Ficlet: Beach Blanket Bingo (GH, Robin/Patrick, Elizabeth, Kids, Lana Verse)
Title: Beach Blanket Bingo
Author: empressearwig
Prompt: 52 - Sand
Pairing/Character(s): Robin/Patrick, Elizabeth, Lana, Jake, Molly, Cameron
Rating: G
Disclaimer: The only thing that's mine is Lana.
Word Count: 1312
Spoilers/Warnings: Part of the Lana!AU.
Summary: “Whose idea was it to spend the afternoon at the beach with four kids, again?”
Author's Notes: Written for theechochorus .
“Lana, Molly, please don’t run so far ahead of us!” Robin called after the girls’ backs, as she picked her way down the hill to the beach.
“That goes double for you two!” Elizabeth added to Cameron and Jake, who were busy chasing after the girls. She threw a look Robin’s way. “Whose idea was it to spend the afternoon at the beach with four kids, again?”
“Yours,” Robin said immediately. “I know I wouldn’t have done anything so stupid.”
“I say we blame Patrick,” Elizabeth sniffed. “He’s the one that said yes after all, and the rest of us just got dragged into this because it would be insanity to let him supervise four children by himself at the beach for an afternoon.”
“Blaming Patrick? I’m so there.”
At the foot of the hill, Lana, Molly, Jake, and Cameron stood waiting for them impatiently.
“Alright, where do you guys want to set up?” Robin asked.
Immediately all the children began pointing in different directions, and Robin and Elizabeth looked at each other and laughed.
“How about next to the life guard station?” Elizabeth suggested. “That way everyone should be able to always find their way back, though no one should be wandering off by themselves,” she warned, shooting a sharp look at all the children.
“Sounds good. Alright troops, move out.” The children started heading for where Elizabeth had indicated, with Elizabeth and Robin following behind them lugging all the supplies.
When they reached the spot, Elizabeth and Robin quickly spread blankets out for everyone to sit on and reached for the sunscreen. “Lana, Molly, come here” Robin ordered, patting the spot on the blanket in front of her.
“Mommy, do we have to?” Lana asked, wrinkling her nose, those she obediently moved into position.
“Yes.” Robin began lathering on sunscreen, while Elizabeth did the same to Jake. “While we have you guys trapped, this would be a good time to go over the rules.”
“No one goes into the water by themselves,” Elizabeth said. “If you’re going into the water at all, you come and tell Robin and I and one of us will be going in with you.”
“Mom!” Cameron protested.
“If you want to go play on the playground, or need to go to the bathroom, or want to go anywhere that’s not within our line of sight, you will come tell us and one of us will go with you.”
“So basically we can’t do anything by ourselves?” Cameron grumbled.
Elizabeth smiled widely. “Yep! And get over here, because it’s your turn.”
“Molly, your turn,” Robin said, as Lana scampered away from her and started digging through the tote bags that Elizabeth and Robin had brought with. Jake crouched over them with her and they pulled out shovels and pails, and began digging in the sand next to the blankets.
“Mom, I want to go swimming,” Cameron announced as soon as Elizabeth had declared him finished.
“Cameron, you live on an island with an Olympic swimming pool half the time. How can you possibly be this anxious to get into the water?” Elizabeth asked in amazement.
He shrugged. “I just am. Come on, Mom.” He looked down at Molly. “You want to come?”
Molly looked over at Robin. “Is that okay?”
“Of course,” Robin said warmly. She looked over at Elizabeth. “You want to take this round?”
Elizabeth sighed. “I suppose.” She stood and slid off the clothes covering her bathing suit. She looked down at Cameron and Molly who were waiting eagerly for her. “Last one in the water is a rotten egg!” She took off for the water, Cameron and Molly trailing behind her.
Robin laughed and looked over at Jake and Lana who were still busy in the sand. “What are you two up to?”
Lana looked back at her mother and grinned. “We’re building a sand castle.” She looked at Jake, who had just dumped a bucket of sand upside down, and said angrily, “It doesn’t go there!”
Jake shrugged. “It does now.”
“Fix it!” Lana ordered, crossing her arms over her chest.
“No.”
“Mommy!” Lana cried, looking back at Robin once more.
“Maybe you guys should each build your own castles?” Robin suggested.
“Fine,” Lana sniffed, grabbing her pail and shovel, and moving to another side of the blanket. “I don’t need his help.”
Jake made a face at her back. “That’s good, because I don’t need any stupid girl telling me what to do.”
“Jake,” Robin said warningly. “We don’t call other people stupid.”
“Sorry,” he said grudgingly, and turned back to his own castle.
Robin’s cell phone rang and she pulled it out of her beach bag. “Hello?”
“Tell me, are you wearing an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, yellow polka dot bikini?” Patrick’s voice came seductively through the phone.
Robin laughed. “You wish.”
“You’re right, I do. So how’s the water?”
“I wouldn’t know,” she sighed. “I’m currently supervising the roller coaster that is Lana and Jake. They’re building sand castles.”
“Not together, right?” Patrick asked, a hint of panic creeping into his voice.
“No, not together,” Robin said with exasperation. “You act like he’s going to ravish her at any moment.”
“He could!”
“Patrick, she’s seven. He’s eight. I think you’re safe for a little while longer.”
“Shows what you know about little boys.”
“Was there a reason you called, other than to demonstrate your paranoia?”
“I am not paranoid,” he insisted. “But actually, yes, there was a reason.”
“Well?”
“I don’t think you deserve to know.”
“Patrick, I’m not above hanging up on you,” Robin threatened. She lowered her voice, “Or taking away any chances you might have of seeing me in an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini.”
She heard him gulp. “So I’m here.”
“What?”
“I’m here,” he repeated. “Where are you guys sitting?”
“By the life guard station,” she said with confusion. “I thought you had the Walker surgery this afternoon.”
“It got cancelled so I decided to come spend the afternoon with my best girls.”
“You mean to keep an eye on your littlest one,” she corrected, a smile creeping onto her face as she spotted Patrick striding towards them.
“Well, that too.” He snapped his phone shut as he reached them, and reached down to scoop Lana up into his arms.
“Daddy!” Lana squealed, throwing her arms around Patrick. “I didn’t know you were coming.”
Patrick set her back down on the sand. “I wasn’t sure I’d be able to and I didn’t want to get your hopes up.”
Lana tugged on Patrick’s hand pulling him down to the sand. “Well, you can help me now.”
Patrick laughed. “Let me say hello to your mother first, okay?”
“Fine.” Lana turned back to her sand castle.
Patrick turned to Robin, who was watching the scene with amusement. “Hi.”
“Hi.” She leaned forward to press a quick kiss to his lips.
“Who has Matt this afternoon?” Patrick asked, as he tugged off his t-shirt.
“He’s at Wyndemere with Audrey, Spencer, and Liz’s nanny. Sarah had errands to run so I gave her the afternoon off.”
“Why didn’t Spencer come with?” Patrick handed Robin the sunscreen and she began to spread it over his back.
“He has a cold and wasn’t feeling up to it.” She pressed a kiss to his back. “I’m glad you came.”
Patrick grinned and scooted back to wrap an arm around Robin’s shoulders. “Sun, surf, sand, and my girls? Did you really think I was going to pass that up?”
“Go play with your daughter,” Robin ordered, pushing him away lightly. “Before you get other ideas.”
“I always have those types of ideas,” Patrick shot back over his shoulder as he went to join Lana.
Robin laughed and adjusted her sun glasses, as she looked out at the water.
Maybe this trip to the beach hadn’t been such a bad idea after all.
Author: empressearwig
Prompt: 52 - Sand
Pairing/Character(s): Robin/Patrick, Elizabeth, Lana, Jake, Molly, Cameron
Rating: G
Disclaimer: The only thing that's mine is Lana.
Word Count: 1312
Spoilers/Warnings: Part of the Lana!AU.
Summary: “Whose idea was it to spend the afternoon at the beach with four kids, again?”
Author's Notes: Written for theechochorus .
“Lana, Molly, please don’t run so far ahead of us!” Robin called after the girls’ backs, as she picked her way down the hill to the beach.
“That goes double for you two!” Elizabeth added to Cameron and Jake, who were busy chasing after the girls. She threw a look Robin’s way. “Whose idea was it to spend the afternoon at the beach with four kids, again?”
“Yours,” Robin said immediately. “I know I wouldn’t have done anything so stupid.”
“I say we blame Patrick,” Elizabeth sniffed. “He’s the one that said yes after all, and the rest of us just got dragged into this because it would be insanity to let him supervise four children by himself at the beach for an afternoon.”
“Blaming Patrick? I’m so there.”
At the foot of the hill, Lana, Molly, Jake, and Cameron stood waiting for them impatiently.
“Alright, where do you guys want to set up?” Robin asked.
Immediately all the children began pointing in different directions, and Robin and Elizabeth looked at each other and laughed.
“How about next to the life guard station?” Elizabeth suggested. “That way everyone should be able to always find their way back, though no one should be wandering off by themselves,” she warned, shooting a sharp look at all the children.
“Sounds good. Alright troops, move out.” The children started heading for where Elizabeth had indicated, with Elizabeth and Robin following behind them lugging all the supplies.
When they reached the spot, Elizabeth and Robin quickly spread blankets out for everyone to sit on and reached for the sunscreen. “Lana, Molly, come here” Robin ordered, patting the spot on the blanket in front of her.
“Mommy, do we have to?” Lana asked, wrinkling her nose, those she obediently moved into position.
“Yes.” Robin began lathering on sunscreen, while Elizabeth did the same to Jake. “While we have you guys trapped, this would be a good time to go over the rules.”
“No one goes into the water by themselves,” Elizabeth said. “If you’re going into the water at all, you come and tell Robin and I and one of us will be going in with you.”
“Mom!” Cameron protested.
“If you want to go play on the playground, or need to go to the bathroom, or want to go anywhere that’s not within our line of sight, you will come tell us and one of us will go with you.”
“So basically we can’t do anything by ourselves?” Cameron grumbled.
Elizabeth smiled widely. “Yep! And get over here, because it’s your turn.”
“Molly, your turn,” Robin said, as Lana scampered away from her and started digging through the tote bags that Elizabeth and Robin had brought with. Jake crouched over them with her and they pulled out shovels and pails, and began digging in the sand next to the blankets.
“Mom, I want to go swimming,” Cameron announced as soon as Elizabeth had declared him finished.
“Cameron, you live on an island with an Olympic swimming pool half the time. How can you possibly be this anxious to get into the water?” Elizabeth asked in amazement.
He shrugged. “I just am. Come on, Mom.” He looked down at Molly. “You want to come?”
Molly looked over at Robin. “Is that okay?”
“Of course,” Robin said warmly. She looked over at Elizabeth. “You want to take this round?”
Elizabeth sighed. “I suppose.” She stood and slid off the clothes covering her bathing suit. She looked down at Cameron and Molly who were waiting eagerly for her. “Last one in the water is a rotten egg!” She took off for the water, Cameron and Molly trailing behind her.
Robin laughed and looked over at Jake and Lana who were still busy in the sand. “What are you two up to?”
Lana looked back at her mother and grinned. “We’re building a sand castle.” She looked at Jake, who had just dumped a bucket of sand upside down, and said angrily, “It doesn’t go there!”
Jake shrugged. “It does now.”
“Fix it!” Lana ordered, crossing her arms over her chest.
“No.”
“Mommy!” Lana cried, looking back at Robin once more.
“Maybe you guys should each build your own castles?” Robin suggested.
“Fine,” Lana sniffed, grabbing her pail and shovel, and moving to another side of the blanket. “I don’t need his help.”
Jake made a face at her back. “That’s good, because I don’t need any stupid girl telling me what to do.”
“Jake,” Robin said warningly. “We don’t call other people stupid.”
“Sorry,” he said grudgingly, and turned back to his own castle.
Robin’s cell phone rang and she pulled it out of her beach bag. “Hello?”
“Tell me, are you wearing an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, yellow polka dot bikini?” Patrick’s voice came seductively through the phone.
Robin laughed. “You wish.”
“You’re right, I do. So how’s the water?”
“I wouldn’t know,” she sighed. “I’m currently supervising the roller coaster that is Lana and Jake. They’re building sand castles.”
“Not together, right?” Patrick asked, a hint of panic creeping into his voice.
“No, not together,” Robin said with exasperation. “You act like he’s going to ravish her at any moment.”
“He could!”
“Patrick, she’s seven. He’s eight. I think you’re safe for a little while longer.”
“Shows what you know about little boys.”
“Was there a reason you called, other than to demonstrate your paranoia?”
“I am not paranoid,” he insisted. “But actually, yes, there was a reason.”
“Well?”
“I don’t think you deserve to know.”
“Patrick, I’m not above hanging up on you,” Robin threatened. She lowered her voice, “Or taking away any chances you might have of seeing me in an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny yellow polka dot bikini.”
She heard him gulp. “So I’m here.”
“What?”
“I’m here,” he repeated. “Where are you guys sitting?”
“By the life guard station,” she said with confusion. “I thought you had the Walker surgery this afternoon.”
“It got cancelled so I decided to come spend the afternoon with my best girls.”
“You mean to keep an eye on your littlest one,” she corrected, a smile creeping onto her face as she spotted Patrick striding towards them.
“Well, that too.” He snapped his phone shut as he reached them, and reached down to scoop Lana up into his arms.
“Daddy!” Lana squealed, throwing her arms around Patrick. “I didn’t know you were coming.”
Patrick set her back down on the sand. “I wasn’t sure I’d be able to and I didn’t want to get your hopes up.”
Lana tugged on Patrick’s hand pulling him down to the sand. “Well, you can help me now.”
Patrick laughed. “Let me say hello to your mother first, okay?”
“Fine.” Lana turned back to her sand castle.
Patrick turned to Robin, who was watching the scene with amusement. “Hi.”
“Hi.” She leaned forward to press a quick kiss to his lips.
“Who has Matt this afternoon?” Patrick asked, as he tugged off his t-shirt.
“He’s at Wyndemere with Audrey, Spencer, and Liz’s nanny. Sarah had errands to run so I gave her the afternoon off.”
“Why didn’t Spencer come with?” Patrick handed Robin the sunscreen and she began to spread it over his back.
“He has a cold and wasn’t feeling up to it.” She pressed a kiss to his back. “I’m glad you came.”
Patrick grinned and scooted back to wrap an arm around Robin’s shoulders. “Sun, surf, sand, and my girls? Did you really think I was going to pass that up?”
“Go play with your daughter,” Robin ordered, pushing him away lightly. “Before you get other ideas.”
“I always have those types of ideas,” Patrick shot back over his shoulder as he went to join Lana.
Robin laughed and adjusted her sun glasses, as she looked out at the water.
Maybe this trip to the beach hadn’t been such a bad idea after all.