Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Rafe brings Tesoro to the hospital for a checkup and tells Sarah that he can’t believe Tesoro is already three months old. They talk about how much he’s grown and how happy he seems. Rafe says he brightens their lives every day, so he will envy his new parents.
Chanel and Johnny talk about Tony trying to dissolve the Titan-DiMera merger. Johnny hates that he couldn’t be at the press conference because he got stuck in a meeting at the college. Chanel encourages that he couldn’t have done anything to stop it anyways. Johnny still wishes he could’ve been there to support, especially since Alex bent over backwards to make his teaching gig possible in the first place. Chanel understands he wants to do right by Titan, but she’s sure he is the least of their worries right now.
At home, Marlena asks if Brady is headed to work. Brady responds that with everything going on at Titan-DiMera, he decided to stay in and get some work done. Tate then comes in and greets them. Brady says he wasn’t expecting to see him today. Marlena jokes that she didn’t think she’d see him without a laundry basket. Tate says he just wanted to check on Rachel after her adventure to prison. Brady says she’s doing as well as could be expected but she knows it was wrong and says it will never happen again. Tate remarks that he knows what it’s like to have a mother in prison, so he wants Rachel to know he’s there for her and will do whatever he can to get her through this.
Holly joins Arianna at the Brady Pub and says she was kind of surprised she was gone when she woke up this morning. Arianna talks about trying to get an internship at Titan-DiMera. They laugh together until Arianna sees Sophia walk in, so Holly questions what’s wrong.
Sarah tells Rafe that Tesoro couldn’t be doing better after his physical. Rafe says he’s only been with them for a short time, but he already feels like part of the family which is good but also bad because it will be sad to see him go. Rafe says he has been through it before and he knows Sarah did as well. Rafe adds that at least this time, he knew he was signing up to be a temporary foster family until Tesoro found a permanent home but that doesn’t make it any easier. Sarah feels lucky that she didn’t have to say goodbye to Rachel forever and is grateful to still be part of her life.
Tate asks if Rachel is in her room. Brady informs her that she’s in school. Tate didn’t realize school started so early. Marlena guesses Tate took afternoon classes so he can sleep in. Tate says he did take one morning class, the intro to film that Johnny is teaching, but it doesn’t start until 10. Marlena tells Tate it was good to see him, but she has a prior commitment so she will be on her way. Tate hugs her and says he’ll see her soon as she exits. Brady guesses seeing Rachel isn’t the only reason Tate came by. Tate admits there is another reason as he needs his advice about Sophia and the baby.
Holly asks Arianna what’s going on and then she sees that Sophia came in. Arianna knows she and Tate just had a huge fight about Sophia. Sophia comes over and guesses they are talking about her.
Johnny thinks Chanel is right about Titan as it sounds like the whole merger is going belly up. Chanel encourages that he won’t lose his job since he’s a DiMera. Johnny argues that he was hired by Xander and asks who knows what Tony is going to do. Chanel tries to encourage that either way, he’d still have his job at Salem U. Johnny mocks that he only makes $3000 a semester there. Chanel reminds him that she owns a Bakery and he has a trust fund. Johnny doesn’t want to rely on that as he wants to actually earn a living and feels like he’s contributing to their family. Chanel encourages that he’ll just find something else. Johnny guesses he could but worries that losing his job at Titan-DiMera could affect their ability to adopt.
Marlena goes to see Sarah at the hospital. They talk about everything she’s had going on with Rachel. Sarah can’t believe Rachel made it in to prison by herself. Marlena calls her clever and resourceful. Sarah says she can only imagine how much she misses her mom to do that. Marlena says regardless of how she feels about Kristen, she has been a wonderful mother and absolutely adores Rachel. Sarah asks what happens next. Marlena says that Brady will have to figure out a way to make sure they see each other while she tries to fill in the void. Sarah says she will too. Marlena knows how much Sarah loves Rachel and hopes that wouldn’t be painful for her, given their history. Sarah admits that being with Rachel does bring up a lot of emotions for her, but most of them are positive. Sarah states that she loves Rachel and will always be there for her.
Brady asks Tate what’s going on. Tate responds that he had a huge fight with Holly. Brady says he’s sorry to hear and asks what about. Tate reminds him that Sophia must know more about the adoptive parents, so he asked her again and she was very evasive, but this time he would not back down and kept asking. Tate insists that Sophia was on the verge of telling him the whole truth but Holly showed up and interrupted them, so he flipped out and went off on Holly, basically telling her that she ruined everything so she got upset and hurt. Tate says he apologized but it didn’t help anything at all as she was really angry, but then he realized he could use the argument with Holly to his advantage to try and get information out of Sophia. Tate adds that Holly pointed out that Sophia still has feelings for him, so he thought maybe he could use Sophia’s feelings to get her to let her guard down and coax the truth out of her.
Holly decides to go to the restroom while Sophia asks Arianna why Holly is acting weirder and icier than usual. Sophia asks if Arianna told her that she saw her outside of Tate’s dorm room. Arianna says she didn’t tell her anything and asks even if she did, what would she tell her since Sophia told her nothing happened. Arianna remarks that it didn’t look like nothing to her. Arianna thinks Holly deserves to know if Sophia hooked up with her boyfriend again. Sophia remarks that considering their blow up, if she and Tate did hook up then Holly had it coming, right as Holly comes back to the table and questions what she said.
Chanel assures Johnny that they are financially secure, so she questions what makes him think his job situation could affect the adoption. Johnny responds that his work history will look erratic so he doesn’t want social services to think he’s some deadbeat that can’t take care of his family. Chanel encourages that they won’t think that and that his teaching job will look amazing on the application. Chanel adds that maybe being a dad will be the most important job he has of all. Chanel says if they both have flexible schedules, one of them will always be home which is a good thing. Chanel repeats that they are financially stable and jokes about being a baking mogul in the making. Chanel mentions that Paulina has her monthly meeting with social services today and agreed to put in a good word for them. Johnny says that’s great and tells her that Rafe wrote a letter of recommendation on their behalf since he’s the foster parent of record. Chanel doesn’t think it will be very long before they are parents.
Sarah informs Marlena that she called her in because she has her test results back and reveals that all of her results came back negative again. Sarah wishes she had something more definitive to give her, but she’s run every test in the book and each time, she comes up empty. Sarah says she’s so sorry because she feels like she failed her.
Chanel shows Johnny that she found the onesie they got when they were going to adopt Tate and Sophia’s baby. Chanel says it’s the one baby thing she couldn’t part ways with and thinks it’s bringing them luck. Chanel adds that even if they don’t get to adopt the firehouse baby, she’s sure there will be another baby out there for them. Johnny says whatever baby they end up with will be so lucky because they’ll have the best mom on the planet. Chanel adds that the baby will also have an amazing dad. They say they love each other. Johnny mentions that he has to get going to meet Roman at the Pub. Johnny tells Chanel that he will see her later as they kiss and he wishes her luck with Paulina as he exits.
Brady questions how exactly Tate planned to coax the truth out of Sophia. Tate explains that he invited her over to his dorm room to watch Casablanca and she’d let her guard down. Brady guesses she suspected he had an ulterior motive. Tate confirms that she did and got super upset when he started asking about the baby, so he kissed her. Tate feels he had to prove that he was interested in her. Brady understands but calls it a horrible thing to do to Sophia and Holly. Tate says he’s not proud of it but he was desperate and needs to know about his baby. Brady feels he wouldn’t be here asking for advice if he thought what he was doing was right. Tate admits that he wouldn’t, but he didn’t know what else to do. Tate thought if he told Sophia that he won’t hold it against her if she told him whatever it is, there’d be nothing between them. Brady questions if he was going to sleep with her. Tate says he wouldn’t do that to Holly. Brady asks how he expected it to play out after coaxing Sophia in to giving him the information he needs. Brady doesn’t think Tate thought this through very well. Tate guesses he didn’t. Brady knows it’s hard because he has to have patience, but assures that he and Steve are on the case and are going to get answers. Brady thinks that’s a better strategy than cheating on his girlfriend. Brady tells Tate that he has to make things right with Holly and tell Sophia the truth. Brady then advises Tate to focus on school a little bit. Brady adds that he is proud of Tate and thanks him for coming to him with this before it went too far. Tate is thankful for him and thanks him for the advice as they hug. Tate says they’ll talk soon as he then exits.
Holly questions what the hell Sophia just said. Sophia says she’s sorry as she didn’t mean for her to overhear. Holly questions Sophia hooking up with Tate again. Sophia tells her that Tate was really upset after their fight yesterday, so he invited her to his dorm room and it took off from there. Holly argues that she can’t be serious and that this is some sort of prank. Sophia says she didn’t mean for it and that she really didn’t see Arianna there and told her not to tell Holly. Holly turns to Arianna and questions her knowing about this. Arianna tries to explain while Sophia says this is her cue to leave. Sophia then exits the Pub, while Holly asks Arianna what the hell.
Marlena questions how Sarah could say she failed her when she worked so hard to find a diagnosis for her symptoms. Sarah points out that she hasn’t found one. Marlena says it’s not for lack of trying and she could not find a more caring doctor. Marlena adds that she’s starting to feel a bit better which Sarah is thankful for. Sarah tells Marlena that she appreciates her taking on Xander’s therapy even though she’s had to take on a lot lately. Marlena says she’s glad to do it. Sarah knows that she can’t tell her about it but she hopes it’s working because Xander could really use it, especially now with the Titan-DiMera merger being undermined. Sarah admits she was really worried that would set Xander back and says that would be a shame, especially because for the first time in a long time, it feels like they could have a chance at reconciling.
Rafe walks through the town square with Tesoro and runs in to Brady. Brady mentions not seeing Tesoro since realizing he could be his grandson. Rafe says they will know soon. Brady thanks him for the DNA sample. Rafe says he’s happy to help. Rafe asks if Brady wants to hold Tesoro.
Johnny meets Sophia outside of the Brady Pub. Sophia says she has a few questions and apologizes for missing his first class. Johnny understands the beginning of the year is always hectic and adds that Holly said she would catch her up. Sophia responds that she didn’t, so she wanted to meet with Johnny to find out what she missed. Johnny says she didn’t miss much and tells her to watch Casablanca before the next class. Sophia calls it a great film and says she’s seen it a couple times already. Sophia asks if she didn’t miss anything else. Johnny says that about covers it, so Sophia says she’ll be on her way to watch Casablanca for a third time. Johnny stops her and says he wanted to make sure that the reason she didn’t show up to class is because of it being awkward that he’s teaching it, since he and Chanel’s adoption of her baby fell through and he knows she signed up before he became the teacher. Sophia admits that it is a little awkward because Johnny and Chanel backing out of the adoption had her spiraling and almost ruined her life, but all’s well that ends well and she insists she’ll be alright.
Arianna tells Holly that she’s so sorry and explains that she went to the dorm room to return Aaron’s video game and she saw Sophia come out of Tate’s room. Arianna says that Sophia told her nothing happened, but it kind of looked like something did and Sophia begged her not to tell her. Arianna continues to apologize as Tate arrives and asks Holly if they can talk. Holly responds by punching Tate in the face.
Marlena tells Sarah that it’s wonderful that she and Xander are thinking about getting back together. Sarah says they still have a lot to work through. Marlena asks if she could help. Sarah says she already is helping by working with Xander on his anger. Marlena says she meant working with them as a couple and asks if they have considered working with a neutral third party, like a therapist. Marlena points out that some people have found it very helpful.
Tate questions what the hell that was for. Holly asks if he seriously has to ask and says she can’t believe that they had one fight and he went crawling back to Sophia. Holly cries that she was such a fool. Holly argues that Arianna told her not to play in to Sophia’s hands, but Tate couldn’t wait one day before cheating on her all over again.
Brady holds Tesoro and talks about it being strange not knowing if this is his grandson. Rafe asks if Tate knows that might be his son. Brady says he didn’t want to get his hopes up in case it wasn’t. Rafe says he understands. Brady tells Rafe that he’s praying for it since if Tate’s baby is out there, he has no way of tracking it down since Sophia isn’t giving them any information. Rafe guesses if Sophia did leave the baby at the firehouse, it was because she was terrified of telling them, but she did the right thing by leaving him somewhere where he would be taken care of. Brady praises Rafe for that and says they would owe him and his family. Rafe responds that Tesoro has been a blessing in their lives.
Chanel joins Johnny and Sophia outside the Pub. Johnny says he wasn’t expecting to see her. Chanel says she loves to surprise him. Sophia decides she’ll give them some alone time. Johnny says he’ll see her in class. Sophia assures that she’ll be there and walks away. Chanel says she’s so happy that she caught Johnny before he went in to the office because she has the most amazing news about the adoption, which Sophia hears from around the corner.
Sarah tells Marlena that she’s more than open to couples therapy but Xander might be a different story. Marlena says she won’t know until she talks to him, so it might be worth bringing up the possibility. Sarah supposes it’s worth a shot. Marlena knows how much Xander values their marriage, so she thinks it might not be as difficult as she thinks.
Sophia listens from around the corner as Johnny asks Chanel what the news is. Chanel tells him that Paulina had her meeting with social services, put in a good word for them, and she said the chances are looking very good, so now they just have to meet the lady from social services and then they will do a home test and hopefully baby Tesoro will be theirs. Johnny calls it the best news ever. Chanel declares that she just knows that baby boy is meant to be theirs.
Rafe tells Brady that it will be hard to part with Tesoro, especially for Leo since he works from home and spent the most time with him. Rafe talks about Javi singing to him and putting him to bed. Rafe acknowledges that Javi and Leo have both been great with Tesoro and adds that they told him that Johnny and Chanel were thinking about adopting him. Brady calls that ironic since they were originally supposed to adopt Tate and Sophia’s baby while they don’t even know this might be the same. Rafe says that apparently Chanel was drawn to him and maybe now they know why. Brady says now that Johnny’s resolved his issues with EJ, he thinks that would be the best case scenario since Tesoro would still be a part of all of their families. Rafe says he hopes it works out. Brady says he just wants it resolved so Tate doesn’t have to go through any more pain of not knowing where his child is.
Tate asks Holly if Sophia told her what happened. Holly responds that she just found out and she’s glad she did. Tate tries to explain while Holly says she’s sick of the lying and the excuses. Holly remarks that everyone told her that having a child would bond Tate and Sophia for life. Holly declares that they are over for good this time and storms out of the Pub.
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