It's Complicated

Chapter 10

The next morning Killian slips out to his apartment to grab a change of clothes and a shower. When he returns he more than vocal about his doubts.

"Love, are you sure about this?" he asks as he makes breakfast for them.

"Absolutely and my cabinets are more bare than normal. A trip to the grocery store is needed. I'll have my gun and Will is too smart to make a move on me in a crowd. I will be fine," she attempts to reassure him. He grumbles in agreement, but is willing to go along with the plan nonetheless.

They make a quick run to the grocery store and pick up everything she wants. Killian desperately wants to hold her hand, but he knows she slip her hand out of his grasp and a little under forty eight hours ago she was with another man in the eyes of the town anyway. It's best for now they not flaunt their feelings publicly. He wants to, but knows they can't. At least not for now. Once this is all cleared up he fully intends on taking her to a nice restaurant and treating her the way she deserves.

When they finish up he insists on loading the groceries into her car. Emma attempts to help him, but he simply takes the bags from her hands when she does. This causes her to laugh the first genuine laugh he can remember hearing from her. Within one second she tenses up.

"What's wrong, love?" he asks her without stopping his task.

"I can just feel everyone's eyes on me and it's a weird feeling, one that I am trying ignore, which is difficult when the town doesn't try and hide the fact they are whispering about me," she says without looking at him.

"We do live in a small town, it happens. They could at least hide the fact they are whispering about you, very rude," he jokes and gets a small laugh from her, "No, in all seriousness I am sure your little trip the to emergency room didn't go unnoticed and neither did Walsh being taken away by David. The town talks. That's all it is. No one thinks differently of you or your ability to be deputy," he says as he loads the last bag in.

"How did you know I was worried about that?" she asks.

"Ah you're an open book, love. I know how much your job means to you, which is good cause you're bloody brilliant. Come on, let's take this stuff back and head into the station. We're going to start on trial prep today," he says as they climb into her yellow bug.

After putting away all the groceries and picking up lunch from Grannies the new couple head into the station. David is waiting for them in his office sorting through all the files on his desk.

"Hello, how was your walk around town?" David asks them.

"No one was following us, but everyone in town saw us, so hopefully he comes out of hiding soon," Emma says as Killian begins to pass out everyone's lunch.

"Since we are all here I thought we could start on trial prep," Killian suggest and David nods. For the next fifteen minutes Emma tells them everything about Walsh. Every insecurity, every flaw of his that Emma knows of. Killian writes everything down, David finally interjects.

"Does Walsh know about Arizona? David asks. Every muscle in Emma's body tenses. Killian can see her walls build themselves up again. Just when he thought they were starting to come down.

"He knew about him not all the details," she says tight lipped. David gives her a pointed look.

"What's Arizona and why are we worried about Walsh knowing?" Killian asks choosing to avoid that Emma won't look at him. Always two step forward and five steps back with her.

"When I was 17 I went to jail. Walsh's lawyer will use it to destroy me. Destroy this case."

"Is the record sealed?" Killian asks