Fingers of sunlight worked their way between the curtains and caressed the two sleeping figures in the bed. Their light brought warmth to the ivory skin of one of the sleepers and added their golden highlights to her light brown hair. Slowly the sleeper opened her light blue eyes and looked around the unfamiliar room. It took a few seconds for her to realise that this wasn't a dream. What had happened the previous night was real. The man whose chest her cheek was rested upon was real and his heartbeat joined in the music of hers.

They were one.

Kit felt blindly about with one of his hands for the person he was sharing his bed with. He dared not open his eyes lest his bedfellow should disappear and he'd be left with the torture of knowing that all of the sensations he'd felt the night before were nought but dreams. A hand clasped his and with this physical anchor he opened his eyes at last. He smiled when his eyes met those of his bedfellow and he pulled her up so she was level with him.

Turning over on his side so he was facing Robyn, Kit smiled. "Morning princess."

"Good morning to you too. This is real isn't it?"

"I hope it is. Could fate be so cruel to us that it would make all this a fantasy? I've waited so long for this and now I have it, to lose it again would kill me."

"I know,"

"You know everything. Most of the time you cheat because you use your psychic skills but it beats asking."

"True. Any regrets?"

"None, my only regret is that I let you go too easily. Now I have you back I'm not letting you go again. Have you got any regrets?"

"None at all. I wonder how we're going to tell people about us. I know it won't go down well with all quarters."

"Especially Ziggy. How will your dad and Sportacus take it?"

"Daddy will be happy about it not just because I'm happy but also because he prefers you to Ziggy on the boyfriend front. Sportacus will probably have a cow but he'll understand."

"Yeah. You know what, I fancy a shower. Care to join me?"

Robyn smiled, "I'm not allowed in the shower remember?"

"You're not allowed in the shower unsupervised, remember? If you do take a funny turn I've not forgotten what to do."

"I do believe that due to potent circumstances that thou have talked me into it."

"Shakespeare I believe or at least a version of it. Last one to the shower has to kiss Sportacus French style."

Robyn shot out of bed in an instant but was beaten to the bedroom door by Kit who had run across the bed and jumped off. The two struggled to get out of the door as they both tried to squeeze through at the same time. After a few minutes Robyn decided to tickle Kit and was successful in distracting him long enough to dash to the bathroom and get through the door. Kit soon caught up and the two touched the shower at the same time. They both looked at each other and tried to work out what they were going to do for a tie breaker. An idea struck Robyn and she held out one of her fists.

Robbie sat silently on Robyn's bed. He didn't know how he felt about his daughter's sneaking out during the night and her whereabouts. There was only place she'd be. He had no doubt about that. He'd had half a mind to go after her, his resolve had failed when he thought on the things that she could be doing there. Locked away all night with no one to watch over her and the man she had chosen to run to. Anxiety had kept him awake when he tried to think how she'd be getting to Greentown and if she'd gotten there at all. Was she ok? Was she coming back?

No matter how he tried he couldn't answer those questions. He didn't know. Had things been so terrible that she would disappear forever with Kit? Had he once again failed her as a father and not done what he was supposed to do?

What was he going to tell Sportacus?

This question stood out in his mind. If he covered for Robyn he'd be lying to the man he considered his closest friend. If he didn't cover for Robyn he'd be sending her to the gallows with Sportacus as judge, jury and executioner. Sportacus' views on Robyn's relationships were clear. His view on her upbringing was even clearer and set in stone. If Robyn had done what he'd thought she'd done there would be no end of trouble.

He wasn't sure if he could trust her anymore. After what she'd done his faith had been shaken with her. He didn't know what kind of man he was if he couldn't trust his own daughter. Pushing the thoughts of mistrust from his mind he was sure that Robyn had done the right thing. It wasn't as if this was the first time this had happened and she'd been alone in a bed with Kit before. He was also reassured by the fact that Kit couldn't get Robyn pregnant if anything did happen and even so he was sure that precautions would be used anyway.

It was going to happen some day anyway wasn't it?

Calmer than he was he decided to make his way downstairs to fix himself some breakfast. Before he left the room his eye was caught by something poking out from underneath Robyn's wardrobe door. Kneeling down he opened the door and pulled the offending item out. It looked to be a large note pad of some kind, when he opened it up surprise filled him.

Drawings littered every page of the sketch pad. They were good, very good. Some were bigger than others but all of them were of an extremely high standard. After flicking over a few pages he came to a drawing of himself. The accuracy of the drawing astounded him; it was as if he were looking at himself in the mirror. Every single detail of his face from the part in his hair to the faint scars on his cheek had been included. His eyes shone back at him as he inspected the picture. Turning the page over he came across a drawing of Sportacus. This again was of a professional standard and it looked as if Sportacus had been trapped in the paper, it was so life like. He was sure that Roby had drawn these but he didn't know why she'd hidden them. Standing up he took the portfolio downstairs with him, there were a lot of questions he had to ask Robyn when she came home.

Robyn and Kit laughed as they dried each other off from the shower. Their laughter stopped when Doctor Cole walked into the bathroom. He looked at them in total surprise before turning around and walking out again. The lovers' laughter resumed and it was some time before they stopped.

"I think that's our cue to get dressed don't you? I'll go get your clothes." Kit said before kissing Robyn deeply.

It was some minutes before the kiss ended and when it did Robyn cocked her head to one side, "You're spoiling me with all these kisses."

"We have six months worth of kisses to make up for you know. We can't be getting behind."

Kit kissed Robyn again and decided it best to get her clothes before he got a little too excited. He'd forgotten how intoxicating she was and this new depth to their relationship made her even more so. Whenever he kissed her he felt like he was drowning in a sea of pleasure and he didn't want to return to the surface to breathe. If he ever died he wanted it to be like this.

Doctor Cole and Michael waited patiently for the two younger lovers to come down before they had breakfast. While they waited they spoke of old times and their memories of how young love had been for them. Kit had been right when he'd said that the doctor would take his lover back in a heartbeat. The moment he'd set eyes on Michael his heart swelled and a silent agreement to resume things had passed between them. Their old argument was forgotten and the past was the past.

Michael nudged Doctor Cole when he heard the two making their way downstairs. He picked up a tissue box from the table and slung it at Kit when he walked through the door.

"Bastard," Kit said when the tissue box hit him in the head.

"Sorry about that laddy. I just thought you might need it." Michael apologised.

"Thanks very much that was very kind of you." Kit replied and bending down picked up the tissue box, "You can have them back if you want them."

"No thanks. I don't need them."

Kit nodded and put the tissue box on the table. He looked at Robyn and saw a confused look on her face, "The anger management course I took. Lesson three – if some pillock throws a tissue box at your head offer him the tissues back. If I hadn't taken the course he'd be eating the tissues by now."

"It worked then."

"Indeed it did and I feel much better for it. I can count from one to ten if someone riles me and be completely calm by the time I hit three."

"Wow. I'm impressed."

Kit smiled and stroked Robyn's cheek, "I'm glad. I couldn't look you in the face again until I knew I'd gotten myself sorted out."

Smiling back Robyn kissed Kit. He'd come a long way.

Michael looked at Doctor Cole in disgust, "Eugh, straight kissing."

"Well there's only one way to remedy that." Doctor Cole smiled before kissing Michael.

Robyn looked at the two in complete surprise and confusion, "Am I missing something?"

Kit chuckled, "You haven't met Michael yet have you?"

"I can't say I have."

"Then I've got a lot of explaining to do. If you don't mind doc me and Robyn will get breakfast out."

Doctor Cole waved goodbye while he and Michael were still kissing. An amused Kit led Robyn out of the room and the two left the house in search of breakfast.