Glad you're all laughing. I guess we all need it over the next bunch of weeks. I love Scrubs passion, but a little break can't hurt. Now, we do want to entertain, but there are also little things in this story that you can pick out if you read closely. Last chapter had a reference to a Rick Springfield movie and a reference to a Rick Springfield song. Oh, I got his name wrong - it's Rick "Frickin'" Springfield!

Two

"When the world came knocking. What do you want?" Robin, wearing navy pajama bottoms and a white ribbed tank top, leaned against the door frame of her hotel room. Her eyes landed on the overnight bag Patrick was carrying. "Oh no!" She jumped back and started to close the door.

Patrick shoved his body into the gap before she could get it closed. "Come on, Robin, I have nowhere else to stay. Our parents threw me out." He didn't push the door, not wanting to hurt her, so he stood smooshed between the doorjamb and the door.

Seeing his grimace, Robin sighed and pulled the door open. "You're not staying here. Go get another room." He walked right in. Robin frowned into the hallway, before sighing and closing the door.

"They're all booked with conventions." Patrick put his bag down next to Robin's.

"It's a big city, go to another hotel." Robin crossed her arms and gave him an annoyed look.

"Nothing within walking distance is available. I tried. Come on Robin, it's late and I'm tired and there's a hard day coming for us," he whined and gave her his best puppy dog look.

"Oh yeah, you don't pout." Robin rolled her eyes.

"It's not my fault your mother can't keep her hands off my father. It's the Drake charm." Patrick surveyed the room.

"You are not charming, you're cocky."

"And you find it charming. So, which bed are we sleeping in?" He went and sat down on the queen-sized bed Robin was obviously occupying and bounced up and down and made approving noises.

"Keep annoying me and you'll be sleeping in the lobby."

"It's a little brother's job to annoy his big sister. Although." He ran his eyes up and down her body. "You're more like my tiny sister."

"What are you babbling about?"

"If your mother and my father really hit it off we could be step-siblings. Won't Thanksgiving be fun!" He grinned evilly.

"They are not going to get married! And you're older than me. But you do have being annoying down pat." She walked over and tried to push him. "Now, get off my bed." When he wouldn't budge she put her hands on her hips. "Why are you insisting on torturing me? Why don't you just go home? You have no interest in this conference anyway."

"It's a neurology conference, of course I'm interested. We registered together, remember?"

"You were only going so that we could have sex in a different hotel room, so why don't you go to a bar and find some other woman to sleep with tonight?"

"I'd much rather be here with my sister." Patrick began to unbutton his shirt.

"What are you doing?"

"Getting undressed. I sleep naked remember."

"Not tonight you don't! Go into the bathroom to change and find something to wear to sleep."

"Robin, it's not like you haven't seen me naked and enjoyed it. In fact, you once said…"

"I don't care what I once said. Wear something, in your own bed or sleep in the hallway." Robin walked behind him and began to gather up the book she was reading to move to the other bed.

Patrick stood up and put his hand on her shoulder, his expression serious. "I'll take the other bed and I'll find something to wear." He removed his hand and took a step back. He licked his bottom lip. "I'm sorry I hurt you."

Robin kept her back to him. "You didn't hurt me. You were free to sleep with whomever you wanted as long as you were honest about my health status. Just as I was free to end it whenever I wanted and for any reason. That's the beauty of no-strings." She busily arranged the blanket and pillows as she spoke.

"You didn't end it for no reason, you did it because you thought I was going to sleep with Carly."

Robin opened her mouth to blurt out that the only reason he hadn't slept with the evil witch was because she showed up, but snapped it shut. She promised she wasn't going to let him bait her. "Point is I ended it." She turned around. "You got what you wanted. It was nice while it lasted and now it's over. Why don't you just move on? Are you that fixated on the fact that I ended it and not you?"

"You ended things in the heat of one of your Carly fits, but I won't hold you to it. You enjoy having sex with me and it's available to you at any time."

"Carly fits?" Robin's voice rose. "You are the most disrespectful, arrogant, ignorant pig!"

"God, can't you just get over it? Whatever happened is the past, you don't have to be her friend, but you have to stop obsessing over her. It's not very attractive or healthy."

"If I'm so unattractive, then why do you want to have sex with me?" She put her hands on her hips.

"That's not…" Patrick broke off and ran his hand through his hair. "You know what, fine. Let's just go to sleep." He stomped away, grabbed his bag and stormed into the bathroom and slammed the door.

Robin blew out a breath and massaged the back of her neck and wondered how the hell she was supposed to sleep with him in less than five feet away? Who's fooling who inside my head, she thought and dropped down onto the bed and stared up at the ceiling.

TBC