Nice Chariot

Dr. Dan comes into Chelsea's room as he barks orders to someone out in the hall. Chelsea stuffs her make up kit under her covers. Daniel picks up Chelsea's chart and the blood drains from his face. Chelsea panics and asks what is wrong, "OK," says Dr. Dan, "I'll tell you what it means."

Chloe interrupts Phillip's business tycoon telephone call. Phillip takes one look at her and drops his jaw, "Damn! You clean up nice." Translation: Aw heck, you don't need a translation. Chloe says, "I have an audition."

Patch sleeps on the couch. Kayla sneaks out of her bedroom and tiptoes over to the door. She very quietly turns the knob and is set to make her escape. We hear Patch's voice, "Where do you think you are going?"

Lexie asks, "Where do you think you are going?"

Bo grimaces, "To find Hope."

Ava sticks the phone into Hope/Kayla's face, "Call him. This is not a request, Kayla. Call Patch."

Daniel says, "This isn't what we expected. We have to move you."

Chelsea whines, "To ICU? I thought I was going home today. What's wrong with me?"

Daniel says, "I'm not the one that should break this to you."

Daniel flings the door open and we see Stephanie sitting there in a wheelchair decorated to the gills, "You're going home!" The brat is not amused.

Lexie lectures Bo for getting out of bed. Bo wants to go find Hope. "This operation was complex," says Lexie, "It wasn't as simple as if we had done brain surgery on you.. I am telling you to get your butt back in that bed before I jam a needle full of sedatives into it."

John Black zoops in and moons Lexie, "Don't bogart that needle, doc." Bo still wants someone to find Hope and tell him she's OK.

Patch waits. Kayla explains she was going to see Bo. Patch vetoes that move, but his phone interrupts the conversation. Patch hears the voice on the other end, "Hello darling, it's Kayla."

Chelsea is not at all pleased, "You freaked me out!"

"That should make going home that much sweeter," says the ever-forgivable Dr. Dan. Stephanie drools and asks if Daniel is staying in town. Daniel says the hospital board has made him an offer, but he can't say. Daniel and Max leave so Chelsea can dress. Watching that is something neither of them could stand.

Stephanie goes into cardiac arrest, "He is so sweet!"

Daniel tells Max Bo isn't out of the woods.

Chloe tells Phillip she's going to audition to be in an opera because the lead singer got pregnant.

"What part," asks Phillip.

"Her womb." Chloe thinks she was born for this role and figures the audition is just a formality.

Patch tells the mystery caller she got the wrong number. Hope/Kayla says, "Steve, knock it off. It's Kayla. I'm here with Ava." Hope/Kayla says Ava would like her to stay a while until he gets his priorities straight, "She wants a little chat." Ava yanks the phone.

Patch tries to look calm as real Kayla soaks it all in. "You don't need to do this," he says.

Unzipped Ava snorts, "You didn't need to run out on me."

"Take it easy," says Patch, "Everything is good."

"NO," screams the nut job, "Poor Kayla will have to deal with me if I get in a bad mood. You should worry a lot and keep this conversation to yourself." She hangs up.

Kayla is just a bit confused, "Who was that?"

Dr. Dan knocks and yells through the door, "Are you decent?"

The response comes back through the door, "No, it's the same old Chelsea." Daniel goes in and we have the big goodbye hug. He leaves. Stephanie offers Chelsea some advice, "Put your eyes back in your head. In other words, do as I say, not as I do."

Patch tells Kayla it's a long story. Well, conveniently, Kayla is trapped there and has a whole lot of time to listen. Patch decides to come clean, "This is something I've needed to tell you for a long time..." If you haven't already guessed what happens next, you fail DOOL 101. Kayla doubles over in pain.

Bo gets out of bed. Lexie catches him and we have the same lecture and scene as before, sans John's moon job. Bo asks her to get Abe there ASAP.

Suddenly, Bo has a pain. Lexie stays in the room anyway. She tells him Abe is on the way. She discovers Bo has pulled a stitch, and throws a fit, "Tell me if this hurts." PUNCH! Nope, that didn't hurt manly Bo. PUNCH! Nope. Macho Bo can take anything. PUNCH! He-man Bo screams like a little girl and shrivels up. Abe walks in as Bo tries to recover. He tells Abe to put an APB out on Hope.

"An APB," asks Abe, "What is it?"

"It's a broadcast message that tells police to be on the lookout for someone," says Bo. Abe asks to talk to Lexie outside.

Outside, he tells Lexie he wanted 'alone time' but they can't do it. Abe wants to do it soon. He also wants some 'alone time.' The tweeners interrupt. They want to go in and see Bo. "OK," says Lexie, "But take it easy. He pulled a stitch when I pounded him in the gut."

They wheel into Bo's room and Chelsea tells him she's been sprung. But who, oh who, will take care of the brat while she is on the mend?

Ava says Patch can be a nice guy when he wants but he has a dark side, "Have you seen his dark side?"

"Yeah," says Hope/Kayla, "His left eye is dark all the time."

Ava insists they were in love, "Is he really in love with you? Oh, of course he's not. I should have asked, do you THINK he's in love with you?"

"Is that a question you want me to answer," asks Hope/Kayla.

"If he is in love with you, I feel like hurting him. If he's not in love with you, I feel like hurting him," says the wackadoodle, "I still feel the pain." She doesn't really want to hurt Hope/Kayla, though. She's sorry she has to put Hope/Kayla through the heartache but it can't be helped. Hope/Kayla says what Steve did to Ava was awful.

"You're trying to work me," says the nutcase, "I am not stupid. Wacko yes. Stupid no. Patch has to hurt a little before we get back together. Do you want your sandwich?"

Patch helps Kayla sit down, "I suppose sex is out of the question, right? " He calls Dr. Elman who says she will make a house call, proving once and for all DOOL is a complete work of fiction. Patch helps Kayla into the bedroom.

Chloe stomps in. She tells Phillip she nailed the part, but they don't want her. They found out about her reputation in Austria. Phillip assures her his father will find Brady even if Interpol doesn't. Phillip believes Chloe.

Dr. Elman arrives and rushes in to see Kayla. Steve dials. He tells the operator he just got a call and the ID is restricted. He needs the number.

Bo would invite Chelsea to stay with them but Hope's got her hands full. Max suggests, "You can stay with me and Ma. That way I can dump all the work on her." Bo doesn't think that's a good idea either. Bo asks Max to get his phone for him.

Hope/Kayla eats her sandwich. Ava thinks this proves she's not such an ogre. Hope/Kayla thinks Ava has some redeeming qualities and is beautiful, also. Ava thinks Hope/Kayla is patronizing her. Ava is so sorry she just has to take Patch from Hope/Kayla. She asks how Ava and Patch met. Ava says they were both hailing a cab; they shared a ride, and then grabbed a coffee together, "He had me by the end of the first latte." She brought him home to meet Daddy, who gave him a job. They were together almost two years. They were going to get married. Ava describes how the wedding would have been. But Daddy didn't want her to marry Patch so they ran away. They found a preacher who got witnesses but the wedding didn't go through. Ava doesn't want to talk about it.

Sometimes she hates Patch. "With good reason," says Hope/Kayla. After the non-wedding, Ava went home and cried and hit things, and then she got sick.

Abe knows Hope is missing, but it hasn't been long enough for an APB. He'll do it unofficially if he has to.

Phillip "comforts" Chloe. His phone interrupts them. Bo asks a favor. He wants a place for Chelsea to stay. Phillip offers to hire a nurse and have her stay at the mansion. Done deal. Chelsea thanks Bo. With all that settled, the tweeners leave Bo's room. As they go, Bo takes a look at the gay wheelchair and gives Max a parting shot, "Nice chariot." After they go, Bo squirms. He gets a call. Patch says he needs to talk to him about Hope.

Ava asks what it was like marrying Patch.

Patch tells Bo he doesn't know exactly where Hope is. He asks Bo to trust him. He tells Bo not to involve the police, but he's on the way. The connection breaks. Bo is confused, but he's used to that.

Max can't believe Chelsea will have a full time nurse, "I've always wanted a full-time nurse myself." The girls roll their eyes as Daniel catches up with them and wastes time with another irrelevant goodbye.

Dr. Elman says Kayla can walk from the bed to the couch to the bathroom. She says she has given Kayla something to make her drowsy – A week's worth of DOOL videos.

"I'll keep an eye on her," says Patch.

"I certainly didn't expect you to keep two eyes on her," says Dr. Elman.

Ava wants to know what it's like to be married to Patch, "I gave you a sandwich so tell me." Hope/Kayla asks to make one more call.

Patch phones Stephanie and asks her to come home, "NOW."

Abe walks in and tells Bo to take it easy. He vows to find Hope.

Patch tucks Kayla in and makes another call, "Come on Bo, pick up."

Abe tells Bo officers are looking for Hope right now, "On their own time. They've scoured every donut shop in town."

Ava tells Hope/Kayla she isn't going to have her happy ending. The fruitcake is certain she and Patch will wind up together.


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