So when Jennifer gets home from shopping
for a dress for Abigail, she finds out Abby is gone; JJ tries to comfort her by
saying she probably just went out to buy something for Thomas. Jen hopes so. He says he hopes they can tell everybody that she is alive soon
because he doesn’t know how much longer he can keep this secret from Gabi. That’s when Gabi walks up to the door; the
door is partially open. All she hears
is that he is keeping a secret from her.
Gabi and JJ go to the park and sit down on a bench; she says she wants
to talk. She knows he is lying and he
still won’t admit it. He finally asks her
if they can just drop it; she says, “sure, let’s drop it.” They sit in silence.
Abe sits with Valerie in the square; she’s been
shopping. Julie comes over and sits
down with them; she asks Valerie if she’s going home for Christmas. She is a little shocked when Valerie tells
her she is staying here; she says Abe must be happy about that. They excuse themselves. Later, Abe and Valerie are laughing as they
walk, when they spot Theo and Claire at a table in the square. He asks them if they are on a date; Valerie says
no, they are just shopping. Theo says
he hates her, as they walk away, saying she always lies. Obviously, they are on a date. Claire
tells him to just wait until the spyware they bought comes and they’ll find out
everything. The waitress brings his
father’s wallet to Theo; Theo runs off to catch his dad. Claire just rubs in Ciara’s face how happy
she and Theo are all the time; she gets news from her uncle (Paul) that he got
the baseball card Ciara told her to get for Theo for Christmas and brags like
it was all her idea and says she and Theo are going to have the best Christmas ever
together. Doesn't even thank Ciara for the idea. She is very insensitive.
Ciara goes to get something to drink. Claire comments about the fact that Ciara made Theo cookies for
Christmas; he says she wanted to thank him for being such a good friend. Claire imagines there is more to it than
that, and Theo admits there might be.
Claire tells him he and Ciara are like brother and sister, where she and
he are different; she reaches out and kisses him, commenting that a sister
wouldn’t kiss him that way. Ciara comes
back and sees them passionately kissing.
Abigail recalls seeing Chad with Thomas in the square, what he was
saying to him, and how Thomas might have seen her; she tells her mom she wanted
to walk over there and tell them she was alive, but the darkness starting
closing in and she had a panic attack.
She turned and ran. Her mom
starts to comfort her, but she says it’s okay, because it’s not going to happen
again; she still swears she is going to tell Chad she’s alive, tonight. Jennifer gives Abigail all the dresses she
bought and tells her to go get ready; she skips off to try them all on. What I don’t like about this storyline is
how they are making mental illness, in general, out to be this HUGE deal that
just makes people flip out – or break down - all the time. *When in reality, the illness they’ve
diagnosed Abigail with (Bi-polar Disorder), which often comes with symptoms of
anxiety, panic attacks and severe depression, is actually very manageable, with
or without medication. Yes, if left
untreated, people can and do have what is called ‘manic episodes’ periodically,
and a few of them do go on shopping sprees, unplanned road trips or other
impulse adventures; these episodes are intermingled with depressive episodes
and ‘level’ episodes. But the
writers here are making it seem like Abigail will break at any second if she
experiences any stress whatsoever; personally that offends me, as a sufferer of
Bi-polar Disorder. (*NOTE to the
writers ).
Abigail comes out in a pretty blue, lacy dress and says this is
something she needs to do alone; she doesn’t want her mother to drive her. She walks out the door and pulls out her
phone; she calls Andre. She tells him
she is ready to see Chad; he smiles.
Abigail meets Andre in the square; he is going to take her to Chad,
having convinced her that she needs him to “soften the blow.” They agree it’s time to do this. Gabi shows up at Chad’s house; she
apologizes, saying she just didn’t know where else to go. She tells him that JJ is lying to her again
and she can’t take it; he says maybe he isn’t lying… she says she knows he
is. He says, okay, maybe it’s not his
secret to tell; she tells him she specifically heard him saying SHE could not
know. He tells her she deserves to be
happy, he reaches out and takes her hand; she tells him she just can’t live
without trust. She takes one step
closer to him; she says it looks like they both had to say goodbye today – he
says it looks like – they kiss. Right
at that moment, Andre and Abigail step in the door. The two do not even notice the door opening and continue kissing pretty
intensely. Andre is almost-not surprised
and Abby may be in shock. Who knows?
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