Outback, Port Charles
Sean and Tiffany enter the club and are greeted by the hostess at the door. They are escorted to their table, where Felicia and Felicia are already seated. All exchange hellos and quickly begin a conversation regarding the situation and what has been happening inside the club so far. This night out is not a coincidence. Felicia tells everyone that Robin let it slip that she saw Holly here the other day with Mac. Of course Felicia was finally able to get the whole story, with a promise she would not tell anyone. Based on that, they decided they would make an appearance and possibly run into Holly and put their Plan B in motion.
However, neither Mac nor Holly is in sight. Sean motions for the waitress to come to their table and they all place their drink orders, while Sean casually asks where Mac is tonight. The waitress tells him that Mac is here, but is in the store room and will be out momentarily. The four of them figure if the four of them can make Holly at ease Tiffany will be able to take her aside at some point and begin her plan to lure her into revealing her hand. When their drinks are brought to the table, they notice Mac is now behind the bar. Sean gets up and goes over to say hello and let them know they are here and to stop by their table which he does.
Within a half hour Mac excuses himself and disappears into the apartment hallway and about twenty minutes later returns with Holly. They quickly come over to the table and the group exchanges hellos, while Holly's explanation for being there is presented as a quick visit to Mac and Robin for the day. The evening progresses uneventfully, but all are sensing Holly is becoming more relaxed and comfortable in their presence. Tiffany who is sitting next to Holly leans over and begins a conversation asking how she has been and what has been going on her life since she left town earlier in the year.
"I'm still working with my family on some rare art collections and auctions in New York. It's pretty mundane since stuff compared to all that happened this year. A lot has changed since I ran into Robert in the beginning of the year."
"Yes it certainly has. It's amazing how the year started out so tragically and that it looked like Robin had indeed lost her mother and possibly her father. It was a miracle that it turned out this way for the three of them." I know I've never seen them happier. Oh I'm sorry Holly that was completely inconsiderate." Tiffany says purposely.
"It's ok, really and you're right, things definitely turned out in the best possible terms for Robin." Holly says with a small smile.
"But how has this turned out for you as far as Robert is concerned? I know when you returned to Port Charles and you received those divorce papers after he left, you were very upset." Before Holly can answer the question, the hostess comes over to Mac and whispers in his ear.
"Thank you, that's great. Guys, that was Robert, Anna's in labor and they are at the hospital, he told me to get Robin on the way, so I've gotta go." Mac says excitedly and gets up to leave, Holly does the same but grabs his arm gently.
"Mac do you want me to go with you?"
"No, no that's ok, it's probably going to be a long night, I'll call you and let you know what's going on. Please stay in the apartment tonight, I promise I'll call." Then he leaves her standing there. Sean is throwing cash on the table as he and Tiffany also head out the door with a mutual understanding that Frisco and Felicia remain behind. This might be another perfect opportunity.
General Hospital, Port Charles
"How ya doing? Do you want more ice chips?" Robert says while wiping her forehead. "No, I'm ok, I'm good. How are you doing? You were looking a little frazzled there when we first came in." She says breathlessly but smiling at him.
"Really? I thought I was very calm, actually." He says somewhat surprised.
"Robert, when the father also needs a wheelchair, it doesn't exactly scream calm, cool and collected." She laughs but then quickly another contraction comes, and she gasps while the monitor starts to beep loudly.
"Okay Love, here comes another one, breath in through the nose out through the mouth, grab my hand, that's it, you're doing great." Robert says holding onto her for the long moment. "Okay its coming down, coming down, ok almost done, good, good, we're done. Wow that was another strong one, their coming every 3 minutes now." Robert says kissing her forehead.
"Yeah, God, that was intense." She exhales and lays back still gripping his hand." She tilts her head to face him after a moment. "You know even with all of this pain, having you here is like another dream come true." She smiles looking into his eyes.
"I love you." He says choked with emotion. Dr. Lee walks in.
"So how are we doing Anna?" She asks while looking at the monitor readout and without waiting for a response. "They are coming much closer now so let me do a quick check to see how dilated you are but I'm pretty sure we're ready to go." She quickly examines her. "Yup, we're good to go. Ok, Robert, we are going to take Anna to the delivery room now, are you ready?"
Robert says after a beat, "Yup, I'm good." Dr. Lee has seen that look a thousand times. She calls it stunned fear. "Then follow behind us, your gown, gloves and mask will be waiting for you; I'll be right back to get some help in getting us into the delivery room." As she walks toward the door she turns. "So tell me Anna what finally did it? Funny movie? Sometimes a just a cough or a sneeze can trigger it. You know two more days and I was going to induce."
They both stare at each other completely mortified as if caught in the act. She notices the exchanged looks. "Ha, works every time." She closes the door.
After a beat, "Well that was embarrassing." Robert says.
"Robert, Dr. Lee has delivered hundreds of babies I'm sure she's seen and heard it all." She says grabbing his hand.
"Okay, Love, this is it. I love you and everything's going to be great, I'm going to be right there with you all the way."
"I love you too, ok, ok, I'm ready, we're really going to do this." She says suddenly overwhelmed by it all.
"No, you are. I'm just going to be there with my pom poms." She laughs out loud but then stops suddenly at the pain.
"Stop making me laugh." She scolds him. He bends down and kisses her deeply. The orderlies come in and they bring Anna out and down the hall to the delivery room with Robert following quickly behind.
Outback, Port Charles
Frisco and Felicia are trying to lighten the mood and keep the conversation going, however it's not having the desired effect. They can instantly detect a mood shift but unfortunately, they can't be certain of the cause. It is either the fact that Anna is having Robert's baby right at this moment or the fact that Mac left her and didn't want to take her with him to the hospital. It's not a question they can ask at the moment for fear of tipping their hand. The point is mute anyway as Holly decides to call it a night and says she going back to the hotel as she thanks them for the evening and goes to retrieve her coat. Frisco and Felicia decide to call it an evening as well since they are also anxious to hear the news about Anna.
"Something is definitely not right with her. She has always been pretty forthright with her emotions, she is definitely hiding something Felicia, but what exactly I don't know yet and that's what scares me."
"Well, I think we just have to be patient but at the same time keep a close eye on the Scorpio's because if she is capable of conspiring with Faison then she is capable of doing anything I believe. Both Robert and Anna being in the dark about all of this, just makes them all even more vulnerable"
General Hospital, Port Charles
Mac, Robin, Sean and Tiffany have been in the waiting room for over three hours when Monica Quartermaine comes by to update them on Anna's progress. "She's doing great everyone. She's in the delivery room now so it won't be much longer."
"Thanks Monica." Sean says turning to Robin. "Do you hear that kiddo? You're going to be a big sister in a matter of minutes."
" I know, I can't believe it." Robin says smiling but then leans her head on Mac's shoulder.
"One more push, that's it, inhale, One, two, three, push, push hold it, that's it Love you're doing it, Almost there."Robert exclaims holding her up.
"Okay Anna that's it, now hold it, stop pushing for a second, ok here we go and there, there, here he is." Dr Lee says.
"He, it's a he, it's a boy?" Anna cries back as the baby cries for the first time and takes his first breath of air.
"Yes, you guys have a perfect beautiful baby boy. Come here Dad, and let's cut this cord, ok, right there, good, good job."Dr Lee says as she lays the baby on Anna's stomach.
"A son, we have a son." Robert barely whispers. "Anna he's so beautiful, you really did it, look at him, he's perfect." Robert adds kissing her all over her face and lips.
"My God, he is beautiful. A son, our son." she says crying now.
"Okay guys lets clean him up and Anna let's take care of you too." The doctor watches as Anna leans her head on Robert's shoulder. She notices that her color has completely drained, her eyes are closing as she appears to be losing conscientiousness as was expected. Dr Lee quickly tries to attract Robert's attention so as to avoid a panic that she has seen before.
"Robert, why don't you follow the nurses out of the room with your son while we clean up your wife?" However she's too late and Anna passes out as the blood pressure monitors begin to sound an alarm. Fear grips him instantly as he feels Anna slump against his shoulder.
"What's wrong? What's happening? Anna, Anna". Quickly the nurses move him out of the way as another doctor comes into the delivery room to assist. He resists and refuses to let her go. "Robert, she's fine, she's fine relax. Let the doctor and the nurses help her. Let them to their job." He does as she asks and backs away, but he feels helpless and his whole universe shrinks down to her lying on the table immobile.