{"id":51999,"date":"2023-12-14T23:25:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T05:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=51999"},"modified":"2023-12-16T23:37:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T05:37:34","slug":"days-transcript-thursday-december-14-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/14\/days-transcript-thursday-december-14-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Days Transcript Thursday, December 14, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b>Days of Our Lives Transcript<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dayslogo.jpg\" alt=\"Days of Our Lives logo\" width=\"235\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style3\">Transcript provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biothane\/\">Thane<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/13\/biosuzanne\/\">Suzanne<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style3\">THIS STILL NEEDS SOME EDITING!<\/p>\n<p>[peaceful music]<\/p>\n<p>[gasps] Oh! There she is! How&#8217;s my little girl?<\/p>\n<p>Out like a light, which will switch back on at any moment if we&#8217;re not quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Aw. I don&#8217;t care. Oh God, I missed her so much. It&#8217;s really hard to be away from her for two days.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, it&#8217;s hard for me, too, knowing that I&#8217;m not going to see her for the next two days.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] Though&#8230; I do look forward to setting eyes on her mum for the hand offs.<\/p>\n<p>I did. I sent your prescription over to your pharmacy, but I&#8217;d like you not to rely on that. I&#8217;d like you to try some of the meditation apps we talked about. Good. That&#8217;d be great. Okay, then I will&#8211; I will see you next week. Bye-bye.<\/p>\n<p>[phone beeps]<\/p>\n<p>[door opens]<\/p>\n<p>Surprise!<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>Okay, that was great. For a newbie, you&#8217;re definitely going to make your school fencing team.<\/p>\n<p>Well I owe it all to my excellent teacher. You will keep coaching me, won&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, of course, of course, are you kidding? It&#8217;ll be great to have a zealous opponent in the house.<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]<\/p>\n<p>Um&#8211;I&#8217;m going to grab us some waters.<\/p>\n<p>Ol\u00e9!<\/p>\n<p>Oh! Hey, hey, that&#8217;ll teach me to turn my back on you.<\/p>\n<p>Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>[upbeat jazzy music]<\/p>\n<p>Now, Mama, which one of these do you think? This one or this one?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll look beautiful in both. What&#8217;s the occasion?<\/p>\n<p>Johnny and I are going to dinner at the Bistro.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, you and Johnny sure are spending a lot of time together these days.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, we are.<\/p>\n<p>Oh. Oh, I know that look. I hope you&#8217;re not getting serious too fast. And you know, I like him. I like Johnny. But I think you need to guard your heart a little bit more.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, Mama, Johnny and I have been very open and honest with each other about everything that&#8217;s happened, and we both think that there&#8217;s something still there between us, and it may be something that is worth fighting for.<\/p>\n<p>Mm.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>And&#8211;oh, drumroll please.<\/p>\n<p>[laughter]<\/p>\n<p>[hands drumming on table] Johnny is planning a surprise for what would have been our second anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, surprise? What kind of surprise?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it wouldn&#8217;t be a surprise if I knew, now, would it? But I can&#8217;t wait! Oh, I just&#8211;it feels so good to put all the drama and dark days behind.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>Mmm.<\/p>\n<p>You didn&#8217;t even want dessert, and then you said you were only going to have one bite.<\/p>\n<p>Well, you&#8217;re just discovering this about me now?<\/p>\n<p>[laughter] I do this all the time. Stop it.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] You&#8217;re right. I&#8217;m a slow learner.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you are.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>Mmm.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, it warms my heart to see you smile, Nicole.<\/p>\n<p>I must say, um&#8211; bringing that baby gift over to Eric and Sloan&#8217;s, it did lift my spirits.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] I&#8217;m glad. I&#8230; I hope you know how much I admire your strength and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. I am starting to feel like I&#8217;m coming out of the dark a little.<\/p>\n<p>[EJ chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>[soft orchestration] announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the &#8220;Days of Our Lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, thank you for bringing Victoria to the hospital. It saves me a trip to your place.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, it&#8217;s no problem. And you know you&#8217;re welcome there anytime.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>A-anything I should know?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, yeah. She slept through the night.<\/p>\n<p>Stop. She did not.<\/p>\n<p>A full seven hours straight. It counts in my book.<\/p>\n<p>She never does that for me! What&#8217;s your secret?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s actually kind of embarrassing, and I don&#8217;t know for sure that has anything to do with why she slept so long.<\/p>\n<p>No. Come on, tell me.<\/p>\n<p>Okay. I sang her a Scottish lullaby.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s so sweet!<\/p>\n<p>[laughs] And it lulled her to sleep?<\/p>\n<p>Well, either that or it was so bad that she just couldn&#8217;t take it anymore and passed out.<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics are a call to the angels to protect the child from evil fairies that are trying to kidnap her.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m definitely going to have to learn that one.<\/p>\n<p>[laughs] God, I hope she does sleep through the night tonight. We had&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] We had three ODs and a head-on collision, so I am wiped.<\/p>\n<p>Well I&#8217;m here to help, Sarah. Any time you want it, just say the word, whatever you need. I&#8217;m here for you.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>Oh, what a nice surprise!<\/p>\n<p>There she is!<\/p>\n<p>What are you doing here?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I got your text that you were going to be working late, so I just thought I&#8217;d swing by and see if I can get you dinner or maybe something else you need?<\/p>\n<p>I need more time in my day.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I understand that it&#8217;s just so doggone hard for you to say no to people who need your help. But honey, come on, sometimes you need to&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I need a balance. I know, I know. I&#8217;ve got to find the balance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Between my patients&#8217; needs and my needs.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, there you go.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s so difficult this time of year. Oh, people are so depressed. They&#8217;re-they&#8217;re anxious. People are struggling with addiction. They&#8217;re&#8211; they&#8217;re self-medicating. It&#8217;s just hard. And some people find it an impossible season, and other people find it simply joyous.<\/p>\n<p>[John sighs]<\/p>\n<p>You know, it is pretty festive in here. Maybe we should have gotten a tree. I do have to remember all the things that I am grateful for, especially Holly. She deserves a good birthday and a Merry Christmas. I just I haven&#8217;t been there for her much lately.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure she understands.<\/p>\n<p>But she&#8217;s a kid. How much could a kid understand what an adult is going through? I am glad that she&#8217;s had Johnny to lean on, but he&#8217;s much older. I just wish she would get out there and hang out with kids her own age.<\/p>\n<p>Well Johnny did mention that there&#8217;s something brewing between Holly and Tate.<\/p>\n<p>Really? Hmm. She&#8217;s got her eye on Tate, huh? Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Mm-hmm. Ah, that was invigorating. I&#8217;m actually kind of sore. I guess I must have worked out some muscles I haven&#8217;t used in a while. You know what? I&#8217;m going to add some scotch to this. Why not?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll take some too.<\/p>\n<p>[laughs] Yeah, right. Maybe in about five years?<\/p>\n<p>[phone beeps]<\/p>\n<p>[soft suspenseful music]<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] Well, I don&#8217;t know about you, but I really worked up an appetite. What do you say we order in?<\/p>\n<p>Mm, that sounds great, but I&#8217;m actually headed out tonight. I&#8217;m taking Chanel to dinner at the Bistro.<\/p>\n<p>Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, thank you, baby. Oh, I swear, I couldn&#8217;t even muster up the strength to walk to the kitchen myself.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>Mm.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] So how is Abe doing, Mama? Is his memory coming back?<\/p>\n<p>No. Although I did&#8211;I invited him to join us for Christmas, and he said yes.<\/p>\n<p>Okay! Well that&#8217;s good, I&#8217;m glad. Oh, you know what? I&#8217;m going to invite Johnny too, and then we have Eli and Lani and the twins coming home. Oh my God, this is going to be the best Christmas ever.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music] What is it, Mama?<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] Chanel, honey&#8230; I&#8217;m afraid I have some bad news.<\/p>\n<p>What is it, Mama?<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] I called Eli today.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music] Well, Lani&#8217;s release has been delayed. Some nonsense about paperwork being backlogged. Oh, he doesn&#8217;t think she&#8217;ll be processed out before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Are you serious?<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] That is some BS.<\/p>\n<p>I know. I&#8217;m no stranger to bureaucratic backlogs, but for that to keep a person in prison when they should be free? Oh, keep your sister away from her family for this time of year?<\/p>\n<p>[sniffles] It&#8217;s wrong! It&#8217;s-it&#8217;s-it&#8217;s so wrong!<\/p>\n<p>[crying]<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Mama.<\/p>\n<p>[shushing gently]<\/p>\n<p>You know, our parents are going to the Bistro tonight. Might be a little weird to be on a hot date with Chanel with them right there in the room.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you can go another night?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t really mind my dad and Nicole being there. Besides, they&#8217;ll probably be done by the time we get there anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Mm.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, maybe you could, I don&#8217;t know, call Tate, hang out with him. He&#8217;s a pretty good kid.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. But boys his age, all they can think about is one thing. I prefer a guy who&#8217;s a little more mature.<\/p>\n<p>Oh shoot. Um, you know what? I got to hop in the shower. I&#8217;m going to be late. I&#8217;ll see you later. Oh. Good work.<\/p>\n<p>Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>[jazzy mischievous music]<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>[sighing] Wow, what a beautiful night.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one beautiful thing I see.<\/p>\n<p>[both chuckle]<\/p>\n<p>Ooh. Nicole, look.<\/p>\n<p>[soft upbeat music]<\/p>\n<p>[both sigh] both: Aw.<\/p>\n<p>[Nicole chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>You know, I&#8217;ve been holding on to this all day long, waiting for you to come home so I could give it to you. But you know what I was thinking? Maybe you&#8217;d like to keep this in your office?<\/p>\n<p>[gasps] Oh, no!<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wow. Boy, that makes it all worthwhile, doesn&#8217;t it? I&#8217;m just so&#8211; I&#8217;m so happy for Eric and&#8211; you know, so&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Grandkids are the best, aren&#8217;t they, Doc?<\/p>\n<p>Eric had the baby at the hospital the other day.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, for the DNA test.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Mm.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, I-I-I feel for Nicole. It&#8217;s just that by claiming to be the baby&#8217;s mother, she&#8217;s caused so much upheaval.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, yeah, well you know, maybe with the results of the DNA test, you know, put all that to rest. You know, there&#8217;s no arguing with the cold, hard facts, are there?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, and I think she&#8217;s accepting it. I just hope that she gets the help she needs to see this thing through.<\/p>\n<p>Mm.<\/p>\n<p>[suspenseful music]<\/p>\n<p>You know, Sarah, if you need more time to finish up here, I don&#8217;t mind hanging out for a bit.<\/p>\n<p>No, I just signed out actually, so I&#8217;m all good to go. Gosh, she has changed so much in the two days. You know, she&#8217;s starting to look like you.<\/p>\n<p>God, I hope not. I&#8217;d much rather her look like her mother.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, I read this study that says fathers bond more with their children if they see a resemblance.<\/p>\n<p>A load of nonsense. I&#8217;d bond with my child regardless of who she looked like.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>So you don&#8217;t mind if her eyes turn brown?<\/p>\n<p>Nothing would thrill me more than for our daughter to have your deep brown, beautiful eyes.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles softly] Um&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Sarah, I, um&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8211;I have to just check on a patient really quick.<\/p>\n<p>No, no, no, wait&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be right back, I&#8217;ll be right back.<\/p>\n<p>[breathing deeply] It&#8217;s okay now. I&#8217;m fine.<\/p>\n<p>You are not fine.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just feeling overwhelmed today, between the news about Lani and work.<\/p>\n<p>You know what? I am going to call Johnny and I&#8217;m going to tell him to come over. We are going to order in because I am not leaving you alone tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I am&#8211;I am fine. I&#8217;m fine. I feel better just getting it all out. You and Johnny you go have a nice evening. Ooh, I&#8217;m just going to go to that bed and just conk out. I&#8217;m so tired, I can barely hold my head up.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>Are you sure?<\/p>\n<p>I am positive. I just, you know, need a good night&#8217;s sleep. You go get ready. Go get ready for your date. Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>[exhales deeply]<\/p>\n<p>We never forget those who we&#8217;ve loved and lost. Especially our little angels.<\/p>\n<p>[Marlena sighs]<\/p>\n<p>[John sighs]<\/p>\n<p>Marlena, are you&#8211; I am so sorry, I&#8217;m interrupting.<\/p>\n<p>No, no, no. That&#8217;s all right, come in.<\/p>\n<p>No truly, it can wait.<\/p>\n<p>No, that&#8217;s not necessary. In fact, I was just going to get some coffee. Would you two like some?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, okay.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks. All right. What&#8217;s going on?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just&#8211; I&#8217;m terrified that I&#8217;m making a huge mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you definitely look more like Sarah, don&#8217;t you? Go on.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>[indistinct chatter] Oh, hello.<\/p>\n<p>[soft suspenseful music] Hey, um&#8230; tell me to get lost, but can I ask you for some advice?<\/p>\n<p>All right.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, okay.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, calm down. I&#8217;ve got you. No-no peeking.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let me fall down.<\/p>\n<p>I will not let you fall down. No peeking. Stop cheating.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not peeking.<\/p>\n<p>[laughing] I&#8217;m not peeking!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, ready?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>And open your eyes.<\/p>\n<p>[gasping] Wow! Wait, where did that come from?<\/p>\n<p>I texted the staff when you were in the ladies room before we left the Bistro.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait, is that why we drove around that neighborhood with all the Christmas lights?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, partly.<\/p>\n<p>Mm-hmm. Well, Santa&#8217;s little elves are going to get an extra holiday bonus.<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]<\/p>\n<p>Oh, thank you, EJ. It&#8217;s beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Mm.<\/p>\n<p>[smooches]<\/p>\n<p>Christmas tree?<\/p>\n<p>Hey! Where&#8217;d this thing come from?<\/p>\n<p>Uh, Santa&#8217;s elves were here.<\/p>\n<p>All right.<\/p>\n<p>I thought we weren&#8217;t doing the whole tree thing this year. Didn&#8217;t you cancel Christmas?<\/p>\n<p>No, I didn&#8217;t cancel Christmas, I just thought I couldn&#8217;t do Christmas the way I normally do. And yes, since Christmas didn&#8217;t turn out the way I thought it would, I do know that I am incredibly blessed to have you in my life, my beautiful daughter, Holly. And&#8211;and that goes for you too, Johnny.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>My beautiful daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, yes.<\/p>\n<p>[laughter]<\/p>\n<p>And EJ.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] And we have each other and we&#8217;re all here together as a family.<\/p>\n<p>[smooching]<\/p>\n<p>[Nicole chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] Uh&#8230; well, I hate to cut this lovely moment short, but I actually have a date with Chanel. So&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[groans]<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I have to go too. I&#8217;ve got my own plans.<\/p>\n<p>Plans that&#8217;ll have you home by :, I&#8217;m sure?<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry Mom. Okay?<\/p>\n<p>Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Mm.<\/p>\n<p>[Nicole chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>Okay, bye.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, you know what? I almost forgot. A package arrived for you today. It&#8217;s on the coffee table. Hand-delivered.<\/p>\n<p>Oh.<\/p>\n<p>See ya.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>Bye.<\/p>\n<p>Bye.<\/p>\n<p>I bet we&#8217;ve received our first gift to put under our beautiful tree.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] Who&#8217;s it from?<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, it&#8217;s not an&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s from the funeral home.<\/p>\n<p>[exhales deeply]<\/p>\n<p>Open it.<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t have to do this tonight, darling.<\/p>\n<p>EJ, just open it, please. It&#8217;s his ashes. It&#8217;s our baby&#8217;s ashes.<\/p>\n<p>[Nicole exhales deeply]<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s happening. I&#8217;m doing it again.<\/p>\n<p>What are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m allowing myself to get sucked in by Xander again. It&#8217;s like he has this electromagnetic pull. And I mean, how many years have he and I known each other? And yet every single time he looks into my eyes, my stomach does a triple back flip. And I just&#8211; you would think that I&#8217;d have learned my lesson by now. Because every time I let my guard down, I regret it. And now we have a child together, so the stakes are so much higher.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad you recognize that.<\/p>\n<p>And then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music] We are&#8211;we work so great together now as friends, and we are we&#8217;re successfully co-parenting, and Xander is a wonderful father. So why would I want to change any of that? Maybe I should just stick to status quo.<\/p>\n<p>Is that what you want to do?<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>I know it&#8217;s a bit out of the blue, me asking you for advice, but it&#8217;s just&#8211; you and Marlena have such a storied history. You&#8217;ve overcome tough times, reunited after being torn apart. Your relationship is the stuff of romantic legend. I&#8211;I was just hoping maybe you would be willing to give me some tips?<\/p>\n<p>Tips?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;ve heard that you weren&#8217;t always the man you are today, that you&#8230; had your dalliance with the dark side. Most people here believe that I&#8217;m a bad person, myself included sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>Well, personally I&#8211; I think you&#8217;re an ass. And a screw up. But I&#8217;m also a firm believer that people grow and change. Because I did.<\/p>\n<p>[upbeat holiday music]<\/p>\n<p>Hey!<\/p>\n<p>Hey.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, I&#8217;m glad you could make it. You look&#8211; you look great.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>What happened to your other plans?<\/p>\n<p>I decided I&#8217;d rather hang with you tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Good choice. You&#8217;ll be glad you did. I&#8217;ve been given the basic black gold card.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, so he says. Is that like the keys to the castle?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, pretty much. I could fly you to Paris. We could take a walk along that&#8211; that river, the um&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Seine?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>[laughter] Yes, or we could jet off to San Francisco and check out the holiday lights at the Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf. We could take a limo to Chi-Town and wander through Christkindlmarket. Whatever you want.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, no that&#8211; that all sounds cool but I can&#8217;t just jet off somewhere. I mean, I have to be close to my mom now with everything that&#8217;s been happening. So let&#8217;s just have dinner at the Bistro?<\/p>\n<p>Okay, but, uh, not too exciting.<\/p>\n<p>It will give us something to work our way up to. You know, for next time.<\/p>\n<p>Right.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] They just reopened, and I hear they have a new menu. I&#8217;d kill for a shrimp cocktail.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you want. The sky is the limit.<\/p>\n<p>[laughter]<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] What looks good? I meant from the menu.<\/p>\n<p>[both chuckle] What are they doing here? This isn&#8217;t exactly a hopping teen hangout.<\/p>\n<p>Huh. You&#8217;d think she would have mentioned that to me when I told her we were coming here.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, you told her we were coming here? Well, that would explain it.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, come on. I thought that we had finally accepted the fact that you were wrong about her having a crush on me.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, well, so did I. But now, I&#8217;ve got to say I&#8217;m not % convinced.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I am convinced. All right? She&#8217;s like my little sister, okay? And she&#8217;s on a date with Tate. I think you&#8217;re reading way too much into this.<\/p>\n<p>Every time I feel like there&#8217;s light at the end of the tunnel, there&#8217;s another blow. I mean just tonight, I feel like maybe there&#8217;s a chance for me to move on and move forward, and maybe I could go back to work. But now, no, I can&#8217;t EJ, I can&#8217;t do it.<\/p>\n<p>Darling, Nicole, look at me.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music] Maybe this is God&#8217;s way of helping us.<\/p>\n<p>[Nicole sighs softly] By showing us a way to have a&#8211; a sense of closure. By laying our darling boy to rest. If you want, I could arrange a service. We could inter him in the DiMera mausoleum surrounded by family.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] No. I just want it to be the two of us. And I want to spread his ashes somewhere where he feels close by.<\/p>\n<p>I know the perfect place.<\/p>\n<p>[somber music]<\/p>\n<p>No. No, that&#8217;s not what I want at all. I mean, how could I ever be just friends with Xander? There&#8217;s so much history between us.<\/p>\n<p>Does he feel the same way?<\/p>\n<p>I think so. I mean, I&#8217;m getting all the familiar signals. And I know what you&#8217;re going to say.<\/p>\n<p>You do?<\/p>\n<p>[laughing] yes.<\/p>\n<p>What am I going to say?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re going to tell me to make a mental checklist of all the pros and cons of us getting back together, which I&#8217;ve already done.<\/p>\n<p>Good for you.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>So clearly, you&#8217;re aware of the situation. You&#8217;re checking on your feelings. You&#8217;ve looked into the past history. Sounds to me like you&#8217;re taking this very seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I am. Thank you for listening, Marlena.<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely.<\/p>\n<p>I wish I knew what the future held.<\/p>\n<p>Well, of course if you did, that would make decisions like this so much easier, wouldn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>There is something that I would like to suggest for you. Do what you can to stay in the moment. You&#8217;ve got such an amazing life right now. You&#8217;ve got a baby girl. Just enjoy her, because it goes so fast.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>Xander, you and Sarah have created a beautiful child together. You need to do right by that child, which means for you, you got to turn over a new leaf. And this time for good, not just for your sake, but especially&#8211; especially for Sarah and little Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry. I&#8217;m interrupting again.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, not at all. I was just telling this new father here what a precious little daughter he has.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you. We think so.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m going to go see if Marlena is ready to go also, so why don&#8217;t you three enjoy your evening?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, John.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, I was wondering if maybe you might be okay with, um, me walking you and Victoria home?<\/p>\n<p>Um&#8230; I would like that very much.<\/p>\n<p>You know what? Let&#8217;s just&#8211;let&#8217;s forget about them, okay? And everybody else in this restaurant. I just want, tonight, to be focused on us. So how was your day?<\/p>\n<p>It was actually really crazy. I think I&#8217;m going to get carpal tunnel from all the Christmas cookies that I&#8217;m decorating.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;d offer to help. But I am artistically challenged, as you know.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, you&#8217;re creative in your own way, Mr. Movie Director.<\/p>\n<p>What about your mom? Can she help?<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t ask Mama for anything right now. She&#8217;s even more exhausted than I am with Abe and her job and Lani.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s going on with Lani?<\/p>\n<p>Her prison release is being delayed, so she&#8217;s not going to be home in time for Christmas, and Mama was really excited to have the whole family together, so she&#8217;s pretty down about it.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I could ask my dad to pull some strings.<\/p>\n<p>Your dad is the DA of Salem, so I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anything that he can do. Lani is in federal prison in DC.<\/p>\n<p>Eh, I don&#8217;t know. My dad always says never underestimate the DiMeras. We have our ways.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re not eating your shrimp cocktail.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8211;I know what&#8217;s going on, you know.<\/p>\n<p>What?<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] I-I quite literally offered you the entire world, and you choose the Bistro because of&#8211; because of him.<\/p>\n<p>Come on. I had no idea that he was going to be here, okay?<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>Well, if there&#8217;s anything that you can do to help Lani get released, go for it. Mama&#8217;s connections obviously don&#8217;t spread as far as they need to, and so I&#8217;m sure she could use all the help she could get.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, I&#8217;m happy to help my former mother-in-law. Especially because&#8230; you never know when your former might be your future.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>[EJ sighs]<\/p>\n<p>What about this? Will this work?<\/p>\n<p>Yes. It&#8217;s perfect. It&#8217;s beautiful. EJ, would you mind going inside and getting my scarf? I&#8217;m a little cold.<\/p>\n<p>Of course. Be right back.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>[Nicole sighs] Lord, um&#8230; I know it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve checked in with You, and I&#8217;m sure You&#8217;re not thrilled with all the sins I&#8217;ve committed and all the people I&#8217;ve hurt&#8230; but I&#8217;m asking for Your forgiveness. And I pray that You give me the strength to heal. But most importantly, I beg You to look after my precious boy until the day, by Your grace, that we reunite. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>[sniffles I will see you again, my angel. And your brother and your sister. And until then, you&#8211; you will be here always, in my heart.<\/p>\n<p>[door closes]<\/p>\n<p>[Nicole sniffles]<\/p>\n<p>Sorry darling, it took me a minute to find it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s okay.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] Are we ready?<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] Oh, God.<\/p>\n<p>[crying]<\/p>\n<p>[sniffles and exhales deeply]<\/p>\n<p>Okay, I&#8217;m back.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, hi. There you are. Hi, nice to see you.<\/p>\n<p>I just saw that Sarah left, and I&#8217;m hoping that you&#8217;re ready to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, sweetheart, I&#8217;ve got a lot of paperwork&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>No, no, no, no. I think that you&#8217;re finished for today.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, you&#8217;re the one who&#8217;s in charge of my workflow. I get it.<\/p>\n<p>No, Doc, I&#8217;m not in charge of anything you do. But if you decide to come home with me right now, you will discover that I have a few surprises waiting for you.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] I&#8217;d be glad to come home with you.<\/p>\n<p>[Marlena sighs] You&#8217;re my everything, Doc.<\/p>\n<p>[soft dramatic music]<\/p>\n<p>And you&#8217;re mine. Oh, we are so lucky.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] Well, that was a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Epic proportions.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we scarred her for life?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, no, I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s a rite of passage to cry your eyes out on Santa&#8217;s lap during your first photo together.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I guess so. And hey, remember Mickey did the same thing?<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think we would learn from the past or something.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we have.<\/p>\n<p>[soft upbeat holiday music]<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we have.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, my God, Xander, look at that beautiful dollhouse!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, that is fantastic, isn&#8217;t it? There&#8217;s little bits of furniture in there. There&#8217;s even artwork on the walls.<\/p>\n<p>And a bookshelf with teeny-weeny books! both: I&#8217;m going to buy it for her.<\/p>\n<p>No, no, no, you&#8211; you should buy it for her for&#8211;for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>No, it&#8217;s all right. You should get it.<\/p>\n<p>We could both get it for her. It could be from Mom and Da?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like that very much.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I would too. Obviously she&#8217;s too small to play with it, but we could put it in her room. As a symbol of family.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think I&#8217;m stupid or something?<\/p>\n<p>No, of course not. I&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, well, I think that you do, okay? And I&#8217;m done with you using me to get closer to Johnny. I cannot wait to get back to school.<\/p>\n<p>Do you really have to go back?<\/p>\n<p>Beats living here. What do you care anyway?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s just that not that many people in Salem really get me, like friends and stuff, you know.<\/p>\n<p>So what? You&#8217;re saying you actually like having me around?<\/p>\n<p>A little. But you did say you would help me with Johnny though. Just saying.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, well, now I&#8217;m just saying that I won&#8217;t, Not anymore. And you know what, Holly? You need to wake up. It&#8217;s never going to happen between you two. It&#8217;s just some crazy fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Really? Is that why he spent almost two hours teaching me fencing today?<\/p>\n<p>He looks at you like a sister, Holly. And that&#8217;s all you&#8217;ll ever be to him. And not to mention that he&#8217;s too old. Like two to ten in the pen old.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>You know what? I&#8217;m out of here.<\/p>\n<p>You may have forgotten that there are certain perks to marrying into a rich and powerful family.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and you may have forgotten that I come from a rich and powerful family myself. One with a rich, powerful single mother at least. And I have to say I&#8217;ve grown a lot since I came to Salem, and I realized that it&#8217;s not material things that make me happy. You know, I need to be courted, romanced, wooed,<\/p>\n<p>Mm. Wooed, huh?<\/p>\n<p>Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>So what you&#8217;re saying is you don&#8217;t necessarily need to live like a queen, you just need to be treated like one.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] Yeah, something like that.<\/p>\n<p>Well then, Queen Chanel, I metaphorically bow down to you, as you are the ruler of my heart.<\/p>\n<p>[smooching]<\/p>\n<p>There you are, my darling. 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