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At home, Kayla is annoyed that she got kicked out of the hospital when she went back to see the baby. Steve reminds her that it's hospital policy and their baby needs care. He hugs her and promises her that he baby will be home soon. He sits her down and tries to get her to relax. When he gets an idea for something to do and goes into the bedroom, she runs out. He chases her down and brings her back, reminding her that they've already been kicked out of the hospital. He brings out stuff for Joe's nursery. He gives her the instructions to read while he puts things together. She thinks that he's doing too much. "I'd do anything for you and our new baby boy," he says, touching her arm. As he sits down to get to work, she tells him that the instructions are all in Swedish. She laughs while he struggles to put things together, but he gets it done. They talk about Joe and he kisses her before they continue assembling things. They start bickering and then he turns on the new swing. It falls apart. He re-builds it and then pulls out the giraffe he got for Joe and talks of the baby surveillance system he set up. "I think we have everything we need," he says. "Except a baby," she pouts. He hugs her. She worries that her baby will never get to use any of these things. Steve offers to get rid of it all. That won't be necessary; she just prays Joe will be there soon.

At Chez Rouge, Dr. Dan is giving Maggie "props" on turning the restaurant green. Lexi and Bo ask her all about it and she gushes about it until Hope arrives. Maggie then starts gushing about how proud she is of Nick. The doctor gets called away as Nick arrives. Maggie toasts to Nick and Bo gives him kudos. Meanwhile, Chelsea spots Daniel on his phone. He gets off and tells her he's there for a boy's night out. He starts throwing compliments at Nick when Hope and Lexi step in and start oozing about the green doctor. Lexi wishes she could keep him around. Chelsea wishes her good luck with that; Daniel's no good at commitment, she says acidly. Daniel ducks away. Hope wonders if Chelsea wants to talk but she hurries over to Nick to tell him how proud she is of him. He's not terribly excited to see her. Stephanie soon arrives and Nick tells her that Max should be there. "He had a lot to do with me getting my funding," he remarks. Steph insists that Max only did what he did to be a good friend. Nick knows, but he wishes he hadn't done it behind his back.

EJ sits at the bar with Nicole. He wonders why she dragged him to Chez Rouge. She couldn't stand the sight of Phillip and Chloe. He jokes that she just doesn't like to see someone else's hands on her next ex husband. She grouches that she's barely even wormed her way into Phillip's cold heart and Chloe is already doing the nasty with him. EJ advises her that she needs to push it into overdrive and change the way that Phillip sees the two women. They start discussing his plans to seduce Sami. Nicole's been impressed so far, but EJ thinks everything is blowing up in his face. He thought that getting Lucas out of prison would just make him look pathetic; instead, he's living in the same house. Now he's moving on to Plan B: Giving Sami an annulment. Nicole points out that if that happens, it will be all over. He whispers that she's already signed. Nicole is baffled. He explains that he will act happy to let it go through. From now on he will act like a perfect gentleman and, "She will end up in my bed and Lucas will be left outside." Although he won't tell her his plot, he will, "Prove to her that there's more to life than that poisoned dwarf." Sami and Lucas are all raw nerves and energy; they're still stuck in an adolescent mode while he will be smooth and cool and mature. Nicole orders him another drink. She knows how to make Sami jealous: "You wanna hear?" Maybe he should let Sami walk in on him and another woman, but it would have to be someone that Sami hated. EJ's flattered by the offer and starts caressing her cheeks. "If I were not in love with Samantha I would sleep with you in a heartbeat," he admits. She points out that Sami wouldn't have slept with him if she hadn't made her jealous. He resists kissing her and realizes that if Sami caught them, it would only send Sami back to Lucas so this isn't going to happen. She leaves for the little girl's room and he orders more drinks, saying that it will be a long night.

At a corner table, Lexi starts confessing to Hope that her marriage is in trouble. Lexi talks about her worries for Theo and how difficult Abe is being about everything. They've started seeing a therapist but she's not sure it will help, though their first session went surprisingly well. Meanwhile, Bo tells Nick that he's sorry that he and Chelsea broke up; he thought that he was actually good for her. Dean Robbins of the Salem University Physics Department arrives and Nick introduces him around. The Dean publicly presents Nick with his grant check and tells everyone that Nick's concepts are nothing short of genius. Nick is speechless. The Dean starts talking about how difficult Nick's calculations were. Even he doesn't understand some of them. "The truth is I had help and maybe I shouldn't be entitled to the funding," Nick confesses. The Dean continues to insist that Nick's work is exemplary and toasts to him. Bo toasts next, this time to Maggie and her green restaurant. As Maggie toasts to Nick, Steph spots Max in the doorway and rushes over to him. He stands with a bizarre stare on his face. Maggie hurries over to him. He mumbles and abruptly walks out.

Daniel is "chillin' with his compadres" at the bar. The other doctors spot Chelsea and start sizing her up. The youngest doctor walks off to try and pick her up, even if she only has part of her pancreas. "You don't know me but you should," he smiles, introducing himself. She quickly shoots him down and he shuffles back to the other doctors. Daniel tells him that he should be ashamed, "You're old enough to be her--" "Uncle," the doctor stops him. They suggest that she's been staring over there all night and start lewdly teasing Daniel about her. He gets a message and decides it's time to go.

Next on Days of Our Lives:

Ava goes to Marlena for some psychiatric help.

John tells Abe to actually do his job and "Catch the bad guy!"

Stephanie wants to know why Max ran out of Chez Rouge.

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