Author's note- Liz is not pregnant in this story.
Robin stepped inside of the bar. Music blared from the jukebox. The lyrics were soulful, imbued with love, "If I just lay here, will you lie with me and just forget the past?"
She sighed. Her eyes scanned the room, first landing on her ex-boyfriend, Patrick. A blonde was draped over him, her chest at eye level, a huge smile on her face as she flirted with him. Threw back her head and laughed raucously.
Robin gritted her teeth and looked away.
Spotting her friends she slid through the crowd to their table. Before she sat down, her hand shot up into the air. She signaled Coleman to come over.
"Hey Robin. We're on round three." Emily said, giggling. The word three sounded like tree. "You better drink up, you are unwind. Be find. Behind, I mean. You are behind."
Liz laughed and pointed at her best friend. "You're drunk!"
"So are you!" shot back Em, then busted out laughing.
"You children can not hold your alcohol." Lainey slurred out, obviously as drunk as them. She hiccupped.
Coleman stepped over and said, "What can I do you for, Dr. Sexy?"
Robin told him, "Shots of tequila and keep them coming."
Kelly pouted. "Hey, I thought I was your Dr. Sexy?"
He said, giving her a smile, "You're my Dr. Lovely. There is enough Coleman love to go around."
When he left Kelly said, "Maybe I should invite him to the Charity Ball. Alan is basically forcing everyone not working to go and I have like not even a hint of who to take."
"Oh, don't even mention that damn ball." Robin said "I tried to get on the schedule just so I could get out of going. But Alan wants me to give a speech since the whole night is meant to raise money for AIDS research. I don't mind the speech but who the hell I am supposed to go with?"
Robin jerked her thumb in the direction of her ex. "He is with bimbo number 5 now. The first four he hooked up with after we split got just as dumped as I did."
"But I thought you broke up with Patrick?" Kelly said
"Ugh, don't say his name!" Robin cried "Do you think I want to hear his name right now?"
The break up had been a misunderstanding gone too far but now neither Robin or Patrick new how to make it right again.
Coleman sat a bar tray full of shots on the table. Robin picked up one and threw it back.
Her friends all grabbed a shot each. Robin grabbed another.
"To not needing a man!" Liz said They all repeated her words and drank.
Coleman said, "You girls go ahead and go wild. I'll be behind the bar if you change your mind, and feel like getting out some of this aggression with a real man." He winked, then moseyed off.
"That toast sounded great," Lainey said "But it's a lie." She wagged her finger at Liz. "Lie. We need men."
"No, hell with them." Emily said
Lainey told Emily, "It's your father's bright idea that we go to that Ball. Well, the only thing sadder than going there with a loser is going there alone. And I will not do that. No, sir ree. I am getting me a man. And so should all you chickees."
"Did she just call us chickens?" Kelly asked
Robin watched Patrick kiss the blond. She said, "I can get a man if I want one."
She threw back another shot.
"Prove it." Lainey said
"Fine. I'll get a hotter stud than you do to take to that Ball." Robin said
"I'll top you both." Kelly challenged "Woo hoo, watch out men of Port Charles here I come!"
Emily and Liz gave each other a look.
Lainey asked them, "You two in or are you planning to go and beg your ex- husbands to take you?"
The thought of going to the men they loved but who had chosen other women made both Liz and Em's stomach's churn. Or it could have been the drinks.
But either way they both said "We're in!"
Robin's eyes followed Patrick as he went upstairs, the blond walked in front of him.
"Okay, here are the rules," Robin told her friends "no going back to our former guys. No waiting for someone to ask us. We take the cow by the tail..."
"Bull by the horns." Lainey corrected
"Whatever." Robin threw back another drink. She saw, in her mind, Patrick tumbling onto a bed, arms and legs wrapping around him that weren't hers. "We go and get the guys we want and ask them to the Ball."
"What if one of us can't find anyone?" asked Em
"Then you lose the bet and you buy all the drinks next time we come here." Robin said "And that could be quite a bill. Even for an heiress like you."
"Calling her Paris is kinda rude." said Kelly. She looked at Emily, "You are not as slutty as Paris Hilton."
"Heiress I said!" Robin shook her head. The image of Patrick stayed put. "And whoever brings the hottest guy gets...I don't know..."
"A gift card for Victoria Secret's." Liz said "If you find that hot of a guy you'll need it."
"This town has run dry of Hotties." Emily said
Robin stood up, wobbled a little, and said "Well, I am... gettin'... me one. I refuse, refuse I tell you," she raise her hand like she was testifying in church, "to sit and cry over him. No, no, no. I'm finding me a snotty."
She turned and slowly headed for the door. "Put it on my bill!" she called to Coleman
Em asked, "Why does she want a guy who is snotty?"
"I think she meant hottie." Lainey said
"Oh." Em said "Where do you go to find one of those?"
Note- The song playing on the jukebox is Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
Author's note- I decided to write a short story where some of the ladies on GH go on dates with guys they never considered before. So the rule I gave myself was the pairings had to be out of the ordinary from what we see on GH usually.