A/N: This is the final chapter of this story. This chapter takes place after Regina and Daniel become a couple in "Sweet Sixteen." Thank you for reading and reviewing!

Regina looked in the mirror as she got ready to go to the Harvest Festival. She thought that she looked fine, but she knew her mother would disagree when she got downstairs. At least she was getting to go to the festival again this year. Whether she would be able to spend time with Daniel there was a much bigger question.

Now that they were secretly in a relationship, Regina and Daniel needed to be careful about spending too much time with each other in front of her mother. Daniel wanted to tell Cora about their relationship, but Regina knew that would be a bad idea. Her mother had a very specific idea of what she wanted Regina's life to be, and marrying a stable boy wasn't part of it.

Her mother frowned at Regina and started fussing with her hair as soon as she got downstairs.

"Lord and Lady Chester will be meeting us at the festival," her mother said. "I want you to spend time with their son."

Regina frowned. "But…" she started, before catching herself.

She wanted to protest, but she was afraid that doing so might make her mother suspicious of her relationship with Daniel. Regina had met Lord and Lady Chester's son before, and he was boring to talk to. All he wanted to talk about was gold coins. Not only that, having to entertain him was going to make it even harder for her to spend time with Daniel.

"Is there a problem?" her mother asked, tugging a little harder on Regina's hair.

"No, Mother."

"Good," her mother said, standing in front of her and looking her up and down. "I suppose that will do. Now make sure not to get your dress dirty."

"Yes, Mother," Regina said.

Regina sulked as they made their way to the festival. She didn't see any way that she would be able to spend time with Daniel. As soon as they got there, she had to curtsy when they met Lord and Lady Chester, and then Regina's mother sent her off with Jacob.

"Do you have any idea how many different kinds of gold coins there are?" Jacob asked.

Regina was sure he had told her the last time they talked, but she didn't remember any of it. She was certain she wouldn't remember any of this information now, either.

"No, I don't."

Jacob was only too happy to tell her every last detail about gold as they walked around the festival. He never asked her about her own interests. Regina looked around and wondered where Daniel was.

"Gold really is fascinating," Jacob said.

"Yes," Regina said.

She hoped that he didn't ask her any questions about what he had been saying. She really hadn't been listening very closely; she was too busy looking for Daniel. Just then, she spotted Daniel heading toward them. She smiled at him, and he smiled back. Regina looked at Jacob and wondered if he had noticed. He was too busy talking about gold, though.

"Hello," Daniel said as he came up to them.

"Hello," Regina said. "Jacob, this is our stable boy, Daniel."

She hoped that her voice didn't betray any of her feelings. Jacob didn't seem suspicious, though.

"I just saw a large display of gold coins over there," Daniel said, pointing at a booth down the street.

Jacob looked to where he was pointing, and Daniel smiled and winked at Regina. Regina had to cover her mouth with her hand to keep from laughing.

"Oh, that sounds wonderful," Jacob said. He looked at Regina. "Did you want to come with me to look at the coins?"

"Oh, if you don't mind, I was hoping to look at the hair ribbons," Regina said. "I can do that while you look at the coins."

Jacob nodded. "That sounds fine. I'll meet you back here in a little while."

As soon as Jacob left, Regina and Daniel went behind one of the buildings and wrapped their arms around each other. As their lips met, Regina was feeling particularly grateful for Daniel's cleverness. She was breathless by the end of their kiss.

"Mmmm. That was very smart of you. I wonder how long we have, though."

"Probably not long," Daniel said, brushing his fingers through Regina's hair. "How long could somebody look at coins?"

"Oh, I don't know," Regina said. "The way Jacob was talking about them, I would think he could look at them for hours."

Daniel laughed. "It wasn't really that big of a display. You know, maybe this would be easier if you told your parents about us. Then, we wouldn't have to sneak around."

Regina shook her head. "No, at least not yet. My mother would not react well."

Daniel frowned. "She's going to find out eventually."

Regina sighed. "Probably. Can we talk about this later? We don't have much time. We need to make good use of it."

She wrapped her arms around Daniel and brushed her lips against his. As their kiss grew more passionate, Regina forgot about the time completely.

The sound of children shouting made them pull apart. A few children were running around, playing a game of tag. Regina smiled. Sometimes she missed being a child.

"We should be getting back," Daniel said. "I imagine Jacob will be waiting to tell you all about the coins."

"I'm sure he will," Regina said. "I'll see you tomorrow, though, for my riding lesson?"

Daniel smiled. "Yes, we'll see each other again tomorrow."