What If – A Glimpse Through The Years

Summary: So I have a recent obsession with R&S after watching his death during the 50th. I have several stories that need completing. I am going to post this first to see if I gain interest. Since my laptop crashed the other stories I posted won't be finished. I have trouble rewriting. This is a look at their relationship through the years. Starts with the shooting at Luke's.

Chapter 1

Shooting at Luke's

Robin had sneaked out to Luke's to see Stone. She was worried about him. He had warned her to stay away from the club because he needed to lay low but when she hadn't heard from him she went searching for him. She spotted him leaving the club in a panic.

"Oh my god Stone. I read the papers. What is going on? I have been so worried about you." He looked at her.

"What are you doing here Robin?" He spotted the car as it pulled up slowly. He threw himself on top of her behind on of the parked cars.

"Stone! What is going on?" She shouted.

"Shsh. Just stay down." He whispered holding her. The bullets stopped.

"Who are they?" She asked.

"I don't know." He rocked her.

"Where did they go?" She asked frantically.

"Sonny's." He said quietly.

"Oh my god, Brenda!" She got up to run to Sonny's. He tried to stop her but he was hit. In the adrenaline he didn't feel it.

"Robin wait." He called. Then he cried out in pain. She ran to him.

"You've been hit. Where does it hurt?" He grabbed his shoulder. She helped him out of his jacket and put pressure on the wound. Benny walked up.

"Stone has been hit. I am taking him to GH. Brenda is up there and I think they went up to Sonny's. Please make sure she is okay. You have to make sure she is okay." Benny looked at her.

"I will take care of her. You take care of him." Benny pulled out his gun then made his way to Sonny's.

"Robin I need to check on Sonny. He may need my help." She looked at him. She controlled her anger.

"You don't carry a gun Stone and if you did it would be hard to shoot. You are losing a lot of blood." He lifted his shirt to show his gun.

"Well then we will use it to make sure we get out of here safely." She took it.

"What are you doing?" She looked at him.

"I know how to shoot. Sonny has his men and Luke. You are going to the hospital." She insisted. Seeing how worried she was and nervous about her with a gun he went hesitantly.

Robin and Stone returned to Sonny's once he was bandaged up at the hospital. It was a flesh wound the bullet went straight through. Brenda hugged them both. She had cuts that were bandaged.

"I am so glad you are okay." They hugged.

"What happened?" Robin asked Brenda. She was horrified when Brenda explained the series of events that took place.

"That must have been awful. I am so glad that you are okay." They hugged. "Stone covered me and we hid behind a car but he was hit in the shoulder."

Sonny looked at Stone. "It was just a flesh wound. I am okay." Sonny nodded outside. They walked out of the apartment.

"I want you to lie low for a while. I am taking care of it." Stone looked at him. He battled the feelings of fear that crept up within him. Things were getting larger than he expected with increasing amounts of danger. Still he was loyal and he wouldn't back down.

"I am good. I am not going to abandon you. Scully?" Stone questioned.

"The less you know the better. You will know what you need to. I put you into the L&B business because I want better for you. You understand?" Stone sighed.

"I got it but I am here. Whatever you need." They man hug.

Stone walked back in. Sonny looked at Brenda. "Robin let's go upstairs for a minute. Mac will probably be banging down the door soon." He reached for her.

Stone and Robin sat on his bed in silence. He knew that she was scared and angry. He looked at her.

"Say something." He said.

"Is this what you want? The bigger Sonny gets the more danger he will be in and by extension the more danger you will be in." her eyes held his.

"One could argue that the bigger he gets the less danger. I can't get into details Robin but it is his business not mine. I am getting in on L&B business and helping out at Luke's." She sighed.

"You once told me that people come to Luke's have a good time with no bullets." He licked his lips.

"I did say that. But this could have happened anywhere Robin. It could have happened on the pier." She turned to him.

"Come with me to New Haven." Her eyes pleaded with him. He brushed her cheek with the back of her hand.

"We talked about this." Frustration bubbled up inside of her.

"I am sure you could find something to do. You could enroll in classes for your GED and then maybe take some classes at a junior college. We could get a little apartment. What is so wrong with that?" He sighed.

"L&B is here. I am starting something here. I can enroll in a GED class here and take some classes here too if I have the time." She shook her head.

"Did you hear what happened to Brenda? What if it were me in that shower? What if she had been hit?" He looked at her. He didn't want to think of the possibility.

"I get what you are saying Robin. Still we agreed to disagree on this. I am loyal to Sonny. He is a brother to me. I love you more than anything. You are starting to sound as though you want me to make a choice." She sighed.

"I cannot ask you to choose but consider your options. Coming with me does not mean that you have to be less of a brother to Sonny. Brenda is like my sister and I am sure we will continue having just as strong a bond while I am gone." He ran his hand through his hair.

"I will not put myself in harm's way. I will not get involved in the business. Sonny doesn't want me involved anyway. That is the best that I can give you." He took her hands in his and looked into her eyes. He could see uncertainty and sadness.

"I am so scared Stone. I was so scared for you." He hugged her.

"I know. I am sorry you had to see that. You shouldn't have been here." He whispered.

"I can accept your terms but you have to promise not to shut me out. Don't stay away for days for my safety. If you must you have to call me all the time." He looked at her.

"I can do that. I promise you." He kissed her.

Brenda walked in. "Mac is here." Stone looked at Robin.

"I love you." He kissed her.

"I love you but I will be grounded for at least a couple of weeks. At least he will try anyway." She kissed him.

Chapter 2

Mac had it out with Robin. He forbade her to go to Sonny's again but she refused to listen. He paced in front of her.

"You are the only family I have left. You could have died tonight." She couldn't argue with that.

"But I didn't. I love you uncle Mac. I love you like my own father. Please don't ask me to choose. I will be going off to college soon. This is my life. I am capable of making my own decisions. I love him and none of this changes that. He is not a thug or a hood. He does what I do at the Outback for Luke's. I have lived a dangerous life and I have seen a lot in my seventeen years. I will not allow fear to keep me from living." Mac stared at her.

"All I hear from you anymore is how much of an adult you are. You have six weeks before school starts. You can keep your job at the Outback. However, you have a choice. You live by my rules or you don't live here at all." She stared at him her eyes filling. She walked up the steps. She packed her things.

Somehow the walk down the stairs seemed like it took forever. Mac waited for her by the door. Maybe he was calling her bluff.

"Robin you don't have to do this." His eyes filled. "I have watched you grow into a young woman. I have also watched you make poor choices in the name of love. I respected your decisions but this is going too far. I don't want you to leave." She swallowed her tears.

"You asked me too. I am not going to stop seeing him. So we are at an impasse." She hugged him. "I love you uncle Mac but this is my life." He hugged her tight. It was tough love. He hoped it worked but he knew better. She was a Scorpio.

"Do you need money?" He asked.

"Taking your money wouldn't be very adult of me. I have enough saved. I was saving for books but I am sure I will manage." She smiled. He hugged her again.

Mac went to Sonny's. Stone answered as Sonny was with Brenda. Mac looked at Stone. "Robin didn't tell me you were hit."

"Yeah it was a flesh wound. I know why you are here. I love her. We have already had this discussion. I don't see it ending any differently." Mac looked at him.

"I came to see Robin." He said. Stone looked confused.

"What do you mean you came to see Robin? She left with you." Mac looked at him.

"Yes but she chose you. My rules or she is on her own. See if she is adult enough to make adult decisions like that she is adult enough to live on her own. Is that what you want for her? What if she had been shot? Her life is going in a different direction than yours and if you really loved her Stone and I mean really loved her you would let her go." Stone stared hard at him.

"Excuse me if I am not moved by your lecture but I need to go find her." He stormed past Mac.

Stone had looked for Robin everywhere. He went to the motel where they first made love. She wasn't there. He had gone to Kelly's but it was closed. He didn't know where else to look. He remembered that Jake's rented rooms then went there. He talked the bartender he knew.

"Yes. Ms. Scorpio just rented a room from us about an hour ago." Stone looked at him.

"You do know she is under aged right?" The man put up his hands.

"She said she was eighteen." Stone walked up the steps. He knocked on the door. When she didn't answer.

"Robin it's me." He called. She opened the door. "Come on we're leaving." He said.

"It is only for tonight. I will ask Ruby if I can rent a room tomorrow. I didn't want to wake her." He walked in and took her bag off the bed.

"This is no place for you. Tonight we will go somewhere else. Okay just not here." She didn't argue. She was tired and didn't have the strength.

"Okay." As they were leaving some younger man approached.

"Aww you leaving. I thought we were going to play…"

"Back off man." He ushered her out. "Babe what were you thinking? Why didn't you call me?" She sighed.

"I was going to once I got settled in." She frowned. He loaded her bags into the car then opened the door for her.

"Mac came by for you. I was so worried when I couldn't find you." He looked at her. She was looking at him with her wheels turning. "I know what you are thinking in that beautiful mind of yours. Touché" He said.

"Just don't scare me like that ever again." She sat back in the leather seat.

"I won't. I just needed to cool off and I didn't want you to worry. The motel is booked." He smiled.

"I went there first. It is funny you not wanting me to worry." She smiled softly.

"Touché." He pulled up at the Port Charles hotel.

"Oh my you are getting fancy on me." She laughed.

"Yeah well perks of working for Ned and being a roadie. Not to mention I have more cash working two jobs." He smiled. "I will go get us a room. You stay put." She smiled.

Stone pulled Robin into a hug once they were in the room. He kissed her and led her to the bed. No words just feeling. He was afraid of losing her but he also felt guilt because Mac's words sat with him. He had tried to ignore them but he couldn't.

Robin lay in Stone's arms. He had been unusually quiet. She turned to look at him. "What are you thinking?" He sighed.

"I didn't want this. I asked you not to make me choose and here you are having to make a choice. It is not fair to you." She sat up then looked at him.

"You did not make me choose. Mac did. Don't you push me away because you would also be forcing a choice on me. The same thing you asked me not to do you would be doing to me." She said passionately. He traced his finger along her jaw line.

"Robin, he is your family. Do you think that we will survive the distance? With me being on the road and you being in New Haven. How is that going to work exactly?" Her eyes searched his.

"Are you saying that you don't believe we can make it?" He swallowed thickly.

"I am saying that you deserve better than me. I want you to be honest with me and with yourself always. Because you may find that in New Haven. Someone who likes to read philosophy and who has clear-cut goals for their life much the same way you do." She ran her hand through his hair.

"Listen to me. For me there is no one better. Don't you get that? We have a lot more in common than you give yourself credit for. Besides if we were exactly the same I would get bored. I mean that is like me saying that you will find someone who is less of a bookworm or some pretty rocker chic on the road who likes to skateboard and play video games. You have goals." He bit his lip. "I love you."

"I love that you are so smart and there is no one prettier in my eyes. I just want you to be sure." She kissed him.

"I am certain." She smiled.

"So I was thinking that we should do something together before you go to Yale. Like go away to some amusement park or something. I mean not Disney World or anything but maybe something close enough." He smiled.

"Have you ever been to Busch Gardens?" She asked.

"No. I have only been to like the local amusement parks nothing fancy." She smiled.

"We could go there. It is an international themed park with rides in different countries. I think you will love it." He looked at her.

"If you are there then I am sure that I will." He kissed her. "I want you to move in with me until you leave. That or allow me to pay for your room at Kelly's. I know you. You will work there and the Outback. I want this time for us." She sighed.

"I couldn't intrude on Sonny. I can't let you pay my way either." He looked at her.

"First off it is not an intrusion. I live there. Second you can let me pay for the room. I am the reason Mac started on this version of tough love in the first place. So please babe let me do this." She kissed him.

"Okay fine but I will stay here a few days and if Sonny is okay with it I will stay with you until I leave for Yale but when I visit I am staying in a hotel." He shook his head.

"I think you and Mac will have sorted things out by then." He smiled.