Beautiful Disaster

Chapter: 6

Pairing: Robert/Holly

Rating: PG

The telephone at the Scorpios rang three times before it was picked up. "Hello?" Robin's voice echoed through the phone.

"Robin, it's Holly, is your Dad there?" she asked.

"No." she answered. "Uncle Mac took him to the airport about an hour ago."

"He left already?" Holly asked.

"Yes." Robin replied. "He's heading to Europe to look for Mom."

"I know." she responded. Holly felt her heart drop, she had ruined her chance to tell Robert. "I just didn't think he was leaving so soon."

"Did you need to talk to him?"

"I did, but I suppose it will have to wait." she replied numbly.

"Is it important?"

Holly's eyes began to fill with tears. "Very."

"I'm sorry."

"It's alright, darling." she replied. "Did he say when he was coming back?"

"No." she answered softly.

"Okay. Thanks Robin."

"You're welcome."

"Bye." Holly said softly as she hung up the phone. "It's too late."

"I gathered that much." Tiffany said softly. "I'm sorry."

"Not as half as sorry as I am." she replied, sobbing. "I think I've made the biggest mistake of my life. Why didn't I listen to you?"

"Holly." Tiffany said as she wrapped her arms around her. "It's alright, Robert will probably be back in a few weeks, you can tell him then."

"And if he's not?" she cried.

"He'll be back soon."

Holly continued to cry in Tiffany's arms for several minutes. "Robin." she mumbled.

"What about Robin?" Tiffany asked.

Holly pulled way from her and wiped her eyes. "If I can't tell Robert, then I'm going to tell Robin and Mac." she told her. "I don't want anyone else telling them, they should hear it from me."

"Are you sure, honey?" she asked. "You don't have to do this right away. You can wait a while."

"The sooner the better." Holly told her. "I want to get it over with."

The Next Evening

Holly came in the house, dropped her shopping bags and headed straight for the sofa. Shopping was Tiffany was absolutely exhausting, but at least she had clothes that actually fit. Something about buying clothes she knew she would grow into was frightening and exciting all at the same time. The pregnancy still seemed so surreal to her even though the baby was making it's presence known by her growing stomach.

Robert was constantly on her mind, how could he not be she was carrying his child? Feeling surrounded by Robert was a good feeling, a comforting one since she had no idea how he was going to react to the news of their baby or the fact that she blew the opportunity to tell him.

She moved her hand over her slightly raised abdomen. The pain of losing Luke's baby flooded back to her. Things were going to be different this time. Robert's baby came first and everything else would be a distant second.

After telling the news to Mac, who was beyond stunned, the next one who she would deliver the news to in just mere minutes was just as important as telling Robert. The doorbell rang snapping her out of her thoughts. She gently patted her stomach. "Okay, little one, here goes nothing."

"Holly?" Robin called out as she made her way through the front door.

"I'm over here." she said as she sat up. "Come sit down."

Robin smiled as she made her way over to her stepmother. "Uncle Mac said that you and I had something really important to discuss."

"We do." Holly said softly.

"Is this about my father?" she asked.

"Yes." she answered. "Sort of. It's more about your father and me. Collectively."

"I know that you're still married."

"Robin..." she started. "There's no easy way for me to tell you this okay so I'm just going to come right out with it."

"Okay." she agreed.

"I'm pregnant."

"Really?" she asked. "That's great, but I don't understand, what does this have to do with my father?"

"The baby is your father's." Holly said slowly.

Everything was incredibly silent. If a pen dropped it could have been heard.

"Robin." she said softly. "I know you're confused so I'm going to explain everything to you, okay?"

"You did this on purpose!" she accused. "How could you, Holly?"

tbc...