Monica and Nikolas are in the hallway outside of the support group.
Monica: I know you are a very good friend to Emily.
Nikolas: Yeah, yes, but I've been completely selfish. Look, Emily's unique. I need her in this world, Monica. I need her in my life.
Monica: And do you hear yourself? I mean, Nikolas, you're sounding as though it's just a little bit more than friendship.
Nikolas: Well, I love Emily. I'm as invested in her survival as anyone who loves her, including you and Alan.
Monica: And I believe you -- I do -- because you're saying everything that a mother would want and expect to hear from a future son-in-law. But what I'm hearing is that you and Emily are pretending to be engaged.
Nikolas: I want Emily to live through this. I will do absolutely whatever it takes to make sure that happens.
Monica: Does that include marrying Emily for real?
Nikolas and Monica still outside the group meeting, Nikolas is pacing around a bit.
Nikolas: I'd marry Emily tomorrow if that's what she wanted. Does that bother you?
Monica: No. No, Nikolas, I'm really very, very touched by your devotion to Emily. I'm just -- well, I'm kind of wondering about your life. It just seems that you've put everything on hold to support Emily. But what about your family and your relationships? Isn't it, you know, a bit beyond the call of friendship?
Nikolas: Oh, I see. You actually think I have a life or relationships.
Monica: Well, yes, I do.
Nikolas: Well, Monica, my attachments are limited. Okay, I was engaged to Gia. Now we hardly speak. My uncle's possessive and controlling, my mother's in a mental institution, may not ever recognize me again, and my brother's preoccupied with solving summer's murder and starting to suspect the Cassadines. So, you see, Emily's the only solid relationship I have. I need her at least as much as she needs me.
Monica: Okay. Okay. Fine. Look, I'm -- right now, I'm just grateful that you got Emily to go into that support group. I, oh, so hope it's going to help her.
Nikolas: Yeah. Anything else I can do, just let me know.
Nikolas leaves the room, Monica stares after him.
Lucky is standing on the bluffs and Nikolas walks up to meet him.
Nikolas: So, Guy said you wanted to see me. Did you find something?
Lucky: This is not about Summer, but I overheard Stefan and Lydia when they thought they were alone, and they are conspiring to work together to get you guys married.
Nikolas: Oh --
Lucky: There seems to be a lot of money at stake.
Nikolas: Yeah, I'm not surprised. You know, I mean, Lydia's not the most subtle woman I've ever met, and I've noticed a few looks back before. What astonishes me is that they actually think there's a chance.
Lucky: Well, there isn't, right, because of Emily?
Emily comes out of the support group and meets with Monica and Alan. She is anxious to see Nikolas.
Monica: Hi.
Emily: Hey.
Alan: Hi. How was the session?
Emily: Fine. Fine.
Monica: Just "fine"?
Emily: You wanted to me to go, I went. Did Nikolas leave?
Monica: Yeah, a little while ago.
Emily: Did he say where he was going?
Monica: No. Tell me about the session. I mean, did you learn anything or did you hate it?
Emily: Yeah, I need to find Nikolas first.
Monica: Em --
Alan: That was abrupt.
Monica: I'm beginning to think that this pretend relationship between Emily and Nikolas is turning into the real thing.
Nikolas and Lucky are still on the bluffs.
Lucky: You're really in love with Emily, aren't you?
Nikolas: Well, we're getting married.
Lucky: Well, something about your engagement seemed off to me.
Nikolas: What, because it was so fast?
Lucky: Maybe.
Nikolas: I mean, because, you know, that's -- that's how things happen sometimes, just -- bam -- out of nowhere. It's like being struck by lightning, I guess. We blink and blink, and the world's a different place than it was a second ago. If you're fortunate, it gets better. Sometimes it get worse. Usually a little bit of both. Either way, you're in it and there's no turning back.
Lydia and Stefan are talking in the drawing room...they had more of a discussion before this part of the script started.
Lydia: I haven't the slightest idea where Lucky is. I don't keep track of him. But if he had been on the bluff earlier, he'd know all about our plans for Nikolas.
Stefan: I'll have your friend Lucky removed from the estate immediately.
Nikolas walks into the drawing room, and is putting Stefan and Lydia in their places.
Nikolas: Lucky's welcome on Spoon Island whenever he wants to come. And as my brother, he has unlimited access to my estate. And, you, if you're so bound and determined to marry a Cassadine, why don't you go after my uncle here? You're very well-matched together.
Lydia: Oh, and what is that supposed to mean?
Nikolas: You're both obsessed with money and you'll do anything to get it. But, see, I want to give credit where credit is due here. That whole sensitivity act thing you did? That was a nice strategy. And it might've been convincing if I wasn't engaged to a woman who really does have a heart.
Nikolas gives them one last look and leave, closing the door.
Lydia: He knows.
Stefan: Obviously. And we have Lucky Spencer to thank.
Lydia: Don't get sidetracked, Stefan. This is more than a setback. The only way to fix it is to tell Nikolas the whole truth.
Nikolas is walking along the bluffs and Emily comes out of the bushes and starts to talk loudly at Nikolas. He does the same thing back to her.
Emily: I hope you're proud of yourself! You earned your Cassadine stripes tonight, huh, blackmailing me into that cancer survivor group.
Nikolas: No, no, don't expect me to apologize, okay, because I'm not sorry, and I am just getting started. Blackmail, manipulation, threats -- whatever -- I'll do it all. You can scream at me, you can hate me, I don't care. I don't care because I'll do whatever I have to do to keep you alive.
Emily: Oh, I'm too angry to die.
Nikolas: Good!
Emily: "Good"? I'm furious, and you think that's good?
Nikolas: Yes.
Emily: Well, for your information, Nikolas, you're right.
Emily chuckles and gives up the game. Nikolas smiles back at her.
Emily: I am so angry at you. I actually feel alive, more than I have in weeks, maybe months, maybe since the day I was first diagnosed. Don't you get tired of being infallible?
Nikolas: You've moved from anger right into delirium.
Emily: And you have moved past niceness into sainthood, Nikolas, propping me up through chemo and letting me obsess about my hair without ever once -- without ever once saying that "hair is trivial" or "it's just hair" or "you're misplacing your anxiety," pretending to love me.
During her speech, Emily reaches up and grabs his head, caressing lightly.
Nikolas: I'm not pretending.
Nikolas and Emily are still on the bluffs.
Nikolas: All my life, I've been called cold and detached. Lucky calls it the "Prince" thing, but, you know, it's just my way of protecting myself.
Emily: From disappointment?
Nikolas: Yeah. I know from experience that people aren't necessarily dependable, so you don't invest too much because they just let you down anyway. I don't -- I don't ask for promises because -- because nobody ever keeps them. Except for you. You've kept every promise you ever made to me, Em. And you're the exact opposite of cold and detached. You -- you laugh and cry and love with your whole heart. You make me want to be just like you. I have a stake in what happens to you, Emily. I mean to have you around for a very long time.
Emily: I mean to be.
Nikolas: Really?
Emily: Mm-hmm. I was scared. I mean, I still am. But I'm not going to hide in my fear anymore. I am going to fight this disease right down to the ground.
Emily smiles, she and Nikolas share some smiles. She is moving closer and closer to him.
Nikolas: That's what I wanted to hear.
Emily: And it's because of you, Nikolas. I mean, you dragged me kicking and screaming back into life, and I just -- I love you so much for that.
Emily reaches and grabs Nikolas in a tight hug.
Nikolas: I love you, too.
As Emily pulls away, she kisses the side of Nikolas' neck in a soft peck, then his cheek. He reciprocates on her cheek and then she kisses his lips and then bam, a real kiss. As the kiss starts, we can hear Nikolas moan and then there lips open and they start to kiss. Nikolas' hands reach up to hold Emily's head, pushing her hair back a bit from her face. Emily's hands had been gripped his shoulders, but then started to move wantonly over his back. As the camera pans away, we see Lydia spying on them.