Regina was having a perfectly lovely dream when her alarm started going off with an obnoxious song. Without opening her eyes she reached over and grabbed hold of her cell phone and randomly started hitting it in the hopes of stopping the offending noise. Eventually the noise stopped and Regina sat up in bed and looked around her room and as she did she realized two things: one, it was still dark outside and two, Henry was no longer asleep next to her. She pushed back the covers and after throwing her robe she stepped out into the hallway and quietly made her way downstairs. She could see the light on in the kitchen and could hear a mix of noises coming from the same place. When she reached the bottom of the staircase she poked her head around the corner of the kitchen and had to stifle a laugh. Henry was dancing around the kitchen making breakfast and a bit of a mess at the same time, but Regina imagined that it was hard to keep the room tidy as her son was also literally dancing around the room singing along with the music playing on his iPod. It caught everyone by surprise when they found out that Henry had a very nice singing voice, well everyone except Regina. Regina spent the first ten years of Henry's life singing to him and the boy grew up in a house filled with music, a memory that the boy held onto as he grew up. Now that he was in high school and his voice had finally evened out, he and Regina could almost always be heard singing something in the house, which suited Emma just fine seeing as she was practically tone deaf. Regina stepped into the doorway of the kitchen, but Henry was in a world of his own as he continued to sing.

Someday, I don't know how,

I hope she'll hear my plea

Some way, I don't know how,

She'll bring her love to me

Dream lover, until then,

I'll go to sleep and dream again

That's the only thing to do,

Till all my lover's dreams come true

'Cause I want

A girl

To call

My own

I want a dream lover so I don't have to dream alone

Regina laughed quietly as the 14 year old moved around the kitchen singing as he finished cooking. When the song died down Regina clapped and only then did Henry look up and realize that he had an audience.

"I thought you'd still be asleep."

"And miss this show as my son makes breakfast and a wonderful mess in my kitchen, never." The teenager looked around and finally realized that he had made more of a mess than he had intended. He looked up at his mother a flashed the smile that he knew would make it impossible for Regina to be cross at him.

"Oh no you don't mister, you may have the same smile Emma has, but you're still cleaning this up." Henry opened his mouth to speak and Regina stopped him, "the old fashioned way, no magic."

"Yes ma'am."

"Thank you, now before you do that, whatever it is you made smells wonderful so let's eat." Henry handed his mother a plate and grabbed one for himself and the two of them started to eat while standing at the island in the middle of the kitchen.

"While you made a very impressive mess, I must say that the food is very good. Thank you for making sure I ate something."

"Sure thing mom." Regina ate the last few bites off her plate and placed in on the dishwasher. "I'm going to go shower, when I get out this needs to be clean ok, the caterers will need access to it while the ceremony is actually happening."

"I know mom, I'll fix it." Henry turned around to start cleaning and didn't see his mother come up behind him and lean over to give him a hug. When she did, Henry didn't shy away from it and he let his mother hug him and kiss the top of his head.

"Thank you for taking care of me while your mother isn't here, breakfast was lovely and you staying with me last night meant a great deal to me. I know most 14 year olds want to be as far away from their mother's a humanly possible, so I really do appreciate you spending so much time with me during all this wedding madness." Henry smiled like a puppy that got rewarded for doing something good and he gave Regina a quick kiss on her cheek before she let go of him and started out of the room.

"Oh and Henry?"

"Yeah mom."

"You could put Bobby Darin to shame with the way you sung that song." Henry's face got instantly red, as he was always embarrassed when his mother's caught him singing. He liked performing for people, but when he doesn't know they are watching he always gets a little, well, red in the face. Regina smiled at her son's reaction before heading upstairs to get ready. After a quick shower Regina emerged from the master bathroom with a towel wrapped around her head and her robe tied tightly around her waist. Without stepping into the hallway completely she yelled down the hallway for David. About a minute later David came up the stairs and stopped just short of the master bedroom.

"Is there anyway you and Henry could bring my dress up here. It's hanging in my study, but I'm going to need it up here at some point."

"You got it Regina, want it anywhere in particular?"

"If you could hang on the closet door and spread it our so it doesn't wrinkle that would be best, thank you." Regina went back into the bathroom and undid the towel around her head and started to towel dry her hair. After she combed it out she looked in the mirror and smiled at her herself.

"A little magic never hurt anyone." Regina waved her hand around her head and when her hand stilled she looked back at her reflection with a larger smile on her face. Her hair was dry and perfectly styled. When she was done "doing" her hair she returned to the bedroom to see Henry and David fighting with the gown and she couldn't help but laugh. Finally David managed to get the hook to latch to the top of the closet door and stay put. They fanned out the dress and stood back admiring their work.

"If I had known it was going to be such a difficult task I would have gotten dressed downstairs." The men turned around to see Regina standing there watching them.

"But then you would miss you big chance to make a big entrance down the staircase and we can't have that." Regina was a little surprised; David was the last person she expected to hear a joke from in this situation.

"David, did you make a joke, I'm impressed?"

"I have my moments." At that moment though David's phone started ringing and he said it was Emma so he handed it over to Regina. Regina was going to speak, but Emma started talking very fast into the phone before she got the chance.

"Do you know how to tie a tie, because never learned how to do that, like why would I have ever learned? But I don't know how to and neither does mom and I have to get dressed as soon as mom is done with my make up…help." Emma's rapid-fire dilemma made Regina giggle, not laugh, giggle and Emma figured out pretty quickly that she wasn't talking to her father.

"Darling, I'm sure David would be happy to help you tie your tie when he goes over to the apartment, but I assure you that you need to breathe or else this wedding will not happen, one bride doesn't really work in our unique situation."

"Well I didn't expect you to have David's phone, which by the way, why do you have it?"

"He and Henry were hanging up my gown for me, but he'll be heading over to you as soon as we are done with the photographer. The other photographer should be joining the two of you in about an hour to take preparation photos."

"Gina why are they taking pictures of us before the wedding even happens, that doesn't even make sense?"

"Don't you Gina me, I asked you six months ago if you wanted prep pictures and you said you did."

"Regina you were wearing nothing but a lace bra and matching underwear when you asked me that, I would have said yes to anything." Regina could her Snow in the background making a laud noise to cover up her daughter talking about her sexual relationship with Regina.

"I will remember that for any future arguments we have, but the fact remains you said yes and it's happening. Now I really have to go do my make up and finish getting ready so I'm going to hang up."

"Wait Regina."

"Yes dear?"

"We're getting married." Emma's childlike voice rang in Regina's ears and her smiled softened.

"Yes we are and it only took us four years."

"I like taking my time on things that matter."

"So I've learned, but I fear if we drag our this emotional conversation anymore we will both be late for this wedding."

"Fine, you win I'll hang up and go get my make up finished. Love you."

"I love you too." Regina hung up the phone and handed it back to David.

"Emma doesn't know how to tie a tie so when you go over there that needs to be tended to."

"Of course." David turned to Henry, "we should go get dressed so that when your mom is ready we can take our pictures ok." Henry and David left the room and Regina took a seat in front of her vanity mirror and looked at the make up laid out on the table. She could have done her make up using magic as well, but as she has told Emma thousands of times there are some things that are just better left to the touch of human hands. Regina insisted on doing this part of her wedding prep herself, if for no other reason to give herself a few minutes of peace by herself before her day became very full of a lot of people needing her attention. It only took her about 20 minutes to do her make up and when she was done Regina could still hear David and Henry trying to get into their suits so she decided to started to get dressed as well. She took off her robe and slipped into the strapless bra she had to wear with her gown and once her underwear was situated she carefully took the gown off its hanger. She carefully stepped into her wedding gown and slowly worked it up her body. When she had it positioned properly she zipped herself into the gown and ran her hands over the gown in an effort to smooth out any wrinkles. She stepped back and looked at herself in her full-length mirror and she almost started crying. After her mother killed Daniel, she was certain she would never get another chance a true love and yet here she was, in a wedding gown and this time no one was going to take her happiness from her. Regina was so wrapped up in her reflection in the mirror that she didn't hear David knocking on the door.

"Regina, we're ready downstairs for photos." David waited to hear a response, but he got none. He knocked again before opening the door to see Regina just staring at herself in the mirror with a far away look in her eye.

"Regina." This time she heard David calling her name and she quickly turned to meet his gaze.

"Sorry, everything alright?"

"Yeah, everything's fine, but they are ready for us downstairs for pictures."

"Of course, I'll be right there." Regina walked over and slipped on her shoes before letting her dress fall naturally so that it hit the tops of her feet. David turned and went downstairs and Regina followed him soon after. When she got to the top of the staircase she paused and looked down to see David and Henry waiting at the bottom in their tuxedos and Ruby standing near by with a camera in her hands. Ruby had offered to help with the photography and since Regina wanted this moment captured from start to finish she knew she needed more than one person with a camera in their hand; all totally there would be three people taking professional pictures combined with everyone else who would be using their own cameras and cell phones. Regina was surprised to learn that Ruby was an aspiring photographer and had quite the collection of professional grade equipment. Ruby offered her services for no charge as a wedding present to the couple and they graciously accepted. All that to say, when Regina paused at the top of the stairs Ruby was the only one who saw her because the boys had their backs to the staircase. Ruby raised her camera and got the first picture of Regina and she knew the second she took it that it would be one of the best photos taken from that day because Regina looked breath taking.

Ruby immediately turned the camera to Henry and David who had both turned around and were wearing similar expressions of pure joy across their faces. Henry in particular looked like he about to lose his composure; he looked at his mother with pure adoration in his eyes and Ruby noticed a few stray tears that the teenager tried to brush away. Henry raced up the stairs and offered his mother his arm.

"You know you aren't walking me down the aisle yet?" Regina smiled as she took Henry's offered arm.

"Can't have you falling down the stairs now can I, mom would kill me. You look beautiful by the way." Regina's smile grew as the two of them made it safely down the stairs and Regina, Henry and David all went into the backyard to begin taking pictures. They spent about an hour taking pictures around the yard and even inside the house, but when the hour was up David's phone buzzed alerting him to the fact that he needed to swap places with Snow and join Emma at the apartment.

"Sorry guys, gotta run and meet up with Emma. Snow should be over in a few minutes and I will see you both at the ceremony." David retreated back into the house and moments later Regina could hear the car pulling out of the driveway.

"Guess it's just you and me for a while mom." Regina turned back to Henry and smiled. Henry offered his mother his arm and they went back to taking photos of just the two of them. They finished that round of photos and Regina decided to head back up stairs to touch up her make and sit down before things really started to pick up. Last minute preparations were being made in the backyard; the chairs were al lined up perfectly and the flower arrangements were being set in place. Regina was looking out the window, watching everyone as they finished setting up for the reception, which would take place on the opposite side of the yard.

"Micromanaging everyone even on your wedding day." Regina turned around to see Henry leaning against the doorframe with a smirk on his face.

"Simply making sure everything is ready and gets set up as requested it." Regina sat down at her vanity once more and started nervously pushing the containers around in an effort to keep her hands busy. Henry walked over to his mother and picked up her blush and the appropriate brush.

"Henry I somehow doubt that blush is going to do you any good."

"Very funny, this is for you. You're just lucky that I learned anything about make up over the years." Henry bent down on his knees so that he was at eye level with Regina (the teen had experienced a huge growth spurt the previous summer and was now taller than both his mothers. Henry was careful not to put too much of the powder on the brush before gently brushing it against his mother's already made up face. He mimicked the same motion on the other side before putting down the brush and giving Regina a kiss on the top of her head as he stood up.

"There, perfection achieved…then again you always look perfect so…" Henry smiled and Regina did everything she could to not tear up and lucky for her someone knocking on the door of her bedroom broke her concentration. She looked up to see Snow standing in the doorway with Ruby in front of her, grins plastered across both women's faces.

"That picture of the two of you will turn out nicely Regina." Ruby disappeared and Henry followed after her mumbling something about checking on the food. Regina stood up from her seat and nervously ran her hands up and down the body of her dress.

"So, what do you think?"

Before she had left the apartment, Snow was busy helping Emma with touching up her make up all while trying to keep Emma calm enough that the photos didn't just show her gritting her teeth.

"Emma I swear, if you don't loosen up, you will have no teeth left to grind by the time you say I do."

"I know I'm sorry. I just have all this nervous energy and I'm excited and I just can't handle it very well."

"You'll be fine, just relax a little, enjoy the time you have before everything gets very busy for you. Besides Regina is in capable hands with Henry and your father is on his way here now to finish helping you." Just as Snow said it, the door of the apartment opened and David rushed inside.

"Right on time. She's ready, all except for the tie, which neither of us could figure out, so I'll just leave the two of you to that." Snow turned around and finished her own make up while David made quick work of Emma's silk tie. Emma slipped on the suit jacket and looked at herself in the mirror with a satisfied grin on her face.

"God damn it I look hot. Shit…I'd marry me."

"So now you choose to relax and have some fun with this?" Snow rolled her eyes, but went back to gathering up her things.

"Don't forget we're doing our pictures with you after the ceremony." Emma was still mesmerized with her own reflection so David nodded his understanding and that he would reminder her later.

"Alright, well don't be late, I'm going to go spend some time with the bride that has done all this before. Maybe Regina will be less jumpy than you because it's her second wedding." That passing comment snapped Emma out of her own world and both she and David shouted, at the same time, "don't say that to her."

Snow turned around with a confused look on her face. She had no idea what she said that could have elicited a reaction like that from both her husband and her daughter.

"Don't say what to her?"

"Don't call this her second wedding or her second marriage or anything that reminds her that she has done this before. I mentioned her first marriage once when we first got engaged and she made me sleep on the couch for two weeks and when we finally made up she made me swear never to talk about her first marriage. If she wants to discuss it she will, but no one says anything to her…understood?" Snow looked to David who looked a little guilty and Emma turned and caught the same expression.

"Oh shit, you already said something didn't you?"

"Not in so many words, I was just talking to her and she said that her mother and her husband let darkness cloud their lives and that is what led them to use her like they did. But she said that they had no place in this wedding, that she was happy and that Emma was helping her deal with all those dark memories. I swear I didn't mean to hit a nerve." Emma's face softened a little, but she turned back to her mother.

"I know Regina and you have never really had it out over your dad, but you have to known that as much as he loved you, he was AWFUL to Regina."

"I never liked thinking about it, but I assumed as much."

"Look, we aren't going to fix it today and we can't undo what has already been done, but for today, no one mentions her first marriage. We clear?"

"Crystal. I should get going though. I promised Henry I would be there to help direct people while he tended to Regina." Snow gave Emma a quick kiss on her cheek and kissed her husband just as fast. She slipped out the door without saying anything more to either of them.

"You don't think that they are going to get into it over Leopold today do you?" Emma turned to her father with a worried expression.

"Your mother knows how important today is for you and Regina, she won't bring it up I promise. But one day she and Regina should probably talk about it."

"Yeah, one day, but not today."

"No, not today." He gave Emma a hug and the two of them set about getting photos taken.

"So, what do you think?"

Snow looked Regina up and down and couldn't help but smile: Regina looked every bit as radiant as she did the first time the two of them had prepared for a wedding with Regina as the bride. This time was different though; this time Regina wasn't mourning the loss of a lover, she was smiling and the happiness could be felt by anyone who saw the smile spread across her face.

"You look breathtaking Regina, Emma won't know what to do with herself when she sees you."

"As long as she can string two little words together I don't mind what she does." Regina giggled at her own joke and Snow was sure she had never seen Regina so happy EVER.

"Well, David was able to fix Emma's tie so once she calms down a little bit she'll be ready for action."

"Did she sleep at all last night?"

"She did, took a while though and she never shut up about you while she slept. Must have been a nice dream, she kept whispering your name and then laughing or smiling. It was like watching a puppy have a dream."

"I'm telling her you called her a puppy." Regina winked at the younger woman and smirked.

"I gave birth to her I can call her what ever I wish."

"A valid point." Regina stole another glance outside her window. "People are arriving."

"They are being taken care of Regina, I promise the only thing you have to do is make it down the stairs and out the door to Emma, we have the rest under control."

"I appreciate your help, we all do."

"Well, your only child only gets married once right?" Snow regretted the words the second she said them and she hoped Regina would ignore the statement.

"I assure you dear, Emma is my first and my last wife, I have no intention of letting her go. So as long as she can tolerate me I think you are safe to assume this is the last wedding you'll have to plan for a while." Regina started to put her jewelry on and suddenly Snow remembered that she had something she wanted to give Regina.

"Before you finish getting ready, I have something I'd like to give you." Snow left the room for a minute and returned with a white box in her hands. It wasn't very big, but it was big enough to spark Regina's interest.

"I know you probably don't believe in the whole barrowed, blue, old and new tradition, but I wanted to offer you this as your something new." Snow handed Regina the box and watched as Regina sat down and placed the parcel in her lap. She slowly opened the lid and took a deep breath as she pulled out a simple tiara. Simple though it was, it was magnificently beautiful. Regina opened her mouth to speak, but Snow stopped her.

"I know you told Emma you didn't want any fairytale stuff as part of the wedding, but just hear me out before you say no. A few years back, Emma told us about all the things you said down in the mine that day, all the things you did, or willing to do and I never forgot that. All your life you've had to fight to show people that you are Regina, not some Queen from a land in a storybook. Part of that is my fault; I always fought you, even when it wasn't necessary; I always made it harder for you. My voice was the loudest against you even when I knew you were doing all you could to change and fight your past demons. I know we've put a lot of things behind us, but you have to hear it from me Regina; I am so sorry for making it harder on you. I got you the tiara, not because I think you need to be reminded that you once wore magnificent crowns that were weighted down with heavy jewels, not because I wanted you to be reminded of your time as Queen; I didn't do it for any of those reasons."

"Why then?" Regina was curious.

"In the mine that day, you begged Emma to let you die as Regina. That day, the Evil Queen died in that mine and Regina walked out of there with us to save Henry. I didn't buy the tiara for the evil queen; I bought it for Regina Mills. I bought it for you; instead of dying as Regina, let us see you live as Regina. You don't have to wear it, hell you don't even have to keep it, but I wanted to give it to you." Snow smiled at Regina and turned to leave. She was almost out the door when Regina's voice stopped her.

"Well are you going to make me put it on myself, or are you going to give me a hand with it?" Snow turned around to see Regina hold the crown out waiting for the younger woman to take it and help her.

"Of course I'll help you." After carefully moving a few strands of hair she gently placed the crown on Regina's head and secured it there.

"Now you're ready and I'm certain no bride ever looked as beautiful." Snow turned again to leave.

"You are selling yourself short."

"Pardon?"

"You; you looked beautiful on your wedding day, despite my interruption."

"Thank you." Henry came to the door and immediately felt like he was interrupting something bigger than wedding talk.

"Uh, there are lots of people downstairs and I told the band to go ahead and play music while they got seated. When Gramps and mom get here we are gonna be on a tight timeline." Snow turned to Regina, "I'll go down and see where we are in the grand scheme of things, you two relax for a minute."

Once she was downstairs Snow was met with her husband and her daughter entering the house.

"Right on time."

"I told you we would be. She still upstairs?"

"Yes, Henry is with her. Just let me check on everyone else and if they are all settled then we can get you into place." Snow stepped outside and checked in with a few of the ushers who assured her that everyone on the list was there and was seated. She alerted the band that they would need to switch over to the procession music soon. Once she got back inside she told Emma and David to go stand near the rear door and wait for her to get back downstairs. She took off up the stairs and knocked on Regina's doorframe.

"It's time Regina. Emma and David are getting into their places now and when they do an usher will cue you alright?"

"We're on our way." Henry answered for his mother and Snow took off back down the stairs. She sent one usher to cue the band for the music change and then she took her spot next to David at the doors leading into the back yard. The music changed almost instantly and David took one step outside before offering his arm to his wife. With arms linked together they began walking in step with the music as they made their way to the crowd of gathered guests, who were by now all looking at the couple. They made their way to the aisle and made the slight turn before continuing down the carpeted walkway. In their land it would have been expected for those in attendance to stand as the members of the royal family entered, but in this world, that respectful act was reserved for the bride, or in this case the brides. The music began to build on itself as David reached the end of the aisle and let go of his wife, allowing her to take her seat in the front row. Even inside the house Regina could hear the music and she laughed; the one thing she let Emma have full reign over was the music she and her parents walked in with and Regina had the sneaking suspicion that the score that was playing now was more of a decision that David and Snow had made, as opposed to Emma. It was a familiar score from a popular movie, full of all the trumpets and fanfare one would expect for royalty to have playing as they entered any venue.

David returned down the aisle and stood perfectly still as the song softened slightly and at that moment Emma appeared at his side. Instead of linking arms, Emma took hold of her father's hand. They had discussed how this would happen and Emma insisted that she walking arm in arm would feel awkward for her, but that she would be perfectly happy holding her father's hand during the symbolic walk. Once at the end of the aisle, Emma stepped off to the side and David took his spot behind her. The triumphant fanfare slowly softened to the point of silence leaving every to momentarily stare at Emma, which just made the blonde feel completely uncomfortable.

"Just breathe Emma, she's almost here." Her father's words made her take a few deep breaths and her kissed her hairline which made he smile like a little girl that got a kiss from her daddy. Just inside the doors Henry stood with Regina already securely attached to his arm and truth be told her grip was getting tighter the longer they stood there.

The teenager turned to face his mother, "don't be scared, she's right out there, she's not running, as soon as we get to her she is all yours, forever and no one is taking this happiness from you. Not now, not ever."

"Henry…"

"Not ever…I won't let them. I had to sit through you too fighting through family dinners for two years before you realized you loved each other; no one will ever tear apart what it took you guys four years to build. I finally have both my mothers happy and I think it's high time you get that happy ending you've been waiting so long for."

"When did you get to be so smart?"

"I get it from my mom."

"Which one?"

"Both." Henry heard the music of Pachebel's Canon and he offered his mother his arm once more. As she took it, he leaned over and gave her one more kiss, "but I get my stunning good looks from you. Let's go." Henry took the first step and Regina followed. The very second they were out of the house, every guest in attendance stood up, making it impossible for Emma to see Regina. Henry walked slowly on purpose; he didn't want Regina to trip and deep down he wanted to give her the moment in the sun she always deserved. As they approached the turn Regina tightened her grip on Henry's arm.

"Just breathe, she won't be able to take her eyes off you." Henry initiated the turned and at that moment all Regina could see was the back of Emma's suit. As they took those first steps up the main aisle David grinned wider and gestured to Emma that she should turn around. Emma took one last breath before slowly turning around with her eyes still trained on the ground. She finally looked up and in that brief moment of finally laying eyes on Regina, every emotion hit Emma at once. Tears were streaming down her face before she could even try to stop them and without being able to stop herself she muttered 'wow' just loud enough for the first few rows of people to hear. She never broke eye contact with Regina and the two of them were grinning like two love drunk teenagers. When they finally reached Emma, Henry momentarily let go of his mother's arm and wrapped his arms around Emma, giving her a tight hug and a quick kiss before turning back to Regina.

"Told you she'd be here."

"So you did. Thank you." The boy leaned down and gave Regina the same hug and kiss he had given Emma just moments before. "It was my pleasure." Henry took Regina's hand and then took one of Emma's and brought them together before taking his place behind Regina. The two women laced their fingers together and took a step closer to each other.

"Just when I thought you couldn't look anymore beautiful you come walking out in this dress."

"You clean up pretty nicely yourself Sheriff, that suit does very nice things for your figure." The two women were only separated by about an inch of space, clearly about to kiss, when I voice interrupted them.

"Hate to be a bother ladies, but that part comes later." Regina shot Hook a quick glare before the each took a small step back, hands still joined. That's right Regina let Hook officiate the ceremony; she figured if he can marry people at sea, the least he can do is get the documentation to be able to do one wedding on dry land.

"Right then, Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to welcome you too the wedding that I'm sure no one thought would ever happen, ever. And yet here we are at the wedding that brings together the once feuding families and makes them…well family. I've known Regina for an awfully long time and even I didn't see this one coming." The captain laughed at his own joke and Regina shot him a look that could kill.

"But like all of you, I may not have seen this pairing ever happening, I am beyond thrilled that it did. If any two people deserve a happy ending it's these two lovely women." Regina's expression softened and Emma gave her hand an extra squeeze.

"All that to say, you didn't come here today to listen to me talk, so without further ado, these two beautiful brides have prepared their own vows and I believe Emma strong armed Regina into letting her go first." Hook took a step back and Emma took a steady and deep breath in an effort to calm her nerves.

"I was going to write this down, but then I'd be fumbling with note cards and no one needs to see me be clumsy. I could stand here for hours and say lovely things about Regina, but let's be honest you all would leave and go eat the cake it took us six months to agree on." Everyone laughed and seeing Regina laugh made Emma feel more at ease.

"Before I came here, I had planned out in my head how I would lead a very successful life of solitude. I would do my job and every night go back to my apartment alone and watch TV or read, maybe get a cat and live out my days by myself. Then this kid showed up on my doorstep and I got sucked into this world that confused the hell out of me…and I wouldn't change how it happened for anything." Henry was beaming with pride from his place behind Regina.

"First time I met you, I didn't say anything to you but I thought you were the most beautiful person I had ever met. And there you were, very mad at me and all I could do was stare at you. After those first few interactions I was prepared to have you as my enemy and then that one-day when you got in my face and told me not to underestimate you and that I had no idea what you were capable of…you were right, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. We made for excellent enemies, but then it came to a point when you and I would be nose to nose fighting over something and I found myself wanting to grab the back of your neck and kiss you. Eventually, I had to make myself realize that I was no longer spending time with you just for Henry's sake, I was doing it because I liked being around you and I wanted more. I saw your past and I wanted to make it stop hurting you. I saw how much you love Henry and I wanted to be a part of that family with you. I saw this awesome future for the three of us and I realized now of tat could happen if I didn't ask you out on a date." Again, everyone laughed and Emma nervously ran her thumb over Regina's fingers.

"I was so shocked when you said yes to that first date and I thought I was dreaming. Every time you said yes to me after that, I always thought I would wake up and it would all be gone, but that never happened. Instead, I'd wake and there would be flowers waiting on my desk, messages on my phone and on those very special mornings I would wake up with her sleeping next to me." Regina smiled and rolled her eyes as she heard Henry and David both awkwardly cough to cover their obvious discomfort at the comment.

"One night, you had fallen asleep in the study with a book resting against your chest and when I picked it up and read a passage that struck me as one of the truest things I had ever read. 'I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.' That's how it happened, exactly and before I knew it I knew I couldn't live without you in my life. Now I know your past, all of it and I'm going to be the person to take that pain away. I still see how much you love Henry and I'm going to build a family with you and him. And that future I saw for the three of us continues to grow more beautiful in my mind the more I think about it. I don't care what our future looks like though; we could live in the middle of nowhere, which we kind of already do and we could live just above the poverty line and I would still be so happy because I would have my son and I would have my wife. I didn't have a home until I came here, until I met you. Now, no matter what, my home is where ever you are and I can't wait to see where that takes us. It took me 28 years to find my family, our family and starting today, I can finally stop looking because everything I ever dreamt of is right in front of me and I swear to you, I'm never letting this go." To her credit, Regina had managed to hold it together for most of Emma's vows, but those last few lines were too much for her to not become emotional over. Henry reached around his mother's shoulder and handed her a tissue which Regina use to carefully dab her eyes dry.

"Well, now that the Sheriff has successfully made her bride cry and as I can see, several other women in attendance I suppose now it's Regina's turn." Hook once again stepped back and Regina cleared her throat and tried to appear as though she wasn't crying.

"A long time ago I told Henry that I didn't know how to love very well and perhaps I should have chosen my words more carefully. I didn't know how to let other people love me very well, mostly because the list of people who wanted to was always tragically short. We always joke about how long it took us to admit that we felt something for each other, but it took me those two years to get over the idea that I was going to lose my son and by doing so lose the only person that ever really loved me. On that boat, we did have much of a choice, but to confront the elephant in the room; sharing a bunk would have been a bit awkward if we didn't at least try to explain why I kept waking up with you being the big spoon." Emma's face got red and everyone laughed.

"I know that I don't make it very easy to love me and I know that I'm stubborn and proud and a million other things that make me a first class pain to deal with, which is why I still find myself completely shocked that you want to spend the rest of you life with me. But since you seem to be very dedicated to that endeavor I feel the need to thank you. When you came into my life I thought I knew what it meant to be a good mother, but I was missing the mark on a lot of things and you showed me that. You taught me how to forgive myself and move on to better things and perhaps most importantly, you gave something better to move on to when you agreed to marry me. I can't see the future, so I can't promise you what ours is going to look like, but I can promise you a few things. I can promise you that when it starts to get cold outside I will steal all the covers. I promise you that I will fail to laugh at all the popular culture references that you and Henry make. I promise to eat whatever it is you make for dinner and I promise to lie to you and tell you it tastes wonderful." Emma made a face and tried to act mad, but she knew when she was beat.

"And just to prove that you aren't the only one who likes to read, I will share this passage with you. 'Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could." Emma couldn't help but look up at the apple trees that were planted in their yard just behind where they were standing. Regina had two new trees planted in the yard when the couple moved in together and just like Regina's old tree, these trees were connected to their owners and over the years, the trees had grown to the point where they were almost intertwined.

"You gave me the courage to risk my heart one more time and this time I know that I've made the right choice. You and I have spent a long time searching for people to call family and today we both get our wish, so thank you because I had all but given up on my happy ending, that is until you came knocking on my door; now I do believe that I have found it and I have no intention of ever letting it go." Emma and Regina were both dealing with tears rolling down their faces and as they collected themselves Hook stood forward and began to speak again.

"Well, with that part out of the way, now onto the fun part. May we have the rings please?" David handed Emma one ring, while Henry handed the other to Regina.

"Emma, please place your ring on Regina's hand and repeat after me. I Emma, take you Regina to be my wife, my lover, my partner in life and my one true love."

"I Emma, take you Regina to be my wife, my lover, my partner in life and my one true love." Emma took Regina's hand and began to slowly place the ring on her ring finger.

"I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before."

Emma smiled as she slipped the ring past the first knuckle. "I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before."

"I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together."

"I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together."

"I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live."

As the ring was finally securely resting on Regina's finger Emma finished her vow. "I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live."

"Regina, now you. I Regina, take you Emma to be my wife, my lover, my partner in life and my one true love."

"I Regina, take you Emma to be my wife, my lover, my partner in life and my one true love." Regina mimicked Emma's actions and took great care in slipping the ring onto Emma's finger.

"I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before."

"I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before."

"I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together."

"I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together."

"I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live."

"I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, from this day forward for as long as we both shall live." When Regina had successfully gotten the ring onto Emma's finger she let out a sigh of relief; she had done it, they were married and this time she felt nothing, but pure joy at her wedding.

"Well then if anyone here can give just cause for why these two should not be wed speak now of forever keep it to yourselves because no one will listen to you whining about it later." Henry turned and shot a glance that was almost identical to Regina's trademark glare: he was sending a very clear message to those in attendance. They all knew that if anyone said one word to stop this wedding they wouldn't live beyond that afternoon.

"Well then, with no objections I can finally get to the best part. Ladies by the power vested in me by the state of Maine and the website I printed my "license" from, I now pronounce you legally married, you may now kiss your bride." Emma didn't need to be told twice and immediately reached up and gently cupped the back of Regina's neck, pulling her into the kiss. Everyone there cheered as the two of them continued to make out and eventually stop only because they needed to breathe.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you for the first time ever, Regina and Emma Swan-Mills."