A year ago, Patrick Drake wouldn't be in the place that he is now. Patrick has a four-year old son, Noah Lucas Drake, who is his everything. Deciding to move back to his hometown, Port Charles, Patrick is only thinking of the safety of his daughter. Then, there is the lovely HIV positive, Robin Scorpio, who has a four-year old daughter, Brenda Rae Scorpio. Maddie's mother and Patrick were best friends but never lovers. Robin had got her daughter from an ex-boyfriend, Stone Cates, who is dead. What happens when these two parental doctors meet?

Robin Scorpio walked into the hospital with her daughter, holding her hand. She smiled down at her four-year old daughter, Rae, who was her world. She honestly didn't think she would ever have this little girl in her life, especially when she was exposed to HIV four years ago. Her life was perfect and she couldn't ask for anything more. Elizabeth, Emily, Kelly, and Lainey thought Robin should start dating again but Robin really didn't think it was possible.

Every guy that she really found attractive, the new, female nurse would put her claws into him, and Robin would simply give up. There was nothing good about the nurse and she shook her head. There was Andy, Leo, and even the new cardiologist, Trey Ryans, but she shrugged her shoulders, especially when the nurse would just glare at her.

The only bad thing about Rae was that her pride and joy had HIV just like her mother. It was something that she had hoped she wouldn't get, but for the first time in her life four years ago, Robin had been wrong, and it tore her to pieces. She couldn't even see her daughter in NICU because she was devastated. It had been Alan, Emily, and Liz to get Robin to see her bundle of joy.

Robin stared through the window of NICU where her little girl, Rae, was fighting for her life. She had her a couple days ago and she was torn. She didn't feel like she could do this alone, especially with Stone gone, and in the skies of heaven. She let out a deep breath, watching her small angel move in the little cubicle. A frown came over her face, realizing she had Rae a month early.

"Robin?" Alan approached Robin, Emily and Liz right beside him. He saw the tears on Robin's face and saw how she just sagged her shoulders.

Robin turned her head to the three of them but didn't say a word to any of them. All she felt right now was she wanted to do was to craw in a hole and die a painful death.

"Robin, you need to see Brenda Rae. She needs her mother very much."

Robin shook her head at Liz's words, not believing her. "No, she doesn't need me. She needs a family that can give her everything she would ever want or need."

"Robin, she needs her mother, and she has many people who will support both her and her mother. What's really bothering you?" Emily asked, stepping close to Robin, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"She deserves to have a father too. Stone… he should be here but he's---"

"Robin, stop." Alan placed a hand on Robin's shoulder, giving it a light squeeze. "She has you and she will have all the love in the world. Just see your daughter."

Blinking back the tears, Robin took a deep breath. "I---I can't see her. She's going to be so ashamed at me and she's going to blame me for Stone's death. She needs a father and I'm only able to be her mother. I can't do this by myself, you guys. It's already too hard and I haven't even seen Rae. I haven't seen my beautiful baby. Some mother I am, huh?"

Liz moved behind Robin, placing a hand on her shoulder. "You're amazing, Robin, and you know it. You are just scared but don't be afraid. You have all the friends and family you could possibly have. This little girl is the luckiest girl to have such a beautiful, smart, and wonderful mother. Go see your little miracle in there."

Robin looked into the room, placing her head against it for a second, not saying a word. Moving slightly, Alan, Elizabeth, and Emily moved out of her way. Robin's little body went to the door and she looked towards the three. "Thank you." Before they could say another word, Robin's small and fragile body moved into the room.

Regina, one of the nurses, saw Robin, and a smile plagued against her face. Regina, along with another nurse, Dehlia, opened the cubicle where her baby girl, Rae, laid in. As Regina took Rae out, Robin sat in the chair, and Rae was put into her arms. She wrapped the blanket a little more around her so she couldn't get cold. As Robin looked down at her daughter, she was amazed. Rae had a head full of brown hair and brown, piercing eyes. She watched her daughter open her eyes and Robin stroked her cheek.

"Brenda Rae, I'm your mommy."

As Robin thought back to the first time she laid her eyes on her beautiful daughter, a smile came to her face. Robin led Rae over to the waiting area, waiting for her doctor, Anthony Richards, to come over to them to take Robin away.

"Mommy, I'm bored." Rae pouted, batting her eyelashes at her mother, giggling cutely. Rae then saw a toy on the table and began to play with it.

"I see that you're not bored anymore, princess. Can I play too?" Robin asked, setting her purse down on the empty chair beside her.

"Yes mommy, you can play too."

Robin smiled, brushing Rae's curls back, and then got on her knees next to daughter, pushing one of the yellow objects down the shoot, which caused a giggle to leave her daughter's lips.

"Mommy, the red one!"

Robin laughed softly, rubbing her back, pushing the red object, which had a yellow, pink, and blue object attached to it. She loved how carefree she was.

"Brenda Devane-Scorpio?"

As Rae looked up, a little boy ran into the waiting area, sitting on the couch while his father approached him, placing his hands on his hips, shaking his head.

"Hi Daddy!" Noah Lucas replied with a toothy grin, showing all his dimples, the same father had on his face.

"You are so lucky that you are handsome just like your father."

"Brenda Rae Devane-Scorpio?"

Rae looked afraid and Robin looked down at her daughter, which caused Lucas and Patrick to look at them.

"I'm afraid, mommy. Do I have to go?"

"Yes baby, you said you wanted to go by yourself, and I am giving you that privilege, sweetheart. Do you want me to go with you after all?"

Rae stood up to her feet and shook her head. "No mommy, I can do it. You be here when I come back?"

"Of course, I would never leave my little Rae bunny. Now, go on."

Rae giggled and skipped to the daughter, looking up at the man, who had some facial hair on his face, and because of that, she made a face, which caused some of the staff to laugh.

"Robin, you better watch out for that one."

Robin turned her head when she saw Elizabeth and she sat down in the chair with a sigh. Liz took a seat next to her friend and she nodded her head.

"She's going to be the end of me, Liz, and she's so energetic. Heck, she woke me up, jumping up and down all excited for this appointment."

Liz smiled and noticed the man in front of them looked vaguely familiar. He was holding his little boy in his lap and he smiled down at him. That's when Liz realized he was the hotshot doctor that Alan had been raving about lately.

Speaking up, Liz smiled at the man. "You're Patrick Drake, aren't you?"

Robin lifted her head when she heard Liz, but when she heard the name 'Patrick Drake', she smiled. He was the son of Noah Drake, the best neurosurgeon that worked here, and Noah had spoke greatly about his son and his grandson.

Patrick gave the young nurse a smile, setting Lucas down, who had the biggest grin on his face. Lucas saw the woman, who was lost in thought, and he walked over to her, tugging at her sweater.

"S-Sad, why?" He asked, blinking back a frown.

As Liz and Patrick were talking, he had silently watched his son walk over to the beautiful woman.

"S-Sad? Why are you sad?" Lucas asked, tugging at her sweater again, hoping to get some sort of reaction.

"I'm not sad." Truth be told, Robin had been thinking about Stone Cates, her daughter's father, and her first love. She had been thinking that she would never see him ever again and it always saddened her whenever she would.

"Uh huh. What wrong?"

When Liz saw the tension in Robin's eyes, Liz sighed, grabbing Robin's hand, and Robin gave her a smile as they stood up together. Robin looked down at Lucas, kneeling at his level.

"I will be okay, little guy. It was nice meeting you." As Robin pushed his hair back, Robin walked off with Liz, her head looking at the tile floor.

"Daddy, I don't get it. She's very sad." Lucas frowned, looking up at his father after he crawled back into his lap. The thing about Lucas was he would always be sad if someone else was. It was just the way he was and sometimes that would disturb Patrick.

"I know, son, but she'll be okay."

"I hope so, daddy. I don't like people being sad, especially pretty ladies like her."

Patrick smiled at his son's words. "I know, son. I know."

Lucas sighed heavily for a little boy and turned his head to his father, who was leaned back against the chair, resting his back. He had worked a total of twelve hours before his son and him had taken a place to Port Charles and here he was. He knew that some nurses would get his falsely reputation from Manhattan. Some of the nurses there had started a rumor because they wouldn't jump in the sack with them.

Just thinking about it, it made his skin crawl with termites.

"Noah Lucas Drake?"

Patrick stood up, helping his son slide off of his lap. Patrick stood up to his feet, following the doctor to the examination room so that his son could get his daily checkup.

Robin Scorpio walked out with her daughter and bumped into the man that she had been sitting next to in the waiting area. She blushed a little as she looked up at the brunette, who was holding his son's hand.

"I'm sorry about that. I actually didn't see you."

Hiding behind his father's leg, Lucas blushed when he looked up at the woman. Patrick looked down at his son and chuckled lightly.

"It's all right." He realized that she seemed to be in a better mood. "We just came out of Lucas's appointment."

Lucas finally came out from behind his father and showed the woman in front of him the Scooby Band-Aid he had on his arm. Robin knelt down at his level and gave him a smile.

"Hi there. What's your name, little guy?"

Lucas looked up at his father, who just smiled, and he turned back to the woman. "Lucas."

"Hi Lucas, I'm Robin, and this is my daughter, Brenda Rae, but I call her Rae."

Rae came from behind her mother and she looked at the little boy, smiling really big. "Hi."

"Hi." Lucas said, shyly, shuffling his feet.

Patrick smiled at his son's shyness and he grabbed his hand. "It's nice to meet you, Rae. I'm Patrick."

"Patrick, hm?" Rae thought to herself before a grin plagued across her face. "I like it."

Chuckling softly, he laughed softly. "Thank you, Rae."

Smiling brightly, Rae nodded her head. "You're very welcome." She then giggled as Robin picked up her daughter, who buried her head into the crook of her shoulder.

"Well, it was nice meeting you, but we must be going."

Patrick nodded his head in Robin's direction, picking up his little boy, who did the same thing as Rae, burying his head on his father's shoulder, sighing a little.

"It was nice meeting you too, Patrick."

As Patrick walked out of his sight, and onto the elevator, Patrick couldn't help but to grin. His son had never acted that way towards anyone, let alone a woman. After the elevator closed, Patrick smiled as he went to say goodbye to Liz.

Robin hadn't seen Patrick since last week since Lucas and Rae had their doctor appointments. For some reason, Robin felt a tingly sensation every, single time she thought about the man, and she shrugged her shoulders to the thought. Hell, the two didn't even know each other, and Robin was shocked, but a smile came to her face. Lucas just looked just like his father, especially when he smiled. Those dimples would break any woman's thoughts. She remembered the first night that Patrick had worked here. He had to get scheduled on night shift just like she had.

"Robin, you all right in there?"

Robin laughed softly when she heard Liz's voice, nodding her head. "Yeah, I'm perfectly fine, actually."

"Uh huh." Liz looked up from the computer, shaking her head. "For some reason, Dr. Scorpio, my heart can't find a way to believe you. What's really going on?"

Robin's cheeks flushed. "It's nothing really. That Dr. Drake guy… he seems quite an interesting fellow."

Elizabeth laughed, shaking her head. "Robin, I wouldn't even try. He has quite an ugly past. Some nurses from Mercy called to tell us that he had practically slept with every nurse there. I just---"

"Nurse Spencer, I wouldn't even go there." Patrick approached the two with a tiny glare in his eye. "If you talked to Nurse Jackson or Nurse Fisher, those two will spill, or should I say, make up some lie about my sex life. It's been quite a while since I've encountered in any sexual contact."

"Why would they lie?" Liz asked, looking up at the doctor, who looked at her.

Patrick simply shrugged his shoulders before responding. "Who knows why anyone lies these days! All I know is that those two Mercy nurses will do anything to get me in their bed." Patrick then looked at Robin with a shy smile. "Who do you believe, Robin?"

Robin smiled lightly and looked at him. "Well, I don't know you very well, Dr. Drake, but if the nurses are like the ones here, I guess I believe you."

"Hey, I resent that, Robin."

Robin laughed at Liz's outburst, shaking her head. "Liz, you're not who I am talking about." Robin's eyes traveled past Patrick down the hall where Leyla Mir was. "It doesn't matter who I am talking about. All that matters is we act professional here."

Liz's eyes traveled to where Robin had been looking at before she started to get a chart. Her eyes landed on Leyla and she had to admit she was right. Leyla Mir would stop at nothing to see Robin crumble and fall to a thousand of pieces.

"Hey Patrick." Leyla's annoying, squeaking voice came.

"Um, it's Dr. Drake, Nurse Mir. How can I help you?"

Leyla twirled a piece of her brown hair around her fingers. "I was wondering if we could grab a bite to eat sometime. I mean, if that's okay?"

Patrick rolled his eyes, which caused a small laugh from Liz. "Um, Nurse Mir, I don't think that's quite possible. I'm sorry."

"Why not? I'm not pretty enough for you or something?"

Robin was shocked at Leyla's words and she bit down on her lower lip to hold herself from saying something.

"Nurse Mir, not that it's any of your business, but I have a son to take care of. Before you even say it, I am not going to send him to some babysitter so we can go on your 'date' like you want to. Besides, I'm not interested in you."

"But---but why not?" Leyla asked with a pout, dropping her hands to her sides.

"To be honest, I am kind of interested in someone else."

Leyla gasped. "Who is this home wrecker, Patrick?"

"It's Dr. Drake and she's not a home wrecker, Nurse Mir. Who I date or who I am attracted to is actually none of your business."

"It is my business!" Leyla gasped harshly, shaking her head. "We would be so hot together and think of the magic we could stir in the bedroom."

"Ah, so this is what this little conversation is about?" Patrick prompted with a roll of his eyes. "Whatever you heard from Mercy, it's not true, Leyla. Now, if you don't mind, I need to check on a few more patients. As a matter of fact, Nurse, you should also go back to work before I go and talk to Alan."

"What are you going to tell him?" Leyla asked, a smug look on her face. "He won't believe you, Dr. Drake."

"Seems like someone's a little pissed off." Patrick laughed softly and turned to look back at her. "My father and Dr. Quartermaine go way back, Nurse Leyla."

Before Leyla could say a word, Patrick walked away with a grin spread across his face. Leyla frowned, looking down at her feet.

"Patrick, you will be mine in the long run. Obviously, whoever this home wreck is, I can always make her disappear." Leyla said to no one in particular before walking away.

Robin and Liz turned to each other before the two bust out laughing. "Wow, that was just priceless, Robin. I love it when people snap at that little sniper bitch."

Robin laughed at Elizabeth and couldn't help but wonder who Patrick's love interest was. Shrugging her shoulders, she walked away from the Nurses Station and went to take care of some patients.