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The minute he was through the door he was hit by two thumps one after the other as first Emma then Henry crashed into him and hugged him. Caught slightly unawares he hesitated for only a split second before his arms came up and pulled them both into his front.
"I'm alright" he whispered against Emma's hair and he felt her tug him in harder for a second before stepping back and bringing her hand up to cup his cheek.
"I'm glad" was all she said as she smiled at him with slightly watery eyes.
But there was no chance of the moment lasting as David was once again slapping his hand on Killian's back and steering him back towards the table where Mary-Margaret stood waiting and when Killian's eyes fell to the dishes in front of him he was surprised to see that no one had eaten.
"We waited on you" Mary-Margaret said with a soft smile "Now sit down and I promise not to drop anything else."
She gave him a shy grin and he knew she felt guilty but it truly wasn't her fault, everything seemed to make him jump at the minute so he smiled back.
"I'd appreciate that" he added with a chuckle and the tension was broken.
The rest of the evening passed in no time at all and Killian found himself enjoying himself immensely as his family made him feel calm and relaxed, too relaxed in fact as the next he knew he was waking up on the couch and it seemed to be morning.
"I seriously thought you were going to sleep all day" David called from somewhere
"What time is it?" Killian groaned out as he managed to pull himself up into a sitting position.
"Nearly ten thirty"
Killian blinked his eyes widely trying to get his mind to focus, how had he slept so long? And why had Emma not woken him to go home? He scooted forward and managed to struggle to his feet feeling particularly stiff after having slept all night on the Charming's couch.
"Go wash up, I'll get you some breakfast"
"Not that I don't appreciate the use of your living area for the night but why am I still here?"
"When you fell asleep last night Emma didn't want to wake you and face it Buddy you needed it. Henry is spending the day with Regina and before you get all antsy about his games room it was actually his idea, he wanted you to take it easy so listen to the Kid and have an easy day. I'm popping out for an hour or so to go to an appointment with Mary-Margaret then when I'm done I'll meet you at the Jolly and we can head out to that cave of yours and hide the treasure"
It was a lot of information in one answer but Killian found himself just nodding as he hobbled his way to the bathroom.
"Thanks Mate" he mumbled
A few minutes later he made his way to the breakfast bar and pulled himself up onto the chair at the end taking a gulp from the glass of orange juice that David put down in front of him before looking up to watch the Prince at work.
"Very domesticated" he chuckled as David juggled several things around as he began to dish up the food
"I wasn't always a Prince remember" David replied with a smirk as he slid the plate down in front of Killian "and believe me when I say this was easy compared to the breakfasts I had to cook when Snow stayed with the dwarves, for such short men they can certainly eat"
Killian was just starting to tuck into his food when the loft door opened and he was surprised to see Emma walking in, she made her way across to his side and gave him a peck on his cheek.
"I thought you were working Love?" he asked with a frown around a mouthful of bacon.
"I was and now I'm not... I got Leroy to cover, he was keen to get me back on side after the whole Dopey thing so I told him if he did this the issue would be dropped besides I wanted to check out this cave with you, it's not every day that I get to play Pirate"
"Truly" Killian couldn't help it, he stood up and pulled her into a kiss "You're a bloody wonder Swan"
"Guess you don't need me tagging along then" David said from the kitchen but Emma answered before Killian had a chance.
"You can still come, I don't really fancy doing any digging and Hook really shouldn't" she grinned widely at her Father's shocked face as he spluttered
"What? So I'm just the hired help"
"I wouldn't say that Dad... you can't exactly be hired help when you're not getting paid"
Killian chuckled to himself as he sat back down and took up his fork "If you no longer want to join us I will manage perfectly well to dig a hole myself Mate, you don't need to come along if you don't want to"
"Are you nuts? Of course I want to go. Like Emma said, how many times in your life do you get to play Pirate?" David answered raising his eyebrows but Killian just laughed
"Every bloody day and I have to say I wouldn't have it any other way"
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"How come I have to carry everything?" David called out from behind them and Emma turned around to see him struggling with a shovel, a pick axe, several flashlights and a cooler as they made their way across the bay towards the caves at the far end of the beach.
"Because you insisted on bringing half of Storybrooke with you, we only need to dig a small hole Dad not dig to China and the lunch could have waited until we got back"
"Why would we be digging to a tea cup?" Hook whispered as he leaned in close to her with a look of total confusion on his face
"What? Oh, not that kind of China, it's a place too. I'll show you later"
"Gods why does everything here have more than one meaning?"
Emma just laughed to herself "Just to confuse devilishly handsome Pirates"
"Well this devilishly handsome Pirate could do without it Swan but for now lets just forget it and maybe pick up our pace a little, I want to see how fast your Father can move when he thinks he is being left behind"
He tugged her hand as he suddenly started moving a bit quicker and a little squeal left her mouth followed by a giggle as they headed towards the caves. After a few minutes they were nearing the entrance and Emma finally allowed herself to glance over her shoulder to see that her Dad was once again picking up the pick axe from the sand.
"You guys are enjoying this aren't you?" he yelled but Emma's retort was cut off when Hook suddenly shoved her against the cave wall so that they were out of sight.
"We really should come back here one day without your Father in tow" he said raising an eyebrow as he lent in close "the cave is quite secluded if you get my meaning"
And Emma did... she so did and she took a mental note to look at the tide times for the rest of the week as he lent in further and pulled her into a kiss.
"Why am I starting to feel like a spare wheel?" David complained as he finally caught up and Emma reluctantly pushed Hook back to answer him
"Hey, you were the one that insisted on playing Long John Silver, it's not my fault that you thought we were digging a hole the size of Maine"
"I just wanted to make sure we had everything we needed and you won't be complaining when you can see in the dark" he retorted holding up one of the flashlights and wiggling it
Emma smirked and walked further into the cave before turning back to look at him
"I think I've got it covered"
She lifted her hand and concentrated hard then gave a wide grin as a bright white light hovered just about her palm.
"Great, you couldn't have shown me that back at the loft?" David groused dropping the supplies in a heap.
Hook must have felt sorry for him as he suddenly headed over and tried to bend down to pick up the fallen shovel but he winced and froze in a stooped position for a few seconds.
"Hey, it's alright. I'll get them, don't worry about it" David said rushing forward as Emma extinguished her light and quickly moved to take hold of Hook's arm, she helped him straighten up but when he met her eyes he winked at her and gave her a smirk before pulling in a breath through his teeth and limping forward with a growl.
"Pirate" Emma whispered as she tried to control her giggle, Hook had totally just shut her Dad up AND got him to carry everything all the way to the back of the cave.
"Right, I'm leaving the other stuff here but if we need anything I am not going to be the one who has to trail back to get it" David said finally grabbing hold of the shovel and slinging it up onto his shoulder.
"I think we'll be fine" Emma called back trying to not sound like she was laughing, she lifted her hand back up and the light reappeared.
The passage into the cave was narrow and Emma ended up leading the way having to maneuver herself up through tiny gaps in the rocks at one point.
"Are you sure this is the right way?" she complained as she was once again forcing herself through another narrow gap scraping skin from her back
"Aye Love" was all Hook replied and when she turned back to help him she could understand why he never gave much of an answer. He was practically having to hold his breath as he squeezed himself through the gap that she had just come through.
"Here, take my hand" she reached out and he took it quickly and she tugged hard
"I had forgotten how tricky this could be" he panted out and she could see by his face that he really was in pain this time
"Is it much further?" David asked pulling himself through after them, he had managed to climb a little higher up the rocks so had a bit more space and Emma suddenly thought that maybe this wasn't such a great idea but Hook's reply had her sighing in relief
"It's just up here, around that corner" he said pointing with his hook towards a dim light coming from up ahead.
"Good because this whole Pirate thing is losing it's fascination very quickly" David grumbled as he brushed past them but when he got to the corner he suddenly stopped, jaw falling open "Woah... you didn't tell me it would look like this!"
Hook grinned and suddenly he was moving again following after her Dad. Emma rushed to walk by his side now that the passageway had widened and as they came up to David's side Emma's eyes went wide in wonder. The cave was not very big but there was light seeping in from somewhere and it lit up a little pool of water that had a small waterfall flowing into it through a gap on the rocks making it look like it had a magical enchantment on it.
"Killian, it's amazing" Emma gushed out turning to face him
"Aye" he grinned "But we don't have much time to waste Love, we have to get this done otherwise we'll be trapped until the next low tide"
"Right, where are we digging this hole then?" David said lowering the shovel
"Here" Hook suddenly seemed so animated as he hobbled over to the middle of the sandy cave floor "This is where "X marks the spot" so this is where it must be"
David got to work digging and Emma watched as Hook pulled his shoulder bag around from his back and rummaged inside pulling out a very pretty looking gold box about the size of a brick.
"God Hook, that thing must be worth a fortune are you sure you want to bury it?"
"I'm sure... I never really liked it, I only kept it because I won it from Black Beard in a card game and he was not happy about it. It was once full of hideous jewelry too but I let my crew have that, so it makes perfect sense for me to use it, see it has his monogram on it just here"
Emma looked at the box and sure enough she could see the initials on the top, Killian was right, this would make it even more believable.
"OK hand it over" David suddenly said holding out his hand
The box was buried in a matter of minutes and she dropped down onto her knees next to her Dad to help smooth out the sand so that there were no footprints to be seen. Before Emma had much time to appreciate the wonder any longer they were heading back out towards the beach again.
They all squinted against the bright light as the emerged to find the sun still shining brightly but the tide was most definitely on it's way back in so they all helped grab the stuff that David had dropped and walked back along the shore a bit to a patch of sand that sat above the tide line dropping down to eat the lunch that her Dad had brought and when she took a large bite of her sandwich she was glad that he had. She finished eating quickly and soon found herself snuggling into Hook's side as they lent back on the dune behind them.
"This is nice" Hook sighed
Emma knew exactly what he meant but she didn't speak she just reached over and took his hand in hers.
"I'm going to head back to town, leave you two lovebirds to it" David said standing up and brushing the sand from his jeans "I'll take the stuff back with me, don't want peg leg hurting himself again"
Emma was just about tell her Dad to stop when Hook laughed at her side and spoke
"Not had that one in a while "Dad", you're slipping"
"Yeah well" David answered with a shrug but he didn't carry on with the insults "Just don't stay out too late you two, tomorrow is going to be a long day and you don't want anything stopping the adventure again"
He didn't elaborate but they all knew that he was essentially telling Hook to have an early night and Emma's heart swelled with love for her Dad, he really did care about her Pirate.
"We won't Dad and thanks for today, I had fun" Emma said smiling up at him
"Me too Kid, me too" he replied with his own smile grabbing the cooler that he had thrown the flashlights in then lifting the tools up and heading up the beach "See you tomorrow, I want to hear first hand all about the amazing treasure map that Henry found, I'll come round once I'm done at the station"