Mike has just arrived at his Grandma Horton's house where she is making donuts.
Alice: What have you been doing all morning?
Mike: Spending time with family, but I saved my favorite girl for last. I've come to say goodbye.
Alice: Goodbye? Where are you going?
Mike: Back to Israel. But this time, I'm taking Carrie with me.
Alice: (with a look of delight) Oh! You've settled everything?
Mike: Well, not exactly. Now Carrie needs some time to find herself. So, if she can do that, hopefully then we
can find our way back together again.
Alice: That's the most utter nonsense I've ever heard!
Alice: Carrie is going to Israel because she can't face the future without you.
Mike: Grandma, I want to be with Carrie desperately, but I can't make her do that if she's not ready. And I
promised her I wouldn't push.
Alice: Well, some promises are made to be broken.
Mike: Maybe so, but Carrie is reluctant to be with me right now.
Alice: Just never mind her reluctance. Take her by the hand, head for the nearest church, and take her to the
altar.
Mike just looks at his grandmother in disbelief.
Mike: Grandma, the last thing Carrie needs right now is me forcing her to do anything. She's still reeling from
everything that we've been through: betraying Austin and having our own affair flaunted all over Salem by Ali, and then my
leaving! I mean, she needs time to heal. She needs time to re-evaluate.
Alice: Darling, that's no point to try to re-evaluate the obvious. And it's perfectly obvious to me, and it
should be to both of you - you're in love and you should be together. So, what you need to do is make Carrie realize
that. Trust me. All of Carrie's confusion and her doubt will disappear when you go and say to her, 'Carrie, will you marry
me?'
Mike: I don't think I an do that, Grandma.
Alice just looks at her grandson.
Mike: I cannot presume to psychoanalyze Carrie, Grandma. Listen, she's not ready to commit...at least, she's not
ready to make a commitment to me. And I can't just walk up to her and say, 'Let's get married!'
Alice: Why not? If it's the right thing, go for it Michael! Court her, woo her...
Mike: (thinking for a moment) Court her?
Alice: Have I ever steered you wrong?
Mike: Okay...Okay, I'll go for it!
Alice: Oh, that's my boy!
Mike: (hugging Alice tightly) Thank you...thank you! I love you so much.
Alice: And I love you so much!
The next day...Carrie hears a knock at her door, and opens it to find Mike holding a huge bouquet of flowers. She smiles
coyly.
Carrie: I think you have the wrong apartment, buddy!
Mike: No...no - Carrie Brady still lives here, doesn't she?
Carrie: For the time being.
Mike hands her the flowers.
Carrie: Thank you - they're beautiful.
Mike: Well, I hear you're into gardening. They don't hold a candle to you.
Carrie: Come in.
Mike: Thanks.
Carrie: If you can find your way through this mess here.
Mike: I know how you feel.
Carrie: Yeah, if I had known you were coming, I would have cleared a path for you.
Mike: Yeah, then I would have spoiled the surprise - I like surprising you. In fact, I've got a couple other
surprises lined up too.
Carrie: I think I know one of them. Lois called me and said they offered you your job back.
Mike: Wow...Word travels fast.
Carrie: Well, don't keep me in suspense. Are you going to take it?
Mike: That depends.
Mike and Carrie pull into Dizzy's Diner in a classic blue car. They order their regular: Three Dizzy Burgers, Fries,
and chocolate milkshakes.
Mike: You know, they don't have Dizzy Burgers in Israel.
Carrie: Are you sure you want to go to Israel? You'll be giving up a lot.
Mike: Carrie when I was in Israel, I realized the one thing that I needed to make me complete...it was you.
Carrie smiles at him tenderly.
Mike: If you need to go away for a while, or if you need to start fresh, I'm going to be there with you.
I'll never leave you again.
All of a sudden, "How Do I Live?" comes on the radio in the car, and Mike flashes back to dancing on the hilltop in
Los Angeles in 1997. He recognizes the song immediately, and looks at Carrie.
Mike: May I have this dance?
Carrie: You definitely may.
They both get out of the car, and they walk out in front of the car. Mike puts his arms around Carrie, and she looks
up into his eyes. They move closer and sway to the song that brought them together. They flashback to various moments in
their life together:
- Mike showing Carrie his car that he bought.
- Carrie pretending to be Mike's girlfriend in L.A.
- The snowball fight after Mike and Carrie's sleigh ride.
- Swing dancing on the way to Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
- The Fourth of July kiss.
- The kiss in the rain.
Carrie pulls away to smile up at Mike, but notices that all of the other couples in the drive-in are dancing also.
Mike: Looks like we started a trend.
Carrie: Do you want to start another one?
Mike, picking up on Carrie's hint, leans into kiss her. The other couples begin clapping wildly, and Mike and Carrie
take a bow!
Carrie and Mike return back to the car with their order. The waitress informs them that they had won a prize for
ordering the 2,000th Burger since Dizzy's Grand Re-Opening.
Mike receives the prize, and he opens it to find a pin that says, "Celebrate 2000".
Mike: Must be a good omen for the new millenium.
He turns to Carrie and pins it on her sweater. She looks at him lovingly.
Carrie: I will never take it off.
They both lean in for a kiss simultaneously. Mike pulls away, and hands a hamburger to Carrie.
Mike: (opening his hamburger wrapper) Whaddya know? I got a fortune burger!
Carrie: What??
Mike: There's a fortune written on the inside of this wrapper.
Carrie: What does it say?
Mike: "There's a rainbow waiting to take us both away to live in love and happiness forever and a day."
Carrie: You wrote that, didn't you?
Mike: Will you chase that rainbow with me?
Carrie: That rainbow might be right here in Salem, Mike.
Mike: Yeah, I guess it could be. Listen, I know I said that I would give you time, but I think we've wasted
enough time already. We're free now, we're free to love each other.
Carrie smiles softly.
Mike: If you just let yourself be free, and if you just remember our love - and how it touched our hearts and
souls.
Carrie: I never forgot, Mike.
Mike catches his breath, leans over and kisses her.
Mike has just arrived at his Grandma Horton's house where she is making donuts.
