Author's Note: Many of you have added this as your favorite story and I wanted to say thanks. I also wanted to remind everyone that I do not own ABC/GH or any of the characters. I would be very willing to help GH with the writing anytime they want. Ha-Ha, like they would ever ask! Anyway, thank you!
Jason headed north on Lake Shore Drive to head out of town. The cabin was nearly an hour's drive from town. He had always found it a peaceful drive once you reached the outskirts of town. The roads were mostly deserted and he enjoyed seeing the trees and things growing along the road.
In the passenger seat Robin remained silent. She was still far away in her head somewhere and not really paying attention to what was going on. Jason was concerned of course but he wasn't really worried yet. He wanted to know what she had remembered but reminded himself that he was not going to push her. She would reveal things as she was ready.
He left the radio off so he could hear her if she wanted to talk. Something inside his head told him she would be silent for most of the trip. She was getting her thoughts together and would talk when she had processed things. He didn't know how he knew that, he just did.
Robin turned to look at him when he took his right hand from the steering wheel and reached into his pocket. There was no reaction from her she just watched him until he pulled the cell phone from his pocket and then she returned to looking at the scenery along the road.
Transferring the phone into his left hand, Jason hit speed dial 1 and waited for Sonny to answer his phone.
"Where are you?" Sonny asked as he picked up. "I expected you at the office already."
"There has been a change of plans. I'm headed up to the cabin for the day."
Sonny was silent for a moment. He had never been to Jason's cabin in the woods but he had heard about it. It was the private place where Jason went to think and put things in perspective.
"Something happen?" Sonny asked his friend.
"Robin has never been and today seemed like the perfect time to show it to her."
Sonny nodded. It was starting to make more sense now. Robin must be ready to talk about something and Jason was taking her someplace quiet so they could be assured total privacy.
"Okay. I'll expect to see you sometime tomorrow then unless I hear differently." Sonny stated.
"I need you to arrange for one of the men to pick up Robin's car from Dutton's and drop it off at Mac's."
"Got it." Sonny replied. Now the sudden visit to the cabin made even more sense. Robin had been to the funeral home. He remembered how hard it had been on him when he had gone to see Lily and make the final arrangements for her funeral. He felt really bad for Robin and wished he could help somehow. "I will go and see Frank and take care of the funeral costs."
"I'm going to cover it. Bernie is taking a check over today."
"I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Tomorrow." Jason confirmed and then hung up the phone.
Jason alternated between keeping his eyes on the road in front of him, checking the rear view mirror for tails, and looking over at Robin. They both remained silent for the majority of the drive. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence at all. Jason didn't mind the silence most of the time anyway and Robin had a lot of things on her mind at the moment.
The part that was bothering Jason was the lack of connection he was feeling with Robin at the moment. It was something he could never explain to anyone else and thus had never tried. It was just something he and Robin shared between them. While they had acknowledged the presence of the connection between them they had never really discussed it. They could sense each other's moods and tell when the other was there before they could see them. It was just something they accepted as a psychic connection and they each found it comforting in their own way. He didn't believe in esp. or telepathy or anything like that. It was all nonsense as far as he was concerned. What he and Robin had was a strong bond that had survived their breakups, relationships with other people, and time. Right now that bond was broken and Jason was concerned.
Jason slowed down considerably as he made the turn off the main road. The rest of the way was on narrow, bumpy, dirt roads. It was then that he felt the first flicker of the connection between him and Robin again. She was starting to come back from that place deep in her mind where she had been since he picked her up at Dutton's. He felt the muscles in his neck and shoulders and realized how tense he had been. He felt better now that she was coming back.
"We are almost there," Jason said out loud as he glanced over at Robin. "Just another 15 minutes to the cabin."
Jason settled down into the driver's seat a little more. He could feel himself start to relax and the muscles release some of the tension. It was a good feeling. There was no one else on the road with them and little danger of a serious problem the rest of the way so Jason took his right hand off the steering wheel and let his arm rest on the consul in between him and Robin.
A couple minutes later Jason felt Robin's hand come to rest lightly on top of his. He turned and smiled at her.
"Welcome back," he said simply. She nodded and patted his hand lightly. He spread his fingers open slightly and felt her lace her fingers in the open space. It was a simple and comforting gesture. It felt good.
"It is beautiful out here," Robin stated as she looked around.
"It is." Jason agreed quietly.
When they reached the top of the small hill Jason stopped the SUV for a moment. They both looked down into the wooded area below. Almost hidden from view was a single cabin. Robin looked all around and realized that it was the only cabin as far as the eye could see.
Jason watched Robin take in the scene in front of her. He loved the look of wonder on her face as she realized exactly how much privacy they really had out there. Once she had completed her look around she turned back to him and smiled. He nodded at her and put the SUV back in drive and they eased down the hill. A couple of minutes later Jason parked in front of the cabin.
"It's not a suite at the Metro Court," Jason cautioned as he unlocked the cabin door. He stepped aside so Robin could go in first.
"It's better." Robin announced as she looked the sparsely decorated living room. There was a comfortable looking couch and a couple of Lazy Boy chairs in front of the large fireplace. There was a bookcase with two of the four shelves filled with a wide assortment of books and some magazines. Most of the magazines seemed to be related to motorcycles. It was simple, not pretentious. She loved it immediately.
"The bedroom is upstairs in the loft area." Jason said as he watched her complete her mental tour of the cabin's layout. "The fireplace does a nice job of keeping the whole cabin warm and comfortable."
"I see you have a pool table. Does that mean you have beer in the refrigerator?"
Jason shrugged and nodded. He didn't watch TV when he was home and hadn't seen the need to have one out here. The pool table however had been a priority to him.
"It's perfect!" Robin said with a smile. "It's better than the Metro Court any day."
"Warmer than the boxcar was." Jason said with a laugh.
Robin nodded as she sat down on the couch. It was even more comfortable than it looked.
"I used to love that boxcar. We had a lot of good times there." Robin said as she let herself remember back to when Jason had been living in the box car after trashing his room and moving out of the Quartermaine mansion.
"Most girls wouldn't have liked it that much," Jason said with a smile. "They wouldn't have enjoyed my room over Jake's much better."
"I'm not most girls." Robin told him.
"That's an understatement," Jason replied. "I'm going to get some wood and start a fire."
Robin nodded. While Jason was outside getting the wood Robin went into the kitchen. She made some coffee for Jason and an herbal tea for herself. She knew he wanted to talk about what she had remembered about the night Patrick was murdered. He hadn't pushed the issue yet and she was thankful. He seemed content to let her get there in her own time.
Jason smiled as he came back inside the cabin. He loved the smell of freshly brewed coffee. He opened his mouth to say something to Robin about how she shouldn't have any coffee because of the caffeine but changed his mind. It wasn't his place to say anything. It was her body and she could decide how much, if any, caffeine she wanted to drink during her pregnancy.
A moment later Robin came into the living room and handed him a cup of coffee, black like he always drank it. She settled down on the couch with her cup of herbal tea. Once he had the fire going Jason sat down on the couch next to Robin. With a smile he noted that she had skipped the caffeine and was having herbal tea instead.
'It's time' Robin told herself firmly. She most definitely was not looking forward to this. Seeing Patrick laid out in the coffin had somehow unlocked the memories of the night that she had hidden away in her mind. Now as the memories swirled around her like a tornado, Robin was wishing she hadn't remembered.
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