12/6/79 (Thursday)
Jeff brings Luke to the Disco (Luke goes to his office)
Laura wonders what's wrong with Luke
Scotty is studying for his Bar Exams
Scotty is waiting for Laura to tell him the results of the pregnancy test
Laura gets a phone call from Dana
Laura learns she is NOT pregnant (It was just the trauma of the rape)
Bobbie comes to the Disco looking for Luke
Laura comes to Luke's office
Laura says "I have to talk to you, is it alright if I come in?"... Lk - "Sure, come in"... [The door is left
.......half open] Lra - "Are you ok?"... Lk - "Yeah, I'm fine. What about you, you look like you've been
.......crying"... Lra - "Yeah, I guess I was, but it was but it was from good news"... Lk - "Well, I'm glad
.......somebody gets good news. What is it?"... Lra - "I'll get to that. What happened to you?"...
.......Lk - "Nothing happened to me. I went out on the town. I had a couple of drinks"... Lra - "I noticed.
.......Why?"... Lk - "I was trying to erase faces from my mind"... Lra - "Who's faces?"... Lk - "Roy's.
.......And yours"... Lra - "I see"... Lk - "I wanted to stop thinking about seeing the two of you. The more
.......I drank the more I thought about Roy, the more I saw your face. Your face, Laura"... Lra - "Listen,
.......Luke, you may be on a guilt trip because of Roy but you don't have to feel guilty about me anymore
.......because I just got a phone call from my doctor & she said... "... Lk - "NO, don't say it! I don't
.......wanna hear you say it! Don't! Don't say that!"... Lra - "Luke, what's the matter? I told you my news
.......was good"... Lk - "Your news is death! And I know what it is, I KNOW, Laura! Just give me a
.......minute, ok, & I'll tell you"... Lra - "Ok, ok, I'm sorry, it's just that I..."... Lk - "Shhhhhh!!!! Laura,
.......ever since I found out that you might be pregnant"... Lra - "Yes?"... Lk - "I've been waiting & now
.......that the word is no, I don't feel anything. That, at least, is a blessing. You're not pregnant. That's
.......it, isn't it?"... Lra - "Yes"... Lk - "Well, I"m glad for you. And I'm glad for your husband. It's not
.......good news to me, though. Because on some level, Laura, I hoped you were pregnant, because it would
.......have been a child of mine. And now all I see is death. The death of what might have been you & me in
.......one body. Huh, crazy what goes through my head, isn't it?"... Lra - "You know what, when I got the
.......phone call I was so glad that I wasn't pregnant I cried. I couldn't cope with taking a human life, I knew
.......that, & the tears just started to fall. But I stopped crying before I got to your office. Now I feel numb too
.......Luke & I'm not sure why. I feel as though we're in some kind of a trap & we've gotta find a way out.
.......[Bobbie is listening outside Luke's office] Luke, when does it end?"... Lk - "I don't know Laura. I don't know!"
Scotty, Bryan & Claudia come to the Disco... Laura is working
Laura tells Scotty that she's not pregnant (Scotty has to drag it out of her... He can't believe she didnt call him)
Laura tells Claudia that she's not pregnant
Mitch Williams & Tracy come to the Disco
Mitch goes to Luke's office & "warns" Luke not to try & "move up" too fast (ie from the slums of Elm Street)
Scotty & Laura go home
Scotty wants Laura to go back to the Rape Center (Scotty says she promised she would)
Laura agrees to go back (One time)
[Flashback] Luke remembers the Rape
Bobbie comes to Luke's office (Says she's gonna leave the door open because no one else is there)
Bobbie says "Nobody's here Luke, so nodoby's gonna come down the hall & listen to us. The way I came
.......down the hall & listened to you & Laura when she left the door open earlier tonight"... Lk - "What did
.......you hear?"... B - "All of the wonderful news that Laura Webber Baldwin is not pregnant with your child
.......& that I am not going to be the Aunt of your illegitimate BRAT!"... Lk - "It's been quit a night"... B - "I
.......wanna know how long you've been decieving everyone, Luke, I wanna know just how long you two have
.......been lovers"... Lk - "Since never"... B - "And what about this so called rape? You never answered me when
.......i asked you if you could be the man. And why did Laura all of a sudden decide to cry rape, why didn't she
.......just let your sleazy affair run it's course? [Luke just sits there] Damit, Luke, you owe me some answers!
.......She pulled Roy into her life, the only man that I have ever loved, she pulled him into her life, and YOU,you
.......almost let him take the blame for this rape! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?!!!"... Lk - "Go away, Bobbie,
.......I'm tired, I'm wiped out. Just go away"... B - "Just who are you? You're not Luke anymore. You're
.......somebody I don't even know"... Lk - "Go away"... B - "And what do you think that Scotty Baldwin will do
.......if he finds out that you're the man?"... Lk - "Probably kill me. I don't much care. Is that what you want?
.......Is your revenge that important?"... B - "I WANT THE TRUTH, LUKE, NOW!!!!!!!!"... Lk - "Ok. Here
.......it comes. [Luke closes the door] And once I've told you the truth, Bobbie, I want you to get off my back
.......once & for all. The truth is for one crazed moment in my life, I thought Laura wanted me. It was the same
.......night I found out I had to blow Mitch Williams away after the Election. I freaked!! I freaked. I thought I
.......was gonna die. And so I came on to her. I forced her to dance with me, right out there on the Disco
.......floor. And then I raped her! Yeah! I said Rape! I took her as cruely & as inhumanly as any woman was
.......ever raped. And when I was finished with her, she was bruised, she was battered & she was destroyed!
.......So that's the truth, dear little sister. It was not a sleazy little affair, nor was it a fling. Bobbie, it was Rape!"
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Laura calls & tells Lesley that she's not pregnant
Scotty calls & makes an appointment for Laura at the Rape Center (Scotty leaves)
Bobbie comes to see Laura... Bobbie says there's alot of unfinished business between them
Laura wonders why Bobbie is there
Bobbie says "I guess I wanna see just how close you are to cracking up. Because that's where you're headed,
.......Laura. And if no one else will tell you, I have to. No matter what you say I think you know who the man
.......was who raped you"
Laura says "Here are your things, I think you better go now"... Bob - "Did I say something to offend you?"...
.......Lra - "Look, Roy is dead & I'm sorry. But I can't bring him back. Nobody can"... B - "I know that,
.......Laura. I also know that he didn't rape you or you wouldn't still be afraid"... Lra - "I"m not afraid"...
.......B - "I can see it in your eyes every time I look at you"... Lra - "Stop it Bobbie"... B - "You're headed for
.......trouble, Laura"... Lra - "Does it matter?"... B - "If you crack up, you won't be the only one who gets
.......hurt"... Lra - "Are you worried about Scotty?"... B - "Let's just say I'm worried about alot of people"...
.......Lra - "You don't have to be. I told you I can't remember anything that happened that night"... B - "except
.......that the man was tall & blond"... Lra - "It could be alot of men, Bobbie!"... B - "Scotty won't leave it
.......alone until he finds out who it was"... Lra - "I know that!"... B - "Is he still pressuring you to go to the
.......Rape Center?"... Lra - "He made an appointment for later today"... B - "My fault. I thought it might be
.......a good idea"... Lra - "And you don't anymore?"... B - "Let's just say I think I'm beginning to read you
.......a little better than I used to"... Lra - "What do you mean?"... B - "I never really made it in your world,
.......Laura, DON'T try to make it in mine!"... Lra - "I don't know what you're talking about!"... B - "I think
.......you do. You never grew up on Elm Street. I did. I guess maybe the rules are a little different over there,
.......because over there when you marry you concentrate on ONE MAN, Laura, & that's your husband! So
.......why don't you just start concentrating on Scotty!!"... Lra - "That sounds like a warning"... B - "Maybe
.......it is. You grew up like the little blond princess in all of the fairy tales. Prince Charming came along &
.......you got him! So you stay in that world, Laura, & don't you try to live in mine!"
Bobbie says "If you want me to leave, alright I'll go. You just remember what I told you. Stay in your own
.......world!"... Lra - "I don't like being threatened Bobbie. Not by you, or anyone!"... B - "Look, I warned
.......you months ago to quit your job at the Disco"... Lra - "I can't!"... B - "Why not?"... Lra - "Because I
.......owe Luke money for the salary advance he gave me for Scotty's law books"... B - "Then let your
.......parents pay him back!"... Lra - "No! Why? It's my responsibility, I'm gonna pay it back!"...
.......B - "Does Scotty know that you borrowed that money from Luke?"... Lra - "I finally told him. I didn't
.......at first because I knew he'd be angry that I borrowed money"... B - "What else haven't you told him,
.......Laura?"... Lra - "What do you mean?"... B - "Was it really Rape?"... Lra - "Oh that's a terrible thing
.......to say"... B - "I think terrible things sometimes. It all started the night that Roy got himself killed. The
.......night that my Brother decided to drive you home instead of taking care of business & making sure that
.......Roy did not pull that crazy thing that he did on Mitch Williams!"... Lra - "That wasn't my fault, Bobbie"...
.......B - "Nothing is EVER your fault, is it?"... Lra - "Well, sometimes. Alot of times, maybe, but I never
.......asked to get raped & I never asked Scotty to force all my friends to treat me like some child who can't
.......find her own way home!"... B - "Well you didn't do a very good job of it the night you were raped
.......in the PARK!"... Lra - "I was upset! I had a fight with Scotty!"... B - "Then why didn't you call a
.......cab?"... Lra - "I was crying. I don't konw, I didn't care!"... B - "You didn't care? You didn't care
.......what happened to you?"... Lra - "Maybe I didn't! I DON'T KNOW! Why are you tormenting me
.......this way?"... B - "Take a guess, Laura. Maybe it's because I don't believe you. I don't believe
.......anything you've said. To me, to Scotty, to the Police. Maybe it's because I think you have told so
.......many lies that you can't remember what you've said to anybody!"... Lra - "How dare you!"...
.......B - "Because little Laura Baldwin lives in a fairy tale & little Laura Baldwin's gotta pretend that she's
.......married to Scotty & they are divinely happy..."... Lra - "We are happy!"... B - "No, you're not!
.......That's not true anymore! So quit your job, stay home, & be a wife to Scotty. You do NOT belong
.......at the Disco! It's a world that you don't understand! It's Luke's world and my world, so you just
.......stay out of our lives, Laura! And we'll stay out of yours! [Bobbie leaves]
Bobbie comes back to work
Diana thanks Bobbie for her donation to the Peter Taylor Scholarship Fund
Plans are under way for the Peter Taylor Scholarship Ball
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Luke brings Bobbie snow shoes
Bobbie blames Laura for throwing the keys away
Big storm in Port Charles
Luke calls Laura & tells her that the Disco is closed
Luke & Bobbie walk in the snow to GH (In Snow Shoes)
Luke meets with Mr Smith at the Disco
Mr. Smith tells Luke they are opening a chain of Discos & Luke will be in charge of them
Mr. Smith tells Luke the hospital is investigating the morals of Nurses going to the Disco
Dan Rooney is in charge of the Investigation (Frank wants Luke to "influence him")
[I think this is the storm that Monica has her baby in]
Luke asks Bobbie about Dan's investigation
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Scotty tells Bryan about Laura & his experience at the Rape Center
Scotty thinks Laura is lying & that she may know who raped her
Bobbie keeps insisting to Luke that it wasn't really rape
Bobbie thinks that Laura cares for Luke & that is why she is protecting him
Laura tells Luke how she ran out of group therapy
Laura is sad that Lesley couldn't help her with her problems
Laura talks of Luke telling her about his Mother & Father
Luke tells Laura about his Mom (What she did for them & how she died of a burst appendix)
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Big surprise party for Laura (In their apartment) [Dec 21?]
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Excersize class with Richard Simmons
Luke & Richard bring in Christmas presents for all the girls
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Laura tells Luke she won't quit her job at the Disco (Bobbie had wondered if she would)
As Laura starts to leave, Luke stops her...
Luke says "I have something for you. It isn't much. It's just something that I wrote to try
.......& share with you my feelings. I hope you don't mind"... [Laura opens it & begins to read it,
.......but says...] Lra - "Why don't you read it?"... [Luke takes the card & reads it to her...]

"Dear Laura,

I wanted to buy you a Christmas present, but I knew you wouldn't accept anything from me. Except, perhaps, your freedom. Freedom from being involved with me... from having saved my life... from feeling at all responsible for what happens to me in the future. Please accept this as my Christmas gift to you. Your freedom to forget the ugliness & the pain. Your freedom to go back & be your husband's wife, without any memories of me & the past. What happened between the two of us is over!..... Luke"

Lk - "I hope that doesn't bother you. [Laura nods "no"] I know that I can't, uh, erase the
.......ugliness but my hope is that I can help you so, please, go be with Scotty the way you
.......want to be. [He smiles] And Merry Christmas! [Laura leaves] [Dec 25?]
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A few day after Christmas, Laura comes to the Disco & L&L talk...
Luke says "I heard the good news, Laura"... Lra - "What good news?"... Lk - "That you &
.......Scotty are ok together again"... Lra - "Yeah, that's true! But how did you hear about
.......that?"... Lk - "Well, Bobbie was at the hospital yesterday & she ran into him & he told
.......her, so I'm really glad to hear that"... Lra - "I didn't realize that Scotty was going to
.......talk about something so personal outside of the family, and I really don't think I
.......appreciate that either! Why did you call me? I mean what was so important that I had
.......to come down here?"... Lk - "Oh. I was thinking... now that you're of legal age... I was
.......wondering if you would consider working out here in the area where we sell liquor?"...
.......Lra - "You brought me all the way down here to tell me that?"... Lk - "I thought we
.......should discuss it. I wanted to know how you felt"... Lra - "We could have discussed that
.......over the telephone, Luke. That's no reason for dragging me down here"... Lk - " Yeah, well,
.......uh... ok look! I wanted to see you and I didn't want a crowd around"... Lra - "Why? Didn't
.......you mean what you said in that Christmas letter? That you were giving me my freedom
.......from any further involvement with you and from the past & all the ugly memories?
.......Didn't you mean it when you said you wanted me to be Scotty's wife again?"... Lk - " Sure,
.......I mean't it! But Laura, it's one thing to write your feelings down in a letter. It's another
.......when your faced with the fact that you & your husband are back together again &
.......everything is ok... I'm just not prepared for THAT!"... Lra - "Luke, I don't know what you're
.......talking about"... Lk - "I don't either. Look, let's forget it"... Lra - "No! No, we can't just
.......forget it!"... Lk - "Alright, look, you wanna know the truth, the RIDICULOUS TRUTH?!! I'm
.......JEALOUS!! Dammit, I'm jealous! Is that what you wanna hear?"... Lra - "No! I don't want
.......to hear that! I don't want to hear anything about how you feel where I'm concerned!"...
.......[Laura gets her stuff & starts to leave] Lk - "Laura, look... Hey, I'm sorry! I'm sorry...
.......I'm sorry"... Lra - "Don't do this to me, Luke, and don't do it to yourself!"... Lk - "Laura, I
.......want you to be happy... I want you to be with your husband, cause that's what you want to
.......be with... you wanna be with him... But I have this anger in me because I WANT YOU... and I
.......can't have you!"... Lra - "Don't you ever, EVER, say anything like that to me again!"
.......[Laura leaves the room] [Luke bangs on the bar]
.......[Laura re-enters the room]
Luke says "Laura, please, don't go! Look, I was way out of line. I should've never put that
.......kind of move on you. I'm sorry"... Lra - "You frighten me"... Lk - "It'll never happen again.
.......Please believe me"... Lra - "You know I can't keep working here if you're gonna act like
.......that"... Lk - "I know, I know... I won't act like that again. I'm just having a very hard time
.......dealing with the fact that you're back together with your husband again"... Lra - "Luke,
.......don't talk like that! Whatever happens between my husband & me is none of your
.......business"... Lk - "You're right! You're absolutely right... absolutely! I know that it makes
.......you uncomfortable, but I really have to say something to you. Please, Laura, listen. I
.......told you before that you are everything that I ever dreamed of having... but I'm awake now,
.......I'm awake... and I know that it's an impossible dream. So I really... I'm gonna stay out of
.......your life & I'm not going to push you... I'm not going to be in your life anymore. Please
.......believe that"... Lra - "You'll find other girls, Luke"... Lk - "Well, I'll be measuring them
.......against a very high ideal"... Lra - "Maybe that ideal was only a dream too. Cause I don't
.......think that anyone could be that perfect & I KNOW I'm not!"... Lk - "From now on, we have a
.......different relationship! I'm the boss & you are the employee"... Lra - "Ok, we'll be friendly
.......acquaintances"... Lk - "Shake on it! [They shake] It's a deal" [Bobbie then walks in...]
Bobbie tells Laura she had lunch with Scotty
Luke tells Bobbie to back off of Laura (& Scotty)
Bobbie says "And while we happen on the subject of Scotty & Laura, there are a few other
.......things that have been on my mind"... Lk - "What?"... B - "I'm not sure you're ready to hear
.......it"... Lk - "Oh come on, you don't care if I'm ready to hear this or not, you're going to tell
.......me aren't you?... B - "Right. Because I'm getting sick & tired of the little act, you two
.......have been putting on. Especially Laura, with her story of how she was taken against her
.......will"... Lk - "I told you what happened"... B - "No! You told me a story that fitted with
.......Laura's story. It doesn't make any sense at all!"... Lk - "You've got another version?"...
.......B - "I have ideas"... Lk - "Spit em out"... B - "I don't know exactly what happened, but I
.......don't believe for one minute that you forced her to dance with you and that you threw her
.......down on the floor here, and that you raped her"... Lk - "Go on"... B - "So you just better
.......come up with a much better story than the one you & Laura have been peddling, Luke,
.......because you're not making it with me. No way" [Bobbie Leaves]
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Scotty declares that 1980 is gonna be the "Year of Scotty & Laura" [New Years Eve]
Luke gets fitted for a suit for the Quartermaine party
Mr. Smith tells Luke that Jennifer (His Daughter) is in town & he wants to introduce Luke to her
Reception at the Quartermaine's in honor of Peter Taylor
Frank & Jennifer (1st Appearance) arrive at the party
Luke & Bobbie meet Jennifer
Dr. Hardy announces that Frank has made a $50,000 donation to the P. Taylor Scholarship Fund
Luke & Jennifer talk (Laura takes notice)
Bobbie warns Luke to stay away from Jennifer
Lesley is seperating from Rick
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