Chapter 21:
"Liam! You home?" Killian yelled into the house, tossing his jacket off to the side.
"Kitchen, brother!" Liam shouted back to him. Killian walked into the kitchen and laughed at the mess that Liam had created. It looked like he had a war with the flour and the flour won.
"Wow, you know Mom never made this much mess cooking dinner." Killian grabbed the bottle of rum and sat down the bar stool.
"Shut up! This whole cooking thing is new. I am still trying to figure out how to cook this bloody bird." Liam waved the turkey around before throwing it into a pan. Killian chuckled again and stood up, he grabbed an apron and pushed Liam out of the way.
"Lucky for you, I helped Mom in the kitchen all those years. Now get out before you destroy something else." Liam sighed and sat in Killian's old seat. He watched Killian move around the kitchen, chuckling at the sight of his little brother in an apron. "Oh by the way, I invited some friends for dinner. Their plans fell through."
"That's cool. Do I know them?"
"Victor and Ruby. You should remember Victor from my freshman year and Ruby is his girlfriend." Killian put the turkey in the oven then turned on the timer.
"Ruby is the roommate of the girl you like, right?" Killian stood still and cursed silently. He forgot that he had told Liam about that.
"Umm… yeah that's the one." Liam nodded and stood up. Killian started flipping through the cookbook, trying to think of a way to make this situation with Ruby and Emma better.
"I am going to go change, Emma and her sister should be here any minute now." Killian nodded, not looking up. About half an hour later, the doorbell rang. Killian prayed that it was Ruby so that he could talk to her about pretending not to know Emma then he would text Emma the plan afterwards. "I got it!" Liam yelled as he rushed downstairs.
"Welcome!" Liam announced opening the door.
"Hey, buddy. It has been awhile. Ruby this is Liam, Liam this is Ruby. My girlfriend." Ruby pulled Liam into a hug before he could react.
"It is nice to meet you. I have heard so much about you." Liam chuckled and waved them into the house. Right before he shut the door, Emma rushed up.
"Hey, honey." Liam leaned in for a kiss but was stopped short when Ruby let out a squeal.
"Oh my god! Emma!" Ruby shoved Liam out of the way so that she could pull Emma into a hug.
"Ruby! I didn't know you were coming!" Emma returned the hug, so excited to see her best friend.
"Victor's parents went out the country so Killian said we could come here." Emma pulled Victor into a hug, Liam looked at her confused.
"You know each other?"
"She is my roommate at college, well she was before she dropped off the face of the earth." Ruby explained to Liam. Liam's eyes got big with shock, Killian was standing in the kitchen cursing silently as he listened to the conversation.
"Oh that is nice. Where is Regina?" Liam quickly changed the conversation, Killian relaxed a little when he noticed his brother wasn't going to ask any questions.
"She went to another dinner. This guy named Robin invited her." Emma told him after giving him a hug.
"Oh Robin Hood? I know him, he is one of Killian's best friends." Emma nodded to Liam then looked around the hallway for Killian.
"Where is Killian?" Liam pointed to the direction of the kitchen and the group followed him to where Killian was cooking. Ruby, Victor, and Emma busted out laughing when they saw Killian in an apron, standing in the kitchen checking the turkey.
"Shut up." He groaned at them, quickly pulling off the apron. He pulled Ruby into a hug and patted Victor on the back. He looked at Emma then quickly looked away when he saw his brother watching him. "Hey guys." He turned his attention back to Victor and Ruby.
"I didn't know you could cook." Ruby pulled Emma by her arm to the bar stools across from Killian. Emma watched him, avoiding eye contact when he looked her way.
"I always loved helping my mother in the kitchen as a kid. It is one of my many secrets." He winked at the girls before looking back at the stove.
"Alright, Iron Chef. When is dinner going to be ready?" Liam patted his brother on the shoulder.
"About an hour." Liam nodded and pulled out some glasses.
"What would you, lovely ladies, like to drink?"
"Wine, please." They said together and laughed. Liam poured the wine for the girls and rum for the boys.
"Emma, let's go outside." Ruby stood up picking up her glass, Emma followed after giving Liam a quick kiss on his cheek. The boys stood in silence after the girls left. Killian took a sip of his drink, looking at the turkey.
"So…" Victor said, trying to break the awkward silence.
"So… Killian, you didn't mention that my Emma is also your Emma." Liam glared at his brother, finally deciding to talk about what he had found out.
"I didn't know that my Emma was your Emma till I saw you two together at the Grill." Killian glared back at him, Victor stood for to the side as he tried to figure out what was going on.
"You could have mentioned it at any time after that. Now I understand why you were acting like a dick whenever Emma was around."
"I am sorry, I should have told you but you looked happy and she wanted nothing to do with me."
"Wanted?! Why is that past tense?!" Liam almost yelled, Killian stiffen and Victor quickly looked to where the girls were to see if they had heard. They hadn't.
"Um…. I can explain." Killian looked at his feet, nervous.
"That was your shirt she was wearing this morning, wasn't it?! You slept with my girlfriend!" Liam was holding onto his glass so hard that it broke in his hand. The girls rushed back to the kitchen when they heard the glass breaking. Liam was glaring at Killian, who was looking down at his glass.
"Shit, Liam, your hand." Emma rushed over and took his hand. Liam finally looked down at his hand and saw it was cut up. "Come with me." Emma led him upstairs, to the bathroom. Victor left to go find a broom while Ruby looked at Killian.
"What the hell Killian?" Ruby placed her hands on her hip and looked at him. Killian sighed and poured more rum into his glass.
"It is a long story." Victor came back with the broom and started to clean up the mess. Ruby's eyes didn't leave Killian's face. He drank all the rum in his glass and got more.
"Well, you have time." Killian looked up at Ruby, finally, and glared at her. She just raised an eyebrow at him and waited.
"Emma came here because of her father being so sick and then she started dating my brother. I told my brother that I was in love with Emma but I didn't know she was seeing my brother. She got a job at the restaurant my brother owns and that's where I saw her and where I found out that she was seeing my brother. I couldn't bring myself to tell him that she was the girl I was in love with. I cornered her in an alley and told her that I would fight for her, then I acted like a dick every time she was with my brother. She had to go the hospital really fast to see her father so I gave her ride, I stayed with her at the hospital for two days. She hasn't told anyone that her father is sick so I was the only person she has besides her family. I took her home last night and we slept together. Then Liam showed up the next morning and we were almost caught. I forgot that I told him that you were the roommate of the girl I was in love with, so when you told him that you were her roommate then he figured everything out." Killian sighed, quickly drinking the rest of the rum. Ruby and Victor looked at him with their mouths hanging open.
"What the fuck?!" Everyone turned to the voice and saw Liam standing in the doorway with Emma. His hand wrapped up and Emma was looking at the floor. Liam turned his head sharply to her and glared. "Is this all true?"
"Yes." Emma whispered, not looking at him.
"You told me that you weren't going to college and that your father was dead." Liam's voice raised at her and she started to shake a little.
"Brother! Back off!" Killian yelled at Liam when he saw his Swan shake. Liam growled and walked towards the front door. Emma looked up at Killian then at Liam.
"Where are you going?" Emma whined, trying to stop him.
"Anywhere but here." Liam grabbed his keys and jacket, shaking Emma off his arm. She stood still as the front door slammed shut after him. Ruby walked over to her and pulled her into her arms. Victor and Killian stood in the doorway of the kitchen, watching.
"Wow, I thought my family had problems." Victor told Killian, who sighed.