"What are you doing!"- she snapped, making Emma jump and turn around on the bench, her bench, where she was sitting.

"Ruby"- she said with quietly and turned around again, facing the calm water.

"Emma, seriously?"- she sat beside her –"Are you sure of this?! Why you asked him to leave!? Forever!"

"Ruby, please. I made my decision. I dont want to talk about it. Its done. We are done"

"Its not if you feel as miserable as you look, Emma"

"You dont understand, you cant understand me"

"I understand that you are hurt, of course I do! But Emma you are making it only worse. For you, for him"

"I just cant. This is the best, for all of us, for him too"

"You are 100 porcent sure that this is what you want, what you really need?"

"I... yes"- she said with sadness. What else could she do? There was no way to fix it, to fix them.

"So, he is leaving forever and you are happy about it"

"Do I look happy!?"- she looked at friend, giving her a killer look.

"You are giving up. There 0 chances for you both, then?"

"Right theres nothing I can do. I just"- she said heavely, looking at the calm water again... trying mimic it when she was dealing with a storm in her insides.

"you just what?"

"He said he will wait for me"- she said, almost as a whisper, looking at her fingers. Almost afraid of thinking of his promise.

"Forever?"- she asked but Emma stayed silence, looking away. "What if. What if one day you realize you made a mistake and you want to be with him. And the moment you go to him he is getting married or even he has a family with kids and pets... what then, Emma?"

"How can you say that!"- tears rolled down her face, the thought of that ever happenning hurt deeply. She asked him to go but imagining with someone else...well, she didnt need to imagine. She saw him , with her sister!

"Im not trying to hurt you but if you are willing to let him go, forever, you need to be aware of what you are actually doing and if you are okay with that, if you can deal with that, then go ahead. Just dont make the worse mistake of your life without thinking very well, Emma"-

After Ruby finished, Emma just sight and looked at her briefly and then away again. Ruby stood up –"Thats all I can do for you, my friend. Well, Im going to leave you, you´ve got some thinking to do, real deep thinking"- she kissed her friends cheek and walked away, leaving Emma with her torn thoughts.

Suddenly there was a sparkle of doubt , of hope. Could they actually fix this? She didnt feel like it but just the thought of him being unhappy forever because of her, or maybe even worse, being happy with someone else. What to do? Wasnt too late already? Was there hope for them after all? A small part of her , wanted it to be. She just wanted to go back when they were happy together. When they laughed and lied down in bed, playing with each other´s hand, when nothing but them, there together mattered. Was it possible to go back? Could she look at him and stop hurting? Could she erase the damn imagine of them off of her head? She didnt know anymore. She just didnt know.

-...-...-...-

"Oh, there she is. Finally showing her face"

"Im not in the mood, Eva"- Emma responded at they crossed ways when she was coming back from outside. Since the whole thing, she spent her time as usually before him, alone away from people.

"Hmm when were you in the mood, huh?"

"What do you want? Laugh of me? go ahead. Make me feel sad, you cant do worse than you already did. Why, just tell me why. Why you hate me so much? What have I done to you"

"I dont know what are you talking about"- she said, cold and fast – "But Oh, the so forgiving and understanding Emma. So sad"- her tone was wicked and sarcastacally. Cuting the air with the darkness of her presence.

"Why him, why you had to do that with him. What do you want, just tell me!"- she was really understand and forgiving, too much for her own good because she was her twin sister and she just couldnt come to hate her but they grew up, she didnt want to be her friend either, she just wanted some peace in her own house. But this, after all, was that even possible?

"Him. I want him"- she said with a wicked smile.

"Why?"- Emma asked. Tears forming and rolling down. Why was her sister so mean? How could she do and say those things?

"Oh, dont you know yourself"- she cocked her head aside – "Do you need for me to explain?"- and no, Emma didnt need that. He was handsome, charming, caring, funny, smart...anyone could come to love him easily but why her own sister!?

"Is a good thing he is leaving, then"- Emma breathed.

"We´ll see to that"- she raised her eyebrows " and if he stays...well you know"- she smiled wickedly and walked away, leaving Emma frozen.

After her chatting with Eva, she ran to her bedroom, lied down on her bed and cried. If there was a little, very little part of her that had hope, that wanted him to stay...it was gone, it was dead. They couldnt be together, he had to leave, he had to forget her and leave. For his own good.

After a long time, She stood up and looked at the window. She gasped when she saw him, with Henry. What was he doing in the castle ?

-...-...-...-.

"Killian, Im so happy to finally see you"

"Henry, what are you doing here?"- he asked as the kid entered his house, breathless

"I came to talk to you"- he smiled sweetly

"I thought you hated me too"- he murmured sadly

"Im sorry. I dont. I would never do and either does Emma, you have to know that"

"She asked me to leave and never come back"

"I was just angry because she was sad but I know that Eva did something. Nobody told me but I just know"-

"Its okay, Henry. I understand you were only protecting your sister, thats what brothers do"- he palmed the kids back.

"You are really leaving"

"She wants me to"- he said, trying not to sound too broken infront of the kid.

"No! You cant just leave! You cant leave her, she will never be happy. No without you"

"I dont know what else to do. If thats what she needs"

"She is hurt, I know but you have to fight for her, Killian. If you leave , you are telling her thats fine for her to give up, to let Eva take everything from her. To accept that she is not worth of happiness because, yes , that what she thinks and feels. And you cant. You can not let her to feel like that for the rest of her life. You have to prove her that you love her and that you will fight for her"- he said with conviction.

"Henry"- he sighed . Then stayed silence for a minute and stook a deep breathe–"Yes, I will do that. I love her, I have to prove it to her, not just run away"- he stood up and smiled.

"Any ideas"- Henry asked, excited.

"I think I know what I have to do"- he grinned and for the first time in days, he was full of hope again- "Thank you, Henry, so much"- he hugged the little boy

"Of course, you are my brother too"

"You are the best brother I could ask for, well you and Liam. I´ve got the 2 best brothers on earth. Life would sad without you both"- he said, almost tearing –"Okay, lets get on it, then"

-...-...-...-

"Your highness. Queen Snow, King Charming"- he greeted them, properly as he entered the place with Henry by his side, wearing a big smile.

"Prince Killian, what a pleasure. What can we do for you?"

"Im here to ask you... I want to properly court Emma"- there it was, he let the word slip out of his mouth, he was holding his breath...nervous in anticipation.

"What!" - Eva said in shock but everyone ignored it because at the same time...

"No!"- he turned around to find Emma standing at the end of the stairs –"I dont want to be courted... And I dont want to be courted by YOU!"-

"Emma!"- Snow said but her voice seemed to sound very far away.

Killian just looked at her, their gaze met and froze in what it felt like years. She could see his was beyond hurt. He felt sad, rejected and even angry but he had to leave, they couldnt be together. It wasnt possible, there was not way that Eva would ever let them be happy and he, he deserved to be happy and she wouldnt be able to make him, not matter how much she wanted to. She was still hurt because of what happened, it was a mix of that and what her sister told her but the important thing was that for one reason or another, they were not meant to be , they couldnt be together, they would never be happy. So, She would save them the pain. He had to leave. Leave, just leave.

"Your highness, I finally found you"- the navy from his ship walked to him, breathless

"What is it?"- He asked full of concern

"Prince Killian I´ve got this for you"- he handed him a note. Killian read it, his eyes wided open, the air left his body and his heart skip a beat. No! No, no, no. No, please, no.

"He is dead"- he managed to say, his voice shaking from hurt and anger. Emma walked closer, she could sense something was off –

"what"

"Liam is dead"- he said out loud and his heart broke into pieces. Saying it made it real. His beloved brother. How, when, why, oh why?- His brother was all he had and now he was gone. No! Liam, no, please no. His heart felt like stop beating, he couldnt feel anything, he was paralize, frozen in time. Frozen in pain.

"Oh, Killian"- Emma moved next to him but just when her hand was about to rest on his shoulder to esqueeze it. His head turned around and he looked at her. Just for a second his eyes met hers and she froze in place, without a word .he turned around and walked away.

Away from her.

Tears rolled down her face but she wasnt even breathing. His eyes, those eyes she loved so much. Those eyes that looked at her full of love and awe. Those bright blue eyes, they were... they were dark and empty. He was like, dead inside, he died with his brother.

She could feel it in a one second stare. The man she loved, her husband, her lover...he was gone and this time, it was really forever.

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A /N : Okay, things will get better...eventually, so bear with me. :D