Fix You
Chapter: 25
Pairing: Robert & Holly
Rating: PG
"I didn't realize that you were still an expert on what Robert wanted and needed." Holly said, bitterly. "But I assure you the only connection I share with him is Charles."
"So now you're delusional too?" Anna asked. "I didn't realize that was a symptom of pregnancy."
"I'm not being delusional." she insisted. "I'm being practical. Robert and I are over and we have been for a very long time now."
"Making everyone around you miserable, including yourself, is practical?" she asked. "How the hell do you get that?"
"I'm making a home for my child with two, married parents." she explained. "I want my children to grow up in a stable environment."
"Luke Spencer is stable?" she asked. "And how in bloody hell are you going to raise your children in a stable environment? You're so miserable right now that you probably can't even stand yourself."
Holly looked away from her. "Why exactly are you here?" she questioned as she had a seat in the kitchen chair. "I'm sure you have a thousand other better things to do. At least something that doesn't include me."
"I'm here because I want to be." Anna told her. "Besides someone needs to help you through this before you drown in your own tears."
"Who said I was crying?"
"You're eyes are kind of puffy and a little red." she pointed out. "There's no denying it."
She let out a heavy sigh. "I've missed up everything, Anna." she confessed. "I was so close to having everything I always dreamed of and then everything changed."
"Why did everything change?" she asked. "Why did it have to change?"
"Because I want my child to know his father." Holly said. "It's important to me."
"He could know his father even if you and Luke weren't together." she told her. "You could be happy right now, Holly. You could be with Robert."
"It's not that simple, Anna."
"Why isn't it?" she asked. "There's nothing standing in your way but your so called commitment to Luke and if you're this miserable then he can't be all that happy either."
"Luke is happy." she insisted. "And he's very excited about the baby."
"I understand that he's excited about the baby, but is he happy in your relationship?" Anna asked. "Because from my stand point Luke looks at you and his child as prizes, a way to show Robert that he won."
Holly looked away from her, she knew that Anna was right, that her marriage to Luke was to only prove to Robert that he was the better man, the one that she had chosen. "I know what I'm doing." she told her as she gently massaged her abdomen where she had felt a sudden dull pain. "Everything will be fine."
"Are you alright?" she questioned, concerned.
"Yeah." she breathed out as she slid her hand around to her back, following the moving pains. "Just some pains that come along with pregnancy."
"How long have you had the pains?"
She shrugged. "A few days." she answered. "I had them when I was pregnant with Charlie too. It's something about the stomach muscles stretching and expanding. It's not a big deal."
Anna looked at her quizzically. "Then why do you look like you're in excruciating pain?"
"Because it hurts." Holly replied. "I have a person living inside of me that's growing of course it's going to be uncomfortable."
"Maybe I should take you to the hospital." she suggested.
"No!" Holly quickly protested. "I'll be fine." she said just as another pain shot through her stomach, only this one was much sharper and more painful from the last few. She clutched her abdomen in pain, crying out softly.
Kelly's
Robert sat across from Charlie who was making a huge mess out of his hot fudge ice cream sundae. He was wearing more than he had eaten. "Wow." Robert breathed out as he watched his son. "Your Mummy is going to have a fit when she see's you."
Charlie looked up at him, ice cream smeared across his little face. "Why?"
"Because you've covered in ice cream."
He smiled. "I like it."
"Yeah, I know." Robert said, laughing. "But you should aim for your mouth more and not your shirt."
Charlie piled some ice cream and hot fudge on his spoon and leaned across the table. "Have a bite." he offered, ice cream dripping everywhere. "You'll love it."
Robert ate off what was on the spoon. "Yummy." she smiled.
"Now you got it on you, Robbie." he said, pointing at a spot on Robert's shirt. "You're messy."
Ruby came walking up to the table. "Robert." she said. "I need to talk to you for a moment." she told him. "Hello Charlie, are you enjoying your ice cream?"
Charlie smiled. "Yes."
"I'll be right back." Robert told Charlie as he walked over to the side with Ruby. "What's the matter?"
"Anna just called looking for you." she told him. "She took Holly to the hospital about an hour ago."
tbc...