Kate: Well. This part of you hasn't changed -- the way that you can shut down, disengage. When we were kids, it used to confuse me and anger me, but at least now I know why you did it -- so you couldn't be hurt by your stepfather.

Sonny: I -- I don't want to --

Kate: Or anyone else, Sonny. I know the need to make yourself feel numb, to make yourself feel dead inside.

Boy: Yo, you looking to party?

Lucky: What?

Boy: I got all kinds of pills, bro -- you know, whatever floats your boat. You know, some uppers, some downers -- yo, man, what the hell? What are you doing?

Lucky: You think you're the candy man, huh? Well, guess what -- I got two kids, and I can think of a whole lot of words to call you.

Boy: What are you going to do, man?

Lucky: You don't want to find out. Get out of here -- get out of here, your party's over!

Carly: Ok, I'm sorry if I was coming on too strong.

Jax: No --

Carly: But I miss you, I haven't seen you in so long, and I'm ovulating and you're freaking me out -- please don't bail on me.

Jax: No, no, no, I'm not bailing on you. I just -- I -- I'd like to participate.

Carly: Oh! Ok! Here you go. Take me, I'm yours.

Jax: Um -- I have my own ideas about this. I just --

Carly: Great! I would love to hear them. What do you have in there -- handcuffs?

Jax: No, it's a fertility icon. There's a -- there's a story behind this. Ahem -- according to the Hawaiians, legend has it that this woman, who has suffered through a -- she suffered through a great war, and she lost faith in the world and herself, until she met this -- this healer. She couldn't conceive until she met him, and -- and he restored her trust, right? I mean, this is -- this is a growing alternative in this -- in this sci-fi fertility technology age that we're going through. I mean, there's actually documented cases of this. This really works.

Carly: Ok. Well, am I supposed to wear it while we're having sex?

Jax: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Faith alone isn't enough. No, no. There -- there are rituals.

Carly: Oh. What kind of rituals?

Jax: First, you have to -- your entire body gets covered in this warm poultice. Ok?

Carly: That doesn't sound so bad.

Jax: Right, it's -- it's made of herbs and a -- a part of a goat.

Carly: Well, what part of the goat?

Jax: I don't know -- it's not -- it's not really important.

Carly: It's important to the goat.

Jax: No, no, no, it's not -- it's not important. Um -- you have to lie in a dark room with just one candle lit. And you have a bunch of palm leaves, and then you take the palm leaves, and you lash yourself.

Carly: I lash myself? Isn't that a bit barbaric?

Jax: Not compared to artificial insemination. I mean, think about that. There's actually documented proof of this, you know? It stimulates circulation, and -- and it brings up -- um -- pheromone -- pheromone levels.

Carly: Ok, so I -- I lie there and I smear poultice all over my body while I beat myself with palm fronds --

Jax: While reciting an ancient prayer -- that's the most important part. Then you lie there. I come into the room, right?

Carly: Right

Jax: This -- this is important. When I come into the room, you say, "oh --" you have to really project -- "oh, big kahuna of fertility, come take me, your -- your goat-smelly super mama!"

Carly: Ok!

[Jax laughs]

Carly: That's not funny! You're making fun of me! I mean, is this stupid thing even a fertility icon anyway?

Jax: Yeah, that actually is a fertility icon, yeah -- and it worked, see? Now we're all relaxed, we're having fun, we're laughing. Come on, that was the whole point. Let the ancestors worry about your fertility, and we'll just -- we'll just concentrate on each other, ok? Let's concentrate on loving each other.

Kate: Running away has become second nature to me, Sonny, for reasons that run a lot deeper than preserving the image of Kate Howard.

Sonny: What reasons? I want to hear them.

Kate: Sonny, look, if I wanted -- that was all I wanted, I -- I would've run away a long time ago -- when I first got fired from "Couture," and I wouldn't be here again, trying to find a way to break through this impenetrable wall that you're putting up. I wouldn't be here trying to find common ground for us to start again, and I think -- I think I have a way.

[Splash]

Lucky: You were there the whole time? Watching, wondering what I would do? Wondering if I'd take those pills, wondering if you could trust me to be with Jake. You know, I'd like to swear I'd never take another pill, but that's a dangerous road for a recovering drug addict. But you could be with the person day in, day out, look them in the eye, into the heart, think you'd know them and be dead wrong. But I don't have to tell you that.

Alexis: Kate will be fine.

Diane: Did we give her anything even resembling good advice?

Alexis: I did, you didn't.

Diane: Thank you.

Alexis: But, really, what advice can you give regarding Sonny?

Diane: None -- run! Her first instinct was correct. Because of her relationship with Sonny, she lost a career that she worked all her life for, stature few women ever achieve.

Alexis: Clearly, that wasn't enough.

Diane: Oh, please. Alexis, women like us don't need the love of a good man to complete us.

Alexis: We don't?

Diane: No! We need a nice, soft pillow, a good steak, and a glass of wine.

Alexis: And sex.

Diane: Well, you need that.

Alexis: Lots of sex.

Diane: Yeah.

Alexis: What were we talking about?

Diane: Kate.

Alexis: Ah, Kate.

Diane: She's so nice.

Alexis: Could Kate be the one?

Diane: The one to finally tame Sonny?

Sonny: What common ground are you talking about?

Kate: Your children -- in particular, your boys, since you share custody with them.

Sonny: What about them?

Kate: Sonny, when I think about the complications of being in your life, I think about your kids -- and what a wonderful job you've done with them. I mean, we all know that I -- I think they can be a little rambunctious, but they are good boys. It is so clear that they are loved, and that comes from you. They're a reflection of the best in you.

Sonny: They already have a mother.

Kate: Sonny, by no means was I suggesting that I would try to take Carly's place.

Sonny: You couldn't because you're a phony, and I wouldn't want my children anywhere near you.

Carly: Have I ever told you that you're a very, very smart man?

Jax: Well, not enough.

Carly: No? You're right -- sometimes you just have to let go.

Jax: Yeah.

[Music plays]

Singer: Another day dawns curtains drawn and I hate the loneliness I don't want to wake up without you and feel it how could I give my heart away all over when you've taken everything that's left in me that I had to give? Never said it's over when you disappear

Singers: Oh-oh-oh yeah, yeah

Singer: All through the night alone in my sleep have I kept with regret you in my dreams? All through the night alone in my sleep and I wish I could let you go but it's frightening that I can't live if I don't

Singers: Oh-oh-oh

Singer: I can't live if I don't another day, brood darkness bloomed and my tears stain the sink can I pretend this isn't how it will always be? How can I give my heart away all over when you've taken everything that's left in me that I had to give? Never said it's over when you disappear

Singers: Oh-oh-oh yeah, yeah

Singer: All through the night

Kate: Sonny, why are you doing this?

Sonny: So you get the message this time. Get on a plane, go back to Manhattan, to your phony life, your phony friends, because that's where you belong. And stay the hell out of my life!

Singer: It's frightening I can't live if I don't

Singers: Oh-oh-oh

Singer: I can't live if I don't another day dawns and I don't want to get up

>> On the next "general hospital" --

Luke: I'm home!

Monica: Not anymore, you're not.

Sam: I was getting worried. Where have you been?

Jason: I'm not sure that Cooper was really the text message killer.

Bartender: The lady would like to buy you a drink.


Edited 1 time by LiznJase Jan 31, 2008 10:21.