Tough Like That - Ride Along Series
Robin has been assigned a body guard. Jerry has been active but invisible. As part of this assignment she goes on a ride along with him and his partner. Sabrina is pregnant and Patrick may or may not be the father but what Robin did figure out was that she could not be the left flank with Patrick and another woman on his right again. She was done with that. By February the couple divorced. Robin and Maxie got a bigger place and Maxie subleted to the hot new detective.
Maxie was only gone for two weeks. She came home to find that Britt had a secret. She blew the secret out of the water and Dante was grateful. However, Lulu couldn't handle it. She left deciding she couldn't raise Britt's chil. (I hate Lulu and Luke. So... ) She has been helping Dante with Rocco.
Sometimes in my story I incorporate a little of what I feel is the actor's Twitter personality. Yeah and since this is a fantasy story for Robin while in captivity her HIV has been cured via a bone marrow transplant. Inspired by real life events. If RC doesn't want to handle it, I reserve the right to exercise the same decision ; )
Chapter 1 Moving Day
Robin and Maxie were moving into their new cottage. They had rented the place. The both had lost the loves of their lives and needed to lean on each other. Robin was shocked to see the handsome detective helping lug in boxes.
"Hi." She waved then glanced at Maxie.
"Oh, that is Nathan. He is the guy that I subletted the apartment to." Maxie made introductions.
"I am also the detective assigned to protect you. I was trying too hard to get the job and was in your mother's office when she got the information on Jerry Jacks. She suspects he is working with the Jeromes." Nathan tried to break the ice. Anna thought it was a good segue into the protection detail but Robin sighed.
"I can handle Jerry." He raised an eyebrow.
"I have dealt with him for a year. All he wants from me is the cure. Once I get that he will leave me alone." His steel blue met her brown.
"So you are thinking of helping an international terrorist in the hopes that he will just let you live because you shook on it?" He asked. She pursed her lips taken aback by his attitude.
"I am not so foolish. He held a gun in my face and was going to kill me because he was duped out of the cure. I do know that he will need to disappear. I find it amusing that you can stand there and be condescending considering you have no experience with the freak." She said placing her hands on her hips.
"Jerry Jacks, dealt in petty crimes at first. Then progressed. Took on the alias of James Craig when he took the Metro Court hostage while working with Lorenzo Alcazar, deceased. He shot you in during that hostage situation and you were stitched together with tape and fishing wire. He later blackmailed you into a relationship with Nikolas..."
"So you did your homework but it is nothing compared to being face to face with that demented maniac." Robin spat but he stared at her. She was feisty, bound to be a challenge. The job was never easy and besides he wasn't looking forward to babysitting anyway/
"No you are right. I have never met the man but orders are orders Dr. Scorpio Drake. I am not exactly gung ho about babysitting detail but it is what it is." He said.
"It is just Scorpio now." He scratched the back of his head.
"I did not intend to be condescending but you seem to be making light of a serious situation. While he is at large you need protection. Do you agree?" Maxie watched the exchange. She almost went to microwave a bag of popcorn.
"Nate forgive her. She has problem accepting help when offered to her. She is generally not so ungrateful." Maxie smiled then ducked her head at the look Robin threw her way.
"It is not a problem. I will stay out of your way. In the mean time I am going to help you get these boxes inside and into the proper rooms. Okay?" He raised his eyebrows and spoke to her in tone that made her feel like a child, she ignored him but he just smirked and continued the task of moving them into the cottage.
Robin stretched as Maxie offered Nathan something to drink. "Too much lifting? Seriously we should have hired movers. I am not cut out for tough labor." Robin smiled at her cousin.
"I am just a little out of shape. I was shackled to a bed for a year and confined to a lab for another. I had no way to really work out. So I am just using muscles I haven't in a while." Nathan looked at her.
"You can always use your body. In fact when in situations such as you were it is best to do so. You can surprise your attacker if the right time occurs." Nathan offered. Robin looked at him.
"I am not saying do push-ups on a dirty floor. I am just saying there are ways. My partner and I spar at the gym. You ladies should join us. You live alone and you should know how to protect yourselves." Robin smirked at Maxie who was about to object. She didn't like going to the gym.
"Sure. When do we start?" Robin offered. Nathan smiled.
"Tomorrow." He offered. Robin bit back a smile. She believed him to likely be a caveman who took his babysitting duty too seriously. Yes, Jerry was a threat but she had been to therapy to help her cope. She would not live her life afraid.
"What would ever would we do without a strong man to protect us and teach us self-defense. I am really looking forward to your teaching me all of the tricks of the trade." She stood. "I am going to go get a shower." She walked out. Nathan looked at Maxie.
"Do you need help unpacking?" He asked. He liked Maxie. She was nice enough but quirky. Robin was standoffish and rude. He wondered what her problem was.
"No thanks. Forgive her. She is going through a tough time right now." She explained.
"I take it she would not like you apologizing for her. She can fight can't she?" She was too eager to get to the gym, Maxie chuckled.
"She is a Scorpio and a Devane. I am a Jones so it is in the bloodline. I am also an honorary Scorpio." She smiled. "Well since you did help us there is free beer and Pizza on us after you help us move some furniture around." He smiled. Maxie was definitely a hustler.
"So how does this protection thing work? Are you going to sleep in the small room that we were making a den?" He sighed.
"I planned to have someone here when I cannot be." Maxie thought for a moment.
"You can sleep in the fourth bedroom. Robin and I were arguing over which one would have it as the office but we can share the den for now." Maxie offered. She knew Robin's head would explode but she needed some excitement in her life.
Robin and Maxie were having a beer while Nathan paid for the pizza. "He is hot though right?"
"If you are into to robots." Robin said sourly.
Nathan grabbed the plates from the kitchen and a few more beers after setting the pizza on the coffee table. He approached the ladies robotically.
"Would you like anot" He imitated malfunctioning. Maxie gave Robin a look that said she was busted. Then she laughed. "Another beer?" He extended the beer to her and then to Maxie.
"Real cute and I was being sarcastic because you were so clinical earlier." He smiled.
"I do have a sense of humor Dr. Scorpio. I must say that I have never heard anyone refer to me as a robot before. Are you always this difficult? I mean insulting those who are trying to help you?" She looked at him.
"Paid to help? I am not being rude. She asked a question and I answered." She said with a dismissive wave of her hand.
"What if I was a sensitive guy and your words hurt me? Words hurt Dr. Scorpio." He feigned pain.
"You are our roomie so you can call her Robin." Maxie chirped.
"What now?" Robin looked at Maxie.
"How can he protect you if he is not here all the time? What if Jerry comes in the middle of the night and he cannot get back here fast enough. Dante says he has a good reputation and if Anna put him on the case I would rather have him than some beat officer. Think about me Robin. Jerry scares me. And I cannot go another two years without you in my life so." Robin knew Maxie resorted to shallow to deflect but she did not sign on for a live in body guard.
"He doesn't need to live here to protect us." Robin argued.
"Actually it is convenient and saves on gas mileage." He smirked. Ooh, if looks could kill. Her head is exploding. No comeback.
"I am sure you can be reimbursed for mileage." He shook his head. This could be fun.
"Cutbacks." He shrugged. She rolled her eyes then got up to go to her room. He noticed her walk. Nice
"I saw that." Maxie grinned. This was going to be fun.
"What did you see?" He challenged.
"Are you one of those guys who knows that he is hot? So you think that panties automatically come down for you? I am not ashamed to say you are hot but there are a lot of hot guys out there." He chuckled.
"I don't really look at myself in the mirror every day and tell myself that I am hot. I don't think about things like that but…. Thanks I guess." Maxie raised her eyebrow.
"You have no idea the affect that you have on women?" She asked.
"I notice when a woman has an affect on me. Right now you and I are having a conversation and you don't seem too affected." She challenged him with her eyes. He was full of it.
"I am immune." He laughed.
"And I am not a stereotype." She nodded.
"Touché." She raised her beer and he nodded.
"I don't think your cousin likes me very much." Maxie shrugged.
"She gives everyone the benefit of the doubt. She hates when people make decisions for her and especially without consulting her." He frowned.
"That is understandable but they do it because they care." She sighed.
"In this family in can be overkill and highly annoying." She smiled. "I have a date with a baby on Skype. Make yourself comfortable." She went upstairs.
Chapter 2 The Way of The Master
Dante looked at Maxie wondering what they were doing at the gym. Maxie just told him to sit back and watch. Nathan and Robin were in the ring.
"Ladies choice." He offered.
"I thought we were just going to go at it." She said and he bit back a smile. Ironically she did not blush but maintained a deadpan look.
"I prefer structure but if you want to warm up with typical self-defense moves we can do that. Might bore you though." He smirked.
"Aikido." She said. He bowed then smiled. She took a stance and he circled her. She tried to read him to anticipate his moves. She missed and went down. He immediately offered his hand to help her up but she refused it.
"You are rusty. How about we just train and save the sparring for later." Off her look he added, "You aren't doing me or yourself any favors. You haven't had to use it and when out of practice we all get rusty."
"Kung Fu." She tossed. He chuckled. She didn't give up and was feisty so he went a couple of rounds with her. She was good but she was still rusty. He bowed as did she.
"Have you ever done Yoga?" She nodded as she guzzled a bottle of water in an unladylike manner.
"Good. You are tiny but strong. You need to stretch and do some strength training to build back up your resistance. Did you experience any atrophy?" He asked.
"No but maybe…" She shook her head. "Never mind. Anyway, what are you the PCPD's very own personal trainer?" He laughed.
"Not any more. I tried it in college. I didn't have the patience but I am health conscious. I like to work out and I like to meditate, hike, rock climb. Things like that. However, I don't half ass it. I learn so that I know the risks." She nodded. She wasn't sure how to take him.
"Well at least my shooting isn't rusty." She said confidently.
"As long as you don't hesitate and allow it to be used against you which happens a lot." She stared at him.
"You are just like a douse of cold water." He shrugged.
"I am a realist and you should be careful with any weapon." He said.
Dante watched along with Maxie. "So are you trying to hook them up?" He asked.
"No but she could use a distraction and a lesson. She is so damn stubborn. How is Ben? I still cannot believe you call him Rocco." She mused.
"Ben reminds me of the rat." She laughed.
"Rocco reminds me of a dog. In fact there was a show about a dog…. What was it?" He smiled.
"Rocco's Modern life. It is just a nickname and he likes it. I named him Matteo Rocco Falconeri." He shrugged.
"I cannot believe you missed so much time. Have you heard from…" He shook his head.
"Let's not talk about her okay?" She could see that he was still hurt. Britt was not allowed contact with the child.
"I am very grateful that you have forgiven me." He looked at her.
"I understand. Once the smoke cleared I got it. She was doubting you from day one then smothered you. She was overcompensating because she was not carrying our child but…" He sighed.
"You love her. I can see that. Don't give up on her." He swallowed thickly.
"I tried and you know what I got? Divorce papers. I held on to them and then I signed them and I still keep trying. This is what we wanted and she bailed. How much longer am I supposed to hold on? Rocco was taken from parent's he knew and he had to adjust. She couldn't handle that and I am handling it. I need to focus on him." He looked at her. "He likes you."
"I am not using him as a substitute. I see Georgie. We Skype but it does hurt that Ellie is the one mothering her." He put his hand on her shoulder.
"I know that is tough." She sighed.
"Look at Robin. She was gone for two years and I am complaining about six months." She looked down.
"But you are not Robin." She looked at him.
"No but we were raised by the same man. We both have endured the abandonment of our parents and various other tragedies. I was born under a table at the Outback for goodness sake. Thing is, having her back reminded me that we are tough like that. When we are down, kicked in the teeth, hopeless and broken we rise. That is why we need to live together. We give each other strength because we understand each other." He looked at her. He never knew she could be so deep.
"Don't look so surprised." He laughed. "I know I drove you crazy."
"You did but I was just thinking that it is a great bond to have and I am glad that you have each other. You deserve to be happy." She shook her head.
"You don't believe in Karma? I am paying mine and I don't really deserve happiness but I am trying to." She admitted.
"You are wrong. You think that but worse people have found it and I have seen you grow even when you did annoy me." He smiled. "So uh… What is the Outback?" He asked and she laughed and told him about the restaurant and bar that Mac owned. Robin and Nate approached.
"How is it that you two haven't even broken a sweat?" She said teasingly.
"Because we were enjoying the show." Dante smiled.
"I don't like to sweat. Well, in most cases." Maxie tossed casually. "Besides I just got my nails done." Robin hugged her. "Iwww." She pried herself away from the grip.
"I have worked up and appetite. Let's go to Kelly's." Maxie said and Robin laughed. "But you two should shower first." Robin rolled her eyes.
"You guys go ahead. I have some work to do." Robin said.
"You aren't back at work yet." Robin smiled.
"No but I am consulting on a case for Dr. Murphy at Mercy." Nathan looked at her.
"Is that where you are headed?" He asked.
"No but back to the cottage to comb through notes and images. I should be okay going alone." He looked uncomfortable with it but went with it.
a/n the working out serves a purpose.
Chapter 3 Pay It Forward
Robin saw a box on her doorstep. She was nervous about opening the box so she called Nathan. She didn't want to alarm her family. He arrived on the scene. He picked the box up.
"Not all bombs tick." She reminded him. He chuckled.
"I am weighing it." He shook it gently then opened it. It was a note that said Pay It Forward with an article about a man being cured of HIV via a bone marrow transplant. It also said details forthcoming.
They walked into the cottage. "Does that mean something to you?"
"My mother didn't tell you?" She said sarcastically.
"I asked, right?" She sighed.
"I was HIV positive. During my captivity I had a bone marrow transplant. It cured me. I haven't gone public with it because we haven't figured out how to. For one thing it is a rare immunity that very few people have and when marrow is extracted from that person the recipient can be cured. There is still a lot of medical research that needs to be done. I won't bore you with it but, I don't want to give false hope. The only other documented case, the man had leukemia and needed the transplant. I did not. Faison thinks he was doing me a favor but I was a guinea pig." He absorbed the information.
"Faison is in prison. Do you think it is from him? What would he want from you?" Robin put her hands up.
"It is not from Faison." He leaned back in his seat.
"Jerry was part of the kidnapping and believes that he deserves to be rewarded for the cure with a cure?" She nodded. He studied her. "And you think he is right."
"No, I had lived with the disease almost half my life. I didn't ask for this but I am ashamed to say that I am happy to be cured. But at the same time guilty." He frowned.
"You have nothing to be ashamed of. You are human. Guilt, I don't get that." He looked at her.
"When I went on the protocol, I felt guilty because it was what could have saved Stone's life but it had not been FDA approved. This, I feel like, so many people will never have this but I am getting it because some twisted psychos conducted an unwanted experiment. I need to get to work." He had been living in the cottage for a week and he had never seen her be vulnerable. She was strong but never vulnerable. He figured that only certain people saw that part of her.
"If he contacts you, you will tell me?" She looked at him.
"Of course." She still worried about it.
"I am going to have this submitted as evidence and try to figure out where it came from. We will find him." She shook her head.
"No one ever does until he is ready." She said, he didn't hear fear in her voice but determination. She was prepared for it. He didn't know what to make of that. There was a knock at the door. He answered it then stepped aside to allow Patrick in.
Robin looked up, "Hey."
"Can we talk?" She looked at him.
"Sure what is up?" She smiled. He looked at Nathan.
"I am going to… Do something else." He walked away.
"This is a problem for you isn't it." He sat next to her.
"I don't want it to be. Emma has guards. I think it is better to keep Emma away for a while. I talked to the COS and I am taking a leave of absence. Since Sabrina is pregnant I don't want to put her at risk either. It is not really a leave of absence but a teaching opportunity in out of the country. It will be good for the hospital and for us to get away until Jerry is found. I have signed on for eight weeks. Sabrina is going to work at the clinic and I can have Emma home schooled." He explained.
"I just got her back. She is my daughter and we can keep her safe right here. If you need to go then go but Emma stays." She said defiantly.
"Until Jerry kidnaps her?" She pinched the bridge of her nose. "It is a great opportunity for Emma and she will know that you did not abandon her."
"Funny because when your psycho was trying to kill me and kidnapped our daughter you still had full access to her." She spat.
"Come on Robin. That is not fair!" He shouted. "Lisa looks like a school teacher compared to Jerry, Obrecht and Faison. Hell she looks like a nun compared to them." He stood and paced.
"I am not going to keep her here and put her at risk. She almost died because of him." He railed. Robin stared at him wondering if he only wanted their family back out of obligation. She didn't even know that he was back with Sabrina.
"Is everything okay?" Nathan stepped into the room.
"You take her but she comes back the moment Jerry is dealt with and I want Skype time with her every single day alone." She stood.
"Of course. I didn't want to do this but when I heard Carly talking about Jerry contacting Luke I got scared. I am sorry that it has to be this way." He looked at her.
"When do you leave?" She asked.
"In three hours." Her face fell. "Emma is in the car with Sabrina. I will go get her." He walked out. He came back in with Emma and Sabrina. Emma ran to her mom.
"Mommy I don't want to leave you. Daddy said the bad man could come back. Please come with us. I don't want him to get you again." The look that Robin gave Patrick chilled him. She wiped her tears.
"You remember what mommy said about Scorpios?" Emma nodded. "He will not get me again. I need you to know that I will do anything and everything to stay safe and to be with you. But I cannot come sweetie. You met Nathan, right?" Emma looked at Nathan then to Robin.
"He works with Grandma. He and grandma are going to help keep me safe. You know grandma she will have the entire PCPD keeping tabs on me." Robin smiled.
"Like when I ran away." Robin looked at Patrick.
"Yes baby. Just like that. Happy thoughts okay and when you are in Puerto Rico, make sure to collect some sea shells for me okay? Take some cool pictures."
"Who is going to Puerto Rico?" Maxie asked.
"Listen, I don't want you to go. I love you so much and I want you with me always. But I need to protect you. I need to make sure you are safe and daddy thinks this way you will be far far away from the bad man." Robin said. Emma hugged her tight.
"I love you too mommy. We can Skype like with grandpa." Robin smiled.
"Every day." Robin kissed her.
"Sabrina can you take Emma to the car?" Patrick asked. She nodded.
"Robin I am so sorry. I promise you that I will take care of her like she was my own." Robin noticed the rock on her finger.
"You have so I trust that. Congratulations." Sabrina thanked her then walked out.
"I was going to tell you. The baby, I am doing it for our child. I want him or her…" She put her hand up.
"The ink is barely dry on the divorce papers. You love her. It is okay." She shrugged.
"Who do you think you are? Emma is better here with family who can protect her. Are you crazy Robin? He had that psycho bitch terrorize you for nearly two years and never once did you run off with Emma. This is about getting away to build his princess' fairy tale life." Maxie spat.
"With all due respect Maxie…"
"Kiss my ass. You know how much Robin would sacrifice for her little girl and you are exploiting it. I was always giving you the benefit of the doubt but you are a real douche." Patrick looked at Robin.
"I will call you." He left. Maxie turned to Robin.
"I can't right now." She walked away. "I should have stayed gone."
"Do you need me to slap you?" Maxie said. Robin walked up the steps. Maxie called Anna.
"She received something from Jerry and it likely was the deciding factor for her. So don't slap her or anything. Verbally or otherwise." Nathan said. Maxie looked at him.
"You don't get it. You know that Robin that has been walking around here all tough like that? Well, the final thread has broken." She went after her cousin.
Robin cried for a good ten minutes in Maxie's arms then she pulled away. She was not going to be a victim. She never accepted that role and she wasn't going to start.
Chapter 4 Lay Bait
Robin came down the steps with Maxie. Nathan was reviewing the security footage. He looked up at them.
"Simple delivery man. Latents called back and there were no prints on anything." Robin nodded.
"Of course not. I have an idea. He said details are forth coming. I want to be bait. I have my notes and have been working on formulating the cure. I have had a lot of interests from different companies wanting to buy it. I imagine he has a doctor working for him. Someone who can keep him alive from the temporary protocol. I need to go alone when he contacts me." She said.
"Then he will come back, blackmail you for the profits you make. He has to go down." He looked at her.
"Premeditated murder is a crime. I am not the kind of guy who can look away." He said.
"Then you are not the kind of guy that needs to be there." She said nonchalantly.
"He took months of my life forcing me to live a lie after he shot me. Then he helps to take two years of it. One year he spent taunting me and threatening me. I don't care if I…"
"Premeditated murder can come with a death sentence. Don't bank your life on the justice system giving you a medal because of who he is. You don't want to put your daughter through that." She clamped her lips together in a grim line.
"Fine. Then let's catch this psycho. I want in. I am pretty good at putting pieces together. We have nothing here to go on. We know that he held Bobbie hostage. Fell off a balcony never to resurface. We also know that Ava and Julian were at the scene where his body would have landed." Robin recounted.
"Why would Ava or Julian be interested in Jerry?" Robin laughed.
"He is a contractor. He works for hire and he now owes them a favor. My Aikido is off. You will train, yes?" Nathan looked at her.
"I will try but I do another case to work but it just so happens that I am investigating the Jeromes." Robin smiled crookedly.
"Then no one will know that there is a sub investigation into their connection to Jerry." He extended his hand. She took it.
"Welcome aboard but you do realize that I lead, yes?" She smiled. He figured she needed something to focus on to keep from going under. He understood that better than anyone.
"Of course captain cave man, of course." He laughed out loud.
"I am leading because…"
"I thought you said you had a sense of humor?" She quirked an eyebrow.
"This is all fine and good but what will Anna think? And Robert?" Maxie reminded.
"My father is off to parts unknown and my mother doesn't need to know. I am just doing what they would do. They should be proud." Maxie waved her hand.
"Can't argue with that. I just came to pack a bag. Dante has a stakeout and I am babysitting." Robin looked at her. "Not forming attachments because my daughter is in Seattle." She ran off.
"You should be on the stakeout." He shook his head.
"Dante likes working solo and if he needs me he will call me." It was personal for Dante and he wasn't going to push it.
"Okay. Sorry you had to witness all of the drama." She said. "If you could forget it ever happened."
"I can't do that. It drives you and I need you on your toes. Are you okay?" She sighed.
"My emotions weren't for him. I have only been back in my daughter's life for what? Five months. He is just now deciding this when he is engaged? If Jerry was truly off the grid there was no way I would have allowed it but I was already thinking it. It is not above him to use a child." She sighed.
"Anyway, I think I know how to draw him out." He raised his eyebrows.
"I almost put myself in the running for COS but I didn't. I have just been consulting on cases. However, there is a company interested in giving me a grant for research into polonium poisoning and other toxins that can be used as chemical warfare. This is going to get a buzz going. I don't know how but somehow this information has to be leaked, the progress anyway. However, the testing and the data lies with me. I cannot have him going to some other doctor to replicate. No, I need to be the source." He looked at her.
"Slow down. You may be the source but you are also the target. I am not doing this with you if you are reckless. You have to be careful Robin. I get that you want this to be over but don't let it compromise the investigation. I do love my job." She smiled.
"I am always careful. I am sorry I was such a bitch before. I just don't like being forced into something." He nodded.
"I wouldn't say you were a bitch. Just annoyed and insulting. I was amused by the insults though." He smiled. She slapped him playfully. "It was one insult and you were condescending."
"Ouch that hurt." He deadpanned. "There was some condescension in there as well but from me as well. I was just trying to inject reality into the situation." She shrugged. She found him extremely attractive and part of her attitude was trying to control that attraction. It was a sexual attraction. She hadn't been with Patrick long before the divorce and they had only had sex a few times before then. She wanted to wait until traces of Sabrina were gone which meant a new bed and sheets.
"Water under the bridge then." He nodded.
"I could use a stiff one, would you like a drink?" She asked.
"I am on duty." He said.
"You are always on duty and unless you have another call tonight one drink will not harm you. I know the boss so." She stood to make two drinks.
"So tell me about yourself. It takes my mind off my drama. Married, kids?" She handed him a drink.
"I am widower." She looked at him.
"I'm sorry." He nodded.
"We were separated when she died. Not something I like to talk about." He took a sip of his drink.
"No need to talk about anything that brings you down. I tend to stick my foot in my mouth and have a lot of opinions…" She drifted off. "I like my work. I love Paris and lived there for seven years."
"Tell me something that most people don't know." He said turning toward her on the couch.
"I love to dance. I tried out for this group once. I made it. I was 12." She laughed.
"But are you good?" He teased.
"Rusty but yes. I love it. I did it a lot when I was in Paris. I prefer that to grueling exercise." He smiled.
"Then you should pick it back up. You need things in your life that give you joy. For me it is riding a bike or watching a Yankees game." She laughed.
"You and Dante must make perfect partners." She looked at him.
"Eh, he is from Benson Hurst." He joked.
"Where are you from?" She asked.
"Manhattan." He said as he looked into his drink.
"I love the city. I don't go often but a friend of mine used to model and we spent some time there when she would go in for a mag." She finished her drink then poured another. He stood then moved the table. She watched him curiously. He took her drink then moved it to the table. Then he took her hand.
"First lesson." She looked at him.
"Second lesson." His eyes met hers.
"You love being right don't you?" She laughed.
"I have to because I am so good at it." He smiled in response. "I am not going to go on a bender or become alcohol dependent." He moved her to the middle of the floor then sat down still holding her hand. He looked up at her and she down at him. There was a spark of sexual attraction.
Bad Robin. Recently divorced thirty-something horn dog. They do say that when you are in your thirties the sex drive goes into over drive.
"No but sometimes we need to channel out the negative energy to regain our focus. Consider it an exercise for when, if when you decide to pick up a drink to deal instead of recreation." He said.
Soft hands, beautiful eyes, cute freckles, this is a natural beauty. Don't even think about it. She is the commissioner's daughter and she has had a rough time. Don't take advantage.
Robin joined Nathan on the floor facing him as he tried to teach her how to meditate. She opened one eye and looked at him.
"Close your eyes." He said. "That is another thing. Being in touch allows your senses to heighten."
Heighten senses. Yeah, I like the idea of my senses being heightened and my nerve endings… Robin cut it out.
"Stimulating nerve endings can heighten senses." Real lame Robin.
Is she flirting? Ah maybe she didn't hear me correctly. "I meant being in touch not touching. Being in touch with your surroundings. Like, close your eyes and keep them closed." He moved away from her.
"Where am I?" He asked.
"Ooh how very tantric." She cooed. "You are a few feet in front of me." She said seriously. "I know that by deducing that you would move backward first. Then behind me or maybe the side." She kept her eyes closed.
"Either way I can smell your cologne so I would know which side of me you were on. I have good instincts." She opened her eyes then smiled.
"I can also pick a lock, wield a machete, filet and serve snake in the jungle. It just isn't my life." She shrugged. "I realize I have to be more in tune and I am but meditating makes me want to fall asleep or I drift off into deep thought. I am trying not to have any deep thoughts." She stood. She stretched.
She is good. "Feeling the burn?" He asked.
"I felt it earlier but I am sure in the morning I will feel like I have been worked over all night. I am just getting twinges right now." He smiled then shifted his gaze to meet hers.
"It may hurt but it will be a good pain. Once it subsides it will start to feel good as it becomes routine." She shrugged. Then she looked at his lips. She licked hers.
"Some routines never leave you. It is like riding a bike. In some cases you are a little rusty and in others you are just as good but the body needs to remember." She walked to the table to get her drink.
Damn she is bold. Nope, not reading into any of that.
"Sometimes when you are open to receive the lesson, you get better and maybe even learn something new. You just have to relinquish some control. You seem like a control freak." She smiled.
"I am a bit of a control… Freak but it can sometimes benefit me as well as others." Go to bed Robin.
Well that settles it. Somehow this turned into flirting and it is not weird. I need to sit here and meditate with my eyes open. Otherwise, I might find myself lifting her up and pushing her against the wall.
Their eyes were locked as if they were in a match. Each one waiting for the next move. Like a douse of cold water Anna walked in.
a/n you know how RC likes instalove? I am going with instalust. Feedback gets more chapters.
Chapter 5
Their eyes were locked as if they were in a match. Each one waiting for the next move. Like a douse of cold water Anna walked in.
"Maxie called me." Nathan stood.
"Hello commissioner." He smiled. Anna looked at him then at Robin.
"Hello Detective West. She isn't tearing you apart is she?" Anna smiled.
"No we were just talking about Aikido and meditation." He explained.
"So you two are getting on then?" He almost coughed and Robin smirked.
Did she say getting it on? "Uh…"
"We don't really know each other but we are getting along so far." Robin came in with the save. Men and the idea of sex and their brain moves south. What am I talking about?
"So you are getting on then? Fantastic. I was worried that you would give him a hard time." Robin hugged her mom.
"Who me? Never." Anna laughed.
"So I saw the box that came in. Maxie told me about Patrick and I have to say that I agree with him. It was either that or put everyone together in a safe house. Don't worry because she has a tail there as well." Robin looked down.
"I will leave you two alone." Nathan walked out.
"So how is it really going?" Anna asked.
"He is nice. He is serious and reserved but nice." Robin said.
"Good. How are you holding up?" Robin looked at the ceiling.
"I can't. I broke down with Maxie and I just have to focus on Jerry being caught and being on my toes for when he does resurface. If I focus on what happened to day I will drown and I cannot be effective that way." Anna smiled.
"That is my girl." She hugged her.
"Patrick and Sabrina are getting married." She sighed.
"How do you feel about that?" She shrugged.
"It makes me feel like I gave up too soon or maybe he just fell out of love with me." She frowned.
"It wasn't the same between us. I have had three loves and I was his first. I thought he was the one but honestly, maybe I was to him what Stone was to me." Anna looked at her lovingly and gave her a reassuring hug.
"Do you remember how hard it was for Patrick to let go? Almost as hard as it was for you. He also had the fear of becoming his father and sweetheart he came dangerously close with his addiction." Robin pulled away.
"No. Don't do that. I will not grasp at straws. I need to get over it. I need you to be the way you were when I first came home. Basically telling me to suck it up and get on with it. I survived for my daughter and that is enough reason." Anna looked at her with regret in her eyes.
"I didn't mean to be harsh or cruel." Robin frowned.
"You were honest and that is what I need." Robin assured her. "It hurts. I feel like Sabrina has my life. Patrick wanted another child with me but I said not yet and now. I just can't." She shook her head.
"Sabrina made him happy before I returned and so he will be happy." Anna looked her in the eye.
"And you will find happiness. Don't you dare give up on it?" Robin smiled.
"Sure." She said but the smile didn't reach her eyes and Anna knew that she had given up on love. She wished she could change her mind but she knew she was not the one to change it.
"I am meeting Duke for dinner. You should join us. We would love to have you." Anna said. I would love to be a third wheel.
"No thanks. I am exhausted. I still have some notes to go over for a consult." Robin walked her out.
"I love you." Robin smiled.
"I love you too mom." She hugged her.
Robin took her drink and headed up to bed before she had the chance to do something that she would regret. Nathan knocked on the door. Nope not letting him in.
"Yes?" She called.
"You wanna open the door or should we talk through it?" She stood then walked to open the door.
"What's up?" She asked.
"Just checking in. I am going to review the tapes and reset the alarm." She nodded.
"Do you have to go? Will you be sending an officer by? I am asking because I like to know who will be standing in?" He looked at her.
"You don't need to explain. It is your right to know. I also wanted to see if you were okay?" He said holding her gaze. She put her head on the door.
"Honestly, not really but I will be." He nodded.
"I like honesty. It will get better and we will catch him." She smiled.
"I hope you are right. Goodnight Nathan." She started to close the door.
"I like the way you say that." He admitted as he walked away.
"What goodnight?" He gave her a look that said she knew what he was talking about.
"No my name, my full name." He knew that she would say she does say his name all the time. "You usually call me Nate and I usually don't care either way but I like the way you say it." Want to hear you whimper, whisper and scream it. He ran his hand over his face.
"Good night Robin." I just like the way your voice sounds. It can give a girl an eargasm. She waved and closed the door in his face. He smiled then shook his head and headed down the stairs.