Chapter 25
Anna thought it was a little strange that Finn had not come home at all the night before but decide she wasn't going to worry about it. They were both struggling with their feeling and he had admitted that he didn't know what he wanted now so maybe he had just needed time to think. This morning she wanted to spend a little more time with Robin before she left. After that, she can start trying to figure out her relationship. Anna made her way down to the kitchen to find Robin already up making breakfast, "This I'm going to miss," Anna said with a smile. "Seeing you first thing in the morning is a great way to start my day."
"I like it too, so that's more reason for you to come and visit me."
"I will, I just need to figure out a few things here. I also want to help Peter, I think I need to talk to Alex and get that sample for him at least."
"Good, I think you might still be able to have a relationship with him if you want one."
"I think if he decides that's something he wants I would be open to it but I'm not going to force it. When he thought I was his mother he hadn't wanted one but who knows what will happen now."
"I guess that makes sense." While Robin cooked they continued to talk happily Robin didn't mention that fact Finn hadn't come down. She knew he wasn't here and felt her mom didn't want to talk about it. When they were done eating Robin went up to get her bags while Anna tidied up. Robin wanted to see Robert before she left so they agreed they would go to the Metro Court together.
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Robert was glad Robin had come to see him before heading home, Anna had been with her and even though they had all talked he and Anna didn't get to talk to each other. He needed to know what was going on but knew he had to give her time. She didn't seem to mind the things he had been saying, at least he didn't think she did. She has been flirting with him and that was not normal for them, he flirts she pretends that she's annoyed.
After seeing them he had bumped into Laura again and they had gone for lunch together. She could tell that there was something bothering him but wasn't sure if he wanted to talk about it. As they walked out of Kelly's Laura turned to him, "We can talk about whatever is on your mind."
"We just spent all of lunch talking about you and your problems, what makes you think somethings bothering me?" he asked with a smile.
"Because I know you Scorpio," she grinned back.
"There's just a lot on my mind. I thought helping Anna get answers would help everyone. That isn't exactly what happened. There are still things that need to be answered and I just hope it happens soon."
Laura stopped and looked at him, "Robert, what's going on? Is there something you want to tell me?"
Robert turned and hugged her, "I don't have anything to tell you. If that changes we can sit and talk but for now, there is nothing that needs to be said."
Laura studied his face and could tell he was telling her what he was comfortable with, "Alright, walk with me for a little while before I have to get to a meeting." Robert offered her his arm and they turned and walked away together. Her old friend was struggling with his feelings, that was becoming clear to her. This involved Anna so she was starting to understand that might be why he doesn't want to talk about it.
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When Anna had gone back to her place after dropping off Robin she was surprised to see Roxie was gone. She'd checked the closet and found that Finn had picked up all his clothing as well. Had he really moved out without even talking to her? She had tried to talk to him, should she have told him that yes she had kissed Robert? Would that have made any difference? He'd said he'd kissed someone, was that true or had he been trying to see how she would react? How had this gone so badly so quickly?
Anna decided she wasn't going to think about Finn right now. If he wants to run away while she's not home and not talk to her she doesn't need to worry about him right now. Instead, Anna decided she should do what she can to help Peter. She had not meant to be cruel about how sure she was that she wasn't his mother but knew he may have felt that way. By at least getting him the answers he wanted they might at least be able to have some kind of relationship in the future. Anna called Frisco to see if he could set up a meeting for her with Alex at Steinmore.
Anna had only been off the phone for about ten minutes when she got a text from Robert.
'Why do you want to talk to Alex?'
She smiled, that was fast. It hadn't taken Frisco long to rat her out to Robert. 'Meet me for coffee.'
'Come to my room'
Why not she thought, 'Be there soon'
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Anna got off the elevator and turned towards Robert's room. On the way over she had been trying to figure out why Frisco would have called Robert. She knocked and waited for him to answer. Robert opened the door, "Come on in. Sorry no drink this time," he said as she walked in.
"That's alright, I don't think that would be a good idea at the moment."
"So why do you want to talk to Alex?" Robert asked as he sat down.
"I want to help Peter get some answers. He came over and asked if I could get a DNA sample from her. I think he just wants to know for sure that yes Alex is his mother. He might want her to explain why she gave him up or he might just want to know that the test is accurate. I don't know but I feel like I at least owe him that much."
"Alright, when do we leave?"
"What, why do you think you're coming with me?"
"Why do you think Frisco called me? Looks like we're partners on this one," he said with a smile.
"How did you arrange this Scorpio?"
"I don't know what you're talking about. All I know is Frisco called and said he wanted me to go with you when you went to meet with Alex or he wasn't going to arrange it."
Anna nodded, maybe it was just her old friend looking out for her and wanting her to have someone there he trusted to do that. "Fine, Frisco said he'd call after he's made the arrangements. Now can I have a drink?"
"I guess." He could tell something had happened since he'd seen her this morning. "Do you want to talk about it?"
"Drink first." Robert smiled and got up to get them both a drink. Once Anna had hers she looked at Robert, "He packed up his things and took his dragon while I was dropping off Robin."
"Finn moved out?"
"I guess, I haven't talked to him since yesterday when he told me he wasn't sure what he wanted. That was before I joined you and Robin for dinner."
"Anna."
"This isn't your fault."
"But I've been in the way, I been there when it probably should have been him."
"You were the one I wanted there. You were the one I needed. Robert, if you hadn't been here I don't even know what I would have been thinking."
There was so much he had wanted to say to her but it didn't seem like this was the right time now. "I think you should know I'd still like to talk but I know today isn't the time for it."
"Thank you." She finished her drink then got up. "I think I should get out of here." She looked at him and felt that pull, she wanted to kiss him but this was not the time. He got up and walked to the door with her. "I'll call you and yes we still need to have that talk," she said with a smile as she turned to leave.
Anna was almost at the elevator when she saw Finn in the hallway in front of her. "What the hell are you doing here?" she called out to him.
He turned towards her, had she just gotten off the elevator or was she coming from one of the room. What were the chances he was on the same floor as Scorpio? "I could ask you the same thing."
"I was talking to my partner about our next assignment."
"Partner? You're going to tell me now you and Scorpio are working together."
"According to the director we are on this next matter that needs our attention." Anna folded her arms in front of her, "So you just pack up and leave? You couldn't even talk to me first."
"What is there to say? I don't think it's working."
"So you just run away?"
"I think we need to take a little time to figure out what we both want." Anna just nodded waiting to see if he would say anything else. "You know I'm not the man you want."
"You've decided that for me. That's why you waited until I took Robin to the airport to pick up your things? I think you're right, we need time apart. Can I have the key to my place?"
"I just want a little time."
"And I want to know that you aren't just gonna show up whenever you want." Finn reached into his pocket then took the key off the key ring. "Thank you." Anna turned and pressed the elevator button when the doors opened she got on without looking back at Finn. Anna was so annoyed with Finn she could scream. Now she wanted to get drunk but the person she wanted to drink with was back on that floor. The problem was that is also where Finn was and all she wanted to do was get as far away from him as she could. As she stepped off the elevator she smiled and pulled out her phone, 'I want to drink, meet me at the Floating Rob'
Robert looked at the text, she had just left so why does she want to meet? 'Are you buying?'
Anna laughed, 'Only one way to find out' she smiled and put her phone away certain that she'd be seeing him before long. She was about to leave but thought she might as well wait for him. Within ten minutes he was downstairs in the lobby, "What took you so long?" she asked with a smile as she walked over.
Robert smiled at her, "I didn't realize you were waiting."
"I thought about going home, I thought about going back up to your room. One seemed lonely, one seemed like a bad idea. Come get drunk with me, for tonight let's not talk about what we're feeling. For tonight be my friend."
"That I can do." Anna had just admitted that yes she is feeling the same things he is. Tonight she needs a friend and that would always be what he is. "Did you drive here? Should we leave it here or at the Floating Rib because you aren't driving later?"
"We'll leave it there, I just want to get there and start drinking." Robert offered her his arm, Anna smiled and took it then they left together.
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Finn was actually surprised that Anna demanded her house key back. He wanted time to figure out what he was feeling, what he wanted. To do that he thought he needed space. He called Chase but he was busy with a case so he'd called Alexis. She had told him she had just finished what she was working on so she would come and see him. He could tell she was confused when he told her he was in Room 825 at the Metro Court but was glad she didn't question that on the phone.
When she knocked Finn went and answered the door. "What the hell are you doing here?" she asked as she walked in.
"I packed up my things this morning, I wanted time to think. When Anna found out she demanded I give back the key to her house."
"What do you mean when she found out?"
"I may have left without telling her."
"What are you doing? Do you want to throw away your relationship?"
"I am so confused Alexis. Anna asks me why I think things and I don't know I can't answer her. She tells me things I don't want to know about her and Robert then wonders why that might upset me."
"What has she told you?" Alexis walked further into the room and sat down. Clearly, Finn needs someone to get him thinking straight.
"Well, apparently they knew Robin is theirs and Peter couldn't be her because Robert was the first man she had sex with."
"And that affects your relationship how?"
Finn sat down as well, good point Alexis he thought. "She loves me but not the same way she loves him."
"Yeah, and up until this morning, you were the man she was living with. I think that meant she wanted to be with you."
"If Peter isn't hers then her telling me about him doesn't mean the same thing."
"She told you what she believed was a very painful secret. Yeah, it turned out it wasn't about her but does that change what it meant when she told you?"
Finn runs his hand through his hair, "I've made a mess of this."
"Yeah."
Finn got up and started pacing. "Alexis the other night, I wanted that to happen. You might think I was just using you to get back at Anna. That wasn't why I kissed you."
"Finn I don't think we should talk about that right now."
"I know there's something going on between Robert and Anna. I think I'm acting like this because I don't want to be hurt when she leaves me for him."
"Finn, do you really believe that?"
"Yes."
Alexis stood up and walked over to Finn, she put her hand on his chest. "You should really talk to her. At least try again before you make a decision you are going to regret."
"That is good advice and I guess I should take it."
She patted his chest, "Yes you should. Go talk to her. If you need to talk later you know where I'll be."
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When they got back to Anna's they stumbled through the door arm in arm laughing. Anna wasn't even sure what they had been talking about on the way there but they had laughed a lot. They wandered into the sitting room and fell onto the couch, "Thank you, that was what I needed tonight."
"Glad I could help sweety." They were sitting beside each other so Robert put his arm around her shoulder. "Drunken therapy just one of the services I offer."
"I'm glad." Anna leaned a little closer, "You know you could have saved me a lot of trouble if you'd come back after Bern."
"Ouch." He closed his eyes and pulled her a little loser for a moment.
She gave him a little shove, "Just like you could have saved me from the heartache that I went through because of Duke."
"I think I've caused you a lot of heartaches."
"Shhh, that's different."
Robert nodded, "OK." He kissed the top of her head, "I didn't think you felt the same way when I came back." Anna turned and looked at him, "Robin's wedding."
"Oh, yeah I was still a little annoyed then, sorry."
"Anna I really want to stay here. I want to hold you but I think I should go."
Anna looked at him, even drunk they were both trying to ignore what was happening between them. "Yeah, I guess you should." Their eyes locked and Robert reached up and touched her cheek. "Go, it can't happen tonight, not like this," Anna said then put her head down.
"Alright, Luv." Robert got up and left, she was right it couldn't be tonight.
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Finn had taken Alexis advice and gone to Anna's to talk to her. She wasn't there so decided to wait for her to get home. Watching her and Robert when they got to Anna's it was clear why she wanted her key back. They had clearly enjoyed themselves tonight. Once they were inside Finn left, he needed to yell at someone and since Alexis was the one that sent him there she was the one that got to hear just how wrong she had been.
Alexis went to answer the pounding at her door. "Thanks! Great advice!" Finn said as he barged in.
Alexis turned watching him. "What happened?"
"Oh, I took your advice. I went to Anna's to talk to her. She wasn't home when I got there so I waited."
"Good."
"I waited and got to watch her and Robert get out of a car together laughing and hanging off of each other. They went inside together, even opening the door they were hanging off each other."
"Were they drunk by chance?"
"Oh, I don't know."
"How long did Robert stay there?"
"I don't know, I left right after they got there."
"So you abruptly move out without telling her. Do you think maybe she needed a friend to talk to?"
"So they went out drinking. Yeah and that won't lead to anything."
"Finn, you have no idea what's going on."
"Yeah but I do. I've known for a while and if Anna wants to be with Robert I am not going to stand in her way."
Alexis closed her eyes and exhaled, "I really think you're making a mistake."
"No, I'm not. I know it's time to walk away." He turned to Alexis, "It's time to walk and go after something else."
"Why are you talking like this? Why are you willing to throw away what you and Anna have?"
"What do we have? A few nice memories? Some fun times? It was nice but maybe it isn't what's right for me after all." Finn walked towards her, "We were nice, it was easy. I liked being with you."
"Yeah, but you picked Anna."
"I made a mistake."
"Finn, you're just upset. You don't mean that."
"Yes, I do. Alexis, admit it you wanted to kiss me as much as I wanted to kiss you the other night. Tell me you aren't thinking about it right now."
He was right but he also wasn't really acting like himself. Finn is the kind of nice guy Alexis should be with but that doesn't mean she should start something with him the moment he breaks up with Anna. Had they even actually broken up? Alexis took a step back from Finn, "I can't tell you that but that doesn't mean we can act on this."
"Alexis, don't we deserve to have a little fun?" Finn pulled her into his arm and kissed her. Neither one held back this time, desire fuelled their passion. All rational thought left them as they started removing each other's clothing. Nothing was said as their need for each other took over. Finn leads her over to the couch pulling her down onto his lap. This was a dance they'd done before and they both felt this was what they needed. As the pace quicken, they clung to each other as they rode out the wave of their shared release. Nothing was said as Alexis led Finn up to her bedroom. If this was a one-night thing they were going to enjoy themselves.