Black Heart {OUAT fanfiction}

Epilogue 2; "Daddy!!"

"Rose!!" I heard an all to familiar voice when we walked into the big hallway of the Boston Airport. I looked to my left and started running.

"Daddy!!" I yelled. When I reached my father I jumped into his arms and he stumbled back slightly. He held me tightly.

"Oh I missed you!"

"And I you!" He set me down gently and I hugged him again. I just didn't want to let go.

"Gwanpaaaa!" I let go of my father as I heard my son scream. He ran to him and my dad picked him up from the ground. Sean hugged him immediately. Joe came up behind me and wrapped his arm around my waist. It was good to see how happy my father was while seeing us. He really did miss us, but, so did we.

"Hey bud! How're you?" My dad asked my son who was just beaming with happiness. "You good huh?" Sean nodded. Sometimes he wouldn't completely understand what everyone meant and said, but he slowly started to understand. Really slow. "Let's get to Gran shall we?"

"Yes!" Sean giggled. To my highest surprise, my dad and Emma married a year ago. It was a real fairytale wedding, her dress so gorgeous it suited her body just perfectly. And my dads tuxedo matched his hook. And of course his favorite color, black. Like his soul, he always says. I always say like his heart, he would simply ignore me and carry on.

In the car to Storybrooke, Sean was sleeping in no time. He was only placed in the seat and his eyes fell shut, and the complete drive, he slept. Joe was sitting in the passenger seat and had a nice chat with my dad, I was sitting in the back re-positioning Sean every now and then. I was a little bit scared to get in the car at first, knowing my dad only had 1 hand... But he did well. Luckily.

We arrived in Storybrooke not long after, their house was big. I haven't seen them in over a year, and they didn't have that house back then. My dad parked the car and we all got out, I woke Sean and took him in my arms. My dad took our bags, not letting Joe carry one. The front door opened, revealing Emma with a gorgeous smile on her face. She welcomed us all with a hug and informed us to be a bit quiet, since their daughter was sleeping.

"How far are you?" Emma asked when we had a little 'Alone time' or well, 'girl talk'.

"Almost done, I think about 2-3 weeks left. Maybe sooner, I have no idea anymore. Been a bit busy." She smiled at me.

"It's wonderful," She took my hand and held it gently. "Can you keep a secret?"

"Euhhm, for so far I know, yes? Why? For who?"

"Your dad can't know this yet, I want to tell him during dinner tonight. But, if you can keep that secret until tonight, I want to tell you."

"You're pregnant?!" I almost yelled. But quickly held my hand over my mouth to keep my voice down. She smiled brightly. "Oh my gosh! Emma! Congrats!" I gently hugged her, not trying to squeeze my baby even more, knowing I might have squeezed her a little when I hugged my dad. Oops. "How long?" I asked when I pulled away.

"Three weeks," she smiled, you could really see she loved it. She really, really loved it. "Yesterday I got really sick, of course because of the pregnancy, and Killian almost wanted to blow off the family weekend because of it. I told him not to worry, and sneaky did a pregnancy test,"

"Oh I'm so happy for you two! Leia would get a brother or sister! Amazing!" I smiled.

"And Sean would have someone to play with soon," Emma gently laid her hand on my belly.

Emma and I had really become better friends ever since I found my family again, time had been frozen until I found them. I'm probably really old, like my dad, who's over 300 years old or something. But you won't see that we don't age, hopefully our children have that too.
Emma really has been a mom to me ever since I was back in Storybrooke before we left to NYC. She helped me even when I had to give birth to Sean, my dad wouldn't dare looking at me, while Joe just held my hand and whispered some sweet words to me. And I hope this time, she'll be there for me too.

Night fell in Storybrooke, and we went out with the family to Storybrooke's only restaurant. We had a blast sitting there with the fam, we shared stories, had a good laugh, and of course, Emma's news. The look on my dad's face when Emma wanted to say was just full of confusion. Emma was beaming with happiness and was so proud she could say it, but my dad was so confused that he didn't know what to say.
When Emma shared her secret, my dad's eyes grew big. But he immediately pulled her in for a long and tight hug. Even some tears ran down his face, from happiness of course. He would be a father again and he loved being one, he finally loved being a father.

I forgave him for the years that he wasn't there for me, but he couldn't understand why I accepted it. He had a family of his own now, and realized how much a child needed her father, and he would have changed the past if he had to. He would have been there for me, be the father I needed him to be. I couldn't care less about the past, the past is the past. We live in the future and we need to be there for each other when we need the other.

Joe and I went to the beach late at night, my dad and Emma agreed on taking Sean, who was still pretty tired. I held my heels in my hand as my feet touched the soft sand, the sun was already gone, replaced my the moon who shined ever so bright. It was one of those moments which just could last forever. But everything has to end sooner or later, even life.
Joe held my hand tightly in his, taking small steps. Eventually we stopped and just sat down in the sand. We didn't have any 'Alone' time since Sean arrived, he's a curious little toddler. I rested my head on his shoulder as I kept sinking into my thoughts. I was so far away of this world, that it felt like coming back was impossible. Maybe this is not where we belong after all, maybe we belong in a different kind of world. With different people, different rules, different seas or skies, different silences.

"I love you," Joe made me span out of my thoughts, "I just needed to clarify that." He turned slightly to look at me. I smiled up and him and lifted my head off of his shoulder.

"And I love you." I smiled and kissed his lips softly. In the back of my head there was a small voice saying; How does a moment last forever?