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Emma kissed Hook at the front of the library, smiling as she watched him walk in with Belle. Although he'd had no choice in the matter, he was so determined to fight to undo what Gold had made him do before Belle banished him. She was proud of him for that; it was one of the things that made him a hero.
Belle's heart was broken. She'd never wanted to banish Rumple, but she hadn't had a choice. Look at what he'd done to the fairies. Look at what he could have done to Killian. She knew the two never got on great and he hated how Henry seemed to feel about Killian, how good they got on together, but still. The last thing she'd wanted to do was banish her love, her husband, forever.
Silly Dearies, Gold thought, feeling the obsession come up, I created this curse and out here I am outside the dagger.
He was cresrfallen. Couldn't Belle see he was just doing all he did for her? All he did was for her, she and Bae's boy was all he had left afterall.
He pulled a charm out of his pocket, one he had kept on him ever since the first curse was broken.
Smiling he hooked it to his tie , it looked like a golden tie pin, noone had to know, and then, using the magic it had absorbed from Merlin's hat, he snuck back into Storybrooke.
Emma had the late shift at the sheriff's office, so Hook walked Belle home unaccompanied, stopping at Granny's on the way, making her pick something that she would eat when she got home, although she insisted she wasn't hungry. When she got to the door of the shop, she kissed his cheek. "Thank you, Killian, for all that you've done for me."
"You were trying to punish Gold for what happened to Milah." She knew the whole story now, but she hadn't gotten it from Gold. "You both thought she was your true love and, whether she was or she wasn't, Emma and I both are lucky to see the extent you'd go for love."
"And yet the Crocodile has every right to blame me for his anger," Hook responded, " And In the end he is separated from his."
"I did that, Killian. Not you. You deserve happiness. You deserve a good life with Emma and Henry."
Killian smiled.
"Thank you," he said, ' well you know where I am. I will help you with anything I am able. Goodnight. "
"Good night." She stepped inside the store.
From inside the store, she could see Henry joining him, taking the dinner he'd gotten from Granny's over to the jail.
Killian struck up a conversation with Henry, asking about his day and the like. He steered Henry to his mother , escorting him like a good man should (good form after all) and politely nodded at David, who was there as well.
"I think I'll go home to Snow and Neal. You call me if you need anything." David smiled at his daughter and tossled Henry's head before leaving.
"My favorite two sailors." Emma smiled at both of them. "What brings...Do I smell onion rings?"
"Grilled cheese too, Mom. A hamburger for me," Henry said, setting up one of the desks like a table so they could eat.
"A hamburger." Killian replied, " The lad talked me into it. " he chuckled.
Somewhere in the street, Mr. Gold was watching. And what he saw made his blood boil.
The pirate was after HIS Belle. Was that the reason she had sent him over the town line? He had silently followed the pirate, watching as he walked with his grandson, fuming. The pirate was taking over what should have been his life.
Rage boiled beneath his skin as he turned back. He needed hia dagger, snd if Belle thought he was gone, he wouldn't need to break any enchantments for it, all he would need would to summon it.
It appeared in his hand and he smiled grimly.
He knew what he had to do