Something Red
Anna Devane and Robert Scorpio

Robert was sitting alone at the bar when she walked in. It was the WSB's annual Christmas party and he thought for sure that he would be stuck at another boring social event all alone.

"You sure know how to make an entrance," he admits, as she sashays down the hallway. He did not have to tell her that every time she moved, he thought about where he wanted to put his hands.

She was wearing a red silk evening gown that highlighted her assets in a way that told the crowd that she was making a statement. If she only knew how badly he wanted to touch her.

"Don't tell me you are here all alone Scorpio, "she challenged.

"I do better solo at these types of events," he declared.

"In other words, you don't have a date."

Her dark eyes lingered as his focused on her lips. He wanted to kiss her more than he wanted to breathe,

"Oh Darling, I could never find anyone to compare to your ageless beauty."

She smiles as she loops her arm through his. "We're back to flirting now are we?"

"If you didn't want me to flirt with you then you shouldn't have worn a dress that makes all rational thought impossible. You are breathtaking Devane. Exquisite in every way "

"I see you still know how to make a lady feel like a million bucks, "she admits.

"Don't sell yourself short Annie."

"Shall we dance," she offers.

"I thought you would never ask."

Robert gives her his hand and she takes it, the two of them leading each other out to the still empty dance floor. Their eyes speak a language of their own, as Robert's hand rests on the small of her back.

"I have a hard time understanding how someone as stunning as you could come here solo. Where's that idiot hiding out?"

"You never did like Finn much did you," she inquires.

"Didn't like Duke either," he concedes. "What can I say; I still like to think of you as mine."

"Then you'll be happy to know that we broke up," she admits. Robert would say he was sorry but something in her eyes told him that she was not.

"That explains your entrance…You wanted everyone to know you were single didn't you?"

"I wanted you to know," she confesses. "After all, you are the reason I left him."

"Was I now?"

"You can be such an arrogant ass, you know?"

"But I am still your arrogant ass," he challenges.

She hits him on the shoulder as he breaks into a huge smile. She hated when he was right.

"You should not have kissed me Robert. If you hadn't, I wouldn't have been thinking of you in…"

"You're joking right…well did you call him by my name at least?"

"You aren't helping Scorpio," she says.

He dips her on the dance floor and when she comes back up, he leans in real close. "I want to touch you Annie. Are you really going to tell me you don't feel the electricity between us?"

His lips linger just inches from hers, and she finds herself shivering against him. "I haven't even touched you and already you are craving it. Are you mine Annie? You know all you have to do is say it."

"I don't think I ever stopped being yours" she whispers.

Robert takes her hand and leads her out of the room. He opens the door of a supply closet and she grins. She remembers this part of him well.

She wraps her arms around his neck, as he lifts the hem of her dress.

"I like your sexy red panties," he states, as his lips capture hers. His hands weave into her dark hair as he lifts her into his arms.

"You'll like them even better off of me," she says.

She nibbles on his earlobe as she locks her legs around his torso and they slam against the wall. A broom falls around them but they do not seem to notice. Anna's fingers are already in the hemline of his pants as she reaches for his belt.

"Have you been naughty or nice," she pants, as she wraps the belt around his neck, pulling him closer.

"Why don't you tell me," he replies.

"Naughty," she decides. "You are about to be very naughty."

Robert slips her panties off with his teeth and she smiles.

"Can you feel how much I want you," she asks, as her hand moves to his heart.

"Oh Annie," he whispers, his own hand covering hers. "Oh how I do love you."

Robert kisses her again, his mouth devouring her as his tongue slips inside and the kiss deepens. It is not until they are naked and out of breath, that Robert puts a stop to it.

"Please don't think I've changed my mind. I still want you more than I need to breathe right now."

"Then what's the problem," she asks.

"You…Annie, you deserve better than a supply closet at a holiday party. When we make love again, I want it to be in a bed…I want there to be roses and candles and everything that used to drive you crazy…I want that Annie…I want us…I want to be the man that makes you weak."

"Oh Robert, you still are…Couldn't you feel how much I wanted you? My knees were like jelly. All I wanted was to feel one with you again. "

"I want that more than anything Annie."

"I know. I also know you are right. You deserve more than a supply closet rendezvous too Robert. We deserve to have the whole nine yards."

They shared a few more stolen kisses before fumbling for their clothes. Anna helped Robert when she noticed that he buttoned his shirt wrong. She also handed him her panties.

"A reminder of what is to come," she says. He stuffs them in his pocket as he wraps his arms around her waist.

"I am going to be thinking of what you look like without them all night long now," he gasps.

"That is the point Scorpio. I want you to crave me the way I crave you...to the point of total distraction. Meet me at the mistletoe."

Anna straightens her hair and walks out first. Robert waits until he knows she is not right outside the door and exits himself. He finds her waiting for him just where she said she would be.

"I believe tradition says we have to kiss," she states.

"A kiss with the most beautiful woman in the world…I can live with that."

Anna giggles as he dips her under the mistletoe and kisses her passionately. The people around them were watching in envy. They knew they were partners in the past; most of them probably knew they were married in the past. What nobody knew until this moment was that it was not in the past. That kiss did not come from two friends…it was a statement that meant they were a couple again. This Holiday Party did not turn out so bad after all. It reunited two star crossed lovers.