Chapter 13

Sportacus was left alone with his son while Stephanie put away the Christmas gifts she and Bessie had picked up the other day. Spending all that time at the hospital hadn't allowed her to do it, plus with her husband stuck on the couch he couldn't snoop around for them.

Joshua seemed to be incredibly happy. Sportacus couldn't believe that his son was constantly in a good mood.

"You must get that from your mother." He told Joshua. The baby gurgled and poked his father.

"I'm going to have to have a talk with Robbie about this poking thing." Sportacus laughed. Then scooping his son into his arms he held onto to him. It was hard to believe that he had almost lost this precious gift.

"You know if Pixel didn't have that time machine I would've lost you and your mother. I don't think I could've survived. Remember no matter what, I love you. The only thing that confuses me is why you cried for those days." He told Joshua. The baby pointed at his father's head. Then he pointed at his head and winked. Sportacus was shocked to see this. What was his son trying to say?

Over at Amanda and Robbie's the couple was busy finishing their remodeling project. They had been talking but it wasn't about their situation. The conversation had mostly been like, "Hand me the tape measure.", "Where is that stupid level?", or "Could you hand me the box of nails?" Finally Amanda couldn't handle the silence.

"Robbie, I have something to say." She spewed. He turned to her and said,

"What is it?" He asked.

"All the time we spend together and our conversations aren't real conversations. We don't talk like we used to. The other day at the hospital was the first real chat in a long time. What is it that is preventing us from getting back to where we were?" Amanda asked.

"I think it's because we're both being very timid. It's like we're afraid to get close to each other. That's my fault. I never should have hit you. I'm afraid of hurting you and you're afraid of getting close to me in case I do something that stupid again." Robbie answered. Amanda absorbed what he said. The ticket was to admit their feelings and see if they could get rid of the blockades they had set up.

"Robbie, there is something I don't think we say enough. We assume that the other knows but if we don't say it then what good do our feelings do?" Amanda asked him. But before Robbie could respond, she grabbed him and pulled him over to her. Putting her hands on his face she made him look into her eyes.

"I love you, Robbie Rotten. I don't know what fate has in store for us but I'd rather face it together than apart." Amanda told him. She waited for him to respond. A big smile crossed his face and he answered her.

"And I love you. Can we go back to where we were?" He asked. Amanda kissed him. He kissed back.

"I'll take that as a yes." He teased.

"A thousand yeses. Now what to do you say to finishing this project?" She asked.

"I say forget the project. There are more important things to do." Robbie said as he kissed her again. There was no need to talk as the two dropped their defenses. The rest of the day was spent getting to know each other all over again.

The End

Well here ends another story. I have college starting back up on the 23rd so I don't know how or when the next installment will come out but I'll keep you posted.

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