-1Jared Paladecki appears as Todd Hawkins in this story who is a friend of Jensen's and will be Robin's love interest.

Robin fumbled in her purse for the keys to her dorm room. The eyes that many associated with coldness, hardness, and sharpness, had lost their piercing glare... they just looked dull, defeated, numb. She couldn't even think straight, items falling from her purse and clattering on the floor - bending down to pick them up, she felt blood rush to her head, overwhelmed with confused feelings of sadness, pain, and anger at everything and at the same time at nothing. Finally, she remembered that she had locked her keys in her dorm room. That final straw, so minute and trivial that would normally be no big deal to her, proved to be the one that broke the camel's back. Robin, the proud, hard, stubborn girl, the girl who always kept herself collected, always let others think she was calm, collapsed to the floor and burst into tears, everything that had happened in the past few days proving itself too much to bear.

Robin felt alone - her father gave her money, but no love. All he cared about was his status and his image and his money, most of all. And she had friends, of course, but they weren't the kind of friends that you talked about deep things with, not about what you're really like or your feelings. Oh no, that was the dear, dear price of popularity. She had to constantly be strong, always the calm, collected one, always on display. She had to coolly reply to everything and act like nothing fazed her, remaining in charge of her group of friends, the one everyone followed, the one who decided who would be in their group and who would be out. She was the one who made all the choices, always in control of everyone around her as well as herself. But... that was all she did, that was all that her friendships were, practically just staying in charge at any costs. But what was the point of it? she asked herself for the first time in her life. What was the point of staying in charge, it never lead to anything. Was it because she liked the power? She didn't know. But she couldn't talk to her friends about anything that really mattered. They gossiped, talked about hair and clothes and makeup and putting other people down or who was having the next big party. She realized that she had no clue about what her friends were really like inside, or whether everything was just a facade, like the one she felt she was putting on, to remain in control. They didn't know the first thing about her - the way she felt, why she acted the way she did, what her family was like, what her hopes and dreams were, what she really wanted out of life. And that was why she was alone. A day ago, she thought she was surrounded by friends, but maybe, really... they were just strangers, relationships of convenience.

Oh, she hoped she could get into her dorm room soon, or go somewhere. She needed to get away, she didn't want anyone to see her like this, so weak and pitiful, makeup smeared all over her face, eyes puffy and red. She just needed to run to her car to get her spare set of keys, but she couldn't avoid running into someone on her way back...

A hand tapped her on the shoulder. Panic shot through her. No, someone couldn't be seeing her like this... everyone would be talking about her, and... she paused. Everyone would be talking about her. Even the people she called her friends. Maybe they would turn on her just as quickly as they had turned on Terri. And she only had herself to blame. These were the type of people she surrounded herself with.

Then she turned, and, filled with relief, realized it was only Todd. "Go away..." she muttered, tired of him always following her around. What was up with that, anyway?

"Is that really what you want, Robin? If you do, I'll go." He said.

"I don't know.." Robin whispered. "I don't know what I want." And she burst into tears again as Todd sat down beside her.

Todd sat there and listened to Robin sit there and breakdown and cry. He had never seen her cry. What made her so upset? He began to help her pick up the rest of her purse contents and said "You know, sometimes it makes you feel better to open up your problems to someone that will listen. It's not good to keep that stuff all inside you, believe me, I know".

He gave her his serious and concerned about her look and it made him look hot. Over the last few years Todd had changed. He went from geek boy that used to wear glasses to the male hunk that stood before her that wore contacts and solid sweater and jeans.

Robin looked at Todd and realized it would be good to have someone to confide in. Even if it was just him. "I'm such a terrible person Todd. I've ruined everything this year for me and even lost my solo. Because of what I did and how I've been acting".

Todd glanced at her and handed her a tissue. "How have you been acting?" he asked her.

Robin told him everything. From the first time she pushed Terri down the stairs, and all the times she flirted with Jensen just to make Terri upset. And she even told him about kissing Jensen in front of Terri. "I forced the kiss on Jensen and he got angry and took my solo privilege away from me".

Todd listened carefully. He understood why Jensen took Robin's solo. But he also thought Jensen had been a bit too hard on her and not understanding why Robin did the things she did first. "Why did you do those things to Terri Robin? What has the girl done to you to deserve to be bullied around? he asked.

Robin wiped her eyes with a tissue. "It's stupid really. I'm jealous of Terri. She has the perfect life, Perfect home, Perfect boyfriend, Perfect friends! I've never had any of those things Todd! I mean sure, my Dad gave me lots of money, anything I ever wanted as far as material stuff went. But no love. No Real true friends. I have friends but I don't even know who they are or what they are like on the inside. Most of the time, I have no one to ever truly talk to except you. I guess what I really want out of life is real friendships, real love, and acceptance too, I guess."

Todd looked at her shocked. "You have no reason to be jealous of Terri. Even though now, I can see why you would be. But Terri is far from being perfect, Like Jensen has told you before. She lost her brother and boyfriend all in one year. And from what I heard from Jensen she trying to get everything back on track.Everyone has their problems in life Robin, not just you".

"And I've made things worse by bullying her around and I didn't think about what she's going through. How can I make things right with her and Jensen?" she asked.

Todd gave her his best advice. He would have to remind himself later to talk to Jensen about him and Robin's talk. "Start Small Robin. Tell her what you told me and that your sorry. Tell the same to Jensen. Then slowly, win their trust back".