When I Met You, I Found Me (1)

Chapter 34

"Promise me you won't go too overboard with this." Killian said walking with her to the gym.

"I am not promising anything." Emma said. An evil smile forming on her face.

She met up with Ruby and Regina in the locker room and they formed their plan. Out in the gymnasium, everyone lined up against the bleachers, and the coach picked team captains. Milah and Killian were picked.

"Ladies first." Killian said.

Milah picked Katherine. Apparently she had become friends with her to take Regina's place at the snob table.

Killian slowly but surely got Emma, Belle, Ruby, Regina, Robin, Graham, and a new student who came at the same time as Milah did. His name was Will Scarlett.

An intense game of dodgeball began. Milah did everything she could to try to get Emma out, but she was far better at every gym activity than Milah was. Emma ended up getting Milah out three times in one game. Killian was glad to see that Emma wasn't trying to give Milah brain damage, but the game was only starting. Emma had to avoid her head, because if she hit it, Milah wouldn't get out. The class ended with Killian's team winning with a score of 4-0. At the end of the game, Emma brought Killian in for a kiss. She made sure that Milah was watching so she could make her jealous.

"Nolan, Jones! No PDA!" The gym teacher yelled.

Emma pulled away and blushed. "Good game Jones." She said with a smile.

"You too Swan."

They both ran to the locker rooms and got changed. Emma's hand had been hit with high fives for the sign of 'good game.' She even offered one for Milah, but she rudely declined.

The plan was to kill with kindness.

Emma finished the school day with a smile on her face. She knew how much Milah was bothered by her kindness. Emma had invited Victor, who was Ruby's boyfriend, Robin and Regina over to a fire at her and Ruby's special place. The ground was covered in snow, and it was bone chilling cold. Clouds covered the night sky, and the lights were still strung in the trees from Killian's apology project.

"I guess I forgot to take the lights down." Killian said to Emma as they were putting wood into the fire pit.

"It's okay. It will add to the effect." Emma said.

Killian started the fire, and it gradually got bigger. It was the size of a regular campfire. Emma sat down on a log next to the pit and stared at the dancing orange flames. It reminded her of a time with her parents when she was a little girl.

Little Emma, Mary Margaret, and David were sitting in front of the fire place on the couch. Her parents were watching tv, and Emma was watching the fire and coloring in a coloring book.

"Don't sit too close to the fire princess. You don't want your eyebrows to burn off." David said with a laugh.

"Daddy! That won't happen will it mommy?" Emma asked.

"If you are too close it can, but you aren't that close that you will loose them." Mary Margaret explained.

Emma put her hands on her forehead to see if they were still there, but she was up too far. Mary Margaret and David silenced their laughs at the silliness of their daughter. Emma stood up and ran into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. She breathed a sigh of relief at went back out to the living room. She sat far away from the fire and continued to color her picture.

Emma smiled at the thought as she finished her daydream, even though tears were pooling in her eyes. She looked beside her, and Killian was staring at her.

"What's the matter love?" He asked.

"Nothing." Emma sniffed and rubbed her eyes pushing the tears back. "Just remembered something about my parents."

Killian pulled Emma in for a hug. "I'm sure they are proud of you Swan. They are watching over you."

Emma laughed through the tears in her eyes. "I miss them Killian. Their death is my fault. It wouldn't have happened if I never told you about the threat from Neal."

"You can't possibly blame yourself. Something worse could have happened to you if you hadn't said anything."

"But we all would have been alive. Whether I was here in Storybrooke or not. They would be alive."

Killian let Emma go and kneeled in front of her. He put his hands on her knees and looked her in the eyes. "If your parents were here right now Swan, I just know that they would tell you that you made the right decision. They loved you so much."

"I know." She wrapped her arms around his neck and he returned the hug. She then felt more arms wrap around her body.

"We felt like you needed more hugs." Ruby said with a laugh.

"Thanks you guys." Emma said darting her eyes between Victor, Ruby, Regina, Robin, and Killian.

Robin took a seat around the fire and made marshmallow sticks from the branches on the trees and handed one to everybody. Regina handed a marshmallow to everyone, and on the count of three, the marshmallows were plunged into the fire. Regina pulled hers out of the fire first, and blew on the burnt marshmallow. She put it in her mouth and kissed Robin. Victor made a s'more and fed it to Ruby. Emma rolled her eyes and smiled at their cuteness, when Killian stuck a marshmallow to her forehead. She looked over at him and he just laughed.

"That's not very funny." Emma said taking it off of her forehead.

"On the contrary love. It hilarious!" He said before bursting into another fit of laughter with the others.

Emma smiled then shoved her marshmallow in his face, smearing it on the side of his mouth, causing everyone to laugh harder than they already were, except for Killian. "Now that's hilarious!" Emma said between laughs.

Killian made a snowball and when Emma saw this, she stopped laughing. "Don't you dare."

Killian smiled then threw it at her face causing the snow to fall on her neck.

"Ah! Cold, cold, cold, cold!" Emma yelled swiping the snow away.

"You guys stop it!" Ruby said in between laughs. "My stomach hurts."

Slowly the laughter died down and Killian grabbed his guitar.

"I didn't know you brought that." Emma said.

Killian smiled then opened the case and took it out. He started to play The Campfire Song Song. Everyone laughed and sung along. At then end of the song, he said, "I'd smash my guitar, but I'm not in a cartoon, and can't magically appear another one."

Emma kissed his cheek, and a few more s'mores later, everyone went home. New friendships were made that night by bonding with each other, but what the six friends didn't know, was that new enemies were made too.

If you watch SpongeBob, you would know what I'm talking about. 😂