Happy Valentine's Day to all of you! :bh:
Oh and thank you for the feedback.
Ms. Southworth, you'll see in a moment if you'll get your romance in tonight's update...
It's not a wild guess that I've saved something special for it...
thank you also for the Valentine's wishes. That's sweet of you.
Crazy about SE and JR, thank you for explaining where in Brasil you live. I'm happy to hear that your dad's visited Sweden and that he found it beautiful.
I'm glad you enjoyed the JR/SE update. You'll find out in good time if Sue Ellen will be successful in stopping the US release of her movie...or not...
Okay time for another update:
When Bobby opened his eyes about an hour later he felt slightly disorientated as to where he was and whom he was with. But when he looked down and saw Pam’s head resting against his chest he remembered.
We must have fallen asleep while we were observing Rebecca, Bobby reflected, as he could feel the panic rise inside of him.
Rebecca! He sat up in Pam’s bed to have a look at their daughter and as he did he woke up Pam. But he didn't notice at first, as he was too focused on their daughter and to his relief he could see that she was still breathing. He let out the breath he'd been holding when a familiar voice said.
“Bobby?” Pam asked questioningly, as his face was the first thing she saw when she woke up.
“Yes I’m here,” Bobby smiled as he turned back to look at his ex-wife. She looked tired and her clothes were wrinkled and she had bed hair but to him she looked absolutely beautiful.
Pam sat up too and tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear. She was still dressed in the same clothes she’d worn yesterday and so was he. “What time is it?”
“It’s already morning,” Bobby replied. “We must have fallen asleep last night when we were watching Rebecca.”
“You’re right,” Pam yawned. “I hadn’t planned on sleeping in these clothes all night.”
“Neither had I,” Bobby replied.
Or to sleep with you in my arms, he added mentally, but didn’t say it out loud. Still he was glad that it had turned out that way.
“So how is Rebecca?”
“She’s just fine,” Bobby replied. “She’s sleeping like a baby.”
“That’s unusual. I hope she’s not sick,” Pam got up and bent down over Rebecca and put a hand on her forehead as to check for a fever. But to her relief their daughter’s temperature seemed to be normal. “No fever.”
“Good,” Bobby said.
“I suppose she should wake up any minute now,” Pam said, as she gently strokes back a piece of her daughter’s hair.
“Hopefully,” Bobby said, as he stood up too.
“Rebecca honey can you hear me?” Pam asked. The little girl stirred a little in her sleep and Pam said, “Can you wake up for mommy?”
But the girl kept on sleeping. “I guess she’s really tired after yesterday,” he said as he put his hands on her shoulders. It was an innocent touch but it made her long for more contact.
“I suppose she is,” Pam agreed before she turned around in his arms so that she was standing face to face with him again, “Bobby I want you to know how grateful I am for everything you did yesterday…”
“Pam I only did what any parent would do…”
“I know, but I don’t mean just for saving Rebecca. I mean for being here for me too. I was worried sick yesterday evening and you somehow talked me through it,” Pam explained, as she searched out his hazel brown eyes. “I don’t know how I would have gotten through the night without you!” She said emotionally, as she reached out her hand and gently touched his cheek.
Feeling her gentle touch upon his cheek, he felt drawn to her. “The feeling’s mutual,” he said huskily before he took a step closer to her and looked deeply into her brown eyes. Seeing the love shining through them, as she tilted her head a bit upwards, he knew that she wanted the same thing he did. So he leant forward and finally did what he had been longing to do ever since he’d first bumped into her on that Los Angeles street eleven days ago. The moment their lips met felt almost unreal as it was something they’d both wanted for so long. The kiss was tentative, tender and soft to start with and yet it sent a shock of desire down their spines. She eagerly responded to his kiss by sticking out her tongue, she teased his lips for entrance and he invited her in. The kiss deepened and grew more passionate as their tongues circled around each other and started to massage each other. Her hands wrapped around his neck as she pulled him closer to her and his hands slipped down to her waist. Being this close to each other started a fire deep within them, as they were longing to get closer. Their hearts were beating faster as their hands took on a life of their own. One of his hands slipped in underneath her blouse and connected with her bare skin as it began going up and down her back, as he pressed her closer to him. Feeling his desire grow she knew that he wanted her just as much as she wanted him. It was enough to make her shiver. Her legs felt weak and and her hands slipped down to his chest, where she started unbuttoning his shirt. They forgot about time and place, as they were totally wrapped up in each other and what they were about to do.
But before they could take it any further a child’s voice suddenly interrupted them, “Wow, that’s what I call a real kiss!”
Embarrassed her parents quickly pulled apart and looked down at their little daughter, who was beaming at them, looking positively happy. “Rebecca you’re awake!” Bobby smiled sheepishly, as Pam straightened out her blouse.
“Yeah, aren’t you happy?” Rebecca smiled.
“Of course we’re happy,” Pam forced a smile, as Rebecca’s timing was impeccable as usual.
“I thought you would be since you told me just a moment ago to wake up!”
“So you did hear me!” Pam's smile widened, as she sat down and gave Rebecca a hug.
“Yeah,” Rebecca nodded. “So does this means that you’re back together again?”
“Um…” Pam said and looked at Bobby who looked down at his daughter and ex-wife, who were sitting on the bed.
Then he said, “You saw us kissing?”
“Yes of course,” Rebecca smiled. “That was some kiss, much better than the peek on the cheek you gave her the other night!”
Pam raised her eyebrow questioningly, “What is she talking about?”
“Didn’t daddy tell you that he tucked you in the other night?” Rebecca asked innocently.
“No,” Pam shook her head, before she turned to Bobby, “So that’s how you knew what book I had been reading!”
“Yeah,” Bobby nodded, before he lifted Rebecca up and sat her on his arm. The little girl giggled delightedly at the attention and he said, “So you can’t keep a secret huh?”
“Sure I can,” Rebecca smiled at him and Pam smiled as she saw them.
“Okay good,” Bobby said. “Then I want you not to tell anyone what you saw this morning. It will be our little secret ok?”
Rebecca looked puzzled before she said, “What do you mean?”
“I mean that you can’t tell anyone and especially not your brother that you saw me and mommy kiss,” Bobby said and Pam’s smile faded from her face, since there she had her answer. He didn’t want to get back together again.
Rebecca too seemed to realize it, “Oh so I guess this means you aren’t getting back together again?” Rebecca pouted. “That’s too bad since I think that mom…”
“Rebecca please…” Pam stood up and hurried to interrupt her daughter before she could finish.
Sure he kissed me. But maybe he was just caught up in the moment? Pam reflected, as she didn’t want their daughter to tell Bobby how she felt about him. It had been a wonderful kiss, but at the time being she just didn’t know what it meant for them.
I wonder what Rebecca was going to tell me? Bobby pondered.
Does Pam want to get back together again? Bobby threw a glance towards his ex-wife as he was trying to read her. But she looked away and seemed embarrassed. So it was impossible to tell what she felt at that moment.
It got awkwardly quiet for a moment as the tension was rising between them and the moments of closeness that they’d shared since last night seemed to have evaporated into thin air the moment their daughter had woken up. She was out of the woods now and was fine. They should rejoice and yet there was something in the air that made them feel unsure of what their future would bring now. It was just uncomfortable.
After what seemed like forever Bobby was the first to break the silence by changing the subject, “So what do you wanna do now?” Pam gave him a look and realizing how it had sounded he hurried to add, “I mean today?”
“I don’t know…” Pam said. “I was thinking about heading over to Cliff’s house in the afternoon and see if I could get hold of him but maybe it could wait if you’d rather want us to do something else?”
“Nah, I think you should go see Cliff,” Bobby shook his head. “I mean it’s been a week. He needs to know that you’re back.”
“Yeah,” Pam nodded. “So you don’t mind if Rebecca and I go over there today?”
“No of course not,” Bobby shook his head.
“Are you sure?” Pam asked. “Since you could come along if you’d want to…”
“I think it’s better if I don’t,” Bobby said, as he put Rebecca down. Pam was just about to ask him why he didn’t want to come along when he cut their conversation short, “In fact I need to go shower and change now. But I’ll see you at breakfast?”
“Okay,” Pam nodded.
“Yeah see you later daddy!” Rebecca beamed.
“Yeah later,” Bobby replied and smiled at Pam in a way that made her heart skip a beat. She smiled back at him and she was still smiling once he’d left the room. Since there was just something in his way of looking at her before he walked away that made her hopeful that he might want to pick up where they’d left off this morning later tonight…
thanks Karin 
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She is not doing what is best for her kids, IMO! 
