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Subject:     GH Update 8/21
Sent:        8/31/96 10:36 AM
From:        Pat Herman, pat@aimnet.com

General Hospital Update
Wednesday, August 21, 1996

Today's Stories
** Lucy, Psychic for the PCPD?
** A Boy on the Side
** Kiss It and Make It Better

** Lucy, Psychic for the PCPD?
Lucy arrives at Mac's front door.  He lets her in, and she proceeds to
tell him that she is going to put everything in her life on hold and
help out the PCPD.  She continues that she is going to use her psychic
abilities and figure out who the stalker is.  Mac, however, is no
interested and tells Lucy no.  Lucy informs him that she can be very
persistent and starts asking him questions about the stalker incidents,
dates, times, etc.  Lucy reminds him that she was the one who found
Damian Smith, but Mac says that he was just a PI back then and could go
traipsing all over the country.  Now he's the Police Commissioner, and
he can't do that sort of thing.  He stands firm and refuses to let her
get involved.  He then asks why she's interested in the stalker details.
 She merely replies that she wants to help out Felicia, but it seems as
if both of them think that Kevin could be involved, but are refusing to
say it.  She finally realizes that Mac is not going to give in and
leaves.  As she walks out, Mac warns her to "keep your eyes open."

Kevin go into Kelly's and Gina is behind the counter.  When she sees him
she spills coffee she was pouring on her hand and burns herself.  Kevin
attempts to check out her hand, but she insists it's okay.  Kevin tells
her he wants to apologize for whatever he did or said to her that made
her upset.  He asks her to repeat to him exactly what he did (since he
can't remember, but won't admit that to her), but she doesn't want to
talk about it.  He tells her that he got her another TA assignment with
a different professor, since he thought that she would still need money.
 She thanks him.  He tells her he'll try to stay in his nice mode, but
asks her again to tell him what he said to her in the class the other
day.  She says that most of the time he is nice, but finally tells him
what happened, and how he was so cold and deliberate.  As he asks her if
she might have misunderstood him, he gets one of his headaches.  She
tells him she's going to get his papers, and goes upstairs as Ruby comes
in.  Ruby sees him and asks what's wrong.  He tells her he has a
headache.  Ruby offers to get some aspirin, but he runs out.

Meanwhile, after leaving Mac's, Lucy drops by Felicia's.  She explains
to Felicia that she is going to use her psychic abilities to track down
the stalker.  Just like she did with Mac, she asks Felicia for details
about the stalker incidents.  Felicia shows her the pictures that she
received.  When looking at the picture of Brian, Lucy makes the comment
that "he reminds her of someone", but can't place who.  She then looks
at the picture of Kevin and Felicia.  Lucy comments that Kevin is
wearing "that ugly shirt" that Lucy only let him wear once and then hid.
 Lucy asks Felicia the time frame when each of the photos was taken, and
Felicia shows her the dates on the back of the photos.  Then, in a very
girlfriendly manner, they talk about their relationships with their
current men.  Felicia envies Lucy's relationship with Kevin, the fact
that they've been together for so long, and they know everything about
each other.  Felicia can't figure out how to fix things with Tom.
Lucy's advice is to "kiss it and make it better."  While the two are
having their conversation, someone, which we discover to be Kevin, is
lurking outside looking in the window.  Lucy goes to leave and thanks
Felicia for giving her all of the information.  She tells her she'll
meditate on the pictures.  After Lucy leaves, Felicia gets the feeling
someone is watching her, and she goes and looks out the window.
However, Kevin is gone.

Lucy's next stop is Kelly's so she can talk to Gina.  As she walks in,
Ruby asks her how Kevin is doing, since he left with the headache
before.  Lucy says she hasn't seen Kevin yet and asks Ruby if Gina is
around.  Lucy sits at the counter, and Gina comes out to talk to her.
She gives Lucy Kevin's papers that he left without before.  Immediately,
Lucy looks at Kevin's schedule for July 11.  She sees that he had a
group scheduled for that day.  Gina notices Lucy checking Kevin's
schedule, and Lucy makes up something about wanting to plan a surprise
party for him.  She says that apparently Thursday is not a good day
because of his group thing and mentions something about July 11.  Gina
tells Lucy that she remembers July 11 because Kevin never showed up for
the meeting, and she had to reschedule everybody.  He never even called
and everyone was mad.  This is not what Lucy wanted to hear.

Kevin is now back at the lighthouse and another headache hits.  He goes
to the easel and starts sketching a house, which looks exactly like a
dollhouse that is in Felicia's apartment.

** A Boy on the Side
Robin and Jason decide to check out of their hotel and go to Brooklyn to
have dinner at the restaurant that Sonny recommended.  Jason calls the
restaurant to make a reservation and the Matri'D tells him that Sonny
has already called him.  He continues that Sonny has made arrangements
to pay for their meal.  They can have anything they like, and Jason is
to make it a special evening for Robin.  Jason makes their reservation
for 8:00pm.  Robin tells Jason about a Bed & Breakfast that she's always
wanted to stay at.  They decide they'll go there after dinner.  Before
they leave the hotel, Robin goes to the telephone to call Mac and tell
him their plans.  Before dialing, she decides that she'll just call him
later tonight when they arrive at their next destination.  They grab
their bags and head to Brooklyn.

Meanwhile, at the restaurant two men are having dinner.  The one guy
tells the other that he just say the reservation list, and it looks like
their job should be easy.  He says that both of Sonny's people will be
at the restaurant tonight.

Jason and Robin arrive at the restaurant and get the royal treatment
from the Maitre'D.  They are amused by the attention being paid to them,
and Robin jokes that they should drop Sonny's name more often.  Jason
tries to tell Robin that she should feel free to date other people at
Yale.  She is hurt by Jason's suggestion, but Jason tries to further
explain.  He just doesn't want her to be lonely or unhappy, but he will
always be there for her and waiting for her to come home.  She tells him
that she'll be much to busy with classes and activities to even find
time for a relationship.  She continues that she doesn't think that
she'll find anyone with whom she can be open about her HIV.  Besides,
she's going to Yale to get an education, not her Mrs. degree, a concept
she has to explain to Jason.  She finishes by saying that she couldn't
just use some guy to get by until she got back to Jason.  As she said,
she "couldn't have a boy on the side."  Jason replies, "You'd be
surprised.  Some people don't mind."

Their appetizer comes and Jason tells the Maitre'D to decide their
dinner entrŽe for them.  Jason decides that now is the time to do his
errand for Sonny, which is 10 blocks away.  Robin doesn't mind his
leaving, and he tells her he'll be back shortly.  Robin tells him she'll
just people-watch until he returns.  One of the guys from the other
table comes up to Robin, but doesn't say anything.  He just stares at
her.

In the meantime, Mac calls the hotel where they were staying and is told
that they checked out.  He asks if any forwarding information was left,
but there was none.  At this point, Jason has arrived at the meeting
place, but no one is there.  From out of nowhere, someone punches him
and knocks him just short of unconscious, then throws him up against the
wall.

** Kiss It and Make It Better
Felicia and Tom are in her apartment, and Tom is asking her to tell him
exactly what he said to her on the tapes.  She really doesn't want to
think about it, but finally agrees and tells him the phrases  she
remembers.  Again, she tries to explain things from her point of view
and tries to get close to him.  Tom doesn't want to get that close until
the stalker is caught.  He decides to leave and see Mac to hear the
recording of *his* phone calls to Felicia.

At Mac's, Tom listens to the tapes, but can't remember any situations
where he might have said those phrases.  Mac tells Tom that the phone
calls were made from the hospital, and now Tom understands why he was
the prime suspect.  Tom can't figure out when he said the phrases that
are on the tape and becomes frustrated.  Tom decides that it's now his
turn to ask Mac some questions.  Naturally, his questions are about Mac
and Felicia's past relationship.  He asks who broke off the engagement.
Mac answers that he did, then Tom asks why.  Mac tells Tom that was a
private matter between him and Felicia, and he should ask Felicia.  Tom
suggests that Mac still has feelings for Felicia, which Mac denies.  Mac
says that he's very happy in his current relationship with Katherine.

Tom goes back to Felicia's apartment.  He tells her about the phone
calls coming from the hospital.  Once again she tries to get close to
him, but he backs away.  He then admits to her that he did indeed watch
her from outside her apartment.  He says that when he would leave her he
would go outside to make sure everything was okay.  He liked to watch
her because she was the same when she was alone as when she was with
him.  He says that he didn't mean to scare her.  She replies that it was
okay, and she doesn't want to hide anything anymore.  His confession
seems to change Tom's mind, and they kiss.  One thing leads to another,
and well... you get the picture.

THE END

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Pat, other half of the Wednesday Update Team