"There Has to Be a Reason" by Julie

Recommendation: Julie's "There Has to Be a Reason"

Today's story was recommended by one of our favorite authors, Steph. She sent a message to me about one of her favorite stories, "There Has to Be a Reason" by Julie (whose screen name is bookworm24). Steph called the story "a great two-parter that addresses some interesting issues for Robin, while leading to Robin and Patrick discussing some of their own issues."

I eagerly read the story myself and definitely agreed with Steph that it belonged with the Scrubs Fic Picks. Julie's story is timely as well as compelling. Recent speculations about future stories have focused on Scrubs dealing with the dangers and consequences of HIV, and Julie explores those same problems. The basic premise of the story is pulled from the current storyline on General Hospital dealing with Dillon and Lulu's affair. When Lulu confides in Robin about sleeping with Dillon, Robin reiterates the importance of using protection only to discover that Lulu and Dillon didn't. Robin doesn't deal well with this revelation, and her ensuing actions provide the story for the second part of the fic, in which Patrick helps her work through her emotions. Julie delves into a side of the HIV story that the writers on GH have so far ignored, and she's done it very well. We're able to see new sides of Robin and Patrick through the Lulu/Dillon story, and I wish that the writers on the show would use the connections between characters to tell stories as interesting and compelling as this one!

"There Has to Be a Reason" is a completed, two-part fic, and it can be read here on the Scrubs Message Board. If you enjoy the story as much as Steph and I did, be sure to send Julie some feedback to let her know! Also, if you have read a fic and enjoyed it, feel free to follow Steph's lead and recommend it to be included on the blog. Thank you, Julie, for sharing the story with us, and thanks to Steph for recommending it!

Happy Reading!
DD