This is not based on a prompt, but rather an idea I just could not get out of my head. Once again, I made it too long and it needs to be split into two parts (possibly three...oops). Enjoy!

Get Your Heart Racing

The past three months had seemed like three decades. It was the longest that Emma and Killian had been separated in their time of knowing each other, the past five years. They met in the eighth grade after Killian moved their from England. Emma had recently been adopted by her foster mother Ruth, making them both the new kids in school. It did not take long for an instant friendship to form and the two had been inseparable ever since.

After graduation, the two went their separate ways. Killian attended a college in Portland and Emma went to Boston to continue her studies. They had both agreed that they would not base their college choice on where the other one was going, resulting in them ending up at different schools. Killian would come visit Emma on long weekends that she could not make it home, like this one, Fall Break.

Killian insisted on planning what they would do for the weekend, despite not knowing the area well. He wanted to surprise Emma and do something nice for her. Emma trusted him, but was still a bit hesitant for what he would end up choosing.

Emma and Killian had arranged for him to stay in her friend, Will's, dorm while he was gone for spring break. Will was a bit careless and did not care who entered his room, as long as no one touched his things. He did not hold himself to that same standard though, as during his first week he pickpocketed his roommate, Robin. That had been the first and last time he had tried though because Robin let him know that he could shoot a bow and arrow and his aim was true. Will nervously laughed and kept to himself after that point.

Killian was currently settling himself into where he was staying as Emma paced around her room, anxious. Thankfully, her roommate, Regina, was not there because the brunette would have lost it. It had taken Emma and Regina a while before they actually became friends. Regina had a bitter edge to her and took nothing from no one. Emma's stubborn personality did not mix well with Regina's. They two girls finally found a way to coexist without one of them killing the other. Emma was convinced Regina had turned over a new leaf because she had caught the eye of Robin, but Regina just scoffed.

A knock at her room's door pulled Emma out of her thoughts quite quickly. Emma rushed to the door, casually, to let Killian in. He was in his typical leather jacket and black jeans, adorable smile painted on his face. He grabbed her and pulled her into a hug before she knew what was going on, but Emma did not protest. "I missed you, Swan." He murmured.

"You saw me twenty minutes ago when I showed you where you were staying." Emma joked, pulling out of him embrace.

"You know what I mean, love." He said, calling her his other pet name. Emma loved it when he called her Swan or Love, even though she would never tell him that.

"So," She said, reverting her attention to him. "What do you have planned for today?"

"Glad you asked, Swan." He smirked and that anxious feeling returned. He had something up his sleeve, which was never good. He reached into his back pocket and produced a pamphlet, which he handed to Emma. "It will be like going down memory lane." He hinted.

She took the paper from him and inspected it. "Horseback riding?" Emma questioned. "How is that a trip down memory lane?"

"End of tenth. Shelly Labow invited a group of us out to her ranch to celebrate the end of the year." Killian explained to her.

"She did that because she had a massive crush on Victor." Emma reminded him.

"Aye, and dear ol' Ruby almost went all wolf on poor Shelly." Emma laughed at the memory of her best friend practically attacking the poor girl when she tried to make a move on Victor. " But Shelly let us ride her horses, remember?"

"I remember. We raced with David and he was a sore loser."

"Still is. So, I thought it would be nice to do again-without Dave this time. I got a nice price too ." He said, proud of himself.

Emma looked at the pamphlet again to see how much be paid. She read some of the info and got confused. "Uh, Killian. This says couples horseback riding?"

Killian stepped forward and grabbed the paper out of her hand. "No it does-" He started to say until he read the part where she was pointing. Sure enough he had signed them up for a couples day, hence the reason he had gotten such a good deal. They only needed one horse, because they were supposed to be a couple.

"Alright, no big dea. We just pretend." Killian said quickly.

"Pretend what?" Emma asked him, not wanting to assume anything.

"Pretend we are dating. It won't be hard. We are already best friends." He sounded as if this was an easy plan that people executed all of the time in real life instead of just the movies.

"You want to pretend that we are dating?" Emma scoffed. Pretend she is dating her best friend of five years who she secretly has feeling for. No biggie, right?

"I want to spend the day with you, Swan. It will only be for a few when we come back we can get Chinese food and watch Netflix like you always loved. Tomorrow you can show me around the city."

"You really did have this weekend all planned out?"

"Aye. If you are uncomfor-"

"It's fine." Emma cut him off. "Like you said, we are best friends. Shouldn't be that hard, right?"

"Right." Killian agreed. "So, what's our story?" He asked her, making his way to the couch to sit. Emma shot him a confused look, following him and sitting on the opposite side of the couch. "Swan, it is best if we know how we started dating before we get there. Wouldn't want to appear foolish, now would we?"

"Okay." Emma said slowly. "Try and keep it as close to our past as possible. The less changes the less room for slipups. You asked me out in eleventh? We got to different school and you visit me on long weekends? How does that sound?"

"I can work with it." He commented. "We have to appear as a couple too,love."

"And how do we do that?"

"Couples do not have a problem being within five feet of each other." He teased her.

"I hugged you earlier, didn't I?"Emma remarked back to him.

"Aye, lass, you did. But a hug if what friends do. Couples hold each other and hold hands and-"

"If you say kiss, I will hit you."

"I was going to say are happy with each other. Unless you were suggesting something." He raised his eyebrows in that suggestive way that he did. It always got to her when he did that.

"Shut up. No kissing, but I guess we can try to do the others." She sighed. With that, he shifted over to where she was sitting on the couch, leaving very little distance between them. He put his arm around her and pulled her closer to his side.

"What are you doing?" Emma questioned.

"Practicing." He said, nonchalantly. "We have to look like we are comfortable with each other." He put out his hand, gesturing for her to take it. She looked at him hesitantly before slowly taking his hand in hers. Their hands fell between them and she relaxed into his embrace, resting her head on his shoulder. Emma felt at peace her, sitting with him in his arms. She had to remind herself this was fake though. Nothing about this was real. He did not feel the same way as she did.

"See, Swan?" He almost whispered. "Not so bad." She just nodded her head, unsure of what to say.

"We best be going." He continued. "Wouldn't want to be late." She slipped away from him and he quickly stood up, extending his hand to her. Emma took it without a thought, standing up next to him. He slung his arm around her and pulled her close again.

"Let's go ride some horses, girlfriend."

Up next" Part two of Get Your Heart Racing

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