Ok, I know it's been a while, but I had to finish this story, hope you enjoy the rest. I own absolutely nothing pertaining to General Hospital.

Chapter 10: A Little Help

After leaving the Quartermaines, Robin considered stopping by Patrick's but rejected the idea because it was late and she knew he had an early surgery. She drove around for a while to clear her mind and when she finally pulled into the driveway of her complex she was too tired to notice the shadow by the door.

"Long day?"

Startled, she turned to face the direction of the voice "Patrick, you scared me, what are you doing here?"

"Looking for you, I was worried, Epiphany said you left in a hurry and you haven't answered your phone or return my messages"

"What?" she pulled out her phone and realized that her battery had died. Sighing with relief for not having to lie to him, she held up the phone "Dead battery, see" "I'm glad you're here though, I was contemplating stopping by your place earlier"

"Why didn't you?" he took her briefcase as they entered the building"

"Too late, I knew that you had the Mason surgery early" she opened the door and stepped inside

"I think I can handle it" he whispered dropping the briefcase on the floor and taking her hand in his

"Does that mean you're staying?"she smiled leading him down the hall silently, the last thing she wanted was to wake Lainey and Kelly

"Do you want me to?"

"Only if you promise to be really, really quiet, I've got roommates you know"

"Oh I can be quiet, if I recall correctly, that's your issue"

"Is that a challenge? I'll take you on Drake"

"I think I can rise to the occasion"

"I think you already have"

It wasn't until later that Patrick realized he still didn't know what Robin had been up to.

Walking into her office the next morning, Robin couldn't help the stupid grin on her face. Last night had been amazing. Patrick had left her place early this morning in order to get ready and be at the hospital in time for a surgery.

"You're late" the voice came from her desk chair "but at least you're smiling, so you must have had a good night

"Aiden" she cried out "You're here" she walked into her cousin's open arms. She hadn't realized how much she missed him until she saw him.

"Of course I'm here, you called, didn't you"

She pulled back a little to look up at him "Yeah, but I know how unexpected your schedule is, so I wasn't sure". Aiden was Private Investigator in Pine Valley and he was always busy.

Before either of them could say anything else or move, her door opened

"I know you're busy, but can you…" Patrick trialed off when he saw Robin still hugging Aiden "sorry, didn't mean to interrupt?"

"Patrick", Robin started to step away from Aiden when he tighten his grip on her and interrupted

"I'm Aiden" he smirked and pulled Robin to his side, with his arms still around her. "Who are you?"

"Aiden…" Robin looked up at him and knew he was up to something by the mischievous look in his eyes. "What…"

"It's ok sweetheart, you don't have explain me to anyone"

Patrick looked from Robin to Aiden "I don't know who you are, but..

He was interrupted when the door was pushed open again after a quiet knock.

"Come in Jason" Robin moved to stand in front of Patrick. "I'll come find you when I'm done with my meeting" she smiled and led him out of the office and closed the door.

"You've been talking to mom" she accused turning back to Aiden

"Uh huh, and from what I understand, he hurt you, so I.."

"Thanks for trying to protect me but Patrick and I worked out our differences and are back together"

"But…"

"No buts, Aiden, I'm a big girl remember?"

"Fine, but I reserve the right to kick his ass"

"Ok macho man, but let's finish up what we came here to do first."

She made the introductions and explained the situation to Aiden. Both Jason and Aiden had issues working with each other, but in the end decided that it would be safer for Robin to have both of them watching her back. As they finalized their plans, Robin was confident that they were going to catch whoever was behind this.

Walking out to the nurse's station with Aiden, Robin was glad to see Epiphany, Patrick, Kelly, Lainey, Elizabeth, Emily and Nicholas all there because she could get the introduction over with at once.

"Here we go" she whispered to him as they approached the group who had all pretty much stopped their various tasks to watch them. She saw the different reactions to Aiden on their faces. All of the women looked a little glazed, including Epiphany. Robin smiled to herself thinking that they hadn't even heard him speak yet. She knew that women found his accent sexy. Combined with his looks, intelligence and charm, her cousin was quite a catch. After this whole mess was resolved, she would work on hooking him up with one of her available friends and getting him to stay in PC. She saw the look of passing curiosity on Nicholas's face and one of dislike on Patrick's.

"Hey guys" she called out when they reached the desk

"Hey Robin: they replied without taking their eyes of Aiden

"Over here guys, I'm over here" she waved her hands to get their attention. "I'd like you guys to meet Aiden Devane, my cousin"

"Cousin?" Patrick asked coming to stand beside her

"Yes cousin" Robin slid her hand up his arm and turned back to the rest of the group as they introduced themselves to Aiden.

"Aiden's visiting from England. He's a senior resident at Lydenburg Medical Centerbut he's thinking about moving to the States and I am trying my best to convince him to come here. He's going to use his vacation to tour GH, which is awesome, because I never get to see him. Anyway, Alan agreed to let him shadow me for the next couple of weeks."

"So you're going to be spending a lot of time here at the hospital?" Kelly asked

"Oh yes" Aiden turned up the charm, "I hope you all don't mind" he smiled, including all of them. "I might come to you with questions"

"I don't mind" Lainey smiled

"Please do" Elizabeth answered

"No problem" Emily countered

"Anytime Dr. Devane" Epiphany grinned

Robin and Nicholas exchanged looks of disbelief and amusement

"Oook, Robin laughed, "no one was this friendly when I got back"

Tanking Aiden's arm, she started to pull him away " we are going to get started on that tour, see you guys later" She smiled at Patrick "let me get Aiden settled and I will meet you for that consult."

When they were out of earshot, Aiden laughed, "I think I'm going to have fun here, maybe I should quit my job and really become a doctor, there are some nice benefits.

"Well you better watch your "benefits" she warned. " Emily is involved with Nicholas, the Prince you just met and she's Jason's little sister. Liz is married to a cop and Lainey is involved with the ADA.

Pausing to look at her, Aiden shook his head, "You guys don't play around do you? I've been in town for one day and have met a prince, a neurosurgeon and a mobster"

"Ok" Robin laughed, that sounds like a bad joke, next thing you're gonna say is that they walked into a bar"

"Somehow, I don't see those three hanging out" he started walking again.

"So", Patrick drawled as Robin stepped onto the roof of GH, "Aiden's your cousin huh?"

They hadn't gotten an chance to talk about more than the case earlier. Patrick had explained his patient's case to Robin because he wanted to get her opinion. He was really worried about the state his patient was in and couldn't figure out why the meds he prescribed were not working. He'd wanted to see if she had another course of treatment to recommend. She had advised him to give the meds time to take affect, which he had found a little strange coming from her. Normally, Robin would jump at the chance to prove that her treatments were a better solution than surgery, but it was as if she knew something about the meds that he didn't. He planned to ask her about that now, but all thought fled when she dropped the lab coat she had been wearing.

"Do you really want to talk about Aiden right now Patrick?" she asked walking towards him in the sexiest pair of underwear he had ever seen.

"Aiden who?" he whispered before dragging her up to meet his mouth.