Emma really would've thought she'd be harder to surprise than this, yet somehow she never saw it coming. She had to hand it to Henry, Killian, and her family: they done good. Pulled the wool right over her eyes.
She'd stared in mute shock when everyone on the boat shouted Surprise!, and might have taken a step back if Henry's arm hadn't been at her back (probably anticipating just that reaction; he knew her pretty well, after all). Stunned surprise gave way to a big smile, if a touch shy (she'd never been very good at being the center of attention) as she wrapped Henry up in a tight hug.
As she let Henry pull her on board, she accepted all the hugs and smiles and Happy Birthdays offered, thanked everyone until she felt like she was a babbling broken record. It was actually hard not to get a little teary. For a girl who was used to her birthdays passing my unremarked, this was a lot of fuss, and it was a little overwhelming.
[ooc: I'll tag Emma around to everyone that's tagged in so far, but for Hook and for anyone that wants her and might tag in later, here's Emma. :D]
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Date: 2014-10-28 05:41 am (UTC)She'd stared in mute shock when everyone on the boat shouted Surprise!, and might have taken a step back if Henry's arm hadn't been at her back (probably anticipating just that reaction; he knew her pretty well, after all). Stunned surprise gave way to a big smile, if a touch shy (she'd never been very good at being the center of attention) as she wrapped Henry up in a tight hug.
As she let Henry pull her on board, she accepted all the hugs and smiles and Happy Birthdays offered, thanked everyone until she felt like she was a babbling broken record. It was actually hard not to get a little teary. For a girl who was used to her birthdays passing my unremarked, this was a lot of fuss, and it was a little overwhelming.
[ooc: I'll tag Emma around to everyone that's tagged in so far, but for Hook and for anyone that wants her and might tag in later, here's Emma. :D]