Once Upon A Thought

H&E (Ed Sheeran)

"I love you", I whisper while placing a kiss on his forehead. I grab my suitcase and leave his house to meet the car waiting for me. I see the chauffeur waiting next to the car door, he nods his head and tells me, "Good morning Ms. Miller". I smile cheaply at him and get in the car. "Where are we going?" I ask him once he's back in the driver's seat. "Mr. Harry has requested to meet him at the plane", he replies. I nod and begin to think about exactly what I'm doing, Ed will wake up and find the room empty with the note on the pillow explaining everything to him. I don't know if he'll ever forgive me for leaving, I hope one day he will though.

We pull up to the airport and I see Harry standing next to his car. Once he sees my car a full grin appears on his face and I can tell he just wants to run up, because right when I step out he runs up to me and wraps his arms around me. "How was your drive, love?" he asks while placing a kiss on my forehead. I grimace at this, but make sure he doesn't see. "Want to tell me why we're going on a plane Harry?" I reply with a question. "That's a surprise", he replies then grabs my hand and leads me to the plane. I check my phone before we take off and find a missed message from Ed. I don't want to open it, I know it will only make me doubt everything that's happening. "Everything ok Emily?" Harry asks me. I look up at him and a tear falls down. "I just left him there, like nothing. Like he was nothing", I reply and don't even try to hold back the tears. He frowns and takes my hands while telling me, "Emily I will make you happy, I promise. We had love before, we can again. I still love you." I nod and whisper so he won't hear, "I hope that's true."

"You're joking Harz", I say with excitement. I practically run off the plane once it lands and find a staff of people waiting for us already. "Welcome Prince Harry and Ms. Miller to Hawaii", the woman in the front greets us. Harry grabs my hand and smiles down at me while saying, "Your favorite place, how could I not take you here." I blush and look away while replying, "It's only my favorite when I'm with you." He stops walking and comes to stand in front of me. "Em I love you so much", he tells me while bending down slowly to place his lips against mine. I go stiff at this action, but find myself remembering my old feelings, so I wrap my arms around him to lengthen the kiss. He pulls back and takes my hand again, so we can make our way to the hotel. We go up to the top floor and the room's view takes my breath away. "I feel like you planned this", I tell him. He smiles at me and nods. "Of course, you know what this weekend means, so I wanted to make it special for you. For us", he tells me with sincerity. I frown at this, because I haven't been thinking what this weekend means. I just nod and continue to look out the window. He wraps his arms around me and I lean into his embrace, because after this weekend he's my life now. Everything about him will be with me from now on. "Come on I had dinner made for us", he softly tells me while placing a kiss on the top of my head.

Harry leads me onto the beach and I ask, "I thought you said we're having dinner?" He glances back at me and answers, "We are." Then I see it up ahead. I stop walking and gasp. "Harz", I say with amazement. He laughs and grabs my hand to keep me going towards the scene in front of me. There is a table set up in the sand and roses are all over the ground around. Small candles are placed everywhere and some on the table. The sun is setting and only adds to the beautifulness of the whole thing. "I don't know what to say", I tell him. He stops and looks at me, while softly saying, "Say yes." Confusion crosses my face and I have to think about what he just said. I began to ask, "What are...", but then Harry gets down on one knee. I gasp again and put my hand over my mouth. "Emily Miller we've done this before. I've been in this position before. But those we're different people, we've grown. I'm happy to say though I love you more than I did then. You're my everything, you're my world. You have my whole heart and it would make me the happiest person in the world if you would be my wife. Em would you marry me?" he asks me with the happiest expression on his face. There's tears starting to collect in his eyes and I can feel it's the same for me too. I go to wipe a tear away and think about how this was what this weekend was about. I came with him to become his fiancée, so Harry, Prince Henry of Wales could finally get married. I didn't think he would make a huge proposal like this. I didn't think I would find myself getting overwhelmed like this. I think I've realized that there's a part of me that's always still loved him. I look around and come to find how perfect this is. I bring my attention back to him and nod while replying, "Yes Harry, I'd love to marry you. I love you." He puts the ring on my finger and brings his hands up to my face to give me a very passionate kiss.

I wake up next to a sleeping Harry while his arm is wrapped around me. I smile and snuggle up next to him. I go to reach for my phone while trying to not wake him up. I bit my lip when I see the unopened message from Ed. I look back over to Harry and how peaceful he looks then at the engagement ring, a smile automatically comes on my face. I take the courage to open Ed's message. My phone drops from my hands and my smile is now gone. His words pierce my mind, "Falling in love with you...I don't know how or when it happened. All I know that it is the best thing to have happened to me." I get off the bed suddenly and run to the balcony for fresh air. I glance over at Harry and he groggily wakes up. "What's the matter Em?" he asks from the bed. Tears are falling down my face uncontrollably and I don't have the voice to answer him. I feel his hands rest on my shoulders. "I read his message. I read Ed's message. Harry I don't think I can do this, my feelings for him is the kind of love everyone dreams of feeling. He and I had that kind of love. What I have for you Harry is nice and makes me happy. I used to believe you were my soulmate, but after loving Ed I've realized he's mine", I tell him through the tears. He drops his hands and leans on the railing with me. "I've never stopped believing that you were my soulmate", he says out loud without looking my way. I take my engagement ring off and open Harry's hand. I leave it in his palm and turn around to go back into the room. "We've already planned an announcement party when we arrived back", he tells me. I grimace at this, I knew that we were going to announce our engagement but didn't realize it was going to be right when we got back. "I'll take care of it, if you like", I offer. He frowns and shakes his head no. "No Emily, I can take care of it", he tells me.