"HE DID WHAT?" James roared angrily glaring daggers at Graham
"James, keep your voice down Henry is in the next room!" Snow hissed. James knew better than to continue with his loud rant Snow was angry with him she only called him James when he was in trouble.
"Daddy, he makes me happy" Emma said nervously spinning that Godforsaken ring. James sighed Emma was his baby... his twenty-eight year old baby who deserved to be happy.
"You have my blessing." James said reluctantly
"Congratulations Sweetheart!" Snow said giving Emma a hug and practically drooling over the ring before going to hug Graham.
"Thank you" Emma said smiling at James
"You're not the baby I carried to the wardrobe, you're a grown woman." James said
"I'll always be your baby... I love you Daddy." Emma said hugging her father
"The question now is how are you going to tell Henry?" James asked Emma looked to Graham for a beat
"I- I guess we just... tell him."
Henry stared at his mother
"Marriage? As in the formal union between a man and a woman recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife?"
"Holy smokes kid what do you do all day, read the dictionary?" Emma asked Henry shrugged
"Henry if you would I'd like you to stand up with me as I marry your mother" Graham said Henry's eyes bugged out of his head
"Really your best man?" Henry cried
"Yes, exactly." Graham chuckled
"Cool!" Henry cried a smile lit Emma's face as Henry hugged her he could see the pride in his mother's eyes she tried so hard to give him a life, a family the things he'd been deprived of the last ten years and now she was giving him a father a real father! Someone who would take him hunting and teach him about being a man! Henry felt a blissful feeling fill him; life would be better now that much he knew.
In the months that followed all the land lived in constant fear of the Evil Queen's reappearance but the queen stayed hidden, some feared just like her parents wedding before her the queen would appear at Emma's wedding but all fears were set aside on a bright and sunny day in June as guests came from near and far to attend the wedding of Princess Emma and her Huntsman. Emma sat at her vanity in her mother's wedding gown as her ten year old maid of honor Grace dressed in a evergreen green dress was braiding her hair.
"I'm so nervous!" Emma said wringing her hands
"You'll be fine!" Grace insisted
"Just remember that true love conquers all" Her mother who was putting small white flowers in her hair chimed in
"Great the two people giving me advice on my wedding day is a ten year old and someone who was destined for her husband!" Emma joked there was a knock on the door and James stuck his head in
"It's almost time!" Emma took a steadying breath and joined her father after what felt like forever Emma and James were walking up the aisle towards where Graham and Henry stood.
"Who gives this woman to be wed?" The priest asked
"Her mother and I" James said before Emma moved to join hands together with Graham
"I Graham take you Emma to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, for all of eternity, this is my promise to you." Graham smiled
"I Emma choose you Graham to be my wedded husband.
To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health,
to love and to cherish, for all of eternity, this is my promise to you." Emma repeated the priest turned to Graham
Graham, This woman, whom you hold by the hand, is to be your wife. She has given you one of the most sacred things under heaven: a woman's life and a woman's love. She will look to you for support, loyalty, and understanding.
Do you vow here, as you have promised Princess Emma That you will be true and loyal, Patient in sickness, Comforting in sorrow, And forsaking all other, keep yourself only unto her, promise to take this woman to be your wife and love her for all eternity?"
"I do" Graham smiled
"And do you Emma take this man to be your husband and love him for all eternity?"
"I do"
"May I have the rings?" Henry smiled at the priest and handed the rings to him
"I hold in my hands beautiful rings. They are made of precious metal representing two precious lives that stand before me. The ring has no beginning, no end...it represents the circle of life-the circle of love. May they be given, and received, to remind you of the vows you have made this day." The priest said before handing Emma's engagement ring to Graham.
"I give you this ring as a token of my love
and as evidence of the vow we have made.
Wear it as a symbol of all that we share together I ask you to receive this ring as a symbol of my love
and as a constant reminder
that I have chosen you above all others
to be the one to share my life. With this ring I thee wed. With my body I thee honor, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow. With this ring I thee wed
So the world may know my love for you I pledge to honor you with all that I have And all that I will become. With this ring, I thee wed
and offer a symbol of all that we will share -
our hopes, our dreams, and our love." Graham said sliding the ring on Emma's ring finger the Priest then handed the ring to Emma
"I give you this ring as a token of my love
and as evidence of the vow we have made.
Wear it as a symbol of all that we share together I ask you to receive this ring as a symbol of my love
and as a constant reminder
that I have chosen you above all others
to be the one to share my life. With this ring I thee wed. With my body I thee honor, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow. With this ring I thee wed
So the world may know my love for you I pledge to honor you with all that I have And all that I will become. With this ring, I thee wed
and offer a symbol of all that we will share -
our hopes, our dreams, and our love." Emma said doing the same to Graham.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife," The priest said and with that the guests clapped and Emma and Graham sealed their love with a kiss.
Emma smiled she'd been dancing all night mostly with Graham, and Henry, and her father and she could not have been happier! Her and Graham had finally left the floor when the Blue Fairy approached them
"Congratulations your Highness I wish upon you many happy years together."
"Thank you" Emma smiled
"I'd like to bestow upon you a charm, as long as you shall wear it, it will insure fertility and safe passage through where ever life takes you." The Blue Fairy said presenting a beautiful necklace shaped like a rose.
"Thank you" Emma said as the necklace magically appeared around her neck. Graham smiled as the Blue Fairy departed for no words could describe what the couple felt for each other.
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