Nikolas: Why can't you marry Zander?
Emily: Yet. I told him I can't marry him yet, Nikolas. I can't hurt Zander any more than I already have. I won’t.
Nikolas: Tell me the truth, Emily. Why didn't you say yes when Zander asked you to marry him?
Emily: Because of you.
Monica: Zander? Where's Emily?
Zander: Why are you asking me? The chump who believes everything she says.
Monica: Oh, did you guys have a fight?
Zander: There's nothing to fight about, Monica. She's in love with Nikolas.
Monica: Oh, come on. I seriously doubt that.
Zander: Get this -- "Zander asked me to marry him tonight. I told him I couldn't until I beat the cancer. But that was a lie. Truth is I can't get Nikolas out of my mind."
Monica: Oh, well, Zander, I mean, just because she writes something in her diary doesn't mean --
Zander: Now you know what's the problem, Monica. It's kind of like a fairy tale, you know? Everybody loves fairy tales. Beautiful damsel rides off with the prince. So what if they trample a couple of wannabes along the way?
Lydia: Nah. That won't work. Oh.
Emily: I tried not to be in love with you. Isn't that ridiculous? Loving you isn't a choice. It's a fact. Like rain or the wind or the lake, it just is. I can't change it.
Nikolas: Well, I don't know, but maybe that's how love works. It just slips up behind you, you know?
Emily: And ruins everything.
Nikolas: I don't care.
Emily: But we can't be together, Nikolas.
Nikolas: Why not? Why not? Because of the Cassadines? The money? Their tradition? Because none of that matters to me.
Emily: It matters to you, Nikolas. Every time you've had a choice between freedom and family, between what you want and family, the Cassadines always win.
Nikolas: But I don't have a choice, and neither do you. It's like you just said. Why should I spend my whole life trying to save the Cassadines when all I want is you?
Emily: But the cancer isn't even gone yet, Nikolas, okay?
Nikolas: We can deal with the cancer together. Emily, we can get the treatment that you need. We can go anyplace you want, anyplace you want.
Emily: You're engaged to someone else.
Nikolas: I broke my engagement to Lydia tonight.
Lucky: Lydia? Hey? Hey?
Lucky: No, Lydia. Lydia? Lydia? Hey, come here, wake up.
Stefan: What are you doing?
Lucky: Listen, just call 911.
Stefan: What happened? Yes, a woman has collapsed.
Lucky: Tell them it's an overdose.
Stefan: She may have overdosed. Does she have a pulse?
Lucky: She's barely got a pulse.
Stefan: Her pulse is weak. Yes, it's Spoon Island!
Lucky: Just tell them to get here!
Stefan: Spoon Isl-- yes, of course we need the helicopter -- it's an island, you idiot! Get out here!
Lucky: Lydia, come on, wake up. Come on. Lydia? Lydia? Lydia, come on. It's okay.
Helicopter flies
Lucky: They're taking Lydia to the hospital to pump her stomach.
Stefan: Well, thank God they got here in time.
Lucky: Wait, what is that? Is that a suicide note?
Stefan: It doesn't concern you.
Lucky: What did she say?
Stefan: Listen, you have no reason to be here. Now leave.
Lucky: I'm not going to let you cover this up like you covered up Summer's murder.
Stefan: I have no time for your paranoia.
Lucky: Huh. What happened this time? You push Lydia a little too far? Well, that was a serious mistake, because if Lydia dies, you'll never get any of that money.
Stefan: Shall I call security and have you removed?
Lucky: No, what's your story this time? Huh? Lydia slipped and fell? No, wait, that was Summer. Oh, wait -- that was supposed to be Emily. Maybe it was food poisoning?
Stefan: You're ridiculous.
Lucky: Where you going? The hospital? Protect your investment, right?
Stefan: Nikolas is engaged to Lydia.
Lucky: Well, too bad she's not already married to Nikolas. Hell, you probably would have just killed her yourself just to get her out of the way.
Stefan: My, aren't we upset? I had no idea you were so attached to your brother's fiancée.
Emily: Nobody's heart will be broken if you walk away from the Cassadines, Nikolas. No one's life will be ruined except for Stefan’s, and he's already so messed up, who's going to notice anyway?
Nikolas: But you don't want --
Emily: But, Nikolas, Zander has risked his life to be with me. He forgave me for lying. He believes in me. I won't let him down.
Nikolas: But you don't want to marry Zander, Emily.
Emily: Not right now, but that doesn't mean I never will. I mean, when the cancer is over and --
Nikolas: Do you honestly believe that you won't be in love with me when you get well?
Emily: Nikolas, everything just seems more intense right now because I’m scared, but if I get well, you know, my life's going to go back to normal, and then I’m going to be with Zander where I belong, and --
Nikolas: Look, what you and I have is different than what you have with Zander.
Emily: Zander and I are real, and you're just -- you're just a crush I never got over.
Nikolas: No. You won't outgrow this. And neither will I.
Nikolas & Emily kiss
Zander: Hey! Zander rushes over and grabs Nikolas in a headlock. The men fight and throw punches. Nikolas gets shoved up against the wall of Kelly's.
Emily: Zander! No! Don't, please! Leave him alone -- Zander!
Emily: Zander, get -- stop right now! Zander, stop! Get -- oh, it's over! Both of you, stop it now! Okay, you need to leave right now, Nikolas.
Nikolas: Are you all right?
Emily: Yeah, I'm fine. Just leave now, okay? We're fine.
Emily: Okay, don't blame Nikolas for this. Blame me.
Zander: I do.
Lucky: A woman's life means nothing to you, does it? Summer? Who needs her? She's just a hooker. And Emily? Nice kid, but she's just standing in the way between you and your billions of dollars, so why not just shove her off a cliff? Lydia, on the other hand, just only matters because of the money. She gets in your way, just drive her to suicide.
Stefan: Lydia's situation has nothing to do with you.
Lucky: Wait, wait, "situation"? She barely had a pulse!
Stefan: She's about to marry Nikolas! Your interest is inappropriate!
Lucky: What difference does it make? It's only about the money for you.
Stefan: All right.
Lucky: You better get your story straight. Let's see -- Lydia was just nervous about her wedding, picked up the wrong bottle. Hmm. Would they believe that? Probably not.
Stefan: You're in no position to speak for Lydia.
Lucky: Then what did she say in that note?
Stefan: The note is for Nikolas.
Lucky: Made you look bad, didn't it?
Stefan: You have no concept of the world Lydia comes from.
Lucky: Or the world she's trying to escape.
Stefan: Stay away from her.
Lucky: You go to hell.
Zander: Did you think that it would be all right? What I just saw, did you think I would understand that?
Emily: Okay, Nikolas and I were just --
Zander: No, I don't give a damn about Nikolas, Emily. He's rich, he's spoiled, good for him, but you? I turned my life around for you. I gave you everything I had. I believed you, even when you had to lie. I tried to listen with my heart. I gave you every chance to tell me the truth --
Emily: I was trying to protect you, Zander.
Zander: But you still lied to me. No, I don't care what you were trying to do! All I care is what you did. You lied to me about getting the stuff from Mexico, you let me believe that you were using, and, Em, you lied about everything.
Emily: And Nik--
Zander: No, stop! I'm not done! And the worst part about it, Em, is that I knew all along, because you're a terrible liar, Em. But I still believed you, even when you said you love me, and that hurts.
Emily: Okay, Zander, I would never lie about that. I would never --
Zander: I don't care!
Emily: I would never lie --
Zander: Stop talking! I'm sick and tired of listening to you and not being able to believe what you say. I can't believe anything that ever comes out of your mouth again. All I know is what you do and what I see.
Emily: No. I was telling Nikolas --
Zander: No --
Emily: That I want you, Zander. I was telling Nikolas that I want you --
Zander: No, Em, you were kissing him. You were kissing him, not like brother, not like a friend, but like what you are -- as two people that want to be together.
Emily: No, Zander, no! I told him that I choose you!
Zander: That's fine, Em.
Emily: I told him I choose you!
Zander: Choose me all you want. Doesn't matter. I can't -- I’m done. I'm gone.
Emily: Zander?
Nikolas: Uncle.
Stefan: What happened to you? I assume it was a fight and that Emily Quartermaine was involved?
Nikolas: Uncle, it's been a long day.
Stefan: Oh, has it?
Nikolas: Yes.
Stefan: While you were out fighting in the streets, Lydia attempted suicide.
Nikolas: Is she in the hospital?
Stefan: Yeah, she was flown there in a medivac helicopter for treatment.
Nikolas: Is she all right?
Stefan: Well, I haven't heard. She was alive when she left here. She overdosed on pills, if you're interested.
Nikolas: Why didn't you go with her?
Stefan: There wasn't room in the helicopter.
Nikolas: Did you even bother to call?
Stefan: Why would I do that? You're the compassionate Cassadine. You aren't cold and cruel like the rest of us.
Nikolas: Yes, I’d like to -- no, please don't put me on hold.
Stefan: But, you know, Nikolas, I see a real improvement in you. You're definitely coming into your own as a Cassadine. You're determined to have your way, you don't care who gets hurt. Oh, by the way -- Lydia left you a note, in case you're wondering how you drove her to suicide.
Lydia: Ahem.
Lucky: Lydia?
Lydia: What -- what are you --
Lucky: Shh, shh.
Lydia: Ahem.
Lucky: Does it hurt? They put a tube down your throat to pump your stomach.
Lydia: They did?
Lucky: You got a little carried away with the sleeping pills and vodka.
Lydia: Oh.
Lucky: So what happened? What made you want to bail on life? Was it Stefan?
Lydia: Me.
Lucky: A bottle of vodka's one thing. You drink it, you wake up the next morning. You probably wish you were dead, but you probably aren’t. Am I helping? Okay. For a hangover -- and I grew up in hangover heaven, believe me -- my dad swears by straight tabasco on saltines. You want me to get you some?
Lydia: No, thank you.
Lucky: Well, as far as the pills go, that I can't help you with. My family wasn't too big on sleeping. We were mostly too broke for pills. But I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to take them by the handful with a bottle of vodka.
Lydia: Did -- did I take that many?
Lucky: Well, let's just say it was a good thing the helicopter was there.
Lydia: Helicopter?
Lucky: Yeah. Another 15 minutes, we'd be having this conversation in a morgue -- well, at least one of us would be.
Lydia: Really?
Lucky: Sure. Or you could be in a permanent coma, according to Dr. Jones. You aren't, by the way. I'm here. It's real. You aren't dreaming. But whoever you're trying to jerk around, find a better way next time, all right? You promise?
Lydia: I promise.
Lucky: So, why -- why did you take those pills?
Nikolas: You want to tell him? Or should I?
Emily: You read my diary?
Monica: Actually, Zander kind of filled me in on the highlights.
Emily: Oh. That's how he found out. Now he's never going to believe I can get over Nikolas.
Monica: Emily, you've got to be honest with your feelings. Now, if you love Nikolas, you've got to say so.
Emily: It's not that simple, Mom. It's Nikolas and Zander -- I'm hurting them both.