Chapter Two: Long life to the queen

I needed a break from the Hamptons, well Aiden and I needed one; "After this we will have reporters on our door the whole summer" Aiden says angry, it's been a long year away from home, and I'm happy to be back… I take his hand and he kisses my head, "well, what were you expecting?" After the whole Graysons' scandal, I became some sort of trending topic here, and with the announcement of my engagement with Aiden… well I was sure this was going to happen when we were back. We answer a couple of questions about our past, how he was there for me during my recovery, how he proposed (nobody needed to know that happened before my divorce), and that sort of stuff… "Are you planning to do it this summer?" I smile, "actually yes, I'm pretty sure I can pull it together before the end of the summer" with that they leave our door, "Now we can be alone for a while" Aiden kisses me deeply, and I don't let him go until my lungs ask me to. Neither of us realized Nolan was in our house, "Now that's a real kiss" he says with a smile on his face, "If I had known our neighbor would be so annoying I would've gone back to my cabin" I say joking. We decided to buy a house right next to Nolan's place, the cabin held so many bad memories… "you love me too much Ems" he says while he hugs me "welcome home" "thanks, we missed you" "I'm sure you did" he raises his eyebrows and Aiden laughs "let's just say we missed you, when we weren't busy…" he says and Nolan makes a funny face "too much information my friend"

We have a quiet dinner, just the three of us, talking about everything and nothing… "Did you know Mason wrote a sequel for Revenge?" Nolan says suddenly, and I'm surprised "Really?" He nods "yeah, it's a weird mix between the Victoria/David romance and Conrad's point of view of the whole thing… he called it Falling" Aiden looks confused and I… "I can't wait to read it then"

The next days go by really fast; I have a lot of things to do for the engagement party and even with Margaux and Charlotte's help, a week from now I'm still not sure if I'll have everything ready. "Ok Emily, now I need one of you and Aiden" Voulez is in charge of everything press related, I'm so glad for the success the magazine has here in the states… I come back to the present while Aiden wraps his arms around me for the picture, I get closer to his body and whisper I love you, he smiles at me…his eyes shining. "Beautiful guys!" Margaux says excited, I smile because I see Jack standing behind her but he puts his finger in his mouth and I stay quiet. I'm so happy for them, she squeals when Jack hugs her from behind but quickly recovers and gives him a peck on the lips, he smiles. "Now it's time for the bridesmaids" I yell, and she laughs "who said that?" Charlotte yells, "Not without me girls" I enjoy the photo shoot with my friends. Later, we decide to join Nolan at his place "For Voulez" I say raising my glass "cheers!" everyone but Margaux drink, so I secretly drag her out and from the look on her face she already knows I know. "Congratulations!" I hug her "thank you Ems… I thought nobody would notice" "have you told him yet?" she shakes her head "what are you waiting for?" I say excited "I don't know" "How far?" "according to my doctor 9 weeks" she smiles and touches her barely existent belly, I hug her again "Let's go, you have to tell him now" I drag her back into the room with a huge smile on my face, Aiden looks at me and I can see the question in his eyes, I hope mine can tell him to wait and see.

Margaux takes Jack's hand, that will get his attention and even though we can't hear what she's saying, the way his eyes light up let me know everything I need. He picks her up and kisses her senseless, I smile again as I see her relax into his arms. Nolan is about to burst "Ok, I can't hold it anymore… what's going on? And why are you smiling like the Cheshire cat?" he says pointing to me, "It's not my place to say it Nolan" we all laugh of his reaction "don't be cruel, please please tell me!" he begs and apparently Jack takes pity on him… "well guys, Margaux and I…" he takes a very deep breath just to annoy Nolan, "We're pregnant!" He says and we all get around them quickly congratulating the couple "Now we have one more reason to celebrate!" Aiden brings more champagne.

Later in the night, Aiden and I lay together in bed "Are you ok?" he asks me, with him I can't pretend "Yeah- I say barely above a whisper- I'm happy for them, I really do but…" he holds me tighter "but it's still hard" I close my eyes to stop the tears "yeah it is" he kisses me softly, "one step at the time my love, let's get married first" I smile, he always knows what to say to make me feel better.

The week flies by, "there won't be any shooting tonight right?" Jack asks joking and I push him "that was a onetime thing" I smile at him before Aiden steals me for another dance, we're surrounded by people…everyone wanted to be a part of our party, and of course being covered by Voulez, every socialite in the Hamptons is here. "I love you so much" I whisper in Aiden's ear, he smiles "and I love you too Emily, I can't imagine my life without you" "I don't want to imagine that, let's enjoy our party my very, very sexy fiancé" he kisses me slowly and I immediately kiss him back, pouring all my feelings into it… the room erupts in cheers and I blush, I hope Margaux took a picture of it. Nolan takes a microphone, "Ems, I still remember the first time I saw you and I can't believe how far we got, this time I know I'm giving my blessing to a great guy…Aiden, I know we weren't best friends at first but today I consider you my brother, and I know you will take care of my little sis just like she deserves, I love you both and I wish you a lifetime of happiness. For the happy couple!" we all raise our glasses. I hug Nolan later, "I love you too my friend".

Without realizing, we are in another party but this time is Margaux and Jack's turn to shine, while Charlotte and I take care of Carl, I see how nervous Jack looks and Charlotte notices the questioning look in my eyes "Pascal LeMarchal is here" "Oh" I say as realization hits me, meeting the father in law of your pregnant girlfriend isn't easy. Aiden sits near us, we are all watching the interaction between our friends and Pascal, "I'm so glad I didn't have to go through that" he says and I agree "yeah, me too" Charlotte laughs, "well it's relieving to know no one else will endure the pain of meeting my mom" we all agree. It seems like the meeting with Mr. LeMarchal went well, we can see the soon to be grandfather smiling at Jack while he kisses Margaux belly. We are all happy when he comes by to say hi and steal little Carl from us, saying he needed some time with his grandson.

A couple of days later, having an early lunch with Charlotte and Margaux, we put together the final details for my wedding "now this will definitely be THE wedding of the century" Margaux says serious, but I hear the excitement in her voice "Along with the fairytale ending of course" Charlotte adds, "I don't know what I would do without you" I tell them sincerely, we all smile. But apparently everything can't be perfect, on our way out we run into none other than Sara, I want to ignore her but she doesn't let me "Hello girls" she says "I don't think we have a lot to talk about right?" I say quietly, I don't want to make a scandal "why is that Emily? You want to forget the fact that you send an innocent man to prison" gladly the venom in her voice doesn't affect me, Charlotte, Margaux and I roll our eyes and before I can answer her Charlotte starts "would you please leave it alone? All the evidence is out there! Daniel shot Emily and for the first time in his life he's paying the consequences of his acts…I can't believe he's still lying to you… let's go, this isn't good for the baby" Sara is surprised, and I believe she thinks I'm the one that's pregnant, I smile at her and we go outside. I think I haven't laughed that hard in years.

Aiden and I sit outside our house "the moon looks beautiful tonight" I say, happiness radiating from my body "It does" he kisses my cheek and then I make a decision "I want to adopt" he looks at me, obviously surprised, but happy "I was thinking about it too" we kiss, that was all I needed. "I'll call my lawyer tomorrow then". Even if I know the process it's going to take at least a year, I already smile thinking about our baby. From what our lawyer tell us, the process shouldn't be so hard for us since we have financial stability and a good home…there's only one detail, we're not married yet, "Don't worry Tom, before the end of the summer we will bring you our marriage license"

And that's how we ended up here, I smile looking at my groom the way his eyes shine make me feel so loved… 15 minutes ago I decided not to care about my makeup, so the tears fall but I can't wipe off the smile on my face and why should I? it's my wedding day after all.

~A&E~

I just couldn't resist! I'm already working on another chapter…

Kisses, Cami