Scorpio House, Port Charles Thanksgiving Morning, 1992
Anna has been looking forward to this day for weeks. The normal family routine of hosting Thanksgiving for her family and friends. She had decided to do this after the whole, Holly/Cassadine mess was over with and to thank and show appreciation for all their friends who played a part in keeping them safe and getting the results they needed.
She knows it's a lot of work but it's worth every minute of it. She is up before the alarm rings at 7am and nestles deeper into Robert's back. She relishes in this time, she wants to sear this memory in her brain of a holiday morning with both their children asleep and in their beds, no threat to their lives and the fact they are more in love than ever.. She remembers last night, they barely got any sleep at all. She smiles thinking about it. She thinks maybe they have time for a continuation but then she looks at the clock again. She sighs but then smiles. It's their first Thanksgiving with William and Robin together and everything is complete for her right at this moment. Despite what happened earlier in the evening, which in retrospect was very comical, she does wonder what their friends think if anything. But right now she doesn't care. She and Robert made their peace, had a wonderful night together and even laughed about it.
"Robert. Time to get up." She caressing his stomach
"Ok, I'm up, I'm up." He replies. Then they hear William fussing in his room.
"Robert, can you get the baby while I take a shower?"
"Sure Love." He responds but doesn't move.
"Robert." She says more loudly.
"I'm going." She laughs to herself as she watches her husband trying to walk half awake out the door of their room. While she gets her clothes laid out, she listens to him talking to their son as he gets him changed and ready for the day. Tears come to her eyes as she listens to this man talk baby gibberish to their son. She still can't believe after all these years with this man, that they are where they are and how much they have both changed. She really never has been happier in her life.
He comes back into their room with William on his shoulder as Anna comes out of the bathroom after her shower still in her robe. William sees his mother and he smiles and reaches out his hands.
"Come here my baby." Anna says reaching for him. "You smell so good. Did Daddy give you a bath?" She says.
"Yup he's all ready for the day." Robert says looking at him.
"I think I love you."
William looks so cute in the outfit Anna bought for him for today. Robert even remembered to put a bib on him because he drools like crazy now. While holding William, she reaches up to give Robert a lingering kiss and Williams places a hand on each of their faces. They both laugh.
"Finish getting dressed and I'll go feed him." He says, and he is still just in his pajama bottoms. She has the urge to just take him back to bed but knows she can't there is too much to do.
"Ok, thank you." She says caressing his chest. He sees that look in her eyes and knows it means trouble.
"Don't give me that look. You know I have no self-control." She laughs at him and feigns innocence.
"What look?" And she does it again, still stroking his chest and smiles at him while he walks out of the room with William.
"Umm Hon, put your robe on please." She calls after him. He comes back in and gives her a look and puts William on the bed to shrug on his robe. She laughs when he leaves.
She comes downstairs after a half hour and sees Robert feeding William his cereal and applesauce. She just stands in the door way and watches as Robert plays airplane and William is laughing hysterically. Her heart is full.
Robin comes in and stands there watching it too and laughs.
"Good morning sweetheart." Anna says hugging her daughter tight. "Morning Mom." Robin says hugging her back. "Morning Dad." She says going over to kiss him and kiss William on his head. William smiles when he sees her.
Anna walks up to Robert and hugs him from behind and kisses his cheek. He smiles as he continues feeding William. Her family she thinks, she couldn't be happier than she is right at this moment. Anna proceeds to start the preparation. She has to admit she's a little overwhelmed, but she knows she can do it.
By 9am the Turkey is in the oven, William is in his seater playing with his mobile and Robin and Robert both come down fully dressed. Robert turns on the TV in the kitchen so they can watch the parade.
"So what can I do?" Robert asks.
Anna thinks and says, "Well actually nothing really yet. You guys can set the table in a little while. But oddly enough everything is under control right now." Anna says amazed herself. He looks at her and smiles.
"Wow look at you, cooking for more than 2 people, never would have thought this would be a reality." He says smiling. She hits him with the towel.
"Ive cooked before. I think you guys exaggerate my incompetence in the kitchen." She says. Robin and Robert look at each with a smirk. He walks up to her and a song from one of the performances is playing on TV and he takes her in his arms and begins to dance with her. She is laughing as she wraps her arms around his neck.
"You are the most beautiful ummm chef Ive ever seen." He says and she laughs. "Thanks a lot." He dips her and kisses her soundly as Robin looks on and smiles. She is so happy right now seeing how happy her parents are together. Earlier this year she never thought this would ever be a reality again. The doorbell rings.
"I'll get it." Robin says as she watches her parents still in their embrace. "Thats Sean and Tiff. They said they would be coming over early to help." Anna says still with her arms around his neck. "Hmm." He says and kisses her again.
"Hi Uncle Sean, Tiff. Come on in." Robin says. "Happy Thanksgiving sweetheart." Sean says and they all hug and kiss.
"So where is everyone?" Tiffany asks.
"They're in the kitchen dancing." Robin says smiling. Sean and Tiffany look at each other and smile. They all proceed to the kitchen and see exactly what Robin was saying. Both Anna and Robert are dancing together but there is no music just the parade on tv. Sean and Tiffany smile and realize all is well as was expected. Robert sees them and disengages from Anna. They all hug and kiss and Tiffany and Sean immediately go over to William who is sitting contently in his seater.
"Go ahead Tiff pick him up, he probably needs to be changed any way." Anna says smiling at her. Tiffany quickly goes over and picks him up kissing him all over. He is smiling at her as she talks baby talk to him. "I'll change him." She says happily and leaves the room with Robin right behind her.
"So how goes it here. Looks like a lot of work and everything is under control." Sean says with a double meaning.
"Everything is perfect." Anna says looking at him and smiling.
Robert and Sean go into the living room and Robert turns on the parade on the TV.
"You guys look very happy." Sean says.
"We are, you know us. Last night was just foreplay." Robert says sitting in his chair. Sean laughs.
"I'm surprised she let you off the hook so easy."
"Yeah me too actually." Robert says chuckling. Sean start to laugh again, thinking about what happened the night before.
"It's funny because Tiffany read me the riot act last night and I think it was on behalf of all women. But I gotta tell ya, she was impressive." Sean says.
"Please don't even start this topic." Robert says laughing. Anna comes in and sits on the arm of Robert's chair.
"What are you guys laughing about?" She asks. They both look at each other and both say "Nothing" at the same time. She knows full well what they are laughing about.
"Idiots." She says. Tiffany and Robin come back downstairs with William and he looks very happy. He sees his mother and his father and starts to fuss in Tiffany's arms. Tiffany brings him over to Anna and he reaches for her. Sean and Tiffany just watch in amazement, how they are with each other. They watch William reach for Robert and he takes him.
"Ok Anna, what's next on the docket." Tiffany asks. Anna looks over at her and says vegetables. "Lets get going." Tiffany says. Robin we'll need your help too." Anna says.
After about an hour, Tiffany and Robin come out of the kitchen to join Sean, Robert and William. William has fallen asleep in Robert's arms.
"Dad, I'll take him and put him in the playpen." She says.
"Thanks Love. How's your Mom doing in there?"
"I think she has it under control, but she is talking to herself now. That's why we left."
They all laugh and they all know what that means. Robert gets up and goes into the kitchen. He opens the swinging door and just watches her flitting around the kitchen like a moth.
"Hey, how's it going in here?"
"Good I guess, but I think Im falling behind." She says in a semi-panicked tone. He surveys the situation and it looks to him like everything is fine considering its only 1030am. He walks up to her and grabs her by the arms.
"Everything looks great. I can already smell the Turkey and it smells wonderful. Its going to be the best Thanksgiving ever, thanks to you. Relax and enjoy it." He says. She stops and looks at him. She smiles and starts to laugh. She hugs him tightly.
"Thank you." She says into his neck. "You're welcome. I never thought my kick-ass super-spy would be intimidated by a dead bird." He says, and she really starts laughing. She wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him passionately. They get swept away very fast.
"Knock, knock. Hey, we have no time for that now." Tiffany says coming in. They break apart quickly.
"Ok what can I do here?" Robert asks.
Anna looks around and then says "Here make these radishes into roses."
He looks at her like she's crazy. "Who am I Merlin? Give me something a man can do." She laughs at him.
"Ok start setting the table. The appetizers will be ready at noon. Put out all the plates for a 3-course dinner. Robert looks overwhelmed with those instructions. Tiffany has mercy on him. "Ill help lets go." She says pushing Robert out of the door to the dining room.
By noon all the guests have arrived. Mac, Luke, Laura, Frisco, Felicia, Bobbie and Tony. They can all see that the events of the night before seemed to be completely resolved as they observe Robert and Anna with each other. They are all sitting in the living room and Anna and Robert are sitting very close together with Anna's hand on his thigh. Maxie is in the playpen playing with her toys and Lucky, BJ and Robin are in the office playing video games.
Anna gets up when she hears William crying through the monitor. She gives Robert a kiss before she leaves to go upstairs.
"So I see things are back to normal here in paradise." Luke says. Robert laughs as does everyone else.
"You have to let me know your secret Robert." Tony says.
"Please don't get me in trouble again." Robert says. Anna comes down with William and Felicia immediately asks to hold him.
"He is getting so big so fast." She says as she holds him up to look at him.
"Yeah he's growing like a weed." Anna says proudly.
"His eyes are getting bluer every time I see him. He is going to be a knockout." Bobbie says.
The rest of the evening is perfect for everyone. The appetizers and the dinner were excellent. Robert is so proud of Anna. He is amazed that when she puts her mind to any task, she always excels. They are all sitting around the table after eating, drinking their wine and they are all laughing and joking about all the crazy times together. Anna realizes she has missed out on a large part of Robert's life hearing the stories from Luke, Laura, Frisco and Felicia and Bobbie. She is not sad about it, she just wishes things had turned out differently for her and Robert and wonders what might have been.
When dinner is done, both Robert and Sean offer to do all the dishes. Felicia and Bobbie also push their husbands to help out as well. Luke states emphatically he doesn't do dishes, put Laura pinches him and he goes grudgingly. They can all hear them in the kitchen, the clanging of dishes and pots and pans, arguing and then laughing hysterically.
"I'm afraid to go in there. I don't think I'm going to have a kitchen left." Anna says to laughter. The girls are all sitting in the living room drinking wine and having a good time. Felicia is dying to know what happened after they left last night.
"So what happened after we left?" She says. Anna thinks about it a laughs. "I let him have it. He apologized to me several times, but I made him suffer." She says laughing as the wine begins to take affect. "But obviously everything is fine now." Bobbie says. Anna looks at Bobbie with a knowing smirk. "Yes its more than fine." They all laugh knowing exactly what she means.
They realize the guys have been in the kitchen for over an hour. They can hear the laughter coming from inside.
"I'm going to see what's going in there." Laura says laughing. She walks in and sees the entire kitchen cleaned and the guys all standing around laughing with beers in their hands. "Whats going on in here?" She asks walking up to Luke.
"Umm, we just finished. We were coming out." He says. "Yeah right." She says. They all come back out of the kitchen and they continue the evening. Anna realizes its getting late and William needs his bottle and needs to be put to bed. She brings his bottle out and goes to Laura who's holding him. Anna looks at her and she seems so at ease with William. "Would you mind giving him his bottle?" Anna asks. Laura looks up at her and smiles broadly. "I would love to." Luke smiles as does Robert. Anna goes and sits down next to Robert and he takes her hand. "Can you all stay and take care of him everyday?" Anna says. They all laugh.
After all their guests leave, Anna is still cleaning up in the kitchen when Robert comes in. Its late now nearly 11.
"You must be exhausted." He says to her. "I am a little but I'm also a little wired too. It was an amazing day. I want to do this every year." She says looking at him and his face has a look that says are you kidding. "What? It was a perfect day." She says smiling at him.
"Yes it was, but it was a lot of work for you." He says walking up to her.
"But I seriously enjoyed every minute of it. Did William go back to sleep?" She asks. "Yup, he is out cold now" He says and she laughs.
"I thought it was really sweet for Frisco and Felicia to ask Robin to stay over at the Brownstone tonight. She was very excited about it, but tried to downplay it considering she's getting older." She says.
"Yeah I noticed that too." "Are you ready to go up? We can finish the rest tomorrow." He says. She looks at him and gives him that look.
"I just realized we are on our own tonight." She says walking up to him. "Yes we are. What did you have in mind?" He asks taking her in his arms.
"Something where we can make as much noise as we want." She says kissing him soundly.
"Hmmm I really like the sound of that." She begins to unbutton her blouse and he smiles. He looks at her standing there with her blouse open and he reaches for her but she stops him. She quickly makes work of his belt buckle and proceeds to unbutton and unzip his pants. He guides her blouse off her shoulders as she proceeds to lift his sweater over his head. He removes it completely and she begins to stroke and kiss his chest.
"You're sure you don't want to wait until we get upstairs?" He asks between kisses.
"Hmmm, no. Right here, right now." She says kissing him soundly. He loves when she gets like this.
"Hmmm, I agree." He says and she giggles as they struggle to remove all barriers. He lifts her onto the kitchen table and stands between her legs which she proceeds to wrap around his hips. They smile at each other and then reach each other with their mouths as they connect. They both moan at the sensation and stay like that for a few moments while they continue to kiss each other. Robert unclasps her bra and he throws it to the floor. He bends her back so she is lying fully on the table and takes her breast into his mouth as he begins thrusting against her. She is holding on to his neck with her head thrown back. They are both moaning loudly now as they are quickly approaching release. It finally hits them and they both cry out loudly as they continue to move against each other.
"Hmmm, I love you." He says kissing her neck as they still hold onto each other. "Love you too, very much." She says breathlessly. They stay like that for a few moments until Robert says, "I think we are going to have to clean the table again." He says and they both start laughing. They both clean the table again very quickly and then he gives her back her blouse and she shrugs it on and pulls down her skirt as he straightens himself up.
They both look at each other, smile and then Robert says. "Race you upstairs." She smiles at him pushes him back and heads for the door closing it in his face. She is laughing loudly now as the reach the top of the stairs and he is right behind her, she tries to control her laughter. He catches up to her and lifts her off the floor as they are both laughing now. They get into the bedroom quickly and remove the rest of their clothes as they stumble into bed still laughing. Robert is over her and they kiss each other passionately and Robert begins to kiss down her neck and her chest while caressing her body. She is overwhelmed with the sensations and begins to moan. Suddenly they hear William on the monitor. They both stop and wait because sometimes he falls back to sleep. They hear silence, they are about to resume and then he starts crying loudly. They smile at each other and Robert gets off of her lying back on the bed.
"Let me get him." She says. She gets up and shrugs on her robe that's at the end of the bed. She looks back at Robert lying there naked and she smiles. She returns a few minutes later with William and sees Robert is putting on his boxers. He looks at the two of them on the bed as Anna is holding him trying to calm him down. "I guess we do have to worry about how much noise we make." He says smiling going around to his side of the bed. As soon as William sees him he stops crying as Robert is trying to make him laugh. It doesn't last too long though.
Anna tries to cradle him but that doesn't work either as he begins to root for her breast. "Let me get him a bottle." Robert says.
"No I don't want to get in that habit." She says as she gets up and starts rocking him. He finally calms down and begins to fall back asleep.
Robert loves watching her with him. He is still consistently amazed how she is with him. He is so happy he gets to see this side of her since he missed all of this with Robin.
She looks at Robert and he signals that he is asleep on her shoulder. She smiles and heads back to the nursery. He hears her on the monitor as she settles him back down and plays the soft music in the background that usually works to keep him settled. She comes back in and sees Robert sitting up in bed with just his boxers on. She smiles at him and shrugs out of her robe and gets under the covers.
"Finally asleep. Robert get under the covers. Its cold in here." She says and he complies. She immediately lays on his chest with her leg thrown over his. She reaches under the covers, "Take these off." She says pulling at the waist band of his boxers. He smiles and laughs. "Yes maam." He knows she loves sleeping naked together but they can't with Robin and sometimes Olin in the house. They talk and laugh for a while about the day as they are both caressing each other. They hear William is still sound asleep in his room.
"He was so good today with everyone." She says caressing his chest and stomach.
"Yeah he really was. He seems to like people in general. He wasn't fussy or anything with anyone including Luke who can be scary." She laughs at that.
"We make good kids." She says smiling. "Yes we do." He says. He thinks for a moment. "Do you want more kids?' He asks.
She is surprised by his question since they haven't talked about this for a while since the last pregnancy possibility a couple of weeks ago. When she took the tests then and it was negative, they both had conflicting feelings at the time.
She thinks for few minutes, "I don't know. Right now we definitely have our hands full and I'm anxious to get back to work." She says truthfully. He understands that. They have Robin and William and they never thought they would have that. "But I definitely won't rule it out." She says.
He is actually surprised at that and smiles because truthfully, he does want more children with her. "What about you?" She asks.
"I think I do, but its not necessarily my decision to make. You're the one that has to deal with the pregnancy and everything else that goes with it. I'll do whatever you want." He says. She smiles thinking that's probably the most un-male chauvinist thing he has ever said.
"Wow, look at you being all feminist and everything." She says laughing.
"Well its true isn't it?" Robert says caressing her bare back with his fingertips.
"Yes it is true, but I continue to be amazed how much you've grown over the last two years." She says chuckling.
"I haven't necessarily grown, its just you never saw this side of me before." He says. She thinks about it and knows its true.
"You're right, you have certainly kept that side well hidden." She says chuckling and he tickles her. "But it's still nice to hear."
They talk a little more and then Robert realizes Anna has fallen asleep. He hugs her tighter, kisses her head and eventually follows her into sleep.