January 5, 2005 Transcript
"The Battle for the Class of 2021 has Just Begun"

Alexis: Kristina has pressing business.

Sonny: Whatever Kristina’s doing can be rescheduled.

Alexis: You don't get to decide when something gets rescheduled. It's not --

Jordan: You are legally obligated to provide Kristina’s father with her schedule.

Ric: Well, which she's in the process of doing right now.

Sonny: Yeah? Well, all I'm hearing is no, so what's so important that I can't take my daughter to the beach?

Alexis: She has an interview --

Sonny: Oh.

Alexis: And a weeklong evaluation to get into a very good preschool.

Sonny: When?

Alexis: Today.

Sonny: When Kristina’s ready for preschool, she'll go to Queen of Angels.

Alexis: You wanted her baptized; you got her baptized. She is not going to Queen of Angels. She is going to a good preschool.

Jordan: She's a toddler. She'll be finger-painting.

Sonny: Kristina can go wherever she wants. She's my daughter.

Alexis: Really?

Sonny: Yeah.

Alexis: I wasn't aware that your name drew respect in the academic circles.

Sonny: Money talks.

Alexis: I want a school to accept her on her merit, not because you and your thugs blackmailed them.

Ric: Yeah, Sonny, you might want to keep a low profile where Kristina’s education is concerned.

Alexis: I have done all the research. This is one of the best schools in the area. There are children who've been waiting to get into Salisbury Circle preschool since they were conceived.

Sonny: Hmm.

Ric: And Alexis has called in a lot of favors so that she can get this appointment.

Alexis: That's right, and I'm not going to get another opportunity here for months, maybe.

Sonny: So you just want to raise a snob who thinks she's better than everyone else because she's going to, you know, go to some designer play group and do whatever she's got to -- is that what you were trying to say here? What are you saying?

Alexis: I'm saying that her academic future is more important than building castles with her brothers.

Sonny: Oh.

Ric: Come on.

Jordan: Wow. She's more tightly wound than that redhead on "Desperate Housewives."

Sonny: Yeah, she's high-strung.

Jordan: Well, she certainly is serious about getting her daughter into that school.

Sonny: No, she's serious about keeping me away from her.

Alexis: Thank you for backing me up.

Ric: Yeah, it's all right. I hate to see a drowning woman, especially when it's my wife. Unfortunately, you do not have an evaluation for Kristina to go to today.

Alexis: I'll get one. There is no way that I am letting him take Kristina away with him.

Alexis: Ok, I know that brochure is here someplace. Just give me a second.

Ric: You were serious about wanting Kristina in that preschool?

Alexis: Don't misunderstand me, I want her to have a wonderful childhood and I want her to be able to take family vacations.

Ric: You just prefer that she take them with us.

Alexis: Exactly. See, this way I can kill two birds with one application.

Ric: Hmm.

Alexis: The battle for the Class of 2021 has just begun.

Ric: Well, then we need to get her into Salisbury.

Alexis: I really hadn't planned on doing that for another six months, but now I need to cover my tracks. She needs to be admitted into that school by the end of the day.

Jordan: You have joint custody, which means alternating holidays and shared vacations.

Sonny: Mm-hmm.

Jordan: I can make an appeal to the judge and get you an extended vacation. It's a perfectly reasonable request. And if Alexis balks at it, you can use your ammunition that you gathered on New Year’s Eve.

Sonny: That's too complicated. I need to handle this myself.

Jordan: What are you going to do?

Sonny: I'm going to give Alexis a taste of her own medicine.

Alexis: You're going to meet the principal. She's so nice, and I know she's going to love you, so you just go in there and be yourself, and then we'll get ice cream, ok? Right in here. Look at all the toys. Oh, my God. What are you doing here?

Sonny: Ugh. I'm talking to Principal Buckley. You said it was important, you know, for her to go to Salisbury, so that's what I'm doing.

Alexis: I said to let me handle it.

Sonny: Yeah, but we have different ideas about Kristina’s, you know, education, and I just wanted to know the school's stance on prayer in the classroom.

Alexis: Oh, God. I swear if you ruin this for her, I'll kill you.

Principal Buckley: I apologize for the interruption. You must be Ms. Davis?

Alexis: I am. How are you?

Principal Buckley: Very well.

Alexis: Nice to meet you.

Principal Buckley: You, too. And this must be Kristina.

Alexis: This is Kristina. Say hi, honey. Oh, and by the way, feel free to ignore everything that he just said to you. You know that he travels with bodyguards -- and you don't need to worry because the bodyguards will, like, hide behind the swings or something. You won't see them. In fact, if you don't want him to come, Mr. Corinthos will stay home.

Principal Buckley: Oh, no, not at all, especially since he made a very generous donation. I mean, thanks to Kristina’s father, we'll be able to renovate the playground.

Alexis: Renovate?

Principal Buckley: We're looking forward to having Kristina join us here.

Alexis: Well, you haven't even evaluated her yet. Don't you want to --?

Sonny: Yeah, I'm not going to let you get in the way of our daughter's future. Principal Buckley -- she agreed to admit Kristina whenever she's ready, you know, whenever we want her to, so that's a good thing, right? Hey, it was very nice talking to you, Jean.

Jean: My pleasure.

Sonny: All right. Thanks.

Jean: And, Kristina, have a good trip at the beach.

Alexis: You should have seen him in there. He had the principal eating out of his hand. She was salivating. He was calling her by her first name -- Jean.

Ric: Well, I'm sure that the check didn't hurt, either.

Alexis: You mean the bribe?

Ric: Yeah. So, at least you got Kristina enrolled in the school you wanted.

Alexis: She's not starting for several weeks.

Ric: Which means that Sonny's going to insist on taking her on vacation.

Alexis: You know something? It's not even about that anymore. It's about setting limits and having boundaries, and Sonny doesn't have any. And if I don't stop this, it's ridiculous, he's going to take over her life completely.

Ric: Ok, listen, why don't you let me take care of Sonny?