Valentine's Day in Storybrooke

Chapter One-Regina's Plan

Everyone in Storybrooke was buzzing with the news of the Valentine's Day celebration at Granny's this weekend. With 99% of the population spending most of their life in the Enchanted Forest, followed by Cora, Pan, The Wicked Witch, The Snow Queen and so many more trying to destroy the town, they rarely had time for a true celebration. But after The Mayor, Regina Mills, and the rest of her family had gotten back from the Underworld, she'd decided to ask Granny to host a celebratory Valentine's Day town party.

Regina rarely got excited about such trivial things. In fact, the very thought of spending this evening with the Charming's was making her want to cancel the party and spend all evening curled up with Robin. If the circumstances were different, she would have. But Regina was far too excited about the news she wanted to share with the town at tonight's party to honestly consider cancelling. Regina and Robin had a secret they'd been keeping since they were in the Underworld with the Charming's, Gold, and Henry. She remembered how excited the Charming's had been when they were pregnant with their second child. How much they wanted to share it with everyone in the Enchanted Forest to give them hope. Of course that was before her twisted witch of a sister came around. But regardless, nothing was going to stop Regina from having a moment to celebrate something good in her life with the people around her.

As Regina slipped into her favorite red dress and hurried to take the lasagna for the party out of the stove, she wondered if Henry was enjoying his morning with Emma and Captain Back-From-the-Dead. Her mind was never far from Henry. She couldn't wait to see him in just a few hours and as much hell as she gave Emma and Killian she was glad they were finally together again. There was no part of her that regretted going through hell (literally) to save Emma's True Love. After all, Emma had saved Regina's life many times over. She would always hold a very important place in Regina's heart. (Of course, there was no reason any of them needed to know this) Regina smirked as she put some finishing touches on her makeup, grabbed Robin's present, and the rose she'd picked from her garden for Daniel's grave and headed out for what was sure to be a very special night.