Title: The List
Author: Steph
Rating: PG
Pairing: Robin/Patrick
Category: Humor/Romance/Good Old-Fashioned Fluff
POV: Robin
Disclaimer: I do this out of a love for this couple. No infringement is intended.
Spoilers: Nope.
Summary: Patrick helps Robin complete the things on her list that she wants to do in her life. (Sequel to 'How to Get a Player to Commit')

Note: This is the sequel to 'How to Get a Player to Commit'. If you didn't read that one, it's okay. This really stands alone and only makes reference to what happened between Robin and Patrick in it. This one is all about fun, humor, romance and fluff. Patrick and Robin are going to enjoy being with each other and get to know each other better. No angst! Oh and the list won't necessarily be followed in order. Most of the stuff on the list I found on to do lists on the net. I didn't make up most of it, just in case you're interested. -Steph

--- --- The List: Introduction ---

I collapse on top of Patrick, sighing in pleasure. After what happened on the roof, we went back to my place and made love. Then we made love again...and again.

I run my fingertips across his skin, as my head rests peacefully on his chest. His hands slowly move up and down my back, before entangling in my hair.

"Too long," I breathe. "It's been too long."

I can hear the grin in his voice. "You're telling me?"

I smile and find his hand, interlocking our fingers. "Let's never go that long again."

"Can I get that in writing?"

I slap his arm playfully, before sitting up so that I straddle his hips. My hair falls across my bare breasts and his hands move up to grasp my waist. I lean down and kiss his lips. I then pull back and look into his eyes.

"No regrets?"

He brings his hand up to cup my cheek. "Not a chance."

I lower myself back down to him and lay my head on his chest again. He picks up a strand of my hair and begins twisting it between his fingers.

"I have a list, you know," I say absentmindedly.

"A list? Of what?"

"Of things I want to do in my life. I made it after I was diagnosed with HIV."

I feel his chest move up and down as he inhales and exhales deeply. He drops my hair from his fingers.

I lift my head and look up at him. "What's wrong?"

His voice emerges softly. "It just hits me sometimes, you know? That you have this terrible disease that could take you away from me someday."

I see the fear in his eyes and I realize that this was one of the things holding him back. Fear of losing the one you love and what it can do to you. It all goes back to what happened with his mother and how it affected his father. Falling in love with an HIV positive woman must have made it that much harder for him.

I bring my hand up to his cheek and whisper, "I'm not going anywhere. You're stuck with me."

I expect a smile out of him at the last part, but his expression remains serious.

He brings his hand up to cover mine.

"Promise?" he whispers.

I nod slowly. "Promise."

We're doctors and we both know that we can't make such promises, but I say it anyway and he accepts it. I guess we need to.

He lets out a breath. "So where's the list? Can I see it?"

I nod and roll off of him. I move to the side of the bed and pull open the drawer in my night stand. I take the piece of paper out and hand it to him.

"I've barely made a dent and that's only a partial list. I always meant to add more."

His eyes scan the list and he reads it aloud.

1. Live in Paris
2. Visit a nude beach
3. Train like an astronaut at space camp
4. Sleep in a haunted castle
5. Tour a vineyard and sample a good bottle of wine
6. Swim with the dolphins
7. Scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef
8. Name your own star
9. Try to hit a Major League fastball
10. Take a swamp tour and learn how to wrestle an alligator
11. Skydive.
12. Lose more money than you can afford at roulette in Vegas.
13. Go skinny-dipping at midnight in the South of France.
14. Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty.
15. Make love on the beach under the stars
16. Send a message in a bottle.
17. Watch the sun set from the top of the Eiffel Tower.
18. Learn to ballroom dance properly.
19. Shower in a waterfall.
20. Spend New Year's in an exotic location.
21. Make a complete and utter fool of yourself.
22. Take a ride on the highest roller coaster in the country.
23. Go up in a hot-air balloon.
24. Fall deeply in love - helplessly and unconditionally.
25. Promise to love that person in front of God, family and friends
26. Experience the joy of pregnancy and childbirth
27. Have a child and look into your child's eyes, see yourself, and smile.
28. Reflect on your greatest weakness and realize how it is your greatest strength.

He turns to look at me. "I see you've crossed out 'Live in Paris', 'Name your own star' and 'Tour a vineyard and sample a good wine'."

I nod. "Impressive, huh?"

"What about 'Fall deeply in love - helplessly and unconditionally'? Why isn't that one crossed off? You were in love with Stone and Jason," he asks quietly.

I shake my head. "With Stone it wasn't helplessly and with Jason it wasn't unconditionally."

I take the list from him and reach over to the nightstand to pick up a pen. I draw a line through 'Fall deeply in love - helplessly and unconditionally'.

I then meet his eyes. "Now I can cross it off."

He smiles and lifts himself up on his elbow to kiss me. He then lays back down and pulls the list from my grip.

"So what about the rest?"

"What about them?"

"Are you going to do them?"

"I don't know. It doesn't seem so important anymore."

He shrugs, "Maybe not, but it seems like it could be a lot of fun. How about we do them together?"

I raise an eyebrow. "You want to do all of these things with me?"

He waggles his eyebrows. "These and a whole lot more."

I smile. "Okay." I pause, something hitting me for the first time. "I just realized something."

"What?"

"The reason I've barely put a dent in this list is because I didn't have anyone to do them with. I didn't have someone by my side to share each one. That's not the case anymore."

His lifts himself up on his elbow again and places his head in his palm, as he looks down at me. "And it never will be again."

He then lowers his lips to mine. He pulls back a moment later and I sigh in disappointment from the lack of contact. He lays back down and I place my head on his shoulder, looking at the list.

"So, which one should we do first?"

He smiles. "Well, I'm ready and willing to do number 19 right now."

I glance at number 19: Make love on the beach under the stars.

"Shocking," I reply with a grin.

He points at the list. "How about number two?"

I wrinkle my nose. "Visit a nude beach?"

"Yeah, come on, it's a beach and we'll already be naked. We can knock off 2 and 19 just like that," he says, snapping his fingers.

"How very efficient of you," I say with a smile. It fades soon though and I shake my head. "I don't know about a nude beach."

"You're the one who put it on the list."

"Yes, but I never said I'd go to it nude. I just said I'd visit it."

"Well, then you're defeating the whole purpose. Then you're just a weird fully-dressed person looking at naked people, most of whom have no business being naked."

I sigh. "Can't we start with something easier? How about ballroom dancing? That sounds like fun."

Patrick's expression looks as if I just suggested castration. "Easier for you maybe."

"You just want to look at hot naked women."

He wraps his arm around my waist, pulling me closer to him. "I already have a hot naked woman I can look at any time I want."

"Patrick, I really don't think I want to walk around on a beach naked."

"It's your list, Robin. I would never force you to do anything, but I don't know what you're so afraid of." He pauses, his voice softening and his gaze sweeping over my face, "You're incredibly beautiful and you have an amazing body."

I feel my face turn red. "It's different with you. You make me feel beautiful and sexy. You make me feel free and confident. My insecurities just drop away when you look at me."

He brings his thumb to my mouth and runs it along my lower lip. "But I'll be there with you, remember?"

I smile and nod. "I remember."

He eyes me for a moment before speaking. "There's another reason you've barely made a dent in that list."

"What?"

"Well, take a look at the things you've crossed off: Live in Paris, name your own star, tour a vineyard and sample a good wine. Those are all things that don't require any real risk or boldness. There's no spontaneity or bravery involved."

"Hey, moving to another country by myself wasn't exactly easy."

"You know what I mean."

"And your point is?"

"My point is you never had someone to push you to do the hard stuff, so you did the easy ones and barely made a dent."

I smile. "But now I have you."

He runs his hand up and down my arm. "Now you have me."

I settle my head into the crook of his neck and sigh in contentment.

Now I have him.

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Up Next: To Do # 1 - Visit a Nude Beach
Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed it and please let me know what you thought.
-Steph .