Robin paused in the living room on her way back through the
brownstone. She fingered an ornament that she had made and given to Bobbie
when she wasn't that much older than Georgie. Where had the time gone, she
thought to herself as remembered the last Christmas she had with her
parents and the last one she had with Stone. With a sigh Robin put the
memories aside and headed into the kitchen.
This is what Christmas was about, a house full of people, laughing children. This is what she had always wanted Christmas to be about, not the loneliness she felt sitting alone in her Paris apartment last year listening to the bells from Notre Dame. And then she realized this was finally it, her first Christmas with Jason, she didn't think that was ever going to happen, let alone that they would be spending it in the brownstone with Nicholas and Emily, and Frisco and Felicia. With a smile that lighted the room, Robin entered the kitchen knowing that no matter what happened in the past, or in the kitchen for the next hour, it was all going to work out.
Jason looked up from where he was helping Lucas roll out cookie dough and asked, "Everything okay out there". "It will be", Robin replied as she rolled up her sleeves and started to frost cookies. Frisco waited until she was distracted to ask, "Aren't you going to introduce me". Frisco Jones meet Jason Morgan. Jason, Frisco is one of my godfathers and Felicia's ex-husband", Robin said pointing with a spatula and emphasizing the word ex. "The Jason Morgan that I've heard so much about from my friends at the station", Frisco began. "Yes, the ones that have been attending the girl's birthday parties", Robin interrupted.
Frisco took a hard look at his god daughter and realized that she had really grown up and he was going to have to be more careful on his approach or she would skin him alive just like Anna did when he had commented on her relationship with Duke.
Felicia took a deep breath and wandered if she should intervene. No, she decided, if this relationship was what Robin truly wanted she needed to fight for it this time. And if Robin needed to hit Frisco on the head a couple of times to get him to see how much things had changed since he had been gone, it would probably be better for everyone in the long run.
Jason continued to roll out the cookie dough while he smiled to himself. This was the girl who he fell in love with the first time. The one who hadn't been afraid to fight for what she wanted or to speak her mind. He didn't understand the dynamics of what was going on, but if she was happy, he would put up with just about anything. Who was he kidding if she had really wanted to he would be sitting on the couch listening to Edward rant right now and enjoying every minute because he was with her.
Maxie didn't exactly understand what the problem between her Dad and Robin was, but as long as it had Mom shooting those dirty looks at Dad she was going to help the situation along. So she innocently looked up from her decorating tasks and asked, "Are any of your guards outside tonight. Do you think they would like some cookies"? Felicia didn't know what her oldest daughter was up to, put they were going to be discussing this as soon as they had a moment alone.
"There are no guards tonight, Maxie", Jason answered before Robin had a chance. "Is that just for tonight", Frisco began; when Robin shot him a menacing look and Felicia stomped on his foot. "I was saying", Frisco, continued, "Are any of these cookies for tonight", as he glared at his wife.
Robin watched the by-play between the couple and knew sooner or later Felicia was going to take him back. Hopefully she would make him beg this time first. Robin smiled sweetly at Frisco and turned toward Felicia and said, "We could always make him a doggie bag to take back to his hotel with him". "I wouldn't want to disappoint the girls and leave before we got around to presents this evening", Frisco said as Felicia muttered something about that never mattering in the past under her breath.
After the kitchen had fallen silent, Georgie asked, "Dad are you staying this time"? "Felicia and Robin both stared at him as he tried to steer clear of the minefield his daughter had just dropped him in. "We're going to take this one day at a time, Georgie. There are a lot of grownup things that would have to be worked out". Maxie saw this as another opportunity and jumped in with the question, "If you stay Dad, what are you going to do". Robin tried to hide her laugh at Frisco's discomfort while Felicia smirked at her ex-husband and waited for an answer. "If that's how they wanted to play this, Frisco thought as he asked Jason, "You wouldn't know of any job openings in town for anyone that is good with guns".
Felicia knew this was about to get ugly so she said, "Why don't we take the cookies into the living room, kids, while Robin and your Dad clean up". Jason looked at Robin and she nodded that she was going to be just fine.
Felicia stopped Jason in the hallway with a hand on his arm and said, "I'm glad you two found a way to work things out". "Some how I think you're the only one who is going to feel that way", Frisco commented in return. "They'll all come around when they see that she's happy, truly happy. Just don't let Carly come between you, because Robin won't be taking prisoners this time around if that was any indication", Felicia said with a smile. "Considering I think she could take on Edward and win I'm not planning on doing anything that would upset her", Jason said as he smiled.
As Robin moved past Frisco toward the sink, Frisco whispered to her, "I just want you to be happy. I saw what your Mom went through and I want better for you Robin". "You don't get to pick who you fall in love with Frisco, and he makes me happy. I tired to live without him, just like you have without Felicia and we both know how that works out", Robin replied as she gave him a quick hug.
Felicia paused in the kitchen doorway and listened to the exchange and knew that no matter how hard she tried she was going to fall for him, again. She gave Robin's hand a quick squeeze as they passed in the doorway.
Robin wrapped her arms around Jason's waist and asked, "Sorry you agreed to come". "Not for a minute", Jason replied, "although I think I like the Quatermaine's better". "Why", asked Robin? "At least with all that yelling you know what they're thinking", he replied as Robin laughed.
Hearing Robin's laughter, Maxie looked around the room and noticed that neither her mom nor dad were in the room. She hurried to the kitchen to see what they were doing.
"I heard what you said to Robin", Felicia said as Frisco put the last bowl in the dishwasher. "She reminded me so much of Anna tonight", Frisco said as he looked at Felicia. "It's amazing with all she has been through", Felicia said. "And having all of us as role models how well she turned out", Frisco finished as they remembered when they had felt that passionately about their love.
Maxie saw them getting that far away look in their eyes again and decided she had better do something quick, before they kissed again. She went running into the kitchen and accidentally knocked the open flour canister all over Frisco and as he stepped back to catch it, before it hit the floor, he knocked over the stack of cookie sheets piled on the counter. Maxie smiled to herself as the resulting clatter brought Robin and Jason from the living room and Tony, Bobbie, Emily, and Nicholas from the front steps. With this many people they weren't going to get another chance at a kiss this evening, Maxie thought to herself.
This is what Christmas was about, a house full of people, laughing children. This is what she had always wanted Christmas to be about, not the loneliness she felt sitting alone in her Paris apartment last year listening to the bells from Notre Dame. And then she realized this was finally it, her first Christmas with Jason, she didn't think that was ever going to happen, let alone that they would be spending it in the brownstone with Nicholas and Emily, and Frisco and Felicia. With a smile that lighted the room, Robin entered the kitchen knowing that no matter what happened in the past, or in the kitchen for the next hour, it was all going to work out.
Jason looked up from where he was helping Lucas roll out cookie dough and asked, "Everything okay out there". "It will be", Robin replied as she rolled up her sleeves and started to frost cookies. Frisco waited until she was distracted to ask, "Aren't you going to introduce me". Frisco Jones meet Jason Morgan. Jason, Frisco is one of my godfathers and Felicia's ex-husband", Robin said pointing with a spatula and emphasizing the word ex. "The Jason Morgan that I've heard so much about from my friends at the station", Frisco began. "Yes, the ones that have been attending the girl's birthday parties", Robin interrupted.
Frisco took a hard look at his god daughter and realized that she had really grown up and he was going to have to be more careful on his approach or she would skin him alive just like Anna did when he had commented on her relationship with Duke.
Felicia took a deep breath and wandered if she should intervene. No, she decided, if this relationship was what Robin truly wanted she needed to fight for it this time. And if Robin needed to hit Frisco on the head a couple of times to get him to see how much things had changed since he had been gone, it would probably be better for everyone in the long run.
Jason continued to roll out the cookie dough while he smiled to himself. This was the girl who he fell in love with the first time. The one who hadn't been afraid to fight for what she wanted or to speak her mind. He didn't understand the dynamics of what was going on, but if she was happy, he would put up with just about anything. Who was he kidding if she had really wanted to he would be sitting on the couch listening to Edward rant right now and enjoying every minute because he was with her.
Maxie didn't exactly understand what the problem between her Dad and Robin was, but as long as it had Mom shooting those dirty looks at Dad she was going to help the situation along. So she innocently looked up from her decorating tasks and asked, "Are any of your guards outside tonight. Do you think they would like some cookies"? Felicia didn't know what her oldest daughter was up to, put they were going to be discussing this as soon as they had a moment alone.
"There are no guards tonight, Maxie", Jason answered before Robin had a chance. "Is that just for tonight", Frisco began; when Robin shot him a menacing look and Felicia stomped on his foot. "I was saying", Frisco, continued, "Are any of these cookies for tonight", as he glared at his wife.
Robin watched the by-play between the couple and knew sooner or later Felicia was going to take him back. Hopefully she would make him beg this time first. Robin smiled sweetly at Frisco and turned toward Felicia and said, "We could always make him a doggie bag to take back to his hotel with him". "I wouldn't want to disappoint the girls and leave before we got around to presents this evening", Frisco said as Felicia muttered something about that never mattering in the past under her breath.
After the kitchen had fallen silent, Georgie asked, "Dad are you staying this time"? "Felicia and Robin both stared at him as he tried to steer clear of the minefield his daughter had just dropped him in. "We're going to take this one day at a time, Georgie. There are a lot of grownup things that would have to be worked out". Maxie saw this as another opportunity and jumped in with the question, "If you stay Dad, what are you going to do". Robin tried to hide her laugh at Frisco's discomfort while Felicia smirked at her ex-husband and waited for an answer. "If that's how they wanted to play this, Frisco thought as he asked Jason, "You wouldn't know of any job openings in town for anyone that is good with guns".
Felicia knew this was about to get ugly so she said, "Why don't we take the cookies into the living room, kids, while Robin and your Dad clean up". Jason looked at Robin and she nodded that she was going to be just fine.
Felicia stopped Jason in the hallway with a hand on his arm and said, "I'm glad you two found a way to work things out". "Some how I think you're the only one who is going to feel that way", Frisco commented in return. "They'll all come around when they see that she's happy, truly happy. Just don't let Carly come between you, because Robin won't be taking prisoners this time around if that was any indication", Felicia said with a smile. "Considering I think she could take on Edward and win I'm not planning on doing anything that would upset her", Jason said as he smiled.
As Robin moved past Frisco toward the sink, Frisco whispered to her, "I just want you to be happy. I saw what your Mom went through and I want better for you Robin". "You don't get to pick who you fall in love with Frisco, and he makes me happy. I tired to live without him, just like you have without Felicia and we both know how that works out", Robin replied as she gave him a quick hug.
Felicia paused in the kitchen doorway and listened to the exchange and knew that no matter how hard she tried she was going to fall for him, again. She gave Robin's hand a quick squeeze as they passed in the doorway.
Robin wrapped her arms around Jason's waist and asked, "Sorry you agreed to come". "Not for a minute", Jason replied, "although I think I like the Quatermaine's better". "Why", asked Robin? "At least with all that yelling you know what they're thinking", he replied as Robin laughed.
Hearing Robin's laughter, Maxie looked around the room and noticed that neither her mom nor dad were in the room. She hurried to the kitchen to see what they were doing.
"I heard what you said to Robin", Felicia said as Frisco put the last bowl in the dishwasher. "She reminded me so much of Anna tonight", Frisco said as he looked at Felicia. "It's amazing with all she has been through", Felicia said. "And having all of us as role models how well she turned out", Frisco finished as they remembered when they had felt that passionately about their love.
Maxie saw them getting that far away look in their eyes again and decided she had better do something quick, before they kissed again. She went running into the kitchen and accidentally knocked the open flour canister all over Frisco and as he stepped back to catch it, before it hit the floor, he knocked over the stack of cookie sheets piled on the counter. Maxie smiled to herself as the resulting clatter brought Robin and Jason from the living room and Tony, Bobbie, Emily, and Nicholas from the front steps. With this many people they weren't going to get another chance at a kiss this evening, Maxie thought to herself.