You let me into your life unaware

That there was magic and fire in the night

And back then I was just a little boy

I made mistakes that caused you so much pain

All I know is that I'm older now

- Hard Enough, Brandon Flowers. -

Chapter 7 - 1 of 2

Sleeping in the office can be a very complicate thing, Emma had discovered. There were the times when she planned it and actually tried to find a good position to do it, but there were other times when she laid back in her chair for a moment and the next thing she knew was that minutes and even hours had passed by. And this was one of the latest.

"Emma?" she heard someone said from somewhere near her. "Well, if you don't want to wake I'll bring you something for lunch," David said finally gaining the attention of his daughter, who simply opened her eyes as a frown appeared on her face.

"Lunch?" she murmured feeling a little disoriented.

"Yeah, I was going to…" he said as he watched Emma standing up and collecting a few of her belongings from the desk. "Got somewhere to be?"

"I was supposed to meet Neal for lunch almost… twenty minutes ago," Emma said checking her phone as she walked towards the door. "I'll be back soon," she lied over her shoulder as she left him without further explanation.

She wasn't going to be back anytime soon, after what Neal had called a "lunch date", they were going to their fourth ultrasound, signaling the beginning of the fifth month of pregnancy and after the last month "fiasco", as Henry had called it, they were finally going to find out the gender of their baby.

After a quick drive to Granny's, the sheriff stepped outside of her car. She knew Neal wasn't one for punctuality, but that didn't meant he would leave her waiting for that long… not again anyway so as Emma opened the door she immediately noticed him sitting in the far end of the diner, looking at her with a contained smile.

"So… how was the nap?" Neal joked as the woman sat next to him.

"Just shut it," she replied as he let out a small. "Did you order without me?"

"I was waiting for you," he answered nodding to Ruby, that was making their way to them.

"So I've been thinking…." Neal said taking a small bite of his burger and turning to her with a shy smile on his face.

"That doesn't sound good," Emma murmured.

"It is," he assured her putting one of his arms around her shoulders and bringing her a little closer. It had been years since he first proposed this, and even if that last time he had been sure about it, he would like to think that now the time is right, perfect even. "I want to be there for you every time you need me; I want to be there for our kids. And what better way to do that live together?" he explained before raising his beverage while he waited for her answer.

"What are you really saying? You want us to get a house?" Emma mumbled as her mind started to race. She had to admit, it wasn't a bad idea, but it wasn't the greatest either. As she had said to Mary Margaret at one point, after twenty eight years of looking for her parents all she wanted was to try to live a normal life (or as normal as possibly) with them, so was she ready to move out after a year or so?

"All I want is to live under the same roof of my family," Neal clarified.

"So… you want to move in with us?" Emma asked with a puzzled tone.

"That or as you said, we could find our own place. The one you're more comfortable with."

"Just let me think about it," Emma said after a moment turning again towards her food, this time with less interest in it.

"Think about…?" Neal asked, still a little confused with their conversation. Every time he had tried to explain himself; Emma had responded with another question, not really giving him a direct answer.

"About where are we going to live," the blonde responded as she gave glanced at him. "Now finish that up or we are going to be late again." She added with a smile, one she knew would tell him exactly what she was feeling.

So... I'm still alive if you are wondering. I'm so sorry make you wait so long, but I promise next update won't take nearly as much time as this one did, next Friday is my last final :D

Anyway, thank you all for reading, all the favorites, follows and reviews, each and everyone of them mean the world to me, so please let me know what you think about this mini chapter.