BEN AND BLONDIE'S HISTORY
PART II

After their wonderfully romantic engagement on New Years Eve
things began to go downhill for Ben and his Blondie.

They did indeed leave their "Magic Castle"
and the real world was waiting for them both.

First Viki finds out she may have breast cancer while Ben discovers
that Asa has once again come after another member of his family....Will.
These two events trigger reactions in both Ben and Viki
that set in motion an estrangement.

Ben's anger comes to the surface and when Viki arrives at Crossroads to tell Ben how frightened she is that she may have breast cancer she finds him there with a gun in his hand. This frightens Viki even more and she begs him to choose her and not violence and vengeance. Unfortunately, at this time Ben can't let it go. He's so devoted to his family and he can't stand by and let them be destroyed one by one and feels he must do something, anything to stop Asa.

At this point, Viki is so fragile and cannot deal with Ben's anger and issues an ultimatum. It's either Asa or me. Ben tells her he loves her but he must do what he feels necessary to protect his family. Viki walks out of Crossroads and out of Ben's life.

Later he goes to her at Llanfair and tries to make amends
but Viki says she doesn't know him anymore and returns his engagement ring.
Ben is devastated and realizes how much he's hurting Viki but he knows
he has to protect his family and moves out of Llanfair at Viki's request.

Ben feels he's lost the only woman he'll ever love. A series of brief encounters makes us viewers realize that they may be estranged but their connection to one another is as strong as ever. Viki makes a decision that she does not want Ben to know anything about her struggle with breast cancer and thus she begins keeping her secret from Ben.

Ben continues to collect information about Max and finally realizes that Max is a fraud, that he's faking the brain damage and that he isn't even Asa's real son thanks to Skye and Blair. Ben then goes to Asa's home and hides out, awaiting his return. He manipulates Asa and gets him to go to the tackroom. In the tackroom Ben relates the information he's uncovered about Max in the hopes of making a deal for Will to get the charges dropped. Ben tells Asa that Max is a fraud, is faking brain damage and in fact isn't even his real son. Asa, of course refuses to believe him at first but then just as he's beginning to believe it he suffers a heart attack. Ben is so angry that he still tries to negotiate Will's freedom in exchange for Ben's helping him. Asa, however, being the stubborn old coot that he always has been, refuses Ben's deal and lashes out at him.

Enter Max, the fraud and sleaze bag of Llanview, who quickly realizes his "Pa" is in trouble and begs Ben to help him. Ben's reluctance triggers Max to tell Ben that he must help him because Asa is really Ben's father. Ben really doesn't believe him but realizes Asa is really in big trouble and decides to save his life.

Later at the hospital Ben again confronts Max who tells him it was just a big lie to get him to help save Asa. Ben is wise to Max and follows Max and Skye to her hotel room and enters just as they are about to destroy the birth certificate that proves that Ben Davidson born on March 28th is the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Davidson. Ben is of course devastated by this revelation and suddenly feels his life crumbling around him. Everything he's previously knew as the truth about his life has suddenly been destroyed. He feels like he's lost everything and the realization that he's the son of such an evil and destructive man threatens to destroy him. He's afraid that he may be just like Asa, his mortal enemy.

At the hospital on this very day Viki gets the test results and learns of her diagnosis. She runs into Ben in the Sunroom and reaches out to him. He tells her he's not worthy of her love, and pushes her away. Viki is heartbroken and as she leaves he says...
"Take care of yourself Blondie." Viki looks back at him and says...
"Without Ben there is no Blondie" and walks away.

Ben then meets with Max and makes a deal with him that he can remain Asa's son as he never wants anyone to know who Asa's real son is. Skye walks in on the deal making and tries to make a deal of her own. Ben begs her to please keep his secret for old times sake and finally she agrees.

While all of this is going on in Ben's life, Viki is facing the greatest challenge of her life as well. She's had all the tests and learns that she does in fact have breast cancer. Kevin is with her for support throughout this time. She's understandably frightened, angry, and then strong in her coping with this dread disease. Finally, she gathers her children and tells them all of her disease. She makes them promise to keep this a secret from everyone. She wants no one to know, and especially she does not want Ben to know. They all reluctantly agree.

Viki begins the ordeal of planning how to deal with the breast cancer, where to go for the surgery, when, and how to do it so no one will learn about it. Thus begins a very tragic and sad ordeal in the life of Victoria Carpenter. She decides the night before her surgery that she wants to see Ben one last time and goes to the Crossroads Opening Night.


Ben swears to Viki that he's through with violence and wants only to make all her dreams come true and describes them vividly for Viki who desperately wanted to believe in them and trust in Ben. He asks her to marry him the next day. After a passionate kiss of desperation she tells him she can't marry him tomorrow and leaves in tears once again. At this point Ben begins to realize that something is wrong with Viki but he has no idea what it is.


Seeing Viki fight her way through this with such dignity and grace but knowing inside
her heart was breaking because of her estrangement from Ben made this very
gut wrenching and terribly painful to watch.

The day Viki is to enter the hospital the entire show is spent following her as she
wraps up the loose ends in her life and faces down her fears and her own mortality.
It ended with her speaking the words to "I Will Survive" as she strengthens
her resolve to conquer this disease.

The near misses at the out of town clinic along with Viki's dream fantasy
of Ben during her surgery and Ben's continued longing for the love of his life, all contributed to a very poignant love story.

Shortly thereafter, Will is again hung out to dry by Asa who bribes or pays off the judge who in turn overthrows Will's plea bargain and he is convicted and sentenced to 7 years at Statesville. This travesty of justice makes Bo realize that he no longer wants to call Asa his father. Jessica now sees her grandfather as a truly evil man as well and tells him he's no longer her grandfather. Jessica and Cris vow to find a way to clear Will and make Asa tell the truth. Asa leaves town and is hiding but Jessica and Cristian find out where Asa is and Jessica who is carrying a tape recorder uses his love for her to get him to confess to what he had done to Will.

Nora, Bo, John and eventually Cris and Jessica are on the train with Will to accompany him to Statesville prison. Nora tries to clear the air with Bo so they can both get on with their lives, but he refuses to forgive her. Cristian and Jessica, who caught up with the train in a nearby town to Llanview, learn from Bo and Nora that even though the confession on tape will eventually help to clear Will, it will not happen quickly and that Will's release could take months. The tape is given to Nora safe keeping. At this point the train derails injuring many but also affording Will a chance to escape. Shortly after the derailment, there is an explosion and Nora who was pinned in the wreckage is assumed dead. The tape to clear Will is evidently lost forever. Will is in hiding at Viki's cabin. Bo realizes he should have forgiven Nora when she was alive. Nora's last words to Bo as he tried to save her were that Lindsay was indeed pregnant with his child and had a miscarriage. She made him promise to forgive Lindsay. Sam is at first in denial and does not believe that Nora is gone. He later realizes she may well be dead and is devastated. Sam is also frightened for Will who is now hiding from the police and on the run, along with Jessica and Cristian.


Ben vows to Sam that he'll find Will and bring him home safely. In his search for Will he realizes that Jessica knows where he is and begins following her. Nora's funeral bring the whole town of Llanview together to pay their last respects.

Finally, after the funeral and gathering at Sam's house, Viki leaves for the hospital to begin her chemotherapy treatments. Jessica leaves shortly after and Ben who once again is following her in hopes of finding Will, ends up at Cherryvale Clinic outside Viki's hospital room and there he discovers the devastating truth about Viki's illness. Ben realizes what a mess he's made of everything and vows at that moment to find a way to reconcile being Asa's son, so he can share this with Viki and be there by her side to love and support her.


He goes to Bo and questions him about how he handles being Asa Buchanan's son day in and day out. Doesn't it affect how he feels about himself as a man? Bo, not knowing of course that Ben is also a Buchanan, sets Ben straight. He angrily tells Ben he refuses to feel bad about himself. He's a good man and is proud of who he is. After a rather lengthy conversation, Ben realizes and tells Bo that yes, he's the good son of a very bad man. Bo then in turn equates the situation to Ben's father, who he thinks is Sam Davidson, and he tells Ben that he too has had his struggles but he's always made the right decisions and that he too is the good son of a very bad man. This finally makes Ben realize that he's not Asa, that he's his own man and it's up to him to make good decisions.

The first good decision Ben makes is going directly to Viki to tell her the truth about his parentage. He goes to Llanfair and is waiting for her when she returns home from the hospital. Ben says that he has something to tell her but that he's afraid it'll change how she looks at him. Viki assures him that nothing he could say that would change how much she loves him. Ben relates that once he tells her nothing will ever be the same again and there's no going back. Viki again implores him to tell her. Finally Ben gets the words out that he is in fact Asa and Renee's son.

A shocked Viki then realizes how much Ben has had to deal with on his own and how much he needed her. She also reassures Ben that she loves him for who he is and not who his father is. She then realizes she must share with him her own secret and tell Ben about the cancer, only to find out he already knew. She's upset because she thinks he's returned to her out of an obligation or pity. A very upset Ben says,


"Blondie...you are the love of my life. I want to be obligated to you.
I belong to you and you belong to me. And nothing or nobody, not Asa Buchanan,
not cancer, is gonna convince me otherwise."
-Ben to Viki On Monday May 22, 2000

Thus, a reunion begins, Ben again proposes and Viki accepts and we finally are seeing a slow and gradual return of the wonderful, charismatic, sensual couple of Ben and Blondie.

On the night of June 13th, together they overcame a big hurdle for Viki, the fear of intimacy. Ben's loving, gentle and understanding ways once again worked their miracle and the reunion was complete. Viki was back in the "Safe Harbor Of Ben's Arms".

Viki has a long road ahead to fight this dread disease but we have no doubt with Ben's help and love she'll triumph. We knew they would survive this but it was a long, bumpy, and very sad road they traveled. Now we're all looking forward to a wonderful wedding that is promised for later this summer or fall.

What's ahead? Happiness, health, and love for starters. Make it possible for Jessica to come home, bring down Asa, complete the chemotherapy, and most importantly continue to bring to our screens their wonderful romance, filled with happiness, joy, smiles, and those wonderful adlibs to One Life To Life.

Down the road? Well, this is a soap opera after all so more bumps and bruises along the road but as long as they're together to face them they'll get through them I'm sure.

The Magic Of Ben And Viki Continues!

To see more of this wonderful couples romance and adventure tune in to
One Life To Live on ABC at 2 pm est Monday through Friday.

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