"What does that cloud look like?" Emma asked pointing to a long wispy cloud that was drifting across the sky. Neal looked up at it and tilted his head before answering.

"A dagger." He wished he had taken it back the moment he'd said it, but it was too late for that.

"It doesn't look like any dagger I've ever seen." Emma muttered, she pointed to another one, "That one looks like ice cream."

"They all look like ice cream to you." Neal laughed as he shook his head. Emma giggled and rolled on her side, Neal looked down at her. Her face was bright and happy and the sun set her hair a glow, he kissed her on the nose.

"Yep! There's a reason for that!" She jumped up, holding her hands out to him she wiggled her fingers. "Come onn! Let's go find the ice cream stand!" He held out his hands to her and she yanked him up, then she was off like a shot. "I bet you can't catch me!" She hollered over her shoulder.

"Really, Emma?" He called, she looked back over her shoulder with a broad smile on her face. "You'd better run faster than that!" He cried, he took off running she was a good distance ahead of him but he had the advantage as he wasn't laughing as heavily as she was.

Just as he was about to wrap his arms around her waist she spun around and threw a handful of leaves in his face. "Hey! No fair!" He laughed.

"God, you're awful at this game!" She teased. She was a few yards away from him, he raised his hands in surrender before she stuck out her tongue and made another made dash away.

"Oh it's on!" Neal declared grabbing two fistfuls of leaves off the ground and chasing Emma. She ran away from him screaming with laughter, before he finally tackled her to the ground. He threw some of the leaves into her face before tangling the rest of them in her hair.

"Come on now! That's not cool!" Emma hiccuped from laughing, "Do you know how long it'll take to get these out?" She gave Neal a puppy dog look and was reward by another handful of leaves to the face, she giggled.

"Uh-huh. You think it's funny." Neal reached out and tickled her ribs, she was crying with laughter and trying to get away. They didn't care that they were in a public park and people were staring at them, they were just being themselves and having fun.

"St-stop! I can't-I can't breathe!" Emma was gasping for air as he continued to tickle her. Finally she managed to roll away from him and pelt him in the face with another handful of bright orange and yellow leaves. "That's going to leave marks!" She scolded, lifting up her shirt a little and looking at the little red marks from his fingers.

He sat on the ground looking up at her the sun in his eyes was making it almost impossible to look straight at her. As she was kind of "wrapped in sunlight", it sounded stupid but that was the best way to describe it. She had little bits of leaves sticking up out of her hair and a few stuck on her shirt, she looked hilarious...but beautiful at the same time.

"What are you looking at?" She asked, titling her head to look down at him, before he could respond she started laughing. Soon she was doubled over with her hands on her knees, breathing heavily.

"What are YOU looking at?" He countered, getting a bit defensive.

"You've-" More laughter, "You've got a leaf sticking straight up on your head! It kind of looks like it's levitating. God, you look so stupid." Emma was basically dying, Neal cocked an eyebrow and waited for her to get it together.

"Would you care to come and remove the leaf that's causing such a fit?"

"Nope! I think it suits you." Neal reached a hand up and felt for the object, feeling it brush his fingers he pulled it from his hair and looked at it. The bright red and orange maple leaf was perfect specimen of fall colors, he put it in his coat pocket.

"Alright, Giggles, come here." Emma made her way over to him, he held out his hands and once again she pulled him up. "Let's go find some ice cream."

"Don't do it."

"Don't do what?" He asked looking at her in confusion.

"Don't smush your ice cream cone in my face like you always do." She shook her finger back and forth and raised her eyebrows.

"Why my dear, Emma! I wouldn't dream of it!" He smirked leaning down to kiss her on the nose, before slowly making his way to her mouth. She melted in to him and once again it didn't matter that they were in public. They looked like fools, covered in little bits of leaves, dirt on their jeans and grass in their hair. To them it was just the two of them, all by themselves not a care in the world. Neal pulled away and smiled at Emma, she gave him a shy grin. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and they made their way in the direction of the ice cream shop they'd passed on their way to the park.

"But you know..."

"Know what?"

"Smashing my ice cream in your face would be a good way to get you back for humiliating me in the park." He teased and she looked up at him with utter shock in her eyes.

"Me?! Humiliate you? Never!" Her tone dripped sarcasm.

"See! Right there! That's what I'm talking about!" She dissolved into giggles again and he kissed the top of her head. This was perfect...this is how he wanted to live the rest of his life; like no one else in the world mattered...like it was just the two of them. This was his home...Emma was his home, always.