Disclaimer: Hey, guess what! I still don't own GH!!

A/N: Wow, I can't believe I am already on chapter five!!! This is so cool! BTW, this takes place after the whole "I love you" episode with Patrick and Robin- they are together, though they haven't moved in yet. Just thought I would mention that. Fair warning here- this chapter made me cry (although, so did the chapter where Liz told Noah and Patrick). It's what some of you might call "fluff" and what I call "what-I-wish-would-actually-happen-on-the-darned-show." For the record, after everything Robin's been through with her parents and how much she's grown even in this past year alone, I just couldn't see her responding to this news any differently. I hope you all like- and keep the reviews coming:-P

--Chapter Five--

--Port Charles General Hospital--

Robin Scorpio's mind categorically went through the list of things she had to do when she got off work today- which, she thought with a little smile, would be in about two hours. She wanted to call MetroCourt and make sure her "sister's" room was ready- she knew Carly was probably going to throw a fit over having Brenda Barrett in her hotel, but that just made Robin even happier about Brenda's return. She hadn't seen her best friend in a few years, and it was going to be really awesome having Brenda around again.

She also had to go grocery shopping- she wasn't sure whose turn it was, but there was pretty much no food in the apartment she shared with fellow doctors Laney Winters and Kelly Lee. Not that she spent a whole lot of time there- she spent most of her time with Patrick. Since she'd helped him find an apartment- okay, maybe she hadn't exactly helped him find it, so much as pushed him into getting it- she was spending a lot of time helping him get it furnished and… habitable. She hoped she hadn't pushed him too hard- she just wanted what was best for him and for him to be happy. She wasn't sure he saw it that way, though…

Sighing, she brushed a wayward strand of hair out of her eyes- somehow, the lock had escaped the elastic band she'd pulled her hair up into several hours ago. She walked up to the Nurse's Station to get updates on her patients just as Patrick, Noah, and Elizabeth stepped off the elevator- they were all smiling and laughing and looking… happy. Genuinely happy, which made Robin think back to a time when, just a few months ago, they'd all had sour expressions and short tempers. It was good to see these people whom she cared about so content with life once again.

She greeted the trio with a smile. "Hey, guys! What's got you all in such a great mood?" she asked, taking note of the fact it looked like they had all been crying recently. Hmm, she thought- that's interesting… Maybe they were just laughing that hard, she told herself, brushing off the wave of concern she felt at the idea that something could be wrong with them- or anyone in their lives. They all looked way too happy for anything to be seriously wrong, which was a good thing.

Patrick's gaze moved from his father to Robin and he gave her his trademark cocky grin. "Hey, Robin," he greeted, planting a quick kiss on her lips- he was tempted to deepen the kiss, but was sure Epiphany was lurking behind something, just waiting to smack him upside the head and give him a lecture about proper behavior between doctors and other staff members in a hospital- and Epiphany's wrath was never pretty.

"Elizabeth?" Noah asked, filling Liz's name with an entirely different question. He was really asking if it was okay to tell Robin that Elizabeth was his daughter. Truthfully, he wanted to shout it to the world, but he'd be happy just telling his friends and… oh, say, the rest of Port Charles.

When Liz gave him a sweet smile- the smile that most reminded him of Mattie- and a quick little nod, Noah turned to Robin and said, "Robin, why don't you come sit down for a moment- Patrick, Elizabeth, and I have something we would really like for you to hear." He motioned for the waiting area several feet away.

Curious and intrigued, Robin submitted to Noah's request and the little group made their way to the area. They each took a seat- Noah was pleased to see Patrick seated between Robin and Elizabeth. He took a moment to imprint the sight into his memory- he never wanted to forget this moment. This, he thought to himself, was his family- he knew that Robin and Patrick loved each other and was sure that one day the two would be married. When he was sure he had every little detail right in his head, he began to speak.

"Robin, when Patrick was about two, Mattie and I found out we were going to have another child. We were all so excited about the baby- even Patrick. He was so happy he was going to be a big brother," Noah told Robin, noticing the way that Robin's hand sought Patrick's- she knew that, since neither Patrick nor Noah had ever spoken about the baby, something must have happened and wanted to offer Patrick whatever comfort she could so many years later. That was one of the things Noah loved about Robin- the way she seemed to want to protect Patrick from pain and heal his wounds.

"And then our baby girl was born- Mattie and I were so proud and couldn't wait for Patrick to meet the sister he'd so anxiously waited for. Before he ever got the chance, though, we were told that our daughter had died." He glanced at Elizabeth, and Robin caught the tenderness that filled his gaze before he looked back to her and continued. "As it turns out, Jeff and Amanda Webber's daughter, Elizabeth," he nodded in Liz's direction for emphasis, "was born in the same hospital on the same day."

Robin took a deep breath and held it, waiting hopefully for Noah to tell her that, somehow, this story had a happy ending. It seemed so improbable, but the way he and Patrick and Elizabeth kept looking at each other… Was it possible? If her parents had come back from the dead, then couldn't his and Mattie's baby? She found herself enthralled by the possibility and silently begged for the words she most wanted to hear right then.

"Jeff and Amanda found out that Elizabeth wasn't their biological daughter ten years ago- which is why they cut-off all communication with her," Noah said, angry with the people that had raised his daughter for being so heartless- after all, they had raised her. It shouldn't have been that easy for them to forget they had another daughter, but it seemed to him that's exactly what the snobbish Webbers had done. "And today, Sarah Webber told Elizabeth why."

Robin felt like a little kid again, listening to one of her dad's stories and waiting for the ending. Patrick and Noah deserved the peace that having that little girl back- even all grown-up- would bring them, and she liked Elizabeth. She was a sweet, kind-hearted young woman who loved people with all she had in her. She would be a welcome addition to the Drake family, Robin was sure.

"Elizabeth is Izzy- mine and Mattie's daughter, Patrick's little sister," Noah said with a smile that reached his eyes and a small chuckle of joy he was helpless to contain.

Izzy, Robin thought, immediately thinking about Patrick's nickname for Elizabeth- that explained the look of longing he got when Patrick used the nickname. Robin hadn't noticed until Elizabeth had asked her about it one day, but after that, it had seemed impossible to miss. But, like Elizabeth, that was one thing she had never pushed Noah on.

Robin let out a small cry of joy, glad that things had, in fact, turned out so well. She turned to Patrick, who was smiling just as broadly as his father. "I am so sorry that you had to go through that," she told him, her eyes reflecting her love for him, "but I am so glad that you have your sister back."

Patrick nodded, pleased beyond words that Robin was taking this so well. He knew that Robin and Elizabeth got along. The relationship, he knew, had formed out of both women's incredible capacity for love- despite the walls they had both built around their hearts- and had been strengthened when Robin's ex-boyfriend and now relatively good friend Jason Morgan had told her that he was in love with Elizabeth. Robin- who had returned to Port Charles after a ten-year absence to save Jason's life- had been thrilled by the news that Jason had managed to open his heart again and find happiness. That moment had served as a sort of bridge for Robin and Jason, and they'd started to move beyond the past and the pain.

Robin rose and hugged first Patrick and then Noah. "You and Patrick helped convince me to give my dad another chance to be my dad," she told Noah, a tender smile gracing her lips, "and I have watched you and Patrick make the same decision about each other. I'm glad that you two have Elizabeth, now, too."

With that, she turned to her friend and embraced her as well. "And I am so glad that you finally have the family you deserve- the over-bearing and obnoxious but well-meaning big brother and the father that will love you no matter what and always want only the best for you- and that Cameron and any children you and Jason may have together will have the uncle and grandfather they deserve."

Both Elizabeth and Robin had tears in their eyes when they pulled away from each other- neither seeming to notice that Noah and Patrick's eyes held a suspicious glistening to theirs, as well, because Robin's eyes had gone wide as she'd felt the barely noticeable bump on Elizabeth's stomach when she'd hugged her. "Are you-?" The question didn't need to be finished because Elizabeth nodded and said, "Uh-huh," which led to even more hugging and crying and some laughing between the young doctor and nurse.