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Part II

I say can you believe it, as we're lying on the couch

The moment I can see it, yes, yes I can see it now

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water

You put your arm around me for the first time

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

You are the best thing that's ever been mine

"Mine" Taylor Swift


Mary Margaret grinned shamelessly between Killian and Emma, "Well who on earth would've thought."

"I wish you'd told us, Regina." Ruby leered.

Rolling her eyes, Regina pushed past them all to go back inside the small house that was packed with the upcoming graduates, "You all are truly nauseating."

Victor scratched his head, "What am I missing?"

Robin shrugged, "Beats me. I'm going to find out from Regina."

Linking her hand with David's, Mary Margaret tugged him to the door, "Let's find out too, shall we?"

"I think that sounds like a great idea, come on Victor." Ruby latched onto his arm and pulled him after Mary Margaret and David.

Emma shuffled on her feet, "Maybe we should," she turned to the door just as she heard the lock click into place. Twisting the handle she muttered, "Fuck you, Ruby."

"Well, it seems the lasses had other plans for tonight." Killian chuckled.

Spinning, Emma frowned, "Did you, I mean you didn't have,"

"No, I didn't know they were planning this. I had no idea you knew Robin or," he shuddered lightly, "Regina."

"She's not too bad once you get to know her." Emma replied softly, "Well, entirely bad." At his look she rolled her eyes, "Fine, she can be kind of a bitch, but she's can sometimes be nice when it suits her."

"I'd yet to see it suit her." Killian muttered.

"I think in her own twisted way, this was her being nice. She was just being nice to Ruby and Mary Margaret, which is saying something because the three of them pretty much hate each other all of the time." Emma snickered.

Killian set his empty cup on the patio table, "Well, since I'm sure we've been locked out of the front door as well and I can see your cup is also empty, would you like to walk down the street and find a drink elsewhere?" He offered.

Emma bit her lip and looked up at him from under her eyelashes, "Alright." Setting her cup next to his, she followed him to the gate.

David glared out the window, "Mary Margaret what do you even know about this guy?" He snapped, "They're leaving. Do we know he's not going to hurt her?"

"He's Robin's friend." Mary Margaret placed her hand on David's shoulder, "Calm the older brother act down for a bit. This will be good for Emma."

"I'd just feel better if I knew him." David murmured.

"I'm sure you'll get to know him once Emma decides to let him in." Mary Margaret assured him.

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"So," Killian poured her a glass of beer from the pitcher, "are you from here?" he asked.

Emma bit her lip, "Uh no, I just came to Boston for college."

"Where are you from?" He asked.

Emma shrugged, "All over Massachusetts." She admitted softly.

Killian frowned, but didn't press, "I'm from a small town near Dublin. I met Robin at a summer camp when were lads, he's been trying to get me stateside for years. I finally caved."

"What made you cave?" She asked.

"He wants to start a business. He wanted my expertise." Killian grinned, "The diner is just a way to make extra cash while we get things moving."

"What expertise do you have?" Robin was an engineering major, but she honestly hadn't spent enough time with him to know what he was planning.

"I was in the navy." Killian explained, "He wants to build yachts. Did you not know this?"

"We're not really close." Emma admitted.

"Ah, and what are you going to do after graduation on Saturday?" He asked.

"Um, David and I have been admitted to the police academy." She paused, "We start with their June class."

"Ah, law enforcement, somehow that does seem entirely fitting." He nodded approvingly. Emma arched an eyebrow at him, but said nothing, instead just taking a sip of her beer. "So you're staying in Boston then?"

Emma nodded, "Yeah, Victor is going to medical school here and Mary Margaret has her exam for her teaching certificate, but she already has a job lined up at an elementary school and Ruby inherited a building from her grandmother, she's going to open up a bar there." She paused, "Regina is going to work at the mayor's office. She's been an intern there for the last year."

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"They're still not back." David paced the living room that had cleared out an hour ago.

"David, I'm sure they're fine. Chill." Ruby rolled her eyes and settled into Victor's embrace with a yawn, "I'm ready to go to bed." She stood and stretched, holding out her hand, "Come on, Victor."

Mary Margaret nodded agreeing, "I'm going to bed too." Standing, "You coming?"

David gave her an incredulous look, "I'm waiting up for Em."

Rolling her eyes she kissed his cheek, "She'll call if she needs something."

"Killian's a good guy." Robin stood and pulled Regina to her feet, "She's in good hands."

David glared at Robin, "That's what I'm afraid of."

Rolling her eyes, Regina spat, "You're not her boyfriend or her father or her brother."

"She's my best friend." David answered tersely. "And I don't know Killian."

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Emma laughed as she plopped down at the edge of the pier, "This is my favorite place in the entire city." She admitted softly, her laughter dying down.

Killian sat down next to her, "I love the water, always have. It was my home for so long."

Biting her lip, Emma faced him, "I'm jealous of that. One of the reasons I pushed to go here for college is I could live near water."

"You weren't near the water before?" Killian asked.

"The last town I was in, where David's from, is landlocked, on the other side of the state." She admitted.

"What had you moving so much?" Killian asked.

Clearing her throat, Emma replied, "Foster kid."

"Navy brat." Killian pointed to himself. "When Dad died my older brother was saddled with me, then he died so I joined the navy."

"What about your mother?" Emma whispered.

"Ran off after I was born."

"My parents left me on the side of the road. Some kid found me and left me at a diner." Emma laughed, "So much for unconditional love."

"Aye." Killian agreed looking over at her, "So you and David,"

"He just wouldn't take no for an answer. He's the most stubborn person I know and that's coming from me." Killian chuckled at the blatant love behind her griping. "He was assigned to tutor me our junior year of high school. I wasn't exactly the best student. I bailed on him, insulted him, pushed him as far away as I could, but he just wouldn't shake. He was determined to stick around. He's my best friend. He's been there through so much." She sighed, "I'm so lucky to have him."

"You have quite a few people." Killian pointed out.

Emma shrugged, "I'm not really that close to Victor." She admitted, "And Mary Margaret and Ruby are my friends, but they don't really get it. They weren't there for so much of it and it's not their fault." She wasn't sure why she was telling him this, maybe it was because she could recognize a lost soul in him as well. She could see the heartbreak in his eyes that she knew was in her own.

"Well, I know I don't know everything yet, Swan," Killian began, "but you do have someone else who gets it now."

Biting her lip, Emma nodded, "So do you, Killian."

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XOXO

MAS