Smoke

Chapter 11 Expect

Killian stood there in an almost immobile stunned position, staring at Regina after her reveal. "Are you sure?" Killian asks. "You don't need magic to know something like that, and I was tested more than once," Regina paces. 

"Okay.." He sighs heavily. "Congratulations, you're going to be a father again," Regina says. "Right, well I have a second hand this time," He sighs. "Are you? Happy about this?" He asks awkwardly. 

"It's not really the best situation, the entire town is still cursed, under a spell you tricked me to do, and I'm mad at you, and now I'm having your baby," Regina rambles. "So is that a not happy at all or?" he asks.

"I'm happy about the baby, not the situation," Regina says. "Okay, you know, I do make pretty babies," He smirks. "Mm, hopefully they look more like me," She sasses. 

"I agree with that," He nods. 

"In my defense you did sleep with me after knowing the truth," He said. "I-- " 

Regina is interrupted with Alice bursting through the door, "Hey, I identified almost everyone," She announces. 

Regina and Killian turn and stare at her, "Sorry am I interrupting?" She quirks. "No, love, what is it?" Killian asks gently. "I know everyone in the book," Alice hands him a list.

Looking over her written list, is the names of everyone in the storybook matched to their cursed town identities. 

"What was your reasoning spending time on that love?" Killian asks. "Well, gave me something to do, and if we could set hints maybe for some people, maybe they would wake up." Alice suggests. 

"I don't know if that's how it works love, it's a bit more powerful than that," Killian said. "Well she's onto something though," Regina mused. 

"Oh? What else did you add your majesty?" He asks. "Nothing, but all magic has cracks in it and comes with a price, or did you forget that?" Regina sasses. 

"Are  you two fighting?" Alice sighs. "No," Regina and Killian say together, while staring each other down. 

"You better hope they don't have our tempers," Killian sighed. "Who?" Alice asks. Killian's eyebrow lifts at Regina. 

"Well I suppose there's no reason to delay telling you," Regina sighs. "You're pregnant," Alice states. 

Killian and Regina stare wide eyed, in surprise. 

"Uhh, yes, that's it," Regina nods. "How did you?" Killian quirks. "Mother Nature thing," Alice says. "What?" Killian is unnerved. 

"Learned a bit about her in that book and over time," Alice said. "Are you alright?" Killian asks. "Papa, it wasn't your fault, and hey, I'm kind of a flower if you think about it," Alice says positively. 

Killian smiles gently, "You are." 

"I prefer Starfish though," Alice smirked. "What?" Regina asks. "Papa's nickname for me," Alice shrugged. "Guess we have to come up with a good nickname for the next one," Alice mentioned. 

"Right," Killian nods. 

"So are you basically completely dark when the magic is around?" Alice asks. "Well, you remember me after you got out of the tower, even though it wasn't that long before we were separated," Killian said. 

"Do you want this curse to break?" Alice blurts out. Regina and Killian look to each other, "Well, that's a complicated question," Killian sighed. 

"Why?" Alice pressed. Regina smirks at the dark one. 

"Well, I suppose not everyone in the town deserves to be unaware of their lives forever," He shrugs. "Time moving now though, they'll age, children will be born," he said. "So, it's a bit less harmful," He shrugs.

"You know, you don't have to be the villain," Alice looks up at him and hands him the book. "There's plenty of pages in this book where you were just Captain Killian Jones, and a Papa to me," Alice said.

"I have to go meet Robin," She says leaving the book in Killian's hands. 

"Well, she has a point," Regina shifts. "Says the Evil Queen," Killian snaps. "You made me that, and now I'm Regina Mills, pregnant with your baby," She sasses. 

"I always told you Evil isn't born, it's made," he said. "I remember, so maybe Alice is right, maybe your daughter is wise beyond her years," Regina said.

"Now, I feel queasy, so maybe she's right, look at that book and remember who we were, I'm getting tea," Regina says. 

"I think I should go get Bae," Killian said. "Out of jail?" Regina asks. "Yeah, he deserves it, and frankly it will give me leverage over Rumple," Killian sighed. "What for? He's powerless, not just under the curse but anyway, he has no magic," Regina shrugs. 

"Still," Killian mused. 

Killian prepares to leave town to get Baelfire. "I suppose I have to trust you, not to do anything foolish while I'm gone," Killian smirks at Regina. "I have no magic," She scoffs. "I know, just in case though, I'm taking my dagger with me," He winks. 

Leaving the town once more, Killian is on his way. 

Alice goes to a thrift shop and looks around. She's faced with someone unfamiliar to her, an older man with longish grey textured hair. 

"What can I help you with Dearie?" he smiled a crooked smile. "Uhh, trying to plan a baby gift for my Pa-- friends," Alice said.

"Why not a blanket? Seems a nice gift and you can make it," he gestures, and limps with a cane towards a wall of samples, making sure he looks around to not be seen.

"Well I don't know how to sew but, I suppose I could try," Alice shrugged. 

With her supplies in hand, Alice heads happily to the White Rabbit. "What are you doing?" Margot asks. 

"I'm going to make a blanket, I'm sure you heard Sno-- Mary Margaret is expecting, let's just say she's not the only one," Alice grinned. 

"Do you know how to sew?" Margot asks. "No," Alice denies. 

Alice thinks and threads a needle, and picks up her material. Outside, the man with the cane and crooked grin stares in the window. As expected with any first timer, Alice pricks her finger. 

"Tilly! TILLY!!" Margot shouts, as her new love interest collapses to the ground. "Call someone!" She shouts desperately cradling Tilly's head. 

Meanwhile in Boston

Baelfire, here known as Neal sits in a cell looking at the postcard between his fingers. 'Greetings from Storybrooke' is on the front with coastal drawing, on the back 'I found Papa, Alice.'

"Okay Cassidy, let's go, your last month is cut short, you been bailed," the officer says. 

He furrows his brows and exits his cell, looking around in a confusion, as the officer leads him out. 

Looking at the floor and upward, he sees a familiar face, exactly as he remembered it. 

"Killian?" He staggers. 

"Well, certainly not hello boy anymore," Killian smirked. "I'm glad to see you behaved like a pirate, however you shouldn't end up in rigs like this, let's go," Killian said emphatically.