The Life I'd Hoped For (Once Upon A Time)

Chapter 23:Finally Home

Belles pov

The hardest thing I've had to do is force Rumple out of town. I could still hardley believe I'd done it. It seemed like forever ago. Life had gone on as usual, other than the fact I'd been staying at grannys. I couldn't stay in that house. I still owned the library, which was the only thing that kept me from thinking of him. I was walking back home when I relized I left my room key at the library. So I turned around and started to walk back. When I got there the door was wide open, I was sure I had shut and locked it. I walked over to the front desk I heard something moving on the other side of one of the bookshelves. "Hello," I said cautiosly walking toward the sound. It was Will. Eiter asleep or passed out from all the alcohol, you could smell it with every deep breath he took. "Will," I said. "Will," I yelled louder. This time he rolled over but didn't wake up. Not knowing what else to do I grabbed a book off the shelf and dropped it. Not close enough to hit him but close enough to wake him up. "Bloody hell," he yelled finally waking up. "Well good evening boozy bookworm," I said picking up the book and walking back to put it on the shelf. "That my new nickname," he asked grogily as he stood up. "Get drunk and break into a library, what do you want me to call you," I said trying to find where the book should be. "I believe you owe me a drink," he said streching out each word as he spoke them. I just laughed. "Go home Will," I said trying not to sound rude. "Okaay," he said almost falling over from all the alcohol. Noticing a book on the floor titled "Alice" I picked it up and noticed it didn't belong to the library. "Will," I said. "Yes," he said halfway out the door. "You left this," I said holding up the book. "Keep it," he said smiling and walking out the door. I flipped through the pages of the book when a ripped piece of notebook paper about the size of my palm fell to the floor. It had a phone number on it. I just smiled and rolled my eyes as I put the paper back in the book.

Emmas pov

It was the middle of the afternoon when we got back to Storybrooke. I'd gone straight to my parents place. Regina seemed happy with Robin back, but there was still no sign of where Roland and Marian were. I'd asked Regina if she'd watch after Henry and she kindly agreed. I walked back out to my car to find Killian leaning against the side of it holding two coffees. "Swan," he said noticing me. I hugged him and he kissed my forehead before handing me one of the coffees and we walked down the street. "So how was it," he asked. "I missed this," I said leaning in and gently pressing my lips to his. "As did I," he said pressing his forehead against mine.