Amy couldn't get hold of Linda yet, but left a message for her, telling her she better get there as soon as she could. Robbie sat outside as he collected the bridal figurine and stared at it as he thought of Linda and why she had abandoned him at the altar. He had feared that would happen and often hoped it wouldn't. He kept trying to tell himself she had a very good reason and not just ditching him. Amy hung up the phone and was about to check on Robbie. Linda came up the path, looking at Robbie.
Robbie looked up to his bride, trying to hide his emotions, but it was clearly obvious he was upset with her. "Hey, you're late."
Amy glared at her cousin.
"I'm sorry, I just couldn't do it." Linda told him.
"Well... If you need more time, I guess I can wait..." Robbie replied softly.
"No, I don't need more time, Robbie; I don't ever want to marry you." Linda said, glancing in Amy's direction. That was very harsh and it made Robbie feel even more worse than before.
"Jeez, you know, that information might've been a little more useful to me yesterday..." Robbie replied, trying to keep his cool.
"I've been talking to my friends the last couple of days." Linda started.
Amy scowled at Linda.
"Oh, here it comes..." Robbie grumbled.
"And I think I figured out what's been bothering me. I'm not in love with Robbie now. I'm in love with Robbie six years ago..." Linda continued. "Robbie, the lead singer of Final Warning when I used to come and watch you from the front row in your spandex pants your silk shirt un-buttoned, licking the microphone like David Lee Roth." She then finished, getting closer to him.
Amy tutted. Robbie was worth so much more and deserved much more than Linda.
"I still got spandex, I'll go put them on right now." Robbie replied.
"The point is, I woke up this morning, and I realized I'm about to marry a wedding singer. I am never going to leave Ridgefield." Linda said, giving Amy a small glare back.
"Why do you need to leave Ridgefield?" Robbie asked. "We grew up here, all our friends are here, Amy likes it here a lot and her best friend Gemma's here. It's the perfect place to raise a family."
"Living in your sister's basement with five kids and my cousin with her sprog when it comes, while you're off every weekend doing wedding gigs at a whopping 60 bucks a pop?" Linda asked.
That did it for Robbie.
"Once again, things that could've been brought to my attention YESTERDAY!" Robbie scolded her.
Linda didn't seem bothered by the shouting. "The fact is, we grew apart a long time ago. You wanted to get married, you didn't care to know." She told him, shrugging.
Robbie shook his head, he just couldn't believe this was happening. "That's not true, I love you," he said to her, trying very hard not to cry. "Come here, I want to spend the rest of my life with you." he then took her hand in a comforting way.
"Hey, Linda!" one of the kids ran over with a small smile.
Linda looked at him, then the kid. Amy looked at Pete too.
"You're a bitch!" the kid then exclaimed, which was rather shocking for Linda to hear.
"Th-Thanks, Petey, why don't you go back in the house?" Robbie suggested to his nephew.
"Hi, Amy." the boy smiled to Amy before running back inside the house innocently.
Amy waved and covered her mouth, trying not to laugh. It was kind of funny. Linda pulled her hand out of his.
"He... He might have Tourette's syndrome..." Robbie replied uneasily. "We're looking into it. I think maybe Gemma was watching a grown-up movie when she thought he was asleep."
"I got to go. I'm sorry." Linda said, before walking off, though not sounding very sorry.
Amy scowled at her cousin, shouting after her, though trying not to swear. Robbie sighed as his bride left. He then looked at the figure he held in his hands and tossed it into the grass as he felt his whole world end. Amy came back, and hugged him gently. Robbie looked to Amy and gently hugged her back as he seemed to had started to cry.
"Oh, Robbie." Amy whispered, hugging him and stroking his hair softly.
Robbie smiled to her, then hugged Amy right back, he was glad that he at least had her. Amy held him close, but in a platonic way.
"I think I'm gonna go back to bed." Robbie said softly.
"Okay, Robbie," Amy said quietly. "Maybe it's best to get an early night."
"Help me into the basement?" Robbie requested softly.
"I sleep there too, so sure." Amy said softly. She helped him get to the basement where they stayed.
Robbie then went with Amy to get to bed early so he could sulk. It did not get that much better later on with Linda telling him she wasn't going to marry him, it made his whole world fall apart. Amy carefully helped him get to bed, then went to get towards her own sleeping place there. Robbie mumbled a thanks to her before curling up to drift off and help get his mind off this painful heartbreak.
Amy got ready for bed and then got to her own 'nest'. She was so angry at Linda but so sad for Robbie. Due to her hormones making her emotions funny, she tried not to make a noise as she started to cry a little. Robbie decided to comfort Amy, thye were both in a dark place and they needed each other. Not in a romantic sense, they loved each other like family, but they still needed each other, even though Linda did what she did, she still brought them together.
Gemma pouted as she finished up her Latin homework. "Why did I take this class again?" she asked herself, then decided to maybe call Amy to see how Robbie was doing about the whole wedding fiasco.
Amy hugged up to Robbie, and even decided to tell him then secret about her baby.
"Are you okay?" Robbie asked Amy.
Gemma was told from Sammy to call again another time, she apologized and would call again tomorrow if possible.
"Yeah..." Amy said quietly. She then told him before they would go to sleep.
The next morning, Amy was up before everyone, making breakfast before even Kate woke up. Robbie was still down in the dumps, but he felt a little bit better that he had Amy to talk to. The phone then rang, Gemma was calling again.
Amy answered the phone. "Hart residence." she said softly.
"Oh, hi, Aims," Gemma greeted. "I just wanted to call and check in."
"Hi, Gem... We're still a bit down, the witch came by last night." Amy said softly.
"Linda came by, eh?" Gemma sighed. "Should I come over after school?"
"If you want to." Amy said gently. She flipped the bacon, to cook the other side.
"Maybe I could take the day off, my classes are eating me alive." Gemma smirked.
"I don't want to be the cause of you missing school." Amy told her, but didn't sound against her coming over.
"Okay, okay," Gemma laughed a little. "I'll see you after school, tell Robbie I'm very sorry." she then said gently, feeling bad for Robbie to be dumped on like that on what was supposed to be his wedding day.
"I will, and see you later, Gem." Amy told her.
"See ya, Aims." Gemma said before hanging up and making her way to school for the day.
Amy made a full-cooked breakfast for everyone.
"Morning, Amy." Kate gave a small smile.
"Morning, Kate, breakfast is all there... Feel free to have everyone a plate, I'm going to take Robbie a plate." Amy said, offering a small smile.
"Of course, dear." Kate replied softly, knowing her brother was in a lot of pain right now.
Amy gave Kate a hug before taking Robbie's plate down to him. Kate hugged back as she then went to check out the lovely breakfast.
"Breakfast, Robbie." Amy told him gently.
"Okay..." Robbie mumbled, he then sat up on his bed. "What's for breakfast?" he then asked rather groggily.
"Bacon, eggs, toast, tomatoes... The whole cooked breakfast." Amy told him, sitting next to him and showing him the plate.
Robbie gave a small smile. "I guess I could have a nibble."
"You better more than nibble... I dun cooked that." Amy joked softly.
"Alright, alright." Robbie softly chuckled as he accepted the plate. "It looks real good."
Amy smiled gently. She gave him the plate and then some cutlery to eat it with.
"Thanks, Amy." Robbie said softly as he decided to eat the food that seemed to be calling his name as soon as he took a second look at it.
Amy nodded, and went to brush her hair quickly for the day. Robbie took the plate and started to eat it. Amy put her hair up in a messy bun. Kate served the breakfast for her kids and told them that Amy had made it.
"Yay!" The youngest kid grinned, excited.
Kate smiled to her children as they had their breakfast. Amy soon was ready and waited for Robbie to be done before she would go up and to have her own breakfast. Robbie stumbled up the stairs, having eaten most of the breakfast and he put his plate on the kitchen counter to be washed. Amy followed him, so she could eat something herself.
"Thanks, Aims." Robbie said to her.
"No problem, Robbie... You're my family." Amy said softly, hugging him.
Robbie smiled softly and hugged her back. Amy gave him a gentle squeeze then gasped.
Robbie smiled, then noticed the gasp. "What's wrong?"
Amy pulled away slightly to rub a spot on her stomach. "The baby just kicked." she gasped.
"Oh, did it?" Robbie then asked and held out his hand to touch her stomach.
Amy waited a moment, letting him touch where the baby had kicked. After a little bit, the baby kicked again, feeling like a fluttering.
"Hello, there..." Robbie gently said to the unborn baby, then looked up to Amy. "You ever think of names?"
"I was thinking maybe Bobby if it's a boy, not sure if it's a girl." Amy told him.
"Bobby's a nice name," Robbie smiled softly to that suggestion. "Well, you still have some time to think about it. I'd love to meet the little dickens."
"You're gonna be the godparent." Amy smiled.
"Oh..." Robbie felt touched. "Are you sure? I mean... I might not be parent material, I have always wanted to be like my own father though."
"Of course I'm sure, Robbie." Amy smiled sweetly.
"Thanks..." Robbie said softly, he then made his way back downstairs into the basement.
Amy sighed gently and made herself a plate of the breakfast. Robbie was glad to have talked with Amy, but he was still down in the dumps. One had to wonder he would hopefully cheer up at the wedding he was supposed to preform at eventually for newlyweds named Cindy and Scott.
"It's about time his best friend showed up." Amy told Robbie's friend, who just arrived.
Sammy chuckled. "Sorry I'm late, had to make a little stop, how's the little guy, huh?"
"He's been down in the basement since it happened... Five days now." Amy said quietly, looking sad.
"I'm sorry..." Sammy said. "Is he still coming to the gig though? I thought it might help cheer him up."
"You can try to ask him, I don't think it's the best for him at the moment, but if it does cheer him up, I'll be glad for him to do it." she said quietly.
"I'll talk with him." Sammy said before ruffling up the top of Amy's head and went downstairs to where Robbie and Amy had bunked in.
Amy huffed, straightening her hair out. She hoped it could cheer Robbie up. Sammy went to talk with Robbie alone in hopes of perking the famed wedding singer up. Amy bit her lip, and checked on some things for that day.
"I'm making a run to the market," Kate said to Amy as she was on her way out. "You want or need anything?"
"Um, could you pick me up some ginger, chocolate and cream cheese, please?" Amy asked quietly. She got her purse and gave Kate the money for the stuff.
"No problem." Kate gave a friendly smile.
"Thank you." Amy smiled gently. She put her hand on her baby bump.
Kate smiled as she took her purse. "See you in about half an hour." she said before she then left.
Amy waved and then went and got to doing her prenatal yoga.
