Ray Barone sat at the kitchen table drinking chocolate milk and munching on Oreos. It was the middle of the night and he could not sleep. He couldn't believe what happened at dinner. He had managed to keep it to himself but wasn't sure what on earth he would do.
"Hey, there you are." His wife Debra walked into the kitchen yawning and rubbing sleep out of her eyes.
Ray smiled slightly, "I'm sorry, did I wake you?"
Debra laughed, "Are you kidding? You didn't, she did." She said easing herself into a chair and rubbing her belly. They had just found out they were expecting another girl.
Ray reached over putting his had on her belly, "Well just wait until Emily is born, we'll never sleep again."
Debra could tell he didn't really want to talk about whatever was bothering him, "Honey, what's bothering you? You barely said a word after dinner, you didn't even yell at the twins for breaking the VCR again."
Ray rubbed his eyes and sighed heavily, "Well, I guess I should go ahead and tell you. You will find out anyway," He paused taking a deep breath, "When Robert said he was going back to check Dad's tip I went to see what was taking him so long and I saw him take Joanne's number out of the glass and put it in his pocket."
Debra coudn't believe what she was hearing, "He did what?!"
Ray tried to calm her down, the doctor had warned her about stress, "Now Deb, don't get upset about this, it's not worth it and it's not good for you or the baby."
"Ray! It is worth it. Robert just gets back together with Amy and He takes Joanne's number? What did he say?'
"Well, I didn't want to say anything with everyone, especially Amy, around. I am going to try to talk to him tomorrow." He assured her.
"You better say something. I don't want Amy to be hurt again and has he come down with a case of selective amnesia? Doesn't he remember what that woman did to him?" She started to get up to get a glass of milk but Ray stopped her.
"Honey, relax. I'll get your milk for you," he got up and went to the fridge, "I don't know what Robert was thinking but I am gonna find out. You want some chocolate syrup?"
She reached for an Oreo, "No, plain is fine," she said muching on the cookie, "Well you need to talk to him before your parents find out."
"Oh and we are not going to tell them. That is all we need is for them to get involved." He said, sitting back down with her milk.
She took a drink and smiled, "You know I have never seen you this concerned about Robert."
"I know but he may be about to make the biggest mistake of his life. He is too good for Joanne. He deserves someone like Amy. I can't believe even Robert would be stupid enough to ruin this."
"Well, come on back to bed, It doesn't do any good to stew over it all night. Besides I need help getting out of this chair" she quipped.
Ray smiled as he got up and helped Debra to her feet. They walked hand in hand back upstairs.
