From: djg@city.hq.ileaf.com (Deborah Graham x5530 4NE tech:writer)

Today in "the city":

At the bar, Zoey kisses Richard. Alex asks Jocelyn why she's 
here with him. Her friends will understand, she says. Bad 
way to start the year, Alex says. What does he mean, Jocelyn
asks. With a lie, Alex says. Where's Nick and Tess, 
someone asks, they were suppose to do a duet. Maybe they 
are, Buck says.

Upstairs, Sydney says that her flight was delayed, she'll 
take another one. Why is her bag empty? Nick asks.

At the clinic, Steffi and Cooper are laughing when Tony 
comes in, not happy. Is she okay?

Danny takes Ally up to her place and tells her to sleep. 
Is he gonna chicken out on her? Ally coos from the bed. 
You want to do it? Danny says, Let's do it, he adds, 
taking off his jacket, right now! Danny stands over her.

Nick wants Syd to talk to her. What does he care? She was 
pregnant once, he left her alone, he's not gonna leave her 
alone again, Nick says. What's going on with her and 
Jared? Nick asks. They're been together a long time, Sydney
says, the marriage is just not the same. Well, get out of 
it, Nick suggests, there are lawyers for this. She cares 
about the business, Sydney says. Nick says, oh, yeah, 
the business is all important. She adds that if anyone 
thinks that there was something wrong with Jared...Nick 
interrupts (ed. note...and probably missed that she 
didn't says wrong with the relationship, but wrong with 
JARED...) and says it would hurt business, yeah, but 
you should be with someone you care about on the holidays.

Jocelyn says that she had a relationship for a little while, 
and they made a pact to be together every New Year's Eve if 
they could. Alex asks if he should be worried about this guy. 
No, Jocelyn says. Zoey asks Richard if that was his New 
Year's wish come true. Oh, yeah, Richard says, he always 
wanted to kiss a nun.

Cooper says mother and daughter are doing fine. Daughter? 
Tony says, you said you didn't know. Cooper says that she 
told him because she thought he was leaving town. Yeah, Tony 
says, a *lot* of people thought that.

Tony says he checked the flight, it left, we didn't he? He 
checked? Cooper says. Yeah, Tony says. He had business, 
Cooper says. Tony asks questions about Stefif and the baby, 
and Stefif and Cooper answer in unison (Angie did an exam,
everything's fine, baby is fine). Steffi says that if 
Cooper wasn't there, she'd still be laying on the floor, 
in pain. They tell Tony about the false labor, the Braxton 
Hicks, and how they're nature's way of saying everything's 
okay. Steffi tells Tony about the sonogram, and Cooper shows 
Tony the picture. Tony wants Steffi to get to bed. She wants 
to party, it's New Year's Eve. Well, it's New Year's Day, 
Cooper tells them. She wants to go to the bar and finish the 
partying. Cooper declines her offer to join them, but he asks 
for the picture back. Tony hands it over reluctantly.

Sydney and Nick talk about the passion they had. He tells her 
that when she left him, he tried to find whatever it was they 
had. It's not out there. There's nothing even close, Nick 
continues. He's been looking for 20 years. Maybe that's why 
he ended up like he is, he adds, when he had her, he had it 
all; when he lost her, it all faded away. If she thought 
they had any chance, any chance at all; she wouldn't have 
married Jared, Sydney says. It was real, wasn't it? Nick 
asks, Yes, Sydney admits, it was real, but, he wanted her 
to give up anything; her job, everything she worked for. 
It was only a 6 month tour, Nick says. Yeah, then there 
would be another tour, another record. She worked too hard, 
she grew up with a mother who would take her  babysitting 
money to pay the damn electricity bills, Sydney reminisses. 
So, Sydney says, she married him. Nick continues...for the 
money. She didn't want to spoil what she had acquired for...
Sydney stops. Nick suggests...for love? For any man, Sydney 
says. Was that all he was, just any man? Nick asks.

Danny gives Ally something to drink, to cure her hangover. 
Ally drinks it and then asks where she is. In her bedroom, 
Danny says. How did she get here? Well, Danny smiles, he 
carried her up here as she was about to pass out. She covers
up and thinks that he...NO, he didn't lay a hand on her. 
But, if she's gonna cry rape, it wouldn't be the first time! 
He says goodbye. No, wait, Danny.

Alex says the little lies ruin everything. That's how it 
starts, the little lies turn into bigger ones, and then he's 
divorced. She excuses herself. Richard wants to hear her life 
story. Zoey tells him to stay out of her story. The past, 
and the present. Tony tells Steffi to have her mom call his 
mom. Steffi laughs and says her mother would never let his 
mother have a say in the wedding. Steffi says they have to 
talk about Cooper. He wants to be there when the baby is 
born. Tony says he heard that, he was waiting for what she
was gonna say. Steffi says that he is the baby's father. 
Tony knows that. Well, he has rights, Steffi says. Tony is 
not happy. Look; what is this? she says, holding up her 
hand. It's a hand. No, this, she points to the ring. It's a 
ring. And whose is it? His. So, stop talking, she says.

So, I guess I made the right choice, Sydney says. Yeah, maybe, 
Nick admits. He probably would have taken her down with him. 
But, if she had been with him, she wouldn't be alone for the 
holidays. He wants to celebrate this holiday, even if it kills 
them. What does he have in mind? Sydney asks. She has two 
choices, either go down stairs and join the party, or upstairs 
and they'll pick up where they left off 20 years ago. She goes 
to leave. Are you going out dressed like that? Nick asks. You 
complaining already? Sydney laughs. They leave. Tess comes out 
of hiding and says, Happy New Year to you, too, darling. (ed.
note: I think she has Jared's urn)

Get your hands off me, Zoey says. She's upset that he went 
snooping around behing her back. Stay out of her life, she says.

Ally appologizes for accusing him. She says that since they 
moved to New York, he really is trying to pull himself 
together. Unlike her, ally sighs. Don't be so hard on yourself,
Danny suggests. Is she gonna be alright? he asks. She thinks the 
hangover may be fatal. It's a new year, Danny says, it may be 
a good one, for both of them. He leans over her and she kisses 
him. They get into it hot and heavy.

Buck calls Jocelyn over. This came for her. Doesn't she want it? 
Buck asks. She reads the note and runs out. Alex coems down the
stairs. He asks Buck if he's seen Jocelyn. She read a note that 
was messengered over, then she ran out. Tess comes in and Buck 
kids her about being with Nick. No, she found someone else, she 
just dropped him off at the loft. She's hit the mother lode on 
this one! Steffi says that it's after midnight and she hasn't 
been kissed by her husband-to-be yet. They kiss and hug. Steffi, 
looking over Tony's shoulder, sees Cooper walk into the bar.

Maybe-Steffi-should-toss-a-coin-hanger

deb
(djg@city.hq.ileaf.com)

