She sneezed as the brush tickled her nose. The make-up artist had been painting her face for nearly an hour and she was starting to feel the butterflies in her stomach. It had been 24 hours since their kiss was plastered over every gossip site on the planet and she was ready to put all rumours to rest, well nearly all of them. GMA had been more than happy to have them on as it meant they would be first to get the scoop.
"Okay, Miss Swan are we ready?" The producer came over to her almost gushing, he was clearly a fan.
"As I'll ever be." She stood from her chair and made her way to the stage where two burgundy chairs were laid out so that when facing the camera they would be at the perfect angle to see all of their faces and so could easily be caught out should any subtle smiles or the occasional wink appear. Killian was already sat on the left and she did a double take when she saw him. He was wearing tanned chinos and a white shirt rolled up at the sleeves with burgundy Vans. His hair had been combed back and the stubble on his face just made his features stand out even more. He stood when she stepped onto the stage and took her hand to help her up the steps.
"You'll break your neck in those, love." She glanced down to her heels.
"Trust me, these are practically flats compared to what I've been wearing lately." They sat down as more people came flooding around the stage running in all directions. The cameras were positioned and the crew were ready to go.
"Okay you two, so Gemma and Rick will come on the screen behind you but you'll see them on the monitor in front of the central camera. They'll introduce you and thank you for being here and then it pretty much goes from there. So quiet backstage please. In 3, 2, 1." Applause surrounded them as the two presenters appeared on the monitor.
"Good Morning America and welcome to the show. Today, we have two very special guests with us in Los Angeles. Please welcome, superstars Emma Swan and Killian Jones!" Applause surrounded them again and they both put on the biggest smiles they could.
"Killian, Emma thank-you so much for joining us."
"It's a pleasure to be here Gemma." She spoke with a lot less tremble in her voice than she had expected.
"So guys, we don't want to keep you any longer than we have to, I know you must be busy, especially you Emma with your album coming out soon." A round of applause and cheers sounded again and she giggled and felt the heat rise in her cheeks.
"So, I'll get right down to it, obviously everyone wants to know the same thing, but we want a big reveal and we thought we would build the tension up a bit more first. So first of all, what happened with Neal Cassidy?" Her heart sank at hearing his name. She hoped that hadn't gotten out or more that they would not ask her about it.
"I…I...He…" Suddenly, she felt a gentle hand over hers on the arm of her chair. She looked over to Killian and he looked back with a gentle smile and a look of sympathy in his eyes.
"Neal Cassidy arrived at Emma's launch party intending to win her back. However, her manager David Nolan and assistant Ruby Lucas escorted him from the building, although things did get quite heated prior to his exit…"
"By heated, you mean?" Rick interjected.
"He means Neal tried to kiss me, I pushed him away but he wouldn't back off. He landed on the glass table when I pushed him away which alerted David who was outside the room. He came in and punched Neal and knocked him out then dragged him outside the club." Killian's face was beyond shocked at what she said, clearly he hadn't known exactly what happened. He squeezed her hand to reassure her.
"I'm sorry Emma, I didn't realise..."
"It's okay Rick, honestly, it could have been a lot worse if David's punch hadn't knocked Neal out."
"So Emma, Killian can we now enquire as to what happened after that, specifically the kiss?" Gemma jumped straight to the point.
"Well, after everyone was believed to have left the building, I approached Emma to ensure she was alright. One thing led to another and we kissed. Afterwards, Emma left to get some rest before the flight she was supposed to catch this morning, but not before she agreed to have dinner with me when she came back. Emma saw the picture before me and so she called me and explained what had happened. We talked and decided to tell everyone the truth."
"Which is?" Gemma leaned forward in her chair, she looked like she was about to burst. Emma spoke before Killian this time.
"Which is, that Killian and I have had feelings for eachother for a while now and last night Killian told me how he felt. I was overwhelmed and I kissed him." She was now looking directly at Killian. "So, to give a straight answer, Killian and I are starting a relationship." Wolf-whistles and screaming surrounded the studio again. They hadn't taken their eyes off eachother since before Emma had spoken.
"Well, that is definitely the best answer we could have hoped for. Now I know I speak for everyone watching when I say we've seen the picture, can we see the real thing?" Screaming and wolf-whistling was still present and they both blushed when Gemma's words sunk in. They snapped their eyes away from each other to the camera. They both looked back at eachother and laughed.
"I think mi lady Swan and myself would prefer to share our second kiss when we feel the moment is right, sorry Gemma." Gemma blushed as Killian winked at her.
"Oh, you two ruin our fun." Both presenters laughed as did Killian and Emma.
"Well, we won't keep you two lovebirds any longer, I'm sure you want to head home and have that dinner you told us about, now just out of curiosity where will that be?" Rick raised his eyebrows and leaned forward.
"It will be somewhere romantic, very low key and far away from prying eyes." Emma's words made Killian giggle so she squeezed his hand perhaps a little too hard.
"Well, I had something very different in mind, love." He said before Emma had a chance to interrupt him. "In fact I have already made reservations somewhere in the city." She jolted her head in his direction.
"Alright, well every person in LA is going to be flooding to the streets tonight. So Killian, Emma, thank-you both so much for being with us today. Ladies and gentlemen, Emma Swan and Killian Jones!"
"Thank-you guys!" Emma spoke as she and Killian waved and blew kisses into the camera.
"And we're out. Great job everyone." The producer walked away and crew members moved the cameras away from the stage. Killian stood and took Emma's hand, leading her off the stage. She turned to face him.
"So, you basically just screwed our first date."
"Excuse me?" Killian looked completely shocked at her words.
"Relax, I'm kidding. Look, I don't care if wherever we go is flooded with press and fans, as long as I'm with you I don't care." She winked at him and released his hand, she gave him a light peck on the cheek and began to walk to her dressing room.
"Swan!" She spun on her heel. "Be ready by 7, I'll be outside."
She smiled and turned her back to him. She could already feel the butterflies in her stomach.
