Jax's betrayal...

Jax's betrayal...

March 12, 2002

Skye: Stop being insufferable, Ned, and just say whatever it is you want to say.

Ned: I told you. Jax gave control of his ELQ shares to Grandmother.

Skye: You're lying.

Ned: You think I would be this ecstatic if it weren't true? Now, I don't know what you did to Jax, but Grandmother now has controlling interest of ELQ, so I think your days as CEO are limited. Don't worry. I think Grandfather will probably find you something different. Hey, Junior was Vice President in charge of paper clips. I'm sure you're more than capable of filling his shoes.

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Jax: I'm not saying it'll be easy. Love never is, especially misdirected love. You know, sometimes I think the worse somebody is for you, the harder they are to get out of your system. Carly, you have to be ruthless about shutting that part of your life off.

Carly: Well, ok, but what if, what if that person can't go away? What if that person won't let you forget them?

Skye: You lying jerk!

Carly: You know, this is a private conversation in my office in my club, so you can leave.

Skye: Oh, believe me, there's nothing I'd like more. This third-rate, pretentious decor is giving me a headache. But there's some business that I need to discuss.

Carly: Ok, you know what? You can take you and your business and get out because I worked too hard for this night to let you spoil it for me.

Jax: Carly, Carly, I think that Skye's angry with me, so, I know you have better things to do, so why don't you go and make this night everything you want it to be?

Skye: Well, how gracious, considering what a backstabbing double-crosser you turned out to be.

Carly: You know what, Jax? You have a lot more important things to take care of, too. Just do me a favor, ok, and let her out the back when you're done. That's where we keep the rest of the trash.

Jax: I think I know what this is about.

Skye: I'm sure you do. After I make one of the hardest decisions of my life, I side against my own brother, who has been the only person to consistently support me in my entire life, you sabotage my position at ELQ. You just rip it right out from under me! You know, Ned just couldn't stop smiling about it when he was telling me. Answer one question for me, Jax. Are you done punishing me yet, or is this just the beginning of a slash-and-burn campaign to teach me yet another lesson?

Jax: If I wanted to punish you, Skye, I would've handed control of the stock to Edward. But I didn't, did I? I gave it to Lila because, as far as I'm concerned, she's the only understanding compassionate of your whole, entire, dysfunctional family!

Skye: Why even make the gesture? Why give up something that you've wanted for so long? What do you get out of it?

Jax: I get away from you.

Skye: Am I really so terrible that you want to avoid running a major corporation just so you can get away from me?

Jax: Look, I'm done with ELQ, ok? Let's just leave it at that.

Skye: I suppose you're done with me, too.

Jax: Just let it go, ok, Skye?

Skye: I see. Guess you've never made a mistake, huh? Never chosen the wrong side, never wound up hurting someone while you were trying to protect someone else you care about. Or maybe it's just helpless, young girls that you go out on a limb for. Wide-eyed ingenues that might fawn over you...

Jax: Ok, you know what? That's enough, ok?

Skye: No, you made a fool out of me tonight, intentionally!

Jax: How is that, how is that possible?

Skye: When I think about what I did to AJ earlier tonight and how I let you get to me. How I went against every self-protective instinct that I have just to wrangle my way past Carly the Evil Nightclub Queen, just for the sole purpose of telling you...

Jax: Telling me what?

Jax: What is it that you want to tell me?

Skye: Doesn't matter.

Jax: Yes, it does matter, Skye. It matters very much.

Skye: I locked my brother in a closet, for God's sake. My own brother. Just to keep him from getting to Courtney.

Jax: Why?

Skye: Because of you, because of how you made me feel.

Jax: Could you be a little more specific?

Skye: I didn't like what AJ was doing to Courtney. I also didn't try to stop him but I realized how wrong it was, when you showed me. I don't want Courtney to get her heart broken. My God, life will take care of that soon enough.

Jax: How, how do I know that this isn't just another one of your games?

Skye: Fine. Jax, if you don't want to believe me, that's fine.

Jax: I don't know what you look like when you're telling the truth, Skye. Are you telling the truth now, or is it just, is this your best imitation?

Skye: My God, I go against every instinct that I have and I still lose. I mean, I alienate my brother, the one person in this world who's never judged me for being me, and for what?

Jax: You tell me.

Skye: For you. Because of how I feel about you.

Jax: Stop dodging and tell me what you're feeling. Look, we're on the brink of something here, Skye. We can either make this real or we can thank each other for playing and walk away. It's your choice.

Skye: There's no point in trying to change things now.

Jax: There could be if we get everything out in the open. I'm asking you to take a risk.

Skye: Taking a risk in business is one thing, jax. Risking your heart is another.

Jax: I'm willing if you are.

Skye: Very magnanimous, Mr. Jacks, but I don't want or need anything from you, thanks. Why don't we just leave it at that?

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