Adaline's POV

My next few days were as uneventful as the ones that occurred during the curse. I felt like I was slipping away, forgetting who I was. I was on my way to the library to pick out a new book, I had read all the others in my house. I knew that Belle, who had suddenly become the alcoholic Lacey, was no longer running the library but I would leave a note. I looked up from pile of books that I had precariously balanced in my arms so that I could open the door as I approached. I managed to open the door with the toe of my shoe.

As the door shut behind me I jumped and dropped all the books I held when I saw Regina facing three people with a fearful look on her face. The three others turned when the sound of the books falling to the floor filled the air. Tamara, Neal's fiance who I had met the day before, Greg and Killian were all stood there. "Adaline?" Killian asked and my eyes grew wide.

"What is going on?" I asked.

"Adaline, go" Regina said and I frowned.

"Who is she?" Greg asked Killian and he shook his head.

"No one important. Adaline, go" he said repeating the words Regina had just given me.

"Why?" I asked and Killian walked over to me, I noted that he was no longer wincing or breathing heavily. His ribs, like my ankle, must have been healed.

"Please, just go" he begged and I shook my head.

"I've hand enough of this" Tamara said and suddenly she was behind me a cloth was over my mouth. Killian told her to stop but I had already passed out.

Another night on the ship. Nothing too exiting. Killian was steering the ship, the sea was calm and the sky was light up by the bright moon. It was bright enough for me to read my book as I sat on the floor next to Killian, my back against the wheel. "What are you reading?" Killian asked looking down at me and I closed my book looking up at him, leaning my head back with a smile.

"I got a new book in town today. It's good, but only stories" I said. Killian chuckled and turned the wheel a little. My head fell back and smacked against the stand that the wheel was built into. "Ow" I complained and he chuckled

"Sorry" he smiled and I stood up and smacked him with my book and this time it was his turn to say ow. I laughed and suddenly he had snaked a hand around my waist and pulled me close.

"What are you doing?" I asked but I couldn't wipe the smile off my face as I glanced around at the drunk crew.

"What? Am I not allowed to show my girl that I love her?" he asked and he kissed me passionately. I was glad that the crew was to drunk to notice. I wasn't ashamed of showing my love for Killian. But the crew did freak me out sometimes, they could be quite violent and I was the only girl on the ship.

"Of course, but I have no way of giving that love back to you. You saved me from a life of suffering, but I have no way of repaying you" I whispered back. Killian smiled and kissed my forehead lovingly.

"You repay me every day just with your presence. When I wake up next to you. When I see you smile. When you tell me that you love me. When you laugh and hit me when I do something stupid. Every moment we are 'together' and you say that you would rather die than leave me. That is your repayment, and I don't need any more than that" he said. I rolled my eyes and smiled at him.

"I love you" I said and kissing him back, stretching up on my toes to deepen it further.

"Captain" said Smee and he coughed to get our attention. Killian pulled away and wrapped an arm around my shoulders pulling me into his chest as he looked over his shoulder at Smee who was blushing a bright red. I tried to hide my laugh and ended up burying my face in Killian's leather jacket.

"Can't you see I'm busy Smee" Killian snapped and Smee pulled a face.

"I know but we've seen mermaids ahead" Smee said and I rolled my eyes.

"William" I said and looked at Smee. Killian glared down at me. He hated the fact that I called all the crew by their first names, but he kept quiet. "You and I both know that mermaids no longer hold a problem for this ship" I said and he pulled a face but nodded.

"I know, but the men are getting restless" he said. I glanced up at Killian and he sighed but nodded and let me go.

"Go on then" he sighed and I smiled widely. We had discovered not to long ago, that my singing seemed to have the ability to call, or send away mermaids. I had been singing to myself one day and they appeared, but didn't attack. I asked what they wanted and they explained that my voice was legend to be more beautiful than their own. The crew found out quickly, but we had all chosen to not tell anyone else, after all my gift could be used to a weapon if someone kidnapped me and chose it to be.

Killian wasn't keen on letting me go and deal with the 'problem' but I knew he loved to hear me sing and he knew I loved to do it. I walked past the crew, my white shirt blowing a little in the breeze that had picked up and they seemed to relax a little, but I could still tell that they were tense. I stood and the bow of the ship and began to sing.

The mermaids left, I saw the simmers of their tails disappear below the surface. There was a cheer behind me and I turned to look back at the crew who all seemed a lot happier. Killian walked down the ship to me and kissed me again. Suddenly I was pushed up against the side of the ship and Killian was fumbling for my shirt buttons but I smacked his hand away. He laughed through the kiss and and smiled as well. He kept pushing and pushing until eventually he pushed to far and I fell over the side of the ship.

"Adaline!" Killian yelled and the crew fell silent as I fell. I sunk beneath the water but I was a learned swimmer and I easily swam to the surface and flipped my hair from my face. Killian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw me and I laughed.

"Your not going to get rid of me that easily" I called and he grinned down at me.

"You look amazing with wet hair" he said and I grimaced but he just laughed and got the crew to chuck me down a rope.

Once back on the ship I got another kiss and the offer of rum, which I refused. I had not been a pirate long and I still wasn't that used to the taste of the rum. "I love you" he chuckled and I flicked water at him but laughed.

"I love you too" I promised and kissed him again.