Port Charles Update Wednesday 8/14/02
By Beth
Marissa has decided to talk to Ricky about Casey. She wishes she'd had a
chance to meet her sister. Ricky thought the world of her; he never
thought he could fall in love, but she showed him how wrong he was,
changing everything for him. He gets out a box of Casey's belongings, and
when Marissa wonders what her twin felt like when she was wearing such
unique things, he encourages her to try them on and find out. She excuses
herself to try on an outfit, and when she returns, her resemblance to
Casey floors Ricky. It isn't just her clothes and jewelry, or the fact
that they're twins; he thinks she has Casey's eyes. Uncomfortable with
where this is going, Marissa wants to change back into her own clothes,
but before she can do that, Jamal knocks on the door. Not seeing Marissa
at first, he tells Ricky he's been looking for her but she's blowing him
off. He looks past him and sees her standing there looking exactly like
Casey. Embarrassed, Marissa tries to explain how this all came about, but
Jamal says he's just glad she was finally able to talk to someone, and
Ricky was the obvious choice since he knew Casey better than anyone else
did. Marissa runs after him when he leaves, thinking he's mad at her for
talking to Ricky instead of to him. She tells Jamal that he's the one
she's crazy about. She doesn't think she should even have to tell him
that, but she figures he's holding back out of fear she'll hurt him the
way Alison did. She wants to change back into her own clothes and then
talk to him, but when she turns to go back inside Ricky's place, Jamal
disappears. Ricky apologizes for what happened. Marissa thinks it was a
mistake to come to him about Casey when Jamal so obviously wanted her to
talk to him. Ricky offers to talk to Jamal but she declines his offer and
rushes out.
Alison begs the Avatar to let her and Danny go. As she stands on the
edge of the cliff, Rafe comes to her rescue, followed by Ian and Kate. The
Avatar vows to show all of them; this is their last warning. When the
Avatar leaves, Ian grabs Danny out of his stroller and holds him close.
Alison is visibly shaken by the experience. As she loses her footing, Rafe
reaches out for her but is too late. She falls down the cliff. Rafe
reaches for her from the top but his arm isn't long enough, and she's down
too far to be able to touch him. Rafe vows not to let anything happen to
her. He came back for her, and now she has to come back to him. Somehow,
he grabs hold of her arm and pulls her to safety. She throws her arms
around him. She's okay but knows she shouldn't be. She went over a cliff
and he couldn't get to her, but all of a sudden he did. Some kind of magic
came out of him. How did he do that? Rafe has no idea other than the fact
that he just couldn't let her fall. Alison reminds him that he said he
came back for her. What does that mean? He doesn't know, but maybe he was
talking about coming back to the park to save her and Danny. She wants to
know why the Avatar came after her instead of Livvie. It's obvious to her
that it was to hurt Rafe. Rafe doesn't know what she wants him to say.
Alison doesn't voice her thoughts that the Avatar knows what Rafe won't
admit: that she's his one true love. Rafe pleads with her to let it go. He
has to get back to Livvie now. He offers to take Alison home, but she
turns him down. After thanking him for rescuing her, she walks sadly away.
Rafe looks at his hand, remembering what it was like to hold hers,
remembering how, months ago, he knew he was connected to someone like a
vine.
Karen orders a pizza, and Lou from Pizza Shack remarks that he really
thought he had Lancelot pegged until he saw Ian's interview. That got him
thinking; they need to find out more about their hero. "Frank" appears
behind Karen, and one of the first things he does is tell her that he
misses and still loves her and that will never change. Karen doesn't know
what to say, but he doesn't want her to say anything. He wanted her to
know how he feels, since he doesn't think her relationship with Ricky will
last. Karen thinks he seems different, but he says he's learned to express
his feelings, and it's very liberating. He says he'd probably have a
better chance if he were Lancelot. Frank thinks she'd give anything to
know who he is, but she claims she already does. She knows he's a good,
quiet man who's been through a lot and is stronger because of it. Frank
says that's impressive, and sure does make it hard for the rest of the men
in town. Karen admits she felt a connection to Lancelot the night he
rescued her in the park. Frank agrees that Lancelot probably felt it as
well. He kisses her forehead and leaves. Karen sits down alone, then
senses that Lancelot is nearby and asks him to show himself. Frank's
shadow changes to that of the Avatar.
Kate puts Danny to bed while Ian makes up his mind to go tear the
Avatar to pieces. Kate won't let him go. Danny's fine, and Ian was the one
who started this by doing that interview. She wants him to calm down and
let it go. Ian won't do that. Kate asks him to dance with her, thinking it
would calm him down just as it did her in the elevator. Ian thinks they're
two entirely different things. He's going to go kill the Avatar. To stop
him, Kate kisses him. She's embarrassed by this and realizes it was
inappropriate, but she wanted to stop him. Ian admits it did calm him
down. He won't try to kill it tonight after all. Kate rushes out, telling
herself she can't do this. She gets out her phone and buys a one-way
airline ticket to New York. Inside, Ian picks up a framed photo of Eve.
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