From: Susan Richmond <susan@webspan.net>

Hi everyone!


				THE CITY UPDATE
			  Thursday, February 13th, 1997

APRIL IN PARIS
Location: GenX office

*Danny comes through the door and stops at the reception desk to pick up 
his messages. While standing there, he recalls Carla telling him that 
the baby is not his, it's Tony's. Across the room, Ally is on the phone 
with Jocelyn, who tells her someone paid the taxes on the building. 
Ally's excited, now she can sell her shares and move to Paris with 
Tyler. At the reception desk, Danny signs a Valentine's Day card and 
hides it under his coat as he walks over to Ally. Ally tells Danny the 
news about the taxes, but he doesn't seem very excited about it. He 
would rather know why she plans to move, he'd hate to see them go. We'd 
miss you too, Ally assures him, but she has to do what's best for 
herself and Tyler. 

*Ally's not sure where Danny's going with the conversation, but she 
doesn't need any more complications right now, Ally warns. All he said 
was that he would miss her, Danny reminds her. Danny hands her the card 
he signed earlier, "Happy Valentine's Day". Ally opens the card and 
thanks him. They are going to miss him, Ally tells Danny, especially 
after all they've been through together. Now they are really good 
friends. "Right", Danny agrees. Does she think that by moving to Paris 
life is suddendly going to be a "piece of cake", Danny asks. "Yes", Ally 
replies, after everything that has gone on here, "definitely yes". 

*Ally's got to move far away, far away from "him"[Tony]. Danny's been a 
great friend to Ally this year, if it wasn't for him, she wouldn't have 
had Tyler with her so soon, especially on her birthday. Now it's Ally's 
turn to do something for Danny, what can she do? Stay, Danny answers, 
reaching up to stroke Ally's hair and the side of her face.

*Ally pulls away from him, saying "don't, please." Danny only meant that 
he cares about her, it's hard to lose a friend, he claims. Ally knows 
that's not all he wants, she's known for a while now. Danny doesn't deny 
it. Ally's flattered, she tells him, he's a handsome man, editor of his 
own magizine and he's great with Tyler. But she loves Tony and he knows 
that, that's why she has to leave. Danny can't talk her out of it, 
remind her what they had, he asks. Ally asks him not to press it, she 
can't handle any relationships right now. Danny asks her not to dismiss 
him so easily. She's not, Ally insists, but what she really needs him to 
be right now is a friend, only a friend.  

PICKLES AND ICE CREAM 
Location: Tony's apartment

*Carla is on her phone, thanking someone for information. As she starts 
scooping some ice cream she says, "My, my, my. Tracy Quartermaine, 
corporate raider". Carla's not surprised, she says to herself, eating a 
pickle spear. She dips the pickle in the ice cream and eats it(Yuk!), 
then leaves to do battle with Tracy.


CARLA WINS...OR DOES SHE?
Location: Tracy's penthouse

*Tracy's on the phone talking to Gino, who we see sitting at his table 
at the club. Tracy assures him the plans for the wedding are going fine, 
everything is under control. "Like the last party you threw?", Gino 
laughs, remembering again the actors Tracy hired to impersonate her 
family. At least the evening wasn't boring, Tracy says. Gino assures her 
that he will never be bored with her and they hang up. "There are sides 
to me you have yet to see, Gino dear", Tracy says to herself. "I can 
attest to that", Carla says, having apparently let herself into the 
penthouse.

*Carla lets Tracy know she knows all about Tracy's failed attempt to 
take over ELQ, her family's business. Tracy's son Ned won't even speak 
to her now and her family has disowned her. "Boy, are they (the 
Quartermaines) mad at you!", Carla rubs it in. "I always considered you 
a formidible opponent", Tracy replies, "until now". 

*Carla thinks Tracy is bluffing. When Carla tells her father the truth 
about Tracy "you'll be lucky if they ever find the body. Now pack and 
go." Tracy declines and explains to Carla that Gino knows all about her 
hiring actors to play her family. Far from being angry, Gino was touched 
that Tracy went out of her way to protect him from her family's 
disapproval. Tracy says that nothing that Carla manages to dig up will 
matter compared to breaking Gino's heart with her non-existant 
pregnancy. Tracy reminds Carla that she has Dr. Marino's files that 
prove she is not pregnant. "I am pregnant, Tracy", Carla assures her.
 
*Tracy extends her congratulations to Carla and Danny. It's Tony's baby, 
Carla insists. "Yeah, until it comes out looking like a little Danny", 
says Tracy sarcastically. Gino arrives, thrilled to see his two women 
getting along so well together. Tracy and Carla leave Gino and go to the 
kitchen so they can finish their "girl talk". Carla wants Tracy to back 
out of the wedding and to do it without breaking Gino's heart. Tracy 
agrees (far too easily), but asks Carla to allow her to break it to 
Gino. Carla agrees, but tells Tracy not to take too long. Carla goes and 
says goodbye to Gino and leaves, saying to herself "Goodbye, Tracy 
Quartermaine" as she closes the penthouse door. Tracy, rather than 
breaking up with Gino, wants to get married right away. "How about 
now?", she asks Gino. Gino laughs at first, then realizes she's serious. 

WORLDS APART
Location: Ally and Zoey's apartment

*As Richard lets himself in the front door, we see Zoey's black dress go 
flying over the counter and hear her exclaim she can't believe she let 
Tracy talk her into this. When she comes out of the bedroom, she is 
wearing a plaid bathrobe.  She looks up, notices Richard and tells him 
to shut the door behind him on his way out. Richard doesn't leave and 
instead asks that they call a truce for a minute. "Why, so you can laugh 
at me some more?", Zoey asks. Richard denies laughing at her, he was 
just shocked by how beautiful she looked. Zoey is not flattered, "as 
opposed to how ugly I usually look?". That's not it, the smile on his 
face was a smile of appreciation, Richard tries to explain. Richard 
knows he came back to the States looking a little different, but what's 
inside him hasn't changed, he still wants to spend the rest of his life 
with her. Zoey tells him to stop, the whole thing was a mistake from the 
beginning.
 
*She made the mistake of thinking that two people from such different 
worlds could ever make it work together. They go sit on the couch 
together and Zoey asks Richard what he loves about her. He loves her 
laugh, her smile, he loves seeing her toothbrush next to his, and he 
loves the way her body feels next to his. Those are all the wrong 
reasons, Zoey insists. Does he remember when she first got there and he 
took her to that party at Syndey's, she asks. Yes, he remembers her 
wearing a little pink dress which didn't belong to her, and he remembers 
her trying to steal the silverware, but having no place to put it, he 
says with a laugh. And I remember Sydney's face when I walked in with 
you, Richard smiles. That's the problem. Richard's going to be throwing 
parties like that soon with celebrities and dignitaries, it's all so 
phoney. Taking down her fancy hairstyle, Zoey says, look at me. "I'm not 
a joke, I'm not a party favor, I'm not somebody that you can come 
running to when you want to stick it to mommy." Her nose ring and the 
way she dresses are going to get old really quick when he starts showing 
up on Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous, Zoey tells him. Richard tries to 
tell her he loves her, he doesn't care what she looks like. He's not 
asking her to change. But we don't fit, Zoey insists. I still love you 
and you still love me, Richard replies.  

*Zoey will always love him. Richard loves and needs her, too. What does 
he need her for, Zoey asks, he's got zillions of dollars. Richard would 
like her to help run the company. Zoey doesn't see herself running his 
business or running in the same circles he will now be in. With the 
money and power he now has, the two of them can do so much good for 
people, like Donald Trump with a conscience and Ivana Trump if she had a 
heart. This is Richard's dream, not hers, Zoey insists. Maybe she needs 
to go and do what Richard did, go away and find herself. Zoey can sell 
her share of the building and use the money to go away. This year has 
been hard and she has to find out who she is before she goes off and 
tries to be someone she's not. She doesn't ever want Richard to wake up 
beside her and wonder if he made a mistake. "That will never happen", he 
tells her. "So this is goodbye, just like that?", Richard asks. "For 
now", Zoey says. They kiss. Zoey says, "just keep me in your dreams", 
and Richard turns and leaves. The phone rings, it's Jacob telling Zoey 
that Tess is in the hospital. Zoey promises to visit her there later 
today.  

That's it for today. See you next Thursday!

-- 
Susan

