Sorry it took a while to get this last part up! Those of you following Generation Hope, an update will be up eventually, but I am working out a few kinks. Also, I am thinking of starting a High school Au. Would anyone be interested in reading?

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Get Your Heart Racing

Things were a bit awkward for the rest of the night. And by a bit awkward, Emma meant absolutely awfully awkward. They decided to stay in her dorm room for a lazy evening like they were used to having back in high school, just watching some movies on Netflix and eating that they Chinese food they had picked up on their way home from horseback riding.

Neither one of them said anything about their day. In fact, neither one of them said much at all. Emma hated this silence. They always talked, even if it was about something stupid. It had never been like this between them and she hoped it would end with the night. Tomorrow they would be themselves again and forget that any of this had happened. They could move on and be themselves again. That was all Emma wanted.

Emma got herself settled on her bed, turning on her laptop and logging into Netflix. Killian sat on the floor, staring at his food.

"You don't have to sit down there you know." Emma told him, breaking their silence. He turned to her and gave her a half smile before returning his attention to his food.

"Okay, what's wrong?" Emma finally asked, moving the laptop away from her. "You've been acting weird since we left the ranch. Did I do something?If I did, I'm so-"

"It wasn't you, love. It's me.I did something." He told her softly.

"Did what?" She asked.

"I have something to confess." He signed. He stood up and started pacing around, trying to develop his words. "I-I liked it. I liked acting like a couple, and I know I shouldn't because we are best friends and friends do not act like that and with us being separated for so many months out of the year this is hard for us and new and-"

"Whoa, whoa, slow down." Emma said, standing now. "You liked it? But weren't we just pretending?" She asked, trying not to sound too hopeful. He was confused, he had to be. There was no way he liked her like that.

"Aye, I know that. And I was pretending at first-but at some point I stopped."

"Why did you stop?" Emma said, moving closer to him.

"I liked it. Liked being with you. I liked how it felt to have you in my arms."

"I liked how it felt to be in your arms." Emma whispered.

That caught his attention. "You did?" He asked her, not believing what he had heard.

"Yeah. I liked it to Killian. I guess I stopped pretending at some point too." She revealed.

They stood still for a moment, so close to each other, but it felt like there was a brick wall between them. Emma looked up at those bright blue eyes that she knew so well. The possibility that he might actually feel the same way sunk in and she smiled at him. He gave her that goofy lopsided smile that made her fall for him in the first place. She did not want to lose him as her friend, her very best friend, but he wanted the same as she did. He, hopefully, felt the same as she did.

"I suppose I have another confession" He whispered, taking another step closer to her. They were inches apart now.

"And what's that?" She played dumb, both to keep him on his toes and so she would not get her hopes up.

"I like you, Emma. Always have. Probably always will."

"Really?" She asked him. Despite what he kept telling her, her mind told her there was no way this could be happening. It was a joke. Some sick cruel joke that he was playing on her. But she knew him. He would never do that to her. If he said something, even something like this, he meant it.

"Aye, really. I have wanted to tell you for a long time, but I feared risking our friendship. I guess I just could not hold it in anymore." He smiled slightly, looking to her for a response. She lifted herself up a bit and kissed his cheek, then whispered in his ear. "I like you too."

She leaned back to see his response. He said nothing, but grabbed her in his arms and spun her around. Emma threw her head back and laughed. He set her down and cupped her cheek, returning to a serious tone. "Are you sure, love?" She nodded, grinning ear to ear.

"So, we are really dating now? No need to pretend next time?"

"Well, I don't know. Isn't there something you should ask me first?" She played with him.

"Aye, of course. Emma Swan, would you do me the honor of being my girlfriend?"

"Yes." She whispered, bringing her hand up to hold the one he had on her cheek.

That goofy lopsided smile returned as he pulled her in and embraced her. "I could get used to this." Emma laughed.

"You better, love." He said, pulling back a bit. "I have no intentions of going anywhere. I like this feeling way too much."

Up next: Something to do with that Ring Killian gave Emma!

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