Here's another Regina-centric chapter. Today we'll finally see the memorial that Henry has planned. We have CricketQueen therapy session, SwanQueen support and MadBeauty flirting. Enjoy!

For a whole hour Regina relayed to Archie every detail of what had happened to her since she arrived at Robin Hood's camp the day before. He asked questions when necessary but for the most part he remained silent. When she finished she looked at him with expectant eyes.

"Well you've had quite the day haven't you," said Archie.

"I guess you could put it that way," replied Regina. She and Archie weren't exactly what you would call close but when she thought over the people she could talk to the cricket was the only one who seemed like a good option.

"Regina it's understandable that you're upset over Zelena's death," said Archie cleaning his glasses on his shirt in an effort to buy more time. "She was your sister and she represented quite a lot for you. Your own past and demons…"

Regina shook her head when Archie mentioned Zelena. "That's not why I'm here."

"No?" said Archie raising his eyebrows.

"No," said Regina. "I'm no stranger to loss Archie. For a long time it was the only thing constant in my life. I know it's not something I handle well. It's just… I was almost… her again."

"The evil queen you mean?"

"Yes," said Regina softly. "When I was in that graveyard, standing over Rumpelstiltskin, I felt… good almost. I was taking down someone who wronged me. Someone who deserved it. I wanted to revel in his pain. I would've tortured him if it wasn't for Snow and Belle. Archie, I've spent so much time pushing those feelings down. I know that I've changed and that's good but…"

"But what, Regina?"

"What if it's not real?" she said tearfully. "What if this is just temporary and I'm only delaying the inevitable? It wasn't just with Rumpelstiltskin. When Marian first showed up and Robin told me that he was staying with her I wanted to kill her. I wanted her gone and I almost let that snow monster kill her. I only changed my mind at the last minute. How am I supposed to call myself a hero if those are the thoughts and urges I have inside me? What if… this darkness inside of me is just who I am?"

Archie leaned forward placing his elbows on his knees. "I can understand why this scares you so much Regina. You battled the darkness for so much of your life and once before you lost. But what you need to understand is that the evil queen? She's not real. She was never who you were. She was nothing more than a defense mechanism that you created. You were a young woman who had more pain than you could deal with so you adopted a persona that could. Someone who could take all the pain and all the grief and turn it into strength. Regina there will always be a part of you that wants to turn to her when you are hurting. For so long it was the only way you felt you could survive."

"Well how am I supposed to beat that?" asked Regina. "If I'm always going to revert to her when I'm sad or angry how am I ever going to defeat the darkness in me?"

"Don't you see Regina?" said Archie. "You already are! You're recognizing it, you're pulling away from it."

"But Marian…"

"You saved her," he said. "You may have been tempted and it may have been a close call but you chose to save her. You made that decision on your own. Without Snow, without Henry, without Robin. That tells me everything I need to know about who you are now. You have come so far Regina. I don't think you're truly capable of going back. "

"But what about what happened with Rumple?" she said. "What am I supposed to do if I have another day like that?"

"You do what you did today," replied Archie. "You reach out for help. Regina you have to learn not to isolate yourself whenever you're feeling vulnerable. I know that's something that's particularly hard for you but you have to realize that you have people who care about you now. Robin, Henry, Snow and Belle. They all want to be there for you."

Regina silently thought about the people in her life. She was so afraid of disappointing them. She stood up from the couch. "I think I've had about all I could handle today. Thank you Archie."

He stood and walked her to the door. "Please think over all I've said today and try to spend some time with your family."

"The only family I have is Henry," she replied, putting on her coat. "And I will not burden him with this."

Archie looked into her eyes and said "You and I both know he wasn't who I meant."

She stared back for a moment before quickly leaving the office.

Belle shoved the box of small papers in the backseat of Regina's car. She didn't like borrowing it but she needed it to pick up the things for the memorial Henry was planning. The idea of Henry throwing Zelena a memorial was a bit ridiculous but if there was a chance it would help Regina it was worth a shot.

"Belle!"

She turned at the sound of her name and before she could even look around she was wrapped in two strong arms and an intoxicating scent of cologne. "Jefferson," she breathed. "This is quite a greeting."

Jefferson stepped back with his hands still on her shoulders and examined her as if searching for scars. It was like he was trying to make sure she was real. "I can't believe you're actually here. Are you okay?"

"Yes," said Belle confusedly. "I'll admit I don't come to the office store frequently but there's no need to be so surprised."

"Grace told me that Regina handed you over to Rumpelstiltskin last night," he said with a concerned look on his face. "I was… worried."

"Oh," said Belle softly. She hadn't expected word of the trade to get around so quickly. She should've known better. It was Storybrooke. "Well yes that's sort of true."

Jefferson's face went red in anger. "I can't believe her!" he growled.

"No it's not what you think," said Belle quickly. She relayed to him all the events of the night. As the story went on he got less angry and more concerned.

"So you handed yourself over to your insane ex-husband in order to save your friend's almost stepchild?" he asked in astonishment.

"Yes," said Belle shrugging her shoulders. "It was the only option I had to ensure his safety."

Jefferson just stood there for a minute folding his arms, nodding his head, just thinking to himself. Belle just stared at him. "Are you alright?"

"Yes," he replied. "I'm just feeling an odd mixture of concern, admiration and jealousy for you."

"Jealousy?" asked Belle raising her eyebrows. What could he possibly be jealous for?

"I'm just not sure I have it in me to be the hero you so clearly are," said Jefferson smiling at her.

Belle smiled back at him. "Anyone can be a hero Jefferson. It just takes the right circumstances and opportunity."

He just chuckled at her as he walked away. "Just promise the next time you offer yourself to a dark wizard, you'll give me a chance to talk you out of it."

"I will make no such promise," smirked Belle as she got into the car. As she put her hands on the steering wheel she took a deep breath to calm herself. What was it about that man?

Regina opted to walk home in an attempt to clear her head. It was useless though. All she could think about was the graveyard, and Archie, and the Evil Queen and all the people she couldn't afford to disappoint. They all rattled around in her head and she couldn't get them out. She finally escaped her thoughts when she walked up her street and noticed Emma leaning against her yellow monstrosity in front of her house. Regina sighed and walked over to her. "I swear, Miss Swan, if you are here to tell me there is another emergency I will drop to the ground and have a deliberate heart attack."

Emma smirked at the queen's threat. "It's nice to see you got your sarcasm back."

Regina just looked at her impatiently.

"Don't worry," said Emma. "I'm not here to tell declare another disaster. I just came to give you a heads up."

"About what?"

"Henry," answered Emma. "He's planned a memorial service for Zelena. He and Snow will be here later today to pick you up."

Regina groaned at her words. "Who put that idea in his head?"

"The idea was his own but Mom encouraged," replied Emma honestly.

"Of course she did," said Regina rolling her eyes. It was just like Snow to think that this could possibly be a solution. She closed her eyes and sighed. She could not handle this right now.

"Just say the word and I'll play the bad guy, call this whole thing off," said Emma. She knew that Regina preferred solitude whenever she felt vulnerable. It was one of the traits that she shared with the brunette. So if she felt she could heal better alone then she'd let her. She meant what she said last night. If Regina asked her to she'd give her all the time in the world to get past this.

Regina was tempted to say yes to Emma's offer. After her session with Archie she still wanted to crawl in her bed and block out the world. But the cricket's words had gotten to her. Maybe going with Snow and Henry would be good for her. "No," she answered. "Don't call them off. Henry probably worked hard on this. I won't take that away from him. No matter how disastrous it might go."

Emma gave her a small smile. "He told me what he has planned and it actually might not be that bad."

"We'll see," said Regina.

When Snow and Henry arrived later that day Regina had changed into one of her far more sensible pantsuits. She smiled at her son and thanked him for planning such an event but on the inside she was screaming in protest. This couldn't end well and she didn't want Henry to be disappointed when it did. She didn't ask where they were going on the ride over but she expected it to be small and private. Not many would want to memorialize someone who had terrorized the whole town. She was surprised when they actually pulled up to the park. Snow and Henry escorted her to patch of grass by the duck pond where a group of around thirty people had gathered. Regina looked at Snow in confusion.

"There are more people who want to support you than you think," said Snow softly. As Regina looked out at the crowd she saw some familiar faces. Belle was there of course. Emma had brought her pirate. Grace and Jefferson were also there. All seven of the dwarves were there along with Granny and Ruby. Everyone was there but Charming. She even saw Robin had brought a small group of Merry Men. He walked over to her.

"What are you doing here?" she asked giving him a hug.

"I thought you might need me," he replied.

"But Roland…."

"Insisted that I come see you," he said reaching into his pocket. "How else were you going to get this?"

He handed her a colorful drawing that Roland had made. There were two crudely drawn stick figures apparently in the forest. One labeled "Gina", the other "Me." She appeared to be defending him from a flying monkey. She chuckled remembering the first time she'd met the little boy.

"He's quite the artist," she laughed.

"I see amazing potential," chuckled Robin. He smiled toward Henry. "Now that your mother is here do you want to get started?"

"Yeah," said Henry heading toward the crowd.

Regina looked at Robin curiously. "You helped with this?"

"Your boy requested my assistance," he answered. "How could I say no after all you've done for mine?"

As they walked closer to the group Regina could see that they were all gathered around a small sapling. She squinted at it. "Is that what I think it is?"

"If you mean a green apple tree then yes," said Emma appearing at her side. "Henry thought it would be fitting." They both turned toward their son as he began to speak.

"Thank you all for coming," said Henry standing next to the apple tree. "I know that a lot of you would rather not be here. I'm not naïve. I know that my aunt Zelena wasn't a good person. And I know that to a lot of you she's not worth remembering. She was selfish, cruel and hurt a lot of people in this town, my own family included. But what you don't know is that when she was defeated she sat in a jail cell, alone, brooding, probably plotting her next move when my mom came to see her. You see my mom used to be a lot like Zelena. Cruel, selfish but most importantly, alone."

Regina cringed as she recalled her time as the Evil Queen. She shook her thoughts from her head and focused on her son.

"However," continued Henry, "my mother got a second chance. And there were a lot of times where she didn't use it correctly. Times where even I wanted to give up on her. But she took it. She took her second chance and became a better mother, a better friend and one of the greatest heroes in my life. My mom knew how much a second chance could matter. So in a moment of mercy and understanding, she offered one to her sister. My mother will never know what my Aunt would have done with her second chance because it was stolen from her. It was taken by a man who didn't think that she deserved one. And it doesn't matter what you think of her you can't say that's not tragic. I can't mourn Zelena. I didn't know her. But what I can mourn is the opportunity that she was so cruelly denied. A chance to be loved. A chance to rebuild a family. And a chance to change. That's what I want this memorial to stand for. Not the Zelena that was but for the Zelena that could have been. Second chances are hard. They're hard to use, they're even harder to give but they can never be undervalued. Everyone deserves a second chance. Most of the people standing here have already gotten one. Whether it be a second chance to be a parent, to fall in love, or to just do better than you did before. Chances like that are so rare and so priceless, that no one should ever think they have the right to take it from someone else. So in honor of my aunt Zelena's stolen chance I planted this apple tree. I hope it grows and blossoms like she never got the chance to."

Everyone was so moved by Henry's speech. Emma even had a few tears in her eyes. She was so thankful she'd gotten a second chance to be in his life. Henry stepped from the tree and smiled at her. "Ready Mom?"

Emma stepped forward rubbing her hands together. "Forgive me if this doesn't go well I've only done it once before."

She closed her eyes and pushed her light magic towards the tree. As the white glow of her powers surrounded the tree it grew. It grew until it was no longer a sapling but at least 20 feet tall with apples on every branch. Everyone gently applauded when it done.

"If you look over at Belle she should have papers and strings for everyone" said Henry pointing out the librarians. "If there is anything that you have ever wanted a second chance, please write it down and hang it on the tree. Maybe it'll come true from you."

As everyone headed over to write down their second chances Regina embraced her son. Putting both her hands on his face she kissed him on his forehead.

"You are going to make such an amazing leader one day," she said tearfully.

Aww wasn't Henry so sweet! Coming up we will have an EvilCharming Brotp moment so stay tuned!

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