Abigail listened quietly picking at her salad as Robin spoke. What they said made a lot of sense, and Abi wondered about how it possible they had so much insight into human relationships at such a young age,<br/><br/>"...No, he came to me because he truly wants to save your marriage, not just to keep up appearances but because he truly does love you. He just needs a bit help in understanding exactly what that means and from what you said it seems you too need to figure that out, what it is that attracts you to him, what that deep emotional bond consists of..."<br/><br/>Robin got up to get salad dressing leaving Abi with a myriad of contradictory thoughts floating randomly through her mind. "What attracts me to that man? What is the source of this deep emotional bond?" She could not deny she loved him or that she was terribly attracted to him, despite the fact that physically they had drifted away from each other a while ago. She thought of her night alone and how at the center of her masturbatory fantasy was not Robin, or anyone else - it was Xavier, her husband. But it was a Xavier who she felt had gotten lost, who didn't seem to exist anymore, or who had withdrawn from her. So what was it she wanted from him? Well, some respect would be nice; a basic interest in her and her life and an attempt at a little enthusiasm about the things she was excited about. It hurt her so deeply when he would discount and dismiss her like she was a little girl, like he had done at the station with his oregano comment. She thought about their physical encounter from the previous night. It didn't work - why? Because it wasn't Xavier. He was trying to be Robin, even without realizing it. She didn't want him to be Robin, she wanted him to be Xavier. She wanted him to take her, she wanted a certain amount of his roughness, his masculine aggression, she wanted him to fill her completely. Another scene from her fantasy passed through her mind: being stopped by a cop who then strips, spanks and ravishes her for speeding. The cop was her husband!<br/><br/>This confusing quodlibet of thoughts had begun to have an effect. She could feel her body responding to the images of Xavier taking her sexually that were flitting through her mind. She could feel her heart beating a little faster, her skin feeling more sensitive, moisture...  She was slightly startled out of her reverie by Robin returning to the table with their salad. Sitting back down at the table Robin was still talking about her marriage, continuing where they had left off as it were. She hardly heard him as she was focused on her arousal until he took a bite of salad looked up and said,<br/><br/>"I do have an idea though but it is a bit ... I dunno ... out there."<br/><br/>Abi raised her eyebrows? "Really? What?" She said softly as she shifted in her seat.