Monday, April 14th Part 1:

Lulu: That was beautiful. What's it called?

Johnny: It's a piece by rachmaninoff. What're you doing here, lulu?

Lulu: I just wanted you to know that no one's going to blame you for michael's shooting. I made sure of it.

Jason: When carly was pregnant with Michael, she had a fight with Dr. Jones and showed up at my doorstep. And she asked me to be her baby's father. Well, at the time, I was running Sonny's business and I tried to explain to her that it would not be safe for her and her baby. She didn't care. So I let her stay and when Michael was born, I promised to protect him. Because everybody thinks that I can keep everybody safe... And I can't. I can't keep anybody safe. And the truth is, with what I do... I shouldn't be anywhere near a child.

Carly: Get out.

Claudia: I'm not here to hurt michael.

Carly: If you want to go after sonny, that's fine. You give him all the sympathy sex he can stand. But i'll be damned if my son gets caught in the middle again, because michael has been hurt enough because of his father.

Michael: Love you, dad.

sonny: Who's there?

[Footsteps]

sonny: Who is there?

Robin: It's robin.

Sonny: Hey.

Robin: Hey, are you ok?

Sonny: Yeah.

Robin: Sorry, that was a dumb question. I'm just here to help.

Sonny: Why'd you come down to find me?

Robin: Alexis called me.

Sonny: Figures.

Robin: She said that carly walked in on you when they were questioning you about the shooting and things got ugly.

Sonny: You know why alexis called you to come check on me instead of herself? Because she is the mother of one of my children and it takes a lot for her not to look at me and say, "i told you so."

Robin: Alexis doesn't blame you.

Sonny: Well, she should because carly was right about all of it. I am a selfish bastard who got his son shot.

Lulu: I went by the hospital to see carly this morning and --

johnny: How's michael?

Lulu: He's still unconscious but he's holding his own.

Johnny: Is there going to be any permanent damage?

Lulu: They won't know anything until he wakes up, but carly seems hopeful.

Johnny: That's good.

Lulu: Carly knows that you were with me when michael was shot and i told the same thing to sonny and i think that he believed me. And even if he didn't, spinelli saw us together on the haunted star, so he can vouch for you with jason, so everything --

johnny: I do not need you defending me to sonny.

Lulu: I was just trying to help.

Johnny: Who asked you to?

Alexis: You're having sex with max. That's your principle client's number one henchman. What on earth were you thinking?

Max: Yeah, what were you thinking?

Diane: Emotions are running very high since michael got shot. Max and i were looking for a little mutual consolation.

Alexis: In the middle of sonny's living room?

Max: The boss isn't here.

Diane: And now might be a very good time for you to make a discreet exit.

Alexis: I don't want to be here any more than you want me here. What i have just seen has burned holes through my corneas.

Diane: Oh, stop it.

Alexis: As your friend and colleague, i'm going to stay here because you seem to be making very self-destructive choices.

Max: Excuse me. I happen to hold ms. Miller in a very high esteem.

Diane: Thank you, max.

Alexis: I'm sure you do.

Diane: That's very kind of you to say.

Alexis: I'm sure you do, max, and i say this in the nicest possible way, but you're a thug.

Max: I'm a bodyguard.

Alexis: He's a minion to a thug. And this is ok with you? You're sleeping with a flunky.

Max: What?

Elizabeth: What if we just leave Port Charles? What if we move to, like, Montana or Hawaii or Louisiana or something, anywhere?

Jason: Can't leave. I can't leave right now. I can't leave Michael, Carly, Monica, who's sitting in rehab knowing that her grandson, the last person she had left, was shot in the head and may never wake up because of some of my choices. I couldn't lie to you and tell you that you and the kids will be safe. I -- I've made enemies and you and the kids would always be in the line of fire.

Elizabeth: Ok, so -- just so I'm clear on this... You're choosing that life, the violence, over me and the boys?

Jason: No. I made the choice before I ever even met you.

Jason: I've risked your life... And jake's and kim's. And I refuse to be the reason... That any of you would die.

Elizabeth: I've loved you more than you've loved me, and I've tried really hard to stop, but I just can't. Even now.

Claudia: I came to pay my respects and i'm not here to hurt your son.

Carly: He's not on display. You don't get to come check out the kid with the hole in his head.

Claudia: No child deserves this.

Carly: You can save your sympathy because sonny is not here. That's why you're doing this, right? To get close to his father? You may want to rethink that strategy. Being close to sonny is a dangerous thing, even for a wannabe mob queen like yourself. Take a look at the flip side of this life.

Claudia: Carly, i'm really sorry about your son.

Carly: Screw your sympathy and your pity. I told you to stay the hell away from my family and i mean it. Now, get out. Get out!

Jax: Carly, what's going on here?

Jax: I don't know who you are, but you've obviously upset my wife --

carly: She's claudia zacchara, johnny's sister.

Jax: Oh, you've come to admire your brother's handiwork.

Claudia: My brother didn't do this.

Jax: Am i supposed to take your word on that?

Claudia: No, ask lulu spencer. She was with john when it happened.

Jax: Maybe johnny wasn't the one who pulled the trigger, but i'm sure he gave the order to the person who did.

Claudia: My brother would never target a child.

Jax: I believe my wife asked you to leave. I suggest you do that before i call security.

Claudia: I'm sorry.

Jax: Hey.

Carly: I'm so glad you're here.

Jax: I'm sorry. I was going out of my mind on that runway. How's he doing?

Carly: He's doing ok. He's getting better. I know it. Aren't you, baby? You're getting better.

Sonny: All i wanted to do was teach my son that my business is more than just guns and violence, so i brought him here, ok, without any guards so he could watch a coffee shipment being loaded. And i left him wide open. And now he's lying in a hospital bed -- [sniffs] with a hole in his head.

Robin: But the police said that the bullet ricocheted, which means that they weren't even aiming at michael.

Sonny: They were aiming at me, robin. And once again, i just get off without a scratch. Everybody -- it always happens like this. Everybody i care about, you know, my family, carly, kate -- they pay the price. I -- i'm always, you know, just standing there, all fine and everything's great.

Robin: You were trying to give your son a better life, right? You brought him here to show him that the mob isn't the only option. You can't blame yourself for wanting to be a good father.

Sonny: When i saw my son get shot... All i thought about was getting to the hospital as fast as i can because i wanted to save my son's... Life. And it wasn't until i was at the hospital that the police started questioning me, and carly's coming at me, that i realized what had happened. There was a rifle. It was going to shoot at me. I grabbed kate, threw her to the ground -- kate, not michael. Carly's right. I don't -- i don't deserve to be a father.

Robin: Carly's full of crap. Michael needs you. Every child needs his father.

Lulu: I didn't think you would have a problem with me trying to save your life.

Johnny: What was the last thing that you said to me at the haunted star before spinelli came in and told us about michael being shot? That you were sick of thinking about me. So why are you here again?

Lulu: You're the one who kept pushing me away, and when i finally decided to end things between us, you wouldn't let go.

Johnny: I haven't called you once since michael got shot. That should tell you something.

Lulu: Yeah, that you're afraid sonny's going to blame you for michael's shooting and you don't want me caught in the middle. I get it.

Johnny: No, you don't. I'm sick of all this back-and- forth, so quit playing the games and tell me what you want.

Lulu: I am not the only one who's playing games here. What do you call buying into my father's business?

Johnny: I call it a business investment.

Lulu: It is a way for you to keep me in your life.

Johnny: Oh, you know what, lulu? Not everything i do is about you, ok?

Lulu: My mistake for trying to help you. Have a nice life.

Elizabeth: You're right about everything. I can never risk my boys getting hurt like Michael. And I know that I should be making this easier, because it's my choice, too.

Jason: I'm sorry.

Elizabeth: I'm not. I have loved every minute that I've spent with you. And the first son. I thank God that we made him together. I don't -- I don't want this to just be over. I just hope that somehow there's a way that I can I accept that you lead a dangerous life, and I accept that you should never step foot into this house, nor be with my children, but i'm a different story. Why can't we just continue to meet at the safe house?

Jason: If you call, I'll meet you.

Elizabeth: But you're not going to call me.

Jason: I couldn't ask you to take the chance.

Elizabeth: God, Jason, why does it always have to be up to me?

Jason: Because you're the one with everything to lose.

Jason: You know I love you. But before you call, you got to think of Carly screaming for Michael.

Elizabeth: That's not fair.

Jason: I'm just being honest.

Jason: I want you... And Jake and Cam... To have a safe... And amazing life.

Elizabeth: Jason. Is there anything I can do for you?

Jason: If you could... Pray for Michael, I'd appreciate that.

Elizabeth: Yeah, of course. The boys and I will pray for all of you.

Diane: Alexis, while i appreciate your concern, however misguided, i fail to see how belittling max is going to do anybody --

alexis: Getting involved with anyone from sonny's organization could get you killed, or worse, disbarred. Now, is the allure that you feel for this particular brand of bad boy worth losing your career?

Diane: I did not sleep with max because he is a bad boy. Yes, his line of work is less than desirable, but that does not define him as a human being. He is quite sensitive. He's endlessly sympathetic. He's got boyish good looks. And he's remarkably limber for a man of his size.

Alexis: Yes, i've seen max's flexibility.

Diane: Max?

Max: Oh, no, no, no, no, never.

Alexis: No, i meant when i walked in, i saw his leg over -- forget it.

Diane: Fine. My point is that there is much more to max than meets the eye.

Alexis: He carries a gun and his job is to terrorize people.

Max: My job is to protect sonny.

Alexis: Same thing. Max, can you look me in the eye honestly and tell me that you've never fired a gun at one of sonny's enemies?

Diane: Don't you answer that.

Alexis: Well, it's a valid question.

Diane: It's entrapment.

Max: No, it's ok, ms. Miller. I've got nothing to hide. Well, if someone were to make an attempt on sonny's life, i would stop at nothing to protect him, hypothetically speaking, of course.

Diane: Good boy!

Alexis: Bad boy. I know how this works. You find yourself finding something decent and caring about this otherwise dangerous criminal, you go to bed with him and then the next thing you know, your life is utter chaos. I know, you want to put yourself through this? He's never going to love anyone but carly.

Max: Oh, no, um...

Jax: How did claudia zacchara even get in here? Where was sonny, or jason, for that matter?

Carly: Jason's been with me every minute since michael got out of surgery. He left right before claudia got here.

Jax: What about sonny?

Carly: I don't want sonny anywhere near michael ever again.

Jax: But at least his men should be guarding the door, don't you think?

Carly: If sonny wanted to protect michael, he should've put a guard in every corner of that warehouse. Instead, he sent them home, just so he could impress his girlfriend. See, sonny decided that he was going to focus on the coffee business, so kate could think she could have a normal life with sonny. So when the shots were fired, sonny protected kate, not michael. He was more concerned with his girlfriend than he was his own son. When i think of all the times that i insisted that sonny was a good father and insisted that his kids spend time with him -- i'm such a fool.

Jax: Hey, hey, you did what you thought was best.

Carly: Michael almost died last night because he was standing next to sonny. And you told me so many times. Why didn't i listen to you? Why didn't i do more to protect my kids?