Ghosts of the past

Never Give Up

I ran after him, looking everywhere I could think of. I searched Granny's, the docks, random places in town then I ran back to check the apartment again. I couldn't find him, he really was gone. Her heart hurt so much. She thought he was different. He had promised that he'd stay. Promised to never leave her.

I had been given up so many times in my life, but I was determined to stop him from leaving. I wouldn't let him get away, I would fix what had happened between us, no matter what. It hadn't been fully my fault, yet I should have been paying attention. Maybe this is what I get for being happy, for being the saviour. I should have known that a saviour gives people their happy ending but can't handle her own.

This was why I had walls, why I put them up in the first place so that I wouldn't get hurt. This was what happened when you let someone in, they break your heart and leave you to pick up the pieces on your own. I had been so sure.

So sure that he was different to the others that had hurt me. That he was special. I had been positive, he had seemed so focused on being with me that I had fallen for him, deeper than advisable.

I should never have broken the curse. I should have taken Henry. I shouldn't have kissed Hook, I should never have gone to the Enchanted Forest. I should never have gone to Neverland. I should have gotten my son and left. I should never have let my parents in either, they were at fault too. They think they know everything when it comes to love.

They were determined it getting me with Neal that they didn't even stop to think about how I felt about him. How I didn't want to be with him for a reason. They were at fault. I was at fault too. I should have known that it was dangerous to allow so many people in all at once. But, Hook...maybe he had been different. Maybe it was me that had ruined everything. No, it was Neal, he was the most at fault. He never stopped ruining things for me. This was all his fault. It was his fault that I had trust issues and walls but then again, I should have been able to see he was trouble so eventually it all came back to me, no matter what I did.

"Emma!" I looked behind me and I saw David, out of breath running towards me. I frowned. "What's wrong?" "It's Hook. He was at the town line and Neal pushed him over. He doesn't remember anything." No way...