mother's sentimentality she wrapped her mother in a hug and whispered, "Thanks mom, I know you helped Ruby getting all of this setup."

"You're welcome Sweetie; we wanted this vacation to end on a happier note, and not with a sad face." Mary Margaret fought hard to not let tears flow down her face, she had been so proud of her daughter when she had danced with Killian.

When Emma stepped away from her mother she found Killian's arm wrapped around her middle and he said, "aye thank you, Mrs. Nolan, this would not have happened without your intervention." Killian could see how happy both her parents were.

"You did look stunning up there," Emma's father spoke and clapped Killian on the shoulder, looking him straight in his eyes, "you both did… thank you." Killian had no words but a small nod in return. He was pleased that David Nolan had warmed up to him, he looked down at Emma in his arms and he knew the future would be filled with many more spectacular experiences.

While they had talked there had been some more acts on stage and Walsh was now introducing the final act of the talent show. There would be a small break where the jury would do their voting.

Ruby knew Walsh was planning on filling the void between the final act and the result with his own version of a standup comedy show. She had seen the text he had added at the bottom of the plan he had carried around.

When she told Emma and Killian what Walsh had planned they both rolled their eyes and then she shot them a mischievous grin, "wanna do something crazy," Both Emma and Killian looked at their friend, both wondering what schemes she had come up with now. She took their silence as a confirmation, "come with me on stage and we get the crowd going in a little dance ensemble, I'll just run out and find Will and conspire with Tiny, he is a great guy, think I can manage to persuade him, I got an idea for the music too. Are you with me… please… Walsh is going to bore the crowd to death before the votes are in… come on… live a little."

Killian looked at Emma with a grin, and she finally relented and waved her friend off, "Go find Will and fix us some music and we can wing it with some freestyle dance, and get the crowd going."

Ruby whooped in glee and ran off to set things in motion leaving Killian and Emma behind with her family. Emma looked at her parents and shot them a questioning look; they both just smiled and beamed at her.

"What will Regina think of this," She worried her lip with her teeth, she was not sure the owner would be pleased with this.

"No worries, if you guys get the party going and the guests are entertained I think she will be okay with it. We got your back Sweetie." Mary Margaret reassured their daughter.

Killian grabbed Emma's hand when the act on stage ended; they both searched the space for Ruby to return.

Just as Walsh was about to go on stage Ruby swooped in and grabbed the microphone out of his hands and said, "Sorry, change off plans here, make room for your intermission act, coming through… make way…" she had Will hot in her heels and Killian pulled Emma with him. He was laughing so hard by now, this was so bloody crazy and he would enjoy this so much. None of them noticed the stunned look on Walsh's face when the microphone was snagged from him, he had started to follow the group but on second thought he was not so sure he would be able to deal with a group of four against one. He would deal with them when they got down; he turned and began searching for his boss.

Since Ruby was still not one hundred percent recovered from her injury, she held on to Will as she limped up on stage but her smile was bright and she grinned widely. She turned to watch Emma and Killian walk with them on stage. This was going to be fun.

"So we have a little break now and the votes are counted, we would like to make sure you're not bored while we wait, so I give you our dance team here." She swept her hand out to Emma and Killian then grabbed Will's hand and whispered, "you need to help me here love," Will nodded and grinned.

"Hit it Tiny, crank it up" Ruby pointed down to the large man behind the soundboard. He gave a thumbs up and hit play and the song "shut up and dance" blared out of the speakers.

Emma smiled, she loved that song, perfect for getting a party started; she was just not used to being center stage for doing things like this. But she could see that both Killian and Will were getting ready to get the crowd dancing, she just followed their lead. Ruby was trying to keep up with the dancing as much as she could with her still-healing foot, but she was having so much fun.

Killian wrapped his arms around Emma and started to sway back and forth to the music, and soon she was swept into a tempo filled dance with Killian as Will still worked on getting the crowd dancing. In the end, Emma found herself so wrapped up in the dance and she let go of her insecurity, and when she saw her parents down on the floor doing their own dance she laughed heartily as she wrapped her arms around Killian's neck.

"You are a bloody marvel, you know that Swan?" Killian moved a little slower as he whispered into her ear, he could feel her shutter from his breath running over her sensitive skin, "I'm not letting you go, you know that I love you so damn much, I can't believe I got a chance to dance with you here of all places…I…" Emma shushed him by placing her hand on his scruffy face and looked at him with a fond smile, and then she mouthed to the song, "just shut up and dance with me…"

He moved closer to her ear again and whispered in her ear, "As you wish," then gave her neck a warm kiss and twirled her away from him but never letting go of her hand. They moved to the music and both had the time of their lives, it was crazy and fun and would be a fantastic memory to take home with them.

The whole audience ended up doing their own dance to the music, and everyone was having a party.

While everyone enjoyed themselves Walsh had stalked around the room trying to locate his boss. In the end, he saw her, but his attempt to talk to her seemed to be futile, as she was wrapped up in a heated dance with her husband. "What the hell is wrong with everyone at this place!?" he grumbled and stalked out of the auditorium. They could wrap the damn show up themselves.

As the song ended Emma found herself wrapped in Killian's arms as they turned to the audience, all cheering at their spontaneous act. Everyone had participated in the dance all in their own way, and that was the goal of this intermission. Emma looked over at Ruby who grinned wolfishly at them; she gave Emma thumbs up as she held on to Will. They had danced together the best they had could with Ruby's foot, meaning she had most of the time been carried around by Will. He had taken the freestyle part upon himself to do a few street dance moves along the way, much to the enjoyment of Leo and the rest of the kids who had been in his dance classes. Emma could see her brother in front of the stage cheering on them all.

Regina strode onto the stage with a big smile on her face, the four friends looked at her in surprise; they had all pretty much expected her to be mad as hell for their little stunt. Killian walked over to her first, still holding on to Emma's hand.

"Mrs. Mills I'm sorry we…" But Killian never got any further as she held up a hand and beckoned Will and Ruby over too. Ruby looked a little uneasy over the whole thing; she wondered where Walsh had walked off to.

"Look I know why you guys did this, and I imagine Emma and Killian's participation in the talent show was also a ploy to change how things had gone." The four friends looked sheepishly among themselves as Regina talked; they were not sure where she would go with this.

Regina sighed and admitted, "this intermission part was not part of what Walsh had planned I'm sure," she had spotted him hurry out of the auditorium while she had danced with Robin. "But it gave every guest here a fun experience and for that, I thank you, all!" She looked pointedly at Killian at this final statement, then smiled, "and yes Killian you too." With this out of the way, Regina found the microphone on its stand and made sure the sound was one.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a hand to our fantastic dance department." Everyone in the room applauded the group of friends, all standing a little sheepishly receiving the praise. They waved their final goodbye to the audience and walked off stage. All sighed in relief and then Ruby burst out laughing, "shite man that was fantastic, thank you guys for doing this with us, I nearly shite myself when the Evil Queen walked on stage."

"I know," Emma agreed, smiling and laughing with Ruby, "but guess she saw how it benefited the show and chose to let it slide."

"You're amazing Ruby," Will stated and hugged his girl, giving her a big kiss. Emma grinned at this and then turned to her own man.

"You were fantastic up there Killian, thank you for being here, agreeing to Ruby's nutty plan, that actually worked, who would have thought." Emma smiled and pulled him in for a kiss. Killian only hummed in agreement and kept kissing his Swan.

"Emma… Emma… they are telling who won… come on, we need to get on stage…" Leo's voices shouted and he ran over starting to pull his sister back up on stage, with the rest of the acts that had been part of the talent show.

"You coming pirate, we're part of this too," Emma grinned and entwined their fingers, dragging him with her and Leo.

Emma was still buzzing from their intermission stunt, where they had gotten everyone dancing in the auditorium; she could not believe she had done that. It was one thing to dance alone with Killian, but having the whole room dancing with them had been such a blast.

Killian and Emma stood with Leo at their side, the boy was moving restlessly around and Emma had to hold on to him so he didn't drop off the stage. Emma caught her parent's eyes; they looked so happy and proud.

Regina had made a small speech that congratulated the acts on some great performances and how this was one of the fun traditions at this place that she looked forward to every year. Finally, she ended, "So I think we need to find out what the result is, don't we…?" The crowd agreed and she nodded while she with a smile opened the envelope with the jury's result. "Okay 3rd place goes to Leo the magical pirate."

Leo whooped in happiness, Emma hugged him and pushed him towards Regina so he could receive his reward. He got a rosette and an envelope with 300$, he waved down his parents who brimmed proudly at their son.

Emma was suddenly a bit nervous she had only known she would be part of Leo's act, but now she realized that she too would compete as well. She squeezed Killian's hand when the 2nd place was announced; it went to some middle-aged woman who had played the piano.

"1st place goes to…Emma Nolan and partner… well, Killian Jones." Regina smiled as she said this, well that went pretty well she thought. She knew that it had been hard firing him but she was happy that they at least got this closure for their effort.

Emma stood gaping as she tried to understand that they had won, "what…?"

"We won love, come on…" Killian said with a grin, he was also trying to wrap his head around the fact that they had indeed won this.

They walked over to Regina who gave them their prize, a rosette and an envelope with 1000$, and a handshake, "congratulations to both of you, hope you had fun, I realize neither of you knew you would be dancing today, so that makes this a bit of a surprise I'm sure…" She leaned closer to them, away from the microphone and whispered, "I wish both of you the best of luck." Killian nodded his thanks, still a little dumbfounded that they had won.

Emma and Killian walked over to Leo and he grinned at them, "congratulations, Sis, you two were the best pirate dancers here."

"The only pirate dancers, lad," Killian joked and ruffled Leo's hair affectionately, "though we did have a pretty good pirate magician, eh?"

Leo beamed up at his new hero and hugged Killian around the middle, slightly surprised Killian looked over at Emma, who had a fond smile on her face when she looked at them. Killian shrugged his shoulders and smiled down at the lad, he had found it quite easy to be with Emma's family, a thing that he was very happy for. It would make things a lot easier when they both would be living in Boston.

They all walked off the stage and could hear Regina wrapping up the show, letting everyone know that dinner was to be served in half an hour. Emma was now looking forward to spending the rest of the day with Killian at her side, while she would be having fun with her family and friends. She never let go of Killian's hand as they found her parents, who hugged them both. Even Killian got a hug from both parents, and Emma could hear her father say to Killian, "welcome to the family, eh?" David smiled at Killian; he was a decent guy who seemed keen on making his daughter happy, a thing David would appreciate.

When Emma saw this she couldn't be happier, it meant the world to her that her parents had accepted Killian being part of her life. She walked over and gave her father another hug, "thanks dad, for everything." She smiled a teary smile at her father who said, "You're welcome Sweetie, we wanted this vacation to be fun and I think we managed that quite well, don't you?" Emma nodded and walked over to Killian again. She took a chance and leaned up and placed a kiss on his cheek, not caring that her parents were right in front of them. Killian smiled down at her and raised an eyebrow, she hummed, "love you."

"Love you too, Swan." Killian suddenly wished they were alone this very minute as he wanted to kiss her properly, but looking over her head he could see her parents keeping a watchful eye on them. He sighed and asked, "so this dinner and dancing….?" He trailed off not sure how to ask if he was part of that too, he had not thought to ask Ruby when she had proposed the idea of surprising Emma with them dancing at the talent show.

"Yes that includes you too, you're our guest so Walsh can just stuff his rules up his arse and sulk in a corner," Emma stated firmly and then laughed; she had seen how annoyed the Flying Monkey had been when they crashed his intermission act.

Killian smiled his thanks to her, giving her a quick kiss on the lips; it was amazing how easy she read him by now. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and walked with her family to find their table. They realized that their table had been expanded to include Ruby and Will, though they were workers at the resort Regina had apparently seen fit for them to join the Nolan's table. The evening ended up being the best ending to their vacation and plenty of dancing for them all the rest of the night. Both Emma and Killian were having the time of their lives as they danced together, not really caring about the world around them. Killian was trying to keep the dancing more modest as he was very much aware of the fact that her parents would keep a watchful eye on them. Emma was not as eager to keep it formal, and in the end, she had dragged him outside in a small courtyard between two sections of the hotel. The music was still within earshot and she let her body slide closer and closer to his, in the end, he groaned and gave up trying to be modest.

Killian let his hands rest low on her back, pulling her closer to his body as they swayed to the music. Emma smiled in victory as she felt his resolve crumble; this was how she wanted to dance with her pirate. Her hands slid up and rounded his neck, pulling him in for a kiss, the kiss deepened and grew more and more passionate by the second.

"Bloody hell woman…" Killian gasped as he pulled away from her craving lips, "ye are playing with fire here, not sure your parents…" her finger shushed him and he raised a curious eyebrow.

"Don't want to talk about my parents when I'm going on a treasure hunt with my pirate, so take me to sea, Captain and show me the stars and beyond," Emma whispered huskily and pressed her body closer to his.

Killian stood there gobsmacked at her bold suggestion, but within a second he grinned mischievously and swept his arm out towards the parking lot, "behold my vessel is ready to take my beautiful Swan princess on a treasure hunt she'll never forget, my fairest Lady Swan." Emma laughed at his antics and hooked her arm through his and practically dragged him towards his truck. She quickly sends a text to her parents letting them know she was with Killian; she didn't care what their thoughts were about this.

Still dressed as pirates they drove off into the endless land of opportunities filled with pirate treasure hunts and dancing. The horizon was the destination for their future.

AN: the pirate dance is done to the theme from "Pirates of the Caribbean" and there is a youtube video from Dancing with the stars that sort of shows what I had in mind with their dance (you can search: "dancing with the stars, season 20, Pirates of the Caribbean" )…. I just added a lift because that was a huge part of the Dirty Dancing movie. And while I have not followed the storyline of that movie very much I did want to have that part in the finale. Hope you liked my idea?

The song they play when they crash the intermission is WALK THE MOON "Shut up and dance", I was looking for a more modern song to use in this final scene.