Passive Me, Aggressive You (Robert Downey Jr.)

Unfortunate

I woke up, rolling over to touch Robert. He was missing, in fact, he looked as if to be in a rush to get out of bed. We weren't filming today. I was confused. I got up, stretching as my towel fell off of my body. I chuckled and wrapped his sheet around me, heading down stairs to search for the kitchen. I should've stayed upstairs... Walking into the kitchen I see Robert, Susan and Exton napping in his car seat. My face begins to burn and I can't help but feel my heart sink. What was going on?

"Rob?" She asks, staring me up and down. 

"Already?" Her voice was shaken up, hurting. I felt terrible. 

"I... I should be going.." I muttered. Susan stood up. 

"No, allow me." She replied, picking up Exton while forcing back tears. 

"No, Susan, truly this isn't my place." I whisper.

"Then why does it feel like it's your place. You know my name and I don't even know yours. Doesn't that strike you strange? Robert didn't have the decency to even mention you." Her words hurt, but I completely understood.

"Susan, I understand, please, let me go." I say, picking up the bottom of the sheet and heading into my car. I only break down as soon as I touch the handle to my car door but someone touches my shoulder. And I know exactly who it is.

"What?" I say, whipping around and glaring hard daggers into him. 

"It's.... It's my family. Please. I want to fix my family." Rob says. I wasn't about to over-react, I completely understood, but I just wanted to know,

"How could you think it still wouldn't hurt me?" 

"Because we never truly did anything... and, come one, you've got to understand."

"I do Rob, I just want to make sure YOU understand why I'm leaving the set."

"Andie!" He grabs my arms and I shove him off.

"You were the one that didn't want games! This is a huge game that you just so happen to be winning. Leave me alone.." I say, getting into my car and peeling as quickly as I could out the drive way. I didn't even think about turning back, didn't think about Rob, just couldn't wait to tell Tommy, 

"I quit." 

Tommys jaw dropped.

"Andie... Please don't." 

"Tommy, there's no way, it's either me or Rob." I said to him

"And we sure as hell know that no one else can play iron man, i mean, he IS Tony Stark." Tommy tugged at my sheet.

"What happened?" He almost looked disgusted.

"That didn't happen. We just slept naked together. And last night felt very....romantic. But I woke up to him and Susan, working things out.." 

"Ouch."

"Tommy, please, you can always ask Amber."

"She's not the same... she's also very loud. I can't stop you though." 

"Thank you Tommy." Finally, after all this hectic struggle, I was finally going home.

ROBERTS POV:

I paced in my room, back and forth, back and forth, looking over to the part of my bed that seemed to sink in, forming Andies body. I ran my fingers through my hair and heard a knock. 

"Come in." It was Susan, holding a now awake Exton. I flew him up into the air, planting him on the bed and blowing tickle kisses into his tummy. He giggled uncontrollably and I couldn't help but smile at him. Reunited with my baby boy after a month. I turned to Susan, realizing the seperation that had previously happened. I was so more into fixing my family, and fixing whatever she thought was wrong with me than actually figuring out why she had left. 

"Why'd you go? Where'd you go?" I asked, my voice hoars. 

"I went to stay with Max." She said, her voice low. I set Exton down in a pack-n-play and put Susan just behind the door of my bedroom, not wanting Exton to see this. 

"You come in here, kick out Andie-"

"What? Her name is Andie? Isn't she a girl?" This irritated me. 

"No shit. If you couldn't tell, her body is DEFINITELY that of a woman." We were in a yell whisper.

"As I was saying and so rudely interupted, you come in here, kick out Andie-"

"I didn't kick her out, she wanted to leave."

"You made her uncomfortable."

"Your my husband. She should feel uncomfortable."

"You LEFT SUSAN!" 

She stayed silent for a minute. I loved her. I will always love her. But this wasn't worth it. Going back to a woman who was so fickle with me when I know Andie never do this. 

"You left me for another man, for 3 weeks, Max too, not to mention, a guy who WORKS for me on our production team.. You feel upset about it, come back, want to work things out, but Andie would never do that to me." 

"You really don't want to fix this?" She began tearing up..

I held onto her close, kissing her forehead. 

"I would love to fix it... I would. I do love you and I always will. You hold such a special place in my heart. I do want to fix it, but i can't. You can't. We can't. It's been so rocky this passed year." Susan pulled away and stared at me, kissing my cheek.

"I'm so sorry.." She whispered, putting her head itno my chest. 

"It's okay, Susan, I'm always going to be here. But right now, we shouldn't talk for a while. We'll work on our divorce papers seperately and when the times comes we'll get together to talk about custody." 

I heard her take in a deep gulp, then an even deeper breath before she nodded at me, understanding. 

Before she left I gave her one last kiss on the lips, it made her smile. I watched as her and Exton pulled out of my driveway. IT made me recall Andie pulling out as well, this morning. When she left to go quit the film. It made me feel weird for some reason. But I didn't want to get her back, I didn't want to drag her on anymore. I just wanted to give her her space before I hurt her even more..

2 WEEKS LATER ON SET (Still Roberts POV):

"You look like hell." Tommy says, striding up along side of me. 

"Yeah, well." I say, taking a sip of my coffee and lookin away from him. 

"Have you tried-"

"Talking to Andie? Not at all." I say, taking another sip. He smacks my coffee to the ground.

"Hey! What the fuck!"

"Why are you being so stupid, Robert?" 

"Because maybe she deserves a lot better than me?" 

He stays silent. 

"Exactly." I start to walk away but of course he has to say something to make me turn around, 

"There's something there. You know it, she knows it, everyone knows it." I whip around, angry. 

"YOU don't know anything. Andie obviously doesn't and I don't either because I have NO clue what you think there IS exactly." 

"Don't play stupid Robert." 

"Don't tell me what to do Tommy."

"Robert."

"I think we're done here." 

"She's moving back to Minnesota, Rob." 

Shit.