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Date Posted: 14:37:27 08/15/02 Thu
Author: Just say not to Liz
Subject: Find Me A Man (songfic)

Song credit: Find me a man by Toni Braxton

Robin Scorpio walked along the lonely streets of Paris. Her right arm bent in pain and her cheek bruised beneath tearing eyes. She unwittingly made her way to a bridge, one similar to the bridge in her former life. The life she could never go back to. Greg would never allow that. Greg. She closed her eyes in pain. He didn't mean to do it. He never did. It was her fault, she made him angry. Besides, what could she do anyway? There was no way she could make it on her own.

I'm just a girl
That doesn't like the thought of being alone
I need to be loved and held real close
I'm the kind of girl
That needs to be caressed and kissed so soft, yeah
There's no better way to turn me on

There was a time when she never would have doubted herself, but times change and so do people's ideas. Med school was long a thing of the past. Her time at the hospitals was spent healing herself, not others. And every sound made her skittish and afraid. But Greg wouldn't let anything hurt her. He'd protect her from anything, including herself when she did something stupid like tonight. She shouldn't have said anything about how much time he spent drinking. It wasn't any of her business. Wasn't what he did good enough for her? Of course, he did so much. He took care of her, looked out for her. Gave her a place, ok so she was paying for it but that was only because he was out of work.

I need a man who
Who's gonna treat me right
I need a man who'll be with me every night
So I've gotta
Find me a man
With sensitive eyes
One who understands
Love is stronger than pride
So I gotta
Find me a man
A sensitive mind
Not just any man
One of a kind

She felt a presence behind her. Without having to turn around she knew who it was. Her voice thick with tears she said his name, "Jason? What are you doing here?"
She could feel his eyes boring into her, could hear his labored breath as he struggled to find the words. Finally he spoke, the emotion raw in his voice. "I had to come get you. I'd have come sooner but I didn't know. Oh God Robin I didn't know." Robin shook her head confused. "Why would you think I need you to come get me? I'm fine." She sensed his surprise. A sudden wave of anger surged through her and she lashed out at him. "Yes Jason, I'm fine. Fine without you and your lies and fine without having to step over your trash and past mistakes. Fine without the havoc that bitch wreaked in my life and through everyone else's that she came in contact with. I'm fine Jason! I'm fine." The tears that had threatened before finally spilled down her face. Whether it was from her anger or because she never cried in front of Greg but knew it would be ok with Jason she didn't know. But once they started she couldn't stop them and soon her body was wracked with sobs that shook her so hard she would have fallen if Jason hadn't pulled her against him.

I'm just a girl
That likes a man that knows his right from wrong
One that will keep his loving at home
I'm the kind of girl
Who likes to please her man the whole night long
ooh
But he's gotta please me just as long
I want a man who
Who's gonna treat me right
I need a man who's gonna be with me every night

For a long time he just held her rocking her back and forth telling her it was ok and he would take care of her. But Robin persisted with her argument and pushed him away. "No Jason! I'm fine. Why can't you understand it? I'm happy in my life. Is that why you're here? Because you know I'm happy and you want to take that away to punish me for telling AJ the truth? Huh is that it?! Do you know what it's like to not know who your family is? Of course you don't. Your's was right there with you when you were "born". Mine wasn't, I didn't even know who they were until I was seven and then seven years later they were taken away from me again. I just now found out that my mother is still alive Jason. You resented the Quartermaines for wanting to be with you while I had to fight every step of the way to keep my family with me. I didn't want Michael to grow up thinking the way I did for so long Jason. That's why I told AJ. I had to keep you from knowing Michael's anger the way my parents knew mine." She wiped her eyes angrily and started to walk away but turned back. "I am happy Jason. Leave me alone." "Leave you alone with what. An arm you can barely move, a black eye or a man who thinks he has a right to look at you let alone hit you? Is that what I should leave you alone with?" Jason spit the words back at her. Robin rounded on him. "Greg loves me. He doesn't mean to do this. He just has to... to..." Robin trailed off as Jason came closer. "To what Robin? To do the same thing to your body that I know I did to your heart?" She looked up at him and met his eyes so gentle and caring. Nothing like that last time. And that's when she saw it, his pain, his knowledge of what he'd done and his need to make it right. But could she forgive him?

So I gotta
Find me a man
With sensitive eyes
One who understands
Love is stronger than pride
So I gotta
Find me a man
A sensitive mind
Not just any man
One of a kind

"You hurt me Jason. Worse than anything. You looked at me with more hatred than you even had for Moreno. How could you?" Jason's eyes filled and spilled the tears as a light rain mingled with the moisture on his face. "I never hated you Robin. I hated me. I was angry with you, but I hated me. For being so stupid that I let you go over a lie. Even then I knew I was being stupid and should try to fix it, but I couldn't. I couldn't admit that the only thing that had betrayed me was my own pride and selfishness." He cupped Robin's face in his hands and she didn't pull away. Looking her in the eye he said, "I would give anything to make things right with you. To take away all the hurt I put you through over these past three years." He leaned his forehead against hers and just held her, breathing her in.

I know what I'm looking for, and I know
He's gotta be wonderful, 'cause I know
I am too beautiful, to settle for nothing less, ooh
I know what I'm searching for, yes I know
It's someone incredible, don't you know
That I won't give up until I've found the perfect man

Robin pulled back slightly to look at him. "Jason, help me. Help me get back to being me. Who I was before Carly and her mess. I want to try, but I have to get back to me first." Jason nodded. "I'll do whatever it takes Robin. In the mean time we have to get you away from Greg. It's not safe for you there." Robin laid her head against his chest as his arms came around her. "All this time, I've actually let myself believe that he was protecting me, but that was never how it was. You always protected me Jason." "Except from myself." Was his reply. She shook her head, "No. I think in a way you did. I don't know if I could have handled being around or even being in contact with you while you tried so hard to keep custody of Michael. I think for the situation it was best, but now..." "Now?" He whispered. "Now, I think we need to find ourselves and who we both used to be. And I think that's a journey best traveled together."

So I gotta
I gotta find me
Gotta find me a guy
So I gotta find me, find me
Find me a man
Not just any man
One of a kind

Robin looked up and touched her lips to his. "I want to try Jason. I do, but..." Jason placed his finger on her lips. "Shhh. Don't worry about me. Let me worry about you and I think things will turn out just fine." He pulled from her embrace and took her hand in his leading her off the bridge and to a life where he would prove to her that he could be the man that she deserved,

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