The Princess and The Pirate

Running Away

Killian's POV

We walk back to Snow and David's castle, our hands intertwined. I squeeze her hand and she gives me a small smile. I can't believe she is mine. She is so perfect, beautiful and funny. And she's all mine. We have true love and now, I am never going to leave her side. It will be us against the world forever. Like it's supposed to be. When I'm with Emma, everything makes sense and everything fits. I love her so much and I can't wait to spend more time with her and go on more adventures. I stare at her face and see that she looks deep in thought. 

"What's the matter, Love?" I ask, wrapping my arm around her waist. 

"Nothing. I'm fine." she says, pulling away. I frown. What's the matter? Did I do something wrong? I try to grab her hand but she crosses her arms.

She must still be mad. I would be if I was her. I have done some awful things to her. I just need to give her some time and space. 

"Swan, you know I really am sorry for what I did." I say. 

"Yeah, I know. I know. I already forgave you." she said. She doesn't sound like she's forgiven me. We walk in silence on the way back to the castle. It feels awkward. I thought that everything would be okay but I guess not. I'm not going to give up though. True love takes work and I'm willing to do anything to make my Swan forgive me. We enter the castle and I'm about to say something, when a voice shouts out.

"Mom!" Emma runs to hug her son, Henry. 

"I'm so sorry Henry for leaving you. I should never have left in the first place." That stings a little. If she didn't leave, she wouldn't have met me. 

"It's okay Mom, I'm just glad you're okay!" Henry exclaims. I smile at the sight of Emma reunited with her son. I know she missed him a lot. They separate and Emma puts her arm around him. 

"I missed you, Kid." She says. 

"I missed you too, Mom." Henry says. People start leaving and Henry runs up to bed. I grab Emma and pull her to the side.

"What do you want, Killian?" Emma asks. 

"I just wanted to talk about, y'know, us." I say, putting my hands on her waist. Emma steps backwards. 

"What do you mean?" she asks. 

"Emma, we have true love and I want to be with you. I just want to talk to the woman I love." I say. Emma bites her lip and places her hands on mine. 

"I know. I'm just tired. We can talk about this tomorrow. What about we meet at the docks tomorrow morning?" she suggests. I smile. 

"Sounds great, Love." I say. 

"I'll see you tomorrow, Killian." she says, squeezing my hand. She's so cute. I lean into kiss her but she pulls me into a hug. I guess she just needs some space and time to forgive me. Maybe tomorrow we will be back to normal. As we pull apart, I try not to look hurt and put on a brave face. She glances over my face and smiles softly. "Bye Killian." she says, walking away. 

"Bye Emma."

Emma's POV

Seeing Killian's hurt and confused face made it really hard to do what I had to do. Killian has nearly died twice now because of me. I can't lose him. I can't. Everyone I love seems to leave me at some point, so Killian will too. He's too important and that's why I have to push him away. I have to end things between us. But, he won't understand if I stop things straight away. We'd be going from kissing and having true love to nothing. I have to make it look like I'm loosing interest. I have to make it look like he's loosing me, so that when I do eventually break things off, he's not surprised. This is the way that will cause the least pain. I am going to miss him but I know it's for the best. I walk up to my room and get in the bed. I miss Killian's arms around me but I guess that's something I'm going to have to get used to.