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[seekingcrocodile]

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[seekingcrocodile]

"Adventure is my second-favorite thing in the whole world." She can probably guess what his absolute favorite is. "Henry could come too." He can have the crew quarters to himself and they can all have some privacy.

[truelovesavior]

"Because your first favorite is rum, right?" She teases. She knows what his favorite is, but it's still fun to mess with him. "He'd like that, I think." She smiles.

[seekingcrocodile]

He looks at her with mock offense. "My first favorite is you." Although maybe it should be rum. Rum has been there for him through a lot.

"He can continue his sailing lessons."

[truelovesavior]

"I just like hearing you say it." Emma smiles again. "And yes, that's good. That'll be good for him."

[seekingcrocodile]

"Here we are." He leads her up the gangplank onto the deck of his ship. "What should we do first, Mrs. Jones?"

[truelovesavior]

"It's perfect." Emma says as they board. "We can start off with some wine I think." That sounds like a great way to kick off their night together.

[seekingcrocodile]

"We'll need glasses then." He might drink rum right out of the bottle, but this is wine, and this is Emma. It's a different kind of situation. "Those are in the galley."

[truelovesavior]

"Actually." Emma says, shaking her head at him. "I brought us some special glasses." She takes out the matching wine glasses that say "Mr." and "Mrs." on each of them. "Hope you don't mind."

[seekingcrocodile]

He laughs when he sees the glasses. "I am absolutely certain that such a thing never existed in the Enchanted Forest." He doesn't mind at all. "That spot over there has the best view of the stars."

[truelovesavior]

"Nah, this is the kind of thing you can only get from a factory or something, but still nice." She smiles. "Oh yeah? Looks like we'll have a great view then."

[seekingcrocodile]

"I have a great view anytime you're in the room." Not what she meant, but he's saying it anyway. He uses his hook to pull the cork out of the wine bottle. "Ready for some wine?"

[truelovesavior]

She grins at him, knowing exactly what he means. And in fact, she can say the same. "Yes, I do think I am." She says.

[seekingcrocodile]

He pours some wine into each of their glasses. He sets down the bottle and picks up the glass labeled "Mr." and holds it up for a toast. "To whatever the future brings."

[truelovesavior]

She likes that, thinking about the future with him. It's full of possibilities. She raises her glass and smiles. "As long as it's with you, I know it will be amazing."

[seekingcrocodile]

"I've never had a future like this before." He doesn't want to discount his time with Milah, because he wouldn't trade that for anything, but what he has now with Emma is different than he ever imagined having. Just like he wouldn't take away her time with Neal, but knows that it was different, too. "Whatever it is, I know I'm going to like it."

[truelovesavior]

"I never really thought much about the future." Emma admits. "I mean, as the savior...I was never even guaranteed to have one." Because anything could have happened. "But everything is different now and we can...do anything." She shrugged. "We could even give themed rides on the ship to people. Pirates are a big thing."

[seekingcrocodile]

"Only if they promise not to touch anything." He has rules about his ship, and takes better care of it than he takes of Emma (although he's well aware that she can take care of herself).

That's something to think of at some other date though. Right now he wants only to think of her, and their wedding night. "I never really thought about mine either," he admits. "Pirates don't really have futures, and you know as well as I do that my quest for revenge was more likely to kill me than not. I never imagined anything different until I met you."

[truelovesavior]

"Well, now you're looking at a lifetime, Mr. Jones...what are you going to do with it?" She asks, teasing him just a bit. There were so many possibilities for them now.

[seekingcrocodile]

"A whole lifetime? I don't know." He can't bring himself to tease her too much though, not after all the patience it required to get to this point. "I think I'm going to start by giving my wife a night she'll never forget."

[truelovesavior]

"That's a bold promise, are you sure you can back it up?" She can't help teasing him a bit with all of this. But in reality, this is just the beginning for them.

[seekingcrocodile]

"Are you doubting me?" He'll just have to take that as a challenge and make sure it happens. And on many other nights to follow.

[truelovesavior]

"Oh come on, Mr. Jones. I would never doubt you." She smirks.

[seekingcrocodile]

"Good." But he's going to prove it to her anyway. "Now. Which of the stars do you know already?"

[truelovesavior]

"Astronomy was never my strong suit. Besides I want to hear about them from you."

[seekingcrocodile]

"This will be navigation more than astronomy." He can identify them, and use them to find his way, but he doesn't study them or anything. He wraps his arm around her shoulders, the arm with the hand so that he can point up at the sky and show her what he means. "That star there, that's the North Star. It's the brightest star in the sky, and used in navigation."