The Way We Were
An Enchanted fic by Gigi
Disclaimer: The only Enchanted thing I own would by my lovely DVD from Target...and the ticket stubs (from seeing it in theaters twice).
Chapter 2: Forced dates
A/N: BTW sorry for some perceived slip-ups in grammar. Ever since I've been in Journalism, I write in AP Style without realizing it. Like instead of "1, 2, and 3" it's "1, 2 and 3"and stuff like that. ANYWAY, I'm glad you like this story, so keep the reviews coming! BTW, Morgan isn't in this fic, not that I don't love her. I just couldn't write Robert like this if he had a daughter.
"Hey, Marie, what time is it?" Nancy asked as she reached over the counter to get a notebook. But someone behind her answered instead of the assistant manager.
"Ah, now I could get used to this," sounded the cocky voice of Robert. She didn't even have to straighten and turn to know he had that lustful haze in his eyes.
"It's two thirty already?" Nancy whined, still bent over the counter, no doubt giving Robert an eyeful of her behind. All of a sudden, she wished she wasn't wearing her flippy skirt. Overalls would have been more like it.
"Come on, you know you wait for two thirty so you can see me," Robert teased, making no secret of the fact that he was ogling the designer of the studio. Nancy could practically hear the desire in his voice.
She straightened, still not turning to him. Instead she looked down at the notebook in her hand. "When you're quite done drooling, you may go about your usual routine," she declared.
"I hate that I've settled into a routine," Robert complained. "It's so boring. I like challenges."
Nancy finally faced him, her soft raven curls swaying with the motion, and regarded the man with her piercing eyes. God, Robert thought, she's breathtaking.
"Then what are you going to do today? Actually buy something?"
"I actually did intend to take something out," he admitted. Nancy's eyes climbed to her hairline.
"Really? What?" As an answer, Robert bent over and picked Nancy up, fireman style. "What the hell are you doing?!" Nancy's voice was frantic. If there was ever a way to encourage your staff to disrespect you, this was it. "Put me down!"
"I'm making good on that date you agreed to, and I will not," he stated as he walked out into the streets of New York City and hailed a cab.
"What date? ROBERT PHILIP PUT ME DOWN RIGHT NOW!" Nancy hollered at the top of her lungs. He just chuckled.
"When we first met. I asked for a date on Saturday night and you said 'certainly.' Just stay still and enjoy the view, unless you'd rather we both broke a few bones."
Nancy grumbled under her breath and refused to look at Robert's unsurprisingly nice butt while he waited for the cabbie to open the door, since his hands were otherwise occupied.
"Watch your head," he said softly as he loaded her into the cab.
"I think it'd be wiser if you watched yours," Nancy retorted, fuming. He closed the door and whispered the destination in the cabbie's ears. "Where the hell are you taking me?"
He didn't answer. "I'm surprised you haven't slapped me yet. You seem to enjoy doing that."
"I'm just waiting until I have enough room to really put my weight into it." He laughed again, though she was being completely serious. "Seriously, where are you taking me?" she asked after a minute.
"Somewhere where you can't run away from me."
"What's your need to take me out?" She looked directly into Robert's green eyes, startled by their clarity. He seemed...normal, almost.
"Because you fascinate me."
Ouch.
"I fascinate you?" Nancy repeated, incredulous. "Like I'm some sort of animal at the zoo? I'm not the most private person by far, but I'm certainly no exhibitionist! That's the most perverse thing I have ev--!"
She was cut off by a sudden feeling of ecstasy. Her eyes drifted shut as she snaked her arms around Robert's neck, bringing him closer to her. He was such an amazing kisser!
He slipped his tongue into her mouth, and suddenly Nancy was floating, adrenaline making her heart race. She'd never felt something so mindblowingly wonderful. She kissed back with just as much fervor.
Honk!
The two flew apart at the abrupt sound, looking at the incensed cabbie, who had the door open. "NO MAKING OUT IN MY CAR!" he screamed, kicking them out of the car and driving off.
Of course, the two minutes it took for the guy to eject them and drive off were definitely enough for Nancy to realize just what happened. Those two minutes were enough for her eyes to widen, her face to flush and her breath to quicken.
Shit.
"Nancy?" Robert was looking at her, concern evident in his eyes. "Are you alright?"
Her mind refused to function, but her tear glands seemed more than happy to take its place. She could feel them starting to well up in her eyes, the familiar balloon of air threatening to pop in her chest.
Nancy looked at Robert with her teary emerald eyes, her face threatening to break. She couldn't breath. She could only fixate on the fact that she'd just made out with Robert Philip.
What was worse.
She wanted to do it again.
"I..." was all she could get out before she crumpled into him, sobbing into chest. She clung to his shirt in a death grip, afraid she would lose herself even more completely if she let go.
Nancy never remembered sitting down, but she didn't really care. She just cried. And cried.
And cried some more.
The tears wouldn't stop.
Nancy ignored the sounds of the traffic, of the people stopping to ask Robert if she was alright, of everything but him.
That one other man who had made her feel that way when he kissed her.
She heard his deep, rich laugh, saw his ready smile, felt his warm caress. She indulged in his kisses. The ones that made her go as doe-eyed as her saleswomen did over Robert.
She heard his lullaby he always sang for her when she was upset.
Her lullaby.
Edward.
He always kissed her like that, thorough and sudden. To shut her up.
Robert hummed to her, his own lullaby that slowly quieted her sobs. He continued to hum even after she had stopped. Her hold on his shirt never faltered, and he never stopped hugging her.
A/N: Okay, so you can visibly see where I changed moods but I think I still like this, so please review and tell me what you think.