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Nicole is researching Serena on the web, in public of course, and is caught by Marlena. Nicole asks if she has a specialty sneaking up on people, Marlena persists, but Nicole tells Marlena it's none of her business. Marlena asks if Nicole really needs to investigate Serena again, Nicole points out that although Marlena thinks she knows everything, Serena isn't what she seems. (Her language is more colourful though.) Marlena concedes that although Serena might not be all she claims, it's not Nicole's business, because she's moved on. She tells her to leave Eric alone. Later, Nicole is by herself, talking to herself in the middle of Club TBD, noting the parallel between Serena & Marlena. She's about to begin her research again, decides she doesn't need to be the one to get the truth on Serena; Marlena gave her good advice (and yet another flashback as she thinks about Daniel telling her he won't be second fiddle). She texts Daniel, asking him to see her so she can clear the air; gets impatient and gives him a ring.
Replay of Xander telling Serena to get moving, opens the door to find Eric standing there. Eric greets him happily, they half-hug. They reminisce extremely superficially about their time in the Congo together, but what brings Xander to Salem? Xander's going to let Serena explain; Serena punts, Eric guesses Xander is fundraising. Xander claims to be running a pharmaceutical company (Randall Lewis), further claims he's recruiting Serena to write an article about a new drug. Eric wonders why Serena didn't tell Eric Xander was coming to town. Xander claims he surprised Serena, jokes about how Eric was wasted on the priesthood, and how Eric & Serena are together again. Serena tries to usher him out coyly, Xander calls her on it; Eric defends Serena, but she admits she's throwing Xander out, claims to be busy, Xander gives Eric his card. Xander promises to be in touch with Serena as he leaves; Eric asks if Serena's okay, she claims not to like Xander as much as Eric does. Eric didn't know that, Serena says she likes him fine, he's just pushy. Eric gets handsy, is hopeful that getting involved with Xander's company will keep her in Salem. She tells him not to worry, it's looking less & less likely that she'll be leaving Salem. Eric wants to talk about her run-in with Nicole, brings up the two elephants issue, Serena plays the victim. Eric wants everything to stay civil, Serena hits his chest, doesn't want him listening to the liar. She apologises, Nicole drives her crazy, sorry she lost control. Eric just wants to forget about the elephant (don't we all???); they get close again, Eric wants to know the next time Serena & Nicole run into each other. Serena's not worried about Nicole; they kiss.
Sonny comes home, still looking woeful, Will asks if he's just going to avoid him from now on. Sonny claims he was just working, Will counters that Sonny gets up early, works till close, has been avoiding his texts. Sonny's not in the mood for texting; Will insists they have to talk if they'll get through this. Sonny's not ready; he came back for the club, due to the massive cash losses since Vic opened his club "on the west side," and he had to come home to deal with it (apparently he talked to Tad, who was worried about his job). This of course upsets Will; Sonny admits that he thought they could try, in person, Will keeps laying his hands all over him, Sonny keeps pushing him away. It hurts too much, won't give Will an answer to when he'll be ready to talk, scoots to the club.
Paul flashes back to Will wondering why Sonny would want [the spawn of Sami] when he could have had baseball guy. He calls the club, but Tad tells him Sonny's not there. Paul avoids leaving his info.
Daniel flashes back to the saga of the coat, how JJ had it, then didn't want it, ruined his life. He says "oh...my...god...!" as he realises the truth, Paige enters with Parker and asks what's wrong. Paige then apologises for talking about her mom's hookup, Daniel is visibly shaken, Paige guesses she'll never know whom her mom was with that night. As they clutz around the conversation, Paige further reveals that right after her mom's mystery date, stuff got weird with her & JJ; Daniel starts to console her verbally, but she counters that they're back together. Daniel is confused, Paige explains JJ ended it with the other girl, and Daniel's advice about not settling got to her. She was really only seeing Cole to get over JJ, which was unfair to Cole. Daniel agrees; Paige takes Parker to the park.
At the student union, JJ wants to know what Eve wants. Seated, she grabs his arm and once again warns him to stay away from her daughter!!!! JJ says it's not going to happen, Jen bursts out and says, "Get your hands off my son!" Apparently Jen had a notebook for JJ, gives it to him and he scurries off. Jen asks if Eve's out of her mind. Round and round they go, with Jen pulling out a new trick by declaring she'll tell Paige all if Eve doesn't mind her. (Sorry folks, this is really repetitive and hard to watch In My Opinion.) Another scene of the go-round, JJ will destroy Paige, we have a deal, and Jen decides to call Paige, pulls out her phone and dials. Eve tries to grab the phone, agrees to the deal being back "on." Jen says next time, there will be no warning; Eve promises she'll never be alone with JJ again, runs into JJ (whose class was cancelled) as she leaves. JJ and Jen talk about whether or not Eve will blow the deal.
A pensive Daniel is watching his teapot boil when JJ comes over, looking for Paige; Daniel explains that she's at the park with Parker, asks about their reunion, slyly questions him about Roxanne, but JJ gives up no information, says it's no biggie. Daniel's expression falls; JJ asks what's wrong, and Daniel reminds him that he is there if JJ has a problem. They're interrupted by Nicole calling, he says it's not a good time. JJ says he should have taken the call, he's got to go; Daniel tells him they need to talk about the other woman. Daniel tries to get him to open up, JJ gets uncomfortable, says everything's cool, Daniel promises there's no judgment. Nothing to say, JJ asserts, Daniel opens the door. JJ's upset, thinks Daniel thinks he's lying. Daniel asks about JJ's attitude toward the jacket. JJ won't open up about it, leaves and immediately calls Jen (who's been sitting at home wondering how Tom & Alice would handle this) to ask about what she said to Daniel. JJ feels he knows everything.
Tad has dropped by on his break to visit Will, pointing out they haven't seen each other since Will returned from LA, wants to know what's up with Will & Sonny. He came on his own, is upset that Will ignored his texts while Sonny was gone (he had been offering his help with Ari). He knows something's wrong, wants to know what it is. Will admits it was all his fault.
At the Club, Sonny is working when Paul enters; Sonny notices, looks around the room and sees Nicole; then gives Paul a signal and asks someone to cover for him as Paul leaves. Outside, Paul tells Sonny that they need to talk because Will came to see him. Sonny says not here. They go to the most private place around, the bushy clearing, Paul tries to take the majority of the blame, claims he kinda did make Will have sex with him.
After Nicole got put off by Daniel, she stood up to leave and Xander approached her. Nicole offers to pay for the shirt she ruined, and he invites her to dinner with his friends in town. Introduces himself as "Xander." Nicole smiles, wonders if he really came back to find her; she's flattered. Xander knows she's spoken for, won't pressure anymore, but says he doesn't like things not turning out the way he wants. (It's kinda charming, kinda scary, about 60-40.) Nicole asks if that happens often, he says, ultimately, it never happens, before he leaves for a meeting. (The menace factor just upped a bit.)
In the park, Paige is watching Parker play when Cole approaches her, says he's okay with JJ/Paige, is glad she told him instead of just dropping him. Cole wonders how a straight A student can be so dumb, talks about JJ's past in London, how he "broke" Bev's heart, hooked up with this skank, will hurt her and make her think it's her fault.
At her apartment, Eve is stewing, vows to Paige's picture to do whatever it takes to keep JJ & Paige apart. Later she goes to the Student Union, finds Cole, who explains Paige dumped him. She wants to see what they can do about that.
Back at the park, Paige is saying goodbye to Maggie & Parker, JJ approaches and wants to know what she said to Daniel! At Daniel's, Jen arrives, angry, wants him to stop bothering Daniel, who declares that she doesn't get to tell him what to do. He thinks she knows. Blank stares are exchanged.
Replay of Xander telling Serena to get moving, opens the door to find Eric standing there. Eric greets him happily, they half-hug. They reminisce extremely superficially about their time in the Congo together, but what brings Xander to Salem? Xander's going to let Serena explain; Serena punts, Eric guesses Xander is fundraising. Xander claims to be running a pharmaceutical company (Randall Lewis), further claims he's recruiting Serena to write an article about a new drug. Eric wonders why Serena didn't tell Eric Xander was coming to town. Xander claims he surprised Serena, jokes about how Eric was wasted on the priesthood, and how Eric & Serena are together again. Serena tries to usher him out coyly, Xander calls her on it; Eric defends Serena, but she admits she's throwing Xander out, claims to be busy, Xander gives Eric his card. Xander promises to be in touch with Serena as he leaves; Eric asks if Serena's okay, she claims not to like Xander as much as Eric does. Eric didn't know that, Serena says she likes him fine, he's just pushy. Eric gets handsy, is hopeful that getting involved with Xander's company will keep her in Salem. She tells him not to worry, it's looking less & less likely that she'll be leaving Salem. Eric wants to talk about her run-in with Nicole, brings up the two elephants issue, Serena plays the victim. Eric wants everything to stay civil, Serena hits his chest, doesn't want him listening to the liar. She apologises, Nicole drives her crazy, sorry she lost control. Eric just wants to forget about the elephant (don't we all???); they get close again, Eric wants to know the next time Serena & Nicole run into each other. Serena's not worried about Nicole; they kiss.
Sonny comes home, still looking woeful, Will asks if he's just going to avoid him from now on. Sonny claims he was just working, Will counters that Sonny gets up early, works till close, has been avoiding his texts. Sonny's not in the mood for texting; Will insists they have to talk if they'll get through this. Sonny's not ready; he came back for the club, due to the massive cash losses since Vic opened his club "on the west side," and he had to come home to deal with it (apparently he talked to Tad, who was worried about his job). This of course upsets Will; Sonny admits that he thought they could try, in person, Will keeps laying his hands all over him, Sonny keeps pushing him away. It hurts too much, won't give Will an answer to when he'll be ready to talk, scoots to the club.
Paul flashes back to Will wondering why Sonny would want [the spawn of Sami] when he could have had baseball guy. He calls the club, but Tad tells him Sonny's not there. Paul avoids leaving his info.
Daniel flashes back to the saga of the coat, how JJ had it, then didn't want it, ruined his life. He says "oh...my...god...!" as he realises the truth, Paige enters with Parker and asks what's wrong. Paige then apologises for talking about her mom's hookup, Daniel is visibly shaken, Paige guesses she'll never know whom her mom was with that night. As they clutz around the conversation, Paige further reveals that right after her mom's mystery date, stuff got weird with her & JJ; Daniel starts to console her verbally, but she counters that they're back together. Daniel is confused, Paige explains JJ ended it with the other girl, and Daniel's advice about not settling got to her. She was really only seeing Cole to get over JJ, which was unfair to Cole. Daniel agrees; Paige takes Parker to the park.
At the student union, JJ wants to know what Eve wants. Seated, she grabs his arm and once again warns him to stay away from her daughter!!!! JJ says it's not going to happen, Jen bursts out and says, "Get your hands off my son!" Apparently Jen had a notebook for JJ, gives it to him and he scurries off. Jen asks if Eve's out of her mind. Round and round they go, with Jen pulling out a new trick by declaring she'll tell Paige all if Eve doesn't mind her. (Sorry folks, this is really repetitive and hard to watch In My Opinion.) Another scene of the go-round, JJ will destroy Paige, we have a deal, and Jen decides to call Paige, pulls out her phone and dials. Eve tries to grab the phone, agrees to the deal being back "on." Jen says next time, there will be no warning; Eve promises she'll never be alone with JJ again, runs into JJ (whose class was cancelled) as she leaves. JJ and Jen talk about whether or not Eve will blow the deal.
A pensive Daniel is watching his teapot boil when JJ comes over, looking for Paige; Daniel explains that she's at the park with Parker, asks about their reunion, slyly questions him about Roxanne, but JJ gives up no information, says it's no biggie. Daniel's expression falls; JJ asks what's wrong, and Daniel reminds him that he is there if JJ has a problem. They're interrupted by Nicole calling, he says it's not a good time. JJ says he should have taken the call, he's got to go; Daniel tells him they need to talk about the other woman. Daniel tries to get him to open up, JJ gets uncomfortable, says everything's cool, Daniel promises there's no judgment. Nothing to say, JJ asserts, Daniel opens the door. JJ's upset, thinks Daniel thinks he's lying. Daniel asks about JJ's attitude toward the jacket. JJ won't open up about it, leaves and immediately calls Jen (who's been sitting at home wondering how Tom & Alice would handle this) to ask about what she said to Daniel. JJ feels he knows everything.
Tad has dropped by on his break to visit Will, pointing out they haven't seen each other since Will returned from LA, wants to know what's up with Will & Sonny. He came on his own, is upset that Will ignored his texts while Sonny was gone (he had been offering his help with Ari). He knows something's wrong, wants to know what it is. Will admits it was all his fault.
At the Club, Sonny is working when Paul enters; Sonny notices, looks around the room and sees Nicole; then gives Paul a signal and asks someone to cover for him as Paul leaves. Outside, Paul tells Sonny that they need to talk because Will came to see him. Sonny says not here. They go to the most private place around, the bushy clearing, Paul tries to take the majority of the blame, claims he kinda did make Will have sex with him.
After Nicole got put off by Daniel, she stood up to leave and Xander approached her. Nicole offers to pay for the shirt she ruined, and he invites her to dinner with his friends in town. Introduces himself as "Xander." Nicole smiles, wonders if he really came back to find her; she's flattered. Xander knows she's spoken for, won't pressure anymore, but says he doesn't like things not turning out the way he wants. (It's kinda charming, kinda scary, about 60-40.) Nicole asks if that happens often, he says, ultimately, it never happens, before he leaves for a meeting. (The menace factor just upped a bit.)
In the park, Paige is watching Parker play when Cole approaches her, says he's okay with JJ/Paige, is glad she told him instead of just dropping him. Cole wonders how a straight A student can be so dumb, talks about JJ's past in London, how he "broke" Bev's heart, hooked up with this skank, will hurt her and make her think it's her fault.
At her apartment, Eve is stewing, vows to Paige's picture to do whatever it takes to keep JJ & Paige apart. Later she goes to the Student Union, finds Cole, who explains Paige dumped him. She wants to see what they can do about that.
Back at the park, Paige is saying goodbye to Maggie & Parker, JJ approaches and wants to know what she said to Daniel! At Daniel's, Jen arrives, angry, wants him to stop bothering Daniel, who declares that she doesn't get to tell him what to do. He thinks she knows. Blank stares are exchanged.
