An intense silence filled the room. The atmosphere was so thick that it could be cut with a spoon and Robbie wasn't sure about what would happen. Logic kicked in for the third time today and he decided to retreat upstairs. It was safer up there and he knew better than to leave Robyn unattended for too long after a seizure. Neither Sportacus nor Kit objected to his actions and when he reached the top of the stairs he breathed a sigh of relief. There was no atmosphere up here and if fists flew he wasn't going to be in the firing line.
Fire met ice as Kit made eye contact with Sportacus. As intense as Sportacus' gaze was he didn't back down. Apart from Ziggy, Sportacus was the most fundamental threat to the resumption of his relationship with Robyn. He was well aware that Sportacus had sided with Ziggy and was obviously fighting the corner for the both of them. If he could get Sportacus' blessing he was sure he'd get Ziggy's. It would be tough but he would do it. He was prepared.
Sportacus broke eye contact with Kit briefly before looking back at him, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"We were going to but being that Robbie is Robyn's dad we thought it best to tell him first and there would have been no point in coming to you if we hadn't had his blessing first."
"I'm more or less Robyn's dad too you know."
"Fair enough but I'm sure you can't dispute that Robbie is Robyn's biological father and so outranks you a little. Besides, we're getting off the point here. You're not happy with me and Robyn being back together are you?"
"I wouldn't say I was overly ecstatic no. I can't say that I can trust you with Robyn's feelings after what happened last time. She doesn't need to be hurt again and I won't let it happen."
"I don't intend to hurt Robyn again. She means the world to me and I adore her. Those six months we were apart were utter torture to me and until I got the help I needed I couldn't look her in the face. I couldn't look into her eyes to see all the hurt I'd caused."
Sportacus nodded, "Hurt I had to try to fix. The first few weeks after you left were the worst. At first I thought she was crying her eyes out every day over what you did but Robbie pointed me in the right direction. She was missing you. After everything that had happened she missed you and wanted you back. The reason she was as distant as you'd been was because she didn't know if you felt the same. I want Robyn to be happy but I don't know if I can trust you."
"Just give me a chance. That's all I ask. I'd die before I hurt her again and she needs me as much as I need her. Can you give me that chance to prove to you that I've changed?"
"One chance and if you mess up again you'll be run out of town."
"And you'll be the one leading the pack, I know. I take it this is a welcome back from uncle-in-law Sportacus then."
Smiling Sportacus shook his head, "It's a welcome back but I'm not your uncle-in-law until you and Robyn are married. How are you standing by the way? Are you boyfriend and girlfriend or still engaged?"
"We haven't really talked about that yet. I think we decided to leave it until we'd sorted you, Robbie and Ziggy first. Seeing as she lost her ring I suppose I'd have to propose to her again with a new one."
"Uh huh, well I'll leave you to it. I'll talk to Ziggy for you. He looks up to me and I don't want anymore fighting. If he wants to talk to you do I have your ok to send him your way?"
"Yeah sure, I appreciate it. I wouldn't know what to say to Ziggy and I don't want Robyn's name dragged through the mud. There's been enough of that already today."
Sportacus nodded and left. He hoped that Ziggy would listen to him, a dispute between Kit, Robyn and Ziggy would be terrible. Trying to preserve Robyn's friendship with Ziggy was his top priority and he didn't expect any offers of friendship from Ziggy to Kit.
That would be expecting too much.
With phase two of the three phase operation to get things back on track with himself and Robyn, Kit went upstairs. Quietly he entered Robyn's room and smiled when he saw that Robbie was asleep too. Beginning to feel a little tired himself after his extremely late night reacquainting himself with Robyn he decided to jump into bed beside her and sleep for an hour or so. There was nothing else for him to do. Carefully he slid himself under the duvet and snuggled up to Robyn. Despite the care he took not to wake her he did.
"Hello stranger." Robyn whispered.
"Hello to you too even stranger. Feeling better?"
"A little. I know you gave me Diazepam but where?"
Kit smiled faintly, "It was an emergency dose so it had to go up the tail pipe unfortunately."
"Oh goodie. I do so love it when that happens." Robyn intoned sarcastically.
"You know what Doc Cole said about injecting Diazepam when you're having a seizure. We're not trained to use needles like he is and we can stuff it up. Either the needle goes in you or it goes in you, breaks off and goes into us. Not very good either way."
"True. Did you talk to Sportacus?"
"Yeah. I think we've sorted things out. How did you know he was here?"
Robyn smiled, "I'm psychic remember?"
"How could I forget? How is all the other worldly stuff going?"
"Ok I guess as far as other worldly stuff goes."
Robbie opened one eye and looked at the pair, "I know you're whispering but you're keeping me awake. Can we all sleep for a little while?"
After a little giggling fit the two lovers settled down and shut their eyes. With silence yet again ruling the house Robbie closed his open eye and fell straight back to sleep.
Sportacus sat across from Ziggy in his living room. He'd just finished telling him about what had happened when he'd spoken with Kit.
Ziggy had taken the news well considering the circumstances and was now faced with a decision. With Kit back he knew he had no chance of keeping Robyn. It seemed that she had already made her choice and that the choice was final. Saddened as he was by it he could things from her point of view, she was happy with Kit and he gave her what she wanted. They were made for each other and as great as the opportunity had been for him to have a relationship with Robyn he'd known it would never last. His suspicions of many years ago that any relationship he and Robyn had wouldn't work had been confirmed.
It had been fun but he knew it was time for the experience to end. After a long period of silence where he'd thought things over again and again he looked up at Sportacus. Letting out a deep breath he told Sportacus to tell the two that they had his blessing to do what they wanted. It had been hard but he knew it was for the best. Kit made Robyn happy which was something he couldn't do. He offered the stability Robyn needed with a man as unstable as Kit and he was happy to offer it again.
After showing Sportacus out Ziggy sat with his back to the front door and thought about what he'd just done. It didn't feel right. Resentment began to well within him and it was directed on the man who had usurped his hopes after handing him his dreams on a plate. It wasn't right. It wasn't fair.
It wouldn't go unpunished.