Scene - Carly's second seduction attempt... (Carly enters Jason's room and hears the water running in the shower. She flips back the covers on the bed - no headboard? - and tosses her coat and purse down on the floor. Then she unbuttons the top button on her blouse and positions herself provactively on the bed, and fluffs her hair over her shoulders. Jason exits the bathroom in nothing but a green towel with his hair wet and spiky...)
Carly: (smiles) Surprise.
(Jason, of course, stares. Though he might almost have what could pass as a tiny smile on his face...)
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(Jason is now buttoning the pants he apparently put on in front of Carly. Because this is not actually shown, I'll go out on a limb and assume that Jason flashed Carly when he put his pants on - and we didn't get to see that part cuz it couldn't be shown on daytime TV. I know it's kind of a stretch, but.)
Jason: You shouldn't be here.
Carly: Why? I covered myself. I told AJ that I was going to a really important design lecture. And... I actually did. I showed up for about ten minutes and then I slipped out the back. (pause) Nobody knows I'm here. Except you... And me... (she stands and begins to unbutton her blouse, a movement he is definitely watching) I can't stop thinking about you, Jason. About us.
Jason: (but when she takes the shirt off and tosses it aside, he looks away) Carly, don't.
Carly: (she walks to him slowly) Why? ... C'mon. I wanna be with you. And I know you want to be with me.
(Her hands begin to caress softly, sensually all over his chest and up to his shoulders, her fingertips touch his jawline. The camera follows Carly's hand as it runs up his chest from his abs, then both hands lay against his neck. He takes her wrists, gentle but firm, but doesn't remove them from his body. Instead he kinda holds them so her hands are flat on his chest...)
Jason: Carly, you better stop it. (but his voice doesn't hold much conviction - it sounds more like a teasing warning)
Carly: (she laughes huskily, unconvinced) Why? I'll stop when you do. I know you want me as much as I want you. So tell me you don't. And I'll go.
(Her hands cup his neck and run over it, and her thumb grazes over the side of his chin. Then her index finger does the same and begins to caress beside his mouth... And he is definitely leaning down to kiss her. She bites her lip, looking from his half-closed eyes, which are looking at her lips, to his mouth...)
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(His hands are cupping her face, keeping her at a distance. His thumbs are on her cheeks and his hands are on her neck, kind of in her hair.)
Jason: You want to hear the words? Okay. Sex with you would be good. But it's not gonna happen. No matter how many times you show up in my room. The answer will still be no. (He lets go and reaches for his shirt.)
Carly: (she stands there, hurt and dejected) Tell me why.
Jason: You know why, Carly. The reasons haven't changed. (he passes by her to sit on the bed to pull his shirt on)
Carly: Yeah, they have changed, Jason. (she picks up her shirt off the floor) There's no Robin anymore. (she shrugs the shirt on angrily and tugs on it. But she fails to re-button it.) Or, what? Did she convince you sex was bad? Like she convinced you that everything else you were good at and you loved to do was wrong?
Jason: Robin has nothing to do with this. And, no. I don't think sex is bad. There are a lot of women I could sleep with. But, not you. (he gets up to get his belt)
Carly: Thanks, Jase!
Jason: (he turns back to her) What, you mad at me now?
Carly: Well, well! (she throws up her hands in frustration) Shouldn't I be?
Jason: What, you want to hit me like you did when we were sleeping together? Call me a robot and say I got nothing inside of me? Have you ever hated me more than when we were having sex, Carly? Huh? Cuz it was the only time I couldn't stand you.
Carly: Things were different then, Jason.
Jason: Yeah, things were different then. There was no Michael. You and I weren't friends. (he starts to put on the belt - the same freaking belt he has had for YEARS, I might add) It didn't matter to me if you walked out of my room and I never saw you again. Carly, it matters now. (he stares at her seriously, but she's not looking at him. she looks up, shaking her hair back over her shoulders, tears glistening on her cheeks) We're part of each other's lives. And Michael's life. I'm not gonna lose that.
Carly: Then why did you kiss me?
Jason: Carly, you kissed me.
Carly: Oh, okay. (she shakes her head and turns half-way not facing him)
Jason: (he sighs and looks away for a second, then looks at her again with his hand on his chest over his heart) I didn't push you away hard enough because... (sigh) I didn't want to hurt you. (she nods and sniffs, still crying) I'm- I'm so sorry. If I made you think I wanted this. (he picks up her coat to hand it to her) But it's not gonna happen. (she snatches it away) Get dressed.
(He starts to buckle his belt, then looks at her as he does. She stares at him as she puts on her coat, her eyes sparking with anger. She looks like she still wants to fight.)
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(Jason's on the recliner [black leather, yum! Did Carly pick that out??] with his feet up, putting on his shoes. Carly sits cross-legged on the bed, looking into a compact and wiping her eyes with a tissue)
Carly: You do realize it's not a lot of fun psyching myself up to seduce you and getting humiliated for my trouble.
Jason: Then why do it? (he looks over at her and she turns, still sitting on the bed, to face him)
Carly: Because, I'm... You know, not stuck in the past like you are. You know why it didn't work out between us the first time?
Jason: There was nothing to work. We had sex, that's all. We didn't even know each other's names.
Carly: We didn't at first Jason, but we learned. And then I found out about Robin-
Jason: Yeah, and then you tried to blackmail me.
Carly: Oh, so you just don't trust me. That's what this is about.
Jason: I... (he thinks for a second, looking away, then looks at her again) I trust the way things are now. (She nods a little. He stands and walks over to stand in front of where she's sitting on the bed, with one foot over the edge.) Carly, when you and I first met, there was nothing to lose. As long as it felt good, we did it. And when I didn't want to do it anymore, I told you. Sure, you got mad. You went to Dr. Jones. But so what? Everyone involved was a grown up. Now there's Michael. And he's caught in the middle. And I'm not gonna let you use him as a weapon against me. Because you think having sex changes all the rules.
Carly: (she purses her lips, stands, and walks over to him) You know why I'm not mad? Because I did this. I mean, I'm the one who convinced you that we couldn't have a friendship while we were sleeping together. And you would rather have me as a friend.
Jason: (he nods) Mmhmm.
Carly: I would rather have both. So... I just think I should prove to you, that-
Jason: (he shakes his head) No, don't prove anything. Just accept this.
Carly: (pauses, staring at him, and starts to smile) If you were anybody else - anybody else - Jason. I would say, 'Yes, sure. I- I fully understand.' I would lie. But I don't lie to you. (And Jason has what has to be the cutest smile ever on his face!) And... I don't plan to show up here on a regular basis and embarass myself. Okay? Sneaking into your room once a year is my limit, really. (He breathes a laugh and smiles a little more, still so cute.) But... I am right about this. I just know how good you are for me. And I'll tell you something that you're not gonna believe? I'm really good for you too.
Jason: Go home.
Carly: I am home. I don't live at the Quartermaine's. I'm stuck there temporarily.
Jason: I have someplace to be. (he moves away to get his keys and she follows him a step)
Carly: Is it dangerous? (pause) Hey, don't do that. Don't do that no-answer-stare-at-me thing. It scares me, okay? You just call me on my cellphone, whenever whatever it is, is over. So I don't worry about you all night, alright?
Jason: C'mon. I'll drop you off at the campus and you can catch a cab.
Carly: Okay, that's fine. (She grabs her purse from the floor and he follows behind her. She turns and takes a few backward steps.) I just- I just want to point out that instead of me being bored to tears at the Quartermaine's and you getting shot at- (she pulls her coat down off her shoulders suggestively) This evening could have ended up being a whole lot nicer for both of us...
(They exit his room.)