Robyn hadn't spoken to him since last night, not even a word. She'd been sitting on the doorstep when he pulled the car up outside her house, flanked by her two guardians for the day. They'd acknowledged his presence verbally whereas Robyn had nodded before traipsing over to the car and seating herself inside it. Their drive to the Outreach clinic had been in silence and they were now sitting in the corridor outside Doctor Malone's office waiting for him to see them.

When the door to Doctor Malone's office opened, Robyn jumped up as did Sportacus. Robyn's guardians remained seated; there was no need for them to follow her into the room. Once Robyn had entered, Doctor Malone held out his hand stopping Sportacus in his tracks.

"I think perhaps I should speak to Robyn on her own first. There's something I want to discuss with her before we go on to the task at hand." Doctor Malone said before closing his office door and resuming the chair he'd vacated behind his desk. He laid his hands on the table and spread them as he spoke, "So I'm under the impression that you require a DNA test?"

Robyn nodded, "Yeah."

Doctor Malone sighed and sat back in his chair, "I can see your reasons why but I just want to make sure that you're aware of the implications of this. This is an extremely difficult situation and I worry that should the result be not what you're hoping for, either positive or negative, might exacerbate the current issues that I can see are so very raw for you still. I have concerns about your mental state and no matter what the result it could cause problems for you. It's not something I enjoy doing but let's play devil's advocate for the moment. Let's assume that the test comes back positive and Sportacus is your father, will it not just reopen wounds that have started to heal or deepen them? What if the test comes back negative? You'll still know about Sportacus' exploits with Lily, it certainly wouldn't alter that fact and would you be able to have a workable relationship with him as your Uncle after everything that's happened? Not to mention that you'd be in the dark about the identity of your father who could quite rightly be anyone, perhaps someone who is no longer with us. I have to say that I'm not sure either result is something you could cope with."

"What would you suggest?" Robyn asked her voice bleak.

"Unfortunately, I can't say. If you choose to proceed with this test then I can't stop you, in this situation it's extraordinarily hard to say whether or not to leave things be. As long as you're aware of the fundamental fact that after everything that's happened things will never be the same again regardless of the results there's little I can do to dissuade you."

Studying the tortured girl in front of him for a moment, Doctor Malone sighed and stood up. He opened the door and motioned for Sportacus to enter who did so and sat beside Robyn.

"Now perhaps, Sportacus, we could hear your feelings about this? I've heard Robyn's but I think perhaps she needs to be aware of things from your point of view."

Sportacus licked his lips nervously and took both of Robyn's hands in one of his, gladdened slightly when she made no move to resist. He tucked what hair had escaped from behind her ear back where she liked it to be and looked deeply into her eyes. She was evidently struggling with tears.

"I love you," He choked, his voice full of emotion, "No matter what's happened, what I've done or what you've done I love you. I was so convinced that I was your father I had to tell you that night when you went to walk awa-"

"After you chose Ellen over me!" Robyn spat ripping her hands from Sportacus' and storming over to the window, pressing her forehead to the cold glass. "That night I told you to drop dead."

Sportacus stood slowly; he crossed the floor as he closed the gap between him and Robyn. He cautiously laid a hand on her shoulder, expecting it to be shrugged off but instead Robyn's hand found his and her fingers interlaced with his.

Still full of emotion, Sportacus opened his heart fully. "I can't change what I did; I can't change how disgusted I feel with myself over what happened with Lily. How I let myself fall into her trap but if the result comes back positive I just want you to know that I'm not sorry about the outcome of the night I spent with her when she first came to Lazytown. If it'd never happened you wouldn't be here and I never would have known how proud you'd make me or how much I could love anyone."

"If you loved me so much why did you dump me outside daddy's lair with that note?" Robyn retorted.

Thunderstruck, Sportacus remembered the first time that the issue had come up, when Robyn had punched him to the ground and had to be dragged away. He'd remained on the ground and he'd be certain that for that brief moment before she'd been sedated that it was Lily being dragged away from him, not Robyn.

Sportacus closed his eyes tightly and he lowered his head, "Because I didn't think I was fit to raise you, not after what I'd done. There was another way, I knew but I let myself get drawn in by her. When Lily brought you to me that night I didn't know what to do. I held you in my arms and you were so tiny, so beautiful. Too beautiful and pure to be infected by my sin. I gave you up to the one man I knew would love you without question, the man I thought was your real father. The note was Lily's, she'd left it pinned to you and was going to dump you if I wasn't there. There's no excuse for what I did and I can't forgive myself any more than I know than you could ever forgive me. When Robbie died and I took over your guardianship I swore to do all I could to right the wrongs I'd done you and do everything in my power to love you unconditionally and try to stop you becoming like Lily. You have been all I've needed in my life and I guess the only time I'd thought about telling you the truth was when I knew I'd already lost you."

He'd released the words he'd been holding onto for so long, confessing his inner most feelings and Robyn could feel the harsh truth in each and every word. As they ran through her blood she allowed her heart to soften, he'd finally told her all that her soul had begged to know but the question still hung above them as she felt Sportacus' head sink into her hair.

Was he her father?