This is a Valentine's day chapter, so a part of it is rated M. You are warned ;)

THE DATE

"Hey Nadia, any plans for Valentine's day?" Aaron asked as his cousin picked up the phone.

"Hello to you too, dear cousin. You do remember you have a wife, right?" Nadia chuckled.

"That's exactly the reason why I'm calling you…" he said.

"Let me see… You want me to be Inez and Cami's Galentine?" she asked, understanding where this was going.

"Something like that, yeah…"

"Lucky you, I just broke things off with this guy working at the Capitol. So I would very much like a little distraction from people of your kind…"

"Hey… Not all men are like this guy. I'm not!" Aaron exclaimed. "Who was the guy anyway?"

"Some douche working for Hookstraten…"

"Dating a Republican? What were you thinking anyway…"

"Hey… I never said anything when you hooked up with that girl… What was her name again? Mandy?"

"Please, don't remind me of that…" he frowned. "So, feel like having a date with Inez and Cami on Valentine's day?"

"You know I'd do anything for my favorite cousin…"

Aaron grinned, he loved hearing Nadia saying he was the favorite cousin. He knew she was saying that to all the cousins, but he loved it anyway. Nadia was really the best. He always wondered why he was so close to her, but she was his only family in Washington, and it truly felt good to have someone from his roots geographically close to him. Sometimes, she felt more like a sister than a cousin, and he couldn't be more grateful that she was always there for him and Emily.

"So, can you come over to take care of them next Friday?" he asked.

"What? Coming over? Naaah. Bring them to me. Have the full night for yourselves…" she exclaimed.

"You sure? Handling the girls and everything for the whole night?"

"Yeah, yeah. I'll be fine. Remember something though : YOU. OWE. ME."

And so here they were, on Valentine's day. Aaron and Emily had brought Inez and Cami to Nadia's a few minutes before, and were now on their way to the restaurant. They were wearing their best outfit for the night and wanted all of this to be special. Celebrating Valentine's day wasn't really their thing, but they also knew that they needed some time for themselves more than anything. Luckily, the girls had slept pretty well the past two nights, and they were starting to see the end of the tunnel. Though, their parental instincts were very high tonight, as it was their first real night away from both the girls.

"I know we said it is our night, but I'm really worried…" Emily said as they were parking not far from the restaurant.

"I know. Don't think I'm not. But Nadia said she would call if she needed help, so let's just keep that in mind and decide to just be us tonight. Husband and wife. Not parents. Okay?" Aaron answered and kissed her softly.

"Yeah. You're right." Emily smiled and excited the car.

She didn't know where they were going, she just knew Aaron had reserved a table in one of the nice restaurants of D.C. and they walked hand in hand toward it. It felt good to go out. They knew, as always, that they could be bothered by work, but they had decided not to think about it. For once, it was their night, and nothing would ruin it. Aaron stopped just in front of the restaurant and looked at Emily with a grin.

"You got us a table here?" Emily asked, surprised.

"Absolutely…" Aaron answered.

"Did you use your Chief of Staff title to get us in or what?"

Aaron chuckled and opened the door to invite her to come in.

"No, I recently learned that a guy who was in college with me works here…"

"Hum, I see. You pulled a few strings to get us in then…"

"Complaining?"

"Not at all…"

They were quickly welcomed and asked a name for the reservation. They were then invited to follow the waiter further at the back of the restaurant, and they sat in one of the private booths of the restaurant. It was really nice to be away from the other couples, and Emily was very grateful for Aaron's college friend. Looking at the room, she chuckled at the sight of all the couples in the restaurant. Of course, it was the ultimate day for all the lovers, and she knew they were one of these couples too, but she couldn't help thinking how schmaltzy all of this was.

"I can't believe we waited all these years to actually celebrate Valentine's day…" Emily started.

"Well, let's just say that having two daughters made us realize how the little things could also be essential" Aaron said, taking Emily's hand in his across the table.

"Do you think Nadia's okay?" Emily asked.

"Em… What did we say?" Aaron scolded gently.

"Okay yeah, you're right I'm sorry… Though, we owe her big time for having the girls at her place all night long" she smiled.

"She's already planning her revenge, don't worry."

Having the place just for themselves was something she had dreamt about in a good while. She knew it would be weird to come home and have no one around, but it also meant they would be able to do whatever they wanted, wherever they wanted, and Emily already had a few ideas in the back of her mind. She discreetly took her heel off and started running her foot along Aaron's leg, going a bit further up his thigh.

"Emily!" Aaron groaned, surprised.

"I really hope the service won't take long tonight…" Emily said with a cocky grin.

Aaron gulped hard at the feeling of Emily's foot coming nearer his groin, and he sat up a bit, trying to keep composure. That would be a long night, a very long night. He could feel the tension build in his pants and breathed heavily, trying to calm himself down.

"Em… Please…"

"Already begging?" she chuckled.

"You know the effect you have on me… I'm not feeling super comfortable being turned on in the middle of the nicest restaurant in town…"

"Why are you such a mood killer…" Emily grumbled.

"I promise I won't be a mood killer at all as soon as we leave this restaurant…" Aaron grinned.

Emily lowered her foot and put her shoe back on for Aaron's greatest relief. Though, Emily's cocky grin didn't leave her face for the whole evening, and they were both starting to find the dinner very long. It was great, everything was great. It was probably one of the best restaurants they had ever been to, but they were really starting to feel the need to go back home as quickly as possible. Emily's little game started again a couple more times during the dinner, and every time Aaron could feel himself about to take her right here, right now. Neither of them knew why they were so turned on, whether it was the idea to be alone for the whole night, or because it was a special day, but they both could feel like horny teenagers, not able to behave in public. It took them all the strength in the world not to leave the restaurant earlier than planned and go straight home.

And, after spending what seemed to be an eternity in that restaurant, desperate to finish it sooner rather than later, they finally left the restaurant. The drive home also lasted what seemed to be an eternity, and the door of their apartment barely closed, they were already starting to undress each other. Kissing eagerly, they were walking to the couch, and as Emily's legs bumped into it, they both fell on it, Aaron on top of Emily.

"I feel like a teenager again" Emily said in a breath.

Aaron chuckled and continued to undress Emily, unzipping her dress and taking it down the best he could with her laying on the couch. Finally getting rid of this dress, Emily started unbuckling Aaron's belt and unzipping his pants to push them down his legs.

"Please, no foreplay, I just really want you right now…" Aaron murmured, his breathing already short.

"Just shut up Aaron" Emily commanded, already dripping from want.

Emily slid Aaron's underwear down his legs and then pushed him back so that he would sit on the couch. She decided to take the lead and took her panties off and quickly straddled Aaron, going down on him slowly. They both moaned at the sensation of being perfectly interlocked together, and Emily started moving. Her surrounding him was always the best thing ever, even after all these years. She took off his shirt in the meantime, helped by Aaron who had unbuttoned it earlier, and Aaron's hands started roaming on her back, on her ass, helping her with the rhythm. His lips were on her lips, on her neck, on her collarbone, on her shoulder. He couldn't help but kiss all these spots he knew were driving her crazy. The fire was obvious between them, the desire and need growing with every second. He ended up finally unclasping her bra, but before he could caress her breasts, Emily took his hand in hers and invited him to play with her clit. He did so as Emily put her hands on his shoulders, to help with the rhythm, faster with every thrust. They quickly reached their orgasm and screamed in ecstasies. Still making one, Emily fell on Aaron, putting her arms around him and catching her breath. Holding each other tight, they stayed there for a bit before Aaron broke the silence.

"This is not how I had imagined our very romantic evening…" he laughed.

"Who said the evening was over?" Emily exclaimed.

"As much as you feel like a teenager tonight, you know… we're not anymore, I'm gonna need some time to recover from this…" Aaron teased.

Emily finally moved from Aaron and sat on the couch, right next to him, and closed her eyes, trying to get back to a normal breathing.

"Should we move to the bedroom?"

"Yeah, I'm bringing the champagne…" Aaron answered

They both started moving and put their underwear back on, as Emily walked to the bathroom to quickly clean herself and Aaron walked to the kitchen to take the bottle of champagne out of the fridge. He took two glasses of champagne out of the cupboard and brought everything in the bedroom. The subdued light was making a very romantic atmosphere in the room and as he was ready to lie on the bed, he heard his phone ringing. He went back to the living room to pick it up. Nadia had just sent a picture of the girls.

"Peacefully sleeping. No need to worry, but please, don't take the advantage to conceive #3, I'm not taking care of three children next year for Valentine's day. Two is enough."

Aaron laughed at the message and showed it to Emily as she was just walking out of the bathroom. Emily put her arms around his abdomen, her head resting on his back.

"It's not because we are not conceiving that we cannot practice, right?" she chuckled.

"Absolutely…" Aaron answered.

"Do we have whipped cream in the fridge?" she asked.

It made Aaron laugh and he turned around to wrap his arms around her.

"Wasn't the chocolate fondant of the restaurant enough?" he chuckled.

"It's never enough when I can have my favorite dessert all night long…"

"What are you planning with me?" Aaron asked.

"All sorts of things…" Emily teased.

She released her embrace around him and walked toward the fridge to look for what she wanted, while Aaron was starting to pick up the clothes they had left on the floor.

"Whipped cream it is!" Emily exclaimed. "We have strawberries too…" she offered.

"Isn't that a bit cliché?" Aaron joked.

"Do you have a problem with clichés?" Emily teased

"Not at all…"

Emily took the bowl of strawberries and the whipped cream and walked to the bedroom, passing in front of Aaron with a knowing look. Aaron smiled and shook his head, happy to follow her. Arriving in the bedroom, Emily was already waiting for him, sitting on the bed.

"So, do you want to eat dessert first or should I?" she asked playfully.

Aaron put aside the clothes he had picked up earlier and walked quickly to Emily, pushing her to lie on the bed.

"My turn…"

The night would be long, very long.