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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Sitting at a small table at Kelly's with her lemon tea and her plate of food, Robin looked through the baby clothing magazine and a smile came over her face. She was so determined to give Patrick a little girl but she knew that she couldn't choose the sex of her baby. She just hoped that she was having one baby, as she honestly didn't know what she would do with two or more children. Robin giggled, knowing that Patrick would go absolutely insane. After all, this was going to be their very first child together, and the only thing that Robin wanted was for their baby was for it to be healthy. Sure, she wanted a little girl, but even if she didn't get one, she wouldn't be upset if instead they had a little boy.
"Robin, are you okay?"
Robin turned her head and saw Carly approach her with Michael and Morgan by her side. The two boys had really gotten big over the years and Michael was turning out to be like his father more and more , which sort of scared Robin to think about what he would be like as a teenager. She then watched the boys walk over to Mike whereas Carly took a seat across from Robin, grabbing one of the baby magazines.
"Hm? Oh yeah, I'm fine," Robin told Carly, flashing a warm smile on her face at Carly.
Carly smiled. "Really? So, how is your pregnancy going so far, and how's Patrick doing these days?"
Robin gave Carly a smile. After everything the two have been through with hating each other and beating up on each other, Robin liked the fact that the two of them had put their past grudges away. It was really good for her, especially being pregnant with Patrick's child. If they were enemies, she knew that she would be stressing out, and wondering what Carly could possibly be up to.
"Well, my pregnancy is going really well, actually. Patrick and I get to hear our baby's heartbeat for the first time today together as a couple. I just never imagined that Patrick would ever see me anything more than just a friend but we are so much more than friends now," Robin grinned, closing the magazine she had been looking through.
Carly flashed her a grin. "Hearing the baby's heartbeat is always a way to bring a couple together, Robin; and I think that Patrick and you are going to be excited during this special time together. By the way, where is your lovely doctor?"
Robin giggled. "He had an emergency surgery to do and we're going to meet each other at Dr. Lee's office for the ultrasound. He hadn't been able to shut up about it, but then again, he hasn't seen any ultrasounds. I just can't wait to see the look on Patrick's face when he hears our child's heartbeat or even sees our baby, Carly."
Carly smiled, seeing the look on Robin's face. Yep, she was definitely in love with Patrick Drake, and vice versa. It was about time Patrick and Robin hooked up. It was a shame that it had to happen in that amount of time because she got pregnant with their baby over a one-night stand.
"Patrick!" Robin squealed, jumping out of her seat, and then running into his arms, burying her head into his chest. After a moment, she pulled her head away from him. "W-What are you doing here? I thought you had a surgery to do."
Patrick chuckled, caressing her cheek with the back of his knuckles lightly. "I did but my father found out about your sonogram appointment with Kelly. He didn't want me to miss a moment. So here I am, Robin."
Robin smiled as she led him to the table where she had been sitting, allowing him help her sit down before doing so himself right next to her. As she saw the look on his face after looking at her plate, Robin flashed him a grin.
"What? It's really not that bad, Patrick," Robin said with a pout, looking at her food.
On Robin's plate, she had some bread and cheese sticks. On top of the sticks, she had chocolate syrup across it with some spicy, mustard dip. To the side of her sticks, there were some apricots and pineapples, which had a drizzle of chocolate syrup.
"Robin, that's just---ew!" Patrick commented, making a face, reaching for one, but Robin slapped his hand away. "Ouch, what was that for?"
"Don't say ew and then try to take my food away. Besides, you don't take food away from a pregnant woman, and you should know that by now."
Carly laughed softly as she saw the love in both of their eyes. "You know she's right. Never ever take food from a hungry, pregnant woman. It could be fatal in the end."
"Both of you are evil to me," Patrick teased, looking at both Robin and Carly with a playful glare in his eyes.
"Well, you should know better, baby," Robin laughed, looking over at Patrick, taking hold of his hand in hers, finding him to be simply irresistible.
"Well, I need to get going, you two," Carly said, standing up to her feet when Michael and Morgan approached her. As Carly turned to Robin, she looked quickly to Patrick. "Don't hurt her, Patrick."
Before Patrick could even say a word to Carly, she was already walking away from Kelly's with her boys by her side.
Robin laughed softly, popping a drizzled chocolate piece of apricot into her mouth. "Oh, this shall be fun. If you hurt me, I can now go to Carly too, baby?"
Patrick took Robin's hand, kissing it lightly. "Would you really get Carly on me, baby? I was just trying to taste your delicious food. Is that such a crime?"
"Just like Carly said, taking food from a pregnant woman could be fatal," Robin explained, handing him a piece of a cheese stick, which had a little bit of drizzled chocolate on the end.
Patrick took the piece of the cheese stick she handed him and he popped it into his mouth. Making a face at Robin, he swallowed the piece of bread in his mouth.
"Really Robin?" Patrick asked with a raised eyebrow. "This is not delicious at all. What is the matter with you?"
"Oh please! You're the one that likes beef jerky and pigs feet, Patrick. I don't think I should be the one with wrongfully accused taste buds. Plus, I think you need to taste a wider variety of foods," Robin scoffed, glaring at him, and then a few moments later, Patrick flashed her a sheepish grin.
Seeing that look on his girlfriend's face, Patrick looked at the clock and he smiled at her. "Robin, we better get going. We don't want to be late to hear our child's heartbeat, sweetheart."
Robin finished the cheese stick she was eating and looked at the clock. This was a very exciting day and she would not miss it because of her hunger. Besides, Patrick would be taking her out to eat later.
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The two doctors, eagerly watched Kelly as she hooked up the Fetal Doppler to the monitor, so they could hear their son's or daughter's heartbeat as a couple. Excitement filled the room. Robin was so nervous and scared, hoping and praying that things would really be all right with her child. She was mostly scared because her child could possibly carry HIV. They would find out by doing two tests. One test would be when they were born and the other test would be when the child would be at least a year old.
Robin was getting so excited as she watched Kelly hook up the last of the equipment and grabbing the gel beside the monitor.
"Robin, this might be a little cold," Kelly explained, squirting a little bit of the water-based conducting gel over Robin's stomach, and then grabbing the hand-held probe in her hand. "Ready, you two?"
Patrick looked at Robin and vice versa. Both of them nodded their heads when they turned to Kelly. There was no doubt in both of their minds that they were ecstatic. All the two of them wanted was just to have a very healthy baby, especially with Robin's viral load.
Kelly settled the probe against Robin's stomach, not turning on the Fetal Doppler just yet, and Kelly began to point out the parts of Robin's and Patrick's baby, telling them they had a healthy baby.
"So… um, when do we get to hear this little one's heartbeat?" Patrick asked, giving Robin's hand a squeeze before kissing her knuckles gently.
Robin flashed him a grin and then turned her head to look at Kelly. "I told you he was excited, Kelly, but he's right, when do we get to hear our son 's or daughter's heartbeat?"
"Right now," Kelly said as she moved the probe away and flipped the switch of the Fetal Doppler on. After a few seconds, Kelly moved the probe back onto Robin's hard belly where a heartbeat filled the room.
"Oh my," Robin gasped, tears filling her eyes, listening to their baby's heartbeat flooding the room. Never had she heard anything so beautiful. At that very moment, Robin realized that her pregnancy was even more real hearing the clear, vivid sounds of the heartbeat beating faster and faster with every breath they could take.
"That's our baby," Patrick whispered into her ear, tears clinging to his eyes, holding Robin's hand tighter. "That's really our baby, Robin. I c-cant' believe it."
"Your baby," Kelly commented, moving the probe to the right side of Robin's belly, making sure that Robin herself was doing okay.
Robin looked up at Patrick, wiping away those tears that fell from his eyes. Sure, she had seen him cry before, but that had been over some rough and hard times. Never had Robin cried out of joy and she was happy that their baby could make him do that. Robin couldn't help but to wonder what other things this baby of theirs could even make them do.
"Well, everything looks perfectly normal, Robin, but to be safe, I am going to get with Alan, so he could be here for your next appointment in two weeks," Kelly said, turning off the Fetal Doppler. Then, placing the probe back in place before handing Robin some napkins to wipe the gel from her belly, she gave her a warm smile, to give her courage. "I am going to print you guys each a picture and get your DVD ready for you to watch."
Robin nodded her head and she turned to look at Patrick, watching him take the napkins from her hands, wiping away the now warm gel from her belly.
"It was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard," Robin gushed, moving some hair from her face, and then, she pushed some hair from Patrick's hair. He needed a haircut!
"I know, Robin. I can't even form words to express how I feel," Patrick grinned, throwing away the paper towels into the trashcan by his feet. "All I know is hearing her heartbeat, it made things seem more real and clear."
Robin giggled, kissing him softly, and then looking into his eyes. "I am glad that you could be here with me, Patrick."
"I wouldn't be anywhere else, Robin," Patrick smiled and then Kelly walked over to them, handing them each a sonogram picture and then the DVD, which was in an envelope.
"Two weeks, Robin. You can check with Liz to see when your appointment is. If you can't see me that day, reschedule with Liz," Kelly said with a big smile. "I must get going. I have an emergency cesarean section."
Robin and Patrick looked at each other before Kelly left the room. There was no doubt that the two of them were not happy because the truth was, the two of them were even more ecstatic about their child coming into the world.
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Looking up at the clock, she smiled to herself. It was five thirty-five in the evening and she only has thirty more minutes before her shift is over. All Robin Scorpio wanted to do was to curl up on the couch with Patrick's arms around her.
It had been a couple of days since Robin's ultra sound when Patrick and her had heard their child's heartbeat. It still amazed her how loud and vivid it had been. Robin had never heard a heartbeat like that up close, and ever since that day, she couldn't wipe the silly grin off her face. She looked down at her stomach with a smile, wondering when she would be showing, and hoped that it wouldn't be too long. Some people didn't even suspect that she was pregnant. With her being so small, Robin could only hope that her pregnancy wouldn't be too risky. All Robin knew was no one would ruin her happiness.
"Robin, oh my goodness, there you are," Liz gasped, running to Robin, panting. "You have got to stop him. Your boyfriend and best friend has gone absolutely crazy."
Robin lifted an eyebrow, not sure what was going on. All she knew was that Liz looked really paranoid right now. "Liz, what are you talking about?"
"It's Leyla---"
"Where are they?" Robin suddenly asked, placing one hand on her belly.
Liz led Robin down the hall and then into the cafeteria where Patrick was yelling at Leyla.
"Oh my… what happened?" Robin gasped, lifting her head to where Patrick and Leyla were yelling at each other.
"Now, before I say anything, Robin, none of this is your fault," Liz said, looking at Robin, who was rubbing her pregnant stomach, which wasn't bulging just yet, but she knew that the time would come soon.
"Liz, what happened?" Robin asked, running her fingers through her hair with both hands.
Liz popped a piece of gum into her mouth, chewing on it a little bit, and then turned to look at Robin. "Well, Patrick was going on and on about how happy he was about becoming a father. I mean, he was so happy, Robin. He was showing everyone the sonogram picture. Well, apparently, Leyla wasn't over Patrick, and she told Patrick that you--- weren't carrying his child, but another man's."
Robin raised an eyebrow, placing a hand on her stomach protectively, looking down at the ground. Did Patrick really believe that this baby wasn't his?
"He believed her, Liz?" Robin asked, looking at Liz when she lifted her head from looking at the ground.
"No way, sweetie!" Liz gasped, helping Robin take a seat away from everyone in the corner. "When Leyla thought she had called you out, which she didn't, Patrick was offended by her words because he knows you, Robin. You two have been best friends for the longest time, and when she found out about the two of you, and that you were expecting a child, she was upset."
"But w-why? I don't understand," Robin sighed, rubbing her temples, hunching her body a little forward, watching the love of her life and Leyla fighting, and then seeing Dr. Ford haul the two of them out of the cafeteria.
"Because… Leyla was pregnant, Robin. That was why the two of them broke up," Liz finally spit up, licking across her lower lip. "Leyla got an abortion without Patrick's consent."
Robin felt the tears in her eyes fill her eyes and she looked down at the ground. "She was pregnant? Are you sure?"
Liz sighed, rubbing Robin's back gently. "Yes sweetie, she blurted it out when they were fighting, and he didn't even say that she was lying, Robin. Leyla was pregnant with Patrick's child."
December 22, 2007; 5: 15 P.M.
Patrick was smiling from ear to ear and he knew just how perfect his life was becoming the more Robin's pregnancy became a reality. As he walked into the cafeteria while holding the sonogram picture in his hand, he licked his bottom lip as he approached a couple of nurses like Liz, Regina, and Nadine.
"Show us the picture, Patrick," Liz grinned up at her friend, who immediately handed the sonogram picture of the child Robin was carrying in her tiny body.
Patrick was grinning like a fool. "I still can't believe it. That's Robin's and my baby, Liz. Our baby."
Liz was about to say something when Leyla came over to them, snatching the picture out of Liz's hand.
Patrick watched Leyla grab the photo and then ripped it down the middle, shredding it to pieces. Patrick felt his heart shattering to a thousand of pieces.
"Leyla, what the hell?" Patrick growled, stepping forward to her, and placing his hands on his hips. "What's your problem? That was not yours!"
"But it was that bastard child of yours, right? I'm correct, right?" Leyla laughed as she looked at him. "I'm surprised that Robin didn't even tell you."
Patrick was fuming on the inside and he pushed Leyla, making her fall on the ground, making some heads turn. "What the hell did 'Robin not tell me' that you surprisingly know, Leyla?"
As she stood up to her feet, Leyla watched Patrick pick up the pieces of the torn picture, and then shoved them back into his pocket. "Well, that bastard child isn't yours, Patrick. You must be really stupid to think that Robin would want to have your baby of all people. Besides, we should be having that family you desperately want!"
Patrick glared at her, shoving her hard to the floor, towering over her. "You aborted our child and without my consent! I NEVER want to be with someone that would get rid of a child as fast as you did, Leyla. And now, I am having a child with a wonderful woman, Leyla."
"But the baby isn't yours!" Leyla cried out, looking up at him. "I miss you, Patrick! Wouldn't you want the baby that you are carrying to be yours instead of another man?"
Patrick looked at her like she was crazy. "Do you honestly think I am going to believe a single word you have got to say?"
"Why wouldn't you believe me? So what if Robin and you have been best friends since you were kids but we were together, Patrick, and for a very long time. How could you think that I would lie to you?" Leyla sneered, standing up while pushing him away from her.
"You got an abortion without telling me!" Patrick screamed at her, not even bothering to lower his voice.
"Patrick, we weren't in a stabilized relationship, and you know that I am right!" Leyla said with a glare in his eyes. "I know you still love me, anyways, and you will never want me out of your life. At least I knew whose baby I was having!"
Before the two could continue, Dr. Ford came over to them, his hands in his pockets. "What are you two arguing about now? I am about sick and tired of you two fighting. Come with me now."
Hanging his head low, Patrick walked out of the cafeteria towards Dr. Russell Ford's office. He just hoped that Leyla didn't just cost him his job.
Leyla looked at Dr. Ford with a frown. "Dr. Ford, I---"
"Go!" Dr. Ford voice boomed, glaring at her. When he saw she was about to say something, he glared at her, placing his arms across his chest. "Didn't I just tell you to get going? Why can't you just listen?"
Leyla made a whiny noise in her throat before she stormed out the cafeteria with Dr. Ford walking behind her.
December 22, 2007; 6:30 P.M.
Robin still couldn't believe it. Leyla had been pregnant with Patrick's child and he hadn't told her? She was sitting on the bench in front of her locker. It had been fifteen to twenty minutes since she had seen Patrick. She was worried, paranoid, upset, and just confused all around. How could he not tell her about Leyla being pregnant before when they were expecting a little one?
"Robin?"
Lifting her head up, she looked up to see Patrick sitting across from her on the other bench with his hands in his pockets of his doctor coat. He looked as if someone had shredded him to a thousand of pieces.
"What do you want, Patrick?" Robin asked, turning her head away from him.
"I guess you heard about what happened," Patrick sighed, rubbing his temples, continuing to stare at her.
"Oh yeah, I definitely did, but what shocked me was that she was pregnant!" Robin glared at him, standing up to her feet. "I thought you could tell me everything, especially since we're together."
Patrick sighed, moving his hands away from her face. "I honestly didn't want to tell you, Robin."
Robin frowned, taking a seat next to him, taking hold of his hand. "W-Why not?"
"Robin," Patrick sighed, looking down at the ground, as tears filled her eyes. "I started hating Leyla at that moment when she did what she did. Right when she found out she was pregnant, she didn't give me a second to accept it since she didn't tell me she was pregnant until after she gone through with the procedure. How could a woman do this to a man, Robin? I--- I just don't get how heartless Leyla could be…"
Robin was shocked at the words that left his lips and she sighed, looking down at the ground.
"She thinks that I'm not the father of this beautiful baby girl, Robin. Can you believe that she's going to think I am going to believe her words over yours, babe?" Patrick laughed harshly, taking her hand into his, and then giving it a gently squeeze.
Hearing those words, Robin nervously licked across her bottom lip, hating that she hadn't even told him the truth.
"I'm glad that you don't believe her," Robin said, forcing a smile on her face.
"Of course I don't believe that heartless woman, Robin. She lied to me more than once during our relationship," Patrick said, shaking his head in shock that she said that. "I don't like liars and you know that.
Robin nodded her head as she watched a couple of nurses leave the locker room, leaving the two of them alone.
"So, um, how did it go with Dr. Ford?" Robin asked, looking over at him.
"Well, after finding out what Leyla did, we don't have to see her lying face any time soon," Patrick said with a shrug of his shoulders. "He fired her, but since I didn't act professionally by not walking away from her, I'm suspended from work without pay."
"That's outrageous!" Robin exclaimed, standing up, and placing her hands on her hips.
Patrick raised an eyebrow, looking at Robin, pulling her into his lap. "Robin, baby, I think Dr. Ford is being pretty reasonable. What's wrong with you?"
Robin sighed, sliding out of his lap, opening her locker, tears filling her eyes. "I… there's something that you need to know, Patrick."
Patrick walked over to her and saw the tears. "Hey, hey, what's the matter?"
As he wiped the tears from her face, she sighed, looking into his eyes. "Patrick, Leyla's kind of right."
Patrick took a step back. No! She couldn't be right. This baby had to be his. "Robin, what are you talking about?"
"Patrick, this baby--- I don't know who the father is."
Patrick frowned, taking another step forward. "H-How could you make me believe you… after all this time that I was the father, Robin? Was your feelings a trap to get me to believe that you felt something so I could be this kid's father?"
Robin was mortified at his words. "No Patrick, it wasn't like that"
"Tell me one good reason why I should believe you, Robin!"
"Patrick," Robin sighed as a sob broke from her lips. "I---I was raped!"