Four's A Crowd

Chapter 20 - A Small Sailor

Emma woke up in Killian's arms. Her throat was dry and scratchy. She pulled away from Killian, and grabbed the glass of water off the night stand. She took a few sips, and felt Killian stir behind her.

With a deep, raspy, sleepy voice, he greeted her. "Morning baby..." He smiled at her.

"Good morning, Captain."

"Emma?"

She had begun to get up out of the bed. "Yeah?"

"Can I ask you something? You've got to be completely honest with me..."

"Yeah, sure. Go ahead."

She stood up, and started to walk over to the bathroom. Killian sat up in the bed.

"Emma, are you pregnant?" He blurted out.

Emma stopped walking, her heart beating rapidly. She turned around slowly, but said nothing.

"Emma?" Killian asked, his tone very serious.

Emma forced the words out. "How did you know?"

Killian, looking somewhat relieved, gave her a quick reply. "I had my suspicions. Fainting spells, extensive tests on your abdomen when all you did was fall, you threw up last night. And I noticed, there hasn't been any uh- wrappers in the trash this month... Once I put the pieces together, it was very clear."

Emma nodded slowly, and sat down on the edge of the bed. She looked down at her hands and fiddled with her thumbs. "What are we going to do?"

Killian moved the covers aside and crawled over to her. He wrapped her up in his arms. "I don't know... but whatever you decide, I'm always with you. Always. Okay?"

Emma nodded again, and closed her eyes, leaning heavily against him.

"I want to keep it. I'm not going to give up another kid."

Killian smiled, although Emma couldn't see it. "Alright love, if that's your decision, then we shall raise a small sailor."

Emma giggled. "And if it's a girl?"

"Well I suppose we'd have to raise a fine young princess... Although I'm far more partial towards a sailor."

Emma grinned, obviously having fun with this. She looked up into his eyes. "I have to show you something."

She leaned over to the nightstand, opening the drawer. Killian cocked an eyebrow at her. She grabbed a few things from the drawer, shutting it when she was through. She hid the items in her hands.

"What is it, love?"

Emma opened one hand, revealing the positive test. Killian smiled, taking it in his hands.

"Our baby..."

"Babies." Emma corrected him.

He looked up at her, a look of genuine surprise on his face. "Babies?" He asked, timidly.

Emma nodded, revealing the sonogram in her other hand. He took it gingerly, inspecting it closely.

"I only see this one..." He paused. "Oh! There, it? is..."

Emma looked ecstatically at him, grinning ear to ear.

"Babies. We're having twins, Kil..."

He wrapped his arms around her once more, careful not to squish the photo.

"That's amazing!"