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[trueloveskid]

They've settled nicely into their life as a married couple -- married! That's something she never expected she would be, after the age of twelve when she'd finally given up on the dream of having the family she wanted. But here she is, with a one-year-old son and a husband. A husband who's a huge dork, but he's her huge dork, and she wouldn't have it any other way.

It's gotten easier for her to leave Henry with someone else for awhile (though she'll always worry), and she and Neal have planned a date night. A date night with no specific plans other than dinner. Which they've just come from, and are now strolling hand-in-hand through Rockefeller Plaza. Lights are twinkling, vendors are selling hot chocolate, and just the whole feeling of the place is rather romantic. Or maybe that's just because she was able to take a night off of working on her GED and find the time to come out with Neal.

"So what do you want to do now?"

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[trueloveskid]

"Are you planning on talking me in to letting you buy me another drink?" She comes over to him and takes his hand. "I seem to remember how that ended last time."

[alandwithoutmagic]

Neal laughed and shook his head. "It's just hot chocolate. Completely innocent." He leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss against her lips. He let his lips linger against hers before pulling back and taking her hand. "Come on. At midnight we'll turn into a pumpkin." He teased, his voice light and warm.

[trueloveskid]

"Uh huh. I remember how that turns out, too." Not that she minds. She wouldn't have let him do any of it if she hadn't wanted it. "That would be a shame. We'd better get going then."

[alandwithoutmagic]

Neal laughed as he guided Emma towards the hot chocolate vendor. It took a second or two since more than a handful of people had gotten off the ice but he purchased them both some of the steaming chocolaty goodness and guided her towards home...

-taking the long way.

[trueloveskid]

"You are determined to make this night last as long as possible, aren't you." Not that she's complaining. They don't get many nights like this anymore, not since Henry was born. She likes it when he's attentive like this.

Which is how they ended up with Henry in the first place.

[alandwithoutmagic]

"Yes I am." He took a sip of the thick chocolaty drink and draped an arm around Emma's shoulders. "It's New York. If it was snowing it'd be perfectly romantic."

[trueloveskid]

She snuggles closer to him and puts an arm around his waist. They can share body heat. "It's cold enough. It could still snow."

[alandwithoutmagic]

"True. I've never been one to bet on the weather." He looked down at her with a warm pleased smile while guiding them through the streets. It's a beautiful night and while he can't see the stars in the city, he knows that they're there.

"Hey Emma, do you want to stay in the city forever??"

[trueloveskid]

"I don't know. I haven't thought about it." Neal seems to have though, or he wouldn't be asking about it. "There are a lot of opportunities for Henry here, opportunities he might not get anywhere else, but it is expensive, and not always the safest."

[alandwithoutmagic]

"I've always wanted to move to a small town. Maybe somewhere near the country." He had grown up in a small town and while he didn't talk about it he had enjoyed it. The city was a safe place from his father, a place he could get lost, but he didn't need to be lost anymore. He had Emma.

"Just think about it. Nothing any time soon. Just curious." He pressed a kiss to her temple and then took another sip of his hot chocolate.

[trueloveskid]

"Maybe." She's going to have to do a lot of thinking about this one. "What would we do there?" Not just in terms of jobs, but just to do things. There's not as much going on in places like that.

[alandwithoutmagic]

"Live." He laughed. "It depends on where we go. I think there are bowling allies and ice cream parlors everywhere." Neal assumed that they'd do the same things they did now just... not in a city.

[trueloveskid]

The arm that's around his waist strokes his back through his jacket. Where would she be right now if she hadn't met Neal?

"How are so positive about everything?"

[alandwithoutmagic]

"Being sad takes too much energy." He grinned down at her as he spoke.

That wasn't the whole reason but he had been fighting for his happiness and that wasn't about to stop now. Emma and Henry was his happiness now and he'd do everything he could to keep them safe.

Even if that meant running into his father again.

[trueloveskid]

"Oh is that why." She wouldn't say the opposite is being sad, really, but realistic, maybe. It's been her experience that things don't turn out that way, even with having Neal and Henry around now.

"I think you'll just have to do it for both of us."

[alandwithoutmagic]

His arm tightened protectively around her as he leaned down and whispered in her ear. "I will."

With a cocky smile he lead her towards their home. They were close and another block they were carefully pushing open the door, trying to be quiet in the process.

[trueloveskid]

"Good." Neal's a better person than she is, she knows it. They have a good relationship with their neighbors because of him. She'd keep to herself if she were on her own.

Once they're inside, she sneaks into Henry's room to peek at him while he's sleeping, leaving Neal to pay the babysitter.

[alandwithoutmagic]

Neal took care of the babysitter, mumbling a soft thank you to the young woman who was looking after Henry for the night. She was a college student and while Neal couldn't pay her a lot, she adored Henry and was happy to watch him.

He followed behind Emma and wrapped his arms around her waist, placing his chin on her shoulder.

"We shouldn't wake up." He whispers in the shell of her ear.

[trueloveskid]

"Then we should go in our room," she whispers back as she takes his hand and spins away from him. She tugs him behind her into their room. "Better?"

[alandwithoutmagic]

Neal followed behind, his steps slightly brushing across the floor as they made their way to the safety of their bed room. His arms wrapped around Emma's waist and he pulled her flush against him.

"Better." He murmured in a low voice before capturing her lips in a hard eager kiss.

[trueloveskid]

"Mmm," she murmurs into the kiss. Her arms wrap around his waist in return. "I guess the date's not over." She nips at his lower lip with her teeth before returning the kiss.

[alandwithoutmagic]

"Oh?" Neal's smile widened as he pulled Emma towards the bed, meeting her light little kisses and nips with his own. "I didn't have anything planned. I thought I was the pervert?"

He totally was but he was never going to not tease Emma about how they met.

[trueloveskid]

"You are." She pushes him onto the bed and climbs on after him, straddling his waist. "Why do you think I married you?"

[alandwithoutmagic]

Neal fell back, an eager smile pulling across his mouth as Emma straddled him. His arms looped around her pretty waist and he kissed her. His tongue dragged against hers before he was falling back onto the bed.

"For my charming good looks." He teased.

[trueloveskid]

"That was why I had a drink with you." She reaches down to tug his shirt over his head. "I married you for the other reason."