"So have you decided on what you're going to do when Rhoda comes?" Ilse asked Emily changing the subject.
"Not yet, but I can't wait to see her again. I mean I know Rhoda Stuart can be a pain most of the time, but she does have a good heart too."
"Emily you gave up the chance of a lifetime to stay at New Moon instead of going to New York! You'd be the one engaged to Robert Johansen and not Rhoda Stuart. After all that chowder head did to you and the lies she said. Saying you were engaged to Jarback Priest to get Teddy, pretending she was you, stealing your mail, and everything else."
"Now Ilse you know that Rhoda Stuart was not that bad of a girl." Perry said.
"Coming form someone whom had a crush on her." Emily said smiling.
Jack snickered. "You had a crush on that girl?"
"Well, now it was just a small crush. I still have a crush on my first kiss." Perry said smiling as Emily blushed.
Teddy glared at Perry and took Emily's hand in his own. "Emily did you still want to have that picnic we planned?"
"Oh my god, I almost forgot all about it Teddy." Emily gasped. "Aunt Laura was going to get our basket."
"What picnic?" Ilse asked. "How come no one told me?"
"Well, it was supposed to be for just Teddy and me."
"Come on Ilse, let them have they're picnic." Perry said. "The three of us can have our own picnic without them."
Ilse brightened up. "Good, come on."
"As you wish blondie." Jack said smiling. "See you later Emily."
"See you Jack. Have fun Ilse. Perry be good." Emily called as her three friends left her and Teddy alone.
"Hey Emily."
"Yes, Teddy?"
"Now that Perry and Jack are back will that change things between us?"
Emily smiled. "Of course it won't Teddy."
"If we were older I'd ask you to marry me." Teddy said smiling at Emily.
"I'd probably say yes." Emily said giving Teddy a kiss.
"You're getting good at this surprise kissing thing." Teddy said.
"That's good." Emily said standing up with Teddy's help. "Let's go on our picnic."
"As you wish." Teddy said kissing Emily's cheek as they walked to New Moon.
"Aunt Laura!" Emily called as she and Teddy went inside the house.
Laura looked at Emily smiling. "Yes, Emily? You're food for your picnic is ready"
"Thank you Aunt Laura." She said giving her a hug. "We'll be back later."
"Aunt Emily, wait." A small voice said running down the stairs clinging to her. "Don't go."
Emily looked down at Zachary. "It's okay Zachary, Teddy and I are going to the beach to have a picnic. We won't be gone long."
Zachary smiled. "Okay, bye Aunt Emily, bye Uncle Teddy."
"Bye Zachary." Teddy said smiling at the little boy as they took the basket and went to the beach.
Laura picked up Zachary. "Why do you always call Teddy, Uncle Teddy?"
"Because Aunt Emily told me one day she and Uncle Teddy will get married." Zachary told his mother.
"Did Aunt Emily say when she was going to marry Uncle Teddy?"
"She said when I was old enough to have a girlfriend."
Laura sighed with relief knowing her son was only five and had over seven years or more. "All right come on, I have some food left over to have our own picnic."
"Yea!" Zachary said smiling.
"So blondie what all happened when I left?"
"Well Emily and Teddy got a lot closer, Rhoda went to New York to be this guy named Mr. Brand's secretary, Emily kept receiving a lot of letters from Perry although I never got any." Ilse glared at Perry.
Perry shrugged. "I'm sorry Ilse."
"Sure and well Emily sold some of her stories, she finished her novel which got bad reviews from Teddy and she tossed it out. She said she saw Jimmy toss it in the fire cause a lot of stuff got ruined when a tree hit New Moon during our last storm and Emily fell down the stairs putting herself into a deep coma. A couple of months later Perry shows up and the next day you do Jack."
"What about Teddy and Emily?" Jack asked.
Ilse shook her head. "You can hardly separate those two any more. According to Zachary Emily and Teddy plan on being married, but not for a while."
"Who is Zachary?" Perry asked.
"Zachary is Laura's son."
"I thought she lost him." Jack asked.
"She did, Zachary was Ian Bowles son from that creepy lady Margo. She took off leaving Mr. Bowles to watch after him, he hid at New Moon from the police and committed suicide from jumping over the cliff, all that was left of him was his hat. Laura was able to take Zachary in as her own because she was still Ian's wife. They won back all of New Moon too."
"Now any word on Isabelle Murray or her father?" Perry asked.
Ilse shook her head. "None."
"This looks like the perfect spot." Teddy said as they set up they're picnic. "I remember what happened last time we were near the water. I asked you to kiss me."
"I remember." Emily said smiling.
"You also said you'd step on my foot when you wanted to stop." Teddy said wrapping his arms around Emily. "But you never did, how come?"
"I never wanted it to stop." Emily said smiling.
"If I was to ask you to kiss me again, Emily Starr what would you say?"
"That it wasn't a romantic way, all planned out. Just like last time."
"That was only because I cared about you a lot." Teddy said. "I didn't want you to hit me or anything like the first time I kissed you."
"So you only cared about me then and not now?" Emily asked.
"No, cause right now Emily, I'm in love with you." he said kissing her and Emily kissed him back.