May
31, 2002 Transcript "Line-Blurring Relationship"
(Sonny
is at Alexis' door)
Sonny: OK. I know I'm wsounding like a broken record, but
you're POSITIVE you're all right?
Alexis: Are you going to ask me that every hour?
Sonny: Well, I know you told me you're having a bad day and
you basically ducked me and went into your apartment -- but -- so,
you know, as long as you're telling me everything, you know, right?
Alexis: What makes you think that I'm not?
Sonny: Because you're acting -- I don't know -- a little
strange?
Alexis:You should be used to that by now.
Sonny: We're supposed to go to this party tonight. If you
got a problem with that, then let me know --
Alexis: No, I don't -- I can. I'm fine. Yeah.
Sonny:Because if there's something I can do, I'll do it.
Alexis: Stop hovering. You're making me jumpy.
Sonny: Are you telling me everything?
Alexis:I'm telling you everything that you need to know at this particular
time.
Sonny: OK. Nothing more?
Alexis: No.
Sonny: Because if there's something on your mind, you should
really tell me, because otherwise you're going to go over and over
it your head, you know, until it's twisted out of proportion.
Alexis: Yeah, OK. Well, I -- I won't do that.
Sonny: Well, yeah you do. I mean, you -- you overthink everything.
Alexis: I think you're over thinking things a bit right now.
You're letting your imagination get carried away
Sonny: Is it my imagination that you haven't let me inside
your apartment?
Alexis: I'm busy. I have a lot of legal work, some of which
is yours.
Sonny: Uh-huh.
Alexis: I'm an independent woman. I've been independent since
I left law school, I have chosen that life, and I'm quite content
with it. Honestly.
Sonny: OK.
Alexis: I'll see you at the party.
(Sonny nods and then turns and leaves. Alexis watches him go
and then shuts her apartment door, but it doesn't shut completely.
She goes over to the coffee table and picks up her pregnancy test
and walks back over to the trashcan and stuffs the test into the
bottom of the can. Just then, Jax barges in and startles her)
Jax:Alexis.
Alexis: Oh! What are you doing? You scared me. Giving me
a heart attack.
Jax: I'm sorry. The door was open.
Alexis:OK --
Jax: I saw Sonny leaving. (he shuts the door, but it still
doesn't shut all the way)
Alexis: Well, next time you need to knock.
Jax:OK. Are you all right?
Alexis: Yeah, great. I'm good. You're here, I'm here, they're
there, and all's right with the world.
(Alexis
walk over to the door and shuts it all the way and locks it)
Jax: Look, if Sonny and Carly are back together, then that's
the best thing that could happen to you. You were getting dangerously
close to what could have been a disastrous relationship.
Alexis: If you are referring to Sonny and me, we have never
been remotely close to a bona fide relationship, despite what you
may think.
Jax: Alexis, come on. I'm not blind. I know that something's
changed between you and Sonny. Alexis: So, what's your point?
Jax: Are you sure you're all right?
Alexis:(throws her hands up in the air) I'm fine.
Why does everyone keep asking me that?
Jax: Hey --
Alexis: I'm not having any out-of-the-ordinary difficulties,
sorrows, regrets, or angst of any kind. I have my life. I have my
work. I have my routine. I'm content. You don't need to worry about
me. And my relationship with Sonny will remain unchanged despite
what happened.
Jax:What exactly did happen between you and Sonny?
Alexis:
My life was very manageable. I never wanted it to change. I still
don't.
Jax:However?
Alexis: Things with Sonny and me got complicated. I became
more than his attorney. It was not something that I was looking
for. It just happened.
(They
sit down on the couch)
Alexis: Aside from our professional relationship, Sonny and
I found ourselves in a series of highly emotional situations, and
we became friends. Good friends. The "I don't have to tell
you how I'm feeling, you don't have to explain anything to me"
kind of friends. And then I don't know exactly how or when, but
the line between a relationship and something else got blurred.
And I don't think that either of us knew what to do really or where
it was going.
Jax: Did you want it to go further?
Alexis:No! No. No. The two of us are ill-suited in every
possible way. If you took out a piece of paper and made a list of
all the pros and cons, we would be mismatched from top to bottom
Jax: OK, OK, you're rationalizing it, but I'm asking you
how you feel.
Alexis: I'm relieved is how I feel. What happened was almost
inevitable, but it happened, and it's over, and that's good, and
we can go back to the way things were before because that's clearly
for the best.
Jax: Is it?
Alexis: Being a lawyer with my reputation representing a
client with Sonny's reputation is already pushing the envelope.
Having a line-blurring relationship
with said client is grounds for insanity. Don't make me say anymore.
I rest my case.
Jax: Well, you present a strong argument, counselor.
Alexis: I'm going upstairs to change. Will you please escort
me to Carly's party? I'll be right down. (starts to go upstairs)
Jax:Sure. (grins, almost shaking his head)
(Carly
is outside of Kelly's leaving a message on the phone for Jason when
Alexis and Jax show up together)
Carly: Hey. Jax. Hi, guys.
Jax: Everything OK?
Carly: Yeah. Can you give us a minute together?
Jax: Well, we just got here.
Alexis: It's OK. I'll be right in. (Jax goes inside)
Carly: Get this straight, Alexis. It is over between you
and Sonny. You will never be with him again because we are back
together. So whatever little fantasies that you have going on in
your head, you can rid of them, because there's nothing that you
have to offer that I can't give him. (starts to walk away)
Alexis:(under her breath -- not meant for Carly to hear)
Oh, I wouldn't bet on that.
