*This next update will span for the remainder of the two days of the cruise. So bear with me.*
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The pair set out to find Bex, they soon found her. She was sitting on a lower deck with Keith, Treena and Colm. They looked like they were in the middle of a serious game of poker. "Hey mates." Emmet said sitting down. "Bex, mind if I take your spot? Emily needs ta steal ye for a spell." He said gesturing towards the table. "Okay. What's up girl?" Bex said as she handed her cards over. The pair walked away a bit from the group. "Okay, well first of all about this job...eventually I'm gonna need to tell my mom about it but before I do that I'm gonna need specific dates on when you'd want me to move so I can start planning and making arrangements." "Oh, well gee...I should probably tell ye then. I have found a two bedroom flat in Dublin City. It's pretty close to Colm's parents place. Close to the Starbucks, and the gym. My mates went and looked at it today. I was hoping we could move in there. I'd like you to start making arrangements as soon as you could. For now, you might be on a work visa...I'm not quite sure how that works to get one but...we can look that up tonight if you would like?" "Sounds great....actually...uh okay this is gonna be a crazy idea but...instead of me waiting to tell my mom, could we go back to my cabin and Skype her and you can introduce yourself and explain the situation, 'cuz if I tell her she'll think I've gone mad as a Hatter." (Get it? Harkin's MadHatter's? Anyways) "Sure girl. Sounds good." "Great, hang on...I'm gonna go tell Irish." Emily ran over to Emmet, kissed his cheek and said, "Hey...Bex and me are gonna go Skype my mom and tell her about the job. We'll be back." "Okay love. Have fun." He said as he watched her walk away. He never got tired of that view. (Haha)
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Bex and Emily set up her computer, and emailed Emily's mom. The Skype screen popped up, and Alex was there. "What're you doing at my mom's Al?" "Claire's home." And Claire, Emily's baby sister popped from the side of the computer. "Hey girl heeeeyyy!!" "Hey girl hey! I'm so glad both of you are there. I have news!!" Emily smiled. "What kind of news??" "Good news girls, good news. But first let me introduce you to someone. Girls, this is Rebecca Harkin." "Oh, call me Bex." Claire and Alex waved, unsure of what to say. "Bex has been looking for a makeup artist to travel with her for her debut tour this spring and summer. And she offered me the job!" Emily said excitedly and hugged Bex. "What?? Oh my gosh! Have you told mom?" Claire said shocked. "That's why I was going to Skype her and tell her tonight. Is she there?" "Yeah hang on, aunt Missy!!! Emily has something she needs to tell you!!" "What??? Is everything okay? Are you hurt? Do you need money???" Her mom was panicking. "Mom...calm down everything is fine. Actually it's perfect. I just wanted to introduce you to my new boss Rebecca Harkin. She hired me as her chief makeup artist for her spring tour." "Oh, uh nice to meet you dear." "Nice to meet you as well Mrs. Mavros Georgi." "So, a job?...when will you start?" "Well mom...actually here's the thing...for the job I'll actually have to move in with Bex...she has a beautiful two bedroom flat in Dublin City. Of course for the time being I'm going to apply for a work visa....I've already taken the job so I'm not backing out. I will be taking Roger with me, Bex has a dog as well. Pixie. They'll get along great. You guys can come visit me any time of course. But, as soon as I get back to Ohio, I'll start packing and shipping things..and Bex will be staying with me to help me pack." "I'll be staying with Emily for about a week, I've never been to Ohio before and she promised to show me around. And us four can go shopping and stuff!" Bex added. "I think that's wonderful Emily, whatever you do...just be safe and follow your dreams. I've got to go to bed though I have work in the morning. Love you little one." And her mom walked upstairs to bed. "That wasn't so bad. How come you didn't tell her about..." Emily clasped a hand over Bex's mouth. "I need to tell these two first." And just like as if on cue, there was a knock on the door. "Who is it?" Emily shouted. "It's me princess. May we come in?" "Come on in Irish...you're just in time." Emmet walked through the door with Colm in tow. "Alex, Claire...uh there's more than just the job that happened on the cruise. I...I met someone.." Emily blushed. "Oh my god. Is he cute?" Alex said. "Gorgeous." "Who's Irish?" Claire asked. "Here, let me introduce you to the two gentlemen that just walked in. Colm and Emmet crossed the room. "Hello, I'm Colm." Colm waved. "Alex." "Claire." The two waved in shock. Emmet stuck his head in the frame. "I'm Emmet. You must be Emily's little sister and cousin." He said sitting behind her on the top of the chair and sliding down so she had to adjust herself to sit in his lap. "I'm Emily's boyfriend." He said blushing. Silence. "Girls? You okay over there?" Emily laughed. "Uh....wait...I'm...I'm confused...You're Emmet Cahill of Celtic Thunder...the celebrity...right?" "Haha, well celebrity I don't know about that...but yes." He laughed. Claire started beaming. "Oh my god! Em!! I'm so happy for you!! See? I told you one day you'd meet a good guy!!" "I'm glad you were right." Emily laughed. "I...wait..I'm still confused. Is this a joke?" Alex said. "No Al, it's really real. If you're in shock how do you think I feel?
?" Emily laughed out loud at her cousin's face. "Oh my god, what's mom gonna say??" Claire said suddenly realizing. "No, what's dad gonna say? Have you told him about the family yet?" She said. "No...I was...hoping to avoid that for as long as possible." She said looking sheepish. "Avoid what? Should I be scared?" Emmet said, slightly worried. "Uhm not exactly worried...but if you're gonna be with Emily, she has to bring you home to meet the parents, and family and....dad's friends....so you're gonna need to prepare for that." Claire said. "Prepare for what?" Emmet looked at Emily. "Okay...uh, help me out girls..how do I explain this?" She said. "Okay Emmet, have you ever seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding?" Alex asked. The three of them nodded. "Well that movie is literally our life..everyday. And you see...we're Greek obviously...proud to be so...but we're also from the country, raised with southern values...So, we're tight knit, in each others business. And our dads, uncles, male cousins, my brothers and our dad's friends are extremely protective of us three...we're the youngest girls. When it comes to holidays, family reunions, and stuff like that there's always so many people around. So, when it comes to dating...we don't get a chance to bring guys home 'cuz unless it's serious it's not worth the scrutiny. They get scared off..sometimes we're thankful...other times..not so much." Claire said. "Basically Emmet, if I bring you home just be prepared for the third degree about your home life, career, ambitions, and of course they're gonna make sure you treat me right...or else." "Oh. Okay no problem. I've treated you well so far right?" "You've been a dream come true. Straight out of a Disney movie...it's just I don't know if you really want to go through all this trouble...considering that I'm what you get..I'm not worth the trouble." "Yes you are." He said and he kissed her cheek. "You know Emmet, if Mawmaw were still alive she would have loved you." Alex said. "Yeah, she really would have. Poppy would have loved you too. I miss them." Emily said."Yeah..." The other two said in unison. Mawmaw was the reason I'm on this cruise right now." "Really? How's that?" Colm asked. "Well, Mawmaw loved to watch Celtic Thunder. She and I used to watch the first show, over and over. I didn't know there was more than one until about two years ago. IF she and I hadn't sat down and watched the first special on PBS in 2007, I would have never known about you guys...never met you...After Poppy died, Mawmaw took a nosedive in her Alzheimer's and....she died the day after St. Patrick's day 2012. Poppy died around that time in 2008. When she lost him...we started losing her." "That reminds me, I found your necklace. It was in my car." Claire said holding up a beautiful silver and Turquoise necklace. "I thought I lost that. Mawmaw gave that to me years ago. She loved Turquoise." Emily sighed.
The girls chatted getting to know Bex. Colm teased his mate, "You sure you can take on that entourage?" "Definitely." "Well best of luck with that man, but I'm heading to bed it's late. Night. Ladies, goodnight." He said as he got up and left. The girls finished chatting and hung up for the night. Bex said goodbye and left as well. Emmet and Emily climbed into bed, it was about 11pm. They soon were both fast asleep.
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The next morning Emmet awoke around 6am. He turned on his side to look down at Emily, who was still asleep. He began to think to himself about the day ahead, they were going to be in The Cayman Islands. He hoped that they could spend some time at the beach. He wanted to let Emily know how much he cared for her...how much he wanted her to be a part of his world. He had to find some way to show her that today. He was lost in his train of thought when Emily woke up about an hour later. "Hey Socrates...you're thinking again." "Oh, sorry hon. Good morning though." He said leaning down and kissing her shoulder. "Good morning to you too sir." She said as she got out of bed. "I think I'll go shower and get changed, meet you back here so I can take you to breakfast?" He said as he stood up himself. "Sounds good. We're gonna be on Grand Cayman right?" "Right." "Okay...I'll be expecting you back soon."
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Emmet walked into his room, Colm was there on his laptop. Keith was still asleep. "Hey man, glad to have you back. You know if Sharon ever found out you were spending the nights with that girl..she'd kill you." "Her NAME IS Emily. And I'm not worried about Sharon, we're not doing anything of that....nature. She's not that kind of girl, and I'm not that type of guy. I just enjoy her company so much, we talk until we fall asleep. It's amazing. I've never met someone who was so...perfect." "Well, like I said mate, glad you're happy just be careful." "I don't need to be careful Colm, I'm...I'm just so happy." Emmet said as he gathered his clothes and went to shower. Ten minutes later he was out, squeaky clean and brushing his teeth. "Tomorrow's the last day on the ship mate. What have you decided to do about finishing the rest of the tour?" Colm asked Keith who finally decided to get up. "Man, I don't know. I'm...falling in love with this woman. I really want to bring her home with me after the tour is over...but I just...don't know. I'll have to talk to Treena today while we're out. See how she feels." "Mate, you and Emmet are making me jealous. You both found amazing, hot girls and I don't have one. It's just not fair." Colm pouted. "I'm sure one day it'll happen to you." Emmet said patting his mate on the shoulder as he headed out the door again. "Man, is he whipped or what?" Keith said as he got out of bed to shower and shave. "Nah, he's just in love and doesn't know it yet. Or maybe he does...and he's just trying to get up enough courage to tell her." Colm laughed.
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*This next part is a flashback written by celticbear, edited by me so it fits. It's written in Treena's POV.*
That morning when I awoke, I let my thoughts finally catch up with me. I've still been in shock over not just meeting Keith, but that he's now MY GUY! The other night was perfect. Dinner was wonderful and so was the dancing! Being in Keith's arms felt so right, so perfect. He's a fantastic dancer. He held me so tight. I knew I was getting nasty looks from a bunch of other women, they were burning holes in the back of my head whenever Keith would spin me, but I didn't care. All I cared about was that Keith was MY GUY, and I wanted it to stay like that. Before we knew it, it was getting close to 3 in the morning! Keith escorted me back to my room and unlocked the door for me. Keith gave me a romantic kiss goodnight, he was just about to leave when I gave him a look that said, "You don't have to go.." Keith's eyes got as big as tea saucers. It was cute. Keith got the message and before I knew it, he was back with a few essentials! I let Keith in, shut and locked the door. I went into the bathroom and put on a very special nightgown. When I came out, Keith took one look at me and his jaw just dropped! I just laughed and gave him a romantic kiss! Well one thing led to another and let's just saw we had the honeymoon before the wedding. The next morning, it took us awhile to will ourselves to get out of bed. Keith let me have the shower first, we took our time and were a bit late for breakfast. Bex was peeved that Keith stayed out all night. Keith ignored her, like always. I shook my head of the memories when Keith nudged me to let me know the show was over. We walked back to his cabin, Keith told me to wait a few minutes, when he came back he had his small bag with him... I knew what he was up too! I didn't complain. I fell asleep first. Keith watched me sleep, all the while thinking.....he knew he had to find some way to get things set right....eventually sleep found him.
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That morning at breakfast, the girls were making plans to go shopping at some of the local boutiques and look at the jewelry and knickknacks. As the ship came into port, the whole group got off together and headed straight for the shops. (Or rather all the girls did and the guys were forced to follow them) They didn't get mobbed this time because they were allowed a 15 minute head start off the ship this time. They wandered through small shops looking at this and that. Treena found a local jewelry store, Emily and Bex went in with her. The rest of the girls went on to find a shop with clothes or something. Ryan, Neil, George and Colm all went with the other girls. Emmet and Keith stayed with their ladies, trailing ever so slightly behind. "Oh, Em look at this! It's gorgeous!" Bex said picking up a Amethyst ring. "It's beautiful." Emily said, thinking to herself. 'Look at these prices. It's highway robbery.' "I'm buying it." Bex said as she headed off. Treena found herself admiring a beautiful Sapphire ring, but she too couldn't afford it. "*Sigh* I wish I had the money for this. It's beautiful. It even freaking fits!" Treena said taking it off and setting it back down. "Look Emily! It's a Turquoise ring! You should get it!" Bex said pointing to a pretty ring. "If I could, I would. But I can't afford it, Bex. I'm not as well off as you are." Emily sighed as she walked away. Keith and Emmet were on the other side of the store, yet eavesdropping. "I'm gonna get Emily that ring. I want her to know she's important to me and I don't want to be without her." Emmet said as the girls walked out of the store without them. "I'm gonna get Treena that ring she wanted...it'll be the perfect thing." Keith followed Emmet to the counter. They purchased the rings and slipped them into their pockets before running out to catch up with the women.
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*Unfortunately guys, I'll have to break up the update my fingers hurt.*