Saving Kate
Chapter: 11
Pairing: Robert & Holly Scorpio
Rating: PG-13
Moans of heightened lovemaking echoed throughout the sauna. Holly pulled Robert down for one final kiss before he collapsed against her, sweaty and breathless. She ran her hand down his slick back. "I can't seem to get enough of you." she said, breathless.
He placed a kiss on her shoulder. "If you weren't so loud we could make love in bed."
"I can't help it. The way you feel inside of me drives me absolutely insane." she replied. "Besides you're just as loud."
Robert lifted himself up so that he could look into her eyes. "I am not." he smiled. "And if you promise to be quiet we can move this into the bedroom."
"I need a shower."
"Why?" he asked. "I'm just going to make you all sweaty again."
Holly smiled. "I need sleep, Robert." she replied. "We have infant that wakes up in the middle of the night."
"Then I guess you wouldn't mind if I joined you in the shower then would you?"
"Not at all."
A half hour later Holly and Robert emerged from the bathroom in towels. Holly headed directly for the door. "Where are you going?" he asked her.
"To get ready for bed." she replied.
"Okay." he said as he headed for the dresser. "I'll see you in a few minutes."
"A few minutes?" Holly asked. "Why?"
"You're sleeping in here aren't you?" he asked.
"No." she replied. "I'm going to put on my pyjamas and get into my own bed."
"Why?" he asked, confused. "Why don't you just sleep in here?"
"I don't think that's a good idea." Holly said.
"So you can have make love with me all day but you can't sleep in the same bed with me?" Robert asked. "Why's that?"
"Robert." she said softly. "It's not like that. I'm just afraid that if we move too fast it will mess everything up."
"You should have thought about that earlier before you propositioned me." he said, angrily. "If you had no intentions of getting back together then why did we make love? Or was it just sex to you Holly and nothing more?"
"No." she insisted. "It's never been just sex between us, Robert, it's always been something more. You know that. Please tell me you know that.?"
"I don't know anything anymore." he sighed, feeling defeated. "Just go."
"I will not just go." Holly said, offended. "You can't just dismiss me like that, Robert."
"You wanted to go!"
"Lower your voice." she demanded. "Our daughter is in the next room asleep."
At the mention of their daughter Robert felt his resolve starting to break. "Holly, I can't do this." he said. "I can't make love to you and then pretend nothing happened."
"I'm not asking you to." she replied. "I'm just asking for some time that's all."
"Time for what?"
"Robert, one day of passion does not make up for the past nineteen years." Holly told him. "You can't expect it to just erase the past and everything that happened between us. It's not that simple. We have two decades of crap to work through before our relationship goes anywhere."
"And sleeping in the same bed would mess it up?" he asked.
"There's nothing I'd like more than to fall asleep in your arms and wake up there the next morning, but it's too soon." she said softly. "If it was just the two of us then I'd be willing to chance it, but we have a child who needs us. I can't break my promise to Skye, I couldn't live with myself if I did."
Robert sighed. "I think I know where you're coming from." he replied. "You're scared."
Holly's eyes filled with tears. "Yeah." she breathed out. "I'm terrified."
He drew her into his arms. "Well." he sighed. "That makes two of us."
She relaxed in his embrace. "Maybe we shouldn't have made love." she said. "Maybe we should have waited."
He pulled back a little and tilted her chin up so that he could look into her eyes. "Do you regret it?" he asked.
"No." she answered without hesitation. "I could never regret making love to you."
He softly kissed her lips. "Then we're making a little progress." he said. "We'll get there eventually, it'll just take a little time."
tbc...
