General Hospital Transcript Monday 12/31/07

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Lucky: Alfred's right. Alfred. What, you don't answer your phone anymore?

Nikolas: Uh -- well, I -- you know, I just got back from Switzerland, and all this work's been piling up on me, so I just --

Lucky: Yeah, high enough to bury yourself in. It's New Year’s, and we're all having to face it without Emily.

Nikolas: Yeah. Yeah. Well, she should be here well; she should be here right now with me. I haven't seen her all day.

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Lucky: What do you mean, you haven't seen Emily all day?

Nikolas: It's just there's traces of her all around. Clothing, handwriting, pieces of furniture, art we bought together, this. Last night, I couldn't sleep. I -- I kept tossing and -- and turning all night. And the headboard on Emily’s side was banging up against the wall, so I got up to take a look, and -- and I found this wedged in between the headboard and the wall.

Lucky: What is it?

Nikolas: It's our book. She read it to me when I was shot and couldn't speak, and I read it to her while she had cancer. It was very special to both of us.

Lucky: Well, maybe it fell behind the -- the bed.

Nikolas: The point is, is that there's pieces of her all throughout this house. And I feel like -- I feel like one by one, they're being taken away from me, and I'm afraid I'm going to wake up one day and all of her will be gone.

Lucky: Emily is alive -- alive in all of us who loved her. You know, she'll always be a part of you, a part of all of us. Why don't you come with me to Metro Court tonight and celebrate New Year’s with Alexis, me, and lulu?

Nikolas: I'm sorry, I can't, okay? Hey, Happy New Year. You have a Happy New Year.

Lucky: Yeah, you, too.

Nikolas: Thanks.

Emily: I'm here, Nikolas. I'm right here.

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Sam: Okay -- now, there you go.

Man: No, that's just too much.

Sam: Uh-uh.

Man: This -- this --

Sam: No, no, no, no. You are a life saver, Joe, once again. Thank you.

Joe: Yeah, I know, but you shouldn’t.

Sam: Come on, it's New Year’s. I'm sure you had, you know, a ton of other places to be.

Joe: Yeah, home with my wife. She's not been feeling great.

Sam: Well, I'm sorry to hear that.

Lucky: Hey.

Sam: Hey.

Lucky: What's going on?

Sam: Oh, not much. My fuel pump broke.

Lucky: I thought it was a new car.

Sam: Yeah, I know.

Joe: New car, same old problem. Nothing's built to last anymore. Whole world's going to hell.

Sam: Okay.

Joe: I'll see you again, Sam.

Sam: Thanks again. Have a Happy New Year.

Joe: Can't be worse than the last one.

Lucky: Well, he's a ray of sunshine.

Sam: Joe Smith? Well, you know, he -- he is a mechanic that I use from time to time. He's from the outside of town, he's fine. He's --

Lucky: Yeah. The question is, how well does he know you? You were sent a text message by a killer. I mean, any chance he could be the one?

Sam: Joe Smith?

Lucky: Joe- right.

Sam: Come on! Yes -- that is his real name, and no, he's harmless. He would not do anything to me. If he would've -- he would've chopped my head off in the -- under the hood today.

Lucky: Still, you shouldn't leave your door open right now or invite strange men upstairs.

Sam: Oh, really? Well, I invited you in. Now, I am going to go take a shower, then I'm going to get ready for the Metro Court.

Lucky: Oh, no, no, no, no. Do you really want to? Because Nikolas -- he's locked himself up in Wyndemere and, well --

Sam: Well?

Lucky: After the whole black-and-white ball, I don't really feel like --

Sam: Yeah -- hmm. Well, hmm -- hmm. Why don't you take a nice, long hot bath with me?

Lucky: Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

Sam: But I do have to get you --

Lucky: Oh, no.

Sam: Dirty first.

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