Wyndham's Department Store: Robin(watching Brenda looking at herself in the mirror)Brenda, you're not really going to buy that wedding gown, are you? Brenda:Of course I am. How else am I going to convince Sonny I'm serious about marrying Jax. Robin:Brenda, I really think you're making a big mistake. You should just be honest with Sonny and Jax. Are you forgetting that using Miguel to make Sonny jealous backfired on you. It ended up driving Sonny into Lily's bed. Sonny loves you. If you play it straight with him I know he'll come back to you. Brenda:Do you think Snarly is playing it straight? Robin, I've never been up against someone like her before. She's not like Karen, Lily or Miranda were. She's a real threat to me. That's why I can't play it straight. Robin:But what if by not playing it straight you even up playing right into Carly's hands and lose Sonny. Brenda:That's just a risk I'm going to have to take. General Hospital: Luke(enters)Hello, baby sister. Bobbie:What can I do for you, big brother. Luke:A little bird just told me something that wasn't music to my ears. Bobbie:That bird wouldn't happen to have a killer pair of dimples would he? Luke:So, was what Soonny told me true. Are you keeping time with Cassadine, again. I thought you had something going with Jerry Jacks. Bobbie:Jerry left town. Luke:So is that any reason to start cuddling up to that serpent from Spook Island. Bobbie:Luke, I'm not cuddling up to Stefan. The only reason Stefan and I are spending time together is because of your son. We're trying to do what you should be doing, yourself. Luke:Oh, and what might that be. Bobbie:Saving Nikolas from Katherine Bell. Luke:So he's getting his rocks off with Blondie. It's about the only thing that broad is good for, anyway. Let him have his fun. Why why I was his age I did my fair share of women old enough to be my mama, too. It didn't kill me, it won't kill him. What's the big deal. Bobbie:The big deal is he thinks he's in love with her and wants to marry her. Luke, he's your son. Don't you have any feelings for him, at all. Luke:Look, Barbara, I can't help it if I just don't feel anything for the kid. And even if I did it wouldn't matter. He despises me. The Undertaker raised him to. Bobbie:You didn't let Lucky hating you stop you. You've fought for his love. Why don't you do the same for Nikolas. Luke:It's a different story with Lucky. He's mine and I'm not talking about blood. I raised that boy. I taught him everything he knows. I taught him how to be a survivor and I taught him not to make the same mistakes I've made. In short to be a better version of myself. He's mine. And while I was doing that, Barabus was doing the same with my first born son. So the kid's his. If the kid has a problem, it's the Count's duty to solve it for him. Even if I did manage to build a relationship with him, he'd never be a true Spencer, anymore than your Sweet Caroline is. You, me, Ruby, Lucky and Lulu are the only true Spencers as far as I'm concerned. The rest are outsiders. Bobbie:I notice you didn't mention Laura or Lucas in your list of true Spencers. Luke:I can already see Lucas doens't have the Spencer grit and Laura doesn't have the Spencer loyalty. You should be happy, baby sister. For years you've told me she wasn't a true Spencer. I finally agree with you. Now back to Cassadine. You do know he's using this situation to try and sink his claws into you, again, don't you? Bobbie:Yes, I'd actually figured that out all on my own without having to have you tell me. Imagine that. But Stefan's also been there for me when I need him most, which is more than I can say for you. After one visit to me after I got rescued from Tony's cabin and I haven't seen you since. Luke:You know I've had a lot of things to deal with, lately. Besides, you told me you were fine. Has that changed. Is there something you haven't told me? Bobbie:Big brother, stop meddling in my life and start trying to fix your own. What's left of your marriage is a mess. Try seeing if it can be fixed. The last time I saw Luly she wanted to know where her daddy was. Have you ever seen her, lately. Luke:No, I haven't wanted to deal with Laura, but I really miss Lu. Bobbie:She's daddy's little girl, all right. You know, it's not fair to her to drag this thing on. She's just a little girl who doesn't understand why Daddy isn't around, anymore. She's young and she might start thinking it's something she's done. Luke, you've really got to make a decision about your marriage one way or the other. Luke:I know I do. Well, at least one good thing has come out of this mess. I've got my son back. Lucky's so turned off by Laura's lies I look good to him by comparison. You know to a boy his mother is sacred. She's perfect in his eyes. She's the model you compare all other women to. But everytime he thinks all her lies are out in the open, out pops another one. You know when he learned I was really Nikolas' father he went to Laura and asked her if he was really my son or if she even knew who his father really was. If she'd slept with so many men that she couldn't be sure, like she couldn't be sure about Nikolas. That was the first time in her life Laura ever slapped that child. Then he made me bring him here and have a paternity test done to make sure I was really his father. Tell me, Barbara, how am I supposed to try and put my family back together when Lucky feels that way about his own mother. If I go back to Laura for Lulu's sake I could lost Lucky and I've just got him back. On the otherhand everytime I think of divorcing Laura something inside me rebels. Some part of me that just can't let Laura go. So tell me, Barbara, just what the hell am I supposed to do. Is it any wonder I can't concern myself with Nikolas' problems. I've already got way more than I can handle. Cafe, Wyndham's Department Store: Brenda(is sitting at a table sipping coffee when Carly comes up and drops a gift-wrapped box on the table in front of her)What's that for? Carly:(sits down)A thank you present for you. Oh, you don't mind if I sit down, do you? Brenda:Why bother asking. You already have. Carly:Anyway, I saw you shopping and I just wanted to get you something. Brenda:Just what are you thanking me for? Carly:Why, for Sonny, of course. If you hadn't agreed to set a wedding date with Jax, I wouldn't have had the best night of sex that I've ever had in my entire life. Sonny is an incredible lover. But I'm sure you know that from firsthand knowledge. Brenda:(tosses the gift back at Carly)Thanks but no thanks and if I were you I wouldn't crow just yet. You may have won the battle but the war is far from over. In the end, I'll get Sonny back and you can count on that. Carly:Honey, you had Sonny back and you blew it. If you'd have left Jax after you and Sonny made love in the boathouse instead of trying to use him against Sonny as a weapon to make him come to heel he would have come back to you. You're really not very bright, are you. And you know absolutely nothing about Sonny. Brenda:You haven't one. I'll get Sonny back, again. Sonny will never let me go through with marrying Jax. He'll leave you and come back to me so fast it'll make your little blonde head dizzier than it already is. Carly:Ah, but by then I could be pregnant with Sonny's child(she runs her hand down her flat stomach)After last night he or she might already be growing inside me. I can't wait until I can hold Sonny's hand against my stomach and let him feel our baby kicking for the first time.(she stands up)Speaking of time, I've really got to go. Did I happen to mention to you that Sonny taking me on a trip to Miami. That's what I was doing here. I was shopping for the most skimpiest bikini I could find. It's a belated honeymoon. Now, I really do have to get home and pack. The present is yours. Open it or not. It's up to you. Ta-ta. Brenda(watches Carly strut away then opens the package. Inside is a little troll doll with a sign taped on it's stomach saying, "A boobie prize for a prized boobie." Brenda throws it against the wall in a fit of anger and the little troll doll lets out a shriek of mocking laughter)This isn't over yet, Carly. This isn't over by a longshot. Kat and the side effects of her treatment; a way to off the character or to excuse her for all of her actions? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com