Two weeks had passed since the fire, and no one knew who had done it. The library somehow hadn't completely fallen apart, and had been rebuilt. Only a small portion of the books were destroyed, miraculously.

Ruby had taken time off work to check on Belle and help rebuild the library, even though Belle insisted she not. Ruby, of course, didn't listen and had done it anyway.

Everything seemed to be okay, except for the fact that strange things had been happening in town. The power kept going out on days where the weather was fine, one of the warehouses by the docks had caught fire, a couple of Regina's magical items had been stolen, and the engine in Ruby's car had literally exploded.

Everyone in town was wary, watching to see if one of their neighbors could be the mastermind behind these odd and dangerous occurrences, but there was no sufficient evidence against anyone. Quite a few people suspected it was Regina, but she had no reason to be doing these things. Ruby still thought that Rumple was causing this, and she almost voiced her suspicions to Belle, but decided not to worry the other girl and just kept her mouth shut. The only person she told was Emma, who agreed with her. Emma said that Rumple was the only one besides Regina that could do this, and Emma said that she knew Regina hadn't done it. When Ruby inquired as to how Emma knew that, the blonde just blushed and looked away. Ruby decided not to press, knowing that Emma would tell her eventually, anyway.

Ruby was sitting by the fire in the lobby of the inn, reading, when Belle entered, a smile on her face. She was so engrossed in the book that she didn't notice the shorter girl. Belle laughed quietly and snatched the book out of Ruby's hands, kissed her, and then put the book back. Ruby was stunned, but quickly recovered.

"You seem happy," she said to Belle.

"The new copies of the books that were lost in the fire just came in!" Belle beamed. "It's the best thing that's happened all week!"

"Hey," Ruby pouted.

Ruby had made a nice dinner for Belle the night before, complete with roses and candles and champagne. She had catered to Belle's every need, including her "need" to be carried into her bedroom and read to before she went to bed. They had stayed up fairly late, laughing, cuddling, and enjoying each other's presence.

Belle giggled. "Fine, it's the second best thing that's happened all week."

Ruby smiled and said, "Yay!" like a young child.

"You're adorable," Belle sighed happily.

Ruby grinned. "And you look really sexy today."

Belle was wearing a fairly short red dress, almost as if she was trying to get Ruby's attention on purpose.

Belle chuckled, "You've already started..."

"Come on," Ruby groaned. "No one's here. It's just you and I."

"I have this thing called 'work' right now."

"Just take a break."

"No."

"Pleeeeeease?" Ruby whined.

Belle just glared at her, but she knew she would give in eventually, so there was no point in fighting it. Her and Ruby hadn't actually, you know, done "it" yet, but they had come pretty close.

Belle started up the stairs and looked back at Ruby, who was still sitting. "Are you coming?" she asked.

Ruby jumped up and bolted, lifting Belle when she reached her and carrying her the rest of the way up the stairs. When they got in Ruby's room, she kicked the door closed at kissed Belle, softly at first, and then more passionately as they both became more and more impatient.

AN: Heh heh... Sorry if you were expecting an actual sex scene. I've written one once, and I don't know if I could ever do it again. It was probably the weirdest thing I've ever done.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for reading!