Chapter 2

On her way home before she picked Henry up she stopped at the station to get another quick catch before getting dinner. Luckily where he was going to be tonight is also where she was meeting Killian and about a half hour before hand which made things perfect. She set dinner in the back seat and went to pick up her favorite person, she had already called the babysitter and told her to come around the time of her date. The dinner she bought was mostly for Henry but she will end up eating a good portion of it as well while she was getting ready.

"So how was school?" She asked as she got Henry situated in the passenger seat.

"Good. I made a bird from my hand" Henry grabbed it from his backpack as it fell to the floor and showed it to Emma when she got into the driver seat.

"That's beautiful Henry. I'm so proud of you, that has to go on the fridge." Henry smiled and took the drawing back. Emma was very proud of Henry but she had so much on her mind she couldn't even think about anything but getting home and getting ready. They got home and Henry ran to put his drawing on the fridge and then put things away in his room. She kicked off her shoes and put the food on the counter, she quickly made Henry a plate and went to get ready for tonight. She heard Henry return to the kitchen and begin eating, she slipped into her tight red dress and began fixing her hair.

"Mommy... What are you doing?" Henry came into her room and climbed onto her bed.

"I'm sorry honey but mommy has some work that she has to do tonight. I promise I will be home in time to give you goodnight kisses." She sat beside him and kissed the top of his head.

"Promise?" Henry looked up at her.

"Pinky promise, and not a minute later." She hugged him close, he wiggled out of her arms and ran into the living room. "I hope Killian can respect this." She mumbled to herself then grabbed her 6-inch black stilettos and headed for the front door. She noticed that Henry ran to see the babysitter who was quick to get him occupied.

"Have a good night Ms. Swan. I'll make sure he gets to bed early." The babysitter smiled as she ruffled Henry's hair.

"No, I'll be home by bed time. I made a promise." She smiled, it made her heart hurt how much he looked like his father. She gave him another kiss on the top of his head and headed out.

When she got to the end of the stairs she put her shoes on and headed to the restaurant in her bug. She had some time to kill but not much till her suspect came, then Killian shortly after. She waited till she seen him go inside and got out of her car with a car boot and attached it to his car then headed inside. When she walked in she was just in time, she found the table he was sitting at and sat with him.

"You must be Ryan." She smiled and offered her hand

"You must be Emma, wow you look incredible." He was looking her up and down.

"Well, you never know what you are going to get on the Internet right?" They both shared a laugh and took a sip of wine. She was beginning to be thankful she was actually eating with Killian.

"So what is a beautiful, single, gorgeous woman like you doing on a dating site?" Ryan asked as he played with his glass.

"Oh, you know just looking for the perfect catch. My question is, and please let me know if I get this wrong, what are you doing out on a date after you robbed your own company and split before you could be locked up? Also, why are you screwing your wife over by dating after she paid your bail money." Emma leaned forward.

"Who are you?"

"I'm the person who put up the rest of the money"

"So you're a bail bonds person"

"Yeah, something like that." With that, Ryan flipped the table at Emma and ran out. "Really?" She followed after him but in a stroll since she knew he couldn't get far. He ran across traffic and got hit by a few cars before he managed to make it to his car and tries to take off. Emma followed only the cars were dodging her, she caught up to him by the time he noticed his car had a boot on it.

"You don't have to do this I'll pay you" Ryan begged seeing as he wasn't going anywhere.

"No, you won't because you don't have any money, and if you did it should go to supporting your family. "

"What the hell do you know about family?" Emma steps up to him and grabs the back of his head smashing it into the steering wheel.

"Not much." She took a few steps back and closed the door of the car, the cops showed up behind the car and gave her the nod that she could leave.

"I didn't realize this was a double dating adventure for you tonight, love" His voice ran from behind her as he joined in walking her across the street.

"It was a last minute thing, we have been chasing him for a while now. Just like someone else I know. Kind of gutsy to come out when the police show up don't you think? You are a wanted man." Emma stopped on the sidewalk, her feet were already killing her. She now remembered why she never wore these heels.

"Well, I am with you now, love. By the way, you look absolutely gorgeous" Hook whispered in her ear, this is when she took the moment to notice he was in a nice suit for once and not in his usual uniform or leather and a sword.

"You look quite handsome yourself, Mr. Jones." She smiled and they both headed back up to the restaurant. They were escorted to their seats, Hook pulled out Emma's chair and pushed it back in once she was seated then seated himself. Emma didn't remember the last time someone had been that nice to her. The waiter gave them their menus and went to get them drinks.

"So Swan, what did you need to tell me?" Killian didn't eve bother looking up to see the look on her face.

"What do you mean?" Emma set her menu down knowing what she wanted.

"You are an open book to me, you always have been and I can tell there is something that you have been wanting to say since you came to arrest me." Killian looked at her completely concerned.

"Yes there is something, but I don't feel this is the right place or the right time. All I need from you is to understand I have a 5-year-old at home that I promised I would be home to tuck him into bed tonight.." Emma was concerned but changed her composure once she saw the waiter return with their drinks and took their order, Emma chugged her wine and asked for a refill.

"Of course, I will respect that. Wait… when did you become a mom?" Killian was rapidly trying to do math in his head, which was hard considering he doesn't remember how long he had been gone.

"5 years ago. Neil was thrown in jail the day after I stayed with you. I found out I was pregnant a week later." Emma was very unsure how he would take this and prepared for him to run like the last guy.

"I'm going to pretend like I understand but I really don't. you had a prison guys baby?" Killian took another drink from his glass.

"No why do you think I have been looking for you for the past 5 years? To say 'oh I had another guy's kid'? Obviously not, maybe this was a mistake." Emma debated on leaving but then their food was delivered.

"You can't leave a boy without his father." Killian took a bite from his plate

"So does that mean you are going to stick around or are you going to run?"

"How are you saying I could stay with a bounty on my head?"

"Paying it off would be a great start." Emma ate a couple bites before pushing her plate away, she couldn't eat anymore. Her appetite was gone and her mind was set on Henry. They both had hardly eaten and Emma was determined to get home to keep her promise.

"Let me walk you home at least, and I'll keep my promise. I'll stop by your place tomorrow and you can take me in." Killian thought it was a decent offer considering the events of tonight.

"Okay." Emma got up and watched Killian pay the bill as they left, they both went back to her apartment where she wasn't about to let him come in until Henry opened the door and attacked her with a hug around her legs. Killian froze in his spot.

"Mom! You kept your promise" Henry smiled.

"Of course, I did, I couldn't break a promise to my number one guy. Now go get ready for bed and I'll be there in a second." Emma smiled as Henry ran to his room, she paid the babysitter and waited till she left.

"Is he?" Killian almost didn't want to ask.

"Yes, but if you are going to jail he will never know, and you will never come back. I have to think about Henry over anyone else." Emma looked at Hook sad but she knew that this had to happen. "Good Night Killian." She entered her apartment.

"Good Night, Emma." Killian managed to say as she closed the door and left him standing at her door. He went back down the stairs and headed back to his ship to think about everything he had learned.

Emma kicked off her heels at the door and stumbled to the kitchen then walked into Henry's room. She smiled as he laid in bed ready to be tucked in, fighting sleep as hard as he could so that he could get his goodnight kiss.

"Who was that man? Is he my dad?" She was afraid of these questions. She kissed his forehead and tucked him in.

"Well, that was a guy mommy had to do some business with tonight, no he's just another guy," Emma smiled and turned off his light and headed to her room.

She didn't have any answer for Henry and she sure as hell wasn't sure what Killian was going to do about the information that he had just found out. She changed into her sleepwear and tried to prepare for the next day, at least she was able to get one criminal turned in but it was all up to Killian on how he was going to handle things. She couldn't believe he still made her heart flutter and made things just feel right for her, it wasn't like when she was with Neil where she questioned everything and was so unsure of what his intentions really were.

Emma tossed and turned during the night having nightmare after nightmare, she woke up multiple times to refocus herself on what was reality and what was just a dream.