EPISODE 4/4/01
Katie Questions Simon About His Past

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FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2001

Scene 1:
[ Burt's Garage ]

> Katie: I don't care, Simon. I don't care.
>> Simon: Good. If you think I'm dumb enough to fall for that again, then, Katie, you better tell your inner child to grow up!
>> Katie: Oh, no, I've done it again, haven't I? Simon, I was just trying to make you happy, honestly. That was just me being friendly. I was not trying to trap you.
>> Simon: Look, the one and only time that we made love, it didn't exactly bring us closer together. You remember that?
>> Katie: I would never try and do something like fake a pregnancy again.
>> Simon: Oh, well, I'm glad. It's good to see you've learned from your mistakes.
>> Katie: No, wait. Simon! Simon, you promised that we would spend the next 24 hours together. You can't change your mind. You promised!

Scene 2:
[ Burt's Garage ]

>> Katie: Please stay, Simon. I know I keep messing up. It's just that I don't have a lot of experience in the femme fatale department. The only thing I know about attracting guys I've learned from movies.
>> Simon: Well, I think you're really watching the wrong ones.
>> Katie: I just need a little more experience in the romance department. You could teach me.
>> Simon: No, look, we did the deed once. That's it. We're just gonna have to live off those memories.
>> Katie: No, no, no, you're not gonna leave now. Please, Simon --
>> Simon: I'm gonna finish packing, yeah, and then I think I will take off, yes.
>> Katie: I promise I won't touch you again. I swear. You said that we could spend the next 24 hours together. I would hate myself forever if I knew we said good-bye like this.
[ Simon groans ]
>> Simon: All right. All right, fine. I can't have you hating yourself forever.
>> Katie: Yea.
>> Simon: You must be the only person in the whole of Oakdale that isn't dying to see me just take off.
>> Katie: How 'bout I make us some lunch?
>> Simon: All right, all right. Good, sounds good.
>> Katie: You are not gonna regret staying, I promise you. We're gonna have so much fun now that all the pressure's off of us. You know, we both had pasts before Holden and Lily. Now we can get to know each other. I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
>> Simon: Look, I have told you a million times, I am not gonna tell you a thing about my past.
>> Katie: Oh, come on, Simon! I was game enough to marry you to keep you in the country. The least you can do is share a few choice chapters of your life story. It must be a real page-turner.

Scene 3:
[ Burt's Garage ]

>> Katie: I bet girls have always loved to hear you talk about your travels and everything. You've pretty much been around the world. Where do you think you had the most fun? Oh, no, no, wait. Who do you think are the best kissers? Australian girls or American, European, Asian --
>> Simon: No, no, no, tell me. Has anyone ever wanted to know everything about you?
>> Katie: Me?
>> Simon: Yeah.
>> Katie: Well, I don't know.
>> Simon: You mean no man has ever wanted to sit down and just listen to you for hours, in love with the sound of your voice, hanging on every word, wanting every detail about you?
>> Katie: No.
>> Simon: Well, you deserve that.
>> Katie: Yeah, maybe. But let's get back to you.
>> Simon: No, no, let's play a little game, all right? Okay, I'm gonna ask you a question, and you tell me about yourself. And no matter how long it takes, I'm gonna listen.
>> Katie: Kind of like our own version of Simon says.
>> Simon: Yep.
>> Katie: Okay, but then I get to ask you.
>> Simon: Sure, sure, later. All right, first question -- well, I know you and your mom did a lot of traveling around when you were growing up. Where was your favorite place?
>> Katie: Well, I guess I didn't mind where I ended up going to high school. I wasn't exactly happy or anything, but at least I was in one place for a few years.
>> Simon: Katie Peretti in high school. Oh, what was she like?
>> Katie: Well, she was pretty much a boring goody two-shoes. I had just moved around to so many schools by the time I got to high school that I found that the best way to get along with people is just to keep your mouth shut as much as possible, you know, laugh when everybody else laughs, and definitely don't let them see you get upset. But unfortunately, that made me pretty much invisible, which is why I think I made so many big mistakes when I moved here. I was just so angry and so sick of being a nobody. You know, I wanted to be someone else than that little mouse that I used to be.
>> Simon: What, you a mouse? I can't picture that. I mean, you got a mind like a steel trap, Katie, and your looks -- I mean, you're anything but mousy.
>> Katie: Why, Simon, I do believe that was a compliment.
>> Simon: All right, you must've had a boyfriend. You must've.
>> Katie: Mmm, not really. I seemed to always attract the guys that had year-round allergies.
>> Simon: Ah, right, and you secretly wanted to be with the guy -- the captain of the football team.
>> Katie: No, no way. No, I didn't like guys like that. I was always attracted to the quiet, moody types, you know, the guys that did everything their own way. They weren't really conformists. You know, like, maybe they'd wear their hair long when everybody else still had it short, or listened to jazz when everybody else was into techno. But unfortunately, those guys never really gave me a second look. They still don't. No, I think I'm destined to attract the henrys of the world. But I know it was different for you. And I know Lily Snyder was not the first girl to go crazy for you.
>> Simon: We have been down these parts before.
>> Katie: Oh, come on, Simon. Your bags are almost packed. What harm could it do to just share one little personal tidbit?
>> Simon: All right, yeah. I've had a colorful past, yes. And I'm sure I could dredge up someone else, but what's the point in dwelling on my mistakes? Leave the past in the past, that's what I always say.

Scene 4:
[ Burt's Garage ]

>> Katie: So, there was someone before Lily Snyder. What do you know?
>> Simon: Of course there were other women. And not all of us can remain virgins, or almost virgins.
>> Katie: There must be someone in particular, maybe someone that you can't get off your mind? Did you leave her or did she leave you? Or did she die? I'm sorry. That was really insensitive.
>> Simon: Look, nothing as clean as death has ever ended any of my relationships. All I can say is that women have always been problematic for me.
>> Katie: In what way?
>> Simon: Look, just forget it, Katie. You know, looking back, regretting my mistakes, it's just -- it's useless. Keep moving, that's my motto. Never be a target. I forgot that when I was with Lily, and I'm not gonna forget it again.
>> Katie: Yeah, but what good does that do? Anywhere you go, you're gonna just make the same mistakes. Why don't you stay here and figure this out for once? Where you gonna go that's --
>> Simon: Anywhere. Anywhere. That's the end of the discussion, all right?
>> Katie: I understand that Lily hurt you really badly, but I'm still here. I can make you forget, if you would just let me.
>> Simon: Don't. Women who have got too close to me have always regretted it, all right? Just stay away.

Scene 5:
[ Burt's Garage ]

>> Katie: What is your rush? Have a little patience, okay? I know you're hurt right now, but you will get over Lily. You can make a life here. People will start to like you. Look at me! I was publicly humiliated at the Endicott awards, and look at me now. I'm back on my feet. All I'm trying to say is if you would just give it a chance, you could make a great life for yourself here.
>> Simon: You are very sweet, Katie, but I have to start making things easier on myself. Take it. Please, take it. This town already has too many bad memories for me. I just wanna go someplace where nobody knows who I am.
>> Katie: Where are you going?
>> Simon: I'm just gonna get some things out of the garage, that's all. I'm not gonna sneak out on you, okay?
>> Katie: No, Simon, I'm not gonna let you go.
[ Phone rings ]
>> Craig [ in his Suite ]: Hello?
>> Katie: Craig, hi, it's Katie. Please don't hang up.
>> Craig: Katie, the prodigal sister. What can I do you for?
>> Katie: I know we're not exactly on the best of terms right now, but I need a little favor, and you're the only person that can help me. Would you consider hiring my husband Simon?
>> Craig: As what, a chauffeur? I know his worth.
>> Katie: You don't know the real Simon. Just forget everything you think you know about him, okay? He's been through a lot lately. He's under a lot of pressure. If you would just take the chance to get to know him, you would see that he's smart and he's not afraid of anything. That's what you like in business, right? Look, you don't have to answer me right now. Just think about it.
>> Craig: I'll humor you. I'll think about it, even though it's not as if I don't have enough to think about at the moment.
[ Knock at the Craig's door ] in fact, just a second. This might be my fiancée now.
>> Katie: No, Craig-- wait!
>> Craig: Katie, I'll talk to you later. Bye. Coming!
>> Ruby: Hello, Craig. Please don't slam the door on me.


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