Ficlet: On the Road (GH, Robin/Patrick, Lanaverse)
Title: On The Road
Author: empressearwig
Claim: Robin/Patrick
Fandom: General Hospital
Theme: 14 - Road Trip
Disclaimer: Characters first appearing on General Hospital are not mine.
“Alanna Mackenzie Drake if you’re not down here in one minute we’re leaving without you!” Patrick bellowed into the front door.
From inside the car, Matt and Robin snickered.
Lana ran down the stairs, oversize purse thrown over her shoulder and ipod in hand. “Dad, calm down! Besides, you were really going to leave on a road trip to look at colleges without the college bound student? I don’t think so!” She patted Patrick’s arm as she breezed by him and out the door.
Patrick blew out a loud breath in frustration. He quickly locked the door behind him and headed towards the car that was already loaded and ready to hit the road. He settled himself into the driver’s seat and buckled his seat belt.
Before turning the key in the ignition, he turned around to check on the kids.
As was to be expected, Matt had already pulled out his gameboy and was battling some sort of enemy furiously. Lana had put her ipod on and was alternating between texting someone (Patrick assumed the no good boyfriend) and flipping through one of the stack of fashion magazines, no doubt provided by Maxie, piled on the seat next to her.
“Are you sure you both have everything?” Patrick asked pointedly, remembering the fight with Lana to limit the number of bags she could bring.
Distracted nods were his response as both children continued what they were doing.
“Everyone’s used the bathroom? Because I don’t want to stop till we get to Ithaca and that’s nearly three hours away…”
More nods.
Robin turned to the back seat now. “Matt, are you sure? Remember what happened…”
“Mom!” Matt protested. “I said I was fine.”
“Okay,” Robin said dubiously. She turned back to face forwards, squeezing Patrick’s knee. “I guess we’re all set.”
“Alright.” Patrick turned the key in the ignition and threw the car into reverse, backing slowly out of the driveway.
Robin turned back around to face Lana and Matt.
“So Lan,” she asked teasingly, “you’re going to come to your senses and want to go to Yale, right? This Harvard thing is just a phase?”
“Hey!” Patrick protested, poking Robin in the side. “No fair. We agreed to stop the shameless promotion of our alma maters, remember?”
“Did I agree to that?” Robin asked, using her most innocent voice. “I’m certain I’d remember something like that.”
Lana laughed, pulling one of her earbuds out. “Nice try, Mom.”
Robin pouted. “The least you could do is answer my question…”
“Don’t!” Patrick urged. “Cheaters don’t deserve to know things like that. And that’s what your mother is. A dirty rotten cheater.”
Robin arched an eyebrow and looked over at Patrick. “And since when do you have a problem with the first part of that?”
“Eww, Mom!” Lana blurted out, shuddering a little. “Now I really don’t think you deserve to know.”
“Know what?” Matt asked, tuning back into the conversation.
“Your mother was misbehaving is all,” Patrick said to Matt as he started to pull onto the highway. “So nothing unusual.”
“Hey!” Robin yelped. “I resent that.”
Lana laughed “Well, you deserve it for trying to traumatize me.” She shuddered again. “None of that while we’re all in such close quarters for the next two weeks, okay?”
Matt leaned over to poke Lana in the side. “What did Mom do?” he hissed.
“You’ll be happier not knowing, believe me,” Lana assured, patting Matt on the head.
Robin sniffed, crossed her arms over her chest and turned back to the front. “I see how it’s going to be.”
“See how what’s going to be?” Matt exclaimed in frustration, looking at Lana and Patrick with confusion as they burst into laughter.
As Patrick switched on the cruise control, he settled back into his seat and laid his hand over Robin’s that still laid on his knee, squeezing it gently.
Their family road trip was underway.
Author: empressearwig
Claim: Robin/Patrick
Fandom: General Hospital
Theme: 14 - Road Trip
Disclaimer: Characters first appearing on General Hospital are not mine.
“Alanna Mackenzie Drake if you’re not down here in one minute we’re leaving without you!” Patrick bellowed into the front door.
From inside the car, Matt and Robin snickered.
Lana ran down the stairs, oversize purse thrown over her shoulder and ipod in hand. “Dad, calm down! Besides, you were really going to leave on a road trip to look at colleges without the college bound student? I don’t think so!” She patted Patrick’s arm as she breezed by him and out the door.
Patrick blew out a loud breath in frustration. He quickly locked the door behind him and headed towards the car that was already loaded and ready to hit the road. He settled himself into the driver’s seat and buckled his seat belt.
Before turning the key in the ignition, he turned around to check on the kids.
As was to be expected, Matt had already pulled out his gameboy and was battling some sort of enemy furiously. Lana had put her ipod on and was alternating between texting someone (Patrick assumed the no good boyfriend) and flipping through one of the stack of fashion magazines, no doubt provided by Maxie, piled on the seat next to her.
“Are you sure you both have everything?” Patrick asked pointedly, remembering the fight with Lana to limit the number of bags she could bring.
Distracted nods were his response as both children continued what they were doing.
“Everyone’s used the bathroom? Because I don’t want to stop till we get to Ithaca and that’s nearly three hours away…”
More nods.
Robin turned to the back seat now. “Matt, are you sure? Remember what happened…”
“Mom!” Matt protested. “I said I was fine.”
“Okay,” Robin said dubiously. She turned back to face forwards, squeezing Patrick’s knee. “I guess we’re all set.”
“Alright.” Patrick turned the key in the ignition and threw the car into reverse, backing slowly out of the driveway.
Robin turned back around to face Lana and Matt.
“So Lan,” she asked teasingly, “you’re going to come to your senses and want to go to Yale, right? This Harvard thing is just a phase?”
“Hey!” Patrick protested, poking Robin in the side. “No fair. We agreed to stop the shameless promotion of our alma maters, remember?”
“Did I agree to that?” Robin asked, using her most innocent voice. “I’m certain I’d remember something like that.”
Lana laughed, pulling one of her earbuds out. “Nice try, Mom.”
Robin pouted. “The least you could do is answer my question…”
“Don’t!” Patrick urged. “Cheaters don’t deserve to know things like that. And that’s what your mother is. A dirty rotten cheater.”
Robin arched an eyebrow and looked over at Patrick. “And since when do you have a problem with the first part of that?”
“Eww, Mom!” Lana blurted out, shuddering a little. “Now I really don’t think you deserve to know.”
“Know what?” Matt asked, tuning back into the conversation.
“Your mother was misbehaving is all,” Patrick said to Matt as he started to pull onto the highway. “So nothing unusual.”
“Hey!” Robin yelped. “I resent that.”
Lana laughed “Well, you deserve it for trying to traumatize me.” She shuddered again. “None of that while we’re all in such close quarters for the next two weeks, okay?”
Matt leaned over to poke Lana in the side. “What did Mom do?” he hissed.
“You’ll be happier not knowing, believe me,” Lana assured, patting Matt on the head.
Robin sniffed, crossed her arms over her chest and turned back to the front. “I see how it’s going to be.”
“See how what’s going to be?” Matt exclaimed in frustration, looking at Lana and Patrick with confusion as they burst into laughter.
As Patrick switched on the cruise control, he settled back into his seat and laid his hand over Robin’s that still laid on his knee, squeezing it gently.
Their family road trip was underway.