Emma gripped the flowers in her hand and stepped forward. A small tear escaped her eye and ran down her cheek. She had so much she wanted to say… She crouched down and placed the flowers on Daniel's grave.

"I'm marrying our best friend tomorrow…" She smiled at how ridiculous the words sounded. "It feels so odd for me to wish that you could be here for it because if you were, it wouldn't be happening… How messed up is that?" She laughed and shook her head. "I do wish you were here though… I would've kept my feelings for Regina buried for the two of you forever…" She kissed the palm of her hand and touched the tombstone.

"He would have been so proud of you Duckling." The sound of a voice saying her rarely heard old nickname made her jump. "Sorry Emma, I didn't mean to frighten you."

Emma's eyes met an older version of the eyes she had just been thinking of, they looked so much like Daniel's… "Hey Patrick, how are you." She walked up to the elder Colter and wrapped him up in a giant hug.

"Good, we just got in… I always come to visit him as soon as I get here. Maxine pays her visit before we go…" He smiled sadly over at the grave. "Are you excited for the big day tomorrow?"

Emma nodded. "Yeah, it all seems so surreal though, ya know?"

He laughed, again Emma was reminded of Daniel in the sound... "It indeed has been an interesting journey for the two of you… I'm so happy you have each though, you both deserve to be happy."

"We are, sometimes guilt can creep up on us though… Like it isn't fair to him that we get to live on, but he doesn't…."

"Oh, but Emma…He does get to live on." He took her hands into his. "The love that you and Regina have for each other wouldn't have been possible without the influence he had on both of your lives… I see it shine through you both when you're together. I can see it in Henry too. It's beautiful." Those eyes she missed so much glistened with tears as they looked into hers. "Live in the moment, Emma. It's what he would have wanted."

Emma smiled brightly, remembering when Henry Mills had told her to live in the moment as well. "Okay, I can do that."

"Henry, stop fidgeting!" Emma was trying to tame down his shaggy hair. They really should have gotten in cut…

"Ma! It's fine!" He gave her a crooked smirk and she saw a tiny bit of Neal in it…

"Fine! Do you have the rings?" He nodded his head. He was Regina's best man for the wedding and had the super important job of keeping the rings safe. "Okay, head out and find Ruby. You'll go stand by her and Dr. Hopper, just like we did last night at rehearsal okay?" Emma had asked Ruby to be her maid of honor. Over the past year, her old roommate had returned to the East Coast to open up one of her family's Granny Diners in Boston. Ruby had spent more time at the stables, and their friendship had mended from it's old the wounds. The lanky brunette and Regina were even getting along amazingly. The pair had found they had the joy of teasing Emma relentlessly in common. Dr. Hopper was performing the ceremony. He had become such an important figure to their family, and it only seemed natural. She watched as Henry ran out of the room and turned back to look at herself in the full-length mirror. She had gone with a well-fitted tux for the ceremony. Instead of just the basic black and white, there were a few accents of green… Regina was going to be wearing a white dress with complementing purple accents and Emma couldn't wait to see it… A knock on the door startled her out of her thoughts. It slowly opened and her smiling father peeked his head inside…

"Are you ready sweetheart?" She nodded at him as he entered the room, and he smiled at her warmly. "You look beautiful!"

"Thanks, dad… I'm crazy nervous though!" He wrapped his arms around her, placing a comforting hand on the back of her head. She really loved his hugs.

"Don't be, you two are amazing together, and I'm so proud of you both." Emma did her best to hold back tears, not wanting to ruin her makeup.

They headed out of the room and began their walk down the aisle… She smiled at how adorable Henry looked in his little tux and he smiled brightly over at her. She laughed when she saw her mom crying in the front row, but somehow the teary-eyed woman was still managing to snap pictures. Once Emma arrived at the front she gave a nervous smile to Dr. Hopper, who gave her a reassuring grin in return. The music changed over and she turned around to see her bride stepping out into the aisle. All the nervousness she had been feeling, suddenly melted away...

Regina's dress was beautiful. The strapless Grecian style dress flowed over her curves perfectly… Her breasts were on display and Emma had to hold herself back from running up to the woman and burying her face in the brunette's cleavage.

"You're drooling…"

"Shut up Ruby…"

Emma smiled brightly, and tears filled her eyes as Regina walked towards her with a proud Cora on her arm. Emma wished Henry Mills were here to see how beautiful his daughter looked.

"Hey…"
"Hey…"

Emma reached for her second glass of champagne and felt a tap on her wrist. "Be careful dear, you know you can't handle the bubbly very well..." Regina smirked and winked at the blonde.

"Oh ha-ha! I was sixteen! I'm never going to live that down…." Taking a big swig from the glass she stuck her tongue out at her wife….her wife!

"Oh my gawd! I remember that night! You tried to kiss me!"

"Shut up Ruby!"

"Let's dance dear…" Regina stood up and straightened out her dress.

"Sure thing babe!"

"Ruby…."

"Man Em relax! It was a joke!" They all laughed as Emma protectively wrapped her arms around Regina and spun her around to the dance floor.

"You're so silly." Regina laughed and kissed Emma's temple as she wrapped her arms around the younger woman's neck.

"I know, but it's part of my charm, right?" Emma smiled brightly.

"Idiot…"

"Yours…"

"Smooth as always Miss Swan…" They danced the night away with friends and family. Emma avoided more champagne after she started to feel a bit dizzy halfway through her third glass… She didn't let Regina know that though.

The morning after the wedding had Emma and Regina rushing around the house getting ready to leave for their honeymoon. Henry just sat on the couch and watched as the pair panicked.

"Henry! Are you ready for Pat and Max to pick you up?!"

The boy rolled his eyes at his blonde mother. "Yeah, I've been packed for days!" He was going on a week-long camping trek with the Colter's in their RV, and he was super excited about it.

"Oh, good…" Emma ran up the stairs two at a time to help her wife pack the last of their things. "We're going to be on a beach for a week, do we really need this much luggage?!" Emma looked around the room and counted five bags.

"Umm… I suppose I went a bit overboard?" Regina blushed.

"Ya think?" Emma laughed. "Let's see what we can do…" They worked together and managed to cut down the luggage down to two bags to check and one bag to carry-on. The doorbell rang announcing the arrival of the Colters.

They sent Henry away on his big adventure, hugging and kissing him. Regina double and triple checked to make sure Pat and Max had all the emergency contact information.

As soon as the Colters pulled away, the Nolans rolled up to take Emma and Regina to the airport. A week at The Four Seasons in Bora Bora was in their not so distant future. All the parent's had chipped in together to send them on the exotic trip.

"All ready to go ladies?" David smiled brightly at them.

"So ready!" Emma tossed her carry-on into her father's arms and hopped in the back seat.

"Here Regina, let me help you with those…" David tossed the carry-on back at Emma and took the two large bags from the brunette.

"Thank you, David, at least I know one Nolan that is a courteous person." Regina glared at Emma.

"Hey! I'm excited okay?" Emma giggled realizing she sounded just like Henry.

"Let's go! We gotta beat the afternoon traffic!" Snow honked the horn, making them all jump.

"Omg, that feels so amazing…" Emma moaned. "Yes! Right there, yas, perfect…."

"Miss Swan, you're embarrassing the poor woman." Regina laughed from the table next to Emma's as they both received a massage in the hotel's seaside spa.

"Sorry! It just feels so damn good!" The masseuse just laughed. "Why do we live in a place that's cold half the year when we could live someplace like this?"

"Because we have a stable to run?" Regina accepted a drink from her masseuse as she sat up on the table.

"Ugh, I suppose…" Emma sat up and received her own drink. She looked out at the crystal clear blue water and smiled. "This place is gorgeous."

"It really is…we're very lucky." Regina held out her hand and Emma grasped it in hers.

"That we are."

"Henry, stop fidgeting!" Emma adjusted the square cap on top of Henry's head.

"Ma! It's fine!" He smiled at her and she started to tear up again. "Ma…"

"I'm sorry! I just can't believe you're graduating! I'm so very proud!" More tears slid down Emma's face as she smiled at the young man before her.

"Stop crying all over our son Miss Swan, that's my job!" Regina playfully shoved Emma aside and hugged Henry tight. "I'm so very proud of you my little prince."

"Thanks, Na, I couldn't have done it without you…" He rested his chin on her shoulder. He was now taller than both of the women. Emma was thankful he took after her side of the family and not Neal's….

"Hey! Why didn't I get a thank you like that?!" Emma acted all offended, even though she already knew the answer.

"Cause you suck at school work Ma!" They all laughed.

"Well, you can thank your grandma for that…"

"Hey!"

"Crap…" Emma spun around and saw a pouting Snow. "Sorry, mom…"

"It's okay dear, I was an awful teacher…but you can build an excellent birdhouse!" They all shared another laugh before heading to their seats.

When Henry's name was called an entire row stood up and cheered, embarrassing the boy properly. Emma, Regina, David, Snow, Cora, Pat, Max, Ruby, and even Granny all clapped and smiled proudly as he accepted his diploma. Emma and Regina clasped their hands together and held back tears the best they could.

"I can't believe we have a high school graduate." Regina leaned into Emma's side.

"I want another one." Emma stunned herself as the words left her mouth.

"Another high school graduate?" Regina looked at her wife confused.

"No! Well…someday… I want another kid! I'm not ready for an empty nest yet..." Emma turned and looked into curious brown eyes. "I want to have another baby with you."

"Let's talk about this later okay? It's Henry's moment." Regina squeezed Emma's hand and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. Emma nodded and looked over at her grinning son as he headed off the stage.

A party was held at Storybrooke Stables that night for the graduating class. Emma put Ruby on alcohol watch to make sure nobody was sneaking anything. The brunette had a nose for the stuff after all. Granny kept the snacks flowing all evening, and the Nolans patrolled the dance floor making sure the kids didn't get too handsy with each other. Sure they were young adults, but they were still young… Pat and Max set up games for everyone to play. If you won, you were rewarded a raffle ticket for entering into a drawing. Cora had provided an assortment of fabulous prizes. Emma had been bummed to learn she wasn't eligible to win...

"May I have this dance?" Emma turned to see her wife holding out her hand. The blonde smiled and took Regina's hand and let the older woman lead her onto the dance floor.

"We're gonna embarrass the kid."

"He will live." Regina twirled Emma around and the pair laughed as they came back together. "Emma…about what you said earlier…" Emma's heart started to race. "Yes."

"Yes? Really?!" Regina nodded and Emma crashed their lips together.

"Hey! No kinky stuff on the dance floor!"

"Sorry, mom!" They pulled apart and giggled.

"I can't believe we're looking through pictures of sperm donors…" Regina flipped through the pages with a look of disdain on her face. "It just seems so… I dunno, cold?"

"Well Queenie, unless you've suddenly grown a working penis, we don't have much of a choice." Regina rolled her eyes and Emma kissed her cheek. "Once we get past this part, it's just about the baby and us alright?" The brunette nodded and set her head onto Emma's shoulder. "Are you still on board with finding someone with your features?"

"Yeah, I do like the idea of them resembling both of us…" Emma could see something was still bothering the older woman.

"Hey…you do want this right?" Emma pulled back and looked at Regina's sad face.

"I'm sorry. I do, I really do..." Regina leaned forward and kissed Emma's lips. "I just wish I could be more involved somehow…"

"You're kidding, right? I have yet to do this without your involvement. You were my rock with Henry and you'll be my rock this time as well! Don't think that just because I'm thirty-four this time, and not seventeen, that I can do this without you!" She pulled Regina into her arms. "We're a team." She brought their lips together and kissed Regina with all the emotion she could. The kiss deepened and a moan escaped from Regina's lips. "Let's put the sperm on hold and go to bed…" Regina laughed as Emma pulled her to the bedroom.

"Oh my god! How did I forget about the morning sickness!" Emma heaved into the toilet as Regina held her hair back. She heard Regina chuckle. "Not helping!"

"Sorry dear, at least you're not in jail this time hmm?"

"Ughh…."

"You want how many copies?" Dr. Whale looked at the two women with an odd expression.

"We need at least seven copies…?" Emma started to mentally count all the people that would want copies of the ultrasound. "Well, maybe 8, just to be safe?" She glanced over at Regina who just shrugged.

The odd doctor, with the bleach blonde hair, just nodded his head and started printing the photos off. Emma found that she was kind of missing dealing with Dr. Green and her wicked crazy red hair… She and Regina smiled their thanks as the doctor handed over the pictures.

They had asked not to know the gender, wanting it to be a surprise. Emma tried not to study the ultrasound too closely, not wanting to see something she shouldn't...not that she could really tell what she was looking at anyways… Henry was due home from college for spring break, and they couldn't wait to show off the ultrasound to him. He had been super supportive of the news when they told him. They were all going to work on the nursery together over the break.

"Moms! I'm home!" Henry entered the front door with multiple bags hanging all over him.

"Damn kid, did you bring your entire dorm room home with you?" Emma helped him untangle and gave him a giant hug. "You've gotten even taller!" He laughed as they pulled apart.

"And you've gotten rounder!" He put his hand on her belly. "How's my little sibling doing?" She slapped at his hand.

"Better than you will be if you say something like that again!" Henry was saved by the arrival of his other mother. Regina wrapped him up in a tight hug.

"Careful she's a bit sensitive at the moment…" Emma pouted at them and stomped off. "See what I mean?"

"I heard that!" They giggled as they headed up the stairs with Henry's things. "I heard that too!"

Later that night Emma was wrapped in Regina's arms in bed. "Did you and Henry have a good ride together?" The pair had gone for a ride once Henry had gotten settled. Emma hadn't been feeling up for it, and let them have some alone time together.

"Yeah…he's still getting used to riding Teddy. I can tell he misses Strider." Daniel's old thoroughbred had been lost to them the previous year, old age finally getting the best of him. Tawny and Rocinante were still kicking, but they were no longer riding on the trails. "Henry has a girlfriend…" Emma sat up and turned around to face Regina at that news.

"He does?" Regina nodded and reached out and tucked a strand of Emma's blonde hair behind her ear.

"Yup, they've been dating for about five months…" Emma was about to speak, but Regina placed a finger over her lips. "Her name is Ella, and she's a second-year culinary arts student. He promised me they are being safe…" Emma's eyes grew wide. "And I told him if he gave us a grandchild the same age as his sibling, I'd kill him." Regina smiled at Emma and removed her finger from the blonde's lips.

"Let's just hope they're responsible. I mean, I trust the kid to be smart, but..." Emma knew she was going to have to have her own conversation with her son in the morning.

"Don't give him too much of a hard time okay? He's a good young man…" Regina had a bit of a worried look on her face, and Emma leaned forward and kissed her.

"I'll be gentle." The blonde pushed Regina back and straddled her hips. "Well, maybe not with you." She wiggled her eyebrows and cupped Regina's breasts.

"Someone's feeling better." The brunette pulled the blonde down on top of her and attacked the younger woman's neck. Emma moaned as Regina bit down on her pulse point.

"Clothes off now!" Emma's hormones were out of control, and when the need hit her, it hit her hard. They stripped quickly and Emma ground her wet core against Regina's hip over and over… Regina managed to wiggle her hand between their bodies and rubbed on the blonde's clit to help send her over the edge. Breathless, Emma collapsed on top of Regina. She broke into a fit of giggles when Regina started to nibble on her ear. "Oh my god stop! I'm too sensitive right now for that!" Emma rolled off of Regina and snuggled into her side. "I love you." Emma could feel herself falling asleep, and she tried to fight it…

When Emma woke up again, it was to the marvelous sound of her wife's sensual moans. She managed to open her eyes and watch as the beautiful brunette brought herself to orgasm.

"That was so freaking hot..." Emma rolled over and kissed the still panting woman on the temple. "How long have I been asleep?"

"Maybe fifteen minutes…. I was too turned on to wait for you, sorry dear... I love you." Regina winked at the blonde and snuggled back into her side.

"It's all good… I love you too." That was all Emma managed to say before she fell back to sleep.

"Holy shit! This hurts! This IS the last one this time Regina!" Emma could feel Regina rubbing her back as another contraction hit her.

"Yes, dear…"

"Are you mocking me?!" Emma closed her eyes and took some deep breaths.

"You're almost there, Emma… Just try to stay calm." Emma saw a small smile on Regina's lips and Emma's heart warmed up at the sight.

"I'm sorry…" Emma smiled up at Regina and the brunette leaned over and kissed her.

"Okay Emma, next time around we're going for it… Just push when I tell you to okay?" Dr. Whale had turned out to be a decent doctor, even if he was a bit strange. Another wave of pain hit. "Okay, push!"

The next few moments went by in a blur, but Emma soon heard the beautiful sounds of their baby crying. That was the last thing she heard before everything went black...

"Hey, sweetheart. You gave us quite a scare." Emma tried to open her eye's but the room was too bright.

"Regina? What happened?" Her eyes were slowly starting to adjust to the light. She focused in and saw Regina leaning over her with a small smile on her face. She looked tired and her eyes were red and puffy.

"You had a spike in your blood pressure, but they got everything under control. You're going to be just fine." Regina leaned over and kissed her tenderly.

"The baby?!" A panic suddenly washed over her.

"She's fine."

"She? It's a girl?" Emma broke out in a huge smile.

"Yes, and she's beautiful and completely healthy. You did an amazing job dear." Emma watched as a small tear escaped Regina's eye.

"I'm sorry I scared you…" She lifted her hand up and wiped away the tear with her thumb.

"I'm just happy you're both okay, I love you." Regina took the hand that had settled on her cheek and kissed its palm. "Would you like meet our daughter Miss Swan?" Emma could only nod as her eyes started to fill with tears. Regina helped her sit up and then she saw her motion over at someone…

"Hey, Ma…. Here she is….." Henry came over to the side of the bed carrying a little bundle. He had a giant smile on his face as he lowered the baby into Emma's arms.

"Oh my goodness, look at you…." The tiny little girl had a good amount of hair already, and it was a beautiful brown like Regina's. The kid definitely had Emma's chin and dimples though… "Hello my little Dani Maria Nolan-Mills, welcome to the world." Emma smiled up at Regina who now had tears streaming down her cheeks. Emma reached out and grabbed her wife's hand. "She's perfect Regina."

"She is, just like her mom…"

"Mom's..."

"Dani, you're not ready for that jump! Go around. I'll wait here for you." Emma smiled back at her daughter.

"I can do it Ma! It's fine!" Emma shook her head as she watched Dani head back up the trail to get a running start. The girl was just eight years old, and she was a little spitfire. Emma watched as the young brunette girl, with stunning green eyes, started her gallop towards the creek and she timed her jump perfectly. Dani landed smoothly on the creek bank. She got a smug smile on her face that was all Regina. "See? Perfect." Emma rolled her eyes.

"Well done sweetheart!" Regina rode up beside Emma and smiled brightly. "I see that the equestrian training is paying off!." Regina smiled proudly over at her daughter.

"You would have had a heart attack if Henry would have tried something like that at this age!" Emma had been amazed at how much more relaxed Regina was with raising Dani versus how she had been with Henry.

"I suppose I've learned children aren't as fragile as I once thought… Speaking of Henry, he and Ella just called me freaking out because Lucy ate a bug! I told them that's just what two-year-olds do, but I think they were rushing her to the ER anyways…" They shared a laugh knowing how crazy it was being young parents.

"They'll figure it out, we did." Emma smiled over at her wife and leaned over and kissed her deeply.

"Eww! Let's go!" Dani shot past them on the trail in a flash.

"That we did, Miss Swan. That we did." Regina leaned over and gave Emma another quick kiss and took off after their daughter up the trail.

Emma looked back at the creek with a soft smile. "Thank you, Daniel..." With a click of her heel, she headed up the trail after her family...