True Love: God Approved

Chapter 16

* Emma's POV *

I left the jacket upstairs and headed downstairs, biting my lip to keep from grinning when I saw him. He was pacing, obviously anxious until he turned and saw me. I could see the hunger in his eyes even from there, his feet seeming to move of their own accord as he came to wrap his arms around me and kiss me deeply.

"Mmm," I moaned softly, gripping the lapels of his jacket as I let him dominate my mouth. "I take it you like the outfit, Captain?"

"Very much," he whispered, his voice low and husky with desire. "You are... by far the sexiest thing I have ever laid eyes on in my entire life."

"Like you need any reminding of how devilishly handsome you are?" I teased him, his fingertips digging into my waist when I nipped at his bottom lip. "Come on, let's go get a drink."

"Bloody tease," he muttered, keeping one arm around me as we walked into town and I held his other hand in both of mine. We got quite a few stares as we walked but he didn't care, if anything it added to his ego the way everyone turned to stare when we walked into the tavern. "Why don't you go find us a table, love? I'm just going to get those drinks you wanted."

"Okay," I half smiled and kissed his cheek. "Don't take too long."

He just smirked as I walked away, going to sit at the empty table in the corner. I watched him at the bar like I had when we went back in time, this time taking no shame in noticing everything about him. He glanced back at me and his smirk grew when he found me watching him, biting my lip to keep from grinning and twisting my ring around my finger.

"Hey there," an extremely drunk man said as he sat far too close to me, startling me from my daze. "I haven't seen you here before."

"Yeah, I'm, uhm, new in town," I said as I moved further away from him but he just got closer until I was against the wall. "Just got here this morning."

"I see," he said, looking at me the same way those men had earlier and making me jump when he put his hand on my thigh. "Well maybe I can show you around."

"I think she's all set," Killian said as he yanked the man up and away from me, setting a bottle of rum on the table. "Her fiance can take care of her just fine, so why don't you just move along, mate?"

He quickly nodded and stumbled away when Killian let him go. Killian shook his head, moving to sit between me and the wall so I was between his legs and pulling me closer. I moved my legs over one of his and he smiled a bit, bringing me even closer to kiss me softly.

"Well that was an interesting start," I gave him a small smile but there was something different in his eyes now. "Babe, what is it?"

"Nothing, I just," he sighed and shook his head, avoiding my eyes. "I used to be like that. That's exactly what the old me did when we went back in time. I was a drunk idiot who took advantage of too many women and seeing men trying to do that to you..."

"But that's not the man you are," I reminded him with a sweet kiss and he rested his forehead on mine with his eyes closed and my hand on his cheek. "If you could see yourself through my eyes, you'd know how wonderful you really are. You may regret your past, but everyone does, and it made you the man you are. The man I love with all my heart."

"You're too perfect," he sighed, sliding his hand into my hair to bring my lips back to his. There were a lot of things I hated about being away from my family, but being able to kiss him like this whenever I wanted wasn't one of them. "Mmm...I'm going to miss this when we go home."

"I know," I breathed against his lips, still holding tight to his jacket. "But we still get to get married, and I'm still going to be only yours. We just can't be so... obvious in all our affection."

"I don't know how well we're going to hide it anymore," he teased me a bit, making me giggle when he yanked me closer so my legs were on either side of his waist. "Not after I finally got to touch you. There were certain boundaries before, but now..."

"Really?" I laughed, sliding my hands up his chest and around his neck as he held my thighs. "You think you're above the rules now, pirate?"

"Maybe a little," he smirked, sliding his hands up under my skirt and cocking his eyebrow as if challenging me to scold him. "Of course, one of these days it's going to be my turn to tie you up like you've been doing to me since we met."

"We'll see," I failed not to laugh again, grabbing the bottle and taking a long drink before offering it to him. "But for now, drinking is good."

"Well it certainly doesn't hurt," he grinned and I rolled my eyes as he took a drink as well. A couple hours later, if we weren't drunk we were both pretty damn close, laughing way too much. "So you planning to get me drunk and leave me again, Swan?"

"Mmm maybe not this time," I teased him, tightening my arms around his neck to pull myself up to kiss him deeply. "Besides, I wasn't actually leaving you, and you punched yourself in the face."

"That man didn't deserve to be kissing you like that," he said quietly, pulling me closer so I was officially straddling his lap as he kissed me again much like his other self had that night. "I don't even deserve to, but you're my girl and I can't make myself let you go ever again."

"So serious tonight," I teased him even more and he let out a short laugh as I left feather light kisses all over his face. "I think you need another drink, and another kiss."

"Well I won't turn either of those down," he sighed, giving me a small smile when I gave him a drink and a deep kiss. "Mmm well that does help quite a bit."

"Good," I smiled, kissing him again quickly before I stumbled up with his hands still on my hips as my head spun. "You stay here, I just really have to pee."

"You alright?" He asked, clearly concerned by my stumbling and jumbled speach. "I can take you if you like."

"I'm fine," I assured him, running my fingers through his hair as I walked away. "I'll be right back, babe."

I found the bathroom, mumbling under my breath about the plumbing in this realm the entire time. I was on my way back to him when a dirty hand covered my mouth and I was dragged out the back door.

*Writer's POV*

Regina walked into her son's room the next night, not surprised to find more of his writing next to his bed. She smiled a bit at how much he'd taken to it all, but it slowly fell as she read the new page. She left his room and all but ran to her phone, staring horrified at the picture on the other side.

"Regina?" David answered the phone half asleep. "We just got Neal down, what is it?"

"I know we said we would wait for tomorrow to try using that wand," she said nervously. "But I just found Henry's newest writing, and we need to try right now."

"Why?" He asked, now sounding completely alert. "What did he write? Did something happen to Emma and Hook?"

"You know Blackbeard crashed the ball," she started causiously. "But it looks like the two of them went out after and... he took her. I don't think I need to tell you what most pirates do to their enemy's spouses, especially him. We have to go. Now."