Nikolas: If you have any doubts, if you're afraid at all, please, just --
Emily: I love you, Nikolas.
Music plays.
Nikolas: I don't want to be selfish. I want this to be perfect for both of us.
Emily: Nikolas --
Nikolas: This exact moment right here -- holding you after we made love -- is what kept me alive in that place. I wouldn't let myself believe that I might never feel this way again.
Emily: Hmm. It feels so good to be close to you.
Nikolas: Are you sure I didn't hurt you?
Emily: You could never hurt me.
Nikolas: Will you stay tonight?
Emily: Yeah.
Phone rings.
Nikolas: Okayay.
Emily: Hello? Michael? Is that you? Is something wrong?
Michael: No, I just want to say hi.
Emily: You should be asleep. Did you have a nightmare?
Michael: I think -- I'm not sure.
Emily: But you sound upset, Michael. I can hear it in your voice.
Michael: It's okay. There are other people here. Huh. I'm sorry to bother you.
Nikolas: What happened?
Emily: He wouldn't say why, but -- but he was upset.
Nikolas: You need to go see him?
Emily: No, no. I'm here now.
Nikolas: Look, I know what it feels like to grow up surrounded by secrets and mysteries and conversations that never made sense to a child. And it's a lonely place to be, let me tell you. So go on, go ahead.
Emily: Nikolas, are you sure?
Nikolas: Yeah, absolutely. He needs you. Besides, I have something to hold on to now.
Emily: Yeah, I'll come back later. I want to wake up with you in the morning.
Nikolas: Okay.
Emily: Okay.
Nikolas: Bye.
Emily: Bye.
Knock on door.
Emily: You need someone to play those with you?
Michael: You came!
Emily: Yeah, what else would I do? That's a lot of games.
Michael: Eh -- it's just something that'll keep my mind busy so I don't fall asleep.
Emily: Well, everybody needs sleep.
Michael: But that's when the nightmares come.
Emily: Is that what happened tonight?
Michael: I was reading my comic, and then I guess I fell asleep, and something was chasing me.
Emily: Oh, Michael. Yeah, I've had some bad dreams like that. And I have to tell myself they're not real. And then I try to think of happy thoughts. You know? Like the beach at sunset, hot fudge sundaes.
Michael: I'm hungry. Um --
Emily laughs.
Michael: That -- I think that's why I called. I guess you're my happy thought.
Emily: I'm glad you did. Michael, you can call me anytime. You know? But if I'm not there, or if I can't come over for some reason, then you know you have your parents, right? They'll do anything to make you feel safe.
Michael: They're just sort of busy lately. Dad has Reese, and mom just got a new husband.
Emily: Yeah. Well, life gets pretty complicated when you're older.
Michael: But you had time. Don't you have anybody to be complicated with?
Michael: Emily said whenever I have a bad dream that I should just keep telling myself that it's not real and to think happy thoughts.
Jason: Emily's very smart.
Michael: But it's not like what I did with A.J. That was not a dream. I know that.
Jason: Are you -- you know, are you happy living here?
Jason and Michael continue.
Emily: Hi. Well, Jason is with Michael. I figured it was okay to go.
Sam: You know, Michael is so comfortable with you. It's very rare for him to be like that these days.
Emily: You know, I just -- I feel so bad about what happened to him. If this is one little thing I can do to help --
Sam: "One little thing"? Are you kidding me? You're going home.
Emily: Yeah, actually, uh, when Michael called, I was -- I was with Nikolas and I'm -- I'm going to go back there.
Sam: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a minute.
Sam: Do you mean, like, with, with Nikolas? Oh, my God, Emily, that's great!
Emily: Look, everything you said was true -- if I can't get past my own stuff, then I could lose him for good.
Sam: Oh, no, no, no, no. Wait a minute -- you got to sit down. I've got to hear all of this. Was it as scary as you thought it was going to be, or what?
Emily: Uh -- no. I mean, yeah, Nikolas is amazing and I was a little anxious at first, but he's so loving and gentle and all of a sudden, it was familiar again.
Sam: Good. So, it was good, yeah?
Emily: Oh, God.
Sam: I mean, I'm sorry, but --
Emily: After all those months in prison, it must've been torture for him.
Sam: Poor guy. That's all I have to say.
Emily: Yeah, I know, but he's happy now. He's very happy.
Sam: Nothing like a satisfied man.
Emily: Yeah.
Sam: And -- well, what about you?
Emily: Oh, God. Well, yeah. For me, it was all about, you know, getting through it.
Sam: Uh-huh -- wait a minute. No -- I'm asking, like, did your earth move satisfy?
Emily: Well, that'll happen again, sooner or later.
Sam: Oh, no! Oh.
Emily: Right now, for me, it's -- you know, it's enough just to be close to him and give him what he needs.
Sam: You faked it?
Emily: Oh --
Sam: You faked it.
Emily: Baby steps, Sam. I -- I can't even -- I can't -- sorry.
Sam: Well, wait -- well, wait. Does Nikolas know? I mean, does he know --
Emily: No!
Sam: That you faked it?
Emily: Oh, God. Are you kidding?
Sam: Okay, good.
Emily: And he never has to.
Sam: Great. I absolutely agree. What they don't know won't hurt them.
Emily: Right.
Sam: You guys deserve a little bit of happiness. I'm happy.
Emily: Thanks, Sam.
Sam: You're welcome.
Emily: I'll see you.
Sam: Emily, have you noticed Jason being a little off lately?
Emily: Um -- he was a little more tense, you know, than usual, but sometimes his work stresses him out.
Sam: Yeah.
Emily: You know how that can be.
Sam: I do, yes. Thank you.
Emily: Okay.
Sam: Bye.
Emily: Bye.
Emily: Hi.
Nikolas: You came back.
Emily: Yeah. I told you I would.