To anyone reading this, by the way, anything I write before the start of the chapter is usually directed to my friend at the soapoperafan forum, lol. I didn't anyone getting confused about what I'd said.

Song is "No More Love" by Shinedown.

Sami stared at EJ for what felt like an eternity, uncomprehending. Her brain couldn't begin to process what he'd just told her. It didn't seem real. EJ standing there, packing his bags. He looked like he'd beaten himself up, also. His tie was gone, his shirt was wrenched open, his jacket thrown carelessly into the corner. Basically, he looked like hell. It was like a scene from a movie.

Finally, EJ broke eye contact and turned back to his suitcase. He didn't say anything more. Outside, the wind began to pick up.

Eventually, Sami found her voice. "Leaving?" she croaked. "What do you mean, leaving?"

"Just what I said, Sami. I'm leaving," he answered in a stony voice.

She winced at his reply. Sami? Yes, she had picked up on that. Not Samantha, but Sami.

"Well, where are you going?"

"Home," he answered shortly.

It's cold outside. I'm sensing fear.
My self control has disappeared.
I'm spinning out at each end.
Could you be kind and let me in?

Suddenly, Sami started to feel sick – nauseous. Her heartbeat sped up and she started to feel dizzy. It felt like she'd broken into a cold sweat.

"You – you mean England?" she stuttered.

"Exactly."

EJ had come to the conclusion that he couldn't live in this apartment any longer. Scratch that. He couldn't stay in Salem. It was too small of a town. Everyone he saw and every thing he'd see would remind him of Samantha. He couldn't deal with that.

There was nothing left for him in this place. He had no family, except for Tony. Lexie and Benji had barely forgiven him for the things he'd done. His father was half-dead. Tony was the only one left. He supposed they could visit each other after he left.

As for the friends he'd made – mostly Roman, Steve, John, Bo, and Hope – well…they could still keep in touch.

Otherwise, he was completely alone.

Despite the writing on the wall,
My future's bleak and rather small.
That's all you could ever take from me.
I've got nothing to lose so let me be.

"Now, would you kindly let me pack my belongings in peace?" he asked frostily.

Stunned for a second, Sami cried out, "No! I'm not leaving, EJ. Not until you tell me what's going on."

He looked back up at her. His eyes blazed with a fury she'd never seen before.

"You want to know what's going on? I'll tell you what's going on." He slammed the lid of the case in front of him.

"You lied to me, Sami! You made me believe – yet again – that it was me you were in love with!" he shouted. "But it was all a lie, wasn't it?! You couldn't stay away from Lucas! You can't live without him there, can you?!"

As he was yelling Sami took a few steps back, tears streaming from her deep blue eyes. In all the time she'd known him, she couldn't remember him ever raising his voice at her like that.

"EJ, no –" she started shakily.

Well, I sized you up; your not that strong.
You're weak inside, I knew all along.
This made up army you fight in your head
Destroyed your worth and pronounced you dead.

"EJ, no. EJ, no – what?" he bit out. "You can't try and talk your way out of this, Sami. I saw you with Lucas! I saw you together!"

Saw them? She figured Kate must have opened her mouth. Then, what did he mean by "saw them"?

At Sami's confused look, he stated: "A picture's worth a thousand words, you know. Two pictures – two thousand."

Slowly, Sami began to realize what happened. She wasn't stupid. She realized that Kate must have still been hiding out at the pub, taken pictures of her and Lucas together, and sent them to EJ. Anything to ruin her life.

"EJ…please," she said in an almost inaudible voice. "Don't leave. Let me explain."

"Explain? Explain what?!" he yelled. He held up his hand before she could reply. "No, Sami – don't even waste your breath. As of now, there is nothing between us. I loved you, dammit! I don't understand what else I had to do to make you realize it! What did you want from me, Sami?! How many times did I have to put my life on the line for you?! Until I was dead?!"

By now, she couldn't control the tears anymore. Her body was shaking with uncontrollable sobs. All she could do was mutely shake her head.

"I have nothing left here, Sami," EJ said quietly, slowly, deadly. "You were it for me. But you ripped it all away."

Despite the writing on the wall,
My future's bleak and rather small.
That's all you could ever take from me.
I've got nothing to lose so let me be.

Somehow, Sami managed to find her voice. "EJ, please…" she tried again. "It's not how it looked! I love you! You know that!"

"No, you don't. You don't love me. You never did and you never will. All I was to you was some sort of a, a knight in shining armor. There when you needed me, and nothing more," EJ answered in the most heart-breaking voice she'd ever heard.

Shaking his head, he went on. "I can't love you anymore, Sami. It's a waste of time, a waste of my heart. Loving you is killing me."

There's no more love.
There's no more love.
There's no more love for me and you. (Listen to me)
No more love.
There's no more love.
There's no more love for me and you. (Listen to me)

EJ picked up two of his packed suitcases, along with his suit jacket, and walked past Sami to the door. He supposed he'd have Tony send the rest of his belongings over after he arrived in England.

Sami ran out of the bedroom behind him. She couldn't let him walk out on her. Not again.

"EJ, you've got it all wrong! I really do love you!" she cried out.

Before opening the door to the hall, he closed his eyes and turned around. He opened them again. Sami felt a flicker of hope rise inside her, but, his next words doused that flame.

"If you truly loved me, Sami…you never would have played this sick joke on me. You never would have lied to me. You never would have went behind my back to see him."

And with that, he walked out of the room.

The cruelest joke that has played on me
Is all planned out so I can't leave.
Now quietly I will walk away.
There is no bad blood but I can't stay.
There is no more love because there is no more love.

Walked out of the apartment building.

Walked out on Salem.

Despite the writing on the wall,
My future's bleak and rather small.
That's all you could ever take from me.
I've got nothing to lose so let me be.

Walked out of Sami's life.

And her heart.

There's no more love.
There's no more love.
There's no more love for me and you. (Listen to me)
No more love.
There's no more love.
There's no more love for me and you. (Listen to me)