Fix You
Chapter: 7
Pairing: Robert and Holly
Rating: PG
Luke released Holly from his grasp and walked over to where Charlie was sitting. "Come on, buddy." he said as he picked him up. "Let's go have breakfast at Auntie Bobbie's."
"I like da Fruit Loops." Charlie replied.
"Aunt Bobbie will make you some Mickey Mouse pancakes." he said with a smile. "With chocolate chips."
"Okay." he agreed. "Lets go!"
"Kiss Mommy bye-bye." Luke said as he stopped in front of Holly.
Charlie placed a kiss on his mother's cheek. "Bye-bye."
"Bye, darling." she replied as she kissed him back. "I'll see you in a little while."
"Later, Robert." Luke said as he and Charlie exited out the back door.
Holly stood completely still, frozen by fear. She watched as anger flashed in Robert's eyes. He looked as though he was going to explode. She knew that he had a thousand questions and as much as she wanted to answer honestly she just didn't know if she could. The last thing she ever wanted to do was to hurt him.
Robert was still in complete and utter shock. Holly had a son. Charlie. And apparently his father had an Australian accent. There was only one other person he could think of that had one in Port Charles and that was Mac. Damn! His head was spinning. So much had happened in the last 12 hours or so.
"Is that why you married Mac?" he asked. "Because you got pregnant?"
"Yes." she answered honestly. "I was pregnant when Mac and I married. Not that it matters because the marriage isn't legal now. Neither is my marriage to Luke for that matter."
"You sound sad, Holly." he said bitterly. "I'm so sorry that I came back to ruin everything with you, after all you seemed so content sleeping in my brother's bed whilst you're married to my best friend. And let's not forget having my brother's child."
"You leave Charlie out of this!" she warned. "He's completely innocent in this entire mess. And I have every right to be upset. I feel like my entire world has just exploded." she said as she started to cry. "I never expected you to come back from the dead."
"Of course not!" he yelled. "But it gave you the perfect opportunity to jump into bed with my brother didn't it? Did you even wait until the car left the driveway?"
"That's not fair!" she cried out. "You don't know all the details."
"I know plenty!"
She burst into tears and fled the room, running directly into Anna. "Holly?" she said. "What's the matter?"
"Sorry." she apologized as she made her way around Anna and flew up the stairs.
"Holly, wait!" Anna said as she went after her. "What's wrong?"
Robert sat down in the kitchen completely defeated. Everything was so screwed up. How could this have happened. How could Holly and Mac do such a thing to him? His brother and his wife. It was just too much for him. He thought his home coming would be happy not the disaster it had turned out to be so far.
Mac entered the kitchen a few moments later. "Morning." he said. "How did you sleep?"
He just glared out his brother. "How could you do that to me?" he asked. "How?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I met Charlie." he said softly. "How could you sleep with my wife?"
"Robert it's not like that." Mac said. "Didn't you talk to Holly?"
"Holly stormed out of here in tears." he said.
Mac looked at him blankly. Robert was dumber than he thought. "Where's Charlie?" he asked. "Is he with Holly?"
"Luke was here." Robert replied. "He took Charlie to Bobbie's."
"Did you even give Holly a chance to explain?" he asked. "Did you let her talk at all or did you just start yelling at her?"
"I wanted answers!" he said loudly. "Holly said that she was pregnant when the two of you married."
"How could you do it Mac?" he asked again. "How could you have sex with Holly?"
"I would never do that to you." Mac said. "I would never do anything to hurt you like that."
"Mac!" he yelled. "There's a child!"
"And I'm telling you that I never had sex with Holly!" he yelled back. "How could I when she was pregnant with your child?"
Robert fell completely silent. "What did you say?" he finally asked.
"Charlie is your son." he said. "Not mine."
tbc...
