Once on Instagram II

Destination XX: The Docks

A/N: I meant to have this up last night, but I was at youth group and I couldn't really write fan fiction during youth group

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The sun was low in the sky, just beginning to dip below the horizon, causing the blue sky to darken. The bright colors of the sunset could be faintly seen around the sun. It felt like a summer evening, as the weather had been unusually warm for September.

Milah and Killian were sitting on the edge of the docks, their feet dangling in the frigid water. But because of their past life as pirate, the cold didn't bother them. They had split a sandwich Milah made and were sharing headphones, listening to the music on Milah's phone.

Emma and Neal were further back on the docks. Emma was pacing back and forth and checking the time on her phone every few seconds.

"If you're going to do that much pacing, you might as well pull up Pokémon Go. You're probably already at two kilometers."

Emma stopped moving and looked over at Neal. "Really?"

Neal shook his head. "Nah. Not from pacing. Maybe if you ran up and down the street instead..." He sat down and pulled his phone out.

Emma sighed and sat down next to Neal. She leaned her head on his shoulder and looked down at his phone screen. After a few moments, she glanced at Hook and Milah. "Do you think they know?" She whispered.

"Know what?"

"That they're falling back in love."

"We don't know that for sure," Neal reminded her. "It's possible they really are just friends."

Emma shook her head doubtfully. "I don't think so. They're acting like a couple. They were dancing at Regina and Robin's wedding."

"That might just be because they had no one else to dance with."

"Just because she's your mom doesn't mean you have to disapprove of all my reasoning. I mean, look at my mom and how much she ships Outlaw Queen."

"Regina is only Snow's step-mom," Neal pointed out. "Milah actually gave birth to me."

Emma shrugged. "Fair enough. What time is it?"

"7:45. They'll probably start arriving soon."

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Fifteen minutes later, Regina, Robin, Roland, Henry, Violet, Zelena, Arthur, Ruby, Dorothy, Belle, Gold, Snow, David, and Neal Jr had all arrived. They were all crowded around Neal, Emma, Milah, and Killian, awaiting the "big announcement".

"I assume you all remember the finale dream?" Emma began. "Besides Belle and Robin, that is. But I'm sure you've heard all about Jekyll, Hyde, and the Land of Untold Stories from the rest of us."

Belle nodded slowly while Regina and Robin looked at each other. Regina's grip on Robin's hand tightened.

"Well, at first it was sort of a joke about going there, but..." Emma looked at Neal, who took that as his cue to begin talking.

"We've been working on this for several weeks now. We asked Hook and Milah for help because we knew the only place to store it would be here at the docks, and because Hook's ship has travelled realms several times before."