Lizzie's POV

I couldn't sleep...my mind was plagued with dreams and nightmares over the fact that it's been days since we'd returned to the Isle but they weren't about my mother or my fears for a change which was both reassuring and concerning all the same.

After Captain Hook let slip that he'd given Harry a ring I was plagued by dreams of him purposing to me only for something to go wrong and that scared me and made me think that it was an extremely bad idea because happiness wasn't meant to exist on the Isle and I didn't want to risk ever being reminded of that fact with something happening to Harry.

We were already walking on thin ice with our relationship now that I didn't want anything to change and threaten what we already had going on but I hadn't been able to bring myself to talk to him about it and tell him how I felt because I still didn't even know if he was thinking about purposing since he hadn't so much as indicated that he was interested in getting married either but I also didn't want to leave it for if he does and break his heart because I could never do that.

I sighed knowing I wasn't getting any sleep tonight and climbed out of bed avoiding Harry's arm that was always outstretched towards my side ready to cuddle like a damn octopus that you'd think he was related to Uma, I quickly threw on some clothes and grabbed my sword from the hooks by the door being as quiet as I could just in case I woke him up before I tip-toed out of the room leaving putting on my boots until I was on the deck of the ship then walked towards the docks, it was still early and I knew nothing would be open but right now I just needed to walk and maybe catch Uma awake.

I approached the docks where our ship was still shipwrecked against the rocks and went aboard feeling like I hadn't seen the ship in ages and in truth it had been a while since I stepped aboard it's planks since after Uma had left and the crew pretty much dissolved, we'd all barely came around here but now there was a single lantern lit from below signalling that someone was here and I knew it was Uma seeing as she'd moved right back in so I wasted no time heading down the stairs towards the captain's quarters letting myself in since technically I still had a bed in here and I saw Uma was awake despite the low light from the Isle's desolate sunrise just beginning to light up the room from the porthole windows.

"Hey" I sighed moving and sat in the chair opposite hers at the desk which took center space in the room.

"What's wrong?" she asked immediately.

"Why would anything be wrong?"

"Because I know you Liz" I sighed again with a small smirk in the corner of my lips since I should've known that I couldn't hide from her any more than I could hide my feelings from Harry. "And because you're here before dawn without Harry so what's he done now?" she asked.

"He hasn't done anything" I shrugged since it wasn't a matter of what he's done.

"Okay then what's he supposed to have done?" she rephrased her question and I paused not sure I should even bring it up if I couldn't with Harry.

"A couple of days ago after I chased Ace down-"

"You mean after he told you that he couldn't be a father" I nodded since I'd told her what happened the day after.

"Yeah, after that I went back to the Jolly Rodger to get away and I run into Captain Hook, I found myself venting to him about what Ace had said and he told me not to worry about the fact that I no longer had a family because I'd already found a true family with you guys and Harry then he let slip that he'd given Harry...a ring" I explained watched her eyes grow with the last part.

"You mean like a ring...ring?" she asked and I nodded my head. "Okay, has he-"

"No he hasn't asked me and that's half the problem" I cut her off already knowing what she was gonna ask given her eyes had fallen to my left hand.

"What do you mean half of a problem?"

"He hasn't brought it up and I have no idea what he's thinking but I'm also conflicted about even wanting him to ask me"

"You've been crazy about each other since we were kids, what's wrong with him asking you to marry him"

"Because were villains and we don't get our happily ever after's, you just have to look at where we are to see that"

"That's not true Liz" she argued.

"Is it not, we were out Uma-"

"But we chose to come back, this is our home Lizzie and just because we're on the Isle of the Lost doesn't mean that you and Harry are doomed to not have your happily ever after's, you guys have already defied all odds from just being together"

"Exactly so why should we jinx ourselves with some useless piece of paper or formal declaration of love when we already know how much we love each other"

"I don't think it's that simple" she shrugged and I sighed sinking lower in my seat because she wasn't helping. "Why don't you just talk to Harry?"

"You think I haven't tried but every time I go to bring it up I choke up because if he is thinking about it then I'd crush his heart and I don't want to do that, I don't want to be the one to break his heart because then I'd be just like..." I trailed off falling silent.

"Your mother?" she asked and I frowned which answered her question.

"It might not be the same as ripping them out and crushing them but the principal is there" I shrugged trying to sound nonchalant.

"Liz how many times do we have to tell you that your nothing like your mother and you never will be" I frowned deeper since they told me that but it was my deepest and darkest fear which meant it would probably never leave me "And you couldn't crush Harry's heart if you tried, he'd understand if you don't want to get married but you have to tell him before he gets down on a knee otherwise you'll definitely rub unnecessary salt in the wound from the rejection of you refusing" I glared at her for being right.

"I hate you" I shot at her and she laughed.

"Only because you know I'm right" I rolled my eyes at her but couldn't help smiling since I missed these talks with her since Uma has never been afraid to tell me when I'm being ridiculous and I loved her for it.

I decided to hang around for the next couple of hours to help Uma come up with idea's to better the Isle since what she'd said to Mal was true, this island needed someone to lead it and with Maleficent gone and Mal closing the barrier for good who better to become that person than Uma and I was ready to stand with her.

The sun had completely risen on the distant horizon of Auradon and when I checked my old rusted pocket watch that Harry had given me for my birthday seeing it was nearly 10 in the afternoon and knew he'd be awake by now which meant it was time to talk to him and Uma must have seen a sour look on my face when I realized this because she chuckled which just caused me to glare at her.

"You'll be fine, it's only Harry"

"Exactly, you and I both know he's not the most stable person when it comes to emotions" I sighed getting up from my seat and made my way towards the door. "But hey I'm the one that fell in love with him and that includes all his many flaws"

"He'd call them perks" she laughed and I joined her knowing that's exactly what he'd say.

"We're both a little mad" I shrugged before I left making my way back towards Hook's Bay knowing that he was helping Harriet around the ship today and that's where'd I'd find him but I took my time deciding to take a stroll through the bazaar to buy 'aka steal' some things being mostly food, fabric and whatever else I got get my hands on.

By the time I finished making my way through the bazaar I had pockets of apples that were half bad, various different colored fabrics that I can use to make some knew clothes with and new belt loops for Harry seeing as he liked to have them around his waist so he always had a quick place to store his hook close at hand but now I was standing on the dock looking over at the Jolly Rodger finding Harry perched up on the mainmasts second yard beam looking like he was securing the sails and I smiled at the nostalgia of our adventure up on the masts of the Lost Revenge all that time ago.

I walked down silently and started climbing up myself being mindful of the pegs that I knew weren't stable from Harry and I frequently climbing the masts especially to get to the crows nest which was our favorite place to hide away together before I balanced my way across the beam before sitting down next to him grabbing an apple out of my pocket and handing it to him.

"Where'd you go this morning?" he asked immediately as he took the apple from me.

"Went and seen Uma" I shrugged pulling out my dagger for him to cut the gross parts of the apple off even though we usually ate what we could get, our time in Auradon made us see the good foods.

"Yeh could 'ave woken me"

"Ye looked too adorable" I laughed delaying the conversation I was supposed to be having with him.

"I'm not adorable" he protested making me laugh.

"Fine you looked too dashingly cute to wake up" he rolled his eyes using my dagger to cut off a piece of apple and held it towards me, I leant down to take a bite but he pulled it away at the last second. "Hey!" I grabbed for it but he held it above my head and his arms were longer than mine. "What do you want?" I asked crossing my arms.

"Tell me what I want to hear"

"Harry Hook is a dashing rapscallion, now give me the apple!" he smirked holding the piece of apple out finally allowing me to take a bite before he finished it off and we spent the next few minutes doing just that, him cutting the apple and me stealing bites while we stared off at the deep blue sea ahead of us.

"Hey you two, those riggings arent going to check themselves!" we heard Harriet call up from the deck and rolled our eyes with a small laugh before we got back to work moving and swinging from mast to mast making sure the ropes tying up the sails were secured in case wind blew them lose.

"So are ye gonna tell me why yer went and saw Uma before dawn this morning?" Harry suddenly asked after we'd finished and were now sitting in the crows nest, I turned to him since he was pretty specific with knowing when I left. "I woke up when you closed the door, I was gonna go after yeh but I figured yer would've woken me if it was a nightmare" I sighed nodding my head.

"I couldn't sleep at all last night so I went to talk to Uma about it"

"Why didn't yeh talk to me?" he questioned, a hurt tone to his voice since he knew he was the one I always went to when I needed to talk to someone.

"It was kind of about you" I admitted and watched his eyes narrow in confusion.

"What did I do now?" he asked, his accent thick as he worried he'd done something wrong.

"Nothing" I protested grabbing hold of his hand squeezing it. "Its complicated but Uma made me see that I should have just spoken to you after your Dad told me"

"Me father, what's he got to with this?" he cut me off.

"After I talked to Ace the other day, I came back here as you know but before I went to your room and found you I ran into your Dad and I told him about what Ace had said and I admitted that I was an orphan and that I'd felt like I didn't have a family but he told me that I did...in you and I guess he kind of let slip that he'd given you...a ring" I told him and watched his eyes widen.

"I...I was gonna...I wanted to surprise yeh, I've just been waiting fer the right time" he sighed hanging his head and I frowned since that meant he had been planning to purpose. "Is that why yeh've been upset?" he asked and my frown deepened.

"Partly" I told him with a heavy sigh. "I guess you can say I've been conflicted over the knowledge of your Dad giving you a ring and the thought of you purposing because I didn't want to change what we already have-"

"Ye don't want to get married?" he asked, a mirroring frown to my own reflecting on his face.

"I don't know" I shrugged since I still didn't have an answer for him. "I love you Harry so it's not about that, I just feel that right now things are great between us and I don't want to go jinxing fate by trying to change our already tempted fate, we're not supposed to get happily ever after's on this island-"

"I don't care about that, I just want yeh to be mine forever" he cut me off.

"I'm already yours, there will never be anyone else that I'd want to spend the rest of my life with Harry but I don't need a ring to know that and for now I'm content with how things already are between us" he squeezed my hand.

"I'll give yeh a year of just us but eventually I'm going to make you mine Ilizabeth" he stated confidently and I laughed a little at his audacious reply.

"Three" I countered.

"Two" he shot right back with a smirk.

"Deal" I finally agreed since we could always revaluate in two years time and I'm sure I could change his mind.

"Deal" he nodded back before he reached into his pocket and pulled out the small chest and opened it revealing a small thin gold band with a tiny pearl as the centerpiece of the ring and my smile widened since it was beautiful but I just wasn't ready to wear it.

"It's beautiful"

"It was me mothers" he told me and my eyes widened a little even more reluctant to ever wear it since I knew how much his mother meant to him and I'd be too afraid that I'd lose it. "She would'a loved you Liza and I know that look but there isn't anyone else that I'd want to wear it, yer me forever" I smiled unable to stop myself. "When yeh ready, it's yours" I nodded my head since maybe in two years I will be.