Two years after the end of Blurred Lines...
Sabrina was gathering her stuff for work, as well as her supplies for her grad class later that night, when she heard Patrick come down the stairs. "Hey," she said, not looking up from what she was doing.
"Hey," he said hesitantly.
"There's pancakes and coffee in the kitchen if you want some." As Sabrina zipped her backpack shut, she continued, "I'm in the NICU all day and then I have class tonight, so you and Emma will be on your own for dinner."
"I remember," Patrick said. Then, "Sabrina, we need to talk about this."
She looked up at his serious face and admitted, "I know we do, but I don't have time right now." Then, she turned toward the kitchen, "Emma Grace! Get a move on if you want me to drop you at school!"
"I can drop her if you are in a hurry," Patrick offered.
Sabrina put on her coat. "No, it's okay. I've got it," she said as Emma came out of the kitchen, nose glued to the latest trendy young adult novel. When Emma padded around the room slowly, more intrigued by the book than getting ready for school, Sabrina walked over to her and grabbed the book from her hand. "Now, Emma…"
Emma looked up with a surprised look on her face. "Hey!"
"You can have it back once we're in the car. If you don't get a move on, I'm going to be late for work."
Emma grumbled, "Alright… Sheesh," but hurriedly grabbed her stuff. Patrick, who'd been standing a few feet away moved closer to the door so that he could kiss Emma goodbye and then turned to Sabrina. "So, I'll… ah… see you at the staff meeting later?"
Sabrina ushered Emma out the door in front of her. As she pulled it closed behind her, she said, "Yeah. I'll see ya."
When the door closed behind Sabrina, Patrick let out a breath he didn't realize he'd been holding. He knew Sabrina was in a hurry, but it wasn't like her to not at least kiss him goodbye in the morning. Was she really still that upset about their conversation last night?
It had been two years since they got back together, finally, after all the crap they'd gone through; and, until last night, everything had been great. Since it was Valentine's Day, he'd taken her out to celebrate both the day and their wedding anniversary. Afterward, things had been going fine – more than fine, even – until he brought up having another baby. As he sat at the table eating his pancakes, Patrick flashed back to last night:
"A baby?" Sabrina had asked in a shocked voice.
"Yeah," he said with a smile. "Now that Emma has adjusted to splitting her time between Robin's house and ours and you're almost done with grad school, it seems like a good time to think about starting our own family."
Sabrina, who'd been sitting next to him on the couch, jumped up. "I don't know, Patrick."
"Why not?"
"Well, I still have a semester left of school and then I have to study to take the test for the promotion I want in the NICU, which will take a while. Between all that, working full-time and taking care of Em's, I just don't know how I'd handle it logistically."
"You won't be alone, Sabrina. Not this time."
"I know, Patrick, but still…," she said as she began pacing across the living room.
Patrick got up from the couch and moved in front of her to stop her pacing. "Are you sure that's all this is about?" he asked cautiously.
Sabrina laughed nervously. "What else would it be about?"
"Gabriel," he said as he lightly grasped her shoulders.
"What about him?"
"Are you sure there isn't more to this? That you're not scared of having another baby only to lose him or her?"
Sabrina pulled out of his grasp. "Don't be ridiculous. The timing is just bad." Then she tried to make light of her statement by saying, "Not as bad as last time, obviously, but still bad."
"If we wait for the right time, honey, it will never come. I want a family with you."
"We have each other and we have Emma. We are a family already. Isn't that enough?"
"Sabrina, I'm not dismissing what we already have. I'm grateful for it every single day. But, I want another child – one that's a piece of both of us. Don't you want that, too?"
"Of course I do."
As Patrick started to press her again in attempt to get to the bottom of her hesitancy, Sabrina interrupted. "Listen, it's late and I have to work the early shift tomorrow. Why don't we just go to bed? We can talk about this more later, okay?"
After that, they checked on Emma and went upstairs for the night, never finishing their anniversary celebration.