Thursday - 8/8
REX & NOELLE’S APARTMENT
Rex and Noelle lay in bed together, their arms wrapped around each other. Though they had stayed in the Brady Pub and Kiriakis Mansion respectively, Rex and Nelle had gotten an apartment together a short t8me ago, and had spent their first night as a married couple there. Rex was now awake, while Noelle snored lightly next to him. He thought back to the night before.
After the wedding and reception were over, Rex and Noelle walked through the building to the apartment that would be theirs.
NOELLE: This is so exciting! I know I’ve seen it before when we were looking at places to live together, but I can’t wait to see it as our place for the first time.
REX: Me too.
Rex put the key in the lock and twisted it, but paused as he opened the door.
NOELLE: What? What is it?
REX: There’s just one thing left to do now.
Rex scooped Noelle into his arms.
NOELLE: Rex!
She laughed and held tight to him as he carried her into the apartment.
REX: What? It’s a wedding tradition. We gotta start off right, don’t we?
Noelle laughed more as Rex set her down.
NOELLE: We do. And speaking of wedding traditions and starting off right…
She wrapped her arms around Rex and they kissed passionately. Back in the present, Noelle began to stir.
REX (quietly): Good morning, Mrs. Dr. Brady-Curtis.
NOELLE: Mrs. Dr.?
Noelle and Rex giggled.
NOELLE: I kinda like that. Good morning to you, too, Mr. Brady.
Rex and Noelle kissed.
DIMERA MANSION
Johnny and Meadow sat in Meadow’s car outside the Mansion. Johnny took a deep breath.
MEADOW: Are you sure about this?
JOHNNY: No. But, it’s not as if it’s the first time since the accident that I’ve set foot in this place. Actually, until I regained all of my memories, I had been thinking about moving back in here. Glad I changed my mind about that.
Meadow nodded.
JOHNNY: Anyway, guess we should get this over with.
Johnny and Meadow squeezed each other’s hand. A moment later, they were being led into the living room by Harold. Tony was reading the newspaper, and looked up as they entered.
HAROLD: Master Johnny and Miss West to see you, sir.
TONY: Thank you, Harold.
Harold bowed and walked out. Tony set down the paper, took off his reading glasses and stood.
TONY: Johnny. It’s so good to see you again.
JOHNNY: You too, Uncle.
Tony and Johnny hugged.
TONY: Meadow, it’s nice to see you, as well.
MEADOW: Hi, Mr. DiMera.
TONY: Please, take a seat.
Johnny and Meadow sat on the couch, and Tony sat across from them.
TONY: How are you? How’ve you been doing the last few weeks?
JOHNNY: Good…for the most part.
Tony frowned slightly.
TONY: Why do I not like the sound of that?
JOHNNY: It is mostly good. I got my memory back.
TONY: Oh, well that is wonderful news! I’m so pleased for you, that must be such a relief.
JOHNNY: In most ways. In one, though…I found out how I ended up in the hospital. On that note, where is my father? Have you seen him lately?
TONY: No, I haven’t. Not for a few weeks. I’ve been wondering about that myself. Johnny, if you don’t mind me asking, what did happen? Your father and mother were both very vague about it. Of course, if it is something you would rather not discuss, I completely understand.
JOHNNY: No, I should. It helps to talk about stuff like this, right?
He chuckled slightly.
JOHNNY: Father and Sydney were arguing about Meadow and I giving Georgia to Chelsea and Max. I tried to intervene, Father gave me a shove, and I hit my head on the fireplace mantle.
Tony put a hand over his mouth for a moment.
TONY: Oh, Johnny. Oh, I’m so sorry to hear that.
JOHNNY: Thank you.
TONY: I completely understand why you’re looking for your father, I only wish I could help you in that.
JOHNNY: I understand.
Tony reached across and put a hand on Johnny’s.
SALEM P.D.
Bo sat in his office, looking at the computer screen. Sami walked in.
SAMI: Are you busy, Uncle Bo?
BO: If I was, would it make a difference?
SAMI: Good point.
Sami sat down across from Bo.
BO: What do you need, Sami?
SAMI: I have some information about a case that I think you’ll be very, very interested in.
BO: Which case?
SAMI: The case against E.J. DiMera.
Bo sat up.
BO: I’m listening.
SAMI: Uncle Bo, I have been informed by a very reliable source that E.J. has fled the country and is hiding out in England with his mother and step-father.
BO: Which reliable source is this?
SAMI: E.J.’s aunt, that nun who works at St. Luke’s.
BO: She told you all this?
SAMI: Yes! She came over the other night and told me that E.J. showed up on Susan and Edmund’s doorstep weeks ago. She even had the nerve to accuse me of having something to do with it! Can you believe that?
Bo attempted to stifle a smirk.
BO: Did you have something to do with it?
SAMI: No! Of course I didn’t! Uncle Bo, I want nothing to do with E.J. ever again, especially after what he did to Johnny and tried to do to Sydney! Thank god Johnny’s finally gotten his memories back and Sydney’s arm’s okay!
BO: You do have to admit, Sami, it’s a little suspicious that E.J. disappears, then turns up at his mother’s, and you’re told all of this by his aunt, and that all of this occurred a few months after the incident with Johnny.
SAMI: As hard as it is to believe, it’s all a total coincidence.
Bo stared at Sami.
SAMI: Fine. If you don’t believe me, I’ll talk to someone else who will.
BO: I didn’t say I didn’t believe you, just that it’s a pretty big stretch of coincidences. So, tell me exactly what this aunt of E.J.’s said, and I will look into it. If this is true-
SAMI: If?!
BO: If it is true, which I wouldn’t put anything past the DiMeras, E.J. is gonna be in pretty serious trouble, and could now be considered a fugitive on the run.
Now it was Sami trying to hide a smirk.
