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From: jyarnot@netcom.com (Jan Yarnot)
Subject: GH: Update Thursday December 14
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 07:45:09 GMT

KEVIN-LUCY
Kevin is in his office with Robin.  She reassures him about Luke.  She
gives him the "magic glasses" Stone had for reading, and both Kevin and I
break down.  He will keep them on his desk as a reminder.  He asks how
she's doing, and she's written Yale asking them to reinstate her
application, for the class of 2000.  That seems so *scary*.  "I know,"
Kevin agrees, "there's only 5 years and 2 weeks to the millenium." [I'd
have thought Kevin was precise enough to insist that the millenium is
2001, but who knows?]  Lucy bubbles in and Robin leaves.  Lucy admires
Robin: "She could teach us all to stay calm in the face of emergencies."
Kevin agrees.  However, something else has come up tht she needs to address.
He is worried about Luke.  "Lucy...I hate it I hate it I hate it... so
I'm going to adopt a whole new posture... I want to let Luke off the
hook."  Kevin is just going to shut up and go along for the ride.
	The Ominous Knell of Doom is heard tolling as Lucy gloats over
being completely happy!  Kevin remains dispassionate until she tells him
to "Skip the 'dis' and stick with the 'passionate.'" He's only too happy
to oblige.  They talk about Stone's glasses and Stone.  [It's apparent
Kevin enjoyed being a "righteous dude"!]  When Robin gave him the glasses
he says he made some inane remark about keeping them, because he didn't
want to break down.  "Kevin Collins. Inarticulate. Imagine that!"

SONNY
Sonny has gone to the Outback to see Mac.  He asks Mac how things could
get any worse?  Stone's gone.  Sonny tells Mac how Stone admired him, and
gives Mac the ring.  Mac slips it on, in a poignant moment.  I'm ready to
kill him, myself.
	Mike is babysitting Lulu at the club and Luke comes in.  He had
trouble putting up the portacrib.  Mike says this is a Y-chromosome thing
[which was especially funny to your fearless updater here, as at
Thanksgiving we were giving the outnumbered menfolk a lot of grief about
Y-chromosome things, like asking directions, carving turkeys, and
channel-surfing!]  Have you seen a mom, loaded down with baby and diaper
bag and all hands occupied, and she just puts a stroller down and it
unfolds and is ready to go.  Sonny comes in and is amazed to see Mike
with the baby.  Luke suggests that Sonny should drop a couple of
grandchildren on Mike [and later, when Leelee was looking so serious, I
thought maybe he had!]  Sonny is waiting for the other shoe to drop.
	Lucky is playing cards with Mike to recoup some of what he spent
on the trip.  [Lessee, this is craps, poker, card tricks... I begin to
think Officer Johnson should spend less time on Sigmund and more on this
gambling minor.]  He has Sonny pick a card, and he knows what it is, even
when Sonny gives him his own deck.  [Seriously, *are* we planning a Lucky
and gambling storyline?]  Lily comes in and speaks Spanish to Lucky, who
seems to remember that he has homework, and leaves.  Sonny asks Leelee if
she is OK [and I was sure she was going to tell him the pregnancy test
was positive!]  She's just mournful because she isn't sure he's ready for
this party.  Sonny laughs it off: "I've got the last laugh on Luke.  Lucy
is his partner now."  Lily continues to look like her favorite brother died.
	Lucy comes to check that the party is ready.  Mike and Luke tease
her a bit, but no, there's enough food to feed an army till Tuesday.
Lucy wants Mike in her 30% of the club, but Luke says they split him,
"choose your body parts wisely."
	Back at the Outback, Mac is looking at the ring when Robin comes
in.  Mac wonders whose idea it was to give him the ring, and Robin
assures him it was Sonny's.  Mac says "it was very generous of him, and
decent."  He tells Robin you have to give someone a second chance.  They
continue to talk about Sonny, and Katherine eavesdrops.

TOM-SIMONE-JUSTUS
	At the hospital, Audrey and Bobbie and Simone are dishing the
dirt when there is a call from Tommy's school.  Tommy has disappeared.
They call Tom but can't call Steve because Audrey's  Altheimer's has
gone out of remission and she can't remember where he is.  General panic
ensues, but then the security guard brings Tommy up.  Tommy left school and
walked to the hospital because "Daddy needs me."  Tom, again, reassures him.
Eventually he and Tommy go off to use the computer in Tom's office on company
time.  Simone is unsure if this is the right approach, but the psychiatrist
thinks it is. [TAN: I knew some psychologist's kids, and they were the
most messed up of any of us.  However, I think Tom's approach here is apt to
work better than Simone's.  She evidently thinks so too, as she agrees.]
Bobbie (the great mother who was too busy flirting with Alan to make Lucas'
birthday party) reassures Simone.
	Justus comes in.  He and Simone are off to the photorapher and
videographer.  He is less-than-thrilled with the news about Tommy, and is
pontificating (I like him most of the time, but he *is* stiff around
Simone!) about Tom fanning the flames.  Tom overhears this.  Simone and
Justus disagree about Tom.
--
Jan Yarnot, net.granny, RABbabe, Proud Mom to Stands-With-a-Book, the
        Booklist Boy, the IRS Guy, the Tycoon, and Sunbunny.
	Growing older is mandatory, growing up is optional.
jyarnot@netcom.com                 Putting the fun in "dysfunctional."

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