Episode Theme song: "Where Does the DJ Go?" Kylie


Previously on One Day at a Time
- Victoria was devastated to learn that Bryce might not survive past Christmas. She also wondered why he mumbled Eva's name
- Donovan kept the fact that he was walking again from Lukas as he wanted to surprise him. Jasper, meanwhile, teased Lukas with their attraction
- Greg supported Kim while she struggled with her miscarriage
- Max and Paige reunited while Cassie agreed to give Jacob a DNA test to prove he is Carter's father
- Shane stunned Adam by revealing he and Robin made love

The Richardson Estate; Meggan, Lukas & Donovan's Home

Donovan slowly moves towards the living room of the lavish mansion that he lives in with his husband and sister in-law. He has slowly been regaining the strength in his legs since he was in a car accident a few months earlier; however, he hasn't told anyone that he has been able to walk again because he has wanted to surprise Lukas on Christmas. He only left their bedroom because he believed that Lukas was meeting with his family to discuss the fact that Frederick is alive; but now, he can hear voices in the living room and he wonders if he should just surprise his husband now with the fact that he is walking again.

Suddenly, however, he loses his step and he falls to the ground, which creates a loud thud! He lays on the floor, with his eyes closed, not moving.

Meanwhile, in the living room, Lukas looks back at Jasper, who is resting his hand on his firm chest. Lukas has told Jasper a few times now that their affair has to end, but Jasper continues to pursue Lukas. Lukas wants to be true to his husband but he can't deny the fact that he is very much attracted to Jasper; with Donovan still recovering also means that he isn't having sex, which can be frustrating for a man like him.

"What are you doing?" Lukas looks back into his lovers eyes as he feels the lust build between the two of them.

"I'm just doing what I think we both want…what we both need…" Jasper replies to him as he licks his lips.

Before Lukas can reply, the two men hear the "thud" and look at one another, wondering what the noise was. Lukas rushes out of the living room and sees Donovan laying on the floor in the hallway.

"Donovan?" Lukas rushes up to him quickly. "Donovan, are you okay?"

Donovan slowly opens his eyes and looks back at his husband. "I…I tried to walk…but…"

"Don't say another word," Lukas tells him as he looks over at Jasper and realizes how close they were to being caught. "Jasper, help me get Donovan back into bed, please?"

"Of course," Jasper rushes up and helps Lukas.

They lift Donovan and slowly move him back into the bedroom. Donovan lays down in the bed and looks back at his husband.

"Thank you," Donovan tries to smile back to him. "I'm…I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry," Lukas says to him. "You just have to try to get some rest, okay? Everything will be better once you get some sleep."

Donovan nods back to him before he closes his eyes and falls back asleep. Lukas closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. He feels his heart racing at the thought of Donovan seeing him and Jasper in such a close embrace. He stands up and then leaves the bedroom.

In the hallway, he sees Jasper waiting for him. "How is he?"

"He's resting," Lukas replies to him quickly. "But this could have been a disaster, Jasper. Whatever we had, it's over. Do you hear me? We are over!"

The Pampa Grill

Soft Christmas music plays in the background as the restaurant is decorated for the holiday season. Kim sits at a table and admires the large Christmas tree in the restaurant and the twinkling lights in the garland that is wrapping around the booths. She takes a sip of her red wine and tries to smile at the sight; she has always loved the holiday season, but this year she has struggled to get into the spirit, mostly because she is still grieving the loss of her unborn child. Memories of Blake, her son, opening his presents on Christmas day have also been haunting her. She wishes that she could just press fast-forward and skip the holiday season; she is more than ready to start a new year and put this hell of a year behind her.

"You look a million miles away," a voice says from her table. Kim looks up and sees Greg standing in front of her. "What are you thinking about? Or do I even have to ask?"

Kim uneasily smiles back to him as he sits across from her. "For the life of me, I can't seem to get into the holiday spirit this year, Greg. A part of me just wishes…I don't know…that I could just escape."

"It has been a hell of a year, hasn't it?"

"You can say that again," Kim says as she takes a sip of her wine. "What is going on with you?"

Greg shrugs back to her. "If I am honest with you, I am feeling the same as you. This holiday season feels very different, you know? Brooke and Brad are gone; Abby has married a man twice her age and Cheresa is still struggling to get over her kidnapping. It just doesn't feel like Christmas at all."

"I am so sorry, Greg," Kim looks back at him. "I've been so caught up in my own mess that I have completely forgot everything you have been through lately."

"There's no need to apologize," Greg replies to her. "I have an idea, though."

Kim arches her eyebrow back to him. "What is this idea?"

"I need an escape," Greg reveals to her. "I need to get away from Twin Peaks and all of these memories. I just got approval from the hospital to have some time off."

"That's a great idea," Kim tells him. "A change of pace might do you good."

"It would do you good too," Greg says back to her. "Come with me, Kim. Let's go away together, let's escape this town and everything that this year has put us through."

"Go with you? I…I don't know…"

"I rented an Air B&B in Aspen for the holidays," Greg reveals to her. "There's three bedrooms, a hot tub…come on, what do you say? We, as friends, could escape everything that is holding us down here."

Kim smiles back to him and finds herself nodding. "Okay," she says back to him. "Let's go to Aspen together. Let's get away from everything."

***

Paige waits at the bar for her takeout order. She is busy with some last minute Christmas sales at Robertson Enterprises that she came to the restaurant to get some lunch to go before she heads back to the studio to continue to work. As she waits, she looks at her phone and sees a picture of her and Max on the screen. She can't help but get a smile at the sight of the young man that she recently reunited with. Of course, she ended up telling Jacob that they got back together and he wasn't thrilled but she has realized that she has to follow her heart and right now it is telling her that Max is the guy she wants to be with. Still, she hates that she has hurt Jacob because that was the last thing she wanted to do.

"Hey, are you waiting for takeout?" Jacob asks as he moves up to the bar next to her.

"I am, what are you doing here?" Paige replies to him as she looks over at him.

"I was supposed to meet my Mom here but I think she's running late," Jacob tells her quickly. "I'm glad that I ran into you; I have some time off work for the holiday season so this might be the last time I see you before Christmas."

"I know, I'm swamped at work because you're not there," Paige chuckles back to him. "Seriously, I hope you have a great holiday season, Jacob."

"You too Paige," Jacob replies to her quickly. "But I did get you something small, I hope that's okay."

"You didn't have too," Paige tells him as Jacob pulls out a small present from his pocket and passes it to her.

"I know but I wanted too. Merry Christmas, Paige."

Paige takes the box and opens it. Inside, there is a small necklace of a mountain peak. On the top of the peak, there is a diamond.

"Jacob, it's…beautiful," Paige gasps back to him. "But, I can't accept this."

"Yes you can," Jacob tells her. "I got this last year when we were in Banff; I just never found the right time to give it to you."

"Thank you," Paige looks him in the eyes. "We've been through a lot, haven't we?"

Jacob nods back to her. "And no matter what happens in the future, I hope we can be friends Paige."

Paige moves up and hugs him. "I'd like nothing more, Jacob."

The Sugarbowl

"How did Jacob take the news that you are going to do the DNA test?" Max asks Cassie as they sit across from one another in the back booth of the coffeehouse with peppermint mochas in front of them. Baby Carter is fast asleep in the stroller next to the table where they are sitting. Max knows that, at first, Cassie was reluctant but she came around and agreed to give Jacob a DNA test to prove that he is the father of Carter.

Cassie picks up her mocha and takes a sip of it before she looks back at her son. "He was thrilled," she admits to him. "I gave him what he wanted, so he was pleased with me."

Max looks back at his mother and arches his eyebrow. He knows that he has always believed in her but he still wonders if Jacob is the father; after all, Cassie has done her fair share of lying in the past. "Okay, don't get mad at me but I have to ask you something."

Cassie chuckles back to him. "Let me guess, you're wondering if I am worried about the DNA test?"

"Are you?" Max asks her quickly. "Are you worried that it will prove that Jacob isn't the father?"

"I am not worried in the slightest," Cassie replies to him. "I have nothing to worry about, Max, because I know that Jacob is the father. This test will prove that to him and everyone."

"I'll believe that when I see it," Natasha hisses to her rival as she approaches her table. Natasha still doesn't believe that her son fathered Cassie's child and she wants nothing more to prove it. "This test will prove that once again you're nothing but a lying whore."

"Hey, watch it," Max looks back at Natasha, furious that she is speaking to his mother that way. "My brother is sleeping, you have no right to talk to her that way, especially in front of a child."

"Don't worry about it Max, I can handle this piece of trash," Cassie sneers back to Natasha, who freezes at the sight of the stroller.

"Carter is in there?" Natasha ignores Cassie's verbal assault. "Can…can I see him?"

Cassie purses her lips together and slowly lifts the shade that is covering the sleeping infant. Natasha peers inside and sees the baby sleeping; it is the first time she is seeing her grandchild in the flesh. For a brief moment, she is taken back to when Jacob was an infant; the resemblance is uncanny, she thinks to herself.

"I look forward to seeing the test results," Natasha stands tall and looks back at Cassie. "And so help me God, if you're lying about this, I will make you regret it."

Natasha turns and starts to walk away but Cassie stops her by calling her name. "Oh Nat," Cassie says as Natasha turns around and looks at her. "Merry Christmas sweetheart, we are going to be forever connected," she says as she gets a sly grin on her face.

City Hall

Outside of City Hall, there is a large Christmas tree that is beautifully decorated. Behind the tree, there is a skating rink where families can enjoy the ice with hot chocolates and candy canes. It is a tradition in the city that has gone on for years. Most people do enjoy the atmosphere, despite the cold air nipping at them.

Helen sits on a bench and watches people skate around on the ice while she admires the large tree behind them. She takes a sip of her hot chocolate and tries to snuggle into her large jacket even more in an attempt to stay warm.

"Looks like we had the same idea today," Shane says as he moves up to her bench and sits next to her, as Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" plays on the public speakers. "Nice day to enjoy some of the holiday cheer, hey?"

"I need all the cheer I can get these days," she replies to him quickly before she takes another sip of drink. "Robin paid me a visit earlier and warned me to stay the hell away from her and Adam. It looks like we have really made a mess of things this time."

Shane looks back at her in surprise. He didn't realize that Robin went to see Helen, but after she stunned him by revealing she wanted an annulment, it does make sense that she would warn Helen to leave her alone.

"We did and I think I might have made it worse."

Helen arches her eyebrow back to him. "I don't know how anything could get worse," she admits to him. "I feel like I've lost Adam for good this time. I don't see how he will ever forgive me for what we did."

Shane gulps back to her as he recalls running into Adam earlier in the day at the Sugarbowl. "It is interesting that you say you had a run in with Robin earlier because I happened to see Adam," he reveals to her. "And, to be honest, he was a jerk to me about how he got back together with Robin."

"I guess it is true, they have reunited then?"

"It seems that way."

"So, Robin warned me to stay away from the two of them and Adam was rude to you," Helen looks over at him. "Like I said, it feels like we've lost everything."

"I might have done something that I'm not proud of," Shane reveals to her quickly. "I told Adam that Robin and I made love."

Helen gasps back to him in surprise. "You didn't? When I suggested that to you, you said we shouldn't get involved anymore?"

"I know," Shane admits to her. "And I thought that too but he was being so smug…and I just blurted it out."

"So what do you think is going to happen now?"

Shane shrugs back to her. "I wish I knew," he tells her. "But I can say that I am tired of this, Helen. If Robin doesn't want to be with me, so be it. I don't think I can wait around for her forever. Life is too short to pine after someone that doesn't want me. Maybe it's time for you to have the same mentality?"

Helen sighs back to him before she takes another sip of her drink. "Yea, maybe."

Adam's Townhouse

Adam moves up to the bar in his living room and pours himself a scotch. He takes a sip as he looks into the flickering flames in his large fireplace as he mind wanders back to his chance run-in with Shane earlier in the morning at the coffeehouse where he told Adam that he and Robin made love. Adam was under the impression that their marriage had been in name only but hearing that Robin and Shane did make love is a blow to Adam; especially since once they reunited, he and Robin made love as well.

He takes another long sip of drink as he hears the front door open and Robin scurries inside, carrying some bags as she just did some Christmas shopping. "Adam, are you here? Adam?"

"I'm in here," Adam calls back to her as he takes another sip of his drink.

Robin moves into the living room and drops her bags on the sofa. "What a morning," she says as she moves up to him and kisses him on the cheek. "Every year I tell myself not to wait for the last minute to do Christmas shopping and every year I wait," she chuckles to him. "And of course, the stores are crazy busy. How was your morning?"

Adam takes another sip of his drink before he looks back at her. "It was…interesting."

"Interesting? How so?" Robin asks him as she moves some of the bags over to the Christmas tree.

"I had a run in with Shane," he reveals to her. "And he told me something fascinating things about your marriage to him."

"Really? I can't imagine what he would have said," Robin looks back at him in surprise.

"He told me that you slept together," Adam whispers back to her. "Here I thought you married in name only to give Dominique a family but turns out, I'm the fool."

Robin feels the blood drain from her face. "Adam…"

"Is it true, Robin? Did you sleep with him?"

"Yes, it's true," Robin quickly tells him as Adam feels his blood start to boil. "But you have to understand…it was before I knew what he and Helen did to us. I had no idea that they have plotted against us!"

Adam turns away from her and finishes his drink before he sets the glass down on the table. He moves to the exit and grabs his jacket.

"Adam," Robin races after him. "Where you are you going? We need to talk about this!"

"I need some time," he looks back at her. "I have to process this, Robin."

Robin shakes as the door slams closed. She covers her mouth, hoping that this doesn't impact her relationship with Adam as they just got back together.

"Please Adam understand," she whispers to herself. "Don't let this come between us."

Before she can move away, she stops herself from collapsing! She moves over to the wall and puts her hand up against it. She takes a couple of deep breaths. "I have to get control of myself," she whispers. "I have too."

The Cemetery


Victoria wraps her scarf tightly around her neck as she moves down the freshly shoveled path way down that is in the middle of the graveyard. Victoria is carrying a bouquet of fresh red roses, which pop out against her black jacket and white wintery scenery. She finally approaches a tombstone and lays the roses at the base of the marbled engraved block in front of her. Once the flowers are resting, she finds her hand tracing over her mother's name on the tombstone, "Eva McCloud Robertson".

"Mom," she whispers as her breath can be seen in the cold air. "I'm sorry that it took me so long to come see you but I couldn't wait another day."

She takes a deep breath as she fights the tears in her eyes. "I am sorry that I was away so much right after you died," she tells her mother. "I thought I was sick and I checked myself into Raven's Meadow; it turns out I didn't need to be there. Vinny, he was drugging me to make me think I split again, oh Mom, it was a mess."

She takes another pause as she thinks about how she was finally able to escape Raven's Meadow once she realized that Frederick was alive and Bryce helped her escape the lobotomy. "I guess the only good thing that has come from this nightmare is that I found Bryce, Mom," she tells the tombstone. "He saved my life and I have fallen head over heels in love with him. Only, he's fighting for his life. That's part of why I came here today; I need you to help him fight, please Mom. If you're up there and you're listening to me, give Bryce the strength he needs to pull through this. I can't lose him after I just lost you."

She puts her hand on the tombstone and tries to control the tears in her eyes. "And, I need to know why he was whispering your name," she says. "So, please, anything you can do to help him, I need you right now, Mom. I really need you."

The Richardson Estate; Meggan, Lukas & Donovan's Home


"So, you found Donovan in the hallway? Is he okay?" a concerned Meggan asks Lukas as she paces back and forth in the living room of the large mansion that they live in together. Lukas just finished telling his sister about how he found his husband collapsed in the hallway as he was trying to walk. Lukas only hopes that Donovan hasn't seriously hurt himself when he fell to the ground. Moreover, he is concerned by the fact that he almost caught Lukas and Jasper in a close encounter.

"I think he's okay," Lukas replies to her quickly. "Jasper and I moved him to bed and he went to sleep. I don't know what he was thinking."

"I do," Meggan looks back at him in concern. "He's desperate to get back on his feet. You know that these last few months have bene hell for him being in the wheelchair."

"I suppose that makes sense," Lukas nods back to her. "I just wish he wouldn't overdo it. I don't him to hurt himself even more. Anyways, what is the latest on Dad? Have you heard from him?"

"No, there's been no change," Meggan admits to him. "And I heard from Leah and Daisy and they haven't heard anything either."

"Right because Dad would call Leah," Lukas rolls his eyes back to her. "She's the last person he would reach out too."

Meggan chuckles back to him. "Like it or not, we might have to get used to the fact that we have another half-sibling."

"Do not remind me of that!" Lukas hisses. "I just don't know how many more surprise sisters I can handle."

Meggan moves up to him and hugs him. "Don't worry, you still have me."

"Thank God for that," he replies to her. "I would be lost without you."

"Me too," Meggan looks into his eyes when they exit their embrace. "And we have to brace ourselves for the fact that Dad may never come home. I can't imagine that he would have seen us and stayed away, Lukas."

"Unless," Lukas gulps back to her.

"Unless?"

"He's up to something," Lukas tells her. "And if he is, so help us God."

The Victor's Mansion

Frederick walks through the living room of the Victors mansion that is on the outskirts of town, where the bombings were last year. After staying at the Calimo cabin for a while, Frederick realized that he would have to find a better spot to hide out after he abandoned Raven's Meadow. That's when he remembered that Vinny said he was having this mansion renovated after the bombing that took place last year. To his surprise, when he arrived he was able to find a spare key under the front rug and he has been here ever since. He was even able to make some calls and have some of his belongings sent to him.

"This is much nicer than that dingy cabin," he tells himself as he pours himself a drink in the living room. "Vinny would approve of me staying here too, I know he would."

"Here I can finish putting my plans together," he says as he takes a sip of his bourbon. "I do want to get back to my family, Meggan and Lukas, but everything has to be perfectly set into motion before that happens."

He walks through the living room and into a hallway. He pauses at a room and opens the door slowly. Inside the room, there is a person with long blonde hair laying on a bed, fast asleep. Frederick gets a grin on his face as he closes the door.

"And soon, everything will be perfect," he whispers as a twinkle glimmers in his eye.

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