Robert opened his eyes to see the room was now completely dark as the candles had all burned down and the sun had set hours before. Hours which seemed like minutes, mere minutes spent with Holly in his arms . She was still so very beautiful, even with her hair all ruffled and no makeup on she glowed.

"Holly" He whispered quietly almost afraid to wake her from such a peaceful slumber. Deja vu overtook him at that minute remembering the first time she slept in his arms

"Robert" Holly said as she caressed his cheek softly. He looked down into those beautiful brown eyes and knew instantly that he would never again be able to protect himself from the exquisite pain of loving Holly. "I've missed you luv, I didn't relize how much until now". He whispered as he leaned over and kissed her gently at first then more passionately as she wrapped her arms around his neck and drew him down on top of her taking all that he had to give and giving more than he deserved to get.

"And sometimes when we touch

the honesty's too much

and I have to close my eyes and hide"

"Robert please just hold me, just hold me" Holly said as she accepted his kisses. "Never, never let you go my love" Robert replied adjusting himself impossibly close to her

"I wanna hold you until I die

until we both break down and cry

I wanna hold you til the fear in me subsides"

Robert gently kissed the tears from Hollys cheeks, tears that mirrored his own. Her hands sensously slid down his back holding on as if she were afraid he would disappear

"At times i'd like to break you

and drive you to your knees

at times i'd like to break through

and hold you endlessly"

The wind and rain bashing the small cabin at any other time would have caused some concern for the two lovers inside, but at the moment there was nothing in the world that could intrude on their intimacy.

Luke felt like a drowned rat as he grabbed the satchel of supplies that he had gathered while in town. All he wanted right now was to change into some warm dry clothes and make a pot of the coffee he had purchased.

"Hey roomies, old Luke has brought goodies" Luke bellowed as he entered the cabin

"Damn Robert you let the fire in the stove go out" He said looking around and instantly becoming concerned when he saw no one. Luke pulled the gun from his jacket pocket and slowly opened the door to the bedroom almost afraid at what he would find.

"Well i'll be damned" Luke whispered as he saw the two sleeping soundly curled up together to the point where it was hard to tell where one ended and the other began. He slowly turned and closed the door behind him smiling and softly whispering a happy tune , this calls for a celebration he thought as he set about reigniting the fire in the woodstove and unpacking the supplies.

"Those two will definitely need a meal when they regain consciouness" He said laughingly and continued his chores happy that at least there were some people in the world who could find happiness again...

Robert walked into the main room and saw Luke busily preparing something he wasn't sure what but it smelled fairly good. Luke turned, saw Robert and gave him his best Spencer grin.

"Well, well the dead awakens" Luke said as he slapped his old friend on the back and motioned to the old tin coffee pot steaming on the woodstove. Robert walked over and poured himself some coffee and took a peak at the soup simmering in the antique pot Luke had found somewhere.

"So any news about us in town mate?" Robert asked while averting his gaze from lukes face.

"The cops have been all over the mountain for the past two days obviously, but had given up and left just before I arrived" Robert felt almost ashamed that his brother was incompetent to the point of completely overlooking them but happy that because of Macs incompetence they hadn't been caught yet.

"I tried to get Connie on the phone but it kept going to her voice mail"

"You didn't leave a message did you?" Robert asked concerned because it was unlike Connie to be unavailable.

"No, instead I called a friend from Port Charles to come up here and pick us up in the town tomorrow"

"What friend, can we trust him?" Robert asked becoming concerned that Luke had brought someone else into the mix.

"Yeah old buddy we can trust this friend" Luke replied grinning at Robert as he walked back into the bedroom .

Meanwhile in a car leaving Port Charles is Alice, the Quarternaine housekeeper, applying makeup in her rearview mirror while giddily singing along to the song on the radio.

"I'm coming Luke and watch out because Alice is finally gonna get hers"