Chapter 11: This is Mila

Boston; Monday; 9:10 AM

Emma rushed into the police station, pulling her hair up in a high ponytail. 10 minutes late… how can she ever be late?! It has been a rough night. Killian and Henry had looked for holiday destinations for the whole Sunday, as Emma was working on her paper work for the investigation they were on at the station.

The blonde rushed over to the check-in device, pushing her employee pass in it. She was gonna get in big trouble when Miss. Mills ever saw her latest time records… It was then, when Emma walked around the corner, and bumped into David. Her paperwork was flying through the hallway as she held on to her coffee mug and phone.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" Emma said grabbing the papers as David laughed slightly.

"In a big rush Miss. Swan?" he said while he helped her picking up the folder, and giving the paperwork to the blonde woman.

"Thanks… There's a chance that I might be 10 minutes late… Does Miss. Mills check our time records?"

"She might." he took a brief pause as Emma's eyes faced the floor, "But I can change the latest time record for you?"

"Wow wait, you can? Don't you get in trouble for that?"

"Well, she will never know I changed your check-in time as she won't be in the office until later this afternoon."

Emma sighed in relief, "Thank you David… Is there anything that I can do in return?"

"Just tell your cop mate Laura that she doesn't need to be afraid to talk to me. I don't bite." He said as he gave her a wink, "Have a nice day Emma!"

Emma was amazed by the work he did for her, okay it wasn't anything special… but it saved her a big argument with her boss. Although she was surprised by the favour he wanted in return. Would he know that Laura liked him? It wasn't really her business though, so she just continued working.

Hours had gone by, and Emma turned in her full paperwork at the front office. Just then, Miss. Mills walked into the police office working on her red lipstick. Wearing her black high waisted skinny jeans, a black and white striped blouse, and her high red heels. Yes, she was a real fashion woman and maybe didn't look a cop… but her police gun was probably laying in the locked drawer of the desk right now. All in all, she could be a real nightmare.

"Good afternoon Miss. Swan." The brunette said as she dropped her red MAC lipstick in the side of her purse.

Emma nodded "Miss. Mills." She said walking over to the lunchroom, grabbing her bagel and cream cheese. And just when she wanted to take a bite, Killian walked into the room.

"You're not gonna eat that bagel." He said placing a plastic container with chicken wraps in front of her, and filling her cup with fresh orange juice.

"Hey…" she said standing up and giving her boyfriend a kiss, "Where did you get this from?"

"I made it, for you." He said smiling as Emma grinned, "Okay that bread place Panera did… But it's still for you."

"It's sweet, thank you…" she said putting the bagel in his mouth instead of hers.

"Hey Em! Thanks for borrowing your mate Laura for the morning." A young lady came walking into the lunchroom together with Laura.

"No problem girl." She said standing next to Killian, "Killian, you already know Laura." She said as Laura and he said hi, "And this is Mila, she's a new one on the team."

"Holy…." And he dropped the bagel out of his hand, as he saw Mila's face, "I'm so sorry Em I gotta go… It was nice seeing you Laura, and nice meeting you Mila." He planted a kiss on Emma's lips and walked away as quickly as he could.

"Poor bagel…" Laura said.

Mila had a grin on her face, and masked it right away. It was like she knew him. He wouldn't run away like this if they didn't have a past. Mila had a darker skin tone, and her dark brown hair was almost black. She wasn't a real cop though, she was an investigator. So she mostly worked at the lab, 20 minutes away from the main station. But she started a project, which included three mornings at the station a week. Emma didn't really know who she was, but she didn't had a good feeling about her anymore.

Henry opened the apartment door for his mum, "Sorry kid.. Forgot my key from home." She said planting a kiss on his head and giving him a big hug.

"That's okay, Killian is getting noodles as that's your favourite dinner. And I like the cookies they give you with the order so…" it was then when the apartment door swung open.

Killian dropped the bag on the kitchen counter, "Here you go kid." Handing him the cookie as Henry was excited about the sweet treat and the noodle boxes.

"We need to talk." Emma said, walking over to their balcony. She crossed her arms as Killian walked through the glass door.

"Have you ever seen Mila before?"

"You mean the brunette, who went with Laura for the morning?"

"Yes, Mila I told you." Emma said still crossing her arms.

"Well I wouldn't know where I know her from dear." He placed his hand on one of her arms, as she shook it away.

"You're sure Killian? Don't lie to me."

"Em, I would have told you. I've never seen that lady before. And why do you even bother? Your boyfriend is hooked on you." He said, pulling her closer to his body as her arms loosened. "Let's eat those noodles before Henry doesn't get interested in them anymore. And we'll have some alone time after."

"Okay captain…" she said grinning, wanting to give him a kiss. But they were interrupted by Henry who knocked on the glass windows, "Hey I can see you!" he said as Killian laughed, walking back inside with his girl. Ready to start on these noodles. Emma forgot about Mila for a moment, but couldn't stop thinking about it while she was trying to fall asleep later in the evening.