Dinner had become an afterthought as the two danced, locked in each other's
gaze. No one in the world existed other than them at the moment and Lexie
would sneak a peak at the amazing ring on her finger every once and a while
and giggle.
The ride back to the hotel was quiet as the two snuggled up to each other and Lexie grinned as they opened the door to their room. A bottle of sparkling cider sat chilling on the table along with a dozen roses. "And what would you have done with this if I had said no?" Lexie asked with a laugh and Robert shook his head as he headed over to the bottle.
"I would love to take credit for this but it isn't my doing." He picked up the card next to it and laughed, handing it to Lexie.
"Congratulations! And welcome to the family...I guess." It was from John and Lexie laughed.
"How did he know?" She asked and Robert opened the bottle.
"Well I figured it would be bad form to ask your father's blessing while I was pummeling his ass so I asked Carter's permission instead." He handed her a glass and she kissed him.
"You asked for my hand?" She said and laughed again as he nodded. "I don't deserve you." She kissed him again. "What did he say when you asked him?"
Robert laughed. "He told me that he was only saying yes because he knew that I loved you and would take care of you but that if I were to ever hurt you he would kill me before I figured out what I had done wrong." They both were laughing hysterically by the time he was done.
They made love with all of the emotion and passion they were feeling and slept soundly through most of the night. Lexie woke sometime before dawn and lay looking at her newly betrothed. They had started out in such a different place with each other. They had hated each other, loathed each word that the other was about to utter and truly detested the fact that they had to share a planet with the other, let alone a hospital. And now, as she lay with his arm draped softly over her growing belly, she knew without a doubt that they had had to experience the things that they did in order to bring them to the place they were now.
Both were skeptical by nature, unsure of people's intentions and actions in general. He used his work and his own sarcastic nature to avoid being hurt, even though he had been repeatedly but would never admit it. Granted this tough exterior had been a contributing factor to the years that they had missed out on together but it made what they had now spectacular. If they had ended up acting on their feelings the first few years that they had known each other it would have ended up as nothing more than sex and possibly "what ifs". They hadn't really known each other and although they were attracted to one another neither had really had a desire to really know the other. Sure, she had missed him all of the years in between the hospital and the volunteer program but she had never taken the time to find him and it had never occurred to her to wonder why. The fact that she had talked to her brother on a monthly basis and she had no idea that Robert was the jerk that John always bitched about made her now feel like there really had been some sort of force telling them that it wasn't time yet. And they had needed the time in the volunteer program to become friends. The years of distance had helped them to know without a doubt if the feelings they had felt were purely lust or if there was more of a solid base there to work with. She had gotten to see him in his most humane state and that had allowed her heart to open up to the real person that most were never lucky enough to see. And she knew that if he had stayed that day that he had kissed her than they may have been happy together still but neither had any idea about who they were themselves at that point. They needed to experience the pain to be able to appreciate the happiness they were feeling now. She needed to find herself, find that not everything in life was good. She had been raised with privilege and although there was never any excuse for the abuse that Landon had given her she could say without a doubt that she felt safe for the first time in her life. The short, bald, angry man that lay next to her made her complete in a way that she had only wished to someday witness, even if it was for someone else. Just to know that it existed would have been enough for her but the face that she was the lucky one made everything worth it.
"What are you smiling at?" Robert mumbled and Lexie kissed him.
"Just thinking about us." Robert pulled her closer to him and kissed her shoulder, closing his eyes again.
"Yeah, you are a lucky girl." He mumbled again and she laughed. They fell asleep snuggled up together peacefully.
"Robert!" Lexie said as she shook him awake. He blinked his eyes and yawned.
"Yeah, honey?" He mumbled. She shook him again.
"Coffee Ice cream." She mumbled and he sighed. He had learned quite quickly that Lexie talked in her sleep. The first few times it had scared the hell out of him because she would relay everything that she was dreaming about loudly. The first few nights she had had nightmares and had woken up clutching his shirt, crying about how sorry she was and for him to please stop hitting her. He had woken her up and tried to calm her as his own heart pounded out of his chest. As the months had gone on he had adjusted to it and it was only occasionally that she would have nightmares now but it still always made him jump. The upside to it was when she was happy or relaxed she would still talk but usually it was about food. He had actually gotten up one night when she had shaken him at 4am and begged for peaches, but when he returned with them she was fast asleep and had no memory of it the next morning. He now took the food dreams as good ones and would just smile.
"Vanilla truffles too please." She said with a content grin and he chuckled.
"In the morning love." He whispered and kissed her forehead. He closed his eyes and sighed again. The other bad side of her dreams were that the food she would talk about usually sounded pretty good and he would then crave them to the point of having to get up and go eat. As her pregnancy had worn on and the morning sickness had stopped her food dreams were more incredible and too many times he had ended up in the kitchen at three am eating the things she had mumbled about. He was sure that by the time she had this baby he would be bigger than she was. Kerry had commented on the fact that Robert looked like he was having a healthy pregnancy because he looked like he was already into his seventh month and he had told her that her hair was getting a bit too long and the lesbian society might kick her out if she didn't get it cut soon. They had glared at each other but he knew that he had to start taking better care of himself. He had to stop the drinking and he really had to stop matching Lexie bite for bite. "You are turning into such a chick Romano." He said out loud to himself as he fell asleep.
The ride back to the hotel was quiet as the two snuggled up to each other and Lexie grinned as they opened the door to their room. A bottle of sparkling cider sat chilling on the table along with a dozen roses. "And what would you have done with this if I had said no?" Lexie asked with a laugh and Robert shook his head as he headed over to the bottle.
"I would love to take credit for this but it isn't my doing." He picked up the card next to it and laughed, handing it to Lexie.
"Congratulations! And welcome to the family...I guess." It was from John and Lexie laughed.
"How did he know?" She asked and Robert opened the bottle.
"Well I figured it would be bad form to ask your father's blessing while I was pummeling his ass so I asked Carter's permission instead." He handed her a glass and she kissed him.
"You asked for my hand?" She said and laughed again as he nodded. "I don't deserve you." She kissed him again. "What did he say when you asked him?"
Robert laughed. "He told me that he was only saying yes because he knew that I loved you and would take care of you but that if I were to ever hurt you he would kill me before I figured out what I had done wrong." They both were laughing hysterically by the time he was done.
They made love with all of the emotion and passion they were feeling and slept soundly through most of the night. Lexie woke sometime before dawn and lay looking at her newly betrothed. They had started out in such a different place with each other. They had hated each other, loathed each word that the other was about to utter and truly detested the fact that they had to share a planet with the other, let alone a hospital. And now, as she lay with his arm draped softly over her growing belly, she knew without a doubt that they had had to experience the things that they did in order to bring them to the place they were now.
Both were skeptical by nature, unsure of people's intentions and actions in general. He used his work and his own sarcastic nature to avoid being hurt, even though he had been repeatedly but would never admit it. Granted this tough exterior had been a contributing factor to the years that they had missed out on together but it made what they had now spectacular. If they had ended up acting on their feelings the first few years that they had known each other it would have ended up as nothing more than sex and possibly "what ifs". They hadn't really known each other and although they were attracted to one another neither had really had a desire to really know the other. Sure, she had missed him all of the years in between the hospital and the volunteer program but she had never taken the time to find him and it had never occurred to her to wonder why. The fact that she had talked to her brother on a monthly basis and she had no idea that Robert was the jerk that John always bitched about made her now feel like there really had been some sort of force telling them that it wasn't time yet. And they had needed the time in the volunteer program to become friends. The years of distance had helped them to know without a doubt if the feelings they had felt were purely lust or if there was more of a solid base there to work with. She had gotten to see him in his most humane state and that had allowed her heart to open up to the real person that most were never lucky enough to see. And she knew that if he had stayed that day that he had kissed her than they may have been happy together still but neither had any idea about who they were themselves at that point. They needed to experience the pain to be able to appreciate the happiness they were feeling now. She needed to find herself, find that not everything in life was good. She had been raised with privilege and although there was never any excuse for the abuse that Landon had given her she could say without a doubt that she felt safe for the first time in her life. The short, bald, angry man that lay next to her made her complete in a way that she had only wished to someday witness, even if it was for someone else. Just to know that it existed would have been enough for her but the face that she was the lucky one made everything worth it.
"What are you smiling at?" Robert mumbled and Lexie kissed him.
"Just thinking about us." Robert pulled her closer to him and kissed her shoulder, closing his eyes again.
"Yeah, you are a lucky girl." He mumbled again and she laughed. They fell asleep snuggled up together peacefully.
"Robert!" Lexie said as she shook him awake. He blinked his eyes and yawned.
"Yeah, honey?" He mumbled. She shook him again.
"Coffee Ice cream." She mumbled and he sighed. He had learned quite quickly that Lexie talked in her sleep. The first few times it had scared the hell out of him because she would relay everything that she was dreaming about loudly. The first few nights she had had nightmares and had woken up clutching his shirt, crying about how sorry she was and for him to please stop hitting her. He had woken her up and tried to calm her as his own heart pounded out of his chest. As the months had gone on he had adjusted to it and it was only occasionally that she would have nightmares now but it still always made him jump. The upside to it was when she was happy or relaxed she would still talk but usually it was about food. He had actually gotten up one night when she had shaken him at 4am and begged for peaches, but when he returned with them she was fast asleep and had no memory of it the next morning. He now took the food dreams as good ones and would just smile.
"Vanilla truffles too please." She said with a content grin and he chuckled.
"In the morning love." He whispered and kissed her forehead. He closed his eyes and sighed again. The other bad side of her dreams were that the food she would talk about usually sounded pretty good and he would then crave them to the point of having to get up and go eat. As her pregnancy had worn on and the morning sickness had stopped her food dreams were more incredible and too many times he had ended up in the kitchen at three am eating the things she had mumbled about. He was sure that by the time she had this baby he would be bigger than she was. Kerry had commented on the fact that Robert looked like he was having a healthy pregnancy because he looked like he was already into his seventh month and he had told her that her hair was getting a bit too long and the lesbian society might kick her out if she didn't get it cut soon. They had glared at each other but he knew that he had to start taking better care of himself. He had to stop the drinking and he really had to stop matching Lexie bite for bite. "You are turning into such a chick Romano." He said out loud to himself as he fell asleep.
