Chapter Eleven

So it was a year later and Emma and I were stronger than ever.

"Hey…Do you wanna go to the park," she asked me on a day we had off from work at the college.

"Sure, picnic?"

"Yum," she said as she began making sandwiches and packing them away in a cooler we had gotten from a vacation we took.

In a little while, we were walking around the large park. We walked to a big willow tree. She flung the blanket out and laid it on the grass. I sat down on it to began to unpack the food. Once it was all out, we dove into it. Pretty soon, it was all finished.

After she leaned against the tree's trunk and spread her legs open. I fit perfectly in between them. I scooted as close to her as possible. Her arms enveloped me.

"You comfy?"

"Very," I said contently.

"Good," she said and kissed my head.

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"You do know that I feel like I'm protecting you the best when you're in my arms like this, right?"

"Yes, Emma, I sensed that," she said with a small sigh.

"Are you happy?"

"Yes, I am happy all the time, my dear. I haven't been this happy in like forever. And that's cuz of you," Regina said emotionally.

"No, please don't cry…I didn't mean to," I pleaded.

"They're happy tears," she said and sniffled.

"Whew!"

'I, um, wanna ask you something," she said nervously.

"Hey, Regina, it's been a year, you don't have to be nervous to say or ask me anything…"

"I was just, uh, wondering what you see happening between us. We're both extremely happy so I want to know what, um, the next step looks like."

"Well, hmm, I've never really thought about it," I said honestly, "Is that bad?"

"Em, it's not bad at all. I've been thinking a little," she said with a smile.

My grip around Regina tightened. I kissed her head several times. I kissed it until she began to giggle.

After the last peck, I asked, "So, Miss Mills, what do you have planned for us?"

"Um, how would you feel about a last name change?"

I dumbly thought about it. "What? You mean I'd be a 'Mills' and you'd be a 'Swan'?"

"Um, not quite, dear, think harder," she said.

As I was thinking I bolted up. This made Regina fall off of me and onto the blanket.

"Emma!"

"Shit, I'm sorry…here," I apologized and extended my hand to her. She grabbed it and I pulled her up to a sitting position.

Then she looked deeply into my eyes. And I couldn't take mine off of hers.

"Are you…"

"Am I what?" she asked.

"Are you…proposing?"

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"Am I proposing?" I repeated Emma's question.

She nodded her head up and down.

"If I were, what would that look like?"

"Well…really?"

I nodded my head, but my eyes never left her beautiful face.

"Well, it would have to be in a romantic location like a park," she started, but I interrupted, "A park?"

"Yeah, and it would have to be under a big tree or by a lake…"

I pointed up and made a surprised face.

She grinned. "You wouldn't even need a ring for me. Just knowing that you thought of me being your wife would be enough for me."

'So, I don't need this," I asked as I dug into my pocket and pulled out a diamond encrusted engagement ring. It was magnificently huge.

I held it up between Emma and myself. When she finally got a good look at it her mouth hung open in shock.

"Since you said you don't need it," I began as I kiddingly started to put it back in my pocket.

"Wait," she screamed. I froze, but laughed hysterically.

"Are you really proposing," she asked not completely sure this was happening.

"Well, if this is what it would look like to you then…" I rose from a sitting position and knelt in front of her on my bended knee.

"Emma Swan, you're the one for me. You're my soulmate. You're the one that I survived for. I just know it. Ever since you caught my eye, I knew my life wouldn't be the same. I now live for you and I love it. I now have someone who understands me and has put up me. And loved me through it. I'm asking, Emma, if you'd marry me?"

While I was talking, I watched as Emma brought her hand to cover her mouth in surprise. I then watched as the tears ran down her face. I wanted to wipe them away, but I was too excited to be proposing to her. So there I was on bended knee in front of the love of my life.

"Emma," I asked again after a few seconds.

It looked like Emma was frozen.

'Em, marry me, please?"

"YES!" she exclaimed suddenly.

I smiled happily as I slid the ring onto her finger. I leaned up and captured her lips in my own. After a few minutes of kissing I broke it to look at her and whisper, "I love you, Emma Swan!"

"I love you too, Regina Mills," she whispered back and then recaptured my lips with her own.

We fell onto the blanketed grass and things progressed rather quickly from there.

"Em," I said out of breath and turned on.

"Let's go home," she asked and I feverishly nodded my head up and down.

She stood up and started to gather the items we brought with us.

"Leave it," I demanded in a yearning voice.

"But—"

I pulled her hand and she knew that I needed her. We got to the street and hailed a cab. We hopped in and yelled the address to the driver. He sped off and immediately my lips were on hers. We groped, moaned and disheveled each other as much as possible during the short ride.

"We're here," the driver said to us. Emma handed him the fare and a tip while I got out of the car. Once she was out, she slammed the door and then grabbed my hand. We yanked each other to our apartment. As soon as we got there, I began to rip her clothing in order for her to be naked in record time.

She did the same thing to me and then threw me over her shoulder. She ran, as best she could, to our bedroom and threw me onto the mattress. I bounced a little, but she wasted no time in straddling my hips. She leaned down and fused her lips to mine in a searing and passionate kiss. Her tongue forced its way into my mouth without any hesitation from me.

We immediately began to grind hard against each other.

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"Mmm, you feel so good," I panted out as we were rubbing our naked bodies against each other.

"Mmm, right there," she moaned under me.

"I'm getting turned on so badly," I said out of breath.

"You ready?" she sexily asked as her hand moved downward on my body.

"Always for you," I whispered out.

Regina placed her hand on my womanhood. She stroked the outside of it for a few blissful moments. Then she placed a finger inside. I jolted up from the sensation that it brought to me. I moaned, "Regina!" She moved her finger as much as she could.

"Does this feel good?"

"Y-y-yes," I stuttered as I felt my arousal continue to build. To my surprise she plunged in another finger. I stopped moving above her and she witnessed my orgasm due to my facial expression of blissful shock.

"Gina!" I screamed out in pleasure. Quickly after I collapsed against her body. She wrapped one of her arms around my torso while the other hand was further below. She continued to gently massage me. I moaned and kissed her shoulder blade.

"Thank you," I whispered.

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"Why are you thanking me?"

"Just for everything…."

"I'm so beyond happy you said yes," I responded honestly. I gently took my fingers out of her and held onto her back tightly.

"Did you think I'd refused?"

"Well…"

"Regina," she almost screamed out in shock as she looked at me.

"It's not important, Emma."

"Oh no, we're going to talk this out," she said as flipped off of my body and onto the mattress. She positioned herself on her side facing me. Her arm was bent so that her head could rest in her hand.

"Emma, it's nothing," I mirrored her position.

"Really?"

"I just took a chance and luckily it worked out," I said.

"Regina, you didn't just take a chance. You've changed my life, our life," she said as she brushed away a piece of my black hair.

"Hmm," she sighed, "You could have said, 'no' or 'not right now'."

"Regina Mills, no I couldn't have," I said playfully.

"Emma Swan, yes you could have," she shot back with a small grin on her face.

"You don't seem to understand something," she said and looked deeply into my eyes.

"And what's that, dear?"

"You are my life. You are my everything…my life isn't a life without you. So yes, I did have to accept your proposal. I want you know that I was beyond happy and that's why it took me a few seconds to respond. I was frozen from sheer happiness and nothing else," she said.

I smiled brightly. "I had no doubt…"

"Always remember that. I come to you with my stuff and you come to me with yours," she said as she extended her hand for a handshake. I immediately grabbed it and shook it vigorously.

"I love you, Emma," I said with lust in my voice.

"I love you too, Regina…my wife," she said and smiled at me.

"We're not married yet," I said.

"Oh, Gina, Gina, Gina," she said playfully.

"Em, Em, Em," I repeated playfully.

"We're already married," she said with a smile.

"We are?"

"Yes, our hearts are entwined together, so in my mind, you're my wife," she said.

I moved closer to her and pulled her the remaining space. I hugged her and kissed her nose lightly.

"I know. Let's make it official," I said with a smile.

"Um, sure why not," she joked. I poked her and she chuckled lightly.