In typical Elsa style she had Killian and herself booked on a flight from New York to Boston, and had a car rented to drive from Boston to Storybrooke.
They reach Storybrooke main street late at night around 11 pm, everything comes flooding back into Killian's mind all his memories here in this town as they drive down the street. They pull up outside Granny's diner and Killian runs up to check the sign in the door closed for two days. A smile comes on Killian's face, Granny actually closed up her diner. He always remembered her saying no matter what she wouldn't close for anything hurricanes, the apocalypse she would still open. Yet she seems to have closed for Emma's passing, Killian knew this is something Emma would gloat about if she were still alive.
Killian hops back into the passenger seat of the car. "Need to go around the block to get to the inn, should still be a parking round there." He informs Elsa.
Elsa pulls off again and drives around the block to the other side. Were it looked a bit more grim, not as bright but then again the Granny's diner sign lit up the front, but round back you would barely know there was an inn there, as there is so many tree branches blocking the view and leaves covering the pathway.
They reach inside and its not much great either, old and out dated, just like the town itself was starting to look.
Elsa dings the bell to get the attention of someone so they could check in. Sure enough a dark haired woman in a white shirt and red jeans comes to the desk.
"Well, well if it isn't Killian Jones, you're actually alive." She comments looking him up and down.
Elsa is the one to reply not impressed already with the way the woman is getting on.
"One room." Elsa gives a stern look, but it doesn't phase the woman.
The dark haired woman turns to Killian once again. "You must have a thing for blondes." making a snide comment.
Before Killian gets to say anything Elsa butts in. "I'm his sister in law."
It catches the woman of guard as she noticed Elsa wedding ring and just assumed that Killian and Elsa were together. The two woman continue to start at each to see who was more dominated person in the room it was like a competition.
"Ruby, see you still haven't changed still outspoken, just yet a little more covered up these days" Killian speaks up as the awkwardness is getting to much for him.
"Why are you even here." Ruby replies in a rude tone.
"To my respects to Emma."
"How did you find out?" she ask him. She would be straight on the phone to David and Mary Margaret after this telling them about Killian arriving in town.
"Someone text me, I'm assuming it wasn't you?" he asks trying to figure out who the mystery text messenger was.
"Not me anyway." Ruby says grabbing a key from behind her. She looks back at Elsa. "One room...two beds." she stretches her arm out drops the key into Elsa's hand.
They arrive at the room, the door creaks open and in front of them in two single beds, two bedside tables a wardrobe and floral wallpaper covering the room. It was clearly to Killian even in the ten years Granny had not updated her rooms, noticing she still had no TV or phones in the room.
"That Ruby girl was rude, remind when I review this place on trip adviser to down grade it one star because of staff at least." Elsa rambles on.
"I'll expect there will be others who feel the same way as Ruby, not wanting me here." Killian sets his bag down on the bed. He knows its going to be one long weekend and a load of people who loved Emma will be on his back.
"Yeah, well you have the right to be here. You were part of her life, and even though I may have never met her, from what I can gather she was special to you." Elsa sits down on the bed and starts bouncing on it testing to see how comfy it was or wasn't in the case going to be. It wasn't the best bed but for three nights she can't complain.
Elsa looks up to see Killian fiddling with a ring not just any ring a big shiny sparkly engagement ring.
"I got this one year just after knowing Emma, we were friends at first then we became more but one I bought it we'd been dating six months. Emma was my soulmate, she was the one." He starts to choke up.
"Why didn't you ever give her the ring?" Elsa was intrigued to know. Killian had dated woman before but none of the relationships worked out but he never got close to the stage of engagement, much to Liam disappointed he wanted to see his younger brother settle down at least.
Killian gives a little half laugh. "Walls. Emma had these walls, was hard but I love a challenge, trying to knock them down slowly, helping taking this Armour she had on off. She would have run for the hills if I gave this to her even one year into the relationship."
"You know, you felt like she was your soulmate maybe she felt the same, maybe you didn't scare her." she sits down and joins Killian on his bed, and pulls him in for a hug.
Killian didn't know where he would be some days if it weren't for Elsa, she was like a sister to him, but yet she always told things to him straight never sugar coated it.
The rain outside is coming down heavy hitting of the windows. The storm had finally reached Storybrooke.
Emma and Killian are laying in the bed cuddling up to each other in the little room in Granny's B&B. Emma is running her fingers up and down Killian's chest through the light dusting of his chest hair.
"I could stay here like this forever." she looks up to him and smiles.
Killian gets cock with her and raises his eyebrow. "Naked Swan? I'm sure that could be arrange."
"No." she playfully hits him on the chest. "In this room with you."
"We would get hungry there is no food in here." he starts winding her up. "We could stay here just a little bit longer, before Granny catches us in a room we haven't book."
"Ruby has me covered she owes me a few favors."
Killian moves rolling on top of Emma and pinning her down to the bed.
"Yeah, well you tell Ruby I owe her one, cause Swan coming in here with you just wearing that Storybrooke Storm jersey with my name on...it was like a dream come true." he kisses her neck bone and Emma giggles.
"Sorry to say Jones it was a one time thing. See the Captain David Nolan is my favorite Storybrooke Storm player." she teases him.
He mutters into the side of her neck. "I'll turn you into a Jones fan."
Emma moans. "Wait, what were you wanting to tell me earlier, before I distracted you."
Killian instantly stops kissing her and looks into her eyes. "Maybe we should talk now, Swan it's important."
The coffin at placed at the front of the church with a photo of Emma behind it smiling. In the front row David and Mary Margaret sit with Maisie all dressed in black. Killian sits near the back with Elsa hiding away from everyone, but mostly David. If looks could kill Killian would be dead especially when David stood up in front of the church to talk about Emma about her life and spotted Killian at the back, he could see David's hands tighten round the side of the pulpit. David mentions Emma's daughter and how he could see Emma was still here through her.
Killian had never even thought when he came back that Emma would have had a kid or for that matter a partner or husband. He just never thought of her moving on like time would stand still, it was stupid he thought that maybe if she were alive fate would have had none of her relationships work out, and he would go back and sweep her of her feet, and allow things go back to the way they used to be.
Killian is shaken from his thoughts when the minster calls Maisie up to the stage to read a poem for Emma. She accompanied by Mary Margaret who is starting to waddle due to her pregnancy. Killian hadn't noticed the little blonde haired girl when she came in but she was a dead ringer for Emma.
The minster pulls over a wooden crate so that Maisie can reach the microphone.
"Poor little thing." Elsa whispers to Killian. They could both relate to the little girl Killian lost his mother at a young age as did Elsa but it was both her parents.
Maisie clears her throat and begins to read her poem.
"I still wait for you to call. I wait to hear you laugh at something so small. I wait to see that beautiful, long golden hair. I wait to hear one of those stories that you would share." Maisie pauses for a moment trying to hold it together.
Mary puts her arm around Maisie and whispers in her ear. "You're doing great sweetie."
Maisie wipes away a tear falling down her cheek and continues. "I wait to hear you knock on the door. I wait to see your shoes on the floor. I wait to see those gifts from you. I wait to see that purse with things in just for you."
She bursts out into tears in front of the whole church who starts to awww at her and chatter in the background.
Maisie puts her arm around Mary Margaret to hug for comfort. "I can't finish it she cries through her tears."
Mary Margaret lets go and looks in Maisie's big blue eyes. "How about we finish it together."
Maisie nods her head and Mary Margaret points to were they are reading from, this time they both read together.
"It seems like all I do is wait for you. I wait for your smell. I wait for your hugs. I wait to hear your voice." Mary Margaret stops reading and lets Maisie finish it herself.
Her little voice croaks as she finishes off the poem. "The thing that I wait for most is your love. Do you wait for me too, Mum?"
The church clap Maisie when she is finished to show her how proud they are off her. She reaches the seats and David takes her in his arms as she cries into his shirt.
The minster gets up and starts to say a prayer to end the funeral off, then announces the family will head to the graveyard while Granny's will open for a few hours for everyone to congregate and that there will be food and drinks.
David, Graham, August, Robin, Archie, Ruby all come up to lift the coffin up to carry it out the front of the church.. I Was Here by Beyonce starts playing as they carry the coffin out of the church followed by Mary and Maisie, Regina and Roland then the rest of the crowd.