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Port Charles Update for Wednesday, 29-Sep-1999

Wednesday, September 29th, 1999

The show opens with Scott & Lucy at the Firehouse.

Lucy: We have to pretend to break up to get that creep out of our lives…

Scott: Yeah, it’s the first time Kevin and I have ever agreed on anything.

Lucy: Oh I don’t know about that, you seem to agree on…. Women.

Scott: I don’t know about this plan for us to split up and for him to come to your rescue. I hope it doesn’t backfire.

Lucy: It won’t – hey do you really believe DV’s going to feel like he got his revenge on you?

Scott: Well ff we ham it up properly!

Lucy: (laughs) I know – I just really wish we weren’t doing this. Actually, I’d much rather be back at Aunt Charlene’s with the girls – you know all safe and sound.

Scott: Yeah I know eating another chicken and dumpling dinner.

Lucy: Well that’s what I was trying to do here see, I’m just trying to create that atmosphere you know, all that happiness. I’m gonna bring that from Aunt Charlene's to here.

Scott: Then let’s skip dinner and go right to dessert.

Lucy: Good idea.

Scott & Lucy kiss until he gets another vision of Lucy kissing DV and pulls back.

Lucy: What? What is it, what’s wrong?

Scott: Nothing – nothing’s going to ruin this night.

====The Lighthouse – Eve and Kevin are in each other’s arms ===

Eve: I hate having to leave you, even if it is just pretend. You aren’t going to forget me while I’m gone, will you?

Kevin: Not a chance.

Eve: Well, just in case, I have something for you to remember me by.

==== Karen’s Apartment ====

Karen: Kiss me.

Joe: I beg your pardon?

Karen: Top of my list when you lose our bet and you have to do my bidding: Kiss me every day and every night.

Joe: Wow – letting you win the Chief Resident’s position might have advantages I hadn’t considered!

Karen: Wait a minute buster, nobody’s “letting” me get this job.

Joe: Well, certainly not me…..

Karen: Oh I can’t wait to show you the rest of my “to do” list.

Joe: You’re not going to make me tickle you, are you?

Karen: Joe – No… no… no (he starts tickling her)

Joe: Yes… yes…. Do you give?

Karen: No (laughing) Ok, Okay – I give!

They start to kiss, but eventually, Joe pulls back.

Joe: I better go – I don’t want to cross the line, you know?

Karen: Cross it – please.

They kiss again.

Fade to Opening Credits

=== Karen’s apartment – where Joe & Karen are kissing (half dressed) and they knock over a vase of roses====

Joe: A rose by any other name is a mood killer.

Karen: Yeah well, maybe it’s a sign….

Joe: What? That we shouldn’t do this, huh?

Karen: Yes, yes.

They begin to get dressed again.

Joe: Ok Well, I’ll just, I’ll take off, huh?

Karen: Yeah, I have an early call tomorrow.

Joe: Oh you do? Ok , well then I’ll see you around then.

Karen: Yeah, around you know, the hospital, whatever.

Joe: Right. (He kisses her goodbye at the door) Goodnight.

Karen: Goodnight.

Karen picks up one of the roses from the floor and sits down on the couch – then rushes to the door and opens it to find Joe still there – and just about to knock on the door. They rush into each other’s arms.

Slow motion bedroom scene to music.

===Back to the Lighthouse====

Eve: Ok – you can open your eyes.

Kevin: A picture of Cyndi Lauper?

Eve: No – that’s not Cyndi Lauper, this is me!

Kevin: (incredulously) Wow!

Eve: I know…. (laughing)

Kevin: Wait until the Chief Resident selection committee gets a load of that!

Eve: Oh no you don’t – this picture is for your eye’s only! No one else can see this picture otherwise I’ll be laughed out of Port Charles.

Kevin: Well if you’re so embarrassed by it – why give it to me?

Eve: The girl in this picture didn’t have a whole lot going for her. The only thing I did have were my dreams. I used to lie awake in bed every night and wonder what it would be like to go through life with someone you could count on. Someone who would pick you up when you got knocked down. You’re that person for me. You’ve made this stylistically challenged girl’s dreams come true. Thank you.

Kevin: I’ll cherish it.

Eve: OK – now it’s your turn…

Kevin: Oh…..

Eve: Oh c’mon I want a picture, I want a picture to remind me of you.

Kevin: Oh wouldn’t you rather settle for a shot of Brad Pitt or someone?

Eve: No! (looking around) Where is it? I found it. (she produces a scrapbook) C’mon I want to see a picture of you at 17. Let’s see if I can guess what you were dreaming about.

Kevin: Alright but I’ll warn you – it wasn’t pretty… (leafing through the book) Ok, Ok –
Here you go! (Kevin shows her a picture of a young man with long hair sitting at the drums)

Eve: Are you serious? When we were at Johnny La La’s you told me that you couldn’t sing….

Kevin: No you’ll notice that I’m not in a band anymore. Oh besides, what do you want me to do – just give away my performances for free?

Eve: Somebody is going to have to pay a penance for lying to his significant other. I wonder if you can guess what that penance is going to be?

====Back to the Firehouse with Scott and Lucy====

Lucy: Whaddya say big guy – me, you, Frank ‘ol blue eyes’ Sinatra? Whaddya think?

Scott: I think need another refill here (obviously preoccupied - he gets up from the couch and pours another drink).

Lucy: OK – So maybe I need to be a little flexible here. OK you know what? Time to move up the floorshow….

Scott: What floorshow?

Lucy: Well it was going to be your big surprise after dinner but I think it calls for the floorshow right now – get ready for clanging cymbals.

Scott: Well that sounds like it could hurt.

Lucy: No – you’ll love it – you will love it – stay here! You’ll love it, love it, love it! (Lucy goes upstairs to change)

Scott is having more visions of Lucy embracing DV.

Lucy: (from upstairs) Hey will you push the button on the CD player? Just play - the play button – hurry!

Middle Eastern music begins and Lucy enters wearing a belly dancing outfit.

Scott: What’s this getup?

Lucy: Well this is going to be a belly dance.

Scott: What happened to me, you and Frank Sinatra?

Lucy: Frank will be here a little bit later, but right now I’m going to dance the dance of the seven veils for you. (she begins dancing).

Scott is having increasingly upsetting visions of Lucy w/ DV and finally smashes the CD player against the wall. Lucy stops dancing and stares at Scott.

===Karen’s apartment - Joe and Karen are in bed together====

Karen: I want you to know I will never doubt you again.

Joe: Karen, you don’t have to make that promise.

Karen: No, but I do…

Joe: We can spend the rest of our time apologizing, and trying to make up for our mistakes, or we can look ahead and grab what’s waiting for us.

Karen: Think we’ll ever make it?

Joe: After tonight – how can you question it huh?

Karen: It seems so far away.

Joe: Because of Courtney?

Karen: If she has your baby….

Joe: If she has my baby, it won’t stop one season from moving into the next.

Karen: I guess some things are inevitable, huh?

Joe: Next summer, spring, and us. (they kiss)

Karen: So, does this mean we’re officially back together?

Joe: Not so fast….

====The Lighthouse. Eve produces a guitar====

Eve: (She yodels and laughs) OK – it’s time for you to sing for your supper, young man. (Kevin groans) Something kinda romantic…Ok?

Kevin: Romantic? You mean like a love ballad?

Eve: Oh yes, that’s what I mean.

Kevin: Love ballad, love ballad…..oh I think I’ve got just the thing.

Eve: Oh goody!

Kevin: Let’s see – it’s been awhile. (strums the guitar and sings to the tune of “Camptown Races”) “Hurt my back in a limbo game, doo dah, doo dah, along came Eve and eased my pain oh de doo dah day…Got locked in an old thrift store and tried to bust the door… wound up in a race car bed, making love instead”

Eve: (applauding) Yay! Brilliant

Kevin (as Elvis) Thank you, thank you very much….

Eve: Inspired! I’ve never had someone write me a love song before.

Kevin: Really? Well I think that’s worthy of a bit more than meager applause…don’t you?

Eve: Well uh, will this do? (she kisses him)

Kevin: Mmm - I think so. (in mid kiss)

Eve: There’s more where that came from.

===The Firehouse===

Scott: Lucy, these images they’re so real in my head here, ya know? I keep seeing you and him wrapped around each other….

Lucy: Stop shhh, please! Stop – OK? I’m sorry I should have picked up on what was happening, that he was doing this to you. He just wants that in your head that I slept with him, he’s just trying to drive you crazy.

Scott: Yeah well all of this stuff that he’s doing to me it’s bringing up a lot of things that happened to me that uh, like, well um, Laura…

Lucy: Do you realize all these years together, and we never ever really talked about that…

Scott: Well what’s to talk about when you can’t protect somebody you love and now it’s happening again.

Lucy: Well why don’t we talk about it now? Why don’t you tell me right now what’s going on inside your head?

Scott: I couldn’t protect Laura from losing her innocence and I can’t protect you either now.

Lucy: Oh Scott, don’t you see? You told me that it wasn’t my fault, not what happened with DV, it wasn’t my fault and it’s not yours. You couldn’t help me there it’s not your fault and you have to realize with Laura you probably couldn’t have done anything you couldn’t have helped Laura either.

Scott: What kind of world is this? You can’t protect the people you love – you gotta kill somebody to do it?

Lucy: You listen to me you ARE protecting me right now you’re protecting me from Bordisso by being here, when I know everything in your body, every impulse is telling you to rush off and just kill him.

Scott: I want to go and cut his head off!

Lucy: I do too, believe me I do, but you can’t. If you want to protect me and you want to beat DV – you just can’t.

===Karen’s apartment ====

Karen: Are you and I back together again, wiseguy?

Joe: Yes… and No.

Karen: OK your clarification needs work Joe – I mean which is it? Yes – we have a relationship or no – we don’t.

Joe: Well that all depends on you, really.

Karen: OK you’ve totally lost me.

Joe: OK you asked me earlier if I forgave you for doubting me.

Karen: Yes…

Joe: OK it’s my turn to ask you a question – do you forgive me for taking so long to you know, to forgive you?

Karen: I thought we were moving past that stuff, moving past our mistakes and looking into the future?

Joe: I figured it wouldn’t be fair to go to that right now until we resolved all the contributions I made to our problems…

Karen: You’ve an awfully good guy, anyone ever told you that?

Joe: Does that mean we’re square now?

Karen: 100% forgiven – both of us.

Joe: In that case, I’m ready to answer your question.

Karen: Uh, and which question would that be? (laughs)

Joe: I can see getting back together with you is going to be a lot of fun.

Karen: I love you Joe Scanlon.

Joe: I love you too.

====The lighthouse – Eve & Kevin are sitting in front of the fireplace ===

Eve: Part of me wants to call this whole thing off – but then I think, what if my son is out there somewhere?

Kevin: We have to pursue this and try and find some way to make this phony separation palatable….

Eve: Yeah well just don’t make it too palatable and fall in love with Lucy all over again.

Kevin: What? And risk losing this catch? I wouldn’t dream of it. (he kisses the picture that Eve gave him. She laughs and takes it away).

Eve: Hey, Did I ever tell you about my obsession with musicians?

Kevin: Yodel-ay-hee-hoo…. (they kiss)

====The Firehouse ====

Lucy: You know what you have to do? You just have to focus on me, and on Serena, and on Christina, and how much we love you. And how much we need you and if you focus on that – then I know you can win out every time… every time.

Scott: You fight dirty.

Lucy: You bet I do when it comes to my family absolutely. (she hugs Scott) Positive always, always, wins out over negative.

Scott: But see the question though is, when?

End of show.