Alexis and Ned wake up to see that Avery is not in bed with them, although she had slept between them in their bed the night before.
They get out of bed and go across the hall to the nursery.
Avery is standing over Hannah�s crib, talking to her. Hannah is lying on her stomach, looking up at Avery in amazement.
Avery: �Look, Hannah, I know I�m mean to you sometimes, but that�s just cause you cry a lot and you make my ears hurt.� She pauses. �But Daddy said I did that too.�
Hannah gurgles as she sucks on her pacifier.
Avery: �But you�re okay. When those bad people took me, they said they were going to kill you. And I was scared. I want to protect you, because you�re my sister.�
Alexis and Ned stand in the doorway, Ned�s arms around Alexis� waist. Avery looks up to see them there. She shrugs.
Avery: �Hannah is cool with me now.�
Alexis: �That�s good.�
Avery: �But Mommy? Don�t have any more kids, okay? We�re enough.�
Alexis starts laughing.
The next night. The Outback.
Alexis, Ned, Avery and Hannah are having dinner with their friends, as a welcome home party for Avery.
Sitting at the head of the table is Avery. She is wearing a princess tiara and a pink dress. Alexis sits on one side of her, Ned on the other.
Avery: �You know what? It wasn�t fun in Vegas, but it sure is bright there.�
Lucas: �Did you get to pull the slot machine?�
Avery: �No, they wouldn�t let me.�
Christabel: �Father, where is Vegas?�
Stefan: �Nevada. It�s on the other side of the country.�
Serena: (looking around the table) �Have any of you been there?�
All of the adults shake their heads.
Avery: �Not even you, Daddy?�
Ned: �Once, a long time ago.� He grins. �We should all go there.�
Kimberly: �We should.�
Ned: �I�m serious. We could go for a couple of days in August.�
Julia: (suddenly) �We could go for Alexis� birthday.�
All eyes turn to Alexis, who is calmly sipping her wine.
Alexis: �We don�t have to use my birthday as an excuse.� She smiles. �But it would be fun.�
Ned: �You want to go to Vegas?�
Alexis: �Totally. Everyone else?�
Everyone, except one person nods their head and gives their affirmation.
Alexis: �Stefan, why not?�
Stefan: �Vegas is tacky.�
Ned: �But you�ve never been there. Stefan, some of the richest people in the world go there. Do you know who Donald Trump is?�
Stefan: (glaring at him) �Yes, I know who that is. I still don�t see your point.�
Mackenzie: �Oh come on Stefan. It will be fun. We�ll all be there.�
Stefan: �I�ll think about it.�
The evening of July 28. Aboard the ELQ jet, headed for Vegas.
Mackenzie: �Let�s play a game.�
Kimberly: �Sorry. I don�t do bingo.�
Mackenzie: �I meant a game like truth.�
Julia: �What is that?�
Mackenzie: �We played it in law school. I�m not going to explain it unless everyone agrees to play.� She waits until everyone nods. �We take turns asking questions. If you refuse to answer the question, you have to take one piece of clothing off.�
Kimberly: �Gee, we have two hours left. I give Alexis twenty minutes to lose her clothes.�
Alexis: �Kim, I wasn�t the one who ran down the street naked, you know?�
Mackenzie: �Anyways, on with the game. I�ll go first.� She turns to Stefan. �Stefan, if you could sleep with anyone on this plane, not counting me, who would it be?�
Stefan: (rolling his eyes) �I don�t know... I guess, uh, well, Kimberly.� Everyone hoots as he thinks for a moment. �Is it my turn?� he turns to Bobbie. �Bobbie, on a scale of one to ten, how was I in bed when we were married?�
Bobbie: �I�d give you a nine. You weren�t bad at all. Hmm... Monica, how many men have you slept with?�
Monica: �Hmm, Alan, Jeff, Rick, Ned, Dorman, Sean... I�m going to go with ten. Julia, what is your ideal place to make love?�
Julia: �A cloud.� Everyone laughs. �Okay, okay, in the glass elevator going up to the Space Needle in Seattle.�
Ned: �Jax, you�ll have to remember that.�
Julia: (glaring at Ned) �Jerry, have you ever had a one night stand?�
Jerry: �Yes, unfortunately, I have. Jax, what�s your ideal sex prop?�
Jax: �Hmm. I guess, a can of whipped cream.� Julia blushes as he goes on. �Alan, have you ever read a porn magazine, and which one?�
Alan: �YEAH! I have! Which one? Penthouse, Playboy and Hustler.� he smiles and turns to Ned. �Ned, would you ever have a threesome?�
Ned: �No way. Alexis is the only woman I would ever want in my bed.� He smiles at her. �Kim, who is the most important person you�ve ever slept with?�
Kimberly: �My former law professor. Mackenzie, same question.�
Mackenzie: �The most important person I�ve slept with? That would have to be the internationally known Stefan Cassadine.�
Everyone laughs as Stefan blushes.
Mackenzie: �Scott, have you ever stripped, and to what song?�
Scott: �Yes, and to the song Dancing in the Dark. Springsteen, baby.� He looks around. �Who�s left. Ah, Alexis.� He grins evilly. �Where is the most interesting place you and Ned have had sex?�
Alexis: (looking trapped) �Uh, well, um...�
Kimberly: �Good question, Scott! Spit it out, Alexis.�
Alexis: �Well...� she knows that she can�t say the ball pit because Ned would kill her, so she tries to come up with something else. She glares at Scott.
Scott: �I know the answer. I just want you to admit what happened on Christmas day.�
Alexis: �Fine, fine, fine. Ned and I had sex on our kitchen floor during Christmas dinner last year. Are you happy now?�
Kimberly and Scott start laughing hysterically. Alexis just sighs.
They continue to play the game until the plane lands.
The last question is from Kimberly to Alexis.
Kimberly: �Alexis, where was the last public place you and Ned had sex?�
Alexis: (trying to sound convincing) �Ned and I have never had sex in a public place.�
Ned covers his mouth with his hand to keep from laughing.
Kimberly: �She�s lying!� she throws some popcorn at Alexis.
Alexis: �I am not. Tell her, Ned.�
Ned: �Alexis and I have not made love in a public place.�
Alexis: �Thank you.�
Ned: �In the last month.�
Alexis blushes bright red as everyone laughs.
Kimberly: �Answer the question, Alexis, or you�re getting off the plane wearing nothing but your shoes.�
Alexis: �Well, we... hmm... I�m going to go with... uh, the beach in Bali.�
Kimberly: �That�s not very interesting, but what can I expect with you?�
Alexis glares at her.
Alexis: �You�d be surprised, Kim. I�m not such a good girl when it comes to my marriage.�
Kimberly: �Oh yeah? Give me one good one.�
Alexis: (before she can stop herself) �Remember how I went backstage after the guys sang Kokimo at the Nurses Ball? Well, Ned and I had sex backstage in the curtains.�
Kimberly�s mouth drops open. So does Ned�s.
Kimberly: �I�m impressed. Very impressed.�
Alexis: (to Ned) �Sorry.�
Ned: (laughing) �It�s fine. You can make it up to me somehow.�
Scott: �Are there any curtains around?�
Ned and Alexis turn around and glare at him.
Just then, the plane touches down at McCarran International Airport.
Ned: �Welcome to Vegas, you guys. I can guarantee that things will never be the same.�
Ten minutes later, the group has collected their luggage and is heading for the doors.
Ned: �There are supposed to be two limos for us.�
They head outside, and see one black limo with a sign that reads Ashton.
Ned: �This isn�t right.� He goes over to the driver. �I�m Ned Ashton. We�re supposed to have two limos.�
Driver: �Sorry, we only got an order for one.�
Ned: �Fine. Where can I rent another one?�
Driver: �There aren�t any. Every limo in the city is occupied right now. You�ll either have to share this one, or hail a cab.�
Ned: �Share it? There are twelve people here!�
Driver: �This isn�t my problem, Mr. Ashton. If you have any intentions on leaving this airport, you�re going to have to work this out.�
Ned: (going back to his friends) �See that limo? That limo is for all of us.�
Julia: �You�re kidding right? One limo for twelve people? It holds six, not twelve.�
Ned: �We have no choice.� He looks at the limo. �Two people can sit in the front.�
Alan: �I want to! Can I drive?�
Monica: �Alan, don�t start or I�ll get the driver to put you in the trunk.�
They load their suitcases into the trunk, and onto the luggage rack, and pile into the limo.
Stefan and Mackenzie sit in the two-person seat facing away from the front. Jerry and Bobbie sit in the other two-person seat.
In the seat that stretches along the length of the limo, are Jax and Julia, Kimberly and Scott, and Ned and Alexis. Alexis is sitting on Ned�s lap.
Ned: �I could get used to sitting like this.� He pulls a strand of Alexis� hair.
Kimberly: �Scott, I�m so glad that your parents were willing to watch the girls.�
Scott: �They love fussing over them.� He looks at Bobbie. �Lucas is with Felicia, right?�
Bobbie: �Yep. She and Mac wanted to come, but they had to work.�
Jerry: �So, Ned and Alexis, what did you end up doing with your children?�
Alexis: �Christabel and her nanny are coming to our house to stay with them.�
Jax: �I thought you were getting a nanny for the girls.�
Ned: �We already hired someone. A woman named Kelsey Hill, but she can�t start until the beginning of September, because of a class she�s taking.�
Just then, the limo shudders to a stop.
Julia: �What was that?�
Driver: (getting out and coming around) �It seems that the battery is dead.�
Monica: (in the front seat) �You have to be kidding!�
Driver: �I�ll call the company and have them send a new battery.� He calls the company on his cell phone, and then turns around. �I�ll be about an hour.�
Jerry: �An hour! What are we supposed to do? Sit out here in this eighty-five degree heat? I do not think so!�
Bobbie: (fanning herself) �I can�t believe how hot it is! It�s nine thirty at night!�
Driver: �There�s a bar across the street.�
They all get out and stare at the huge building. The neon sign reads, �Berg�s House of Tequila.� There are a bunch of classic cars on display outside.
Kimberly: �No way. That is so tacky!�
Alexis: �Okay, you can sit out here and fry. I�m going inside.�
Monica: �I�m with Alexis. I need some alcohol.�
The group proceeds inside to find a stage set up, pounding music, bright lights, and much to the dismay of the women, a stripper on the stage.
Julia: �A stripper! I can not believe this.�
As soon as she says this, a male stripper comes out onto the stage and begins taking his clothes off. Alexis� eyes get huge.
Ned: �You�re married, remember?�
Jerry: �That goes for all of you. Bobbie, I meant you.�
Bobbie: (tearing her eyes away from the stage) �What? Oh, got it, Jerry.�
They proceed to a table and a waitress, in a tiny outfit, comes over to take their orders.
Waitress: �What do you want?�
Ned: �A cosmopolitan, please.�
Alexis: �I�ll have a strawberry daiquiri.�
Julia: �Ooh, a daiquiri sounds good. I�ll have a peach one.�
Jax: �I�ll have a mai tai.�
Mackenzie: �A margurita.�
Stefan: �Do you have port?�
Waitress: �Huh? What�s that?�
Stefan: �How about Madera?�
Waitress: �If it ain�t on the menu, we don�t got it.�
Ned: �Come on, Stefan, branch out.�
Stefan: �Okay. I�ll have a tequila sunrise.�
Jerry: �All right!�
Scott: �I�d like a rob roy.�
Kimberly: �Sex on the beach.� She laughs. �Sounds like a drink for Alexis.�
Bobbie: �Martini. Wet.�
Jerry: �Vodka straight.�
Monica: �Martini. Dry.�
Alan: �Uh, tequila shots.�
Monica: �Are you serious?�
Alan: �Totally.�
The waitress goes off to get their drinks.
An hour later. The limo still isn�t fixed, but no one cares, because they�re all drunk, or rapidly getting there.
Alexis: (giggling uncontrollably) �These are such good daiquiris.�
Ned: �Apparently so.� He chugs back his cosmopolitan. �Can I have a sip?�
Alexis: (giving it to him) �I feel so free.�
Alan: (totally drunk) �I love these tequila shots! I�ve had twelve already. I�ll be right back.� He gets up and leaves.
Monica: �You know, if I wasn�t enjoying my fifth martini so much, I�d wonder where he is going.� She laughs.
Ned slides his hand up Alexis� thigh and slowly begins to massage her leg. She starts laughing as he begins to inch his hand up the hem of her short skirt.
Kimberly: �Whatcha laughing at, Lex?�
Alexis: �Ned. He�s sliding his hand up my thigh.� She laughs again. �Hey, Stefan, how are you enjoying your beverage?�
Stefan: (swallowing the last of his tequila sunrise) �It�s pretty damn good.� He laughs. �Why didn�t I ever order these before?�
Ned: �Probably because fine wines are more your speed.�
Stefan: �You�re right! But this is really good! Mackenzie, when we get back to Port Charles, we should definitely go drinking.�
Mackenzie: �Look what you�ve done to him, Ned!�
Ned: �I take no responsibility for your boyfriend, sis.�
Alexis: �Yeah, he only takes responsibility for me. And our sex life.�
Julia: �Who would have known that Berg�s House of Tequila would be so... funny.�
Just then, the loudspeaker begins to blare.
Voice: �And now, as a special treat, from Port Charles, New York, Dr. Love is in the house.�
Alan comes running out onto the stage, wearing a raincoat, pants with suspenders, boots, and a feather boa. He begins to strip his clothes off as Monica watches in shock.
Monica: �Alan! I�m going to kill you!�
No one hears her, except her friends, who are doubled over laughing.
Jax: (laughing) �Maybe being a doctor wasn�t such a good choice for him. Alan may have found his calling.�
Monica: �Like hell he has!� Before anyone can stop her, she grabs a bottle of champagne off of a nearby table, and charges onto the stage.
Alan is down to just his boxer shorts when Monica charges towards him.
In her drunken state, she charges past him, swinging the bottle of champagne, which spills all over the floor. She swings the bottle again, hitting someone.
Voice: �What the hell...�
Monica looks up to meet the eyes of the six foot four bouncer, who looks very angry.
Monica: �I thought you were Alan... my husband...�
Bouncer: �I don�t care if you thought I was Elvis, you�re out of here!�
Monica: �But I�m with my friends...�
Bouncer: �Is that so? Well, you�re all out of here!�
Five minutes later, they are all standing out in the street.
Alan: �That was so much fun!�
Everyone turns to glare at him.
Monica: �You moron! You got us thrown out!�
Alan: �I did?�
Just then, the driver brings the limo over.
Driver: �All fixed. Let�s go.�
They all get in, and head for Caesar�s Palace, where they made reservations.
A half hour later.
Ned and Alexis� room.
Alexis: �I love this room!� She flops down on the bed.
Ned: (standing over her) �You�re so cute when you�re drunk.�
Alexis: (defensively) �I am not drunk, Ned.�
Ned: �Really?� he holds up three fingers. �How many fingers am I holding up?�
Alexis: (sure of herself) �Six.�
Ned: �Try three. I told you that you�re drunk.�
Alexis: �Okay, so I don�t hold alcohol as well as you. Big deal.� She sits up. �Since I know that I�m going to have a hangover in the morning, why don�t you take advantage of my relaxed state now?�
Ned smiles and climbs on top of her.
Ned: �Just how many daiquiris DID you have, Mrs. Ashton?�
Alexis: �Two. Three. Six.�
Ned gives her a mock glare.
Alexis: �But they tasted so good!� she starts laughing as she raises her lips to his, and they quickly get lost in each other.
An hour later, across the hall.
Kimberly: �Oh, my head.�
Scott: �That�s what you get for drinking seven sex on the beaches.�
Kimberly: �I don�t even know what�s in them!� she moans in pain. �I think I�ll go downstairs and buy some aspirin.�
Scott: �Do you want me to come with you?�
Kimberly: �Nah. I�ll be back in a few minutes.� She leaves and goes downstairs.
She goes downstairs and buys a small bottle of aspirin in the gift shop and heads upstairs. Halfway to the elevators, she stops.
The elevator doors open and Alan steps out, a goofy grin on his face.
Alan: �Kim! What are you doing down here?�
Kimberly: �Buying aspirin. You?�
Alan: �Monica threw me out of our room.�
Kimberly: �I was going to go back upstairs but,� she starts laughing. �I can�t remember what my room number is.�
Alan: �Do you want to go get a drink?�
Kimberly: �Sure.�
They head out of the hotel and down the street.
Meanwhile, in Jax and Julia�s room.
Julia is standing in front of the window, looking down at the city, when Jax comes up behind her and wraps his arms around her waist.
Julia: �I�ve traveled all over the world, but this city at night it one of the most amazing things I�ve ever seen.�
Jax: �I was just thinking the same thing about your eyes.�
Julia: �What is it about Australian men that they are such flirts?�
Jax: �Julia, I need to talk to you about something.�
Julia: �What?� she turns around and looks at him.
Jax drops to one knee in front of her, and pulls out a little black box. Julia sees it and her eyes fill with tears.
Jax: �Julia Michelle Barrett, I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?�
Julia: (tears running down her face) �Yes. I would be honored to be your wife, Jasper Jacks. I love you.�
Jax takes a huge diamond ring out of the box and slips it onto her finger as she kneels down next to him.
Julia: �Oh, Jax.�
Jax: �It�s almost as beautiful as you.�
Julia: �I love it.�
Without saying a word, Julia leans over and kisses Jax passionately, and they fall to the ground, removing their clothes as they go, making love for the first time as an engaged couple.
Julia: (between kisses) �Who knew that tonight we would go from Berg�s House of Tequila to getting engaged.�
Jax: �It�s perfect. I love you, Julia, and I will forever.�
With that said, they give themselves up to each other, and to the night.