Robert and Lexie continued on with their multi personality type life and as
the last sun of the year set they sat in the old garden swing and kissed at
the stroke of midnight. It had been a wonderful few months for them, better
than either could have ever imagined it could be. They would still fight at
work and then make love with all of the passion that would build up from
the anger. Lexie had made the adjustment to being an ER doctor again quite
well and Robert couldn't have been more thrilled. They had spent a quiet
Christmas together, neither wanting to do anything. They had dinner with
John and then exchanged the one gift limit they had set. She had gotten him
a 14 carat gold stethoscope and he had laughed hysterically when he opened
it. "You already think you are God so why not give you the best." She had
said and he just kissed her. She unwrapped her gift and sat in awe. It was
a snow globe, not one of the cheesy ones that venders sell on the street
but one that was crafted with pure precision.
"Do you recognize it?" He asked quietly and she looked at the small scene in the enclosed glass and her face shown the first signs of recognition.
"Is that..?" She asked and he nodded. It was a replica of the inside of the ice cream shop in New York that they had spent hundreds of hours talking and laughing in while they had worked in the shelters. Lexie looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "How did you get this?" She said in barley a whisper.
"I called in a favor to a friend of mine that makes specialty toys." She kissed him softly and looked into his eyes.
"I love it." She said and he smiled. "It must have been really hard to get though."
He nodded. "It was, but seeing your reaction makes it worth all the trouble.
They made love under the Christmas tree that he had insisted they get. She had seen no reason to go through all of the fuss but he wanted to give her the best Christmas he could. But it was her unexpected gift that made it the best year of his life.
They lay wrapped up in blankets as the fire softly crackled. His arms were securely wrapped around her and he kissed her shoulder.
"Robert." She said quietly.
"Yes love." He replied and continued to kiss her exposed skin.
"I have to ask you something and I have am terrified at what your answer will be." He nodded and pulled her closer to let her know that she could tell him anything.
"What is it?" He cooed.
"Do you ever want to have children?" It was an odd question to him. He had never really thought about it and he had no idea how to answer.
"To be honest I don't know. I have a very demanding job and I know that kids take a lot of work. I see the crap that they go through everyday and I don't know if I would ever have enough of myself to give." She nodded. "Why?" She shrugged. "What is on your mind Lex?" She said nothing and he sat up. She rolled over and looked up at him.
"What if I told you that I was pregnant?" He looked down at her and his heart sped up.
"Is that what you are telling me?" He asked cautiously and she nodded slowly.
Their eyes never left each other. She was trying desperately to read what he was feeling. She had found out a few days before when she had gone to the OB/GYN to get her birth control pills refilled and he had done a routine pregnancy test. She had no idea how to react when he had told her that the test was positive. She had sat in the waiting room for over an hour trying to wrap her mind around the idea that she was going to be someone's mom.
Robert looked at her and could see the fear in her face. She was waiting quietly for him to tell her to get rid of it or that it wasn't his but as the idea sunk in a grin appeared on his face. He loved her, no love didn't cover it. And with anyone else he would have had to take sometime to figure out what he wanted them to do but he knew without a doubt that this was the best gift he could ever have been given. He was going to be someone's dad and he was lucky enough to get to share the experience with the best person he knew.
He took her hands and pulled her to him, wrapping his arms around her. "Thank you." He whispered into her hair as she started to tear up.
The week between Christmas and New Years had been about them adjusting. He was surprised at himself. He found himself smiling for no reason and Kerry or Donald or some other hospital moron would make some remark that he must have killed a small woodland creature on his way into work. But he didn't care. He was driving Lexie nuts too. She had always had a bad habit of eating like crap and most women hated the fact that she would eat a candy bar for breakfast and a double cheeseburger for lunch and still have the most amazing body that most people had ever seen. He had started sending his assistant down to the ER on random "Lexie checks" as he had called them. It was the same thing everyday and it had become a sort of cat and mouse game between Lexie and Robert's assistant Brenda. She would bring Lexie some meal that Robert insisted be brought in from somewhere else because, as he put it, the food in the hospital tasted like it had been the left overs that the bums wouldn't even eat. Brenda would corner Lexie with a tuna fish sandwich or some form of protein and wouldn't leave until she had seen Lexie eat the whole thing. No one in the hospital knew for sure that she was pregnant but they were starting to have their suspicions. Robert and Lexie had agreed not to say anything until they were into the second trimester just in case. They had told John who had looked like he was going to throw up. "First of all," He hugged his sister tight, "Congratulations." He then pulled back. "But secondly, yuck. Barbi, Romano? Romano's bloodline is going to be forever mixed with ours? Are you sure it is his? I won't think badly of you if it isn't. It is ok if you had a one- night stand or something like that. Anything. I won't tell him, I just need to know that my niece or nephew is not going to end up bald and pissed off all of the time. I mean, I want to love the kid." Lexie shook her head and laughed.
"Sorry sibling. This kid is 100% Romano." She said with pride.
John shook his head. "I need to go lie down." He walked away and she laughed again.
"How did he take it?" Robert asked as he walked up and kissed her shoulder.
Lexie nodded. "Pretty well actually." They both laughed.
"Do you recognize it?" He asked quietly and she looked at the small scene in the enclosed glass and her face shown the first signs of recognition.
"Is that..?" She asked and he nodded. It was a replica of the inside of the ice cream shop in New York that they had spent hundreds of hours talking and laughing in while they had worked in the shelters. Lexie looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "How did you get this?" She said in barley a whisper.
"I called in a favor to a friend of mine that makes specialty toys." She kissed him softly and looked into his eyes.
"I love it." She said and he smiled. "It must have been really hard to get though."
He nodded. "It was, but seeing your reaction makes it worth all the trouble.
They made love under the Christmas tree that he had insisted they get. She had seen no reason to go through all of the fuss but he wanted to give her the best Christmas he could. But it was her unexpected gift that made it the best year of his life.
They lay wrapped up in blankets as the fire softly crackled. His arms were securely wrapped around her and he kissed her shoulder.
"Robert." She said quietly.
"Yes love." He replied and continued to kiss her exposed skin.
"I have to ask you something and I have am terrified at what your answer will be." He nodded and pulled her closer to let her know that she could tell him anything.
"What is it?" He cooed.
"Do you ever want to have children?" It was an odd question to him. He had never really thought about it and he had no idea how to answer.
"To be honest I don't know. I have a very demanding job and I know that kids take a lot of work. I see the crap that they go through everyday and I don't know if I would ever have enough of myself to give." She nodded. "Why?" She shrugged. "What is on your mind Lex?" She said nothing and he sat up. She rolled over and looked up at him.
"What if I told you that I was pregnant?" He looked down at her and his heart sped up.
"Is that what you are telling me?" He asked cautiously and she nodded slowly.
Their eyes never left each other. She was trying desperately to read what he was feeling. She had found out a few days before when she had gone to the OB/GYN to get her birth control pills refilled and he had done a routine pregnancy test. She had no idea how to react when he had told her that the test was positive. She had sat in the waiting room for over an hour trying to wrap her mind around the idea that she was going to be someone's mom.
Robert looked at her and could see the fear in her face. She was waiting quietly for him to tell her to get rid of it or that it wasn't his but as the idea sunk in a grin appeared on his face. He loved her, no love didn't cover it. And with anyone else he would have had to take sometime to figure out what he wanted them to do but he knew without a doubt that this was the best gift he could ever have been given. He was going to be someone's dad and he was lucky enough to get to share the experience with the best person he knew.
He took her hands and pulled her to him, wrapping his arms around her. "Thank you." He whispered into her hair as she started to tear up.
The week between Christmas and New Years had been about them adjusting. He was surprised at himself. He found himself smiling for no reason and Kerry or Donald or some other hospital moron would make some remark that he must have killed a small woodland creature on his way into work. But he didn't care. He was driving Lexie nuts too. She had always had a bad habit of eating like crap and most women hated the fact that she would eat a candy bar for breakfast and a double cheeseburger for lunch and still have the most amazing body that most people had ever seen. He had started sending his assistant down to the ER on random "Lexie checks" as he had called them. It was the same thing everyday and it had become a sort of cat and mouse game between Lexie and Robert's assistant Brenda. She would bring Lexie some meal that Robert insisted be brought in from somewhere else because, as he put it, the food in the hospital tasted like it had been the left overs that the bums wouldn't even eat. Brenda would corner Lexie with a tuna fish sandwich or some form of protein and wouldn't leave until she had seen Lexie eat the whole thing. No one in the hospital knew for sure that she was pregnant but they were starting to have their suspicions. Robert and Lexie had agreed not to say anything until they were into the second trimester just in case. They had told John who had looked like he was going to throw up. "First of all," He hugged his sister tight, "Congratulations." He then pulled back. "But secondly, yuck. Barbi, Romano? Romano's bloodline is going to be forever mixed with ours? Are you sure it is his? I won't think badly of you if it isn't. It is ok if you had a one- night stand or something like that. Anything. I won't tell him, I just need to know that my niece or nephew is not going to end up bald and pissed off all of the time. I mean, I want to love the kid." Lexie shook her head and laughed.
"Sorry sibling. This kid is 100% Romano." She said with pride.
John shook his head. "I need to go lie down." He walked away and she laughed again.
"How did he take it?" Robert asked as he walked up and kissed her shoulder.
Lexie nodded. "Pretty well actually." They both laughed.
