Nikolas: Thank you for coming. Excuse me if I don't get up.
Jason: It's no problem. What do you need?
Nikolas: Sam was here. She was very upset and I think you know why.
Jason: I didn't realize you and Sam were so close.
Nikolas: I suppose cancer has a way of bringing families together. We both needed someone to confide in, and more often than not she was quite open, but I always felt like she was holding something back.
Nikolas: If Alexis does not survive this, she wants Sam and Ric to raise the girls together. Despite that request, Sam is adamant that Ric have no part in Kristina or Molly's life. She's even asked me to help fight for protective custody in the event of Alexis' death.
Jason: Family is important to Sam. She'll do anything to protect her little sisters.
Nikolas: Protect why? Ric is Molly's father. He has every right to raise his own daughter. There's obviously something more to the situation than Sam is leading on. Why is she so desperate to keep Ric away from those girls?
Jason: Do we really need to go down the list of all the sick things Ric has done? Ric is out for himself. Beyond that, anything that Sam knows is for her to tell you.
Lulu: Nikolas, you have to -- oh, I'm sorry. I didn't -- I didn't mean to interrupt.
Jason: No, that's okay. We're done.
Nikolas: Jason, I can't help if I don’t know what's going on.
Jason: Nikolas, all I can say is if Sam needs your help, she'll -- she'll ask for it.
Nikolas: Okay.
Door closes.
Nikolas: What's -- what's wrong?
Lulu: Um -- Elizabeth is being completely unfair to Lucky. Do you know that she hasn't visited him once since he's been in rehab?
Nikolas: Lucky has to get clean for himself. There's nothing more that Elizabeth can do for him.
Lulu: She could try being supportive. Lucky checked himself into rehab so that he could be a better father to Cam and the baby. He is trying to do everything he can to get his life back, and Elizabeth is acting like she could care less if he ever comes home again. I just -- I don't get it. I thought Elizabeth loved him. Why is she shutting him out when Lucky needs her the most?
Lulu: Lucky messed up in the worst possible way. He cheated on Elizabeth and he lied to her for months. But in his defense, addiction is an illness, and you wouldn't punish Alexis for being sick. So why does Elizabeth think it's okay to punish Lucky?
Nikolas: Wait -- well, Alexis did not choose to have lung cancer. Lucky made a choice every time he swallowed a pill, Lulu.
Lulu: Okay, yeah, Lucky made some horrible mistakes, but that does not give us the right to turn our backs on him.
Nikolas: Is that honestly what you think Elizabeth is doing right now?
Lulu: She hasn't returned his calls, nor has she gone to see him.
Nikolas: Elizabeth gave Lucky another chance and he repaid her by using drugs again.
Lulu: Okay, Lucky is not going to get better overnight. He is going to be fighting this addiction for the rest of his life.
Nikolas: Well, he might have to do it without Elizabeth’s help, because there just might be too much that can't be taken back.
Colleen: If I don't find blue bunny, Spencer will never get to sleep.
Nikolas: Here, I'll help you.
Colleen: You promised Alfred you wouldn't overdo it.
Nikolas: My leg's practically healed already. Ow! Okay, maybe not.
Colleen: Look at me -- I'm not hovering, not coddling, and not helping you back to the couch just like you asked.
Nikolas: Thank you. Okay, maybe -- maybe you can coddle just a little bit. Thank you.
Colleen: Okay. There you go. Oh.
Nikolas: Oh. When is this damn thing going to heal? I hate being stuck around here all day. I feel like a -- a potted plant.
Colleen: A potted plant can be nice to look at. Um -- I didn't mean that.
Nikolas: It's all right. Would you mind getting my pills there? I need to take two before I go to bed.
Colleen: I'll pour you a cup of tea, as well.
Nikolas: Thank you. Have you gotten any calls from Greece? I should've heard from Emily by now.
Colleen: Um -- Alfred said not. Emily's probably been so tied up with her convention, she just hasn't had the time.
Nikolas: Well, if I call her at midnight our time here, I should be able to catch her before she leaves in the morning. Thank you.
Colleen: If you can stay awake until midnight.
Nikolas: Yeah. Thanks.
Colleen: Nikolas? Are you having sweet dreams? Hmm. Well, you can thank me for that. It's a dream to you, but I know the truth.
Emily: What are you doing?
Colleen: I'm glad you came when you did. Uh -- the medication he's on put him into such a deep sleep. I can't wake him.
Emily: Nikolas? Nikolas? Come on, wake up.
Nikolas: Huh?
Emily: Oh, God.
Nikolas: You came back.
Emily: Yeah. What's with the pain pills?
Colleen: He injured his knee.
Emily: He's not used to strong meds -- some people have bad reactions. Thank you, Colleen. I'll handle it from here.
Nikolas: I was just about to call you.
Emily: Well, I'm glad I'm here.
Nikolas: Yeah, me too. So nice.
Emily: Nikolas --
Nikolas: What?
Emily: What are you doing?
Nikolas: Oh, that was so nice, let me tell you.
Emily: Are -- are you sure you're all right?
Nikolas: Oh, man. I feel great.
Emily: Do you have any idea who you just kissed?
Nikolas: Mm-hmm -- Emily, the woman I love -- whom I love. What's -- am I dreaming? What's going on?
Emily: Why would you think that?
Nikolas: Because I dream about you all the time. And I dream that you had me back. And then I wake up and it's not real. Can you try to be real this time?
Emily: Yeah. Don't worry, Nikolas. You can sleep and dream all night, and when you wake up, I'll be here.
Nikolas: Okay.
Emily: Hello?
Nikolas: Oh.
Emily: Hi.
Nikolas: You really are here. Huh. I thought I was dreaming. I wasn't sure.
Emily: Yeah, well, the convention was a bust -- it was really for surgeons -- so I flew right home. What a waste, huh?
Nikolas: Well, you could've toured Greece.
Emily: What, without you? Why bother?
Nikolas: Well, I'm glad you're here. I -- oh, man, I'm -- I'm having the strangest dreams, really -- really vivid dreams lately.
Emily: Well, you know, we'll -- we'll have to ask the doctors to switch your -- your medication. You're clearly having a bad reaction to this one.
Nikolas: You can tell?
Emily: Yeah, you -- when I got here, you had -- you had zoned out. You know, I -- I couldn't wake you.
Nikolas: Did I do anything embarrassing?
Emily: Well -- uh -- your eyes were open, but -- but you thought you were asleep. It was just the -- the tiniest, tiniest bit strange.
Nikolas: Oh, no, no. No, you have to tell me now. What?
Emily: What -- uh -- you kissed me.
Nikolas: No, I didn’t.
Emily: Yeah, you did.
Emily laughs.
Nikolas: I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
Emily: What, really?
Nikolas: Well -- I -- no, I mean, it just -- well, what kind of kiss was it?
Emily: Um -- you, you know, kissed me like -- like you -- like you meant it.
Nikolas: Did I say anything?
Emily: Uh -- no, I -- I don't remember.
Nikolas: You -- you're such a liar. You don't get to leave here until I get a full report on what a fool I made of myself.