Emma hates feeling estranged from her father. All her life, he's always been there for her and the one time she wishes that she knew he was still there for her and he's disappointed in her. She knows that she should have told him about her vision as soon as she knew, and keeping it from him probably was not the wisest decision. But she was scared that maybe he would force her to cancel the wedding and she would be separated from Killian again.

She feels Killian's hand on hers, squeezing it lightly under the table and his presence comforts her that she isn't alone in her grief. But it doesn't erase the sadness in her heart. In the midst of discussion, Emma leaves the room abruptly, muttering that she needs a moment.

Killian starts to go after her but Snow stops him and looks to her husband instead. "I think she needs you," she says. "She needs her father,"

"I'm not mad at her," Charming reasons.

"She thinks that you are," Snow muses, "but she needs to hear it from you,"

"I agree with Snow," Killian adds, "You have to know that Emma didn't want what happened yesterday to come out the way it did. She had every intention of telling you after the wedding, thinking she would have time to do so,"

Charming sighs, glancing at Snow and Red.

"She didn't lie to you Charming," Snow adds, "so there's no use blaming her, or Killian for that matter especially since he didn't know about her visions until two days ago. What we all need is to stick together and find a solution instead of bickering and Emma needs all of us to support her; you, more than anyone else,"

Charming finds Emma sitting alone in her room, tears streaming down her pale face and staring at a necklace. He sighs, knocking on her door and Emma quickly puts away the necklace and she wipes her tears before turning to him.

"Emma?"

"I know I screwed up," she says blatantly, "I know I should have told you about my vision earlier; I should have done a lot of things differently these past couple of weeks but please, please daddy, don't punish Killian and I for it,"

"Punish you?" he questions, coming over to the bed and sitting beside her. "Punish you how?"

Emma shrugs. "I don't know, by demanding our annulment or something," she cries, "I know you've never really approved of him because he's a former pirate but I love him so deeply and he's my happiness and if there's one more tragedy in my future, I seriously doubt I can handle it,"

"You giving birth to a child is not a tragedy Emma," he assures her, "If there wasn't a curse, this should be the happiest time of your life,"

"I had every intention of telling you after the wedding," she reasons, "I didn't mean to keep you in the dark; just please don't hate me for the choices I've made,"

That's when Charming's heart breaks because he could never hate his own daughter. It hurts of course that she kept this from him but he was never really angry at her, or his son-in-law. He was caught off-guard and reacted the only way he knew. He reaches over and wipes her tears, tipping her chin to look at him.

"Emma, you should know by now, no matter what you do, what choices you make, even the bad ones that I still love you," he says and smiles, "but there is one light in all of this, you will be expecting your first child soon and he or she could be the one to save us all,"

"That's what Killian said to me this morning," she remembers.

"He could be right," Charming muses, "I'm putting together a war counsel to find a way to combat the witch's curse, but you don't have to worry about it. Your priority should be making sure you get pregnant in the coming weeks, so we have the hope we need,"

Emma starts to calm down. "Thank you daddy," she breaths.

"I know this must have a horrible burden for you to bear alone Emma but you're not alone anymore and I promise, I will do everything in my power to help you," Charming assures her and starts to leave but Emma hugs him suddenly

"I love you daddy," she cries.

Charming smiles, hugging her back fondly. "I love you too sweetheart," he whispers.

Killian isn't nervous when Emma and Charming finally come back. In fact, Emma looks better and not quite as worried and miserable as she did before. Charming's different too, coming over to his wife and kissing her cheek and then looks to Red.

"Our first priority is to assemble the war council, which will consist of Pinocchio, Red, Grumpy, Doc, myself

and Snow," he announces.

"What about Emma and I?" Killian questions.

"You will be eventually, but you two have a different priority; a more personal one that involves making sure our

grandson will be born before this curse hits," Charming reasons.

Killian glances at Emma and she sighs. "I don't want to be excluded from any of this," she says, "Killian

shouldn't be either. I want to help,"

Snow smiles at her. "I know you do sweetheart but honestly, if the curse won't hit until at least nine months from now, you don't need to worry about this. You should focus on your baby," she advises her.

"But..."

"I agree with your parents sweetheart," Killian interrupts, "and I think, we should get started on that now,"

Emma glares at him. "There's uneaten wedding cake in the kitchen," she says suddenly, "It would be a shame to let that go to waste..."

"I don't know why wedding cake would be so important right now," he reasons before Emma drags him out of the room. "Emma, what is it?"

She pins him up against a wall, glaring at him. Killian isn't sure what she's going to do and then she smiles and hugs him. "This happy attitude isn't just about the chocolate cake, is it?" he wonders, "what happened?"

"My father doesn't hate me," she cries, "I was so worried that maybe he hated me for keeping a secret from him but he doesn't and he's going to do everything in his power to help us,"

Killian relaxes and smiles at her. "I don't know why you would think that your father would hate you; he's your father Emma but I'm glad that your father is on our side. He is on our side, not just yours?" he muses.

"He's here for us," she confirms and kisses him again. "And now we can enjoy that cake,"

He clears his throat, raising an eyebrow. "And what about our other personal project?" he teases.

Emma shrugs, still grinning. "Don't you know? Chocolate is an amazing aphrodisiac," she says, winking.

The chocolate is amazing and Emma's savoring every bite and why not? She's happy for the first time in a long time, her visions don't worry her because she knows despite what might be coming, she isn't alone and she has family behind her and that means everything to her.

She licks the spoon and notices Killian staring at her strangely and Emma smiles at him. "What?"

"If I had known all it took for you to be happy was to serve you some chocolate cake love, I would have done it a month ago," he teases, laughing, "but honestly, I'm glad that you're feeling better about things. I know the future is bleak at the moment but we can fight this, Emma,"

"Good always wins," she mutters, "of course we can win. It may take some time but this curse will be broken and we'll find each other again. I believe that,"

Killian takes the spoon away from her and she pouts at him. "You better have a good reason for taking away my spoon because I am not done enjoying our wedding cake," she says.

He sighs and kisses her hands. "I don't want to bring you down love because it warms my heart to see you happy but if good doesn't win, I don't want you to be disappointed," he reasons.

She reaches over and braces an arm around his neck, smiling softly. "Good will win, there is hope Killian. There's always hope," she says.

"But how do you know that good will win? Did you have another vision? How do you know that we will find each other again after this curse hits?"

She shrugs. "I don't know but I have faith that we will find each other again," she says.

Killian sighs, eating a bit of his chocolate cake. Emma looks away and spoons a bit of chocolate on her finger and flings it at him. Killian looks down at his shirt and then glares at her as she smiles devilishly at him. "Did you just fling some chocolate cake on me, love?" he queries

"You stole my spoon..."

"...so because I took your spoon, you felt the need to ruin my shirt with chocolate cake?" he counters, raising an eyebrow.

Emma shrugs again. "I was actually hoping you would remove that shirt but if chocolate stains will do that..."

Killian grabs the goblet of wine beside him and Emma holds up her hands. "Just think about what you're about to do with that," she warns him, "Consider your next actions very carefully darling,"

"You should have thought about that too sweetheart when you decided to ruin one of my good shirts with chocolate,"

"Then put down the goblet and I promise, no more shirt ruining but I do want to see you shirtless darling,"

Emma reasons, biting her lip.

Killian studies her carefully. "I'll tell you what darling," he offers, stepping towards her carefully, "I'll remove the shirt and more and you can even finish enjoying your cake in our bed but..."

"I feel a proposition coming on,"

He smiles. "Indeed there is," he agrees, "if you consider my plan to take you to Neverland,"

"I thought I already considered it," she muses.

He steps closer to her, looking at her lips. "I need to protect you Emma," he breaths. "...so I can make up for everything,"

Emma looks at him solemnly, finally understanding why he needs her to consider his plan. He still blames himself for bringing Mariana into their lives. "All right," she concedes.

tbc