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Characters: Nikolas Cassadine, Nadine Crowell
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Nadine: You haven’t. This is all me. I play out these little fantasies in my head because, obviously, I’m attracted to you. So I kissed you just once to see what it felt like. But it doesn’t really work when it’s just one way. So don’t worry. It won’t happen again. In fact, why don’t we just forget I was ever here? Oh, good, humiliation complete.
Nikolas: Wow, I’m not sure what just happened.
Elizabeth: Well, I am. It’s been a long time coming.
Nikolas: What?
Elizabeth: Nikolas, don’t you know Nadine is falling in love with you?
Elizabeth: I came over here today because it’s Lulu’s birthday and I know you’re worried about her. So if you need a listening ear –
Nikolas: I just — Liz, I just want to do something about it, anything. But I — but I feel like my hands are tied. So what do I do? I just sit around here and wait for a phone call that says John and Lulu are captured or shot or God knows what else. I just — I want to know what’s going on inside her head. Is she scared? Is she lonely? Is she –
Elizabeth: She’s resilient.
Nikolas: Yeah, but this — this John kid is a loose canon.
Elizabeth: Who happens to be devoted to her.
Nikolas: Then why is he risking her life? Why doesn’t he just let her go?
Elizabeth: Maybe she won’t let him.
Nikolas: What?
Elizabeth: It’s hard to let go of someone you love.
Nikolas: If Emily were here, she’d be trying to talk me down the same way you are. It’s crisis like this that makes me miss her even more.
Elizabeth: You don’t have to explain.
Nikolas: Maybe I need to explain it to myself. I’ve been so blinded lately by thoughts of Emily that I haven’t seen — well, maybe I didn’t want to see what’s been happening with Nadine.
Nikolas: I don’t know, Liz. Nadine, she’s — she’s a sweet girl. She’s quirky. She’s –
Elizabeth: Beautiful.
Nikolas: Hey, don’t get me wrong. I’m attracted to her. I could take her out on some casual dates, but that’s as far as it could go for me.
Elizabeth: how do you know that?
Nikolas: Because I’m still in love with Emily. I can’t imagine that that’s ever going to change. Look, if I - - if I get involved with Nadine now, I basically would be using her to get over my grief, and that’s not fair to her.
Elizabeth: You know, when I thought Lucky had died, God, I was — it was so devastating because I loved him so completely. I never thought that I could ever feel that way again, you know?
Nikolas: Until Jason.
Elizabeth: And at first, I just thought that he was someone who could understand how much I missed Lucky. And then Jason and I got closer and I started to trust him and confide in him and –
Nikolas: Fall in love with him.
Elizabeth: Yeah. But it took me years to realize it. And when I finally did, it was too late. I hurt a lot of people along the way, especially Lucky, because I wasn’t honest with myself. So that is my advice to you. You need to be truthful about what you feel.
Nikolas: I don’t know if I want to feel anything.
Elizabeth: Nikolas, Emily would not want you spending the rest of your life being faithful to her memory.
Nikolas: I know. You’re right.
Elizabeth: I miss her, too. So we’re just going to have to help each other through it, okay?
Nikolas: Okay. Thank you for being her friend, and mine.
Elizabeth: Of course.
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