From: Deborah Graham <dgraham@centra.com>

Tuesday in "the city":

In Buck's apartment, Tess says this is the best thing, it 
really is. Buck says wait, you love me so much you're not 
sure we can ever be married? Tess explainsthat he proposed 
to her before he knew the truth. He knows now, Bucksays. 
Tess says but he could have had a chance to think about...
about if he wants to marry her. This thing she is going 
through, Buck says,it doesn't change...he wants her to be 
his wife, for better or worse. They hug.

In Tony's apartment, "We did it!" Danny says, kissing Carla 
on the forehead. Is she sure it worked? Yeah, she's sure. 
She's going to have a baby, Carla adds. Carla goes to put 
the stuff away before Tony gets back. Unless, she says, he 
wants to keep it for a souvenir or something. No, Danny says. 
He's staring at her, Carla says, what is it? He doesn't know, 
there she is...standing there...and she's carrying his baby. 
THIS IS NOT HIS BABY, THIS IS TONY'S BABY!

In Ally's apartment, Tony asks Ally what she has to tell him? 
She did a lot of thinking about them and their future. So did 
he, Tony interrupts. Ally tells him to listen to her! Tony 
continues (ed. note: sorry for the interruption, but he was 
really pushy here and did not listen to Ally. She wanted to 
tell him something, and he wouldn't listen), saying how while 
he was kissing her, he realized that they belong together. 
STOP! Ally tells him she's moving away.

You're leaving? Tony finally hears what Ally is saying. Not for 
another month, Ally says. Why? Tony asks. Does she *really* 
have to answer that question? It's because of Carla? Tony asks.
Seeing him is like a knife going through her heart, Ally says. 
She can't live like that...she won't! He understands, Tony says. 
They'll find another place for her. He *doesn't* understand,
Ally says. She's leaving the city. She going to spend some time 
with her mother in Buffalo. Then she and Tyler will get another 
place somewhere. They love each other, Tony says. That's *why* 
she is leaving. She can't deal with this. He thinks she's 
running away.

Danny says Tony is the father, that is our story and we're 
sticking to it. But, Danny asks, what about the lady upstairs? 
Carla says seems the doctor has left town. But Tracy has his 
papers, Danny says. It's just paper, written by someone with a 
cronic problem with the ponies, Carla says. Her father wants 
this to be Tony's baby so badly that he'll believe this *is* 
Tony's baby. Danny tells her that she needs to get another 
doctor. Carla tells him that he's getting fatherly on her, and
she doesn't like it. Danny says that this is his kid. She thanks 
him for his small part in this, but his part is now OVER.

Tess is crying. Buck says he's not some teenager who thinks that 
marriage means happily ever after. She's not giving him too much 
credit if she thinks he's walking out on her now. Think of them,
Tess says, and all the crazy things they've done. Her especially. 
Buck adds that he was right there with her. Why should now be 
any different? Buck asks. It's different now...it's different 
because she could *die*.

Buck doesn't want to hear any more talk about her dying. Women 
do die from breast cancer, Tess says. They don't even know if she 
*has* cancer. Buck says he likes that she takes life by the horns 
and never gives up. She's not. He won't let her, he'll be by her 
side, morning, noon, and night, and he'll keep telling her. She 
loves him, she loves him so much. But she doesn't want to be a 
burden to him. Too late, Buck says, she's his. It's just a 
ceremony, Tess begs, why is it so important to him? He wants to 
tell the whole world that he has made a committment. She is very 
sick, Tess says. She has no insurance, this could cost him 
*everything*. They'll handle it. She says he says that now, but 
this could end up costing him too much and he'll resent her. 
She couldn't stand that, she'd rather die.

Carla is on the phone, she needs those by tomorrow. Danny 
remembers making love to Carla. She hangs up. Carla reminds him 
that he needs to pack before Tony gets home. He says give him a 
break - this has not been a normal day for him. He feels strange. 
Doesn't she? Not in the least, she says. Remember why they did it,
she adds. So he could go after Ally and she and Tony could live 
happily ever after, Danny says. Carla reminds him that he told 
her that Ally was the love of his life, that she was the only one 
that understood him. Doesn't he want Ally anymore?

Ally tells Tony that she needs to get away from him. A couple of 
weeks ago, Tony reminds her, he said that the only way that she 
could drive him out of her life is if she could say the 5 little 
words, 'I don't love you anymore'. Can she say them? Ally says he 
should go. He is torn between Carla and the baby and her, she says. 
Maybe someday he will learn to love Carla. Never, Tony says. He 
will always love her. She loves him, too. But, she can't continue 
like this. She's sorry.

Buck says she hasn't listened to anything he's said. He'd never 
hate her. He'd sell everything he owns - he'd rob a bank to make her 
well. He's a very stubborn man, Tess says. Another thing, Buck says,
he is going to be by her side tomorrow when she talks to the doctor. 
He'll be her shadow. Everywhere she goes, he'll be by her side. Okay, 
she says, he wins. So, Buck asks, they'll go ahead with the wedding 
plans? If that is what he really wants, Tess says. They hug.

Ally wants a favor from Tony. Anything, he says. She's not leaving 
for a while, she starts. She wants them to keep their distance. 
Unless it's unavoidable, they shouldn't see each other anymore. 
Oh, Allllll, Tony says. Goodbye, Tony, she says. Ally turns her back 
on him. Tony leaves, and cries on the stairs. Inside, Ally whispers 
"Goodby Tony".

Danny agrees he still wants Ally, but he wants Carla to admit this 
baby is not a "biological experiement". Carla says it was a little 
more than that - but she can't get carried away. Her father expects 
this to be Tony's baby, and he'd be really disappointed if it wasn't. 
Danny asks if that's a threat. No, just the truth. Tony comes in. 
He says Carla was supposed to take a nap. She did. She feels better
now. She felt bad before, but that was okay, cause she was thinking 
about their wonderful baby. She takes Tony's hands as she says this.
Danny says that's his cue to leave. Carla says there are a lot of 
mid-winter sales on baby clothes. Does he want to go with her. Sure 
Carla, Tony sighs. 

"Unbreak My Heart" plays as we see Ally, standing at the window. 
Tyler comes over and she picks him up. Cut to Tony, in his apartment,
sitting on the couch, staring at the ceiling. Carla comes over with 
the store flyers for the sales. Cut to Danny, nowhere specific.

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deb
(dgraham@centra.com)


