Lucas has left the Clinic and is now sitting in the Lounge area in Chez Rouge.

Lucas: (Holding a drink talking out loud to himself) Damn you Carrie. Damn you and every other woman who feels the need to hurt me. But you (Looking at the drink), you would never hurt me. You are a true friend that I know I can count on,

Lucas looks at the drink and puts it up to his mouth.

Sami: Are you sure you want to do that? (As she goes and stands in front of him)

Lucas: Sami not right now, I'm not in the mood

Sami: Well hello to you to, Lucas. (As she goes to sit next to him and takes the beer out of his hands)

Lucas just sits there not paying attention to her.

Lucas: Sami, I will ask you one more time, leave me alone.(As his voice gets alittle louder)

Sami: Fine than. Drink a beer if thats what will make you happy (As she sits the bear down and goes to storm off) See how much I care

Lucas: (As he thinks alittle to himself stands up and chases after her outside) Sami wait, I'm sorry...I shouldn't take out my anger on you.

Sami: What Lucas, you obviosuly are to occupied.

Lucas: It's Carrie. Alot has happened.

Sami: (As he goes to sit on a bench and Sami follows right after him)What's new? What my sister do this time?

Lucas: I think it'll be better if she tells you

Sami: Yeah right like my sister will ever tell me anything personal ever again.

Lucas: (Still in his own little train of thought he stands up and looks up to the sky) You know I'm just so damn tired of women feeling like they could do whatever to me. To hell with women and their selfish needs.

Sami: Oh, well I guess there isn't much I can say on this topic as I once was one of those women but you know...somtimes us women we do crazy things when we love someone so much, (As she goes to stand behind him) and we do those things thinking that well maybe the end will justify the mean and all will be well. But it's never well. We seem to forget to think about all the little stuff in between.

Lucas: (As he turns around to look at her)Yea well tell me this. This isn't the first time or the second time or the thrid...Am I that damn gullible. This goes way beyond Carrie, Nicole, even my own damn mother hurt me. I just can't take it no more. I can't put myself through that. Not again.

Sami: Well Lucas, your mother...she's...well...what I am trying to say is that as much as I hate your mother, and god knows I hate your mother, I know that in her own sick demented, juvenile, vindictive way she genuinely loves you. Look Lucas, I understand you being hurt but you can't let Carrie have this hold on you. To stop you from loving again, she really isn't worth it.

Lucas: Well what about you?

Sami: What about me?

Lucas: Isn't that what you've done. Let Austin stop you from wanting to love again.

Sami: No. I didn't let Austin stop me, I let myself stop me. You always said I was my own worst enemy. I mine as well stop now before I hurt someone else.

Lucas: Well will both let ourselves stop ourselves then. How's that excuse.

Sami: Lucas, I 'm serious. Believe me, you'll get over Carrie. I mean look, It took you no time to get over me.

Lucas: Yea against my better judgement. You forced me Sami to let you go. I couldn't take the heartbreak again.

Sami: But you never ever gave me a chance to explain. Look Lucas I know I haven't done the smartest things in the world, I see that now. But you weren't completely innocent either. (AS she begins to get upset and raises her voice)

Lucas: Sami what did you expect from me. You think I was going to let you keep on doing that to me. Crying myself to bed everynight over you. No Sami, I don't think so.

Sami: (As hearing this shocks but flatter her)You cried over me?

Lucas: What does it matter now. I was hurt. You hurt me bad and I really felt it.

Sami: Lucas why didn't you ever tell me any of this. What was I suppose to just read your mind.

Lucas: I shouldn't have had to tell you this. If you would have stopped scheming for a second just one than maybe you would have realized that I loved you no matter what, beyond all your faults and flaws. Had you seen that then we wouldn't be here now.

Sami: (With tears in her eyes and a calmer voice) Then were would we have been?

Lucas: ...Together, as a family. As a husband who loves his wife with everything he had but Sami you prevented that from happenuing, not me.

Sami: But I never wanted any of this to happen. I wanted that dream too. I really did Lucas but...

Lucas: But what Sami. C'mon tell me another excuse for why we aren't together.

Sami: It's not an excuse Lucas. I don't know, I get scared when I'm in a realtionship

Lucas: Scared of what Sami?

Sami: I don't know.

Lucas: What was so scary about loving me?

Sami: I don't know. Lucas, I don't know. I just clam up and get scared of loosing someone I love.

Lucas: Why would you be scared of loosing someone, Sami? It's your lies that makes someone want to leave.

Sami: Oh Lucas lets be honest. I not the easiest person to be with. How am I to know that as soon as the next best thing comes along, you wont leave me or hurt me.

Lucas: Because Sami when I was with you. My eyes were sealed shut (As this makes her start to cry) My eyes were only for you. I couldn't see no one else. That's what heppens when you are in love.

Sami: I just know that when I lie and scheme it's only becasue I love a person that much more. Not becasue I want to hurt them. Everything I do is out of love for soemone.

Lucas: Well you've done enough scheming and lying to me for a lifetime. So what does that mean?

Sami: That I loved you that much more. (As she grabs Lucas's hand) I never wanted for you to end up with Carrie or me with Austin. I wanted to marry you Lucas. I really did. When you started dating that girl from Alice's, it hurt me to. I cried myself to sleep too.

Lucas: Then what about Austin

Sami: Austin was just a crutch. Austin has always been a crutch for me. When I fall, I know I can lean on him to help me.

Lucas: That's just it Sami, I don't want you to lean on Austin or Brandon. I want you to learn, you can lean on me. Not another man but me. That's what I have been here for all these years. For Sami Brady to come to me and just say " I need you to lean on"

Sami: (Who is really crying now) Lucas...I need to lean on you. I want to lean on you. Please just tell me you'll let me.

Lucas: Sami-

Sami: Lucas, lets not make excuses. You want me to be here or you wouldn't have let me take that drink out your hand or wake me up 3, I mean 1 in the morning to drink tea. You need me in yout life as much as I need you-

Lucas just walks over to a sobbing Sami in the middle of her talking and he pushes her head on his shoulder.

Lucas: (Also beginning to let tears fall) One more chance Sami. One more. Don't make me regret it.

Sami: I won't. I promise. I really, really mean it

Sami looks up at Lucas and the two start to passionatley kiss.