We are entering the phase of Todd and Téa’s storyline that many of us refer to as “Early TnT”. Blair is still in a coma, and Judith is alone at the Penthouse with Starr. Dorian arrives, determined to remove the child from the Penthouse and Todd’s custody. There is a very funnny scene on the stairs as Dorian does her best to get around Judith and get up those stairs, but come Hell or High Water, Judith is determined she will NOT be moved, LOL…. entering the Penthouse, this is the scene that Todd and Téa walk in on. Todd and Dorian have a very nasty confrontation, Téa gets in between them and in no uncertain terms, warns Dorian that if she doesn’t leave, she will file all sorts of legal charges against her, starting with trespassing and harrassment. Dorian finally gives in and leaves but not before issuing a warning of her own to Todd that he KNOWS she WILL be BACK……

Todd: Yeah, and then I'm back where I was when Starr got sick to begin with. But you know, Blair, when she gets out of the hospital, is gonna need physical therapy for months. I mean, she's not gonna be able to take care of Starr. That's in my favor, right?

Téa: Some. But there's another option.

Todd: Oh, yeah right, she'll croak. Or she'll be a vegetable.

Téa: You don't mince words.

Todd:No, you surprised? Well you don't either. (They share a look, and Téa nods her head in agreement) Ah, nevermind. What were you talking... ah, go ahead.

Téa: I'm sorry to ask you to even think like this.

Todd: It's really, it's ok, it's your job, right?

Todd: How is she gonna do that?

Todd: Oh, that's just what Dorian and her trash-sifting writer boyfriend are gonna try and prove, right?

Téa: My point being that at the moment you're in good shape. There are no charges against you, and judging from our little shmooze with Commissioner Buchanan, I don't think you're seriously considered a suspect in the Armitage bombing. Besides, there's no physical evidence, only speculation. Now, that could change. And we should act preemptively in case it does.

Todd: What's gonna make that change?

Téa: I'm just saying we should head off any possibility.

Todd: How ya gonna do that?

Téa: By building a bullet-proof case for you as a good father. No matter what happens to Blair, we start underscoring your virtues as a parent. Fortunately, you've made that easy. You've been a model father in many ways. You saw Starr through her illness. Her life-threatening illness and transplant. You've made sure that she's had a stable home environment before, during and now that she's done with her recovery. Even Blair agreed that this was the best place for Starr when Blair was in rehab.

Todd: (flippantly) Ok, so, we won. You made your money.

Téa: Alright, now I'm thinking this through. Is there anything missing from this picture of domestic stability? Well, a wife.

[At this point, Téa has walked away from Todd to fix herself a drink, so her back is turned and she does NOT see this look that Todd gives her when she mentions “a wife” nor the light-bulb which goes off in his brain!]

Todd: You know, I'm, um, I'm thinking I don't wanna wait to see what happens to Blair. How do I get a quick divorce?

Téa: Are you sure you really mean that about getting a divorce? Because I know how much you love Blair.

Todd: You don't know anything. You don't, you don't know anything. And as long as you remember that, everything's gonna be fine. Besides, my feelings have nothing to do with it. Blair was perfectly clear when I visited her in Philadelphia. It's over.

Téa: Ok, but you were saying just a few minutes ago that you thought Blair...

Todd: What are you, a marriage counselor? Or are you my lawyer?

Téa: Fine, nevermind.

Todd: Fine. So, how do I get a quick, legal divorce?

Téa: Pennsylvania's pretty quick in putting through uncontested divorces. It's just a matter of getting both parties and the judge to sign off on them. Dorian has Blair's power of attorney, and since she's telling everyone who's ready to listen that Blair wants to end the marriage anyway, I can't see a problem.

Todd: With Dorian, there's always a problem. You gotta get to work on that, fast, ok? I just don't know what we're gonna do if Dorian throws a wrench into the works.

Téa: (jokingly) How about fly to San Domenico and get a divorce in 48 hours?

Todd: 48 hours? Well, that's cool. Well, I'll do that first.

Téa: Even if Dorian's willing to cooperate?

[Todd looks up to Téa for the rest of the country's name.]

Téa: Domenico.

Todd: (on phone) Domenico. Good. (Todd hangs up phone and looks up at Téa) So, what's the next thing?

Téa: What do you mean? You go to San Domenico, you get your divorce, and that's it.

Todd: What you said before, there's something missing….. a wife.

Téa: (assuming he's kidding) Well you can't remedy that in 48 hours.

Todd: As it happens, I have a very interesting proposal for you.

Todd: I'll give you five million dollars if you marry me.

Téa: (flabbergasted) Five...excuse me?

Todd: Oh, look, I know that every girl dreams of a proposal and, well this is probably not the way you wanted yours to be, but...

Téa: (laughing) You had me going. You really had me going there for a second.

Todd: I'm not kidding. Look, I'll give you a million now as a whatyacallit…. a retainer, I guess, a signing bonus. You get a million the day that we get married, you get two million the day that I get custody of Starr, and I'll throw in another million on our first year anniversary. Offer's on the table, Téa.

Téa: This is the way you negotiate?

Todd: You think I'm fooling…. I'm not.

Téa: You're not?

Todd: No, what did I just say?

Téa: You just said you're not fooling.

Todd: (goes over, leans on the stairs) Oh look, don't worry about the tradition. I'm not traditional, so you don't have to worry about “Hi honey, I'm home” and dinner on the table and you dressed like Donna Reed. And, you know, after an appropriate, imagine me talking about appropriate, but after an appropriate amount of time if you want to, you know, pursue other interests, feel free. Just, you know, don't embarrass me in public and don't do anything that would risk my custody of Starr.

Téa: (in shock, stumbles to a chair and sits down) Wow. Well, I've never had a proposal like this before.

Todd: (sitting down on the stairs) Look, it has all of the advantages of a wealthy marriage. I'll pay all your bills, your living expenses. I mean, as long as you don't go buy Veteran's Stadium or anything like that. It gives you social standing that otherwise you would have to work years to get. And, you know, there's a little notoriety that goes along with the job but you don't seem to be bothered by that. All you have to do is, uh, get along with Starr. That shouldn't be a problem. I mean, you seem to like her, she seems to like you. You do have to get along with my parrot.

Although at the time Todd spoke these words, neither Todd or Téa had even an “inkling” of how TRUE Todd’s last words would become! Here in this scene we were given a “classic” beginning of the age-old timeless romantic theme of a story where two people enter into a “marriage of convenience” and eventually fall head-over-heels in love with each other, and TnT would be NO exception! As Daisy said in one of her beautiful posts, they weren’t looking for each other, but their hearts would come to realize that they had, indeed, found something…. something wonderful and magical…. something very precious!

Todd and Téa would find the other half of their very own souls, their true-blue soulmate, in each other. TnT would find a true, everlasting, LOVE….. a love that, whether they are together or apart, is destined to live on in the deepest part of both their hearts and souls…. forever!

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