Bobbie's Bathroom, The Brownstone: Tony(lunges towards Bobbie and shoves her head under the water and holds it there)How does it feel, Bobbie, to know you're going to die and be powerless to do anything to stop it.(Bobbie struggles to break his hold on her. She manages to push her head above the water for a few seconds, before Tony shoves her back down under the water, again)Oh, no, Bobbie, you're not the one in control, here, I am. Whether you live or not depends entirely on my whim.(he suddenly lets her go. She comes up gasping for air)And lucky for you, I don't feel like killing you, today. But whose to say I won't change my mind about that, tomorrow. Bobbie:You're not real. You're dead. Tony:I bet I felt real enough when I was holding your head under the water a few moments ago. But maybe you just imagined that. Maybe it never even happened, at all. Maybe you held yourself under the water and you were struggling with no one. Maybe you just imagined you were struggling with me. Maybe right now you're just imagining that I'm talking to you.(he taps the side of his head with his index finger)Maybe this is all happening inside your head and it isn't even real. Whatever the case, I wouldn't tell Cassadine or anyone else about this. If you do, they're liable to think your crazy. But, then again, maybe you are.(he throws back his head, laughing maniacally, while Bobbie passes out.) The Beach, Miami: Sonny(as he finishes buttoning up his shirt)Well, I'll say one thing for you. Life with you is never boring or predictable. Carly:Sonny, you tried to convince me, tonight, to change my mind about how I feel about the mob. Well, it hasn't worked. I still feel the same way about it. It's the kind of life that I want. Like you, I'm willing to put up with the ugly side of this way of life. Now I want you to return the favor and give me a chance to change your mind. Sonny:About what? Carly:Our marriage. Sonny, were good together. I think we proved that a few minutes ago in the ocean and on the shore. And Michael just adores you. So why are we even thinking about getting a divorce. Sonny, a lot of people don't find what we have in our marriage. Were soulmates. We know each other, understand each other and we accept each other for the way we are without wanting to change each other. The sex is great between us and we have a good time together. And everyday our relationship keeps getting better and better. So why are we even thinking about ending our marriage when it works so well. Sonny:You know why. As long as I have any ties to the mob, I can't be married. I saw one wife die before my eyes because of the mob, I don't want to see it happen, again. And the only way I can make sure it never happens again is to not have a wife. Carly:But what if it's my choice to be your wife. To take the risk of being killed because of the mob. Shouldn't I be allowed to make that choice, Sonny, and shouldn't you respect it. Sonny, you're fooling yourself if you think you can live without love. I've never met anyone aside from myself whose as hungry for love as you are. Sonny, you've always wanted a real family. Well, you, me and Michael are a real family. And if you agree to stay married to me we can start making some babies together and give Michael some brothers and sisters and the kind of life we both dreamed of having as children but never had. Sonny:Fine, you're right, it's your choice to put yourself at risk by remaining married to me, but do you have the right to make that same choice for Michael. If we remain married what kind of life will Michael have. He won't be able to run free and play like the other kids, he'll have to be followed around constantly by a bodyguard in case my enemies try to kidnap him and use him as a tool to get at me. He'll have to live his life behind bullet-proof glass. He'll never know what it's like to live a normal life. And what about if he makes it to adulthood without being killed. Will he want to follow in my footsteps and join the mob, or will he want a normal life, but never be able to have it because he'll be unable to break free of the stench of the mob. What you want to do to Michael is what my mother did to me when she married Deke and remained with him even after he started abusing me. Just like my mother, you're putting you own needs above the needs of your child. Carly, you say I haven't changed how you feel about the mob, well, you haven't changed how I feel about this marriage. As soon as you're granted permanent custody of Michael, we're getting a divorce and that's final. Carly:But, why...I could understand it if you were planning to end up with Brenda... Sonny:I don't know that I still won't. Carly:But I thought it was over between the two of you. She's agreed to marry Jax. She's even seet a wedding date. I even saw her picking out a wedding gown at Wyndhams. Sonny(smiles)A story bought wedding gown? That proves Brenda has no intention of going through with marrying Candyboy. If she were serious she'd be having a wedding gown designed . Carly:You sound almost amused. Sonny:I am. I'd expect no less of Brenda. She's trying to bluff me to force me to come to heel. Carly:But a couple of days ago you were so furious at her for trying to manipulate you. Sonny:Carly, in our long relationship Brenda and I have had worse fights than this. Right now were both playing a game of Chicken. Were like two drag racers barreling towards each other and one of us will have to veer out of the way before we have a head on collision. Carly:So you still think you and Brenda will end up together in the end. Sonny:Brenda and I are like that verson from the Peter Cetera/Cher song, After all. After all the stops and starts. We keep coming back two these two hearts. Two angels who've been rescued from the fog. And after all that we've been through. It all comes down to me and you. I guess it's meant to be. Forever, you and me, after all. I mean, no matter what happens between us, we always seem to find our way back to each other in the end. That's why after I made love with Brenda in the boathouse, I didn't think you and I should be together, anymore. But by making loving with you again, I've done the one thing I didn't want to do. I've made you think I was through with Brenda and that I changed my mind about ending our marriage in a few months time. Carly:You've done nothing of the kind, Sonny. You and I have a very healthy, if unromantic, view on sex. It's just like sleeping when you're tired or eating when you're hungry. It's just an appetite that needs to be satisfied on a regular basis. That's what we did that night we met at Jake's. We were just appeasing out sexual appetites adn there's no reason we shouldn't go on satisfying them togehter. It's the exact same thing Brenda's doing with Jax. I mean, eventhough she has every intention of getting back together with you and it's you that's she's in love with, she's still having sex with Jax, right. So there's no need for us to not be together when were hungry for each other. Sonny:Carly, I don't want to hurt you. Are you sure you can handle us being together sexually until the time comes for us to go our seperate ways. I care so much for you. The last thing I want to do is ending up hurting you. Carly:(wraps herself around Sonny like a second skin)I'm sure, and in case you can't tell, I'm getting hungry for you, again, Mr. Corinthos. What are you going to do about it. Sonny:(give her a quick, deep kiss)Why, satisfy you to the best of my abilities, of course. Let's go back to our room. I think I'll try satisfying your hunger in that heart-shaped bathtub. We've never done it in a bubblebath before. It might be fun. Carly:Oh, and, Sonny. Sonny:Hmm? Carly:Just because we both understand that we're just having sex for the sake of appeasing our sexual appetites, that doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying to convince you that we shouldn't get a divorce. Sonny:Understood, and just because we're having sex doesn't mean I'm going to change my mind about us staying married. For Michael's sake, I can't.(he takes her hand and lead her back up the beach) Carly(adds, to herself, her voice drowned out by the waves crashing against the shore so Sonny can't hear her)And don't think I won't do everything in my power to make sure Brenda goes through with marrying Jax so I can have you all to myself. Bobbie's Bedroom, The Brownstone: Bobbie:(awakes in her bed wearing her robe. The scene in the bathroom immediately comes back to her. She brings her hand up to her head and finds her hair dry. She rushes into the bathroom. The floor is dry. There's no sign of the water that spilled over the tub when it ran over and when she splashed it over the side in her life-and-death battle with Tony. She leans down by the tub and feels the bottom of it. It's also dry. There's no sign water has been run into it, recently.)Oh, my god, I must have imagined the whole thing. It was all in my head. I must be losing my mind. Stefan(calls her name from the bedroom)Barbara! Barbara, are you here? Are you all right? Bobbie:Stefan, what are you doing here? How did you get in? Stefan:The front door was unlocked. I've been ringing the bell for the last five minutes. When you didn't answer I became worried that something might have happened to you.(Bobbie hurls herself into his arms)Barbara, what is it? What's wrong? You're trembling. Bobbie:Stefan, don't talk(she begins tugging the buttons on his shirt open in a frenzy)Don't ask me any questions. Just make love to me. If you care anything at all about me, you'll just make love to me.(then she pulls his head down to hers and kisses him in a desperate attempt to hold on to her sanity) ............................................................... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com