Note: This chapter takes place after Emma, Henry and Hook come back to Storybrooke after Emma remembers. This is just snip bits of what I think might have happened in between Emma seeing her parents and finding out they are pregnant and after the conversation at Granny's Hotel.
"As you can see a lots just happened" David spoke, glancing at Mary Margaret's stomach. Emma looked down at her belly that protruded from underneath her soft baby blue dress.
"Yeah, we just don't know what. The whole year is gone." Mary Margaret responded after a few minutes.
"Who the hell could have done this?" Confusion cover Emma's face.
"We have no, idea. Did Hook say anything?" David urgently pressed Emma for answers.
"No, but he is downstairs with Henry. And I would appreciate it if we get down there before he wakes up." Emma responded backing towards the door behind her.
"Why, what's the hurry?" Mary Margaret pressed for answers.
"I have my memories back, Henry doesn't. And I really want to keep him out of this for as long as possible." Emma immediately thought of the baby growing inside her. She couldn't imagine how Henry let alone her parents would react to her being pregnant. Within minutes David and Mary Margaret followed her down to the car.
"Hook! Nice to see you!" David announced as the three of them proceeded to the yellow bug. Killian went from leaning against the car to standing up straight, in response to David.
"Nice to see you too, again, Mate." A casual smile crossed his face as David extended his right hand towards him. Killian graciously accepted the gesture as they shook hands. After they that he looked over at Mary Margaret, and smiled as well, then his eyes dropped to her stomach.
"What's wrong with you?" His eyes widening with confusion. As he tilted his head to the side to look at her belly. Is that what is going to happen to Emma? He thought before he noticed that Mary Margaret was walking towards him.
"Excuse me?!" Mary Margaret questioned. David reached an arm out to hold her back, he knew that the whole pregnancy thing must have eluded Hook in some way. All David knew from the last time that she was pregnant, you really didn't want to upset her. Regardless of who Hook was.
"Let's! get Henry to Granny's Hotel and we can talk about this whole problem." David suggested urgently. Instinctively protecting Hook from her potential anger.
"Okay, we will meet you there." Emma responded opening the door to the car, glancing into the back seat as she did. He's still asleep, thank god. Emma thought as she climbed in. Killian closing the door after her, then proceeding to his side of the car.
"This thing again?" He questioned as he made himself comfortable in the leather seat.
"It's called a Volkswagen Beetle." Emma responded mockingly, it never ceased to amazed her that Killian had never seen anything like the modern world. He was used to ships, wagons and horses. It must have been a real shock to him to see New York, what with all the cars and tall buildings that were there. He seemed to be handling everything fairly well.
"Okay…" Killian spoke hesitantly. Not fully understanding what a Volkswagen had to do with a bug, or whatever she was talking about.
"How are you holding up?" His question caught her off guard. She wasn't sure how she was doing, especially after seeing her mother.
"I'm okay." Emma answered slowly. She could tell that he didn't believe her for a second, and neither did Emma for that matter.
"Swan, have I ever told you that you're a horrible liar?" He asked candidly. He knew from her body language that something was bothering her. She was an open book to him, and he almost hated the fact that he could read her so well when no one else could.
"No, I don't believe you have." Emma responded quietly.
"Well you are. Tell me what's on your mind." Killian stated as he turned in his seat to get a better look at her. When he did he saw a small tear cascade down her cheek, everything inside him ached. He desperately wanted to hold her in his arms.
"They're pregnant… was I really that easy to forget?" Emma questioned. She couldn't help the feelings that were overwhelming her.
"No you are never that easy to forget, believe me, Love." Killian responded, pain hitting his chest, almost knocking him back. He had tried to move on with his life over the last year, but all he could do was think about her, and how much he wanted to see her and be with her again. Only to come back and see that her false memories only yielded danger and despair in the end. He wished he could erase everything that happened to her with every fiber of his being.
"Then why?" Emma's voice cracked, causing Killian's heart to snap in two.
"I don't know, Swan." Killian looked out the window. He didn't know what to tell her, and that crushed him even more.
"They tried so hard to move on, but I know for a fact that they thought of you every day that you were apart from them. Things just happen, life just happens." He continued eventually turning his gaze from the window to glance at her.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Emma placed a hand on her stomach, gently caressing it. Life had hit her full force in the face and now she had to deal with the consequences of that life.
"Swan… it will be okay." He reached out with his hooked arm to touch her shoulder. Only to have Henry make a noise in the back seat, causing him to flinch. His head snapping around to see Henry still fast asleep. Just then they stopped, Emma shut off the car but didn't move from her seat. Her eyes were fixed on David's truck that was parked only a few feet from where they were. Killian could see the hesitation,
"Emma. I'll be right here with you. You won't do this alone." Emma pealed her gaze away from the truck to Killian, hearing the sincerity in his voice, caught her off guard. But seeing it behind his eyes was much more startling.
"Good." Emma spoke softly reaching out to hold Killian's hooked hand. She was thankful for his presence, more than he could ever know. At this moment in time at least. As they both exited the car, David made his way from the front door to give a hand seeing Killian struggle with the car door.
"Here, let me help." David offered finally making his way to Killian's side, making him smile at the offer. David had never been someone to offer him help before, it caught Killian off guard. Killian guess that it might have something to do with the fact that he did succeed with bringing David's only daughter and grandson back to him. That alone could win him some points with getting his approval on Emma and him if that would ever happen, Killian doubted that would ever happen at the rate things were going. But as he told a coward many years ago "A man unwilling to fight for what he wants deserves what he gets." Killian wasn't about to give up on Emma now. No matter how much it hurt him that she seemed to gravitate to Neal. After what he did to her so many years ago, he could never understand why. For a moment Killian lost track of what he was doing so much so that tripping on a step snapped him back into reality, causing David with Henry in his arms and Emma with a suitcase in her hand to look at him,
"Bloody stairs." Killian smiled half-heartedly as he looked up at them.
"You okay there, Hook?" David asked raising an eyebrow in a mocking gesture.
"Aye, loose floor board, didn't you see it?" Killian tapped the top of the stair with his foot.
"Nope, but I guess you would notice such a thing." Emma responded with a smile. All four of them eventually made it to the room, Emma unlocked the door and let David proceed in with Henry in his arms, placing him gently on one of the two queen beds.
"Thanks, I will be down in a minute or two, just going to get freshened up and get settled before I come down." Emma said slipping her red jacket off in one fluid moment.
"Okay, Love. See you down stairs." Killian responded as David and him made their way out of the room. Killian glanced back at a busy Emma, he watched as she gently covered Henry then stood there looking down on him as she absently rubbed her belly. Then he heard her whisper something to Henry, barely audible.
"I hope you will be accepting of this baby, as much Killian is." She smiled to herself as she bent over to kiss him on the cheek. Killian's heart warmed at what she said, wondering if she actually meant it. With that in mind he ever so quietly shut the door, and made his way down the stairs to where David and Mary Margaret were sitting in the community livening room.
"So how have you been, Hook? How was your year?" Mary Margaret asked.
"Adventurous. Need I say more?" Killian smiled, as fake as it was he could tell that it fooled her and David for that matter. They obviously didn't have their daughter's superpower, that made him more grateful then they could possibly know. Because that year was far from adventurous, it was downright horrible. Until he received the message that he had to find Emma and get the memory potion to her. That means he could save her from a life of false memories, he could be the one she first sees and remembers. That meant everything to him, and always will mean everything to him. He turned to see her walk into the room, and the conversation started from there.