A/N: Sorry it took so long to update! School has over powered me! But i'm back now! so here it is chapter 3 yay
P.S: Alsion will show up in either the next chapter or the one after it. I promise ;)
Barbara woke up to an empty room. She slowly sat up, and groaned. Everything hurt. She swung her legs legs over the side of the bed and stood. She could walk now, thank god, but her body still ached.
Barb began to search the boat for Robert, although she didn't really want to see him. Last night had been rather embarrassing for her. Especially when Robert had found her sitting up in bed, petrified by an invisible Peter. Robert had probably been right, she had probably just dreamt that he was there "but it was so real" she whispered to herself. She sighed and continued to look for Robert.
It wasn't a very big place, so finding him was not very hard. She found him standing on the deck staring into space. Barb walked up beside him "Robert?" he looked at her
"you should be in bed" he said. He looked back out to the water.
"what are you thinking about?" Barb asked ignoring his reply.
"nothing that concerns you" he said quietly. Barb tilted her head to one side and stared hard at Robert
"I think it does concern me" Robert turned to face her. Anger flashed on his face
"you know he could have killed you last night"
"Robert..." Barb began, but Robert kept talking
"He could have killed you, and your child. But I bet he would have loved that wouldn't he? To not have to deal with the two biggest problems in his life. To not have to actually commit to anything. He would probably go about his life as if nothing had happened, as if you had never even been there, as if you had never been pregnant with his child!"
Tears brimmed in Barb's eyes. They glistened as the morning sun rose and the light caught them. She looked down.
"you're right. He would have loved to see me laying at the bottom of those stairs with a broken neck. But the fact is it didn't happen like that. We both lived" she placed her hand on her abdomen. The tears flowed freely down her cheeks as she looked up at Robert "I'm getting an abortion"
"what? No Barb you can't..."
"don't try to talk me out of it. I've made up my mind. If I have this baby, Peter will came and find us, and he'll hurt us. Honestly, I don't care what he does to me, but I couldn't bare it if he hurt my baby"
"but there are ways around that Barb! Go to the police, get a restraining order"
"a restraining order wont keep him away from me. I have to do this"
Robert sat behind his desk in his office at the university grading papers. He couldn't stop thinking about what Barbara had told him that morning. She had already gone to the medical center an hour or so earlier. Of course he had tried to stop her but, like she had said, her mind was made up.
He looked out his window and saw Barb walk through the gates, up the stairs and enter the school. He sighed, so that was it then. But she hadn't been gone long. He didn't really know much about that stuff, but he had thought that it would take much longer than an hour.
Suddenly Barb walked into his office. Tear stains streaked her face. Robert stood
"that was quick"
"I couldn't do it" she said as she flopped into one of the chairs.
"what?"
" I couldn't do it Robert!"
"well it sure looks like you did it"
"Yes, that's because I got half way there, pulled my car over and cried for a half an hour!" Robert pulled up a chair and sat in front of her. He placed his hand on her knee. She looked at his hand, and placed hers on top.
"so what made you change your mind?' Robert asked. Barb sighed
"as I was going to the medical center, I drove past this park. There were all these mothers playing with their children, and they all looked so happy. I realised that I want that" Robert nodded slowly.
"what are you going to do about Peter?" Barbara smirked
"It's like you said Robert. There are ways around it"
