Wiping away the tears. Is this the end? Is this? OMG. It can't be. Right? RIGHT? OH MY GOD THIS IS THE END! OH NO IT'S NOT! I'll post one more part tomorrow. The epilogue. I promise.

"So you two found out that you are True Loves back in Neverland?" David asked Emma with surprise in his voice.

"Yes," Emma answered.

David nodded at her answer than started to talk again. "More accurately, when you bought him back to life?" he asked.

"Yes," Emma answered for the millionth time, rolling her eyes at him. She knew very well David understood the story from the first moment she explained everything to them. He was just being stubborn.

After their declarations of love at the docks, Emma and Killian spent a few more minutes in each others arms, enjoying the quiet and the fact that they were alone. Then they decided that it was time to go to Granny's and finally tell Emma's parents the truth about what was really going on between them. So they started to walk towards the diner hand in hand, no longer caring if any resident of Storybrooke saw them like that.

When Emma and Killian entered the diner, still hand in hand, Emma saw her parents at a table, together with Milah and Henry. Mary Margaret saw them coming in and Emma could tell that she had told the others that Emma and Killian were coming back to the diner because Milah and Henry turned to look at the couple at the same time and smiled at them and their joined hands. Emma could swear David was having a stroke and Mary Margaret was trying to keep him alive at the image in front of them. When they got closer to the table, Mary Margaret and David were still staring at them as Emma sat beside Henry and Killian sat beside Emma. Yet, none of them said anything, even if Emma could see that Mary Margaret was trying really hard not to talk. Ruby came to their table as if she knew what was going to happen, with a hot chocolate for Emma and a coffee for Killian and then left with a knowing smile.

After Ruby left, David was no longer able to stay quiet so he started to talk. "Is this a new development thanks to your date or something?" he asked Emma, pointing with his finger between her and Killian.

"Actually, we have something to tell you," Emma said with a small, awkward smile at David.

Before she started her story, Emma looked at Killian who was scratching slowly behind his ear with his hook, trying to avoid looking at either of Emma's parents while David was looking from Emma to Killian with narrowed eyes. Milah excused herself from the table and with a small smile at Emma, she went to the counter where Ruby and Belle were waiting.

Emma knew there was no point in delaying the story any longer, so she started to tell them about what had happened in Neverland, the real reason why Killian didn't die back there and how they found that they were True Love. As the story came to an end, Emma was observing her parents' reactions. Killian was holding Emma's hand under the table while Emma was looking at Mary Margaret and David. She saw happiness on Mary Margaret's face, her mother smiling softly at Emma while she was finishing the story, but Emma could see David had a bit of a hard time dealing with the fact that she and Killian were confirmed True Love.

"Don't mind Charming, Emma. I am happy for you," Mary Margaret told Emma, still smiling. Then she looked at Killian and spoke to him. "I am happy for you as well, Killian."

"I am not saying I'm not happy!" David commented. "I just never imagined that my daughter's True Love would be a pirate."

Emma felt Killian let go of her hand from under the table and she looked at him. He was looking at David with a very serious expression on his face. "What's the problem, mate? From what I know, you were a shepherd and Snow was a princess when you two met."

David shook his head at him. "That's different."

"How exactly?" Killian said with a groan.

Emma dropped her hand in the middle of the table between the two men before either of them could say more. "Enough you two," Emma snapped at them.

Emma looked at David as he closed his eyes for a few seconds and then opened them again and spoke to her. "Emma," David started. "I'm happy for you. I hope you are happy too," David said with honesty in his voice.

Emma looked at Killian and he winked at her. Then she looked at David again and answered him with a genuine smile. "I am happy."

"Then I will try not to kill him," David said softly and then added one more word. "Yet."

At his words Emma rolled her eyes, while Mary Margaret slapped David on his shoulder. "Be nice," she told her husband.

"I am happy for you two, you already know that. But," Henry started to talk, moving his eyes from Emma to Killian. "When are you going to take me sailing again?" Henry asked Killian, indignant.

Killian looked at Henry and started to laugh. "Whenever you want, lad," Killian said and then looked at Emma. "If Emma agrees that is."

"Tomorrow!" Henry said excitedly.

"You have school tomorrow," Emma cut him off.

Henry turned to look at Emma with wide eyes. "But Mom!"

"School first, sailing second, Henry," Emma said putting an arm around his shoulders. "You are already behind on everything thanks to our not so pleasant trip to Neverland."

Rolling his eyes, Henry finally agreed that they could wait until it was the weekend with the sailing lessons. They continued to talk for a bit and afterwards, Emma listened to Henry and Killian making plans to go sailing and then they moved the subject to Killian teaching Henry how to swordfight. At that point of the discussion, David joined them and tried to convince Henry that he was just as good as Killian at teaching sword fighting lessons. That was the beginning of the end. Both David and Killian got into a long debate on who was the better swordsman between the two of them and who had better tactics in fights.

Not being really interested in what David and Killian were talking about, Emma started to look around the diner. She saw Milah at the counter talking with Ruby and Belle but soon after that, Belle left them and went to sit with Gold who was just entering the restaurant and Ruby was called back to work. Before Ruby left, she gave Milah a glass filled with something and then went to do her job, leaving Milah alone at the counter.

Emma watched Milah sitting alone, drinking from her glass and decided that she should go talk to her. She let Henry talk to Killian and David about swords and made a sign to Mary Margaret pointing towards Milah to let her know where she would be if any of them needed her. Mary Margaret just nodded and Emma rose from her place and started to walk towards the counter.

"Drinking alone?" Emma said to Milah when she was beside her.

"It's just wine," Milah said, smiling too and showing Emma her glass.

"Wine sounds good," Emma said, sitting on a free chair besides Milah. "Are you okay?" she asked the woman, seeing as Milah was so silent.

Milah looked at Emma and shrugged her shoulders. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, you are drinking alone," Emma said pointing to the glass in Milah's hand. "And you left our table."

"You needed some alone family time," Milah explained. "And I am still somewhat surprised from what I found out today."

Emma nodded at her. "It was pretty big."

"Yeah."

Milah didn't say anything after that. Instead, she moved her gaze from Emma to the glass of wine. Emma watched her as she looked almost lost at the glass. She could tell there was something more inside Milah's mind and she was not fine.

"You look sad," Emma said, making Milah look at her again.

Milah shaken her shoulders, "I've been thinking."

"About?"

"What am I going to do now?" Milah said to Emma with a lost look on her face.

"What do you mean?" Emma asked, looking at Milah with narrowed eyes.

Milah let out a deep breath and started to explain. "Well, for the last 28 years, I tried to find an answer to how it was that I was alive and also tried to find Killian. I traveled a lot, yes, but the main goal was to find answers to what happened to me. Now that I've found them, I don't know what I am going to do anymore."

Emma nodded with understanding at her. Milah probably felt like she had nothing else to do with her life now that she had all the answers she needed to piece together the puzzle that had been in her mind and now that she had also found Killian. Emma understood her better than anyone. Even she had felt like that once or twice in her life, not knowing what to do with her life, where she was going or what was her purpose.

"You're thinking about leaving Storybrooke?" Emma asked Milah in a serious voice.

"I don't know," Milah answered honestly.

"You could stay here," Emma proposed to her.

Milah looked at her with wide eyes. "I've been thinking about it?" Milah said, although it came out more like a question.

"Then what's the problem?" Emma asked, a bit confused.

"Would anyone in this town want me here now that I know what really happened with me? I don't want to intrude in anyone's lives."

"You won't be," Emma assured her quickly. "Storybrooke was never a boring town and it never will be. Besides you will have us, you will have Ruby and Belle, Killian and Henry."

"I know of one person who will not be happy to have me here," Milah said, looking behind Emma. Emma turned around and saw that Milah was looking at the table Belle and Gold were at.

Emma turned and looked again at Milah. "We can deal with Gold, trust me."

Emma saw Milah opening her mouth to answer her, but then Milah's eyes moved behind Emma again. Emma thought she was still looking at Gold and Belle, but then she felt a hand on her back. She turned and was met with Killian's blue eyes.

"What are you two doing here?" he asked them with a smile.

"Talking," Milah answered.

Killian raised an eyebrow at Milah's answer. "About?"

"About what I should do now that I've found the answers to all of my questions," Milah answered to him.

"Don't you want to stay in Storybrooke?" Killian asked with furrowed eyebrows.

Emma smiled at his question and looked at him. "That's what I told her."

Emma saw Milah looking at them with wide eyes. "Do you two really want me here?" Milah asked with surprise in her voice.

"Why wouldn't we, Milah?" Killian asked her.

"Well, because you two are together now and we were together many years ago? Wouldn't this be strange?" Milah asked, even more surprised than before.

Emma started to laugh out loud, making both Killian and Milah look at her confused. Emma looked around the diner and when she spotted the person she was looking for, she turned back to Milah.

"Do you see that woman Milah?" Emma asked Milah, pointing towards the back of the diner where Kathryn was talking with a man. "When the curse brought everyone to this realm, my father was married to that woman. And my mother had a relationship with Doctor Whale."

"What?" both Killian and Milah yelled at Emma's confession.

Emma decided to not go into the details of those stories but instead, she turned to their main subject. "Trust me, nothing would be weirder than that. And they are getting along well with each other," Emma finished, but then remembered how David liked to punch Whale from time to time for sleeping with Mary Margaret. "More or less. David still likes to punch Whale from time to time."

"Your father likes to punch people in general, love," Killian said laughing.

"Anyway. The point is," Emma said, looking back at Milah, "that you should stay here."

"I've learned that Storybrooke is a place for second chances, Milah," Killian said, moving his gaze from Milah to Emma, and then continuing with a smile. "You should stay here with us."

"Besides, you promised Henry more stories," Emma reminded Milah.

At Henry's mention, Milah's eyes grew bigger and she smiled. "I did that, didn't I?" Emma raised her eyebrows at her, smiling. "Okay. I will stay in Storybrooke," Milah finally answered.

Emma smiled at Milah while she rose from her chair and went to hug Emma and Killian at the same time. Emma was surprised by the move, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she hugged Milah as well and smiled at her. After Milah let go of both of them, she asked Emma if she could go and talk to Henry. Emma told her that she didn't had to ask for her permission to talk to Henry and watched Milah walk towards Henry. Emma looked at Milah and Henry sitting together at the table. She realized from Milah's gestures that the woman had asked her son something to which he started to nod rapidly and then Milah sat beside him at the table and started to talk while Henry was listening to every word that came out of her mouth.

As Emma watched the two of them, she felt Killian's arm on her shoulder, pulling her closer to him. She looked up at him and smiled then put one hand on the hand he had on his shoulder and the other hand on the hooked arm Killian had around her abdomen.

"Looks like your father decided against killing me, after all," Killian told her.

"He likes you."

"Somehow I doubt that."

"Trust me," Emma said looking at him with a small smile on her face. "David likes you but he also likes to mock you."

"Well, love, I can't say anything to that. I am just happy he has decided to let me live and so I can enjoy-," Killian took a break to let her go. He turned her around, so she could face him and he put his palm on her cheek. "Us."

"Us," Emma repeated after him.

"Us," Killian said again. "Are you okay with that?"

"With us?" Emma asked confused. They just went over that; they had admitted their feelings face to face an hour or two ago.

"Not with us, Emma," Killian said laughing. "With people knowing about us," he explained.

Emma thought about it. Having her parents, Henry, Milah or even Regina and Ruby knowing about her and Killian was one thing but having the whole town knowing about them was another. Emma had to admit she hadn't thought about that when she decided to tell the truth to her parents and maybe, just maybe, telling them the truth at Granny's, where half of the town was spending time, especially Leroy, wasn't such a good idea. But she did it and now there was no way to back down from that and frankly, she didn't really care. Yes, the whole town would know that she and Killian were together, but it was better than having to hide themselves.

Killian let out a groan that broke her out of her thoughts and Emma realized that he was still waiting for an answer from her.

"Yes!" Emma quickly said. "Yes, I am okay with people knowing about us. I am done with caring what people think."

Hearing her words made Killian smile wide at her. "Does that mean I can kiss you when I want to?"

"I guess?" Emma said and when she saw Killian coming closer to her she raised a finger in front of him. "Only when David is not close to us."

"David is not close right now," Killian said teasingly.

"He is not," Emma agreed with a smile.

Without another word, Killian leaned closer to her and put a hand on her hip. He pressed his forehead to hers and Emma closed her eyes. "I love you," Killian whispered when his lips were almost on hers.

"I love you too," Emma said.

Killian pressed his lips to hers in a sweet kiss, and for the first time ever she knew she didn't have to worry about him leaving her or her walls coming between them.

It was True Love. Emma knew it. Killian knew it. Her parents knew it and most likely the whole town would know very, very soon.