All of me

'When is he coming?' Mr. smith asked.

'I don't know Dad. We can sit down and he can join us whenever he comes, okay?' He was getting irritated.

We all sit down.

'Can I get you anything to drink this evening?' The waitress asks as she approached our table.

Mrs. Smith and I ordered a pitcher of Sangria and Reilly and his dad ordered a bottle of wine.

'I'm not really into wines, especially red wines. Sangria is my go to drink.' Reilly's mom whispers to me.

'Me too! You can never go wrong with Sangria.' I say as I smile at her.

The waitress gives us our drinks. We wait around 10 minutes and the waitress comes back to take our order.

'Can we please have a few more minutes? We are still waiting on somebody. Thank you' I said as she leaves.

'Thank you honey' Reilly's mom says as looks at her watch.

'Okay, we've waited long enough. Let's make a toast...to Reilly's first playoff series and win!' Mr. Smith says as all of our glasses meet at the center.

'We are do proud of you honey!' His mother says as she started getting emotional.

'Thanks mom!' Reilly says as he smiles.

'Woah! Did you guys forget about me?' We hear someone say as he walked towards our table.

Brendan.

'Its about time bro.' Reilly says.

'Sorry I'm running a little late. The press conference took longer than expected. And who do we have here?' He says as he sits down and smiles at me.

'This is my girlfriend, Emma.' Reilly says.

He elongates his arm across the table and shakes my hand.

'Its nice meeting you, Brendan.' I said as I smiled.

'Pleasures all mine. By the way, where is Rory? He couldn't make it?' Brendan asked.

'No he couldn't, he had some tournament. He'll definitely be coming to an upcoming game though.' She turns to me with a smile. 'Rory is my eldest son, he has a lacrosse tournament.'

'Yes, Reilly has mentioned that before.' I smile.

'So, you and Reilly huh?' Brendan says.

I look at him and nod my head.

'What I'm wondering is how my brother manage to sweep you off your feet?' He said in a surprising tone.

I awkwardly laugh. It was getting very uncomfortable.

'Aren't you curious.' Reilly said.

'You know me, I'm very curious...' Brendan replies

‘Well its none of your business.’ Reilly got so tense and stiff. I grabbed his hand from under the table and held it. He exhaled slowly and started to relax. Please change the subject.

'So Emma, are you a fan of the Redwings?' He asks.

'No.' Reilly starts chuckling and so do his parents.

'Ouch' Brendan seemed furious.

'No disrespect to you and your team Brendan, but I'm more of a Bruins girl myself.'

'Huh. Since recently?' He says as he looks at Reilly and winks with a grin on his face.

'No, ever since I could remember.' He was starting to annoy me. I look at Reilly, he looks down and shakes his head.

'I see. Well maybe you'll change your mind when we win this series.'

'Don't count on it, especially after tonight's game.' I snap. You lost 4 to 1! Shut up!

'It's only one game.'

'Right'. Emma. Stop. Just let it go.

'I like her Reilly. She's very open about her opinion.'

'When it comes to her hockey, yes'

'Don't take this the wrong way but I want to ask you a question and I want you up answer honestly.'

'Okay.' Oh here we go.

'Tell me, what attracted you to my little brother? Did you only start dating him because is a professional hockey player? Be honest. I know girls love that. I’m just curious is all' He rested his arms on the table, eyes pierced on mine. He was enjoying this very much.

'Are you fucking kidding me?' Reilly said as picked up his fists and slammed them on the table as he looked at Brendan.

What was his problem?!

'Brendan! Enough!' Mrs. Smith said furiously.

'What? It's just a question Ma! Relax.' He had a smirk on his face. Waiting for an answer.

'I said enough. What's gotten into you?' She said under her breathe.

'No it's okay. To answer your question Brendan, no I didn't start dating your brother just because he plays hockey. I would never use someone like that. I'm assuming the reason you're asking this question is because you have had this issue multiple times in the past, and I feel bad for you. I don't know what type of girls you have or are currently dating but I'm sure as hell not one of them. Now if you'll excuse me for a minute.' As I put down my napkin and get up.

Brendan had a shocked look on his face. He was not expecting that at all.

I was livid.

'Babe, where are you going? Don't leave please.' Reilly says as gets up.

'I'm just going to the ladies room. I'll be right back.' I told him as I tried my best to hold in my tears.

I head into the rest room and sit on one of the stalls. Breathe. Don't cry. Don’t cry. I kept telling myself as I fanned my face. A few minutes later I hear someone calling my name.

'Emma? Sweetie? Are you in here?' It was Mrs. Smith. I get out of the stall.

'Oh honey! I'm so sorry! He didn't mean that. He's just upset that he lost tonight. He thinks its his fault. Come here' she says as she grabs a paper towel and cleans my face.

'Are you okay?' I continue to nod.

'We can stay a few minutes until you are ready to leave.' She says.

'Thank you so much.’ I say.

'Wait, can I ask you something? You don't think that do you? Does Reilly?'

'Aw sweetie of course not. Reilly would never think that, that boy loves you. I'm sure of it.' She says as I give her a hug. After a few minutes we both head out and walk to the table.

'You okay?' Reilly says as he cups my cheek. I smile and nod. He could tell I was crying when he say my face. His jaw tightened.

'Where did he go?' I look and Brendan was not in his seat.

'He needed some air.’ He continues,

'I am so sorry. He isn't usually like this. He's just upset about tonight. He isn't himself.'

'I understand, it's fine.' He kisses me in the cheek. I force a smile.

A few minutes later, Brendan comes in and sits down. I tried to avoid making eye contact with him.

'Listen Emma, I'm sorry for being an ass. I wasn't trying to offend you. Please forgive me.'

'I forgive you.' As I nod and look away.

I had lost all respect for him. I'm not surprised someone would ask that question but tonight was not the time and place. And especially with his parents around.

The rest of dinner went smoothly. I didn't talk much after that or eat for that matter. I had lost all of my appetite. After we finished, we had to go back because Reilly and Brendan were tired and they had to travel to Detroit the next day.

'It was a pleasure spending the evening with you sweetie! Hopefully we can see each other very soon.' Mrs. Smith says as she gives me a hug.

'Definitely! Thank you for earlier' I replied

'Mr. Smith, it was nice meeting you!' As he shakes my hand.

'Us too Emma! Thank you for having dinner with us, and please excuse my son’s immature behavior tonight.'

'Its fine. Don’t worry about it. Good night' as I wait for Reilly to say good bye to his parents.

As we leave, I walk by Brendan,

'Brendan' I give him a handshake, and he opened his mouth but nothing came out or I didn't give it a chance to. I wait for Reilly to finish up.

'Goodnight!' I say as I wave, Reilly was by my side as we walk to the car.

'Emma, I'm so so-' I put my finger on his lips.

'Stop. Don't apologize. You didn't do anything wrong.' I continue,

'I'm sure many people think the same thing. He's the one who had the guts to actually ask it. And now you know my response if you were ever curious or had any doubts.'

'What?! Where is this coming from? Who gives a fuck what other people think. I don't think that and that's all that should matter.'

'You’re right. I’m sorry.'

'What else is bothering you? Because I know there is a reason why you're saying all of this.'

Tell him.

'Nothing is bothering me.' He is not convinced.

Tell him.

He just stares at me.

Tell him!

'It can wait. It's not that important.'

He just stares at me again.

'Its about my rotation, but let's talk about it tomorrow, I'm tired.'

'Fine.' He says as goes around and gets into his car.

The car ride home was quiet. I didn't want to say anything because it was an already stressful night and he had a game tomorrow.

'When do you leave tomorrow?' I turn my head sideways to look at him. We were parked in front of my house.

'Noon'

'Damn it! I have class all morning.'

'So this is goodbye for 4 days huh?' He says as I pout my lip.

'Stop pouting.' As he leans closer and kisses me.

'I'll be back before you know it!' He says.

'I know...' As I hug him for a few minutes.

'Good luck with the series babe!'

'Thank you. Love you' he says.

'Love you more' I say as I get out of the car.

'That's not possible.' He smiles as I wave and head upstairs.

Notes

Uh oh. Trouble in paradise? When will Reilly's find out about Emma's rotation? What do you think his reaction is going to be? Stay tuned!

Love,

-R

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