prompt: Emma thinking about the future of her relationship with Graham
prompted by: arianakristine
"So," Ruby sits down across from Emma in the booth she's in at Granny's, ignoring the various people planning divorces and remarriages and all of that crap; everyone wants to make everything "Storybrooke Official" and her parents are the worst of all with it – she came out to the diner to get away from all of that, "Did Snow ask you to be her Maid of Honor?"
"I thought you were the Maid of Honor," Emma raises an eyebrow at the other woman. Little Red Riding Hood, her godmother (who apparently had something of a crush on her boyfriend back before the curse? Mary Margaret had mentioned it and Ruby had blushed and said it was nothing and Graham had been surprised to hear this and shrugged, claiming he'd only ever thought of Red as a sister and even that was being generous, since he hadn't met her until he was heartless and Emma and Henry were the only ones to make him feel without it).
"The first time around. I really thought she was going to ask you this time. I mean, David's best man was Thomas the first time, and I hear he asked Graham."
"No, he asked Henry," Emma corrects. Her father was still having trouble accepting Graham into the family, despite the ground rule they'd made, "Emma is a grown woman who controls her own love life."
"Oh," Ruby frowns, "Well, I should let you eat, then," her friend gets up again and heads over to the counter.
Emma shakes her head at this. With everyone in a rush to get their happy endings, she and Graham have been swamped at the station – which Mary Margaret happens to be using as wedding planning central instead of the loft because she wants Emma's input, and since Emma moved in with Graham just after Valentine's day, she'd be able to avoid helping if the planning was all happening at the loft.
Emma's honestly not sure why she'd been ready to take that step and move in with Graham only a few months into their relationship. David has been making hints that if Graham wants his respect he should marry her. Graham hasn't done anything like ask yet, which is good, but that hasn't stopped Mary Margaret from also drawing up plans for a lavish wedding for them as long as her nose is in the bridal catalogs.
Emma's stomach rolls a little, reminding her that she has to make an appointment at the hospital. She's just missed her second period in a row, and it could be stress, but… There's always the possibility that she's pregnant.
She's not scared of Graham's reaction, if she is. They'd never talked about having a family but she knows he wants one. There is, however, her father's reaction to consider (two grandchildren and not even a son-in-law?), and the fact that… She doesn't know if she can be a mother. There's a difference between taking care of Henry full time, since Regina ran away from Storybrooke into the real world after the curse was broken, and raising a child from birth. Even if she won't be alone – her mother, her father, her boyfriend, none of them have any more experience with babies than she does. There's Ashley, of course – or is she going by Ella most of the time now? – and she's certain Granny would be a godsend, but inexperience is prevalent among the people Emma knows.
She's never thought so much about her future in her life and suddenly it dawns on her that she's never had so much of a future before. Even with Neal… They'd talked about Tallahassee and settling down but not their future. What they would do, how they would live, marriage, kids, none of those things had crossed their minds.
But now, in Storybrooke with Graham… Emma actually finds herself with all of these thoughts on her mind… And she realizes that she likes how it feels. Whatever their future brings… Maybe marriage, maybe kids… She's knows she's going to be happy.