Chapter 16
Anna had loved getting to see their friends and getting caught up with them. Now she was really looking forward to moving back here. They had been here for five days and would be back in two months. Hopefully, they will find a house before Christmas. Anna really wanted to have their family all together and she wanted to host.
Mac was driving them to the airport so he and Thomas were taking the bags to the car. Robert walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her, kissing her neck. "Don't start," she said with a grin, "we have a plane to catch."
"Well, you make a good point."
Anna turned in his arms then kissed him, "I'm glad we came here for a visit first. I think moving and trying to get settled while explaining what happened and why we've all been gone would be a lot to deal with."
"Yeah, and I can tell that Thomas is really excited about moving here now."
She smiled and nodded, "I know we should get going but I don't want to leave." They both looked around the room again.
"I know what you mean." He leaned in and kissed her tenderly. "We better get going."
"Yeah." They linked arms and walked out of the house one step closer to coming home.
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It had been a long flight and now that they had arrived Anna just wanted to get to the house. She was looking forward to exploring and seeing places Thomas liked. Important places to Robert, but that can all wait. She was most excited to see their home.
As they got out of the cab, Anna smiled over at Robert. "Welcome home." He gave her a quick kiss then got their bags. "Someone's waiting for you." Anna turned to see Thomas smiling at her. "I'll bring these in, go."
Thomas took Anna's hand and they walked up the front walk to their house, practically dragging her to the door. Robert walked in behind them just to see Thomas drag her down the hall. What struck Anna first was that there were a lot of pictures. A lot of all four of them. She loved seeing the ones of Thomas as he grew. She also instantly felt at home here, this was made for her. This place was waiting for her.
Robert carried their bags to the rooms. When he dropped Thomas' bag in his room he was telling Anna about his action figures. Anna had her arm around him, a smile on her face. Robert knew this was a very special moment for both of them.
About an hour and a half after they had arrived Anna walked back into the living room, "I like it here, I love all the pictures." She said as she sat down beside Robert.
Robert put his arm around her, "They are how I had you and Robin close to us. Did he showing you everything he owns?"
"He showed me a lot then we sat and started talking. He told me how much he wants the kids at school to see me, to know I'm real. Then he asked what it was like when Robin was little. He cuddled in as I was talking and fell asleep, then I tucked him in."
"He hardly slept on the plane, he was too excited about getting to share this with you."
"I feel at home here," she said smiling at him. "When I walked in, it felt like coming home."
"You have always been the lady of the house, even if you weren't here with us."
"I think Thomas is looking forward to sticking it to some of the women that would hit on you."
"That has always bothered him. He gets angry when it happens. I tried to tell him that it didn't matter because they were just wasting their time but he told me it mattered to him and that Mom wouldn't like it."
"Mom won't like it if she sees it happen now. You may just have to accept there will be PDA's happening while we're here."
He pulled her a little closer, "I think I can handle that."
Anna kissed him tenderly, "Are you going to show me your room and all your cool stuff?"
"I don't know about cool stuff but I will definitely show you our room." Anna stood up and held out her hand, as she gave him a sexy smile. Robert stood up and took her hand, "You're right, we should get to bed too," he said smiling back. They walked down the hall, "I put away your things while Thomas was showing you around."
"Thank you," she said as they walked into the room. She noticed that, like the rest of the house, there wasn't much in the way of decoration but there were pictures. She wondered how he had gotten some of them but didn't really want the answers, assuming the WSB would have been involved.
"That's your dresser and I hung up your things in the closet," Robert said as he pointed around the room. He watched her look around, she picked up a picture of them that had been taken in Italy. "I will show you the other ones from our first honeymoon tomorrow."
Anna looked up a smile on her face, "I'd like that. Look at you, so young, so handsome, my wonderful husband." She put down the picture then turned and continued looking around the room. Then she saw a picture of her and Thomas when he was a baby on the nightstand by the bed, there were already tears in her eyes as she picked it up. She looked up at Robert and smiled, "I am so glad you have these."
"You'll notice there are several pictures from that time around the house."
"That's good, I want to see them all." She put the picture down then moved around the room looking at the other pictures.
"I used to picture you here with me, picture this moment. I am so happy that I don't have to imagine you here with me anymore."
Anna walked over to him, "I am really here." She put her arms around his neck, "I never want us to be apart again."
"Neither do I." He kissed her tenderly, "I think we should get ready for bed."
Anna smiled, "I'd like that." She kissed him again then turned to get changed.
Robert got undressed then got into bed, a few minutes later Anna came back into the room, "You look beautiful." She was in a little blue negligee. Anna got into bed, Robert pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Slow, sensual kisses as their hands move over each other's bodies. The passion slowly building, he removed her negligee then Anna smiled at him as she pushed him onto his back then kissed him passionately. They made love then fell asleep in each other's arms.
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Anna was looking around the house after they had finished breakfast. Robert said he had some calls to make and Thomas was in his room. Robert hadn't been kidding about the pictures of her and Thomas. There were a few of the three of them and one of Thomas asleep on Robert's chest that she absolutely loved. When there was a knock at the door she went to answer it. She opened the door to see a young boy standing there, he was probably around Thomas' age. "Hello."
The boy looked up at her and his eyes got big, "Um, hi. Um, is Thomas here?"
"Yes, he is." He kept staring at her so Anna asked, "Is your name Angus?" He nodded. "Did you want to come in?"
"Mom said I had to ask if I could come over first, she's in the car."
"I hear your mother was very nice to Thomas while I was gone, I would like to meet her."
He turned and ran back down the walk, "MOM! She's back! Thomas' mom is back!" Anna had to laugh watching him run to the car at the curb.
Thomas came over to her, "Was that Angus?" then he looked out the still opened door. "Why's he getting his mom?"
"I said I'd like to meet her and he ran to get her."
They watched them walk back up to the house, all of them with smiles on their faces. "Hey Thomas, where did you go?" Then he looked up at Anna, "That's her, right?"
"Yeah, this is my Mom."
Anna held out her hand to his mom, "Hi, I'm Anna."
"Hello, I'm Joan. We had no idea this was what had taken Thomas out of town. This is amazing, it's wonderful," she said with a big smile.
"It is wonderful, come in."
"That's really your mom," Angus said as he followed Thomas into the living room.
Thomas was beaming with happiness, "Yeah and Robin will be here in a couple days." Then they vanished down the hall.
"Thomas told me he explained to you why I wasn't here with them and that you made sure Angus understood as well."
"Yes, he is such a little sweetheart and when Angus told me kids picked on him about his mom, I asked about you. Were you really a spy?"
Anna was glad that she wasn't asking questions about her amnesia. "Yes, that's how Robert and I met actually."
"That's what takes him out of town so often."
"Not anymore, he's done with that now. We're both done with that."
They walked further into the living room, "So did you just get your memory back? Sorry, I hope that isn't rude."
"No, don't worry about it. I have had my full memory back for a little over four months. Well, there are still things that I'm remembering but all the important things are there."
"That's wonderful."
"Luv, where'd you get too?" They turned to see Robert entering the room. "There you are. Hello Joan, I thought I heard Angus in Thomas' room."
"Hi Robert," she said with a smile. "You must be a very happy man."
"You have no idea," he smiled back as he put his arm around Anna. "Can I offer you something to drink?"
"No, I'm not staying long. I just came in to meet Anna." She smiled seeing them together, they both looked very happy. "I am so happy for all of you and I hear your daughter is coming for a visit as well."
"Yes, she is," Robert said with a smile. They talked for a little longer than Joan said either her or Kieth would be back to pick Angus up at about three.
Robert took Anna's hand and she turned to him. "I like that today we are just sticking around here but I am looking forward to you showing me around."
"We'll get to that, I kind of wanted to wait for Robin to get here for some of it."
"She'll love that," Anna said as she put her arms around his neck. "What are we going to do today?"
"Do you want to look at some pictures? Then maybe we'll take the boys over to the park for a while."
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They were sitting in Robert's home office having finished going through pictures. Anna had shed a few tears but mostly it had made her happy seeing pictures of Thomas as he grew. "Now you want to go to the park?" Anna asked as Robert finished putting the photos away.
"I thought we could take a blanket, stretch out, watch the boys play."
Anna walked over to him and took his hand, "Let's pack a lunch, we can spend the afternoon there. It's beautiful out."
"I like that idea." He gave her a quick kiss then they walked out of the office. Robert poked his head into Thomas' room. "Hey, you guys want to head over to the park in a few minutes?"
"Yeah," they said in unison.
"We're just gonna pack something to eat then we'll head over there," Robert told them.
"Grab your ball," Angus said.
"We'll be waiting out front," Thomas said then they rushed down the hall and out of the house.
When they had a picnic packed Anna and Robert walked out of the house arm in arm. The park wasn't far so they agreed to walk there. The boys were just ahead of them, Anna was watching them with a smile on her face. "He's going to miss Angus when we move."
"Yeah, but I will have to come back here once in a while for business so I thought if it works out I'd bring both of you with me."
"Does that mean you plan on keeping the house here."
"It's paid for and this way we have somewhere to escape to if we want."
Anna smiled at him, "I'd like that."
It wasn't long before they were at the park. There were a few kids there playing soccer already. As Robert laid out the blanket Anna watched as Thomas and Angus went to talk to a couple of other kids. She looked over when Robert took her hand. "Come over here," he said with a smile.
Anna sat down on the blanket so she could watch the boys, who were now playing with the other kids. Robert laid down, putting his head on her leg, Anna put her hand on his chest. "Do you think you'll have to work much while we're here?"
"No, Matteo takes care of the day to day business. There will be lots of time for doing things like this. I will even take you out on dates," he said smiling up at her.
She smiled back, "I'm looking forward to that."
"Anna, I am happy that we went to Port Charles before coming here. While we're here I feel like I have a lot of time to make up for. I want to take you out for romantic dinners, take you out dancing. This is your romantic holiday before we go back to our life in Port Charles."
"Our romantic holiday," then she leaned down and kissed him.
"I have missed you so much, Anna. It hurt so much not having you here with us."
Anna stroked his cheek, "I'm here now and I'm not going anywhere, that's what matters."
"SHUT UP! You don't know anything." Anna and Robert both looked up hearing Thomas yelling at someone. "My Mom is right there!"
Robert sat up letting Anna stand, she walked over to Thomas and the other boys. "What seems to be the problem over here?"
"Jake got mad because Thomas score on him three times and he started calling him an orphan," Angus told her, Thomas was still glaring at the kid he had been yelling at.
Anna put her hand on his shoulder, "I see you have your dad's temper."
"Mom, he called me an orphan." Then he turned back to the kid, "My Mom and Dad are both alive you idiot," he told Jake.
"Yes, we are. Why don't you and Angus take a little break, come have something to eat?"
"Yeah, come along Thomas." The kids looked up when they saw Robert was now there as well, they all knew who he was. "Jake, do I need to talk to your father again?"
"No sir," he put his head down.
"Since you are all here maybe Thomas would like to introduce someone."
He looked up at his dad then smiled. "Yeah, I would. I'd like you all to meet my mom, Anna. She's better now and could finally come home to us."
They were all staring at her, "Really?" One of the other boys asked. "Sorry Thomas, I really thought you made all that stuff up."
A few of the other kids told him similar things, they all said hello to Anna. Jake was the last one to say anything. "Um, it's nice to meet you," he said looking at his shoes. "Thomas, um sorry about giving you a hard time."
Anna knows that was about the best they were going to get. They are just kids and she knew this situation wasn't easy for them to understand. "It's nice meeting all of you too. Thomas, Angus let's go eat." The four of them walked back over to the blanket hoping that by the time they joined the game again, everyone will be a little calmer.
"I won't have to put up with kids like him when we move to Port Charles," Thomas said as they all sat down, still sounding a little upset.
"I still can't believe you're gonna move," Angus said. "You're gonna come visit right."
"I don't know how often it will be but yes Thomas will come back to visit," Robert told them.
"Cool," Angus said, they were both smiling now.
While they ate their lunch, Angus had lots of questions. Most were about them, not what Anna had been through. Anna listened as Thomas and Angus promised to spend lots of time together before they moved. She loved getting to see Thomas with his friend, listening to them joke around with each other was wonderful.
When they were done eating Anna moved closer to Robert. As soon as she did he put his arm around her and kissed her lovingly.
"Yeah, they do that a lot," Thomas said as Angus grinned at them then laughed.
"I haven't gotten kiss your mom in years, I have a lot of time to make up for," Robert told him with a grin.
"Why don't you guys go play for a while. We have a little more time before your parents are going to pick you up," Anna told them. They got up and ran off to rejoin the game. Anna turned to Robert, "I believe you had your head on my lap."
"I did." They adjusted so they were position as they were before that little disagreement. It was a wonderful afternoon, they enjoyed just relaxing together, talking, flirting.
"I think I am really going to enjoy our time alone here," Anna said as her fingers ran through his hair.
"So am I."