Liam calls home and Bill pretends to be surprised when Liam says he no longer has a fiancee; he and Steffy are married. Steffy tells Liam that she is not sure how her parents will accept this, but at least Bill is happy. Bill has the house decorated for a huge surprise party, but Katie steps in and says this can not be happening. They just got engaged and there is no way she will accept that woman in this family. She holds Bill responsible for them being able to get married so quickly. He hugs Liam and makes a big deal about him dropping everything else and must take Steffy across the threshold. Katie looks on in disgust. Alone, Steffy tells her they need to put the past behind them and move on. Katie congratulate her now and says enjoy it while she can. Sooner or later Liam will figure out how she manipulated him and leave. Ridge finds out from Brooke that Hope has been in her room all day feeling pretty devastated. He asks Hope if there is anything that she needs or they can do for her. Eric prepares a lovely candlelight dinner before the fireplace. He muses that he wants his wife back. Cancer or no cancer, and no matter how Stephanie feels about her body, he thinks she is the most beautiful woman he has ever known. Eric asks her to dance. He feels rejected, but gives her a present anyway; never doubt his love for her.
Steffy: The perfect wedding, even a better honeymoon. Liam: (Laughs) Steffy: (Laughs) Liam: Yeah. Steffy: Oh, I know. Liam: What? What? Steffy: Wait, why do we have to leave Aspen now and go home so soon? Liam: Oh, I don't know. All good things.. Steffy: No, no, no. This good thing is not coming to an end. Liam: We got to tell the family. We got to tell the family. I know my dad. He's no good with surprises. (Stammers) Steffy: Liam, whatever you think. It's fine. Liam: I gotta call him or something. Steffy: Okay, whatever you think. Liam: What? Steffy: Yeah, I-know, okay? I feel a little strangely unmotivated to argue. Liam: Huh! Steffy: Huh! Liam: It must be sleep deprivation. (Sighs) Steffy: (Laughs) [SCENE_BREAK] Man: We'll save this for later, sir? Bill: Oh, put it over the bed. Man: What is there's art on the wall, sir? Bill: I'm gonna hang you on the wall. Go. (Sighs) (Cell phone rings) Bill: Nobody speak. Don't even breathe. (Ring) Bill: Have you not gotten my messages? I've been trying to reach you. Liam: Uh, did. I did. But we've been busy. Bill: Busy? I told you to go and relax with you fiancée. Liam: Yeah, yeah, about that. Um... I don't have a fiancée anymore. Bill: What? Liam: We did it, Dad. Steffy and I got married. I mean, try to understand that, you know, we-- we didn't want a big wedding, and--or a lot of press, and --and it happened very impulsively. Bill: You didn't think that maybe your dad would want to be there? Liam: Hey, I'm on my way home now. Could you maybe, like, yell at me tomorrow? Bill: Put Steffy on. Liam: Okay, only if you promise to be nice. You gonna be nice? Be nice. Be--be --be nice. (Speaking indistinctly) Steffy: Oh, okay, okay. Bill, please do not be angry with Liam, all right? Bill: I've got two words for you. Well done. [SCENE_BREAK] Brooke: Hope's been in her room all day. (Sighs) I brought her some lunch. She didn't turn it down. She's just really devastated about what happened, having to watch them get married while she was stuck in a gondola. Anyway, Katie needs to be told about this, now that Steffy is her daughter-in-law. I just wish she would call me back. Hope: Dad, you're home. I didn't realize how late in the day it was. Ridge: I came home early from work. Sweetheart, we-we just don't know what to do for you. you got home late from Aspen, said basically nothing to either of us, and just went straight to bed. Can you just tell us what you need? [SCENE_BREAK] Eric: Hi. Stephanie: Hi. Eric: How was your nap? Stephanie: I don't know. I was asleep. Eric: (Chuckles) Stephanie: Does Rick have a date? Eric: Does he ever? He doesn't waste any time. He's a chip off the old block. I gotta tell ya. Stephanie: Well, what's this all about? Eric: Well, here, have a martini, uh, see if you come up with any ideas. (Glasses clink) Eric: Well? Stephanie: Oh, well, the main idea I'm getting.. (Chuckles) is that I should always make the martinis. Eric: Oh, come on. These are good. Stephanie: So why are we eating in here and not in the dining room? Eric: I don't want to eat at that old table in there. Talking across that table is like talking across a football field. Besides, tonight we're celebrating. Stephanie: Are you getting the lifetime achievement again? Eric: (Coughs) No, half that board thinks I'm already dead. Stephanie: Oh, stop it. Eric: No, we're celebrating the call from Dr. Lewis-- no tumors on the new brain scan. Stephanie: Well, just because they can't see them anymore doesn't mean they're not there. [SCENE_BREAK] Hope: I don't really know how else to explain it except, uh, um, I don't know. I mean, have you ever had one of those dreams where something really terrible is happening, and you open your mouth to scream, but nothing comes out? Kind of like that. Brooke: Liam didn't see you? Hope: No. Brooke: But you could see him? Hope: Yep. Ridge: What was wrong with the lift? Did you ever find out? Hope: No, I mean, it didn't seem important to ask. Brooke: Could Steffy have seen you? [SCENE_BREAK] Steffy: Blame me. I'm the one who pushed it. Liam: I don't blame you for anything. Steffy: You know, your father doesn't mind anything you do in case you haven't noticed, but there will be people out there who-- they're not gonna be happy about our marriage, but your father isn't one of them. Mine, um, I'm not too sure. (Fasten seatbelt signal dings) Liam: Okay. Steffy: Okay, yeah. Liam: (Chuckles) Steffy: (Chuckles) Pilot: We'll be on the ground in a few minutes, Mr. Spencer and Mrs. Spencer. [SCENE_BREAK] Katie: Bill, I got your message. Bill: What do you think? Huh? Good. Katie: Oh, boy. Oh, man. Is this why you invited me over here? How many guests did Liam invite? Bill: Liam? No. This is my party. I'm welcoming home the newlyweds. Katie: Newlyweds? Bill: Yeah. Katie: How can they married? They just got engaged! Bill: I know. Can you believe it? Katie: Oh, my God. Bill: What a whirlwind romance. They called me from the plane and told me. Katie: (Sighs) I-I can't believe that you don't think that it is a huge mistake. I can't believe that he would marry that woman. Hope must be devastated. I got to tell you something. I will never accept Steffy as part of this family. No way. [SCENE_BREAK] Stephanie: Well, there's a limit to what those scans can detect. You know, it only takes two, three, four of those little malignant cell dividing quietly. That's all it takes. Eric (Chuckles) God, Stephanie. Stephanie: (Coughs) Why doesn't this cough go away? Eric: Oh, did I bring that on? Stephanie: Absolutely. Eric: No, no, no. Stephanie: (Laughs) What a silly question. Eric: Look, I'm serious. You'll be an hour doing a crossword puzzle or reading or something, and then I come into the room, and you start-- you start coughing and get short of breath. Stephanie: Really? Eric: I'm not making that up. Stephanie: Well, I didn't say you were making it up. And.. (Coughs) maybe it's just when you're -- well, you're in the-- in the study most of the time working, and I'm in here. Maybe you just don't hear it. Eric: Maybe. I want our lives back. And, how many good years do I have left, Stephanie? Let's be realistic. Stephanie: What do you mean, "Our lives back"? Eric: Well, to begin with, I'd like to have my wife back. [SCENE_BREAK] Pilot: Well, we're home safe and sound, folks. Just keep your seat belts on until we finish taxiing. Liam: If there's anybody you want to call, your parents, maybe? Steffy: I figure if they were worried they'd be calling me. [SCENE_BREAK] Brooke: Okay, sweetheart, please help me understand. So your brother got a message to Liam to meet you at the top of the ski run at 3:00. Hope: Yes. Brooke: And as you were going there, you got stuck in mid air, they were there getting married? Don't you think that is a strange incident? That they would pick the same time and the same place to get married as where you were supposed to meet up with Liam. Hope: I don't know. I can't explain it, Mom. Okay? I have gone over and over in my head. (Sighs) Brooke: Okay, well, do you think the message could have been intercepted somehow? Ridge: Intercepted? Hope: Well, I-- I know, it sounds really suspicious to me. I really think that somebody should talk to Liam and should ask him these questions. I want to make sure there is no misunderstanding. Ridge: (Sighs) Well, don't you think that the marriage might make it kind of moot at this point? Hope: (Sighs) Brooke: Honey, I would be happy to talk to Liam. Hope: Please don't do that. [SCENE_BREAK] Katie: I don't believe that Steffy and Liam are married. Brooke left me the messages. That must be what it's about. Bill: The chips are perfect. Bring out some more. Katie: (Sighs) Bill, Liam is not some crazy, impulsive. Aren't you at least curious how he and Steffy have come to be married so suddenly? Bill: What is there to be curious about? They plunk down bucks for a license, 50 bucks for a preacher, a couple grand for rings--done. Katie: And you're totally okay with his rushing into marriage on the rebound? Bill: Katie, he's a big boy. It's not like he asked for my permission. Katie: He wouldn't have done this if he didn't think you approved. Bill: Oh, come on. Give him some credit for havin' some backbone. Katie: (Sighs) Bill: Listen, I know you're not thrilled having Steffy for a daughter-in-law, and I get that. Katie: Oh, really? You figured that out, huh? Yeah, I can't stand having that woman back in our lives, Bill. And I can't help but notice that you don't seem to mind one bit. Bill: These are so good. Have one. Katie: (Sighs) [SCENE_BREAK] Eric: So, how's your steak? Stephanie: Just the way I like it. Eric: (Laughs) That's what I thought. Here, I'll put some on some music so we can't hear our arteries harden. Stephanie: (Laughs) You're so silly. Eric: You know, I don't think I've fired up the grill all summer long. Did I? Stephanie: I wasn't keeping track. Eric: Grandma was sick, and the grandkids didn't come over, so... Stephanie: What do you mean? Alexandra came over. She got dropped off every day after art camp. Eric: Did you take her out by the pool? Stephanie: Sure, I dangled my legs in. Eric: I'm sorry, I missed that. Stephanie: Well, I didn't want my swimsuit on. I didn't want to go in-- I didn't want her to see all the carvings up and stuff. (Sighs) Eric: Your scars aren't that bad, Stephanie. Stephanie: They are. they're all bright red. Eric: That's because you won't let me rub Vitamin E on them the way the nurse suggested. Stephanie: Well, she doesn't know what she's talking about. Eric: Yes, she does. She's a nurse, for God's sake. I think it's hard for you to imagine being touched now. I think that being sick the way you have been has changed the way you feel about your body. Stephanie: Well, your body is something that's very special to you and then all of a sudden... (Sighs) these cancer cells invaded, and, you know-- Eric: You don't think that someone with cancer is beautiful. Stephanie: I'm sure some people can, not necessarily me. Eric: When I look at you, I see the most beautiful woman I've ever known. Don't forget that. [SCENE_BREAK] Hope: I am upset. I'm furious, okay? But--but grilling Liam over how or why this happened isn't gonna make a difference. Brooke: Just because he's married, it doesn't make him a different person. He has no idea that you were in Aspen, and he has no idea why you gave the ring back. He has to be hurting, too. Hope: I'm his past now, Mom. I was his future, but I'm not anymore, okay? A mistake I could fix, but marriage, I can't. Brooke: Oh, honey. Hope: Oh, Mom. [SCENE_BREAK] Bill: So how does it take five interns three times as long to set up champagne and hors d'oeuvres as it takes you to do a dinner party for ten. Katie: When did Liam call exactly? Bill: They should be here by now. Katie: You really has no idea that this is happening? Bill: How could I? Katie: Come on, Bill. This ha no... (stammers) nothing to do with your reason for wanting to whisk her away to Aspen. Bill: I have my reasons we asked about. Katie: You have to admit you at least enabled them. They never would have run off and gotten married if they were here. Bill: I don't know that. Listen, obviously they are wildly in love. Katie: How can you say obviously? You've never even seen them together. Bill: What do you want me to say? Katie: I don't believe in coincidences. I want to know how you're responsible for this marriage, either directly or indirectly. Bill: The only thing I'm responsible is wanting my son to find the same incredible joy and happiness that I found with you. Katie: Oh, wow. That's smooth. That's really smooth. Bill: That's pretty good, right? Katie: Well, we're not done talking about this. Bill: I didn't think so. Stop! Stop! Drop the bags. Now back up. Pick up your new bride, now bring her over the threshold. Steffy: (Laughs) Bill: Bring her in. Steffy: (Laughs Bill: Put her down. Don't trip. Put her down. Come over here. Congratulations, my son. Liam: Thank you. Bill: And Steffy, welcome to the family. [SCENE_BREAK] Eric: May I have this dance? Stephanie: Are you tipsy? Eric: (Laughs) No, I'm not tipsy. I'm relieved. I'm happy. Stephanie: Well what's there to be happy about? I mean, you're the one that always said to me, "Don't pin your mood on a test result that's bad." And now here you are you want me to be happy and, you know, kicking up my heels. Eric: Happiness doesn't need some kind of reason, Stephanie. I mean, happiness is what happens when you have no reason to be unhappy, all right? So may I have this dance? Stephanie: I don't like dancing. Eric: And yet you feel up to a food the drive every ten minutes. You feel like closing up Dayzee's at 11:00 every night. And you feel like ministering to the homeless, meddling in everybody's marriage, in everybody's life. What am I, kryptonite? Every time I come in the room, you're overcome by some kind of terrible weakness? Stephanie: I'm sorry. I-I've hurt your feelings. Eric: Yeah. (Music stops) Eric: Look, I'm sorry. I ought to be better at my age at, uh, taking your rejection. Stephanie: It isn't rejection. It's--it's-- w-well, you're treating me as though I'm your girlfriend and we're on a date, or I mean-- Eric: You are my girlfriend-- Stephanie, you're my girl. You're my girl now, and you always will be. Stephanie: I don't know that I can be that anymore. Eric: Never doubt my love for you. [SCENE_BREAK] Bill: And last, but certainly not least, for the blushing bride and newest member of the Spencer family. Steffy: (Chuckles) (Glasses clink) Liam: Cheers. Katie: Liam, um, um, while you were in Aspen, did you see Hope-- Bill: Kate, Kate. That's not appropriate. This isn't the time or the place. Come here. I want to talk to you. Liam: Yeah. Bill: I want to talk to you about being married. One of the most important things about being ... Katie: Well, here we are, the two Mrs. Spencers. Steffy: Yeah, it sounds like a trashy thriller. Katie: Yeah, it does. I don't know what's going on here, but it stinks. Steffy: Oh, wow! You know, I don't think wrinkling your nose every time we're around each other will play very well with your husband or mine. I mean, really, can't we just forget about our bad history and move on? Katie: (Scoffs) What is it they say? That people who forget their history are doomed to repeat it? Steffy: You know what? Liam is it for me. He is everything I thought Bill once was. Katie: (Sighs) Steffy: And Liam's more. Katie, I'm gonna be a loving wife, and I'm gonna have his children, and I'm gonna help make him a success. I'm gonna be a Spencer to be proud of, and you will resist the temptation to be the mother-in-law from hell. Katie: Huh. We'll see. Liam is an amazing person, and he deserves to be with my niece. And if I have anything to do with it, he will be. You manipulated this somehow, some way, and sooner or later, Liam's gonna realize that, and he's gonna leave you, so congratulations. Enjoy it while you can, because it's not gonna last.