TOGETHER AT LAST

PART NINE

CARRIE AND MIKE JUMPED APART.

Carrie: AUSTIN!

BUT HE HAD ALREADY LEFT.

Carrie: OH MY GOD, MIKE. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? I NEVER EXPECTED HIM TO FIND OUT THIS WAY. I HAVE TO GO AFTER HIM. I'M SORRY MIKE. WE'LL TALK LATER.

Mike: IT'S OKAY I UNDERSTAND. GO TO HIM AND TRY TO EXPLAIN.

CARRIE WENT RUNNING OUT OF MIKE'S OFFICE LOOKING FOR AUSTIN.

AUSTIN RAN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL TEARS STREAMING DOWN HIS FACE.

HE DIDN'T STOP RUNNING UNTIL HE REACHED THE DOCKS.

Austin: WHY CARRIE? HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE YOUR BETRAYAL?

Hope: AUSTIN?

Austin: OH. HOPE. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE ELSE WAS AROUND.

HE TRIED HASTILY TO WIPE AWAY ANY TRACES OF HIS TEARS.

Hope: AUSTIN. IT'S TOO LATE I CAN SEE THAT YOU'VE BEEN CRYING. WHAT'S WRONG?

Austin: I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. YOU'LL PROBABLY JUST TAKE HIS SIDE.

Hope: WHO'S SIDE?

Austin: YOUR COUSIN'S!

Hope: MIKE? WHAT HAS HE DONE?

Austin: HE'S STOLEN MY WIFE AWAY THAT'S WHAT HE'S DONE!

Hope: WAIT A MINUTE. CALM DOWN. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

Austin: I JUST SAW HIM KISSING MY WIFE.

Hope: DAMN IT MIKE.

SHE SAID UNDER HER BREATH. ARE YOU SURE YOU DIDN'T MISUNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON?

Austin: HELL NO, I DIDN'T. I WENT OVER TO THE HOSPITAL TO TRY AND PATCH THINGS UP WITH CARRIE BECAUSE WE HAD A FIGHT THIS MORNING. I FOUND HER IN MIKE'S OFFICE AND THEY WERE EMBRACING AND IN A LIPLOCK. I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE SHE WOULD DO THIS. AND TO THINK I WAS GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING UPSET ABOUT ALL THE TIME SHE SPENDS WITH HIM. LOOKS LIKE I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE UPSET.

JUST THEN CARRIE HEADED DOWN THE STEPS.

Carrie: AUSTIN. WE NEED TO TALK. HI HOPE.

Hope: I THINK I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU TWO ALONE.

SHE WALKED UP THE STAIRS THINKING TO HERSELF. CARRIE I HOPE AUSTIN WAS WRONG. I WANT TO SEE MIKE HAPPY AND I KNOW HE LOVES YOU BUT YOU'RE MARRIED.

Carrie: AUSTIN, LET ME TRY AND EXPLAIN.

Austin: WHAT IS THERE TO EXPLAIN? I SAW YOU KISSING HIM. HOW COULD YOU? I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME.

Carrie: I DO LOVE YOU, AUSTIN.

Austin: LIKE HELL, YOU DO! WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE YOU DON'T CHEAT ON THEM.

HE SAID BREKING DOWN IN TEARS AGAIN.

Austin: I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS RIGHT NOW.

HE TOLD HER AND RAN BACK UP THE STAIRS.

Carrie: AUSTIN! AUSTIN, WAIT!

SHE CALLED AFTER HIM.

SHE DIDN'T FOLLOW HIM THOUGH. SHE KNEW HE NEEDED SOME TIME ALONE.

Carrie: OH, GOD. HOW COULD I HAVE DONE THIS TO HIM?

SHE ASKED AND THEN BEGAN CRYING HERSELF.

PART TEN

Hope: HI. I'M LOOKING FOR MIKE HORTON?

Nurse: I BELIEVE HE'S IN HIS OFFICE M'AM.

Hope: THANK YOU.

HOPE WALKED DOWN THE CORRIDOR TO MIKE'S OFFICE. SHE KNOCKED AND THEN OPENED THE DOOR.

Mike: HOPE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

Hope: I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD OF YOURSELF. MICHAEL HORTON I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD DO SUCH A THING!

Mike: CALM DOWN. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

Hope: OH, ONLY THE FACT THAT I JUST SAW AUSTIN AND HE WAS CRYING.

MIKE JUST LOOKED UP AT HER IN SHAME.

SCENE: ROBERTS MANSION

Sami: WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

Lucas:I SAID THAT I LOVE YOU.

Sami: THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR MONTHS. I THOUGHT YOU HATED ME. I SWEAR LUCAS ROBERTS IF THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR SCHEMES YOU WILL PAY FOR HURTING ME AGAIN.

Lucas: SAMI. WOULD YOU STOP JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS AND LISTEN TO ME FOR ONCE?

Sami: BUT... NEVER MIND. SURE, GO AHEAD. BUT I'M WARNING YOU...

Lucas: ENOUGH ALREADY! JUST LISTEN. I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU. I FEEL HORRIBLE FOR THE THINGS I HAVE DONE TO YOU ALREADY. I GUESS I WAS MAD FOR THE WAY YOU WERE TREATING MY MOM AND YOU CONSTANTLY NOT WANTING ME INVOLVED IN WILL'S LIFE. BUT WHAT I DID WAS UNNECESSARY. FRANCO HURTING YOU WAS ENOUGH. MORE THAN ENOUGH. I'M SO SORRY FOR THE HAND I PLAYED IN IT. I NEVER SHOULD HAVE TRIED TO GET THEM TOGETHER. AND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE I NEVER SHOULD HAVE RUBBED IT IN YOUR FACE. I HOPE YOU CAN LEARN TO FORGIVE ME AND WE CAN START OVER. I REALLY MISS US BEING CLOSE.

Sami: OKAY. MAYBE I CAN BELIEVE THAT YOU WANT TO START FRESH BUT SAYING YOU LOVE ME? THAT'S ABSURD. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE AMENDS THEN WHY SAY SOMETHING THAT WILL HURT ME MORE?

Lucas: BECAUSE I'M NOT TRYING TO HURT YOU, I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU HOW I REALLY FEEL. SEEING YOU SO TORN UP OVER FRANCO HAS REMINDED ME THAT EVEN EVIL SCHEMERS HAVE A VULNERABLE SIDE AND HURT TOO. I WANT TO HELP YOU GET OVER THE PAIN OF LOSING FRANCO. I WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT THE TRUE MAN FOR YOU HAS BEEN RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE THIS WHOLE TIME BUT THE TWO OF US WERE TOO CAUGHT UP IN OUR PETTY OBSESSIONS TO REALIZE IT. PLEASE GIVE US A CHANCE?

Sami: I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN. YOU STILL HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING TO CONVINCE ME THAT YOU'VE SOMEHOW FALLEN IN LOVE WITH ME. I DON'T THINK I COULD TRUST YOU AGAIN.

Lucas: PLEASE TRY SAMI. FOR OUR SAKES AS WELL AS OUR SON'S. I WANT US TO BE A FAMILY.

HE WALKS OVER AND KISSES HER GENTLY.

WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE SO DAMN IRRESISTABLE? SHE THINKS.

Sami: WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE LUCAS. BUT I CAN'T DENY THAT FELT NICE.

Lucas: IT FELT RIGHT.

PART ELEVEN

Austin: HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO US, CARRIE? AFTER EVERYTHING WE WENT THROUGH TO BE TOGETHER, YOU THROW IT ALL AWAY OVER MIKE HORTON?!

MY GOD, WHY DIDN'T I SEE THIS COMING? THEY'VE BEEN SPENDING SO MUCH TIME TOGETHER LATELY. SHE'S PROBABLY BEEN SLEEPING WITH THAT BASTARD THE WHOLE TIME WE'VE BEEEN MARRIED.

I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T LISTEN TO SAMI. SHE WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG ABOUT CARRIE'S FEELINGS FOR MIKE. I WISH I HAD LISTENED TO HER, THEN I NEVER WOULD HAVE MARRIED CARRIE AND I WOULDN'T BE FEELING SO MUCH PAIN.

I THOUGHT BEING WITH SAMI WAS PAINFUL BUT THAT WAS A PIECE OF CAKE COMPARED TO THIS. I'M NOT GIVING UP THOUGH. CARRIE HAS TO LOVE ME OR SHE WOULDN'T HAVE MARRIED ME, RIGHT?

OH, WHO ARE YOU FOOLING. CARRIE'S ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITH HIM, EVEN IF SHE DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL RECENTLY. I NEVER STOOD A CHANCE. I JUST WISH IT DIDN'T HURT SO MUCH. CARRIE, WHAT AM I EVER GOING TO DO WITH OUT YOU?

SCENE: THE DOCKS

CARRIE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE HAD DONE. NOT ONLY HAD SHE HURT AUSTIN AND MIKE, SHE MAY HAVE RUINED ANY CHANCE AT HAPPINESS THAT SHE MAY HAVE HAD.

Carrie: GOD CARRIE, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING KISSING MIKE? YOU KNEW THAT ANYONE COULD HAVE WALKED IN. BUT I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE BUT AUSTIN.

AUSTIN, I'M SO SORRY FOR WHAT I'VE DONE TO YOU. IF ONLY I HAD REALIZED MY FEELINGS FOR MIKE SOONER. I COULD HAVE SPARED AUSTIN ALL THIS PAIN. I NEVER SHOULD HAVE MARRIED HIM UNTIL I WAS SURE IT WAS WHAT I REALLY WANTED. THIS IS ALL SAMI'S FAULT! IF IT WASN'T FOR HER SCHEMING, I WOULDN'T BE IN THIS MESS. I SWEAR, I'LL NEVER FORGIVE HER FOR THIS.

OH GROW UP CARRIE. YOU CAN'T BLAME SAMI FOR THIS ONE. YOU KISSED MIKE, SHE DIDN'T FORCE YOU TO. AND SHE DIDN'T MAKE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH MIKE. YOU CAN ONLY BLAME YOURSELF FOR THIS ONE.

I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT THIS. I CAN'T TALK TO MARLENA OR DAD, THEY'D NEVER UNDERSTAND. JOHN WOULD TELL MARLENA...

I KNOW, I'LL GO SEE MRS.H. SHE ALWAYS GIVES GOOD ADVICE. EVEN THOUGH SHE'S MIKE'S GRANDMOTHER I KNOW SHE'LL GIVE ME HER UNBIASED OPINION OF THE SITUATION.

CARRIE TOOK OFF FOR "GRANDMA" HORTON'S HOUSE.

PART TWELVE

MRS. HORTON ANSWERED AND WAS CERTIANLY SURPRISED AT WHO WAS STANDING ON HER DOORSTEP.

Mrs.H.:CARRIE, DEAR. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOU'VE BEEN BY. WHAT'S WRONG AND HOW CAN I HELP?

Carrie: HOW DID YOU KNOW SOMETHING WAS WRONG?

Alice: CALL IT INTUITION.

Carrie: WHY DID I EVEN ASK? OF COURSE YOU KNEW.

MRS.H. CHUCKLES.

Mrs.H.: COME IN DEAR. I'LL FIX US BOTH SOME TEA.

Carrie: THAT WOULD BE NICE THANK YOU.

CARRIE SAT DOWN ON THE COUCH IN THE LIVING ROOM. ALICE CAME OUT OF THE KITCHEN.

Alice: IT WILL BE READY SHORTLY.NOW TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON?

Carrie: IT'S ABOUT MIKE AND AUSTIN.

Alice: UH-OH. I HAD A FEELING THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT.

Carrie: FIGURES. ANYWAY, I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL TALKING TO MIKE EARLIER AND WE CONFESSED OUR FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER. I KISSED HIM AND AUSTIN WALKED IN AND SAW US. HE RAN OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. I RAN AFTER HIM AND LATER FOUND HIM ON THE DOCKS. HE ASKED HOW I COULD HAVE BETRAYED HIM LIKE THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN HOW I WAS FEELING AND I TOLD HIM HOW SORRY I WAS FOR HURTING HIM BUT HE RAN OFF AGAIN, SAYING HE COULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT THEN AND THAT HE NEEDED TO BE ALONE. MRS.H. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. I'VE REALIZED IM IN LOVE WITH MIKE, BUT I LOVE AUSTIN TOO, AND I DON'T WANT TO HURT HIM.

Mrs. Horton: WOW. YOU HAVE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD OF YOU. NORMALLY I WOULD TELL YOU TO TRUST YOUR HEART, BUT SINCE IT'S PULLING YOU IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, I GUESS THAT WON'T WORK. THE ONLY THING I CAN SUGGEST IS TO WAIT IT OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. GIVE AUSTIN SOME TIME. GIVE YOURSELF SOME TIME AS WELL TO SORT OUT WHAT YOU'RE FEELING.

Carrie: THANKS, MRS.H. I KNEW YOU WERE THE PERSON TO GO TO.

JUST THEN THE DOORBELL RANG.

Alice: HOLD ON DEAR, LET ME GET THE DOOR.

SHE OPENS THE DOOR AND ISN'T TOO SUPRISED AT WHO'S ON THE OTHER SIDE.

Alice: MICHAEL DARLING, I'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU.

TO BE CONTINUED

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