Finding You Always

Tremble For My Beloved

Finding You Always

Chapter 19: Tremble For My Beloved

David arrived at Granny's in time to see Emma and Mary Margaret getting out of her car.

"Daddy!" Emma called, as she ran to him. His heart still skipped a beat every time he heard her call him that. He scooped her up and kissed her forehead.

"Mommy took me shopping. I got new clothes!" Emma said excitedly.

"She did and it was the most fun I've had in a very long time," Snow said wistfully.

"I'm glad," he whispered to her tenderly. Snow should have never been denied these experiences with their daughter.

"Hey guys...come on in," Ruby welcomed.

"Hey Princess, why don't you go in and get some hot chocolate from Ruby and we'll be in soon," he suggested. She nodded, as she skipped to the door.

"Hi Ruby...I'm coming in first so they can stay out here and kiss," Emma blurted out. Snow laughed.

"She's got us figured out," he joked. She smiled.

"Let's not disappoint her," Snow suggested, as her husband kissed her eagerly. He made her knees go weak, as he kissed her with such passion that it was damn near indecent in public. As their lips parted, he took her hand, touching her ring and slipping it off.

"Charming..." she murmured, knowing they had an audience, albeit one out of earshot. People inside the diner were trying not to gawk at them, except Ruby, who was damn near plastered against the window.

Those cursed wouldn't noticed that the ring was the one Mary Margaret always wore. Those cursed didn't notice details like that. Regina would...but he couldn't find it in himself to give a damn.

"I will accept no less than you being my wife in every realm," he said, as people walking along the streets had stopped to gawk, as he got down on one knee.

"Will Mary Margaret Blanchard marry David Nolan?" he asked cheekily. She giggled and held her hand out.

"What do you think?" she teased, as he skipped it on the correct finger.

"I know there are risks. It's hard to say what Regina will do," he started, as he stood up.

"Screw Regina," she interrupted, making him smirk.

"She made me feel like I was nothing. These last ten years without you and Emma...I felt invisible. Then you found me and I felt alive again," she said, as he stood and took her in his arms.

"You are mine and I'll let no one tear us apart ever again," she said possessively, as she grabbed him by the collar and kissed him hard, punctuating her statement. He responded eagerly, by pressing her against him and angling his head to deepen their kiss. They finally parted and went inside the diner, which erupted in cheers, except Zelda, who scowled in the corner, having invited herself along with Stacia, who had come with Johnny.

Ruby was practically hyperventilating, as she hugged them both excitedly. David accepted handshakes from Archie, Marco, Jason, and even Johnny.

"This is amazing! I can't even remember the last time we had a wedding to celebrate!" Ruby gushed.

"Probably because there has never been one," Snow thought.

"We're just planning a small ceremony, but we want all our close friends there," Mary Margaret said, addressing the room.

"We wouldn't miss it. You'll let me bake the cake, right?" Granny asked.

"We wouldn't have it any other way," David replied.