Can't Stop Now

Written by: BurntOrange

Disclaimers: Same as Chapter 1

Warning: This chapter has strong adult language.

Thank you to everyone for your review! Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I couldn't resist

Song: "In the Sun" by Michael Stipe featuring Chris Martin

Natalie felt like someone expanded her insides, she felt like she was slowly being suffocated—the air around her became heavy. The lightbulb flickered and she saw Robbie turn from pink, to white, and then back to pink.

"Are…" he gulped, "are you sure?"

She started to tear up and her voice became wavering, "Robbie…" Natalie couldn't blink her tears back fast enough and her vision started to become very cloudy.

"No…Nat…I mean…" He stepped closer to her and gently held her face in his hands, "I didn't mean that." Robbie used his thumb to brush away a tear that was falling down her cheek, "Are you sure that we actually slept together…not just sharing a bed?"

Natalie sniffed and wiped her nose, "All of the tell-tale signs were there Robbie, I don't remember much of last night but I am positive that we slept together. Our clothes were all over that room…and…Jesus…" She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to will herself to stop crying.

Robbie nodded and then held Natalie close, "It's okay..." he whispered into her hair. They stood together, holding each other silently for a minute before he broke the silence. "Umm…Nat?"

She looked up at him and saw that he was pale again, "Yeah?"

He shifted his weight between his feet and started to stroke one of her arms, "I don't think that we…" he cleared his throat. "I, I mean I. I don't think that I used a condom." Robbie gulped, trying to read Natalie's face for a reaction.

"It's okay…"

Robbie smiled for a moment and huffed a short laugh, "I know that you're saying this now, but if you end up preg—"

Natalie cut him off, "I'm on the pill. Have been since college."

He nodded, "Okay…" His eyes glanced around the closet before looking back and Natalie, "What do we do now?"

She shrugged, "I don't know." As they stared at each other they slowly got closer again. Finally, Robbie bit the bullet and kissed Natalie. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders as he set his hands on her hips. Right when Natalie felt herself get into the kiss a door outside of the closet was slammed shut, causing both of them to jump and pull out of the kiss. Then they heard "Woo!! OC is in the house!" and then the noises of conversations starting. They stared at each other again and Natalie was the first to look away, "You probably should go to practice."

"Nat…" he said softly before tucking a few loose strands of hair behind her ear.

"Don't 'Nat' me." She snapped as she brushed his hand away. "You can't do that…I love it when you do that. And when you do that I can't breathe. I can't think."

"But Na—"

"Don't! You don't get it do you? I'm in this…crazy, emotional mess that involves you and Rizzo. And you know, before last night I was fine with letting things just settle down and figure themselves out. But now…" She huffed a laugh, "Now, this got more complicated. And I don't like complicated. You can't have complicated right now. Neither can Rizzo. You two are teammates…on the Olympic team. If I fuck this up I have the whole team on my ass. I can't win."

"Okay…I didn't mean to make this harder for you. Now, I think my feelings for you are pretty apparent, so I won't say anything else about that that subject. But, if you make a decision I'll support it…even if I might not agree with it." He looked at his watch, "I should go change." He kissed her cheek and opened the door, "See you in a bit…Nat."

Natalie clenched her jaw, refusing to look affected, and charged out of the closet. She didn't think about where she was going, her feet seemed to be on auto-pilot. When she was almost to the door, Natalie almost ran into Rizzo.

"Hey Natalie!"

She paused, trying to be polite and courteous, "Hey Rizzo. What's up?"

He scratched the back of his neck, "Are you still up for that dinner sometime?"

Natalie sighed, "Umm…why don't you see what movies are playing tomorrow and pick one for us to go see?"

Rizzo smiled and nodded, "Okay…where are you going? Are you okay?"

She faked a smile, "Fine, I just forgot something in my car…I'll see you at practice." Natalie walked to her car as fast as possible without running. She sat in her car and started to cry again. Leaning her head against her arms that were on the steering wheel she started to whisper to herself, "Moron. You're such a moron. What the hell are you doing? What the fuck are you doing?" She sat up and shook her head, "Jeez…what the fuck are you doing? What the fuck are you doing?!?!" The last sentence she practically yelled. Natalie gripped her steering wheel to prevent herself from beating the crap out of it. A tapping on the window startled her and she screamed before she saw Bill looking at her curiously. Rolling down the window, she wiped away her tears, "Yes?"

"What the hell is going on?" He looked concerned, "What happened last night?"

"You don't want to know, trust me."

Bill raised his eyebrows, "Trust me I do. Now, just tell me."

Natalie slowly blinked, "I slept with Robbie."

He stood straight up and ran his hand through his hair, "Fuck…does Robbie know?" He stared at Natalie, "Does Rizzo know?"

Groaning, she replied, "God I hope not." She inhaled deeply, "Robbie and I have already talked."

"Well, I don't think I can help you out here…" he looked at her, "C'mon…out of the car." Natalie slowly exited the car and after she closed the door he hugged her. "Just…keep your pants on from now on."

Natalie laughed through her drying tears, "I think I can do that."

Bill smiled and looked down at her, "Now, dry your eyes and pretend nothing is wrong. Neither Robbie or Rizzo need to be worried about you being upset."

Nodding, Natalie agreed, "I know…" She took a deep breath, "Let's go inside." As Natalie watched practice she couldn't help but notice how much more confident Robbie seemed compared to Rizzo, especially today. "God do I have a decision to make…" she muttered to herself.