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April 19, 2002
Skye: Ooh, somebody's been busy.
Jax: Bonjour.
Skye: What is all this?
Jax: You'll find out soon enough. Anyone ever told you that sometimes you're a little conservative?
Skye: Oh, no one's ever accused me of that before.
Jax: Well, it's true all the same because we could've woken up in Provence this morning.
Skye: Well, to all appearances, we have.
Jax: Since you wouldn't let me fly you there, I had to, you know, think of the next best thing.
Skye: You must know the name of an awfully good French caterer. You'll have to give me his name.
Jax: Actually, they're a husband and wife team. They have a shop in this 200-year-old converted barn.
Skye: In Port Charles?
Jax: No, in Vitrolles.
Skye: Provence? You had this flown in from France?
Jax: No, I didn't, one of my pilots did. Here, have a croissant.
Skye: Mmm. Oh. This is, this is real. This, this was baked in France.
Jax: [He laughs] You sound surprised.
Skye: Uh-uh, not anymore. Not by you. You really are this good, aren't you?
Jax: I'm just getting started. I got something for you.
Skye: What?
Jax: Here. [He hands her a jewelry box] Go ahead, open it.
Skye: Jax, you didn't have to do this...
Jax: Quit stalling, Skye. Just go ahead, open it up.
Skye: Ok. [She opens the box] Moonstones.
Jax: You know what they are. I'm impressed.
Skye: They're beautiful.
Jax: Do you know what they mean?
Skye: That you were thinking of me?
Jax: I was. They represent new beginnings and they make wishes come true. And that's why I, I thought you should have a whole necklace of them.
Skye: You're making that up.
Jax: No, it's, it's in the, you know, Gemstone Encyclopedia. If you look it up, says right there, "wishes come true."
Skye: How do you know that? Please don't tell me you read Gemstone Encyclopedias for your enjoyment.
Jax: I don't. I, I learned from my Dad. He, he once prospected for opals.
Skye: I guess he just happened to tell you all these fabulous things about moonstones.
Jax: That's right. When I saw that necklace, I remembered some of the things, like new beginnings and making wishes come true. So I thought it was only appropriate to give you something that represents both of those things.
Skye: Wow, this is all so incredibly overwhelming. I...
Jax: Let me put it on you. Turn around.
 Jax: There we go. You know the best thing about being here? Is that no one knows where we are and we can do whatever we want.
Skye: No. No, Jax, you have to stop this right now.
Skye: Do you even know who I am? You saw what AJ did to Courtney, how he used her. Well, I'm just like him. I am. I can do anything to anybody and justify it. You don't know, you don't know what's inside me, what I'm capable of.
Jax: You know, I'm not as naive as you think. And even if you are as despicable as you say, why are you telling me this now?
Skye: Because you need to know who you're sleeping with, ok? Who you're giving breakfasts and jewelry, who you seem to think that you want to make happy. I, I was once well-paid to wreck a marriage and I took the money gladly. I once changed the results of a man's paternity test just to hang on to him. I didn't tell him the baby was his. The same crime that I accuse my grandfather of, you know that injustice I seem to pull out whenever it suits me, I did the same thing to someone else. I could do to you what AJ did to Courtney. I could turn on you any moment, Jax.
 Jax: So, what are you saying? I should just walk out of here and not look back?
Skye: Yes.
Jax: You don't think I know you?
Skye: I hurt people. Ok, that's what I do. And I'll hurt you, too. So if you have any brains, you'll just, you'll just get out.
Jax: Is that what you want?
Skye: Just get out.
Jax: You know, that doesn't really answer my question.
Skye: Look, Jax, you don't know what's going to happen. You're going to end up hating me. I just know you are.
Jax: No, Skye, I don't. I don't know what's going to happen, neither do you. Whatever it is, we'll figure it out, ok? But I'm not going to worry about what's going to happen down the line. That's not how I live my life. Look at what we have right now, ok?
Jax: It's just the two of us. We're at this beautiful place together, alone, and we've got nothing to think about but each other. So, please, don't run.
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