Swanfire: It's Always Been You.

Chapter 2

Neal's POV

Then, swiftly and quickly, I kissed Emma. I thought she would push me away, but she immediately kissed me back. We were kissing. We got up, still kissing. We broke apart. "Sorry," I said. "I just... I hoped." But I couldn't finish. She kissed me again and that made me shut up. We broke the kiss and she smiled. "Don't apologize," she said smiling. I smiled back and we kissed again. We broke and I pulled her into a hug. I missed her so much. "I missed you," she whispered before I could tell her, "I missed you so much." I felt her crying on my shoulder. "I missed you so much" I whispered back and a tear fell down my cheek. We just kinda stood there for a while, hugging and crying into each other's shoulders. I could tell her parents and Hook were staring at us, so I told her softly, "We should probably get out of here." She nodded and we broke our hug. I looked at her. We were both crying. I brought my hand up to her face and wiped a tear away from both her cheeks and then she smiled. I smiled back at her. We walked toward the others. Her parents were smiling. "I'm glad you're okay," Mary Margaret told me pulling me into a hug. She released me. "Me too," David told me patting my back. Emma smiled at me and I smiled back. I took her hand and we walked out of the Echo Caves together, her parents and Hook ahead of us. Once they were out of ear range, I looked at her. My beautiful Emma Swan, the mother to our child, the love of my life. She looked at me and said, "Are you okay?" I nodded and took her hands into my own. "I have a secret too, Emma," I started. "I'm never going stop fighting for you, never." I was looking at our hands the entire time because I had tears in my eyes. As soon as I finished, I looked at her face and she was crying too. She just stared at each other for a while. I took a step closer to her, closing the space between us. I connected our lips.  For some reason I felt someone was listening to us. I shook those thoughts out of my mind and focused on her. We broke the kiss and we smiled at each other. I hugged her. "I love you," I whispered. "I love you, too," she whispered back and I smiled. We broke and I looked at her. We smiled at each other. I threw my arm around her and she laughed. As I turned around to follow the others, I saw a black leather jacket escape from behind the bushes. Someone was watching us. Hook.