Skye talks to Ben
August 16, 1999

 SKYE: AREN'T YOU GOING TO INVITE ME TO JOIN YOU?
 SKYE: I'M SURE YOU NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE ME AGAIN.
 BEN: NO, I DIDN'T.  WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN LLANVIEW?
 SKYE: LOOKING FOR YOU.

SKYE: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
 BEN: FOR WHAT?
 SKYE: FOR DISAPPEARING WITHOUT A WORD AND LEAVING ME AS BAIT FOR YOUR GANGSTER
FRIENDS.
 BEN: THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
 SKYE: OH, LET'S NOT REWRITE HISTORY, SHALL WE?  YOU AND I HAD A PRETTY INTENSE RELATIONSHIP GOING UNTIL YOU BAILED ON ME.
 BEN: SKYE, THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
 SKYE: YOU'RE SAYING IT WASN'T INTENSE?
 BEN: I DIDN'T BAIL ON YOU.
 SKYE: BECAUSE I REMEMBER ONE WEEKEND IN PARTICULAR WHERE THE WORD "INTENSE" BARELY BEGINS TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN US.
 BEN: LOOK, LET'S NOT BRING THAT WEEKEND UP, ALL RIGHT?  I THOUGHT WE AGREED TO FORGET
ABOUT THAT WEEKEND.  BEST FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, RIGHT?
 SKYE: YEAH.  YEAH, BEN WENT TO THE EDGE AND A LITTLE BEYOND AND GOT A LITTLE AFRAID, DIDN'T HE?  IS THAT WHY YOU BAILED ON ME?  GOT A LITTLE STREAK OF FEAR RUNNING DOWN THAT PROUD DAVIDSON SPINE?
 BEN: I DIDN'T BAIL ON YOU, SKYE.
 SKYE: NO?  WELL, WHAT WOULD CALL IT?  ONE MINUTE WE'RE PLANNING OUR FUTURE TOGETHER,
AND THE NEXT MINUTE YOU'RE GONE, AND THEN I HAVE MOBSTERS THREATENING TO KILL ME UNLESS I TELL THEM WHERE YOU ARE.  I'M DAMN LUCKY THEY DECIDED TO BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAID
I DIDN'T KNOW.  WHICH I DIDN'T BECAUSE I NEVER HEARD FROM YOU.
 BEN: THERE WAS A GOOD REASON FOR THAT.  I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT YOU.
 SKYE: BY THROWING ME TO THE WOLVES?  OH, YEAH, RIGHT.  I THINK YOU WERE TRYING TO PROTECT YOURSELF.  IT WAS LIKE WE NEVER HAPPENED, YOU KNOW?  THEN JUST AS I'M STARTING TO GET
MY LIFE TOGETHER, JUST AS I'M ABLE TO CONVINCE MYSELF THAT I'M OVER YOU AND THAT MAYBE YOU'RE OFF ON SOME DESERTED ISLAND SOMEWHERE OR MAYBE YOU JUMPED DOWN SOME RABBIT HOLE OUT OF MY LIFE FOREVER, I PICK UP THE PAPER -- AND THERE YOU ARE, BIGGER THAN
LIFE, SOME KIND OF HERO HERE IN LLANVIEW.  YOU LIED TO ME, BEN.  YOU TOLD ME YOU CARED ABOUT ME.
 BEN: THAT WASN'T A LIE.  I DID CARE ABOUT YOU, SKYE.  I ALSO WARNED YOU NOT TO GET TOO
INVOLVED WITH ME.
 SKYE: OH, BECAUSE OF WHO YOU WERE "MIXED UP WITH."
 BEN: SO YOU DO REMEMBER.  I FELL FOR YOU, SKYE, AND I PULLED BACK BECAUSE I REMEMBERED WHAT MY LIFE WAS REALLY ABOUT.  AND I -- I JUST COULDN'T PUT YOU IN THAT KIND OF DANGER.
 SKYE: WELL, THAT WAS THEN.  THIS IS NOW.  YOU'RE NOT IN ANY KIND OF DANGER NOW, ARE YOU?
 BEN: NO.
 SKYE: WELL, THEN YOU CAN DROP ALL THE PRETENSE, STOP ALL THE GAMES -- EVERYTHING, BEN.
NOW YOU CAN ADMIT IT.  ADMIT THAT YOU STILL LOVE ME AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU.

BEN: I'M SORRY, SKYE, BUT I CAN'T GO BACK THERE.  THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN.
EVERYTHING'S DIFFERENT NOW.  NOW, I'M SORRY FOR THE WAY I LEFT YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND I WAS IN DEEP TROUBLE.  I COULDN'T CONTACT YOU.  I MISSED YOU.  AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU, BUT I HAD TO PUT YOU BEHIND ME.
 SKYE: I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, BEN.  I DON'T.  I KNOW -- I KNOW WHAT WE FELT.  I KNOW WHAT WE HAD TOGETHER.  I'M WILLING -- I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO PROTECT ME, AND YOU LEAVING LIKE YOU DID -- I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT ALL OF THAT AND PUT IT ASIDE BECAUSE IN SPITE
OF EVERYTHING, I STILL LOVE YOU, BEN.
 BEN: LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU AGAIN, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO KNOW.  I'M IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE ELSE.  HER NAME'S VIKI CARPENTER.  I MET HER WHEN I WAS ON THE RUN.
I MEAN, THE TIMING COULDN'T HAVE BEEN WORSE.  KIND OF MAKES ME BELIEVE IN FATE.
 SKYE: SO YOU AND THIS VIKI CARPENTER WERE DESTINED TO BE TOGETHER?  IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?  IT WAS IN THE STARS OR SOMETHING?
 BEN: LOOK, ALL I KNOW IS WE FELL IN LOVE IN A WAY THAT I'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE.
 SKYE: ALL THIS TIME, I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE ONE FOR ME.  JUST LIKE THAT, YOU RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET WITH SOMEONE ELSE.  SO WHAT ABOUT ME, BEN, HMM?  WHAT HAPPENS TO ME NOW?

BEN: SKYE --
 SKYE: NO, BEN.  IT'S OK.  I'M A BIG GIRL.  I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.
 BEN: WE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES.  I MEAN, YOU HELPED ME THROUGH A LOT.
 SKYE: DID I?
 BEN: YEAH, AT A TIME WHERE I NEEDED IT THE MOST.
 SKYE: WELL, GUESS I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.  ACCEPT THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
AWARD OR SOMETHING.
 BEN: LOOK, MY WORLD WAS CAVING IN.  THEY KILLED MY FATHER.  I WAS NEXT IN LINE.  YOU WOULD'VE LOST ME ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
 SKYE: SO YOU JUST SPLIT WITHOUT A WORD.
 BEN: IT SEEMED LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO AT THE TIME, ALL RIGHT, BUT -- NOW -- I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE I WOULD HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
 SKYE: YEAH.  YOU'VE CHANGED.
 BEN: THINK SO?
 SKYE: DEFINITELY.
 BEN: IT'S BECAUSE OF VIKI.
 SKYE: YOU'RE A DIFFERENT MAN.  I CAN SEE THAT IN YOUR EYES.
 BEN: WHAT DO YOU SEE?
 SKYE: A MAN IN LOVE.  JUST NOT WITH ME.
 BEN: SHE'S PRETTY SPECIAL.
 SKYE: I GUESS SO.  YOU SURE LIGHT UP EVERY TIME YOU SAY HER NAME.
 BEN: SHE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN.
 SKYE: I'M GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME COMPETING WITH THAT.
 BEN: IT'S NOT A COMPETITION.  I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
 SKYE: I'M TRYING.  ONE QUESTION, THOUGH.  ARE YOU GOING TO TELL HER ABOUT US?

BEN: THERE'S NOTHING I CAN'T TELL VIKI, INCLUDING MY PAST WITH YOU.
 SKYE: WHICH MEANS YOU HAVEN'T TOLD HER.
 BEN: IT JUST HASN'T COME UP, THAT'S ALL.  FRANKLY, I'M NOT THRILLED TO HEAR ABOUT THE PAST LOVES OF HER LIFE, EITHER.
 SKYE: SO THERE ARE SOME SECRETS BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU.
 BEN: NO, THERE ARE NOT.   JUST SOME THINGS SHOULDN'T BE SPELLED OUT.  BUT I'LL TELL HER ABOUT YOU, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE.
 SKYE: MY GUESS IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TELL HER ABOUT OUR LITTLE WEEKEND.
 BEN: HOW LONG YOU PLANNING ON STAYING IN TOWN, ANYWAY?
 SKYE: YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M NOT SO SURE.  NOW THAT YOU'RE OFF LIMITS, I GUESS THAT LEAVES EVERYTHING ELSE WIDE OPEN.
 BEN: WELL, IT'S A GREAT BIG WORLD OUT THERE.  I MEAN, YOU'RE BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL, WELL-CONNECTED.
 SKYE: AND ALONE.  BEN, REALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE AGAIN.  I -- I JUST GUESS I NEEDED TO HEAR IN MY HEART WHAT I KNEW WAS TRUE ALREADY.  SO, YOU FOUND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE, HUH?  LUCKY YOU.
 
 
 
 

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