Chapter 9- Home

"Papa! Papa!" Before he even had a chance to laugh he felt his four year old bound to him.

"Ooh. Hello my Emma." He scooped up the ecstatic child and rested her on his hip as she draped her arms around him. "Hee Papa." she giggled as he pecked her cheek and they began to walk. "I missed you Papa." "Oh MA! Papa missed you." David emphasised sweetly and started to walk them smiling at the welcoming servants.

"You've grown." David said wonderfully as the beautiful flecks of blue, light turquoise and sunny gold met his own eyes and a toothy grin shone through.

"Yes. A whol foot." She tried adorably; her vocabulary as well as her sweeping blonde locks was growing by the day. Soon, they were certain Emma would even give Rapunzel a run for her money.

"A foot! Wow!"

"Yes, Mama is happy." She chuckled. Snow, Snow she would have come with Emma and nearly toppled him over too.

"Em? Where is Mama?"

"Hee. I'm hiding."

"Emma." The sweet singsong of his beloved could be heard from a few steps away as she came into view. "Emma. Ha. Where-?" Snow teased and then gasped. "CHARMING!"

Running, she's running barefoot and absolutely ravishing to him in a white lace dress while her hair is loose and cascading down. Every time he sees her he falls more and more and then, she's in his arms and is kissing them both so perfectly.

"Snow." "MmmmmMA!" She emits before playfully batting his chest. "I thought you were not back until tomorrow?"

He grinned and chuckled mock affronted and lips still tingling from the kiss. "I wanted to surprise you."

"Hmm. I love you."

"I love you too." David beamed as she pressed a kiss to his scar.

"I found you." Snow exclaimed to Emma. "I found you. I found you. I found you." His beautiful wife teased pulling away slightly to smother her in kisses.

"Ahahaha! Mama!" Emma shrieked, cheeks flushed and giggling uncontrollably. He loved their laughter and loved it even more as she walked beside them.

"So how was King Midas?"

"Well. We've agreed to increase the aid we send to them just like you and I discussed and he seems more amiable. Though, Abigail and Frederick seemed to be the driving force behind that." "Hmm. He's just proud. He doesn't like the fact that he cannot provide as much for his own kingdom. We would feel exactly the same way if it was our kingdom." Snow reasoned.

"I know my love."

"So... Emma told me she has grown a whole foot while I was away." Emma laughed as her mother chuckled.

"Yes. A whole little foot. Called an inch."

"Ah!"

"Yes, an inchafoot Mama." The little princess nearly shouted enthusiastically and the two were so happy neither could or would correct her. The princess had grown a foot and that was that.

"High up above and into the clouds, the little princess. She dances."

"Watch as the stars twinkle and shine. Twinkle and shine." Snow croons the lullaby as Emma falls into honeysuckle sleep.

"For the little princess who dances." Snow finishes as David gives their little giant one last kiss before turning his attention to his wife.

"Three weeks was too long." "I know." She kissed him sweetly as they quietly left Emma's room and shut the door. "But, it was long enough for me to discover something." She said playfully.

"Oh?" He turned her softly in his arms as she danced a finger across his chest and joyful tears started to fill her eyes.

"Baby. This is Papa." Guiding his hand to her abdomen and watching as his features filled with wonder. "Charming, this is our baby."

"What?"

"You're- Snow. Ohhoho!" He heard her laugh again as he picked her up and spun her around kissing them both with so much joy before he set her down again. "Oh. We're having another baby!" They shouted and they laughed as they heard the whoops and cheers of their servants whom they all regarded as family. For at that moment, they were the happiest two people in the entire world.