December 11, 2006

Kayla: [ Sniffles ] You remember?

Steve: My life. My past. [ Chuckling ] Our past. [ Inhales, exhales deeply ] [ Chuckles ] I remember you, sweetness. [ Sighs ] [ Voice breaking ] I remember being with you. I remember loving you. [ Inhales, exhales deeply ]

Kayla: Are you okay?

Steve: [ Exhales deeply ] I think I am. For the first time in a long, long time...I think I am.

[ Chuckling ]

Kayla: Here. Come on.

Steve: Oh, baby. [ Chuckling ] I just can't believe it.

Kayla: Just sit.

Steve: I can't sit. I just came back to life. I can't sit down. For such a long time, I've just been living in the dark. I've just been like not asleep but not quite awake, in some kind of limbo. Now I got all these things -- people, places, things we did -- things we did together. They're fighting to get to the front of my mind. Stockholm, right? I went to Stockholm. You followed me there. We ended up in some storm drain and almost drowned. Is that right? Is that right?

Kayla: Yeah, yeah. That's the way it happened.

Steve: Christmas -- I dressed up as Santa Claus. I called myself "Patchy Claus." I'm on the pier. I'm playing a harmonica. There's little kids running around. [ Laughing ] That's right. New year's Eve -- we got a hayride going. We're on a hayride together, baby. I see you.. Oh, man. Under the stars, you look so beautiful, and the blue moon. Oh, I remember the smell of your perfume.

Kayla: It wasn't perfume. It was --

Together: Soap.

Steve: Lavender soap. [ Laughs ] I remember! Oh, baby, I remember. Come on. Ask me anything. I got all the memories -- your memories. Come on, baby, tell me. Can you believe this? What? What? What's -- what's wrong?

Kayla: All this time, all I wanted is for you to remember me -- remember us. Now I just don't know if I can believe it.

Steve: What don't you believe?

Kayla: For you just to remember all these things -- everything -- all of a sudden. I just don't see how it's possible.

Steve: It's true, baby. I'm not making this up.

Kayla: Well, you did before.

Steve: I lied to you to help you get better. What reason would I have to lie --

Kayla: I have no idea. Maybe you just think I'd have a relapse or something.

Steve: Kayla, no.

Kayla: I just can't go through this again. I can’t. So whatever you're doing, just stop, all right? Honestly, I just -- I can't let you get my hopes up again. I can’t.

Steve: Kayla, trust me. It's real. That's how I feel.

Kayla: [ Crying ] Stop, please. Stop. Stop.

Steve: Look. It's me. Look at me. It's me, baby -- the man you fell in love with, your one-eyed tomcat -- Steven Earl Johnson.

Kayla: No. That Steve is not coming back -- never. How many times did you tell me that?

Steve: I was wrong. I was wrong. I didn't know who I was. My whole life was wiped out, Kayla. I tried, but I couldn't get those memories back. I'm ashamed to say I gave up, but you didn’t. You kept fighting for me. Come on. Now that I finally believe, baby, you can't give up on us now. Kayla, look at me! Look at me. Can't you see me? I'm back.

Kayla: [ Crying ]

Steve: Come on. Kayla!

Kayla: I can't!

Kayla: Stop following me?!

Steve: When you stop running away, I will. Oh! Oh. Okay.

Kayla: [ Sniffles ]

Steve: I got you. I got you. Everything's gonna be okay.

Kayla: [ Shivers ] I'm okay, really.

Steve: I just want to get the shivering to stop, okay?

Kayla: All right. Okay.

Steve: Hey, hey. What do you think? Should we call Lexie?

Kayla: No. I'm not getting sick again, and nobody needs to worry about me.

Steve: I'm not just nobody. I just found you again. You think I'm gonna let you go? I'm so happy, baby.

Kayla: I'm so scared.

Steve: What are you scared of? You're not scared of me, are you?

Kayla: It's just --

Steve: Too many feelings?

Kayla: The last time --

Steve: This isn't like the last time.

Kayla: How can I be sure?

Steve: Because I'm telling you. You got to believe me.

Kayla: But I believed you before. I trusted you, and it was all a lie.

Steve: Not anymore. Look into my eye. It's me. I'm real. I'm real, sweetness. Come on.

Kayla: I can't go through this again. I just can’t.

Kayla: I-I can't do this. I just -- I can’t. I'm -- I'm not strong enough.

Steve: What? How can you say that -- you're not strong enough? Kayla, you're the strongest woman I've ever known. All that stuff you had to go through with me. You became a doctor. You raised our little girl all on your own. What are you talking about?

Kayla: I just can't be hurt again. I just can’t. [ Inhales, exhales deeply ]

Steve: I know, baby. Kayla... look at me. Kayla...look. Courage. Yeah. Come on. Come on. Come, baby. It's me, baby. It's me.

Kayla: [ Chuckles ]

Steve: [ Chuckles ]

Kayla: Mmm. Mmm.

Steve: I'm always gonna worry about losing you again.

Kayla: You are never going to lose me.