Broken Together

Author's note: This is just going to be a short story because I'm so frustrated with the current storyline. I am not anticipating the entire story to be more than four or five chapters and I have so many other fics to complete too but I heard this song by Casting Crowns and as soon as I heard it I immediately thought of EJ and Sami. I know some of you might be thinking if you know the group that they are a Christian group and here I am writing a story in the mature section of Days of our Lives fics using the lyrics of their song as a background, but I listen to a variety of music and this song just struck a chord with me.

I've been heartbroken and discouraged by the last few months of what has happened to EJami on the show and I guess this outpouring will show in my writing of this story. While I absolutely hate what is going on between EJ and Sami and for a time I have been wondering if it would even be possible for them to find a way to get past this latest hurdle, this is what my muse encouraged me to write.

For those of you who are spoiler free you may want to leave right now before you read any further because I'm basing the opening scene on what has been spoiled to supposedly happen next week.

Peace and much love to you all.

Karen

Broken Together

Prologue

What do you think about when you look at me
I know we're not the fairy tale you dreamed we'd be
You wore the veil you walked the aisle you took my hand
And we dove into a mystery

Sami stared in disbelief as she witnessed something she never thought she would see. Surely her mind was playing tricks on her, yes that had to be it because while she and EJ had been through some horrible times the one thing she knew in her heart was that he would never ever cheat on her.

She looked down on her left hand and there it was the stunning engagement ring EJ had given her when he had proposed to her last year. They had been through hell and back with one another and finally they had been on the same page for once. She'd at long last confessed the depth of her feelings for him, that EJ DiMera was the man she truly loved.

No more running away from the storm of emotions the man brought out in her, she had stood still, thought about what she had wanted in her life her family be damned and had asked him if it was too late for them. For a moment she had believed it was, that she had pushed him away too many times and he was done, but amazingly he'd pulled her in his arms and they had laughed, cried tears of joy while they kissed.

It had been such a powerful moment for them, but so worth the heartache, recriminations, screams, fights, and all the past regrets because they both knew what they wanted then, they wanted to be together, wanted to build a life together. They were going to be a real family this time, one that had love and laughter overflowing, a place for them and their children to call home.

She dropped the briefcase she had held in her other hand on the floor, she told herself to close her eyes and this apparition would disappear, that EJ wasn't in the shower having sex with another woman. She opened her eyes and much to her chagrin the scene hadn't went away.

She must have made a strangled cry, she wasn't sure of much of anything at the moment but it must have been enough of a racket to cause EJ to step out of the shower, dripping wet his eyes shocked over seeing her there in his bathroom. Hell if she thought he was shocked, she was too when she realized who was actually in there with him.

Abigail Deveraux was standing behind EJ, her eyes filled with terror when she realized Sami had caught them together. This couldn't be right, Abby had been Chad's girlfriend, and she wasn't supposed to be in the freaking shower with her fiancée.

Sami wished she hadn't decided to come back early from her business trip to surprise EJ. She had come back home with a heart full of hope that she and EJ could get back on course, she even was going to give him a wedding date today because she knew she wanted to marry him. This Kristen debacle was something she was going to put behind her. She loved EJ and wanted to be his wife, she was going to ask him to forgive her for being so cold and standoffish to him these past few months.

Of course her grand ideas always blew up in her face and this one was a doozie. She had to get out of here before she went into an all out hissy fit or even worse broke down and cried in front of them both. She just had to get her damn feet to start moving, but it was like looking at a train wreck, something you knew you should look away from, but somehow you just couldn't quite take your eyes off from watching.

What she was sure was only mere seconds playing out it was like everything was happening in slow motion. She saw EJ reach for a towel to wrap around himself and thought she even heard him say her name, but that could have been a mirage right? A twisted fairy tale gone awry.

She was the one EJ loved, he was the one she loved, she repeated over and over to herself as she stumbled out of the bathroom, tripped over her feet in what had used to be their bedroom and somehow she found a way to get out of there before he could catch up with her.

It was a miracle she hadn't fell down the stairs, but somehow she had managed to take the flight of stairs without even realizing her feet ever touched the steps. She ran to the front door, struggled to get it open and then ran like hell to get out of that house.

Once again she was running and this time she wasn't sure she could run far enough to get those images out of her mind. She started the SUV with a trembling hand and pressed her foot to the gas pedal as she spun out of the driveway in a whirlwind.

Broken Together lyrics by Casting Crowns