Beautiful Disaster
Chapter: 13
Pairing: Robert/Holly
Rating: PG
Holly slept fitfully throughout the night. At one point she was submerged in beautiful dreams about Robert and their baby and then the next minute she was plagued by horrible nightmares.
Holly's Subconscious
She had just given birth to the most beautiful, most amazing baby girl that she had ever laid eyes on. The perfect combination of both her and Robert. Holly cuddled the baby close to her, humming a lullaby when the door opened and Robert walked in. "Good Morning." he greeted her as he made his way over to the bed. "How's daddy's little angel?" he asked, lifting the baby out of Holly's arms and cradling her in his own.
"She's perfect, Holly." he told her. "A wonderful addition to the Scorpio family."
"Not to mention beautiful."
The door to her room burst open again and Anna came walking inside. "Are you ready Robert?" Anna asked. "We should get our daughter home."
Robert smiled down at Holly. "We really must be going." he told her. "I'll see you some other time."
"Alright." Holly agreed as she waited for him to hand the baby back to her. Instead he walked over to Anna and placed the baby in her awaiting arms. "Robert, what are you doing?"
"I'm handing my daughter over to her mother." he said simply.
"No!" she cried. "I'm her mother, not Anna."
"You shouldn't have lied to me Holly." he replied. "If I can't trust you to tell me the truth then how can I trust you to raise my child?"
"Robert!" she yelled. "You can't do this!"
"I love Anna, she's a wonderful mother to Robin and she'll be wonderful to our new daughter as well." he told her. "Along with Robin, the baby has made our family complete."
Anna cradled the baby gently in her arms. "We're going to call her Anna-Kristina after me."
"No!" Holly started screaming. "I'll never let you take her. Never!
Present
Holly awoke screaming and in a cold sweat. She had never been so frightened in her entire life. The thought of Robert taking her child was bad enough but Anna rising from the dead was too much. There was no way that thoughtless bitch Anna would ever get her hands on her baby.
Suddenly the room was flooded with light and Robert was at her side. "Holly, what's wrong?" he asked. "Is the baby alright?"
"The baby is all that matters to you." she accused. Her dream and reality were intertwined and she was having a difficult time distinguishing between the two. The only thing she knew for sure is that Anna was dead. "You don't care about me at all." she said as she began to cry.
"Holly!" he said as he grabbed her by the shoulders, gently shaking her so that she would look up at him. "You know that's not true." he told her.
"Yes it is!" she cried. "You're going to take the baby away from me."
"No." he tried to assure her. "I'd never take our baby from you. Ever."
"It wasn't suppose to happen like this." she told him. "Everything's a mess."
"We have some things to work out. We haven't had a chance to talk about the future." he reminded her. "In the morning we're going to sit down and talk things through, but this time there's not going to be any yelling or screaming, okay?"
Holly nodded. "Okay." she agreed.
"Now, do you want to tell me why you woke up screaming?" he asked. "That must have been one hell of a nightmare."
"It doesn't matter." she told him.
"You woke up screaming."
"You hate me don't you?" she asked, changing the subject. "You're never going to forgive me for this."
"Hate is a very strong word." Robert replied.
"But fitting."
Robert shook his head. "I could never hate you." he told her.
"It would probably make this easier if you did."
"Make what easier?"
"Settling things between us." she told him. "The divorce and the custody of the baby."
"You didn't file the divorce papers?" he asked, confused. "I had them sent to you before I left the first time."
"And I had just found out that I was pregnant." Holly replied. "Besides you and I both know that we can't divorce whilst I'm pregnant. We'll simply have to wait until after the baby's born."
"Is that really what you want?" Robert asked.
tbc...