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CHAPTER 20 - "I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT"
"Mom! They need these dolls in their room." Henry said excitedly, pointing to two dolls that were in the shop window.
"It's beautiful." Archie said.
Regina walked to where the two were and smiled as she saw the dolls. "I like them, they are really beautiful."
"We can buy them?" Henry asked excitedly.
"I think so, but we have to look at other things that are still missing." Regina said as she entered the store dragging the two behind her.
The two looked at each other and rolled their eyes, sighing wearily and after, falling into a soft laugh.
"There's no point in rolling your eyes." Regina said.
Once Regina was out of reach, Archie turned to Henry and whispered "It will be like when she chose the color of the room and the cribs."
"Absolutely!" Henry smiled, recalling the moment.
FLASHBACK
"Why can't we paint it all purple?" Henry asked wearily.
"Because it will stay nice. Let's paint it white." Regina said.
"But all white, Regina? They are girls, shouldn't they have things pink, purple or whatever color in their room?" Archie asked, not understanding anything about decor.
"Yes, so we can paint it purple." Henry spoke again.
"Let's paint it pink, I like pink."
They looked at Regina seeming confused.
"What?" She asked, frowning.
"Do you like pink?" Archie asked, still staring.
"Yes, why?"
"I thought you liked purple!" Henry was the first to admit.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because when you do magic, it's purple, so I thought-" Henry began to explain, but was cut off by Regina's laugh.
"Really? I can't believe you thought that. Henry, my magic isn't purple because it's my favorite color." She said still laughing.
"No?" The boy asked confused.
"No." She smiled at him.
"And why did you like to wear purple when you were Queen?" Archie said.
"I don't know." She said and looked thoughtful, after a few seconds she spoke again "But I really like pink, we can paint it pink and white." she offered.
"It'll be cool." Archie was the first to speak.
"I still prefer purple." Henry pouted.
Regina won again. When the subject are her girls, her opinion was all that really mattered. Henry and Archie ended up agreeing with everything she wanted.
A week later.
"Archie, the cribs, the armchair and sofa arrived. Do you want to come here while they're assembling the furniture?" Regina asked Archie.
"I'm coming." was all Archie said before running excitedly toward the door of his office.
After a long afternoon of assembling, the cribs were finally ready and were mounted in its place. The smell of paint coming from the room still lingered, though it was much less than days ago.
After the assemblers were gone, Archie and Regina could sit to finally admire the new room.
The room was great. It was next to Regina's room and across from Henry's room.
It was entirely modeled to receive the newborns. The walls were covered with white paint and the top of the walls were decorated with pink wallpaper with little hearts in a darker shade of pink along its entire length.
The cribs were placed in a corner, opposite of the windows of the room. It was white, but all the details of mattresses and pillows were pink. A beautiful lamp illuminated the entire room. A white cabinet was placed in one corner of the room, but was still empty, except for one or two gentle teddy bears that were placed on them.
A chair was placed next to the windows. It was white and covered with a delicate pink blanket. In the opposite corner was placed a kind of sofa made from a white hardwood, as well as the cribs, it contained pillows in various shades of pink, and white and red cushions. Three puffs were arranged around the room.
"You were right, Regina. It's wonderful." said Archie while he was admiring the room.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" She smiled at him.
"Yes, it's perfect, although I think Henry still prefers the purple color to them, he still hasn't overcome the idea that you like pink." Archie said smiling at her.
"He'll love it. This room reminds me of Henry's bedroom when he was a baby, but he had an incredible fascination for the color green." She said sitting on the couch and stroked her rounded belly.
"I think they are going to have pink as their favorite color." He smiled at her and sat beside her. "Right, girls?" He said, stooping down to the level of Regina's belly and placed a kiss on her belly.
END OF FLASHBACK
By late afternoon, Regina, Archie and Henry had bought more than necessary. Regina knew that and tried to control as much as she could, but it was hard when Archie or Henry appeared showing something new. A new outfit, a different decoration for the room, hats in animal shapes.
Henry particularly loved the twins section and wanted to take everything. He found shirts like "Ctrl + C" and "Ctrl + V" or "Thing 1" and "Thing 2" and did not stop bugging about them until they bought it. Regina had to admit it wasn't easy to resist so many fun things for twins.
Archie was acting worse than Henry. All he saw that was pink, he wanted to buy. Anything with animals distracts him. He stopped when he saw some clothes that he didn't believe could exist. There was a green cap, with little eyes of a cricket and two little antennas. He couldn't contain himself and ran to Regina.
"This is my favorite, we're buying this no matter what you say." He said coming close to Regina and extending the cap so she could see.
"That's amazing!" Henry came running when he saw what Archie was holding. "They will look like a cricket, like you, Archie!" The boy said excitedly.
"I don't want my daughters looking like a cricket." Regina grimaced and replied.
"Just because they are not only yours, this is my gift to them, I'll buy them!" Archie said excited as he put the cap in the cart.
Regina snorted and continued what she was doing. She was the only adult today and she was taking care of two children, Archie and Henry. Wait. Four children. Archie, Henry and her two girls, who were more agitated than ever today.
They walked to the car, carrying bags and more shopping bags. They went to Archie's office to pick up Pongo and Perdita and then they went to Regina's home. Once there, they ran upstairs with their shopping bags for the girls' room and started putting everything in its proper place. The room was totally ready for the girls' arrival, although it was still more than three months before this happened.
After all is done, Archie and Henry were hungry. They turned to ask if Regina was hungry, but they found her asleep on the couch in the girls' bedroom, with a change of clothes folded beside her. The two laughed. Regina had never sleep a lot, but this pregnancy was imposing a new sleep rhythm on her.
She easily fell asleep and they could count the different places where she had just fallen asleep. Archie decided to let her sleep and asked Henry to go prepare something to eat.
"Mom sleeps everywhere now." Henry said.
"I know..." Archie said with a smile. "Come on, help me make something for your mom to eat, she must be starving."
"Okay, she really must be."
The two prepared dinner and Archie climbed the stairs toward the new room to wake Regina, while Henry set the table.
"Regina?" Archie called, gently rocking her shoulders.
"Huh?" She mumbled sleepily.
"Henry and I prepared dinner, let's go eat."
Regina sighed and picked up momentum to get up from her lying position. Then, Archie reached out to help her get up from the couch, she gladly accepted.
They descended the stairs and the table was already set. After eating, they were all tired. They spent the whole day walking and shopping, it was tiring, but very fun.
Once they finished dinner, Regina told Henry to get ready for bed. He obeyed. Henry ran up to Archie and hugged him, whispering "Goodnight, Archie." then he went to his mother and hugged her "Good night, mom." then kissed her belly and said "Good night, girls."
After washing the dishes and tidied the kitchen, Archie decided to leave. He and Pongo were at the entrance of the mansion preparing to leave. Regina was leaning against the door looking for them.
"So I think it's my time." Archie said with a smile. He didn't want to leave, he wanted to be able to stay and chat. Be able to sit with Regina and talk about their babies and talk with them. But he also knew that it wouldn't happen.
"Thank you, Archie! I enjoyed myself today." Regina smiled at him.
"You're welcome, Regina. I also enjoyed myself today." He smiled and lowered himself to the level of her belly "Good night, my loves. I'll see you tomorrow." and kissed Regina's belly.
Archie turned to Regina and gave her a smile "Good Night, Regina." then he approached her face and gave a gentle kiss on her cheek.
Regina shuddered gently with Archie's voice so close to her and then, when he kissed her cheek, she was inundated by the desire to kiss him.
When he pulled away, she lifted one of her hands and began stroking his face gently. He looked at her a little confused, but she didn't remove her hand from his face. She looked into his eyes and put her lips to his. Both were lost, savoring the lips of each other. Archie placed one of his hands at Regina's nape, running a finger gently on her ear and he placed the other hand on her back, pulling her closer to him. Regina groaned with the proximity of their bodies. The kiss was broken by Regina, by the need for air. Only then what she had just done came to her mind and she felt totally embarrassed and exposed.
She slowly pulled her lips from his and rested her head on his chest, moving her arms around him, pulling him into a hug. They stayed that way for a few more seconds, both were still breathing quickly. Regina was lost momentarily in the sound of Archie's heartbeat and in the accelerated motion of the back-and-forth that his chest was doing. She shook her head slowly and turned to face his eyes.
"Archie." she whispered, looking embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that." she said, still shaking her head.
An inexplicable sadness filled Archie's heart at the sound of her words. He felt as if his heart had been broken. This kiss, it all seemed so right for him. He knew he shouldn't expect anything more from her, but he couldn't control his desires when he was with her.
"Alright, Regina... I-" He replied, trying to hide the sadness that has not gone unnoticed in Regina's eyes.
"I'm sorry, Archie. I don't know what came over me, I'm sorry." she cut.
"Alright, Regina, I said its okay." He said pulling his arms. "I should go... good night!" He looked down, avoiding contact with her eyes and walked away.
"Good night." Regina said as she watched the man walking toward the gate.
She closed the door and sighed. What got into her? Why did she kiss Archie like that? She shouldn't have done that, it was not right. But why did she feel so good? Why did she feel good whenever he was around? Why would she want to do it again? Why did she want to kiss him again and continue to be in his arms?
She turned off the lights, went upstairs, checked whether Henry was asleep and made her way to her bedroom. She was determined to not think about that kiss. This shouldn't have happened, she decided. But her last thought before falling asleep was the flavor of Archie's lips.
Once Henry heard the sound of the bedroom door of his mother, he rose from the bed and grabbed his phone to send a message with the news to Emma.
"Update - Operation Amor: Mom and Archie kissed today. G'night. -H."
Emma was watching TV when she heard the beep of her cell, indicating that she had received a message. As she read the message, she could contain the smile that appeared on her lips. She did not know why she was so happy, but she was.
"They did it in front of you? -E."
"No, I was hidden. She kissed him when he was leaving. -H."
"Ok, kid. Our operation is paying off. Now, it's late. Go to sleep. G'night! -E."
"G'night, Mom!"
Emma would take advantage of this information to "torture" Regina the following morning.
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