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Welcome to New York... Outside the Building: The teens all stand outside. Marti is with Zach. Leah stands with James. Marti shakes her head, "What?" Zach looks at them, "What the hell are you two doing here?" Leah sighs, "We came to make things right!" Marti shakes her head, "This is insane." James nods, "Just listen please." Zach pushes James, "You two need to get out of here. You're not keeping us a part anymore." Leah looks at Marti, "I just need to talk with you?" Marti shakes her head, "Why?" James looks over, "Crap! Oh my God." Everyone looks over. Beth, Phillip, Rick and Mindy are heading that way. Marti grabs Leah and the two go behind the building. James and Zach race across the street in a panic. The teens are now unintentionally separated by gender. The four musketeers walk up to the building. Mindy looks at her friends, "Let's just get up there. If she knows we're coming she might try and hide them or something. I don't know." They all walk inside. Mindy's Penthouse: Gavin is sitting in the living room. Mindy opens the door. The parents walk in. Gavin stands up, "Ms Lewis." Mindy nods, "Where is Marti?" Gavin sighs, "She went in her room a while ago and hasn't come out." Mindy walks over and knocks on the door, "Marti? Marti? I'm opening the door." Mindy opens the door. Beth, Phillip and Rick look around. Mindy walks out of the room, "She's gone." Everyone looks at Gavin. Gavin shakes his head, "She... I don't know what happened." Mindy sighs, "Gavin the only way she could have gotten out was the front door." Gavin sighs, "She was getting out of the shower. I went into the other room so that she could get to her bedroom without me seeing. I didn't think she'd-" Mindy looks down, "Okay. It's not your fault." Gavin looks at them, "What's going on?" Mindy sighs, "Her friends from Springfield came here to bring her back or something. They are all running around Manhattan right now." Gavin shakes his head, "I'm so sorry." Mindy looks at him, "Will you just keep and eye out for them? Let me know if you see anything?" He nods, "Yes Ma'am." Rick sighs, "Now what do we do?" Mindy sighs, "Well we can split up and look around the city?" Phillip nods, "How should we split up?" Mindy looks at them, "You two can go one way and Rick and I will go the other. How does that sound?" Beth sighs, "Sounds like old times." Mindy nods, "Exactly." The four walk out to look for the kids. Spaulding Penthouse: Mel walks to the door. She puts in the key. Mel goes inside. She looks around. It's obvious someone has been in there. Mel takes a look around. There are bags on the floor. She hollers, "Leah?... James? Zach?" Mel looks at a familiar suitcase. The door opens. Mel turns around. Alan Michael Spaulding walks in. Mel stares, "Oh my God." Alan Michael stares, "What? What are you doing here?" She smiles, "Alan Michael." He walks over, "It's great to see you!" The two hug. He looks at her, "What's going on?" She sighs, "Oh! The kids. Zach, Leah and James all ran off here. We've been looking all over for them. And I decided to come look here." Alan Michael looks around, "We?" Mel nods, "Rick, Phillip, Beth and now Mindy I guess." Alan Michael laughs, "Must be fun for you." Mel sighs, "Oh trust me, it's awkward. My husband is running around New York with his best friend who manipulated him, the woman he cheated on me with, and his ex girlfriend." Alan Michael sighs, "Well you could use a break. I'll get you something to drink." Mel shakes her head, "I should get back to looking for Leah." Alan Michael sighs, "Odds are the kids will come here. The boys know this place and I didn't tell my family I was staying here so let's wait a bit." Mel nods, "Okay." Alan Michael gets some wine for the two of them. Streets: Marti and Leah are walking together. Leah looks around, "Do you know where we are?" Marti shakes her head, "No more than you do." Leah sighs, "You've been here for over a week." Marti looks at her, "I haven't been allowed to really explore on my own Leah. I've been locked up in that stupid penthouse most of the time." Leah looks down, "I can't believe I came here." Marti shakes her head, "No one asked you too. Though it's only so painfully obvious why." Leah looks at her, "Why?" Marti turns to her, "You are still jealous that I'm with Zach. You are still in love with him and you think you can get him back now that I'm out of the picture." Leah shakes her head, "That's not true." Marti nods, "It so is! And James? You are sick. James has liked you forever and now you're leading him on when you know you really want Zach." Leah shakes her head, "No. I don't want Zach anymore. I want James. Yes, there is still a lack of closure with Zach, but I am over him. I got over him the second I found out he was nailing you." Marti looks at her, "You are so far up your own ass Leah. It's pathetic." Leah scoffs, "Shut up." Marti nods, "It's true. You think you're better than me because you're a virgin? People should be rewarded for doing things, not for not doing things. Do people get trophies for not playing sports, not singing, not dancing, not actually trying something? No. You aren't some good person because you've never had sex. You are just afraid, face it. You are just a pathetic little virgin. That's all you are." Leah shoves her. Marti grabs Leah. A Sidewalk Santa walks over, "Young ladies. That is no way to behave around Christmas." Leah pulls away, "Sorry Santa." He laughs, "Just call me Nick II." Marti shakes her head, "Whatevs." He sighs, "May I offer some advice? A young girl who lies to other people is letting them down. But a girl who lies to herself is lying to everyone." The two girls look at each other. He rings his bell, "Merry Christmas." He walks away. Restaurant: Kourtney and Liz sit together. Their sons are in their own little seats. Kourtney's phone goes off. Liz looks at her, "Who is it?" Kourtney scoffs, "It's Scott. I'm not answering." Liz stares, "What did he do now?" Kourtney shakes her head, "I'm just not dealing with it anymore. Like I'm so over it this time. He just went to far and I'm not having it." Liz nods, "Are you sure?" She nods, "Oh yeah. Totally." Liz sighs, "Well maybe that's best." Kourtney nods, "Maybe..." The camera guys are focused on the two of them. A manager guy walks over and whispers to Liz, "Hey maybe you can ask her advice on something now?" Liz stares, "What?" Kourtney nods, "Oh, it's cool to show me giving advice to people about relationships because they can tie it in to my relationships in the editing room. You know? All the TV magic." Liz sighs, "Oh... well there really isn't anyone in my life right now?" Kourtney nods, "Should there be?" She shakes her head, "I don't know. I mean I had the love of my life with Remy, and without him I can't imagine spending my life with someone else." Kourtney nods, "Okay but do you really want to spend the rest of your life alone? What about after your son is grown up? You can't just attach yourself to him. Then you end up calling him every hour like my Mom." Liz sighs, "I guess you're right." Kourtney sighs, "Sometimes you need to think about whether you want to spend the rest of your life alone or actually try to make things work with someone." Liz begins to think. Kourtney whispers, "See, they are obviously going to use that clip." Liz looks at her. Streets: Zach and James are walking around. Both texting their girlfriends. James sighs, "I don't know why we don't just separate right now?" Zach scoffs, "The girls are together and we are both looking for them. Don't be stupid James." James looks at him, "Well excuse me for not wanting to be around the jerk I share a last name with. I can't even stand to look at you half the time." Zach shakes his head, "Well for someone who hates me, you sure went out of your way to follow me to the east coast and getting yourself in trouble with the folks." James sighs, "For your information, Leah wanted to come and I wasn't going to let her go off to New York alone. I actually care about her unlike you." Zach looks at him, "I am sick and tired of you two guilting me." James nods, "Can you blame us?" Zach nods, "Yeah. I screwed up. I should have told her that Belinda sent that sext around and cheating on her with Marti was wrong. But don't act like you didn't love all of it?" James scoffs, "You think I like seeing Leah in pain?" Zach nods, "If it gets you what you want." James shakes his head, "No." Zach nods, "Leah had her heart broken and you were there waiting with your hands cupped to catch it and put it back together. You got lucky James." James scoffs, "Shut up." Zach nods, "No matter what happens now, you'll always know that the only reason you got Leah is because of the horrible things that I did to her first." James shoves Zach. Zach grabs him and puts him against the building, "I let you punch me once. I won't let you do it again little brother! Do you understand?" Nick II walks over, "You boys rough housing?" Zach scoffs, "We're fine." He lets go of his brother. Nick II nods, "You know boys, some people spend their whole lives hurting the people who are most important to them because they don't realize that the person they hate is the same person they love the most." The two brothers look at him. He nods, "Merry Christmas boys." Nick walks away. He turns back, "Oh and I think your lady friends are just around the corner." The two brothers look at each other. Streets: Mindy and Rick are walking together. Rick looks at her, "I don't know how you stand it." She looks at him, "Stand what?" He sighs, "Living here. It's crazy. Everything is chaotic. People are cold. Everything moves too fast to keep up with. You're amazing really." She laughs, "I love it. Every second of it is just enjoyable." Rick looks at her, "Really?" Mindy nods, "Yes. This has been my dream." He sighs, "I suppose. We certainly have good memories here." She smiles, "Yeah we do." He laughs, "At least I'm not carrying 20 boxes of clothing this time." She laughs, "Oh God. It's so embarrassing. I can't believe what a spoiled little girl I was back then. I see it now with young girls and I can't believe it used to be me." He smiles, "You were great. You still are." She grins. He nods, "So how are things going with Rusty Shayne?" She sighs, "Uh... well right now we're taking a bit of a break. He's just really busy with work and everything. It's not easy being a cop in this city." Rick sighs, "Sorry to hear that." She looks at him, "It's okay. I heard you dumped that bitch Roxie." He laughs, "You two still hate each other huh?" She sighs, "Roxie has been envious of me since we were kids. I'm not even getting into it. So how are things with Mel?" He nods, "We're great. We have another baby now, Freddie. And things are pretty great." Mindy nods, "Good to hear. I'm happy for you Rick." He smiles, "Thanks." The two keep walking. Streets: Beth and Phillip are walking together. He sighs, "I feel like we're walking in circles." She nods, "I feel like we're walking back in time." He looks at her, "Sometimes it seems like a hundred years ago, but sometimes it seems..." She looks at him, "Like it was just yesterday?" He nods, "Yeah." She sighs, "Now we're old." He laughs, "We're not old." She nods, "We're grandparents Phillip!" He sighs, "God we are old." She laughs, "Sorry to say." He looks at her, "I never expected our lives to turn out the way they did. I mean I thought we would just get married and spend our whole lives together with no interruptions." Beth sighs, "Me too." He sighs, "I guess nothing was meant to last forever." She looks at him, "At least not without a few bumps." He nods, "Yeah." She looks at him, "I know these past years has been rough with my stupid Lorelei issues..." He shakes his head, "That wasn't your fault." She sighs, "We finally got remarried and I ruined it. I ruined everything Phillip. Liz, James, Penelope. They all needed me. You needed me." He holds her hand, "They still do... we still do." Beth looks at him, "I never want to hurt you again." He grins, "I know the feeling." The two stare at each other. Streets: The girls are still walking together. Leah looks at Marti, "You okay?" Marti shakes her head, "I don't know." Leah looks at her, "For the record, I came here because I wanted you to know that I didn't call your Mom. I never tried to get you sent away." Marti stares, "Really?" Leah nods, "Not that I wouldn't be tempted. But I'm not good at actually doing things like that." Marti sighs, "You're too nice. It's good and bad." Leah sighs, "Yeah." They hear their names being called. They look over. Zach and James are running over. Marti runs to Zach. Leah runs to James. The couples hug. Zach looks at Marti, "Oh my God. You okay?" Marti nods, "I'm fine." Leah looks at James, "So much for getting home before our parents noticed we were gone." James sighs, "Tell me about it." Zach looks at them, "Well maybe if we think we can still find a way out of this." Marti laughs, "Seriously? What could possibly work?" Zach shakes his head, "I don't know... something." Leah looks at him, "Is there any chance our parents just happened to be here?" The four kids all look at each other. Zach sighs, "Let's just go to the penthouse." The four start walking. They turn the corner and run right into Beth and Phillip standing together. Beth and Phillip turn and look at the four teens staring back at them.

Yeah for some reason a SMALL percentage of photobucket accounts were messed up for a day. Mine was one of them. But all is better now and you can see a bald and shaved Robert Newman as Josh. (I AM SO LUCKY THAT ROBERT NEWMAN HAD A ROLE WHERE HE DID THAT IN REAL LIFE RECENTLY!!!) Last spring there was a huge story revolved around Remy's death. I think I explained it in the comments on episode 94.

These episodes are sort of transition episodes. This is wrapping up the fall storylines. Plus the Movie is next. Kevin has been having a bit of a violent street and his roommates are worried. After the movie new stories will start and it will be easier to follow I think.

OMG! Bobbie? So sad. And now Carrie might be next. Damn. Oh [!@#$%^&*] and good ending! Can't wait to see what happens next. Only two episodes left huh? Sad but still exciting to see how it all ends.

Wow awesome opening scene! The whole struggle between Anna Lee and Dylan was intense and well written. Ooh so many good courtroom scenes on SON lately!!! Always fun to read. I feel like all of PP's stories are pretty interesting right now.

Welcome to New York... Time moves faster in New York. The streets and sidewalks are filled. Tourist go crazy trying to keep up in all the commotion while sight seeing. Up in the high pent house. Curtains are pulled open. Fashion's little queen bee Mindy Lewis stands in her robe holding her coffee looking down on her playground. Mindy's Penthouse: Mindy looks out her window. She smiles. Another morning where she appreciates her dreams coming true. Most of them anyway. Mindy takes a deep breath. Her cousin Marti walks in the room, "Do you do that every morning?" Mindy turns, "Do you have a problem with it?" Marti sighs, "It's a nice view but aren't you used to it by now?" Mindy shakes her head, "A little girl from Oklahoma. I dreamed of making it here. From Tulsa to Springfield to New York City. I'm so lucky." Marti nods, "Funny I made all those same steps in one year and I'm unhappy. Because I know that my boyfriend is still in Springfield without me." Mindy looks at her, "I know you're a teenager and your hormones are everywhere. But trust me, you will find new love, real adult love." Marti shakes her head, "You don't get it." Mindy nods, "Oh trust me I do. Lewis girl falls in love with Spaulding boy. I wrote the book." Marti turns away, "My mother is unreasonable." Mindy looks at her, "Trish is stressed. You get into trouble with a boy in Oklahoma so she sends you to Springfield. You get into trouble with a boy in Springfield so she sends you to New York. You're running out of relatives." Marti shakes her head, "I knew you wouldn't understand." Mindy shakes her head, "You aren't listening to me at all." Mindy walks off to get dressed. Marti hollers, "I know you're nice Mindy. Any teenage girl would kill to live in New York and rub elbows with the fashion industry. But I'm a romantic." Mindy laughs, "Every teenage girl is a romantic." Marti sighs, "Whatever. What do I need to wear to your office today?" Mindy sighs, "Actually I'm sorry honey. I won't be able to take you with me this time." Marti nods, "No biggie. I can just chill hear by myself." Mindy hollers, "I don't know about that." There is a knock at the door. Mindy hollers, "Would you get that? It's kinda for you." Marti walks over. A young man is at the door. She stares, "Hi." He smiles, "Hey." Mindy walks over, "Marti. You remember Gavin? He works in the building, he's a little older than you. I thought he'd hang out here today." Marti looks at her, "You're kidding? A babysitter?" Mindy sighs, "Relax Marti." Marti rolls her eyes. Gavin looks at Mindy, "We'll be okay." Mindy smiles, "Thanks again." Gavin walks in. The Building Lobby: Mindy walks downstairs. She smiles at her neighbors. She gets a phone call. Mindy looks at her phone. Rusty's name shows up. She stares for a moment. Finally she answers, "Hey...." Mindy stands still. She nods, "I know... I'm sorry I've been really busy... We do need to talk, I agree... I'll just... I'll call you back and we'll schedule something and we can figure things out... I know, yeah I got to go. Bye." Mindy hangs up. She shakes it off. She walks to the doors. The doorman opens them up, "Ms. Lewis." She smiles, "Thank you." She steps out onto the sidewalk. Her taxi is waiting. Mindy steps in. She looks up and waves at Marti who is looking out the window. The taxi pulls away. Mindy's Penthouse: Marti looks out the window. Gavin looks at her, "Sorry that you're Aunt set this up." Marti doesn't turn around, "She's technically my cousin." Gavin nods, "Oh. Well I'm sorry. She asked me to hang out with you and keep you out of trouble. I guess I'm not good at letting people down." Marti nods, "Well gee Gavin I hope no one offers us drugs." He laughs, "You're cute." She turns to him, "Thanks. You too." He shakes his head, "No. I'm not." She nods, "Yeah. You are." She walks towards him. He laughs. She looks at him, "Ugh. I'm so sad. I need to call my friend and tell her happy birthday. But my Mom had my phone taken away and Mindy doesn't have a land line." Gavin sighs, "That does suck." She nods "Tell me about it. But maybe if I'm lucky you'll let me borrow your phone?" He looks down, "I don't know. I don't want to go against your family's wishes." She smiles, "For me?" He nods, "I'll think about it." She grins, "I'm going to go take a shower, then we'll talk more about it." Marti walks to the bathroom. Gavin watches her leave. She walks in. Marti rolls her eyes. Suddenly the curtain in the bath opens up. Marti jumps, "Ah!" Zach steps out and shushes her. Gavin hollers, "You okay?" Marti hollers back, "More than okay. Thank you." Zach smiles, "Surprise." Marti jumps into his arms. The two kiss. Airport: Phillip, Beth, Rick, and Mel all walk together. Phillip looks at them, "Okay the kids are going to be somewhere in Manhattan around Mindy's apartment." Beth sighs, "I can't even remember where she lives at now a days. Maybe we'd be safer if we just went to her work and let her know what's going on." Rick nods, "Probably. I can get us in, I'm pretty sure they remember me." Mel shakes her head, "We should split up. Cover more ground." Rick looks at her, "You want Phillip and Beth to go somewhere else?" Mel shakes her head, "No. Mindy's and I aren't exactly friends so I should be the one to look elsewhere. What about the Spaulding penthouse? Anyone think to look there?" Phillip nods, "I almost forgot. I have the key." Mel nods, "The staff there remembers me from when I was married to Alan Michael. We stayed there for a while. I can go check it out if that's okay?" Rick looks at her, "You sure?" Mel looks at Phillip and Beth. She sighs, "Yes. Very." Phillip hands her the key. Mel nods, "Okay I'll call you if I find anything." Rick nods, "Us too." Mel kisses him, "I love you." He looks at her, "Love you too." Mel walks away. Phillip and Beth look at each other. Rick turns, "What?" Beth sighs, "Nothing, if I didn't know any better I'd think Mel didn't like us?" Rick sighs, "Can you blame her? Honestly?" Phillip and Beth shake their heads. The three walk out. Children's Boutique: The paparazzi stand outside. The store is closed for the special customers. Liz Spaulding pushes her son Clay around in his stroller. Kourtney Kardashian walks over with her son Mason, "Oh my God. Look at these little hats." Liz smiles, "Oh my God! We have to have them. It's not even that I want it. It's like I just need to have it for my son. It's not even funny." Kourtney looks at her, "I missed you Lizzie. Remember when our families used to vacation together all the time? Now it seems like we never see each other." Liz nods, "Well I certainly see you on TV all the time." Kourtney nods, "True. We are all over the place these days." Liz sighs, "I miss being in the spotlight. What happened to me?" Kourtney sighs, "Well your family decided to live in the Midwest. I'm sure that can't be the best place to get exposure to the public." Liz looks around, "I miss places like this. I miss being around people who understand. Back in Springfield everyone looks at us like we're freaks just because we are Spauldings." Kourtney nods, "Big fish in the small pond. Nice." Liz shakes her head, "Not really." Kourtney looks at her, "Look at you. You're rich and beautiful. You have a wealthy dysfunctional family. And a half black son. The cameras should be following you around." Liz smiles, "Now I really remember why I liked hanging out with you." The two laugh. Kourtney nods, "Everything you want in life is actually more possible than you think. And being a Mom is just going to drive you more to go after it." Liz nods, "You're right." The girls grab their bags and put on their sun glasses. Kourtney nods, "Get ready for another taste of what awaits you." The doors open. The two ladies are swarmed by paparazzi. Mindy's Penthouse: Marti and Zach are in the bathroom. The water is running in the shower. She keeps kissing him. He shushes her, "Keep it down. You want Gavin to hear?" She stares, "How did you get in here?" He laughs, "Gavin didn't shut the door in time." She shakes her head, "How? What?" He laughs, "God I missed you." The two begin making out. Marti begins to unzip his pants. He moans, "God I want you." They keep kissing. Marti pulls away, "Oh crap! Gavin. He's gonna hear." Zach shakes his head, "No he's not." Marti looks at Zach, "Trust me. He will." Zach smirks. Marti sighs, "You didn't come here just for this right?" He shakes his head, "Hell no. I came to get you." She grins, "Perfect." She kisses him again. The two pull away from each other. Marti hollers, "Gavin?" Gavin hollers back, "Yes?" Marti sighs, "I was really stupid and forgot to bring clothes and there are no towels in here." He gets nervous, "Uh..." She sighs, "Sweetheart could you wait in Mindy's bedroom while I sneak across and get to my room?" He hollers, "Of course." Marti and Zach listen for Gavin to go into Mindy's room. The two run out of the bathroom. They hurry to the door. They are laughing as they get into the elevator. Zach looks at her, "You're brilliant." The two kiss again. Marti smiles, "I'm every man's weakness." The elevator stops on the bottom. The two get out. They hurry to the doors. The two run out and stop. James and Leah stand across from them. The four teens stare at each other. M Lewis Fashion: Mindy is in her office. She looks at pictures of her family on the computer. Dylan and Bridget with their new son. Bill with his son. Her Daddy with his wife Vanessa. Mindy sits back. She tries to get back to her focus on work. She remembers she was supposed to call Rusty. Mindy grabs her phone. There is a knock at her door. She looks up, "Oh come in." Rick walks in. Mindy puts her phone down, "Rick? Oh my God!" She smiles. Rick smiles back. Phillip and Beth walk in. Mindy stands, "Hey. Wow. This is... what's going on?" Phillip sighs, "I wish we were here under different circumstances." Mindy looks at them, "Okay now you're scaring me." Beth sighs, "Zach ran off to find Marti here in New York." Rick nods, "James and Leah chases after him. The kids are somewhere here in the city." Mindy stares, "Oh my God." Phillip nods, "Yeah." Mindy gasps, "Oh crap! The one day I leave Marti at home. I need to get back there." Rick nods, "Good idea." Mindy looks at them, "So this is really happening? We could possibly spend the day chasing your kids and my cousin all over New York?" Beth nods, "Yes. We've accepted it's our karma." Mindy shakes her head, "This day couldn't get any crazier." Phillip nods, "Come on if anyone can find 4 teenagers in New York it's the four musketeers." The four of them walk out.

The fall ends and Springfield is rocked... Police Station: Annie remains behind the bars. Edmund looks at her, "What did you say?" Annie nods, "Marah is the one who set this whole thing in motion. She had Ava kidnapped to keep her away from Shayne. Then she ran to me to clean up the mess but I'm the one who walked away with my hands dirty. I did everything to cover up her mess and in the end she screwed me over." Edmund shakes his head, "Please. I knew you'd say anything to get yourself out of trouble. But good God, you claim that you love Marah as a daughter." Annie nods, "I do!" Edmund shakes his head, "Clearly." She stares, "You know it's true or you wouldn't be standing here." Edmund looks down. She nods, "Marah isn't the sweet girl she once was. She has been through a lot." He looks at her, "I know that." Annie nods, "Do you? Because I don't think you do. She has that rage, the envy, the greed, the wrath. She's not like Josh or even Reva. She's one of us." He shakes his head, "No." Annie nods, "Marah is cold, calculating, and she is manipulative. I taught her everything she knows and that was a mistake. But she already had it in her." Edmund looks at her, "Marah loves me, she wouldn't have kidnapped my daughter and let me go through that torture all summer like some kind of..." Annie nods, "She would and she did." Edmund shouts, "No! You're a liar!" Annie shouts, "No I'm not! You just don't want to hear the truth." He turns away. She sighs, "Face it Edmund. Marah is evil and this entire town underestimates her. It's only a matter of time before everyone else realizes what she is." Edmund stares at Annie. Bauer Home: Rick is in the kitchen. Mel walks in, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, Leah is staying at Kayla's house tonight. Apparently a bunch of the cheerleaders are hanging out." Rick nods, "Nice. Dad and Michelle are working, Jude and Robbie are out. And Hope is at a sleepover..." Mel looks at him, "I forget how many people live here." He smiles, "Maybe we should take advantage of this alone time. Freddie is sleeping." Rick starts kissing Mel. Mel laughs, "What if we make noise? Then he'll wake up." He smiles, "Then let's not go upstairs." Rick kisses her again. Mel puts her arms around Rick. She begins to tug on his belt. Rick runs his arms up her back. He slowly begins to pick her up. There is a knock at the door. Mel sighs, "Crap." Rick looks at her, "Ignore it." Mel sighs, "The door is glass Rick. And it's for you." Rick turns to see Phillip and Beth at the door. Rick sighs, "Sorry..." She nods, "I know." Rick fixes his clothes and slowly walks over. He opens the door, "This better be good." Phillip sighs, "Well it's about our kids." Mel walks over, "What happened? Was James with Jude and Robbie tonight?" Beth shakes her head, "No." Phillip nods, "It's not about Jude... it's Leah." Mel and Rick look at each other. Cross Creek: Billy walks over to the bathroom door. Josh has been in there for a while. Billy is getting worried. He knocks, "You okay in there little brother?" Josh laughs, "I'm not dead if that's what you were worried about." Billy laughs, "No I knew you weren't dead. Just making sure you weren't falling asleep in the bathroom again like when we were kids ya know?" Josh hollers, "No. But I am always tired now. And if I didn't look tired before I certainly do now." Billy shakes his head, "I'm confused." Josh opens the door. Billy looks at him. Josh has shaved his head and beard. Billy stares, "Uh... how long were you in there?" Josh laughs, "It was going to fall out eventually." Billy shakes his head, "You don't know that." Josh nods, "It was." Billy sighs, "You look good." Josh laughs, "I used to think my grey hair and my beard made me look old. Now without them I actually feel older. I look a little like HB." Billy laughs, "Yeah I can see that." Josh smiles, "I'm scared Billy. I know I don't always act like it. Because I don't want anyone to see me like that. But I feel pretty exposed right now. And I'm scared out of my mind." Billy nods, "What are you scared of Josh?" Josh starts to get teary eyed, "Scared of what's going to happen to my family and the people I care about. Scared that my kids are going to remember me as some old dying man. Scared that I'll never get a second chance with the love of my life." Billy sighs, "Well when you beat this, you'll have nothing to be scared of." Josh nods, "I hope so." Josh smiles at his big brother. Museum Apartment: Maureen is in the bathroom. She's doing her make up. Eden walks in, "Hey." Maureen looks at her, "Hey, what's up?" Eden nods, "I've been wanting to talk to you." Eden shuts the door. Maureen realizes it's serious, "Okay. What's going on?" Eden nods, "I don't know about you. But Kevin scares the crap out of me." Maureen nods, "I know Kevin would never harm me. But yeah, it's scary when he gets out of control like that. His anger is just too much sometimes." Eden sighs, "I'm glad to hear you agree." Maureen nods, "Of course." Eden looks at her, "Rocky is afraid to be here half the time. Can you believe that? It's unfair. Rocky has done nothing wrong here." Maureen nods, "It's bull." Eden sighs, "So you'll help then?" Maureen shakes her head, "Help with what?" Eden looks at her, "Seven of us live in this house. If the majority can agree then we can get Kevin out of here and make this place safer." Maureen stares, "You're going to need more than just me for the majority." Eden nods, "Think about it. Rocky and Coop feel the same way. But Jason will stick by his brother and Vi will go along with whatever Jason says. That splits the house in half." Maureen sighs, "And I'm the tie breaker?" Eden nods, "Unfortunately yes." Maureen shakes her head, "You can't be serious." Eden sighs, "It's going to happen and you're going to have to make a choice." Maureen looks at herself in the mirror. Company: Peter and Stephanie are back from their date. He walks her to her room. He grins, "I had a great time as usual." She laughs, "This is always awkward." He stares, "What is?" She sighs, "We live in the same boarding house, we work at the police station. I'm probably going to see you again before I go to bed." He sighs, "Good point." She smiles, "Why don't you just come in?" He nods, "Are you sure?" She nods, "Yeah." The two walk into her room. He smiles, "You know it's pleasant to date without alcohol being involved. Have you always not drank or just recently?" She sighs, "Uh... Just recently. I actually wanted to talk to you about that." He looks at her, "You don't owe me an explanation. We've been dating a couple of months." She nods, "I do." He sits down, "Stephanie, you had been through a lot before me. Guillespie was a horrible man to you and he hurt you. I'm surprised you're even trusting me in your life now. And I'm honored that you can trust me and be honest with me. It makes me happy." Stephanie feel guilty, "Peter I really need to talk about something." He nods, "Of course." She sighs, "I've been doing desk work for a long time now and it's for a good reason." He nods, "You're afraid to go back out? Stephanie there are people you can talk to-" She sighs, "Please just stop. Stop being nice to me." She has tears in her eyes. He stands up, "Stephanie, what's wrong?" She takes his hand, "I'm so sorry I didn't tell you before." He stares into her eyes. She places his hand on her stomach, "I'm pregnant." A confused Peter stares. Bauer Home: Phillip and Beth walk inside. Rick looks at them, "So explain this to me again?" Phillip nods, "Zach took the Spaulding jet. He must be off to go find Marti, he's been devastated that Trish sent her away." Mel stares, "What does this have to do with James and Leah?" Phillip sighs, "Later we noticed James was missing too. But he wasn't on the jet. We found out he purchased two plane tickets earlier tonight." Rick stares, "But... Leah is at a friend's house-" They turn to see Mel on her phone. Mel looks at them, "Leah isn't answering." Rick shakes his head, "This is ridiculous. Leah has never done anything like this before. Why on earth would she want to go see Marti." Mel sighs, "It makes no sense. Even if she still had feelings for Zach, why would she be going with James?" Phillip shakes his head, "We've been asking those same questions." Mel sighs, "Where is Marti?" Phillip nods, "In New York with Mindy." Rick stares, "Seriously?" Beth sighs, "Weird huh?" Rick nods, "Our kids have all run off together to go visit Mindy's cousin in New York?" The three of them look at each other. Mel stares, "Rick? What are you doing?" Rick sighs, "Sorry." Mel shakes her head, "This isn't a time to reflect on old memories. Our daughter has ran off to the east coast without even telling anyone." The parents all look at each other. PART TWO: Museum Apartment: Maureen and Eden are in the bathroom together. Eden looks at her, "I know I just kind of sprang this on you." Maureen turns to her, "You think?" Eden nods, "But you know it's important. Kevin is dangerous! He trashed the apartment weeks ago. Who knows what he'll do next? Come on Maureen." Maureen looks down, "Vi would never turn on Kevin because she knows Jason would be furious with her... and now I'm supposed to turn on Kevin." Eden sighs, "This is about more than your love triangle with Jason and Vi." Maureen nods, "I know! But I've been friends with Kevin and Jason my entire life. Kevin was my first boyfriend before he came out of the closet. And now I am dealing with my feelings for Jason. This is all too much at once." Eden nods, "How do you think Rocky feels?" Maureen sighs, "I don't know." Eden looks at her, "Hey. No matter what you decide I'll still be your friend. You know that. Even if I'm mad or annoyed I'm not going to quit being your friend." Maureen nods. Eden sighs, "But my husband and his brother live here with me. I'm very protective over both of them. Henry has given me the family I always wanted." Maureen looks at her, "I'm protective over Kevin and Jason." Eden nods, "Look at it like this, if Kevin stays here he's more likely to get into trouble and get himself thrown into jail or worse." Maureen sighs, "I know." Eden nods, "He needs to get help and he needs to get away from the house and all of the drama in it." Maureen nods, "I just need some time to think." Eden hugs her, "Okay. I gotta get back to my hubby. But I'll talk to you later? Okay?" Maureen sighs, "Yeah." Eden leaves. Maureen looks back into the mirror. Cross Creek: Josh walks around the living room. He looks at himself in the mirror again. He sighs, "You look like a cancer patient." Josh begins laughing. He laughs very hard and produces tears. He keeps shaking his head. He looks at all the pictures on the mantle. Him and his children throughout the years. A photo of Marah sitting on HB's lap. Shayne's baseball trophies. Josh bends down. He sees small pieces of glass left over from when Annie threw her bottle at the wall months ago. Josh shakes his head. He slowly stands up. He looks forward to see the carving staring back at him. He sighs, "Always." Josh begins coughing. He has to sit down. Josh looks across the room at a photo of his family. He nods, "That goes for all of you. Always." A very tired Josh sits back. Bauer Home: The parents are all in the kitchen. Mel is pacing back and forth. Rick looks at her, "You need to relax Mel." Mel sighs, "How can I relax?" Rick nods, "We know where she is or at least where she's going." Mel shakes her head, "That doesn't mean she can't be in danger right now. Something bad could be happening and we would have no clue." Beth nods, "Mel I know this might not make you feel better. But I know my son and James would never let anything happen to Leah. Trust me." Rick and Mel look at each other. Phillip walks over, "So what do we know now?" Rick nods, "We called Kayla's house and her Mom said no one is there including Leah. Mel sighs, "Jude and Robbie said no one has been able to get a hold of James or Leah since earlier tonight. They probably have their phones off." Phillip nods, "Zach isn't answering either." Beth sighs, "This is different than when we ran off to New York. We didn't have cell phones and we sure as hell weren't as wealthy and spoiled as our own kids." Mel sighs, "It still doesn't make sense. Zach ran off to New York to be with Marti. But why would Leah go unless she still had feelings for Zach?" Phillip nods, "And if that's the case, why would James be going with her?" Rick shakes his head, "Listen we could spend all night trying to analyze this situation or we could actually go and do something about it." Mel looks at him, "What do you want to do?" Rick sighs, "Get sitters, pack our stuff and go off after them to bring our kids home." Beth looks at him, "You want to go to New York?" Rick looks at her, "What choice do we have?" Beth looks at Phillip. Company: Peter stares at Stephanie. She has tears in her eyes. He looks at her, "What?" She nods, "I'm a few months along. I've been hiding it for a while now..." He shakes his head, "No. You're joking." She shakes her head, "No." Peter sighs, "We've never done anything. So who would the father be?" She looks down. He nods, "Guillespie?" Stephanie sighs, "I found out I was pregnant after... he went missing. And I know most people would have had it 'taken care of' but I don't believe in that." Peter stares, "Why were you keeping it a secret?" She shakes her head, "Women don't tell anyone while they are in their first trimester. And I just fell for you Peter. You're so amazing and I really care about you." Peter sighs, "I've been falling for you this whole time. I really started to think maybe..." Stephanie takes his hand, "Please finish that sentence." He looks at her, "If you had just told me-" She nods, "I'm sorry! I was a coward. And Susan kept telling me-" He stares, "Susan knows?" Stephanie nods, "That's why she has been here so much. She is helping me through this." Peter shakes his head, "What does Susan know about pregnancy?" Stephanie shakes her head, "Nothing but she knows about Guillespie and she understands what I've been through with him. Nobody else understands." Peter sighs, "I could have tried." She sighs, "I'm sorry." He backs away, "I just need to think." She walks towards him, "Please don't be angry." He shakes his head, "I'm not. Just relax. I need to think and you need to get some rest. Goodnight Stephanie." Peter walks out the door. Stephanie cries as she sits on her bed. Police Station: Edmund looks at Annie. Annie stares, "You know I'm telling you the truth. Otherwise you wouldn't be getting so angry right now. Would you?" He turns away. She nods, "It's pretty insane huh? The first born of Josh Lewis and Reva Shayne is a cold blooded, manipulating, psychopath who is on her way to getting to know the guards as well as we do." He looks down, "This is crazy." She nods, "You're telling me. I did everything for her. I threw away my relationship with Josh to help out Marah and she stabbed me in the back." Edmund looks at her, "You deserved it." Annie shakes her head, "It's unjust. I created Marah, I made her everything she is today. I molded that basket case into something strong. And now she's turning on me." He laughs, "You sound like Dr. Frankenstein." Annie nods, "I created a monster." He looks at her, "So if this is true then that means my daughter was almost killed because of you and Marah. It means my relationship with Marah is all lies." Annie sighs, "I'm sorry. That's why I did what I did." He shakes his head, "What?" She nods, "I had to break up you and Marah because she was about to confess to you. And I couldn't let that happen. Then she found out and turned me in." Edmund looks at her, "This is unbelievable." Annie nods, "You need me Edmund." He scoffs, "I don't need anyone." Annie stares, "Don't underestimate Marah. I did, and look at me now." Edmund nods, "If what you say is false, then you will be remorseful." Annie nods, "And when you found out it's true?" Edmund looks at her, "Then Marah will be sorry. Because anyone connected to her, no anyone with the last name Lewis will have all hell on Earth come crashing down on them." Annie smirks. Edmund storms out. Bauer Home: Phillip is on the phone trying to get plane tickets. Beth stands behind him. Mel sits at the table with Rick. Rick looks at her, "You okay?" She shakes her head, "I could kill Leah right now. How could she do this and not even think of how it would scare us? That's so unlike her." He nods, "I also thought it was unlike her to be texting naked pictures of herself. But we are beginning to realize that Leah is just like any other teenager." Mel sighs, "Now I'm dropping everything to go to New York with you and your friends." Rick sighs, "It's not going to be fun. Beth and Phillip aren't a couple anymore. I can't remember the last time I called Mindy. This is just about getting our kids." Mel sighs, "Do you think I'm comfortable anyways? The last time I went to New York was my honeymoon with Alan Michael." Rick sighs, "We'll just find Leah then come back home to the kids." Mel nods, "Okay." Phillip looks at Rick, "Four plane tickets waiting for us. But we should get going soon." Mel sighs, "Now?" Rick looks at Mel, "Did you call your parents already?" Beth sighs, "Maybe one of us should call Mindy and warn her about the kids coming." Phillip looks around, "Anyone have her new number?" Rick shakes his head, "I guess we haven't kept in touch as well as we promised." Phillip sighs, "No time. We'll go by her place when we get there." Everyone grabs their stuff. Mel walks to go call her parents. Rick, Beth, and Phillip look at each other. Phillip sighs, "I can't believe we're doing this." Beth sighs, "Back to New York?" Rick nods, "Karma took it's time but it finally got us. Let's go get our kids." The parents head off to New York. PREVIEWS: Edmund confronts Marah! Bill and Phillip face off Peter talks with Stephanie Kevin is surprised by his roommates Amanda chats with David Belinda's parents question her

Personally I've never cared for Melissa Archer. So I'm glad to see this change.

Yeah the next two episodes totally burts into drama and cliff hangers right before the movie. And yeah I'm hoping J and Michelle will be well recieved. I know most people can't stand to see her with anyone but Danny. Remy fell in love with Liz Spaulding. They had a their son Clay but were never able to wed because of Alan's hatred towards Remy. Blake teamed up with Alan to break them up and in the end Remy lost his life. Leaving Blake and Alan both to reflect on themselvs and Alan finally confessed to the murder of Tammy Winslow and is now in prison for life. Remy's death rocked Springfield and he went out a hero.

As the fall ends secrets slip in Springfield... Police Station: Annie sits in her cell She lays on her bed and stares at the ceiling. She slowly breathes in and out to relax herself. The guard hollers, "Dutton, visitor." Annie slowly sits up. Edmund walks in. Annie slowly turns, "Edmund Winslow." He nods, "Hello Annie." She sighs, "Is this another round of let's come and pour our guilt on Annie. Because I was thinking of taking the night off for that. Come back tomorrow." He smiles, "You'd like that wouldn't you?" Annie sighs, "What do you want?" He stares, "It's bothering me. No one else is really asking the questions that I want answered." Annie looks at him, "Should I feel bad for you?" He shakes his head, "Just tell me. Why?" She looks at him. He nods, "Why would you kidnap Ava? Why would you take advantage of me? Why did you do all of these crazy things that cost you your freedom." She laughs, "It's funny hearing that from you." He shakes his head, "I know. But it doesn't make any sense. I know all about being vengeful, evil, cruel, and doing everything to get what you want. But this doesn't add up for me." She smiles, "I'm crazy Edmund. Haven't you heard?" He shakes his head, "You're smart Annie. Just like me. So explain." Annie gets up, "You don't want me to do that." He stares, "Why not?" She smiles, "I know a lot of things. Things that would be hard to hear and even harder to believe." Edmund shakes his head. She walks towards the bars, "Things that would rock you, the Lewis family, and the entire town of Springfield." He nods, "Okay fine, let it rock. Let's see what you got." Annie smirks. Cross Creek: Billy and Vanessa sit with Josh. Josh looks at them, "So I've been going through the chemo slowly. Everything is going as well as can be expected I suppose. The doctor talk really gets confusing after a while. Noah is actually a great doctor, and it's been easy to put the past aside while we deal with this." Vanessa smiles, "That's good to hear Josh." Billy nods, "You are the strongest man I know Little Brother. And I know it's going to take a lot more than a little cancer to stop you." Josh smiles, "Thank you." Vanessa nods, "We are staying in Springfield. So anything you need Josh, please don't be afraid to ask." He nods, "Actually there is something." Vanessa nods, "Name it." Josh sighs, "It's about the company." Vanessa shakes her head, "Oh no, let's not talk about business. There are so many other times and places to worry about stuff like that." Josh shakes his head, "Not really. And I'm getting tired of talking about my disease. And this is stuff that we need to discuss before... just before." Vanessa and Billy nod. Josh sighs, "I am going to have a lot of time spent in the hospital, I'm not going to have as much energy, I'm already sick all the time. It's come time for me to temporarily step down as being CEO of Lewis Enterprises." Billy sighs, "You sure Josh?" Josh nods, "About as sure as I can get." Vanessa nods, "We'll support whatever you decide." Josh sighs, "Originally I was going to have Annie run in my place, but obviously that would have been a horrible choice on my part." Billy nods, "Good thing he changed his mind before you offered to support his decision." Josh laughs, "Yeah. Besides I know what we need to do now. It would really mean a lot to me if you two stepped up and helped run the company again." Vanessa and Billy stare at Josh. CO2: James and Leah are out on a date. James smiles at her, "Happy one month anniversary." She grins, "Happy one month to you too." The two kiss. James looks at her, "God, how did I get to be so lucky?" She laughs, "I'm the lucky one." Zach walks up, "Lucky huh? If only everyone was so lucky." James sighs, "What are you doing here?" Zach stares at Leah, "You really are a big surprise Leah. No, you know what, surprise is not the word. You're more like a disappointment." Leah stares, "Umm, okay. What are you talking about?" Zach looks at her, "You know." James sighs, "What do you want Zach?" Zach nods, "Marti." Leah looks at him, "Okay. I don't talk to Marti anymore. So you'll have to go looking for her on your own. Do any of her new friends have boyfriends? You might call them." Zach shakes his head, "You think you're so much better than her. But so does the rest of Springfield. Marti doesn't have any friends besides me." Leah stares at him. Zach sighs, "You made her an outcast in school. She made one mistake and you just couldn't let it go." Leah looks at him, "First of all she betrayed me with you. Second, I'm over it! I'm happy with James now and I could care less about her." Zach stares, "Then why did you do it?" Leah stares, "Do what? What are you talking about?" Zach nods, "You're the one who called Trish Lewis and told her crap about Marti. Now Marti is being sent to live in New York and you get everything you want." Leah shakes her head, "What? I didn't even know that." He nods, "Are you really this jealous?" A confused James and Leah look at Zach. Cedars: Lillian is writing behind the desk. Liz walks over pushing Baby Clay in his stroller. Lillian looks up, "Oh my goodness! Hi." She rushes over and hugs Liz. Liz smiles, "Hey Nana." Lillian grins, "How are you two?" Liz nods, "We're doing okay. Ho was your Thanksgiving?" Lillian nods, "Good. I spent it here of course. Someone had to be here and I had already volunteered before I knew your mother would be going home." Liz looks at her, "Oh." Lillian stares, "You didn't even know did you?" Liz sighs, "I've been busy." Lillian stares, "Lizzie you need to get past this. I know you have had a rough year but we are still your family and you can't avoid us all forever. Where did you spend Thanksgiving?" Liz sighs, "We didn't feel like celebrating this year." Lillian looks at her, "Who is we?" Liz nods, "Clayton and Felicia." Lillian looks at her, "I really think you will regret it if you don't fix things with the family." Liz looks down, "I need to work on a lot of things." Lillian stares, "What do you mean?" Liz sighs, "I'm going to be going a way for a bit." Lillian looks at her, "I'm confused." Liz sighs, "I'm leaving Springfield." Lillian stares at her granddaughter. Museum Apartment: Eden walks inside. Coop is standing in the living room. She walks up to him, "Hey." The two kiss. He smiles, "Hi." She sighs, "I'm so ready for a break. Let's get some people together and go out to Caliente or something. Doesn't that sound fun tonight?" He sighs, "We'll see." She looks around, "Is Rocky here yet?" Coop shakes his head, "Nope not yet." Eden stares, "He's been working late a lot." Coop shakes his head, "I know my brother, and I know almost everyone else on the force. He isn't working late. He is staying out late to avoid seeing Kevin." Eden stares, "Are you serious?" Coop nods, "Yep." Eden shakes her head, "That's wrong. Kevin is the jerk, he should be the one who is out hiding. This whole thing is all his fault anyway." Coop looks at her, "You don't need to tell me that." She sighs, "What do we do?" He sighs, "What can we do?" She stares, "Do we do nothing?" He shakes his head, "We are kind of powerless here Babe." She looks at him, "I don't think so." Coop looks at her, "Kevin is free to do what he wants. And Rocky is trying to avoid him and clear his head about things, it's hard when they live together." Eden nods, "They shouldn't live together." Coop looks at her, "So what, we can't kick Kevin out." Eden stares, "Or can we?" Eden and Coop look at each other. CO2: Leah and James still sit at their table. Zach stares, "Seriously. Are you that jealous?" Leah shakes her head, "I am not jealous of Marti Lewis." James looks at Zach, "Why don't you just go?" Zach looks at Leah, "It's true isn't it?" Leah shakes her head, "I didn't do anything to Marti. And if she told you that then she is even more of a liar than I thought she was." Zach stares, "Marti is actually a nice person and I think you know that. She makes mistakes sometimes like anyone else. She didn't deserve this." Leah nods, "Maybe not. But I didn't do it." James looks at his brother, "Leah would never do something like that. And if you think that's what she's capable of then you clearly don't know her at all." Zach and Leah stare at each other. Zach nods, "I guess not." Leah looks at him, "How can you say these things to me Zach?" He shakes his head, "You're cold Leah. You think you're better than everybody else. Why? Because you're a sweet cheerleader who gets all A's? Because you're a virgin? Or because your last name is Bauer?" Leah stares at him. James gets up, "You need to get the hell away from us." Zach nods, "You're right. I'm taking the Spaulding Jet and I'm going to New York to get Marti back. I'm not letting you guys separate us." James scoffs, "Dad will kill you if he find out you took the jet." Zach stares, "You going to tell on me? You're just like her man." Zach walks away. Leah and James look at each other. PART TWO: Cross Creek: Josh sits with Billy and Vanessa. They look at him. Josh sighs, "I know I'm asking a lot of you two. I mean you both went into retirement so you wouldn't have to worry about this stuff anymore." Billy shakes his head, "Don't worry about us." Josh sighs, "I can't help it." Vanessa looks at him, "We'd be happy to take care of the company while you are getting better Josh. We are all family and that's what we do." Josh smiles, "You don't know how happy that makes me. I really need to hear stuff like that." Josh stands up. Billy and Vanessa stand up. Josh starts coughing. Vanessa looks at him, "Do you need help?" Josh shakes his head, "I just need to go to the bathroom before I go to bed." Josh grabs a bag before he goes to the bathroom. Josh walks into the bathroom. He looks in the mirror. He is feeling weak and tired. He reaches into the bag and pulls out shaving cream and razors. Josh looks at his slowly balding head and his beard. He takes a deep breath as he begins to set up. CO2: Leah and James sit together. James looks at her, "Are you okay?" Leah sighs, "It's just a lot to deal with right now." James nods, "We both know you didn't do it." She sighs, "Believe it or not, I actually feel sorry for Marti. I know she betrayed me and stole my boyfriend, but she was lonely and this whole thing is extreme." James takes her hand, "That's my favorite thing about you Leah. You are so compassionate and caring. It's really quite amazing to be honest." The two hold hands. Belinda walks over, "Wow I saw the whole Zach thing. That was intense." James looks at her, "What do you want Belinda?" She stares, "Give me a break James." Leah looks at her, "What is it?" Belinda looks at her, "I know you won't believe it but I feel crappy about what I did to you. So I wanted to find a way to make it up to you. To both of us." Leah shakes her head, "I'm not following." Belinda smirks, "Let's just say I sent a little Oklahoma skank packing." Leah stares, "Are you serious?" Belinda nods. Leah gets up, "You are the one who did this? You had Marti sent away?" Belinda nods, "I hate Marti, you hate Marti. I thought this would be a way to please both of us. She's a skank and one of the most annoying bitches I ever met." Leah stares, "You had her sent away. That's going to far." Belinda scoffs, "Even when I do something nice you still get pissed." Leah shakes her head, "Nice? Being mean to one person is not the same as being nice to another." Belinda looks at her, "Well it's too late. Momma Lewis is sending Oklahoma away and none of us have to deal with her ever again. You're welcome." Leah and James look at each other. Cedars: Liz is with Lillian. Lillian looks at her, "What do you mean you're leaving Springfield?" Liz shakes her head, "Not for good. Just for a while." Lillian shakes her head, "How long?" Liz sighs, "I don't know. As long as I want. I don't have a real job, Clay isn't in school or anything. I have nothing getting in the way." Lillian shakes her head, "So what? You're just leaving and there's a chance that none of us will ever see either one of you again? Lizzie." Liz stares, "Please don't over react." Lillian looks at her, "You have had a rough year. I don't want this to get more difficult for you. I love you and I want you to be safe." Liz nods, "I will be safe." Lillian looks at her, "You will be alone." Liz sighs, "I'll have my son." Lillian nods, "Okay. Well when you are looking out for him, who is going to be looking out for you?" Liz looks down, "Whether I'm here or somewhere else, I am always going to be alone. That's just the way that it is Nana." Lillian shakes her head, "That is not true." Liz nods, "I'm sorry Nana. I need to do this, I need to go and experience life outside of Springfield and go somewhere different to start fresh." Lillian sighs, "Alone?" Liz nods, "Maybe." Liz starts to walk away. Lillian looks at her, "Please be careful." Liz nods, "I will be." Liz walks away with her son. Museum Apartment: Eden looks at Coop. Coop shakes his head, "Where are you going with this?" Eden nods, "There are 7 people who live here: you, me, Rocky, Kevin, Jason, Vi, and Maureen. We all should have a say if one of us is putting us all in danger." Coop looks at her, "Don't you think danger is a little extreme?" Eden shakes her head, "No! I hate violence. I have had more then enough of that in my life and Kevin is nothing but anger and rage. A horrible combination for violence." Coop sighs, "I know." Eden looks at him, "If we can get everyone to agree then we could probably get Kevin pushed out of here or something. That hole in the wall is definitely going to give us some ground to work on." Coop looks at her, "You're forgetting who we live with. How do you know that they would be on our side? Jason is Kevin's twin brother. He was already taking his side that night. And Vi is Jason's girlfriend, that already gives them 3 against out two that we have." Eden sighs, "We have Rocky." Coop nods, "How do we know Rocky will even side with us? He loves Kevin and no matter how horrible Kevin gets, Rocky always sees the good in him." Eden sighs, "We just need to talk to him." Rocky walks in. Eden whispers to Coop, "Perfect timing." Rocky looks at them, "What's up?" Eden walks over, "We need to talk to you." Coop walks over, "Not right now." Eden sighs, "Now." Rocky stares, "What's going on?" Eden nods, "We need to get Kevin out of this place." Rocky sighs, "What?" Coop sighs, "He's dangerous. And maybe it'll be easier for all of us if he found somewhere else to live." Rocky shakes his head, "It would break his heart if we kicked him out, if I helped." Eden nods, "And what will he break if he stays?" Rocky looks at the two of them. CO2: Leah and James are standing together. James looks at her, "Are you okay?" Leah looks at him, "No, I'm not okay. Belinda practically just told me that she did all of this because of me. I'm the reason that Marti is gone." James shakes his head, "You cannot possibly be blaming yourself for this." Leah looks at him, "Belinda did this for me." James sighs, "You never asked her too." She looks at him, "I feel guilty." He looks at her, "Belinda and Marti have both done horrible things to you, you shouldn't be feeling sorry for either one of them. You understand?" Leah looks at him, "Even after everything Marti has done, I actually feel sorry for her. Ugh! Why? Why do I feel sorry for this girl who hurt me?" James sighs, "That's who you are." She shakes her head, "I needed to get closure with Marti. How can I move on from all of that when I can't even have a real conversation about what she did." James looks at her, "What can we do now?" Leah looks at him, "We need to make things right James." He sighs, "How can we do that?" She nods, "I think you know." He shakes his head, "Leah." She nods, "We don't have school right now, let's take advantage of it." He sighs, "What about our parents?" She looks at him, "We'll lie." He looks at her, "You're serious." She takes his hand, "We need to get to New York." James and Leah stare at each other. Police Station: Edmund stares at Annie through the bars. She smirks, "You think I'm full of it?" He nods, "Indeed." She smiles, "You would be shocked at how much I know." He grins, "Oh really?" She shakes her head, "Why do you think I'm behind these bars Edmund? Why do you think I've let myself get put into this situation right now?" He laughs, "Because you've gotten sloppy?" She nods, "One could say that. I trusted someone. I learned a long time ago never to trust anybody but I made a mistake and I trusted again." He nods, "How unfortunate for you." She nods, "You and I are two of a kind." He sighs, "Maybe so." She laughs, "You know that feeling you get when you take down someone who you look up to? Someone who you thought never could be taken down." He nods, "Makes you feel powerful. Like a new generation taking over." She laughs, "Now there is another generation. And you and I are about to be knocked down unless we work together." Edmund shakes his head, "I'm not in the mood for your conspiracy theories." She shakes his head, "You're going to want to hear this." He turns away, "I've heard enough, you're pathetic Annie. And I have to get home to Marah." Annie laughs, "How ironic." He stops, "What does that mean?" She grins, "I am behind these bars because of Marah. Marah turned me in, because she knew it from the very beginning." Edmund stands still. Annie nods, "Marah is the one who kidnapped Ava." Edmund turns and stares at Annie PREVIEWS: Edmund is furious! Stephanie confesses Josh's cancer becomes real Eden has a request for Maureen The teenager's parents worry

"The Four Musketeers are reunited" "I wish I could trust you" "You're just a pathetic little virgin" "I need to remember who I am" "It's a Kardashian!!!" "Do you ever wonder about what might have been?" "Reality TV huh?" "Get off my husband!" "I'm done feeling like a consolation prize" "I can't go through this again" "Marry me" "I'm not coming back to Springfield" "I love you" "Blue skies and palomino ponies!" Coming soon...

Okay as you may remember Susan was the bad girl on the run from the law with her criminal boyfriend Guillespie a while ago. Then when Stephanie began dating him he was abusive and Steph turned to Susan for help. Long story short the two women killed him and buried him in the woods (oops). Stephanie began dating Susan's stepbrother Peter. But Stephanie is also carrying Guillespie's baby (not that Peter knows). The two women who used to hate each other are now dependant on keeping each other's secrets.

I guess the new format of the boards is different on other computers. I've seen it on another one myself now. So I'm changing it. Let me know if it works now. Thanks!

The DVD scene was great! Everyone's reaction to Mona and everything that was said. Very intense. Such a powerful funeral over all. Really showed the good, bad and the ugly of the whole thing. Sister Patterson's lines were great in this episode. I really am interested in where her story goes now. Where does she go from here? Anotehr great episode!!!

Mona and Apple always make for good scenes. Funerals are always great ways to bring a bunch of characters to one place. Damn Lauren is pretty risky but I guess I get her wanting to be there. LOL it's always funny people finding out Patti LaBelle is her mother. Ah! Once Sister Pat was denied entrance I knew something was about to go down. Funeral episodes are always fun to write for, good job.

Thank you guys. Sorry it took me so long to respond but FTL is back on track!!! Yes, Bridget and Dylan are probably thinking about Peter as well. The situation is somewhat similar. But Clarissa was no where near ready to be a mother. The Thanksgiving episodes are about to be posted which will give us some warm Springfield moments. And then some big cliffhangers before the movie!!!

Hmm it's fine on mine but I'll look on another computer later to see what's up.

Thanksgiving continues in Springfield... Bauer Home: The Bauer family is together. J is helping Michelle set the table. She smiles, "You are the guest. You shouldn't be helping." He laughs, "It's fine. It makes me feel like I'm contributing. Besides everyone knows doctors have the cleanest hands or at least they should." Michelle nods, "You won't get an argument out of anyone here." He looks at her, "In all seriousness, thank you for inviting me. I do think I would have been fine with just chilling by myself. But it's really nice to be invited." She grins, "No problem." He nods, "You really do look lovely." She smiles, "Thank you." Ed walks over, "You two getting the table set?" They both turn away. Michelle nods, "Yep. Almost done Dad." Ed looks at both of them before he walks away. Over in the living room. Johnny and Roxie are talking. Roxie looks at him, "I'm pretty excited now." He nods, "I'm really happy that you're coming a long on this trip." She sighs, "I know I come off and cold sometimes. But I wasn't always like that." He nods, "I know. But you've been through a lot." She nods, "I want to give something back. It sounds cliché but I think it actually would make me feel better if I could give back in some way." He shakes his head, "It doesn't sound crazy at all." She sighs, "And I'll have a good friend there." He looks at her, "Will we always be only friends?" She looks down, "I don't know if we could ever go back to the way we were." He nods, "That's understandable. But as long as I have you in my life at all I am going to be happy. You've always been special to me Roxie." She grins, "Same here." The two hug. Cross Creek: Ava holds Little HB. Shayne is standing behind her and Bill is standing in front of her. Ava cries, "Oh it's so good to see you." He smiles, "Hi." She holds him close. Bill looks at her, "He knows all about you Ava." She looks up at Bill, "Really?" Bill nods, "Oh yeah. He knows that Mommy was sick for a while and she was working on getting better just for him. Because she loves him very much." Little HB looks at her, "Are you better Mommy?" Ava cries, "Yes. Yes I am now that you're here." Shayne smiles, "Your Mommy loves you very much and she missed you like crazy." Ava nods, "It's true." Bill grins, "Well you'll have a lot of time with him. Shayne and I have already gotten some legal papers drawn up and you can look over them and we can make things official again." Ava looks at Bill, "Are you serious?" Bill sighs, "Emma told me you had changed a lot. I wanted to believe it. But it was hard to do that. But Shayne told me everything that has happened since then, the good stuff and the bad stuff." Ava looks at Bill. Bill sighs, "I trust you Ava." Ava grins, "You won't be sorry Bill." Bill nods, "You have my cousin to thank." Ava turns around, "You really did all of this for me?" Shayne smiles, "I love you Ava. And I know that you are ready to be a Mom again. I would do anything for you." Ava kisses Shayne. The whole Lewis family is outside watching the special moment. They all walk over to greet Bill and Little HB. Spaulding Mansion: Phillip stands with Zach. Zach looks at him, "Marti's mother is trying to send her away. And it's because she's heard bad things about me and she doesn't want Marti getting into trouble." Phillip sighs, "I'm not arguing with Trish Lewis over how to keep her daughter out of trouble. In case you haven't noticed I'm not skilled in that parenting area." Zach sighs, "Marti is special to me." Phillip nods, "A few months ago so was Leah Bauer." Zach shakes his head, "This is different, I have a real connection with Marti." Phillip sighs, "Well the two of you have certainly been causing drama together. Why don't you date an older girl? Someone who is in college like you." Zach shakes his head, "I want to be with Marti." Phillip looks at him, "What am I supposed to do Zach? Force Trish to keep Marti in Springfield so that you two can be boyfriend and girlfriend?" Zach sighs, "Whatever. I knew it was stupid to come to you." Phillip nods, "Can't you just enjoy this holiday with your family?" Zach shakes his head, "Just leave me alone. I'll figure this out myself." Zach walks away. Across the room, Amanda stands with Alexandra. Amanda nods, "I saw your conversation with Natalia. Didn't seem to be going very well, did she bring up Alan to you or something like that?" Alexandra sighs, "What do you think Amanda?" Amanda nods, "He's still your brother. Our brother." Alexandra shakes her head, "I love my brother. But he got out of control. I helped Natalia get away from him and he punished me greatly for it. I was practically ran out of Springfield. And then Natalia comes back to him in the end and gets to look like the good person." Amanda looks at her, "Maybe you should have said something to Alan before he went into prison. From what I hear he was pretty remorseful." Alexandra sighs, "And how many times have we heard that? Please, Alan will find a way out of prison and he'll be back in Springfield making our lives hell again. This time next year he'll be sitting right there in his favorite chair and things will be back to the way they were." Alexandra walks to the table. Company: Nola and Quint are in the diner. All of the Reardons look over. Nola smiles, "Happy Thanksgiving everyone." Quint grins, "Hope you enjoy surprises." Matt rushes over, "Oh my goodness. Look at you two. This is an incredible surprise." Bridget walks over, "Why didn't you call?" Nola smiles, "We weren't sure if we could make it. I didn't even tell J that I was coming because I didn't want to get his hopes up. Where is he?" Matt shakes his head, "I think he is having dinner with the Bauers." Quint sighs, "We should have called." Nola shakes her head, "That would have ruined the surprise. We need to stop by there later anyway." Quint nods, "We have a lot of people to catch up with." Nola looks around, "This place certainly looks different." Matt nods, "Yeah there have been a lot of changes made. But Buzz has me running the place now and it's nice to be spending my time here." Nola grins, "Well that is really good to hear. It all comes full circle doesn't it? Now the boarding house is back in the Reardon family." Dylan walks over with Baby Adam. Nola smiles, "Oh my goodness. Look at this little guy." Bridget smiles, "You have to hold him." Across the diner. Susan stands with Stephanie. Susan sighs, "You need to tell Peter that you're pregnant if you're planning on getting into a real relationship with him." Stephanie sighs, "I know. I just... I want to wait until after Thanksgiving. Let's just have this perfect day and then I will tell him the truth." Susan smiles, "No matter what happens I'm going to be here for you like I promised." Stephanie smiles, "Thank you." Peter walks over, "You two talking about me?" Stephanie laughs, "You wish." Peter puts his arm around her. Mallet and Dinah's House: Clarissa stands in front of her family. Everyone looks at her. Clarissa looks at them, "Do you have any idea how difficult it was for me to give my son up for adoption? It tore my heart out! And not only do I not want to talk about it, but I don't want to think about it! I don't want you guys trying to comfort me. I just wanted one day where I could try and get used to my new life." Blake walks over, "Honey we never meant to make you feel bad. Everyone was just so worried that we'd upset you and that's the last thing any of us wanted." Ross nods, "We all love you sweetheart." Clarissa sighs, "I just don't want to deal with this right now." Blake puts her arm around her, "I know." Dinah walks over, "I know what you're going through. I went through that when I gave up Belinda, and it's hard but sometimes you just have to remember why you did it." Clarissa nods. Kevin sits across the room with Jason and Vi. Kevin looks over at everyone, "Clarissa is right. Okay, I'm aware that my relationship with Rocky is in trouble and everyone trying to tip toe around it makes it worse." Dinah nods, "Okay, maybe we should stop trying to worry about upsetting you guys and just focus on the fact that today is Thanksgiving and we all have a lot to be grateful for." Clarissa sighs, "Excuse me for not having the Thanksgiving spirit." Ross nods, "Clarissa, today is about focusing on what we are grateful for." Clarissa shakes her head, "I know what Thanksgiving is." Blake looks at her, "It's been a long time since we had a real big family holiday like this. We can't let it get away from us, we never know what's going to happen, this could be the last chance for this." Everyone looks at each other. Spaulding Mansion: Vicky walks over to Amanda. Amanda sighs, "Happy Thanksgiving." Vicky nods, "I saw you chatting with Alexandra. What was all of that about?" Amanda looks at her, "Alexandra is my sister. Do I need to get your permission every time I have a conversation with her? That seems odd." Vicky shakes her head, "I highly doubt you have no agenda." Amanda stares, "Not all of us are power hungry." Vicky nods, "We're Spauldings." Amanda shakes her head, "Where are you going with this?" Vicky stares, "We both know next year there will be an official vote for the CEO of Spaulding. And if Alexandra isn't named CEO it would be one of us." Amanda grins, "I had almost forgotten about that." Vicky shakes her head, "No you had not." Amanda stares, "It's Thanksgiving. I'm not getting into this now." Amanda walks away. Across the room. Phillip stands by himself. Harley walks over, "What's going on with Zach?" Phillip sighs, "The Marti drama." Harley nods, "Still? God I worry about him." Phillip nods, "Tell me about it. He needs to be focusing on school right now, not high school girls." Harley looks at Phillip, "I hate this part. When they become adults and you have no control, you just sit back and watch them make mistake after mistake." He sighs, "Well I got through it with Lizzie, and you got through it with Susan. Hopefully we can handle whatever Zach throws at us." Harley sighs, "I hope so." Phillip smiles, "Happy Thanksgiving Harley." She grins, "Happy Thanksgiving Phillip." The two hug. PART TWO: Bauer Home: The Bauer family is sitting down. Dalton looks at Ashlee, "You must be starving." She shakes her head, "Nah, I'm okay." He smiles, "You have barely ate today, just let yourself go. It's the holidays." She sighs, "I try not to pig out anymore." He smiles, "I'm gonna get you to pig out girl." Ashlee laughs. He looks at her, "I know you worry about your weight still, but I don't want you to miss out on all of the fun with everyone because you're worried." She nods, "You raise a good point." He grins, "Indeed." Ashlee kisses him. Mel walks in with Baby Freddie. Rick walks over, "Hey, how is the little guy?" Mel grins, "He's good. He just woke up from his nap." Rick nods, "Just in time for Thanksgiving Dinner." Mel smiles, "We're pretty lucky aren't we?" He nods, "3 beautiful kids, a beautiful wife, my whole family is here. I'm probably the luckiest man in Springfield right now." Mel sighs, "Thank you for being there for me today." Rick nods, "This is your first Thanksgiving without your little brother. And your parents weren't even up for celebrating this year. I know it's tough for you." Mel nods, "This has probably been the hardest year of my life." Rick holds her hand, "We still have a lot to be grateful for." Mel smiles, "I know. I love you." Rick grins, "I love you two." The two kiss. Mallet and Dinah's House: Everyone sits around the table. Mallet looks at Dinah, "You ready to say something?" She nods, "I think so." The two kiss. Everyone is seated around the table. Dinah stands up, "Everyone, I would like to thank you for being here. When I was younger it was always my dream to host holiday parties and I'm honored that you all let me do that. We have certainly had a big year, this family has been through our share of ups and downs." Ross smiles at his daughter. Dinah nods, "Obviously this is the first Thanksgiving we've had with Daddy in a long time. And I think I speak for everyone when I say that we look forward to many more with you." Ross smiles, "Thank you Dinah." Dinah grins, "Jason and Kevin are both thriving in their careers. Clarissa has graduated from high school and blossomed into an amazing young woman." Jason playfully nudges his little sister. Dinah nods, "My daughter Belinda has found a great boyfriend in RJ, and my son Anthony is starting school. And personally Mallet and I are happy to be back together and to really be working on things." Mallet takes her hand and kisses it. Dinah looks at Blake, "We lost a good friend this year. Detective Remy Boudreau was a very good friend to our family and we miss him very much. And if anything this reminds us that our family has a lot to be grateful for, and it would be selfish of us to not appreciate that." Blake takes a deep breath. Dinah nods, "Happy Thanksgiving everyone." Everyone smiles, "Happy Thanksgiving." Company: All of the tables are pushed into one big table. The Reardons and friends are seated around it. Matt stands up, "It's nice doing the big speech here, it reminds me that I'm not a young man anymore. But this place has a lot of meaning for our family." Nola looks around. Matt nods, "We are Reardons, and honorary Reardons. Our family didn't come from money, we were not given all of the advantages that some people have. We each had to build our lives on our own. And there is something very rewarding about that. It's a special feelings." Bridget smiles at him. Matt sighs, "I'm grateful that my family is back in Springfield and we can enjoy each other's company... in Company. And hope years from now the Reardons are still sitting here and calling Springfield home." Everyone looks around. Matt grins, "Happy Thanksgiving. Let's eat." Everyone claps. Bridget holds Adam in her lap. Dylan smiles at him. Bridget smiles, "You wanna go to Daddy?" Dylan picks him up, "Look at you big guy." Dylan holds up his son, "This guy is a Reardon. Adam Raphael Reardon-Lewis." Everyone smiles at him. Across the table Peter holds Stephanie hand. Susan smiles at the two of them. Nola holds Quints hand. She kisses it. The two smile at each other. Cross Creek: The Lewises all come back inside. They all take their seats at the table. Bill, Billy and Vanessa are now sitting. Everyone is wiping tears and smiling. Ava sits with Little HB. Josh looks at his family, "I would stand but as you all know I'm a little weak these days." Billy shakes his head, "Nothing weak about you Little Brother." Josh grins, "It's great to have you back Billy. You two Vanessa." Vanessa smiles. Josh smiles, "I've never been so proud to be a part of this big, crazy Oklahoma family." Everyone laughs. Josh nods, "It's amazing how beautiful each one of you is on the inside and the outside. We all make our mistakes and we have our share of family drama. But at the end of the day we are all here for each other when we need each other. I can't imagine having any other family behind me." Billy smiles, "Old HB would be proud." Reva nods, "It's pretty incredible to be sitting with Harlan Billy Lewis the II, III and IV. It shows that our family is stronger than ever." Ava smiles at Shayne. Josh grins, "And only getting stronger." Everyone smiles at each other. Josh grins, "I really do love you all. And no matter what happens before next Thanksgiving, this was a perfect day for me and I appreciate that." Reva gets choked up, "Don't act like you won't be here next year Bud, you aren't getting out of carving our turkey that easily." Everyone laughs. Josh smiles at his family. Spaulding Mansion: The table is finally set for dinner. Alexandra sits at the head of the table. Everyone sits around the long beautiful table setting. The fancy name cards help place everyone in proper seats to avoid confrontation. Alexandra looks around at her family. Everyone is being quiet. Alexandra stands up, "Right about now would be the time that someone stands and reminds us what it means to be a Spaulding. That we look out for ourselves. We do whatever we have to do to keep ourselves out of trouble and prevent us from losing the things we cherish most." Everyone looks around at each other. Alex shakes her head, "We all know what it means to be a Spaulding. But today I declare that we put that all aside for the evening and just enjoy the day." Natalia smiles. Alexandra sighs, "Publicity, business, money, possessions, titles, none of it will be discussed at this table. If you choose to discuss it then take it outside." Phillip nods, "I think that sounds like a great idea." Alexandra nods, "Most of my ideas are." Phillip smiles. Alexandra sighs, "People have reminded me what today is all about. And at the end of the day we wouldn't have anything if it wasn't for each other. Good and bad." Alexandra sits down. Everybody gets more comfortable in their seats and begins to eat. Bauer Home: All of the Bauers are enjoying their food. Johnny looks at his watch, "Oh goodness, we'll have to be leaving soon." Roxie looks, "Oh wow. I didn't realize how much time had gone by." Rick looks at them, "You can't leave without a Thanksgiving speech." Johnny nods, "That's right. Who is doing the honors this year?" Ed looks at Rick, "I think it's your turn?" Rick shakes his head, "No. I think you have at least one more in you this year Pops. Don't make me do it, it's too much pressure right now." Michelle laughs, "Rick can only focus on food now anyway." Rick looks at her, "Thank you for reminding everyone that I'm the funny person in the family." Ed stands up, "Okay if it will satisfy everyone." Everybody looks at Ed. Ed sighs, "I know there are times when it seems silly to have a holiday like this. But sometimes we need to remember that we are all lucky. Every single person in this room is living right now and that right there is something that is very special and shouldn't be overlooked." Everybody pays attention to Ed. Ed nods, "I am very proud of Johnny and Roxie for the work they are about to be doing. This family has always expressed a desire to help others and I know how fulfilling it can be." Johnny and Roxie smile. Ed grins, "We all may leave Springfield at one time or another, but it will always be a home for this family and nothing will change that." Michelle smiles at J. Ed grins, "God bless Springfield, Happy Thanksgiving." Everyone raises their glasses, "Happy Thanksgiving." For one day all in Springfield was calm and people were grateful. There is a destiny that makes us brothers, none goes his way alone, all that we send into the lives of others, comes back into our own. PREVIEWS: Annie shocks Edmund! Josh makes a decision Zach confronts James and Leah Liz is preparing to leave Eden and Coop make plans

Thanksgiving is celebrated in Springfield... Bauer Home: Ed is in the kitchen with Rick and Mel. Rick smiles, "Thanksgiving is probably my second favorite holiday of the year. Of course the fourth being my favorite. I wouldn't be a Bauer otherwise." Mel laughs, "Any holiday where you're allowed to pig out is a good holiday for Rick Bauer." Ed laughs, "That's my son." The three of them are getting the food together. Michelle walks in, "We aren't letting Rick eat any of the food early this year are we? It's going to be embarrassing if we don't have enough food for the guests." Mel shakes her head, "Not this year." Rick looks over, "What guests are coming this year?" Michelle sighs, "Well Ashlee is bringing Dalton. Leah invited James. And I told Daddy that Dr. Chamberlain was going to be joining us." Rick looks at her, "J's coming?" Mel looks, "J?" Michelle nods, "Yes. He's a friend of the family. And he didn't have anywhere to spend the holiday so I thought it would be nice to invite him here." The three of them look at each other. Michelle looks over, "No, don't even." Ed smiles, "Well I think it's great that you are being so giving on today. We all should be doing our best to give back to those who are less fortunate." Rick looks at him, "Dr. Chamberlain is less fortunate?" Mel nods, "He is single isn't he?" Michelle scoffs, "Oh my God. You guys are ridiculous." Ed laughs, "Come on honey. Nothing is going to ruin our Thanksgiving." The family finishes setting up. Cross Creek: Josh looks in the mirror. He is trying to stay strong for today. Josh walks out to the living room. Shayne and Ava walks over to him. Shayne smiles, "You look great Dad." Josh nods, "Thank you Son. Ava you look lovely." Ava smiles, "Thanks Josh." Josh grins, "I'm in the mood for some Lewis Thanksgiving celebration." Ava grins, "That sounds perfect to me today." The door opens up. Reva and Noah walk in. Reva smiles, "Hey everybody!" Reva hugs Shayne and Ava. Shayne smiles, "Happy Thanksgiving Mom." Reva walks over and hugs Josh. Noah shakes Shayne's hand and hugs Ava, "Happy Thanksgiving you two." Reva smiles at Josh, "Happy Thanksgiving." Josh nods, "I'm very excited. I think even though it's been a rough year, we are all still standing here together and we have that to be grateful for. Ava is back home and she is safe. Reva's cancer is in remission. And I'm still putting up a good fight against mine." Reva nods, "We're all very proud of you." Everyone smiles at each other. There is a knock at the door. Everyone looks over. Marah walks in, "Hey." Edmund walks in right behind her. The two are holding hands. Marah grins, "Happy Thanksgiving everyone." Everyone stares. Spaulding Mansion: Alexandra walks around making sure everything is in order. She looks at the staff, "Let's not forget that we are going to have a big turnout this year for the Spaulding Thanksgiving celebration." Alexandra smiles to herself. Nick walks in, "Happy Thanksgiving." She hugs him, "Oh happy Thanksgiving to you too." He looks at her, "Don't work yourself to hard today. Nothing has to be perfect." Alexandra smiles, "Son, you know me better than that." Phillip walks in with Beth. Phillip hollers, "Beth's back." The staff all stops and claps. Alexandra smiles, "Beth." Beth smiles, "Hello, Alexandra." Alex walks over, "I'm so glad to see you up and about Darling." Alexandra kisses her on the cheek. Beth smiles, "Thank you." Phillip nods, "Beth's speech has improved a lot and she is getting her muscles back in order. She's here to spend a real Thanksgiving with us." Alexandra grins, "Perfect." Phillip walks Beth over to the table. Natalia and Rafe walk inside. Alexandra walks over, "Welcome." Natalia hugs her, "Thank you very much for inviting us Alexandra." Alexandra grins, "Nonsense. You are both family and this is a holiday to celebrate family and gratefulness and all of that wonderful stuff." Rafe nods, "I guess we all need to find something to be grateful for right?" Rafe walks away. Mallet and Dinah's House: Mallet and Dinah have decorated the house. They sit with Blake and Ross in the living room. Dinah looks at them, "So she already gave Adam to Dylan and Bridget?" Blake nods, "Yes. She didn't want us there when she actually handed him over to them. She said she needed to do it all on her own that day." Dinah shakes her head, "You weren't there at all?" Ross sighs, "Clarissa is an adult now. We are trying to respect her decisions." Mallet nods, "That's understandable. We are going through a lot with Belinda right now. She is doing a lot of rebelling and we are struggling on how to deal with it." The doorbell rings. Belinda hollers, "I'll get it." She comes running down the stairs, "Hi Grandpa Ross, hi Blake." She snubs her parents. Belinda opens the door. RJ walks in, "Happy Thanksgiving." The two kiss. RJ looks at everyone, "Happy Thanksgiving." Everyone wishes RJ a happy Thanksgiving back. Belinda walks RJ to the dining room. Dinah watches them as they walk away. Jason walks in with Vi, "Happy Thanksgiving. Blake walks over, "Happy Thanksgiving sweetheart." She kisses him on the cheek. Ross walks over and hugs his son. Vi looks at Jason, "Did you tell them yet?" Jason nods, "Listen, Rocky and Kevin are sort of on the rocks right now. So don't mention anything about Rocky to Kevin today alright?" Ross stares, "What's going on with Rocky and Kevin?" Jason sighs, "Long story." Blake nods, "Okay well no mentioning Adam to Clarissa." The door opens again. Everyone looks over. Company: Matt is setting everything up for the Reardon Thanksgiving. All the tables are pushed into a giant table. Maureen is setting the places. He smiles, "Thank you for helping me out today." She smiles, "What are daughters for?" He hugs her, "I love you sweetheart." She grins, "It's nice that we are actually going to have a quite a few Reardon's here this year. I feel like our family is no longer extinct from Springfield." The door opens up. Bridget and Dylan walk in with Baby Adam. Matt smiles, "Hey!" Bridget hollers, "Happy Thanksgiving." Maureen walks over, "Oh my goodness. Look at the little guy." Matt smiles, "I'm so happy for you two." Dylan smiles, "Obviously we have a lot to be grateful for." Bridget kisses Dylan. Maureen smiles, "Oh I love babies." Matt laughs, "Well you have plenty of time." Matt hugs Bridget. Peter walks downstairs with Stephanie. Stephanie smiles at him, "It's nice to be spending the holidays here. I hope it's not weird that I'm like... spending it with you or something." He shakes his head, "It's nice. And you live in the boarding house. That automatically gets you an invite." Peter and Stephanie join the group. Cross Creek: Edmund and Marah walk into the home. Everyone stares. Marah smiles, "Hi." Josh nods, "Hi. Happy Thanksgiving you two." Ava walks over to her father, "Happy Thanksgiving." Edmund smiles, "Oh happy Thanksgiving Ava." Marah hugs her Dad, "Hey. How are you feeling?" He smiles, "I'm not too bad. Much better now that I have my little girl here for the holiday. It's great to see you here again. I love you." Marah hugs him, "I love you too Daddy." Edmund shakes Shayne's hand, "Happy Thanksgiving. Noah kisses Reva. Josh looks around at everyone, "I'm so happy to have all of you here. It's not as big of a Thanksgiving as we used to have especially since Marti had to leave so soon. But we are all here and we are all happy with our lives. I'm very grateful for all of you." Everyone heads over to the dining room. Josh sits at the head of the table. Everyone sits around the table. Suddenly they hear a car outside. Josh looks around, "Isn't everyone here?" Everyone nods. The door opens up. Everyone looks over. Billy and Vanessa walk in. Billy shouts, "Hey! Happy Thanksgiving everybody!" Vanessa smiles, "Happy Thanksgiving." Everyone jumps up. Josh smiles, "No!" Billy rushes over to him, "Good to see you little brother!" Josh and Billy share a big hug. PART TWO: Mallet and Dinah's House: Dinah stands in the living room. Mallet walks up to her. He puts his arms around her, "You okay?" She nods, "Yeah of course." He kisses her, "I know you want a perfect Thanksgiving. We have had a pretty good year." She smiles at him, "That's what makes it perfect already." The two kiss. Across the room Clarissa sits in a chair by herself. Jason walks over, "Hey little sister. How you feeling? You okay?" Clarissa nods, "I'm fine." Jason hugs her, "Good." Clarissa rolls her eyes, "I'm fine." On the other side of the room Ross is standing with Kevin. He looks at him, "So is anything new with you?" Kevin shakes his head, "Why?" Ross stares, "I was only wondering Son." Kevin scoffs, "Did Jason say something to you?" Ross shakes his head, "No, no, no. I was just making sure everything was fine with you. We haven't talked in a while." Blake walks over, "What's wrong?" Kevin looks at her, "Dad is questioning me when I'm just trying to celebrate the holiday." Ross shakes his head, "No I'm not." Across the room, Dinah walks over to Clarissa. Dinah sighs, "Hey honey. You okay?" Clarissa scoffs, "Oh my God yes!" Dinah looks at her, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything by it Claris." Clarissa stands up, "No, nobody did! Nobody is trying to upset me. Everybody wants me to be sad. I'm not sad! I don't care if that makes me seem cold." Everyone looks over. Clarissa looks around, "I get it! Why don't we all just talk about it? I screwed up! I couldn't even handle having a son for a few months. I failed again! Happy Thanksgiving!" Everyone looks at an emotional Clarissa. Bauer Home: The Bauers are setting everything up. Roxie walks in, "Happy Thanksgiving Bauers." Johnny walks over, "I'm so glad you could make it." Roxie grins, "I spent the morning with Reva. But now I'm ready to be here with my daughter and the Bauers. Before we leave Springfield." Johnny grins, "No second thoughts?" Roxie shakes her head, "Surprisingly no. I really thought by now I would be snapping out of it and running for the hills but I'm actually excited." He smiles, "I'm glad to hear that." She nods, "I'm anxious to get over there and do some good work." Ed walks over, "I heard you were joining Johnny. That's really great to hear Roxie. I know you aren't a doctor but there are a lot of things you can do to help out." Roxie smiles, "I sure hope so." Ashlee walks in with Dalton. She smiles, "Happy Thanksgiving." Everyone waves at them. Roxie whispers to Johnny, "That is the only thing I'm worried about." Johnny sighs, "Whether we are here or not, Ashlee is going to be dating Dalton." Dalton smiles, "Thank you everyone for welcoming me into your home on Thanksgiving." Ed smiles, "Well Ashlee is very important to us and you are very important to her. So welcome and I hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving here." Ashlee grins, "Thank you Ed." Ashlee and Dalton walk over to her parents. Roxie looks at him, "Hello Dalton... happy Thanksgiving." He nods, "You too." Everyone is trying to get a long. Spaulding Mansion: Alexandra stands with Natalia. Alexandra sighs, "So how is my brother?" Natalia nods, "Not terrible. He puts up a brave front but I know prison is hard on him. They certainly aren't going easy on him in there." Alexandra shakes her head, "He doesn't really deserve special treatment after all of the strings he has pulled over the years. I'm sorry to say." Natalia nods, "I know Alan has done some really bad things in the past. He is paying for them now. He is the love of my life he's still the father of my son and the grandfather of my other son." Alex laughs, "Only in Springfield could that not sound ridiculous." Natalia sighs, "And he is still your brother, and I know you love him. If you didn't then you wouldn't be asking me about him now would you?" Alex sighs, "You're a better woman than I am Natalia." Natalia shakes her head, "No. We all have made our mistakes. We just need to remember that when it comes to other people, especially the people we love." Gus walks inside. He looks around. Harley approaches him, "Hey! I was hoping you'd get here before me. Unfortunately that did not happen and I got stuck being the awkward one in the room." Gus smiles, "Well no longer. I am here." Harley laughs. Gus grins, "But seriously it's really good to see you here." The two smile at each other. Across the room Zach walks over to Phillip. Zach sighs, "Dad." Phillip looks at him, "Hey Son." Zach nods, "I need your help." Phillip stares, "With what? Everything okay at school?" Zach sighs, "It's fine, who cares? Marti's mom is trying to make her move. She thinks I'm a bad influencer on her. I need you to help me keep her in Springfield." Phillip stares at his son. Company: Stephanie and Peter hold hands. Peter looks at her, "It's great to have my parents here, and my new baby brother. My whole family. But having you here makes it more special." She smiles, "Thank you. I like being here with you." The two kiss. Susan walks in. She walks over to Peter and Stephanie. She smiles, "Hey guys. How is my new baby brother?" Peter nods, "He's getting all of his attention over there. I think I'm going to go squeeze in a minute with my Mom really quick before everyone surrounds them." Peter walks away. Stephanie looks at Susan, "I am screwed." Susan shakes her head, "What's wrong now?" Stephanie sighs, "Peter is ready to be official... and I haven't officially told him that I'm pregnant, with another man's baby." Susan and Stephanie stare at each other. Bridget and Dylan are sitting with Baby Adam. Peter looks at them, "It's nice to see you guys with a baby." Bridget smiles, "You'll always be my baby." She kisses her son. Matt looks over, "It's amazing how a baby can really bring a family together." Maureen nods, "I was just telling Dad how great it is to have the Reardon bunch together. We're sort of making a comeback in this town." All of the Reardon's smile at each other. The door opens. Matt turns around, "We're... Oh my God!" Everyone turns and looks. Nola and Quint Chamberlain come walking in. Nola smiles, "Look who's back in Springfield!" Bauer Home: Ashlee is talking with Johnny and Roxie. Ashlee smiles, "I can't believe you're both about to leave." Roxie nods, "You sure that you're okay with this?" Ashlee nods, "Of course. I mean you two have really changed my life this year. I started out having a mother who was in prison and that I always had a complicated relationship with. But now I have two more very interesting parents. I know it's been complicated but I am really happy now." Roxie grins, "Even with me?" Ashlee laughs, "Yeah. You're pretty cool Roxie." Roxie grins, "I'm glad to hear that." Ashlee sighs, "And knowing that you two are off helping other people is great and I'm going to be very proud when I'm bragging about you guys." Johnny hugs her, "Well don't forget, we'll be bragging about you too. And everyone is going to be keeping us informed on how you're doing." Roxie nods, "Including you." Ashlee smiles, "So is this leading to a new romance for you two?" Johnny and Roxie look at each other. There is a knock at the door. Mel hollers, "Michelle, I think it's for you." Michelle walks over. She opens the door. J is standing there with a store bought pie. She smiles, "Hi." He grins, "Hey. I took you up on your offer then I thought it would be rude if I didn't bring something so I picked this up on the way home." Michelle laughs, "Well we are pretty well known for homemade pies around here." J laughs, "I'm sorry." She shakes her head, "No. Trust me it will get eaten around here." He nods, "Great then I don't feel like a total failure." Michelle smiles. J walks inside with her. Cross Creek: Billy and Vanessa are greeting everyone. Ava remains seated and quiet. Billy is hugging Josh, "It's great to see you little brother. You're getting skinny." Josh grins, "Well thank you. Cancer has done me well I guess." Billy looks at him, "Seriously though, you okay?" Josh nods, "Of course." Billy smiles, "Good." Josh nods, "Great to see you." Billy grins, "Great to be back." Reva walks over, "Come here handsome." Billy hugs Reva, "Oh I missed you like crazy woman." Vanessa hugs Marah and Shayne, "I cannot believe how much older you two look." Marah laughs, "We're at the age where being told we are older isn't a compliment anymore." Vanessa laughs, "Oh that's right. I hear that from Bill a lot." Ava stares at her. Shayne looks at Ava, "You okay?" Ava sighs, "I'm fine...." Shayne stares at her. Billy looks over, "You guys want to help us bring our bags in. My back is killing me." Shayne looks at Ava, "Would you mind helping out? My Dad isn't really-" Ava nods, "Yeah, that's fine." Shayne and Ava get up and walk towards the door. Ava looks out the window, "Is that their...." Shayne walks up behind her, "Happy Thanksgiving." Ava stares, "Oh my God. Oh my God!" Everyone looks over. Edmund looks, "What is it?" Ava cries, "It's little HB, it's my son!" Ava flings the door open. Bill is standing with little HB who is around 5 now. Ava comes walking through the leaves towards them. The whole Lewis family walks outside. Bill whispers to his son, "This is the Mom you've been waiting for." Ava cries as HB starts walking towards her. Ava runs over and wraps her arms around him. Everyone watches as Ava is reunited with her son. PREVIEWS: Thanksgiving continues in Springfield Nola and Quint catch up with family Ava gets more good news Johnny and Roxie prepare to leave The Spauldings work to get along The Marlers are grateful

Decisions make huge impacts in Springfield... Towers: Clarissa sits with Baby Adam. Rafe stands in the back of the room. The three remain in awkward silence. Clarissa hears the elevator stop on their floor. She hears footsteps coming towards her door. Clarissa takes a deep breath. There is a gentle knock at her door. Clarissa looks up. She doesn't move. Rafe finally walks over and opens the door. He doesn't say a word. He walks away as Bridget and Dylan walk in with a seat to carry Adam in. Bridget smiles, "Hey." Clarissa nods, "Hi." Dylan nods, "How are you two doing today?" Clarissa nods, "Good, we're good." Bridget looks at her, "Are you sure you're ready for this?" Clarissa looks down. Bridget sits down next to her, "Clarissa, if you are ever going to change your mind about this it needs to be now. If you have any second thoughts, please tell us." Clarissa looks at Bridget and Dylan. She shakes her head, "I love Adam. But I'm not ready to be a parent. You two are. And in the long run I know this is what's best for him." Dylan nods, "Clarissa I promise you, this little guy is going to make us really happy and we are going to work hard to make him really happy." Clarissa nods, "I know you will. It's just this moment. Like, how do I do this? I'm supposed to say goodbye. But how am I supposed to say goodbye to him? What am I supposed to do?" Bridget looks at Clarissa, "You say whatever you need to say right now." Clarissa looks at Adam, "I love you. And I'm so glad that I got to give birth to you and I hope that I can finally do something right by giving you the parents you deserve." Bridget wipes the tears from her eyes. She reaches out and holds Clarissa's hand. Fraternity House: Zach walks back into the room. He is holding Marti's jacket. Marti gets off her cell phone. He looks at her, "Hey. What's up?" She turns around and appears upset. He shakes his head, "What's going on?" Marti sighs, "My Mom just called me. And she doesn't want me living in Springfield anymore." Zach scoffs, "What?" Marti sighs, "Apparently she heard about the drama between us and Leah. And after hearing about your reputation she decides it's time to get me out of Springfield before I screw things up again." Zach stares, "She can't do that!" Marti sighs, "She's my mother! She can do whatever she wants." He sighs, "But you said you can't live with her in Tulsa. You accused that guy of forcing himself on you and his family will sue you if you go back." Marti shakes her head, "She has worked other arrangements out." He stares, "What about us? What about school?" She sighs, "Bridget is married to my cousin Dylan. She's principal so my family got some strings pulled so I can take my finals early and get my grades ready to transfer." Zach stares, "How soon are you supposed to leave?" Marti sighs, "I'm supposed to spend Thanksgiving with her. And then she's sending me to live with another cousin until she can get arrangements to move me elsewhere." He shakes his head, "This can't be happening." Marti sighs, "I finally get used to Springfield and now she wants to rip me away again." Zach holds her hand, "Then don't do it. Don't let her control you." Marti sighs, "What am I supposed to do? I'm 16." Zach looks at her, "Maybe... you can get emancipated, and move in with me." Marti stares at Zach. Cedars: J is walking down the hall after seeing a patient. Michelle walks up to him, "Dr. Chamberlain." J nods, "Dr. Bauer." Michelle sighs, "I was hoping we could discuss some of the rumblings going on around Cedars lately that concern the two of us and our one lunch meeting." He nods, "I love it when you talk dirty." She shakes her head, "It isn't funny." He nods, "I think so. But I have a sense of humor." She sighs, "All of the interns won't shut up about us. I thought they were still obsessed with Ashlee's serenade last month from that Dalton guy." J shakes his head, "We're two very attractive doctors. We are both single. We don't get a long very much. And we spent some time together. Can you blame them?" Michelle sighs, "Well first off my father, my brother, my cousin, my uncle and a million other people I'm very close with work in this hospital." He looks at her, "Well you don't have to worry about people thinking you're dating them I suppose. But you never know in Springfield." She looks at him, "Also. I have a teenage son and a daughter who is in middle school. There father died a few years ago. Then I thought I found love again and went to marry my childhood friend Bill, who left me at the alter to go rescue his ex wife from being deported. I tried to control my feelings for Jesse but that backfired. I'm not bringing another man into my children's lives." J sighs, "I'm not trying to date you Michelle." She nods, "But the more time we spend together the more the rumors will circulate." J looks at her, "And if we are avoiding each other the rumors will get worse." She shakes her head, "Well I'm sorry I don't know what to do right now." He looks at her, "Well I think you're reading to much into this. We're doctors. Our personal lives need to be left at the doors of this hospital." Michelle nods, "I know that." J sighs, "Do you? Because from where I'm standing it doesn't seem like it." J walks away. Bauer Garage Apartment: Roxie looks at Johnny and Ashlee. Ashlee stares, "Are you serious?" Roxie nods, "Yes. I know this sounds crazy and spur of the moment. But I feel like this is something I need to do in my life. I really need this." Johnny sighs, "I wasn't trying to guilt you into doing anything." Roxie nods, "I know. This is my decision." Ashlee shakes her head, "It's an incredible opportunity Roxie, and it's really selfless of you to volunteer but it's not easy work." Roxie nods, "I know. I know this seems like another crazy idea of mine. But I really feel like I need to be helping people at this time in my life." Johnny looks at her, "What do you want to do?" She sighs, "I don't know. Carry water, make food, teach things, I'll do whatever I'm qualified to do over there. I'm healthy and I'm in good shape." Ashlee looks at her, "Are you serious right now?" Roxie nods, "Yes. I am." Ashlee and Johnny look at each other. Roxie walks over to her, "I love you. And I know I have a weird way of showing it sometimes. But it's because I have a lot of issues in my heart. And this will help me." Ashlee sighs, "You're not doing this to impress me?" Roxie shakes her head, "No. This is for me." Ashlee smiles, "I'm really proud of you." Ashlee hugs her. Johnny looks at Roxie, "You think you could handle being stuck with me?" Roxie sighs, "I need to work out my issues with you too." Johnny nods. Roxie looks at them, "I have a lot of things that I need closure on. And this is my way of doing it. It's time that I let go of the past and moved on with my life." Ashlee grins, "That sounds perfect." Roxie, Ashlee and Johnny hug. Cross Creek: Ava sits on the couch. Shayne walks over to her, "You okay?" She sighs, "Yeah. I'm fine." He stares, "This whole kidnapping thing has us all upset. But now that Annie has been arrested it's closer to being over and wrapped up." She shakes her head, "It's not that. Well not all that." He nods, "Then what is it?" Ava sighs, "The holidays are always tough. Every Thanksgiving or Christmas that I spend with HB a part from me. It's never easy for me." Shayne nods, "I'm sorry." She sighs, "I brought it on myself. I did so many horrible things when I was with Bill. I was just so angry and out of control all the time." He sighs, "But you got help in Ravenwood." She nods, "I got help from you." Shayne smiles, "You're a strong woman." Ava shakes her head, "I don't know about that. I wasn't good enough of a mother otherwise I would still have my son with me wouldn't I?" Shayne looks at her, "You made mistakes when you had HB." She sighs, "They all could have been avoided." He nods, "But you weren't healthy. Now you are. Ava I've seen you grow so much in the time that I've known you. I know you're going to be a great Mom." She sighs, "If I ever get the chance." Ava holds a picture of Baby HB. It's been years since she last saw him. Shayne puts his arm around her. Police Station: Annie sits in her cell. She looks up at the ceiling. She continues tapping her feet. Annie's face remains blank. One of the guards hollers, "Dutton, you got a visitor!" Annie sits up. Marah walks in. Annie stares, "Hello Marah." Marah smirks, "I bet you didn't think I'd have the guts to show my face here did you?" Annie nods, "I knew you would. You may be surprised to hear this but I know you a lot better than you think I do. Don't forget that." Marah laughs, "You weren't prepared for this." Annie nods, "You're right. I underestimated you. I thought you had more heart like your father. But I was clearly wrong about that one." Marah stares, "You think I'm more like you?" Annie sighs, "For your sake I hope so. Because you're going to need to be to face what I have coming for you." Marah shakes her head, "I'm not worried." Annie grins, "You should be." Marah stares, "You're pretty confident for a woman behind bars. There is a not a doubt in anyone's mind that you are responsible for Ava's kidnapping." Annie nods, "But I know the truth." Marah shakes her head, "You haven't sold me out yet." Annie nods, "I'm aware." Marah stares, "Why not? Why haven't I been questioned?" Annie laughs, "Oh Marah. I have you right where I want you." Annie and Marah stare at each other. PART TWO: Reva Bend: Roxie sits in Reva's living room with her. Reva looks at her, "You're serious about this?" Roxie nods, "Yeah." Reva stares. Roxie sighs, "I know this is all happening really fast. But I need to do this for myself. It's important to me that I make my life mean something." Reva sighs, "You can't do that in Springfield?" Roxie looks at her, "Reva." Reva shakes her head, "I love charity work. I do a lot for my cancer charities and it is one of the most fulfilling experiences I have in my life." Roxie sighs, "And that's you're thing, and I am so happy that you found it. But I need to find something for me, something that gives me meaning." Reva nods, "I guess I can understand that." Roxie holds her hand, "I'm going to miss you." Reva has tears in her eyes, "Cassie left for San Cristobal. Now you're leaving the country too. What am I supposed to do without my little sisters?" Roxie grins, "You have Noah. 3 of your four kids are living in Springfield right now. You've got a lot of great things for you in Springfield." Reva smiles, "I know." Roxie sighs, "What do you think Mama would say?" Reva grins, "She'd tell me to suck it up. My sister is doing something amazing and I should be proud of her. She'd do the same for me." Roxie smiles, "That sounds like Mama. Reva smiles, "I'm always going to be your big sister so you need to check in with me, a lot. And when you get back we are going to set up a sister date with you me and Cassie. No buts." Roxie grins, "That would be great." Reva grins, "I love you." Roxie nods, "I love you too." The two sisters hug. Cedars: J is reading some files. Michelle walks over, "Hey." He nods, "Dr. Bauer." She sighs, "I'm sorry that I was being rude. I know you didn't start the rumors or anything so I shouldn't be blaming you. I'm over reacting anyway." He nods, "I know you are." She looks at him, "I'm trying to apologize." He sighs, "I know." She shakes her head, "I'll chalk it up to holiday stress. I've got a lot do for Thanksgiving this year. But I'm sure you know what that's like." He shakes his head, "Not really." She stares, "What are you doing for Thanksgiving?" He shakes his head, "Working mostly. Then probably going to a bar or something." She stares, "What about your family?" He sighs, "I'm fine." She looks at him, "But it's Thanksgiving." He looks at her, "It's a silly holiday that people use as an excuse to over eat and be completely lazy. It's a joke of a day in my opinion." She smiles, "But it's also a great time for bonding and being grateful." He sighs, "You really buy into that?" She nods, "I do." He turns away, "You're call." She sighs, "I know you'll probably laugh at this proposal. But why don't you come over to my family's house for Thanksgiving. It would be really fun." He looks at her, "Seriously?" She nods, "Just think about it. The offer is on the table. You're a friend of the family." Michelle walks away. J stares at her. Fraternity House: Marti sits with Zach. Zach looks at her, "What do you think?" She sighs, "I can't give up on my life." He sighs, "So you're giving up on us?" She shakes her head, "It's not like that!" He gets up, "What are we supposed to do?" She stares, "We can try to make the long distance thing work. But my Mom doesn't want me to have a boyfriend after what happened so it would have to be a secret." Zach turns away, "Great." Marti stares, "What was your plan? I run away from home?" He sighs, "You could get emancipated and then... maybe we could get married." She scoffs, "Married? We've been dating for a month." He nods, "I know. Not married for real. But I could get my trust fund early if I am married." She shakes her head, "No." He scoffs, "So what? You just leave me now?" She cries, "What choice do I have Zach?" He looks at her, "Where are you going anyway?" She nods, "I'm going to live with my cousin Mindy. She lives in New York." He shakes his head, "New York?" Marti nods, "My mom thinks this is best for me." Zach looks at her, "She's ruining our lives." Marti walks over to him, "We'll figure something out okay." He looks at her, "I'm not losing you." Marti sighs, "We should have expected that people would stop at nothing to keep a Lewis and a Spaulding from being together." Zach holds her hand. The two kiss. Cross Creek: Ava stares at the picture of Baby HB. Shayne still has his arm around her. She smiles, "Look at him." He nods, "He's a beautiful baby. He looks like his Mom." She shakes her head, "He's not a baby anymore." Shayne nods, "A part of me thought Bill and Olivia would have come back to Springfield eventually, once they realized it was safer now." Ava sighs, "I was in Ravenwood when they left. I probably scared the crap out of Bill last time I saw him. I said some horrible things." Shayne stares at her. Ava shakes her head, "I basically threatened his life if I ever saw his face again. What the hell was I thinking? Was I that crazy?" Shayne sighs, "You were emotionally devastated. You were locked away and you didn't understand why. You had little contact with your own son." Ava starts to cry, "I blew my chances at being his mother." Shayne looks at her, "But you're a good person now." Ava sighs, "Too little too late right?" Shayne shakes his head, "Olivia has her own issues right now. That's why Emma came back to Springfield to live for now. Maybe Bill and Olivia will come back soon." She looks at him, "I tell myself that everyday when I wake up. I hope that maybe today I'll walk out the door and see Bill walking up to me with my son. But so far that has never happened." Shayne sighs, "I'm sorry." Shayne holds Ava close. Police Station: Annie is inside of her cell. Marah stares at her from the outside. Annie stares, "You must feel on top of the world right now. You have everything you want. Edmund, your family, your career, power. And no one ever has to know what a bitch you really are." Marah shakes her head, "As long as I get what I want who cares? I spent years trying to please other people and look where it got me. I learned a lot of things from your accomplishments Annie. But I learned even more from your mistakes. So I guess I'm grateful for that." Annie smiles, "And I'm grateful that I know you better than you know yourself. You are nothing but a little clone of me right now. It's time someone took you down a peg." Marah grins, "You're so bitter and jealous. Because you know that I actually might have a shot at a happy life, something you never could achieve." Annie shakes her head, "I was close to having that again. But I threw it all away to help you and you stabbed me in the back Marah." Marah stares, "You stabbed me first." Annie sighs, "I love you. I was doing what was best for you." Marah scoffs, "You are really messed up Annie." Annie nods, "Maybe so. But I'm smart, you have give me that." Marah looks at her, "Of course." Annie sighs, "You may be on top of the world right now. But don't be so sure of yourself. You won that small battle Marah, but I'm going to win the war." Marah stares, "We're in a war now?" Annie nods, "You declared war the second you betrayed me." Marah smirks, "You want a war? Bring it on." Annie grins, "You know me well. So you have to be sure that this little stuff we've done, it's just the beginning. I'm coming after you Marah. And trust me, the wrath of Annie Dutton is nothing to be taken lightly. Just ask your mother." Marah nods, "Have a happy Thanksgiving behind bars." Marah walks out of the area. Annie smiles. Towers: Clarissa is standing with Adam. She and Bridget are holding him together. They look into each other's eyes. Dylan holds the bag of Adam's things. Clarissa looks at him, "I know the terms of our open adoption... and I know that if you two ever choose to move that you may. And whatever you decided I'm going to have to be okay with." Bridget nods, "I will love him like he is my own but he will always be your Baby too." Clarissa smiles. Bridget sighs, "I will make sure he understands who you are and what you have given him and what you have given all of us. He'll never forget that." Clarissa has tears in her eyes, "Just make sure that he always knows I love him and I could never forget him." Bridget nods, "Of course." Clarissa sighs, "And he had a lot of people who really cared about him. They will always care about him no matter what happens in the future." Rafe has to turn away. Bridget smiles, "Of course." Clarissa looks down, "I thought giving birth was the hard part. But this is the hardest thing I will ever have to do. I know that now." Bridget looks at her. Clarissa sighs, "Just promise me one thing, that no matter what he will always know that he is loved and that he is special. I don't want him to feel like he's less than that." Bridget smiles, "I will tell him every single day how special he is, how much we love him, and how amazing of a person he truly is." Clarissa takes a deep breath. Bridget stares, "You ready?" Clarissa nods. She pulls her arms out and lets Adam rest in Bridget's arms. Bridget holds him close. Dylan walks over and puts his arm around them. She looks at Clarissa through her tears, "Thank you." Clarissa nods, "You too. Goodbye Adam." Dylan smiles, "Bye." Bridget and Dylan turn and walk out the door. They shut it behind them. Clarissa stares at the door as she sobs. She sighs, "Tell me I did the right thing Rafe. I don't care if you believe it or not just please tell me I did the right thing." Rafe walks up behind her and puts his arms around her. She sobs, "Oh my God." She keeps staring at the door, a small part of her hopes they'll come back. But they don't. Clarissa cries, "I just wasn't ready." Clarissa sobs in Rafe's arms. PREVIEWS: Thanksgiving is celebrated! The Marlers worry about each other The Lewis family gets a huge surprise The Reardons join together The Spauldings get through the holiday The Bauers invite many guests

Decisions are contemplated in Springfield... Towers: Clarissa sits on the floor with Baby Adam. She keeps looking at the time on her phone. She has knots in her stomach. She hears footsteps coming towards her door. Clarissa sits still. The door opens and Rafe walks in. She looks up, "Hey." He nods, "Hey." Rafe looks around. Clarissa's stuff is packed up on one side with Adam's boxes by the door. Rafe nods, "So today's the day?" She nods, "Yep." He walks over and looks around the room. She sighs, "I know you're upset." Rafe doesn't respond. She sighs, "Rafe please say something." He nods, "I guess I"ll have this place back for partying or whatever. I don't know. I don't even know what to do with it." Clarissa stares, "Please talk about it." He stares, "What am I supposed to say?" She shakes her head, "I don't know. Maybe you could just look at things from my perspective and try to understand what I'm going through." He sighs, "You don't think I have?" She looks down. He shakes his head, "No. I know what you want. You want me to come in and smile and tell you that you're doing the right thing and I am okay. I can't do that. Because I don't think that you are doing the right thing." Clarissa stares at Rafe. Cross Creek: The Lewis family sits in the living room. Josh sits on the couch. He has been coughing so Reva brings him a glass of water. Ava and Shayne sit across from him. Marah stares out the window. Ava sighs, "I cannot believe that this whole time it was Annie. Annie was the one who had me kidnapped and made our lives a complete hell." Shayne looks down, "I know she used to be really messed up. But she worked so hard to bounce back and redeem herself. I really thought she had changed." Josh sighs, "We all had. Most of us." Reva looks away. Josh nods, "It was my mistake. I let Annie back into my life and in that sense I let her into all of our lives. I should have listened to your mother. I'm sorry." Reva shakes her head, "Don't Joshua. Don't let Annie ruin your trust in people. It's one of your greatest qualities it's what... we all love about you." Josh looks over at Marah, "Are you okay?" Marah looks over at him, "Yes. Why wouldn't I be?" Josh sighs, "Darlin' it was no secret that you and Annie had become close. To find out she was keeping this from you must be upsetting. To know now what she is capable of. She hurt your brother and Ava very much." Marah nods, "I know." Reva looks at her, "I don't want you feeling like you are responsible." Marah shakes her head. Shayne looks over, "No one blames you Marah." Ava stands up, "I know we had our problems before... but I know you wouldn't do that to me. You're not Annie. You're Marah. You're not a kidnapper." Marah turns away, "I need to use the bathroom." Marah walks away. Police Station: Harley and Gus sit next to each other. Harley shakes her head, "Annie Dutton. It makes no sense and yet it make perfect sense all at the same time. She should have been the number one suspect in the first place." Gus looks at her, "Well given the history I've read on the woman it's not surprising. But the Annie I met here seemed to be a decent person. She was working at Lewis, becoming a regular member of their family. Now she's back to being a drunken crazy... whatever you want to call it. I don't know." Harley sighs, "I've known that woman for a long time. It's crazy how much history repeats itself sometimes. But then again who am I to talk?" He looks at her, "What you mean?" She nods, "I just broke up with Phillip for the second time." He nods, "Well yeah. But it was more of a closure thing. If you hadn't got back together with him then you two wouldn't be able to be friends now. And let me tell you, with all of Zach's drama right now he could certainly use that." She sighs, "I guess you're right. But don't expect me to be calling up Alan Michael anytime soon." Gus nods, "I'm gonna hold you to that." She stares, "How about you? You need any closure with Natalia?" He shakes his head, "Natalia will always be one of my best friends. But she is in love with my Dad. Which still makes no sense to me. But he's a better person when he's with her." Harley shakes her head, "I guess it took Alan that long to find his soul mate." Gus looks at her, "You still believe in soul mates?" Harley nods, "Well I don't know. I mean while it's nice to think there is someone out there for everyone... I believe in making a relationship work and putting effort into it." He nods, "That make sense." She stares, "But marriage... I'm out of that none sense." He looks at her, "What you do mean?" She sighs, "I don't know. I've done it four times. I feel like most of my relationships were only complicated by marriage. Besides you can still have a long lasting love filled relationship with someone without having to go through the legal stuff. It's just paper right?" Gus laughs, "We certainly deal with enough paperwork." She laughs, "Right. Besides who would want to marry me anyway?" He stares, "I'm sure there is someone." Gus and Harley stare at each other. Cedars: J is reading over files. Colin walks up to him, "Hello Dr. Chamberlain." He looks up, "Dr. McCabe. How are you?" He sighs, "Just getting filled in on all the new Cedars gossip from the interns." J laughs, "I swear if it wasn't for Grey's Anatomy half of those people wouldn't even be in the medical field right now. Who is sleeping with whom this week?" Colin looks at him, "You and Dr. Bauer." J pauses, "Well Rick seems like a nice guy. But I'm not coming between him and his wife. Mel puts up a nice front but I bet she could beat some ass." Colin nods, "The word is that you've been spending your lunch breaks with Michelle." J shakes his head, "One lunch break. We went to Company." Colin nods, "Who am I to judge? I fell for a patient a few years ago." J nods, "That's more controversial." Colin nods, "I agree. But less juicy for the interns to talk about. They want a couple to root for in this hospital. And you two are perfect for it." J laughs, "People are ridiculous." Colin nods, "I agree. But then again I just spent the last 15 minutes being updated on the "Jichelle" front. So I'm a little bias I suppose." J stares at Colin. Outside in the hallways. Michelle is walking by the interns. They all stare at her. One of them walks up to her. She smiles, "Hi, Dr. Bauer." Michelle looks at her, "Hey." The intern nods, "I'm Heather. I just wanted to say that your hair looks awesome lately." Michelle stares, "Uh... thank you. Heather." Heather nods, "I mean it's really difficult being a doctor and trying to look presentable. But I guess if I had a hot boyfriend like Dr. Chamberlain then I would be dressing up too." Michelle stares, "What?" Heather nods, "You two are like the cutest couple in the hospital." A very confused Michelle stares. Bauer Garage Apartment: Johnny sits with Ashlee in her room. Ashlee looks at him, "It's amazing the work you'll be doing over there." Johnny nods, "It's really fulfilling." There is a knock at the door. Ashlee looks over, "Come in." Roxie walks in, "Hey. Sorry I'm late." Johnny nods, "It's okay, I was just filling Ashlee in on the work I would be doing. She is being very supportive of it." Roxie stares, "Really?" Ashlee nods, "How could I not be? I mean he is really saving people over there." Roxie sighs, "I suppose." Ashlee looks at her, "Don't be such a wet blanket." Roxie scoffs, "I'm not." Johnny nods, "There are so many people around the world who need help. And if I'm able to do that the I feel selfish not going over to do something." Roxie walks over, "I guess you're right." He nods, "There are so many places where they are dying of thirst. Here you can't even imagine that happening. If you're that thirsty just walk to the nearest water fountain." Ashlee stares, "We have water parks! We have so much water that we can play in it. And there are children who are dying of thirst out there." Roxie stares, "Well you don't need to be a doctor to give people water. I could give people water, I do that all day at work. It's just people around here usually want a little alcohol." Johnny nods, "There are a lot of people there who are not doctors. But they do need them there. And I really have fallen in love with the work." Roxie stares, "That's amazing." Johnny hugs Ashlee. Roxie stares at them. Fraternity House: RJ sits on the couch. Belinda is next to him. He sighs, "So what did you want to talk about?" She sighs, "Well I thought maybe you would want this." She hands him a notebook. He looks at it, "What is it?" She nods, "If you open it, you'll see a list. A list of guys." RJ shakes his head, "So?" She nods, "After our argument I realized that you wanted to know this. So I wrote down every guy that I have ever done anything with." RJ scoffs, "You think I want this? You think I give a crap about your past?" She sighs, "You kept a secret about your past!" He shakes his head, "No. I thought we were not talking about our past because it has nothing to do with us now. Are you that insecure about my first time being with Marti Lewis?" Belinda looks down, "No." RJ holds the notebook, "I'm not looking at this." He sits it next to Belinda's bag. Belinda nods, "Okay." RJ holds her hand, "I love you. I don't care about your past and I wish you wouldn't care about mine." She sighs, "That's fair." He kisses her. The two stare at each other. Zach and Marti walk up. Zach nods, "It must be girlfriends week for us pledges huh?" Belinda turns. Marti and Zach hold hands behind her. Marti grins, "What's up?" Belinda leers at her. PART TWO: Police Department: Gus and Harley are still doing work. He looks over at her, "So you put much thought into where you were spending Thanksgiving? You have Angela this year." Harley sighs, "Uh... that's a tough one right now actually. Most of my family is MIA. Rocky and Coop have made other plans. Susan wants to spend the holidays with Dylan and Bridget now that they are back in town which I am fine with. And Jude will be over at his Dad's house and I cannot go there because Zach is most likely not welcome in the house. So I'm low on options." Gus stares, "Oh. Well I might be totally out of my mind for suggesting this. But have you considered a big over the top Thanksgiving dinner at the Spaulding Mansion?" Harley laughs, "Believe it or not I have considered it." Gus nods, "And?" She looks at him, "Will you be there?" He nods, "Yep. Rafe and Natalia are going to be there. I don't get to see a lot of my son so I will be doing that." Harley nods, "I'm assuming we'll be waited on." Gus nods, "Unfortunately the Spauldings wouldn't have it any other way." She sighs, "I get so uncomfortable with that. Especially now that Zach has grown accustom to people treating him like he is Springfield royalty." Gus looks at her, "Sounds like our boy needs to be taken down a peg." Harley sighs, "But he is a Spaulding. And so is Angela. So I will suck it up and drag myself right up to the gates of the Spaulding Mansion." Gus grins, "Good. It'll be good to see a friend there." Harley nods, "Well Natalia will be there so at least I know we'll be saying grace." Gus laughs, "She would raise a stink if we didn't." Harley sits back, "Plus I don't have to worry about people judging Zach. If anything the Spauldings will fill his head with crap about how he is innocent in everything he does. It's hard to feel bad for him but I hate that Jude and Zach aren't talking." Gus sighs, "I know. But believe me, brothers will eventually get a long. Alan Michael left on good terms with Phillip and I. Heck I'm not even annoyed by Phillip anymore." She laughs, "Good. Neither am I." Gus smiles, "See you at Thanksgiving?" She nods, "See you there." The two smile at each other. Cross Creek: Marah stands in the bathroom. She looks in the mirror. Sometimes she doesn't know who she sees anymore. Marah walks out of the bathroom. She looks at the hallways where she used to play with her brother. Marah remembers a time when she was innocent. Out in the living room. Josh keeps coughing. Reva rubs his back, "You okay?" Josh nods, "I'm fine." Shayne sighs, "I hate seeing you like this." Josh nods, "I know Son." Ava sighs, "I am so sorry. I know this stupid case is probably adding stress on everyone's lives. I never wanted that to happen to you guys." Reva shakes her head, "No, Ava." Ava nods, "You guys didn't have to forgive me just because I was kidnapped. I broke Shayne's heart. And I know it'll be a while before anyone trusts me again. But I do care about this family. I know there was bad feelings after what happened with Bill and my son. But I know now that I wasn't ready to be a mother then. And I'm glad I have Shayne in my life now." Josh nods, "You are the mother of HB4. You are the love of my son's life. You are a part of this family Ava. We are all going to get through this together." Reva smiles, "Trust me there is no way out at this point Ava." Ava smiles, "I hope not." Josh grins, "I hope you all are here for Thanksgiving. Because we all are Lewises and this Thanksgiving will be important. It's been a big year." Ava holds Shayne's hand, "We'll be here." Marah walks in, "So will I. I was... hoping in light of recent events that Edmund would be welcome to join us." Reva stares at Marah. Josh nods, "Of course. Edmund is Ava's father and he is special to you. If you both agree then you can invite him to our family's holiday." Marah looks at Ava. Ava nods. Cedars: Michelle stares at the intern Heather. Michelle shakes her head, "I'm really confused right now." Heather nods, "You and Dr. Sexy are like the talk of the hospital. I'm surprised people aren't stalking you on your little lunch dates." She laughs, "We've been on one lunch date." Heather smiles, "Okay one date." Michelle shakes her head, "No. No. It wasn't a date. You're confusing me." She shakes her head, "How?" Michelle sighs, "I'm not in a relationship with anyone. I'm not dating. And if I were it wouldn't be with someone like J. He's not my type." Heather shakes her head, "Are you a lesbian?" Michelle scoffs, "Are you kidding me?" Heather nods, "He is sexy, charming, funny, smart. He even has a hot name, Dr. J Chamberlain. What is not to like about the man? Please tell me." Michelle is trying to think of something to say. Across the hospital J is with Colin. J looks at him, "People have crazy imaginations around here. Colin nods, "Come on, people just want something to talk about." J sighs, "Imagine what they would say if they new about our past." Colin laughs, "Whoa. Wait, there is a past? Fill me in." J nods, "When we were young, like really young, we had a little romance. The whole 'falling in love' crap that kids fall for. But our parents wouldn't have that." Colin nods, "Ah. Romeo and Juliet?" J shakes his head, "Not quite. Michelle's mother was Maureen Reardon Bauer. My mother is Nola Reardon Chamberlain. They are sisters." Colin stares, "Doesn't that make you two cousins?" J shakes his head, "Maureen was Michelle's adopted mother. So technically we are adopted cousins." Colin looks at him, "Huh, weird." J laughs, "It's not weird. This is Springfield anyway, stranger pairing have happened." Colin looks at him, "But it doesn't matter because you don't have feelings for her. Right?" J stares, "Shut up." The two doctors walk down the hall. Bauer Garage Apartment: Ashlee, Johnny and Roxie all sit together. Ashlee looks at him, "So when do you leave?" He nods, "I got it postponed to Thanksgiving, at the end of the day. I wanted to spend one more holiday with everyone before I leave." Ashlee smiles, "Perfect." Johnny sighs, "There are so many people who are going to benefit." Ashlee is looking through some of the information. Roxie is as well. Johnny sighs, "Needless to say I'm anxious to get there and help people. I mean there are people there who could easily be saved if people would just give the time." Roxie looks at him, "Wow." Johnny and Ashlee look at her. Roxie shakes her head, "You're unbelievable." Ashlee stares, "What?" Roxie sighs, "You ripped me away from my child all those years ago. And I spent all that time hating you and wishing your life hell. All of the love I felt for you was turned into hate. And this is what you were doing the whole time. Turning your pain into something amazing." Johnny nods, "I didn't know what else to do." Roxie nods, "You're a better person than I am." Johnny shakes his head, "I don't know about that." Roxie sighs, "I want to be someone Ashlee can be proud of. Heck, I want to be someone I can be proud of." Ashlee stares, "What are you talking about?" Roxie looks at Johnny, "Take me with you." Johnny shakes his head, "What?" Roxie nods, "You heard me. Take me with you. I want to help too." Johnny and Ashlee stare at Roxie. Fraternity House: Marti and Zach look at RJ and Belinda. Belinda turns away, "I'm not even in the mood right now." Marti nods, "We just said 'hi'." RJ looks at them, "Hey." Zach nods, "You going to the party this weekend? Supposed to be our little break before our very first hell week begins." RJ sighs, "Uh... I don't know." Marti looks at Belinda, "You two busy?" Belinda turns to her, "Are you trying to start something little girl?" Zach looks at them, "What am I missing?" RJ looks over at him, "Apparently our two girlfriends are enemies now." Zach nods, "Oh. Just like with my last girlfriend." Marti grins, "I guess you better be careful then Zach. It's hard to find a girl that can get a long with Belinda Marler. I wonder why." Belinda stands up, "I warned you. Didn't I? I told you that if you messed with me, that you would be sorry. Don't test me on that one." Marti looks at her, "I'm not afraid of you Belinda." Belinda nods, "Oh you should be." Marti grins, "The only thing I'm worried about is that if I stand to close to you I'll get herpes. It's like sitting on a dirty toilet seat." Belinda shoves Marti. Marti falls back into Zach. RJ gets up, "Okay let's go." He grabs Belinda's purse. He walks her out of the room. Zach helps Marti up. Marti shakes her head, "I hate her!" Zach sighs, "I'll get your stuff, okay." Zach walks out of the room. Marti looks down. She sees the notebook that Belinda left behind. Marti picks it up. Towers: Clarissa is still on the floor with Adam. She still keeps looking at the time. Rafe is across the room looking at her. He sighs, "When are they supposed to get here?" Clarissa nods, "Soon." Rafe stares, "Where are your parents?" Clarissa shakes her head, "I asked them to let me do this on my own. They are reluctantly respecting my wishes. This is what I wanted." He stares, "You wanted to do this alone?" Clarissa nods, "I need to do this on my own." Rafe looks at her, "If you could accept help from anyone, maybe you wouldn't be doing this right now." She looks at him, "I've accepted too much help from you Rafe. I've been living in your suite. Letting you pay for everything. I've had it too easy and I still couldn't handle being a mother." Rafe looks at her, "You don't think you're ever going to regret this? One day when you are older and you know Adam is starting school." Clarissa sighs, "Maybe. But it's not about me." He shakes his head, "My Mom had me young. Younger than you. But she kept me. She raised me and sacrificed for me. And that made me the man I am today." Clarissa nods, "I know that. I wish I was like your Mom. But I'm not. If everyone was able to do that then it wouldn't be so special would it?" Rafe turns away. She looks down at Adam, "I love you little guy." Adam looks up at her. She sighs, "After today you won't be seeing as much of me. You'll be seeing more of Bridget and Dylan. You love them. You always smile when you're with them. I always tried to get you to smile." Rafe can't turn around and look at them. Clarissa has tears in her eyes, "You're going to be really happy. You know that? You're going to be so happy. At least one of us deserves to be happy." Clarissa looks at her baby boy. PREVIEWS: Clarissa says goodbye to Adam! Marah visits Annie in jail Ava misses her son Michelle has a proposal for J Marti gets upsetting news Roxie is sure of her decision

Ooh so is Blake really the after or is she just saying that? Damn the stuff with CC was crazy. Uh-oh worried about Bobbie. I liked the little scene between London and Blake. WOW great reveal at the end.

I always love a courtroom scene. Something so exciting about it. The CarrieKillah is a great story. I love reading stories that clearly have a lot of thought put into them. And I can't wait to see what happens to Jenny. LOL love the Maury reference. Ooh Blake or John? Blake or John? Blake or John? Good cliff hanger!

Drama unfolds tonight in Springfield... Towers: Inside Clarissa's suite. Clarissa walks back in with Baby Adam. Rafe is sitting on the couch. She looks at him, "Are you okay?" He sighs, "I don't know." She sighs, "I'm really sorry Rafe." He nods, "Me too." She stares, "Why are you sorry?" There is a knock at the door. He looks at Clarissa, "You should get that." Clarissa walks over to the door with Adam. She opens it. Blake and Ross are standing outside. Clarissa stares, "What are you doing here?" Blake sighs, "Is it true? What Rafe said." Clarissa looks at Rafe, "What the hell?" Rafe nods, "They deserve to know." She shakes her head, "No! It's none of their damn business. You had no right to tell my parents what my decision was going to be." Ross nods, "Clarissa, Rafe was doing the right thing." Clarissa turns away. Rafe stands, "I'll leave you all alone." Ross nods, "Thank you Rafe." Rafe steps outside and shuts the door behind him. Ross looks at Clarissa, "Is it true?" Clarissa looks at them, "Yes. Congratulations." Blake shakes her head, "Congratulations?" Clarissa nods, "Now you get to tell me all the mistakes I made. You get to say that you were right and I was wrong. Clarissa screwed up again!" Blake sighs, "I would never say that." Clarissa shouts, "And guess what Mom! I've failed my first semester of college too! I couldn't handle either responsibility! I'm worthless!" Ross walks over, "You are not worthless." Blake sighs, "Please let us help you." Clarissa shakes her head, "Don't you get it? I don't want your help!" Ross nods, "Why not?" Clarissa sighs, "I don't want my child to turn out like I did! I want Adam to be happy! I want him to get away from this whole damn family!" Ross and Blake stare at their daughter. Museum Apartment: Kevin and Coop are pushing each other. Rocky and Eden try to pull them a part. Eden shouts, "Enough!" Rocky pulls Kevin back, "Stop it!" Maureen, Jason and Vi walk over. Jason looks at him, "Kevin chill." Kevin shouts, "Damn it! I am so sick of everyone treating me like I'm an ass! It's screwed up." Coop nods, "Maybe you should stop acting like an ass." Kevin jumps at him. But Jason and Vi pull him back. Rocky stands in between them. Kevin looks at him, "Rocky please! I just wanted to talk to you! Why do you have to make everything so much more complicated for us?" Rocky sighs, "You think I'm doing this?" Eden looks at Kevin, "Why don't you take yourself outside Kevin. Nobody wants to hear any of this." Kevin scoffs, "Coming from the former call girl?" Coop looks at him, "You shut your mouth?" Kevin laughs, "Oh my God! You are all so far up your own asses!" Rocky sighs, "Kevin you need to calm down!" Kevin shouts, "I was calm! I was calm until your brother started getting in my face! Why can't people just leave me alone?" Coop looks at him, "You need to chill!" Kevin screams, "Stop telling me to chill! Stop telling me to calm down! Shut the hell up!" Kevin punches a hole into the wall. Maureen gasps and covers her mouth. Vi and Jason walk over. Jason pulls Kevin back. Vi stares, "Oh my God." Kevin's hand is bleeding. Rocky stares in shock. All of the roommates look at each other. Towers: Annie stands with Ava and Shayne. Marah is next to them, "Annie. Hello. I need to talk to you for a minute." Annie grins, "I'm right here." Marah nods, "Alone." Marah walks over to the door leading to the balcony. Annie looks at Marah and Shayne, "I'll be right back." Annie and Marah step away. Ava looks at Shayne, "What do you think that was about?" Shayne shakes his head, "I don't know. But it doesn't concern us so I'm not going to focus on it. I'm more focused on you right now." The two kiss. Outside on the balcony. Marah and Annie are standing across from each other. Marah looks over the edge, "Long way down huh?" Annie nods, "You planning on jumping?" Marah turns, "Why would I?" Annie sighs, "You're still in denial. That's adorable. I love you Marah. But I think it's time you open your eyes to your situation you've gotten yourself in." Marah nods, "I know you got the tapes from the office. You have all the evidence against me. You're very clever Annie. You have me right where you want me." Annie sips her drink, "Indeed." Marah stares, "You know drinking seemed cool when I was younger. But as I grew up I noticed how foolish it makes people. Though a drink does sound good right about now." Marah takes Annie's glass. She takes a drink out of it. Annie stares, "Classy." Marah grins, "Well I've learned from the best." Annie looks at her, "Obviously not." Marah stares, "What does that mean?" She grins, "You forgot my biggest lesson of all. Get them before they get you." Marah stares. Annie nods, "While you were digging around trying to follow my trail I was always two steps ahead. I've already laid down the ground work of alibis and innocence. I have nothing to worry about once I leak information to the police." Marah shakes her head, "You wouldn't do something that cold." Annie smirks, "You'd be surprised." Marah stares at a smiling Annie. Outskirts: Roxie sits behind the bar. Johnny comes in, "Hey!" She looks at him, "Hey. How are you?" He nods, "Good. How about yourself?" She sighs, "Well I'm not doing to bad. I had lunch with Ashlee the other day. I am doing fine here at the bar. But other than that not much else going on." He laughs, "Sounds boring." She laughs, "It is. But nothing wrong with boring. That's considered an accomplishment in this town." He nods, "Agreed." She looks at him, "Anything new with you?" He nods, "Actually yes. I was going to tell Ashlee first but I thought I'd practice on you to see your reaction." She stares, "Let me guess, you got a new girlfriend?" He shakes his head, "No. Actually I'm moving." She stares, "You're moving?" He nods, "Yes. To Kenya." She stares, "Okay I'm not that informed on conditions going on there. But I don't think it would be that much fun for you. But to each their own." He sighs, "I'm not going their for fun. I miss my work. I love working here at Cedars but it's not my passion. I want to go somewhere that I could really help people." She stares, "You're serious aren't you?" He nods, "Yeah I am?" She shakes her head, "Well it sounds kind of selfish if you ask me." He scoffs, "I have to say you are the first person to ever tell me that about my job." She stares, "I'm the only one that's the mother of your child. We just got Ashlee back into our lives and now you're going to up and leave her?" He shakes his head, "It has been most of this year and Ashlee is not a child." Roxie sighs, "Whatever. Do what you want." He stares, "So are you mad that I'm leaving Ashlee. Or that I'm leaving you?" Roxie stares at him. Towers: Clarissa is holding Baby Adam. She can't get him to stop crying. Blake walks over, "Let me help." Clarissa cries, "Leave me alone." Blake sighs, "Honey. I know we messed up a lot. And when your Dad left I should have become an even better mother for you. But I didn't. I let you go down a dangerous path and I am so sorry." Clarissa shakes her head, "I don't care." Blake nods, "My Mom always beat herself up for not being a good Mom and I let her sometimes. I never imagined I would be doing it years later." Clarissa nods, "So?" Blake looks at her, "So I understand what you're feeling Clarissa! You feel like you let your son down! Like you let yourself down. But don't you ever worry about letting us down." Clarissa looks down at her son. Ross walks over, "Clarissa." She looks at him. He sighs, "I'm so sorry. When I had to leave it was the toughest thing I have ever had to do. Especially with you. You were so young. But the thought of you being in danger scared me to death. All I wanted was to hug you one last time, I didn't want you to feel abandoned the way your sister did." Clarissa sighs, "Well that's how I felt. And that's why I got myself into this situation. I didn't want the guys in my life to leave me. And now the most important one is going to suffer." Blake looks at her, "That's what your father and I are trying to help you with." Clarissa shakes her head. Ross nods, "Clarissa, you don't have to give your son up for adoption. You can move back in with one of us. You can let us help you through this." Blake sighs, "But if you want to do this. If you really want to make this choice, then we will respect that. Whatever you decide we are going to support you." Clarissa stares, "Really?" Ross nods, "Of course. We're your parents. But you're a grown up now, and he is your son. You need to decide if you are ready to be a mother." Clarissa looks at her parents then looks down at her baby boy. CO2: Belinda sits with RJ. RJ looks at her, "Sounds like you had a long night." She nods, "Yes. Because my parents are disgusting hypocrites." Her phone continues ringing. He looks at her, "Is that you're parents?" She looks at her phone, "Yep." Belinda throws her phone against the wall. He sighs, "Tense?" She scoffs, "I need a cigarette really bad right now." He sighs, "Babe you quit, don't fall back into it." She nods, "I know. I know. First Leah, then Marti, now my parents. Everyone is just ready to jump on me and criticize me at every turn." He stares, "Marti?" Belinda nods, "I know you are her friend or whatever, but she is one of the most annoying bitches I have ever met in my whole life." RJ sighs, "That's what you said about Leah." Belinda nods, "But I mean it with Marti. She tried to get in my face at school the other day. Now you know why I didn't accept her friend request." RJ looks at her, "So is this another enemy that I have to worry about?" Belinda sighs, "Marti practically called me a slut. I get that I have a bit of a history, but who the hell is she to talk?" RJ looks down. She sighs, "Does it still bother you?" He looks at her, "What?" She sighs, "I know we never talk about it. But we both know I slept with... more guys before I met you." He sighs, "It's in the past. That's why we don't talk about the people from our past." She nods, "Well you've only been with like one girl right?" He shakes his head, "No two. But I don't think we are going to discuss numbers. Because I'm still not comfortable hearing yours." She sighs, "Okay well maybe we should talk about it. Because I feel like there is something you aren't telling me." RJ looks down, "Okay. When my Mom was married to Josh, we used to go down to Oklahoma all the time to see Trish and Marti. Marti and I were friends, and pen pals growing up." Belinda nods, "Sounds lame." He nods, "Then when I was older I went back down there for a summer. I spent a lot of time with Marti. And we got really close..." Belinda shakes her head, "No." RJ stares at her. Belinda scoffs, "Are you trying to tell me that you lost your virginity to Marti Lewis?" A furious Belinda stares at RJ. PART TWO: Towers: Clarissa sits on the couch with Adam. Blake sits with her, "Do you need more time to think about it?" Clarissa shakes her head, "No. I've thought about this a lot. I know you're not going to like to hear this but I really believe in my heart that this is right." Blake looks down. Ross nods, "Okay." Clarissa looks at them, "We are planning an open adoption. I would still get to spend time with him. So would you guys. And they live in Springfield. I don't know if Rafe told you... but it's Dylan and Bridget." Blake stares, "Oh. You've already planned everything?" Clarissa nods, "Maybe I should have told you." Ross nods, "We would have appreciate that." Clarissa sighs, "I don't know. I just don't want people thinking that I'm tossing him away or something. Because I do love my son. I do." Blake puts her arm around her, "I know Baby." Clarissa cries, "I just can't be a Mom right now." Ross looks at her, "It's very strong for you to say that. It takes maturity." Clarissa sighs, "I just don't want him to hate me." Blake looks at her, "Being a Mom is hard. But I know that feeling." Clarissa sighs, "I don't hate you." Blake kisses her on the head. Clarissa sighs, "I don't know if Rafe will still let me live here once I give up Adam." Blake looks at her, "Would you want to move back into the house with me? Or you could move in with your Dad. Either decision is fine." Clarissa nods, "I want to move back into my old room at the house." Blake smiles, "Sounds good to me." Clarissa sighs, "I want to try school again next semester." Ross grins, "That's great." Adam starts crying again. Clarissa holds him close. Outskirts: Roxie is still behind the bar. Johnny stares at her, "Well?" She scoffs, "You're ridiculous." He shakes his head, "But am I wrong?" She sighs, "I told you that I didn't want a relationship with you anymore. Remember that?" He nods, "But that doesn't mean that you can't still enjoy my company. I can be a pretty fun guy sometimes if you do recall?" She sighs, "I do." He looks at her, "It's okay if you miss me." She laughs, "Don't flatter yourself." He looks at her, "Do you think Ashlee will be upset?" Roxie sighs, "I think she'll miss you. But Ashlee is pretty relaxed. And now she has that relationship with that loser Dalton to keep her busy." Johnny sighs, "Maybe we were wrong about Dalton? He seems to be turning his life around." Roxie laughs, "No. I know a bad guy when I see one. That guy is trouble." He nods, "But?" She nods, "But Ashlee needs to learn from her own mistakes. Maybe it's time that I let her experience things and stop trying to get involved." He smiles, "Good to hear you say that." Roxie nods, "I figure Doris has been doing that her whole life. I might as well try and jump in as the cool Mom while there's still time." Johnny laughs, "Well if it makes you feel better, I think you're pretty cool." Roxie smiles, "Thanks." Johnny nods, "No problem." She looks at him, "So how long will you be gone?" He sighs, "Hmm at least a few months." She grins, "Well maybe you could visit soon." He nods, "Think anyone besides Ashlee and my family will be excited to see me?" She nods, "We'll see." The two smile at each other. CO2: Belinda stares at RJ. RJ sighs, "I think you're over reacting." Belinda scoffs, "Are you serious? You are the one who was keeping this secret from me." He shakes his head, "It's not a secret. You didn't even know Marti until two months ago. And you haven't told me all the guys you've been with." She nods, "Well maybe I should. I'm going write them all out on a list." He shakes his head, "Fine." She stares, "I cannot believe you had sex with Marti Lewis." He sighs, "We were young." Belinda turns away, "But she didn't tell me. She didn't throw it in my face during our argument. It would have been perfect and knocked the wind out of me." RJ sighs, "Maybe she's not as bad as you think?" Belinda scoffs, "Oh please. I know what she's up to. She was saving it for later. That bitch." RJ stares, "Okay, I'm not trying to create more drama." Belinda looks at him, "Too late." RJ shakes his head, "So what are you going to do? Find a way to ruin her life too? You regretted what you did to Leah. Have you learned anything from that?" Belinda sighs, "This is different." RJ sighs, "Really? Because from where I'm sitting it looks exactly the same." RJ gets up. She looks at him, "Where are you going?" He puts money down for her, "This for our drinks. I'm going back. I have studying for finals. I don't need this right now. I'll call you later." RJ walks away. Belinda sits by herself. She takes a deep breath, "He's right. This is not going to be like Leah again. I'm getting rid of Marti before it gets that far." Towers: Ross and Blake are getting their coats back on. Clarissa looks at them, "I'll call you both tomorrow." Ross nods, "Okay sweetheart." Blake smiles at Baby Adam, "Oh I love you little guy. I'm so happy I got to see you today." Ross kisses him on the head, "You'll always be my Grandson little guy." Blake hugs Clarissa. Ross kisses her on the cheek. Clarissa looks at them, "Bye." Ross and Blake walk out. Rafe walks inside past them. Clarissa looks at him, "Hey." He nods, "Hey. They looked happy." She sighs, "I'm moving back in with my Mom and working on my relationship with my family again." He nods, "What about Adam?" Clarissa nods, "I'm still set on my decision." Rafe shakes his head. She walks towards him, "I'm sorry." He sighs, "Yeah I know." She looks at him, "I know you have mixed feelings." He looks at her, "I feel like you're making a mistake. And I feel like you're going to regret it. one day." She nods, "Well you are entitled to your opinion. But I know I'm not making a mistake." Rafe looks at her. She sighs, "Would you like to hold him?" Rafe shakes his head, "No. I can't do that right now." She sighs, "Okay." Clarissa takes Adam into his room. Rafe walks over to the bag he brought with him. He pulls a tiny stuffed bear out of it that he had bought for Adam. He slowly puts it back in the bag. Rafe throws the bag into the trash. Rafe walks out. Museum Apartment: Jason takes Kevin's hand. Jason looks at it, "Okay. We are going to need to get some ice on that right now." Vi nods, "I'll be right back." Vi runs to the kitchen. Coop looks over, "Oh my God! Look what he did." Rocky sighs, "I'm am so sorry guys." Eden shakes her head, "No don't apologize for him. Kevin is a grown man and he made the decision to act like a total douche tonight." Jason looks over, "Would you shut up Eden?" Coop looks at him, "Don't talk to her like that. You're brother is the crazy one over there. He just punched a whole in our wall." Jason sighs, "I know. We'll take care of it." Rocky starts to walk towards Kevin. Coop holds him back, "Just stay away from him." Kevin pulls away from Jason. Jason follows him, "We need to check out your fist." A very emotional Kevin is pacing back and forth. Maureen is crying from all the violence. Vi comes walking in with the ice. Jason and Vi put it on Kevin's hand. Vi looks at him, "I know how you feel Kevin. Some people just keep pushing you. It's bull." On the other side of the room Rocky is sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. Eden and Coop are sitting by him. Maureen stands in the center. She sees Vi and Jason with Kevin on one side. Then Eden and Coop with Rocky on the other. It's clear sides are being drawn for the roommates. Towers: Josh stands with Reva and Noah at the party. Josh looks around, "I thought Marah was here now?" Reva nods, "Me too." Noah looks around, "She might have stepped out or something." Josh looks around, "Has anyone seen Annie?" All three of them look over as the elevators doors open. They are surprised by who they see. Out on the balcony Marah and Annie stare at each other. Marah stares at Annie, "You really would screw me over wouldn't you? After everything we have been through together? After everything you promised." Annie sighs, "You crossed me Marah. I created you, and I need to remind you how easily I can break you. You couldn't even remember my most simple lesson." Marah nods, "Get them before they get you." Annie nods. Marah looks at her, "Actually I did remember that." Annie scoffs, "What?" Marah smiles, "You know you should have vacated your room at the Beacon a lot sooner. In case you forgot I can go through room anytime I want to. I can find a lot of things, keys to storage lockers, phone numbers, video tapes." Annie stares, "You think you have it all figured out? You're ratting yourself out before you even do anything. That's pretty confident." Marah laughs, "You'd be surprised." The door open. Harley and Gus walk out. Harley nods, "Annie Dutton, you're under arrest for the kidnapping of Ava Lewis." Gus walks over and handcuffs her as her rights are being read. Annie stares at Marah, "You can't be serious." Marah shakes her head, "Oh Annie." Annie stares, "You really think you can take me down Marah? Good luck." Marah grins, "I don't need luck. There's a new top bitch in Springfield and her name is Marah Lewis." Harley and Gus walk Annie out in handcuffs. She is walked across the room. She watches Shayne and Ava stare at her in horror. Reva looks at her with disgust. Josh stares with disappointment. Annie keeps her head up high, dealing with the looks she has spent years trying to get past. They step into the elevator. Annie looks across the room. Just as the door close she sees Marah standing directly across from her holding her drink with a big grin on her face. PREVIEWS: The Lewises discuss Annie J and Michelle deal with rumors Harley and Gus make plans Roxie makes a shocking decision Marti and Belinda cross again Clarissa prepares herself!

Tensions build tonight in Springfield... Towers: Clarissa is sitting in her room with Bridget and Dylan. Bridget is holding Baby Adam. Clarissa smiles, "He's so happy when you hold him." Bridget looks down at him, "I'm happy when I'm holding him. He's so beautiful." Dylan nods, "It's been a crazy week." Clarissa sighs, "You two have spent this whole week with me and Adam. I really don't want to be pushy. But have you made a decision yet?" Dylan and Bridget look at each other. Bridget looks at her, "I know you are saying you want to do this. But we can't get our hopes up for something that might not really happen." Clarissa nods, "Designated adoptions can happen a lot faster. I'll sign whatever I have to. We all agreed that an open adoption would work?" Bridget nods, "If that's what happened then of course. You would always be in Adam's life. We would all be working together on this." Clarissa smiles, "That's perfect." Dylan sighs, "Clarissa I don't know if you understand what a big deal this is. You are saying that you want to give your child up. You can't change your mind later." Clarissa nods, "I know. I need to do this soon. Before it gets any harder. Before the holidays, when my family spends more time with him." Bridget looks at her, "Have you talked to your parents yet?" Clarissa shakes her head, "No. This is my decision." Bridget sighs, "Clarissa." Clarissa nods, "I know it's complicated. But I'm doing this on my own right now." Dylan sighs, "You should really talk with you parents Clarissa." Clarissa shakes her head, "I'm 18. I don't need their permission to make a decision like this." Bridget takes her hand, "I want you to tell me if you are 100% sure you are doing the right thing." Clarissa looks in her eyes, "I want to do this. Please let me do this Bridget. Dylan." Bridget and Dylan look at each other. Bridget smiles, "I think this would work." Clarissa smiles at them. CO2: James and Leah are out on a date. Leah looks at James, "This has been an amazing night." James grins, "You're so beautiful." She sighs, "I'm really lucky. It's nice having a guy who treats me well and makes me feel so good about myself." James grins, "It's hard not too." She smiles. He takes her hand, "Leah I have wanted to be with you since we were kids. And it's still hard to feel like I deserve you and that this is real right now." She nods, "This is real. And if anything I don't think I deserve you sometimes. It took me way to long to realize I had feelings for you." He sighs, "I wanted to talk about that too." She nods, "Okay." He sighs, "Leah you've always been my friend. And I know we always cared about each other. But I feel like you're feelings for me were really sudden." She nods, "It just sort of made sense and I realized how special you were." He nods, "But what was it that made you fall for me?" She looks at him, "You defended me. You fought for me. You made me feel like I was a princess. It'd be hard not to fall for you James." He sighs, "But you had said that you loved Zach. Then shortly after you want to be with me?" She shakes her head, "Zach broke my heart." He nods, "I'm not questioning you breaking up with my brother. I think that was a great decision. But just because you broke up with him didn't mean you had to be with me." She nods, "I know." He looks at her, "So why are you with me Leah?" She shakes her head, "I'm confused." He takes her hand, "Are you with me because you want to be with me? Or because you don't want to be with my brother?" Leah stares at James. Towers: A Lewis Enterprises event is being held. Josh sits at his table. Reva walks over, "Hey. You hungry?" He shakes his head, "The idea of food is less than appealing." She sighs, "I remember that. Chemo will do that to you." He nods, "I feel tired and sick all the time. I felt better before I started it." She nods, "I know. Now you feel weaker and you feel sicker. It's hard to believe this is supposed to be making you better. But it is Joshua." He nods, "I know." Reva smiles at him. Noah walks over, "Hey." Reva kisses him, "Hey." He looks at Josh, "How you feeling?" He sighs, "Not as good as I look." Reva looks across the room, "At least you don't look like that." Annie is walking around with a drink her hand. She is clearly getting buzzed. Reva sighs, "I heard she was drinking again." Noah stares, "Yikes." Josh sighs, "What is she doing here?" Annie walks over, "Hey Lewises." Josh stares, "Annie. I didn't realize you would be attending." Annie nods, "I'm a part of the company." Josh shakes his head, "At the moment you are not. You're supposed to be working on yourself. Instead you seem to be doing the opposite." Annie nods, "Why don't you worry about you Josh. You have a lot going on right. Let me worry about Annie Dutton. I'm the only one who really gives a damn about her anyway." Annie walks off. Reva sighs, "This should be an interesting evening." Josh nods, "I have a pretty bad feeling about tonight." Annie stumbles around the room. Museum Apartment: The roommates are partying together. Coop sits on the couch next to Rocky. Rocky looks at him, "I don't know. I feel like everything I do is going to upset Kevin now. Everything has been awkward ever since that night." Coop nods, "Maybe it's time to take some time a part." Rocky sighs, "Difficult to do when we all live together." Eden walks over and sits on Coop's lap, "Hey Baby." The two kiss. Eden looks at Rocky, "What are we talking about?" Coop nods, "Kevin and Rocky are having problems." Rocky looks at him, "Whoa. Private conversation." Eden laughs, "I'm family now. You can ask my opinion." Rocky looks at her, "I know Kevin wouldn't hurt me. But seeing him angry and violent.... it scared the crap out of me. Now it's hard to be around him." Eden nods, "Trust me, bad boys are hot but they aren't the best choice. The good boys are the ones to go for." Eden and Coop begin kissing. Across the room Jason is with Vi. He has his arms around her. She smiles, "Let's go to your room." He laughs, "Everyone's down here now Babe." She sighs, "Come on." He kisses her neck, "Later okay." She looks at him, "Don't you want us to have some alone time?" He nods, "Of course. But I'm just enjoying hanging out with our roommates." Vi laughs, "We've been with them all night. What are you waiting for?" Maureen walks in, "Hey I'm home." Jason smiles, "Hey." Maureen walks over. Vi rolls her eyes. Towers: Clarissa sits with Dylan and Bridget. Dylan stands up, "So, tomorrow would you like to have a meeting with the lawyer?" Clarissa nods, "Yes that would be perfect." Bridget sighs, "This is really emotional." Clarissa looks at her, "I'm really grateful Bridget. You're saving my son right now." Bridget grins, "You're a good Mom Clarissa. And I'm really happy that you've offered to share Adam with Dylan and I. We won't disappoint you." Clarissa nods, "I know." Dylan takes Bridget's hand and helps her up. He grabs her coat for her. Clarissa smiles at them, "You two are a good couple." Bridget grins, "Thank you." Clarissa nods, "I can really tell you two love each other. And I think Adam will like that too. He'll have two great parents who love each other and love him." Bridget walks over, "Thank you Clarissa." The two hug. The door to Clarissa's room opens. Rafe walks in, "Hey. Hope I'm not interrupting." Bridget looks at him, "Hello." Rafe stares, "Hi." Clarissa looks at him, "I thought you were out of town." He nods, "I just got back. What's going on?" Dylan and Bridget look at Clarissa. Rafe sees the papers on the table. He picks them up. Rafe looks at Clarissa, "What is this?" Clarissa sighs, "I'm talking to them about adoption." Rafe shakes his head, "Why?" Clarissa nods, "I'm sorry Rafe." Rafe stares at her. Mallet and Dinah's House: Belinda comes walking down the stairs. Mallet and Dinah are in the living room. She walks towards the door, "I'm going out with RJ. See ya." Dinah hollers, "Wait." Belinda looks over, "What?" Dinah nods, "Could you come in here please?" Belinda walks over, "What?" Mallet sighs, "Sit down." Belinda scoffs, "Oh my God! Are you breaking up again already?" Mallet looks at her, "Sit down." Belinda sits. Dinah looks at her, "Is there anything that you want to tell us?" Belinda shakes her head, "No." Dinah nods, "Nothing? Nothing at all?" Belinda rolls her eyes, "I really don't know what you're talking about. So could you just come out with, yell at me and then I can go?" Mallet looks at her, "We aren't kidding around Belinda. So you better get really serious, really damn quick." Belinda stares, "What did I do now?" Dinah stares, "Did you send a naked picture of Leah Bauer to all the kids at your school?" Belinda looks at both of them. She sighs, "Not all of them." Mallet shakes his head, "Is this funny?" Dinah stares, "Oh my God." Belinda scoffs, "Seriously? My own parents are going side with Leah? RJ sides with Leah. Everyone sides with Leah. I get that it was mean and I feel bad. But it's over." Mallet nods, "You were distributing child pornography!" Belinda stares, "Okay you are being a little melodramatic." Mallet looks at her, "Believe it or not I do know what I'm talking about. You could get yourself into some serious trouble Belinda. You better pray that the Bauers don't come after you." Belinda looks away. Dinah stares, "You going to tell us why you did it?" Belinda looks at her, "Because maybe I'm just as cold and mean as you." Dinah stares. Belinda gets up, "I'm leaving." Dinah walks over and stands in front of her, "No you're not." Belinda and Dinah stare at each other. PART TWO: Towers: Bridget and Dylan have left the room. Clarissa shuts the door. Rafe looks at her, "What is going on?" She sighs, "I'm sorry Rafe." He shakes his head, "Would you please stop saying that. Just explain to me what's going on. Please?" She nods, "I can't do this anymore. I'm.... I just can't." He nods, "Please explain." She sighs, "I tried raising Adam. I did everything I could to try to be a good Mom. But I can't do it anymore. I just don't have it in me." He stares, "So you're giving up?" She sighs, "What choice do I have?" Rafe nods, "All the choices in the world! I said that I would help you with anything you needed Clarissa!" She shouts, "Money isn't going to fix everything Rafe." Rafe stares, "I never said that it would." She sighs, "I know you mean well. And you have been an amazing guy. You are one of the best men I have ever known. But I am not ready to be a Mom." He nods, "You are a Mom." She shakes her head, "Not inside. I'm just not. Bridget is. Dylan and Bridget are more than ready to raise Adam and give him a happy life." Rafe stares, "Clarissa I have given you this place, all of these toys, everything that you would need for Adam. And now you're going to tell me that it was for nothing?" She starts to cry, "I'm so sorry Rafe." He turns away, "Stop apologizing to me. It's not my child, you don't owe me this." She nods, "But you really do care about him. You've done so much for both of us. I shouldn't have let it go this far when I knew in my heart that I wasn't ready." He sighs, "Then why? Why did you let it get this far?" She nods, "You really want to know why?" He nods, "Yes!" She sighs, "For you." Rafe stares at Clarissa. CO2: James and Leah sit together. Leah looks at James, "What are you talking about?" He nods, "Come on Leah." She shakes her head, "Really. I don't understand." He nods, "I will always wonder if things would be different if things hadn't happened the way that they did." She sighs, "James." He looks at her. She takes his hand, "I'm sorry. I will always regret not realizing my feelings for you sooner. I just got pulled into Zach because I wanted to break my good girl image I guess." He nods, "I can understand that." She grins, "But you appreciate me for who I am. I don't have to impress you and work hard to make you happy. You just understand me." He smiles, "I'm glad you feel that way." She sighs, "I wish I could prove it too you. But I'm not ready to make love until I've been with someone long enough. Especially after what happened with Zach." He nods, "Of course. I'm in no hurry Leah." She grins, "Really?" He nods, "I'm a virgin too." She stares, "I had no idea." He nods, "I wanted my first time to be with a girl I really liked. So I'm willing to wait for you. I want you to be ready so we can make it perfect." She looks at him, "You are almost too perfect." He kisses her hand, "I just want things to be right for you." She smiles, "As long as we're together I'm not worried about that. I know you would never hurt me James. And I'm not going to hurt you either." James kisses Leah. Dinah and Mallet's House: Dinah stands in Belinda's way. Belinda tries to get past her. She looks at her mother, "Move out of my way." Dinah shakes her head, "No. We are not done talking." Belinda shouts, "Get out of my way." Mallet stands up, "Don't you talk to your mother like that." Belinda turns to him, "She's my Mom! I'll talk to her however I want. This whole thing is probably her fault anyway." Dinah scoffs, "My fault?" Belinda nods, "Yeah." Dinah looks at her, "Okay, now you got me interested. How is this my fault?" Belinda looks at her, "Because maybe deep down inside we both know that I am just as crazy and as messed up as you have always been." Mallet looks at her, "That's enough." Dinah shakes her head, "No I can handle it. What else do you want to say?" Belinda nods, "Do you know what it's like when I'm with RJ? You murdered his father. And that will always be in the back of his head. He'll always wonder if I'm as crazy as you. And you know what? Maybe it's in my head too. Maybe I am a psychopath too. Maybe it runs in the family." Dinah shakes her head, "You are not like me." Belinda scoffs, "You would hate that wouldn't you?" Dinah looks at her, "You can do this poor child act. But I've done before so I know it better than you do. You aren't going to use it on me." Belinda stares at her, "Maybe I don't get it from you. Maybe I get it from my real Dad? Oh wait, how would I know? Because you won't tell me who he is!" Dinah sighs, "There are some things that you are not ready to know." Belinda scoffs, "Like what? Maybe that you're such a big whore that you don't remember who my father is?" Mallet looks at her, "That's enough!" Belinda scoffs, "I'm out of here." Belinda storms out of the house. A very frustrated Mallet and Dinah look at each other. Towers: Ava and Shayne stand together. Shayne looks at her, "You look beautiful tonight." Ava smiles, "Thank you." The two kiss. Annie stumbles over, "Hey. How are you two?" Shayne looks at her, "Uh... we're good. How about you Annie? How have you been? I haven't seen you in a while." She looks at him, "I've been better. But I'm Annie Dutton. What else is new?" Shayne nods, "Sorry to hear about that." Annie sighs, "I'll be okay. I always bounce back." Ava nods, "That's good." Annie looks at her, "So Ava, how is your kidnapping investigation going?" Ava shakes her head, "I'm not sure. I'm sort of out of the loop on it. Shayne and I are focusing on our lives right now. The police can handle the past." Annie sighs, "Well I'm sure the police will find whoever is responsible. I have a good feeling about it." Ava nods, "Thank you Annie." Annie smiles, "You never know, it could be someone you never suspected." Shayne and Ava stare at her. Across the room, Marah steps off the elevator. She is dressed very business chic. She walks with her head high across the room. She smiles at her fellow Lewis Enterprises employees. Annie turns, "Marah." Marah nods, "Annie." Annie looks at her, "You look nice." Marah nods, "I know. We need to talk." Annie smiles at her. Museum Apartment: Maureen stands next to Jason. She laughs, "Do you remember that one Thanksgiving when we were little and we thought it would be cute to put on a play for everyone?" He laughs, "Oh my God shut up. Don't bring that up." A very serious Vi looks over, "I agree." Jason looks at her, "Oh I'm sorry Baby. You don't have any memories like this." Vi nods, "I do, just not with you two." Jason kisses her. Vi looks up at Maureen, "I hope you don't feel like a third wheel." Maureen shakes her head, "No. I'm fine." Vi and Jason begin making out. Kevin walks in, he's been drinking already. Jason looks at him, "Hey brother!" Kevin walks past them. He walks over to Rocky, "Hey." Rocky looks up, "Hey." Kevin sighs, "Can we talk?" Rocky nods, "About?" Kevin sighs, "Come on man just get up." Rocky shakes his head, "We've been drinking. This is not a time to have a serious talk." Kevin looks at him, "Come on. Please?" Rocky shakes his head, "I'm sorry no." Kevin scoffs, "Are you serious? What is wrong with you? Why are you being such an ass?" Rocky sighs, "I'm not being an ass. You are." Kevin shakes his head, "Screw you." Coop stands up, "Kevin chill out. He's not going anywhere." Kevin scoffs, "Who the hell do you think you are?" Kevin shoves Coop. Coop pushes Kevin. All the roommates come rushing over. Rocky shouts, "Stop!" Towers: Clarissa and Rafe stand together. Rafe looks at her, "You're saying you kept Adam for me? That doesn't even make any sense." She nods, "Yeah it does." He scoffs, "What?" She nods, "It's who I am." He turns away, "I don't understand what the hell you're talking about." Clarissa cries, "God! I'm so screwed up! My Dad left us for years, he let us think he was dead. Maybe he had good reason, I don't know. But it still screwed me up. I don't want another guy to leave me. My Dad left, Remy broke up with my Mom, Kevin and Jason went off to school. It messed me up." Rafe stares, "What does this have to do with now?" Clarissa nods, "I don't like disappointing people, I don't want people to leave me because they feel like I let them down. Maybe that's why I let my boyfriend have sex with me without using protection. I knew all the risks but I also knew that I might lose him if I didn't let him." Rafe nods, "You're boyfriend was a jerk." She smiles, "And then I found you. You were so sweet to me. You made me feel good about myself. And you stopped me from having an abortion. I am glad that I didn't because I love Adam. But that's not why I did it!" Rafe stares, "What?" She cries, "I went through with the pregnancy to make you happy! It's so messed up! I didn't want to be a Mom. I thought I was going to give it up for adoption after that. But you were so excited for me. So I didn't." Rafe stares, "So you're saying I pressured you?" She shakes her head, "Not on purpose." Rafe sits down, "I can't believe this." She cries, "I'm so sorry Rafe!" He looks at her, "So what am I supposed to do? What are we supposed to do?" She cries, "I don't know. I just know that by the end of this month... Adam will be with his new family." Rafe stares at a very emotional Clarissa. PREVIEWS: Ross and Blake question Clarissa RJ confesses to Belinda The roommates are torn a part Johnny tells Roxie his plans Someone is arrested for Ava's kidnapping!