What is with this day? First seeing her dad come out of Killian's room this morning, she would definitely have to talk to him about that later. Second, this snow was weird. There was something off about it, but she didn't know what. It took way too much magic to melt it. Third, and probably most important, was Roland's runaway act to Regina's. Emma knew without a doubt that the boy had run away and had run to Regina. Anyone with any type of vision could see the way the little boy adored Regina.
Unfortunately, Marian did not feel that way. She was in fact very adamant that Emma arrest Regina for kidnapping. Emma understood Marian's distrust of Regina not being the Evil Queen anymore, but it felt like a little more to her. She wondered what Robin and Marian had been arguing about the morning after she reappeared alive and well...
Henry, her wonderful, wonderful son, realized what was going on and came to clarify a few things for Marian. Robin stayed oddly quiet throughout the whole conversation, and Emma wondered about that as well. What finally made Marian stop her raving, was when Roland told her to stop being mean. Marian just looked at him and Roland told her matter of factly that they were yelling, he didn't like it and he went somewhere that made him happy. Marian had nothing to say to that and got quite red. She apologized to Emma for telling her how to do her job, and then apologized to Henry for speaking ill of his other mother.
By 12:30 she was ready for a break. She wanted a hot cocoa with cinnamon on top like nothing she had ever wanted.
"Hey Kid, want to see if your grandpa will watch the station, while you and I get lunch from Granny's?"
There was no response.
"Kid?" Nothing.
"Dad?" Again nothing.
What was going on here? Where were they? She looked outside just in time to see her dad, her son and Killian getting into her dad's truck.
She pulled out her cell and called her mom. If anyone knew what those 3 were up to it would be her. Unfortunately, her mother's phone went to voicemail. She never turns her phone off. She's too much of a worry wart for that, and Neal isn't due to nap for another 30 minutes.
"What the hell?" she murmured to herself. "What am I going to do for lunch now?"
She grabbed her phone again, and texted Ruby.
Is there any way you could deliver me food today?
Everyone has abandoned me and I can't leave the station.
I know it's cold. I'll owe you a big one.
Ruby responded a few seconds later.
I'm on my lunch break. Can you wait an hour?
"Dammit! But I'm hungry now," she whined to nobody.
"Well since I have nothing else to do, I guess I can finish typing up the report for Roland's run away act."
She sat down and began typing away. She put in Roland's statement, Henry's statement, Regina's statement and Marian's. Hmm..Robin really had said nothing besides thank you. It was odd, she thought. He had survived with his son for years after Marian had died. Roland was his life. It was unlike him to say nothing about something so obviously important, and she put that in the report as well.
Emma looked around the station and wondered what to do with herself. As she was looking she smelled the most amazing scent on earth: Granny's hot cocoa. She spun around in her seat assuming it was Ruby, but was surprised to see it was Killian instead.
"Hello Love, I brought you some sustenance." He held the hot chocolate out to her and placed a white bag on her desk,
"Well thank you," she said cautiously.
"Whats the matter Swan?" he replied just as cautiously.
"Well that depends on what you were doing with my dad and son."
Killian colored a little, which was something she did not get to see often, and she knew it had to be good. She had to know what they had been doing.
"Oh, nothing really. They just thought it a good idea for me to become a bit more accustomed to life here in Storybrooke," he paused, "more like they gave me a tour."
"Did they now? Anything new since the tour I gave you at your request last week?"
Killian colored again, and scratched behind his ear. He smiled at her, a smile meant to disarm and distract her from her line of questioning, but she knew better.
"Well love, when I was touring the town with you, I didn't really look at the town so much as I was looking at you," he said with a wink. "There's a reason I stayed behind you as you showed me the town." With that, he turned and walked out of the station.
Emma's mouth was still hanging open when he walked back in a second later.
"Just so you know Swan, I cannot wait for our date tonight. Be prepared to be swept off your feet. A word of caution though. I do not kiss on the first date either, at least not without a little...persuasion. I don't think you're really up to the task." He grinned at her when she said nothing, "I'll see you at 6 Love."
That sneaky pirate. He had disarmed and distracted her! How could she let his words and smile distract her? Well two can play at this game. He's mine at 6, and then I can show him how persuasive I can be.
A/N I'm getting to the main action very very soon, as in starting with the next chapter. Thank you so much for the favorites, follows and reviews. You guys have made my first fan-fic so much better.
