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AN: It's been far too long since I wrote one of this drabbles. This is for GranddaughterOfCaskettAndTivia. You're the best girl! ~ XOXO MAS


The five moments Emma realized she wanted to marry Hook . . . this is the last one!


Moment #5

"You all go have fun." Regina smiled softly, "Someone needs to stay behind and make sure everything stays calm. You know how Storybrooke can be."

Emma's face fell into a frown, "Regina. . ." She wanted to argue with her friend, but she wasn't sure quite how to without being completely insulting and causing a fight.

"Emma, I'm fine. I promise. Believe it or not, I'm going to have some girl time with your mother." At Emma's incredulous look, Regina snorted, "Fine it was her idea, not mine." She admitted, "Look, you and Killian take Henry and Violet and go have fun."

Emma sighed, "If you're sure, I'd just hate to leave you and"

"I'm not alone, Emma." Regina reached out to squeeze her hand, "Tink is back and I have my sister and Snow. There are plenty of people for me to spend time with." She chuckled, "Your father even mentioned a bout of sword fighting. It's been a while since I've wielded one. It could be fun."

"If you're sure." Emma finally relented, though she couldn't imagine Regina enjoying an evening drinking wine with her mother and Tink after spending the day sword fighting with her father. Still, sometimes it was best not to argue with her. Impulsively she hugged the former Evil Queen, "We'll only be gone for a few days."

"Have fun. Henry deserves a vacation. So do you and Killian." After the debacle with Jekyll and Hyde and the separate version of the Evil Queen, things were blessedly quiet in Storybrooke. With the quiet came Henry's request to see where Violet was actually from, Westport, Connecticut. Violet's father had given his permission for Killian and Emma to take her and Henry on a short vacation to the small coastal town. Personally, Emma was looking forward to joining her old reality, even if for just a few days, and Killian was excited to see more of what her life would've been like before he met her.

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Westport, Connecticut

"For the record," Killian grumbled as they trudged up the steps to their rooms in the b&b they were staying at, "I don't want to do that again." He'd been whining for the past forty-five minutes and somehow Emma found it more comical than annoying. He was fucking Captain Hook and he was whining like a little baby. Her heart clenched a bit in her chest with just how much love she had for the man standing behind her, his prosthetic hand resting on the small of her back as she fished for the key she'd just been given.

Emma snickered as she unlocked their room door, "You do know we're going to have to take a plane back to Maine, don't you? My car is at the Portland airport."

Killian scowled, "Man was not meant to fly in a contraption like that." Emma just chuckled in response. Killian hadn't liked the plane from the moment they sat down and were immediately packed in like sardines. Of course he'd given Emma the window seat so she hadn't had to sit next to the mammoth of a man who spent the entire flight coughing and blowing his nose. Killian had spent the entire flight scowling at her and across the aisle where Violet and Henry sat, oblivious to the world around them as they shared Henry iPod and the storybook.

"We'll discuss it at the end of the week. I'm going to go check on Violet and Henry. Their room better have the smallest twin beds in the world." She muttered the end as she left their room to cross the hallway. Henry had promised her that nothing inappropriate would happen with him and Violet sharing a room and that she wouldn't become a grandmother any time soon. He was a good kid, but he was still a hormonal fifteen year old boy and Violet was a pretty fifteen year old girl. Knocking on the door, she called out, "Guys, everything okay?"

The door flew open and Emma poked her head in. Violet was peering out the window staring down at the small town she hadn't seen since she was small girl. Scoping out the room, Emma was relieved to find that there were indeed two small twin beds in the room. "Everything's great, Mom. Are we going to eat soon? I'm super hungry."

Emma grinned and reached out, running a hand through his hair. He was growing like a weed and eating all the time. "Yeah, kid, let me just go get Killian."

Two arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her into his chest, "I am here, let's go grab a bite." He ended his sentence by latching onto her ear, lightly biting down.

Her eyes fluttered shut and her breathing hitched. He wound her up so easily and so effortlessly. "Gross." Henry grumbled, drawing her out of the fantasy quickly taking form behind her closed lids. "You two just can't keep your hands off of each other since the whole true love thing."

Violet, however, was beaming at them. "I think it's so sweet and romantic." If only she knew what we went through to find out it was true love, Emma thought. Still, she found herself smiling up at Killian, forever grateful that Zeus had sent him back to her.

Killian pressed a kiss to the crown of her head, almost as if he were reading her thoughts, "Come, let's go explore and find something to eat, shall we?"

"Finally." Henry grumbled, picking up his camera he held his hand out to Violet who flushed as their fingers intertwined.

Emma grinned, her own arm slipping around Killian's waist as his draped over her shoulders. "Well then, let's see what kind of trouble we can get into."

The four spent the day wandering around the small downtown area near the bay front. It was a quiet town that reminded her of Storybrooke before she knew about fairytale characters and dragons and magic. It was quaint and peaceful. Emma and Killian lagged behind and Violet and Henry walked up ahead, hand-in-hand down the docks. They'd stop every so often so Henry could snap a picture of her and she'd flush and shake her head.

"Excuse me?" Emma and Killian stopped at the sound of an elderly voice behind them.

"Yes?" Emma asked, tugging on Killian's hand to stop him and flagging down Henry and Violet so they didn't stray.

"Would you like a family photo?" She asked, "I can take your picture together if you'd like."

Henry must've heard the woman because suddenly he was next to them, "That'd be great! Thanks!" He handed her the expensive camera with a grin.

"You and your pictures." Violet shook her head.

Henry beamed down at her, "You're too pretty not to capture. It'd be a crime." He winked at her and Emma groaned, rolling her eyes. He'd clearly spent too much time with her pirate.

"Come on, Romeo," Emma ruffled her son's hair, "you're embarrassing us all." She teased.

"Oh and it's okay when he does it?" Henry elbowed Killian lightly in the ribs.

"It's all about timing, lad." Killian grinned, "Personally, I think you did splendidly. The lass is flushing and clearly pleased."

"Oh my god," Violet buried her head in her hands, "remind me to avoid your family vacations from here on out." She moaned dramatically.

The older woman smiled and adjusted her grip on the camera, "Okay, all of you get together and smile big for the camera." She clicked it a few times before handing it back to Henry.

Excitedly he flipped through them before tugging Violet closer to the water, "And they're off again." Emma shook her head before turning back to the woman, "Thank you so much. This is the first vacation we've been on in" she glanced up at Killian, her eyes sparkling, "well, a while."

The woman paused and placed her hand on Emma's arm, "Your family is beautiful." She murmured, her eyes twinkling as she eyed Killian who was now ambling down the dock towards Henry and Violet. The two watched as Killian snatched the camera playfully from Henry and motioned for him to get next to Violet, "Your son and husband are just so handsome." She complimented. "It's so nice to see a family out on vacation together, doing things out doors and all getting along. It's becoming all too rare."

Emma swallowed past the lump in her throat, "Yeah, it is." She turned her gaze back down at the woman, "Thank you."

"Enjoy yourselves my dear. These moments are fleeting." She warned.

Emma nodded her head in agreement. If only she truly knew, she thought before waving and heading towards her boys and Violet. She watched them from a distance for a moment. She could see it all now. Everything she'd been holding back with Killian, even after he'd returned from the Underworld and she'd professed her love for him outside of Granny's with no threats. Not anymore, though.

"You alright, love?" Killian's arms slipping around her waist startled her.

Looking up she nodded, "I love you." She whispered, rocking up to press a kiss to his lips.

He hummed as she landed back on her feet, "I love you too, Swan." He tugged lightly at her ponytail. He watched as she considered him for a moment before finally asking, "What?"

"Marry me?" She requested softly.

"What?" Henry and Violet both stopped to stare at them.

"Swan?" Killian asked slowly.

"Marry me?" She asked more confidently.

His grin was the widest she'd ever seen it. "As you wish, love."

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XOXO

MAS