All My Children - 2001 - A Possible Heart for Laura

All My Children, 2001, Laura tells Bianca that she is dying. As Leo left, Shannon, with a cigarette hanging out of her mouth, and her obnoxious friends strutted in. An hysterical Brooke went up to Shannon and grabbed the cigarette out of her mouth and butted it out. She said to Shannon, "Don't you get it? These things can kill you." Shannon told her she was 'wigging out' for no reason and lit another smoke as her friends stood there and giggled. Brooke broke down and told the kids that they should have more respect for themselves... life was too precious. Tad, who overheard what she said, walked over to her to comfort her. Jake, who was still sitting at the bar, received a phone call from the hospital. There had been a motorcycle accident and the person injured was not wearing a helmet. Jake asked how serious the injuries were and when he received a response, he asked if the person was an organ donor. At BJ's, Brooke continued yelling at the cheerleaders, asking them if they knew what it was like to die from lung cancer. Tad tore her away from the scene she was making and asked her what was wrong. Across the room Jake was on the phone to the hospital, discussing a motorcycle accident victim. "No brain function? Have you notified the family?" Jake told the staff to keep the man on life support until he got to the hospital. As an afterthought he asked "Was his heart damaged?" Brooke told Tad about Laura's serious condition and Tad thought she should tell her daughter the truth. Brooke said she just couldn't, that Laura looks so alive "if I don't say it out loud, maybe it won't happen." She went on to tell Tad that even if a donor heart becomes available Laura might not make it. Tad comforted her and Jake came over to say goodbye. He told them he had to go to the hospital to see a patient on life support. Brooke asked if the man would survive. Jake knew why Brooke would ask this and told her the man might be a donor but that didn't mean he'd be compatible. Brooke asked if they'd found the next of kin and was told that they had found the aunt and uncle. She wanted to go talk to them about donating the organs but Jake refused to let her. He finally agreed to talk to them himself and left Tad and Brooke to wait. Jake was gone quite a while and Brooke began to get antsy, wondering why Jake wasn't back yet. Tad told her that if anyone could convince them to donate it was Jake. Brooke decided to check on Laura, to make sure she was close by in case a heart became available. She called home but was told that Laura had left with Bianca. She called Bianca's house but only got the answering machine. She then called Enchantment and talked to Erica. After asking if she'd seen the girls, she asked Erica to tell Laura to come to the hospital right away. Jake walked up so Brooke got off the phone without further explanation to Erica. But Jake had bad news, the relatives refused to give permission to harvest the organs, they weren't ready to take him off life support. Jake said he hoped another heart would be available soon and left. Julia Barr, Brooke English, Michael E. Knight, Tad Martin, J. Eddie Peck, Jake Martin, Susan Lucci, Erica Kane, Laura Allen, Laura Kirk English, Eden Riegel, Bianca Montgomery