Stone's Room, Sonny's Penthouse: Carly(enters)Oh, good, you're finally awake. I know I'm not as good a cook as you are, but I fixed you breakfast. So why don't you get up, take a shower and come downstairs. Sonny:I don't want to get up. Carly:All right, I'll put it on a tray, then and bring it up here to you. How will that be. Sonny:I don't want to eat. Carly:Okay, if that's what you want. At least you're talking. That's some improvement. But you must want to get up and take a shower. You can't be comfortable in that suit. Wouldn't you feel better if you put on your pajamas. Sonny:I told you, I don't want to get up. Carly:Sonny, you're wearing the same clothes you had on when you stormed out of here days ago after we had our argument. Sonny:(turns his back on her)Go away and leave me alone. Carly:No, I won't go away and leave you alone. If you want me to stop bothering you, you'll get up, take a shower and put on your pajamas.(that suggestion is greeted by silence)Sonny, I'm not Jason. I'm not going to baby you. I'm not going to just sit around and wait for you to decide to get up when you feel like it.(more silence)Fine! You want to act like a spoiled brat, then that's how I'm going to treat you.(she stomps in the bathroom. When she comes backs he's carrying a pan of water, soap, a towel and wash cloth. She bangs it down on the nightstand next to his head) Sonny(looks up at it)What are you going to do with that. Carly:What do you know. He talks. Sonny:What is that for? Carly:Since you refuse to get up, I'm going to strip you bare, bathe you and put you in a pair of pajamas and you won't even have to move a muscle. You can continue to lay there like a dead mackerel, brown eyes. Sonny:You wouldn't dare? Carly:Just watch me. Sonny:All right! Fine! I'll get up. (he jumps off the bed)I'm up. Happy? Carly(hands him some pajamas)You can put these on after you finish taking your shower. Sonny(grabs them)Fine!(then he stomps into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him) Jacks' Place, Alaska: Brenda(slips down the stairs and makes sure no one's around before picking up the phone and dialing Sonny's penthouse)I've got to get to you quick, and explain to you what's going on, baby, before you get so worried about me you try and come here to make sure I'm all right. Carly(answers the phone)Hello. Brenda:Carly, what are you doing there? Carly:I live here. What do you want, Brenda? Brenda:But Sonny told me he'd left you. Carly:Things have changed. Brenda:I want to speak to Sonny. Carly:I'm sorry, he's not available at the moment. Brenda:You don't understand. Sonny must be going out of his mind worrying about me. I need to tell him where I am and that I'm fine. Carly:I can assure you, you're the last thing on his mind at the moment. Goodbye.(she hangs up the phone) Brenda:Hello? Hello! That's witch hung up on me! How dare she!(she starts to redial the number when a hand reaches down and disconnects her) John:I thought I told you not to try and contact Corinthos. Brenda:I wasn't. I was trying to call Robin. You made me leave before I could talk to her. I need to tell her what wedding arrangements I need her to handle for me. You do want this wedding to come off without a hitch, don't you? Sonny's Penthouse: Carly(opens the door to Luke)Uncle Luke, I can't believe I'm about to say this, but am I ever glad to see you. Luke:My sister-in-law, Amy, of the ever flapping lips told me about Sonny. She told me what happened to him and that's he's missing. Have you heard from him, yet? Carly:I found him. He's upstairs. Luke:How is he? Carly:Not good. I got him to get up and take a shower. He's back in bed, now. I was about to make a sandwich for him and try to bully him into eating it. Luke:I'll go up and see him and see what I can do.(he heads up the stairs) Carly:(calls after him)He's in Stone's old room. Luke:(enters and finds Sonny staring up at the ceiling)Hey, partner, how's it going? Sonny:Not very good? You know? Luke:Yeah, do you have any idea how did this to you. Was it Moreno? Sonny:Brenda told me it was John Jacks. Luke:Brenda? Sonny:Yeah, I was on my way to meet Brenda. Some how Jacks' must have found out and he had this done to me. Luke:Don't you think injecting you with infected blood is a little much to stop his little boy from getting dumped, again? Sonny:Not for this guy. Luke, you don't know him the way I do. He smashed a man's hand to settle a strike and from what I can tell Jacks' lives and breathes to make sure his little goldenboy have a very happy little life, removing any obstacles that might get in the way of that. Luke:What are you going to do to Jacks? Sonny:What can I do? I could kill him, but it won't change what he did to me. And I can't prove he did this to me so I can't go to the cops. Luke:So you're going to do nothing and let him get away with this? Sonny:Luke, I'm a little too busy at the moment trying to deal with what's going to happen to me to give a second thought to John Jacks. Can we talk about something else for awhile. Anything. The weather. The prices of coffee in Brazil. All I can do is think of what's been done to me and I'd like to be able to think about something else for a few minutes. Luke:Yeah, sure, whatever you want. You want to hear the latest on this Virginia Benson mystery. Sonny:Sure, lay it on me. Did you confront the old lady yet about the checks I found? Luke:Yeah, and she told me I'd better let it drop because what I find out will only drive Bobbie closer to the Bat. Sonny:Are you going to let it drop? Luke:Hell, no, and I'm going to need your help finding out what the connection between Virginia Benson and Helena is. I'm really going to need you to get back on your feet. Sonny:We'll see. Luke:Okay, well, I'll let you rest, now. I'll see you later.(he leaves Sonny to staring up at the ceiling, again) Carly(meets him at the bottom of the stairs)Well, how did it go? Luke:Nor very well. I know you're not going to like what I'm about to say, but you need to call Robin and ask her to come over here. Carly:Why? Luke:Neither you or I have a clue what Sonny's feeling, right now, but Robin will because she went through the exact same thing, herself, and she may be the only one who can really get through to him. Will February Sweeps be a dud? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com