A/N: Robyn can be forgiven for swearing. Legolas may have something to say
about it, but for now she can be forgiven.
Luvs Elfie xXxXx
Chapter 13
"I'm scared," said Ash. Michelle rolled her eyes.
"Considering you're pretty much a grown man," she said, "you're being very pathetic. You're scared of a 16-year old girl?"
"This isn't just any 16-year old girl," said Ash. "It's Robyn."
"Good point," said Michelle. They were all of about 5 minutes away from Michelle's house where they both knew Robyn would be. Ash had, previously, been enjoying his freedom again, but now he was just plain terrified.
"What do you think she'll say?" he asked.
"Well, I think the first thing will probably be some obscenity (a/n: I love that word!) aimed at me," said Michelle. "Then she won't want you in the house, but I'll let you in anyway. Then she'll probably shout at you a fair bit. Then Legolas will attempt to calm her down, but fail miserably. She'll probably go off in a strop for a bit. And finally she'll sit down, listen to what you have to say, disagree at first, but then think about it and apologise for calling you a murderer and we'll all be happy." Ash stared at her for a minute. "What?"
"That was odd," he finally said. "You really do know her very well, don't you?"
"Well, that's exactly what I would do in her situation," she said, "and she's a mini me, so it makes sense." They had reached the door. Ash took a few deep breaths before he went in.
"I think I'm ready," he said.
"Do you know what I think would be a better idea?" she said. "If you wait out here for a moment while I just prepare them."
"That's fine by me!" he said.
"OK, I'll be back for you in a minute. Just wait here." With that, she disappeared inside the house.
"OK, Keep calm, Ash," he said aloud. "Just tell her how you feel and why you did what you did and you'll be fine." He took some more deep breaths and then leant against the house. 'Eru, help me!'
"MOM! There you are! I've been so worried!" cried Robyn as Michelle entered the house.
"As have I," said Legolas.
"I've been at the Palace," said Michelle. "The Healer should have told you that. He did know."
"He didn't say a thing except that you weren't there," said Legolas.
"You weren't meant to leave until tonight at the earliest," said Robyn.
"Well, I felt better," said Michelle. "I got Aragorn to get me out. Its useful being friends with the King, you know."
"Aragorn should have known better than that," said Legolas, sternly.
"He didn't have any say in the matter," said Michelle.
"Then you should have known better," said Robyn. "Mom, you can't go round pretending nothing has happened."
"I'm not going round pretending nothing has happened," said Michelle. "There was a perfectly good reason as to why I had to leave."
"Being?" said Robyn.
"I had business to attend to," she said. 'Just bloody ask me,' she thought.
"You didn't do what I think you did, did you?" said Legolas.
"What do you think I did?" she said.
"You went to see Ash, didn't you?" said Robyn.
"Robyn, I'm disappointed," said Michelle. Robyn looked puzzled. "It took you that long to work it out? You're losing your touch."
"Why, mom?!" she said. "Why did you have to do that? Why couldn't you just leave it be?"
"You know, you're as bad as he is," said Michelle. "You immediately jumped to conclusions. You're presuming I went up there and had a real go at him for upsetting you so much, aren't you?"
"Well, yeah, but-"
"Well, you're wrong," she said. "I had a little chat with him about you, but we were mainly talking about Becky. I had other things to sort out as well." She turned towards the door.
"Where are you going?" said Robyn.
"You'll see," she said. Legolas suddenly understood.
"You didn't?" he said.
"I did," she said. She opened the door and there stood Ash (looking very nervous).
"WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING HERE?!?!?!" shouted Robyn.
"I told you," said Michelle to Ash. "Come in, Ash."
"Oh no!" yelled Robyn. "He's not coming in here! He's a traitor and a murderer! How could you?!" She turned her focus to Ash. "You knew I loved you! You knew I'd have done anything for you! Yet you still turned against us! You still set up my mom! You still tried to get her killed! What did we ever do to you?!"
"Robyn, I think you need to calm down a little," said Legolas. "Nothing can be sorted if you-"
"There you go again!!!" she cried. "Sticking up for him! He tried to kill your wife and you're standing there sticking up for him!!!" Robyn turned back to her mother to find her trying not to laugh. "I'm glad you find this funny mom! It just shows where you're priorities lie! HE TRIED TO KILL YOU, ERUDAMMIT!!!!!!!!" Robyn stormed out of the room, up the stairs. A few seconds later they heard a door slam.
"You really do know her very well," said Ash. Michelle had to sit down because she was laughing so much. (A/n: she's like me. She has a very odd sense of humour.)
"Could someone please explain to me now what is going on?" said Legolas.
"Oh nothing, it's just I've predicted every single one of Robyn's actions so far," said Michelle. "Earlier Ash asked what she was likely to say ad so I basically told him everything Robyn would do. I've been very right so far."
"She has been amazingly accurate," said Ash.
"And can you please explain why Ash is no longer in prison," said Legolas.
"I don't think he's guilty of anything," said Michelle, simply. "I may be a bitch but I would never send someone to prison for doing nothing. So anyway, I'm pressing charges against him. And yes, I've thought about it a lot, before you say anything."
"I wasn't going to say a word," said Legolas, defensively. "I'm leaving that to Robyn."
"Should my ears be burning?" came a timid voice from the stairs. They all looked and saw Robyn standing at the bottom of the stairs.
"Have you calmed down a little now?" said Michelle. She nodded her head.
"I'm ready to listen to what you have to say," she said to Ash. "That doesn't mean I'm going to agree with you, but I will listen."
"I think that's our cue to leave," said Legolas to Michelle.
"Oh, right, yeah," she said. "I'll just, er, go and... make some tea! Yeah, that's what I'll do. Make some tea." Legolas and Michelle disappeared into the kitchen. Ash and Robyn sat down opposite each other.
"Well, that was easier than I expected," said Robyn. "Anyway, come on then, now's your chance. Tell me why you did it."
"I don't know," he said. "And that's the truth. If I was in a normal state of mind, I would never dream of doing what I did. But, every single day that they had me, they just kept telling me that you didn't really love, that you'd been unfaithful, that you were using me."
"But you know none of that is true," she said.
"I know," he said. "And I was determined not to let them get to me like they did. I saw straight away what they were trying to do, but when you hear something over and over and over again, you start to believe it. Even if I'd been hand-cuffed to you for the entire time I've known, so I knew there was no possibility at all of you being unfaithful, not that I think you have been, but even if I knew that, the way she said it still put doubt in your mind. I know you love me, I know you wouldn't hurt me like they were saying you had, but if you'd have heard it... it was horrible."
"But you've obviously got some doubts I you believed them," she said. "Otherwise, you wouldn't have been twisted the way you were."
"I have no doubts at all," he said, firmly. "Or at least I didn't until they started at me. That kind of torment is enough to drive anyone over the edge."
"So you honestly believe that I don't love you."
"No! I've never truly believed that!"
"But, you wouldn't have done it otherwise. Unless you don't love me."
"Robyn, I don't want you to ever think that," he said. "I will never stop loving you. Even if you turn away from me now. Even if we go our separate ways now, you'll always be the person I love. I've never felt for anyone what I feel for you."
"But Ash, you aided in trying to get my mom killed. How is that showing that you love me?"
"It isn't, I know that." He stood up and started to pace. "I don't know why I did it. But I would do anything now to prove that I love you. If you asked me to walk away now, never to see you ever again, I would do it because you wanted me to."
"It's all talk, Ash. I don't know that any of this true. You could just be making this all up so you get closer to my mom so that you can try and get her killed again."
"No, Robyn, I'm going to do that. I'm not stupid enough to that."
"Not stupid enough to do what? Get caught again?"
"No, I'm not stupid enough to loose you again. Robyn, I love you." She shook her head.
"A leopard never changes its spots," she said, sadly. "You've betrayed us once. You'll do it again."
"I could never do that to you."
"You already have."
"I couldn't do it again."
"Ash, give up."
"I can't do that either." He sat back down. "I love you too much to just give up. I'll only stop trying when you tell me you don't love me. Can you do that? If you tell me now that you don't love, I'll walk away and never bother you again." She stared at him as if he was crazy.
"Of course I love you, Ash," she said. "That's why it hurts so much. You were able to be convinced otherwise."
"I know a way of showing you that I love you," he said.
"Ash, I don't want you to do anything," she said, exasperatedly. "All I need now is some time to think."
"Please, let me do this," he said. He dropped down on one knee. "Robyn, will you marry me? I know I don't have a ring or anything but, all the same, will you marry me?" She stared at him in total shock.
"How can I-" Michelle flung the kitchen door open and ran at Robyn.
"Robyn! If you throw this opportunity, I will personally decapitate you in the slowest most painful way I know how! Do you realise what kind of questioning I went through to get him out of that bloody prison?!"
"Er, mom, if you don't mind," she said. "I was going to say, before I was rudely interrupted, how can I refuse?" Ash's eyes widened and he stood up.
"You mean it?" he said. She nodded, smiled and then hugged him tightly. Michelle passed out.
"I think that's a good sign," said Robyn.
"You think she approves?" said Ash.
"Well, tough if she doesn't!"
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A/N: I'm a sucker for romance when it comes down to it. But I couldn't just have her not forgive him, could I? That'd be evil. Well, I am evil, but that's not the point! Now then, I could leave the story here OR I could just do a couple of more chapters about Robyn having the baby. I think I know which one you're all going to say, but I though I'd ask anyway! Luvs Elfie xXxXx
Luvs Elfie xXxXx
Chapter 13
"I'm scared," said Ash. Michelle rolled her eyes.
"Considering you're pretty much a grown man," she said, "you're being very pathetic. You're scared of a 16-year old girl?"
"This isn't just any 16-year old girl," said Ash. "It's Robyn."
"Good point," said Michelle. They were all of about 5 minutes away from Michelle's house where they both knew Robyn would be. Ash had, previously, been enjoying his freedom again, but now he was just plain terrified.
"What do you think she'll say?" he asked.
"Well, I think the first thing will probably be some obscenity (a/n: I love that word!) aimed at me," said Michelle. "Then she won't want you in the house, but I'll let you in anyway. Then she'll probably shout at you a fair bit. Then Legolas will attempt to calm her down, but fail miserably. She'll probably go off in a strop for a bit. And finally she'll sit down, listen to what you have to say, disagree at first, but then think about it and apologise for calling you a murderer and we'll all be happy." Ash stared at her for a minute. "What?"
"That was odd," he finally said. "You really do know her very well, don't you?"
"Well, that's exactly what I would do in her situation," she said, "and she's a mini me, so it makes sense." They had reached the door. Ash took a few deep breaths before he went in.
"I think I'm ready," he said.
"Do you know what I think would be a better idea?" she said. "If you wait out here for a moment while I just prepare them."
"That's fine by me!" he said.
"OK, I'll be back for you in a minute. Just wait here." With that, she disappeared inside the house.
"OK, Keep calm, Ash," he said aloud. "Just tell her how you feel and why you did what you did and you'll be fine." He took some more deep breaths and then leant against the house. 'Eru, help me!'
"MOM! There you are! I've been so worried!" cried Robyn as Michelle entered the house.
"As have I," said Legolas.
"I've been at the Palace," said Michelle. "The Healer should have told you that. He did know."
"He didn't say a thing except that you weren't there," said Legolas.
"You weren't meant to leave until tonight at the earliest," said Robyn.
"Well, I felt better," said Michelle. "I got Aragorn to get me out. Its useful being friends with the King, you know."
"Aragorn should have known better than that," said Legolas, sternly.
"He didn't have any say in the matter," said Michelle.
"Then you should have known better," said Robyn. "Mom, you can't go round pretending nothing has happened."
"I'm not going round pretending nothing has happened," said Michelle. "There was a perfectly good reason as to why I had to leave."
"Being?" said Robyn.
"I had business to attend to," she said. 'Just bloody ask me,' she thought.
"You didn't do what I think you did, did you?" said Legolas.
"What do you think I did?" she said.
"You went to see Ash, didn't you?" said Robyn.
"Robyn, I'm disappointed," said Michelle. Robyn looked puzzled. "It took you that long to work it out? You're losing your touch."
"Why, mom?!" she said. "Why did you have to do that? Why couldn't you just leave it be?"
"You know, you're as bad as he is," said Michelle. "You immediately jumped to conclusions. You're presuming I went up there and had a real go at him for upsetting you so much, aren't you?"
"Well, yeah, but-"
"Well, you're wrong," she said. "I had a little chat with him about you, but we were mainly talking about Becky. I had other things to sort out as well." She turned towards the door.
"Where are you going?" said Robyn.
"You'll see," she said. Legolas suddenly understood.
"You didn't?" he said.
"I did," she said. She opened the door and there stood Ash (looking very nervous).
"WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING HERE?!?!?!" shouted Robyn.
"I told you," said Michelle to Ash. "Come in, Ash."
"Oh no!" yelled Robyn. "He's not coming in here! He's a traitor and a murderer! How could you?!" She turned her focus to Ash. "You knew I loved you! You knew I'd have done anything for you! Yet you still turned against us! You still set up my mom! You still tried to get her killed! What did we ever do to you?!"
"Robyn, I think you need to calm down a little," said Legolas. "Nothing can be sorted if you-"
"There you go again!!!" she cried. "Sticking up for him! He tried to kill your wife and you're standing there sticking up for him!!!" Robyn turned back to her mother to find her trying not to laugh. "I'm glad you find this funny mom! It just shows where you're priorities lie! HE TRIED TO KILL YOU, ERUDAMMIT!!!!!!!!" Robyn stormed out of the room, up the stairs. A few seconds later they heard a door slam.
"You really do know her very well," said Ash. Michelle had to sit down because she was laughing so much. (A/n: she's like me. She has a very odd sense of humour.)
"Could someone please explain to me now what is going on?" said Legolas.
"Oh nothing, it's just I've predicted every single one of Robyn's actions so far," said Michelle. "Earlier Ash asked what she was likely to say ad so I basically told him everything Robyn would do. I've been very right so far."
"She has been amazingly accurate," said Ash.
"And can you please explain why Ash is no longer in prison," said Legolas.
"I don't think he's guilty of anything," said Michelle, simply. "I may be a bitch but I would never send someone to prison for doing nothing. So anyway, I'm pressing charges against him. And yes, I've thought about it a lot, before you say anything."
"I wasn't going to say a word," said Legolas, defensively. "I'm leaving that to Robyn."
"Should my ears be burning?" came a timid voice from the stairs. They all looked and saw Robyn standing at the bottom of the stairs.
"Have you calmed down a little now?" said Michelle. She nodded her head.
"I'm ready to listen to what you have to say," she said to Ash. "That doesn't mean I'm going to agree with you, but I will listen."
"I think that's our cue to leave," said Legolas to Michelle.
"Oh, right, yeah," she said. "I'll just, er, go and... make some tea! Yeah, that's what I'll do. Make some tea." Legolas and Michelle disappeared into the kitchen. Ash and Robyn sat down opposite each other.
"Well, that was easier than I expected," said Robyn. "Anyway, come on then, now's your chance. Tell me why you did it."
"I don't know," he said. "And that's the truth. If I was in a normal state of mind, I would never dream of doing what I did. But, every single day that they had me, they just kept telling me that you didn't really love, that you'd been unfaithful, that you were using me."
"But you know none of that is true," she said.
"I know," he said. "And I was determined not to let them get to me like they did. I saw straight away what they were trying to do, but when you hear something over and over and over again, you start to believe it. Even if I'd been hand-cuffed to you for the entire time I've known, so I knew there was no possibility at all of you being unfaithful, not that I think you have been, but even if I knew that, the way she said it still put doubt in your mind. I know you love me, I know you wouldn't hurt me like they were saying you had, but if you'd have heard it... it was horrible."
"But you've obviously got some doubts I you believed them," she said. "Otherwise, you wouldn't have been twisted the way you were."
"I have no doubts at all," he said, firmly. "Or at least I didn't until they started at me. That kind of torment is enough to drive anyone over the edge."
"So you honestly believe that I don't love you."
"No! I've never truly believed that!"
"But, you wouldn't have done it otherwise. Unless you don't love me."
"Robyn, I don't want you to ever think that," he said. "I will never stop loving you. Even if you turn away from me now. Even if we go our separate ways now, you'll always be the person I love. I've never felt for anyone what I feel for you."
"But Ash, you aided in trying to get my mom killed. How is that showing that you love me?"
"It isn't, I know that." He stood up and started to pace. "I don't know why I did it. But I would do anything now to prove that I love you. If you asked me to walk away now, never to see you ever again, I would do it because you wanted me to."
"It's all talk, Ash. I don't know that any of this true. You could just be making this all up so you get closer to my mom so that you can try and get her killed again."
"No, Robyn, I'm going to do that. I'm not stupid enough to that."
"Not stupid enough to do what? Get caught again?"
"No, I'm not stupid enough to loose you again. Robyn, I love you." She shook her head.
"A leopard never changes its spots," she said, sadly. "You've betrayed us once. You'll do it again."
"I could never do that to you."
"You already have."
"I couldn't do it again."
"Ash, give up."
"I can't do that either." He sat back down. "I love you too much to just give up. I'll only stop trying when you tell me you don't love me. Can you do that? If you tell me now that you don't love, I'll walk away and never bother you again." She stared at him as if he was crazy.
"Of course I love you, Ash," she said. "That's why it hurts so much. You were able to be convinced otherwise."
"I know a way of showing you that I love you," he said.
"Ash, I don't want you to do anything," she said, exasperatedly. "All I need now is some time to think."
"Please, let me do this," he said. He dropped down on one knee. "Robyn, will you marry me? I know I don't have a ring or anything but, all the same, will you marry me?" She stared at him in total shock.
"How can I-" Michelle flung the kitchen door open and ran at Robyn.
"Robyn! If you throw this opportunity, I will personally decapitate you in the slowest most painful way I know how! Do you realise what kind of questioning I went through to get him out of that bloody prison?!"
"Er, mom, if you don't mind," she said. "I was going to say, before I was rudely interrupted, how can I refuse?" Ash's eyes widened and he stood up.
"You mean it?" he said. She nodded, smiled and then hugged him tightly. Michelle passed out.
"I think that's a good sign," said Robyn.
"You think she approves?" said Ash.
"Well, tough if she doesn't!"
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A/N: I'm a sucker for romance when it comes down to it. But I couldn't just have her not forgive him, could I? That'd be evil. Well, I am evil, but that's not the point! Now then, I could leave the story here OR I could just do a couple of more chapters about Robyn having the baby. I think I know which one you're all going to say, but I though I'd ask anyway! Luvs Elfie xXxXx
