Robin Scorpio, Brenda Barrett, and Kelly Lee have been best friends since they had all met at school when they were in their early teens. They haven't been inseparable since. The three women have just moved back to Port Charles where the three of them grew up in. Robin's excited to be there because of her family and has just finally met the neurophysiologist, Patrick Noah Drake, Brenda's is there to hope to ignite things with Jason, and Kelly's attracted to a Lucky Spencer. Can these three women finally get what they want and deserve in their lives?
Author's Note: So, I decided to do another update so quickly. I know I just updated but I feel bad for not updating this story as much as I used to. If anyone has any ideas for the couples, Scrubs, Brenda/Jason, Kelly/Lucky, Rayne/Riley, Maxie/Drew, and Georgie/Diego, please let me know. Remember that Diego is a good guy in my fanfiction. I was always a fan of Georgie & Diego. Anyways… enjoy this lovely chapter.
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June 18, 2008; Port Charles Mall; 1:25 P.M.
Patrick chuckled, as he saw the look on Robin's face each time she looked at the price tags of each bathing suit. He had brought them to one of the most expensive bathing suit shops, but to him, money wasn't a problem. He wanted Robin to choose the perfect bathing suit to go to Jason's barbecue, pool party. Also, he wanted something nice to look at, especially since he was very interested.
Not a lot of people were going since a lot of people were still upset at Jason's lie about Robin having had an abortion, as well as him hiding Jordan from everyone. Patrick was excited because he knew how much Jordan adored him. He was going to see him once he stepped into Jason's beach house across town. It had been a gift from Edward Quartermaine when he found out about Jordan.
"C'mon Robin. How hard is it to choose a bathing suit?" Patrick asked, as he looked at her and then he walked over to Robin with a shake of his head. "And I thought Rayne was horrible when she took me shopping for clothes."
Robin swatted him with the back of her hand and she looked up into his eyes.
"The one thing you should never do is rush a girl when she is shopping. It's like you are asking to die. Anyways, I have finally decided on a bathing suit. Do you want to see the one I decided on?"
Patrick simply nodded his head. "You know that I do. So, where is it?"
Robin pulled out the bathing suit from the rack with a smile on her face. It was a pair of boy short bottoms that were black, which zipped on the side. The shorts also had turquoise flowers on the front of her bottoms. The top was a bikini top that was black with turquoise flowers on it. The top had ties around the neck.
"Do you like it?" Robin asked, as she looked over at Patrick with a small smile on her face.
"Wow, it's so sexy," Patrick said with a grin, as he led her to the line where they both immediately got greeted by the red headed, blue eyed cashier, who continued to stare at Patrick. "Can I help you with something?"
"Yes… how about a date?" the cashier asked with a grin, as she placed Robin's boy short bikini into the bag.
Robin rolled her eyes, as she listened to Patrick.
"No, thank you," Patrick said, as he took out his credit card, swiping it through the credit machine to make his payment, and he took a look at her nametag.
"Rebeckah, I am not interested in a woman like you, especially since I am technically on a date with this lovely woman by my side and all."
Rebeckah frowned, as she took a glance to Robin, and she scoffed in disbelief.
"You're kidding, right? She's old enough to be your kid sister. I am more woman than she is and –"
"Good-bye," Patrick said, as he took the receipt from her hand, and he watched Robin grab the bag that her bathing suit was in. He turned to Robin once they were outside the store. "Are you all right?"
Robin just smiled up at Patrick, clinging the bag to her chest. "Of course. If you think this is the first time this has happened, think again. It used to happen to me when I was seeing Jason."
"Well, that sucks, and I am so sorry about that Rebeckah woman in there. Do you want to change here in the mall or do you want to change at Jason's?"
"I can change here but put my clothes on on top," Robin said, as they walked down the lengthy hall towards the bathrooms.
"Sounds good to me," He said with a smile on his face, placing his hands in the pockets of his jeans.
June 18, 2008; Jason's Beach House; 2:03 P.M.
Jordan Lucas had never gotten so much attention from this many people and there was no doubt that he wasn't minding it, either. He was a very happy baby today in his baby, blue swimmers. He looked up at his father and Brenda and he flashed them both a grin, especially Brenda. He had come to a liking towards her and he crawled into her lap, smiling up at her.
Kelly was wearing a hot red bikini that tied around her back with an adjustable strap along the back. The bikini bottoms tied along her hips. Brenda was wearing a pair of white boy short bottoms that zipped around the back. The top was a tankini style that also zipped along the back. Jason was wearing a pair of black trunks that had two stripes along both sides. Lucky was wearing a pair of royal blue swimming trunks with a white design on the left leg of his trunks. All the guys had drawstrings.
"I think someone has a crush," Kelly giggled, as she watched Jordan rest his head against Brenda's chest. "Jason, you better watch out now."
"I'm not worried," Jason smiled, as he looked down at his son, who was looking over at Brenda. "Or should I be worried, Brenda? Will Jordan be your new boyfriend?"
"Well, he is kind of cute, and he does resemble someone that I know, who is very attractive," Brenda replied with a grin on her face, as she looked at Jason with a twinkle of her eye. "Don't you agree with me?"
"Oh lord, you shouldn't have said that," Lucky said with a laugh, as he flashed Jason a grin. "You always think you are the hottest man alive, don't you?"
"Well, I don't mean to brag –" Jason began, as he flashed Lucky a teasing grin.
"What are you guys talking about?" Patrick asked, as Robin, Riley, and Rayne walked ahead of him into the beach house, as he shut the door.
"Jason's bragging how hot he is again," Lucky said with a frown on his face, as he looked over at Jason, whose smile just grew bigger and bigger. "See!"
"Are you guys always like this – acting like little boys?" Robin suddenly asked, as she followed everyone where Kelly was putting the hotdogs and burgers on the grill to cook, but Lucky simply took over. "I mean, if I am correct, there is only one boy in here, and that's Jordan Quartermaine."
"Is she always like this?" Patrick mimicked Robin, as he then watched Robin take off her clothes to reveal that black and blue bikini on her body. "Wow."
Robin blushed at him looking over at her. "Like I said before, Rebeckah has nothing on you. You are far more beautiful than she is and I am not just saying that because you're in a bathing suit, either."
"Uh huh, sure you aren't," Brenda teased, as she approached the two, and she looked over at Robin's bathing suit. "I love your bathing suit, Robin. It looks good on you but black always looks sexy on you. Don't you agree, Patrick?"
Patrick gulped, as he licked across his bottom lip. "Yeah, I do. Uh, I will be back. I am going to give Lucky a hand at the grill before he burns all the food."
"Aw, I think I made Patrick Drake nervous," Brenda teased, once Patrick was out of sight, and she looked over at Robin, who was sitting on the edge of the pool.
Brenda took a seat next to Robin and she grinned. "I think he's good for you, sweetie. He's also very cute too."
Robin whipped her head towards Brenda with a raised eyebrow and she began to kick her feet into the water. "You aren't interested in him, are you? Because I really thought that you were really into Jason! I have seen the two of you, especially the way you are with Jordan, Bren."
"Whoa, whoa Robin," Brenda laughed softly, as she looked towards the guys that were at the grill where Kelly was playing with Jordan in the kiddy pool. "That's not what I meant. What I am saying is that he is a very good guy for you and he seems to know you. If I were to guess, he might be able to understand you a lot better than Kelly and I could ever get to. All I can say is better him than Jason."
"Have you forgiven Jason by any chance?" Robin asked out of curiosity, as she knew how much Brenda cared for Jason and Jordan, and all she wanted was for Brenda to be happy. Every single time she saw Jason and Brenda together she knew without a doubt that the two were perfect for one another.
"In a way, yes, but I don't want him to think that what he did to you was right," Brenda admitted, as she dipped her feet into the water of the pool.
"It's going to take me some time to forgive Jason but you should. He seems to genuinely care about you," Robin said with a grin on her face. "And vice versa, Brenda. I know that you can be good for him, especially with Jordan Lucas in Jason's life. He seems calmer as well."
"Who are you and what have you done to my best friend?" Brenda asked with a laugh, as she looked over at Robin with a shake of her head. "I honestly thought you were going to have a problem with me wanting to get back with Jason, especially after what he did."
"I will never interfere with your love life and I have to admit that seeing the two of you together makes me so happy for you, Bren."
"What makes you happy?" Kelly asked, as she approached the girls, sitting beside Robin with Jordan in her lap.
"Seeing Brenda so happy with Jason," Robin said softly, as she ran her fingers through Jordan's dark locks. "This little guy is definitely going to be a heartbreaker, you guys. Don't you agree?"
"If he takes after his father, he definitely will be," Kelly said with a grin, as Jordan bounced in her lap, while she held him by his little arms.
"I hope that's a good thing," Jason said softly, as he looked down at the girls, and then looked down at Robin. "I am really glad that you came here to my pool party. I was honestly afraid you weren't going to come."
Robin's attention then went to Patrick, who was taking off his shirt once again, and she couldn't help herself from licking her lips. He was honestly the sexiest man that she had known. As she watched Patrick unbutton and unzip the fly of his jeans, she took a deep breath, finding that he was extremely irresistible when his jeans fell to his ankles. Watching him place his clothes in the grass, she watched the black board shorts that had red, white, and black patterns over the shorts cling to his thighs. She then smiled when he got into the pool.
"Robin, you there?" Brenda asked, as she waved her hand in front of Robin's face once again, and she laughed when she watched Robin jump slightly. Brenda looked towards Patrick and grinned. "Hm, he does look pretty good if you ask me."
"I knew I shouldn't have come here, especially with you two watching my every move," Robin pouted, as she then slipped into the water, disappearing from the two girls where she began to swim to the deep end that Patrick was beginning to swim towards.
Kelly stood up with Jordan and walked over to Lucky with a smile on her face.
She then pouted when Jason took his son out of her arms and then walked towards Brenda, who was kicking her feet in the water.
"Are you having fun, Kel?" Lucky asked, as he flipped the burger, and then turned his attention towards Kelly. "You would think that Jason would be cooking, but no, Jason and Patrick can't grill for nothing."
"Yeah, I really am. Brenda was teasing Robin about her feelings for your friend once again," Kelly said with a laugh, as she leaned against his side with a smile on her face.
"What about this time?" Lucky laughed, as he looked over at her with a shake of his head.
"Well, Robin watched Patrick like a lovesick puppy," Kelly whispered into his ear with a grin on her face. "Honestly, I think it's pretty adorable. He was stripping from his clothes, actually."
"I think he planned it," Rylie said, as he approached the two with Rayne right by his side. "He's been crushing on Robin since he met her when he stopped by Mac Scorpio's house to take Georgie Jones for some ice cream."
"Oh really now?" Kelly asked with intrigue, as she looked towards Patrick's roommate and her boyfriend. "And how come I am just finding this out now?"
"Because we all know whatever happened to Patrick in college, he doesn't just let anyone in his life, but Robin somehow has a connection with him," Rayne explained with a smile, as she laid her head against his chest.
"What are you talking about?" Kelly asked with confusion written across her face.
"What is it that I don't know about?"
"Well, we can't tell you, Kelly," Lucky explained with a sigh leaving his lips. "If I could, I really would, but this is really Patrick's business. I'm sorry."
"He isn't in any danger, is he?" Kelly asked, as she took a step back to look over at the three of them, and she raised an eyebrow. "Because then I definitely have a right to know!"
"No, no, it's nothing like that," Lucky told her with a genuine smile on his face.
"You trust me, right?"
"Yeah but Robin won't even tell us what's going on," Kelly said with a pout on her face and she placed her hands on her hips. "I mean, you are sure he isn't in any trouble, right?"
"If he was in trouble, would Robin be so happy?" Rylie asked, as he pointed to the pool where Robin was splashing water at Patrick, who was laughing.
"I guess not," Kelly said, as she watched Robin swim towards Patrick, and then watched Lucky roll the hotdogs over on their sides. "I am just looking out for her. She has been hurt way too many times."
"And we know that! Instead of you worrying yourself to death, Kel, why don't you allow yourself to go ahead and help me cook since the other guys don't cook?"
"Are you sure the other guys can't cook?" Rayne asked with a raised eyebrow, as she flashed him a smile.
"Well yeah! The guys have told me they can't cook jack and we have guests," Lucky argued with a shake of his head, as he looked over at Rayne with a smile filling across his face.
"Well, I for one know that Dr. Drake here can definitely cook, and –"
"Rayne!" Patrick groaned, as he approached her with Robin right beside him, who was giggling, and he turned to look at her with a raised eyebrow. "May I help you with something?"
"No but why didn't you tell me that you cook?" Robin asked, not being able to stop herself from laughing. "I would have asked you to cook that night instead of Rayne."
"Do you see what you have started, Rayne?" Patrick asked with a raised eyebrow, as a laugh left his lips, and he looked towards Lucky. "I don't feel like cooking and Kelly's already helping you."
"But men are supposed to be at the grill," Lucky argued once again, as he felt Kelly scoot closer. "But since Kelly is helping me, I guess I could let this slide this once, but Patrick, you will help me grill or cook next time I need you."
"Fine, whatever," Patrick said, as he grabbed Robin's hand, and he gave it a little squeeze. "Care to join me back into the water again, Doctor?"
Robin laughed, as she followed Rylie and Rayne towards the pool, leaving Kelly and Lucky alone at the grill.
"So, you do know how to grill, right?" Lucky asked, as he turned his head to her where he watched her place the apron over on top of her bikini. "The last thing we need are angry people."
"Yes, Brenda, Robin, and me used to barbecue back in Paris on weekends during the summertime," Kelly explained, as she grabbed the spatula from his hands and she flipped a burger. "I promise I won't burn anything. If I wasn't good at being a doctor, I probably would have majored in culinary arts or something along with cooking."
"Hm, I just might have to taste your food sometime, then," Lucky chuckled, as he wrapped his arm around her waist. "I think we should go out again. What do you think?"
"I think that we should definitely go ahead and do something. Since you want to taste my cooking so badly, why don't you go ahead and come to my place tomorrow night? I am pretty sure Brenda will be with Jason and Jordan and the same for Robin with Patrick. Besides, I'd like to get to know you more since we haven't really been spending a lot of time together."
"Well, we have been working a lot lately," Lucky said with a smile, as he looked over at her, and he ran a hand through her dark hair, as he put some of the hotdogs on a nearby plate beside the grill. "Just like you, I'd love to get to know you a lot more, Kelly Lee."
--
Brenda didn't know what it was, especially since she really wasn't a fan of kids before she came back to Port Charles. The thing with Jordan and Jason was almost like a life-changing event, which she really didn't mind, especially since her feelings for Jordan's daddy were only getting stronger and stronger. Jordan, on the other hand, was just the cutest and the most precious child she had ever held.
Every, single time she held Jordan, he would only cling onto Brenda, and she didn't mind so much. It tore her inside because every time she left Jason's, he would just cry, which only made her realize how attached he was getting to her, and she hoped Jason would not mind because she cared about Jordan and Jason both.
"Brenda, are you all right?" Jason smiled, as he let his son splash in the water, and he chuckled when he watched him kick his little feet in the water. "Someone sure is having fun today."
"Well, he's a baby, Jason. He is supposed to have fun."
"Anyway, what's wrong with you? You look like you were in deep thought. Are you sure you don't want to talk to me? You know that you can always talk to me," Jason told her, as he placed a hand on her kneecap, and he gave it a light squeeze.
"It's just I know I have been spending a lot of time with Jordan and you and I hope that won't change, especially with Jordan, Jase. I know he's getting attached to me and all but –"
"Brenda, if I had a problem with it, which I don't, you would have known," Jason told her, as he slid his other hand into hers that was in the water, and he gave it a comforting squeeze. "Honestly, Jordan has never in his life acted this way. I mean, not even when his mother, Kristin, was alive, he hadn't been this open to people. Sure, he knew Lucky and Patrick, but this is way different. Then again, you are a very beautiful supermodel. Who could blame this little guy?"
Brenda blushed at his comments and she looked down in between the two of them where Jordan was sort of swimming away from them in the baby pool. If she ever had a child of her own, she would want him or her to be just like Jordan Lucas Quartermaine.
It amazed her that she was even thinking about things like this. Jason was definitely a very different man than what she left ten years ago, but then again, Jason Quartermaine was a father to a remarkable, little boy. She knew that she definitely wanted to be a part of both of their lives. Nothing would ever change how she felt towards Jason or Jordan.
--
It had been about twenty minutes later and everyone was sitting by the pool, eating their burgers, hot dogs, or their steaks that Lucky and Kelly had cooked for everyone. Everyone was pretty impressed with the taste of Kelly's burgers since the guys, Rayne, and Riley had never ever tasted her cooking before.
Robin and Patrick had moved to the patio because everyone kept on asking them way too personal questions, which they kept on avoiding for as long as possible as they could.
"When are you going to ask her out, Patrick?" Brenda asked, as she took a bite of her burger, and then turned her attention to Jordan, who was drinking his bottle.
"It's time for you to move on, Robin," Kelly piped in with a grin, as she gave Robin a playful grin.
"You two are so adorable together," Rayne began with a giggle leaving her lips and then turned her attention towards Patrick with a mischievous look on her face. "Patrick, please don't mess this up. I like her for you."
"Can you believe our friends?" Robin laughed, as she crossed her legs, and she pulled Patrick's button down shirt more securely over her that Patrick had given her when she had finished towel-drying herself.
"Yeah, I know, but we both know that they all mean well," Patrick chuckled softly, as he snagged a fry off of her plate, and he linked his fingers through hers. "At least Carly isn't here. That woman would be stirring up trouble like she normally does."
"I still cannot believe that Sonny actually married her," Robin shuddered to the thought, as she then looked up at him. "I don't mean to pry but has she actually approached you since I have been back in town."
"Don't think about the mob family," Patrick said with a shake of his head, as he turned his head to the pool where their friends quickly turned their heads away, and he laughed when he looked back at her. "We're at a barbecue at one of our friend's beach house. Nothing bad will happen."
"I just hope you are right, Patrick. Every, single time something good happens, something or someone ruins my happiness," Robin admitted, as she took a swig of her beer. "I just want to have a good career right now, as that is my main concern right now."
"And what about love?" Patrick casually asked her, as he gave her hand a light squeeze. "Surely, that is something you are wanting in your life, Robin?"
"Last time I fell in love, I got hurt, and it wasn't easy to get over Jason," Robin admitted, as she slid her hand out of Patrick's, and she looked down at her rather empty plate.
"W-What if I told you I might be interested in… you?" Patrick asked her, as he scooted himself closer to her on the bench of the patio table.
"Patrick, please don't do –"
"Robin, you're an amazing woman. You're so damn sexy, you got a great head on your shoulders, you have a wonderful career in front of you, and most of all, you look past me being HIV positive. You know that's really tough to find out in this crazy, deranged world we live in," Patrick said, as he clasped his hand over hers, and he slid his fingers through hers.
"I don't know if it's such a good idea, Patrick. You're a really nice guy and all but –"
"How about we try it one time by you allowing me to take you out tomorrow? I have been dying to take you to this one place, actually," Patrick admitted with a genuine smile on his handsome face.
Reluctantly, Robin simply nodded her head. "All right but I am not promising you anything."
"I know, Robin. I know."
In actuality, Patrick was pretty sure that the two of them were going to get a lot closer than the two of them had let anyone in their lives. He just hoped that she was going to have fun with him tomorrow. With them both being HIV positive, he was more calm than he had been with any other girl because he had been so scared that he would give the women he'd take out his disease.
With Robin being HIV positive, he wasn't as worried. Sure, he was worried, but not as much. Now, all he had to do was to be himself in front of Robin Scorpio.
