Chapter 30

Anna felt refreshed this morning, she had felt so relaxed when she got into bed the night before and was able to fall asleep in no time. She had awoken with a smile on her face and the first thing she thought about was kissing Robert good night. Anna stretched still laying in her bed, oh how nice it would be if Robert was here with her. She smiled again, thinking about what that thought actually meant. She wanted Robert and she had been thinking about that for a while now. She ran her hand through her hair, he is going to wait for her to make the first move. He won't try to pressure her so she will have to make sure he knows there's no need to wait too long.

As she got out of bed another thought stroke her, Finn. He had cheated on her, when? Why? Was their fighting so bad that he felt there was no hope for their relationship? As she got in the shower Anna smiled, at least he can't be upset if he sees her out with Robert now. Shouldn't she be more upset about that, she wondered. She should feel betrayed by him but she didn't, not by that. She felt like the fact he slept with Alexis wasn't as bad as the fact he had no idea why he had to continue to insist Peter was her son. Why had he felt the need to tell anyone that would listen that she should accept that Peter is her son but that she could not be sure of Robin? That still made no sense to her. Anna sighed as the water washed over her, that didn't matter now. None of that mattered because she's with Robert now. "I'm with Robert," she said to herself. She didn't think of herself as single, she and Robert are together. Sure they had only just agreed to see what could happen but she knew that meant a full commitment. Anna knew that neither one of them saw this as something casual. As she got out of the shower Anna wondered what she should do today. She wanted to stop in and see Jordan, find out how she's doing. After that, she thought she would give Robert a call.

...

Robert was just about to leave the Metro Court when he saw Laura, she noticed him at the same time and walked over to him. "I like that we keep bumping into each other. You should hang around Port Charles more often," she said smiling happily at him.

"Well, you never know you might just get your wish."

"Oh, really? What could keep you here?" Laura asked with a smile.

"There might be something," he grinned. "How are you doing? How are things going with Kevin?"

"Good, he's moved back home. He's still dealing with a few things and his career is up in the air at the moment but I have him at home with me and for now, that's all I need. Now that his brother's body has been found the rest will all get worked out with time."

"Well I am very happy for you," Robert said and gave her a hug.

"What about you? I can't help but notice you look happier than the last time we were talking. You had a lot on your mind that day."

"I guess I am rather happy today."

Laura smiled at him, "Are you going to tell me what happened to put you in this good mood?"

Robert smiled, "It might have something to do with why I might be here more now."

"Is this something new that you aren't sure where it's going or if it's going anywhere? Did you meet someone?"

"No I didn't meet someone, it's nothing new. Can't I just be in a good mood and enjoy having something to look forward to?"

"Of course you can." She touched his arm, "Robert, I want you to be happy."

"Join me for a drink or a coffee, that will make me happy."

"I can do that. I don't have meetings until later this afternoon."

"Good, you can tell me a little about Ryan Chamberlain. Mac and Felicia have told me about what happened but you had to deal with him. I want to know a little more about how he was able to pass himself off as Kevin for so long."

Laura looked at him, knowing there was more to this than him just wanting to find out some information. "Why do you want to know about Ryan?" Laura asked as they turned toward the elevators. He just tilted his head, "I will tell you what I can." As they got back off the elevator Laura was explaining about how Ryan had distanced himself from her as soon as she got back from France. "I knew Kevin was acting oddly but it never occurred to me that he could actually be Ryan."

"Why would you, as far as everyone knew Ryan was dead. From what I understand Ryan likes to think he is smarter than everyone else. He was smart enough to know you would be able to tell he wasn't Kevin if you got too close."

"Yeah, I guess that's why he started distancing himself so quickly." As they sat at a table Robert looked lost in thought so Laura asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"How long have you known Kevin? A few years. Ryan knew you would know he wasn't Kevin. I've known Anna forever and Alex thought she could convince Anna I wouldn't have known the difference between them. That doesn't make sense, Alex is an intelligent woman. Even with her messing with Anna's memories that doesn't change what I know."

"Wait, what did Alex tell Anna?"

"Um, she insinuated that me and her had been lovers at some point. It didn't take me long to convince Anna differently but why would she have bothered telling Anna that?"

"That is strange, why are you thinking about that?"

"With those experiments that were done on the twins, Anna got messed around with. She can't be sure of her own memories and when we went to talk to Alex she eventually admitted that she had never met me. So why lead Anna to believe we had met? I guess I just want to understand why this was all done to Anna."

"Of course you do." Laura paused, "Robert, do you think something was done to Kevin?"

"He went blind as well. We believe that's a side effect of whatever drug Cabot was using on them. Anna told me they talked about this a while ago. Kevin doesn't think he has any of Ryan memories but it sounded like they kind of felt that Ryan might have had some of Kevin's and that made it easier for him to deceive people."

Laura nodded, that made a lot of sense. "Then there's Jason and Drew, they both went blind. So all three sets of twins have had some kind of experiments done on them."

"Yeah, we just don't really know the full extent of it."

"No wonder you've been so concerned about Anna."

"Yeah, this hasn't been easy on her."

"At least she had you and Finn here for her."

"Finn's a tool and they are no longer together actually. He was making things harder on her, causing fights and we found out yesterday that he even cheated on her. Not sure when it happened but I think it was while she was dealing with all of this."

"What is wrong with men? When they have a good woman why do they do things like that? Why do they cheat?" Laura looked at Robert and gave him a little smile, "Or a good man. We didn't deserve that."

"Let's not talk about our exes. You have Kevin now and I truly hope you two can work it all out, get your life back on track."

"Weren't we already talking about your ex, well one of them."

Robert grinned, "No, I don't think we were."

"But," Laura smiled as the realization hit. "Is that why you look so happy this morning?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," he said still grinning.

"It's still too early to talk about I take it."

Robert leaned forward, "I am getting another chance with the woman I have always loved, that's what I know. We both want this but there's nothing to tell yet."

Laura leaned forward and hugged him, "I hope we both get to rebuild our relationships with a couple of good ones."

Robert kissed her cheek, "Oh Laura, so do I."

...

Finn wanted to talk to Alexis but so far she hadn't wanted to talk to him. He decided going to her house might be the only way that she'll talk to him. She sighed as she opened the door, "What do you want?"

"We need to talk, Alexis."

"Fine," she stepped out of the way and Finn walked in. "What is it you want to talk about?"

"First of all, I want you to know that mine and Anna's relationship is over and what happened between us had no bearing on that. She ended it as soon as she saw me yesterday."

Alexis nodded slowly, "That makes me feel a little better."

"Alexis, you know I wasn't using you to get back at Anna."

"Do I know that? You came here after you thought she had invited Robert into her bed. We ended up in bed that night, they didn't."

"I know that."

"We could have stopped. Maybe we should have but that doesn't change anything. You and I slept together. What I want to know is do you expect that to happen again? I have a lot happening in my life and that night it was nice to just forget about the problems I'm having but that doesn't mean I think it should happen again."

"It was nice but I want to be able to talk to you when I need someone. I don't think we can say there is no chance of us ending up in bed again but you're right I don't think either of us should be thinking about what could be."

Alexis wondered if she understood what he was getting at. "So you want us to continue helping each other?"

Finn nodded, "If that's something you're still interested in."

"That we will help each other and more than likely will end up in bed."

"That is not the main reason that we would be spending time together but I think we both know we like that aspect of our relationship."

"It is a good form of stress relief."

"Alexis, I want to know that I still have you as a friend to talk to. I'm not saying this has to be a physical relationship but I am trying to be realistic."

Alexis let out a long breath, "Alright, we are still friends and we will still help each other when we're struggling. I'm glad because I know you are often the only one that can talk sense into me."

"Good, at least I haven't messed this relationship up," Finn said with a little nod.

"Come on, you can't be blaming yourself for everything that happened between you and Anna."

"Not everything but the fact I can't understand the same thing she can't has me baffled. All she wanted to know yesterday was why I believe Peter is her son. I know they got the results, I know that they say Robin is Anna and Robert's fine. I know the results came back and didn't indicate that Anna is Peter's mother but I still know she is. Why is that?" Finn was now pacing. "Why do I believe that? I don't know. I can't tell Anna why I believe that. I just know that it has to be true."

Listening to him even Alexis thought that was strange. "What proof do you have?"

"None, but does that mean I'm wrong?"

"It means you'd have a hard time proving that in a court of law."

"Right, Alexis let's talk about something else. How are things going with Kristina?"

"I don't want to talk about that either. It's a struggle right now and I really don't know what it's going to take to break the hold the DOD and Shiloh have on her."

"Alright then, what do you want to do?"

"Let's get out of here. We should go somewhere and not think about our problems for a while."

"Avoidance, that's what we're doing tonight?"

"Yeah, and we're eating while we do that," Alexis told him. Finn agreed then they left together.