Sami starts on a major diet - starving herself and exercising a lot.
Carrie gets her prize for the Face of the '90's, she gets a trip to Europe as weel as all over the US, but she has to make personal appearances. Carrie is not happy and heads down to Titan to tear into Kate. Caroline concidentally turns up and she and Carrie talk in private in Kate's office. However, it's not private as Lucas is listening to them on the phone. Later he finds Carrie and talks to her about her scar.
Roman goes to see Carrie and they talk about Austin. Carrie tells Roman that he did her a favour because it never would have worked between she and Austin. Roman is concerned that she feels this way, and even more so when she tells him she is planning on not having this surgery. But he tells her he trusts her to do what makes her happy and she hugs him and tells him she loves him.
Lucas hassles Sami about her weight while Austin is around and he rushes to her defence and tells Lucas to get lost. Later Lucas tells Sami he was just saying those things to test Austin's reaction and Austin is going to be a night in shining armor. He decides that Austin needs a bigger challenge though and they organize to go down to the lake, getting Jamie to tell Austin that she is worried for Sami's safety. Later Sami and Austin are driving back from the lake, disappointed that the plan didn't work. But they don't realize that Austin is driving out there. Lucas wants another beer and he reaches into the back seat to get one, swerving into the road of the oncoming traffic.
Sami and Lucas hit the back of Austin's car. The cops come and Lucas spins some story about there being a deer on the road. Austin tells the cop Lucas is lying and he gets taken back to Victors. The cops can't press charges but Victor tells Lucas that he will have to pay for the damage to the car himself. Lucas swears he is going to make Austin pay and he goes to find him. He is just taking Sami home and Lucas takes a swing at him.
Carrie comes home just as Austin ducks another swing from Lucas. Lucas ends up with a fat lip from the ground. Carrie thinks Austin was initiating the fight and Lucas lies and tells her he didn't want to fight. Austin leaves in huff cos Carrie doesn't believe him and Carrie fixes up Lucas' lip. Later she asks Sami what really happened but Sami tells her she didn't see - She was getting her keys out of her bag.
Lucas hit apon a way to get Carrie and a new car. He tells Kate that he'll do a deal with her - if he gets Carrie to agree to accept the Face of the '90's prizes, Kate will buy him a new BMW. Kate tells him she will think about it. She heads over to the Horton Center and donates some money. While Alice is getting a cup of tea, Kate goes through her address book and writes something down. Later Alice shows her pictures of her children and when Alice is called away, Kate slips one out one of the photos and puts it in her purse.
Sami tells Jamie about her Mom and John.
The new title sequence arrives! (June 29)
Everyone got together at the Hortons to get the community centre finished. Lucas brought by a model called Brandee. She spends all night trying to chat up Austin while Lucas sucks up to Carrie in the back yard.
Lucas schemes with Brandee to get Austin up to lookout point (where all the kids park). Sami sees Brandee gorging herself at the housewarming party (after she told Sami she eats nothing to stay so thin) and Sami discovers her vomiting in the toilet later on. Meanwhile Lucas turns up at Carrie's apartment and asks her out on a date. She refuses but he ends up coming in. Later he goes out for a pizza and comes back with a tandem bicycle. He suggests that they go somewhere where there is a great view of Salem and Carrie says that would be lookout point.
Carrie and Lucas head up to Lookout Point but they catch Austin there kissing Brandee in his car. Carrie wants to go but they don't get far before a chain comes off the bike. It's getting close to raining, Austin can't get the top up and Brandee is afraid of getting her hair wet so they head home. But they run across Carrie and Lucas. Austin wants to take them home but Carrie doesn't want to get in the car with them - so Lucas borrows Austin's tool kit, fixes the bike and they ride home.Jenn gets a call from Bill who is in Somalia, but the connection is bad and she can't ask him about the medical history she wanted for Abigail.Jenn talks to Austin about it and decides that she can't rely on second hand information and that she'll have to go to the source. Austin ends up going with her down to Chicago where she goes to an institution to see her mother.
Lucas tries to talk Carrie into the surgery telling her he wants her to be happy. She tells him he's just like everyone else and what's in it for him?
Roman is cooking burgers and Carrie talks to Lucas who tells her he wants her as a friend and tells her she can't keep being scared for the rest of her life.
Sami follows Marlena back and when she sees John turn up with Brady, she starts stuffing her face with burgers. Jamie tells her she is glad to see her eating but then she says she guesses if she had the problems that Sami has she would eat everything in sight. Sami tells Jamie she loves her dad and doesn't want to see him get hurt and as much as she hates Marlena and John for what they've done, she loves them too and doesn't want to see them hurt either. Later when she realizes she's eaten 4 plates of food, she panics. She says that as much as her life is out of control, she will have Austin and she will be thin - like Brandee. Then she realizes that to get rid of the food, she has to throw up.
Carrie runs across a disconsolate Sami and asks her if she's sick. Sami says no but everything is terrible and then goes on to say she looks horrible and she's huge. Carrie tells her that she's not - she's very pretty and still growing up. They talk about Lucas and Carrie tells Sami that since she has talked to Lucas she is thinking about going ahead with the surgery. Later she falls asleep on the couch and has a dream about she and Austin after the surgery. She is woken by the phone - it's Lucas and she tells him she's going to call and make an appointment with the plastic surgeon tomorrow.
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John and Kristen argue some more. John discovers that Kristen is reading War and Peace in Russian. They reminisce about the times they spent (separately) in Paris.... (since when did John remember this stuff?) Eventually John lets Kristen have the bed and wanders outside to talk to IzzyB about his dilemma with Marlena and the baby. He is interrupted by Kristen screaming from inside, begging someone not to shoot.
Rebecca goes to see Marlena at the hospital and tells her how happy she is about Mar's pregnancy and how it's helped her resolve some issues with John. Marlena isn't terribly receptive and has to leave. Rebecca stays behind and uses the phone and a nurse comes in and thinks she'd Marlena. The nurse gives her the schedule for Lamaze classes and says that since she is due in November, her classes will start in September.
At the party/recital, Rebecca overhears Marlena say that the baby is due in October. After Roman goes off she comes over and asks Marlena what the story is - at the hospital she overheard a nurse say that the baby is due in November. Marlena looks positively sick as she tells Rebecca that it is a mistake, and Kim, who is there tells Rebecca that she needs to Talk to Marlena. Kim asks Marlena what she is going to do - this is getting too dicey and Roman is going to find out and tell John. Roman comes back and suggests that perhaps he and Marlena go with Kim to Europe for a holiday. Marlena isn't that keen but Kim says it's a wonderful idea. Marlena tells Roman that she wants to go home and he takes her Kim follows them home and tries to talk Marlena into going with her.
Meanwhile John is donating a whole lot of baseball gear to a team that Kristen is coaching. He hangs around to let her harangue him for a while and he teaches her a few of the finer points of baseball . Rebecca eventually comes down and reminds him about the party. They turn up and Rebecca noted that Marlena isn't there. She tells John about the conversation they had and asks what difference does it make if the baby was conceived in January or February. John of course knows exactly what difference it would make. He heads for the pay-phone and calls the Brady residence. Kim answers the phone and John asks to talk to Marlena.....
Marlena sends Roman off to the kitchen to get her some ice-cream and asks Kim to tell John that she's asleep. John tells Kim to get Marlena to call him in the morning. He tells her that he's going on a business trip and needs to know the due date of his godchild. Kim says that sure she'll get Marlena to call him. Roman comes back out, bringing out Sami who mentions her diet. Roman and Marlena are not thrilled. Kim says she has to go get ready and they tell Kim they'll let her know what they decide and she heads off home. Sami asks them what that was about - are they going away? They tell her that they may be. They discuss the diet more and Sami gets short with Marlena. Marlena tells her that being hungry can do that and she hopes it doesn't let it affect her relationship with her friends and family. Sami shoots back that Marlena is a fine one to be talking about affecting the family and runs upstairs. Roman asks Marlena what that was about and Marlena puts it down to hungriness.
Later, upstairs, they make the decision to go to London. Later when Roman is asleep, Marlena is by the window and feels the baby moving. She thinks that it's father should feel this but then wonders who the father is. Meanwhile over at the loft John is working out that if the baby is due in November it was conceived early Feb and it could be his baby. He spends most of the night pacing around over it and falls asleep in a chair. Rebecca wakes him with a cup of coffee and asks him if he wants to talk about it. He says no - he just gets restless sometimes. He asks her what time it is and she tells him almost 7:30 am. He tells her he has a really important appointment and she goes off to do Brady's bottle. He tries to call Marlena's place but Marlena is the only one that hears the phone and she ignores it. Roman comes in and tells her he has some bad news, an important case he has been working on has had a break and he needs to stay in Salem. However he convinces her to go. Marlena tries to patch things up with Sami and Sami apologises, saying that she was starving. They hug and then Sami says she has to go up and dry her hair. She wishes her mother a good trip and adds on that she should forget about everything around here. And everyone She leaps up the stairs and Marlena turns around shocked, wondering if Sami knows. After they leave for the airport, John swings by the Brady house and Sami tells him where Marlena has gone. She asks if it is important and John tells her his excuse for wanting to know the due date. Sami tells him it's October of course and then practically shuts the door in his face. At the airport, Marlena tells Kim about the phone ringing and says that she hopes the plane isn't delayed. Kim agrees that they will feel a lot better once they are in the air.
Kristen manages to hammer her wrist while putting up a sign outside the door of the HortonsTom puts some ice on it and gives her the directions to the Horton cabin, telling her she needs some rest. Alice overhears them and tells John later that he looks like he needs a break, giving *him* the address of the Horton cabin. So John and Kristen both turn up there later on in the day.
John and Kristen argue at the cabin and then John manages to get her to eat some of his food. However this doesn't win Kristen over. But then John takes a shower outside and Kristen has a good eyeful.
John wakes Kristen but she doesn't want to talk about the dream. It's hot so they both go for a swim in the lake. John notices that Kristen's bracelet has the initials K.D. but Kristen tells him it was her mothers. They talk about her work with children but the fact that she doesn't want to have any, and John tells her about Isabella and the nightmares he used to have after she died. But after John walks away she says that she can never open up to him like that again. Then later on she slips (I think it's) the bracelet into her bag while John is sleeping.
John and Kristen prepare to catch the ferry but Kristen realizes John has left his watch behind. She sees the inscription and wonders.
Marlena and Kim fly back from Europe, both worried about what John is going to do. Marlena tells Kim that she doesn't know if she can keep lying to him. When they get to the hospital, Kim gets a message to say that Jeannie has just broken out with the measles. Marlena is shocked but quickly says that it is the second trimester of her pregnancy and she should be fine - but she'll call Dr. Morgan. Sami comes up and tells her that John was trying to get hold of her but Marlena hides her worry well. Later, Sami and Jamie overhear her in the staff lounge on the phone. She is thanking someone for flowers she has received and says she missed him and can't wait to see him. Sami is relieved when she says "Roman, you don't have to make me dinner. Jamie goes and Sami heads into the room to see Marlena. She asks if Marlena has spoken to John yet and Marlena tells her that Tom said he was out of town. Just then John pops his head round the door and says he'd like to have a word to Marlena.
However, Sami walks to where John can see her and asks what he wants to talk to her Mom about. Fade out on Marlena's stunned face.John tells Sami that he wants to talk to Marlena about an article for Bella. Sami says that he is surprised that he didn't mention that the other day when he was looking for Marlena. She says he seemed much more interested in when the baby was due. Marlena says that's because he's the baby's godfather. They are interrupted by Roman, come to surprise Marlena and take her home. He goes off to check on something and Sami gets called out by Tom to call Alice about schedules. Marlena goes to follow Roman out but John grabs her arm and tells her they need to talk. He needs to know the truth. She says she can't and won't talk to him now and he leaves. Sami and Jamie are surprised to see him Go. Marlena and Roman head off to the party and eventually John turns up at the pub to collect Brady's playpen. Shawn is shutting up and tells him about the party and invites him. At the party, Marlena goes outside to get some air and John finds her there. He says that she has to stop lying to him, he has to know the truth. This baby wasn't conceived in January was it. She turns away from him and he asks again, was it. Eventually she shakes her head and he asks her when. She whispers that it was February. Then, John says, this baby could be mine. After a long moment, a tear slips down Marlena's cheek and she silently nods her head.
John says so he was right. If she conceived in February, the baby could be his. She nods and says that it could, but she told him already that her life is with Roman, no matter how she feels about John. She tells him if Roman finds out about this, he'll be destroyed and so will her family. John says he isn't out to hurt anybody and Marlena begs him to leave this alone. She tells him they made a mistake, making love was a mistake and now they have to forget about it. John exclaims that if this is his child it will be kind of *impossible* to forget about won't it? Meanwhile inside Roman asks Kim where Marlena is and Kim offers to go outside to find her. Marlena thinks that maybe John's right. Maybe it's unrealistic to think that they could ever forget what happened between them. John reaches out and brushes her shoulder and hair. She jumps and he says 'maybe Doc?" With tears in her eyes, she turns and tells him that alright, she can never forget what happened between them, but they can't dwell on it. John's not talking about dwelling, he's talking about a baby that maybe they created together. She jumps in and says that maybe she and Roman made it together. John says he's just trying to do what's right but he doesn't know why it feels so wrong. He says maybe she's right, after all, they only made love once in the time frame they're talking about, so Roman stands a better chance of being the father than he does...unless she and Roman.... She blurts out that she and Roman have a perfectly norm.... She's in tears and she cries that she doesn't want to have these conversations with John as she walks away from him. He asks her if there's a test she can have right now to determine whether he is the father or not. Marlena pauses for a moment, wipes her face and walks back to him. She says that there is a test that gives the baby's blood profile. He tells her to take the test and settle it once and for all. Marlena says that actually Dr. Morgan wanted her to take the test anyway because she was exposed to rubella. John says she *what*. She explains that Jeannie had the measles. John says then that's even more reason to take the test - the baby could be affected. Marlena smiles and says not necessarily - *she* didn't come down with symptoms so it's unlikely the baby will have been affected at all.. John wants to know what that means...she's *not* going to take the test. She begins to tear up again and says she doesn't know how he can keep *asking* her to take it. He says what does she mean, he has every right in the world to ask her to take it, this could be his child here. This could be their child. Kim comes to interrupt them to say that Roman is looking for Marlena and to say goodbye to them. Marlena walks her inside after telling her about the conversation with John. Kim says goodbye to everyone (she's heading to L.A. to be with Phillip who'd directing a feature.) She eventually goes but just after she does, Caroline collapses. She's having bad chest/stomach pains and they rush her to the hospital. Once there Carly takes her off for some tests and John follows Marlena into the lounge. He tells her that she can avoid him all she wants but they have to come to a decision. She says she made her decision when she decided to lie about when the baby was conceived. He says that because she lied, that decision is not acceptable to him. He needs to know if the baby is his. She says that Roman is coming to pick her up soon so she simply can't talk about this now. John asks when. Marlena says she doesn't know when. He says that she won't be able to sleep till this is resolved so he decides that she can meet him some time tonight. She says no, but he says yes, he *chooses* to meet with her some time tonight.
Kristen talks to some guy who is watching over her and then runs into John.
At the hospital, John pressures Marlena about meeting with him. She says she doesn't want to sneak around anymore, she won't sneak out to meet him. John says alright then, they will go to her office. But Kristen interrupts and then Roman comes by. He's been paged and has to go to the station. John offers to give Marlena a ride home but she says no, she'll grab a lift with Carly. Later John calls her at home from the hospital. He says she has to have the test so that they can make a decision about what to do. She tells him that she already made her decision in Paris...she is going to bring this baby up as Roman's, whoever's it is. It deserves the best start in life and it can only get that in a family with a father and brothers and sisters. John asks what if Brady is it's real brother. Marlena can't even think about that. John says she's going to though, every time she looks at him, or Brady, she's going to wonder. She says it's no use, she has made her decision and she is sticking by it. She hangs up on him but a short while after, he turns up at her door. He won't leave and they go out into the back yard. John says she has to have the test. Surely she wants to know if this baby is Roman's and then they wouldn't have to have this conversation any more. She says but what if it isn't. What if it's that one in a million chance and it's yours? What will you do? John says he won't know till he's faced with that, but they have to know. Eventually he gets Marlena to agree and she says she will have the tests done as soon as possible. What they don't know is that Sami is hiding in the bushes and hearing a great deal of this conversation. Then Roman's car pulls up and Marlena panics and asks John to go. He does and she goes into the kitchen and gets some cold chocolatey gooey stuff . She comes into the living room and asks Roman why he's home so early. He says they wrapped up the case early. Sami comes in and stares at Marlena. They ask her what she's doing home, and she says that Bo and Carly came home early, so she thought she'd come home. Roman asks her if something is wrong and she starts off saying that she heard....then she says she heard that Nikki Alamain was a brat and tonight he proved it. Marlena wants to know if anything else is wrong, if she's eating sensibly. Sami says she is and she's just tired and then she heads up to bed.Marlena is at the opening and John turns up. He tries to talk to her but Sami interrupts and takes Marlena upstairs to get ideas for their nursery. When they come back downstairs however, John is still waiting and he asks Sami if he can have a moment with Marlena in private. Sami has to go but isn't happy. John asks Marlena about the tests and she says she's having the test to determine if the baby was affected by the measles this afternoon. After that she will get the blood types and match them up then. But John realizes that this may not be enough, they may need a DNA profile. Marlena agrees and John says he wants to do it now. Marlena tells him to go to the hospital and she'll meet him there. Sami is pleased to see John leave but when Marlena also leaves she decides she has to follow them. At the hospital Marlena meets up with John and they go to her office where she draws the blood. Then they come back out to the main area and Sami (who has arrived) hides so they won't see her. Marlena sends John's blood for analysis and then tells him she has to go and have her test. John says he'll wait for her in the lounge.
Marlena and John are in the lounge, Sami is still hiding behind the door, listening. Marlena tells him that they just have to wait now. John asks her if they can't have the blood test for the baby done first and she says no, they can't arouse suspicion. She has to protect her family and Roman. She says she has to go to the 4th of July picnic, Roman is waiting for her. John tells her he and Brady are going to swing by there later on, but he's not real excited about seeing Roman. Marlena asks why, and John tells her that every time he sees Roman and her together he has a hard time - Roman's always holding her, or patting her stomach, and it's hard. Marlena tries to interrupt, but John tells her he can't help it, he's only human. He says that every time he sees her he can't help but think she could be carrying his child. He says he knows it would be better for everyone if this baby is Roman's, but he asks her if there isn't just a part of her that remembers the passion that they shared and isn't there just a small part of her that would like that passion to live on in their child. Marlena's eyes fill with tears and she can't say anything for a moment. Meanwhile Sami listens on and shakes her head. John asks Marlena if there isn't just a small part of her that wants the baby to be his. Marlena tells him she can't even think about that. John points out that as much as she wants this baby to be Roman's they can't ignore the possibility that it might not be. And if *he* isn't, John can't imagine himself walking away from his own flesh and blood. (The background music swells, the same music that plays when they were on the plane). Marlena avows that she knows it's Roman's. John says to prepare herself in case it's not. Then John says that even though he doesn't want to bring this up right now, at some stage the truth is going to come out about what happened between them and Roman and the whole family is going to know. Marlena shakes her head and says no emphatically and walks past John. She says just made a mistake and they can get past it, she knows they can. John says they're not talking about making love here, they're not talking about any kind of casual sex. If that were the case they never would have acted on their feelings. They're talking about *love*. They're talking about two people who were *married* to each other, a deep emotional connection that has never *died*. *That* is why she got together and she knows it. Marlena's eyes are filled with tears and she nods her head slowly and inhales raggedly. She tries to protest, saying it was wrong what happened. John says he's not *denying* that. He tells her he's tried to live his life as though nothing has happened, but if this child is his, he can't do that any longer. That's what Marlena's afraid of, that's why she keeps praying that it's Roman's. John says so what? That *is* her answer? Marlena wipes a tear away and gives a rueful smile, shaking her head. John asks her again if that's her answer. She turns to him and says "I love being married to you. I love being your wife." But she loves Roman and she's made that choice now. She belongs with him *and* with her children. And John is going to have to accept that and respect that. And what if this child is theirs, John asks. Marlena gets more upset and says until the blood tests are in they can't even speculate about that. She says she has to go no and tries to walk to the door. John grabs her and stares at her face. In tears she has she has to go now and she pushes past him and leaves the room. John follows her out and Sami walks into the room, looking upset and nauseous.
