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Brenda's Cottage...

September 12, 2002

 No pictures, just the transcript is available.

 

Skye: Get out of my way, you meathead. I need to talk to Sonny.

Max: Mr. Corinthos isn't home.

Skye: I don't believe you. And I won't be pushed away by some hired hand, so I need to see Sonny now.

Carly: All right, Max is right. Sonny isn't home, and I'm in no mood to have a visit from the snake who stole my club, so you can go.

Skye: Carly. Well, you'll do just fine. Look, I need five minutes, ok?

Carly: Sorry, I don't have it. Max will show you to the elevator.

Skye: Oh, come on -- look, I know you don't owe me anything, all right? But I wouldn't be here if I weren't desperate, ok? I am worried about the man that I love, Carly. I know you can relate to that. All right, just five minutes, that's all I'm asking.

Carly: Fine.

Skye: Thank you.

Carly: All right, as you can see, I'm busy doing something, so I would appreciate it if you got to the point.

Skye: I don't know where Jax is, ok? His cell phone's been turned off, no one's seen him, and as far as I can tell, he hasn't been called off on any unexpected business because his plane is still on the tarmac. Other than that, I have no idea where he might be.

Carly: Are you always like this? All freaked out when you lose track of Jax for half a second? Maybe he needed a breather.

Skye: I wish it were that simple. I believe that Jax is involved with whatever's going down between Roy and Sonny, ok? Now, Kristina was the first casualty -- the one that we know of, anyway. I am scared to death that Jax may be next.

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[Footsteps]

Sonny: I thought I'd find you here.

Jax: What, you having me followed now?

Sonny: Yeah, as a matter of fact, I am. Brenda's cottage on the anniversary of her death. You think you're ready to say good-bye now, Jax?

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Skye: A cottage in the woods?

Carly: Yeah, a sappy little two-story. I don't know, there may even be a picket fence. Who remembers?

Skye: And, what, it's just been sitting there inviolate all this time like some kind of shrine?

Carly: Well, not exactly. There have been other people who've lived there since Brenda. Nikolas Cassadine. Even me. I lived there with Jason and Robin. Talk about an exercise in torture. But anyway, yeah, it was Brenda's house first. And then Jax practically moved in there. He lived with her. And this being the anniversary of her death, he probably just went over there to think about her in private.

Skye: Why should I believe you?

Carly: Don't, ok? You are the one who came here demanding answers.

Skye: Look, I'm just saying we don't know for a fact that he's there.

Carly: Yeah, actually, I do, ok? Because I overheard one of Sonny's men tell him. Will you go, please?

Skye: Carly, look, I need to know something. No one else is going to tell me the truth, but I have a feeling that you will. You knew Brenda. You saw Jax with her. How were they together?

Carly: Well, I'm sure that's been a burning question for you.

Skye: Will you be straight with me?

Carly: Well, can you take it?

Skye: Do I have a choice?

Carly: As far as I can tell, Brenda's the only woman that Jax has ever loved or ever will. You wouldn't have believed it. Here he was, this big-deal, hotshot financier, or whatever the hell he calls himself. And he's got women just falling all over him. And he lets this spoiled little rich girl play him like a bongo.

Skye: You think Brenda used Jax?

Carly: I know that she did. I mean, I saw it. It was like pinball back and forth. It was Jax and Sonny and Jax and Sonny.

Skye: Yeah, but she ended up with Jax.

Carly: Only because Sonny left her at the altar. Yeah, literally. There she was -- Brenda was all dressed in lace, she walked down the aisle, and she waited for Sonny, and he never showed.

Skye: Ooh. How awful.

Carly: Well, not really -- I mean, not for long, at least, because -- surprise, surprise -- Brenda, she went straight to Jax, and Jax took her back. He was only too happy to take her back because he always did. In his eyes, Brenda was perfection. She could lie to him, run off with Sonny. She could have public mental breakdowns, and Jax didn't care because -- because she was it for him.

Skye: What about Sonny?

Carly: What about him? He's with me.

Skye: Yeah, but don't you ever feel like maybe you're just a Brenda substitute? I mean, someone that Sonny settled for because he lost Brenda for good?

Carly: Ok. Well, I would make a pretty lousy Brenda substitute, ok? Because I wasn't born rich or spoiled within an inch of my life. I'm not pampered. I'm not petted or miserable. Ok, but it's taken me a little while, but I have gotten here to this point and I understand. Look, Brenda is someone Sonny loved once, but he loves me now.

Skye: Well, thank you, Carly. You've been very informative.

Carly: 860 Birch Tree Lane.

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Skye: Jax? Jax? Surprise.

Jax: What are you -- what are you doing here?

Skye: Well, your cell phone was turned off, and no one had seen you. I got worried, and Carly, of all people, told me that -- that you were here.

Jax: Well, I just needed some time by myself.

Skye: I understand. Carly explained to me that today is the anniversary of Brenda's death, and, well, I tried to honor that, I really did, to leave you out here alone so you could mourn your perfect love.

Jax: But you chose not to.

Skye: No. No, and maybe that makes me the world's biggest idiot to force myself on you on today of all days. And maybe -- I don't know -- maybe that's just my role as the imperfect lover. Maybe I'm just paving my own way out the door. I don't know -- I could still be your most disastrous mistake. I mean, we still haven't quite figured that out yet. I'm hopelessly insecure. I'm my own worst enemy.

Jax: You're rambling.

Skye: Yes. Yes, I ramble. Love is a new experience for me, ok? And so far, I couldn't have handled it worse. But now that I've felt it, Jax, I can't give it up. I love you. Not perfectly, God knows, but with all my heart. And I'm going to prove that to you, no matter how long it takes. I love you, and someday, you are going to love me back.

Jax: So you're going to love me whether I like it or not? I don't get a vote?

Skye: Not in how I choose to conduct myself from here on out, no. I suppose you could do something despicable to shake my faith and break my heart, but it would have to be, a) unforgivable, and, b) something I've seen with my own eyes. Never again will I take someone else's word about wrongdoing on your part. Yes, I may be irrational, I might have irrational thoughts, because that's part of who I am, but -- but it's different now, Jax, because I know you now. I know when you say something, you mean it. When you make a commitment, you don't break it. And I am going to convince you to make another commitment to me. That's what I came to say, so, I'll leave you in peace.

Jax: Skye. I've done all the looking back I need. And I accepted living without Brenda a long time ago. I even managed to get on with my life. Then you showed up. Difficult and so compelling, you made me drop-kick this peaceful life I thought I had for this -- for this messy one that included you. Next year on this day, you won't have to come looking for me. I won't be in this house because I will be with you.

Skye: Can we go home now, please?

Jax: Yeah. Yeah, we can go home.

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