Losing Light

Chapter 21

Mary Margaret stormed into David's study. She slammed her hands onto the table as he came running in behind her. "She loves him," David said. "She made the right choice."

"I don't want her with him! Emma deserves better!" Mary argued.

"Who cares who she loves? As long as she is happy, we should be too."

"Oh she can be happy with whoever she wants. Just not with Killian!"

"So you've just changed your mind about him and her being together then?"

Mary Margaret crossed her arms over her chest and huffed, "it's complicated."

"You fell in love with the Ruler of Olympus. Emma fell in love with the Ruler of the Underworld. He is still a king. You can't really get better than dating a king."

"You don't understand! Emma is good! She's light. Your brother, he's dark! A trouble maker! Emma deserves someone who is just like her, so she is understood."

"If you try to destroy her happiness, you are all on your own," with that being said, David left the room.

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Emma and Killian continued to pack and he sent all of the boxes to his house. It didn't take long because she didn't have much to begin with. He thought about what Al said. That Emma had one night stands every weekend. He didn't want to pry, but he couldn't help but feel a little jealous. As he teleported the last box to his apartment, he walked into the bedroom where Emma stood staring out the window. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"You ready to go, love?" He asked.

She nodded, "I'm going to miss it here. The view is incredible."

"Wait until you see the view at my place. It's the penthouse at the very top so I get the roof access to myself, two floors, and a balcony. You're going to love it."

"You just have to have the best of the best, huh?"

"Yes I do and I'm not ashamed of that."

"Then why did you pick me?"

"Because you are the best of the best." She smiled and kissed him, but not believing his words about her. They left Emma's apartment and dropped her keys off at the front desk and they walked out of the building. As they walked down the crowded sidewalk, and he led her to a pizza place and held the door open for her so she could walk in. They took a seat and ordered a large sausage pizza. "Swan, I wanted to ask you about your one night stands. How often were they?" Killian asked.

"Almost every Friday night. I wanted to get you off my mind, but it never worked. Why did you ask?" Emma asked.

He shrugged his shoulders, "I just wanted to know."

She squinted her eyes at him but didn't believe him. He stood up and excused himself to go to the bathroom. She tapped her foot and stared at her phone. Had she made him mad? Was it because of all the guys? Could he be jealous? She shook the thoughts out of her head as the little bell above the door jingled indicating that someone had just walked in, went off. Emma looked at the person walking through the door and wanted the ground to swallow her whole. The woman that walked through the door was Lily Page. She was Emma's business rival. Lily's design company trailed closely behind the one that Emma worked for, but now that she quit, she would never hear the end of it. Lily looked around the restaurant before finding a table that was relatively close to Emma's. She groaned internally as the woman sat down.

"How are you doing, Emma? I heard about your resignation. You just made my company number one in the state!" Lily bragged.

"Congratulations, Lily," Emma told her sarcastically.