Chapter 10

"Did you have to be so mean?" Brenda asked as she came up behind Carly. It was just the two of them; Jason had walked off a minute or two before giving her the chance that she needed to talk to Carly.

Carly, who was thinking about what was going on with her best girlfriend, turned looked at the woman she despised. "Are you kidding me right now? Robin, your so-called 'best friend'" Carly used air quotes around the words as a sarcastic gesture, "Just fainted after she was kidnapped and injected with a drug that no one in the hospital can figure out and the only thing that you seem to be worried about is the way I just treated Elizabeth, the woman who almost killed Lucky's wife."

Brenda crossed her arms and looked away. She didn't want to get into a fight with her right now, but she needed to know that she could just treat people like that. "That's not the point, you can't just treat people like that. And of course I'm scarred for Robin. I've been her best friend for YEARS." Brenda said leaving the 'unlike you' out but the tone in her voice made Carly know that that was what she was thinking.

Carly walked up to Brenda and got in her face, "I can treat Elizabeth however I want, and you can do nothing about it. And you can stop putting on your little act that you actually care about Robin. You've been gone for years now and you don't even talk to her. But as soon as you get back into town, you just expect that she will be waiting for you to come back, just like everyone else."

"Whatever Carly, think what you want." Brenda turned and walked away from Carly.

"Did you even know that Robin didn't have HIV anymore?" Carly called after her.

Brenda stopped and turned to look at Carly. She had a frown on her face while Carly looked a bit smug. "You're lying," she accused.

Carly shook her head while laughing. "That's right; you weren't there when that happened about a month ago. Yeah, that poison that I mentioned earlier? That was what ate way her HIV, basically getting rid of it."

"Why wouldn't she tell me about that, IF it were true," Brenda asked.

"Maybe it has something to do with the un-relied to E-mails or it could be the phone calls that got ignored or sent to voice mail. It could be the letters that were never received back, the texts that went un-answered. Maybe it's all the years that went by without so much as a whisper form you. I really don't know; why don't you take a pick?"

"That is not fair!" Brenda whispered back. She could feel tears start to sting her eyes and threaten to spill over. She was not about to cry in front of Carly of all people. She needed to get even some how.

"Like the way you've been treating Robin?"

"Like you treated her much better before your so-called friendship with her began to happen. Every time you got the chance to throw the fact that she had HIV in her face you latched on to it with a death grip. Not to mention about sleeping with Jason behind her back and then rubbing it in. Or what about when you had Michael and didn't hesitate to remind her almost every day that she will never know what it's like to have a child. Why don't you pick one of those to choose from and tell me how that makes you the world's number one best friend?"

Carly didn't even hesitate, she lifted her hand and balled her fist. In one quick and fluid motion she punched Brenda right in her nose.

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Jason sighed as he sat down in one of the couches in the waiting area. This was his fault. He should have been paying attention to her, but no, he was too busy arguing with Brenda to realize that something was going on with the woman he loved. He should have seen that she was in pain instead of just being angry at Brenda and yelling at her.

Maybe it was too much stress that was put on her in that situation; maybe it was the yelling that had gotten to her. Maybe it had nothing to do with the arguing in the first place and she was hurting even before then. And if that were the reason then why didn't he see the signs before then. Were there any signs that she was in pain?

Jason could remember, and this just made him more frustrated to begin with. Jason stood up and moved to stand by the elevators. He was debating on whether or not he should call Sonny, his best friend. In the end, he didn't and turned from the doors to come face to face with Elizabeth. Jason gave her a shocked look.

"I'm sorry about Robin." She said.

Jason became alarmed, "Is she…dead?" Jason sputtered at her.

Liz's eyes grew wide and she shook her head, "NO! That's not what I meant, I was just saying that I was sorry that you guys have to go thru this kind of thing again in such a short period of time." Jason visibly relaxed and he sighed, Liz reached out and took hold of his hand. "She will be okay Jason, she's in good hands."

Jason nodded, "I know. But I just cant stop thinking that something might happen to her now and that it will be all my fault."

"How is this your fault? This could have happened at any time and it's a good thing that you were there to get her to the hospital when you did." Liz tried to comfort him.

Jason sighed and turned from her, running a hand threw his hair. "I didn't even notice at first. I was too busy yelling at Brenda to see what was happening to Robin. Carly was the one who saw and if it weren't for Carly screaming Robins name and running over to her, I would have probably still been arguing with Brenda."

Liz shook her head, "I don't believe that and neither do you." She moved towards him and smiled at him slightly. "You always notice things Jason. That's what you do; you see the little things even when you are distracted."

Jason nodded but Liz could see that he didn't believe her. She was about to say more when the elevator doors swung open and Sonny stepped out. He barley glanced at her before moving towards Jason and placing his hand on his shoulder. Jason seemed to calm a little bit more on the touch of his friend.

"Is she okay?" Sonny asked softly.

"How did you know?" Jason asked, looking at him in confusion.

"Carly texted me."

Jason nodded and looked away, "I haven't heard anything new, they took her in ten minutes ago and that was all that I know. No one has told me anything new."

Sonny looked over at Elizabeth who was standing there looking uncomfortable and concerned at the same time. One raised eyebrow from Sonny and it clicked in her head, "I'll go and see if I can find out anything new." With that she spun around and walked over towards the nurses' station.

"Everything is going to be okay," Sonny said to his best friend.

"I hope so."

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"Robin?" A voice asked her softly, "Can you hear me?"

Robin wanted nothing more than to open her eyes and tell Patrick that she could hear him and that she was listening. But she couldn't seem to open her eyes. He eye lids were so heavy that she couldn't even move them. Her head was clouded and there seemed to be rocks in them holding them in place because she couldn't seem to move it from side to side. She couldn't even form worlds to say to Patrick.

"Robin, I need to know if you are okay." She felt a hand grasp hers, "Can you squeeze my hand?"

She tried her hardest to get her fingers to wrap around his in return but they wouldn't move. She was getting frustrated that she couldn't move. She groaned at herself in frustration.

"Robin?" Patrick sounded excited for some reason. Did he hear her? That just made her work harder so that she could look at him or respond in some way. "Come on Robin, you can do it."

Not giving up Robin pushed herself harder than she ever did in her life and her eyes finally flew open after a moment of struggling and her fingers wrapped around Patrick's in a death grip that refused to let go. She turned her head just a bit and saw Patrick beaming at her.

That's all it took, and Robin started to laugh. It was an uncontrollable laugh that was weak and sounded raspy but was still able to be heard and could flow out pasted to curtains to Carly who heard them both laughing and walked in. Jason came following behind with Liz and Sonny fast on his heels, hoping that it was truly Robin that they heard laughing. Upon seeing her, laughing and crying at the same time they began to laugh too.

Well, that's all you guys get right now. I'm going to wrap this up soon; in about three or four more chapters. That is if you can't think of any drama that I can throw into this story to mix it up a bit.

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