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Port Charles begins with Elizabeth kissing her son Cameron goodbye, clenching a manila envelope in her hand. She thanks her sister Sarah for coming over and agreeing to watch Cameron, admitting that she may not be in the best of spirits when she returns home. Sarah hugs her sister and wishes her well.

The scene fades over to Wyndemere where Lucky is getting ready to go out. He steps into the foyer to find his brother standing in front of the fireplace with a cup of wine. He turns to his brother and offers to accompany him to his meeting. Lucky thanks him for offering, but decides to handle this on his own. He says that it's been a long year and now it's time to move on with his life. Tonight, he closes the chapter of his life with Elizabeth, and prepares to start a new one…with whoever it is.
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In Alan's hospital room, Monica is holding and kissing Alan's hand while talking to him about the good times in their past. She admits life with her hasn't always been easy, but they've always been there for each other when it mattered. The camera cuts to a lifeless Alan laying in his bed with a respirator. Monica's tears fall on Alan's hand.

A familiar someone calls Monica's name, causing her to turn around slowly. Monica turns to see her mother Gail Baldwin standing before her, eyes loving as always. Monica gets up and walks over to Gail crying profusely. "Shush my child. I'm here for you." Gail says calmly.
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Lucky unzips his leather jacket after arriving at Kelly's. Elizabeth is already inside the dark diner. Lucky enters as Liz flicks the lighter, lighting a candle on the table. Lucky pulls up a chair and sits down, noticing the plate of brownies next to the manila folder. "I'm glad you came" she says sadly. "I didn't think you'd show up."

"I wasn't going to," admits Lucky. He tells her for some reason, he felt as if he owed it to her, not that he owes her anything at all. His words are laced with hateful venom, something that you wouldn't expect from Lucas Lorenzo Spencer Jr. He loves his wife and stepson with all of his heart. But his love alone wasn't enough to save his marriage.

Elizabeth regrets her on again/off again affair with Jason. The affair, strictly emotional in the beginning, was a result of the renewed bond between Jason & Elizabeth, after he saved her life at Helena's compound. A case of "Hero Worship" as her grandmother Audrey calls it. Elizabeth's inability to handle the ordeal caused her to become closer to Jason, relying on him for advice and comfort, while leaving her husband feeling abandoned. Nothing will ever express how apologetic Elizabeth is for what she did to Lucky, but she hopes that one day he'll truly be able to forgive her.

Lucky and Liz flashback to that November night when their relationship changed….

[Liz kisses Jason, his tender lips pressing against hers. He pulls away, and she turns around. Liz apologizes, but Jason kisses her before she can get the words out. Jason knocks the glasses and bottles off the counter with his arm and leans back against the bar.

Liz mounts Jason, the lust pouring out of them like water as they begin tearing each other’s clothes off. “Make love to me Jason,” Liz says.

Jason unbuttons his jeans and kisses Liz once more. Liz brings Jason over the pool table and mounts him again, making out with him on the pool table.]

The camera fades in and out with Lucky and Liz recalling the fight they had the night Lucky ended their marriage.

[Liz runs up the stairs fixing her blouse. When she gets to her floor she sees her door isn’t shut and hears a lot of noise. Slowly opening the door, Liz sees that many of her things have been thrown into suitcases and plastic bags.

“Lucky stop! What are you doing?!”

Laughing sarcastically to himself fighting back tears: “That’s funny, I believe I asked you the exact same thing Elizabeth. You know, when I saw you mounting Jason on the pool table….about to do god knows what. You made your choice to do what you did, and now I’m making mine.”

“Lucky please. We can work this out,” cries Elizabeth, grabbing Lucky’s arm. “I made a mistake. We all make mistakes. I wasn’t thinking straight. Come on Lucky don’t throw away our marriage over one mistake.”

“ONE mistake? It’s been mistake after mistake with you. Though you weren’t cheating on me months ago, you abandoned me. You left me alone to deal with my injury. Hell, now that I think about it, how do I know you weren’t cheating on me.”

“I have never cheated on you!”

“Says the woman who unbuttoned another guy’s jeans with her teeth. Tell me Elizabeth, what other things have you done with your mouth?”

Elizabeth slaps Lucky for that comment. Lucky then grabs an end table and throws it towards the kitchen in anger.]

The scene fades with Lucky fighting back tears. He paces back and forth. "I loved you Elizabeth. I loved you with all of my heart….and you abandoned me. I thought I was enough for you, but I wasn't. In a time where we should have become closer than ever, you chose to be closer to Jason. I can't live the rest of my life afraid that if I take a little too long getting home from work, or if we have a fight, that you'll run off and be with him!"

"He doesn't want me! And I don't want him. I want our life back. I want you Lucky. I want you!" Elizabeth grabs Lucky's face and kisses him. He slowly tries to turn his head, but can't deny the connection he feels to Elizabeth. Their noses rub together, their lips barely touch. Finally he pulls her away and shakes his head in pain.
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Back at the hospital, Monica opens her heart to her mother, admitting her wrongdoing in having an affair, but explains the conflicted feelings she has for loving Kevin and Alan. Gail tells Monica that she has to do what's right for her. No one can force her to be with one over the other. Sometimes, being happy isn't the most popular decision. Gail says she won't pretend to have all of the answers, and she's not going to tell Monica who to be with. All of her children are adults now, and she has to put her own happiness first. If that means being with Dr. Collins then so be it. If it means staying to her marriage, then so be it.
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[Music begins to play as the camera fades in and out of flashbacks of Alan & Monica. Monica is shown sitting by Alan's bedside stroking his face and kissing his hand.]



[Monica envisions admitting her mistakes to Alan and professing her love for him. She appears on the doorsteps of the Quartermaine Mansion is runs into Alan's arms, promising to love him forever. She pours her heart out to Alan, who graciously forgives her and kisses her tenderly.]

If I told you that I realize you're all I ever wanted
And it's killing me to be so far away
Would you tell me that you love me too?
And would we cry together?
Or would you simply laugh at me and say...

I told you so
Oh I told you so
I told you someday you'd come crawling back and asking me to take you in
I told you so
But you had to go
Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again

If I got down on my knees and told you I was yours forever
Would you get down on yours too and take my hand?
Would we get that old time feeling?
Would we laugh and talk for hours
The way we did when our love first began

[Elizabeth and Lucky both imagine a possible reconciliation. They relive the first time they met with re-created flashbacks. They laugh at Cameron making funny faces on the couch. Elizabeth touches Lucky's hand in the fantasy and he kisses her tenderly, reminding her of a less complicated time.]



[Lucky & Liz's fantasy turns to a nightmare when the camera pans over to last year when Elizabeth was ready to sleep with Jason on the pool table at Jake's. In the fantasy, Elizabeth sees Lucky enter heartbroken, but decides to sleep with Jason anyway, to make the pain worse. Elizabeth and Lucky snap out of the fantasy and with tears in their eyes, they sign the divorce papers. Elizabeth's tears flow like a river as she signs her name, nee her married name. The scene blends back to the Quartermaines. Monica realizes the person Alan's been super cuddly with isn't her. She's standing on the outside of the Quartermaine Mansion looking in at a family she lost due to her infidelity.]



[Monica envisions Alan telling her he's found someone new and wants to move on with her, not Monica. She awakens from her dream distraught. She glances over and sees Gail watching her, arms outstretched. Monica slowly walks over to where her mother is sitting and lays her head on her mother's chest. Gail strokes Monica's hair.

Elizabeth says something to Lucky that's inaudible by the audience. He bites his lip to keep from breaking down, finally admitting that the woman he loved all those years ago isn't the same woman standing before him now. He shakes his head and turns away. Elizabeth mouths the words "I love you," and is stunned when Lucky meets Sam outside. He hugs her and takes her by the hand. Lucky turns back inside and sees Elizabeth sobbing at the table inside. He promises never again will he let his heart be broken, and walks away with Sam.]

At the end of the montage….Elizabeth feels a tap on her shoulder. Through her blurred vision she thinks she sees Jason, but it turns out to be Blake Barrington. He asks her what's wrong. Just feeling the need to be close, Elizabeth asks Blake to hold her tightly….and he does just that.
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Next on Port Charles…
- Bobbie returns to Port Charles
- Carly has a strange dream about her twins
- Emily and AJ have a heart to heart about Alan