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Toothsome twosomes, tear-jerking tragedies and tempting triangles make for daytime's top teen tales. Digest editors named their faves, and viewers also weighed in. 

The Heart of Stone, 1994-95

Terrific Teen Tales:  It was not a relationship that Robin's Uncle Mac approved of, but that didn't stop her from falling hard for Stone, a one-time employee of mob boss Sonny Corinthos.  Their abiding relationship eventually turned sexual, sealing their romantic connection to one another.  They had no way of knowing that heartache was ahead, however, when Stone was discovered that the "flu" he had been battling was actually HIV.  Though he initially tried to hide the news from his true love, a devastated Stone explained that he had probably contracted it from his ex-girlfriend, Crystal, who had been a drug addict. Despite this blow, Robin stood by Stone and unconditionally loved and nursed him through his final days.  He succumbed to AIDS in 1995.

Why It's Tops: Tremendous time, attention and care was put into telling this cautionary tale of young love and unprotected teen sex.  As a result, the compelling saga never turned preachy or maudlin.  Instead, it compassionately personalized a hot-topic issue by presenting it through the eyes and hearts of two people so in love and so right for each other, but unable to live out a future together.  Young actors Kimberly McCullough (ex-Robin) and Michael Sutton (ex-Stone) pulled out all the stops to turn in subtle, affecting performances throughout their characters' very adult trial.  This perfectly complemented GH's top notch. realistic storytelling, making the tale of
Robin and Stone a lesson in love for viewers of all ages.

Viewers Vote:  Great minds think alike: 50 percent of GH fans polled agree that the bittersweet saga of Stone and Robin is No. 1.  The other big vote-getter was another drama: The story of Elizabeth's rape and her early days with Lucky was the favorite of 33 percent of voters.

Pictures and Captions:

There are two pictures with the article.  One where they were Romeo and Juliet and the other is the scene where he died.  Robin is behind Stone when he is in the chair.  There is also another picture of them at the beginning of the teen article section when they were in the hospital when Stone was getting his leg fixed.

The caption with the pictures are: Robin (Kimberly McCullough) and Stone (Michael Sutton) starred in a production of Romeo and Juliet in 1994..."and little did they know that their real-life romance would turn into a tale just as tragic when Stone was diagnosed with AIDS."