People find themselves in trouble tonight in Springfield...

Bauer Home:

Leah is in her robe after getting out of the shower.

She looks in the mirror.

She wonders how she can be so mature yet so immature at the same time.

She walks out of the bathroom.

Mel is walking down the hall.

Mel grins, "Hey sweetheart."

Leah smiles, "Hi."

Mel looks at her, "You okay?"

Leah laughs, "Do I look upset?"

Mel sighs, "Mother's instinct."

She sighs, "I'm okay."

Mel nods, "Is this about your Dad getting upset over the bikini you wore to the Barbecue?"

She shakes her head, "Not really. But I still think he over reacted."

Mel laughs, "He's your Dad. He just needs to remember that just because you don't cover yourself, doesn't mean that you are going to be getting into trouble. You have a good head on your shoulders. And the human body is a beautiful thing."

Leah nods, "I never thought of it like that. You have a good way with words you know?"

Mel laughs, "Well that doesn't mean I want you wearing thongs to beach. I still say less is more."

Mel hugs her.

Leah smiles, "I love you Mommy."

Mel grins, "I love you too."

Mel walks downstairs.

Leah goes into her bedroom.

Cedars:

Drew sits in her room.

She remains perfectly still.

Drew listens to all of the sounds around her.

Her hands are folded in her lap.

She hears the door open.

Michelle clears her throat, "Drew, I thought that I would come in and see how you were-"

Drew scoffs, "Wow. I cannot believe that you really thought it was a good idea to come in here."

Michelle sighs, "Drew I'm a doctor."

Drew nods, "So you know that this is pure selfishness on your part."

Michelle stares, "What?"

Drew nods, "You needed to see me like this. You needed to see for yourself that Drew Jacobs finally got what was coming to her. I'm not so intimidating anymore am I?"

Michelle sighs, "Drew that's not why I came in here!"

Drew sighs, "Stop it Michelle. I know you. Believe it or not, I know you better than you know yourself. You are a typical Bauer. You think just because your family is labeled as the perfect apple pie American family of Springfield that you must be perfect. Well you are no better than anyone else in this town."

Michelle looks at her, "I'm sorry that you feel that way."

Drew laughs, "God! You can't even consider that it might be true? You are even more pathetic than I thought."

Michelle nods, "Maybe it was a mistake coming in here. But I am here now. And I do care about you. We used to be friends Drew. We were actually best friends at one point."

Drew shakes her head, "I am not doing this right now."

Michelle sighs, "Drew-"

Drew turns her head towards Michelle, "Go to hell!"

Michelle stares at an emotional Drew.

Beacon:

Guillespie is holding Stephanie by her arm.

He is squeezing it.

Stephanie looks at him, "Oww!"

He shakes his head, "What do you think you're doing?"

She pulls, "Stop it!"

He squeezes tighter, "Answer me first."

She looks at him, "I'm throwing this away!"

He shouts, "Give it to me!"

She shouts, "Let go!"

He pulls it from her hand.

He releases her arm.

Stephanie pulls it back.

She rubs her sore arm.

He scoffs, "Do not act like that. I didn't even hurt you. If you had just answered me I wouldn't have had to do that."

She looks at him, "Are you serious? You really hurt me! Why the hell would you do that?"

He laughs, "You are such a baby. Look I'm sorry if that hurt. But you were being crazy."

She sighs, "You can't keep drugs in my place."

He gets angry, "For the hundredth time, I didn't know that I left it here. I won't do it again."

She rubs her arm.

He walks over.

Guillespie picks up her arm.

He kisses it, "I didn't mean to hurt you."

She looks down, "I know..."

He sighs, "Are we okay?"

Stephanie looks up at him.

Museum Apartment:

Maureen comes home from work.

She walks into the apartment.

Jason is the only one in the living room.

She tries to go straight to her room.

He rushes over, "You can't keep avoiding me."

She sighs, "I can't do this right now."

He looks at her, "We live together! We can't just keep avoiding each other while we live here."

She sighs, "You didn't tell me about your feelings until after we all moved in here."

He nods, "So?"

She sighs, "So you don't think anything is wrong with that? I have a boyfriend, Mallet."

Jason sighs, "Can we at least talk? Everyone else is gone so this is the perfect time."

She walks into the living room.

He follows, "I'm sorry if I startled you at the Barbecue. I didn't mean to come on so strong."

She looks at him, "You shouldn't have come on at all. You know I'm with Mallet now."

He nods, "I didn't mean to upset you."

She shouts, "You kissed me!"

He looks at her, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have. And not because I don't want to because of Mallet. But because I don't want you thinking that all I am feeling for you is lust."

She backs away, "Stop."

He looks at her, "I'm not doing anything."

She shakes her head, "This has been a rough summer for me. Please don't make it worse."

He stares at her, "At least let me ask you a question."

She stares, "What?"

He sighs, "We kissed at the Barbecue. And you have not wanted to talk about it since. But I don't see Mallet rushing in here to beat me up. Did you tell Mallet that I kissed you?"

Maureen stares at Jason.

Outskirts:

Amanda gets out of the car that is dropping her off.

She looks at the bar.

She hopes she can get a break from her family drama.

Amanda walks inside.

The place is not her scene.

She is trying to lay low.

Amanda sits down at the bar.

Roxie Shayne walks up from behind the bar, "Well hello. You're Amanda Spaulding aren't you?"

Amanda sighs, "Yes I am. And you are Roxie Shayne. I had no idea you were a bartender."

Roxie nods, "Oh I'm more than that. My sister Reva has bestowed upon me the responsibility of running this place. I'm pretty experienced with the whole bar scene."

Amanda looks at her, "You look a lot like your sisters."

Roxie grins, "Thank you. What about my daughter? I think you know her don't you? Ashlee Wolfe?"

Amanda nods, "That's right she is your daughter. But then again isn't she Doris Wolfe's daughter?"

Roxie grins, "It's Springfield."

Amanda nods, "That's right."

Roxie stares at her, "So what is a classy dame like you doing in a dirty bar like this?"

Amanda looks at her, "If I didn't know any better I'd say you had a problem with me."

Roxie nods, "One thing you should know about me is that I am a fantastic liar. And I can spot another liar a mile away."

Amanda looks at her.

Roxie grins, "Can I get you a drink?"

Main Street:

Marah and Annie are walking.

Marah looks at her, "You sure you can figure out what to do about the Ava thing?"

Annie shushes her, "I told you to be quiet about this in public. Don't slip up Marah."

They stop as they see a crowd up a head.

They begin to recognize familiar faces.

Josh walks over, "Hey."

He kisses them both.

Annie smiles, "Hey. What is going on here?"

Josh nods, "It's all Shayne. He is putting together search parties, everything for Ava."

Marah nods, "Ava?"

Josh walks them over.

They see Reva.

Reva hands them fliers, "Hey we printed up more with new information on them. These will help."

Marah looks at the fliers.

There is more information on Ava, such as the clothes she was wearing the day of her disappearance."

They see Shayne standing on a chair.

Shayne looks at the crowd, "We are looking for this woman. Ava is more than just some missing person. Ava is a daughter, mother, sister, friend, and personally she is the love of my life. And I want to have her brought back home safe."

Marah and Annie look at each other.

PART TWO:

Museum Apartment:

Maureen walks away from Jason.

He looks at her, "Do you have an answer?"

She sighs, "I did not tell Mallet. Okay?"

He nods, "Why not?"

She sighs, "'Why not?' Were you there? Gus punched Jesse! Drew Jacobs had a firework explode in her face! Everyone is still dealing with the fact that Ross freaking Marler is back in Springfield! I think there was enough drama for one Barbecue."

Jason sighs, "Why didn't you tell him later?"

Maureen shakes her head, "I'm not going to upset Mallet with all of this right now. We have enough going on."

Jason stares, "Such as?

She scoffs, "This is not your business. Stop acting like you are entitled to my personal information."

He shakes his head, "I still have feelings for you Maureen. I think I always will."

She sighs, "I can't have feelings for you."

He nods, "Yes you can. Maureen you are still young. You should give yourself a chance to find true love before you settle down. What if I am the one for you? Are you willing to risk that?"

She shakes her head, "Why can't you let this go?"

He takes her hand, "Trust me, I wouldn't be pushing this if I thought you didn't feel the same way."

She pulls her hand away, "You don't know what I'm feeling."

Maureen walks off and goes to her room.

Outskirts:

Roxie hands Amanda her drink.

Amanda looks at her, "You know, I did not come here to be interrogated by some bartender."

Roxie laughs, "You love demeaning people. And you have great style. If only we could have been friends."

Amanda nods, "I don't see why we can't. I'm a Spaulding. And you are a part of the Shayne/Lewis clan. But that doesn't mean you and I have to succumb to being enemies."

Roxie nods, "You're forgetting my daughter."

Amanda sighs, "Well from what I hear, you hated Ashlee Wolfe more than I could imagine."

Roxie nods, "You don't know what you're talking about?"

Amanda looks at her, "Didn't you throw her down a flight of stairs and put her into a coma?"

Roxie laughs, "You can't believe everything you hear."

Amanda nods, "Good point."

Roxie looks at her, "Listen. I know Ashlee rubs people the wrong way. Because she is overly sweet and innocent. It's a lot for women like us to take. And she is getting involved with Dalton. But Ashlee is a good girl and he would be lucky to have her."

Amanda shakes her head, "They aren't right for each other."

Roxie sighs, "Maybe not. But let them decide that. You need to keep your nose out of their business. Stay away from Ashlee."

Amanda nods, "And if I don't?"

Roxie nods, "Then you'll deal with me."

Roxie walks away.

Amanda holds her drink her hand.

Beacon:

Stephanie sits on the bed.

Guillespie isn't in the room right now.

She rubs her arm.

She keeps telling herself that he didn't mean to hurt her.

She would never date a guy like that.

She has never been that woman.

Guillespie walks in.

He has flowers, "Hey."

She looks at him, "Hey."

He hands the flowers to her, "I got these for you."

She holds them, "Did you pay for these?"

He sighs, "Don't worry about it."

She scoffs, "Guillespie!"

He sighs, "Just please listen. I feel really bad about that. I didn't mean to hurt you. I care about you."

She nods, "I know."

He sighs, "I'm so embarrassed. I didn't even realize I was hurting you when I did that."

She looks at him, "Don't worry about it. I know you didn't. You just need to work on controlling your anger. And that is what I am here for. I'm going to help you."

He grins, "You think you can forgive me?"

She nods, "I think so."

Stephanie kisses him.

Guillespie kisses her back.

He moves and lays her down on the bed.

Stephanie starts to relax.

Main Street:

Shayne is standing in front of the crowd.

He clears his throat, "Thank you all again for coming here to help and support the cause. I know Ava has touched a lot of people's lives. She made mistakes like everyone else. But she deserves a chance to make up for them. So please help us find her."

Annie holds Marah's hand.

Marah's stomach is in knots.

Edmund walks up behind her.

He sighs, "Hey."

She is surprised, "Oh hey. What are you doing here?"

Edmund sighs, "Shayne invited me."

Marah is confused, "Shayne invited you?"

Edmund nods, "Yes. He says that he wants to put the past in the past and work on finding Ava."

Marah sighs, "Well I'm glad you are getting a long."

Edmund nods, "Stuff like this reminds us how serious life can be. We shouldn't let enemies of our past get in the way of the future. Sometimes people hold grudges and they eat away at them until they finally do something that they regret."

Marah looks at Annie.

Annie looks back at her.

Edmund sighs, "I guess I know that better than anyone. I know you don't care for Ava. But I'm glad you are here."

Marah nods, "Me too."

Marah's guilt is growing as Edmund holds her close.

She keeps looking at Annie.

Annie keeps staring at Marah and trying to remind her of everything that is at stake.

Cedars:

Drew sits on her bed still.

Michelle walks to her, "I know you don't want me here."

Drew nods, "Then go!"

Michelle sighs, "In case you forgot Drew, I understand. There was a time when I was blind. I pushed everyone away. I tried to hide my problems from Jesse. I know."

Drew scoffs, "But your sight came back. My sight isn't coming back Michelle. You know that."

Michelle sighs, "Anything is possible."

Drew shakes her head, "No. I have accepted it. Don't you dare try to give me false hope."

Michelle sighs, "I'll leave you alone now."

Michelle starts to walk away.

Drew nods, "You got what you wanted."

Michelle stops and turns to her, "What are you talking about Drew?"

Drew continues, "You can act all sweet and caring. But you love having all of the attention and love. The reason you didn't want me with Gus and Jesse is because you were jealous. Danny is dead and you can't move on from him. You will die alone now. You couldn't keep Bill, you couldn't keep Jesse. You are going to die alone."

Michelle shakes her head, "That's a terrible thing to say."

Drew nods, "But it's true. You know it Michelle. There is something wrong with you. You can't get close to people. You throw yourself into your work and your family. You try to hide from the world. You don't want anyone to notice how empty your life is. But what are you going to do when your kids are grown and you retire? You will finally be left with what you have right now. Absolutely nothing."

Michelle stares at her.

Drew continues, "I think it's pathetic. I pity you Michelle."

Drew hears the door open and shut.

Out in the hall Michelle rushes to the elevator.

It opens up and no one is inside to Michelle's relief.

She gets in and waits for the doors to close.

Michelle starts to feel the tears roll down her cheeks.

Bauer Home:

Leah is pacing in her bedroom.

She is still in her robe.

Only now she has on make up.

She sends a text to Zach asking what he really thinks of her.

Zach responds.

She reads her message "I told you."

She holds her phone.

Leah sighs, "You think I'm the hottest girl in Springfield Zach? I'm going to make sure you remember that while I'm gone. I'm not letting you get away from me that easy."

Leah walks over and puts a chair up against her door.

She walks over to her mirror.

She stares at herself.

She opens up her pink robe.

She drops it to the floor.

She looks at herself in the mirror.

Leah admirers her beautiful, youthful, naked body.

She opens her cell phone.

Leah points it at the mirror.

She does a little pose.

Leah clicks a picture.

She looks at her phone.

She is happy with how it looks.

She sets it up to send.

She goes all the way down to Zach in her phone.

Leah takes a deep breath and sends it.

PREVIEWS:

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