Alexis: Thanks, Alfred.
Kristina: Hi, Emily! Hi, Nikolas!
Nikolas: Hey, good morning! How are you?
Emily: Hi, Kristina! Hi. We're so glad to see you guys.
Nikolas: I know, Spencer’s been so lonely lately. He'll be happy to have his cousins here.
Emily: Yeah, about how a snack?
Alexis: How about a little later? They just had breakfast, but thank you.
Alfred: I'll show you to your rooms.
Alexis: Thank you, Alfred.
Nikolas: Go with Alfred, okay.
Alexis: All right, go on. I don't think I ever needed a husband -- I needed a butler.
Emily chuckles.
Emily: Alfred's great.
Nikolas: Yes, he is, but he has overstepped his boundaries a bit lately.
Alexis: How so?
Nikolas: Well, he's -- I don't know, he's been hovering over me like -- like a mother hen.
Alexis: I wouldn't say no to a little hovering. The more people that stay alert around my children, the safer they'll be.
Emily: Thanks again for dinner last night.
Elizabeth: Oh, I'm glad you and Nikolas could come over.
Emily: Yeah, were you okay at the house after we left?
Elizabeth: Lucky got home a little late.
Emily: Yeah? How are things between you?
Elizabeth: In a word -- tense.
Nikolas: So you're sure you're okay with this arrangement?
Alexis: Not really.
Nikolas chuckles.
Nikolas: I -- I told you I hired extra security.
Alexis: It's not you. It isn't you. You're wonderful, you're perfect -- I don't know what I'd do without you. It's the situation -- that there's nothing I can do about it -- and I fluctuate between frustration and terror.
Nikolas: Thanks to Sonny, however.
Alexis: I just have to accept the fact that Kristina’s life is always going to be color-coded like the Homeland Security system. She's going to have a happy day, an orange day, or a red day -- where she goes to her cousin's house surrounded by bodyguards.
Nikolas: Well, I wish there was a simple solution to that, but you know that this -- the danger that Sonny brings to those people around him is real and it's not going to go away.
Alexis: No.
Alfred: Ms. Davis, a visitor for you.
Alexis: Oh.
Alfred: He was most insistent, Sir.
Jerry: Alexis, I apologize for imposing, but I need any information you can give me --
Nikolas: I told you to stay the hell away from my family!
Alexis: Let go!
Nikolas: Get out of here.
Jerry: You should be careful, Prince Cassadine.
Nikolas: What, now you're threatening me?
Jerry: Just a friendly reminder.
Alfred: I must ask you to leave immediately.
Jerry: Call me.
Nikolas: "Call me"? What, you're getting involved with yet another psychopath, are you?
Alexis: What the hell is wrong with you?
Nikolas: "What's wrong with me?" You're the one who's completely out of line here!
Alfred: Sir, the children --
Nikolas: I'm well aware of the children, Alfred, thank you!
Alfred: Perhaps I could show Ms. Davis to her room --
Nikolas: Perhaps you should leave. I'd like you to leave now, please.
Alexis: I'm worried --
Nikolas: You -- you have two little girls upstairs. One's father is -- is a gangster, the other is a lying, cheating psychotic. Now, why you get involved with these men is completely beyond me, but it needs to stop because you need to think about your family now, and that means staying away from Jerry Jacks.
Alexis: He followed me here.
Nikolas: Oh, come –I’ve seen you with him. You're obviously interested -- the way you're friendly with him, the way you smile at him, the way you talk to about --
Alexis: Being cordial to him does not mean that I'm interested.
Nikolas: Jerry Jacks, A.K.A. Mr. Craig or whatever the hell his name is, is a sadistic criminal, and I don't even understand why you're talking to the guy!
Alexis: I'm not discounting what he did to you, but what concerns me right now is the fact that you are completely out of control.
Elizabeth: Lucky kissed me last night and I just didn't respond.
Emily: Oh. That's not good.
Elizabeth: I know. I've got all these conflicting emotions -- I resent him, and yet I still care about him. We feel so distant, yet close because we're still a family. I -- I'm upset over his accusations, but I can see that he really wants to make this work. I -- I don't know, it's just a mess, isn't it?
Emily: No, you have every right to feel all of that.
Elizabeth: Yeah, but how do I get past it? Lucky tried to arrange this evening for the two of us -- I know he wants to have sex.
Emily: It could be a way to reconnect.
Elizabeth: I know, and I'm trying, but we still seem miles apart.
Lucky: You got a minute? I just need your honest advice.
Nikolas: Yes, of course. But be warned -- I just had it out with Alexis, and it appears that my diplomacy skills are lacking today.
Lucky: That's fine with me. It's just if I'm handling this badly, I just need to know.
Nikolas: What, problems with Elizabeth, I assume?
Lucky: Well, she said she wanted to rebuild our marriage, but she’s been distant and I'm trying to bridge the gap.
Nikolas: All right. Well, what happened?
Lucky: It's been a while since Elizabeth and I were intimate. She's -- she's been distant, and when I tried to kiss her, she -- she tensed up.
Nikolas: Okay.
Lucky sighs.
Nikolas: Well, maybe you just need to -- I don't know -- set the scene, plan a romantic dinner just for the two of you.
Lucky: But I "did." I got Audrey to watch the kids for the evening, and when I went by the hospital to tell Elizabeth we'd have a night for ourselves, she said no.
Nikolas: Well, she's not ready, Lucky.
Lucky: Well, she's not ready because she's still hung up on Jason. How am I supposed to be faithful?