This story has been time-compressed and has added visual subconscious chatter, for the reader's amusement. We won't vouch for the accuracy of the dialogue, just the general impression. This retrospective was written in late summer 1995, and does not include Miguel and Lily's departures.
[The Outback - A few years ago]
LOIS: Miguel, I want you to come sing for me. I'm
desperate for artists 'cause Eddie's such a flake.
MIGUEL: I can't, Lois. My ex-manager would kill me.
SONNY: No worries. I took care of that. Your ex-manager
won't make any trouble. Work for L&B if you want to.
MIGUEL: That's wonderful, but it was none of your business.
I spit on you. You are evil Sonny.
[L&B Records]
MIGUEL: Brenda, I miss the love of my life and cannot write
songs. Comfort me.
BRENDA: Ah, poor Miguel, your soooo sensitive.
MIGUEL: I will lose myself in the music...dance...my body
close to yours.
BRENDA: Sounds like fun. [They dance.]
SONNY: [Hits Miguel *smack*] Don't dance with my girl like
that again, or I'll make you eat your cujones,
Miguelito.
MIGUEL: How dare you come between me and any woman I choose
to touch, you hothead. I spit on you. You are
evil Sonny. [Storms out.]
BRENDA: Sonny, you better apologize to Miguel.
[Puerto Rico University]
SONNY: Hi, Lily. I'm Sonny. Your lost love is in Port
Chuckles, come join him so he'll keep his mitts
off my girlfriend.
LILY: Daddy would kill him.
SONNY: That's a good alternative, but it might upset Lois.
Besides I told your Daddy, Frank would give him
cement overshoes if he tried it.
LILY: I will come and rejoin my love.
[The PC Airport]
MIGUEL: Leelee, I love you.
LILY: Miguel, I love you.
MIGUEL and LILY: We can be together forever!
MIGUEL: But it was none of Sonny's business. I spit on
him. Sonny is evil.
[The PC Dock]
LILY: Miguel, we have a son.
MIGUEL: Why didn't you tell me?
LILY: My father would have killed you. He sent me to
Florida, held me prisoner and ripped the child
from my arms. Until Sonny threatened Daddy into
not killing you I dared not even contact you for
fear it would mean your death.
MIGUEL: Leelee, this is all your fault. How could you do
this to me. Keep my son away from me. If you
didn't want him, I did.
LILY: Huh?!!! Umm...oh....right, Miguel, whatever you say.
Please forgive me for what I have done.
MIGUEL: And it was none of Sonny's business. Where does
he get off protecting me and bringing my lost love
to me. I spit on him. Sonny is evil.
LILY: Oh, Sonny's not so bad.
MIGUEL: [Glaring] One day I may choose to forgive you,
Leelee.
[Puerto Rico - Juan's adoptive parents' house]
LILY: Look, our son. Isn't he cute, happy and contented.
MIGUEL: Yes, a son. It was manly of me to produce such a
fine son.
LILY: But we must leave him here, where he is happy, though
it breaks my heart.
MIGUEL: Yes, we would not want to actually have to care for
the brat.
MIGUEL & LILY: Goodbye Juan!
[Puerto Rico - The Hotel]
MIGUEL: Leelee, let's have sex.
LILY: No, Miguel, not until we are married.
MIGUEL: But we had sex before; Juan proves it.
LILY: I was younger then and had a stronger stomach. Now
I need God's help to sleep with you.
[Puerto Rico - Rivera's Place. They have been kinapped by
her father.]
RIVERA: Frank's dead. I can do anything I want, and I want
to turn Miguel into fish food.
LILY: If you do, I'll tell all your secrets.
SONNY: [Pulls Rivera aside; sotto voice] I'm in charge now.
I don't want to see the women upset or ruin my
vision of a Nice Mob, so ixnay on the urdermay.
RIVERA: Okay, but promise you'll keep an eye on Lily and
turn Miguel into maggot munchies when he hurts her.
SONNY: You got it, Pal.
RIVERA: [To Lily] One day you'll know I was right.
[Back in Port Charles above Kelly's Diner]
MIGUEL: Leelee, I love you so much. Let's get engaged.
LILY: And married, right away.
MIGUEL: Right away? No sex first?
LILY: [firmly] No sex.
MIGUEL: *sigh* I don't understand you, Leelee. Is this
something to do with Sonny? I spit on Sonny.
Sonny is evil.
[Kelly's Diner]
MIGUEL: I am so happy, Leelee. We are going to get married
and have many children.
LILY: Oh, yes! We will have a child. Perhaps a beautiful
little boy, who will be like Juan, but ours to keep.
MIGUEL: What!? You just want to replace Juan and use me as
a sperm donor.
LILY: Huh?!!!
MIGUEL: You must rethink your priorties, Leelee. I must
always come first in your heart. In time I may
forgive you.
LILY: I will try to be better, Miguel.
[The Outback]
LILY: Have you forgiven me yet, Miguel.
MIGUEL: No, stay away from me, Leelee. Don't touch me,
Leelee. We don't really know each other, Leelee.
LILY: But we love each other, Miguel. Can't we work it
out?
MIGUEL: We work it out when I say we work it out.
[Luke's Blues Club] - A
SONNY: Hi, Lily, how goes it?
LILY: Miguel is mad at me.
SONNY: Too bad. Brenda's mad at me and always wants me
to talk.
LILY: Well, I don't want you to talk. Let us just sit
here and be non-judgemental of one another.
SONNY: [Stares pensively into the distance] Fine.
[L&B Records] - B
MIGUEL: I don't understand Leelee. I want children.
She wants children. How can she oppose my will
like this, if she truly loves me.
BRENDA: That little witch. It's probably because she's
after Sonnny.
MIGUEL: I spit on Sonny. Sonny is evil.
BRENDA: Oh, he's not so bad.
MIGUEL: Don't defend him to me.
[Conversations A and B can safely be inserted anywhere
in the Saga, with only slight variations.]
[Over Kelly's Diner.]
LILY: Miguel, it's not just the baby thing, is it?
There's another reason you don't want to marry me.
MIGUEL: Yes, Leelee, because I don't feel secure in my
career.
LILY: Is Mac cutting back on free meals again?
MIGUEL: My music career. Sonny owns part of L&B. I'm
afraid he will make me sing evil songs and do
concerts in New Jersey.
LILY: Well, then quit and work for some other record
company.
MIGUEL: Sonny is evil. I spit on him. He would surely
break my kneecaps if I tried to break my
contract and I could not desert Brenda and Lois.
[Sonny's Apartment]
LILY: Could you talk to Miguel, Sonny. Tell him he
doesn't have to play New Jersey and L&B is secure.
SONNY: Sure.
[Over Kelly's]
SONNY: Miguel, L&B is secure and you don't have to play
New Jersey.
MIGUEL: I spit on you. You are evil. I don't believe
you.
SONNY: You can quit if you want. There's the door.
Here's your hat, what's your hurry?
MIGUEL: I will not desert Brenda & Lois. You are forcing
me to stay close to your evilness.
SONNY: Huh?!!! Suit yourself, kid.
MIGUEL: I spit on you, Sonny. You are evil.
[Brenda's Party At Luke's]
LILY: Dance with me A.J..
A.J.: Sure, I never say no to a woman. Not that I get many
offers,
MIGUEL: [On stage] Lalalalalalalala. [He sees Lily dancing
with A.J. and bounds off stage.] Mine! Mine
woman! *grunt* Mine woman!
[Sonny and Luke pull him off A.J.. Following dialogue in
Spanish.]
LILY: Miguel, I just wanted to show you that you aren't
the only sperm donor on the planet.
MIGUEL: Slut!
SONNY: Hey, don't be calling her a slut.
MIGUEL: [Pushes Sonny] Stay out of this! I spit on you.
You are evil, Sonny.
SONNY: [Pushes back] Up yours, Miguelito.
[They are pulled apart. Miguel storms out. Dialogue in
English again.]
BRENDA: Lily, you ruined my party by making Miguel attack
you and Sonny defend you.
LILY: I must apologize to Miguel. I must make things
right between us.
[Over Kelly's Diner]
LILY: I'm sorry Miguel. Forgive me for my sins. I love
you let's work things out.
MIGUEL. No, Leelee, making me jealous is unforgivable.
No, stay away from me, Leelee. Don't touch me,
Leelee. We don't really know each other, Leelee.
LILY: But Miguel, I love you.
MIGUEL: I don't know you.
LILY: Don't you remember? It's me, Lily... Lily Rivera.
Puerto Rico, six years ago, the love of your life.
MIGUEL: We've grown apart. We are different people.
[L&B Records]
LILY: I really don't want to be in this majorly dumb video.
MIGUEL & BRENDA: Fine by us. The less we see of you the
better.
[Lily, Brenda and Miguel go to the warehouse and the latter
proceed to slither all over each other in the name of "art".
Lily leaves.]
MIGUEL: I don't understand Leelee. When I'm nice to her
she's happy. When I'm mean to her she's sad.
Why does she have these mood swings.
BRENDA: She just doesn't appreciate you, Miguel
[They slither over each other some more. Sonny comes
in, watches and leaves.]
[At Luke's]
LILY: I don't like the way Brenda and Miguel slither in
that video.
SONNY: Me neither, but it's "art" and we have to accept it.
LILY: Yeah. Wanna hear about my Spanish class?
BRENDA: [Comes in; done slithering for the day.] Hey,
what are you two doing talking to each other.
That's practically being unfaithful, Sonny. And
Lily, you're such a slut.
[Kelly's Diner; after Mike's been shot.]
LILY: Tough day, huh?
SONNY: Yeah. Got anymore meatloaf.
[Miguel enters and glares. Sonny leaves.]
MIGUEL: And now, you're sharing your meatloaf. Is there
no depth you will not sink to, Leelee? I spit on
Sonny. Sonny is evil.
LILY: I love you, Miguel. Let's talk. We can work things
out.
MIGUEL: No, Leelee, we're not who we were. No, stay away
from me, Leelee. Don't touch me, Leelee. We don't
really know each other, Leelee.
[The Wedding in New York - The Quartermaine Yacht. Lily
and MIGUEL have gone up on deck to gaze out at New York
Harbor. They are alone. "Nows your chance, Lily. Push
him in. No one will ever know," we shout.]
LILY: I dreamed of coming to this land and starting a
family with you.
MIGUEL: Why did you give up that dream?
LILY: I didn't, you did.
MIGUEL: Oh yeah. No, stay away from me, Leelee. Don't
touch me, Leelee. We don't really know each
other, Leelee.
[Lily regrets the missed opportunity.]
[In Front of The Outback. (Apparently Lily had a
spine surgically implanted while in New York.)]
LILY: Miguel, it's over. Here's your ring back.
MIGUEL: What!? You can't mean that.
LILY: I don't know why you're surpised. It seems to be
what you want.
MIGUEL: Leelee, how can you think that I want you to go
away; that I want you not to touch me. That I
want you to leave me alone. How can you think
these foolish things?
LILY: I don't know, I just somehow got that impression.
MIGUEL: It isn't over, Leelee. I love you. You are my
property.
LILY: Forget it, Miggy. Hasta La Bye Bye
[Miguel runs to L&B to tell Brenda.]
MIGUEL: How dare she dump me. I am the man. I decide
when and if our relationship ends, not the weak
woman.
BRENDA: You are so right. Lily is a cruel conniving
little bitch to dump you and now she's gonna
go after my Sonny.
[Lily runs to Luke's to tell Sonny.]
LILY: I broke my engagement.
SONNY: Too bad. I mean, it must be painful for you, but
personally I think your better off without the
jerk, as would be the rest of the world.
LILY: Thank you for your sympathy, Sonny. I must go teach
now.
[She leaves. Later Brenda and Miguel enter.]
BRENDA: Sonny, isn't it awful that mean old Lily has
dumped poor innocent Miguel.
SONNY: Yeah, she told me. Too bad.
MIGUEL: What!? She had the evilness to tell our problems
to another man?
[Sonny forbears to mention that Miguel told the exact
same news to another woman; Brenda.]
BRENDA: [Holding back Miguel] Sonny, can't you tell he's
in a lot of pain.
SONNY: Well, Lily's not exactly doing cartwheels either.
BRENDA: SHE dumped HIM.
SONNY: Well, can you blame her, after....?
MIGUEL: Don't explain, Leelee to me. I know her. You
don't. She is my property. You are trespassing.
[He takes a swing at Sonny. Luke pulls him off, takes
him away.]
BRENDA: Why did you make Miguel try to hit you? And why
did you let Lily talk to you?
SONNY: Huh?!!! He's the one who...
BRENDA: He has the right to be violent. It's his artistic
temperament.
SONNY: He could be an axe murderer and you'd say that.
BRENDA: As long as it's Lily he chops up.
[Miguel is brought back in and Brenda makes her first
bridge building attempt.]
BRENDA: Let's sit down and talk about the video. I see an
alley.
SONNY: Too appropriate. I see the inside of a warehouse.
What do you see, Miguel?
MIGUEL: You are trying to control my life! I spit on you.
You are evil, Sonny.
SONNY: Huh?!!! Would rearranging your face count as
controlling your life, too, Punk!
[Miguel storms out. SONNY storms upstairs. Unusual
weather we're having, ain't it?]
LUKE: Well, at least there weren't any knives pulled.
Diplomacy does not seem to be one of your skills,
Brenda.
[Sonny's apartment. How do we tell if she's made of wood?
Build a bridge out of her?]
BRENDA: I've asked you here, Lily, to set some things
straight between us.
LILY: Good! I want you to like me. I want everyone to
like me. Let's work things out.
BRENDA: Yeah, right. You dumped Miguel. He's in a lot of
pain. It's affecting his music. You should leave
him alone.
LILY: I'm sorry he's in pain, but I have stayed away from
him.
BRENDA: I was thinking a little further away, like upper
Siberia. I want you away from Miguel, L&B and
most especially, Sonny.
SONNY: Brenda, you should back off, you're coming down
on her too hard.
BRENDA: Shut up, Sonny.
LILY: What you mean is that I am a threat to your
property.
BRENDA: You got it!
LILY: Grow up, Brenda! You can keep L&B and Miguel,
but I'm not giving up my incredibly boring and
non-passionate friendship with Sonny, just
because you're not mature enough to handle it.
I'm staying. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
BRENDA: *hiss* *meooooww*
[Lily storms out.]
SONNY: That's quite a bridge you built, honey.
"You have no power here, be gone before someone drops a house on you." -- Glinda, the "good" witch of the North.