I am so sorry for how long it took me to update this story! I absolutely hate Britt (obviously) and I was getting sick of the nurses ball storyline so I'm leaving it out of the story. I am going to continue this one providing it gets some feedback and I hope to take it further into Patrick and Sabrina's future. I was also thinking about changing the rating to "M"…for the next chapter ;) Please let me know what you think about that and if you would still read it if I do. The update should be up very shortly either way! Thank you so much for reading and I appreciate all of the reviews/follows/favorites more than anything.
PS: I cupboards full of candles but sadly no rights to anything General Hospital.
Sabrina was scared to turn around. Her mind was going like crazy. How did she always manage to get herself into these awkward situations? Why does Dr. Westbourne even care if she fixed herself up? More importantly how long had Patrick been standing there? She didn't say anything wrong but she knew that Britt did.
Slowly Sabrina turned around and faced Patrick. Her eyes were still slightly filled with tears and one was even sinking down her cheek. For the first time in her life, Sabrina didn't know what to say. There really was nothing she could say because at this point because the conversation was between Britt and Patrick. They all knew that Patrick finally overheard how nasty Britt could be. Sabrina just stared at Patrick waiting for him to either make an excuse for Britt or scold her or something of the sort but he didn't do any of that.
"You…look…stunning. I mean. Sorry. You always look gorgeous. I'm not trying to be inappropriate but wow. Beautiful." He was rambling and she liked it so who was she to interrupt? She just waited for him to finish, noticing that this is how he must feel when she rambles to him almost every time they talk. "What's the occasion?" Patrick finally asked her and smiled, it was obvious that he was relieved he finally stopped talking.
"Thanks Patrick. That's sweet of you but I just did what I should do every day. No special occasion. Just a little bit of time into my appearance. Elizabeth did my hair for me too." Sabrina told him and even through all of her make-up he could see her cheeks flush over in red.
"It looks really…really good." He was staring and Sabrina knew it. "You know, you should come show Emma tonight. She'd love to see you all dolled up li-" He started but was interrupted by Britt's furious scream and the way she threw the chart she was carrying to the ground. He looked over just in time to see her furiously stomp away and into the elevator. She pressed the button furiously until the doors slammed shut.
"Dr. Drak-Patrick…I didn't mean to get you in trouble with Dr. Westbourne. I am so sorry…" Sabrina offered him but he wasn't having it. "I can't get in trouble with Dr. Westbourne because we decided to stop seeing each other last night. Well, I decided to stop seeing her and she told me she'd change my mind but I really don't see that happening. Especially…now." He laughed at the awkwardness of the situation but mostly at Britt's embarrassing behavior.
She didn't respond to him but just stood there smiling at him and he did the same. It was like they didn't need to speak to know what the other was thinking. Elizabeth's voice broke the silence. Neither one of them even saw her standing off to their side.
"So to recap, Sabrina will be over after her shift tonight to see Emma. We have to go now Patrick." Elizabeth giggled as she grabbed Sabrina's hand and dragged her into the bathroom with her. The door barely closed behind them before Patrick heard Elizabeth squeal and Sabrina wasn't far behind her.
She threw her arms around Elizabeth and they started jumping up and down. Neither one of them thought his reaction would be that strong. It was obvious to Elizabeth that Patrick had a thing for Sabrina before her makeover even though Sabrina didn't believe her. She'd often catch him watching Sabrina chart at the nurses station and she didn't think even he realized how often he would bring her up in conversation.
"Girl, you've got a date with Patrick DRAKE tonight!" Elizabeth sang, using her fingers to fix Sabrina's hair.
"It isn't a date! I'm going to see Emma…" Sabrina argued before noticing Elizabeth just staring back at her with one eyebrow cocked up in the air.
"I love you Sabrina, but sometimes you are so clueless. Emma is the excuse to get you over there. Wake up! Sure you want to see Emma and she loves you, she'll love seeing your new hair. But Emma's daddy wants to see more of you than Emma does…if you know what I mean." Elizabeth laughed and again Sabrina's face melted into a deep shade of rouge.
"My shifts over and you've got what, half an hour?" Elizabeth questioned her. "Yeah a little less, especially now that Dr. Westbourne stormed out for the day." They both laughed.
"How about we go downtown and find you something hot to wear tonight?" Sabrina's jaw dropped open and she couldn't help but get excited.
"That sounds amazing Elizabeth. You are such a great friend, I don't know what I'd do without you. I really don't." Sabrina hugged her again. It was obvious they were becoming really good friends.
They thought they were alone until one of the bathroom doors opened and Molly Lansing walked out. "Molly… We didn't know you were in here. How have you been?" Elizabeth questioned her. She had met her a couple times through Jason and but mostly when she ran into her and T.J. at Kelly's. She knew Molly was a good girl.
"I've been great. I wrote a novel that I'm trying to get the rights to." Molly said and then started rambling to herself. Both Liz and Sabrina were a little confused as to why Molly needed the rights to her own novel but they let it go, though confusion covered their faces. Molly interrupted her own rambling when she finally noticed that she didn't know the girl Liz had been talking to.
"I'm Molly… and you're..?" Molly questioned. "Oh, jeez that was so rude of me. This is my friend Sabrina, Molly. She's a student nurse here at General Hospital." Elizabeth told her.
"It's really nice to meet you. I love your hair so much. It's beautiful, it's so thick and long. It totally reminds me of how I've always pictured Diana Berry's from Anne of Green Gables. You know, if hers was soft and shiny and gorgeous." She complimented and reached her hand up to feel it.
"That is so nice of you! I absolutely love Anne of Green Gables, it's one of my most favorite novels." Sabrina returned.
"Mine too. Well that, and Emma. And Wuthering Heights. I really love Moby Dick though. I'm not sure actually. There's just something about the classics. The love stories…they're so different from the normal ones in today's culture."
Elizabeth was listening to Molly and couldn't help but notice how alike Molly and Sabrina were. Maybe they were related in some way. Crazier things had happened in Port Charles, that's for sure.
After a long couple hours of shopping finally found everything Sabrina needed for a fun night over at Patrick's house with him and Emma. Elizabeth wished her luck as Sabrina jumped out of her Explorer and waved bye.
"I'll text you later and let you know how it went!" Sabrina hollered from her door. Liz waved and pulled back out onto the busy street.
Sabrina didn't really have too much to do to get ready, she still looked pretty put together from earlier that day somehow. She touched up a little bit of her make-up and sprayed on a touch of the Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb perfume that she bought earlier. It smelled so good, it was hard to just put a small dab on. She changed into the yellow summer dress and blue cardigan they picked out. It was something she wouldn't normally wear. It was understated but classy and casual at the same time.
A little over an hour later she pulled into his driveway. By the time she gathered her purse and the necklace she bought for Emma from Pink Moon in downtown Port Charles with Elizabeth, she saw them both open the front door. Emma ran down the stairs and gave Sabrina a huge hug. Sabrina bent down and lifted her up. She gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"You smell so good Bina. You got new hair too! Where did all your curls go?" Emma asked.
"I just straightened it. My curls will be back soon but now my hair looks straight and shiny like yours!" Sabrina told her and Emma played with it.
"It is so pretty. Daddy do you like Sabrina's hair?" Emma asked and Patrick looked down at her. "I do. It's really pretty isn't it? But Daddy liked it before too, just like you did." He told her.
"Sabrina will you stay for dinner? Can she Daddy? We can watch Tangled too." Patrick stole Emma from Sabrina and told her yes, if Sabrina wanted to.
"That sounds like so much fun Emma." Sabrina laughed at her enthusiasm. They both followed Emma into the house.
"How about we order pizza for dinner tonight?" Patrick came back into the living room where the girls were sitting, holding his cell phone and a flier from Johnny's Pizzeria.
They both agreed pretty quickly. "Emma, you just want just cheese right?" Patrick asked and Emma nodded while barely taking her eyes off of Rapunzel. Both Sabrina and Patrick laughed a little bit at her addiction to the movie she'd already made both of them watch at separate times more than they could count on both hands.
"Sabrina, I was thinking about deluxe… pepperoni, bacon, hamburger, mushrooms, onions, yellow peppers, black olives…but I will get you anything you want on your side." He laughed, Robin only ever wanted cheese and pepperoni and Britt refused to eat pizza on fear of getting fat. "Actually, I like deluxe too… minus anchovies of course." She joked and Patrick was thrilled at her comfortable she seemed and how low-maintenance she was… anchovies were too gross, even he agreed that that was too far.
It wasn't twenty minutes later and their pizza was there. Patrick and Emma ate at a normal pace but Sabrina scarfed down three pieces. She didn't notice they were both staring at her until she was done eating. Emma looked amused and Patrick was in shock but in a good way.
"Um, I just realized I didn't eat all day. I was starving. Sorry." Sabrina laughed awkwardly and took a sip of her red wine he poured her.
"Don't be sorry. It's nice to finally see a woman eat some real food." He tried to offer her another piece but even she was too full for that. Patrick ate three pieces too and Emma ate two.
After she was done eating Emma scooted back up onto the couch from the floor where she was sitting. Tangled ended and she wanted to watch just one more movie before going to bed. They put Brave in and as soon as Merida came on screen Emma told Sabrina she reminded her of Merida.
"Because I cursed my family?" Sabrina and Patrick laughed. Kids really do say the craziest things. "Nooo Bina, because you're my favorite like her and you are strong like her." Emma told her. It was adorable and then she added, "And your other hair." And everyone cracked up.
Emma laid her head on Sabrina's lap and Patrick pulled Emma's feet up onto his. Sabrina was playing with Emma's hair until Emma fell asleep. To her surprise Patrick's arm went over the arm of the couch behind her and then a few minutes later landed just a few inches away from Sabrina's hand. She tried with every ounce of power she had not to burst into a smile and grab his hand. She had to play it cooler than that. After all this was their first time…doing this. Whatever this was.
Sabrina's attention finally drifted back the movie. She had seen it before when babysitting her nieces and knew it was maybe halfway over. They were at the part Merida returned back to the castle. She was waiting for the part where her mother turned into the bear when Patrick's hand slipped into hers. A smile crept onto her face and she still stared right at the screen in full on smile. It was dark in the living room but eventually she glanced over at Patrick. He had a grin on his face that she had never seen before. She loved it. She loved how warm his hand was and how he seemed to genuinely care for her too. They sat like that for the rest of the movie until Patrick scooped Emma up and made the long track up the stairs to put her to bed.
He came back downstairs and Sabrina was sitting in the same place waiting for him. The living room was dark except for the glow of the blue screen from the tv. He didn't say anything then either, he just scooped her up, threw her over his shoulder and went back up the stairs.
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