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

The CityUpdate--Friday, February 28, 1997

Storyline:
Tony and Carla are e arguing.  He    asks what is with him.  He asks what
is with her and Danny.  If it was nothing, why didn't she tell him she
was with him?  Carla has morning sickness      from hell and she
really doesn't need this kind of grief.  What grief?  He just asked her
a simple question.  He is giving her the 3rd degree.  It wasn't
important to tell him.  She has been working with Danny for weeks.  And
Tony has been wokrrking with Ally for two years and they aren't Siamese
twins.  Carla never thought she would see this day, but she can't
believe that Tony is jealous.

The bartender gives Danny some black coffee, but Danny would rather have
a shot of bourbon.  He's celebrating a rotten life.  Womenatroubles?
Does he have a sign taped to his forehead?  He's a bartender, he's
supposed to know these things.  Actually, it's women troubles.  One
couldn't care less if I was dead and the other one is ready to do it for
her.  Danny sure knows how to pick them.  Look on the bright side, it
can't get any worse than this.  Danny wouldn't bet on that.  Joc walks
up and says hello.  She'll have a cup of coffee.  He leaves.  Joc had
a chat with Ally yesterday...girl stuff, hairdos, lipstick, their date.
Danny yells to the bartender to make his a double.

As Alex is pulling the laundry basket, Gino's hand pops out.  Zoey sees
it and quickly tucks it back in.  Alex doesn't notice because he is
struggling with the basket.  Tracey tells him not to hurt himself.  He
gets it down the e stairs and asks if they actually thought they were
going to get it down there by themselves.  Tracey thanks him.  Alex was
wondering something--he understands that she and Gino were married in
some judge's office.  He thought Gino wanted to get married in a church.
Plans change.  Tracey says he knows how it goes.  Oh, , she means strike
while the iron is still there?  T They laugh.  She says Gino was
impulsive.  When the woman is Tracey, impupulsive is the way to be, Alex
says.  Tracey tells him that he is too late.  She is a married woman.
She thanks him and says they can take it from there.  Alex says he's
come this far, he can help the rest of the way.  Zoey and Tracey both
yell, "Stop!" when he goes near the basket again.

The bartender returns with Joc's coffee and asks Danny if he was serious
about that bourbon.  He says yes, but Joc says no.  The bartender leaves,
and Joc says that they need to have a little talk.  Let him spare her the
time.  He mocks her:  Danny, how many times have I told you to stay away
from Ally?  He'll spare her the trouble.  He is sick and tired of people
riding his back, telling him what to do.  He has loved Ally since Day1,
and he fought it, and where did it get him.  Joc asks him to keep his
voice down.  He was a solid businessman for Sydney and he almost wound
up with a murder rap.  Then he tried to work things out with Molly and
that almost got him killed.  He is tired of being a good little boy.
What does he want to do--go back to being a drug dealer?, Joc asks.
Well, according to her, he can do no right, he says.  She didn't say
that.  He is in love with Ally.  He thinks about it all the time.  He
lies in bed at night and thinks about it.  What it would be like to be
with her and have a family and watch her kid and his grow up together.
Is that so wrong, Joc?  She doesn't say anything, but then asks what he
meant by her kid and his kid.  What kid is he talking about?

Tony hates to bring Carla down, but he's not jealous about her.  That's
what it sounds like to her.  Tony assures her it's not.  He asks how much
financial advice a guy needs to run a magazine.  When the guy is Danny,
he needs a lot.  That doesn't make sense, he says.  All of the big wall
street clients make millions.  Why does she bother with the two-bit rag?
Danny was Tony's roommate.  She thought she was doing him a favor.
Tony says she didn't even like the guy.  Carla has had it.  What business
is it of his anyway?  Just because he and Carla are friends, it doesn't
mean that he wants him hanging around.  So, because Tony has a problem
with him, Carla has to have a problem with him?  Yes, because this is
his house and he lives here.  So does Carla.  Tony tells her she's acting
like a five-year-old.  They should just quit.  She didn't start this.
No, he did and he's sorry.  Now, they should drop it, she says.  Fine.
She asks if he knows what it is really about.  No, why doesn't she fill
him in?  It's about the baby.  Whatever.  Carla means it.  They are going
to be parents soon and just acting a little crazy.  He's not jealous of
Danny, he's just a little over-protective.  Carla says it's sweet.  It
shows what a great father he's going to be.  Speaking of which, he says,
when is her next doctor's appointment.  March 23rd.  Tony was thinking
of going along.  Good, Carla says.  Carla picks up the phone.  She can't
find Gino anywhere.  He's not in Brooklyn, he's not upstairs.  She gets
the machine.  Tony reminds her that it is their wedding night.  Carla
thanks him for reminding her.  Tony wants her to givive Gino a little
space.

What's the matter, Alex asks.  Nothing.  Then, why are Tracey's finger
nail's digging into his arm?  Tracey lets s go and apologizes.  She
says she and Zoey can handle it from there.  What is in there, a dead
body?  Two of them, Tracey replies.  They all laugh.  Alex goes to look
 in the basket, but they stop him and Tracey says there really is a
reason why she doesn't want him to look in there.  He's waiting.  Last
week, she through a desk out of the penthouse that had a lot of papers
in it that belonged to Sydney Chase.  Syd had a hissy-fit.  She could
have a fit over what they have in there too.  The less Alex knows, the
less he will be involved.  They have really kept him long enough.  Alex
is going to leave, but then turns back and says he has one question.
Why are they doing this now?  She just got married, shouldn't she be off
on her honeymoon?  He's surprised that Gino went along with this.  Zoey
says it was Gino's idea.  It's a male-territorial-thing.  Alex should
know about that, Tracey says.  Gino wants to make the penthouse his.
Alex didn't realize he was so sensitive.  Still waters...Tracey says.
One other question then.  Why isn't Mr. Sensitive doing this himself?
Why did he leave it for the ladies?

Joc asks Danny to please tell her that he didn't make some unfortunate
woman a mother.  Not that Danny knows...  Then, what is he talking about?
He just meant that if he and Ally every got married, they would probably
have more kids.  He's really serious about her, isn't he?  Does that
surprise Joc?  Danny says he would make a damn good father.  Isn't he
getting a little ahead of himself?  He guesses so.  it's just being
around Tyler, he's been thinking about it a lot.  Anyway, he couldn't do
a worse job than their father.  Joc asks who could?  Danny says he always
knew she was a fan.  She didn't mean it that way.  The bartender returns
and asks if he can get her anything else.  He hands her a menu and walks
away.  While she looks at the menu, Danny has a flashback about him and
Carla, where she is yelling at him for almost telling Tony about the
baby.  He snaps out of it as Joc says she is just going to have some
more coffee.  Believe it or not, Joc is a fan.  Maybe she should start a
club.  She has seen him with Tyler and she thinks that he will make a
wonderful father, but he has to admit, he hasn't always been the most
responsible person in the world.  Danny thanks her for the understatement
But, if he had a child now, Joc really does know that he would give the
child all the love and the care that they never had.  Danny smiles a
little.

Carla says some business came up and they have to discuss it.  What kind
of business?  Carla asks if she should take the witness stand.  Whatever
it is, Tony is sure it can wait.  Carla tries to call again.  Tony says
that Gino and Tracey are probably upstairs in the penthouse and just
not answering the phone.  Why not?  It's the wedding night, does he have
to draw her a picture?  Carla makes a face and doesn't want to talk about
it.  Unfortunately, they don't have much else to talk about.  He's going
to grab some breakfast on his way to work.  She is going to call some
clients and then take a nap.  They exchange goodbyes and he leaves.
Right after he takes the elevator downstairs, she steps out of the
apartment and takes the stairs up to the penthouse.

Gino was going to handle it, but then he got called away on business.
Tracey wanted to finish it before he got back, so Zoey was pressed into
service.  They never could have handled it without him, Tracey says.
To show her appreciation, she is going to take him right out to break-
fast.  Alex already has an appointment he is late for.  And she has made
him later?  She tells him to go, but Alex doesn't move.  She tells Zoey
to go on in and she'll be there in a minute.  Alex tells her to have a
happy honeymoon and asks where she is going.  Gino is going to surprise
her.  How romantic, he says.  She just hopes it is someplace warm.  She
sends him away, and leaves the hallway, but he stops when he sees a
wallet on the ground.  He picks it up and sees that it is Gino's.

Joc apologizes for giving him a compliment.  Danny will get over it.  Joc
knows something is wrong.  Believe him, she doesn't want to know.  Joc
wants him to talk to her.  He appreciates the kind words...  What kind
words, she really does think that he'll make a good father.  But, not
now...Danny says.  And not with Ally, Joc says.  She doesn't expect him
to see it now, but Ally goign away  is really the best for everyone.
Danny thanks her for the words.  She is just trying to help.  That is
the kind of help he doesn't need.  Joc says it always hurts to give up
something that you want.  Did Danny say anything about giving up?  Can
Joc say something without him jumping down her throat?  It's another
compliment, if he can take it.  He has so much going for him:  he's
young, bright, talented, a very handsome man.  None of this is going
to help, Danny says.  Joc says for him to let her finish and then she
will get out of his life forever if that is what he wants.  Danny says
she knows he doesn't want that.  At least, he doesn't think he does.
Is she leaving out any of his virtues?  She isn't telling him something
he doesn't all ready know.  It just hurts her to see him acting like his
life is over.  He's not going to jump out of any windows, he says.  Joc
just wishes that he would give equal time to the good parts of his life,
like the fact that he is the editor of a national magazine.  Welcome to
count you blessings, Danny says.  Okay, Joc is leaving.  Danny knows
what she is trying to do and he appreciates it.  He just has to work it
out on his own.  He leaves.  On his way out, he walks into Tony and they
do a macho-staring-thing before passing each other.  Tony gets his
breakfast and sees Joc.  They talk shop for a moment, then Joc says she
wishes that he and Danny was still talking.  The last thing he wants
to do is talk about Ally and Danny.  Joc doesn't think it's Ally, but
Danny's been really quiet.  And in his history, that usually means
trouble.  Danny in trouble?  What a shock, Tony says.  Tony is sorry,
but he can't help her.  Tony leaves.  At the elevator, he says that
Danny is hiding something, all right, but not for long.

Carla gets upstairs and sees Vito banging on the door.  She asks him what
he is doing there.  Looking for Gino.  So is she.  He's been there twice
and he can't get anything.  She bangs on the door and calls out.  The
funny thing is that they didn't ask him to drive them anywhere.  They
keep banging.

Zoey and Tracey get the body into the refrigerator and close the lid
just in time for Alex to walk in.  Tracey thought he had an appointment.
He does, but he was feeling guilty about leaving all this work for the
two of them.  Alex says it looks like they got most of it done all ready.
Zoey says that she has to meet Richard and ducks out before Tracey can
get her back.  Tracey guesses there's no reason for them to stick around
there, so they should leave.  She starts to pull him, but Alex asks if
he heard the freezer door close.  What freezer?  Alex points it out and
starts to go toward it.  Tracey scoots in front of him and says that a
woman is entitled to a little mystery.  Alex says okay and they start to
leave.  Alex says he forgot something and maneuvers around Tracey.  he
opens up the freezer and looks inside, then looks at a horrified Tracey.

Sorry about the typos.  Had an argument with my modem.
That's all for this time.  Have a good week!
Lisa Marie Turcotte

