As thrilled as I am by the Scrubs reunion, I am also frustrated by the rushed pacing. JT stated that they filmed 11 shows in two days. Given KMc's love for him and the show, I have no doubts that they could have gotten her to film for a couple of weeks. With the block taping schedule, they could have done 5 times that in two weeks and slowed it down.

Throw in the fact that they have known about JT's exit since the beginning of October, there was plenty of time to craft a story that would have made much more sense and not feel so freaking rushed.

Since I use my writing to vent my frustrations, I decided to do my own exit story using that timeline. This one starts right after it was revealed that Jake was Jason.

Enjoy!
Cristina

Chapter One

"Robin, it's Patrick. I need you to call me back as soon as you get this message." Patrick hung up the phone, completely unsurprised that her phone went to voicemail. Robin never picked up his calls anymore and only called at her scheduled time each week to speak to Emma. He stared at the phone for a minute and then put it back in his pocket. "Why won't you take my calls?"

"Patrick?" Anna heard the last statement as she walked up to him at the nurse's desk. "Was that Robin?"

"Her voicemail – I need to know why she lied to me and told me Jason was dead." The reveal that Sam's husband was still alive had shocked both him and his fiancée. "Anna, it doesn't make any sense."

"I know she has PTSD but…" Anna was cut off by a sound coming from Patrick's pocket.

Patrick pulled the phone out of his pocket and answered it immediately. "Robin?"

"Patrick?" Robin was scared. "Is something wrong with Emma?"

"No, Emma is fine." He leaned against the hospital wall and slowly slid down it. Hearing her actual voice, not a recording had granted him a little bit of relief.

"Thank God." Robin's eyes filled with tears of relief. Patrick's message had scared her badly. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine but Robin – Jason is alive." Patrick waited for her to sound shocked or surprised.

"How do you know that?" Helena had told Robin that Jason had disappeared following their escape and no one knew where he was. "Is he in Port Charles?"

"I don't understand Robin, you told me you couldn't save him." Patrick ran his hands through his hair as he tried to comprehend what Robin was saying.

Robin looked at the door and saw that her guard, Manrico, had stepped out so she took advantage of his absence. "Patrick, I don't have much time. I am so sorry but…"

"Robin?" Patrick stood up and began running down the hall, hoping for better reception. "Robin!"

"Patrick, what happened?" Anna followed Patrick as he made his way to the roof.

"She was cut off." Patrick was about to say something else when the phone rang again. "Robin?"

Manrico kept his arm tight around Robin's waist as he held the phone to her ear. "I, I lost reception. What I was going to say is I am so sorry that I was wrong about Jason. I really thought he had died at the clinic."

Something in her voice alarmed him. Patrick took a deep breath. "Robin, are you okay? You sound funny."

"Just a long day here and I was worried about you and Emma." Tears fell down Robin's face as her guard pulled her closer. "I have to go. Tell Emma I love her and Patrick, I love you."

"Robin?" Patrick heard the dial tone and, once again, she was gone.

"Patrick? What is going on?" Anna had known Patrick for years and she could see something was wrong.

Patrick stared out at Port Charles for a minute before he answered her. "I don't know but I need to go talk to Obrecht."

"Obrecht – why?" Anna couldn't imagine why Patrick would willingly go see the chief of staff – he hated the woman.

Patrick headed towards the door. "I need to arrange some time off – I'm going to go see my ex-wife."


"Why did you do that Robin?" Manrico shook his head as he walked back into the lab with a tablet in his hand. "You know that if you don't behave someone you love will pay the price."

Robin began to plead with him. "But I didn't say anything…"

"This isn't up to me and you know it." He set the tablet down on the table and took a moment to touch her cheek. "I am trying my best to protect you."

Robin took a deep breath. Manrico had made it clear that he had feelings for her – feelings that she could never return. "Manrico…"

"I know." He pushed the power button and the screen on the tablet came on.

"Emma." Robin picked up the tablet and gently touched the screen, staring at her beautiful baby girl. "She has gotten so big."

Emma was in a park and was looking around. Less than a minute later a woman came up and began speaking to her. Robin looked at Manrico. "What is going on?"

Manrico shook his head. "I can't stop this Robin, I'm sorry."

"No, she's just a little girl. Please don't do this." Robin looked back at the screen and saw the woman hold out her hand. Emma backed away. "That's it baby, remember what we taught you."

The woman grabbed Emma and Robin watched helplessly as her daughter fought the woman furiously. There was no sound but she could see Emma's mouth open wide as she screamed for help. Moments later the woman dropped her and took off as Tracy Quartermaine came into the picture and comforted the little girl. "She got away."

"If my boss wanted her taken, she would have been taken. This was just a warning Robin." Manrico took the tablet from her hand. "Next time she joins you here."

"There won't be a next time – I promise." Robin sat down at the table, exhausted from worrying about Emma.

"Good." Manrico headed to the door. "I'll be back in a little while with supper and your protocol."