Chapter 2
Anna was working at her desk, she was sure it would take at least four more days to get caught up on all of this paperwork, she would much rather be out there chasing the criminals than stuck behind her desk. She took her glasses off and stretched if she was lucky he lunch date would be there soon. There was a knock at her door so she called out for them to come in expecting to see Emma and Robert. "Oh, hello Duke. What can I do for you?"
"I came by to ask you to lunch. I don't remember everything I said last night but I do owe you an apology. I was drunk and I was out of line, my behaviour was completely uncalled for." Anna studied him wondering just what he did remember, he must have known he had been very rude. "So what do you say, can I take you out to lunch?"
"Actually I already have plans, sorry." There was another knock then her door opened, Robert was standing there looking back into the hallway holding a takeout bag.
"Oh, I see," Duke said with attitude then looked back at Anna.
"No you don't," Anna said then sighed, "If you wait a few seconds you'll see who he's watching. You really need to stop jumping to conclusions." Robert turned to look at her when he heard the tone in her voice. "What's she doing out there?" Anna asked.
Robert smiled, "I think she's trying to arrest Falconeri. Here she comes."
"Hi Grandma," Emma said as she suddenly appeared in the doorway with Robert. "Uncle Duke, I didn't know you were going to be here. Oh no, we don't have enough food for everyone."
Robert looked up at Anna then back at Emma, "You know what, since I get to spend the rest of the afternoon with you why don't you have lunch with Grandma and Uncle Duke? I'll come back in a little while to pick you up," Robert suggested.
"But Grandpa you said you love this."
"I know but I can go get some just for me." Robert looked up at Anna again she was smiling, Duke, on the other hand, looked less than impressed. "What do you say? I don't mind picking her up in a little while," he offered.
"Don't be ridicules Robert, I was just leaving anyway." As he was leaving he stopped and gave Emma a kiss on the top of her head, "Emma, we'll have to go for lunch another day," then he left without saying another word.
"I'm so glad you came to see me today, I've been looking forward to lunch with you since I got here this morning," Anna told Emma and she ran over and gave Anna a big hug. "Oh, that's just what I needed."
"I've been looking forward to seeing you since Grandpa told me we were bringing you lunch." They sat down and started eating, Emma seemed to have a lot to tell Anna she only stopped talking while she was chewing. Anna couldn't stop smiling when they were done eating. Robert hadn't said much he had sat back and watched them together with a smile of his own.
"I think you should come see me for lunch again soon. I love hearing your stories." Emma smiled at Anna she thought that was a great idea too. "You tell your Grandpa when you want to come back and I know he'll bring you, OK."
"OK I will," then she looked at Robert. "You will right?"
"Of course I will. You, Emma, are the third in a line of women I can't seem to say no to." Then he looked at Anna, "We should get going. If you need to talk you know where to find me." Emma went and gave Anna another big hug then grabbed her jacket, Robert went over to Anna and kissed her cheek, "I heard part of that earlier, call me later."
"I will. Thank you for bringing Emma here, I needed this." Robert and Emma left her office and Anna got back to work. As the day went on she felt like she was actually starting to make a dent in her paperwork, she was sure it was because she was still so happy from Emma's visit.
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Duke had finally made it to Sonny's office, he had put it off as long as he could. Sonny expected him to tell him if Anna was investigating him but the only thing he could think about when he saw her lately was whether or not she's sleeping with Scorpio. They were alone together for some time and he knows that they both still had feelings for each other, that would never change. Anna had admitted to kissing him while they were alone in the lab, but Duke knew there was more to it, maybe a lot more. Now they were always fighting, he had to get it together or he was going to push her right into Robert's waiting arms. When he was shown in Sonny asked, "So what can you tell me about the commissioner and what she's working on?"
"She's been in court most of the last two weeks or working on a backlog of paperwork, I hardly see her because she's so busy with that. I don't think she's worried about your activities at all at the moment." Duke didn't really know if that was completely true but he was fairly confident Anna wasn't investigating Sonny right now.
"That's good I want to take Jerome out before he starts to be a problem, I'm sure you'll be happy when he's gone as well."
"Yes, I still have a hard time believing he's alive, and I can't wait until that is rectified. Is there anything else you need me to do?"
"I actually need you to lay low for a while maybe take a little trip for a couple days. I have some planning to do and I want to let it slip that you are trying to plan something, then Julian will be so busy paying attention to what you're doing he won't see what's coming."
Duke thought about it for a moment, he should ask Anna to go away with him. He needed to make up for his behaviour of late and what better way than a romantic getaway. "Yeah, I think I can do that, when do you want me to leave?"
"Tomorrow would be soon enough, then I can set my plan in motion." Duke agreed and left Sonny's office. He should go back to the police station to talk to Anna, he had acted like a fool yet again this afternoon, and he wanted to invite her to go away with him.
It was a little after six when he knocked on Anna's office door. She called out for whoever to come in, she was still sitting behind a mountain of papers, "Hi, can we talk?"
Anna looked up and gave him a little smile, "I think that would be a very good idea. I need to take a little break from this."
"How about a break for a few days? I want to take you away," Duke offered.
Anna studied him, she didn't know if she was serious or not. Did he really think she had time to go on a little holiday? "I am finally making some headway into all of this and you want me to take some time off? I can't right now. If I work tell at least seven for the next three days I should be caught up. Duke, I just can't take the time off right now."
"Anna I need to go out of town for a few days, and I guess I just thought it would be nice if you came with me. I need to apologize again, I don't know why seeing you with Robert bothers me so much, it just does."
"You keep acting like we're sneaking around behind your back, why?"
There were reasons but he didn't think she wanted to hear any of them. For one he was sure they had slept together while they were looking for Robin. He knew if Robert decided he wanted Anna back she'd run to him, and there was no way he could stop her, then there was her dreaming about him. "Why do you have to spend time with him at all? There are other people he knows here."
Anna didn't like his tone at all, "Where is this attitude coming from? Robert and I have a family that keeps us connected. Are you upset that he brought Emma here for a lunch date with me? Getting to listen to her stories during my lunch break was the highlight of my day. Robert offered to leave so you could have lunch with us but instead, you left here with your nose out of joint."
"I'm glad Emma came to visit, but I don't see why Robert had to be here."
"What my five year old granddaughter should just get in a cab pick up lunch and stop in for a visit all on her own? He offered to leave!" If they were going to fight she wasn't going to do it from behind her desk, she got up and walked over to him. "While we were talking last night just before your rude interruption I had told Robert I was jealous of the time he was getting to spend with Emma so he offered to bring her here so she and I could have a little time together with her, he was being nice, that's all."
"He's trying to get you in bed," Duke insisted.
Anna actually started laughing, "If you're trying to seduce someone you don't bring a five year old along. Robert doesn't even flirt with me, he is well aware that you and I are together so what is your problem?"
"How much flirting would it really take? Oh wait, I know why he hasn't bothered, he knows you're a sure thing." Anna slapped him the second the words were out of his mouth.
"It's a good thing you're leaving town for a few days I don't want to see you. Now get out of my office," she ordered. Duke turned and left, Anna stood there staring at the now closed door. How could he be so rude? She went and sat back down at her desk and tried to get back to work but she was to upset to concentrate.
Anna picked up her phone, she needed to make some plans for the evening if she just went home she wouldn't be able to relax. She called Robin, hoping she wouldn't have plans. When Robin answered she told her to come over whenever she wanted, it was just her and Emma at home. Patrick was working and Robert had left a couple of hours ago. Anna told her there were just a few things she had to finish before she left the office then she'd come over. After she'd hung up she looked at her phone for some time before finally making her next call.
"Hello Luv, are you done for the day?"
She smiled as soon as she heard his voice. Damn it why was he the one affecting her like this, why isn't he being arrogant or a pain in her ass so she'd be annoyed with him? "Hi Robert, yeah I'm done. About your offer to talk, I am actually going over to visit Robin and Emma as soon as I leave the office, so maybe another night."
"OK, just keep in mind I'm here for you if you need to talk alright." He knew there were problems between her and Duke and didn't want to step on any toes but that didn't mean he would turn his back on her, even if he might be part of the problem.
After she'd hung up Anna was smiling again, at least part of her day was working out alright, she gets to see Emma again and if Patrick's not home she may try talking to Robin a little about how Duke is acting, she knows she needs to talk to someone.
When she got to Robin's Emma happily met her at the door, Robin was smiling at them as Emma dragged her over to the couch. "Emma told me she had a great time on her lunch date with you, I hope she didn't keep you from anything."
"Robin, her visit was the best part of my day I actually got a lot of work done after she left, I felt energized after spending time with her."
"I can go back whenever I want," Emma cut in.
"Oh really? It will depend on our schedules, but I'm sure we can work it out once in a while."
"I just have to call Grandpa, he'll take me there, right Grandma." Robin smiled, she knew her dad would do anything for Emma. She loved that he was here and that they were all getting to spend time together, she had been so worried about him after Obrecht injected him, when he'd burst into that room at Wyndemere even though she already knew he was awake she couldn't have been happier to see him standing there. They had all been through so much while she was gone. "He can't say no to me," Emma said with a big grin.
"He'll try but it just won't work." Robin smiled at her, "I usually get what I want from him too, that's one of the things you and I have in common."
"He said I'm the third," then Emma stopped they could tell she was thinking about something. "That's three right?"
"Yes, it is," Anna told her, "He said you're the third in a line of women he can't say no to."
"What does that mean, Grandma?"
"It means he can't say no to me or Grandma either, and since I'm her daughter and you're my daughter, we're a family line."
Emma nodded but they weren't sure she had really understood, then she said, "We didn't bring enough lunch for Uncle Duke though so Grandpa was going to leave, then Uncle Duke left instead. I liked spending time with them but I'll remind Grandpa to bring extra next time."
"That seems like a good idea, why don't you go play for a little while before bed? I need to talk to Grandma about a few things." Emma smiled then happily left them alone. "I saw that look mom, what's going on, is dad causing problem for you and Uncle Duke?"
Anna exhaled loudly, "No not at all. Duke is causing problems for us. Making things up in his head and accusing me and Robert of things that aren't true."
"Does he think there's something going on between you and dad?" Robin wondered why he would feel that way. She had seen them all together, Robert seemed to accept that Anna and Duke were together.
"I had to come see you tonight because if I hadn't come here I know where I would have gone and then maybe there would be a problem. Duke is up to something, I don't know what it is yet but I know it's not good. He's always on edge and very touchy about me asking him about his day, so we've been fighting lately. The last few weeks it's just gotten out of control. I'm swamped at work, then he shows up and picks one fight after another." Anna sat back and ran her hand through her hair, "Then when he comes to apologize he ends up starting another fight. I actually slapped him tonight."
"Wait, what? Go back a little what is going on?" Robin sat down beside Anna, "Did something happen between you and dad that he's acting like this?"
"No. Not since," Anna paused, "never mind. Early last week he came to my office and I was on the phone with Robert, that was the night we all went over to Mac and Felicia's for dinner, he had called to make sure we were still going together since Duke was busy that night. When Duke found out who I was talking to he got weird, he asked me if I always ran to Robert when he was working. I thought he was upset about something else and didn't really mean what he was saying, but since then his attitude has just been ridiculous."
Robin got up "I'd offer you tea but I think this is a conversation that could use something stronger. How about some brandy?" Robin offered, Anna smiled at her and nodded. "Are you sure dad didn't say something to him just to get under his skin?" she asked as she handed Anna a glass and sat back down.
"Robert is not trying to cause problems for us, that's why he was willing to leave this afternoon. Duke had come to ask me to lunch and I told him I already had plans, meaning Emma. When Robert opened my door Emma was playing out of sight and Duke automatically thought Robert and I had a date. I kind of snapped at Duke, that's when Robert realized Duke was there because he had been watching Emma before that. When she came in she was sad that they hadn't brought lunch for Duke as well so Robert offered to leave so the three of us could have lunch together. Duke said bye to Emma then just walked out." Anna took a sip of her drink, "He was there because of his behaviour last night then he acts like a complete ass again."
"What happened last night?" Anna explained about asking Duke to meet her, then since he had never gotten back to her she agreed to have a drink with Robert because he was bored and just wanted to talk for a while. She told her all about Duke showing up drunk and accusing them of being lovers, and that was why he was at her office to apologize. Then she told her about him wondering why they had been talking and laughing by her room the day before that. "So what happened tonight that you slapped him?"
"It started off with him inviting me to go away with him, I told him I couldn't take the time off right now. We talked a little about Emma coming to visit me and how nice that was, then he got upset that Robert had brought her."
"Does he think she can get there by herself?"
"That's what I said. He accused Robert of trying to get me into bed, I told him that Robert knows that I'm with him and doesn't even flirt with me. Then Duke said he doesn't have to flirt because he already knows I'm a sure thing."
"And that's when you slapped him. I would have too." Robin couldn't understand why Duke would be acting like this. "Um, you said you had to come here or you would have gone somewhere else that you might have regretted. You mean dad don't you?" The look Anna gave her told her she was right. "What's going on there?"
"Nothing, he knows Duke and I have been fighting so when they were leaving this afternoon he told me if I needed to talk tonight to give him a call. He's trying to be a friend when I could really use one, but I couldn't see him tonight."
"So if there was a choice to make right now would dad be in the lead?" Without Anna saying it, Robin could see she is struggling with her feeling for both men. "I know you said dad wouldn't put you in that position but I think you are anyway."
"I shouldn't have to keep telling myself I'm with Duke. Robert will kiss my cheek when he leaves but he has always done that other than that he'll touch my hand when we talk, but it's to comfort me. He is not trying to break Duke and I up. I don't even get that cute mischievous little smile of his right now. It's all in Duke's head, just because we talk doesn't mean there's anything going on," Anna took a sip of brandy. "He doesn't think it makes sense that Robert would want to be here with his family, we thought we'd lost you and he was in a coma, where else should Robert be?"
"I would hate it if dad left. Can I ask you something though?" Anna nodded, "If Uncle Duke wasn't in the picture what would be going on with you and dad?" Robin had been listening and knew there was still more that Anna was trying not to say. Then there was Anna's comment about not since something then she had stopped talking about it. "Did something happen while you were locked in that lab?"
"We argued, we talked, we listened to your voice on that little recorder."
"Mom you know that's not what I mean, you two were alone for quite some time. I'm sure there were some very personal conversations, maybe a little more than just conversation." Had something happened there that neither of them was willing to talk about because she is with Duke? She noticed Anna's glass was empty so she refilled it.
"Robin I am so confused. I can't stop thinking about your father and the more Duke acts like there's something going on between Robert and I," she paused before admitting, "the more I want there to be. It's like Duke is pushing me away, but I don't know why and I can't decide if it's a good thing or a bad thing. I love Duke, but I love Robert too. If I had gone to talk to him tonight I think there would have been a much larger problem than I'm willing to deal with at the moment."
"Do you want to be with dad?"
"I'm with Duke."
"That's the problem right there, you don't want to think about what you're feeling for dad because you don't want to hurt Duke. What about how dad feels? What about how you feel? Who do you want to be with, mom?" Anna didn't answer but Robin could tell she was thinking about it. Robin took her mom's hand, "I was just in their shoes, I wanted Patrick to pick me. I knew that he had to love Sabrina if he was going to marry her, but he's my husband we have a family and I wanted him home with me."
"I don't know what Duke wants. If he wants this relationship then why does he shut me out and pick fights all the time? He's acting like I've already moved on and that Robert and I are dating. Just because we spend a little time together or have conversations when we see each other that doesn't mean anything. When I try to talk to Duke he's busy or I'm too busy when he has the time, I'm not trying to put him off but our timing has been off lately. I asked him to meet me last night, so he goes out and gets drunk and never phones, why?" Anna got up and pour herself another drink. Robin watched her, she noticed that Anna didn't mention what Robert might want. "Is it this new job that's got him on edge or is it really just that Robert's here? Are Robert and I giving off some sort of vibe that would make Duke think he needs to worry?"
"When you're single dad flirts with you, he pats your bum, he'll say slightly inappropriate things that you would say to a lover. He's not shy about it either and you love every minute of it. It's pretty clear there's still a spark there, but no, that isn't happening right now. When I've seen you together he's respectful of the fact you aren't single, if Duke is picking something else up I'm not sure what it is."
Anna leaned back, "Is it wrong that I miss his flirting?" then she exhaled loudly. Robin was right there was no denying there was still a spark there for Robert. The dreams she'd been having lately were all the proof she needed of that. Then there was what had happened while they were in that lab, they had agreed not to talk about it but that didn't change anything. Having his hands on her again touching her, caressing her, his lips brushing over her shoulder then kissing her. Their nights on that little cot, oh the desire he had awoken in her, Anna smiled thinking about it.
"Where did you just go? Whoever you were just thinking about, they should be who you're with." Robin smiled when Anna looked at her, "I'm pretty sure those were dirty thoughts and wow did they make you smile."
Anna smiled again, "Can it really be that simple?"
"Mom, you said you love them both, but something tells me you want one more than the other. Shouldn't that count for something too? If you can't stop thinking about dad what are you doing with Uncle Duke?" Anna didn't answer, sometimes it could be very annoying that Robin was so smart and could read her so well. "I know dad still loves you, why not give it another chance?"
"I'm with Duke that's why. We have been trying to rebuild what we once had. Trying to get past Faison using Duke face and all our memories to get close to me, it's still hard to trust what I feel. I owe it to Duke to try and make this work." Anna went and got another drink. Robin realized it was almost time for Emma to get to bed so she went to get her ready and tucked her in, when she came back into the living room Anna was filling her glass again. Robin decided she shouldn't drive home so she made a quick call before joining her again.
"Did you eat anything tonight?" Robin asked as she sat down. Anna said she hadn't and took another sip of brandy. "Yeah, you're not driving. Do you want to talk some more?"
Anna had a couple quick drinks while Robin was gone, she wanted to get a little tipsy, maybe forget about the fight with Duke. "What if I slapped Duke because he was right?" Anna looked at Robin, "Duke's threatened by Robert being here because he knows I want him, that I crave his touch. Oh, how much I want to kiss him again."
"OK, you've had enough to drink," Robin tried to take her glass away, but Anna pulled it closer to her chest. "Mom, you need to remember what you just said when you've sobered up. It's not fair to any of you if you deny what you feel and what you want. Be honest with yourself and with them."
When Anna finished her drink she put the empty glass down, "How did you get to be so smart? I am so lucky to have you as my daughter," then she hugged her.
Robin smiled then went and got her a glass of water, "Here drink this, it'll help. Mom you need to think about what you want OK. Stop basing your choice on the fact you and Uncle Duke are together. You need to think about everything, about how you really feel, and about what will make you happy."
"Oh he knows how to make me happy," Anna said to herself and smiled. "Why can't I be having x-rated dreams about Duke, that would make this a lot easier. He doesn't make me laugh the way Robert does. He doesn't take the pain away with a knowing look or a slight touch. He just wants to fight, I don't need that." Anna took a sip then looked at the glass in her hand, "Why am I drinking water?"
"Because when you start talking about how much you want to have sex with dad it's time to stop drinking," Robin told her with a big smile.
"Oh sorry." Anna tried to look serious then said, "We didn't plan on making out, we were on that little cot," she smiled, "there was no hiding what he was thinking and I didn't mind."
"Mom! Stop! I really don't need to hear any of that." Then the front door opened, Patrick and Robert walked in. "Oh thank god you're home." Robin stood up, "Dad, I didn't realize she hadn't eaten and she's had more to drink then she should have."
Robert just smiled, when Patrick had come and picked him up neither of them were completely sure what was going on just that Robin had asked him to pick Robert up so he could drive Anna home. He went over to the couch and sat beside Anna, "Hi Luv, I'm going to drive you home OK. Maybe get you a little something to eat."
"You are so good to me," She smiled and touched his cheek, then said, "I miss you flirting with me," then gave him a quick little kiss.
He smiled at her, "I will keep that in mind." He looked over at Robin, "Do I want to know what brought this on?"
Patrick picked up Anna's coat, "Here Anna let me help you with this." Robert helped her up and she went over and let Patrick help her into her coat.
Robin came over to Robert, "She's confused about her feelings right now, and she had another fight with Duke just before coming over here. She needed to talk but didn't trust herself to go talk to you." Robin gave him a look trying to convey what she meant, "I had to make her stop talking a couple times because there are things I don't need to know about you two."
Robert understood and smiled, "Oh, that much to drink. Sorry about that."
"Come on sexy, I thought you were driving me home." Patrick was standing with Anna holding her keys, trying not to laugh. Robert walked over and took the keys from him then lead Anna out of their house.
Patrick walked over to Robin and gave her a kiss, "Sexy? What did I miss tonight?"
"Mom is struggling with the fact she loves both dad and Uncle Duke, but apparently it's dad she's hot for. I didn't need to know she's having x-rated dreams about dad, her words not mine. So let's not talk about it anymore."
Patrick wrapped his arms around her, "Is that why you wanted me to pick him up, are you playing matchmaker?"
"No, dad will make sure she's OK. Duke and mom have been fighting a lot so I wasn't going to ask him and cause more problems between them. She needs to make a choice and needs the time to do it, dad understands that and will give her that time."
"Just like his daughter, you Scorpios think you're so irresistible that we just can't stay away," Patrick smiled then gave her kiss.
"We know it," she smiled. "You wait, let's see where they all are in another month." Robin couldn't help it she loved the idea of her parents being together and after listening to her mom tonight she felt like Anna wanted to see where things could go with Robert. "Mom didn't quite drink all the brandy would you like a glass?" she offered with a smile and they both started to laughed.
...
Anna fell asleep in the car on the way back to the Metro Court, Robert smiled over at her after he'd parked the car. He got out and walked around to her side and opened her door, "Alright sweety, time to wake up."
Anna opened her eyes and smiled, "Hi honey, are we home?" Robert nodded then helped her out of the car. Robert took her arm and Anna leaned against him as they made their way to the elevator. "Thank you for getting me home. You're so good to me."
"I try, do you have your key card?" While they were in the elevator, Anna dug into her purse looking for it, finally finding it and pulling it out triumphantly. Robert smiled, she was so cute when she was completely relaxed, the brandy may have helped tonight but at the moment she didn't have a care in the world. "Can I have that so I can open your door?" Anna smiled and put it in her back pocket. "I will need that so I can get you inside," he said as they walked toward her room.
"You better get it then," Anna told him with a smile. "Robert, I want your hands on me."
Robert looked around "Anna you can't talk like that, if Duke gets upset when we talk about Emma, he'll hate hearing you say that." Anna was now leaning on the wall by her door, "Will you please give me your key?"
Anna grabbed his hand and put it behind her, "I told you to get it." Robert wondered why she couldn't say things like this when she was sober. He was trying to respect that she was with Duke, but that didn't change how he felt, and what he knew they both wanted. "You either get the key out of my pocket or take me back to your room."
"Anna, you're killing me. You know I want you, but I won't do anything when you've been drinking."
"Then you better get me into my room," she said with a smile and let go of his hand. He held it at the small of her back for a moment, then smiled as he slowly slid his hand down and cupped her ass before pulling the key out of her pocket and opened the door. "Come inside with me, didn't you say something about eating?"
"Do you have food here?" he asked with a smile.
"There should be something, I don't want to have a hangover. Save me from that please." She took his hand and lead him inside. She walked over to the couch and fell more than sat on it, she laughed and started trying to pull her boots off. After quite the struggle she finally managed to get them both off she had laughed the entire time, and Robert had watched laughing along with her. "You could have helped Scorpio."
"And missed that, oh no. It's nice to see you're still very flexible," he flashed her a mischievous smile. He would flirt if she wanted but only if they were alone. "I'm going to see if there's anything to eat here." Robert then went to the little kitchen, when he came back he had two grilled cheese sandwiches and a glass of orange juice. "This should help," then he put it down on the table in front of her. "I should go, eat that then get some sleep OK."
"Stay with me."
"If you ask me that when you aren't half cut you'll get a very different answer, but tonight I have to leave." He leaned down to kiss her cheek, as he did she turned and kissed him, he kissed her back.
"I'm not that drunk, I will remember this tomorrow."
"I'm glad, but I really need to leave." He gave her another passionate kiss then turned and left. Once he was in the hallway he stopped, put one hand up on the wall and put his head down. He wanted to hear her say all of that and more but not like this, not if the only way she can admit her true feelings is if she's been drinking. He pushed himself away from the wall and went back to his room. Once there he went and had a shower before getting into bed, he lay there for some time not able to fall asleep. He kept thinking about when they were locked in the lab.
Cassadine Island, lab flashback
Robert and Anna had been locked in the lab for at least four days. There wasn't really that much in there and the sleeping arrangements were laughable, one small cot and two chairs both with wheels and two different heights. "Anna this is ridiculous just come lay down with me, we're both tired and the only way we'll both get a good night sleep is if we curl up on here together." Anna knew he was right and went over and joined him. They lay spooned together, Anna closed her eyes and fell asleep almost instantly it didn't take long for Robert to fall asleep either.
When Anna woke up in the morning she knew Robert was still asleep or he would have moved so she didn't notice the condition he was in. She smiled to herself, then she noticed his hand was under her shirt and he was cupping her breast. Anna slowly moved his hand then got out of bed. "Um, sorry about that," Robert said from the cot. He had started to wake up when Anna got off the cot and realized he had an erection.
Anna turned and smiled at him, "That's alright. Nice to see everything's still working."
"We could always take a test drive, make sure the coma hasn't affected anything," he said only half kidding. Robert sat up on the cot and leaned against the wall. "Or we can try to figure out how to get out of here instead."
"That seems like a better idea."
They both knew it was going to be hard to get out but it gave them lots of time to talk. Anna had told him all about Emma, then about Mac and Felicia's wedding. They talked about more personal topics they wouldn't deny there was always going to be feelings for each other and again admitted that they would like another chance but Anna was with Duke so that couldn't happen. Anna picked up the recorder with Robin's notes dictated on it. She went and sat down beside Robert on the cot and hit play, just needing to hear her voice again. They talked about Robin again and how amazing it is that she is really alive. Robert put his arm around Anna's shoulder and she leaned against him. They were both smiling listening to the proof Robin was alive and had been right where they are only a few days before. Anna moved her hand over and undid one button on Robert's shirt then slipped her hand inside his shirt, just resting her fingers on his stomach. Robert smiled and put his hand over hers then closed his eyes, they just sat there listening to the recording.
That night Anna didn't have to be asked she just joined him on the cot again they were laying spooned together, it was really the only way they could both fit. "Sorry about this morning." Anna told him not to worry about it, then he put his arm around her and she held his hand against her stomach. Anna felt she was a little close to the edge and wiggled back to adjust herself. "Keep doing that and there will be a repeat of this morning." Anna giggled at him so he pulled her as close to him as he could. "Now you won't fall off."
"My hero," she said and giggled again. "I'm so glad you finally woke up, I was so worried that you might never come out of it."
"I still have work here to finish. Robin's out there and we will find her."
"One more big adventure and this one's the most important one ever, bringing Robin home to her family, home to us," Anna said. She would turn slightly when she talked and Robert had noticed how nicely that made her bottom rub against him.
"I couldn't believe it, when I saw Robin there that doctor had her strapped down to the bed and I just wanted to get her free I didn't even see Obrecht come at me with that bloody syringe. We should have had Robin back a year ago."
"We'll find her now and that's what matters. Now I thought we were trying to get some sleep." Even as she said it Anna knew Robert wasn't interested in going to sleep.
"Anna, I know I'm alive with you in my arms, the effect you have on me is too good to be a dream."
"I am so happy you finally woke up, I couldn't stand the thought of losing you." Robert softly kissed her neck, then slid his hand under her top, Anna smiled and adjusted herself against him. He inhaled just breathing in her oh so familiar scent, Anna closed her eyes enjoying his touch, "Sleep remember," then she moaned softly as he squeezed her breast, he was still kissing her neck. Anna started to turn to face him, he found her lips and lightly brushed his lips across hers before kissing her, she put her hand behind his head and kissed him back. Their desire grow, Robert moved his hand down her body firmly grabbed her ass and pulled her against him. She put her leg over him as his leg went between her. Anna was so turned on she couldn't believe how much she wanted him. He wasn't the only one that had been thinking about this, if she didn't stop it they would go too far, "We can't have sex."
"No sex, but don't stop this, not yet," then he kissed her again.
"Robert."
"No sex. Anna, we need to feel alive just for a while," then he kissed her passionately as she pulled him even closer.
Robert's hotel room
Robert smiled thinking about it, after that night they would get comfortable on that little cot, talk for a little while then the kissing would start. Some nights they would let themselves go further than others, eventually falling asleep in each other's arms. Anna had told him once they were out of the lab it couldn't happen anymore. She was with Duke and they had already crossed a line, they both knew it was cheating but in that little room, they let themselves have a little time where the outside world didn't matter, where they both felt so alive. He rolled onto his side he'd better try to get some sleep, he had plans with Mac tomorrow.