A cold October morning.
Emma wakes up like every other day. She gets out of bed and leaves to get herself some breakfast. But this morning is different, this morning is her birthday. She opens the door and sees her parents and Henry all sat around the kitchen island, Henry with a smirk on his face he's trying to hide.
"Hey," Emma says wiping her eyes and taking a seat next to Henry. The other three reply with much more excited sounding hey's and Emma gives all three of them curious looks. "So what are you doing for your birthday, and did your girlfriend get you anything?" Emma looked at Snow then gave a pleading for look to David hoping that she wouldn't have to answer but he didn't help. "I'm not doing anything for my birthday because it's not a big deal, and I'll be seeing Regina later but I don't think she would have gotten me anything."
Emma finished her breakfast which Snow had made and went to get dressed ready for work. She went to the station and readied herself for a long day, wishing she could skip work and go straight to seeing Regina.
The day crawled, various people coming in to complain about something or to wish her a happy birthday. The truth was Emma never celebrated her birthday, she didn't know the exact day she was born till she came to storybrooke and she never really had anything to celebrate before that either.
Halfway through her shift and her phone vibrates, a text from Regina popping up on her screen. Emma instantly picks up her phone with a smile on her face, reading the words on her screen. 'Hey babe, happy birthday, since I'm kind of your boss you can have the rest of the day off. Meet me at my house in an hour.' Emma rolled her eyes at Regina calling herself Emma's boss but was a little excited to see what Regina wanted her at the mansion so early for.
Emma drove home and changed her clothes, wanting to look nice for seeing Regina. She raced back to her car and drove to the mansion, going as fast as she legally could, with being the sheriff and having to set a good example.
Reaching the mansion, Emma jumped out of the car and quickly made her way to the door. It hadn't yet been an hour since Emma got the text but it was close enough and the blonde knew Regina preferred early than late.
Regina opened the door in a skin tight, blue dress, with two zips visible to Emma. Both woman had huge smiles on their faces, "your early," Regina pointed out sounding surprised. The brunette motioned Emma to come in and the blonde kissed her girlfriend and walked into the house. "I couldn't wait an hour to see you, and you do prefer early than late."
"I do, and happy birthday, even if you would have heard it a million times already." Emma and Regina joined in a kiss, a kiss filled with love. "I love you," Emma said softly. "I love you too," Regina replied almost as a whisper. Regina grabbed her leather jacket, "ready to go?" She asked with a smile on her face, knowing her surprise for Emma that she had planned. Emma nodded curiously and the couple left the mansion.
Regina drove, insisting that Emma shouldn't know where they were going until they got there. Once Regina had drove off of her road she held up a piece of fabric, "you're going to have to wear this, but for a different reason to our usual one." She winked at the blonde before passing over the fabric. Emma tied the blindfold over her eyes and sat waiting to get to their destination.
"Can I know where we're going, just one little hint." Emma pleaded as she sat eagerly. Regina refused, making Emma pout in the seat next to her. "Don't pout, even if it's cute it's very childlike." The blonde rolled her eyes beneath the blindfold and lessened her pouting.
The car stopped and Emma reached for her blindfold, only to have her hands swatted away by the brunettes hand. "Just 5 minutes of walking with the blindfold on, then I'll let you take it off." Emma nodded her head and felt for the door handle. After a minute of failing to find it, Regina laughed at Emma, "I'll help you get out of the car," she spoke as she continued to laugh.
Regina helped Emma out and held her hand to lead her to where they were going. Once there, Regina let go of the blondes hand and stood infront of her, turning Emma's body to face where she needed to look.
The blonde took off the blindfold and gasped at the sight before her, a table and two chairs set, with candles in the centre. The table was laid in the place the couple had their very first kiss, where Regina finally showed her true feelings to Emma. The blonde turned and kissed the other woman, as passionate as their first.
The women sat at the table after Regina went to her car quickly for the picnic basket. She pulled out a bear claw for Emma and glasses with some red wine. Regina filled both glasses and took a sip from her own, looking nervous compared to her usual strong look.
Regina and Emma held the others hand on the table as they finished their wine and talked. The blonde started to feel happy about her birthday, she did have things to celebrate, an amazing girlfriend and a perfect son.
"I have one last surprise for today." Regina began with a slightly nervous smile. Regina stood and lowered herself onto one knee, pulling out a small box from her pocket. She opened the box to reveal the most beautiful ring both women had ever seen. "I know our lives will never be peaceful, but I want to spend every crazy day with you. I want to protect you from any magical beasts that come our way. I love you with all my heart, Emma Swan will you marry me?"
Emma started to tear up as she nodded, unable to think up a single word to say. The couple came together in a kiss and a warm embrace. Regina took the ring out of the box and put it onto the blondes finger, Emma looking at the perfect ring and kissing her now fiancée again. "I love you too," Emma finally said between kisses, "and this is the best birthday ever, thanks to you."