THE COVER UP

"Al right I'll be there. Alright, bye." Daniel says to Maxine. He hangs up the phone and heads back inside where he sees Chloe on the ground. "Omg Chloe, what happened?" Daniel asks. "She stood up then fell on Philip." Melanie explains. Mia walks over. "Is she going to be okay?" Mia asks. The paramedics walk in. "Stand back people." The man says. Philip lays Chloe down on the floor gently and stands up next to Melanie.

"Why would I want to help you when you framed Ari?" Rafe ask Nicole. "What? Is that what she told you?" Nicole says acting surprised. "Shame on her. Anyways I'm sure you'll be interested in what I have to say." "And what is that?" Rafe asks annoyed. "It's about EJ." Nicole says with excitement." Rafe looks at EJ. EJ tries not to act nervous.

Sami clears a table at The Pub. Caroline walks over to her. "Thank you Sami so much for your help." Caroline tells her. "You're welcome Grandma." Sami says with a smile. "You always help me out with the kids. It's the least that I could do." Sami and Caroline smile at one another. "Could you take some orders while I go check on the clam chowder?" Caroline asks. "Of course." Sami says. Caroline heads to the back. Sami finishes clearing the table as Alex Miller walks in. Sami sees her. "Hello can I help you?" "Yes I called in an order." Alex says. "Alex Miller." Sami checks for Alex's order. "It's not up yet. Sorry." Sami says. "It's okay I can wait." Alex says. "Can I get you something to drink?" Sami asks. "Umm…I guess I'll take some lemonade." Alex says. "Coming right up." Sami says.

Nathan is checking some charts at the nurse's station when Stephanie walks up to him. "Hey Nathan." She says. He looks up at her. "I thought I heard a beautiful lady call my name." He smiles. They kiss. Melanie rushes in and interrupts. "Somebody help." She cries. They stop kissing and look at her. "Are you okay? What happened?" Nathan asks as he rushes to her side. "It's not me it's Chloe." Melanie spits out. "She fainted at Java. And my dad is freaking out. She's coming in now." Nathan looks into her eyes and sees she's worried. The EMTs rush Chloe into the hospital. Nathan rushes over. Daniel and Philip are close behind. Nathan checks her pupils. "Get her into cubical 3" The EMTs rush Chloe into cubical 3. Nathan close behind. Daniel tries to go in as Carly comes around the corner. "Was that Chloe?" She asks. Daniel stops and walks up to her. "Yes it's Chloe. She fainted at Java." He tells her. Philip and Melanie are over getting some coffee. Melanie notices Philip's hand shaking. "Philip your hand is shaking like crazy." She mentions. "Yeah I um…I'm nervous about Chloe." He answers. "So am I." Melanie says. She takes a sip of coffee. Stephanie walks over. "Wow so Chloe fainted in your arms Philip?" She asks. Philip and Melanie turn to face her. "Yeah she did." Philip says. "Philip the hero." Stephanie says. "You just need to leave now Stephanie." Philip tells her. "Yeah this is family business." Melanie says. They walk toward Daniel and Carly. Stephanie watches them then leaves the lobby.

"What about EJ?" Rafe asks. Arianna tries to listen in. "Well I'm not sure what all of it means, but maybe you can tell me." Nicole replied. Rafe looks annoyed. "Just spit it out already." Rafe yells. Nicole looks back at EJ who looks back at her. Nicole turns to face Rafe again. "You know what, I don't care." Rafe says. He throws his hands in the air. He walks back to Arianna's cell. Nicole and EJ follow him. "EJ, you're here." Arianna says with a smile. "I'm here too." Nicole says. "Are you here to confess?" Arianna asks. Nicole laughs. "In you your dreams hun…. " Nicole starts, EJ interrupts. "Nicole was just leaving." EJ says as he grabs Nicole's arm and tries to get her to leave. "No I wasn't." Nicole says pulling her arm away from EJ. "Nicole, if you don't have anything to say then you need to leave." Rafe tells her. "So you don't want to know what EJ's hiding." Nicole asks. "Out with it or shut up." Rafe says. "EJ has…" Nicole starts, but is interrupted when EJ pulls her into a kiss. Rafe and Arianna watch in disgust.

Alex is checking her emails on her phone as Sami walks over with her lemonade and her order. "Here's your lemonade and your food is really too." Sami says as she places the glass and the bag on the table in front of Alex. Alex puts her phone down. "Thank you so much…um" Alex says. "Sami…I'm Sami Brady." Sami introduces herself. "As in Brady Pub?" Alex asks. "Yes. My Grandparents own it." Sami says. "Cool. Oh I'm Alex Miller by the way." Alex says. They shake hands. "Nice to meet you Alex." Sami says. They let go of hands. "Are you new in town?" "Yeah I'm from Chicago." Alex says. "I've been here before, but forever again." Alex laughs. "Well welcome back to Salem." Sami says. "Thank you." Alex says. "Well I better get to my interview." "Okay well good lucky." Sami says.

"I need to see how Chloe's doing." Daniel says. Carly stops him. "I will check on her." She assures him. Carly walks into cubical 3 to check on Chloe. "How is she?" Carly asks. "She's still unresponsive." Nathan replies. "Maxine's taking blood." "I'm going to put a rush on these results." Maxine says. She leaves with a vial of Chloe's blood. Melanie and Philip watch as Maxine walk out. "I want to sit with her." Daniel says. "Of course." Nathan says. "I'm going check on another patient and be right back." Nathan walks out of the room. "I'll leave you too alone." Carly says. Carly walks out. "It's just you and me." Daniel tells Chloe. Philip tries to look in as Nathan walks out. Melanie watches Nathan go to the nurses' station. She walks over to him. "Hey Nathan." She says. "Hey Mel." He says back. They have an awkward silence then both try to speak at the same time. "Chloe is.." Nathan starts. "How's…" Melanie starts. "You go ahead." Melanie says. "Everything seems fine. Not sure why she fainted, but I had some blood drawn." Nathan explains. "That's great. Well you know." Melanie says. "Umm….are we still cool?" Nathan looks at Melanie. "Of course, why wouldn't we be?" He asks. "Because…um…you know….never mind." She stumbles. They put their hands out to shake the others just as Stephanie comes back. They smile at one another.

EJ and Nicole are still in the middle of their lip lock. Rafe clears his throat loudly to get their attention. They stop and pull away from each other fast. They clear their throats softly. "What the hell was that for?" Rafe asks. EJ and Nicole are silent. "Do I need to repeat the question?" Rafe asks. "It was nothing." EJ answers. "Arianna your arraignment is in the morning." "Thank you EJ" Arianna says sounding a little pissed. "Let's go darling." EJ says pulling Nicole's right arm. Rafe pulls Nicole's left arm. "Not so fast." Rafe says. EJ and Nicole look at Rafe. Rafe smiles at them.

Mia's walking through the park. She pulls out her cell and dials Nicole again. She get's Nicole's voicemail. "Voicemail again?" Mia asks herself. She leaves Nicole a message. "Hey Nicole it's Mia again. Call me when you get this it's very important. You're going to want to hear what I have to say." She hangs up her phone and puts it in her bag. Brady walks up behind her. "What do you want with Nicole?" Brady asks. Mia turns around. "That's between us." Mia says with a smile. "What are you two up to now?" Brady asks. "Why do you care?" Mia asks throwing her hands in the air. "Because Nicole is my friend and I think of you as a friend." Brady tells her. "How could you be friends with someone like her?" Mia asks. "Nicole is a difficult person to like." Brady starts. Mia laughs. "Really?" she says. "Let me finish." Brady says. "But I see a side of her that not many people get to see. She's a great person." "I think a lot of men have seen that side of her that you've seen." Mia replies. "Mia, I know about Nicole's past." Brady states. "But you still want to be her friend?" Mia asks. "Yes I do." Brady confirms. "You're going to stick by her no matter what huh?" Mia asks. "Yes that's what friends do." Brady tells her. "Well then don't say I didn't warn you." Mia states. "Warn me about what?" Brady asks curiously. "It's for me to know and you to find out." Mia says with a smirk. She starts to walk away then turns around and says, "Oh and Brady, if you see Nicole before I do. Can you tell her it would be in her best interest to get in touch with me?" Mia turns around and walks away leaving Brady wondering what just happened.

"So Chloe fainted in your arms?" Carly asks Philip. "Yes she did." Philip confirms. "That's good that you caught her." Carly adds. "Yeah I guess that's good." Philip says. He turns around and sees Nathan and Melanie laughing together. He has a flashback to when he saw them kiss through Maggie's back door. He comes back. "Where were you just now?" Carly asks. "What? Uh…nowhere….just here, worrying about Chloe." He covers. Stephanie walks in and interrupts Nathan and Melanie. "Nathan, hey. I'm off now." Stephanie says. Nathan and Melanie look at her. "That's great, but I'm going to stay here until I get Chloe's blood work back." Nathan tells her. Maxine walks up with the results. "Here are the results of Miss Lane's blood test." She says. She hands the envelope to Nathan and walks away. "That's great then you can tell Chloe the news and go out with me." Stephanie says. Nathan opens the envelope. "Uh yeah sure." Nathan says as he walks away with the results. He heads to Chloe's room. He walks in. Daniel looks up at him. "Are those the results?" Daniel asks. "Yeah they are." Nathan answers slowly. "So what's wrong?" Daniel asks. Chloe starts to wake up. "She's waking up." Nathan says. Daniel turns to see. "Chloe?" He touches her hand. Chloe turns her head a little. "What…happened?" Chloe stutters. She opens her eyes. Daniel smiles at her. "You fainted." He tells her. "Fainted?" She asks. "Yes in Philip's arms." Daniel answers her. "Philip? He helped me?" Chloe asks. "Yeah he was there at Java with you and Melanie." Daniel tells her. "Nathan's here." Chloe says. "Yeah he took some blood and he has the results." Daniel says. "Am I okay?" Chloe asks. "It's not the leukemia back again is it?" Daniel turns to look at Nathan. Nathan is frozen. "What's going on?" Philip asks Melanie who walks up to Chloe's door. "Nathan has her blood test back." Melanie tells him. "It's not leukemia." Nathan says. "Then what is it?" Chloe asks. "Spit it out Nathan." Daniel says. "Chloe you're pregnant." Nathan finally says. Daniel and Chloe stare at him.

On the next episode:

Rafe and Arianna wonder what EJ and Nicole are hiding

Nicole's determined to find out what's on the tape

Sami wants to set Lucas up on a blind date

Alex meets Brady

Cast

Ally as Alex Miller

Nadia Bjorlin as Chloe Lane

Molly Burnett as Melanie Layton-Kiriakis

Crystal Chappell as Dr. Carly Manning

Shawn Christian as Dr. Daniel Jonas

Galen Gering as Rafe Hernandez

Mark Hapka as Dr. Nathan Horton

Lindsay Hartley as Arianna Hernandez

Shelley Hennig as Stephanie Johnson

Jay Kenneth Johnson as Philip Kiriakis

Eric Martsolf as Brady Black

James Scott as EJ DiMera

Taylor Spreitler as Mia McCormick

Alison Sweeney as Sami Brady

Arianne Zucker as Nicole DiMera