Chapter 4

"Hi, I'm looking for Doctor Scorpio"

Looking up from the computer, Epiphany stares for a second at the good-looking man asking for Robin, mentally shaking her head she thinks, Such a waste of precious life. "She's currently with a patient Mr. Morgan, but I can have her paged if it's an emergency" she replies.

"No, not an emergency, but if it's ok, I'll wait for her"

"No problem, have a seat over there" she points to the waiting area.

…

"Is that Jason Morgan" Kelly asks as she walks up to the nurse's station with Lainey

"Um hmm, he's waiting for Dr. Scorpio "

"Well well, happy birthday Robin" Kelly fans herself

"Oh, stop it will you", Lainey says looking over at Jason. Even though she knew what he did for a living, she couldn't help but be impressed by the guy. "They are friends, that's all"

"Hey, if I had a friend like that waiting for me at the end of the day, everyday would be my birthday.

"You are crazy, you know that right" laughing and shaking her head, she turns to Emily as walks to the desk, "she's certifiable"

"Who?" Emily asks a little distractedly

"Kelly, she's ogling your brother and speculating on his relationship with Robin"

"What?" Emily looks up at the mention of her brother to see him sitting in the waiting area on the phone. "Jase?"

Spotting his sister, he hangs up and walks to the desk, "Hi"

"Hey, what are you doing here, are you ok?"

"I'm fine, I was around and I wanted to talk to Robin." Seeing the look on her face, he smiles, "really"

"Ok, if you say so"

"I say so, what's going on with you?"

"See" Kelly nudges Lainey "told you, besides even if they are just friends, it will give our boy Patrick over there something to think about" she nods towards Patrick and Robin coming around the corner arguing.

"Look Patrick, I'm not going over this with you again, you're going to do what you want no matter what I say, so just…go do it" Robin calls out frustrated

Looking up from the chart in her hand, she notices Jason standing on the other side of the station, "Hi Jason, are you here for an appointment?"

"Actually, I came to see you"

"Oh, well, what can I do for you?"

Typing random keys on the computer in front of him, Patrick strains to hear their conversation

Looking around at the four other pairs of eyes staring at him expectantly, he touches her shoulder, "can we talk over there?"

Coming around the desk, she walks with him over to the waiting area, "is everything ok, you look a little …"

"No, just too many people" he gestures for her to sit down, then sat next to her on the couch. "It's Spinelli, he's taking these pills the hospital prescribed for some pain, but they don't seem to be working, I wanted to see if you could test them and see if they are the real thing."

"The real thing?" she ask confused, "You think someone at the hospital gave Spinelli counterfeit meds?" Looking closely at him she sighed, "ok, what aren't you telling me?"

"I can't go into it right now, but if I'm right, I'll let you know, so do you think you can test it?"

"Give it to me", she slipped the bottle he handed her into her pocket. "I'll let you know as soon as I get the results, in the mean time let me get Spinelli another prescription."

"Thanks, and by the way happy birthday"

"You remember" she smiles with pleasure,

"How could I forget, you use to remind me every chance you got"

"I did not"

"Not directly, but you would leave little hints all over the penthouse" he smiled

"I did, didn't I, that's only because you thought birthdays were just another day in the year"

"I still do, but I want you to have a good one"

"Well so far, I've had breakfast with uncle Mac, lunch with my mom and dad, Maxie and Gorgie brought me coffee and croissants and Sonny stopped by."

Shaking his head "What no dinner plans" Jason asks mockingly

"Are you offering?" she raises her eyebrows

"Uhh… well… I was…"

Laughing, Robin grabs his shoulders "I was messing with you Jason, I'm sure you have more important things to do"

Looking down at her, he thought, I really don't, when was the last time I just sat down and enjoyed dinner with an old friend. Not counting Carly of course, because dinner with her meant that he was going to have to solve a new problem she had created for herself. He loved Carly, he really did, but sometimes he needed a break. "Actually, I don't have anything better to do, that is … if you want to… you know…"

Amused, Robin studied him for a second, "I'd love to… you know, have dinner with you Jason, and maybe I can teach you how to ask a woman out, you know" she had to add "and you can catch me up on all the gossip in Port Charles"

"Yeah, I see you still haven't lost that twisted sense of humor" he says as they walk to the elevator. "How about I pick you up at 7, is that good?"

"Are we taking the bike?" she asks hopefully

"Not tonight, maybe another time" he says as the elevator door closes

…

Doesn't anyone around here have work to do? Patrick thought to himself as he listened to the girls speculate about Robin and Jason. This was a hospital after all, not social hour. He'd watch them talk, they had looked pretty cozy on the couch, he'd watched as Robin walk Jason to the elevator, smiling with her hand on his back, now he watched her out of the corner of his eye as she walked back to the station. He could already knew the questions the other women were going to ask her and wasn't sure he wanted to hear the answers. Where the hell was Epiphany when you needed her?

"Patrick, are you okay" Liz asks

"I'm fine, why?" he snaps

"You are looking at the computer like it like offended you"

"No, I'm just doing my job, you know being a doctor"? He says with a bite to his voice

"Oookay" Liz replies raising her eyebrows at Kelly, "we should get back to work before Epiphany comes back"

"But we haven't grilled Robin yet" Kelly says disappointed

"I'm sure she'll tell us later, right Robin?"

"Oh, come on, just a little hint" Lainey asks, when everyone looked at her, she shrugged, "What, I'm curious too"

"Ok, fine, short version, he wished me a happy birthday and is taking me out to dinner" Robin covers her smile, knowing that her friends would be jumping to all kinds of conclusions

"What did I tell you Lainey, say I was right, come on just say it" Kelly smirks

"Robin" Patrick interrupts, "we were discussing the course of treatment for Mrs. Jameson, oh and ladies, Epiphany's coming"

"We'll get the details later" Emily says as they all take off in different directions

I've always loved the friendship between Jason and Robin, even when they were dating. I also love getting into Jason's mind, he's so interesting. I'm not sure where the story is going to end up, because I change my mind everyday, but there will definitely be a lot more J&R scenes, but don't fret all you Scrubs fans. They will be together in the end. Let me know what you think please.