THE COURT DATE

"What?" Alex asked. "Please don't tell me that you're into EJ." Sami says. "Well you were to have 2 kids with him." Alex says. "It's a long story." Sami says. Rafe walks in. "The kids are playing in their rooms and I'm off to Arianna's arraignment." He says. "Okay meet you in the park for the picnic?" Sami asks. "I'll be there hopefully with good news." Rafe says. They kiss. "See ya." Sami says. Rafe leaves. "Hate to see him go, but love to watch him leave." Alex says. "Hey." Sami says as she gives Alex a playful slap on the arm. "What? He's hot." Alex. "Did I mention you have great taste in men?" Alex asks. "Well if you like what you've seen so far, I have one just for you." Sami says with a smile.

"What are you doing to poor Mia now Nicole?" Bo asks. Nicole lets go of Mia's arm. "Nothing, she was the one that said she was going to destroy my life." Nicole confesses. "Yeah right." Bo says then walks into Java for some coffee. "The nerve." Nicole says. "Well my break is over. See you later alligator." Mia smiles then goes back inside. Nicole watches. "I can't be distracted by that little brat. I have bigger matters to attend to." Nicole says. "Is that with me?" EJ asks. Nicole turns to face EJ. EJ and Nicole have flashbacks of their night of passion then are interrupted by Rafe. "What's wrong with you two?" Rafe asks. EJ and Nicole snap out of it. "Nothing. Nothing at all." EJ says. "Don't you need to be a lawyer to my sister or something?" Rafe asks. "Yes I do. Later Nicole." EJ says as he walks away. Rafe looks at Nicole then heads inside. Nicole takes off.

At the courthouse, Arianna takes her seat inside. She has a glass of water when Brady comes in and sits down behind her. She feels his presents. She turns around and they stare at one another. "Why are you here?" Arianna asks. "For you." Brady says.

Rafe walks up to Gabi, Will, and Chad. "Hey guys." Rafe says. "Hey Rafe. I'm ready for the arraignment." Gabi says before Will and Chad could say anything. She stands up and starts to walk to the door, but Rafe stops her. "What's the rush? Let's get some coffee." Rafe says. "No time, we're going to be late." Gabi says as she pulls Rafe's arm and they head out.

"What's wrong with EJ DiMera? Why can't I have him? I didn't see a ring on his finger." Alex points out. Girl, sit down this is going to take some time. Alex and Sami still on the couch and drink their tea and eat breakfast. "So give me the dish." Alex says. "EJ DiMera is the most evil, sadistic man I've ever dated. Everything that happened between us was all a manipulation. Sure he's sweet and charming, but it's all an act and before you know it he's pulling your strings as the wool comes over your eyes. You'll get trapped and everyone warns you to get out, but you just can't or you won't and you just fall deeper and deeper into his spell till you're so deep that you. ….it's just bad." Sami explains. "Wow. Okay that was creepy." Alex says as she takes another is of tea. "Yeah it is and he's not the only bad thing it's his whole family. The DiMera's have been torturing my family for years. Oh and his wicked step mother did whatever she could to break up me and Lu…her son. It's just a big mess and I just want to save you for it." Sami says. "You're doing a very great job at getting me to stay away. Is that it?" Alex asks. "I'm just getting started." Sami says.

EJ arrives at the courthouse with Nicole close behind. "EJ." Nicole says. EJ stops and turns around. "What?" EJ asks. Nicole stops. "I just wanna chat." Nicole says with a smirk. "What do we have to talk about?" EJ asks. "That's a good question." Rafe interrupts. EJ and Nicole look over at Rafe and Gabi. "I'm going to let Arianna know that we are here." Gabi says. Gabi walks into the courtroom. "It's none of your business." Nicole says. "Somehow I feel it is my business." Rafe says. "It really isn't." EJ says. "Humor me." Rafe says. "I don't know what Nicole wants. She's been following me around town." EJ says. Nicole's eyebrows lower. "I've been following you? You're the one that beckoned me twice yesterday." Nicole yells then stops. She clears her throat. "You beckoned her? Why?" Rafe asks EJ. DA Woods interrupts. "Court is about to begin." He says. He smiles then walks into the courtroom. Nicole's camera man shows up. "Well so sorry this conversation is over." Nicole jokes. "We should do this again….real soon." Rafe says. He walks into the courtroom. Nicole chuckles then walks over to get her microphone. EJ walks up to her. "There's no cameras allowed in the courtroom." He says then pulls Nicole close to him and says, "You need to stay away from me or else I will send you back to prison." Nicole glares at him. "The same goes for you." Nicole whispers back then yanks her arm back. "I'm glad we're in agreement." EJ says then walks into the courtroom.

"Uh oh what else?" Alex asks. "His crazy ex-wife Nicole. Gosh, I can't stand her." Sami says circling the room. "Because she married EJ?" Alex asks. "No it's been a long road to hating her. Actually it only takes about 2 seconds of being around her to realize that you can't stand her." Sami says. "Wow. Continue!" Alex says as she pours more tea. "Nicole is as evil and sadistic as EJ. They're like perfect for each other, but they can't be together because Nicole kidnapped our daughter Sydney twice." Alex swallows hard. "She went to jail, but then got out with a pardon from Sydney kidnapper #2." Alex has a confused. "Anyways, Nicole's driving him crazy." Sami finishes. "How do you figure that? She seems like such a great person." Alex asks. Sami laughs. "Because I heard that he wants her dead for some reason. He tried to cover saying it was some business deal that fell through, but I know its code for Nicole." Sami says as she sits down and drinks some tea. "And you're not gonna go to the police?" Alex asks. "It's not gonna go that far. Nicole will take her way out of getting killed then she'll set out to destroy EJ. You know it's going to be good to watch them go at each other. Nicole is going to rip him to shreds and the funny part is he's going to see it coming, but won't be able to stop it. He thinks he has Nicole's number, but he's missing a few digits." Sami smiles and drinks some more tea.

EJ comes to sit next to Arianna. A guard walks in and says, "All rise." Everyone stands up. "The honorable Judge Madeline Peterson-Woods presiding." The guard says. "You may be seated." Madeline says. Everyone sits down. DA Woods winks at Madeline. She sees and smiles. "In the case of Miss Arianna Hernandez vs. The City of Salem, how do you plead Miss Hernandez?" Madeline starts. Arianna and EJ stand up. "Not guilty your honor." Arianna says. "She's guilty your honor." DA Woods yells. "Sit down DA Woods. I will not take any outburst." Madeline says. DA Woods sits back down. "Thank you for your please Miss Hernandez. There's a great amount of evidence against your client Mr. DiMera. Are you should you want this to go to trial?" Madeline says. "Well of course your honor. I have all the confidents that my client is innocent and it'll be proven in court." EJ explains. "You can hear the confidents in your voice." Madeline says. "I would also ask if my client maybe released on bail immediately pending trial." EJ looks at Arianna. They smile at one another. Brady and Rafe sees. "Salem does not want bail to be set for Miss Hernandez. She's a danger to society." DA Woods says. "Your honor, DA Woods is just angry that he was attacked by who he thinks was Arianna, but she didn't do it. She's not going to run. She's going to stay in town and clear her name." EJ professes. Madeline pauses to think about it. "I'm setting bail at $500,000. Court is adjourned." Madeline hit the gavel and walks off. "All rise." the guard says.

"Wow there's a lot of drama in Salem. And me likes." Alex says. They laugh. "So what about that other guy you were talking about." Alex says. "Oh yes. I have the perfect guy for you." Sami says. "Ooh is he one of your ex's?" Alex asks. "Yes he's the father of my other two kids, but he's nothing like EJ at all." Sami tells her. "Ooh tell me more. Where does he work, is he hot well of course he's hot you dated him." Alex says. "Slow down girl. Okay, he's a business man and he's really hot. He's an amazing father. He's sweet and loving, hilarious absolutely hilarious. A great smile." Sami smiles. "I love to laugh. I'm liking this guy. What's his name?" Alex asks. "His name uh…." Sami pauses to come up with a name. "….Dell." "Dell?" Alex asks. "Yeah Dell like the computer company." Sami says. Alex gives her a confused look. "That doesn't sound hot, but I'll give him a shot." Alex says. "Awesome. Maybe we can go on a double date?" Sami suggests. "Awesome when?" Alex says. "How about tonight?" Sami asks. "I'm free." Alex says. "Yay." Sami says. "I have to go and pick out something to wear." Alex says. Alex and Sami stand up. "I'll talk to Dell to figure out where to meet and call you with the details." Sami tells her. "I can't wait." Alex smiles. She looks over to her right and sees a picture of Allie. "That picture looks familiar." Alex points out. Sami turns to look. "Oh that, that's my daughter Allie." Sami says. "I think I saw picture in Lucas office." Alex says. "Lucas? Who's that?" Sami asks. "They guy from the Pub last night." Alex reminds Sami. "Oh yeah Lucas he's…he's..um..Dell's friend." Sami cover. "Oh the poor guy." Alex says. "Yeah I say that a lot. Okay bye." Sami says as she opens the door for Alex. "Laters!" Alex says as she walks out the door.

"Where am I going to get $500,000?" Arianna worries. Gabi and Rafe rushes over. "I'm so happy you're out of jail." Gabi says. "Not if I can't pay for my bail." Arianna says. "I can pay your bail." EJ says. "I couldn't ask you to do that." Arianna says. "You didn't ask, I offered." EJ says. "That won't be necessary." Rafe says. Brady comes over. "I'm going to pay your bail." Brady says. Arianna looks at Brady then at EJ. "I accept your offer EJ." Arianna tells him. EJ smiles at her. Brady takes off out of the court. Nicole's standing out there and stops him. "Brady, what's wrong? Did Arianna not get bail?" Nicole asks. They stare at one another.

Sami closes the door behind her. "Yes" Sami says to herself. She picks up a piece of bacon and her cell. She dials Lucas. Lucas' phone rings. He searches for it. He finds it and answers. "Hello?" "Lucas, hey raise and shine." She says. "Who is this?" He asks. "It's Sami. You know your ex-wife slash baby momma." Sami says. "Just joking what do you want?" Lucas asks. "For you to come over. I have great news." Sami says. "Can't you just tell me over the phone? It was my one day to sleep in." Lucas says. "No you need to get your butt out of bed and over to the penthouse pronto." Sami demands. "Why?" Lucas asks. "Because I said so." Sami says then hangs up the phone. Lucas hangs up his phone then lays back down.

EJ, Nicole, Rafe, and Gabi walk out of the courtroom. Arianna and Brady look at one another. Brady takes off. "Brady wait." Nicole yells. Nicole stops when she sees Arianna and EJ. She signals for the camera man. "So Arianna, do you have to report back to prison?" Nicole asks. "No, I'm free." Arianna says. "Oh that's nice." Nicole says.

On the next episode:

EJ and Nicole go at it in front of the camera

Nathan confronts Chloe

Sami makes a date with Lucas

Mia meets with the mystery man

Cast

Ally as Alex Miller

Galen Gering as Rafe Hernandez

Lindsay Hartley as Arianna Hernandez

David Leasure as DA Charles Woods

Eric Martsolf as Brady Black

Peter Reckell as Bo Brady

Gaby Rodriguez as Gabi Hernandez

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