Archie fell forwards with the force that Lexi pulled him to her but it balanced out because he also fell backwards with the force of the kiss. Archie was surprised and didn't kiss her back until he realized how much he really wanted the kiss. He very, ever so slowly, kissed her back. He felt her smile into the kiss and deepened it. Archie felt as if he was on Cloud 9. The woman who he had been pinning over since Emma got to Storybrooke was kissing him! Taking a leap of faith, he slowly wound his hand in her silky strands of platinum hair. How in the world she got platinum hair with Rumplestiltskin as her brother and both her parents having dark brown hair he'll never know; not that he minded at all.

Lexi couldn't believe how the day had turned out. First she got Henry's party all planned out, then David springs the bomb on her that he wants to get back together, then when she denies him he tells her to take a chance on Archie, right after David leaves Archie shows up, and lastly she kissed Archie. However, the cherry on top was that Archie was kissing her back! She could feel the familiar sting of tears gathering in the back of her eyes. She hadn't even been looking for more than a friend in Archie and yet it had formed all on its own. She felt as if she was going faint when he wound his hand in her hair. It felt so right. Lexi wrapped her arms around his neck as he wrapped his other hand around her waist. She felt the tears fall one by one down her necks, around the curve of her chin, and rest in the small space where her neck ends and her collarbone begins. Slowly, they pulled apart and when Archie opened his eyes, he saw Lexi's blue eyes sparkle even brighter than he had ever seen them. He also noticed though that they weren't just shinning from happiness, they were shinning with tears waiting their turn to run down her beautiful rosy cheeks.

"Lexi, what's wrong?" Archie asked.

"Nothing. Nothing is wrong, these are happy tears." Lexi assured him. He looked uncertain but knew that Lexi knew herself the best so he let it slide. "Archie, I promise, these are happy tears." Archie just nodded. They fell into an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes until Lindy decided she was done with her nap.

"Mama!" Lexi thankfully went to get her daughter, anything to get out of the silence that was driving her mad. She came back a few minutes later and noticed how Lindy's eyes lit up when she saw Archie. "Hop! Hop!" When Lindy learned how to talk, she just one day started calling Archie 'Hop Hop' and it just… stuck. Archie smiled and took Lindy from her mother's arms and was surprised when the small girl hit his cheeks with a smile.

"Lindy, don't hit." Lindy giggled and snuggled up to Archie. Lexi looked on with a smile. She couldn't help it as she took out her phone and snapped a picture of it. Archie looked up as he heard the 'click' of the camera. Lexi just gave him an innocent smile but it screamed guilt. Archie just smiled shaking his head. He pressed a kiss to the seven month old's head. Lexi's heart filled with love at the sight of the man she loved bonding with the baby girl she loved. "She really likes you."

"Well good, I'm quite fond of her as well." Lindy smiled and put her head on his shoulder. Lexi almost didn't want to take her back. Archie seemed to be comfortable holding her. After a while, Lindy began to get fussy.

"She's teething and she's hungry." Lexi took her and sat on the couch. She grabbed a blanket and draped it over herself so she could nurse Lindy.

"She's teething already?"

"She's seven months old, Archie." Lexi replied with a giggle.

"Really, she sure is growing." Archie observed and Lexi nodded in agreement. "Um, Lexi, about earlier..."

"Archie, I'm sorry. I know that was probably really awkward for you so we can just forget it happened."

"What if I don't want to forget it?" Lexi looked at him. "In case I've been to subtle, I really like you Lexi. I have since before the curse broke. When it finally did break, I thought I might be able to have a chance with you." Lexi stared at him in awe. "Unless of course you don't want that, then we can just forget it happened." Lexi didn't know what to say. Luckily for her, Lindy pulled away and popped up from under the blanket.

"Boo!" Lexi and Archie both smiled and laughed at Lindy. Lexi rubbed her nose against Lindy's in an Eskimo kiss. "Hop Hop!" Archie took her and she laid her head on his shoulder, put her thumb in her mouth, and promptly fell asleep. Archie looked at Lexi.

"She's comfortable. I think she really likes you." Lexi led him to Lindy's room where Archie very carefully put the baby in her crib. Lindy barely moved and took a deep breath in her sleep. Lexi and Archie quietly left the room, closing the door slightly. "Look, Archie…"

"Lexi, before you say anything. Let me try something." Lexi nodded and Archie stepped closer. He raised a hand and caressed her cheek. Lexi's eyes closed and unconsciously leaned into him. He leaned in and waited a moment before gently touching his lips to hers in a very gentle kiss. Lexi kissed him back just as gently. His other arm came out her waist and pulled her to him. Lexi's mind was racing and the only thing she could think of was kissing him back. Her hand came up and rested on his neck. After a while, they broke apart. Their foreheads rested against each other's. "Tell me you felt nothing."

"Don't do this me."

"Tell me and we can forget both kisses happened." Archie told her not letting go.

"Archie, please."

"Just tell me."

"I can't. I can't because there hasn't been words discovered to describe that wonderful feeling that coursed through my body the moment your lips touched mine." Archie smiled. "I can't tell you I felt nothing or it meant nothing because everything you said before rings true for me. Even when I was under the curse I was still attracted to you, which is why I kept my distance." Archie cupped her face in his hands. "This is the one time that this feels right. Even with David after Emma showed up it never felt exactly right." Archie pulled her face to his and kissed her slightly harder than before.

"Then there's nothing left to talk about."