Chapter 20

Alexis woke up from another dream about Finn. Why was she dreaming about him now? They were friends now that's it. He's with Anna and they seem happy, sure he's little concerned about Robert's presence in Port Charles and seems to think that could affect his and Anna relationship but Alexis was sure that was just Finn being a little insecure. She realized dreaming about him is a lot better than Julian but that still doesn't explain why she is. They'd had fun during their short time together but that still doesn't explain why she is having erotic dreams about him. Why is she thinking about Finn like this? Alexis checked the time it was still the middle of the night. She sighed and rolled onto her side, there was no reason she should be thinking about Finn this way. They're friends now that's it, she told herself again. He's with Anna and even if he has moments of insecurity that does not mean they are breaking up. She closed her eyes and willed herself to go back to sleep. Hopefully, she wouldn't have any more dreams about men she shouldn't be dreaming about.

...

When Anna woke up her head was pounding, she has felt worse after a night of drinking but still knew that was why her head felt like this, this morning. "Hi Grandma, why are you in here with me?" Emma asked laying beside her smiling.

"Good morning sweetheart. I just thought it would be nice waking up to this beautiful face. I'm so glad we spent the day together yesterday."

"Me too. When are you going to come out and visit us again?"

"I'm not sure but I think it should be soon."

"Good, I like when we get to spend time together. I guess we should get up."

"Yeah, I'm sure everyone else is starting to get up."

...

Finn was in the kitchen when Robin walked in, "Your mother didn't come home last night!"

"Yes, she did. I talked to her when she got here. She crawled into bed with Emma because she was drunk and didn't want to fight with you again."

"What?" Finn wasn't sure if he believed that or if Robin was just covering for her mom.

"Mom's here, she just didn't want to fight with you when she got home so she slept in the same room as Emma."

"She was drunk?"

"Yeah, I haven't seen her like that in a while but it's not the first time either. I think she just needed to let off a little steam and didn't want to start anything after she'd been drinking. So what?"

"I would have liked to know that she was here," Finn told Robin.

"Well, then I guess you shouldn't have said I'm not her daughter. She's a little mad at you and so am I," Robin told him then turned and left the room.

"Is he in there?" Anna asked when Robin walked out of the kitchen.

"Yeah, I think he's angry that you're here but didn't sleep in your room last night."

They turned and went to the sitting room. "I really don't care what he's upset about at this point."

"Mom."

"No, I mean it. If he can't accept that I am trying to deal with a lot at the moment then that just to bad. It's not his memory that's been messed around with, it's mine. If I feel overwhelmed by that once in a while I think that acceptable. Don't you agree?"

Robin nodded, "Yeah, that makes sense." Robin touched Anna's cheek, "What were you trying to tell me last night? I didn't understand."

When Robin touched her cheek, Anna thought about Robert's hand touching her so tenderly. "Have you never noticed the difference?" Anna took Robin's other hand and put it to her other cheek. "Robert knows I am the woman he married in Italy, he knows that I am the woman he fell in love with and had a child with. Do you feel it?"

"What should I be feeling?"

"It's not that noticeable but there is a slight difference." She lifted her hand and pressed Robin's hand a little harder to her right cheekbone. "I was injured in an explosion before you were born. Your father was the one that caused the explosion. He didn't mean to hurt me, he was shooting at a DVX agent. There was damage to the side of my face and my cheekbone was even slightly damaged. He knows me and knows that there is no way Alex could have that same slight imperfection in her cheekbone. I hadn't even thought about that before last night."

"So you went to see dad so he could reassure you that you are the woman he has always known."

Anna nodded, "Finn was trying to make it sound like there is nothing I can trust. There are things I doubt, things that I can't be sure of but when there are other people telling me that yes I can trust something why does Finn still need to question it?"

"Honestly, probably because it's dad that's telling you that you're right."

"Robert is the one that was there. Robert has known me for what, 42 years now. Yeah, I trust that he's going to know a few things about me."

"I know that and I agree dad is the one that gonna know if you're totally out to lunch about some of the things in your head," Robin said with a little grin. "If Finn can't accept that then that's his problem."

"Oh sweety, thank you." Anna hugged Robin glad she understood.

"How's your head this morning?"

"It could have been worse," she said with a smile.

Finn walked in and just stared at Anna, "You are here?"

"Yeah," Anna put her hands on her hips. "I wasn't in the mood to fight with you again last night so I slept in Emma's room."

"Why?"

"If I had come into our room drunk last night what would you have done? Would I have been allowed to just go to sleep or would you have wanted to talk? I was in no state to have a serious conversation so I went to sleep it off."

"Why did you have to get drunk?"

"Because you were behaving like a total ass and I was fed up. I went and got drunk with a friend. We talked and laughed and we didn't need to talk about whose mother I may or may not be. You want to scream at me and tell me I am not Robin's mother, fine but don't expect me to want to talk to you then. I might not know if I can trust all my memories, but that one. That one I know I can. If you have a problem with that then that's just to bad." Anna turned and left the room. She wasn't going to stand around and let him tell her Robin isn't her daughter and that Peter has to be her son. Yeah, she hopes Robert is right, that Peter is Alex's. She feels like that is the truth but Robin is different. She knows for a fact Robin is her daughter and that Robert is her father. If Finn can't accept that then that's his problem.

After Anna left the room again Finn was left standing there wondering what had happened. Anna was angry, and she was clearly angry at him. He just wanted her to accept that just because she wants to believe Robin is hers that doesn't make it true. Just like her wanting Peter to be Alex's that doesn't make that true either. This isn't something they should be fighting about, why doesn't Anna see that? He just wants her to be realistic. So what if Robert Scorpio tells her that Robin has to be theirs, that doesn't make him right.

...

Robert walked out of Kelly's, a coffee in hand as Alexis was walking in. "Good morning Robert."

He looked up at her, "Alexis, good morning."

"I've seen that look a time or two before. Often I was the one in that condition."

"It's not that bad just drank a lot more than I expected to last night so it's taking a little longer for the cobwebs to clear this morning."

"You're the one she went to?" They both turned to see Finn standing there glaring at Robert.

"You want to tell Anna Robin isn't our daughter and you think she isn't going to come and talk to me after that. You really are a moron. I have no idea what she sees in you."

"I want her to accept that she can't be sure about any of this. That she has no way of know that for sure. She wants to think Peter isn't her son then she needs to be realistic and admit Robin might not be her daughter."

Robert was struggling to remain calm as he worked out what to say. All he wanted to do was punch Finn. "Were you there? Do you know anything? I was. I know that woman better than you ever will."

"Oh, that's right. Of course, you do."

Robert smirked at him then said, "With a single touch I was able to calm her down. I proved my point and she accepted that I was right. Tell me, can you do that?" he asked smugly. Robert turned to Alexis, "I was going to ask you about our dinner date but I'll call you about that later." He gave her a little grin then walked away.

They both watched Robert walk away then Finn turned to Alexis, "Do you believe that smug arrogant ass-hole?"

"You did kind of ask for that."

"Oh right, I asked for him to get drunk with Anna and to be touching her. What the hell happened last night? Then he turns to you and is talking about taking you out on a date."

"You don't know what happened, for all you know he was talking about holding her hand while they talked about the fact they know Robin is their child. Even if you want to believe that you might want to stop saying that to them. That smug rub your face in his connection to Anna was a lot better than getting punched in the face. Don't doubt for a second he didn't want to."

"Alexis, he keeps telling Anna that they know Robin is theirs, how can they know that? How can he be so sure about that?"

"So are you suggesting that Robin is Robert and Alex's or Alex's kid with someone else? You get that you are telling them the family they share together isn't theirs. Do you see why they might not want to hear that?"

"Just because they don't want to hear it doesn't mean it's not true."

"Are you sure? Were you there? You know what they shared. Do you know what Robert can tell Anna to make her accept what he's telling her? You're telling me you know every moment they shared. Maybe they aren't telling you why they know it's true because it's personal to them."

Finn realized Alexis had a very good point. "So I should just let her believe this then?"

"What is wrong with her believing the daughter she raised is hers and the son she only just met might not be?" Alexis asked seriously.

"Yeah, I guess that does make sense." Finn turned and looked at Alexis, "I guess I was the one that caused the fight last night and it's my fault she went to see him after."

"Yeah, sounds like it."

"Why are you dating him?"

"Robert? We aren't dating. We were going to go to the Nurse's Ball together so we didn't have to go alone. Then since we didn't spend much time together there he promised to take me out to dinner. I have seen him out for dinner with Bobbie, Monica, his family since he's been here. When we go out for dinner it will be to get to know each other better, that's all." Alexis glanced in the direction Robert had gone, "But he is a very attractive man and that arrogant attitude really works for him. Then there's that little grin and the accent."

"Are you done?"

Alexis turned back to Finn a big smile on her face. "You need to be picked on today. You're being an idiot."

"Well thank you for that. That point has been made very clear lately."

Alexis touched his arm, "I was going for breakfast, would you like to join me?"

"Um yeah, alright. I left without eating this morning." Then they walked into Kelly's together.