Carrie runs into Paul while shopping. He trades a few insults with her before Carrie finally asks why he hates her so much. Paul snickers that he knows people like her think they can just rush in and expect to get the royal treatment, especially from someone as wealthy as Barbara Ryan..."but I can see right through you," he grunts. Later, Carrie and Noah go for dinner at Al's. Barbara spots the two and eventually gives them her blessing. However, while Noah is away, Barbara warns Carrie. If Noah isn't sure if he'd rather be with a young man or a young woman, than what's to say that what Carrie and Noah have right now might fail in the long run? When Noah returns to the table, Carrie fakes a stomach ache and asks Noah to take her home. When he offers to stay with her, she politely declines.

Emily stands in silence, waiting for Dusty to tell her what's really going on. "Why did you leave Lisa to get something out of your room when I just saw you acting like you didn't have a worry in the world back in your room," she asks. Dusty lies and says that he did forget his phone, but he thinks it might be in his car. When Dusty's phone starts ringing, he's caught in a lie until Lisa comes and breaks up the akward confrontation between the two. "Dear, I'd love to chat with you some other time, but you must forget...I'm very busy. I can't diddle daddle while I wait on you for forever. I have a hotel to run," she explains before marching off. When Dusty eyes the bar, he sees Clark isn't there anymore. His mission failed, he's sent back to reality when Emily's purse nudges against his head and he turns to find his enraged fiancee marching off. Later, Emily wonders to herself what Dusty was really doing and aims to find out.

Jade comes by Lily's and finds her helping Natalie and Faith with homework. Both girls are happy to see their favorite cousin and rush upstairs to show her what they made for her. Lily protests that she thought when Jade came back to town, she would see more of her niece. But instead, Luke sees her more than her own aunt. Jade apologizes and sighs that things have been crazy. Faith and Natalie return downstairs and show Jade the drawing they made her. Lily asks Jade why she and Luke have been spending so much more time together lately than usual. Jade shrugs that there's no special reason before heading out. Later, Alison approaches Luke and Kevin and tells them she wants out of their plan to expose Colin.

In her Chicago hotel room, Carly flips through the television and finds a movie to watch. She falls asleep and soon starts dreaming. In the dream, she sees herself and Jack strolling along in a park. She tries to catch their attention, but to no avail. They can't see or hear her. They seem to be in love, holding hands and laughing. After they disappear for a while, she finally finds Jack sitting alone at a park bench. Carly watches as the "dream Carly" returns with ice cream cones for the both of them. She walks around the bench, only to find that the dream version of herself has now turned into Katie. Woken by the dream, Carly darts up out of bed and heads for the dining hall. There, she spies Katie munching down on shrimp pasta and drinking a martini. Trying to sneak tothe opposite corner of the dining hall without being seen, Carly accidentally runs into Katie who spills her drink all over Carly's blouse. Katie apologizes profusely, but Carly huffs a vicious "Forget it" as she storms out of the dining hall, trying to hide her beet red complexion and trying to wipe her shirt dry.