Tink.
She woke up a bit disoriented, the wall she was facing it was not familiar to her. She turned slowly and saw Killian sleeping next to her, and then she remembered last night's events. Suddenly the unmistakable smell of coffee reached the bedroom and she got up like a zombie. She straightened her clothes, got in the bathroom to meet her human needs, and followed the smell outside to the kitchen, where Emma was about to fill a cup.
"Oh, that smell is amazing. Is there enough for a poor girl?" she asked sitting in a stool of the kitchen island.
"Sure" Emma answered taking another cup and pouring the hot liquid in it and giving it to her. And Tink noticed how Emma's eyes gave a quick look in Killian's bedroom direction.
"Thank you, you are so kind" she said before taking a long sip. Emma drank her coffee staring pointedly at her, not so secretly assessing her "Did Neal arrive safely?" she asked startling Emma.
"Huh?" she asked confused.
"Neal? You said last night you were waiting for him"
"Oh…yeah...well he didn't, I forgot he was staying with his dad" a flash of disappointment crossed Emma's eyes and Tink knew the girl was lying. Then Tink decided to adventured on a more fun and interesting topic.
"I'm sorry about disturbing your…tv show last night. Killian was being an ass" she apologized with a smile.
"That's ok. Just…you shouldn't be doing that in the hallway"
"The only thing I was doing was trying to get his ass inside… He was reluctant to stop drinking and wanted to hide the keys from me so we could go back to the bar, that was all" the girl explained with a smile.
"I didn't know you were a thing" Emma said looking slightly more serious than before.
"Well, we are very good friends. He was not in a good place yesterday. I was just trying to help"
"By sleeping with him?" Emma blurted out and she really looked like she said out loud something she was thinking and was embarrassed. Tink smiled softly.
"Well, we did sleep together. But we didn't plan the evening to end up like that…we are not a thing, we are just friends" she explained being as vague as she could, but trying to be clear stating that Killian was available. After that Emma excused herself and disappeared behind Neal's bedroom door.
Tink smiled widely, satisfied with being certain that Emma was indeed into Killian. And that girl deserved better than Neal. She met Neal at college, right after Killian. And the guy always has been a dark cloud, trouble was always following him. Killian never believed her, but she was sure that he was the reason money disappear from her purse sometimes, and when an expensive watch her mom gave her disappear from her bedroom two nights after he spent a lot of time asking her questions about it, she was certain that Neal was bad news. But Killian was right, she didn't have a way to prove it, so she got extra careful with her belongings around him. She didn't trust him, and she liked Emma. Emma was an honest, passionate, driven person who deserved better than Neal. And Killian Jones was an improvement. She's never been interested romantically in Killian, she loves him like a brother, he is raw honest with her all the time, that's what she loves about their friendship, and when a guy is disgustingly honest with you all the time, is hard to be attracted to him.
Usually she wouldn't encourage Killian pursuing a girl who's already in a relationship. But she has never seen Killian Jones looking at a girl the way he looks at Emma Swan. The first time she noticed she talked him out of it, then she noticed the way Emma's eyes were always on him, how attentive she got every time Killian was saying something. Now the girl was jealous of her, and Neal was screwing up their relationship. The night Killian invited her to meet Emma and Neal, she noticed how Neal's eyes where always on any other girl but his girlfriend, how not as a couple they interacted but more like friends. Maybe that was the reason for Killian to let himself fall this far into her, she was a lonely girl, and even with her boyfriend she looked lonely.
She knows Killian's life has been surrounded by a lot of crap, with her mother dying, his father abandonment, Liam's death, then all the Milah crap. He was not the best on dealing with things, taking a lot of wrong decisions. She was the one who convinced him to get back to Boston, where she could be near to help him trough everything, because for some reason he always listens to her, well most of the time.
Killian.
A headache, a terrible headache. Killian turned around in bed and opened his eyes slowly. His first thought was Emma's clothes all around the apartment. Damn, he really needs a new place to live. This was masochism, well maybe it was one of many wrong decisions he has made, always taking the worst choice possible, maybe the suffering makes him feel alive, 'cause nothing else does.
Tink was nowhere to be seen, so he knew she already left. That girl was crazy, thinking that making Emma jealous was even possible. He got up from bed, noticing that he was still wearing last night clothes. He removed everything except his boxer briefs, and walked to the kitchen to get a glass of water before taking a bath. He took a sip and then started massaging his forehead. Suddenly he heard a low gasp and something falling to the floor, he opened his eyes immediately to find Emma standing a few steps from him, something was on the floor in front of her. But what he really noticed was the way Emma's eyes traveled around his body, making him feel totally naked. Ok maybe he was mostly naked, her eyes were stuck on his abs, and he smiled, because it's always a good feeling when a girl is staring to you like that. He cleared his throat just to get her eyes back to his.
"I'm sorry" she said blushing.
"I'm the one who's sorry, lass. I thought I was alone. Just grabbing a glass of water" he explained with a smirk on his face.
"Umm…ok…I was just leaving" she awkwardly turned to leave then turned back again to grab her purse from the floor.
"Ahhmm…right…Do you…Dou you have something for a terrible headache?" he asked grasping on something to keep her around for a few more seconds, because he definitely had some pills in his bedroom. Emma started looking in her purse without looking at him and too soon found something. She grabbed a couple of pills and he watched as she debated between leaving the pills on the counter or handing them to him. She made her choice and approached him, close enough to hand the pills.
"Here" she said putting the pills on his hand and turning around way to fast.
"Thanks…Ummm…Is Neal around?" he asked curious to her back as she closed her purse again.
"No. He…he is at his dad's"
"This early?"
"He spent the night there" she explained. And that was weird, Neal and his father never got along that well, Neal wouldn't stay at his father's even if his life depended on it. But he didn't push it, Emma looked stress about the topic. She grabbed her stuff, said goodbye and left the apartment.
Killian drank the rest of his water and for some stupid reason felt happy, happy to know she spent the night but no one slept with her, yes a really stupid reason to feel happy, because she didn't look happy about it, but no one could blame him, it was just a stupid thought that made him feel better than yesterday.
Emma.
As soon as she closed the door to Neal's apartment she grabbed a deep breath, as if for the last couple minutes while she was talking to an almost naked Killian she was unable to breathe. Damn he was hot. This guy had to have something wrong about him, no one is that good looking. His underwear left nothing to the imagination, his abs where tight and his arms looked strong and masculine. And damn it, she was screwed.
Neal is her boyfriend, Neal is not that terrible looking. He is not as fit as Killian, but is good looking enough, and she loves him. She has to stop this thing with Killian, this stupid crush she has on him. She knows that things between Neal and her had been weird lately, even before Killian arrived, Neal was acting strange. She has been working a lot the past year, her job was really important to her, helping kids to get a good and nice home meant the world to her, and Neal never understood why she spent so much time trying to help this kids. But she thinks this is just a rough patch on their relationship. She waited for Neal for hours last night, she called him but the calls went straight to voicemail. When she woke up in the morning, all alone and starting to really worry about him she got a text message, telling her he stayed with his dad, when she tried to call all she got was voicemail again. And yes, this was really strange behavior.
Right now she just wanted to go home, she decided to take a walk, Neal borrowed her bug yesterday, so she thought maybe walking was better for her than taking the bus, her apartment is not that far away, she could use the exercise, for her body and her mind. Her thoughts soon drifted off to the kids she's been trying to find a home for, twins, and she was adamant on keeping them together, she made a promise and she was going to hold to that promise until the end, but it was not as simple as it sounds, to find parents who were willing to take two kids at once was difficult, but not impossible, so she was going to try.
Suddenly a petite blond who looked anything like Tink, put the memory of last night in the front of her mind, opening the door to find Tink's hand inside Killian's pants was a shock, but watching them walk inside his bedroom was even worse. She repeated like a mantra to herself "I'm not jealous" until she fell asleep. Then in the morning Tink walked out of his bedroom like if it was the most natural thing on the world, like if it wasn't the first time she did that. "She is not that pretty, Killian could definitely do better" she thought and immediately regretted it, Tink was pretty…and nice…and honest…and probably a very good person. And she liked her since the moment she met her, with her sincere smile and joyful personality.
Ok, so she is pretty. But she doesn't deserve him, because if she found herself in Tink's position she wouldn't have walked out on him, she would have made breakfast for him, and take it to bed with a glass of water and a couple of pills for his headache, give him a massage, and jump on the shower together where she could…STOP. This was insane, she is not this person who lust on another man that's not her boyfriend. This had to stop, she needs to stop seeing him. So she would avoid Neal's apartment and any coffee shop or anywhere close to said apartment. She would focus on her job and Neal.