While I Was Waiting

There was a chill in the air as he entered the Metro Court Hotel. He still was not sure what led him back to Port Charles…only that a voice in his head told him that he needed to be here. He saw her sitting alone in a red dress and his heart caught in his throat. She still had that effect on him.

"Red, Anna…Why must you wear that color with him?"

Anna smiles as he takes the seat across from her. She should not be this happy to see him.

"Last time I checked you did not own the rights to the color," she quips.

Robert grimaces as he picks up the wine glass in front of him and downs it. She pours him another.

"I guess I should be grateful that you didn't wear that dress…"

"Now that dress was yours. If I still had it, I never would wear it again."

"Not even for your favorite ex-husband."

"I see you still have a big head."

"I see you are still waiting for men who leave you all alone in a beautiful dress. What's his excuse this time Luv?"

"How do you now he's not using the loo?"

"Because if he was, you wouldn't be looking as if you want to drink the entire bottle of wine yourself…Come on Luv…Why do you keep giving him chances to stand you up?"

"I seem to remember a time or two that you had to cancel a date…"

"But I never let you sit alone wondering where I was did I?"

She hated when he was right.

"I suppose you were the perfect gentlemen."

"So where's Doctor Feel-good huh?"

"I don't know…probably in surgery…"

"He couldn't call you?"

"Robert…"

"Try again Luv. This is me you're talking to."

"Did you come all the way here just to annoy me?"

He grins as he reaches across the table and takes her hand in his. "I didn't know why I was here until I saw you sitting there all alone. Now I know why I was supposed to be here. It was you. "

"You aren't making any sense Scorpio."

"Then Dance With Me."

"I don't think that's a good idea…"

"Come on Annie…you look ravishing. You should not have to spend the evening sitting at a table in that dress. That dress is made for dancing. "

"One Dance," she finally agrees.

"If you insist."

The dance starts out slow, Anna's eyes searching his as she puts a little distance between them. Robert's hand slides down to the small of her back and she starts to relax a little.

"You always were a great dance partner," she admits.

"Is that all?"

"You know it's not."

"Then answer me one question honestly…Can you do that for me?"

"I can try."

He takes a deep breath as he pulls her just a little closer.

"What does he have Anna…that I don't?"

"Oh Robert," she sighs. "Robert, that's not…"

"Please…Please don't pity me. I am just asking because I need to know. What is it going to take for you to…to choose me? Are you still angry at me for what I had to do to keep you safe…?"

Anna could see the tears welling in his eyes and she knew he was trying so hard not to let them show. She takes her thumb and traces it across his cheek.

"I was never angry Robert…I was hurt…there's a difference."

"Then why are we still apart? Damn it Anna…all I ever wanted was for you to love me again…to come back to me…why won't you come back to me?"

"I wasn't aware I still had that choice…"

"Bloody Hell…How do you not know that I never got over you? After all this time…How do you not know?"

He reaches for her then…His hands cupping her face as he kisses her passionately. Anna's arms wrap around his neck as his tongue slips into her mouth and the kiss deepens. When they finally pull apart, they are both breathing heavily, their foreheads touching.

"What about now Luv?"

She grabs his tie and pulls him to her, kissing him deeply as she runs her fingers through his hair. "I choose you. All you ever had to do was ask."

"All this time, I thought you knew…I thought my chance to be happy was gone. That is why I never dated again…not seriously. I could not stand the thought that I would hurt someone else because it was you that I was in love with. I tried to move on Annie…I tried…But nobody could ever be you."

"And nobody was ever you. "

It was then when they both burst into laughter. After years of misunderstandings, all it took to get them to admit their feelings was a little wine and a canceled date. They walked back to her table and ordered something to eat this time.

"Can I ask you something personal Robert…?"

"It's true Anna…I haven't really been with someone since you…oh I tried…for a while I would have a fling while I was on the job…but after I saw you in the Marcum Islands…"

"You didn't have sex with Holly," she questioned.

"I didn't want her Anna…Sure there was a flirtation but nothing ever came of it. I was still in love with you."

"So you really haven't been with someone in…"

"Twelve Years…I haven't had sex in twelve years…I haven't made love in Twenty Six."

"Then we'll just have to do something about that won't we."

Robert Smiles as he looks at her from across the table. "Do you still wear those sexy red panties?"

Anna giggles as she replies. "How do you know I still wear panties at all?"

Robert's eyes go wide and Anna suddenly gets up and walks over to his side, kissing his neck. "I'll go get the food to go…I'm suddenly more interested in dessert."

"Anna…"

"I love you Robert. I'm sure."

By the time they got to Anna's hotel room, Robert had already lifted her into his arms. She hands him the hotel key just before she claims his mouth once more. He kicks the door shut with his foot as Anna pulls his shirt over his head. When they get to her bedroom, he sits her gently on the bed. She is licking her lips as she looks at him.

"You are still the sexiest man I have ever known, "She says simply.

"And you are still the most beautiful woman I have ever known."

They undress each other quickly…Their hunger apparent in the way they reached for each other.

"I love you Anna Devane. I always have and I always will."

She kisses his bare chest as her hands skim across the scars from his many years fighting bad people. She kisses them too.

"I love you Robert Scorpio. I always have and I always will."

Anna's fingers dig into his back as he thrusts into her, his name on her lips as they tear up the sheets with an urgent desire. Their lovemaking had always been intense in the past but somehow this was something even beyond. They made love as if it was the first time they ever saw each other and the last time they ever would.

"Well," Anna asks, her head on his chest and her fingers playing with the loose hair there. "Was it as good as you remembered?"

"Better," he smirks. "You are always better than I remember."

"Well you Mr. Scorpio…are definitely better than my dreams…"

"You've been having dreams about me Devane?"

"Oh Yeah…Very Erotic…"

"Care to demonstrate?"

"Oh don't you worry…we are not leaving this bed for at least another week."

"I can live with that," he says, grinning.

"I thought you might," she laughs, as he rolls them over until she is lying underneath him.

He reaches onto the table and yanks the phone out of the socket as she pulls him back to her. Their moans of pleasure echo throughout the hotel room as they make love throughout the night, until finally they drift off into slumber with their hands joined together. It was almost funny how this happened...While she was waiting for someone else, her ex husband came in and treated her like he did back when she was his. Now she really was his again.

THE END