From: Deborah Graham <dgraham@centra.com>

Tuesday in "the city":

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Tracy gets off the elevator. She has a kid's football and says this 
ought to get me in the door. She knocks. Ally opens the dor, and 
tracy tells Ally to catch as she tosses the football. Tracy says 
that the Dalas Cowboys are looking for a hunch...ahh quarterback. 
Ally says they wouldn't want her. Tracy says they would, but 
probably not for that. Tracy wants to come in and talk to her. Ally 
lets her in and Tracy says she wants to talk about a mutual 
acquaintance of theirs. Tracy remembers that Ally warned her away 
from Gino Solieto. Tracy tells Ally that to make a long story short, 
she is seeing Gino. He proposed marriage. Wow, Ally says. That's 
what she said, and then she though about it. Does she know what 
she's getting into? Tracy says she's not concerned about Gino, 
she's concerned about his daugheter. She's a handful, Tracy says. 
That's an understatement, Ally says. Carla is diabolical, Tracy 
says, and she'll do anything to get what she wants.

Can we help you? the doctor at the sperm bank asks Carla. Carla 
tells the nice doctor she hopes so. See, it's her husband, he has 
this little problem, Carla says as she holds her fingers apart a 
tiny bit, and she's hoping that they can fix it.

At the bar, Buck says Tess will love this. Love what? Angie asks. 
He has something to tell her, Buck says. He's waiting for her to 
come back from her errand this morning. Tess is outside the door, 
remembering the doctor tell Tess that it's not a cyst, it's a 
tumor. Tess walks in and Angie says well? Tess lies and tells 
Angie it was nothing, everything is fine. Tess looks at Buck, 
who is smiling at her.

Angie wonders where the report is. Tess lies that she told the 
doctor not to bother. Angie asks if they did a needle procedure. 
No, Tess says the sonogram was all. Angie wonders if everything 
really is okay. Tess says to tell the truth...Yes? Angie asks. 
To tell the truth, the doctor said she was okay, and she tuned 
the rest out. Tess adds, wouldn't she? Buck comes over and takes 
Tess. Angie does not look like she believes Tess.

At a table in the bar, Angie comes over as Nick says that he 
thought he'd have to pound on the wall once Jacob and Angie got 
to making the baby. Jacob asks if Nick is saying the bed squeeks.
Nick says something should squeek. Loraine thinks Nick is 
embarassing Angie. Angie sits and tells Nick and Loraine that 
she and Jacob can conceive a baby, that's not the problem. 
What is? Nick asks.

Ally tells Tracy that Tony and Carla did not get the annulment. 
Tracy wonders what happened. Ally tells Tracy that all she will 
say is that if Carla offers to make martinis to celebrate Carla's 
engagement, turn her down. Ally says Carla plied Tony with 
martinis, and took advantage of him. Tracy says well, it could be 
worse. Tracy knew a woman who did it once, and ended up pregnant. 
Ally looks at her over her coffee cup. Tracy says, no? Carla? 
Pregnant? Is she telling Tracy that Carla is pregnant? Ally says 
why not? Everyone else in the building knows. Tracy says so it's true.
She is so sorry, Tracy adds. Ally says Carla *says* she is pregnant.

Carla is at the computer, complementing the doctor on their 
selection. The doctor says that they have so many to accomodate their 
clients. She mentions her husband's low sperm count, and how she 
wants the baby to look like her husband. Carla says she'll take 
this one. She points to the screen. The doctor looks at her. Do you 
have a problem with that? Carla asks.

Loraine says Angie came back from the clinic with such good news, 
they assumed that she could carry a child. She can, but not to term,
Angie says. For that, they'll need a surrogate. Loraine thinks that's 
great. Nick asks about some team, trying to change the subject.
Angie says biologically, the baby will be be hers and Jacob's. 
Nick says add flour, and you have a cake. Loraine says like an 
incubator. Jacob asks if this is appropriate dinner talk. Loraine 
wonders if the surrogate has to be matched like Nick's liver was, 
since the surrogate's blood is feeding the baby. Nick says, speaking
of feeding, he wants to order dinner. Jacob wonders if they should 
include the rest of the bar in the conversation.

Buck gives Tess a box. It's a new sweater. He remembers her throwing 
all her clothes away. He wants to show her off. Tess blanches at the
though of showing herself off. She'll need it for this weekend, Buck
adds. He tells her that he's planned a weekend, in Vermont, for the 
two of them and a fireplace. Tess sighs and wonders why it has to be 
this weekend. Buck thinks that she doesn't want to go. What is wrong 
with her? Nothing, Tess says. No, Buck says, maybe it is something 
wrong with him.

Tracy suggests that this pregnancy is too convient. Ally says that 
Tony took her to his doctor, and he confirmed that she's pregnant. 
Ally warns Tracy of Carla's ability to break up any couple. Tracy 
says she hasn't dealt with the likes of Tracy yet. Tracy says that
a higher power may have blessed them, and not even Carla can undo
that.

Carla wants to know why she can't get the donation right away. The 
doctor says that they have to do compatibility tests, counceling, 
and she'll have to bring in her husband. Oh, no, Carla says, she 
wants to charge it right now. No, it's not like that. Good, she 
wanted to pay cash anyway, Carla says as she takes the money out. 
No, the doctor says, that's not how it's done. This is a business, 
isn't it? The doctor says they like to think of it as a service. 
Well, Carla says, waving the cash, service me. She wants to know 
his price. That's not how they do it here, the doctor says. Carla 
stands up and asks him his price.

The waitress takes the order and leaves. Angie appologizes for 
bringing up the subject. Loraine appologizes for going on and on. 
Nick asks about another team. The waitress comes over and says 
they're out of eggs. We're not, Nick says. Jacob says you just 
had to say that, didn't you? Nick says yeah, he just wanted to 
lighten the mood.

Buck and Tess argue. Buck says he'll cancel the reservation. No, 
Buck changes his mind, he'll go by himself. He was going to have 
a bigger surprise for her! Buck slams the door. Tess says, to 
herself, that she's had enough surprises for one day.

Ally thanks Tracy for bringing the ball back. Tracy says she's 
sorry about Tony, but for Ally not to give up, and not to be 
surprised if things work out they way they were meant to be.

The doctor tells Carla that this is a licensed facility, and he 
doesn't want to do anything that would jeopardize that. Carla 
coos that no one would have to know. The doctor declines, saying 
he would know. He says they can satisfy her, within the rules 
and without bribes. She's ready, Carla says, let's go. The doctor 
says it shouldn't take more than a month. Carla says she needs to 
be pregnant by the end of the week. Sorry, he says. She says she 
needs a real man. He offers to show her out. No, thanks, she 
wouldn't want any potential fathers to think she was taken. Good 
hunting, he says, as she leaves the office.

Danny-or-Joey-wherefore-art-thou-hanger

deb
(dgraham@centra.com)


