Midnight Confessions

Chapter: 1

Pairing: Robert and Holly

Rating: PG

November 1st 2006

It was almost midnight, the deep blue sky was full of stars and there were little perfect snowflakes floating in the cold winter night air. Everything was utter perfection. Holly walked along with docks of the Port Charles pier, the light snowfall from earlier crunching under her boots, in destination of the Haunted Star.

When she entered the gambling area of the boat she found Luke passed out on top the roulette table, an empty bottle of whiskey on the floor beside him. She smiled sadly as she remembered the man he used to be before all the disappointment and devastation he had faced in life. But Luke wasn't the reason she was there.

Holly made her way down into the living quarters of the boat and into what was once Robert's room. And sure enough there he was. The moonlight, from porthole above the bed, cascading down on him. And in that very moment she knew she had made the right choice. She loved him so much, so very much that she had convinced herself that she couldn't spend another day without him.

"Robert." she called out softly, her sweet voice filling the cabin.

"Holly." he called out in his sleep. "My Holly."

The moment he called out her name she became breathless, her heart skipped a beat and she knew, she just knew that everything was going to be okay. She watched him sleep from a distance, she seemed to be frozen in her admiration of the man she loved more than anything in the world. In that very moment she vowed to never leave his side willingly ever again.

Robert's eyes slowly opened to find Holly standing before him, a vision in black, soft moonlight illuminating her porcelain skin. His eyes slid over her smoothly, drinking in every perfect inch of her. He reached out for her, wanting her to come closer, but she stood still. "Holly." he said, softly. "Where have you been?"

"In England." she replied as she took a few steps closer to him.

"I tried to find you." he told her. "I've looked and looked."

"I know." she replied. "I saw you last month in London, but I was afraid..."

"Afraid?" he asked. "Of what?"

"To tell you the truth."

"What's that?" he asked. "You can tell me, Holly. Please don't be afraid."

"You have a son." she confessed. "A little boy who needs his father."

tbc...