Fifteen months later

"Listen to me, you have to make sure you get him back there tonight. He has a daily appointment that he can't miss," Emma said to Archie. "You are all spelled up so you won't revert back, but it only lasts for a day so no sight-seeing."

"I will take care of it," Archie said. "Now I think you have other things to worry about."

"I suppose I do," she smiled.

Archie left and Emma turned back to the mirror. She adjusted the tie for the 100th time. "You look good honey," her father said.

"Thanks," she smiled. She faced him. "Thanks for everything. I know some of this hasn't been easy for you and mom."

"The only thing that matters to us is that you are happy."

"I am happy."

"I know," Charming said hugging her. "Looks like it is time. Are you ready?"

"Yes."

She couldn't contain her nerves as she walked with her father out to the gazebo that had been set up in the backyard. She took her place smiling at the people who had gathered there. She tugged at her suit jacket to make sure it looked perfect.

The music started and she fidgeted one more time and stood straight. The moment her eyes saw Regina her breath caught and she wasn't sure she would ever be able breathe again when staring at such beauty. Henry, dressed in a suit to match Emma's, walked her down the aisle.

Once they reached Emma, Henry stepped into the spot of her best man, while Regina faced her. "You are stunning," she said.

Regina merely beamed at her, too overcome with her own emotions to say anything.

The Justice of the Peace welcomed everyone. "It is my understanding that you two have written your own vows for the occasion. Emma, if you would."

Emma took a deep breath. "You are stunning," she said again. "Absolutely stunning. And I don't know how I got to be here standing in front of you ready to pledge my life to you. I don't know if it was fate, or ordained, or just blind stupid luck, but whatever it was I'll take it. I will take it a millions times over to be standing here. There was a time when I wasn't sure I would get here because I was an idiot and I messed up like I tend to mess sometimes. Then I met a wise man named Frank."

She turned her head slightly to Frank who was sitting in the front row on Regina's side beside Archie. "And Frank, well he confirmed that I was an idiot. But he also gave me some advice about love, and how if you love someone you have to prove it to them all the time. You have to tell them you love then, show them you love and never let them forget it because the day you don't do these things is the day you fail at love. And I don't want to fail. I don't want to fail with you," she said, a small tear running down her face. "He also told me what I had to do in order to get you to give me a chance. He said, 'Now let me tell you what you are going to do to get your girl back. Emma, you have to be willing to strip your soul bare for this woman. You have to take all the fears, the doubt, the disappointment that is cluttering up inside you and set it free. You have to take all the love you feel and you wrap your soul in it, and then give it to her. Give it to her freely and honestly. There can be no strings attached, no stupid rules or caveats, just give to her because if she is really your true love, that soul it doesn't really belong to you in the first place. You've just been holding on to it, watching over it, protecting it, and waiting to give it to her – to the person it belongs to.' And he was right, as always, it doesn't belong to me, it belongs to you. Today, I pledge to you that I will not only love you for the rest of our lives, I will continue to watch over and protect that soul because it resides in you and there is no one else who that soul could ever belong to. I love you."

She wiped away a few more tears as Regina did the same. It took Regina a second to compose herself to speak.

"I never thought I would find love again. It didn't seem possible. The things that happened in my life, the things I have done. I was sure that not only was it not to be my destiny, I didn't believe I deserved it. But I know how I got to be standing here today in front of the woman I love. I am here because of you. I am here because you were an idiot," she smiled. "But in being an idiot you opened my eyes to not only the possibility that I could find love again, but that I could have a family. You once said you had done the unforgivable to me but you have no choice but to ask for my forgiveness because Henry and I, we were your family. I forgave you the moment the words left your mouth, but now I have to ask you to forgive me.

Forgive me for not seeing that I loved you. Forgive me for being angry when you made a mistake. Forgive me for not knowing that as much as your soul belongs to me, my soul belongs to you. Forgive me for not allowing myself to open up sooner. Frank once told me that it's never too late for love and he was right, but still I feel as if I have wasted time getting here to you and I am sorry for that. I am sorry I took you away from your family," she said looking over at Snow and Charming.

"But if you let me, I will be worthy of being a part of your family tree. I pledge to you that I will make sure you never feel alone. You will never have to wonder where you belong, because you belong with me and with Henry, and you have the family you want and you deserve. You will never need to wonder where home is because it's right here," she said covering her heart. "It's here and as long as I live I pledge that you will never doubt that. Our son once wrote an essay about his family. At the time, I didn't understand why he wrote what he did at the end of it but now I do. He wrote, 'When I get older I hope that I find someone to love like my parents have. I hope that I get to look at a person like my mom and looks at my mother. And I hope that like my mother I have the courage to step out of the past and embrace my future.' I love you Emma, and thank you for getting me here today so I could stand in front of you and all of these people and embrace the only future I want – the one where I get to love you for the rest of my days."

Emma grabbed her and kissed her.

"You are jumping a little ahead of the script," the Justice of the Peace said.

"Sorry," Emma smiled. "She's hard to resist sometimes."

"Do you have the rings?"

Henry handed Emma hers.

"Do you Emma pledge your love to Regina?"

"I do," she said slipping the ring on to her hand.

Henry then passed the other ring to Regina.

"Do you Regina pledge your love to Emma?"

"I do," she said putting the ring on.

"Then with the power invested in me, I introduce to you Mrs. Emma Swan-Mills and Mrs. Regina Swan-Mills. You may now kiss your wife."

This time, they both leaned and shared a kiss. Everyone stood and applauded as they held hands looking out at the crowd. Regina looked over at Frank, and mouthed, "Thank you." He merely nodded and smiled.

Henry tugged on her dress and she accepted a hug from him, and he then hugged Emma.

"Are we a family now?" he asked her.

Emma looked over at Regina, "Yes, kid, we are a family."