CALM DOWN, LET'S THINK THIS THROUGH

In the Pub, Lucas and Sami are still fighting over her flip flop. The man outside walks in and up to them as Lucas gives Sami her flip flop back. Sami turns around and sees its Rafe Hernandez. He's back from his trip.

"Rafe" Sami says softly.

"Hey Sami." Rafe says with a smile.

Sami smiles back at him.

Mia walks back into Java and closes the door slightly. She walks back to the counter. Chloe and Philip walk in and sit down at the table that she and Nicole were sitting at.

"You need to calm down before someone walks in." Philip says.

Philip hands her his hanky. Chloe wipes her eyes. She then hands it back to him

"You keep it." Philip tells her.

"Philip you're such a good friend." Chloe tells him.

They smile at one another. Mia rolls her eyes. Melanie walks in and stops at the door and stares at them.

At the DiMera mansion, Kate and Madeline have words.

"With you acting like this it's only going to make the more suspicious." Kate tells Madeline.

"Don't tell me how I should act around my son." Madeline shouts.

"You're in my house!" Kate shouts.

Stefano intervenes.

"Ladies, Ladies. Calm down." Stefano suggests. He walks towards them. "Madeline, how dare you barge into my house."

"Stefano, I will do whatever it takes to protect my son from your family." Madeline says.

Madeline leaves the mansion. Kate and Stefano watch her leave. Kate turns to Stefano.

"We need to come up with a way to shut her up." She tells him.

"I agree." Stefano says as he rubs his chin. "Madeline needs to be stopped immediately and I know a way."

In the DiMera dungeon, Nicole worries what EJ is going to do next.

"Okay. You got us. What are you going to do?" Nicole asks nervously.

"I'm going to send you back to jail." EJ says with delight. "And you Baker, you're going to go back to the grave."

Nicole and Baker look at one another then at EJ.

At the Pub, Sami and Rafe stare into each other's eyes.

"When did you get back into town?" Sami breaks the silence.

"Just an hour." Rafe answers.

"I'm glad you're back."

"I'm glad to be back."

Lucas looks down and rolls his eyes he looks back up at them.

"Okay I'm going to leave you two to catch up." Lucas says.

"Oh yeah sorry Lucas." Sami says.

"It's okay. Later." Lucas says as he walks out.

"Bye Lucas" Sami says softly with a wave.

"I'm sorry to have interrupted." Rafe says. "You two look like you were having a lot of fun."

"Yeah it was great to have some fun with Lucas. A lot has happened since you've been gone."

"What happened with Lucas?"

"His Grandma Alice Horton died."

"Oh man, I'm so sorry."

"Yeah he was in Hong Kong for most of her sickness; him and Allie. He was able to make it to say good-bye though. Which I think helped a little."

"That good that he got that chance."

"So how's Arianna?"

"I haven't seen her yet. Have you seen her around?"

"You didn't get Gabby's messages or my messages?"

"About Ari? What happened?"

"She's in jail. She was arrested for the muggings."

Rafe is shocked.

In the DiMera dungeon with Nicole, Baker, and EJ.

"EJ, no. I can't go back to prison." Nicole whines.

"Well you should have thought about that before you framed my client."

"Is there any way that we can switch sentences?" Baker asks.

"Shut up Dick!" Nicole shouts.

"Look EJ, I'll do anything. Just don't send me back to prison please." Nicole pleads.

Nicole rubs EJ's arms. He raises his arms and rubs her face. They look lovingly into each other's eyes then EJ starts to choke her. Nicole tries to stop him.

"It's over Nicole. This time for good." EJ tells her. "I'm going to tell Brady and Arianna. You're pathetic life as you know it is about to be blown to bits."

He releases her and she stumbles back a little. EJ leaves and Nicole shouts out at him.

"EJ no! Please. No!" Nicole cries. "Brady's going to hate me. I'll be alone."

"I told you this wasn't going to end well." Baker says.

"Shut up Dick." Nicole shouts. "I'm not going back to prison and I'm not giving up on Brady. I will stop EJ somehow."

"Well good luck with that." Baker says.

"Screw you." Nicole yells before leaving Baker to rot.

Outside the DiMera mansion, EJ gets a phone call from Arianna.

"Hello Arianna." He answers.

"EJ hey…um…is there any news in my case?" she asks slowly trying to hide the fact that she was crying.

"Yes as a matter of fact. I do and it's great news." EJ says with a smile.

At Java, Melanie interrupts Philip and Chloe by clearing her throat. They look up at her.

"Melanie, hey." Philip says as he stands up.

"Hey" Melanie says.

Melanie and Philip hug. Chloe finish wiping her eyes. Melanie and Philip pull away.

"What's wrong Chloe?" Melanie asks.

Chloe gets nervous.

"I um…I saw a woman with a baby and it reminded me that I can't have kids." Chloe covers.

"Oh I'm so sorry Chloe."

"It's fine. It's just something that I need to get use to."

Philip and Chloe feel relieved.

"I'm glad my hubby was here to help you." Melanie says as she brushes his shirt.

"So what brings you here?" Philip asks

"Coffee silly." Melanie laughs a little. "Do you want some? Either of you?"

"No I good." Philip says.

"Me too." Chloe says.

"Alrighty then."

Melanie walks toward the counter, but looks back to see Philip sitting back down to talk to Chloe. Mia watches her.

"Hey Melanie." Mia says.

"Hey Mia. Can I get a latte please?" Melanie asks.

"Sure coming right up." Mia goes to make the latte.

"You know Philip and Chloe are kind close, maybe a little too close." Mia says.

"What have you seen?" Melanie asks.

Mia hands Melanie her latte and Melanie hand Mia her credit card. Mia swipes it and gives it back to her.

"I don't know. It might just be nothing." Mia answers. "Why was Chloe crying anyways? Do you know?"

"She saw a woman with a baby."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"She can't have kids."

"Wow, that really is sad."

Mia looks down.

"Do you think of Grace a lot anymore?"

Mia looks up with a sad face.

"Every day."

Outside the DiMera mansion, EJ and Arianna are still on the phone.

"So you're able to prove that Nicole set me up?" Arianna asks, but before EJ could answer, Nicole knocked the phone out of EJ's hands then stepped on it.

"What the hell is your problem?" EJ yells.

"You are and it's time that I dealt with it." Nicole answers with a strong tone.

"EJ? EJ?" Arianna asks. "Damn it!" Arianna hangs up the phone.

"You have a visitor." The guard tells her.

"EJ?" Arianna says out loud. The man appears to her. "Rafe."

Rafe and Arianna smile at one another.

On the next episode:

Nicole finds a way to stop EJ

Mia asks for Nicole's help

Chloe faints….in Philip's arms

Kate and Stefano find a way to get back at Madeline

Will and Chad meet a computer geek named Henry

Cast

Nadia Bjorlin as Chloe Lane

Molly Burnett as Melanie Layton-Kiriakis

Bryan Dattilo as Lucas Horton

Galen Gering as Rafe Hernandez

Lindsay Hartley as Arianna Hernandez

Jay Kenneth Johnson as Philip Kiriakis

Lauren Koslow as Kate DiMera

Joseph Mascolo as Stefano DiMera

James Scott as EJ DiMera

Taylor Spreitler as Mia McCormick

Alison Sweeney as Sami Brady

Jessica Tuck as Madeline Peterson-Woods

Arianne Zucker as Nicole DiMera