Robin Scorpio and Patrick Drake have been best friends since the two were in diapers. Little did Patrick know, Robin had a crush on them since they entered middle school. Robin dated a couple of guys during high school and college like Stone, Jason, and Nikolas. Patrick never really understood why he became overprotective when she would have a boyfriend. Robin has returned back to Port Charles and Patrick begins spending all of his time with Robin. Leyla dumps him after becoming jealous. What happens between Robin and Patrick when Robin winds up pregnant after a drunken night?
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For the last couple of hours, Robin couldn't stop thinking about the words that Liz said.
"Well, believe it. I don't care how stubborn you are, but Dr. Patrick Drake is in love with you, Robin, and I think that deep down inside, you love him too, Robin."
Sitting down on the couch while Patrick was getting their food from Metrocourt, Robin couldn't help but wonder if Liz was right. Did she really have friends romantically? Never in her life did she ever think of Patrick that way, but the more she thought about it, she remembered the times he'd flirt with women at the hospital, and she would instantly become jealous. She didn't know what that meant until now. Still, she was having his child, so it could have been something stupid.
Robin knew that if a couple nurses knew about her being pregnant, they would only become suspicious, wondering if she did plan this pregnancy. Honestly, Robin didn't care what they would think. She was sharing a home with Patrick where they weren't. A small smile came to her face when she would imagine that whiny nurse, Leyla, screaming her head off when she would find out she was carrying Patrick's baby, as well as living with him. God, she couldn't wait to see that look.
Robin moved over to the window, looking out into the night sky, loving how peaceful New York looked for the first time since she had become pregnant. Things were only starting to look brighter and that smile on her face only determined just how happy she truly was.
For a moment there, Robin seriously forgot that Patrick and her were best friends that grew up together, and she wouldn't change that. They had so much history together and she wouldn't give that up for anything. No matter how much drama that would possibly happen over the next few months, Robin and Patrick would always be best friends.
For only two months pregnant, Robin was so relieved that her morning sickness hadn't taken its toll on her, but she knew that sooner or later, things would get worse. For Robin, it would be well worth it. Of course she wanted to keep her food down but this baby meant everything to her. Patrick told her that he was going to pamper her, and as nice as that sounded, Robin only hoped he wouldn't be at her side every moment of the day. Robin didn't need him to drive her crazy.
A smile curved at the corners of her lips, remember that her father thought that Patrick and her had fooled her father that they were together. It was priceless when he freaked out when he found out that she was pregnant. What made her smile was when her father found out that Patrick was her baby's father.
Robin wasn't even sure why she couldn't stop thinking about Patrick. Sure, things with them only got interesting, especially for Patrick, but she hoped that by living with Patrick would be worth it. The last thing she needed was to lose her best friend but Robin Scorpio was madly and utterly in love with her best friend and head neurosurgeon, Dr. Patrick Drake.
As she heard the front door open, she felt her cheeks redden, especially when she took a whiff of the cologne that he had put on. Cool Water. She remembered when she bought him a bottle for his birthday a couple weeks ago. He had told her that he had never worn anything and that he found the bottle of cologne to be very interesting to look at.
Her body tensed up a bit when she felt his body come behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, one of his hands settling on her firm stomach. She loved the way his hand always touched her stomach. When Lucky and her father had helped Patrick move her things in, Patrick just couldn't seem to pull his hand away from her stomach, and that only brought a smile to her face.
"Hey you, how are you feeling?" Patrick asked into her ear, stroking her belly gently. "I'm sorry for being so late too. I ran into Carly and Jax."
Robin frowned at the mention of Carly's name. She should have known that Carly would have found out about her pregnancy sooner or later.
"Oh?" Robin asked, lifting her head as she looked up at Patrick. "What happened between the three of you?"
"Actually, surprisingly, Carly wanted to congratulate you on your pregnancy, and she wants to see you tomorrow, Robin," Patrick told her, stroking her belly lightly.
Robin sighed softly. "Why? What does she want with me now?"
Patrick spun Robin around, pushing her chin up. "Do you want me to go with you, Robin? I mean, I know Carly and you haven't always been on the best terms."
Robin simply shook her head. "No Patrick, I'll be fine. I am pretty positive it's just something stupid that she wants to talk to me about. Jax is most likely going to be there. You just go to work tomorrow while I visit Carly tomorrow, all right?"
"Well, if you're so sure," Patrick said, grabbing her hand, leading her to the table. He pulled out a couple of containers. One had a jumbo salad, one had some Alfredo Fettuccini, another had some chicken parmesan, one had crab legs, another had some steak, yellow rice, and mixed vegetables, and the last had pork chops, white rice, black beans, and potato salad. The last container had two pieces of cake. One was a cheesecake with Oreo's in them and then another was a chocolate cake with white icing on top. "I didn't know what you were able to eat. Carly helped me out on what to get."
Robin smiled, grabbing the one with the chicken Parmesan, grabbing the fork and knife Patrick handed her. "I must say that everything looks quite delicious, Patrick. I will have to thank Carly."
"Hey!" Patrick frowned at her. "I chose the desert, Robin. Aren't you going to thank me?"
"Sure, I guess I could give you thanks," Robin said with a small smile on her face.
Before Robin realized what she was doing, Robin's lips had crashed themselves on Patrick's. For some reason, it felt like the most naturalist thing to do right now. Suddenly, her world began to crumble when Patrick pulled away, and she felt all of her energy leave her small, fragile body.
"Uh… Robin, I didn't really mean it like that. What… are you doing?" Patrick asked, looking at Robin.
"I… I got to go," Robin said, immediately standing up to her feet.
"Wait Robin, don't go. Please don't. We need to talk about why you kissed me."
"No," Robin said on the verge of tears, which were threatening to spill from her eyes. "I'm sorry, Patrick, but I got to go."
Robin shook her head at Patrick and took off, running to Liz's and Lucky's house, while Patrick just stared at the door. He didn't understand why she ran from him. He decided that maybe she needed some time to herself right now.
Robin, please don't do anything you're going to regret.
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Robin approached the Spencer house and sighed. She saw that Lucky and Liz were having a romantic night, dancing with each other in the family room, while Cameron was fast asleep in his room. She just couldn't bother them tonight. As she walked away from their house, she started to walk towards Lainey and Kelly's place where she would sometimes spend her nights. Those two friends of hers were so good to her.
"Robin?"
Robin sighed when she turned her head, seeing Jason and Sam, and she knew that she looked like a horrid mess, especially with this semi bulge on her belly. She forced a smile on her face as she looked at the two. She remembered when Sam came to her when Jason had been shot and Patrick and her had saved Jason's life.
"Oh, hey, you guys," Robin said, placing her hand on her belly maternally, like to protect her baby, but she knew her baby wasn't in any harm.
"Robin, what's wrong?" Sam asked, while Jason led the three of them to a table outside of Kelly's.
As the three of them sat down after Jason helped both girls sit down, Robin frowned, looking at the two, and then looked at the bulge in Sam's belly, who was about six months along.
"It's nothing, really. I should just go," Robin sighed, beginning to stand up, but Jason grabbed her hand to stop her from leaving.
"Robin, come on," Jason said, giving her a stern look. "What's going on?"
"It's really not good for you to be angry and pregnant, Robin. Congratulations by the way," Sam said, giving her a sympathetic smile on her face. "We just want you to be happy, Robin."
Robin shrugged her shoulders, rubbing her stomach. "Thank you, Sam, but I just don't think that my life will ever be the same, especially what I just did a few minutes ago. There is just no way that things will ever be the same for Patrick and me."
"Patrick?" Jason asked with a raised eyebrow. "What… what does he have to do with this?"
"Jason," Robin sighed, looking down at the ground, and then looking up at the two of them. "Patrick's the father of my child."
Jason's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "What? How… when?"
"Too much information, Jason," Sam laughed, placing a hand on her fiancé's leg.
"Well, basically what happened was, we were both having problems, and we drunk a little bit too much champagne, and well, I couldn't be happier. I am going to have a beautiful baby boy or girl," Robin said with a shrug of her shoulders. "I just wish that I hadn't messed everything up."
Jason looked at his ex-girlfriend, who was also one of his good friends. Robin was someone he could turn to if he was having problems with Sam if Carly wasn't around or just someone he could hang out with.
"What do you mean, Robin? What happened?"
"Patrick and I are living together. He wants to there by me for every moment of my pregnant, so he asked me move in with him, and things were going great. He got me dinner, which Carly helped him choose which foods would even be good for me. Well, he told me that Carly wants to meet me tomorrow," Robin sighed as she took a deep breath. "Well, I told him I was going to thank Carly for the delicious food. Well, he asked me where his thanks was, and that's when I kissed him. Now, here I am."
Sam frowned at Robin, not liking where this went. "I'm terribly sorry what happened, Robin."
"Me too," Jason said with a sigh.
"Don't be. It's my own problem. I shouldn't have kissed Patrick. Now, I have that image of Patrick's face looking at me."
Robin felt the tears stinging at her eyes and she rolled her eyes as she watched Leyla and Andy walk by, holding hands. She just didn't understand Leyla Mir. First, she was after Patrick, and now, she was with Andy, who she knew that Kelly liked. Shrugging her shoulders, she said her good-byes to Jason and Sam.
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Patrick frowned heavily, while pacing the family room back and forth. It had been an hour and a half since he had felt Robin's lips against his. He touched his lips, still feeling the tingling motion of their lips in a passionate lip lock. God, it had been amazing, and he wished that she had let him tell her how he had felt.
He decided to give Liz and Lucky a phone call. It was his only shot of what to do or find out where Robin was.
"Hello?"
"Hey Liz, have you seen Robin?" Patrick asked with a frown, leaning back against the couch when he took a seat.
"No Patrick, what's wrong?"
Patrick groaned as he told her what happened. "I fucked up, Liz. As badly as I wanted that kiss, I at least wanted to explain myself. We've been best friends for years, and the thought of losing Robin as my best friend, it terrifies me."
Liz sighed, looking over at Lucky, who was holding her in his lap. "Oh Patrick, have you tried calling her phone or looking for her?"
Patrick licked at his bottom lip nervously. "I've called her but I haven't searched for her." He then watched the front door open where Robin walked inside. "I'll call you later. She's home."
"Good luck, Patrick," Liz said before she hung up the phone.
"Robin," Patrick began but he watched her go to bed.
"I'm going to bed, Patrick."
Before Patrick could even say a word, Patrick watched her shut her door behind her, and he guessed that maybe she just needed some time alone.
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Robin walked into the Metrocourt, her eyes in search of Carly. She had called thirty minutes ago to make sure she was here and she was told that Carly was doing a couple of errands and would meet her soon. Ever since her ignoring Patrick, Robin was very quiet. She just prayed that Carly wouldn't notice her.
One of the servers saw her and led her to a table where Carly was seated.
"Hey Robin, I'm really glad you could make it."
Robin nodded her head as she took a seat down in the chair across from Carly, wondering why Carly wanted to talk to Carly. "Yeah, Patrick told me you needed to talk to me."
Carly noticed that she seemed in deep thought, and she also noticed that she looked a little stressed, but she'd ask her about that later.
"I've asked you to lunch today because I want to apologize, Robin."
Robin raised a brow at her, being totally loss. "What? Apologize?"
Carly laughed a little bit but then became serious. "Yes, I know it seems that I would want to apologize, but I feel like I am a teenager when we fight. I know it's my fault, but I've actually been jealous of you, and I just took it out on you, Robin. I just don't think that we should be fighting anymore, especially since you're pregnant, which is why I want to say congratulations."
By now, Robin had tears streaming down her face, as this was something she'd never ever hear Carly say, and she was thankful to what Carly was wanting to do.
"Carly, I--- I don't know what to say. I've dreamed of this day where we could put all of our hate, and to just start off fresh. I just never imagined that it would ever come true. Are you doing this for the baby I am carrying, Carly, or are you honestly wanting to start fresh because you want to?" Robin asked, letting one hand fall to her flat stomach.
"I think that with you carrying this baby, it'd be best if we weren't enemies. At first, I wanted to do it for just the baby, but when I saw Patrick, who was looking extremely happy, I wanted to do this for all of us. Besides, I know that Sonny would want this… for us to get along," Carly said with a small smile on her face. "I am not asking for us to be best friends like Brenda and you but it would be really nice for us to be well-mannered and benevolent towards each other."
Robin wiped away the tears from her face with the back of her hand. "Oh wow, Carly. I'm sorry for being so emotional. My mood swings are off the charts."
"No, it's fine. It's all with the pregnancy territory. So… what do you say?"
Robin opened up the menu to see what she wanted, and she looked up at Carly, flashing her a smile. "I say let's not be enemies anymore, Carly. It will do everyone a lot of good, especially Sonny, Jason, Jax, and Patrick a lot of time with our fighting."
"Great, so if you don't mind me asking, how's your pregnancy going?" Carly asked, noticing that Robin was practically glowing right now. "You look happy. Are you?"
Robin closed her menu after deciding what to get. "Well, I am happy on some part. I never imagined that I would ever be carrying my best friend's baby or that he'd ever want a part in this. I actually thought he was going to hate me and not want to speak to me ever again, Carly, but he wants everything to do with this pregnancy, which makes me so happy."
"We all thought that, Robin, but I think this might be a wake up call for him…"
"A wake up call?" Robin asked, looking over at Carly. "What do you mean?"
Before Carly had a chance to say anything, a waitress came over to take their orders. Carly ordered a chicken salad with a raspberry ice tea. Robin ordered some baked chicken, which had yellow rice, steamed vegetable, and she ordered a small salad to the side. She also ordered a glass of water, along with a glass of pink lemonade.
"Well, when Jax and I saw Patrick the other night, Patrick was ecstatic over this baby. He wanted nothing more than to give you the royal treatment of being pregnant," Carly started, taking a sip of the glass of water she already had out. "Robin, Patrick Drake loves you."
Robin frowned at Carly's words, shaking her head. "No, he doesn't Carly. I don't know why I am telling you this, but when I kissed him, he pulled away, and he had this look on his face. Patrick doesn't love me and he never will, either. As much as I can wish, he doesn't."
"How do you know that?"
"I just do, Carly. Patrick Drake and me have been best friends since we were kids. He wouldn't want me to be his girlfriend like Leyla was. Hell, this baby was conceived out of a drunken night with Patrick and me having a bit too much to drink," Robin sighed, rubbing her temples a little bit.
"All I am saying is usually that guys that are best friends with a woman, they don't become excited like Patrick is about this baby, Robin," Carly said with a smile on her face. "He loves you but he's just scared to tell you that. Why do you think that Leyla broke up with him?"
"Well, we were spending a lot of time together," Robin concluded, looking at Carly. "You really think that he feels that way?"
"Robin, everyone can see the way he touches you, holds you, or just stares at you," Carly said as she moved her glass out of the way when their food arrived. After the waitress placed their food down in front of them, Carly just flashed her a smile. "He loves you, girl, and he's just probably working on the courage to kiss you again. He probably wants to make it so much better than the kiss you guys had last night."
Robin took a bite of her chicken and she simply shrugged her shoulders. "I hope you're right, Carly. I just don't want to get my heart broken again."
Carly frowned, knowing she was talking about Jason. "I know and I'm sorry about that."
"I know, Carly. I know."
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Robin walked off of the elevator, looking around to see where Patrick was. Since he wasn't at the Nurses Station, she knew he wasn't in surgery since she had talked to Liz over the phone. A smile came over her face when she saw Patrick walk into the locker room.
Waiting a few minutes, Robin then made her entrance, and she saw that Patrick was sitting on the bench with his head in his hands. At that sight, Robin pouted, hating it when he was stressed out.
"What's the matter?" Robin asked, leaning back against the wall, just staring at him.
When Patrick heard her voice, Patrick just smiled up at her. "Oh, hey, Robin, how was lunch with Carly?"
Robin smiled when she took a seat next to Patrick, placing her hand on his back. "It wasn't bad like I thought it was going to be. She doesn't want to be enemies anymore, which is really nice."
"Wow, that's great," Patrick grinned, which showed off his dimples.
"I need to talk to you if you have the time?" Robin asked with a serious look upon her face.
"Yeah, I always have time for you," Patrick said, wondering what she had going on in her head.
"It's about last night, actually," Robin said as she looked up at him. "It's actually why I kissed you."
"Robin, you don't need to explain---"
"No Patrick, I want to. Please just let me get this out, all right?"
Patrick simply nodded her head. He couldn't but help but to wonder what she had to tell him. She seemed really adamant about telling him whatever it was that was on her mind.
"For the longest time, all I ever wanted was to be your friend, well your best friend, actually. You were so good for me, especially during that time when I thought my parents were dead and the same for me when I was there when your mother died, Patrick. When I saw that you were dating that nurse at the hospital, everyone thought that I was jealous of the way you touched her, kissed her, or even held her hand. I thought that they were crazy, but those best friend feelings I was having changed when we started to hang out with each other."
"I enjoyed our time together, Robin," Patrick said, looking at her, taking hold of her hands in his, giving her hands a light squeeze.
Robin looked at him and nodded. "Me too, Patrick. I just… don't know. When I became pregnant with our child that we created, I felt like we wouldn't be best friends, and that you would hate me. I mean, we're having a baby, and I couldn't stop but to think that way."
"Oh Robin, I could never hate you no matter what you did," Patrick admitted, cupping her cheek softly, his other hand rubbing her own hand with his thumb. "You're my best friend."
"That's the thing. I want to be so much more than your best friend," Robin admitted, looking down at the tile floor of the locker room. "I want to be your best friend and your--- girlfriend."