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From: ninapie@NoSPAM-1821.ntcnet.com
Subject: GH:  UPDATE for Monday 2/16/98
Date: 25 Feb 1998 02:25:15 GMT

General Hospital update for Monday Feb. 16, 1998

Today's show was excellent!

The Dock at Windy-mere--

  Nik is preacticing his Tai Chi (sp?) moves when Helena appears

out of the mists.  "I am here to offer you the gift of truth."

She tells him that Stefan is obsessed.  He did not come to Port

Charles because of Lesley Lu's illness, no does he stay due to

Katherine Bell--she is merely a pale substitute for his true

love, Laura Spencer.

  Hel reveals that Laura is back in the U.S.--and that Stef knows

of her whereabouts.  He may well be planning a new move so that

he can be near the object of his obsession.  She feels that Nik

has a right to know, although Stefan may deny it. Hel moves

toward him.  "Stay away from me," he tells her, speaking for the

first time.  She's overjoyed that he can speak--and if his anger

at her helped him to communicate verbally, then she's glad.

Alexis' place--

  Ned makes an entrance to Alexis' apartment bearing flowers,

candy and a mystery box with a bow.  It's their "annual Valentine's

date" he informs her.

  They chat a bit, and Alexis nervously worries about boring him.

Au contraire, he tells her--he thinks she's spectacular.  "where's

my present?" she asks him, uncomfortable with such lavish praise.

Ned urges her to "come closer".  He presents the mystery box.  "I

humbly present to you--the world."

  She takes an object from the box which I think is some kind of

special tape or CD player.  She marvels and pushese a button--they

hear the sound of a beating heart.  Another button and there's the

sound of a crackling fire.  They close their eyes and snuggle,

imagining themselves in a cozy country cabin in front of a roaring

fireplace.  There's a big fluffy bed in the middle of the room

(they pretend).

                "Are we lovers?"  Mr. Smoothie murmurs.  Alexis pulls away.

 "Not yet," she announces.  She gets

up but Ned is in hot pursuit and delivers her a soul-stirring

kiss (more purple prose!)  The next sound you hear is that of

your updater's TV melting.

   A la Rhett and Scarlett, Ned carries Alexis into the bedroom.

   Afterwards, Ned tells her it was brilliant of them to wait so

long to make love--now neither of them will bolt for the door.

More lovemaking ensues.

                The park--

  Lucky is looking for Liz who was a no-show at the dance. He

hears moaning and a rustling in the bushes.  Liz crawls out.

Lucky's horrified.  His voice breaks as he asks what happened.

"My shoe," she tells him, dazed with shock, "It's broken."  She

is a mess--her face streaked with tears, her dress is torn

 and her arms are bruised.

   As Lucky tries to help her with her  shoe, he notices the blood

om her leg.  Who did this to her?  Liz doesn't know.  She realizes

that her granma's bracelet is missing--she has to find it, it was

a gift from her grandpa!  Lucky tells her they'll find it, but

first they have to get her to a hospital.

  No!  Liz insists she does not want to go there.  Lucky helps

her up and gently leads her away, murmuring words of comfort.

        The Spencers--

  Lucky brings Liz inside and gives her a warm shirt to put on.

Liz asks to use the bathroom to clean up.  Luck's sympathetic,

but should she do that?  She should be examined.  Again Lizzie

is adamant about not going to the hospital.  Well, then, how

about if he calls his Aunt Bobbie the nurse?

         Finding he can't reach Bobbie by phone, he wants to run to GH

and catch her.  Lizzie says fine, she needs some time alone.  Luck

tells Foster to guard his friend.  Foster comes over, plops his

head on the coffee table and regards Liz with a sad and sympathetic

gaze.  She goes upstairs.

                Lizzie showers.  We see her weeping in the tub.  At the same

time, a black-garbed figure apraoches the house.  Scenes of his

 approach are intercut with Liz getting out of the tub.  ( A little

slo-mo, very creepy.)  A black gloved hand tries the door knob.

Liz is downstairs in a robe now and cries "No!" as she sees the

knob turn.  She cries out again as Luke enters.

  He instantly sees how upset she is and keeps his distance,

reminding her that he's Lucky's dad.  Lucky and Bobbie arrive then

Luke is surprised to see his sister, and speaks her name hopefully

(is she here to see him?) but she sweeps past him and goes to Liz.

Lucky looks at his father and tells him that Lizzie was jumped

in the park.

  Bobbie takes Liz upstairs so they can speak privately.  Luck

tells Luke that he knows Liz was raped--even though she won't say

so.  As he recounts finding her in the park, his eyes fill with

tears.  "The worst thing was her eyes...like something so bad had

happened, she can't bear to know it.  It's still in there.  Did

you see it?"

  "Yeah, I saw it," Luke admits sadly, his eyes staring through

Lucky and back into the past (IMO).

   In the bathroom, Bobbie tries to fix up Liz's cuts and bruises.

Liz is glad that her face is not marked.  No on can tell anything

happened.  Bobbie tries to tell her that rape victims need very

 careful treatment.  She tries to convince Liz to be examined,

but Liz says she'd rather die.  Bobbie doesn't push.

   She tells Liz she has no authorization for what she's about to

do and could get into serious trouble, but she provides Liz

with a morning-after pill which is given to rape victims to prevent

pregnancy.  Now, can she call Audrey?  No--Liz doesn't want her

gran to know anything, and will deny it all if Bobbie tries to

involve Audrey.  "This happened to me."  She stares at her face

in the mirror.  "I'll decide who to tell."

   Downstairs, Lucky is still wrestling with the situation.  "Whay

kind of guy grabs a girl and forces her to have sex with him?"

he demands.  He just doesn't get it.

   "You'll never understand it," Luke tells him, shaken.  "Don't

even try."

   Bobbie comes down and she and Lucky confer.  Liz won't admit

to being sexually assaulted, and there's nothing they can do if

she won't pursue it.  Lizzie comes down and escorts her home.

   Bobbie stares at Luke.  "What's on your mind?"  he demands,

uncomfortable under her hard gaze.

   "You make me sick."

  Audrey's house--

  Lucky promises to find Liz's bracelet.  She thanks him for his

help tonight.  Inside, Audrey greets her, eager for the news of

the dance.  She assumes that Lucky and Liz met there as planned,

since she noticed Lucky bringing her home. Liz tells Audrey that

she's very tired and just needs some sleep.  She escapes upstairs.

  Outside, Lucky waits near the door, worrying about Liz.

  Spencer's--

  Luke wants to know if they're talking about Carly or what.

Bobbie tells him she has no desire to talk to him about anything.

She walks out and leave Luke alone with his troubled conscience.

*Whew*!

 The End!

*****

Nina P., wiping her brow

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