May 25, 2006 Transcript
"I am Asking as her Mother For You Not To"

Alexis: Hello, my friend.

Carly: Great. Another all-time fave.

Carly: We were?

Jax: Yeah, we were planning John's christening, and we were hoping that we could count on you.

Carly: Uh -- must have missed that one.

Alexis: Are you asking me to be John's godmother? You betcha. I accept.

Carly: Excuse me. Can I talk to you? What are you thinking?

Jax: You can't react like this every time I exchange words with another woman.

Carly: That is not what this is about, and you know it.

Jax: Oh -- of course I'm going to tell Alexis that you're John's godmother.

Carly: I have bigger concerns than that right now. Alexis is a Cassadine, ok? She's John's great-aunt by blood. What if she figures that out?

Jax: How?

Carly: I don't know. What if she sees John in his christening gown and she's, like, "oh, that looks like Great-Uncle Tom"?

Jax: Carly --

Carly: What about that birthmark of John's that we think is so cute? What if that runs in the Cassadine family?

Jax: Whoa -- I think -- I think you're overthinking this.

Carly: I think you need to be grateful that I am. I'm being serious, Jax. When you look at Alexis, you see an ex-wife and a good buddy. I see a potential threat to the secret about John's paternity. And another thing -- what's it going to look like when you invite Alexis to be the honored guest at the christening right after you asked Nikolas to stay the hell away?

Jax: Sorry. I apologize if there was any misunderstanding, but --

Carly: But Jax has already asked me to be John's godmother.

Jax: Right, but I wanted to invite you to the christening.

Carly: We understand if you can't make it, though. I mean, look at your life. It's so busy -- a husband, two daughters, brand-new job as D.A. Oh, and then now you're finally taking care of that daughter you abandoned years ago, aren't you?

Alexis: I know how much little John means to you. And in spite of that --

[Carly sighs]

Alexis: Woman's presence, I wouldn't miss this christening for all the world.

Jax: Thanks. Bye.

Carly: Hey.

Sam: You came.

Carly: Yeah. I've always been a little too curious for my own good. What's up?

Sam: You and I have never been friends. I know this, but on occasion, we've come to a meeting of minds and I was just kind of hoping that maybe that would happen now.

Carly: I'm listening.

Sam: You know that Jason and I love each other.

Carly: I know that.

Sam: We broke up. Scratch that -- Jason broke up with me. He doesn't think that he wants anything to do with me anymore.

Carly: You know he's just trying to protect you?

Sam: Yeah, well, you know what, Carly? I don't need to be protected from the man that I love. I called emily and I asked her to get Jason and have him at least hear me out.

Carly: Ok, that's not going to work.

Sam: Obviously, I am desperate or I would not have called you. Emily doesn't think she has the influence to change Jason's mind.

Carly: She's right about that.

Sam: You do. You are the one person who can get to Jason whenever anyone else can't, and I am just -- I'm asking you, Carly. I am begging you to help me.

Carly: Sending someone to plead your case isn't going to work. Jason does what he wants to do -- he always has, Sam.

Sam: Not always. He has done plenty of things for you against his better judgment. You know that, and I am not asking anybody to plead my case. I will do that all on my own if given the chance.

Carly: So you want me to soften him up a little bit?

Sam: You want Jason to be happy. You know he is happy with me. If you don't do it for me, at least do it for him.

Carly: Ok, I can't guarantee the outcome.

Sam: Understood. Thank you.

Alexis: Carly, may I speak to you for a moment?

Carly: What's the moral lecture this time? How I'm corrupting Jax or how he's sacrificing his son to the evil godmother?

Alexis: I'm not feeling very moral at the moment in that I am asking you to unite with me in a common cause. You and I both agree that it isn't healthy for Sam to be with Jason. I overheard you talking to her and I heard Sam ask you to help her with Jason, and I am asking as her mother for you not to.