C'est La Vie: Once Upon a Time

Chapitre Four : The Talk Part 1

These characters are not my own. The only thing that is actually what I call mine is the storyline is my creation. The characters, and TV show, songs list belongs to the rightful owners.

 

Loving you was a total stupidity,
A step beyond the right or wrong,
A storm of pain,
A horror story,
A pink dream that today has turned gray,
Words without worth.

 

I know I was naive,
And I felt
Like hanging butterflies in the sky,
And today, I'm trembling close to the ground.

 

I was, naive, and I made you, my air,
And today life is a desert,
Because I loved with an open heart.

 

-"Ingengua (Naïve)" by Dulce Maria

 

Chapter Four: The Talk

Emma Pov

 I started walking with Neal out of the Diner, and to talk in a place where we both can talk with more privately. Out of nowhere, I thought to myself in silence why did the person I absolutely didn't want to encounter again in my life is here... in the flesh. The guy who I dearly loved left her without any explanations whatsoever. A lot of questions she had that we unanswered. She kept walking forward behind Neal. She stared at him for moment and looked back when she found in at Granny's Diner sitting in a booth right next to hers with that same short messy brown hair with matching dark eyes of his; and not to forget the mischievous smirk across his face.

         I didn't want to see him again. I, oh so wished he was out of my life, for good for particular reasons that I only know and for some reason can't tell anyone about, but especially express what I feel. I have always been a strong person, also I have fears that I not yet figured out. I am not good at opening up to someone, well in fact I don't actually per say, tell anyone my feelings.

          "Hey. Neal? Neal? Can I ask you something?"Emma asked with so much curiosity in her tone of voice that she wanted to know an answer to his question. She looked at him standing in front of her all quite for a few minutes looking slightly away avoiding her deep ocean blue orbs with guilt that was written across his face. Then after a minutes, he looked up at her again locking his chocolate brown to her deep blue ones that he loved looking at, " What is it you wanted to ask me Em?" said Neal with calmness and interested on what her reply would be. Emma looked at me while fidgeting with her hands nervously she asked screaming in rage, "Where were you all this time? Did you even care for me at all after the incident you caused?! Neal was shocked and wasn't expecting my question, nor that had I to yell at him. But, what was supposed to do. I had to release my anger that I had hidden all those years from the past now that I saw him again.

          At that moment Neal out of nowhere wrapped his arms around Emma's waist and bringing her closer to him and embraced  her for a moment just feeling how it felt like to hug her, to intake her aroma that was like mix of sweet flowers and lavender. He remembered in that moment how much he loved her and just seeing her again still does just like first time. While still in each other's arm he whispered, "Em, I am truly and deeply sorry for what happened long time ago and how things ended up. I hope in time you can find it in your heart to forgive me. I was moving around place to place but I resided in Manhattan. I did care and loved you and still do after everything."

         Neal grabbed a hold of my shoulders and he looked at me with a hurt expression within those deep brown eyes that I forgotten about.  "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry that I caused you pain. For everything. Also for not being with you when our son was born." said Neal with his voice broken and eyes filled with tears that came flowing down his face.

        She said with rage and her face turned red, "UGH! ARGH!! You were in New York! You left me. I loved you! Did that mean anything to you?" staring at him with fear and sadness written across her face. Emma just took a bit of strand of her blonde hair from her side and just touched it back and forth. She knew like Neal that was one few gestures she would make when she was nervous or confused.  Emma says to Neal "Hey, Uh... let's go walk at the beach and we can discuss everything there. Why don't we? I don't want anyone seeing just yet what is between the town sheriff and the new mysterious guy including, the so- called major details that it had in the past." She said nervously while her hazel eyes frantically looking both ways from the end of the sidewalk where they stood to the bookstore across and finally at those deer like brown eyes that never stopped gazing at her. Neal simply nodded with a slight frown that formed in his lips. I could tell from his expression that he didn't expect that I would say that and was actually serious about it. I didn't notice that, Neal took my hand holding it briefly before he lifted my hand up to his lips and placed a short kiss on top of it. He then let go, but I felt the heat arise from my hand where he placed the butterfly kiss. To me, I was surprised on the sudden action of his, but I know for sure that I like the sensation it brought all over my body even if it was only my hand. In fact, to say to myself and not saying anything out loud that I miss what this guy, the father of my child, my old love and mysterious guy named by the townspeople who didn't know his true identity and I keep hiding my own feelings bring up a big wall in front.