When Patrick and Sam arrived at the Metro Court for their romantic dinner, Sabrina, Michael and Avery were there with Tracy, Monica, Ned and Olivia and their mood seemed celebratory. As they sat down, Patrick heard the clinking of champagne glasses and looked over to see Sabrina and Michael kissing. His stare drew Sam's attention. "What's going on there?"
Patrick swallowed, "Sabrina and Michael are engaged. They must be celebrating."
"Engaged? Wow. I knew Sabrina was living there as Avery's nanny, but I didn't know they were dating. Good for them. Jason always wanted Michael to be happy."
This surprised Patrick. "You knew this and didn't tell me?"
"Well, no. I assumed you knew. Don't you still keep in touch with Sabrina?"
"Not really. We've kind of drifted apart since Gabriel's death was resolved."
When Sam looked at Patrick strangely, he turned the conversation away from Sabrina and back to them. Dinner was going fine until Patrick saw Sabrina pass by their table holding little Avery and a diaper bag. As she walked, she was smiling and cooing at the girl as she held her little hand. In that moment Patrick visualized their son in Avery's place and couldn't breathe. What if everything had been different for them?
Sabrina was happily celebrating her engagement to Michael with him, AJ and the rest of the Quartermaines when she saw Patrick and Sam walk into the restaurant arm-in-arm. As always, she was momentarily taken aback by his handsomeness and felt some sadness at seeing him with Sam. Patrick had left her to put his marriage to Robin back together and then when it didn't work out, he hadn't given Sabrina a second thought and instead moved onto Sam. She hated to admit it, but it stung that she could be so easily relegated to the "friend zone" when they'd been so in love. However, since getting involved with Michael, the sting was wistful rather than painful. While a piece of her would always love Patrick, getting involved with Michael had helped her move forward. She hadn't expected to fall in love with him, but she was infinitely glad she did. For the first time since the day of her ruined wedding, she was looking forward to life again.
For the duration of dinner, Sabrina felt Patrick's occasional stare, but did her best to ignore it and focus on Michael, AJ and the rest of her new family. She'd finally completely gotten Patrick off her mind when she saw him and Sam get up from their table and make their way over. Michael stood up to greet Sam and accept her congratulations on their engagement. Sabrina nodded and said "Thanks," as she held a squirming AJ in her lap. When Patrick echoed his congratulations and told Michael he was a lucky man, Tracy piped up and commented, "Looks like your loss is our gain, Dr. Drake."
Sabrina and the rest of the table gasped as Patrick turned toward Tracy with a surprised looked and uttered, "What?"
Tracy just smirked and said, "If you had married Sabrina, she and Michael would never have fallen in love and she wouldn't be joining our family." Then she took a sip of her drink and said, "Thanks for that, by the way."
"Ah… You're welcome, I guess," Patrick said as he grabbed Sam's hand. "We should be going. We just wanted to give our congratulations to the couple."
When Patrick looked at her and said, "I'm happy for you," Sabrina smiled. "Thank you, Patrick," she replied, "That means a lot."
They shared a wistful nod before he and Sam walked away.