AN: most of this chapter will be familiar to you. Also, just on the bright side, if you're a swanfire fan, Tamara doesn't exist in this story
Chapter 17 History
Only a couple of hours later after the flight to New York, they were stood inside an apartment building looking for names. They looked across the buzzers and Henry said "no Bealfire".
Emma hummed and said "yeah, that part wouldn't fly as an alias" she turned to Rumple and said "your magic globe doesn't give you an apartment number?"
Henry walked over to the mail, while Rumple looked over the names "if doesn't work like that".
Henry turned to him and said "do any of these names mean anything to you?"
"Well names are what I traffic in but sadly not".
Emma pointed to a buzzer that doesn't have a name "here's your boy".
Rumple groaned and said "or maybe it's just vacant".
Emma nodded slightly "you might traffic in names and magic, but I find people who don't want to be found. Those sort of folks don't like to advertise their whereabouts" Emma pressed the button and said "UPS package for 407".
The line went dead and Henry said "maybe you should have said fed ex".
They could hear the fire escape being used and they all rushed towards the door as Emma said "he's running".
They all looked at him climb down the fire escape and begin to run. Rumple said "that favour you ow me, this is it. Get him to talk to me, I can't run".
"Watch Henry, I'll be back".
Emma ran after Bealfire, cutting through streets and traffic. She used a short cut at the side of the building and when she did she ran into him. They both fell and Emma saw who Bealfire really was. Both of them couldn't stop looking at each other, and then she said "No...Neal".
He smiled and said "Emma". They both started to stand and she repeated his name. He smiled and said "I don't understand what are you doing here?"
"What am I doing here?"
"Yeah".
"I'm not answering anything till you tell me the truth" he gave her a weird look and she said "are you Gold's son?"
Neal looked around and said "what are you talking about whose Gold?"
Emma gasped and said "you played me, you're from there. You played me, and he played me. You both played me".
"Okay, okay, okay. Emma who are you talking about? Who's Gold?"
"Your father...Rumpelstiltskin".
His eyes open wide and she shifted nervously. "He's here?"
"Why else would I be in New York?"
Neal got angry and shouted "you brought him to me why-" she interrupted.
"Hey, I am the only one allowed to be angry here. Did you know who I was? Where I was from? The whole time. Was this just some sick, twisted plan? Did-did you even care about me at all? I wanna know, I wanna know the truth, all of it?"
He shouted "fine" he calmed down "but first we gotta get off the street, we can't do it here. I've spent a life time running from that man, I'm not gonna let him catch me. There's a bar down the street, we can talk there".
She shook her head and said "no. I left someone with your father, who I care about. Trust me I don't want to leave him there so you can tell me on the way back to your place". He sighed as he knew he wouldn't win against Emma and she would find a way for him to go somehow.
As they walked down the street, she was speeding and he could just keep up. He looked at her with a smile and said "you haven't changed" she didn't reply but he stopped her on the street facing him and said "please, Emma, don't".
She breathed in and said "don't what?"
"Don't ignore me. Emma, I'll tell you whatever it is you want to know".
She looked into his eyes and knew he was telling the truth "tell me, did you know who I was when we met?"
He shook his head and said "if I had, I wouldn't have gone near you".
"So if you didn't know then you were just using me. Just needed someone to take all the fall for those watches you stole".
Neal looked around on the street and said "I don't think we should talk about this here".
She shook her head and said "you said you would tell me, now tell me".
He sighed and said "I wasn't using you. When we met, I didn't know, I found out".
"How?"
"An old friend of yours, August. He told me about the prophecy and how you had to break the curse...Emma, he knew my name".
She got angry and said "you left me and let me go to prison because Pinocchio told you too".
"Emma" he sighed
She had tears in her eyes and she said "I loved you".
He looked into her eyes but then she started to walk away. He stood there for a few moments and said "I never stopped" she froze where she was stood with her back to him.
She eventually turned as he walked towards her and said "what?"
"Loving you. I never stopped" he walked as close as possible to her and then pulled her in for a kiss.
After their lips met just for a moment, she pulled away and said "what are you doing?"
They looked around to see the strange looks they were getting and they began to walk. After a few moments, he grabbed her arm to stop her and said "I don't believe in fate and all that crap but I do believe there must have been something good that came out of us being together".
She thought of Henry and how much she loved him but she didn't want Neal to know about him so she said "nothing. I can't think of a thing, except me going to jail".
With tears in her eyes she moved slightly but then someone shouted "Mum".
Emma and Neal both looked towards Henry running down the streets. Emma opened her arms and he ran into them. She stroked his hair but then he pulled away and said "are you Bealfire?"
Emma moved Henry behind her and said "don't talk to him".
Neal couldn't help but stare at Henry and he said "is this-" he stopped mid sentence as soon as he saw a familiar man with a cane walk up to them.
Emma and Henry both looked in his direction and Henry chirped up and said "we found your son".
Rumple smiled at Henry and said "I see that, Henry".
He looked at Neal but then Neal placed a hand out to stop him from talking and said "I'll deal with you in a minuet" he then looked at Emma and said "is that" he pointed at Henry.
Emma interrupted and said "can we talk about this later?"
"No, I wanna talk about it now" he practically shouted.
She sighed and said "fine, but not here" he gestured towards his place.
As they walked through the door, Henry sat on the couch but Emma said "Henry, can you go in the next room please" he sighed and then left.
Emma and Neal stood there staring at each other, while Rumple stood near the window. He saw the looks Emma and Neal were giving each other and said "now, what history lies between the two of you?" he smiled as both of them looked at him.
Neal took a step forward towards Emma but she took one back and shook her head "stay away from me".
"Emma, I need to know the truth".
She shook her head with tears in her eyes "please, don't".
"Is Henry my Son?"
After a few moments of silence she said "yes".
Rumple had a shocked look but Neal slid a hand over his face. Henry was listening and walked into the room. They all saw him and he said "you told me my dad died in a fire".
Emma took a step towards him and said "Henry".
He shook his head and ran for the fire escape. Emma chased after him along with Neal but he was stopped at the window by Rumple. Rumple said "please, Bea, don't".
"I'm not leaving her, again".
"If I know one thing about Miss Swan, it's that she likes to do things on her own". Neal nodded as he agreed with the statement. After a few minuets, he said "Bea, can we talk?"
He sighed "you got 2 minuets...clocks ticking".
Rumple nodded and said "Bea, I know I've made mistakes but you must believe me...I want to make up for it. There's no greater pain than regret".
Neal laughed slightly and said "try abandonment". Henry and Emma walked back through the window and sat down on the couch.
"Let me make it up to you".
"Really, how you gonna do that?"
"Come back to Storybrooke" Neal rolled his eyes "you once loved me. Please come with me, I can show you that I've changed".
Neal said with a harsh voice "you were once a good man and you will never change".
"STOP" they both looked to see Henry stood in the middle of them. Emma stood further away and looked curious. Henry looked between the two of them and said to Neal "he has changed, you just won't believe it. I know what happened between you two, I know that you were lost in a portal when you tried going to a new world but this...don't lose your dad because of a mistake that happened years ago".
Neal looked at Henry and laughed slightly. He then said "looks like you got all the genes from your mom" he looked at Emma and they laughed under their breath. He then looks at Rumple and says "I'll come to storybrooke...one chance, that's all I'm giving you".
Rumple smiled and said "thanks, Bea".
