(Alexis and Sonny are in her apartment)

Sonny: If you're asking what happens next --

Alexis: I'm not. I'm asking you what happens now.

Sonny: OK. What do you want to know?

Alexis: The truth. Always the truth. The thing that worries me the most at the moment , in light of things that have gone on, is that there will be lies, no matter how well intentioned or polite, between us.

Alexis: There are things that are a little difficult to process right now, and I want to avoid making assumptions and jumping to what may be the wrong conclusion.

Sonny: (nods) I'll try to do the same.

Alexis: OK then. My version of where we are now is that it's taken a long time and a lot of hard work to build our friendship.

Sonny: mmmhmmm

Alexis: And to establish a trust like that is a significant and fragile thing. And denials and avoidance would muck it up completely.

Sonny: I don't want that.

Alexis: Neither do I. So I think that we should go about this very carefully and try not to leave out anything important.

Sonny: Agreed.

Alexis: So, I'll start with a question. Are you still in love with your ex-wife?

Sonny: I never stopped loving Carly. You knew that. You've been saying it since the divorce.

Alexis: Yes, I have.

Sonny: I care about you, and I don't want to lose, I mean, our friendship because of what's happened.

Alexis: Neither do I. Having lost Carly -- or thinking that you lost Carly -- it's understandable that it gave you cause to re-evaluate, right?

Sonny: It put things in perspective.

Alexis: Exactly. I need to put things in perspective, this in perspective. I need some perspective now that Carly's back. (Sonny nods)

Alexis: OK, fact, fact --

Sonny: Right.

Alexis: Fact -- the fact is things are different. So we need to act accordingly.

Sonny: Do we have to figure it out all --

Alexis: Yes, I do, I'm sorry. You know me. I'm in my head. I think, I think for a living, I think for a hobby. I think while I'm sleeping, I can't stop thinking. I like things to make sense. And I -- I'm very logical. You know, I'm very left-brained, in fact, I don't think I have a right brain at all. Whenever I try to go with the flow -- and I have -- you know, I get massacred every time.

Sonny: So what are you thinking right now?

Alexis: I'm thinking that there are so many thoughts at the same time that it's just too hard to pick just one.

Sonny: OK, so what do you want me to do?

Alexis: Let's just be honest with each other.

Sonny: Well, I'm trying to be honest. I'm trying, you know, to respect what's between us and take you into consideration.

Alexis: I guess there's just a bunch of "I don't knows."