Stefan's Study, Wyndermere: Stefan(enters to find Luke sitting behind his desk smoking a cigar with his feet propped on top of the desk)You! What do I have to do to keep you out of here. Put D-Con at all the entrances to the secret passages. Luke;Actually, it's very simple. Just stay away from my women. Stefan:I haven't gone near Laura since the truth about Nikolas' paternity came out. Luke:I wasn't talking about Laura and I don't think of her as mine, anymore. You worked hard to ruin our relationship. Congratulations, you succeeded. So why don't you reap the rewards of all your hard labor. Stefan:I find I'm no longer interested in Laura. She's all yours. Luke:No, you're more interested in my baby sister, at the moment. Stay away from her. You had your chance with Bobbie and you blew it. While Bobbie was trying to make your marriage work, you were sneaking around behind her back bumping and grinding with Blondie Bell. Stefan:I never cheated on Barbara. Luke:Look, for some twenty years you've had a Jones for Laura. She's been your dreamgirl. Well, the dream is finally within your grasp. Go ahead and grab for it. Stefan;(smirks)Oh, I know what this is all about. You want me to give you the final push to divorce Laura. If you see me pursuing her, again, that that will make the decision easy for you. Spencer, don't you know by now that it's my goal in life to make things hard for you, not easy. Luke:Yes, which is why you're sniffing around my sister, again, and if you don't stop i t you and I are going to start tangling, again. Stefan:Is that supposed to scare me. In the past I've gotten just as many licks to you as you have to me. Come after me, Spencer. I'm more than ready to take you on. Jax's Penthouse: Jax:Brender, I was going through the list you made up for the people you want invited to our engagement ball. What is Sonny Corinthos' name doing on it. Brenda:Jax, I want us all to put the past behind us and what better way than to invite Sonny to celebrate our engagement. And speaking of the ball, I don't want it to be like Stefan and Katherine's. I was us to have a costume ball. I think it wold be fun if all the guests came dressed as their favorite fictional and non-fictional characters. Won't that be fun. Jax:I don't want Corinthos' at my party. Brenda:It's my party, too and I do. Besides, I see V's also been invited and if I don't have a problem with her, you shouldn't have one with Sonny. Jax:I thought you liked V. Brenda:You thought wrong. I like her about as much as you like Sonny. But I don't have a problem with her being at our engagement ball because I see it as you putting your past behind you, just like if Sonny's there, I'll be able to put my past behind me. V's Apartment: V(opens the door to Felicia)Hey, Felicia, what's up. Felicia:Trouble.(she hands V the morning paper)Read the announcement in the society column. V:Jax and Brenda have set a wedding date? But they can't. Brenda doesn't even have any intention of going through with marrying him. Felicia:Obviously, Brenda's raising the stakes in this little game she's playing with Sonny. V:Felicia, I can't let this continue to go on any longer. I have to tell Jax the truth about her. Felicia:V, are you really sure you want to do that. You know if you do, Jax could very well refuse to believe you and accuse you of making up lies to cause trouble between him and Brenda thinking you'll be able to get him back. V:Felicia, I've kept quiet up until now for just that reason. But don't you see if I continue to keep quiet and I let this go on, I'm just as guilty as Brenda. No, despite the consequences to myself, I've got to tell Jax the truth and I've got to do it now. Kat's Room, The Quartermaine Mansion: Kat(enters to find Tony lounging on her bed)You! What are you doing here? Tony:As you can see. I've been waiting for you, Katherine. Kat:Look, I don't know why you're here or what you want from me but if you try to kidnap me i'll scream down the house. Tony:Relax, Katherine. Rest assured your the last person I'd ever want to kidnap. No, I'm here to discuss something you and I both have in common. Kat:And what might that be. Tony:Our mutual loathing for my ex-wife and your ex-fiancee'. In short, I'm here to talk to you about us getting revenge on Stefan and Bobbie. I know you want to pay Cassadine back for treating you like some department store dummy he could dress up as he pleased as he tried to turn you into a Laura Doll. And I know you want to pay back Bobbie for messing with your relationship with your young stud. So I thing we should team-up to make Stefan and Bobbie pay. Kat:You've told me what I've got against them, but what do you. I know you're obsessed with Bobbie... Tony:Obsessed? I hate that bitch. You see, I didn't run-off the way she and Cassadine told the police that I did. Bobbie tried to kill me, then she and Cassadine buried me alive. ................................... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com