Without a Word // complete

Chapter 10: Bonding time

On Saturday morning, Emma and Killian decided to hang out before heading to Granny's to meet up with their friends. Emma arrived and rang the doorbell. It was Liam who opened the door for her.

"Come in! Make yourself at home. I'll get Killian." He said. Emma sat down on the couch in the living room. After a few minutes, Killian came downstairs.

"Hello beautiful." He said to her and Emma snorted at the nickname. They decided to go to Killian's room instead of staying in the living room since it was getting awkward with Liam watching them. Once in his room, Killian grabbed his laptop so the two of them could watch a movie on Netflix. They decided on "The Bounty Hunter". They were watching in silence until Killian decided to have a little make out session with Emma. He pulled Emma towards him and started kissing her. At first the kisses were soft and lazy but it escalated quickly into passionate kisses. They were too distracted to hear anything outside the room.

Robin and Regina arrived and Liam called for Emma and Killian to come downstairs. After 5 minutes of waiting, Liam decided to get them himself. He got to Killian's room and went in without knocking.

"Woah, bloody hell!" Liam said loudly.

"Bloody hell, Liam!" Killian yelled. "You could've knocked!" Emma blushed fiercely and looked away so she wouldn't start laughing.

"Yeah, err, Regina and Robin are here." Liam said, wishing he had knocked after all.

"Okay, come on Emma." Killian said, they both got up and headed downstairs.

"What happened to you two?" Regina said when she saw the red cheeks off both Killian and Emma.

"Just Liam who thinks the knocking rule doesn't apply to him." Killian said annoyed. Robin and Regina both burst out laughing. Emma became even redder, never having been caught by her parents – or in this case by an older brother – while making out with her boyfriend.

"Come on, let's just go to Granny's. The others are probably there already." Killian said.

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They arrived at Granny's so they could eat lunch before heading to the bowling alley. They were all laughing and telling jokes. It was amazing to see how these people already accepted Emma into their clique. The guys were talking about football of course and the girls were talking about clothes and make-up.

"How about we go to the mall weekend! I really need a new tight pants." Ruby said. The other girls rolled their eyes at that.

"Ruby, you really are obsessed with tight clothes." Belle said with a smile.

"You look hot in those, babe." Victor said to his girlfriend before giving her a small kiss on the lips. The rest chuckled at Victor's comment.

"And afterwards we can have a girl's night at my place!" Regina said enthusiastically. "My mom will be working anyways."

"Well if the girls are having a girl's night, I think we should have another guy's night!" Robin said the other guys. The guys responded with a lot of enthusiasm. The girls just snorted and Emma rolled her eyes, loving the way they acted around each other. Killian saw her smiling.

"What are you smiling at, love?" He whispered in her ear so the rest wouldn't eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Just loving the way these guys banter." She typed, smiling at her new friends. They both weren't listening to the conversation between the others anymore.

"Oh God!" Regina said loudly. "Guess who got caught by his older brother while ravishing his girlfriend!" The rest of the guys just laughed, quite loudly actually. The other patrons were looking at their group with interest.

"Oooh, you guys are naughty!" Ruby squealed, she loved this kind of gossip.

"Oh god." Killian just said. Both Emma and he were blushing now. Emma hated this kind of attention so she just hid her face in her hands. "We weren't even doing anything naughty, Ruby!" He continued. Ruby snorted at that.

"Well, both of you were flaming red when you came downstairs so it must have been awkward." Regina said, loving the way the two of them became a bit uncomfortable. The group loved to embarrass the new couple a bit.

"We were just kissing." Killian explained, hating the attention the little incident with his brother got. "Let's just go to the bowling alley."

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They arrived in their cars at the parking lot of the bowling alley after a 20 minutes car drive. They had to go out of town since Storybrooke didn't have a lot of spots where teenagers could hang out.

They were bowling and laughing in-between turns. They all had an amazing time just hanging out. For Emma, this definitely was much more fun than being alone in her room to study.

It was Emma's turn to throw the ball. It has been a long time since she last went bowling. Her parents often took her when she was still a little girl. Her father loved bowling and he had taught her a few tricks. The first ball immediately was a strike. They all clapped for and Emma couldn't help to bow a little for them. She didn't feel uncomfortable with them anymore and became more daring. Killian was next, his first ball landed in the gutter and the rest made some jokes about it. His second ball made a spare and they all clapped. Killian laughed sheepishly and went over to Emma's side. She gave him a quick peck on the lips.

"Nice work, handsome." She typed, smiling shyly. Killian grinned at the nickname she gave him.

"You too, princess." He answered. Emma snorted at the nickname, he usually called her lass, love or darling; but he didn't use princess a lot. She liked all his nicknames though.

"I'm going to be sick at the end of the evening." Ruby said teasingly while looking over at the couple.

"Admit it Ruby, you love it." Killian said with a large smile before bringing Emma to his side again.

They were at the bowling alley for a few hours. Emma won the first game and Belle surprisingly managed to beat Emma in the second game. They went back to their cars and decided to have an ice-cream before heading home again. They arrived at the ice-cream shop and Killian insisted on paying for Emma's ice-cream. They were having some small talk. The girls were planning their sleep-over and shopping trip for the next weekend and the guys were talking about some sports. When they had finished their ice-creams they all decided it was time to head home again. Robin and Regina took Killian and Emma with them. Ruby and Victor left in their own car. Belle and Will decided to walk back home since they didn't live very far from the ice-cream shop. After a quick goodbye to the rest, Killian and Emma headed to Robin's car.

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Robin left Killian and Emma at Emma's place before heading home himself. They wanted to spend a little more time together, even though they had practically spent the entire day together.

"We can walk with Duchess if you want." Emma typed.

"Hmmm, nice idea, Swan." Killian answered. He gave her another kiss on the lips. Emma went to grab Duchess while Killian waited in the hallway. Her foster parents weren't home, they decided to have another date since it has been a while.

They took a small walk in the park because it was closer to Emma's house. Normally they would take their walk on the beach but it was getting late and the temperature was going down pretty fast. After a nice, quiet walk they arrived back at Emma's place. She first let Duchess back inside so she wouldn't freeze. It was getting colder and Emma didn't want to risk Duchess getting sick.

"Will you go out with me again, Emma? Without our friends, that is." Killian asked her. Emma nodded with a smile, already planning on what they could do for their second date. After a passionate kiss, Killian headed back home. Emma went inside and noticed that her foster parents still weren't home. Since she was alone, she decided that reading a book in peace would be a relaxing activity. She texted with Killian more than she read the words in her book though. When she went to sleep that night, she was already excited for their second date. She drifted off to sleep and had an amazing dream about Killian on their date.