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"So Lad, how are things going with you and your lovely lass?" Killian asked Henry. The two of them were at Grannies getting dinner. Emma was working working late at the station and had suggested that they get something to eat without hadagreed

and promised to bring her her usual on their way home.

"Great." Henry replied enthusiastically taking a sip of his drink.

"You think you'll invite her to the wedding?" The pirate hedged, wanting more details.

"Already did." Henry answered through a mouthful of fries. "She's really excited, says weddings are romantic, can't wait to see you guys actually get married."

Killian laughed at the boy. "You know I only have so much room on to deck of the Jolly." He reminded Henry playfully. "There's only so many seats available so if you're Violet is coming then someone else is going to have to give up their seat."

Henry quickly swallowed the rest ofhis fries down, realizing his the whole townwas invited tothe reception butvery few people were actually invitedto the ceremony aboard theJolly Roger.

Henry quickly backtracked.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to assume I just got excited, I can tell her that she can't come to the ceremony if you want meto." If Henry were being honest, he would really rather not tellhis brand newgirlfriend thatshe

was uninvited

to what she considered to be the wedding of the century, but he also didn't want to add anymore unnecessary problems to his already stressed out family.

The wedding plans had been driving Henry's family insane for monthsnow. Snow had taken it upon herself to throw Emma a big royal fairytale wedding, while Emma had made it perfectly clear that the court house would have been morethan fineenough

for

her. Henry had been witness to many heated arguments between Snow and his mother(actually mothers after Emma had calledin Regina for backup).They had finally compromised with asmall ceremony on the deck of the Jolly Roger atsunsetfollowed
/by a big afterparty that would be held inthe boat house which Regina would use her magic toconvert into a banquet hall. Henry could still tell that his mother was stressed by how insane the wedding had gotten,and seeing her

stressed only made Hook stressed, so Henryreallydidn't want to add to thier problems if he could help it.

Killian just chuckled and stole oneof Henry's fries "no lad,it's no problem,like I said she'll just have totake someone else's seat."

"Ok, but who?" Henry asked incredulously. "My moms already got the list down to the bare minimum. It's just our family, August, Ruby, Granny, Blue, Will, Leroy and Archie, but he's performing the ceremony so I guess he doesn't really needa seat."

Killian smiled, he knew that when Henry said 'family' that that included a pretty heftylist of people including the entire Charming family, Regina, Zelina, Zelina's baby girl Robyn, and even Belle, who dispight her upcomingdivorce from

/the crocodile, Henry still considered tobe his other grandmother. And by that point Belle's baby may have been born so it would be in attendance as well.

"We could always kick Will out." Killian grumbled under his breath as he took a sip of his drink. Everyone knew that there was no love lost between Killian and Belle's current partner Will. The two men tolerated each other at best and wouldfrequently
/get

into arguments or even physical fights withone another(especially when alcohol was involved.)

"We can't, grandma already promised him he could go to help take care of Belle and the baby." Henry said. Killian sighed, knowing the boy wasright. Belle's due date andhis and Emma's wedding were only a few days apart so everyone wanted tomake

/sure that someone was there just for Belle if something were to go wrong or if she needed help.

"Hmmph" Killian grumbled again but then more cheerfully added "guess we'll just have to find someone else then." Henry sat there thinking for a moment. Then Killian said with a smilein his voice. "Maybe the lady Violet could take your seat."

"What?" Henry asked obviously confused.

Hook leaned forward and asked"Henry, do you know what best man is?"

"Sure," Henry answered not at all sure where the pirate captain was going with this.

Killian looked down,stealing another fry from Henry's plate he began swirlingit in ketchup."Well I'd never heard of it, but anyway Snow told me thatin this realm, men have people that stand next tothem during the ceremony, usually abrotheror

closefriend of some sort, and that i needed to have one for the wedding. And so I was thinking, that with my brother Liam being goneand my closest friendhere -other than your mum andDavid of course -was Robin,

that maybe youwould like to do it?" Hook looked up at Henry then, gageing his expression.

"You want me to be your best man? Really?" Henry asked excitedly.

"Of course, mate." Killian smiled

"I thought that you would have Smee be your best man, he is your first mate afterall or one ofyour other crew members." Henry replied.

Killian rolled his eyes "I don't know where you would have gotten that idea but, no, definately not Smee and definitely not any of my crew either." Then a bit of emotion broke through Killian's nonchalantattitudeand headded "I'd love to

/have you up there with me lad."

"Great, yeah, I'd love to, thanks!" Henry said trying not to blush at how honored he really felt at the pirates proposal. "But what would I have to do? I'm only 14 so it's not like I can throw you a bachelor party with girls or anything."

Killian raised his eyebrow questioningly at the mention of a party with women but answered "I don't know what that is but Snow toldme that your job is to hold the ring and to make I don't try to skip my own wedding."

Henry nodded "Well if I'm your best man you can bet that you will be marrying my mom, even if I have to force you down the isle myself." He chided but with aseriousness in his eyes. Hook had made a promise to never leave his mom and it was now Henry'sjob
/to make sure he kept it. Emma wasn't getting left again, not if her son had anything to say about it. Come hell or high water or even another giantfrozen wall of ice, Hook would be at that wedding.

Hooks voice brought Henry out of his retrieve."Glad to hear it lad, but just so you know, you won't have to force me, I'm counting down the minutes untilI get to marry your mum already." Although Hook had kept his voice lightHenry could seethe love
/and serenity inthe pirates eyes.

"Ok...good" he finally said "operation panther is a go."

Killian just laughed and clapped the boy on the shoulder. "Aye, lad, that it is..." then he leaned in a bit closer and and said "Now, tell me about what this bachelor party business is."