Reliving Us
Emma was in the bathroom at the loft, being forced into her wedding dress by her mother.
"Mom, do I really have to wear all of this?" She asked while looking at herself in the mirror. Mary Margaret was doing the final work on the dress as she calls it, but she had said that every time since Emma was allowed to try it on. "You know the wedding isn't in another three days, right?"
"Emma, you are a princess and you are going to dress like one on your wedding day. Besides, it's only for one day." She replied and tightened the corset around Emma's body, so she gasped.
"Mom, I'm supposed to walk on my wedding day, right?" Emma gasped and grabbed the sink with her right hand.
"Yes, sweetie, and that's why you are going to look nice." Mary Margaret said and fixed something on the bottom of the dress.
"Then why are you trying to kill me?" Emma asked and held on her stomach. Her mother laughed and stood up again. She put her hands on her daughter's shoulders and kissed her cheek.
"Honey, I just want your day to be beautiful and perfect." She said and started to brush Emma's hair. "I remember my and your dad's wedding. Oh, it was lovely until Regina came and threatened to take everything we loved, but other than that it was beautiful." Emma turned and hugged her mother.
"I know, I've seen your wedding in Henry's book and you looked beautiful, so did dad." Emma said and let go of her mother. Suddenly, someone came through the door out in the living room.
"Mom, we're home!" Henry called out. He, David and Killian were out getting decorations and other things for the wedding for Mary Margaret. They had gotten a very specific list and they were supposed to get everything just as she had written.
"We're in here! Done in a second!" Mary Margaret called back and loosened the corset to Emma's great pleasure. "You get out of that dress carefully now, okay?" She commanded with a smile and walked out of the bathroom, carefully so no one could see the dress. Emma could hear them talking in the kitchen while she carefully slipped out of the dress and put it in the bag before she got into her own comfortable clothes which involved jeans, a bra and a singlet.
"When can we see the dress?" David asked when she walked out of the bathroom with the bag in her hands and handed it to Mary Margaret who carried it up to her bedroom closet.
"According to mom, not until I walk down the aisle." Emma said and slipped her arms around Killian's waist and rested her head on his shoulder. "She's making me wear a corset." She pouted and David laughed, but quickly stopped when Emma shot daggers at him with her eyes.
"Relax, love. As I have told you before, you look wonderful in corsets." Killian said while sorting out the decorations on the counter with Henry. "It would not be the first time you wear on either." Emma let go of him and sat down on the couch.
"No, it would be the third time and I still hate it! And you have to say I look good!" She said and stretched her feet in front of her before lying down on the couch. Killian chuckled and lifted her legs up so he could sit with them on his lap. He took her hand and kissed it.
"Mom, you look good in everything." Henry said and sat down in the chair beside her head. Mary Margaret came down again and helped David with the sorting.
"Henry's right. Besides, you are our only daughter and your mother didn't get to dress you up as a child, so she's taking up for lost time." David said and kissed Mary Margaret who smiled to their daughter.
"Say that when you try a corset." Emma mumbled and sat up, only to lay her head in Killian's lap instead. She played with her engagement ring while Killian looked at her.
"David! You didn't even buy half of what was on the list!" Mary Margaret yelled at her husband who looked like he just wanted to run. "I have to do everything for this wedding."
"Ouch, dad's in trouble!" Emma said and sat up half-way to look at her parents. Mary Margaret grabbed Neal, who had been lying in his crib the whole time, and walked out the door.
"Good luck, Dave." Killian said and smirked at David who ran after his wife out the door. Everyone started to laugh and Emma fell back into Killian's lap.
"Okay, I have to go. Mom wants me home for dinner." Henry said and stood up from the chair before walking towards the door.
"Bye kid! We'll see you tomorrow." Emma said and sat up in Killian's lap when Henry had closed the door behind him.
"Who knew planning a wedding would be so painful?" Emma said and pressed her hand against her stomach. Killian kissed her forehead and took her hand with the engagement ring on.
"I'm not yet settled in this world's arrangements, but trust me, love, it was much worse back in the Enchanted Forest." Killian said and studied the ring on her finger.
"I guess, but it's still worth it." Emma said and kissed his cheek before propping her head on his shoulder. Everything was stressful these days. Her mother was always in some kind of errand, her father was helping her and Henry was mostly going to be with Regina until the wedding was over.
"It's been a long time since it's been just you and me." Emma said and sat up straight to look at her almost husband. He smiled and kissed her softly which she gladly returned.
"Your parents could be home any second or anyone else who helps with the wedding." Killian said against her lips. She sighed and got off his lap to go to the fridge and find some food.
"You know what's amazing?" Emma asked while looking in the fridge. It was barely any food left and that meant it was her turn to buy groceries.
"That your parents want us to sleep apart from tonight?" Killian sighed and stood up from the couch. Emma's parents were determined that Emma and Killian was going to sleep apart until the wedding night to keep up traditions from the Enchanted Forest. Three day before the wedding, they were going to sleep apart, and if her parents got their way, they wouldn't be able to see each other until the big day, but luckily Emma talked them out of it.
"Yeah, that, and my parents only had staff and other people to help them with the wedding, but I have half of Storybrooke to help me and that's even more stressful because everyone wants something to do." Emma said and closed the fridge. She walked across the room and got her leather jacket.
"Where are you going, love?" Killian asked. She opened the door while holding her hand out to him which he took.
"It's my turn to buy groceries and I'm starving." She said and dragged him out the door. Outside, a soft warm wind blew down the street and a lot of people were walking around. Emma hooked her arm with Killian's and leaned her head on his shoulder and she could feel the smile on his face. She knew that Killian loved when she did it and Emma kind of like the feeling of doing it. It made her feel like that their relationship was real and that she wasn't afraid to show it to people.
"Who would have thought this up on the beanstalk? I'm going to marry the handsome, arrogant pirate that my son's adoptive mother's mother sent to earn our trust." Emma said.
"And I'm going to marry the beautiful, smart princess who bested me and left me on top of a beanstalk and I betrayed later." Killian said and kissed the top of her head. "Love has strange ways, love, and I'm glad it has." Emma was about to say something, but got interrupted by a loud thunder noise.
Suddenly, the whole sky turned dark with purple clouds while thunder lighted it up like fireworks. The wind became stronger and colder so the leaves that were lying on the ground flew around them. A crowd of people came running from the location of the docks and screamed. Emma looked up at Killian who looked down at her, then they started running the other way than the people, towards the trouble.