Nikolas: Did Jax ask you to avoid me?
Courtney: It's my commitment to my marriage. I owe Jax that much. So look, Nikolas, if you care about me in the least, just please respect that choice.
Nikolas: Just have to answer me one question. Are you still in love with him?
Courtney: Yes, I love Jax.
Nikolas: Do you really love Jax? Or do you think that you just should love him?
Courtney: Look, I wouldn't have married Jax if I didn't love him. I wouldn't be going back to him if I didn't think that we can make each other happy.
Nikolas: It's just, Courtney, he started the divorce proceedings, and then just all of a sudden changes his mind?
Courtney: Well, it scared him when Elizabeth was hospitalized. That's --
Nikolas: I know, yeah, that's exactly my point. Jax wants this baby, but Elizabeth will only give it to him --
Courtney: Just stop it. Please stop.
Nikolas: Courtney, you had to have at least thought about that.
Courtney: Look, Nikolas, Jax wants this baby and so do I, but that is not why we're getting back together. It's just -- just Elizabeth's crisis, it put things into perspective for both of us.
Nikolas: Elizabeth? So it's still more about Elizabeth than it is about you?
Courtney: Why are you doing this? Why? I mean, why can't you just wish me happiness?
Nikolas: I do, Courtney, I do. I want nothing more than for you to be happy, but come on. I mean, how long did it take you to tell Jax that you loved him and how many times did you postpone your wedding?
Courtney: Well, there were extenuating circumstances. I mean, Nikolas, my god, my brother's kids were kidnapped.
Nikolas: I just -- I think the thousand reasons why you should love Jax drown out the truth that you really don't.
Courtney: No, you're wrong.
Nikolas: Hey, maybe I am. Maybe all you felt for me was just a physical attraction with a little bit of empathy, but --
Courtney: Yeah, and what about you, huh? I mean, what if Emily decided she wanted you back? Would you go?
Nikolas: I don't -- I don't know anymore. Courtney, I don't know if we're still in love with each other or if we think we just should be. We were in love once, I know that. I don't know, Courtney, we've been through so much, you'd think we'd be able to get through this, but maybe not. Maybe Emily's right. She's changed, I've changed, and there's just no going back. I don't know.
Courtney: I'm sorry, Nikolas, but I just can't put my marriage on the line so that you won't be alone.
Nikolas: I'm not asking you to do that. Look, if a life with Jax is really what you want, great. Great, I wish you nothing but happiness.
Courtney: Then will you please just leave me alone?
Lucky: Hey.
Nikolas: Hey.
Lucky: Elizabeth's going to be back in a couple of minutes.
Nikolas: How's she feeling?
Lucky: Well, you'd never know that she spent the night in a hospital.
Nikolas: That's great.
Lucky: You -- you heard from Emily?
Nikolas: Yeah, yeah, I saw her this morning.
Lucky: And?
Nikolas: She's taking care of Sonny Corinthos' kids, yeah. After months of working around the clock and studying so hard she nearly dropped, she's taking time off to babysit.
Lucky: Well, she is Michael's godmother.
Nikolas: No, Lucky, she's been avoiding me for months. She wanted out of the marriage. She just didn't have the words to say it.
Lucky: Well, maybe she just needed some room. I mean, she is healing from rape. Just everything doesn't work out to your schedule. You just got out of prison, you tried to reconnect with Emily on your timetable, and you didn't do it on hers.
Nikolas: Whoa, whoa, whoa, I never pushed her, not once.
Lucky: You know what, I never said that's what it was, but you said you felt isolated and lonely, and then Courtney was there.
Nikolas: Yeah, look, that's just not how it was, Okay? I like Courtney a lot. She's a good person.
Lucky: All I know is what I see. Emily's loved you since you were kids and you've loved her. So, what? What changed?
Nikolas: Everything.