Emily and Nikolas talk about Jason and Sam. Emily has scenes with Jason and Jason continues to rebuff her. Nikolas and Emily reminsce.
The following transcript is from the Nikolas and Emily scenes:
Nikolas: Hello.
Emily: Hi.
Nikolas: I got your message. What's up?
Emily: Are you on your way to a board meeting?
Nikolas: I am, but I always have time for you.
Emily: Listen, I hate to put you in the middle of this, but I thought you might know where Alexis moved Sam. Jason's out of his mind with worry.
Nikolas: No. No, I wish I could help, but I -- I have no idea where she took her.
Emily: Okay. Thanks, anyway.
Nikolas: Listen, I -- I know you hate this distance that Jason has created between the two of you, and it would be great if you could be the one to fix this. But Jason knows what he's doing. He'll find Sam.
Emily: You always know the right thing to say.
Maxie: Nikolas, I made something for you. I know you always like background information on the guests at the board meeting, so I made kind of like a mini file of everyone.
Nikolas: Okay -- wow. Thank you. That's -- at's a lot of hard work. Thank you.
Maxie: I can help you go over it if you want.
Nikolas: Yeah, I'll -- I'll take a look at it right after Emily and I finish.
Maxie: Sorry, I didn't realize --
Nikolas: That's okay.
Emily: Ahem.
Nikolas: What? What?
Emily: Nikolas, Maxie's interested in a lot more than your gratitude.
Nikolas: You can't be serious. You think Maxie has a crush on me? Come on.
Emily: Men are so oblivious. Nikolas, she gazed at you --
Nikolas: Oh --
Emily: With hope in her eyes. She wants so badly to impress you.
Nikolas: Really, you think?
Emily: Yeah.
Nikolas: That's --
Emily laughs
Nikolas: Well, I mean, I don't want to lead her on. Maybe I've been sending the wrong signals. I don't know -- if I -- if I did, it certainly didn't occur to me.
Emily: Okay, what signals?
Nikolas: Well, when Jesse died, she was obviously unhappy, vulnerable, needed someone to talk to, so I tried to support her. But I'd -- I'd hate for her to read more into that.
Emily: Well, don't worry. She'll get over it.
Nikolas: Yeah.
Emily: Or not.
Nikolas: Don't say that.
Emily: What? Once upon a time, I was a gawky teenager with a crush on an older guy who looked an awful lot like you. And here I am now, with another older man. Look what you started.
Emily chuckles
Nikolas: Big difference. Maxie's just a sweet girl with a crush. You're in love with Sonny.
Nikolas: Hey there.
Emily: Hey.
Nikolas: What's wrong?
Emily: Oh, I miss my brother.
Nikolas: Well, why don't you go see him?
Emily: Well, that's when I miss him most of all. He's in pain and he's alone, and I know he'd never admit it, but he's afraid he's going to lose Sam, and he needs me now more than ever, but he won't let me help. As long as I'm with Sonny, Jason keeps pushing me away.
Nikolas: Maybe he has a point.
Emily: Okay. So you're going to be like everyone else, after all, huh?
Nikolas: Yep.
Emily: You suddenly think I should give up Sonny and, what, come back to you?
Nikolas: Yeah.