Jax: It's too bad you were stranded on the roof by yourself. If I'd been with you, we may have enjoyed being caught in the rain shower.
Courtney: Easy for you to say. You're not the one who's soaking wet. I can't wait to get dry.
Jax: I'm going to take you home.
Courtney: Okay.
Jax: Take care.
Nikolas: Yeah, you, too.
Courtney: Bye.
Emily: Bye.
Nikolas: You knew I was on the roof with Courtney. Why didn't you bust us for lying?
Emily: Obviously, Courtney fibbed to Jax about being alone on the roof. I didn't want to put her on the spot.
Nikolas: It didn't strike you as strange that she would lie and I'd back her up?
Emily: See, I've heard from Lucky and Elizabeth that Jax is pretty over the top about Elizabeth's surrogacy, and Courtney's probably feeling the stress. If saying that she was alone on the roof is a way to keep the peace, then why shouldn't we back her up?
Nikolas: Well, that was considerate of you.
Emily: Yeah -- well, yeah, sometimes people have good reasons to keep things to themselves, especially when they want to spare someone they love.
Nikolas: Are you saying that it's all right to be dishonest about our -- about our feelings?
Emily: No, I'm saying that sometimes the stark truth can be hurtful.
Nikolas: So it's okay to lie to protect each other?
Emily: No, but we don't have to hash out every single detail.
Nikolas: Well, Emily, we're far enough apart as it is already, don't you think? I mean, we don't share a life anymore, not really. We barely even share a bed. I mean, come on, we smile at each other like passing guests at the same hotel and stay busy with work that keeps us even further apart. I mean, we spend so much time trying not to hurt each other, we end up not connecting at all.
Emily: I know that you wish that I could move along faster, but this is the best that I can do right now.
Nikolas: I just -- I keep wondering if -- if we're doing more harm than good right now by sidestepping the big issues. I mean, we avoid conflict completely, and we avoid uncomfortable questions all the time.
Emily: Well, and maybe right now that's the one thing that can save us.
Nikolas: Shouldn't you be working?
Emily: Yeah, I couldn't. I had to find you.
Nikolas: Well, I've been here for over an hour thinking about you, wondering where we go from here.
Emily: Nikolas, look, I love you, okay? I always will, and I know I've pushed you away sometimes without meaning to, but I don't want to lose you.
Nikolas: Well, I feel the same way, too, Emily, so --
Emily: Okay. Well, you know, you're not just my husband and my lover. You're -- you're my best friend and I -- I want us to be truthful, to say what we feel because if we don't, we're going to drift apart and I couldn't stand it if I lost you, Nikolas. It's --