>Starry Night's Guiding Light >(Replacement plot from last month's debacle. GL has revisionist history too) >by Estelle > Alan-Michael is making a romantic evening on the yacht for his lady love Lucy. >They are still both emotionally jarred from the prior events but want to resume >the relationship where it left off. Alan-Michael has lit some candles and is >humming softly. >Lucy: What are you doing? (blows out the candles) >AM: You're ruining the special evening that I planned for us. >Lucy: Candles should be burned only in emergencies. >AM: I hope you are kidding. Is this something Buzz taught you on the road? >Lucy: As a matter of fact it is. When we had no money for candles we would >make them to use and to sell. >AM: I'm a millionaire. I think that I can afford to burn some cash. >Lucy: That money could be used to help people in need. >AM: I'm a person in need. >Bill and RealMichelle are studying in the Bauer kitchen and are set to take a >study break. >Bill: I think we have studied enough let's have some fun. >Michelle: Bill I do not want to get into trouble. You know how my Dad has been >since Eve died. I just can't upset him. >Bill: I am sorry about Eve and your Mom. I didn't know your Dad was still >grieving. I thought the trip to Europe did him some good. >Michelle: It helped some. Why do we have to study algebra Bill? >Bill: I do not know Michelle maybe it is just to keep us from falling into the >trap of being with someone who is old enough to be your parent. >Michelle: I see this happening a lot in Springfield. It must have to do with >the water. The only person who was never inflicted with this demon is Holly. >Bill: But it always could happen to her to. >Michelle: Do you have a crush on her Bill? >Bill: Ben can't hurt me. My father could beat up Ben's father if put to the >test. >Michelle: Take it from me crushes on older guys just don't work. >Bill: Holly is not a guy but a gleaming beautiful woman with a tragic flaw of >falling in love with the wrong person. >Michelle: And you think you could change that in your dreams Bill. >Rick and Mindy are talking at the roadhouse. >Rick: What a workout I am so thristy. >Mindy: You need more stamina Rick. >Rick: That is something that you can help me with. >Mindy: I do not how to tell you this Rick. >Rick: What's wrong Mindy? >Mindy: I have to go back to Europe. >Rick: Why? I thought we were starting something. >Mindy: We are but you have to sort out your feelings about the other woman in >your life. >Rick: What is to sort out with Michelle? >Mindy: I mean Annie Dutton. >Rick: Oh Annie. The one who caused me all the pain because of her drinking. >> I've lost her to your Uncle Josh. >Mindy: That's not the point. I do not want to ruin our friendship. >Rick: But Mindy...(his beeper goes off) I have to go we have to finish this > later there is an emergency at the house. > Roll the lighthouse >Scene 2 >Hart is standing in front of his mirror in the hotel room shirtless. >Hart: I KNOW you want me Dinah. (acts like a model and kisses the mirror) >Everyone wants me on their side that is. Roger, Bridget, Vanessa, everyone. I >hold all the cards regarding Peter. I need to go somewhere where none of those >idiots would go. AH yes the roadhouse where the beer is almost as cheap as the >women. Fun is what I NEED. >Ross and Blake are sitting outside the Country Club Pool. >Blake: What are we doing here? >Ross: I want you to overcome your fear of it. >Blake: Fear of what. Making love in strange places. I thought that had been >your problem. >Ross: Not anymore you've cured me of that but there are worse things you've >inflicted on me. >Blake: Like what... >Ross: An undescriable lust to take you everywhere I go. The judge's bench, the >carousel, Ed's laundry room. >Blake: Have you always wanted me here at the pool? >Ross: Yes but that is not why we are here. >Blake: Oh it has to do with my fear of something. >Ross: Look down. A pool which has caused you much grief. >Blake: I hate them. First Holly and then Dinah got me here. You know how I get >on a BAD hair day. >Ross: Don't remind me. We are going into the pool today. >Blake: But it has no water. >Ross: That is the point. No water no fear. >Blake: But honey you know what is going to happen if you make me go into that >pool. >Ross: I brought along a showercap so that can't happen. >Blake: But it is still so cold and full of a snowdrift. I think that the staff >could better take care of this. >Ross: No, but I wish we would go into the pool but you can sit her by the edge. >The cap was just a precaution just in case your least favorite person shows up. >Blake: Whoever could that be. >Ross: It is the person you creamed at the New Year's Eve Party. >Boarding House Kitchen. Roger is sitting with Peter on his lap. A cautious >Bridget looks on. >Roger: Hi Peter! >Peter: Where is my Grandma sister Dinah? >Roger: She's with Marcus. >Peter: Sax man. >Roger: How are you? >Peter: I am hungry and want my mommies. >Bridget: What is wrong pumpkin? >Peter: Have you scared him or something? >Roger: I just asked him how he was. >Jet: Honesty is a Reardon trait Roger never heard of it before. >Phone rings and Jet goes to answer it. >Roger: Don't you like me Peter? >Peter: I love you but you make my mommies sad. >Roger: I'm sorry. I just want to spend more time with you that is all. >Roger begins to tickle Peter. As he begins to giggle Matt and Vanessa walk in. >Van: How dare you! >Rog: Dare me what! >Van: Make Peter laugh. >Rog: Oh yeah, I forgot that was Matt's job. What are you dressed up as today >Josh perhaps? >Matt: I'm going to get you Thorpe. >Rog: I am no match for you Reardon. Anyone who wears a skirt is not a real man. >Matt: Only a TRUE MAN can pull of such an outfit. >Back to the Bauer House. >Bill: I am going to have something to drink now. >Michelle: Here you go. Oops.. >Bill: My shirt is soaking wet. >Michelle: I guess you need to take off your shirt now. >Bill: I hope that you try to find me some clothes it is the middle of winter. >Michelle: Maybe I can borrow something from Dad or Rick. (strange noises are >coming from the direction of the laundry room as Michelle walks there) >Bill: What is taking you so long? >Michelle: Strange noises but I am sorry Bill all I have are dirty scrubs. A >downside of being in a doctor's family. >Scene 3 >Bridget and Vanessa leave the arguing men alone with Peter as they go into the >stairwell to chat. >Jet: I don't think Peter should be hearing this. Testosterone surely screws >with the brain. >Van: Why can't they act as maturely as Peter does? >Jet: But then they wouldn't be any fun. >Van: Peter though is the perfect man. >Jet: I know if he wasn't my son and 20 years older he would be perfect. Lucky >Marina Cooper. >Van: You are already planning his future wife. >Jet: Why not like you said Peter is the perfect man. >Van: And he deserves the perfect woman. >Back to the CC Pool >Blake: Ross what is the real reason we are here? I thought that we were here as >a punishment. >Ross: Me punish you >Blake: I know that this is something we both enjoy but I need to pack. >Ross: You're leaving me. Please don't leave me (extremely melodramatically >almost to the point that he is laughing) >Blake: Are you coming with me? >Ross: I am. Where are we going? Are we still going to the Towers tonight to >meet some friends? >Blake: Of course we are. >Ross: Where are we going? >Blake: Can't tell you that only what you can pack. >Ross: Knowing you I am not even allowed to take a toothbrush. >Blake: I'm showing you mercy. You can take a duffle bag. >Ross: I don't own a duffle bag. >Blake: Too bad counselor. >Back to the yacht >Lucy: I am so sorry. I ruined our romantic moment. >AM: It is okay. >Lucy: You know I'm not the kind of girl who takes off her clothes just to >settle an argument. >AM: There are some advantages to a relationship like that. >Lucy: Maybe that is why you expect so much out of me. Morning, noon, and night >that is all you want. >AM: If you don't like it you should have told me. >Lucy: I do love you and you did give me a quick lesson in the art of love >making. >AM: You don't realize how long I waited to be with you. >Lucy: I thought... >AM: No, Lucy once I fell in love with you there was no one else. Not even >Tangie we came close but... >Lucy: Oh AM. It is okay. I love you so much. Sorry I ruined our evening >together. >AM: But Lucy you haven't. Come sit on my lap. We still have'nt eaten. >Scene 4 >The Bauer House Rick enters all scared that something is wrong with his sister. >Rick: Michelle Michelle what's wrong? >Michelle: Nothing except for some Kool-Aid. >Rick: I got beeped from the house. I wonder who that could be. >Michelle: I heard weird noises coming from the laundry room too. >Rick: I'm sorry that Dad and I do not do our laundry regularly enough. >Michelle: I said I heard a noise it did not smell. >Bill re-enters >Rick: Is this the real reason that the beeper went off? Got a little bit out of >hand with the strip studying my boy. >Bill: That is the way you go through medical school. Isn't it? >Rick: Do you know what your sister has done to me Bill? >Bill: No. >Rick: She said that she is going to Europe and leaving me. >Bill: Mindy can't leave now. I need my sister. Dinah is in the doghouse in my >family so I won't have either of them. >Michelle: It is okay. You will see her in a few months again. >(drifts into a dream sequence in which Eve and Maureen appear) >Eve: Be strong honey. Take care of your daddy for me. I still love him and you >both need to be happy. >Maureen: She's right. We are the guardian angels for all of you. >Michelle: Is that you Grandma Bert? >Bert: Yes my child. >Michelle goes to try and hug her Grandmother. >Michelle: We need your help all of us in Springfield not just Daddy, Rick and >me but your other kids too. >Bert: Oh you mean your daddy's friends and AM, Holly's baby and Jenna. >Michelle: Yes. I love you so. You just know how I feel. >Bert: Grandmother's know these things. I love you. I have to go now but talk to >your Mom and Eve. >Eve: How are you? >Michelle: I miss you both. Holly has been there for me a lot. Answering my >questions helping me with my problems. >Maureen: That is really wonderful. Once she realized what she lost out on with >Blake she was able to help you. >Michelle: But Holly went through an awful time to get there. >Maureen: I know but it was all for the best. >Eve: How is your dad? >Michelle: He misses you so much. I missed the barbecue this year but he was so >sad because he had no one to share it with. >Maureen: Yes Rick was called away. Blake and Ross were arguing and AM was >worried about Lucy. But next year will be much better. >Michelle: Thanks Mom! >Eve: I guess we have to go now. I love you Michelle. >(they hug) >Maureen: Take care of your self sweetheart. I love you. (another hug) >Michelle: Don't leave me! >Rick: What's wrong Bill had to leave Vanessa called and said that she would be >out for the evening. >Michelle: I just saw some ghosts of my past and I wanted them to stay. >Scene 5 >Vanessa and Bridget are still talking in the hallway. Roger has left and Matt >is looking out for his son/nephew. >Van: How's the Hart front? >Jet: He still hates Roger. >Van: Blake told me that when they bumped into each other at the Diner. >Jet: Who Blake and Hart? >Van: Yes. They decided to ban against Roger. >Jet: That is a good sign. >Van: I know getting Blake to be my friend was a great way to get information >about this situation. >Jet: So you are just being friends with her to get back at Roger and get dirt. >Van: No not exactly, but she needed help in combating the evil Amanda Spaulding >with her hair that looks like black licorice. >Jet: Why is she so evil? Maybe she is working for Roger. >Van: I never thought of that but it could be true. >Jet: But you feel sorry for you too. >Van: Very much so. I was a lot like her at one time. Very insecure >in who I was because of disappointments. I never was taken seriously and I >lashed out at everyone. >Jet: But Blake is not like that anymore. >Van: She has Ross right now. I cannot imagine what would happen if she would >lose him. >Jet: So you do care. >Van: I guess I do. Matt helped me regain my trust in people after Maureen's >death and the custody battle. >Jet: I know that was an awful time for all of us. >Van: Matt we have to go now. >Jet: Where are you going? >Van: The Towers Club to meet Holly and Fletcher. >Jet: Have a good time. >Mindy is sitting alone at the bar of the roadhouse. Hart enters. >Mindy: Long time no see. >Hart: Remember when we bumped into each other on the train out of town. >Mindy: That was an interesting evening. >Hart: Sure was. I finally understood what my father saw in you. >Mindy: He lost Spaulding because of me. >Hart: Horizontal dancing is a wonderful thing to be good at. >Mindy: You are so sexy. Can I take another tumble with you? >Hart: Weren't we standing up? I can't tarnish my image Mindy. >Mindy: But I can help you. >Hart: I'm listening. >Mindy: Vanessa is the closest thing I ever had to a real mother. She would do >anything for me. We would become friends and... >Hart: Are you saying that we would date? >Mindy: That and whatever else you would like. >Hart: You are talking nothing serious though. >Mindy: I am going to benefit here too. >Hart: How? >Mindy: I can make Dr. Rick Bauer jealous and the other fringe benefits too. >Hart: Making Roger jealous. >Mindy: Exactly. The only thing that would bother him more is if you were >sleeping with Holly. >Hart: I love this idea. Thanks Mindy. >Mindy: I think Vanessa is at the Towers Club. Let's go. >They depart and on the empty Roadhouse. We end. >*************************************************************************** ***** >Happiness is hard to find, but comes with peace of mind. Love is the greatest >part. It enriches your life and fills your heart. estelle >*************************************************************************** ***** > > YEEAAAHHHH STTEEEEEEELLLLLEEEEEERRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! 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