From: Riley <LMT94002@uconnvm.uconn.edu>

The City--Update--Friday, February 21, 1997

Storyline:  Wedding Night Jitters

Carla is reading a book on pregnancy.  She reads that morning
sickness can actually be a sign of a healthy baby.  She says that this
baby is going to be as healthy as an ox.  Tony walks in and asks if
shes okay.  She doesnt look so good.  Shes fine, its just morning
sickness.  Its the afternoon.  Its normal.  Trust her, it will pass.
When?  In a couple of months.  She has to be sick for a couple of
months?, he asks.  Well, it will be better in the second trimester, but
then the third trimester will be more of the same.  Its all in the
book.  Tony asks if there is anything she can do to feel better.
Yeah, she could have an out of body experience.  Theres a knock
on the door.  Carla wants Tony to send them away.  Its Gino.  He
wants to know if she is okay.  Has she had the measles all ready?
Yes, both kinds.  Why?  Tracey has come down with the measles.
On their wedding night, how convenient, Carla says.  Tony has had
the measles too.  Gino still thinks it would be a good idea for her to
stay away from Tracey for a few days.  Her pleasure, Carla says.

Tracey talks to a picture of her and Dillon.  In order to save our
sorry backsides, Mommy married a monster.  She calls Dillon,
who comes running.  He asks what the red spot on her neck is.  A
tattoo, she tells him.  Cool, can he have one?  Shes just kidding.
Its a secret between the two of them, okay?  She asks who her best
guy in the whole wide world is.  He is, Dillon says.  And who is his
best girl in the whole wide world?  Zoey, he says.  Wrong answer.
She needs to talk to him about something.  She wants him to know
that nothing will ever change between them and even if sometimes,
she does things that he doesnt understand, its him and her
together until the wheels fall off, right?  Until the wheels fall off, he
says.

Does Dillon remember a while ago, before they moved there, when
they were walking down the street and they saw a man and Dillon
asked if he could be his daddy?  No.  Well, he was pushing his son
in a swing and Dillon said he would really like to have a father.
Dillon guesses so.   Would Dillon like to have a father?  Does she
mean like a real dad?  What would Dillon say if she told him that
she already had one picked out for him?  Who?  Gino Soleito.
Dillon asks if he is too old.  Hes like Grandpa.  Tracey says that
Gino likes him so much and hes sort of fun to be with, right?  Not
as fun as Zoey.  Well, shes not a viable candidate, Tracey says.
Dillon wants to know what a viable candidate is.  Someone she can
marry.   Shes going to marry someone?  She all ready did.  Gino
Soleito.

Gino says that Tracey is his wife now and he is going to demand
that she show her some respect now.  Carla only meant...  Gino
knows what Carla meant.  Carla has a lot of fire in her and that is
good, in this world you need to have a fire in you.  But, once that
baby comes, she has to put out that fire.  Tony agrees.  Gino says
she has to be nice, sweet, and kind.  That baby has to feel nothing
but love coming from his Mama.  Carla loves him.  Gino tells her to
go take a nice hot bath and lie down.  What would she do without
him?  She would talk to Tony, Gino says.  Carla leaves.  Tony tells
Gino that hes the only one that Carla will listen to.  The harder the
shell, the more beautiful the pearl, Gino says.  Tony doesnt know
how to get to that pearl.  Even when they were kids, she was
always acting so tough and so smart.  Every once in a while, she
would be really nice and he would like her then, but then the shell
would go up.  He would try to get through that shell, he really
would.  But, he couldnt.  So, after a while, he just quit.  Gino says
they need to have a little talk.

So, is Dillon happy that he is going to have a step-father?  Sort of,
he says.  He and Gino are going to be pals, she says.  Okay, now
can he go downstairs and play with Zoey and Tyler?  In a minute.
She wants to know how he feels about all of this.  He doesnt
know.  Does he think that things are going to change?  Yes.  How?
Like where is Gino going to sleep?  Tracey takes a deep breath,
laughs a little, and says they should cross that bridge when they
come to it.  Is he mad at her?  No.  Why wont he tell her what hes
feeling?  He doesnt know.  Tracey tells him that they will have a
good time with Gino.  They will go to the zoo, the circus, the
movies.  Really?  But, the most important thing is that he never
forgets that he is her best guy.  They hug.  She sends him to go
play.  He leaves.  He would have to ask her the one question that
she doesnt have an answer for.  Where is Gino going to sleep?

The secret is commitment, Gino says.  If he truly commits himself
to the marriage, Gino guarantees that it will work out.  But, how
can you commit to somoene if you just dont feel it?  Gino knows
that Tony doesnt think this marriage was a match made in heaven,
but very few are, including his and Traceys.  Then, why did he
marry her?  Life is short.  If you love each other, you can work it
out.  What if the love is one-sided?  Gino says Tony has a seed of
love in him for Carla and if he plants it, it will grow.  What if it
doesnt grow?  Tonys great-grandparents didnt even know each
other when they got married, but they lasted 75 years.  That was a
different country, and a different time, maybe a better time, Tony
says.  But, all he knows is that he is here, his heart is here.  He is in
love with someone else.  Gino says Tony dealt himself a hand of
cards and he has to deal with them.  If he doesnt let someone into
his heart, its going to turn to leather.  Gnio wants Tony to tell him
something about Ally Bowman.

What does Gino want to know about Ally?  Gino says they have a
situation where there is a baby about to be born with Soleito blood.
He knows how important that is to Gino.  He knows how important
Carla is to him.  What does that have to do with Ally?  Is she going
to give them any trouble?  Some women, when they dont get what
they want... Gino says.  Tell him about it, hes married to one, Tony
says.  Thats not Ally.  Shes not like that.  Shes talking about
moving out of town.  How does he feel about that, Gino asks.  It
wasnt his decision, Tony says.  But, someone made that decision
and it was a good decision, Gino says. He tells Tony that he has to
let  Ally go her way and he has to go his way.  Gino knows its
tough, but he has to do it.  Gino guarantees that he will be just as
happy with Carla, maybe even more.  Gino guarantees when that
baby is born, Carlas going to blossom.  Shes going to be a totally
different woman.  If he gives her affection, shell open up like a
flower.  Tony will try.  One day, when he is dead and gone, Gino
says, hell thank him.  Tony says Gino will outlive all of them.  Gino
laughs.  He doesnt know about that.  He has to go heade his own
advice.  Talk about difficulty:  Carla is a pussycat compared to
Tracey.  Gino tells him to give Carla a kiss for him.  He will.  Gino
leaves and Carla appears.  She asks if they had a nice talk.  Yeah.
How is she feeling?  She feels better.  Tony kisses her cheek and
says that it was from Gino.  He should get back to work, but maybe
they could have dinner together tonight, just the two of them.
Carla would really like that.  Then, they will look at the baby books,
okay?  He doesnt know how much that would mean to her.

Tracey is on the phone.  Its the Times Society Page.  The rumors
are true, she has married Gino Soleito, but she is keeping her
maiden name.  They hang up as there is  knock at the door.  Its
Gino.  He sees that the spots are gone and Tracey says she was
about to call him.  Was it the measles?  No, just a rash.  She
guesses it was all the excitement of the wedding night.  Now, its
over and she looks beautiful, Gino says.  Now, get ready.  Get
ready for what?  Tonight is the night they celebrate their wedding,
he says.


Storyline:  The Future

Tess wakes and Buck is by her side.  He tells her its over.  Does
she have cancer?

Its good news Tess.  Its not cancer.  The tumor was benign.  Tess
starts to cry.  Angie and Jacob walk in.  Angie says she was there
and she saw.  There is absolutely no trace of cancer.  Buck and
Tess kiss.

Tess doesnt know how she would have gotten through it without
them.  Jacob says she got through it like a champ.  It was Buck he
was worried about.  He thought he was going to have to hold his
hand.  Even cowboys are sensitive.  Thats just the way Tess likes
them.  Angie says shes got him, for better or for worse.  Amen,
Jacob says.  Angie says they should leave them alone.  What do
they need to be alone for?, Jacob asks.  When does Angie think
they will let her out of there?  In a couple of hours, but Angie will
see what she can do to speed up the paperwork.  Angie leaves.
Jacob thanks them for the way they both dealt with the situation.
The lesson there is that he and Angie are very fortunate.  Tess
thinks he always saw that.  Jacob tells her the less on sunk in a little
deeper.  He thanks them again and leaves.  Tess is a little
overwhelmed by the things she thinks she has to do.  Buck tells her
to just rest now and be happy.  She is happy.  Shes alive and
healthy and married to him.  Buck is sorry it had to be in a hospital.
Maybe they should get married again, he says.  She could plan it
just the way she wants.  She wouldnt change a thing.  Why should
she waste time being a bride when she can spend time being a wife.
Buck likes the sound of that.  Tess tells Buck to just not get any
ideas about her spending her days vacuuming.  He was just about to
run out and get her one.  What kind does she want?  The kind with
a maid attached to it.  Buck wants to take a cruise.  Where would
she like to go?  She doesnt care as long as she is with him.  Theres
no getting rid of him now.  They will be together until they are old
and gray on their rocking chairs on their front porch.  Theyll be
together long after that, Tess says.

Buck and Tess are lying in the hospital bed.  He says if she is in
pain, he can call the nurse and shell give her something for it.
Nope, this is the best day of Tesss life and shes not going to miss
any of it.  When she started to wake up, she could hear him.  She
couldnt see him, but she could hear him.  She tried to get to him,
but her legs felt so heavy.  The closer his voice got, the lighter she
felt.  Does he know what else she heard?  Children laughing.  She
saw a whole future filled with kids.  Now?  No, she would like it to
be just the two of them for a while.  Tess says hes so brave.  Why?
So many people say for better or for worse, but they make a
promise they cant keep.  He wants her to promise him something:
no more secrets.  Shes learned her lesson.  He means it.  If she has
a hangnail, he wants to know about it.  If she has a splinter, shell
come running to him.  Hes serious.  She knows he is, Lyndon.
Only she is allowed to call him that.  She can call him anything she
wants, Tess says.  Shes his wife.  He loves her.

Jacob is on the phone.  Do they have to bring anything?  No, thanks
a lot.  Theyll be there.  Angie walks up as he hangs up the phone.
What was that about?  Guess.  Shes in no mood to guess.  They go
back and forth.  Its an appointment with the fertility doctor.  Is he
serious?  If they are going to do it, they might as well get with it.
They are really going to have a baby?  They are going to have a
baby, Jacob says as they hug.

Sorry about the quotation marks instead of apostrophes.  That happened
when I uploaded the file.  See you next Friday.  Have a good week!
Lisa Marie

