[Nash and Tess run into Niki at a bar and mistake her for Viki]
Nash: Ms. Davidson, I'm sorry this isn't playing out exactly how you'd
like.
Niki: (pretending to be Viki) Who the hell are you --
to presume to know what I would or would not like, hmm?
Nash: I don't --
Niki: Back off.
[Clint has put Nash in charge of making sure Niki stays locked in her
room at Llanfair]
Nash: I can't let you out. Mr. Buchanan's orders.
Niki: What, get out? I'm just looking for a little
conversation.
Nash: You don't even know me.
Niki: Huh-huh. I'm not so sure about that. Let's see --
you're a wanderer, you're a loner, you're a guy with big dreams. All
of a sudden this little girlie girl comes into your life and curls your toes
a couple of times, and now you're chasing her all over the damn country.
Close?
Nash: Tess and I are much more than that. You know, I'm sick
and tired of people just writing us off. You don't know Tess and you
don't know what we're about.
Nash: I'm afraid I've cut my deal -- with Jessica. I promised
I wouldn't run off with her. I gave my word.
Niki: Now, Jessica would be the one who's sleeping with Antonio tonight,
right? That's cool. You take your time, you think it over.
Sleep alone another night, and then you can get back to me. And
just remember how much you love Tess. And just remember that you're
going to lose her, because little miss Jessica is going to make her vanish
into thin air.
Niki: (to Jessica) Well, what the hell are you looking
at me for? It ain't my fault you're pregnant. I can't blame Tess,
though, you know? The little old winemaker -- he's cute.
Niki: Hey? Where's the little old winemaker? What did
you do? Dump him? Girl, you don't know a good think when you
see it. I was gonna put him under the mistletoe.
[Nash shows up at Llanfair and Niki is shocked to see the brusies from
when he got beat up in Napa]
Niki: Hey! Oh, my God! Who used that gorgeous face for
a pinata?
Nash: You're not Ms. Davidson, are you? You're that other
one, aren't you?
Niki: Niki Smith!
Nash: Niki Smith.
Niki: I thought the cute ones were supposed to be stupid.
Nash: Uh-huh.
Niki: Well, you don't blow my cover, and I could give you a little
New Year's present. And if you like my present, then you help me blow
this joint, like, forever.
Nash: You don't have anything I want.
Niki: Thanks a lot. I could give you Tess.
Nash: Now, how can you give me Tess?
Niki: What, are you kidding? You are talking to, like, the resident
expert in multiple personality disorders.
Nash: Mm-hmm.
Niki: See, I know all the right little buttons to push to make Tess
come out!
Nash: Right. This is so wrong. You're
wrong.
Nash: See, I know you. I --
Niki: Yeah!
Nash: Yeah.
Niki: You got to admit, I run rings around Victoria.
[Nash turns Niki down]
Nash: Look, I would do anything to be with Tess, but Tess is sick.
She needs her real mom if she's going to get well. Thank you,
but no, thank you.
Niki: Hey, you don't tell nobody you saw me, you got it?
Nash: I'm done making promises.
Niki: What is your problem?
Nash: Let me make something clear. I don't like you. I
don't trust you. You double-cross me, I'll turn you in, but I got to
see Tess.