The barman finally refused to sell them any more drinks. Blue even came around to remind everyone that the rooms had only been booked for a couple of hours and it was time to leave.

Ruby stumbled over to Emma and hugged her. "This was amazing! Thank you so much for coming with me."

Emma tried steadying her, but Ruby was wearing heels and they didn't mix well with alcohol. She gave an apologetic look towards Regina, but the mayor just nodded as though she hadn't expected the conversation to continue much further anyway.

"I'd better walk her home. Come on, Ruby."

As they emerged into the corridor, the other rooms were also filtering out. Suddenly Ruby stopped walking and spun around.

"Granny!" She yelled, pushing Emma into other passers-by.

"Hey."

"Sorry, I thought I could smell her." Ruby explained and waved at her grandmother.

Granny had gone slightly red after hearing her granddaughter yelling at her. Emma suspected it had more to do with Marco's arm through hers than the indoor temperature.

"I see you took advantage of another night out to get drunk. Why you choose to do so when you know you're working the early shift..."

"I can't believe you came here." Ruby finally glanced at Marco. "And you found a date!"

"Oh lord, I can see I'm going to have to walk you home." Granny took her arm from Marco with an apologetic look for him. "I'm sorry."

"Family, I understand. Perhaps I could escort you two ladies home?"

"What about Emma?" Ruby asked.

Holding her hands up, not wanting to give Granny and Marco more of an audience, Emma smiled. "I'm fine. I'll see you tomorrow."

She watched the way Marco held the doors open for Granny and Ruby as they left and sighed. At least someone had found a date on Valentines Day.

Her eyes picked out Regina heading towards the door. She realised that she wanted to do something, if only to help her realise that Daniel wanted her to be happy again. Emma ducked back into the room and grabbed one of the hearts from the wall. She ran out to find Regina, just as she unlocked the door to her car.

"Here." Emma thrust the heart into her hands. "So you know you had someone thinking about you on Valentines Day. I know you were hoping to meet…"

"Hey, Emma, I almost forgot! Happy birthday!" Archie called out, waving goodbye.

"Thanks." Emma returned the way, then turned back to Regina. "Looks like everyone turned up to this thing. Was he in our room?"

Her words were cut off by Regina grabbing the front of her coat and pulling her into a rough kiss. She could taste apples on the mayor's lips and was too stunned to pull away. When Regina released her, Emma just stared back.

"Happy birthday Miss Swan, and thank you for the heart."

"Yeah, well…" Suddenly Emma felt embarrassed. "Are you okay to drive?"

She couldn't remember how much Regina had been drinking. She wondered if she should offer to walk her home, just in case. It would be an interesting turn of events if she had to arrest Regina for drink driving, considering…

Regina opened the car door and put the paper heart on the passenger seat, before turning back to Emma. "Valentine's Day isn't over yet. Do you have any other plans?"

"Um… no?" Was that an invitation?

Regina slipped into the drivers seat. She lowered the window and looked out at Emma, expectantly.

"Are you coming?"

Emma didn't have to be asked twice. She moved around the car, remembering to move the paper heart before sitting down. There was a smile on Regina's face as she sped away.

As soon as the front door to the mansion closed behind them, Regina's hands moved to take Emma's coat. Emma felt Regina's fingers against the skin on her arms and she couldn't help herself. She spun around, grabbing the mayor's arms and pulling her in for another kiss. Regina tried taking a few steps to the side, trying to hang the coat up, but Emma manoeuvred them so that her back was against the wall.

"You can just drop the coat on the floor." She whispered, pressing her body against the mayors.

Her hands moved away from Regina's arms, now she had her trapped. Regina's dress was so thin she could trace every outline and, when Regina didn't stop her, she slipped the straps over her shoulders.

"Not here." Regina managed to tell her, breathing heavily.

"Where? Upstairs?"

Regina nodded. Emma let her lead the way to one of the rooms, not sure if it was Regina's own bedroom.

"You realise this is just one night…" Regina began, looking nervously at Emma. "Nothing more."

"Just the end to Valentines Day." Emma agreed.

"Good." Regina unzipped her dress and let it pool around her ankles.

Emma just started, open-mouthed.

AN: So, no smuttiness. Sorry. Also, this was quite short which I should also apologise for. The next chapter will take place slightly further in the future. With Valentines Day firmly in the past I wanted to move on… but I have a plan (which may or may not change the more I write).