Beautiful Disaster
Chapter: 17
Pairing: Robert & Holly
Rating: PG
"How about losing the pants as well?" she asked.
Robert wrapped his arms around her. "If I didn't know any better I would think you were trying to get me into bed."
She smiled wickedly. "Wrong."
He had been waiting for her to make a move for the past two weeks, ever since they had shared that kiss in her room. At night he would lay awake hoping that she would knock on his door. "You're not trying to get me into bed?"
"No." she answered, looking up at him. "I'm trying to get into your tuxedo."
"Into my tuxedo." he repeated.
"Yes." she replied. "The charity gala is being hosted at the Quartermaine's tonight.
"I completely forgot about going to the Quartermaine's." Robert sighed. "Do we have to go?"
"Yes." she answered. "And no arguments."
"Why didn't you remind me before now?" he asked.
"Because I didn't realize what time it was." she answered. "They were late delivering the paint and now it's almost time to get ready to go."
"I can't stand an entire evening with the those people, Holly."
"I know you can't." she replied. "And we won't be there the entire time."
"How are you going to get us out of that?"
"I'm pregnant, they'll understand if we duck out early."
"Okay." he sighed. "Works for me. Just get tired really early okay?"
"I'll see what I can do."
Four Hours Later
Robert exited the kitchen with a huge slice of chocolate cake and a glass of milk. He headed straight for the television where he had every intention of watching The Thin Man. He had to do something to get Holly off his mind. He couldn't stop thinking about their kiss no matter what he did.
"Robert?" Holly called out as she made her way down the stairs.
"Holly." he replied. "I thought you were going to bed?"
She sat down on the sofa beside him. "I'm not tired." she told him. "What are you watching?"
"The Thin Man." he answered. Holly reached over and picked the fork up off his plate. "Hey." he protested. "What do you think you're doing?"
"I didn't think you'd mind." she said as she ate the cake off the fork. "Besides you can't eat that entire slice of cake yourself."
"I planned on it." he replied snatching the fork out of her hand.
"Hey!" she whined, taking the entire plate out of his hand.
"Holly, that's not fair."
"I'm sorry, darling." she apologized as she reached for the fork. "Sometimes life just isn't fair."
"Are you going at least share?"
"Of course." she answered. "With the baby."
"The baby likes chocolate cake?" he asked.
"Loves it." she responded as she continued to eat.
"Is there anything the baby doesn't like?"
"Eggs." Holly answered. "Why?"
"Well I wanted to know what I could eat that you wouldn't take away from me." he replied. "I think I'm going to scramble me up some eggs right now." he said as he started to get up. "I'm going to make them really runny..."
"Robert!"
He laughed. "Now will you share the cake?"
"I thought you wanted to watch the movie?"
"I did.." he answered. "I also wanted to eat the cake."
Holly sat the plate down on the cocktail table and picked up the glass of milk and took a drink. "You're so whiny." she replied. "What can I do to improve your mood?"
"You can start by handing me my cake."
Holly moved closer to him. "Robert." she said softly. "I'm serious. "
Robert reached for her hand. "You were absolutely radiant tonight." he told her. "You lit up the entire room at the stuffy ole Quartermaine's." he placed a soft kiss on the back of her hand. "And incase you didn't realize it I couldn't take my eyes off of you all evening."
He watched as Holly moved closer to him, her lips only centimeters away from his.
She softly brushed her lips over his before drawing back to look into his eyes. Finally she had worked up enough courage to tell him what she had wanted to stay the first moment she laid eyes on him in New York. "I love you." she whispered. "I never stopped loving you and I never will."
Their lips met again in a slow, sensual, knee weakening kiss. Robert deepened their kiss, invading her mouth hungrily, sliding his tongue over hers, starting a heated duel that seemed to go on forever. They finally pulled apart, breathless.
"Come over here." he instructed as he pulled her onto his lap so that she was straddling him. He gently cupped her face in his hands as he looked into her dark eyes. "I've missed you so much." he whispered. "I thought that I was going to die without you."
"I'll never leave you again." she promised.
He unpinned her long, dark hair and ran his hands through it. "You and I have a lot of things to work out and it's going to take some time." he told her, drawing her closer to him. "It's not going to happen overnight, but I think in time everything is going to be fine." He gently kissed her lips then trailed open mouth kisses down her neck.
"Robert." she moaned softly. "Can we take this upstairs?"
He pulled away from her so that he could look into her eyes. "Is that what you want?"
"Yes." she whispered. "I want to make love with you."
tbc...