-(Nicky)-

I come into Emma's room a few days later and see her laying face first on the bed.

"Emma?"

She looks up at me with a sick look on her face. "What's the matter?" I ask closing the door behind me.

I sit down on the bed and she reaches something behind her to me. I take the little white stick and gasp.

"are you serious?" I ask and she groans. "yes"

"this is great Emma!" I exclaim "what does Graham think?" I ask and she rolls over and looks at me.

"Nicky I have two kids." She says and I cock my head watching her. "ok, but you don't have one with Graham."

"I don't know if I can do this?" she says and I smile at her before laying on my back next to her.

"Emma you are strong and smart, I mean you had a kid in jail. You can do this." I say and she laughs humorlessly before rubbing her face.

We lay in silence for a few minutes before I look over at her. "you know what this means?"

She opens one eye and looks at me "what?"

"we both got pregnant on our honeymoons." I say and she hits me with a pillow.

"I have to tell Graham." She says and I smile "you can do it. I promise."

-OUAT-OUAT-OUAT-OUAT-OUAT-OUAT

-(Emma)-

I have been sitting outside of the station for the last half hour. Finally I take a deep breath and step out of the car.

The bell dings as I come in. Graham looks up from his desk and smiles at me. "are you feeling better?" he asks and I smile

"some" he stands and walks over to me. "I missed you today" he says before kissing me.

After a minute I pull away and step back. "Graham we need to talk." I say and he looks at me worried.

"are you ok?" he asks and I nod slowly. "what's the matter?" he asks and I take his hand.

I sit his hand on my now flat stomach. He looks up at me confused for a moment before his face lights up.

"are you serious?" he asks and I nod biting my lip.

He smiles brightly and uses the pad of his thumb to move my lip from my teeth. He bends down and kisses me deeply.

"you are amazing!" he says breathlessly and I laugh. "well I didn't make it alone."

"does anybody else know?" he asks and I shake my head "just Nick."

He laughs again before picking me up and spinning me around. "Graham I'm getting dizzy!" I shout and he sets me down gently.

XXX

The bell rings as I come into the diner. "Hey nick" Red calls from the back corner.

I walk over and sit down at the counter. Red walks back over after a minute.

"what can I get you kid?" she asks and I smile "a cup of coffee and you can tell me when Snow and James's anniversary is." I say and she looks away thinking for a moment.

"um, it's the fifteenth." She says and I take my coffee.

"that's two weeks away." I say and she nods.

"I have an idea. I'll be back with Emma later to tell you about it." I say and she nods.

I finish my coffee and go back to work.

OUAT-OUAT-OUAT-OUAT-OUAT-OUAT-OUAT-OUAT

Later that night Emma and I come back to the diner and sit in the back with Red.

"so I was thinking. You know how mom and dad really miss home?" I say and they nod.

"well we should throw a ball." I whisper and Red faces laights up. "yes that's perfect!" she exclaims and Emma graons.

"but it's a surprise." I say and Red zips her mouth.

"Emma and I will take care of getting Snow a dress and we will get the guys to find James a tux. You and Grumpy take care of decorations and delegating." I say and Red claps happily

"we will do it in one of those old warehouses no one goes to." I say and Red nods again.

"Red get the word out, but make sure no one tells Snow or James. If you need me or Emma we can help you." I say and Emma rolls her eyes.

"we need a codename." Red says and I nod "yeah, what about kitten. People can say 'I need help with the kitten'" I say and Red points at me.

"that's perfect!"

I smile and take a sip of my drink. "so two weeks from tonight?" I say extending my hand.

"two weeks from tonight." She says and Emma and I go home to tell the husbands.

XXX

The week passes and everything ready for the ball in three days. Emma and I come inside the house.

"Mom! Dad!" I call coming into the kitchen and dropping my purse.

"yeah sweetheart?" James asks and I turn to see him and snow come in.

"hey guys, can you not plan anything for Friday night?" I ask and James looks at Snow.

"Nicky…"

I put my hand up "its just that I have a special family activity planned for that night" I say clasping my hands and looking up at him.

"Nicky"

"please daddy!" I say and his face falls before he looks at Snow then me. "ok sweetheart."

"thank you so much!" I shout hugging him tightly. After I let him go I tell him that Emma and I have to go out for a while.

We get to the car and climb in. "that was Oscar worthy." She says and I hold my hand over my heart.

"I just want to say a special thanks to my sister Emma. My mom and dad and my amazing living husband Caspian. I wouldn't be here in this car excepting this car freshener without them." I say and Emma laughs.

We pullout of the driveway and drive over to the big warehouse. Emma and I walk inside and see Red and Grumpy hanging lights and putting flowers out.

"Wow guys this looks amazing!" I say looking around in awe.

"Its not back home, but it looks pretty good." Grumpy says putting his hands on his hips.

"So did you get the word out?" Emma asks handing Red another hanging lantern.

"Yes we did, everyone says they will be here." She says and I clap "yes! Now all we have to do is go find some dresses!" I say

Emma and I help hang more decorations and flowers before leaving to dress hunt.

We pull up in front of Mr. Gold's shop. The bell rings when we come in. "what can I do for you today princess's" he asks

"We were wondering if we could look at your clothing section." I say and he makes a motion for us to fallow him.

We walk to the back of the shop and stop in front of the clothes racks. "Thank you." I say as he walks off.

Emma and I pull out dresses and hold them up for the other. "Hey look at this." I hold up a purple sweetheart neckline dress with a beaded chest piece.

"This one would look good on mom." I say and Emma nods "but do you think it will fit her?" she asks

"It was hers to begin with love." Rumple says walking in.

"Well that settles it. That one is moms." I say

"Here are the gloves that go with it." He says handing me elbow length gloves.

"Thank you" I reply as we finish looking for dresses for us.

XXX

The night of the ball arrives and Emma and I are up in her room. "Mom can you come upstairs?" Emma calls and I go downstairs to take care of dad.

Graham, Caspian and Dad are in the game room. I come in and close the door behind me.

"What's up Nick?" James asks and I point my finger at him.

His eyes close and he is standing in a soldier stance. "Oh my gosh Nicky what did you do to your dad?" Graham exclaims

I sigh before pointing again. This time he is engulfed in purple smoke. When the smoke clears he is in his royal dress from his wedding.

I wipe my hands and rest them on my hips. "What do we do now?" Graham exclaims.

"Just leave him, go watch football. We need to finish mom." I say before leaving the boys speechless and James in the middle of the living of the room.

I run upstairs two at a time. I open the door and see Snow frozen like a soldier with her dress on.

"Well I see you have it under control." I say closing the door.

"Here" I snap my fingers and her gloves are on with her makeup.

"What about her hair?" Emma asks and I shake my head before opening Henrys book.

"What about the hair from Ella's wedding?" I say snapping my fingers and her hair being done like the night of Cinderella's ball.

"no what about their wedding." She says before pointing and Snows hair is up.

"no this one!" I say snapping

"I like this one" she counters pointing

"hey look at this!"

"wait this one"

After a few minutes we cover our mouths coughing at the amount of purple smoke that's in the room.

"ok hang on. Lets do the hair from their first wedding, with Lancelot." I say and point.

"that's perfect." Emma says adding little white flowers.

"white flowers, well played" I say and she laughs.

We step back laughing. "ugh she so perfect!" I say and Emma laughs "I know right.

"we need to get dressed" Emma says and I nod.

After about thirty more minutes we are dressed with our hair done and mackup on.

"we need to go so we can drop Anna and Riley off at Grannies before." I say and Emma nods as we walk to the door.

"Emma wait." I say and she turns around. "mom" I say pointing to Snow and Emma hits her head. "oh yeah."

Emma points and Snow disappears. "she's in the car." Emma exclaims and I high five her.

We go done the stairs to the living room. Graham and Caspain stand up with their jaws on the floor.

"wow guys, you look amazing!" they exclaim and we smile. "you don't look so bad yourself." I say looking them over.

"wow Nick you look pretty!" Henry says coming in, in his tux.

"you look pretty handsome kid" I say and he smiles "you think?" he asks and I nod.

"ok guys we have to go. Emma, Mom and I are going to take moms car." I say and the guys nod.

Caspian kisses me "see you there sweetheart." He says and they head out the door.

"they are going to need dad." I say and Emma smacks her head again before pointing with her finger.

"thank you."

I go and get Anna while she finds Riley. We drive to Grannys and drop the girls off before going to the warehouse.

We park and I look at Emma who nods. I put a blindfold on Snow before walking her up.

"what the…!" Snow says

"mom stop! Chill! Don't touch anything! We will take the blind fold off in just a minute." I say and she stops flailing.

I open the car door and take her hand. I guide her out and the guys walk up with a blindfolded dad at the same time.

"hey boys." I say and they smile.

"Charming are you there?" Snow calls as we walk.

"yeah sweetheart." James says, we walk up to the door and stop in front of it.

I nod at Emma and Graham. They take the blindfolds off mom and dad. Mom sees me first and her mouth drops open at my outfit.

She then looks over and see James in his royal clothes then herself. "this is my dress!" she exclaims and I throw the doors open.

The music pours out and catches mom and dad off guard. They look at us but don't move.

I grab Snows arm and pull her inside while Emma does dad. The large room is packed with people dancing and talking.

"and there are the guests of honor! King James and Queen Snow." Red says from the makeshift platform.

Everyone stops and looks over. Snow and James stare for a moment. "happy anniversary" I say and they snap out of it.

"you guys did this for us?" she asks looking at me and I nod. "now are you going to say something? People are staring" I hiss through a smile.

Snow and James smile at everyone. "thank you" James says to the crowd and like a sea they all bend, bowing and curtsying.

Emma and I exchange a look. After a moment everyone goes back to dancing.

"so who's idea was it?" Snow asks turning to Emma and I since the boys managed to ditch us.

"it was a general idea really." I say but Emma points at me "it was all her and Red." She says and I glare at her.

"you to are amazing." She says and I smile as she pulls us into a hug.

"so do you want to go check out the party?" I ask holding her hand. she smiles and pulls me through the people to Red.

"wow guys she looks great!" Red exclaims hugging us. "yeah well, you know… magic." I say and we laugh.

We hear a cough behind us and I turn to see Caspain. "would you like to dance princess?" he asks bowing and I nod.

"I would, thank you." I say as he pulls me onto the floor.

I rest my head on his chest as we dance around. a few moments later we are joined by James and Snow then Emma and Graham.

Everyone else leaves the floor as they form a circle watching us. "you did a great thing sweetheart." Caspain whispers and I smile at him as he leans down to kiss me.

We move around the floor till the song ends and a pumped up song from this world comes on.

Emma runs over to where I am standing on the sidelines watching the dancing. She grabs my wrist and pulls me out onto the floor.

Cause I gotta feelin'

That tonights gonna be a good night!

The music pours out and we laugh as we fling our hair around and jump up and down singing along.

After a minute I look over and see Snow dancing next to us. James and Grumpy stand in the corner watching us with smirks on their faces.

The song ends and I go over to find a drink. I grab a diet coke off the table and take a sip. Snow comes over and pours some punch.

"That's so not fair! I'm pregnant" I whine and she laughs before taking a sip.

We walk back over to James arm in arm. "honey would you dance with me?" James asks Snow and she hands her drink to me before walking away.

"and don't think about drinking that!" she says over her shoulder.

"hello Nicole" Regina says walking over to where I'm standing. "hey step-grandma." I say smiling cheekily.

"don't be a smart a-lick." She says crossing her arms as I smile. "your way to uptight. Chill." I say and she looks over at me sternly.

"here punch?" I hold out the glass of punch.

She looks at it wearily before excepting it. She takes a sip as I look at James and Snow dancing "I'm sure Snow wont mind sharing" I say and I look over to see her spitting it out.

"I should curse you." She says and I smile innocently at her. "that sounds familiar." I say and she stalks off.

"bye step-grandma" I say and she flails her arms.

Emma walks up from my other side. "was that?" I nod "step-grandma? Yes." Emma snorts loudly and I smile at her.

"so have you thought up a name for the baby yet?" I ask and she shakes her head.

"I like Seth for a boy and Ava for a girl." She says and I smile at her.

-Later

The party is at the peek and Emma and I have decided that regular Snow is great, but drunk Snow is hilarious!

"where are my babies?" Snow calls as she stumbles through the crowd.

I find Emma and lean in next to her. "oh yeah, she's drunk."

"where are my kids?" Snow yells again and Emma and I exchange a look before walking through the people.

"right here momma" we call before finding her. She puts her arm around Emma and I cover my mouth to not laugh.

"snow maybe you should sit down." I say walking over to a chair. "no! I'm not tired." She say and I raise my hand in defeat.

"ok"

"come dance with me." she says and Emma and I look at each other. "mom we are tired." I say and she starts pouting.

"ok fine! One more dance!"

Snow drags us out onto the floor and we dance some more. I look over at Emma who is wearing an amused expression.

Two hours later and the party is almost done. Snow is almost sober again. She is still buzzed but not as crazy as earlier.

"so what did everyone think of the first story brook ball?" Red asks taking the stage again.

A cry of approval goes up and she laughs. "well I think its time for a few words from our royal family." She says and I look over at Emma.

"come on up. All of you" Red says motioning to us.

We all reluctantly sulk up to the stage. Once up there we all look between each other to see who is going to speak.

After a minute I sigh "oh for crying out loud guys!" I say walking up to the mic.

"well first of all I want to say thank you to everyone. I know each person did something to make this possible. I want to say thank you to Snow… mom for drinking the punch, on behalf of Emma and I. that was the funniest thing I have ever seen. And I walk to say happy anniversary to my parents. Snow White and Prince Charming whose love, hope, wisdom determination and perseverance has inspired our home world and this world."

I turn to look at them. "I love you. And even though you haven't been parents very long and Emma and I didn't really want to let you. You have changed my life and been the best parents I could have ever wished for." I say before Snow pulls me into a hug.

Everyone claps as Snow grips my hand. Emma sighs before walking up to the mic.

"Well pressures on." She says and everyone laughs. "I don't have a speech nor did I inherit my parents way with words like some people *cough* Nicky." Everyone laughs and Snow squeezes my hand.

"but I do want to wish my parents a happy anniversary and tell them I love them with all my heart. Also I want to tell them… and well I have never had to say this to a parent. But… Graham and I are expecting." She says and everyone's mouth drops.

"your going to be grandparents… again." She says looking at Snow and James who are speechless.

"ah eh… well I hope you enjoyed the party!" she says before all but running back over to Graham.

"mom you should probably say something." I whisper in Snow's ear and she snaps out of it.

Snow lets go of my hand and walks over to Emma. She pulls her into a tight hug.

"ok mom… I cant… breath." She says and everyone laughs.

Finally Snow lets go and walks to the mic wiping away a tear. "you all know that I was raised to be a princess… but I have always felt weird speaking to you from a different level because you are my friends. So I want to thank you tonight, my friends for this ball. Thank you for your wishes. I don't know what to say that wasn't said by Nick. But I want to thank Red, my best friend and sister. I want to thank Nicky" she turns and looks at me "I love you" she says before blowing a kiss at me.

"we have made it this far because of each other, hard work and love. Lots of love, and that's how we are going to keep going. James and I love each of you so much and are thankful for your friendship. Thank you so much."

She walks over and kisses James before hugging me again as we all leave the stage.

Everyone enters the house sluggishly before going to their rooms. James wraps his arms around Snow and kisses her head.

"best anniversary ever" he whispers and she closes her eyes.

"best anniversary ever." She echoes back.