December 12, 2006

Steve: [Laughs]

Kayla: You know what I feel like?

Steve: What do you feel like, baby?

Kayla: I feel like I've died and gone to heaven.

Steve: Yeah?

Kayla: Yeah. This is what I couldn't forget -- this connection between us, the passion, the love. That's why I could never give up.

Steve: Thank God you didn’t. I know these last few months must have been hell for you.

Kayla: It's been longer than a few months. I lost you such a long time ago. But I never lost hope that I'd see you again... I don't know, this life or maybe the next. That's why I never really could be with anybody else.

Steve: I know you said it was hard for you to move on, but...

Kayla: I tried once with someone, but it didn't really work. And I realized that I just couldn't do it.

Steve: So you really haven't been with anyone else?

Kayla: Unh-unh. You're the only man for me... and definitely worth the wait.

Steve: How could I forget your eyes? The way your skin feels? How could it have taken so many years for me to get my memory back?

Kayla: I don't even want to think about the years we lost. The miracle I prayed for is here, and he remembers me.

Steve: Kayla, when I said I remembered everything, I meant my past before I disappeared from that coffin. But there are years I can't account for.

Kayla: Maybe when we get back to Salem, you can see a specialist, and they can help you sort through it.

Steve: No, no, I've wasted too much time on too many couches. I can't do that again. It wouldn't do any good. My point is -- somebody went to a lot of trouble to keep me in the dark.

Kayla: I don't want to think about that.

Steve: We have to think about that. When word gets out that I started remembering things again --

Kayla: Come on. You're scaring me.

Steve: I don't mean to scare you, baby. I won't put you in danger again. But if it comes to that, you have to be strong enough to let me go.

Kayla: You want me to be strong enough to walk away?

Steve: I'm serious.

Kayla: I can see that you are, but it's not gonna happen.

Steve: What if I did bad things? What if I'm some kind of criminal?

Kayla: Then I'll be there at the jail, holding a cake with a file in it.

Steve: What if I was married, had a whole gaggle of kiddies?

Kayla: Then I'll kill you.

Steve: [Chuckles] That's not funny.

Kayla: Come on. Let's just stop talking about what-ifs. Listen, the two of us will just face whatever comes our way. But I am not walking away from you.

Steve: Now that I know how precious you are to me, I'm always gonna worry about losing you again.

Kayla: You are never going to lose me. Never.

Kayla: Mmm. You smell good.

Steve: So do you.

Kayla: [Giggles] You know, I used to lie in bed. I would remember how you smelled, the way your body felt next to mine.

Steve: That sounds like a lot of lonely nights.

Kayla: It was. But I had my memories.

Steve: We're gonna make new memories, sweetness. You'll never be lonely again.

Steve: Mmm.

Kayla: Listen, I think that we need to talk about something for a second, so come on. Sit right here.

Steve: You were just kissing me over here.

Kayla: It's all right.

Steve: What?

Kayla: Listen, I know that you and Billie have feelings for each other.

Steve: Come on, Kayla. It's not like that.

Kayla: No, come on. We can talk about this. I mean, how could she not fall for you? When you met her, I meant nothing to you.

Steve: Kayla.

Kayla: She's in love with you, isn't she?

Steve: [Sighs] It never got that far.

Kayla: But you wanted it to, didn't you?

Steve: Maybe Nick did.

Kayla: You're not two different people. Nick is you.

Steve: Oh, come on, baby. No. That Nick dude had no history, no past, no family. He was practically dead inside. But not me. Not now. Truth be told, I am two different people. I'm the man I was before I met you and the man I was after. I'm sorry to say I wasn't as good as you, because there were other women.

Kayla: I know. You told me in Cincinnati.

Steve: The thing is -- when I was out there in limbo land, I liked to keep things casual and in-the-moment, you know? And I think Billie did, too. That's maybe what we had in common. I guess we were both trying to avoid getting hurt. You should know -- I told Billie I was planning on ending things with you, and when I got back to Salem, I'd be free and clear..

Kayla: Wow. You know, I'm not gonna pretend that Billie's my favorite person in the world, not after everything that she did to come between Bo and Hope. But, you know, I don't want to see her get hurt, and I think she's gonna be devastated.

Steve: I don't think so. I think she's been expecting this all along.

Steve: Yeah, Billie said all along that I would eventually get my memory back and forget about her. I didn't believe it was possible.

Kayla: What -- to get your memory back or forget about her?

Steve: Get my memory back.

Kayla: Hmm.

Steve: But I won't pretend that Billie hasn't been supportive -- the way she visited us in that aquarium.

Kayla: Visited you.

Steve: [Sighs]

Kayla: Are you sure this is what you want?

Steve: This?

Kayla: Me.

Steve: Kayla, how can you ask me if I'm sure about what I want after everything that's happened here?

Kayla: I don't know. It's all so new to you.

Steve: No, it's not new. I told you. It's like I never left you. I'm your patch man. I'm your husband.

Kayla: Steve.

Steve: You're it for me, sweetness. You always have been. I'm home.

Kayla: [Giggles]

Steve: Back where we started.