You're Where I Belong

It is in his eyes…in the way he holds her captive with one look. It is in the way his steady hands grip her cheeks…every caress reminding her of years gone by. It is in the way he calls her name and the way he likes to play with her hair. She cannot remember a single man she has been with that has made the simple gesture seem like such an erotic thing to do. She knows she should not be here…not again…not after one forbidden kiss had led to so much more. It was unexpected…it was raw…and it was something she did not realize she had been waiting her entire life to experience…again. He always had been the only man who could make her feel such reckless need…only this time; it was not hers to take.

"I don't know what I'm doing here; God knows how many times I have told you to stay away from me…"

"And yet here you are… standing at my door… looking so God damn beautiful that once again I forget how to breathe. Tell me Luv, why are you here? Because if it's to tell me once again that we can't be together then I don't want to hear it."

"Robert," she whispers, and he knows what that ragged edge in her tone means. She is like the missing piece of a puzzle. He knows just where she fits. It is where she has always fitted, even when she denied its existence.

"Don't lie to me Anna. I will know if you are lying. You cannot put one over on me Luv. You never could. So tell me the truth will you? You tell me you want me to forget that we ever made love again and yet you come here in that dress and you expect me to keep my hands off you…. I am not blind… God Anna, you know exactly how I feel about you. You are killing me here. "

"I should go Robert. I never should have come."

"Yeah, well, you did…and I'm not forcing you to stay…so why are you still here if you keep insisting that you shouldn't be here…that we are all wrong for each other…Why, damn it."

"Because for some reason when I look at you, I cannot get my feet to turn around. What is this thing between us Scorpio…Why is it so impossible for me to stay away from you even when I know that everything about us is wrong?"

"It's not wrong Anna…What's wrong is your instance that you belong with another man. He was fooled by your own sister Anna…How is it possible that someone who has shared your bed…tasted your lips…felt you in every way imaginable…you tell me Anna…How the hell does he not know you well enough to know that it's not you he's kissing?"

"Robert, he's not…He's not you. "

"And that's the problem isn't it…He's not me."

"Talk about an inflated Ego," she snaps.

"Then deny it Luv. Look me in the eyes and tell me…Does he know what you dream about…what your passionate about? Does he know about your childhood…the good and the ugly? Does he know anything about what makes you cry or where you go when your heart is broken? Does he know one damn thing about your life that does not include him…Tell me Anna…does he know where to kiss you…that place that always drives you crazy…or is it still MY place? "

"What do you want me to say damn it…you're right okay…everything you said was exactly right. I am in love with you. I thought I was over this part of my life and yet…when you kissed me…When you kissed me to prove that I was your Anna …you awoke something in me that I do not know how to put back in the box. You made me remember how it feels to be in your arms…to experience real, deep love. I have never in my life been loved with that kind of ferocity…You always save me Robert…somehow you always do."

"That's because I meant it when I said that I would fight Heaven and Hell to find you. I always will. My life has always been rooted in you and Robin. It still is."

"How can you still love me like that huh? After everything I've done…after all we've been through, what kind of love is this if you can still look at me like that?"

"The kind you cannot live without. The kind that burns you alive when it ends. You are my lifeline Devane. Are you really going to let me sink?"

"How could I do that to you when I'd be letting myself sink right with you? I love you Robert. As much as I sometimes wish I did not, I cannot stop thinking about you and how it feels to be in your arms again…how your lips taste on mine…how good you feel when we are making love. "

"How good," he asks?"

"Good enough to want to do it again…"

"Really?"

"Really," she says, and she falls into his open arms. He brushes the stray hair back from her face and looks into her eyes.

"You will always take my breath away Luv. Look what you are doing to my heart?"

"You're doing the same thing to mine Scorpio. Now kiss me will you?"

"My pleasure," he says, and in almost no time at all their kisses go from soft and tender to intense and earth shattering. It is not until his singers are reaching for the zipper on her dress that she stops.

"What is it Luv? What's wrong?"

"Don't look so concerned. I have not changed my mind. I just need to end things with Finn before this goes any further. I already cheated on him once. I do not want to do it again. That is not who I am. It is not who you are either."

He slides his fingers through her hair and kisses her forehead.

"You go. I'll be right here waiting for you when you return."

"Robert I…I want you to know that I don't regret what happened. I just wish I had figured it out before we hurt someone."

"I wish that too Luv…But I know you will make things as easy as you can. If you need me, you know where I am."

"I always need you Robert…but this time I have to go it alone. It will soften the blow."

"Just as long as it's me you're coming home to."

"Every day for the rest of our lives now. You heard me. This is our last shot Scorpio. You better make it count."

"I love you Devane. I am not giving you up again. Ever."

"Good answer Scorpio," she says, as she kisses his cheek. "Rest up old man. When I get home, I'm going to tire you out."

"Who you calling Old?"

"Oh I forgot. You Scorpio Men never age. Love you."

"Music to my ears. Love you back."

She shut the door and smiled one more time. She did not catch the goofy grin on his face that matched her own.. His heart had come home to stay. He would not waste another second of it.

THE END