Chapter 9
It had been a week since she had broken things off with Brad and Robin was still avoiding Patrick. Even though she had come to the realization that she wanted to be with him again, she was scared. Things between them had been almost perfect before, and he had still cheated on her, she wasn't up for getting her heart broken again. Besides she didn't want to put Emma through the ups and downs of seeing her parents together and not together. Either way, she had done the right thing by ending things with Brad. She cared about him too much to let him believe in a future she knew she couldn't follow thru on.
"Hey"
She jumped when she heard Patrick's voice behind her in the locker room, she had been so deep in her thoughts that she hadn't heard anyone come in.
"Hi"
"Everything ok with you? I think you're avoiding me again" he teased and leaned against the lockers
"I broke things off with Brad" she looked at him and rushed on before she lost her nerve "I told him that I needed to see if you and I could work things out for Emma" she hesitated "and for us."
Patrick was ecstatic to hear her say that, but when he looked into her eyes, he could see that she was holding something back and knew that she wanted to say more. Sitting on the bench next to her, he took her hand "Robin, talk to me, what is it?"
"Do you really think we stand a chance Patrick? I mean we were happy right? And look what happened? What makes it so different this time around? What stops us from making the same mistakes?"
He took her face in his hands "I know what it's like to lose you Robin and I never want to do anything to feel that again. It's like someone ripped a part of me away and I've realized that I never want to live without you. I can't promise that everything will be smooth between us all the time, but I can promise you that I will always fight for you and never intentionally do anything to hurt you. I know that you think there are no guarantees in life, but I know there won't be a day I'm alive that I don't love you"
She hadn't realized that she was crying until the tears fell onto her scrubs. "I love you and I always will, nothing will ever change that. I promise to always be there for you and include you. I want you to know that I do trust you Patrick, I trust you with our daughter and I trust you with my heart." She leaned in kiss him softly on the lips.
Elizabeth pushed open the locker room door looking for Robin, when she saw the couple on the bench, Robin sitting in Patrick's lap as he held onto her, she smiled and backed out of the room. Everything was going to be ok.