Hi guys sorry for the slight delay. I was on a tv show and homework and for some reason i've just been so tired lately. I'm trying to get enough sleep but I end up staying late anyway which causes me to sleep during days and.. well lets say i'm having some issues with my sleep and that makes me not feel like me during the days. I have about 40% of my normal energy. And well now it's 2am again, which means it happened again..

Anway, just ignore that. :) I hope you enjoy this next chapter.

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Emma first didn't want to see Regina anymore after the incident. She didn't see her the day after it, or the day after that. But luckily Mary Margaret sensed that something was wrong with her roommate. "Emma." She said when it was Friday night and the blonde was sitting on the couch all by herself focusing on nothing, not even on the TV that was on. When she didn't react the brunette said next to her and placed a hand on the woman's knee which caused her to startle and flinch. Immediately, Mary Margaret pulled her hand back again and stared into eyes that seemed to have lost of lot of that flicker from days ago. "Sorry." She said but she wasn't going to leave it her, she needed to know what was going on. "Listen, I don't know what is happening, but I'm guessing that it has something to do with Regina. You haven't seen her or spoken about her in two days which is pretty weird in your case." The blonde had her focus on the TV, clearly not wanting to talk about this. But the teacher wasn't going to give up this easily. "Please, Emma, you can tell me. Maybe I can help." The sheriff sighed deeply and finally, after a couple of minutes started talking. "She received flowers from someone else. And she had them in her hallway. From a secret admirer." She sighed once again, glad that she got it out. Mary Margaret squeezed her friend's upper arm reassuringly. "I'm sorry Emma, but.."She paused and waited till she got her friend's attention. "You shouldn't just give up. Fight for her. Secret admirer means that this person is probably in the same situation as yours, and they're not in a relationship yet. Which means-" the brunette paused and stared into her the blonde's eyes, all serious. "Let the hunger games begin."

Emma couldn't help but laugh out loud at her roommate's words, who still looked dead serious, she immediately felt better. "I get your point." She said. Mary Margaret smiled and sat up straight. "So, step four."


Regina felt slightly disappointed. She was sure the blonde would come back the next day and fight like hell for her, I mean Regina was never wrong and she was pretty sure the blonde was interested in her. She felt like she was finally ready to figure out her feelings instead of ignoring them. Of course, there was the issue of the curse breaking perhaps and Henry and Snow or Mary Margaret or whatever. But she came here to get her happy ending, and maybe, just maybe, Emma was her happy ending. It sure felt like it. The butterflies were in her stomach when she was thinking about the blonde and when Emma was actually in her presence she felt like she had the whole zoo inside her. You can't ignoring that. But now, it had been three days since she had last heard of Emma. She knew her move had been bold and probably hurtful but she had hoped to push Emma in the right direction. It seemed like her plan hadn't really worked out.

Henry had noticed it, he had noticed something was definitely off with his mother which is why he had been nicer to her, letting his mother hug him more often and he didn't complain about not seeing Emma. Because he had noticed that every time he mentioned his birth mothers name, his mother would flinch and change the subject. He didn't really understand what exactly was going on between his two mothers but it sure had something to do with those roses in their hallway. Because they had been there before Emma showed up two days ago and after she had left, his mother had removed them immediately again. He felt pretty smart, since he figured out the whole roses thing. Maybe he should talk to Mary Margaret about this, she would probably understand what his mother was doing and maybe she knew more about it all, since she was living with Emma. He decided to make this his mission.

Regina was in the kitchen on Saturday afternoon when Henry rushed down the stairs. "Don't run. You might trip." She said but her son ignored her and ran into the kitchen towards her mother. He had his jacket on. "Where are you going?" Regina asked, one eyebrow raised. It was a Saturday afternoon and usually they would watch television or eat lunch around this time. "I'm going to see Mary Margaret for a school project." He said, hoping his mother would buy it. She nodded. That was the good thing about her current state, she wasn't really as sharp as usual and didn't catch the lie. He surprised his mother by giving her a hug around her waist. "It's going to be ok." He said before he quickly left the house, leaving his stunned mother by the kitchen counter.


Mary Margaret was surprised by the sudden knock on her door. She had been on Emma's laptop, going through some saved documents and looking at photos that were all over the counter. It took her a second to react before she grabbed all the photos from David and other, she was still investigating their valentine's plan, and closed her laptop. "Just a moment." She called out to the door. Emma had just left for work so it could be her, maybe the blonde had forgotten something, but she didn't want to risk it. She rushed over to the door and pulled it open. Her gaze moved lower until she made eye contact with the small boy. "Henry." She breathed. "What are you doing here?" The boy didn't answer but instead made his way into the apartment and checked the room to see if Emma was there. "Oh, I'm sorry, Emma is at work. Want me to drop you off?" she asked but the boy shook his head. "No, I'm here for you." He said to his teacher as he grabbed some juice from the fridge and sat down on a barstool. The teacher slowly made her way to the boy. "Is…everything ok?" She asked, not really knowing what to say. "Yes, but my mother is been acting weird and I think it is something with her and Emma." Mary Margaret was surprised by how smart the boy actually was, apparently he had quickly caught on to the tension between the two of them. "What do you think is going on?" She asked, faking ignorance. She was testing how much he knew. "I think she might be in love with Emma." He said hesitant and Mary Margaret's mouth fell open. She was of course certain that Emma liked Regina but she hadn't really known about the other way around and if Henry had noticed it, it must be pretty obvious. She had two options now, working together with the boy or playing it cool. She chose the first one. "Well to be honest, I think I've seen it on Emma too, and perhaps she has been talking about it." She said while she stared at anything but the young boy.

"I knew it!" Henry said enthusiastically. "It makes sense. Emma is the savior, she has to save the Evil Queen." Mary Margaret crooked her head slightly. What exactly was he talking about? Then it hit her. The book. Right. "Henry.." She started but she was interrupted. "No really. It was all supposed to happen. This is my mom's happy ending, Emma is her happy ending." Mary Margaret decided on not fighting against his theory this time but instead moved on. "So what do we do?" she asked. The boy shrugged. "I don't know, you're the adult." She chuckled, he made it easy to forget that sometimes. "Maybe we should just let them work it out. But do you know where you're mom got those flowers from?" the brunette asked, realizing it was probably something Henry would know. Unfortunately he shrugged again. "No, she said it was from someone I didn't know." Mary Margaret tapped with her fingers on the counter. "Well than it is our mission to find out who that is and stop that person, so that Emma can get to your mom sooner." The boy nodded enthusiastically. "Operation Momma!"


Emma's next plan was crazy. She knew it and it was totally a bold move but she had to get on with it if she wanted to make Regina her Valentine. The day was now only four days away and not much had changed between them. Her plan was crazy she knew it but somehow she felt crazy was the way that would work on the Mayor. She grabbed her handcuffs and walked towards one of the cells. She was happy that no one was in there today. She pulled her phone out of her pocket and held it in her hands. She texted the Mayor:

"Gina comi help. Stucik. Gold. Statiun. Don't wry."

Satisfied, she smiled and cuffed herself to the bars behind her, if someone would come in now and she stayed like this it would look like she was casually leaning against the bars. She let the key slide into her back pocket and waited for the Mayor to come.

After ten minutes there was still no sign of her. Come on Regina, don't disappoint me. She realized this was a very risky test. But she could get out of these cuffs. For everyone else they looked perfectly normal but if she would twist her hand in a certain way they would click open. She just wanted to wait a little longer.

Five minutes later the Mayor finally stumbled in, she looked slightly flustered. Has she been running? "Miss Swan, I had to pick up Henry from Mary Margaret." She explained while her eyes wandered over the blonde's body. Her eyes narrowed and she looked annoyed. "Why did you call me if nothing is wrong with you? You need to take your job more serious, Miss Swan. If you wanted to just see me you could have done in the last couple of days" Back to formal and talking about her absence, it seemed like the Mayor cared more than she let on. Regina rolled her eyes and turned around but Emma chose that as the perfect moment to mover her eyes over the bars, so that a recognizable sound could be heard. Regina froze and turned around on her heels. Emma smiled innocently at her, the same smirk that she had on her face when they first met. "Miss Swan.." Regina started but she was interrupted by Emma. "Gold. He needed help with a break in or something but I couldn't help in since there were no signs of a break in, so he did this." Slowly Regina made her way over to the bars, she turned her head and noticed the cuffs and the awkward position of the blonde.

She tried her best to hide the smile, Emma looked so adorable like that. "I thought you were a strong woman, Miss Swan." Emma's mouth dropped open, she didn't really know how to answer that question. "Well.. I am but he surprised me." Regina tried her best to look annoyed but Emma could see the flicker in her eyes that told her otherwise. She sighed deeply and stood in front of the blonde. Emma gasped at the closeness, she hadn't expected Regina to step up to her so boldly. Regina smiled at the gasp and moved her hands around the blonde's waist. Her head moved to the side so she could still see what she was doing. She checked the lock and stepped back. "You ignored me for three days, Miss Swan. Why would I help you now." Emma sighed, the Mayor was so complicated. "I figured I'd give you some time to figure out who your secret admirer is." Emma responded quickly. Regina ignored it and focused on the cuffed hands again. "Why don't you ask anyone else for this Miss Swan. I don't know anything about locks." Emma smiled. "Because the key is my back pocket-" She noticed the eyes of the Mayor go darker but she ignored it- "and I don't want a man to touch me there to search for a key, and you're the only woman I have on speed dial." Regina was obviously doubting what to do, their current situation was making things a lot more difficult. Emma knew she was in an conflict with herself.

Finally she stepped forward once again and put her hand in Emma's back pocket. She couldn't help but gasp when she felt the older woman's hand. "You okay there, Miss Swan?" Regina asked, clearly not wanting to be vulnerable, so taking control again. "Fine." Emma responded. Regina slowly pulled the key out of Emma's back pocket and started working on the lock. She had it open sooner than Emma had expected, which disappointed her somehow.

"Thanks." She said while staring trying to stare into dark eyes but she caught them roaming over her body. When the brown eyes finally made contact with hers a blush fell over the Mayors cheeks. Emma knew she had to ask. Screw that secret admirer she was going to ask the Mayor out. "Regina." She said when the Mayor had started to move away from her again. The woman turned around and faced her. "I was thinking, you know, maybe, I mean you don't have to-" "Stop rambling, Miss Swan." Regina didn't really want that, Emma was adorable when she was rambling but she was curious to whatever the blonde had to say. Emma smiled and sighed to regain her confidence. "I was thinking that maybe you'd like to come with me to the pre-valentine's party at Granny's tomorrow tonight. I've heard you have to bring a date and I wouldn't want us to be their alone." She just couldn't really ask her out, it was too hard. Regina smiled teasingly. "You do remember I have a secret admirer so maybe I don't have to go alone, maybe I have a date." Emma narrowed her eyes. "Do you?" Regina blushed, which was really new for the blonde to see but she was loving it, she looked so cute. "No." The older woman answered. Emma chuckled and stepped forward. She grabbed one of Regina's hands and stroked it. "Regina Mills, would you like to be my date tomorrow to the pre-valentine's party?" The other woman gasped at the contact and her dark eyes made contact with bright green ones. "I'd love to." She answered.

Step four: Definitely succeeded.


What did you think? Excited about their date? off to sleep now!