Scenes: 4
Characters: Robin Scorpio, Patrick Drake
Gallery: Screencaps
Robin: Hey.
Patrick: Hey, you look great.
Robin: Uh, thank you.
Elizabeth: Is that baby all settled down?
Robin: Yes, mother and child enjoyed a restful evening undisturbed by Braxton-Hicks.
Elizabeth: Whoever that is.
Patrick: Can I borrow you for a consult later?
Robin: Sure.
Patrick: Okay, I’ll just find you when I’m done. Great.
Elizabeth: Impressive.
Patrick: Huh?
Elizabeth: Well, not one word about marriage. I guess we should all take a lesson. I can see now how much pressure we’ve been putting on Robin.
Patrick: Yeah, I’d like to believe I don’t need a building to fall on my head to get the point. Robin doesn’t want to marry me.
Elizabeth: And you’re okay with that?
Patrick: No, I’m not, but if you want the truth, I think it’s better that I just live down to Robin’s expectations and let the chips fall where they may.
Robin: Hey, can I have the Barnes chart?
Elizabeth: There you go.
Robin: Thank you. I’m sorry, I have to ask you. What were you and Patrick talking about earlier when I — when I walked away?
Elizabeth: Nothing.
Robin: Nothing? So I’m just being paranoid, just driving myself crazy, right?
Elizabeth: You want to talk about it?
Robin: He’s just been so great. He finally did the one thing that I’ve been asking him to do — let up on the marriage proposal stuff. So, why am I not happy about it?
Robin: Patrick, I wanted to talk to you.
Patrick: Okay.
Robin: About the Barnes case, I agree with your assessment. Surgery is warranted.
Robin: Hey. Do you mind if I vent for a second?
Elizabeth: No, of course not.
Robin: Okay, it’s probably going to sound completely irrational, because it certainly does to me.
Elizabeth: Well, not to state the obvious, but most things about love aren’t rational.
Robin: So, as I mentioned, Patrick gave me this very sweet speech about how he takes back his marriage proposal and how he accepts that marriage is not something that I want right now, apologizing for pressuring me.
Elizabeth: Good for him.
Robin: And you saw him this morning. He was all business. So, since I just got exactly what I’ve been asking for I should be happy, right? I mean, relieved. But in my usual perverse way, I’m just upset now, because he doesn’t want to marry me. There. I said it.
Robin: This is all just hormones, right, what’s making me so ridiculous and contrary? It will all pass once the baby comes?
Elizabeth: I don’t know. Maybe you’re just ambivalent to marriage, and there’s nothing wrong with that. I mean, making a lifetime commitment to one person in a world that seems so transitory is kind of a scary thing. I mean, what if it doesn’t work out? Why make that big of an emotional risk if you’re not absolutely sure?
Robin: But you can’t be absolutely sure about anything.
Elizabeth: That’s my point exactly.
Robin: Okay. Here is what I know for sure. I love Patrick. Patrick loves me enough to put his heart on the line and offer me his future. I mean, he’s the one that’s been brave in this situation. He’s stepped up, and I haven’t even met him halfway. I just keep dodging and weaving and acting like a silly little teenager. And you know what the worst part is? I think I really hurt him.
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