Author's note:
Many thanks to everyone who likes this story- Keep the reviews coming, I love it!
I just want to give you a little reminder that I'm not a native speaker and for the chapters following I will describe the medical care during a pregnancy which we have in Germany, so don't be confused if something is different.
So, this is the chapter of the revelation! Please let me know if you liked it!
When Emma awakes the next morning she is lying in their bed, Killian lightly snoring beside her.
He must have taken her to bed yesterday evening, because she is sure she has been fallen asleep down in the living room.
Always the gentleman her pirate she thinks and smiles but soon a feeling of nausea overcomes her.
She stands up abruptly and stumbles in the direction of the bathroom.
She holds her belly and the feeling of throwing up is overwhelming her, she reaches the toilet, opens the toilet lid and tries to throw up, but nothing happens, she just chokes a few times.
"God, why am I feeling so terrible" Tears are running down her face, because of the effort of needing to vomit, her whole body is trembling and the cold floor of the bathroom has a strange soothing effect on her. She doesn't know how long she is sitting like that on the floor, but suddenly there is a knock on the door.
"Emma, love? Are you in there? Is everything fine? Can I come in?"
She only grunts as a respond and soon the door is opened and Killian shoves his head through the clearance.
"Hey, what's up with you Swan? Are you not feeling well? You look really pale, no, to be honest you look like hell."
He smiles at her, but she can see that he worries about her.
"nah, everything fine, my stomach is just killing me and I'm feeling sick. Must been something I've eaten yesterday"
He frowns "really? We ate the same and my stomach is just fine"
"No wonder, 300 years of alcohol- abuse by drinking rum would sanitize every stomach" She tries to smirk but fails miserably because another wave of nausea washes over her and she reaches the toilet just in time to throw up.
Killian is standing behind her, holding her blonde hair back while she vomits into the porcelain bowl.
When she is finished, he helps her up und stabilizes her, because she suddenly feels so weak.
He tries to pick her up, but she motions him, that she wants to wash her mouth first.
She let the water flow into her hand, gargles in her mouth with it and spills it out. She reaches for her toothbrush, puts some toothpaste on it and starts to brush her teeth.
As she still seems a little weak, she holds onto the basin and Killian is still holding her in his arms, trying to help her.
"Sorry, that you had to see this" She avoids looking into his eyes, but his hooked arm lifts up her chin.
"You know that I love you right? Swan, I've waited so long to finally be with you, do you really think that a little bit of vomit would scare me off?"
She blinks, why the hell is she about to start crying?
"Lass, I will carry you now back into our bed and you will not leave it until you feel better!"
"But I have to go to work soon." She protests as he lifts her up as if she was light as a feather.
"You call in ill, you can't work like that"
"But David has also to stay at home, because Mary-Margreth is ill as well. She can't take care of Neal in her status"
"Yeah, but you can't work in yours."
He gently lays her on the bed and covers her with the sheet.
"Do you want me to get you some tea?"
She is still reluctant to stay in bed, but as the nausea hasn't calm down after throwing up, she nods.
Soon he arrives with a steaming cup.
"I took peppermint; it always helped the best, when my stomach was sick."
She smiles, because he always knows what to do and apparently peppermint is the only tea she likes.
"So Swan, as the station would be idle today, mind if I substitute you and your dad for the period you need to recover?"
She is really surprised by this offer. The infamous Captain Hook wants to be on the right side of the law?!
"As you so kindly shown me how to use a phone, I think I can manage the station for one day. I also can call Robin if I need any assistance"
Right. There is a brooding bromance on the horizon between her pirate and Regina's outlaw. Apparently the supposed villain and the hero-thief have more in common than anybody expected and a grand amount of his single time, Killian has spent with Robin lately.
"Ok, but don't dare do anything stupid and you know, you don't know how to drive the car, so please don't even try it"
"Aye, my sheriff" He bends down and gives her a soft kiss. "Call me if you need anything"
Reluctantly he retreats and closes the bedroom door behind him. Suddenly a strong fatigue overcomes her and she drifts off to sleep in mere moments.
Hours later she is woken by the doorbell. She lifts up, puts on a dressing gown and walks to the door.
As she opens it, she is confronted with a beaming Ruby holding a bowl.
"Killian sends me, he couldn't leave the station and wanted someone to take care of you. By the way I brought some chicken soup, should help settle your stomach a bit."
Emma motions her to enter and both made their way to the kitchen counter.
"Nice place you have here, it's all so cosy" Ruby sits down and Emma takes a spoon from the drawer and sits down besides her. The soup smells fantastic and as she hasn't eaten anything today she starts to shovel the soup in a fast pace.
"Woah, slow down a bit Emma, don't want you to vomit again" "But it's tastes so amazing"
"Yeah, it's just a normal chicken soup, no need to be so overwhelmed" She shows her wolfish smile.
"So, how are you doing?"
"Better, didn't throw up the whole morning, but the nausea is still present."
"Ok, I will let loverboy know that you've eaten something and will rest again" She stood up and goes into the direction of the door.
"Thanks Ruby!"
"No problem, but you really should rest, you smell different..." Emma just looks confused as Ruby closes the door.
She returns to the bedroom and lay down and tries to read something, but her thought keep turning through her mind.
She still feels ill but something isn't right here.
She remembers the conversation from the night before in which Killian has asked when they would stop using condoms because he wants to feel her again without any rubber between them, wait, again?!
No, nononono. Panic rises through her chest and automatically her hand travels to her belly. No, this can't be real! It was only this one time and for god's sake it was in the past!
She jumps from the bed and runs to the kitchen, where a calendar is hanging on the wall.
She roams through the weeks and stops at the last EP. This is her short version for Emma Period, which she always writes into the calendar on her first day of period to Keep track of her cycle.
6 weeks since the last sign. No, no nononono, the word repeats in her head. But wasn't she feeling the same when she was pregnant with Henry?
Nausea- check
Sensitive breasts- check
Fatigue- check
Shit! These are the same symptoms as at the beginning of Henry's pregnancy.
She puts on her jacket, rushes through the door to her bug and drove to the nearest drugstore outside of Storybrooke because she doesn't want any dwarf to gossip about a possible knocked up Savior.
She runs through the store to find the thing she needed and stops in front of the pregnancy-tests.
She takes 3 different tests because she doesn't dare the result if she uses only one.
As she arrived at the cashpoint she recognizes the strange looks she receives. Oh shit, she is still wearing her pyjamas, totally forgot to put on something else.
"10$ please" The cashier says.
She pays and soon is on her way back.
As soon as she arrives at home, she runs to the bathroom and uses the first test.
She doesn't even have to wait the supposed 3 minutes because as soon as the liquid reaches its destination 2 pink lines are visible on the test.
She's afraid and she can't grab what is happening right now, but even the second and the third test confirm the result of the first.
Pregnant, she is pregnant!
She was always so cautious to not find herself in the same situation like 13 years ago and now here she is- three positive tests in front of her-pregnant!
Ok, normally this shouldn't be something to panic about. She's an adult, she's thirty, she has a partner, who loves kids, and she has a home, so only by the facts no need to panic but...
What will Killian say?! Sure he knows that they are True Love for over 30 years now, but for her it's only been what, like a month?
She even makes him use condoms all the time, because she doesn't want to rush things and now she has to admit that his past-self has already knocked her up.
She is so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even notice how time went by and is absolutely surprised when Killian wanders into the bathroom.
"Hey! Are you alright? Feeling already a little better?" Then he takes her in and sees how shocked she looks.
"Hey, Swan, can you hear me? Did you see a ghost or something like that? Shall I call your parents or Regina?"
She only holds up one of the positive tests and he eyes it sceptically.
"What the bloody hell is this stick? Some kind of mini magic wand? Is this the reason why you're so scared?"
He looks only confused and Emma just realizes that probably pregnancies back in the enchanted forest weren't diagnosed by any tests rather then by consulting a fairy or someone else.
"No" she barely whispers "It's a test"
"Ah and what does it test?" Now he is really curious.
"It shows if someone is with child.." She hesitantly looks him in the eyes and sees them widen.
"It can show you if someone is pregnant?What magic is that and why do you need such a test?"
"No magic, Killian and I needed it because I suspect my nausea having been caused by some other reason than bad food"
Suddenly the penny has dropped.
"Swan, is this your way of telling me, that you're with child?!"
Tears are falling as she nods, she is so afraid of his reaction. Does he even want to or will he just leave her.
He's frozen at the place before her.
"But didn't we use those damn condoms to avoid getting you pregnant?" he scratches the point behind his ear. Yeah he definitely is nervous.
"Yes but there was one time.."
The realisation sinks in him and she is so afraid of what will happen next as she is lifted up in his arms.
"Bloody hell Swan, I knocked you up 30 years ago, even before you were born?!"
He spins her around the happiest smile on his face she's ever seen.
"I'm going to be a father, god Emma, are you sure?"
She nods "But I have to make an appointment with Dr. Whale to confirm the test"
He's now on his knees in front of her, his hand softly stroking her belly.
"Hey little one, this is your daddy! You're mom has given me the best present ever in my life- you" and with that he puts a kiss on her navel.
A wave of happiness rushes through her and for a moment she forgets her nausea but then she turns around and throws up into the basin, Killian holding her hair again.
Who the hell was the person who said that the nausea will only be in the mornings?!