Courtney: Nikolas, you still love Emily, and I love Jax. I --
Nikolas: You're right. We should walk away right now. You know we can't turn back from this. You know that?
Courtney: I'm not turning back. I don't know how.
Nikolas: We can't do this here.
Courtney: How can we do this at all?
Nikolas: And I don't know what's happening between us right now, but something tells me it's not going to go away.
Courtney: No, it scares me.
Nikolas: What?
Courtney: I mean, I just -- I feel out of control, and I -- I don't usually like it, but what scares me the most is I don't want to stop it.
Nikolas: But we have to, right?
Courtney: Nikolas, I -- I mean, I am probably the world's worst liar, okay, and I -- I've never been a cheat. I -- I wouldn't be any good at an affair. You know, I'd be compelled to tell Jax, and he would be shattered. I -- I love my husband. I don't want to hurt him.
Nikolas: I know. I feel the same way about Emily.
Courtney: So then -- then we're agreed? This has to end now.
Nikolas: I'm sorry we missed. Another time, another place, huh?
Nikolas: Is Emily available? No, of course she's not. Well, this is her husband, Nikolas. I'd like to leave a message, please. Tell her that I'm waiting for her at kelly's and to meet me here as soon as she can. Thanks.
Lucky: Why did that sound so ominous?
Nikolas: Probably because my life is in complete chaos right now, and no offense, but you're the last person that I should be dragging into it right now.
Lucky: Well, I'm already here, so what's going on?
Nikolas: All right, I guess I should probably tell you. I mean, it's bound to ricochet and affect you and Elizabeth.
Lucky: What do you want to do here, Nikolas? You want to play around with 20 questions?
Nikolas: All right. Okay. Courtney and I have developed this --
Lucky: This, what?
Nikolas: I don't know, attraction? Sexual curiosity? I don't know.
Lucky: Have you completely lost your mind?
Lucky: You aren't seriously considering having an affair with Courtney?
Nikolas: I don't know, Lucky. Do you want an honest answer or do you want a politically correct one? Look, I'm as surprised by this as you are. I never thought that I would even be attracted to another woman other than Emily, all right? I'm sorry, I just -- I can't stop thinking about her.
Lucky: Then you need to, because Emily doesn't deserve this from you, and as much as I can do without him, Jax doesn't deserve this from Courtney.
Nikolas: The attraction isn't intentional.
Lucky: What, is that going to be your excuse for destroying a marriage to a woman you've loved for years? It's not enough.
Nikolas: Well, how do you know Courtney's not the love of my life? How do you know?
Lucky: Whoa, I can't believe I'm hearing this. Love? You barely know Courtney, all right? It's a rebound, Nikolas. You're reacting to a rough patch that you've been going through with Emily, all right? So see it for what it is, and don't destroy your life for it.
Nikolas: Well, that's convenient for you to say.
Lucky: What's that supposed to mean?
Nikolas: Well, if Courtney and I both left our marriages right now, there'd be nothing there to stop Jax from focusing all of his energy on --
Lucky: Oh -- you know what? That is not the issue here.
Nikolas: Okay.
Lucky: If you act on a fleeting attraction to Courtney, you risk destroying Emily's life. All right? And you know that's -- it's not worth it.
Nikolas: Okay, then what happens in the meantime, lucky? Do Emily and I keep dismantling each other piece by piece? I mean, I'm beginning to think that leaving her is the only way to make her happy.
Lucky: Is that what you were doing when I walked in? You were thinking up rationalizations to leave you guilt free?
Nikolas: Guilt -- no. Look, I feel guilt, okay? It's -- you know what? I don't -- I shouldn't have told you. I didn't know what I expected you to say.
Lucky: Well, maybe you need a reality check, so pay attention. Get up and walk away. Let Emily be mad at you for standing her up, but don't let her see you burning for another woman. One look at you and she'll know. You are an honorable man, Nikolas. Be that tonight. Go end it with Courtney and then go home to your wife.
Nikolas: Well, fancy meeting you here.
Courtney: I can'lie. I was -- I was hoping you'd pass through.
Nikolas: Why?
Courtney: Well, I wanted you to know that I -- I almost went back on my word. When I was tempted to tell Jax about my sudden infatuation with you --
Nikolas: Oh.
Courtney: I realized that I didn't have it in me to hurt him. We made the right decision.
Nikolas: Yeah. Yeah, I think so, too. I mean, I worked really hard to rebuild Emily's trust. I can't go, you know, take a wrecking ball to it now.
Courtney: Yeah.
Nikolas: So whatever we're feeling for each other, we should, you know, just --
Courtney: Ignore it.
Nikolas: Sure, try to forget it.
Courtney: So, okay, then. That's it.
Nikolas: Yeah.
Courtney: Short and sweet.
Nikolas: Yeah. No one gets hurt.
Courtney: Would I -- would I be a really bad person if I asked for a kiss goodbye?
Nikolas: No, you would not.
Courtney: Okay.
Nikolas: Okay, bye.
Courtney: Bye.
Courtney: Okay.
Nikolas: Okay, bye.
Courtney: Oh, my goodness.
Nikolas: Oh, I'm sorry.
Courtney: Bye.
Nikolas: Bye.