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A Rose by any other Name wrote: In 222: And Straight on Till Morning they both admitted to having always loved each other and that they still did. I'm pretty sure we can count it as canon. Also Emma is only the saviour because she's the product of True Love and the loop hole Rumple put in the spell. Honestly, I don't think they were True Loves, even though they did say I love you. Emma was 17 years old when she met Neal and he was the first person in her entire life to love her. Of course seeing him again so suddenly was going to bring back those flighty feelings of new love and when she thought she was going to lose him she panicked and told him she loved him. would she have said it if she never thought she was going to lose him? I doubt it - he hurt her far too much for her to ever trust him again.