FA 18

Thanks for all your reviews and support :D. Means so much. I know I kind of threw everything into the last chapter but it was to get the ball rolling again lol. So here we go again.

'What do you mean your already married?' Allan asked slowly.

'I mean that I have a husband.' Emma sighed as she stopped crying.

'But...when?...how long?' Allan asked as he also fell to his knee's on the floor.

'I was fourteen, orphaned and alone and... he helped me... took care of me.' Emma explained.

'Oh so what you deiced to marry him to say thank you.' Allan snapped.

'It wasn't like that. There's so much you don't know about me Allan.' Emma whispered as she looked into his eyes through her own tear filled ones.

'Well maybe if you had stayed and told me then I would.' Allan shouted.

'Allan please stop shouting.' Emma wept.

'Then tell me.' Allan sighed calming himself.

'What?'

'Tell me what I don't know.' Allan stated and moved closer to her.

'You would hate me if I told you about my past.' Emma shook her head.

'Emma.' Allan whispered holding her shoulders and making her look at him. 'I could never hate you.'

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Marian starred at the white bland hospital room wall. She had been awake for half an hour and for the last twenty minutes she had listened to Robin as he told her she may never walk again. She had seen that something was bothering him as they spoke and she had made him tell her what it was, and now that she knew she wished she had insited on him telling her.

'Some mother I am going to be.' She whispered into the silent room.

'What?' Robin asked from the side of her bed.

'I can't even walk. What use am I going to be to Aiden.' Marian stated as she began to cry.

'Hey.' Robin whispered as he stood and pulled her head to his chest. 'You are everything to Aiden, never doubt that. And the doctors believe that with some physiotherapy you should be able to walk just like before.' Robin smiled as he kissed her head.

'Do you think I can do it?' Marian asked as she cuddled into his chest.

Robin chuckled. 'Marian you are so stubborn I do not think that there is anything that you cannot do.'

Marian smiled into his chest before she pulled her head back to look up at him. 'Thanks.'

'Anytime Mango.' Robin winked.

They just starred at each other as Robin held her in his arms. He smiled as her hair stuck to her wet cheeks. He lifted his thumb and gently caressed it over her cheek wiping away her hair. He lowered his head slowly and watched as Marian softly closed her eyes waiting for their lips to touch. He could soon feel her breath upon his lips as he moved in closer.

'Daddy.'

Robin jumped back from Marian and turned to see Aiden sitting up in bed wiping his eyes. He loved his son more than anything in the world but he would never be able to forgive him for stopping what was just about to happen.

'Hey little buddy. About time you got up.' Robin laughed and walked over to Aiden. He turned smiling at Marian when he saw her sad smiling face. He turned back to Aiden and lifted him in his arms and walked back over to Marian's bed placing him in her arms.

'Hey babe you OK?' Marian asked as she hugged her son.

Aiden nodded as he put his finger in his mouth and closed his eyes against Marian's chest. Robin and Marian loooked at each other and smiled both knowing that this was it. With one hand around Aiden's back supporting him she held her other free one out to Robin who took it and squeezed it tightly.

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'After my parents died I was sent to live with my Aunt but she was a horrible woman who hated me just as much as I hated her so I ran away from home.' Emma sat on the couch across from Allan who was perched on the coffee table listening to her. 'I was moving from hostel to hostel for a while but then I ended up sleeping on the street and I got into all sorts of bad things there. That's where he found me. I was fourteen at the time. But he took me in and looked after me.' Emma sniffed as all the memories came back to her. 'He owned a bar and he let me work there in the back like getting fresh bottles and cleaning tables and you know just little odd jobs. But it was my way of saying thank you. Then on my sixteenth birthday he took me out to dinner and then we went back to his flat where I had been living... He asked me to marry him that night... I didn't want to... but he had done so much for me. So I said yes and a month later we were married.' Emma sighed sadly as she finished.

'Then what?' Allan asked.

'Well I stayed there until I was eighteen but then I moved here. I went to University after doing a series of nightclasses to get the needed grades...i met you...and you know the rest.' Emma shrugged wiping tears from her face.

'So...you just left him?' Allan asked holding his arms out.

'Well...yeah I guess.' Emma said.

'Why?... Do you love him?'

'No! No I never loved him... I thought that he was a nice man, but in the end it turned out he had friends in dark places and his money was not always legally earned.' Emma said as she raised her eyebrow.

'Why didn't you divorce him then?' Allan bit becoming angry.

'I was scarred.' Emma stressed. 'I thought he would have me hunt down.'

'Yeah well no one's gonna touch you while you are with me.' Allan declared.

Emma smiled at his protectiveness over her, but could he really forgive her?

'Wait a minute.' Allan said frowning. 'You said you were going to Scotland to live with your parents...but you just said your parents are dead.' Allan said.

Emma looked to the floor and that was all he needed.

'You went to him didn't you?' Allan asked angry.

Her silence could only confirm it.

'So your say your scarred of the guy one minute but run to him the next?' Allan stressed.

'As long as he thinks I am still with him then he will never harm me.' Emma spoke.

'Did you sleep with him?' Allan asked. He didn't want to know but he had to ask.

'What!? NO!' Emma shouted standing.

'Don't yell at me! What am I supposed to think!? You run off to your husband. I'm sure he didn't want any after all he hasn't seen you in two years.' Allan snapped.

'He did! But I made excuses.' Emma defended herself.

'Yeah your good at that.' Allan mumbled turning away from her.

'Grow up Allan.' Emma shouted.

'You know what Emma.' Allan snapped turning back to face her. 'A lot of people walk in and out of my life leave me and abandon me but...but you were the only one that I wanted to stick around.' He bit.

'I know and I am so sorry that I am not strong enough to put the past behind me and move on with you.' Emma shouted crying. 'But everytime I try to all I can see are those pictures in my head of you and her. I may have ran back to my ex Allan but you flaunted yours in front of me.'

'I know! And I am sorry for that. I should never have let Lauren stay here but I did and it was a mistake that I made.' Allan moaned. 'I miss you and I want you to come back.'

'I can't forget and forgive as easily as you Allan. I need more time. So stop missing me cause it won't make me come back any faster.' Emma said as she turned and headed for the door.

'Missing you isn't the problem, it's wondering if you'll ever come back that's killing me.' Allan shouted marching after her.

Emma stopped and turned at the door to look at him. 'Well then lets see if you survive long enough for me to come back' She whispered before walking out of the apartment.

Allan sighed as he watched the door close.

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'I'm going back to my dads with Aiden until the house can be repaired.' Marian told Robin as they sat an listened to the steady breathing of their son.

Robin nodded. 'That is a good idea.'

'You will come and visit?' Marian asked.

'Everyday.' Robin smiled and kissed her head.

'Good.' Marian whispered. 'So many memories have been lost in that fire.' She sighed thinking about her house.

'Then we will just have to make new ones.' Robin smiled as he hugged her close.