Sheriff Swan

Chapter 50

It's been a week and Emma had a normal week. It's the day of the funeral and she is trying to keep herself together. She is at her apartment and is getting ready. She puts on a black dress and a pair of black stilettos. She brushes her hair and puts it in a bun. She brushes her teeth and then grabs her makeup bag. She puts on mascara, eyeliner, and some red lipstick. She looks at herself in the mirror for a while and then walks out of the bathroom and into the living room. She looks at the clock and it reads 9:09am. She grabs her keys and puts on Graham's leather jacket. She takes a deep breath and then walks out of her apartment. She slowly walks down the stairs and outside to her car. She gets in and starts it up. She sits there for a while looking at her arms and thinking about Graham and her depression. After a while she pulls out of the parking lot and drives to the funeral home.

When she gets there she parks her car and gets out. She grabs the piece of paper her enology is on and shuts the door. She stuffs the paper in the coat pocket and begins to walk to the funeral home. As she walks in she sees tons of people she doesn't know. She looks among the people and finally sees David. She walks over to him and quietly stands next to him.

"How you doing?" David asks.

"I'm okay, you?" Emma says.

"I'm good." David says.

"Where is Mary and Neal?" Emma asks.

"They are over at the refreshment table." David says.

Emma nods and looks down. After a while she feels a hand on her shoulder and looks up. Killian is standing there with a suit on.

"How you doing, Swan?" Killian asks.

"I'm okay." Emma says. Killian hugs her and she hugs him back. She lets go after while and asks, "Where's Morgan?"

"She's with Mary, Red, and Neal." Killian says. Emma nods and looks over at the table. She sees them talking to Lacy and smiling. She looks back at Killian and is holding back tears. "Your going to be alright." Killian says as he rubs Emma's arm.

Emma sniffs back the tears and looks over at Graham's coffin. She sees people walk over to it and place flowers in it. Emma doesn't walk over to it. She doesn't want to see him. Lacy walks up to the podium and taps lightly on the mic. Everyone looks to her and she asks everyone to sit. David, Killian, and Emma go and sit with Mary, Red, Neal, and Morgan. When everyone sat down Lacy began to talk.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Lacy. We are all here today to acknowledge Graham Humbert. He was a very happy man. He lived here in Storybrooke and was a Sheriff. He had a lovely girl and a wonderful life. He was shot by Rumple Gold in the chest. He didn't deserve to die. He was to young. I loved him with all my heart and he had to leave us. He is up in heaven right now looking down on this. I bet he is happy to see all of you here." Lacy said with tears now streaming down her face. "I'm sorry." Lacy wipped her tears away and continued. "I remember when his dad died when he was 11, he told me that he couldn't wait to be with him again. I told him to wait a little to leave us. And so he did. But now he is up there with Ben and they are reunited. I'm glad that he died trying to save his town. I'm glad he died a hero." Lacy looked at Graham in his coffin and then said, "We all miss you Graham."

Lacy turned back to everyone and looked at Emma. Lacy nodded her head and Emma nodded back. Killian rubbed Emma's back and then Emma got up from her seat. She walked up to the podium and pulled out her piece of paper. Lacy kissed her on the cheek and then sat down. Emma looked at Graham and began to cry. She just looked at him for a while and then looked back at everyone. She wipped the tears away and placed the paper on the podium.

"Umm, Hi. I'm Emma Swan." Emma said waving to everyone. She cleared her throat and then began to speak. "I was very close to Graham. I loved him." She paused and looked up from her paper. She then looked back down at her paper and crumpled it up. She stuffed it in her pocket and began to speak again. "I still love him. I will never stop loving him. I'm an orphan. No one really cared for me. Until Graham. He really loved me. I should of interfered with him and Rumple. I should have saved him. But I just stood there. I can never forgive myself. When he died I didn't know what to do. I felt like life wasn't worth living. I cut myself. I almost died. But I'm getting better. I still miss him. My friends were so generous that they gave me his jacket. I will keep it close to me. I also have his shoelace." Emma laughed a little and everyone laughed as well. "I know it sounds ridiculous but it helps me." She then looked at Graham and said, "Graham, I love you. I miss you. I can't wait to see you."

Emma looked back at everyone with tears flooding out of her eyes. She stepped away from the podium and sat back down next to Killian and David. They both comforted her and Lacy walked back up to the podium.

"Anyone else like to speak?" Lacy asked.

David stood up and walked up to the podium. He looked at Graham and then looked at everyone.

"Graham was my best friend. We've been friends ever since he moved here. I remember when I was going to propose to my wife I asked him about it first. He told me he had my back. He was my best man. We had tons of wonderful times together. I saw him on the dock. He was lying there. I couldn't believe that he was gone, but he's in a better place now." David looked back at Graham and said, "I'll see you soon, buddy."

He patted his hand on Graham's shoulder and then walked back to sit next to Killian and Emma. Mary grabbed David's hand and kissed his cheek.

Lacy walked back up and said, "Anyone?"

Someone came up to the podium that Emma didn't know. He tapped the mic and then began to speak.

"Hello, I'm Mark. I am Graham's cousin. He was my only cousin. We were the closest of the close. I remember one time when we were about 7 years old we got Uncle Ben. He was walking outside and we sprayed him with water guns. He was soaked. We laughed so hard. After that we went and got ice cream. That was one of the best times I had with him. I miss him." Mark looked at Graham and then said, "In a while crocodile."

Mark walked back to sit down and Lacy walked back up to the podium.

"Anyone else?" Lacy said. Everyone was crying and obviously couldn't talk. Lacy then closed up by saying, "Okay, we are all going to go to the cemetery. The burial is in an hour."

Everyone got up from there seats and began to walk around and talk. Emma didn't move, she stayed in her seat. Mark came over to her and sat down.

"How are you doing?" Mark asked.

"I'm okay, you?" Emma said.

"I'm good. So, you were Graham's girlfriend."

"Ya." Emma said looking at her hands.

"I'm sorry." Mark said.

"I'm sorry for you." Emma said.

"It was nice to meet you." Mark said standing up.

Emma nodded and he walked away. Emma sat there in silence as everyone around her talked. She fiddled with her thumbs and tapped her foot. When everyone was walking out she stood up and walked over to Graham. She looked down at him began to cry again.

"Graham, I miss you. I should have killed Rumple when he pulled out the gun. I should have stopped him. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." Emma was bawling now. "I can never forgive myself. You will always be in my heart Graham. I love you. I love you so much."

Emma felt a hand on her shoulder and looked back.

Killian was standing there and said, "Come on Love. It's time to go to the burial."

Emma nodded and they walked out of the home. Emma got into her car and drove to the cemetery.