As Jada and Rafe Celebrate Their Engagement, Johnny and Joy Are Thrown Back Together
On today’s Days of Our Lives, Jada happily says “Yes” to Rafe as the hospital staff looks on with smiles. They applaud as Jada and Rafe kiss.
Back home, Javi’s munching on snacks when Gabi comes home, removes her ring and tells him she and Stefan are getting a divorce. He packed up and left with just a goodbye letter for EJ. There’s nothing left for them. The papers are signed, and once they’re filed, her marriage is done.
As Javi and Gabi hug, Rafe and Jada get home, excited to share their engagement news. Gabi puts on a brave face and congratulates them as Rafe introduces Javi to Jada. They tell him the super romantic story of how Rafe thought Vivian had killed Jada, then proposed to her in the hospital.
Gabi’s shocked to learn Vivian was in town, then notes she wasted a trip if she came to see Stefan. She then says it’s time to celebrate, so she and Javi leave to start drinking while Rafe and Jada get ready. The newly engaged couple, though, get distracted as they start going at it.
Stephanie meets with Joy in the square to talk about her joining the show and the press that comes with it. “You might get some flak for being a homewrecker,” Steph warns of Joy’s character. Fans won’t take kindly to Regan coming between Arrow and Faith. “It’s not like you’re actually breaking up a relationship, right?” Steph blindly asks.
After Stephanie leaves, Nancy runs in to congratulate Joy on getting a role on Body and Soul. She then warns her daughter not to sleep with the cast or crew or anyone on the set — not after what Stephanie and Alex did. Joy has a habit of getting into “messy situations.” She just wants Joy to succeed.
Joy says she’ll just have to trust her when Nancy goes back to NYC, and mom agrees. Speaking of which, she has the perfect place to stay for Joy. Nancy drags her off.
Leo’s typing away at the next script for Body and Soul and Arrow at Small Bar when Alex shows up. Talk turns to him and Stephanie hooking up, which is when Alex admits they’re done. The show’s publicist can’t sleep with an actor. Leo then starts talking about how he really wants to find someone, but it’s been tough since Dimitri “ripped my heart out and stomped on it.”
Alex talks about his own heartbreak just as Stephanie walks in. He pulls her aside and apologizes for the mess with Kate. That’s when Steph admits she only said she didn’t want to sleep with him because she thought he was sleeping with someone else. She explains what happened and Alex slyly notes, “So you were jealous.”
They start talking about what they want, but Stephanie says it doesn’t matter because after Kate’s declaration, they can’t be together — other than as “great friends.”
Left alone, Leo starts writing himself a love interest on his laptop when Javi walks in and sits right next to him. Leo offers his drink to try and the two start talking and flirting. It doesn’t take long to introduce themselves, but as soon as Gabi gets there, she tells her cousin to “step away from Stark.”
She pulls Javi away and starts filling her cousin in on all the bad things Leo’s done. But he won’t stop making eyes at Leo. Jada and Rafe finally show up and Javi uses the excuse to run back to Leo and order drinks. “I like me a bad boy,” he tells Leo, who then asks for Javi’s number.
Rafe and Jada get cutesy back with Gabi, then realize they might want to reign in the PDA while Gabi’s mourning the loss of her marriage. Stepphanie spots them, grabs Jada, notices the ring and pulls her away to get all the details.
Alone, Rafe tells his sister to fill him on what happened with Stefan — which Gabi does. “Good riddance, if you ask me,” she tells him after saying Stefan ran off forever. Javi gets back with the champaign and starts dancing. Stephanie and Jada dance back over, as Leo gets a text from Javi.
Johnny’s going out of his way to fawn over Chanel at the mansion, but she’s not that interested. “Are we OK?” he asks. He apologizes again, tells her he’s disgusted with himself for what he said and admits they were unforgivable. But she said she would forgive him. True, she notes, but it’s not easy to move past.
He knows it’ll take work for them to get past it, but he will do anything to make it up to her. She’s angry, but Chanel isn’t ready to throw out their marriage over some ugly words. Plus, it’s not like either of them actually cheated on each other. He says he has something to tell her, flashes back to Joy giving his ring back and… chickens out and promises he won’t do anything so hurtful to Chanel again.
So he suggests taking her out for breakfast dinner at the Pub. Chanel gets ready as Johnny looks panicked.
They get to dinner and Johnny thanks his wife for his surprise party, and he’s sorry he didn’t get to enjoy it. As things are going well, Nancy and Joy walk in and join the two, much to Johnny and Joy’s discomfort. Nancy asks Johnny to show Joy some “special attention” since he’s the director.
