Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Aaron helps Arianna move her boxes in to her dorm room and jokes about how she’s going to fit it all in there. Arianna thanks him for the help and mentions that usually Gabi helps her, but that’s not happening. Aaron asks if they are still not talking. Ari mentions that Gabi is texting her nonstop but she just can’t with her still. Aaron says he understands since Gabi definitely crossed some lines, but comments that he would give anything to have his mom bothering him through texts. Arianna apologizes for not thinking while Aaron says he wasn’t trying to guilt trip her, he just really hopes they get past it. Aaron points out Holly’s decorating. Ari mentions that Holly and Sarah are out shopping for more stuff. Aaron then realizes they have the room to themselves.
Holly runs in to EJ in the town square. EJ says it’s good to see her out and about and asks how she’s doing. Holly says she’s fine all things considered. EJ asks if she’s receiving any more treatment. Holly laughs off the idea of rehab and says she wasn’t using, adding that EJ knew that since he said he believed her. EJ confirms he did and says that’s unlike Sarah, who seemed to insist that she was. EJ asks if things are better now between Holly and Sarah. Holly responds that they are fine. EJ comments that they are obviously not and asks Holly what’s wrong because she seems upset with him. Holly says that’s because she is.
Johnny sits with Chanel in the hospital as they talk about Johnny’s parents sending flowers. Chanel says they brighten up the room and help her from feeling anxious. Chanel doesn’t want to talk about her upcoming scans and just wants to talk about the fact that she delivered a healthy, beautiful baby. Johnny says seeing what she went through and how she handled it made him so damn proud of her. Chanel says she wouldn’t wish that pain on her worst enemy, but calls it empowering to know that she can go through 24 hours of child birth and labor without pain meds. Chanel declares that if she can do that, then cancer doesn’t stand a chance.
At the Kiriakis Mansion, Alex is leaving Kelsey with Bonnie to babysit. Bonnie talks about her experience and says she’s so pleased to do this since she has seen far too little of her grandchild. Bonnie says that babies love her. Alex tells Kelsey to be good for Grandma Bonnie. Bonnie tells Alex not to worry about a thing. Bonnie tells Kelsey that Alex will be back in the morning while they are going to have the best time ever. Bonnie tells Alex to go enjoy his date with Stephanie and says she hopes she enjoys her surprise. Alex then exits. Bonnie sings to Kelsey which makes her smile.
Stephanie wakes up in bed with Theo.
Alex goes to Jada’s apartment and knocks on the door but there’s no answer. Alex checks his watch and then pulls out his phone. Alex texts Stephanie asking where she is and to please call him.
Stephanie tries to slip out of bed but Theo wakes up and asks if she’s going. Stephanie apologizes for waking him and thanks him again for letting her stay. Theo says she let him crash at her house, so he was just returning the favor. Stephanie then gets Alex’s text and tells Theo that he’s looking for her.
Arianna tells Aaron that they do have the room to themselves now, but she doesn’t know when Holly will be back so the thought of her walking in on them kills the vibe. Aaron tells her that he was just going to ask her if she wanted to play Xenoblade with him since Holly hates it as Ari jokes with him.
Paulina joins Johnny and Chanel in their hospital room, bringing a cake from Chanel’s bakery team. Chanel says she has the best employees and asks when Eli and Lani are bringing Trey. Paulina says they will be by later as they wanted to give her enough time to rest, so they went to the park. Paulina talks about her mom being so proud to have Olivia named after her. Paulina then sees Olivia’s middle name is Alexandra.
EJ tells Holly that he doesn’t understand as he thought they were on good terms since he stood up for her when no one else would and got Amy Choi to drop the lawsuit against her. Holly remarks that he’s very much aware but would rather play dumb.
Chanel explains to Paulina that they decided on the middle name when Theo told them about Lexie passing right at the time that she gave birth. Johnny adds that they wanted to honor Lexie for Abe and Theo. Chanel asks if Paulina is upset. Paulina claims that she isn’t while keeping her back turned. She acknowledges that they gave Trey the middle name of Paul after her and that Lexie is family to Johnny too, so she claims that she thinks it’s a wonderful choice.
Aaron hooks up his video game system as he and Arianna get close.
EJ tells Holly that he doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Holly tells him that she’s talking about him calling in Titan’s loan all at once. Holly argues that because of EJ, her grandmother is losing her home and her whole family is about to lose everything. EJ understands it’s a difficult time for her family, but points out the loan payment deadline is still days away so maybe Titan can pull off a miracle. Holly argues that he knows damn well that won’t happen and adds that they’ve already found a buyer. EJ asks who it is. Holly says she doesn’t know, but if she did, she wouldn’t tell him. EJ understands she’s upset with him about the house, but says he would hate for this situation to sour things between them since they were family once. Holly responds that they are not anymore and walks away.
Stephanie asks Theo what she’s going to say to Alex as she can’t tell him that she’s here. Theo argues that she did nothing wrong as they both had a hard day and didn’t need to be alone. Stephanie isn’t sure Alex will see it that way. Theo apologizes but Stephanie says it’s not his fault and she’s glad they could be there for each other, but maybe spending the night was a mistake. Stephanie adds that it’s 100% on her and asks Theo not to mention this to Alex if he happens to see him. Theo questions her asking him to lie. Stephanie apologizes for burdening him with her marital issues and says she should’ve just gone to her parents. Stephanie tells Theo to take care of himself, lean on his family, and not to spend the day alone as she exits.
EJ sits in the town square and calls Rita, telling her that he heard the Kiriakis family have a buyer. EJ demands Rita find out who it is so he can scuttle the deal and make sure that in the end, everything the Kiriakis family owns belongs to him.
Bonnie tries to get Kelsey to stop crying while babysitting.
Stephanie meets Alex at the Brady Pub. Alex tells her that Bonnie is watching Kelsey. Alex says he’s really sorry that it has to be this way right now as it’s killing him to be so close to her but feel so far from her. Alex promises it won’t be forever and that he will step up to make an honest effort. Alex then realizes Stephanie is still wearing the same clothes from the night before. Stephanie explains that Jada and Shawn were having a romantic night so she didn’t want to intrude to get a change of clothes. Stephanie claims that she went to her parents house, saying she had to sleep somewhere. Alex is glad that one of them got some sleep as he was up all night, worrying that he was about to lose the love of his life. Alex asks Stephanie to tell him that he’s not losing her.
Paulina guesses Theo and Abe are happy about Olivia’s middle name. Chanel confirms that Theo was as he was there when they named her. Chanel asks if Paulina has seen them since. Paulina confirms that she saw Abe and he was heartbroken. Chanel still can’t believe Abe and Theo were going through this and they had no idea. Paulina thinks only two people really knew what was going on. Chanel guesses she means Abe and Theo. Johnny interrupts and asks Paulina to refill Chanel’s water. Chanel asks why Johnny can’t do it. Paulina says Johnny doesn’t want to leave her side and says she’d be happy to do it as she exits. Chanel then questions why Johnny was trying to get rid of Paulina just now. Johnny responds that there’s something he needs to tell her about Lexie’s death.
Aaron and Arianna start to play Xenoblade on Nintendo Switch but Ari informs him that her controller is dead. Aaron says they will have to wait for it to charge. Ari calls it cute how much he loves the game. Aaron responds that he thinks she’s cute. Aaron and Ari start kissing until Holly walks in and interrupts them.
Chanel asks Johnny what about Lexie’s death. Johnny informs her that when Lexie realized the drug was failing and that she was dying, she didn’t want Abe and Theo to know about it so she convinced EJ to hide her in the DiMera Mansion. Johnny says that EJ said Lexie had been there since before Theo found her, but he felt like he had to respect Lexie’s wishes so he didn’t tell anyone, not even Chanel.
Holly questions Arianna playing Xenoblade. Holly then tells them that she just ran in to EJ in the town square and finally got the chance to get some things off her chest. Holly says she gave him hell for everything he’s put her family through, but he seemed completely unphased. Arianna says that’s EJ for you. Ari decides she should get to her DiMera internship and tells Aaron they will play Xenoblade another time. Holly questions Ari not taking her purse. Ari responds that she’s never taking a Gabi Chic purse to DiMera ever again after counterfeit gate. Holly admits that’s smart as Ari then exits. Holly comments that it looks like Aaron and Ari are in their honeymoon phase and says she always knew they’d be good together, so she’s just glad Ari finally sees it too.
Chanel says that explains the tension between Johnny and Theo yesterday. Johnny hopes she’s not upset with him. Chanel confirms that she’s not but admits it’s a lot to process. Chanel gets that they wanted to respect Lexie’s wishes. Johnny insists that if he could do it over again, he would tell everyone immediately. Chanel asks if Johnny isn’t keeping any other secrets for EJ, but before he can answer, Theo arrives. Theo says he just wanted to come check on Chanel and Olivia before he heads in to the office. Johnny decides he will head there to give Theo and Chanel time to talk. Theo thought Johnny was on paternity leave. Johnny says he technically is, but the baby came sooner than expected so he’s got some loose ends to tie up. Theo says to let him do it, so Johnny can stay by Chanel’s side. Johnny appreciates the gesture but says Theo’s mom just died, so they will work through this together. Johnny says he’ll be back soon and exits. Chanel tells Theo that she’s sure it’s a really tough time. Theo says it is and how his first thought waking up was it’s the first morning without his mom, but he had many years without her, not that it makes it any easier. Paulina returns to the room and hugs Theo, telling him that she’s so sorry as she asks how he’s holding up. Theo says he’s hanging in there. Paulina asks how Abe is. Theo responds that if she wants to see how he is, she should go talk to him and ask him herself.
Stephanie assures Alex that he’s not losing her. Alex calls that a relief and hopes she can understand why he might have had that idea after she said yesterday that they couldn’t go on like this and that it wasn’t working. They acknowledge that they both said things yesterday and apologize to each other. Stephanie says that running in to Alex unexpectedly used to make her day, but now it’s just a reminder that she has to keep her distance when he’s with Kelsey and she just lost it. Alex thinks that’s completely understandable and says last night made him realize that he needs to do a lot more to fix this, which is why he asked Bonnie to babysit Kelsey. Alex adds that when Bonnie agreed to watch Kelsey all day and night, he hoped that he and Stephanie could spend all day and night together. Stephanie says she would love that as they hug.
Bonnie continues to try to get Kelsey to stop crying, but realizes she may have a temperature.
Theo tells Paulina not to worry about what Lexie might have thought about her going to see Abe, as he knows she’d be good with it based off what she told them before she passed. Paulina asks what she said. Theo responds that Lexie said it would give her peace to know that Paulina was still in Abe’s life. Paulina really appreciates him telling her that and assures that she’ll always be there for him. Paulina then states that if Abe wants to see her, he needs to make the first move.
Holly comments to Aaron that she’s glad to see Arianna is out of her bad boy era and she’s really happy for them.
Alex and Stephanie walk through the town square as Alex informs her that he booked them a couples massage and a reservation at a restaurant in Chicago. Stephanie tells him that he planned the perfect day. Alex says he’s just happy they’re able to do it. Stephanie asks what about after dinner. Alex says he has a couple ideas, but gets a call from Bonnie. Bonnie hates to interrupt his date with Stephanie, but Kelsey has a fever and likely an ear infection. Alex says he’ll be right there and hangs up.
Johnny goes to the DiMera Enterprises office where EJ comes in and asks about Chanel and the baby. Johnny says they are doing well. EJ says he’s glad and asks about Johnny wanting to see him. Johnny thought he should know that everyone is aware he knew Lexie was being held in the tunnels. EJ assumes they also know that she was there by choice and that they were honoring her wishes. Johnny says even so, some people aren’t happy about it and adds that he also lied to Chanel about keeping other secrets for EJ. EJ asks what secrets. Johnny brings up everything going on with Kristen or how EJ covered up the whole Coriseal fiasco. Arianna walks by and hears them as Johnny asks EJ what about Holly.
Holly asks Aaron about his new roommate. Aaron says he made them a chore chart and asks if Tate is coming around today. Holly says he has clients all day. Aaron talks about it being rough not having Tate in the dorms with them or going to class with them, admitting he’s really going to miss him.
Stephanie says Bonnie must be rattled having to take care of a sick baby. Alex tells Stephanie that he’s sorry. Stephanie says it’s not Kelsey’s fault that she got an ear infection but she’s starting to wonder why the universe is so determined to keep them apart. Alex says not as determined as he is to keep them together and to get to spend some proper time together. Alex promises they will very soon. Alex and Stephanie kiss as Theo walks in to the town square and shakes his head as he sees them together.
Chanel informs Paulina that Johnny told her that he knew about Lexie and kept it from everyone, including her. Paulina doesn’t like it, even if it was what Lexie wanted. Chanel says she told Johnny that she understood but the more she thinks about it, she doesn’t like it either or the fact that Johnny’s keeping secrets for EJ.
Arianna listens in from the hallway as EJ tells Johnny that he did what he had to do to save DiMera and thought he understood that. EJ adds that he saw Holly today and she was only upset about the mansion being sold. Johnny is sure that was a big relief since EJ lives his life, constantly looking over his shoulder and watching his back. Johnny says maybe EJ likes the thrill of it, but complains that he hates it and doesn’t want to live like that. EJ argues that Johnny may have some tough decisions to make about how he’s going to support his family. EJ remarks that Holly has moved on since her only concern was that her Grandmother may have to downsize, so he suggests Johnny move on as well. Johnny asks if he’s just supposed to pretend it never happened. EJ tells Johnny to concentrate on his wife and children, who need and deserve his full attention. EJ assures that there’s nothing to worry about as Holly doesn’t know anything about it, which Arianna overhears.
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