Two months later...

Sabrina had just gotten off of the phone with Will and was busy reviewing her To Do list when she heard a knock at the door. She looked through the peephole and saw it was Patrick, so she took a deep breath before opening it. This was not going to be fun.

"Patrick," Sabrina said on a forced smile. "What do you want? I'm kind of busy?"

Sabrina purposely blocked the entrance to her apartment with her body, but he gently moved her aside and stepped over the threshold. He pointed to the half-packed boxes and then said in a hurt and angry voice, "So, were you ever going to tell me you were moving to Seattle or were you just going to leave like a thief in the night?"

Sabrina, knowing she wouldn't be able to return to packing until she answered him, closed the door on a sigh. "Of course not, Patrick. I wouldn't leave without saying goodbye to you and Emma."

"Then what's all this? And why did I find out from Felix that you were leaving?"

Sabrina gestured around the room and said, "This is me preparing for the movers to come for my stuff in two weeks, which is when I was going to say goodbye to everyone. "

Patrick looked surprised and asked, "So, what did Felix mean when he said you were leaving tomorrow morning?"

"I am leaving tomorrow morning, but I'm not staying. I'm flying out with Will for a few days so we can look for an apartment near the hospital and then I'm coming back to finish out my notice with GH."

"Oh," Patrick said somewhat sheepishly. "Felix didn't mention that."

Sabrina chuckled. "Of course he didn't. He wanted to rile you up so you would storm over here all huffy." When she picked up her list and started looking around the apartment and crossing off items, Patrick came over to her and pulled it out of her hand.

"You can't do this, Sabrina. What about us?"

"What 'us', Patrick? We've been over for a long time," Sabrina replied as she grabbed the pad back from him.

"You can't go."

"Yes, Patrick, I can. I'm with Will and I love him. We're moving to Seattle together." Sabrina walked over to the door and opened it while simultaneously ushering him out with her other hand. "Now, if you don't mind, I have to finish packing for my flight tomorrow."

Patrick stalked over to her, but instead of leaving, he grabbed the door out of her hand and slammed it shut. "Nice try, Sabrina, but I'm not going anywhere – and neither are you."

Sabrina laughed. "And you're going to stop me?"

Patrick stepped towards her until he was less than a foot away. "Absolutely," Patrick said, serious as a heart attack. "If you leave with him, you will end up regretting it."

Sabrina grew serious as well, looked him in the eye and then said, "I disagree. Seattle will be a fresh start for me with Will and you're crazy if you think I'm not going to take advantage of that. He is the man I want to be with." Sabrina jabbed her index finger into Patrick's chest and said, "Not you."

Patrick grabbed her hand before she could put it down and enclosed it in his. "If you really loved him the way you say you do, then nothing I could ever do would affect you; but, we both know I have been getting to you." He pulled on her hand to propel her forward until she was inches from him and leaned in and whispered. "If you leave, you aren't stepping into a future with Foster, you're running away from one with me."

Patrick watched Sabrina as she processed what he was telling her. He had to get through to her and convince her that leaving with Foster wasn't the answer, but he didn't know if he could. He'd hurt her so much over the last two years and a part of him couldn't blame her for not trusting that it would work between them this time. However, he knew that despite her claims, she was still as affected by him as he is by her (otherwise she wouldn't work so hard to avoid him).

Sabrina pulled her hand out of his. "I am not." When she backed away, he countered her by stepping forward. "Yes, Sabrina, you are." He put his hand to her cheek. "Don't you see? Running away from me - from us - won't solve anything because I'm as much a part of you as you are of me."

Sabrina ducked away from him and went back to the door. "A piece of me will always love you, Patrick, but our ship has sailed." She opened the door and gestured for him to exit. "I'm leaving with Will."

Patrick walked toward her, but instead of exiting, he stopped directly in front of her. "I love you, Sabrina, and I know you are still in love with me no matter what you say or do to prove otherwise. Whether you're a mile away or 2,000 miles away won't matter because I will be there with you wherever you go."

When Sabrina tried to argue, he cut her off. "Us being together is inevitable and you're only going to hurt Will in the end if you keep fooling yourself. Do you really want to put him through that kind of pain?"

When Sabrina didn't say anything, Patrick leaned in, kissed her softly on the cheek and left the apartment, praying her silence meant that he'd finally gotten through to her.