I Finally Found You (1)

21: One Down, One more to go

(Killian's POV)
Eventually I got Emma out of the apartment and carried her down the stairs. I hate seeing her like this. Emma mostly cried the whole way down. By the time we get out of the building, she had stopped sobbing and is now just silently crying. I put her down and she stares at the ground. No one says anything. We all just stand there for a while until Henry speaks up.

"Mom?" He asks Emma.

"Mhm?" is her only response.

"What do we do now?" Henry asks.

Emma takes a deep breath and whispers, "I don't know, kid." She still remained looking at the ground.

"How about we head down to the docks?" I ask. Maybe that will help her relax.

"That sounds good," Henry says. We both want to cheer her up, if that's even possible. She just lost her parents. Emma nods her head in response.

"Ok, let's go," I say. I grab Emma's hand but she still doesn't look up. I wonder what must be racing through her mind right now. Henry starts to walk ahead while carrying Neal in his seat-thingy. Emma and I follow closely behind.

We arrive at the docks. Henry and I share a look and he walks away with Neal. I bring Emma over to one of the dock's benches. I take a seat and she follows. "Do you want to talk about it?" I ask trying to talk to her. She shakes her head. "Swan, what can I do to help you?" I plead.

"Don't leave me," she whispers and finally meets my eyes. Within them, I see pain. My heart breaks at the sight. I look at her sympathetically.

"You know that I wouldn't if I had a choice," I say.

"I know," Emma says. I pull Emma into a hug and she quietly sobs onto my shoulder. I rub her back with my good hand. I release her from the hug and place my hand and hook on her shoulders.

"Emma, we all believe that you can fight this and find a way to fix it. We believe in you, but you have to start believing in yourself first," I say. "Will you promise me, that you'll be the brave swan that I know you are, and fight this?"

She nods her head. "I promise," she whimpers. Tears begin to once again fall from her eyes and I wipe them away with my hand.

"Good," I say, tears now beginning to form in my eyes. "Now, how about we go spend some time with your lad?" She nods her head.

I stand up and Emma says, "Wait."

"Yes love?" I ask. She stands up and kisses me passionately. I wrap my arms around her waist and she wraps her arms around my neck. I deepen the kiss, not knowing which one will be our last. Moments later we stop and lean our foreheads on one another's.

She smiles up at me, for the first time in what felt like forever but in reality, was probably only an hour. She grips my hand and we begin to walk over to her boy.

(Emma's POV)
We walk over to Henry who is currently staring off into sea, holding Neal's portable car seat. "Hey kid," I say and he turns around.

"Hey mom," he says in response. "How are you?"

"I've been better," I say. "How's Neal?"

"He's asleep," Henry says. "Mom I don't want to lose my memories of you, and everyone else."

"I know, kid. But...I'll...find a way to fix this," I say, trying to comfort Henry.