SUBTITLE: BREAKING CHARACTER

CHAPTER 27

"Wait, can I get a glass of wine really quick?" Robin sprinted to her kitchen.

"Yeah…actually I'll take some too." Dean ran his finger along his collar to try and get some relief from his nerves. Robin brought back a bottle of wine and two glasses on a tray.

"Here you go, honey." Dean gave a slight smile at her calling him honey. She poured wine in the two glasses and Dean guzzled his glass before almost spitting it out.

"Uh, what the fuck is this? Is this what you and Olivia drink all the time?" Robin was cracking up at the look on Dean's face.

"This is Shiraz. Don't you like it, Sugar?" Dean cracked a smile as her sweet words helped to cancel out the bitter taste of the wine. Robin tried to keep a straight face as Dean acted like the wine was killing him.

"Hell no! Don't ever give me that shit again!" Dean went to the bathroom to rinse his mouth out and Robin got him a beer from the refrigerator. He came back to the living room and plopped down onto the couch.

"Here, Dean." Robin handed him the beer and he gulped it down.

"Thanks, Tweety." Robin sat sipping her wine, and waiting for Dean to say something. It wasn't very often that he was nervous and it was giving Robin an uneasy feeling.

"Is everything ok?" Robin finally broke the ice hoping to get the ball rolling.

"Umm…well. I need to…I mean…shit!" Dean grew frustrated and began pacing the floor. Robin sighed and folded her arms looking for comfort. "I gotta ask you some questions, Tweety." Dean knelt down in front of Robin on the couch making her even more nervous as she peered into his energetic blue eyes.

"Uh, okay. Just ask me, Dean." He rubbed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.

"I've been going back and forth about us for months now."

"Uh huh…"

"I wanna trust you, Tweety. I really do! Shit, it feels like this isn't making any sense!"

"No baby…" Robin leaned front and cupped Dean's face letting his scruffy stubble tickle the palms of her hands. "I get it. Just take your time."

"How do I know you're not gonna mess up again and fuck Roman or somebody else?" Robin sat with tears in her eyes. "You have no idea how that shit hurt, Tweety! I think about it every time I get sick of just having sex with Jasmine. I don't want her. I want you!" Dean pulled open Robin's legs and wrapped his arms around her waist as they embraced. Tears streamed down Robin's face to think about how much she hurt Dean.

"I know I messed up, but I'll never do it again! I'm a different woman now, Dean. Look at me!" Robin pulled Dean's face up to meet her eyes. "I'm not that chick anymore and I knew it the first time I messed up. I never want to hurt you again!" Dean thought about Bret Hart's words of wisdom and smiled through the tears that were starting to form in his eyes. He took Robin's hands in his and took a deep breath again.

"I need you to promise that you'll talk to me if you feel tempted again. We're the same type of animal, Tweety. I saw that when I met you, but I can't ever go through this again." He rested his forehead on Robin's for a second before getting up to sit next to her on the couch.

"I promise to never put you through this again. If I feel something is pulling me away from you, I'll talk to you." She pulled his chin up again to look him in the eye. "I promise, Jon." He kissed her passionately and she cried like a baby. She missed his fully engaged kiss and his uninhibited touch.

"You know Bret Hart gave me some great advice tonight." Robin laughed and shook her head.

"Oh….you just had a casual conversation with your friend Bret Hart…" He laughed because he was shocked by the moment they shared as well.

"I know, right? Anyway, he shared a story with me about how his wife forgave him after an incident and he said if she hadn't taken him back, it would've ruined his life." Dean was still shaking as he rubbed her hand. "I think if I didn't have you back, it would ruin my life."

"I feel the same way, Dean."

"I need you, Robin." Dean's head turned towards the floor again and he slid off the couch to kneel in front of her. "I don't ever want to go another day without you. You're not just a friend, you're the love of my life and I will fuck anybody up who gets in our way again!" Robin giggled at Dean's brutal honesty during what would normally be a tender moment. "Robin Marie 'Tweety' Kendall…"

"My FULL name tho?!"

"Yes, your full fucking name!" They laughed together and Dean kissed her hand. "This is the craziest thing I've ever done because I didn't have any good relationship role models growing up, but I'm gonna try my best to make you the happiest woman on the planet." Dean's face was red with anxiety and Robin continued to cry her eyes out. "Will you make me the happiest man on the planet and be my wife?" Robin shot up off of the couch and pulled Dean up off of his knees. She was shaking as she hugged him as tight as she could, but he was still feeling anxious because she hadn't said yes yet. "Tweety…I kinda need an answer."

"I'm sorry! Yes! I want to spend the rest of my life with you! I love you so much, Jon!" They embraced and all the uneasiness both of them felt about being able to have a successful relationship disappeared. "Oh my God…are we really doing this? This is crazy!"

"We're doing this, Tweety." Dean stopped her excited babbling with a kiss. "We have two days to go and pick out whatever ring you want."

Dean and Robin made love that night like they never had before. They thought they were free when they had sex without strings attached, but they found out that making love to someone you are going to spend the rest of your life with is truly liberating.

Dean and Robin wound up leaving Robin's hometown and spending the next two nights in Philly. By Thursday, Robin was walking around with a gorgeous diamond engagement ring on her finger and she was walking on cloud 9.

"I'm gonna miss you, Mrs. Good."

"Robin Good….that sounds oddly close to Robin Hood." Dean and Robin laughed as they sat in the restaurant off the lobby of the hotel that they had made into their little love nest for the past 2 days. "I think I'll hyphenate… Robin Kendall-Good. Yeah that's better."

"I don't care as long 'Good' is on the end of your name, I'm a happy man." Dean had been almost giddy the past few days and it broke both of their hearts that it was time for him to go back on the road. He had to be at the airport in about two hours. It worked out that Olivia's flight was arriving around the same time. They would have a LOT to discuss on the trip back to home.

The two hours went quickly and before either of them knew it, they were standing at Robin's car outside of the airport saying their goodbyes.

"These couple of weeks will be over before we know it, Sugar." Dean held on to Robin not wanting to let go.

"I'll call you as soon as I land in Wisconsin. I love you Tweety."

"I love you too, Dean." They kissed one last time and Dean started to walk into the airport. "Oh, honey don't forget about the small get together for Liv's birthday on the 5th!"

"Got it, Tweety. See you later." Dean winked and walked into the airport leaving Robin standing next to her car. She looked at her cell phone and saw that she had about a half hour until Liv's plane landed.

She got into the car and let herself slip into a daydream about what her wedding with Dean would be like. She chuckled to herself as she thought about wearing white given her past. Her wedding planning was interrupted by a text from Olivia that said her flight landed early and she was at Terminal B.

"Hey Liv!" Robin made exaggerated motions with her hands as Olivia got in the car.

"Hey girl. I've got to tell you about my week!" Olivia put her seat belt on and lifted her head to see Robin's ring glistening in the sunlight. "What the hell is going on with your finger, Robin?!" Olivia snatched Robin's hand across her body as they screamed with excitement. "Hold up…you and…Dean?!" Robin nodded as Olivia inspected the diamond.

"He asked me on Monday night after I punched Derrick in the mouth and kicked him out of my apartment…again!" They cracked up as they got on to the highway. "I got the ring here in Philly. We stayed at the Four Seasons off the parkway for the past few nights."

"Girl, it's about time you guys got things together! You knew your crazy asses were meant to be together!"

"So how was your week? What's the latest in the love triangle?" Olivia playfully slapped Robin's shoulder.

"Well, I met Seth's family and it was great! I traveled with him to the house shows this week and I really had fun…" Olivia drifted off thinking about Seth's smile and his warm, brown eyes.

"And what about Wade? If I can recall, you had an amazing time with Wade when he came to town, Mrs. Bennett." Olivia was snapped out of her daydream and brought back to the reality of her dilemma. "You've got one hell of a choice to make, Liv. I'm not trying to recreate the drama of my birthday dinner with yours."

"I know…I don't know which one to invite."

"My apartment isn't big enough to accommodate a royal rumble. So please let me know if I should change the venue for your dinner." They both laughed, but Olivia knew she had some serious thinking to do.

"Why can't I have them both?" Robin thought Olivia was asking a rhetorical question until she noticed her staring at her while she drove. "Why should I have to choose? We're all consenting adults, right? Until things get serious, why can't I spend time with both of them?" Robin just shook her head and stayed quiet for a few minutes trying to think of some advice to give Olivia.

"Maybe you can have them both, but I suggest you let them know what's up because they're trying to claim you, girl." Robin patted Liv's leg to offer her support. "But I think it would be best to have your birthday dinner somewhere else. That way, somebody else can clean up the broken glass and tables and shit after Wade and Seth try to kill each other." Robin quickly left a reminder on her phone to call some places for the party. She respected Liv's right to have who she wanted, but she knew in her heart that her birthday was going to be crazy.