After having dinner with Carly and the boys, Elizabeth decided to just stay in Jason's penthouse instead of going all the way back to her studio. Laying in bed, Elizabeth wonders what could possibly be going through Robin's mind. How could she possibly convince herself that Jason will just take her back after everything that happened? Was it confidence or pure stupidity that had Robin returning for a man she claimed to want nothing to do with? Could it be that Robin is so sure of her connection to Jason that she really believes nothing and no one can stand in her way? After talking to Maxie, she really believes that whatever Robin is thinking, the woman is not going down without a fight. A fight that Elizabeth is more than ready to take on.
If Elizabeth were the insecure type, she'd be freaking out by Robin's presence and obvious desire for her boyfriend, but that's not who she is. She doesn't second guess herself and she doesn't play the part of the victim. Not after everything that happened with Richard Lansing. Elizabeth stopped doubting herself a long time ago and no wannabe girlfriend will changed that about her. Elizabeth was sure that Robin thinks she knows Jason, but she doesn't know her. If she thinks that age is relevant in the strength of a person, Robin's going to learn the hard way that age doesn't matter.
So what if she's eighteen? Robin's only twenty years old and it didn't look like the extra two years did any good as far as wisdom goes. A knock on the door downstairs had Elizabeth pulling herself out of bed and making her way to the living room. Within moments of her hitting the last step, Marco stuck his head in.
"Miss Robin Scorpio." Marco said carefully.
Gesturing for him to let her in, Elizabeth couldn't help but wonder what Robin was doing at Jason's penthouse so late. As Marco opened the door, Elizabeth leant against the couch, her arms crossed over her chest as the ex-girlfriend walked through the door. It was clear as day on her face that Robin wasn't expecting to see her there.
"You must be Elizabeth." Robin looked at Elizabeth intently. "I'm...oh wait, Marco already told you who I am."
"I know exactly who you are Ms. Scorpio." Elizabeth pushed away from the couch. "The question being, what do you want?"
"I'm friends with Jason." Robin lied smoothly, too bad Elizabeth wasn't stupid enough to believe that.
"Right. And I'm his mother." Elizabeth countered. "I'll ask you one more time. What do you want?"
"To see Jason." Robin said casually. "I haven't seen him in two years and I just wanted to catch up."
"Tell that to someone who'd believe you." Elizabeth was really growing tired of this. "Let's just skip over the small talk. I know you're Jason's ex-girlfriend. I know what happened between the two of you and I know that you don't have a standing welcome in this penthouse. So, before I tell Marco this visit is over, tell me what you want!"
Robin stood shocked for a moment. Jason wouldn't possibly tell this girl, that has only been in his life a month, their whole story. Its not possible, but there she stood. Acting as if she knew every little detail of their relationship. Going off of faith that Jason didn't really tell her everything, Robin stood her ground.
As Robin tried to decide her next move, Elizabeth is thinking about the woman standing before her. She looked like she was dressed to impress, which meant that she was expecting Jason to be home. It wasn't like they were telling everyone in town that Sonny and Jason left. Only her friends and Carly knew. Not even Emily knows that Jason's out of town, which Elizabeth felt bad about, but they weren't taking any chances.
"I'm here to see Jason." Robin's voice now confident. Treating Elizabeth like a child. "Where is he?"
"I don't see how that's any of your business." Elizabeth countered, seeing that Robin was truly underestimating her. Good. "The last time I checked, you're his ex-girlfriend. A position that holds no merit."
"Look, I just got back to town from Paris." Robin stepped closer to Elizabeth. "I need to talk to Jason, so just tell him I'm here."
"Not that its any of your business, but Jason's not home." Elizabeth snapped. "Do yourself a favor and exit the way you came."
"You think you're so important because you're dating Jason, don't you?" Robin's patience was gone and she just wanted to put Elizabeth in her place. "Jason and I have a connection that will never be broken."
"Is that so?" Elizabeth decided to play along. "What kind of connection would that be?"
"One that not even you can erase." Robin smirked, watching as Elizabeth took that in. "I'll always hold a special place in Jason's heart and you'll see that once he sees me again."
"Wow...you actually believe that, don't you?" Elizabeth shook her head, getting into Robin's personal space. "Listen here little miss perfect, the only place you hold in Jason's heart, is the place where you broke it. Other than that, you mean nothing to him and even less to me. So exit the way you came."
Elizabeth cursed the fact that Jason's right. She is spending a little too much time with Carly. She's even starting to insult people just like her. God help her if she starts to talk like Maxie too.
"You don't know a damn thing about what I mean to Jason." Robin exclaimed. "We love each other! I know he still loves me."
Having enough with this little back and forth, knowing that she couldn't hit the brunette, Elizabeth walked over to the door and pull it open.
"Ms. Scorpio is ready to leave, Marco." Elizabeth stated calmly. "Can you make sure she gets to her car safely?"
"Of course." Marco gestured for Robin to walk out of the penthouse. "Is that all?"
"No. Let the men know that unless Jason or Sonny are here, she's not to be let past the lobby." Elizabeth smirked at the look on Robin's face. "Thank you, Marco."
Before Robin could retort Elizabeth's ability to make such an order, said woman slammed the door in her face. As she stormed away from the penthouse to the elevator, she was oblivious to the smirk on both Johnny's and Ritchie's faces. While Marco escorted Robin down to her car, Johnny took his place at the door to the penthouse.
Once Robin was out the door and in her car, she pulled out her cellphone.
"It's me." Robin said once Emily answered.
"How did it go?" Emily questioned curiously. "Did you get a reaction out of him?"
"No. He wasn't there." Robin snapped, starting her car. "Why didn't you tell me she lives with him?"
"She doesn't." Emily assured. "She stays over sometimes, but she lives in a studio."
"Well she was there tonight and apparently Jason wasn't." Robin groaned, the look in Elizabeth's eyes giving her pause. "We have to come up with another way to get me time alone with Jason."
"I'll figure something out." Emily has no idea how, but she'll try.
The night was sure to be a long one for Brenda when her best friend got home decided that Brenda needed to know everything that went down between her and Elizabeth. Listening to what Elizabeth said to Robin, she found an even stronger respect for the woman. For someone so young, she wasn't intimidated easily. Being with Jason, it was a really good quality to have.
"Look, I'm sorry it didn't go the way you wanted it to." Brenda stood up from her position on the couch. "I have an early morning, can we talk about it tomorrow?"
"Brenda, I thought you were going to help me get Jason back." Robin looked at her questioningly. "So far the only one that's helping me is Emily."
"Emily?" Brenda's eyebrows scrunched up at that. "That's who's helping you? You're asking help from a sixteen year old girl? Why?"
"She's Jason's sister." Robin said like it was obvious. "And she used to be Elizabeth's best friend."
"You know what, I have to get to sleep." Brenda sighed, running a hand through her hair. "Can we talk about this tomorrow?"
"Sure." Robin conceded.
"Great."
Walking into her room, Brenda grabbed her cellphone and called up the only person that she knew could get through to Emily. Whatever Skye was planning, in regard to Emily, had to be stepped up or changed. With Robin in the mindset she's in right now, Emily shouldn't have any part of it. Once she made the call, Brenda called it a night. It was starting to look like return trip home was going to be a very trying one.
The next morning, Elizabeth went over to Carly's house to have breakfast with her, surprised that the boys weren't there. She was quickly informed that the boys had been taken to the park as soon as they woke up. Something about wanting to get there before the other kids.
"So I had a visitor last night." Elizabeth said casually. "You might know her."
"No way." Carly's eyes bulged. "Little miss perfect paid you a visit?"
"I doubt she expected to see me." Elizabeth shook her head. "The way she was dressed...no, she was there for Jason."
"Man, I'd have paid to see her face when she saw you instead." Carly smirked, knowing just what Robin probably looked like. "So what happened?"
"She went from playing the friend card to outright attesting to their everlasting love." Elizabeth laughed at that. "Robin seriously underestimates me. I could tell that she doesn't believe Jason told me everything about their relationship."
"Good. Let her underestimate you." Carly knew all the advantages of being underestimated. "It'll make her downfall even more sweeter."
"Maybe..." Elizabeth was cut off by the sound of her cellphone ringing in perfect unison to Carly's house phone ringing.
Both women couldn't help but laugh as they went to separate sides of the living room to answer their calls.
"I miss you." Elizabeth answered, wishing he was here even more. "Everything okay down there?"
"Everything's fine." Jason assured. "You?"
"Robin came by last night." Elizabeth admitted. "She had a few choice words to say to me when she realized you weren't home."
"What did she say?" Jason managed to say through gritted teeth.
"Something along the lines of, you love her and you have a connection that no one can break." Elizabeth summarized it. "Something about holding a special place in your heart."
Jason took a deep breath, reminding himself that he doesn't hit people smaller than him, even if they deserved it.
"You okay?"
"Don't get me wrong." Elizabeth sat down on the couch. "I got in a few good words too."
"I'm sure." Jason smirked, wishing he could have been there to see that. "I just wanted to let you know we're okay and that I miss you."
"Thanks." Elizabeth glanced over at Carly, who looked happy too. "I'm not sure if I told you, but I have an appointment this afternoon."
"Your semi-annual check up for your heart?"
"Yeah." Elizabeth confirmed. "Its just to make sure everything's okay."
"Do you need me to be there?" Jason questioned, glancing over at Sonny. "I think I can take some time to be there."
"No. Its okay." Elizabeth assured. "I'm used to this by now. I'll let you know how it goes though."
"Okay. I'll call you later and you can tell me how it goes." Jason was starting to really hate being in Puerto Rico. "You're going to be okay."
"I know." Elizabeth laughed softly. "Be safe."
"Always." Jason promised. "Talk to you soon."
Ending the call, Jason turned to look at Sonny.
"What?" Sonny asked as he put his cellphone back into his pocket.
"I need a favor."
Elizabeth spent most of the morning with Carly before heading to the hospital. She had to be there an hour before her appointment so that she could go through the normal routine before she saw the doctor. Getting off the elevator, Elizabeth finds Maxie standing at the nurses' station with Robin and Georgie. Taking a deep breath, Elizabeth walked up to her.
"Hi Elizabeth." Georgie spoke, the first to see her. "How're you doing?"
"I'm okay." Elizabeth smiled slightly. "Its nice to see you Georgie."
"Hey twin." Maxie walked over to hug her. "You here for your checkup?"
"Yeah. Yours is next week right?" Elizabeth ignored Robin's watchful gaze.
"Yeah." Maxie confirmed. "Relax, okay? It's just routine."
"I know." Elizabeth laughed softly. "Robin. Nice to see you again."
"Sure." Robin eyed her intently. "What appointment are you two talking about?"
"Elizabeth's a heart transplant survivor too." Maxie linked arms with her. "Today's her semi-annual checkup."
Robin was taken aback by that. Now she can understand why Maxie is so connected to the woman. Sharing something as unique as having a heart transplant is pretty big. Just when she thinks she's seen it all, the bell to elevator dinged and there was her ex-boyfriend. Elizabeth saw her gaze being directed to the elevators and turned to see Jason walking towards them. Maxie's lips turned into a smirk all the while.
"Hi." Jason said softly, taking Elizabeth's hands in his.
"Hi." she whispered, completely surprised that he was there. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to be here for you." Jason shrugged, taking a deep breath. "Did I make it?"
"You're just in time." Maxie chimed in. "Elizabeth, your room is set for you."
"Thanks Maxie." Elizabeth let go one of his hands so they could follow Maxie to the exam room, both oblivious to Robin's gaped mouth.
"You okay?" Jason asked once they were alone.
"I am now that you're here." Elizabeth whispered, feeling a lot calmer with him there. "I don't understand though...I thought you had to be in Puerto Rico."
"I'm heading back down tonight." Jason reached up and tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear. "I wanted to be here for you."
"Thank you." Elizabeth leant in and kissed him softly.
"Anytime."
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews!
Hope you liked this update. Look forward to Jason confronting Robin in the next chapter.
Till next time...