Coming Home

By TemptressKitten17

Rated: NC17

Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. If I did, I would force the Days writers to make Sami and Lucas get married and live happily ever after, Kate would be dead from multiple heart-attacks after learning that Lucas is never leaving Sami again, and Aus-dim and Carrie would be out of the picture permanently. No more stupid love rectangle musical chairs storylines for them!

Prologue:

"Stop it, Lucas!" Sami suddenly shouted at him. "I haven't changed at all! I am still the same lying and manipulative bitch I have always been!" She bitterly admitted the truth to him, thinking that he would hate her all over again. She hadn't wanted to do this, but Lucas' putting her on a pedestal had finally snapped that last bit of control she had left. She could handle Austin not seeing the truth, but she hated lying to Lucas and she hated that he was looking at her the way he was right now. Telling her that he wished things were different had been all it took for her to realize that this was all wrong and even if she couldn't fix this mess she had made, she would at least try. There was still time to call off the engagement and have Lucas and Carrie annul their marriage; she had enough experience to know how quickly a marriage could end. Perhaps if she fixed everything now, nobody would hate her for what she did and she and Lucas could find a way to work things out…for Will. She bit the inside of her cheek. Hadn't those two words nearly screwed up any chance of admitting her true feelings for Lucas in the past? She loved her son, but hearing those words uttered out of Lucas' mouth all those times made her want to scream. He had started using that phrase every so often since the evil bitch-mother Kate ruined her chances of ever marrying the only man she'll ever love.

"What are you talking about, Sami?" Lucas asked in that soothing tone he only seemed to use with her. "You've changed your life around and you're finally going to marry Austin. You've dreamed of this since you were fifteen years old, and you didn't even have to do anything to get him to propose." Sami scoffed. "Oh, I did something alright! I screwed up all of our lives because I was too stubborn and scared of being alone, and now everything is a mess!"

"Wait a minute, what do you mean you messed up everything? I'm with Carrie and you," he touched her hand and held it up so that the diamond was shining. "You're marrying Austin." Sami pulled her hand away and stared at the ring on her finger with regret in her eyes. "You're right; I should be shouting from the rooftops right now. I finally got Austin to propose and you finally have Carrie, but if Austin could have any woman he wanted, you know it's not me he'd choose. And that brings me to my confession." She sighed, knowing that this would be hard to say and even harder for Lucas to hear. "You remember back when you were accusing me of scheming to ruin things between you and Carrie and I told you to not worry about that?" Lucas shrugged. "Well, I was scheming. I blackmailed Lexie into convincing Carrie that she shouldn't be with Austin. She made up some big lie about genetic defects or something if Carrie and Austin were to have kids, and so that's why she chose you instead." Lucas was speechless, not to mention shocked. He wanted to be angry with her, but at the same time she HAD helped him get exactly what he wanted. He was married to Carrie, wasn't he? He was happy, wasn't he?

Sami noticed that Lucas wasn't looking at her, nor was he saying anything. Great, he hated her all over again. And if Carrie left him at any point, he would blame her for ruining his perfect marriage to her perfect sister. Well, if she was so damn perfect, then why the hell wasn't she here with her husband right now? Sami briefly wondered if maybe she was with Austin, but shook that thought away. Perfect Carrie wouldn't cheat on Lucas so soon after their wedding.

"Lucas, you're not saying anything." Sami said timidly. Lucas looked up at her with those deep chocolate eyes that made her melt inside.

"Why didn't you say something earlier?" he finally asked her, moving to hold her in his arms. "I wanted to, but then Carrie announced that she was pregnant and I couldn't do it. By that point, it didn't matter what I wanted anymore and I had to let you go." Lucas pulled away slightly to look at her. She was starting to cry, as if her heart was breaking just telling him all of this. "What do you mean it didn't matter what you wanted?" he tentatively asked her, unconsciously brushing away her tears with his fingers. "After you got engaged to Carrie, it finally hit me that we may never have another chance. I was going to say something…and then Carrie told us she was pregnant. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't jealous; that baby should have been mine."

"There was no baby, Sami." He reminded her. "Yeah, I know that NOW!" she snapped angrily. "We didn't know that at the time, and before I could even grasp this latest bit of news, you and Carrie moved up the wedding. And then I was stupid and gave Austin an ultimatum, telling him that if he wasn't going to marry me that I was going to move on right then and he would have to leave. I threatened to cut him out of my life, and he took the bait."

"Whoa, wait a minute." Lucas said. "I thought that you wanted Austin to marry you. It's what you've always wanted since you were a teenager." Sami shook her head. "No." She said. "What I've always wanted was for a man to love me and only me. What I dreamed of for so many years was to be a wife and mother and have a large family. Austin was nothing more than a perceived means to that end, but no matter how perfect he is on paper, he's missing one important thing."

"A brain?" Lucas couldn't resist a jab at his brother. He expected Sami to hit him and defend Austin, but her eyes lit up in amusement as she chuckled softly. "Okay, he's missing two things," she corrected herself. Then she looked at him with all playfulness leaving her. "He doesn't love me." She said softly. Lucas raised an eyebrow. "Am I missing something here? Just a few hours ago Austin pretty much professed his love and undying devotion to you in the most romantic way possible, completely dwarfing my proposal and the engagement ring. I'd say he's madly in love with you to go to all that trouble." Sami rolled her eyes. "Either you're just pretending to be clueless in order to somehow get more information out of me, or being married to Carrie has sapped away your brain cells!"

"Hey!" Lucas protested. "I just pointed out a fact, Sami. I'm trying to get you to see that you finally have the chance to get everything you've ever wanted! You won."

"No, I didn't! Open your eyes, Lucas. Austin is only with me because you have Carrie. The romantic show Austin put on tonight was just that; a show. Why would he invite you and Carrie to the dinner too if he wasn't trying to prove something? He's either trying to convince everyone, himself included, that he can move on with me and be happier than he ever could have been with Carrie, or he's trying to make your devoted wife jealous! And if you want my honest opinion, I think it's a little of both." She sighed and sank into the couch, wrapping her arms around herself. Lucas sat down next to her and placed a comforting arm around her. Right now she looked very much like the insecure little girl he'd known all those years ago and all he wanted to do was hold her and make her pain go away. Sami always seemed to have that effect on him; there was just something about her that made him care about her despite everything she had done. Even now, after confessing to her latest crime, he was still by her side wanting to comfort her when he should be yelling at her. Unbidden, his dream echoed in his thoughts and he felt the stirring of feelings for Sami he had believed to be gone, but in truth had only been buried. Listen, I know now I should have never married Carrie. I love you. I should be with you. He'd woken up from his dream more aroused than he had been in months, and he had desperately wanted to crawl into Sami's bed and make love to her right then and there. Of course, he couldn't do that now that he had married her sister; it would only cause more confusion and the fact that he was more concerned for her than his wife should have disturbed him. But it didn't. Carrie would get over him fairly quickly, and Austin would likely pick up the pieces of her life and play the hero again; he always played the hero.

Bitterly, Lucas remembered how not even a few hours after his botched wedding to Sami, Austin had come on his proverbial white horse to hold her hand. He hadn't exactly given him a reason not to be there for Sami and he figured that perhaps going back to his old habits of picking up bimbos probably sent her running into Austin's arms a lot faster than if he had simply taken the time to cool off and realize he still couldn't live without her. Of course, by the time he had finished with Sophie-what's-her-name, Sami was already back to pining after Austin. He should have fought for her, but instead he had let his pride dictate his life once again. All he had to do was tell her that he forgave her and that he still loved her and she would have been his again; she loved him deeply, he knew. She had alluded to it tonight in the hall as they fought with EJ standing right there. She said that when she loves, she loves with her whole heart; and those words were directed at him, not Austin. Samantha Gene Brady only had one true love, and it was him. And if he wasn't too stubborn to admit it, she was the only one for him as well. Carrie was a good wife, a perfect woman that every man desired, but she wasn't Sami. She lacked the fire that Sami had, the passion and the intensity of their union had been nothing short of explosive; and he doubted he would ever have that again.

As always, Sami's voice snapped him out of his thoughts. "I'm always going to see myself as Austin's second choice. I'm tired of always being the second choice!" A tear trickled down her cheek. "No man I've ever been with has only wanted me. Everyone wants Carrie and when they can't have her, I'm the runner up." Lucas pulled Sami into his arms and rocked her. "That's not true, Sami." He whispered soothingly. She pulled away, her eyes full of tears as she looked at him. "Even you wanted Carrie, Lucas! Hell, you married her not even a year after calling off our wedding."

"I only did that because you were in full panting-after-Austin mode!" he countered.

"Well I only went after Austin when you made it crystal clear that no matter how many times I begged and pleaded and tried to convince you that I loved you, that we would never get back together. What did you want me to do, spend the rest of my days as an old maid?" she shot up from the couch and started to pace around the living room. "That's it, isn't it? You think that you should be the only one I'm ever with, but when I'm not with you anymore you get to bring home all the bimbos you want, and even marry them! Like Nicole! And you know I can handle the bimbos because I know you and I know how fast you lose interest and come sniffing around my door again! But this time, you married my sister. I never seriously pursued Austin until you brought Carrie back to Salem and made it clear that you wanted her. Damn it, I thought that if I didn't hang on to Austin, that I would forever be alone!"

Lucas got up from the couch and wrapped his arms around Sami again, pulling her into his warm embrace and breathing in the scent of her hair. "You'll never be alone, Sami, and I'll never stop caring about you. I should never have married Carrie, and that should be my ring on your finger."

"Lucas…" Sami whispered, the tears beginning to fall. Lucas placed a finger to her lips and traced them softly. Sami closed her eyes and reveled in the sweet sensation. She knew that this was wrong; Lucas was married now and she was engaged to Austin. She should pull away, but she couldn't bring herself to do that when his lips were merely inches from hers and he kept leaning in. His fingers trailed from her lips to her jaw and up to caress her cheek. His other hand had moved down to the small of her back, causing her to shudder in pleasure as he gently caressed her before closing the gap between them.

Their lips brushed tenderly at first, but soon the fires within their souls were re-ignited and the kiss deepened. Sami slid her hands up Lucas' sculpted chest and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. She pressed herself against him wantonly, needing to be as close to him as possible. Gods, she had missed him; she should have known that she couldn't replace him with someone else. Not even Austin could make her feel such desire as she felt when she was with Lucas. Her legs were about to give out as the passion between them became so intense that the apartment could have erupted in flames and she wouldn't have noticed. Lucas lifted her up into his arms and carried her the short distance to the couch. They both fell upon it, their lips never parting. His tongue warred with hers as a hand slipped into her shirt and caressed her breast through the silky lace of her camisole. Her nipple immediately hardened into a tight little bud and he flicked his thumb over it as he massaged her breast, making her moan and writhe with pleasure. Her own hands had slid down to his chest and she quickly tore his shirt off of him, though she was reluctant to break their kiss. He should have worn one of those buttoned up shirts instead of the white wife-beater he had thrown on earlier.

Lucas kissed his way to her earlobe and bit softly before whispering, "I hope you didn't spend too much on these pajamas." Before Sami could as why, he had torn open her own shirt and slid it off of her shoulders. The drawstring on her bottoms had come undone and the waistband had slid low on her hips. Lucas could see the curve of her hip and the top of the pink lace panties she wore beneath. He growled hungrily and sucked at the side of her neck, not caring if he left a mark. Sami was his and always would be. Let Austin see that and know once and for all who Sami's heart truly belonged to. Sami scratched her nails down his back, moaning in ecstasy as Lucas slid his tongue over her covered breast. The warmth and softness of his mouth combined with the silkiness of the fabric was nearly her undoing. She ground her hips up against his rock hard erection, straining for release from the confines of his pants. She rocked against him, whimpering with need. It took all his self control to pull away from her, though his body protested and his manhood throbbed painfully. "We can't do this, Sami," he said, slowly moving off of her. Sami wrapped her arms around his neck, trying to pull him back to her. "Yes we can. Lucas, I heard you earlier. You told me you still love me and you said you always will. Well, I love you too, deeply." She kissed his neck. "Completely," she continued, moving up to the side of his jaw. He closed his eyes as she licked at his skin. Finally, she moved back to his lips. "Forever," she whispered against his lips before pulling him close and tangling her tongue with his again. Lucas couldn't have resisted her if he had wanted to; Sami knew just how to unravel what little self control he had. He fell back down on top of her, devouring her like his favorite dessert. "Oh, Sami." He groaned as his hands and lips explored her body, remembering every place that made her moan the loudest. "You'll be the death of me." He slid his hand beneath her lacy camisole and teasingly brushed over her stomach before finally cupping her breast. She arched her back, pushing herself into him as her nails raked down his back. His other hand slid into her pants and teased her through the lace until she was practically begging him to tear them off of her.

"Lucas, I want you," she whimpered as his fingers slipped beneath the lace and stroked her pleasure nub. She was warm, wet, and definitely wanting. It was nearly killing him not to simply plunge inside her right now, but after so many months apart he didn't want to rush anything. He didn't care if Carrie or Austin came in through the door right now; he wasn't going to stop until he showed Sami exactly how much he loved her. Sami could hardly control her breathing as Lucas continued to bring her to the heights of her intense pleasure. The goose bumps Lucas had pointed out earlier were back as her thighs quivered around his hand. "Oh, Sami…" he whispered huskily into her ear. "I want to lick every inch of your skin until you're writhing on the bed. I want to taste your wanting flesh and bury my head between your thighs and give you the greatest pleasure you've ever known. I want to make love to you and I never want to stop!" Suddenly he increased the tempo of his hand, bringing Sami to a spectacular orgasm. "LUCAS!" she cried, clutching him to her as if she was afraid to let go. She never wanted to let go of him again. Her thighs wrapped around him, trapping his hardness up against her. Staring deeply into his eyes, she whispered, "Take me. That's an order, General." Lucas smiled at her old nickname for him and within seconds, Sami had pulled off the last of their clothing and spread her legs wide again in invitation. As he slid into her he felt like he was coming home. She fit him like a glove as he slowly pushed into her until he was fully encased in her tight sheath. For a moment, they simply held one another and reveled in the sweetness of being one again. He kissed her deeply and she ran her hands through his hair, arching into him as he slowly moved inside her. "Oh gods, it's been way too long," she gasped out, throwing her head back in ecstasy. Lucas nuzzled her; his hands coming to rest at her back and tangle in her hair. "Way too long," he murmured into the hollow of her neck. She pulled him up to her, wanting, no, needing to kiss him. She had dreamed only of this tonight, and now it was happening. Lucas was everything she had wanted and everything she would ever need and right now, she needed to feel his love more deeply than anything else in the world. She could feel her climax building and her nails dug into his skin as she clutched him to her chest. The tremors in her body triggered his own release and he plunged his tongue into her mouth as his seed spilled into her womb. "I love you," he whispered before kissing her softly again. "I love you too," she murmured against his lips. Her fingers traced over his back, soothing away the sting of the scratches her nails had left in his skin. Lucas reached up and took her hand in his, bringing it to his lips. He kissed each fingertip, moving slowly up each finger. When he got to her ring finger, he paused. Suddenly it felt like a bucket of ice water had just been dumped over his head. He pulled away, staring at his own ring that had been placed on his finger not too long ago. What the hell was he doing? He had just cheated on his wife with Sami. Sami had just gotten engaged to Austin tonight and at any minute he and Carrie could have walked through that door! Frantically he searched for his clothing. "What's wrong?" Sami asked, already knowing the answer. Her heart ached; Lucas regretted what they had done. She briefly wondered if how she was feeling now was exactly how he had felt when she left the photo lab that night to chase after Austin.

"Sami," Lucas said as he threw his boxers back on. "I think we should just go back to our rooms and go to bed now, before Austin and Carrie come back."

"I was afraid you'd say that," Sami whispered. Suddenly her tone turned to anger. "You know what? To hell with Austin and Carrie! You and I both know that we don't belong with them anyway! So why can't we just stay here and let them find out."

Lucas shook his head. "It's not that simple."

Sami crossed her arms across her chest. "Oh, but it is! I told you, Lucas! I told you that Carrie wouldn't be with you if she thought she could have Austin. Now that she knows that she might not be able to have children at all, how long do you think it's going to take for her to realize she made a mistake?"

"It doesn't matter now! It's too late! I'm not just engaged anymore, Sami. I'm married! It's not as simple as calling off an engagement!"

Sami rolled her eyes. "You don't have to remind me of your wedding day, Lucas. I remember it pretty damn well! I remember seeing you up at the altar professing your love for my sister and I remember the stab of guilt and regret I felt, knowing that this was all my fault. And I remember dancing with you and wishing that I had just left everything up to fate; because Carrie would have chosen Austin anyway. And I also remember the wedding night when I was trying so hard to block out the images of you and Carrie together, and the fire that nearly took you away from me!" She was nearly hysterical now, and Lucas tried his best to calm her. "Sami…" he said. She backed away. "NO! No, you're going to listen to me, damn it! You can't expect me to stay calm when you are about to throw away everything just to uphold your damn marriage vows! Marriages can be annulled; I should know!" She sighed wearily and fell back onto the couch, clutching her silk shirt in her hands. "You don't belong with Carrie," she said in a broken voice. "You belong with me."

Lucas sank down beside her and held her to his chest as fresh tears streamed down her face. "I know, Sami. But it's too late to change things now. I'm sure that you can be happy with Austin if you just give yourself the chance." She shook her head in protest, but Lucas held his ground. "Yes, you can, Sami. You have to try, because I can't leave Carrie. I do love her, you know."

"But not the same way you love me!" Sami whimpered. Lucas nodded. "You're right; it's not the same. But we both made choices and we're going to have to live with them. It's the right thing to do." Sami wiped the tears off her cheeks and stood up, gathering all her clothes into her arms. "I guess this is goodbye then," she said sadly, her eyes welling up. Lucas stood up too, pulling on his shirt and making his way to the guest room. "Yeah," he said.

Sami looked up at him, trying hard not to cry. "How am I supposed to just let go, when you're staying in the next room?"

"Don't worry. Carrie and I are going to a hotel in the morning. I think it would be better if we stay away from each other for a little while. It'll give you the chance to make things work with Austin." With those words, he walked into his room and shut the door. Sami let the tears fall and silently made her way back to her room. She climbed into her bed, noticing for the first time just how empty it would be from now on. She and Lucas would never lie in it together, nor would laughter fill the room as the bed frame gave way as it always did when they were together. She curled up in the sheets and hugged a pillow to her chest, soaking the material with her tears.

Temptress Kitten: I just couldn't stand it anymore. I absolutely hate what's happening between Lumi and so I decided to rewrite history a bit (since Lucas is STILL with Carrie at this point, though Sami finally cut Aus-dim loose. Of course, EJ has to meddle now. Damn foreign hotties; always cause trouble for Lucas and Sami just as they're finding their way back to each other. Anyway, I'm going to warn you all now that I am going to be cruel to certain characters that are not Lumi-friendly. This means I am going to be poking a lot of fun at Austin and Carrie and as for Kate…well, you did read my disclaimer didn't you? If you have any sympathy at all for that witch, I suggest you don't read anymore of my fic since I'm going to be enacting poetic justice on her very soon. Oh, and I may also be poking fun at other members of poor Sami's screwed up family and in fact, the only ones who are safe from my evil ways are Lucas, Sami, and Will of course. Everyone else is mean to Sami or just gets in the way, and so don't expect me to take them too seriously; I call it like I see it! Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed that lemon at the end because it's going to be a while before you get another one. The way I see it, Lucas has some serious groveling to do before Sami really does take him back. So let me know what you think of this chapter since I love getting reviews. I'll try to update when I can, but I'm a full-time college student with a part-time job on top of all that studying and homework, so don't get mad if I take a while with my chapters. You gotta keep in mind that I have three term papers to write in the near future as well AND I'm trying to shoot for at least a B+ average this year to bring up my lower C+ grades from last year.

Till next time

Temptress Kitten 17