SARA & MEG
"What about this!" Sara Cummings exclaimed holding on a brightly colored pink
and yellow checked sweater up.
"Nah. Mom wouldn't wear it." Meg Cummings replied.
"Meg, I was kidding." Sara sounded concerned for her sister.
Meg and Sara Cummings were doing some Christmas shopping for family and friends early. It
was a few days before Thanksgiving and they wanted to get a head start.
"Oh, I know. The holidays always stress me out." Meg smiled.
"Meg, I understand. Just take it easy!" Sara looked at a necklace.
"Oooohhh! Look at this."
Meg glanced at the necklace. "Mom would love it!"
"I know, and look matching earrings!" Meg pointed.
Sara looked at the glass display. Sara asked the saleswoman to take the matching earrings
and necklace. She payed for them and they went searching for sweaters and other clothes.
CAITLIN & SEAN
"Mom will be so happy we decorated this." Sean Richards said hanging up the
clear lights on the hand railing.
"Yup." Caitlin Richards agreed.
"Oh, you children are doing a beautiful job!" Rose said entering the room.
"Thanks, Rose." they said in unison.
Sean and Caitlin strung some lights around the railing and then went to the fireplace and
hung up their stockings. Caitlin tried hard not to gaze too long at Trey's stocking, but
it was really hard.
"Caitlin." Sean said putting an arm around his sister.
"Sean, it's so hard." Caitlin whispered tears forming in her eyes.
"I know." Sean replied.
MARIA & BEN
"Ben," Maria Torres exclaimed. "Benjy needs a home. I have seen what Tess
and Derek can do and I can't bare to see that little boy I knew as my son with him, please
Ben-"
"Maria, I know how you feel. I love that little boy as my own also, but I'm afraid
there isn't much we can do!" Ben Evans said dipping a fry in ketcup.
Ben and Maria were eating at a restraunt near Ben's home. Maria had called Ben to come
meet with her. She sounded very worried and sad. So Ben agreed to meet with her.
"Ben! Please can't we check this out! The boy needs a place to live. Tess and Derek
are in jail. Please!" Maria pleaded. Ben could see tears welling up in her eyes.
"Alright. I'll do my best." Ben promised taking her hand. Even after there
divorce they were still friends.
VANESSA, CASEY & MICHAEL
"So, let's decided how were going to do this." Vanessa Hart said getting a
notebook from the kitchen.
"Alright." Michael agreed.
"Let's decided who we want to invite and what were going to need." Vanessa said
checking her watch. It was 12:03 P.M.
"Casey should be here, huh?" Michael asked knowingly.
Michael, Vanessa, and Casey were meeting to discuss what they were going to do for
Thanksgiving. They wanted to invite everyone in Sunset Beach to their party. It was going
to be held at Surf Central on Thanksgiving Day at 1 P.M.-8 P.M.
"Sorry, I'm late." Casey Mitchum apolgized coming into the room.
"That's alright." Michael replied.
Casey sat down and they got to business.
"Let's invite...." Vanessa trailed off.
"Let's start with our friends." Casey suggested. "There's Sara-"
"More than a friend." Michael teased.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cummings, Emily Davis, and Ben." Casey ignored him as Vanessa took
notes.
"Okay, for me, Gabi, Meg, Bette, Amy,-" Vanessa started.
"Let's just invite all of Sunset Beach!" Michael teased.
"The Richards, Torres, Gabi, Cummings, JUde, AJ, Bette, Annie, Evans, Emily,
Brad!" Casey said.
"Great." Vanessa exclaimed. "Food."
"That's another thing!" Casey and Michael exclaimed.
CARMEN, ANTONIO, RICARDO, MARIA & GABI
"All my children are here, oh I'm so happy your here, and I can't forget that
ho-" Carmen Torres started.
"Mama, please." Ricardo Torres nudged her gently.
Gabi Martinez shifted uncomfortable. She knew Carmen was going to call her a 'hor'.
"Gabi, could you please hand me those lights?" Antonio Torres asked.
"Sure." Gabi reached for the white and red lights, she handed them to him.
"Thanks." he replied.
"No, problem." Gabi said.
"Maria, what's wrong?" Carmen asked. Maria had been staring out the window for
fifteen minutes.
"I'm worried about Benjy. I know he's not mine, but he is going to be by himself for
the holidays...." Maria trailed off.
"Oh. Maria, it'll work out." Antonio encouraged her.
"Maybe."
Maria smiled at Antonio.
Antonio looked at his brother.
He was kissing Gabi under the mistole. Why did he always like the girls his brother went
out with?!
AMY, BRAD, & EMILY
"Very fashionable!" Amy laughed. Brad was wearing a t-shirt with suit pants and
sandals.
"I know." he modeled around the dressing room.
Emily and Amy laughed hysterically. Amy's eyes were tearing.
"Let me change and we can get some lunch." Brad said.
"Alright." Emily replied.
Brad changed and they headed for the lunch part of the mall.
They found a table and set there stuff on thier. They split up and found what they wanted,
and the headed back to their table and ate. They talked about the upcoming holidays.
OLIVIA, BETTE, & ANNIE
"Know isn't that always the way, Livy?!" Bette exclaimed laughing.
"Of course." Olivia Richards replied sourly. Her worst nightmare, Annie Douglas
Richards had just walked in.
"Morning Aunt Bette. Ugh, Olivia-" Annie started. But her Aunt knew better.
"Annie, we were just going to go out for the day, would you like to join us-"
Bette asked.
"If she goes, I will refuse to go." Olivia spoke sternly.
"Thanks for the invitation Aunt Bette, but acuately Jude and I are going to spend the
day together." Annie replied putting on her jacket.
Olivia sighed. "Thank God." she mumbled.
"Ha. Ha." Annie smiled wickedly. There was something that made Olivia uneasy of
that smile.
TESS & DEREK
"Derek!" Tess screeched.
"What?!" Derek Evans shouted back.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Tess hissed.
"I have a plan, we'll be out soon enough, don't talk about this anymore, shh here
comes the guard!" Derek exclaimed.
JOAN, MEG, SARA, & HANK CUMMINGS
"Girls! Where have you been?" Joan Cummings asked greeting her two daughters.
"Yeah, you've been gone for about five hours." Hank Cummings said checking his
watch.
"Geeze! I didn't know we were being moderatered." Sara replied.
"Yeah, guys! We aren't two years old!" Meg said putting her shopping bags.
"What do you guys buy?" Joan asked looking threw their bags.
"NO!" Sara yelled. "There's Christmas presents in there."
"Sorry!" Meg said laughing at her sister's outburst. They all laughed.
2 DAYS LATER
BEN, MARIA, & MEG
"I just came to get some more of my stuff I left here." Meg said calmly walking
into the house she onced lived in.
"That's fine." Ben replied ushering her to the steps.
"Oh!" Meg said coldly looking at Maria sitting on the couch.
"Meg. Please." Ben sighed deepily.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to intreupt." Meg replied rudely.
"That's okay." Maria smiled cherrifully.
"Ugh!" Meg said. She stomped up the
stairs.
"Ben, knowone can bother me know, I just want to get that little boy in my life
again." Maria said motioning to Meg.
"I understand, it hurts me to know that I don't know where Benjy is!" Ben
exclaimed taking a sip of his water.
"Well, I better get going, I have to get ready for the Thanksgiving party."
Maria said.
"Bye." Meg and Maria said together.
"Bye." Ben replied.
Maria and Meg tried to fit through the door together but it didn't work, and Meg squeezed
threw first.
ANNIE/JUDE
Annie put on her earrings, sprayed perfume, and put on eye liner. Then she went downstairs
and sat on the couch. She checked her watch. Jude was late. If it was one thing Annie
Douglas Richards couldn't stand was a late date!
Ding-dong.
"Hello An-" Jude started.
"Oh! You brought flowers!" Annie was in awe, knowone had ever brought her
flowers.
"Is your Aunt home?" Jude asked.
"No, she left already."
"Oh, well sorry I am late, I over slept this morning." Jude apolgized.
"That's okay." Annie lied.
"Well, you look really great." Jude flatterted her.
"Thank you, so do you." Annie smiled.
They left.
THANKSGIVING PARTY-SURF CENTRAL
"It's looks so great!" Gabi exclaimed to Vanessa.
"It really does." Ricardo agreed, holding Gabi's hand.
"Thanks, you guys. It was last minute." Vanessa replied.
"Oh, hey Michael!" Ricardo exclaimed.
"Hey, you guys."
Everyone said hey but Gabi, she watched Antonio flirt with some other girl.
THANKSGIVING PARTY-SURF CENTRAL
"Casey, this really is a great party." Sara smiled at him.
"Thanks. Michael and Vanessa did most of the work." Casey replied putting his
arms around her waist.
"Sure, you just can't take any credit." She smiled again. That's all she could
do when she was with him!
Olivia looked around. She had knowone to talk to. Bette was around Emily and Amy talking with them. She couldn't find Caitlin or Sean so she settled down into a chair. This of course brought on thoughts she wasn't ready to think about. Gregory thoughts. He had died, but she had a feeling he was in the room with her. Was he really there in ghost?! Or was he just really there? What ever it was it was to overwhelming, she had to get up and talk to someone. She searched for Caitlin or Sean and found them both talking together, she joined there conversation. But her Greogory feeling was too strong.
"Where did you say you were from?" Antonio
asked Elisa.
"New York." She smiled at Antonio he was so poliet.
"Oh, when did you move here?" Antonio asked.
"About a week ago." Elisa replied glancing around at other people talking.
"Do you like it here?" Antonio asked.
"Yeah, it's alright." Elisa said looking crossily at Gabi and Ricardo.
"Is something wrong?" Antonio asked seeing her face.
"Oh, no!" She smiled and looked away from Gabi and Ricardo.
"Who is that?" Elisa asked pointing to Gabi and Ricardo.
"Oh, my brother and his girlfriend, Gabi." Antonio said. "Would you like to
meet them?"
"Sure! I need to get to know people." Elisa replied.
Antonio and Elisa walked over to Ricardo and Gabi.
"Hey, guys." Antonio said. "This is Elisa, she is from New York, she moved
about a week ago."
"Hi, Elisa!" Ricardo smiled cherrifully.
"You look really familiar." Gabi said in thought. She knew she had seen Elisa
somewhere else before but didn't knowwhere!
"Um... you don't look familiar at all." Elisa shifted uncomfortable.
"Oh, maybe it's just me!" Gabi laughed uneasily she knew that she knew her from
somewhere, and she was going to figuire out where.
"HEY GUYS WE ARE GOING TO START EATING
KNOW!" Michael, Casey, and Vanessa called together.
Gabi, Ricardo, Antonio, Elisa, Carmen, Ben, and Maria all sat together after they waited
in the buffet line. There were tables set all around Surf Central and they picked one,
where the couch usually is.
Antonio introduced everyone to Elisa, and they all agreed she looked a little familiar
expect, Maria, Ben, and Antonio. Even Ricardo thought it.
Olivia, Sean, and Caitlin sat together. It was
pretty quiet at first untill Casey made a toast. It made Olivia cry.
"I'm so very thankful for you two." Olivia said wiping her tears away.
"Mom, were so very thankful for you." Caitlin said quietly.
"I know it's been very hard this year, loosing your father, Cole missing, Emily and
Sean breaking up, but we still are a family and I love you." Olivia's tears rolled
down her cheeks. Sean and Caitlin gave her a hug.
Bette, Amy, AJ, and Emily had sat together. They
started eating their turkey.
"Oh, it's so wonderful!" Bette exclaimed. "Don't you feel bad for all the
birds they kill though!"
"Mom, please." Emily nudged her mom gently.
"Sorry." Bette apolgized. She smiled.
"Isn't this so sweet of Casey, Vanessa, and Michael to do?" Emily asked.
"I know, it is really nice." Amy agreed.
"AJ." Bette whispered.
"Yes."
"Go sit by Olivia."
"No, I'm happy here."
"You lier!"
Sara, Casey, Meg, Joan, and Hank sat together. They talked about how good the meal was and how much fun they were having. Meg kept staring at Ben's table. Ugh. Maria. She'd have to get her back somehow.
Annie and Jude sat together and had a romantic evening.
Vanessa and Michael sat together and talked about their wedding plans.
The night was over sooner than they thought. But Gabi, Olivia, Annie, Ben, Maria, and Meg were not ready for what was in store for them before Christmas......................
BEN/MARIA/MEG/TESS
"That's right, it's Derek." Derek said laughing.
"Derek, what do you want with us?" Maria asked.
Meg eyed the door and made a dash for it. She opened it in a fast motion and Tess was
standing outside biting her nails.
"Your not going anywhere, Meg." Tess replied.
"What do you want?!" Maria exclaimed again.
"What he's always wanted Ben's money." Meg replied stepping back into the house.
Tess followed her casually.
"You want to start to Meg?" Derek asked laughing. Tess walked over to Derek and
put her arms around him.
"What have I ever done to you?" Meg asked getting nervous.
"What has she ever done, she asks." Tess said laughing.
"Gotten invovled with Ben and-" Meg started.
"Give the girl a prize!" Derek smiled coldly.
"Derek, no! NO! NO!" Meg cried. She kicked him and punched Tess and they fell to
the floor. She ran for the back door, but Derek grabbed her feet and she fell to the floor
and was unconsiuonus. Derek and Tess had to plan there next move and fast!
CARMEN/ANTONIO
Ring-Ring.
Antonio picked up the phone.
"Hello?" he answered groggily.
"Antonio, I have a bad feeling-" Carmen started to t! alk.
"Mama, we have talked about these feelings...! ." Antonio trailed off.
"I'm sorry, but I called Maria and stopped over and I can't seem to find her. I'm
really worried." Carmen replied rushing.
"Have you checked Ben's?" Antonio suggested.
"Good, idea." With that she clicked off the phone.
"Mama." Antonio sighed.
"Who was that?" Elisa asked coming into the room.
"Oh, my mama." Antonio replied sighing again.
"Oh, you want to go get something to eat or something?" she asked smiling.
"Sure."
OLIVIA/CAITLIN/SEAN/AMY/EMILY/BRAD/BETTE/ANNIE
"I have been having odd feelings about your father." Olivia told Caitlin and
Sean and breakfast the next morning.
"Like what?" Sean asked talking a sip of his orange juice.
"Like, having feelings he's in the same room as me." Olivia said looking at
Caitlin who had been awfully quiet the whole morning.
"Oh." Caitlin replied softly noticing her mother was looking at her oddly.
Annie who had been watching from the steps, spoke up. "Olivia, Olivia, Olivia!"
she smiled and sighed.
"Annie, this is for family only so get out!" Olivia ordered.
Rose answered the door and Emily, Amy, Bette, and Brad stood there with cheerful faces.
Amy, Sean, Emily, and Brad were going Christmas shopping. And Bette, Olivia, and Caitlin
were going. Bette looked at Olivia, Sean, and Caitlin's frowning faces and then Annie's
smiling face. All she had to do was say one word. "ANNIE!" she shreiked.
CASEY & SARA
"Casey I'm really worried about Meg." Sara said for the fifth time.
"Sara, I know, I am too." Casey said looking at his girlfriend's concerned face.
"Casey," Sara sighed impatientally. "Can't we do something?!"
"Well, why don't we just take it easy." Casey said grabbing Sara into his arms
and holding her.
"You are right." Sara agreed.
Sara sat on the couch and turned on the television. She turned to a news station.
"More about Y2K, they mayors new ideas, and two murderers ecsaped from! jail!"
the news guy's voice boomed in the room. Sara ! sat on the couch and watched the Y2K
thing. The mayors ideas. And then Tess and Derek's pictures flashed accrossed the screen.
Sara laughed. "Why are they on TV?" Sara mumbled.
As if to read her mind, the TV newscaster said, "These two have escaped from jail,
and we need to find them and put them back in their place." The newscaster went on
with other stories but Sara shut the TV off. "CASEY!" she called.
"Yes? What is it Sara?" Casey asked running into the room.
"Derek and Tess escaped from jail and they are on the run, I saw it on the morning
news!" Sara exclaimed.
"Sara lets go to Ben's and tell him." Casey said grabbing there coats.
"WAIT!" Sara hollared. "What if Derek and Tess have Meg....."
They flew the door open and Madame Carmen was standing there.
"Help, me find Maria, please." Carmen said explained her story, and they
explained there's including the! news part. "OH MY GOD!" Carmen yelled.
They all headed quickly to Ben's, but little did they know what awaited
them.....................
GABI/ELISA
After Antonio and Elisa's breakfast Gabi caught up with them and decided to do some
Christmas shopping. She asked both of them to come, but only Elisa could. Antonio had work
to do.
"Thanks, for invting me to come with you." Elisa said opening the doors to the
store.
"Oh, your welcome." Gabi said wandering off to the house ware section. Elisa
stayed behind and laughed.
"Knowone knows who I am." she mumbled.
Gabi looked at Elisa again. She was so familiar. She had to find out where she was from
she didn't want Antonio to get hurt. There was something so odd about her.
MEG/MARIA/DEREK/BEN/TESS
Meg woke up the next morning to see Tess, Ben, Derek, and Maria looking at her. Meg looked
down and saw she was tied up to a chair. Her hands were tied together. Her feet tied
together. And she couldn't move. Maria was the same. "Ben!" she cried when she
saw him tie! d up, too.
"Shut-up!" Derek shouted.
&quo! t;Where are we?" Meg asked looking at her surroundings.
"Shut-up!" Tess repeated.
"You shut-up. You think Derek isn't going to kill you, too?" Maria asked.
"He won't." Tess protested. "SHUT-UP! Why am I fighting with YOU?!"
"Maria and Meg, please be quiet." Ben said sadly and quietly.
"BEN! NO!" Maria yelled.
"What are you going to do with us?" Meg asked.
Derek picked up Meg's chair and moved her to a different room by herself. Then he moved
Maria's chair to a seperate room. He left Ben where he was and Tess and Derek left the
room to plan there next move.
OLIVIA/BETTE/TREY/CAITLIN
"Ooooh! Look at that." Bette cooed looking at dress.
"Oh, Bette. Christmas shopping. Christmas shopping. Not BETTE shopping!!!"
Caitlin laughed.
Caitlin looked at her brother/step-son sitting in his stroller. He was so ! wonderful.
Olivia notcited this and started the other way.
"Livy. Where are you going?!" Bette exclaimed.
"Oh, I have to get something back here." She lied.
Caitlin walked in the direction they were going and contuined shopping.
RICARDO/ANTONIO-at Ricardo and Gabi's
Ricardo set his cup of coffee down on the table and frowned at his brother.
"I know, Ricardo." Antonio said seeing his brother's large frown.
"It's just weird." Ricardo said his face returning to his usually postion.
"I know. You, Gabi, and know me think she is very familiar." Antonio agreed.
"! ;You know who she kind-of reminds me of?" Ricardo asked quietly.
"No. Who?" Antonio asked.
"Paula." Ricardo replied softly. "I mean think about it. She could of
easily died her hair, and-"
"You don't have to explain, I think she does, too. Know that I think about it."
Antonio agreed.
"Where is Elisa know?"
"Shopping with Gabi."
"We have to go to Surf Central and look thew some of her things." Ricardo
announced standing up from his chair. "Let's go."
"Ricardo! That's invading Elisa's privacy." Antonio pointed out.
"C'mon! You know your just as anxious as I am to find out if it is Paula or
not!!!!" Ricardo called over his shoulder.
"Oh! Alright!!!!" Antonio ran to the door and they drove off.
When they reached Surf central, everyone was gone. So they quietly went upstairs into
Elisa and Antonio's room and looked around. They f! ound her purse and looked in it.
Antonio reached in and fou! nd her wallet. He took it out and found her driver's liscense
and ID and some credit cards....... all the names read the same thing.....................
CARMEN/SARA/CASEY
"What if Ben and Derek did switch places?" Sara asked Casey nervously as they
approached Ben's front door.
"Don't worry." Was Casey's reply.
Carmen mumbled something under her breath in Spanish.
"I knew my daughter should have never gotten invovled with him. He is evil."
Carmen said.
Casey knocked on the door, there was no answer. He opened the door and walked in slowly.
"Hello?! Ben!" he called.
There was no anwser. Carmen pushed her way threw Sara and Casey. She ran up the steps and
looked for some clue to where her daughter was. she ran from bedroom to bedroom crying for
her daughter. But there was nothing.
Meanwhile, Sara had called the police and told them about Derek, Ben, Meg, Te! ss, and
Maria being missing and they said they would be sending police everywhere. Including Ben's
home so they had to leave.
Casey and Sara got Carmen to leave and they explained everything will be alright, but they
weren't too sure themselves.
CAITLIN-shopping
Caitlin walked into the department store staring at a young mother and her baby son. He
was about Trey's age. The mother was maybe a year or two younger than herself. She watched
them as the boy laughed at his mom's funny faces. She looked at the baby department and
found a cute outfit that would fit Trey. She bought it and went on searching for another
present for someone. She wandered into the men's department and looked around. She found a
shirt for her dad, Sean, and Cole. Even though two of those people probably wouldn't be
able to spend Christmas with her she still bought the shirts. She headed home. She was
walking all by herself, when a truck pulled up! beside her.
"Need a ride?" the familiar male! voice asked.
Caitlin looked up. "Jude." She sighed impatientally. "Aren't you and Annie
dating or something." she walked faster.
Jude drove up to her. "Yes, but we can still be friends."
"Fine." Jude drove Caitlin home and that was it. She wrapped her presents, put
them under the tree and then went to bed.
"ELISA"/GABI
"Do you think Antonio, would like this?!" "Elisa" asked holding up a
shirt.
"Sure. That looks like him." Gabi said annoyed that Elisa was asking her what
Antonio would like.
"Antonio told me about you two. How you guys slept together." "Elisa"
said quietly.
"Oh. He did." Gabi snapped.
"Yeah, don't worry I won't tell anyone." "Elisa" reassured her.
"It's not that, it's just..." Gabi trailed off.
"You don't understand why he woul! d tell me." "Elisa" finished for
her softly.
"No offense, but that was personal." Gabi said in a gentle voice.
"I promise I won't tell anyone. I promise." "Elisa" said.
"Great."
ANTONIO/RICARDO/"ELISA"/GABI
"It's Paula!!!!" Ricardo yelped tears streaming down his cheeks. He was smiling
like crazy. Antonio rarely saw him like this.
"Hello?! You are going out with Gabi!! You can't have them both." Antonio
pointed out, disgusted that he was liking Paula when he thought it was someone else.
"Yes, but this changes everythin-" Ricardo started, but then "Elisa"
and Gabi walked in the room.
"Why are you holding my wallet, my credit cards, my personal stuff?!" Paula
shreik! ed.
"Paula, we know it's you-" Antonio started.
"Paula?! Paula." Gabi said in awe. Her sudden shock went away when she saw and
realized Antoino was in the room. "How could you go and tell people about us
sleepin-"
"GABI!!" Antonio said pointing his head towards Ricardo's direction.
"WAIT! HOLD IT!" Ricardo yelled. "There is an us?! And why are you here
Paula?!"
"No!" Antonio and Gabi lied together. Paula rolled her eyes.
"I wanted to come back because I'm still in love with you and I am willing to forgive
you." Paula said taking Ricardo's hand.
"Well, we're going out know. Right, Ricardo?!" Gabi said taking his other hand.
Ricardo looked blankly. What was he going to do?
"Ricardo! I can't believe you! After all this time you still love her. How could you
do this?! You don't know if you want to be with me?! Ugh!" Gabi stormed out of the
room an! d ran down the steps. She slammed the door as she left.
"Leave her." Ricardo replied simply. He left hold of Paula's hand.
"Well, I'm going after Gabi." Antonio said leaving. There was no telling how mad
Gabi was or how upset she was.