ALL MY CHILDREN

AUGUST 10, 2000



Becca: Don't you dare! Oh, my God! Stop it!
Leo: I must pop! I must --
Becca: No!
Leo: Whoa, excuse me. You know, I just had a relapse. I'm sorry. Something must have set me off.
Becca: Oh, like an uncontrollable urge?
Leo: Yeah. Kind of like the one I'm having right now.
Leo: Something wrong?
Becca: No. I was just wondering if -- I was just wondering if the audience is going to think I tilt my head wrong when we kiss on national tele-- I mean, if we kiss on national television.
Leo: So this is about "Wave."

[Becca sighs]

Leo: Becca, I said that the choice is yours. If you want to put the kibosh on this whole appearance, just say so.
Becca: But we already told Hayley that we would.
Leo: Well, we'll just tell her we won't.
Becca: Don't you feel a little weird having an audience tell us if we're right together?
Leo: Becca, when that camera rolls, we are going to be tighter than tight. We can finish each other's sentences. You know, we can rehearse -- we'll rehearse what to say. We'll prep each other on our own lives.
Becca: We cannot study for this. How is a stupid show going to say if you and I should be together or not?

Eliot: You know, if I had to describe my idea of a perfect setting, today would pretty much fit the bill -- picnic in a beautiful setting, good food, good company, poetry. The only thing that's missing is a waterfall with a rainbow overhead. No. There's something else missing. You asked me a question, and I've been putting you off because I know once I answer, nothing will ever be the same again.

Alex: Hold on tight. Whoo-hoo! Hi.
Edmund: Dixie.
Dixie: Edmund -- uh -- I'm --
Alex: Hi, Dixie. You all right?
You look a little flushed. Dixie: Yeah, I -- I'm --
Edmund: I think I know why you're here.
Alex: Oh?
Dixie: You do.
Edmund: Yeah, it's -- it's about our conversation that we had before.
Dixie: Yeah.

[Edmund laughs]

Edmund: I got ya! Why don't we go in the study, ok?
Dixie: Yeah, that would be a good idea.
Edmund: Ok.
Dixie: Oh --
Alex: Dixie?
Edmund: What is it? Should I call an ambulance?
Alex: No, I don't know. Dixie, can you hear me?
Dixie: Oh --
Edmund: Ok.
Alex: Sweetheart --
Dixie: What --
Edmund: I'm going to take Maddie upstairs, right?
Dixie: What happened?
Edmund: I'll get Stella. I'll be right back.
Alex: No, no, stay down. Hey, yeah, will you bring me back my doctor's bag?
Edmund: You got it.

Alex: Ok. Stay, wait -- ice. Dixie -- Dixie, stay with me. Dixie, do you have any pain in your chest?
Dixie: Uh -- what?
Alex: Do you have pain in your chest?
Dixie: No.
David: What happened?
Dixie: No.
Alex: She passed out. I don't know. Her pulse is racing slightly.
David: Dixie?
Alex: Do you think it's her heart?
Dixie: David.
David: I hope not. She has a history of pericarditis. Give me the stethoscope.
Dixie: I'm so sorry, I --
David: Thank you.
Alex: Dixie?
Edmund: Is she going to be all right?
Alex: Yeah. Well, we'll know soon enough.

[Dixie gasps and sighs]

Leo: Becca, don't worry about this "Wave" thing. We're going to blow them out of the water. No problem.
Becca: Aren't you being a little overconfident?
Leo: Why shouldn't I be? We're going to be paraded around in front of a camera by some pseudo-know-it-alls who want to play judge and jury. You know, it doesn't matter what they think about us.
Becca: Not even to you?
Leo: Especially me. These people don't know what they're talking about. Nobody does when it comes to knowing if a coup's going to make it work. All this talk about conversations between Venus and Mars, it's bogus. You know, it always comes down to chemistry, every single time. It always has.
Becca: Now you sound like a pseudo-know-it-all.
Leo: Well, you know the phrase "I don't have a clue"? Well, that's me, right in the front, standing proudly. I don't have a clue.
Becca: Now you're just being modest.
Leo: That's the spirit. You know, just play it like a big joke and beat them at their own game.
Becca: By cheating?
Leo: No, by preparing. And we have some intensive research to do.
Becca: Yeah? Like how?
Leo: Well, we'll start with the basic stuff first. Like -- I don't know -- what's my favorite color?
Becca: You wear gray a lot.
Leo: Well, that's only because it coordinates around my wardrobe rather than orange.
Becca: Orange? Really? Well, how about mine?
Leo: Hmm -- blue.
Becca: Right.
Leo: Got it. Like the Caribbean. What's your favorite musical artist?
Becca: Artist, artist -- well, right now I like this girl named -- what's her name?
Leo: Let me guess. No, let me guess. It's the country singer, Leann Rimes.
Becca: Wait, how'd you know that?
Leo: Shucks, little lady, there isn't much that I haven't noticed about you. How about me?
Becca: I --
Leo: Let me answer that for you. My current favorite song right now would be the "Mambo Number."

[Becca laughs]

Brooke: This is hard for you. I can see that.
Eliot: No, don't worry about me.
Brooke: I just want you to know I'm not going to stand in judgment. I couldn't do that. There are things about me, things that I have done --
Eliot: Brooke, you don't have to tell me this.
Brooke: But it might help you.
Eliot: I'm not asking you to say anything further.
Brooke: But it's not fair.
Eliot: No, please? Please?
Brooke: But to ask you to bare your soul to me when I'm keeping things back from you, from my past?
Eliot: Brooke, I don't need you to say anything else.
Brooke: It's public record. I killed a man a few years ago -- a man who came into my life and almost destroyed it. Jim Thomason. He preyed on me, on my family. He tried to kill two of my friends. And I killed him instead. And I was arrested. And I was tried for murder. And I was found innocent because they called it justifiable homicide. And even though I was doing it to protect my family and, maybe even potentially, other children from him, I still shudder when I think that I was the one who pulled the trigger, that I was capable of that. So, you don't have to feel ashamed. Not with me. I mean, I live with the guilt that I took a life. Unless you've done that, you can't understand how that changes someone inside. I mean, even if they find you innocent. And even if you believe that God is forgiving, you're always different. You've been altered.
Eliot: I do believe in a forgiving God. And I believe that a person can be redeemed for his or her sins.
Brooke: But?
Eliot: But they don't go away, the sins. The damage is done. What's lost is lost, and you go on from there. That's all we can do.
Brooke: You can try to ask for forgiveness.
Eliot: We may be able to forgive, but it's almost impossible to forget. It would be so much easier if we could.
Brooke: I understand that. That's why I want you to know I'm not going to judge you. I just have to know who I'm letting into my life and in my home, my family, my friends. I didn't ask those questions of Jim. And I've learned.
Eliot: I think that you have a right to know whether I'm in your life or not.
Brooke: You already are in my life.
Eliot: Then I think I better tell you why I went to prison.

Alex: Hi. You feeling better?
Dixie: Oh, my God. What happened?
Alex: You fainted.
Dixie: Oh. David. What is he doing here?
David: I was here. How are you feeling?
Dixie: Like I'd like to get up off the floor --
David: Just wait a minute. Just wait a second, all right? Your heart sounded fine, but I'd like to run some tests anyway -- an EKG.
Alex: Yeah, you should.
Dixie: That's ridiculous. I don't need that. It's not necessary.
David: Yes, I think it is necessary.
Dixie: I'm fine, really.
Alex: Careful, easy, easy --
Dixie: I am so sorry.
Alex: Would you like to lie down on the sofa or something?
Edmund: Yeah, or in the bedroom?
Dixie: Really, it's ok.
David: No, no, no, that's ok. Actually, I really would like to take her to the hospital as a precautionary measure.
Dixie: I don't need to go to the hospital. David, I'm fine. You're completely overreacting.
David: And now you're the one with the medical degree?
Alex: David's right. You know, you can't be too careful.
David: Thank you.
Dixie: Sorry.
David: Good-bye, Edmund, Alex.
David: Come on. Let's go.
Dixie: I'll be fine.
Alex: Hope you feel better.
Dixie: Thank you.

Edmund: Huh.
Alex: Oh.
Edmund: I hope she'll be all right.
Alex: Yeah.
Edmund: Whoo.
Alex: I mean, I'm sure she'll be fine with David and everything.
Edmund: Yeah.
Alex: Is Maddie ok? She wasn't scared by the whole thing?
Edmund: No. Maddie thought it was a game, actually. So don't be surprised if she's practicing swooning for the next week or two.
Alex: She's so great.
Edmund: So are you, Doc.
Alex: What did she want, Dixie? She said she came by to talk to you, privately.
Edmund: Yes.
Alex: About what? Or is it a secret?

Becca: Lou Bega, huh? "Mambo Number Five."
Leo: Yeah. I first saw him in Amsterdam. It was phenomenal.
Becca: Yeah, doesn't he sing about being a player and having lots of women?
Leo: Yeah. And?
Becca: He's a total playboy.
Leo: Come on, Becca. It's just for fun. You don't have to get all deep about it. It's just something to shake my moneymaker to, that's all. If you're nice to me, I'll let you listen to him.
Becca: "Nice." I am so nice to you. I taught you math, didn't I?
Leo: Yeah. True.
Leo: How about we move on to chemistry?
Becca: How about I don't think you need any help with that?
Leo: Are you sure? You know, I was surprised that you even agreed to appear on the show. I was wondering if we were even a couple.
Becca: So was I. I like you a lot, Leo. I really care about you. I know that. It's just -- I just wasn't sure if it was meant to be.
Leo: But you're sure now?
Becca: I feel better about it. I had a talk with Tina, and she was telling me about her and Adrian and how she knew it was right when he was completely honest with her.
Leo: Well, we've got that covered. I'm for real. You don't even have to pinch me. Unless you want to pinch me.
Becca: You're so full of yourself.
Leo: Come on, Becca. Haven't I always been honest with you? I mean, even when you could have hated me, I was still honest with you.
Becca: I know you've tried to be, but --
Leo: But what?
Becca: Nothing.
Leo: Come on, Bec. I want you to trust me. Ask me anything, anything at all. I'll tell you the truth.

Eliot: Brooke, I'm a completely different person now than before I went to prison.
Brooke: I already know that.
Eliot: I deserved to go. I mean, the life that I was living was wrong. I was doing destructive things, I mean, to myself and others, all the while thinking that I was in control or even -- or even above the law. I quickly found out that I was accountable. You know, it's true what they say about sometimes having to lose it all to be able to begin again. I mean, whatever God had in mind for me, I had to hit rock bottom first, and the only tragedy of it was that I had to do it alone. I robbed an innocent family of their most precious gift. I betrayed a community.
Brooke: You made a mistake. You stole and you got caught. You paid the price. But you found your true self. And more than that, you found God. Eliot, you found a calling. There is nothing for you to be ashamed of.
Eliot: Brooke, Brooke, you don't understand.
Brooke: I know this is hard for you. I know it's something that you are still wrestling with, but god forgives us. You just have to forgive yourself.
Eliot: You're telling me this?
Brooke: Some nerve, huh?
Eliot: I -- uh -- I'm sorry. I have to go. I -- I have an appointment I just remembered.
Brooke: You have an appointment?
Eliot: Yes. It slipped my mind.
Brooke: Eliot --
Eliot: Thank you.
Brooke: Is it something that I said? What did I say?
Eliot: Brooke, thank you. Thank you for the perfect day.
Brooke: Eliot? What did I do?

Edmund: You know, Alex, sometimes secrets are not such a bad thing.
Alex: Oh, so there is a secret?

[Doorbell rings]

Edmund: Yeah, perhaps.
Alex: Does Dixie know about it?
Edmund: Perhaps.
Alex: And David? Is that why he came by out of the blue?
Edmund: Look, would you like a job at "Tempo" as an investigator?
Alex: Well, no. You don't study genetic coding, do you? You're being very mysterious. I want to know what's going on. Hello.
Mateo: Hey.
Alex: What are you doing here?
Mateo: I don't know.
Alex: Oh. Mateo: Edmund, what's going on? I got your message. I got to get back to the club, so --
Edmund: Ahem.
Alex: All right. That's my cue. I'll go check on Maddie. Maybe she'll tell me what you're up to.
Edmund: She's been trained to give away nothing.
Alex: F.Y.I., My birthday's not for months. And I'm 21 forever.

Mateo: What's going on?
Edmund: It's about Alex.
Mateo: Is something wrong?
Edmund: No. No. Nothing's wrong. Things are great.
Mateo: Ok.
Edmund: Listen, you know Alex and I have been moving forward from friendship onward for a while now.
Mateo: Yeah, Edmund. We talked about this before the wedding. I thought it was great that you guys were together, and, you know, my mom thinks the same, so --
Edmund: Yeah, she told me. So --
Edmund: You're my brother. You're Maria's brother. And being such, I wanted to tell you that I plan on asking Alex to marry me. And that makes her Maddie's and Sam's stepmother, so I wanted to make sure that it was ok with you.
Mateo: Ok?
Edmund: Yeah.
Mateo: Hell, yeah, it's ok. It's great, man. You don't have to ask me for my permission or my blessing. Just as long as you know it's right.
Edmund: I do. I love her, Mateo.
Mateo: And she loves you?
Edmund: Looks like it.
Mateo: And the kids, they love her and she loves the kids?
Edmund: Yes, yes, everybody loves everybody.
Mateo: What else do you need, then, man? I mean, be happy. Life's too short.
Edmund: Hey -- thanks.
Mateo: You know, I know my sister would approve also. It's been too long, n. You need somebody in your life.
Edmund: You know I would never forget Maria.
Mateo: Goes without saying. Give your kids a happy home, a happy family. That's all my sister would ever want. Ok?
Edmund: Yeah. Thanks.
Mateo: All right. Now, down to business. How you going to pop this question?
Edmund: I have no idea. That's why I called you over, man. I want to make it big. I want to make it unforgettable. And that's where you come in.

Dixie: Oh, this is so dumb. Put me down! I can walk.
David: You know something? You have to be one of the most stubborn women on this entire planet. I really should have taken you to the hospital to run some tests.
Dixie: Well, that would have been a complete waste of time because I'm fine.
David: You passed out.
Dixie: That's because I didn't eat any breakfast this morning and it's very hot outside and I went rushing over to Wildwind and I was upset. I just lost steam, that's all. I just should have eaten better.
David: So you're not eating?
Dixie: I'm just not eating well, that's all.
David: Hmm, great.
Dixie: The boys are out of town, Tad is busy with his new job, I'm not cooking as much as I usually do. And my stomach's in knots -- most of the time, anyway.
David: Because of everything that's going on with Dimitri.
Dixie: Yes. Yeah. You figured that one out, didn't you?
David: Yeah, what I think is that you're not sleeping well either. Now, Dixie, you really have to take better care of yourself.
Dixie: I will, I will.
David: All right, shh, shh, shh, shh. Please. Try to calm down, all right?
Dixie: Takes a licking, keeps on ticking.
David: Thankfully. I want you to get something to eat, and I want you to rest for a few days just in case.
Dixie: What do you mean, rest? As in bed?
David: Yes, as in bed. Why, would you like me to help you find your way upstairs?
Dixie: No. I am not going to be confined to bed like some kind of invalid, and I'm not going to be wandering about my house while all this foundation work has to be done. Look, you said my heart's fine. Don't treat me like a cardiac patient.
David: Well, how about if I treat you like an employee? You're fired.
Dixie: No, I'm not.

Brooke: Oh, hi. You're back early. Did you cut things short to check on me?
Phoebe: No, no, dear. I'd had enough of the botanical garden. Besides, there was something flowering that was making me sneeze. I saw your Reverend take off on his bicycle. How did your brunch go?
Brooke: Oh, fine.
Phoebe: Did something happen? You look upset. Did you find out something disturbing about Eliot?
Brooke: No.
Phoebe: Well, did he tell you why he was sent to prison?
Brooke: Yes, he told me. It was for robbery. We didn't get into the specifics.
Phoebe: But that was the point, wasn't it, to get specific?
Brooke: Aunt Phoebe, you should have seen him. I mean, it's been years since this happen, and he's still so torn up about it. I mean, I tried to reassure him, but I must have crossed over the line because all of a sudden, he bolted out of here with some, you know, appointment that he suddenly remembered.
Phoebe: Well, he must have been terribly embarrassed.
Brooke: That's what I was trying to avoid. You know, I told him that he didn't have to be ashamed around me. I even tried to tell him, you know, how I felt after killing Jim. I don't know. Maybe I insulted him. Maybe he thought that I was making this all about me. I mean, was I?
Phoebe: No, dear, of course you weren't. You were just trying to reach out to him.
Brooke: Well, I ended up chasing him away, you know? I seem to have a knack for that.
Phoebe: Oh, dear. I'm sorry it didn't go well, darling.

Man: Eliot?
Eliot: Rev. Taylor. Thank you for meeting with me.
Rev. Taylor: Sounded urgent. Why didn't you want to meet at the church?
Eliot: I couldn't go there. I'm not fit to go there. Not now.
Rev. Taylor: Eliot, what's happened?
Eliot: Remember how I was waiting for the right time to tell Brooke w I went to prison?
Rev. Taylor: Yes, and you said you felt ready.
Eliot: I thought I was, but I went to her home this afternoon. We had brunch. She asked me a question about it, and --
Rev. Taylor: No wonder you're upset. Eliot, what you did required a great deal of courage. You stepped out on faith. And it was the right thing to do. I'm proud of you.
Eliot: Don't be. I couldn't tell her.

Leo: Go on, grill me.
Becca: I don't know what to ask you.
Leo: Anything. Ask me anything. But if you're going to ask me about my beliefs in the afterlife or spiritual stuff, I've got to warn you -- be prepared for anything.
Becca: Leo, no -- I'm lost.
Leo: Ok. Let me get you started. Do I like you? Yes. Do I want to date other women? No. Do I respect you? More than anyone I've ever known, man or woman. Do I think that we make an unlikely pair? Probably. How am I doing so far?
Becca: Good. You have a knack for getting to the heart of things.
Leo: Well, put that on to my list of good qualities. So do you have any other questions you want me to ask myself?
Becca: Not that I can think of.
Leo: Then you've confirmed what I've always believed to be true.
Becca: Which is?
Leo: That logic and talking things to death only complicates matters. There's only one truth detector that actually works, Becca. And it's right here.

Mateo: Yeah, uh-huh. Right. Ok, perfect. Thank you very much.
Taken care of. All right, what's next? Uh -- ring. You need a ring. I have a perfect --
Edmund: I don't need a ring.
Mateo: Oh, my gosh. You do have a ring. Great. She's going to love that. All right, good.
Edmund: All right, now, listen to me. She's starting to suspect that something is up.
Mateo: Oh.
Edmond: You came by, Dixie came by --
Mateo: Whoa, whoa, wait -- you told Dixie?
Edmund: Yeah, I told Dixie.
Mateo: You told Dixie?
Edmund: Yeah. Why?
Mateo: Come on, man. She's --
Edmund: I know, but you know what? It was actually her idea. She was going to have me -- I was going to propose to Alex --
Mateo: Right.
Edmund: At her office. And she said, "no, no, no, no. It's not a good idea. Be a little more romantic," you know? So that's where I started thinking. And then she came over and she was about to say something, but she fainted.
Mateo: She what?
Edmund: She fainted.
Mateo: Is she ok?
Edmund: I -- yeah, I guess so. And then David shows up, David Hayward.
Mateo: Uh-huh.
Edmund: And he took her to the hospital for tests, but he said it wasn't her heart.
Mateo: Oh, thank God for that.
Edmund: Yeah, thank God. So, where do we go from here? Everything else is arranged?
Mateo: It's all set, man. It's taken care of.
Edmund: What?
Mateo: Just don't tell anybody else, all right? She's smart. Alex will pick this up.
Edmund: Yeah, right. You don't know how smart she is. You know, I'm trying to give the impression that --
Mateo: I'm serious, man. Just -- hi, Alex.

Edmund: Hey.
Alex: Hi.
Mateo: Hi. How are you?
Alex: Great.
Mateo: Great, cool. I -- well, I've got to go. Errands and stuff like that. So the Yankee game -- we'll go.
Edmund: We'll do it.
Mateo: Later on. Right.
Edmund: Thanks for coming by.
Alex: Send my love to Hayley.
Mateo: I will, I will.
Edmund: All right. Mateo?
Mateo: Oh -- ok. Bye.

Alex: Did you get it all squared away?
Edmund: Yeah. Thanks. Yeah pretty much. How's Maddie?
Alex: Fine. So -- ok, what are you up to?

Dixie: What is this? Some kind of variation on a theme? You can't run away from me, so you're just going to fire me? Well, guess what. I'm just going to keep showing up for work anyway.
David: Be realistic, Dixie.
Dixie: I am being realistic. Ok, Alex and Edmund are headed for disaster. That doesn't mean -- I can still show up for work.
David: You're putting your health in jeopardy. I'm not going to let you do this to yourself.
Dixie: Well, I'm not going to let you fire me.
David: I'm doing this for you. I blame myself for what happened this morning. The second I saw how stressed out you were becoming, I should have pulled you back. I let you get involved, and look what happened to you.
Dixie: This is not your fault. I walked in to your office when Dimitri I was there.
David: Yes, yes, but this whole thing is tearing you apart. You can't keep going like this,
Dixie. I want you away from this stress.
Dixie: It's not going to change anything.
David: And me telling Alex and Edmund that Dimitri is alive may not change anything either. Look, what if I do save Dimitri, ok? What then? I mean, you see how Alex and Edmund -- how much in love they are. He wants to marry her, Dixie. He wants to bring her into his family. There's no happy ending here. Somebody's going to get hurt either way. It's already started with you.
Dixie: So that's it?
David: Yeah. Yeah, that's it for now. I don't want to lose you as an assistant, but I certainly don't want to lose you as my friend.
Dixie: You're not going to lose me as either one. I'm not quitting, and I'm not going to let you fire me.
David: Shh. Can we talk about this later? All right? You're exhausted. Now, promise me that you'll get some rest.
Dixie: Promise me you won't clear out my desk.
David: Can we deal with this later? Now, just lie back and get some sleep. I'll check with you in a few hours.
Dixie: I am tired. Can you show yourself out?
David: Yeah, I can do that.

Phoebe: What did you tell Eliot about Jim?
Brooke: Not everything. That I had killed him, that I -- you know, that I stood trial, how long it took for me to recover, that --
Phoebe: Well, why did you want to go into all of that?
Brooke: Because I just didn't want him to feel ashamed around me.
Phoebe: You know, darling, sometimes you -- well, you get so emotional. Maybe you just scared him away.
Brooke: You know, you continually harp on me about how I work all the time and I don't make myself available for a man to come into my life. And then when I at least try, you get on me because I don't know enough about Eliot's past. And then you accuse me of being too spontaneous emotionally and chasing them away. I don't know what you want from me, you know? I'm just doing the best that I can.
Phoebe: Oh, dear. it seems that you care more about this man than I realized.

Eliot: You're disappointed in me.
Rev. Taylor: What does it matter if I am?
Eliot: You're the senior pastor, my spiritual advisor. It matters.
Rev. Taylor: What matters is if you're disappointed in yourself. Remember your interview for assistant pastor? I asked you why you wanted to come back to Pine Valley, to this church in particular? Think about what you said.
Eliot: I said that I wanted to face the sins of my past.
Rev. Taylor: Specifically, you wanted to tell Brooke English everything.
Eliot: But I never thought that it was going to be this difficult. This is the most difficult thing that I've ever de in my life.
Rev. Taylor: Where have I heard that before? "Let this cup pass from my lips."
Eliot: Tell me about it. So where do I go from here?
Rev. Taylor: I can't answer that for you.
Eliot: I don't know what to do. The longer I hold back, the harder it is to tell her. I never meant to be dishonest with Brooke, but it seems like that's exactly what's beginning to happen.
Rev. Taylor: What is it you want from this woman?
Eliot: I don't know. I thought it was one thing. Now --
Rev. Taylor: Eliot, are you having feelings for Brooke?

Becca: Oh -- oh, my God.
Leo: Becca, it's ok. I know where you stand on this. There's absolutely no pressure.
Becca: Oh, my -- is this really happening?
Leo: No. No, no. I know that you have to be in love before you can make love. It's fine.
Becca: But I am. I think I'm in love with you, Leo.

Edmund: You know what? I bet you when you were a little girl, you used to find all your Christmas presents before they made it under the tree.
Alex: Well, yes, I did do that one year, and it sort of ruined it for me, and I never did it again.
Edmund: There's a lesson to be learned there, you know.
Alex: Oh, you know what? I hate secrets! I hate them.
Edmund: Ow. All right, fine. I'll tell you. You want to know, I'll tell you. I wasn't going to tell you.
Alex: You don't have to tell me.
Edmund: I'll tell you. When I take you out to dinner, someplace nice. The restaurant was full, so I called Mateo because he knows somebody that works at the restaurant. Figured I can get a nice table, and he said he would try.
Alex: And Dixie came over because?
Edmund: Because I was going to get a present for you, and she was going to help me pick it out.
Alex: Well, hmm. Presents and dinner. What's the occasion?
Edmund: Do I need a nice occasion to take my girl out? I just wanted you to dress up real nice. Maybe I can show you off a little bit.
Alex: Will you dress nice, too?
Edmund: Clean socks, both of them.
Alex: Let's not push it.
Edmund: Ok, I won't. Is it a date?
Alex: It's a date.
Edmund: Deal.

Brooke: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you.
Phoebe: And I didn't mean to pick at you, darling. It's perfectly true I did want to find a nice man for you to share your life with because I really believe your life could be fuller.
Brooke: I know. We've had philosophical discussions numerous times on this subject.
Phoebe: A nice way of saying I've stuck in my two cents' worth more than you liked.
Brooke: You're still my best friend, and I know I can always count on you to tell me the truth.
Phoebe: Then tell the truth. Do you really care about this man?
Brooke: I think I do. You know, but I don't know that it's going to matter. I think I may have blown it.
Phoebe: Oh, I wouldn't say that, darling, but it would appear you do have a problem.

Eliot: I do have feelings for Brooke, Reverend. Very deep feelings.
Rev. Taylor: I see.
Eliot: I don't know how it happened. I didn't mean for it to happen.
Rev. Taylor: Brooke English is a lovely woman. I've known her for many years.
Eliot: But how am I supposed to tell her now? I mean, if that makes me a coward, god help me.
Rev. Taylor: Oh, God will help you, but you have to help yourself, too, because if you really care for Brooke, you have to tell h. The truth will come out. It always does.
Eliot: Brooke cannot find out before I tell her.
Rev. Taylor: Then you have to do what you came here to do. Tell her. Until you do, you're living on borrowed time.


ON THE NEXT - - - - ALL MY CHILDREN

Erica: I didn't think there was anything else to say.
David: That depends entirely on you.

Leo: When I touch you, it's electric. I feel a connection through every part of me.

Gillian: Something's happened. Can you meet me in the park?
Ryan: Right away.

Adrian: Jake has been found.





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