Hey everybody, here is chapter 19 and I really hope you like this... It's nice and funny at the same time. You ask me for more Regina and Archie interactions and I have to hear you, so here is it.

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CHAPTER 19 – MONOPOLY

Regina had just woken up from another nightmare. She was already tired of it. She could count on one hand the nights that she had slept peacefully, because when she didn't have nightmares, generally, Henry called her because of his own nightmares.

She could barely stay at home during the early morning. She always ended up going out for a walk or she was in Cora's cell or yet, was going to Archie's home.

That night, she decided to go to Archie's home. She knocked on the door and waited a few minutes until Archie appeared at the door with messy hair and scarred pillow face.

"Regina? What are you doing here? It's the middle of the night!" Archie asked confused when he focused on Regina.

She didn't answer, just went into the room and made her way to the couch. Archie closed the door and stared at Regina, confused.

"Are you okay?" He asked grimacing, still sleepy.

"I'm fine, just couldn't sleep, so I came here!" She said raising her shoulders.

"You came alone? In the middle of the night?" He said starting to get annoyed.

"No, I came with Perdita." Regina smiled at him.

"No, Regina, you know what I mean. You could have called me. I would have gone to your house." He said.

"I know... I just didn't want to stay there, so I came here..."

"How did you get here?"

"By car, of course." Regina replied frowning.

"Regina, I already told you I don't want you driving, it's dangerous for you and for them." Archie began and Regina just looked up. "When you cannot sleep, you can call me and I'll come to you, and if you don't want to stay home, then I'll get you, I told you so."

"I know, Archie. And I'm sorry, but I will not be stuck indoors just because I'm pregnant. I'm not sick."

Archie knew it was hard to argue with Regina. She has always been an independent woman and never accepted the opinion of others very well.

Archie sighed. "You're not sleepy, are you?" He asked, looking at her with tired eyes.

"No." she sighed. "But you can go back to sleep if you want. I'll stay here with Pongo and Perdita, I will not disturb you, I promise."

"Of course, I'm not going back to sleep, Regina." Archie rolled his eyes and walked into the kitchen. "So we can have hot chocolate, we can watch a movie or we can play Monopoly." He said looking at Regina with a small smile on his face.

"Really? Monopoly?" Regina raised an eyebrow.

"Henry left it here last week..." He smiled.

"So I'd love hot chocolate and I can kick your ass at Monopoly, I'm very good at this game, really." Regina said getting up and walking to the kitchen.

"We'll see about that, Henry lost to me all day!"

"But it is very easy to beat him." said Regina, bragging a little.

Archie began preparing the hot chocolates, but Regina has offered to finish them while Archie was arranging for them to play the game. Regina finished preparing the hot chocolates and sat on the couch. Archie had placed a table and a chair for him.

"Regina, you cannot buy everything, you have to negotiate with me!" Archie said.

"I'm not going to negotiate with you, Archie. There is no point insisting." Regina said taking the last sip of her hot chocolate.

"But Regina, you're going to have to sell that lot, I'll give you this in return." Archie said raising the letter in his hand so Regina could see it.

"No!"

"I'm going to lose, you don't know how to negotiate." Archie said looking at his cards.

Regina let out a guffaw sigh. They had already played more than an hour and she was definitely giving him a beating. There was no way for him to win. She was wrapped in a comforter that Archie picked for her and her head was resting on a stack of pillows, as well as her spine.

"Play fast, Archie!" Regina said yawning.

"I'll lose, the next six houses are all yours and I don't have money to pay you... it's not fair!" He said thoughtfully.

"I said I was very good at this game." she replied with a laugh.

"Of course, I swapped my best cards with you and you don't want to negotiate with me!" He said pretending to be upset. Regina just could laugh.

"Game is game!"

"I give up." Archie began and was interrupted by a shout of joy from Regina.

"Yuuup! I said I was the best at this game." she shouted, throwing her hands up in joy and letting a yawn escape her lips again.

"Okay!" Archie said getting up and starting to save the game. "Let's straighten out this mess, and then I'll wash the dishes."

"I'll fix up here while you wash." Regina offered.

Archie nodded and went to wash the dishes. He returned a few minutes later only to find the saved game on the table and Regina asleep on the couch.

"Regina?" He whispered, pushing a few strands of hair that were on her forehead and putting it behind the ear. "Regina?" He whispered again, shaking her gently.

"Huh?" She just muttered because she was too tired to open her eyes.

"Let's go, I'll take you to bed, you cannot sleep here on the couch." Archie said trying to wake her, but all he got in response was another weary sigh. He realized she had fallen asleep and wouldn't get up from the couch for nothing. He took her in his arms and carried her to his bed. He put the blanket over her and kissed her forehead. He cannot help but notice her tired appearance.

He turned off the light and closed the door behind him, then pulled the blanket she was using before and laid down on the couch.

The next morning, Archie awoke and headed to his room to check on Regina, she was still asleep, and he decided to let her sleep and go make breakfast for them.

Regina heard the noise of pots and smell the scent of eggs. She slowly opened her eyes and was confused for a moment. She didn't know where she was. After a few seconds, she took a look around her, she realized she was in Archie's bedroom, on his bed, in the place where it all started.

She stood up, sighing at the sudden need to pee. After she made her way to the kitchen, she felt a sigh of relief pass through her mouth when she saw the pillows and blanket on the sofa, indicating that Archie had slept there. She wasn't afraid or anything like that, but she was really happy that he respected her and her space.

"Good morning, sleepyhead!" Archie said when he noticed Regina entering the kitchen, one hand rubbing her tired eyes and the other on her belly.

"Good morning, Archie." Regina said as she yawned.

"I think we have to change your character from the Evil Queen to Sleeping Beauty." He said smiling, stirring the pot. She smiled.

"What time is it? I think I overslept."

"It's almost 9 am." He said.

"What?" Regina said, her eyes widening. "My God, Archie. You should have woken me earlier. I'm late." She said, running to grab her coat and her purse.

"You're not late, Regina."

"You don't know Emma. She'll spend the entire day pestering me because I came late." Regina said as she struggled to put her shoes on. This little work was getting really hard for her.

Archie turned off the stove and walked toward Regina, who was already coming in the door.

"I said you're not late. I texted Emma earlier, saying you'll arrive later today." He ran his hands on her shoulders and led her back to the kitchen. "That means you have time to sit and have a decent breakfast and then I'll let you say that the breakfast was wonderful."

Regina sighed and Archie helped her remove her coat.

They took a leisurely breakfast and Regina almost could not hide the pleasure she was having with her breakfast. It was funny, because that was a totally different woman from the Evil Queen. She was just Regina.

After eating, Regina got up to leave. She ran to the door and Perdita was already ready beside her.

Archie opened the door for her and was surprised by Regina, who gave him a kiss on his cheek and whispered "Thank you, Archie. It was delicious."

"You're welcome, Regina. And don't forget, we'll leave after lunch to buy the remaining stuff for the girls' bedroom." he said smiling at her, who was almost around the corner from the apartments.

"I couldn't forget!" She smiled happily and disappeared.

Regina went to the stables and entered, walking as fast as possible. Soon she saw Emma and David practicing.

"I see you started without me." she said approaching the two.

"Regina." David was surprised by the woman's voice and turned around.

"Archie told us that you were going to be late, so I decided to go training with David." Emma explained. "You know, I have to impress my teacher." she said winking at David who laughed while looking at the face of grief that Regina had.

"Always with the jokes..." Regina tried to look serious as ever, but today she was in a terribly good mood.

"And you always laugh about it." Emma said.

"Okay, shall we begin?" David interrupted. He had to admit, the woman in front of him was completely different from the woman he met before. She was softer, still very serious and bossy in many things, but she was fun. It was easy to deal with this new woman and he had to admit, he liked her.

It was almost lunch time when they finished training. Regina looked anxiously at the clock and couldn't hide the joy that was taking control of her features.

"So?" Emma said approaching Regina, enjoying that David was putting some things in the car.

"So what?" Regina asked confused.

"You will not tell me why you're so happy?"

"Why should I?"

"Because you're dying to tell me, I can see it in your eyes." Emma challenged.

"You're a very convinced lady." Regina said shaking her head.

"C'mon, what is it?"

"It's nothing, Miss Swan."

"I can be very annoying when I want to know something, you know?" Emma raised an eyebrow at Regina.

"Yeah, I know!" Regina looked up and sighed, letting a huge smile take over her face "We're buying some things that are missing for the girls' bedroom today." Regina said.

"Really? That is wonderful!" Emma smiled back.

Regina could not contain the joy that came over her at that moment. Emma looked really happy for her. There was no lie or interest, like everything in her life.

"I was thinking about picking up Henry. He can have lunch with me and Archie and then we would go to the store. He wouldn't want to miss it." Regina smiled at the thought.

"On one condition"

"What?" Regina looked at her curiously.

"I have lunch with you today."

Regina thought for a moment and then smiled at Emma, not a big smile, but a sincere smile.

"Okay, But it will be soon, because I'm starving." Regina said walking towards the car and waving a hand to emphasize the last sentence.

Emma laughed at Regina and followed her.

They got Henry and met Archie at Granny's. They all lunched quietly. The whole conversation revolved around Emma's training and the twins.

After lunch, Emma said goodbye and the three others went shopping.

So, what you think? In the next we'll have so much fun (I really hope so). You'll see them shopping the babies' things.

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