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A very excited looking Mary Margaret climbed into the passenger side of Emma's car when she pulled up to the apartment. Emma couldn't help but smile at her enthusiasm. "So where to mom?"
Mary Margaret couldn't get enough of hearing her daughter call her mom instead of well Mary Margaret or Snow. "I thought we could go to this one little shop on Main Street. It's full of dresses and I'm sure we can find one for you there!" Mary Margaret directed Emma to the shop. Emma didn't remember ever seeing this shop before. They walked inside and a little bell on the door announced their arrival.
"Emma! Snow!"
"Aurora?" Emma said. "I didn't know you worked here. In fact I didn't know this shop even existed."
"I just opened it. I figured I would need to do something in this new land. Can I help you look for something?"
"Emma has a big date tonight. We're looking for a new dress." Mary Margaret blurted out. Emma's face started turning red.
"Oh Emma! That is so exciting! Come with me, we'll find you the perfect dress." And with that Aurora grabbed Emma's hand and led her towards the back of the store.
Mary Margaret and Aurora went crazy looking through racks of dresses. Ushering Emma into the changing room and flinging dress after dress over the top of the door. After trying on at least five dresses that were definitely not her style, Emma took matters into her own hands and began browsing herself. Tucked away towards the back of a rack was a beautiful red dress. Emma was immediately drawn to it. She took it down and held it out in front of her. Emma smiled while fingering the fabric. It looked almost like the dress she wore on her trip back to the past at King Midas' ball. She knew that this was the perfect dress.
Mary Margaret gasped behind her when she saw Emma hold the dress up. She had seen the pictures in Henry's storybook of Princess Leia and Prince Charles and knew immediately what Emma was thinking. "It's perfect Emma! You must go try it on!"
Emma turned around and smiled at her mom and carried the dress to the changing room. The dress had a scooped neck with small cap sleeves. It was knee length and tight at the waist. The bottom of the dress was flowy and not overly full like a princess dress. Emma smoothed it over her stomach, thankful she did not need to wear a corset. She could hear Mary Margaret and Aurora talking outside the door, anxious to see her in the dress.
When Emma stepped out of the changing room both women gasped at the sight of her. Mary Margaret looked at her like she was the most precious person in the world. She slowly walked up to Emma and pulled her into an embrace. "Emma, you are so beautiful. I wish I could have seen you at your first ball. This is everything I had hoped and dreamed for you."
"Thanks mom. Do you think Killian will like it?"
"Ha! He'd be a fool and blind not to! You are beautiful Emma. This dress was practically made for you!"
"I agree with your mom Emma. You look absolutely stunning. I'm sure you will take Hook's breath away." Said Aurora.
"Good. Then I'll take it." Emma smiled at the women and gave her moms hand a squeeze before turning around and heading back to the changing room to switch back into her clothes.
Saying goodbye to Aurora, Mary Margaret and Emma climbed back into the yellow bug. Mary Margaret then directed Emma to another store for shoes. Emma rolled her eyes thinking she had plenty of shoes that she could make work with her new dress but then remembered that this was just as much for her mom as it was for her. She wanted to bond with her and do all the mother-daughter things and she knew how much this meant to Mary Margaret.
Mary Margaret picked out a pair of gold shoes with a low heel that she said would look great with the dress. Emma smiled and let her mom purchase them for her. The next stop on their shopping trip was to the nail parlor where they got their nails done. Emma felt like it was the old times again, before she broke the curse. Just her and Mary Margaret hanging out and laughing and talking. It felt natural and it felt good. No distractions, no monsters, no husbands or significant others, no fussy babies to deal with. Emma let her mom ask her some questions about her year in New York while they were getting manicures.
When they got back to the loft it was time for Emma to start getting ready for her date. She slipped on her dress again and tried it with the new pair of shoes. Mary Margaret was right; they did look really good with the dress. Both of her parents were waiting to see her so she carefully went down the stairs. She saw her moms eyes light up again with a huge smile on her face. David stood where he was, absolutely speechless. "Well?" Emma asked.
"Absolutely beautiful" beamed her mother.
"What your mother said." Said David, which is the exact same thing he said the last time he saw her in a dress.
Mary Margaret came forward again and pulled her daughter into a hug. David soon joined her. Emma laughed at the both of them. "Group hug time?" David laughed and kissed the top of her head again.
They all broke away and Emma turned towards her mom and quietly said "I'm not sure what to do about my hair."
Mary Margaret smiled and grabbed her daughters hand and said "I know just the thing!" And she led her into the bathroom.
"I don't want anything too fancy okay. I just am not good at this. I usually just wear my hair down or in a pony tail. I never was one for fancy up-does." Emma said as her mom started brushing her hair out and searched drawers for bobby pins.
"I promise you it won't be anything too fancy." Mary Margaret got to work pinning up Emma's hair and leaving two small strands on both side of her head. "There! Done! What do you think?" She asked as she turned Emma towards the mirror.
It was Emma's turn to gasp now as she saw that her mom put her hair up just as it had been in the enchanted forest. A small loose bun with several pieces of hair in a slight curl on the sides of her face. She took a mirror to the back of her hair and there was a small comb stuck in the back of the bun with a few diamond rhinestones. She smiled at her mom and hugged her. "It's perfect. Thank you."
Emma dug out her makeup and started applying it. Glancing down at her phone that was on the bathroom counter she noticed she got a text from Killian saying to meet him at the docks when she was ready. Emma smiled and finished her makeup. Applying a light layer of lip gloss over her light pink lipstick. She wasn't surprised to find both of her parents standing in the living room waiting for her again. And she wasn't surprised to see her mother holding her camera in her hands. Emma rolled her eyes and held up her hand. "Mom, you really don't need to…" it was too late, Mary Margaret started snapping pictures "take pictures."
"Give your mother a break. This is a big moment for you. It's not every day we get to see you dressed like a princess." Said David. Emma rolled her eyes again.
"Oh! I have something for you! Hang on!" Mary Margaret said as she rushed into her room. A minute later she came out holding a necklace. "This was my mother's necklace. She gave it to me and now I want to pass it down to you." Standing behind her she slipped the necklace around Emma's neck and fastened it in the back. Emma fingered the silver chain and the small diamond center.
"Mom. It's beautiful! But I can't take this. This is all you have of your mother."
"She would have wanted you to have it Emma. I want you to have it. It's been passed down from the women in my family for a long time." She pulled Emma into a hug and kissed her forehead. "Now don't you have a pirate to meet?"
Emma smiled, "Yes I do!" Hugging her mom one last time and then walking over to David who pulled her into a hug as well, "Sure you don't want me to drive you?" he asked. "No it's okay, I've got it. See you later." Giving one finale smile to the both of them she grabbed her keys and went out the door on her way to meet Killian at the docks.