From: zaccaria@mtl.mit.edu (Carolyn Zaccaria)

LOVING Update for Tues. March 14, 1995

HI! I haven't had an opportunity to do an update in ages. I have 7 pages
of notes! :(; I hope to cut it down some...:) This update is Dedicated
to our LOV mama Deb Graham. She has held the LOV group together for quite
some time now and I post this update in her honor and I hope she gets a
super job soon and of top priority has internet access!

Our Stories Include:

Alden Enterprises: Cooper's Proposal is a Flop (for now)

The Modeling Agency: Tess is a success at running a modeling agency
but a failure at love...

Pins: Dinah Lee and Buck work out their differences while Ava runs interference

Stacy is PERFECT :)

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Tess orders her secretary around. Stacy comes in with her report and Tess 
gives her grief that it is LATE. Stacy tells her she thought it was due
tomorrow and Tess tells her to complete it, and abruptly asks where is
Steffi, that she needs her there for her shoot. Cut to Steffi in a white
sexy gown applying her makeup. Cooper enters and she pulls him in a private
office and tells him she's been waiting for him all morning. She wants to
know what Clay said about his proposal....

Clay is at his office at A.E. Cabot enters and presents Cooper's Proposal 
to Clay and comments that it is good. Clay says, not for A.E. Cabot questions
Clay's motives in turning down the proposal/project. Is it personal against
Cooper?

At Pins, Dinah Lee (heretofore known as DL) and Ava are eating lunch with
Kate in the serving position :) Ava tells DL she hasn't seen much of her since
she got back from Rome. DL says she's been spending a lot of time with Chris
and being domestic, getting cupcakes for a St. Patrick's day party for Chris
and Ava asks, "are you baking?" and Ava replies "no, I'm buying". She tells
Ava she's going to sew a bunny suit for Chris and his play at Sunday School,
and Kate volunteers to help her/give her a hand. DL sees Buck come in, and
she tells Ava she'll be back and goes to speak to him. Ava tells Kate that
she is glad that DL took her advice. Kate looks skeptical, "what advice?"
and Ava tells her that she simply suggested that by staying close to Chris,
she will stay close to Trucker. She tells Ava that Chris is DL's "ace in
the hole". Kate replies indignantly that he is just a little boy! Ava
continues to insist that yes but he is Trucker's little boy and as long as
she has a little piece of him, she has a little piece of Trucker. Kate tells
Ava to stay out of it. Ava tells Kate that she is not going to sit by and
let DL lose the love of her life.....

DL and Buck are at a table. She thanks him for coming and Buck says it
was important. She tells him she wants to calm the waters....

And that's the just intro! :)

Steffi asks Cooper if he talked to Clay. Cooper tells her Clay didn't
buy it, but he adds, its not big deal. He tells her one little setback cannot
keep him out of the family business forever. Steffi agrees that there are
other jobs. Cooper replies, yes, but not in Paris. He tells her that was
part of the Proposal he kept from her because he didn't want her to be
disappointed if Clay didn't accept it, to run a new A.E. office in Paris.
He tells her it is a good idea and Cabot was impressed but he's sorry -
he let her down. He adds, all her dreams would have come true. She hugs
him and tells him they have...Tess walks in and apologizes for intruding
but Steffi has to go for the shoot. Steffi leaves and cheefully yells,
"there's a big beautiful world out there!" and Tess inquires of Cooper 
"what does THAT mean?" She's not considering that job in Paris, is she?

Clay tells Cabot its not a personal decision. "This is not about what's good
what's good for A.E. its about what's good for Cooper." Cabot asks him what
he means. He tells him that Steffi was offered a modeling job in Paris. Cabot
says, "So?" and they argue. Clay says to Cabot, "You knew about this didn't
you?" and Cabot finally admits that he did, but he didn't want it to be
personal, and that the project has merit. Clay insists that Cooper "walks
on water" and Cabot is letting Cooper come between them. 

At Pins, Ava tells Kate she is going to help DL with Buck, that he must
be having second thoughts about her having Chris.

DL tells Buck she's sorry for taking Chris home the way she did. She should
have talked to him first. DL tells Buck that he has been a really good friend
to her and how he supported her relationship with Trucker. She tells him that
if he hadn't come to get her in NY that Janie would still be alive (I missed
the part where Buck found out Janie was his daughter and that she died - who
is Janie's mother? what a coincidence!)...Buck tells DL it was not her fault.
DL says they've both been thru a lot this past year and Buck says he's sorry
DL is hurting. DL says there's nothing he can do but be her friend. He says
he will be/is no matter what. She says to Buck, "it's so hard, so incredibly
hard..." 

Ava tells Kate that Buck is making DL cry. Kate tells her to go back to
work. Ava says "It can't wait, mama". Kate tells her if DL needs anyone
she'll be right there and helps Ava on w/her coat.

Buck asks DL if she's heard from Trucker. She says he calls mostly every
day to talk to Chris but its awkward that they don't have much to say
to each other. Buck says, "since when?" and tells her she is the best
thing that has ever happened to him. DL says she used to think that too.
Buck admits that he didn't think it was such a good idea for DL to have
Chris at first, but now he does. Ava comes to the table and says to 
Buck, "Hasn't DL had enuf without you trying to take Chris from her too?"

Cooper tells Tess there's nothing she can do If Steffi takes the job in
Paris. She says, oh yes there is, I talked to my lawyer. That the verbal
agreement after the contract stands. Tess asks Cooper what would he do
if Steffi took the job in Paris? He says he would go too. That he's got
a few things cooking. She says, what would you do? wait tables?. He tells
her, "Look, Steffi and I are getting married, we want to be together.
Tess says "so be together - but all I have is this agency and I am not going
to let anyone or anything jeopardize that." Cooper asks her, "are you doing
this to get back at me? She ask,"for what?" he says, "for leaving you".
She says, Come on Cooper! Don't flatter yourself. You know, she adds, part
of me is rooting for you and Steffi to ride off into the sunset, but that
is the stupid and sensitive part of me. The smart sensible side of me 
will fight anyone who crosses me.

Cooper tells her that is fascinating and she should combine her two elements
and she'd be irresistable, the perfect woman. Stacy comes in with her 
report and Tess tells her she hoped she didn't rush - she doesn't want a 
sloppy job either! Stacy makes a face and leaves. Cooper says, "so this
is the sensible, smart side?" and she replies, "I am doing the best I can,
flawed as I am." Cooper tells her to cut herself some slack, and adds that
he really DID care about her. And she tells him not to worry, he is not
the only heartbreaker in town. "I have a shoot to run" and she leaves....

DL tells Ava Buck is not trying to take Chris away from her. Ava asks,
"then why were you crying?" DL says she was thinking about Trucker but
she's fine now thanks to Buck. Ava takes her coat off again to comfort DL.
She apologizes to Buck, and says it was probably Stacy's idea anyway...
Buck says, "Excuse me?" and Ava says, "well, she *Is* Trisha's best friend,
I mean she's known Chris since he was born and its only natural she'd be
obsessive.... Buck tells Ava that Stacy had nothing to do with it and
that he loves her and so does Chris and she is like family and will be his
family someday. Buck leaves angry. Ava asks DL if she messed up. Ava promises
DL she won't let Buck take Chris away from her. DL says kind of resentfully,
"Thanks, Ava..."

Kate tells Ava that she should have minded her own business, and Ava says,
says "Mama, I'm sorry, but its Stacy's fault. Kate disagrees. Ava say, yes
mama, I agree, Stacy is perfect! Ava asks why are things so complicated?
Kate replies, "because *some* people make it that way, plotting, scheming..."

Tess pours herself a glass of wine. She sighs and looks at 4 photos of her
and Buck (you know from a photo booth)...The secretary buzzes her and tells
her lunch is here. She replies, "its about time"...In walks Buck with a picnic
basket.. Tess tells Buck Stacy is in the Conference Room. He says it would
be a shame for the nice lunch to be wasted. He tells her he feels rotten
about their situation and that she deserves someone better then him. He
tells her she is irresistable and one hell of a woman! He did care about her..
He still does...He kisses her on the cheek. They stare at one another...
Then they share a long lingering kiss...TESS IS DREAMING.  Then the real
delivery boy brings her lunch in and after he leaves, Buck really does walk
in. But Stacy sees him from the outside, and calls him. He runs to her,
they hug and kiss outside Tess' office, and Tess mumbles, "Perfect..."

Steffi comes to see Clay. She wants to know why he's doing this to Cooper.
Is it because of her? 

Cooper comes to see Cabot. He wants to talk about the proposal. They both
agree that its too bad Clay wouldn't accept it and Cooper tells Cabot that
he spoke with Adam Chandler of Chandler Enterprises (in PV - AMC! :)))))))
and Chandler thought it was a good plan and liked it. Cabot replies, But
Chandler Enterprises is one of A.E.'s biggest competitors! And Cooper tells
him that he is an Alden, and family IS important, but he is going to marry
Steffi and she will be his family from now on and if he has to leave one
for the good of the other, then he will....

END.

Phew,
Signed Off,
CAZ

