Chapter 17

Anna walked down the hall, a smile on her face. After all the emotions Anna had gone through since meeting her twin sister, this was her favourite, sheer joy. This is true happiness, she finally has them all back. Her children, her husband. Regaining her memory had been tough on her, thinking she might die, finding out who she really was, slowly remembering her life but the final reward was unbelievably wonderful and worth the struggle she had gone through.

Anna walked into the living room to find Robert stretched out on the couch, his eyes closed, a little grin on his face. "You look very content."

"I am," Robert said without opening his eyes. Robin had arrived the day before yesterday, once again they were all together. They'd had a busy day the day before so today they were all just enjoying a nice quiet day at the house together. "Come join me."

Anna smiled then walked over to him. She sat on the edge of the couch, "They have been in his room for almost an hour."

Robert opened his eyes and put his hand on Anna's leg. "I'm glad they get along so well. Thomas used to talk about all the things he wanted to do with Robin. I can just imagine what he's got planned for them while she's here."

Anna put her hand on his chest, "Last night Robin told me she has already started looking into positions in the Port Charles area." She smiled as she told him, "Alan Quartermaine told her there is a position waiting for her whenever she wants it."

Robert nodded with a smile, "Her little brother will be excited to have her close by, maybe even as happy about that as me." Robert sat up a little, "I want us all close together now." He ran his hand along her cheek, lovingly looking into her eyes.

"So do I." Then she smiled, "Why do you think Robin wants to be where we are? We all want to be near each other." Anna leaned in, "I have a date to get ready for," then she kissed him and stood back up and left the room.

A few minutes after Anna left the room Robert got up as well, he went to look in on Thomas and Robin. They were laughing while playing one of his video games and didn't even notice Robert in the doorway. After watching them for a bit Robert turned and walked to his room still smiling. He could hear Anna in the shower, again like so many times since they had arrived here he was overwhelmed with joy. His family is all together in their home, after all this time he had them back and all together. He let out a sigh as he picked up the picture of Anna that always sat by their bed.

He sat on the bed looking at the picture in his hands, "I did it, Luv. We're all together again." He ran his finger along the frame then put the picture down and laid back on the bed. He let out another sigh as he relaxed. For years he had been working for this very moment. He was free to do whatever he wanted now and he had his family back. Anna's right, he is content, he thought as he closed his eyes.

Anna came out of the bathroom several minutes later and grinned seeing Robert stretched out on the bed. She walked over and locked the door before joining him on the bed. Slowly she started unbuttoning his shirt, then leaned in and kissed his neck.

"Mmmm, this is so much better than anything I could ever dream up."

Anna continued to undo his shirt as she kissed along his collarbone. Robert moved his hand to her back, she was wrapped in a towel that he easily removed. Anna opened his shirt as her body slid up his, claiming his lips.

"Isn't this how date night usually ends?" Robert asked then kissed her neck.

"I want to change our plans for date night. We stay in and they go out."

Robert rolled them over, "That's a good idea."

"We'll tell them later." Then she started undoing his pants, which were quickly removed. "I need you, Robert," she said as her nails dug into his back. They moved together, moaning into each other's mouths. "Ahhh, Robert."

There was such need in their movements as they claimed each other, pleasuring each other. Afterwards, breathing heavily in each other's arms. "I want to spend the rest of the night doing that and so much more."

"So you agree, we should stay in tonight?" Anna asked.

"Yes, I do."

"We should tell them about the change of plans so we can get back to this." Anna kissed him then got up and walked across the room naked, Robert rolled and watched her. That is his perfect woman and she is back where she belongs, with him. Robert got out of bed as well. When they were both dressed they went to find Robin and Thomas.

They stopped in the doorway, they were still happily playing video games. "Thomas, wouldn't it be more fun to go out with Robin while she's here than having to stay in tonight?" Robert asked leaning on the doorframe, that was when they noticed their parents.

Thomas jumped up, "Yeah it does. We could go to Rocko's Grill, then to see a movie down the street." Then he looked at Robin, "Rocko's has great burgers, you'll love it. Robin, you could even pick what movie we watch. Come on, let's go." He was clearly excited about getting to go out with Robin on their own.

Robin looked over at her parents and smiled. They did not look like they were dressed for going out this evening. Thomas rushed out of the room past his parents. She got up a little slower, "Yeah, you can have the house to yourselves." Robin grinned then followed Thomas, they were already going to spend the evening together anyway now Thomas got to show her some of the places he likes. She had four more days here and was looking forward to getting to spend time with all of them but she also knew her parents needed time alone as well.

A short time later, Thomas and Robin sat in the restaurant, they had already ordered and were talking while they waited. He had been telling her about Sofia and some of the things they would do when Robert was out of town. The conversation had gotten to their latest trip, "I was confused about going to Pine Valley with Sofia," Thomas admitted.

Robin was a little surprised to hear him say this. "Why's that?"

"Going that far and just us. It was exciting but I was kinda worried even before we were in the car accident. I think I knew we weren't supposed to be there. That Dad wasn't going to be happy about it."

"Did you know where you were going before you left?" Robin asked. She didn't like that he had been taken so far from their father without him knowing. Even if it was to be with his mother that is not how they should have met.

"I knew we were going someplace new called Pine Valley but that was it." The waitress came over with their drinks so he paused, as she walked away Thomas leaned forward and said with a grin, "Hey, I was brought to Mom, like you were brought to Dad."

He did have a point, at least in her case there hadn't been a car crash, then she grinned, there was no threat to him, just a young woman with a crush on their Dad. She had to keep reminding herself it isn't just her Dad now, Robert Scorpio is their Dad. "Yeah, I guess you're kind of right. Oh, here's our food," she said, glad for the distraction. She wanted to enjoy herself, not think about all the things her family has had to go through. "I have some news of my own."

Thomas looked up, "What?" he asked excitedly.

"There's a job waiting for me in Port Charles when I'm done with my training. I'm gonna move back there too."

"That's awesome."

"Yeah, I want to make up for the time we missed together as much as you and our parents do."

Thomas was smiling happily, he had been looking forward to this for years and it was so much better that he had ever imagined. He had to wait a long time but it was worth it, he has his family now, that was all he had ever wanted. Then he remembered something his father had told him, Robin had dreamed that one day she would have her family together. That her parents would get married again and they would be a family. His smile faded as he thought, then she was told they had died. "You were still young when you lost them. That must have been hard to go through."

Robin looked up wondering where that had come from and saw a concerned look in his eyes, "I was still a kid, fourteen just five years older than you and I was told they were gone. It wasn't fair, it wasn't enough time with them." She didn't want to get emotional thinking about that time in her life. She smiled at Thomas, "Now we get to fix that."

"Yeah, we do."

"Enough about that, tonight we are enjoying ourselves.

Thomas smiled at her, "So what do you want to go see?" As they ate they talked about what else they were going to do while they were out. Thomas was excited to hear that they were going to go to one of the later shows meaning they had time to do something else before the movie.

Laying in his arms with her head on his chest, her fingers slowly running back and forth across his stomach, Anna was home. She has him back and they are getting another chance to start over. They'd had a wonderful evening and knew it wouldn't be much longer before Robin and Thomas got back.

"What do you want to do once we're settled in Port Charles?" Robert asked as he stroked her bareback.

"I want to be a mom. I want to really get to know our son. I want time with you. We should have had years together by now. I want to make up for lost time."

"That sounds like a perfect plan."

"I know I'll want to do something eventually but right now I just want time," she said resting her chin on his chest.

"Once we're settled I'll want to find something to do but I'm not too worried about that yet." He ran his fingers through her hair, "Every once in a while I have to remind myself that this isn't a dream."

"This is not a dream. I am right here with you." Anna kissed him passionately.

"Yes, you are." They had spent all evening in bed together, talking, making love, now he justed to hold her.

Anna put her head back on his chest as she heard voices in the hall. "I think they're back." They both grinned listening to Robin and Thomas tell each other to be quiet. "They need a little practice at that," she said with a giggle.

"I like that they are making that much noise, now we know they're home and safe and we will both sleep better."

Anna nodded slowly against his chest, "I love you."

"And I love you."

It had been two weeks since they had arrived in Australia. They'd had a wonderful time with Robin while she was there. Robert and Thomas had shown them around, they'd seen a lot and they had all enjoyed experiencing Bendigo together.

This afternoon they wanted to start getting things in order for their move. They went over to his school to arrange to get Thomas' school records transferred. They walked into the school office together and were politely greeted by the secretary, Mary "Well hello, what can I do for you today. Hi Thomas, looking forward to school starting?"

"I'm going to go to school in Port Charles from now on," he told her.

"Oh?" Then she looked up at Robert.

"We are in the process of relocating to Port Charles, New York. We came in today to request Thomas school records be transferred."

While Robert was talking to Mary, Thomas grabbed Anna's hand and dragged her back out into the hallway. There were a few things he wanted to show her. Anna smiled seeing a picture of him and his classmates, he was talking happily about the project they had done to win an award.

As Robert was talking to Mary, a teacher came through the office, "Well hello, Robert. What brings you here today?"

Crap he thought here we go again. Robert looked up at her, "Just getting Thomas' records transfer, he won't be attending school here this year."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," she said as she touched his arm.

"It's a good thing," he said as he moved slightly away from her, "we're finally going home."

"Maybe we could finally go for that drink I keep asking you about since you'll be leaving," she said with a little smile, batting her eyes at him.

"I am still not interested and I can guarantee my wife won't like that."

She shook her head slightly with a little flip of her hair, she didn't understand why he kept talking about this wife, just because he hasn't taken off the ring doesn't mean he's still married. "Drinks, just one night. We could have some fun together."

"Ahhh, man," Thomas said with disgust, now standing behind Robert.

"I am the only woman Robert has the kind of fun with that you're looking for, honey. I heard the single moms would hit on my husband, I didn't think it would also be one of my son's teachers."

The woman turned to look at Anna, Thomas was standing beside her, a pleased look on his face. "I'm sorry, you are?"

"Anna Scorpio, Robert's wife."

Her face dropped, "Oh, I always assumed there wasn't really a wife."

"I couldn't be with them because of my injuries and treatment that I needed. I'm better now and we are going home so you can stop drooling over my husband because you are never going to get what you're hoping for."

"I was just being nice."

"You just want to get Robert into bed. He is a married man and you look pathetic hitting on him. Where do you think he would go when he wasn't here? Just because I couldn't be with them, doesn't mean he wasn't still fully committed to me." Anna was fine with letting this woman believe visiting her was what had taken Robert out of town so often over the years.

"I'm sorry." Wow, his wife looked like she wanted to kick my ass, she thought. Clearly this is her man and no one was coming between them.

Mary put her head down as she tried not to giggle, Thomas looked over at her and smiled, "That's my Mom, she's amazing."

She smiled back at him, "Yes she is." Mary knew Miss Harper hit on all the attractive single dads and had slept with several of them. Seeing her get put in her place was quite enjoyable. She stood up and handed Anna a folder, "Here's a printout and his records have been emailed."

"Thank you," Anna said as she took the folder, smiling seeing the pleased look on the other woman's face.

"That's all we needed here, now off to my office Luv," Robert said as he turned and put his hand on Anna's back.

Thomas walked out of the office in front of them, a smile on his face. "Miss Harper is worse than the single moms," he said as they walked outside. "She dates lots of the single dads. My buddy Jason's older brother even saw her coming out of their dad's bedroom one morning."

"I'm glad you were there to shut her up today. Usually, it takes a while to get away from her because she doesn't like to be told no. Not interested apparently means try harder to her," Robert said as they walked to the car.

...

This type of thing happened a few more times over the next couple of weeks. They had gone out on a few dates when Thomas would go over to his friend Angus' house for sleepovers. Each time it would be some woman that knew who Robert was would come over and start flirting with him and Anna would let them know exactly who she was. Anna could always tell by the look on Robert's face when it was about to happen. This evening he had pointed out a woman that he felt sure would come over at some point.

"Do they think that the second I walk away from you it's alright to come hit on you?" Anna asked as she watched a couple of woman sitting at the bar.

"I hope not. The one on the left, Lynda I think her name is, is so annoying. Her flirting comes off more like I'm gonna have you no matter what more than just a little fun, hey I might be interested in you. Her daughter is a year behind Thomas in school."

"I had no idea your virtue was in danger so often while we were apart."

That made Robert grin, "It was not in danger, I am committed to you." Robert leaned in and kissed her tenderly. "You are the only woman I want."

"Mmmm, I know," then she leaned in and kissed him back with a little more passion.

"Well, this is an interesting turn of events. I thought you weren't interested in dating. I thought you told me you have a wife."

Anna put her left hand on Robert's cheek, "I'll handle this hon." Anna turned to the woman that had walked over to their table. "Is there something you want, Lynda is it?"

"I came over to talk to Robert actually."

"Yeah and we just want to be left alone to enjoy our evening."

Lynda gave her a fake smile, "Oh, well you should know he usually tells women he's married. If that's changed there is a long line of ladies that want a chance at being with Robert."

"Robert and I have been married since June of '91. There is no line, there are no chances at anything. I was away because of medical reasons and now I keep meeting women that didn't respect mine and Robert's commitment to each other enough to not hit on my husband when he would tell them he was not interested." Anna stood up, "Do you know how much my son hated having to watch women like you hit on his father?"

"I, um, I."

"So you don't have anything to say for yourself? You just shamelessly throw yourself at my husband. Tonight you felt the need to come over and bother us when it should have been clear we would rather be left alone. What did you think was going to happen by coming over here?"

"I thought I should warn you he might be using you."

"No, you didn't. You didn't like seeing Robert out with me. You thought if you came over and told me he is married I would get mad and walk out or something."

Again Lynda couldn't come up with something to say.

"You should go back and join your friend, my husband and I would like to continue our date."

Lynda slowly started to back up, then she turned and walked away. Her body language made it clear she was not happy about what had just happened. Anna sat back down and Robert took her hand. In just under two weeks we will be back in Port Charles and everyone will know whose man I am and you won't have to deal with things like that any longer."

"What is that five different woman now that have felt the need to come on to you while I'm close by? I can see why that annoys Thomas so much."

"It annoyed me too but I would try to be polite. I didn't need a bunch of drama when all I wanted was to spend time with my son when I wasn't on assignment."

"I know that. Let's finish our drinks then you can take me somewhere else. I don't think I'm ready to go home yet."

"Maybe a nice walk then I'm taking you home and having my way with you. We have the house to ourselves tonight and I plan on taking full advantage of that."

"That sounds like what I had in mind for this evening as well." Anna leaned in and kissed him then sat back and picked up her glass. Robert grinned and picked up his drink as well, he took a sip watching her closely. "Maybe we can skip the walk," Anna said with a sexy smile.

"Are you saying I should take you home to bed?"

"I'm saying I want you, now."

They both finished their drinks quickly then stood up smiling, Robert put his arm around her as the left ready to make this a private evening.