Author's note: Hey guys! Back again! Just a random question, have you seen Catching Fire? Because, I have and it was awesome! Anyway, back to business, Once Upon a Time is on tonight! I believed this hiatus would never end and then I remember how we'll have to wait till March and all the spoiler pictures do not help :( Sorry about the chapter title, nothing better made its way through my brain, so I took the first thing that came

Disclaimer: I unfortunately don't own anything, characters are the property of those two guys named Edward and Adam…

Chapter 4: Complications on day off

This Saturday was Emma's first real day off since they started filming and she was about to enjoy it like hell. This is why she was still in her pyjamas at eleven a.m., with a bowl of cereals and a messy bun on the top of her head. She had decided to relax until five or six p.m. so that she had time to prepare her son's room before he arrived the next day. Both Ruby and Mary-Margaret were off to work and David was out looking for a flat for him and Emma's sister. So, she was alone, lying weirdly on the sofa, watching the cartoons she usually watched along with Henry on their lazy Sunday mornings. It was perfect. So perfect it couldn't for sure last for long. Just like dreams: when everything is starting to get even more perfect, you wake up. And this was no exception, because someone got the amazing idea of knocking at her door. 'Seriously?' she thought, annoyed.

"Coming!" she said when the knocking became more insistent. Emma walked to the door and opened it "What are you doing here?" she asked seeing it was Killian.

"You took your time" he said. "May I?" Killian inquired and she let him in. "Nice outfit by the way" he noticed her pyjamas, composed of a green tank top and black shorts 'Matching her eyes' he thought. "Do you plan on going out like that? Not that I mind" he winked at her and she rolled her eyes.

"I don't plan on going out you know. This is what day off is all about" Emma said, going back to her couch and cereals.

"Didn't you get the text?" the actor questioned, sitting next to her.

"Day off means no phone" she answered munching her cereals not so lady like.

"Well: it explains why you're not aware of our meeting with our dear and beloved manager" he told her and she chocked on her food.

"Excuse-me?" she shrieked.

"You heard right Swan. Today, one p.m." he casually said.

"Couldn't you have started with this you dumbass?" she yelled at him, before rushing towards the bathroom.

While she was getting prepared, Killian took a look around the room. It was simple and lit up. Not too big, but not too small. The walls were painted in white, frames on them. He got up from the couch to take a closer look at the pictures. He recognized Mary-Margaret and Ruby on some, David on others but many showed one of them or Emma (but mostly Emma) with a boy who had the same green eyes. He deduced he was her son; Emma was smiling, with a genuine, beautiful smile that made her eyes sparkle. 'She definitely should do that more often' Killian thought. He really liked her. She was nice, she was sassy and she was fun and so damn mysterious. He felt honoured to know she had a son. Killian kept looking around until Emma's voice broke the silence.

"Alright, I'm ready to go" she said and he screen partner looked up at her. She was casually dressed, simple shirt, simple jeans, but she looked great 'Alright Jones, back on track'.

He simply nodded and they left the apartment. The blue-eyed-man was still lost in his thoughts when they went down to where the car was parked, same when he started it.

"Did he tell you why he wanted to see us?" Emma finally spoke.

"Nope. The text only said 'One p.m., my office. URGENT.' Nothing more, nothing less."

"Good. Did he study how to make people stress out? No? Because I believe he must have been major of his promotion" she said and Killian chuckled.

"Why don't you ask him love?"

"Because. It was a personal reflection I decided to share with you."

"I feel honoured" Killian smiled.

"Oh, don't be. It was just regular sarcasm, I could have shared it with anyone"

The man rolled his eyes at the answer that was totally her. He parked the car in front of the building and they directed themselves to their manager's office. In the elevator, Emma started playing with her fingers, stress starting to rise as the floors' numbers were going up. Right before they stepped out of the lift, Killian put a reassuring hand on her shoulder and he immediately regretted it when he felt her freeze under his touch and he rapidly took his hand off.

Emma made it – tried to make it – as though this gesture hadn't done anything to her and walked to the door and knocked. The manager told them to enter, he made them sit onto the chairs in front of his desk. He weighed them up and sighed heavily, making both of the actors exchange a worried look.

"So, where do I start?" he asked, mostly to himself. "You both know that you've been seen together a lot. Many people have seen you driving Emma home and they believe they saw you really close" he paused and looked at them.

"And? I don't quite see where you're going" Emma said.

"Well, they think you're dating" the man said and stared at Killian whose face had run out of colours. "You do know what that means, don't you Killian?" he inquired and Jones nodded.

"Wait, what does it mean?" Emma asked and was becoming worried. "Can't anybody answer me for God's sake!" she yelled when nobody said a word after five minutes.

"That means you two have to date until Killian proved himself and got back into good grace" he said and Emma mad a soundless 'What?!' and shot a dark glare at Killian. "I leave you two talk" the manager got up and left the office.

"You're going to accept that?" Emma yelled.

"Emma…" Killian began but she cut him off.

"I have a son! What am I supposed to tell him? I… I… What the hell?!"

"I don't know, but please! Emma! Just the time for me to get my positive reviews back. To prove I'm back on top and I'm done messing around with girls!"

"By faking a relationship with me?" she scoffed "By us breaking up once you're back on track? Wouldn't that sound suspicious?"

"I know, we'll… we'll figure that out, but Emma, I beg you"

Emma stared at him. She could see it was important to him. What would it cost her? One month or two? She couldn't… What if… 'Come on Emma! Take risks for once in your life!'. Just as she was about to answer, the manager came in again.

"Emma's still thinking" Killian said before he even asked.

"I'll do it" she answered. "But I have conditions"

"Pray tell" the manager said.

"First, my son gets to know that this is not real. I never lied to him and I'm not about to start."

"Agreed, what else?"

"I refuse any form of contract, so that I can stop this if this is taking too long and I can't handle it anymore."

"Agreed too. Thanks a lot about that Emma. You're both free to go now"

As they made their way back to Emma's apartment, Killian just kept thanking her. So much she clearly told him to shut up before she got back on her decision. That amazingly worked out. He, however, insisted on accompanying her to her flat, where a surprise was waiting for her.

"Mom!" her son rushed into her arms.

"Henry! I wasn't expecting you this early, I thought you were arriving tomorrow!" Emma smiled, hugging him close.

"Yes, but Grandma said it would be a surprise. But you weren't there, so we waited in front of your door" he explained.

"I'm sorry! Killian came here and told me we had a meeting with the manager that wasn't planned" she apologized looking at her son and then her mother "Hey mom" Emma hugged her.

"Hello, my dear. Don't worry, it's understandable you have things to attend to!"

Emma made them both enter along with Killian. They chatted a bit, Henry bombarding him with questions and shyly asking if he could have an autograph, question at which Killian chuckled and agreed.

Later that night, when everyone had come home and enjoyed their reunion over a dinner and Henry was about to go to bed, he decided to ask the question that was burning his tongue since earlier.

"Mom?" he asked and she turned to him "Are you and Killian dating?"

"I knew you were going to ask that" she smiled and sat at the edge of her son's bed and told him everything. When she was done he looked up at his mother.

"But, why would you do that?" he questioned.

"To help Killian"

"I'm sure you'll fall in love with each other" Henry said.

"Oh and why is that?" Emma chuckled.

"That's always like that, that fake relationships end" he yawned and Emma was about to reply something when she noticed he was fast asleep. She kissed his forehead and left his room, his words still echoing in her head. Oh how she hoped he was wrong.

Author's note: Happy Once Day guys! Hope you like the chapter! Please tell me what you thought of it in a wonderful review! Love xx