EJ POV
I was woken up to rustling papers and something beeping I opened my eyes finally coming to.
"Ah Mr DiMera you're awake" Doctor Keith says as he continues to press buttons on Samantha's blood pressure monitor.
"Hello Doctor Keith" I say acknowledging his presence while staying put on the bed with Samantha who was still fast asleep. I looked at the clock it was seven in the morning, she should be up soon I think to myself.
Doctor Keith continues to do his own thing coming and going many times in the space of thirty minutes, Samantha had still not woken up guessing from what she had been through the previous two days had finally caught up on her. Sleeping in was not something Samantha did too often.
"Mr DiMera I have some good news for you. Looks like Miss Brady will be able to go home this morning" Doctor Keith says happily.
"Are you sure?" I ask him thinking of what he said about Samantha being here for two more days or so.
"I am absolutely sure. Her blood test results show she is healthy and can support the growth of the babies with the help of the prescription vitamins I've given you to get. She is able to keep food down and from her blood pressure results from last night its all come back to normal. She will have to monitor her blood pressure but apart from that she's fit to go home" he says.
"Alright if you are sure" I say clutching at Samantha a little harder I did not want her to leave just yet. She had to be one hundred percent better I didn't want to bring her back here she would hate it.
"Very sure. I have set her discharge it's for 9:30, I want her to come back to the hospital every Friday for routine check ups Mr DiMera" he says seriously.
"I'll bring her don't worry" I say internally thanking him for monitoring Samantha so well.
"Good I've signed everything, you and Miss Brady are free to leave but if you need anything at all do not hesitate to call me" he says.
Doctor Keith went on to explain to me why he had let Samantha go home even though he had said she would be here for another two to four days previously. Samantha's blood works were fine and her blood pressure was under control except for when certain people came into contact with Samantha thats when it would either go up or down. Therefore Lucas had to stay away from Samantha, it didn't matter if he wasn't dating her anymore. For the duration of her pregnancy he was to stay the hell away from samantha. Another reason he had let Samantha go was he could see her getting a little bit more unhappy about being in the hospital as the days went by which wasn't good for her health either. Depression was Dr Keiths biggest concern, she was displaying signs according to him, and if she got depressed it would have a very negative impact on her health. I sighed at that thought, she wasn't going to be happy when I brought her to my home instead of hers either, but she'll be out of hospital which would make her happy though. Doctor Keith had given me Samantha's prescription pills and a few warnings on how to take care of Samantha the 'dos' and 'don'ts'. I listened carefully because I was going to take care of Samantha for the rest of the pregnancy not her family. Lucas had his turn and failed, her family had their chance when they found out a month ago and I've been trying to help since I found out. Samantha is meant to be with me she's carrying my babies end of story I would make Samantha see that, she'll come around she knows how bossy I can be when I care about something with so much passion. I see it through right to the end. Samantha and my babies were top priority even Stefano was. He was ill and it hurt knowing I hadn't seen him in a few days, I talked on the phone and he seemed so understanding. He had still to get to me regarding my donation to help his current health status. Andrew was still on the loose and today was the last day that the Brady's would be safe. I had all my guards on alert I hoped I had done enough. If Samantha married me all the complexities that were occurring right now would dissolve, no one would be in danger. My father would honor the vendetta just as much as ending it. He would not break an oath he made to his father.
Doctor Keith and I exchange goodbyes and with that I turn my head to face Samantha. Samantha was going to be so happy to know she was leaving 'this hell hole' as she would say it and go home. My home. I was dead serious when I told her she would be living with me. I knew Lucas hadn't left Samantha's apartment yet seeing as he was too busy with his mother, I rolled my eyes at that thought.
I pulled out my phone and dialed Johns number informing him that Samantha would be coming home today and to pass the news on to everyone else. John was a little hesitant he didn't feel Samantha was ready to leave the hospital just yet from seeing her yesterday, I agreed but may be bringing her home and seeing that Lucas was no longer a part of her life would be good for her. She would finally see she needs me. I couldn't believe she had tried to call Stefano, the girl had guts but she shouldn't have tried to call him. She had just learnt the news of how to end the vendetta she needed time to think about what she wanted to do and I for one was going to make sure she married me. I loved her and I knew she loved me. She was having my babies and I wanted to be a part of their lives as well as Samantha's. I hadn't fought all these months just to lose Samantha all over again. No it wasn't going to happen and hopefully Father will see how much Samantha means to me and end the vendetta the way Santo had wanted to end it.
I moved the hair out of Samantha's eyes and kissed her forehead, I wished our relationship was like before. She never hid her thoughts from me, everything was laid out making it so much easier to understand. She was starting to open up, she was reaching for me I hoped the news didn't take me ten feet back from her.
Samantha woke up stirring in my arms, she rubbed her eyes and let out a little cough, I rubbed her back trying to make her relax.
"Are you okay Samantha?" I ask her as she stops coughing.
"Stop asking me that EJ" she says annoyed.
I give her a weak smile she says shes fine even when she's not, I let go of her back and reclaim her in my arms.
"EJjjjj" she says even more annoyed.
"Samannthhhaaa" I say mimicking her with a huge smile on my face.
"Let go let go let go" she says on and on and on trying to annoy me.
"I guess someone just doesn't want to know the good news" I say over her 'let go' rant.
Instantly she goes quiet and bites her lip, it was so easy to make her feel curious. She was so cute.
"What is it?" she asks softly.
"Seeing as you stopped and asked so nicely I'll tell you" I say to her while positioning myself so I could see her face better.
"Doctor Keith said you can leave in" I look at my watch and see that it is 8am "in 90 minutes and that" but before I could finish off my sentence Samantha spoke.
"You're not pulling my leg are you? Seriously I get to leave this hell hole!" she said bewildered and happy.
"I'm not 'pulling your leg'" I say quoting her while laughing "you get to leave today and then you have to come here every Friday for regular check ups with Doctor Keith" I tell her.
"Finally! Come on lets get out of here now" she says eagerly.
"Alright alright we can leave now just stay calm will you, you may not be hooked up to that machine but you're blood pressure can still go up okay" I warn her.
"Yes yes I know EJ come on" she says and with that I help her get ready to leave the hospital.
Forty five minutes later Samantha and I were all ready to leave, I had made Charles place all our possessions in my car and to remain by the car until Samantha and I got there.
"Alright nothing's left behind" I say making one final sweep of the room.
"Okay lets go" Samantha says quickly and gets off the bed I link my arm with hers catching her off guard.
"I can walk on my own EJ" she says instantly.
"I know you like to think so Samantha" I answer her as we begin to walk out of the room.
I watch Samantha's reaction, her face lit up seeing as she was finally allowed to walk out of her room. Her face was beaming with energy I didn't want to ruin her mood and lightened up on my hold. She was walking very slowly I didn't think she realized it, already she was beginning to get tired luckily enough we made it to the lifts where she could take a break for a few minutes.
She goes to push the button on the lifts but stops halfway.
"Are you sure I'm good to leave?" she says worriedly.
I instantly become panicked I never would have thought she would be thinking the exact same thing as me.
"Doctor Keith said you are fit and healthy. You just need to take it easy when you get home so doing your normal things is out of the question" I say to her seriously and then continue "Are you not feeling well Samantha?" I ask her wanting a truthful answer.
"I feel fine it's just that I've been here for a week it just felt like I would never get out of here" she said sighing and then continuing "I just want to make sure that the babies are fine and that I won't end up harming them like I've been doing all these weeks prior to coming here" she says sickened by her actions.
"You didn't do this Samantha" I say to her.
"Of course I did, if I ate on time, talked to Mum about how I was feeling, shared with Belle what was happening to me then someone would have known that something wasn't right with me" she says teary eyed.
"Don't think about what you didn't do Samantha think of what you will do to not let it happen again. The hospital stay has made you better now all you need to do is keep it that way and if something is to go wrong then you have to tell someone okay" I tell her seriously.
"Okay EJ" she says pushing the button gently.
The door opens slowly to reveal and empty lift, Samantha and I walk in and I push the 'C' button for car park. It only took twenty seconds to get to the carpark but ten minutes to walk to the car since Samantha was walking so slowly, her grip had tightened on my arm significantly. She was tired already a point I had decided I would not point out, though I had to restrain myself from picking her up and running to the car. Charles was driving Samantha and I back to the apartment while I sat in the backseat along with Samantha. The ride was silent and I wanted to keep it that way because I knew once we got back home she was going to be fighting every decision I made for her. Twenty minutes later we were at the apartment waiting for the lifts to open to the fourth floor. Samantha looked even more exhausted if she was going to fight me then I would just carry her into my apartment. A few of her things like clothes, jewellery, cosmetics were already in my apartment I had gotten one of my other guards to get her things for me. She was going to hate me I thought dryly.
The lifts opened and I prepared myself for her reaction.
Samanthas POV
My heart was beating hard in my chest not from how exhausted I was from just walking from the car to the apartment lifts but knowing the fact that EJ was about to drag me to his apartment. What was I meant to do? How could he even think I could possibly stay with him? Why couldn't I just stay in my apartment? I was across the hallway from him. I thought of so many plans to try and get to my apartment as the lift doors opened but they all resulted in EJ or Charles stopping me. That's when I realized I didn't even have the key to my apartment. Great. Now I was really screwed even if I did fight him I would end up in his apartment.
The lift doors opened up irritation flaring in the pit of my stomach, he would absolutely love it if I didn't make a scene and followed his 'orders' damn him. There wasn't anything I could do! EJ and I stepped out and turned right to my annoyance, his eyebrows shot up and his walking speed also slowed down thankfully because I was really starting to feel tired. But I knew his reaction was due to me not saying anything. I bit my lip as we walked closer and closer to EJ's apartment door, I didn't want to be sitting in his apartment all day it would end up feeling just like the hospital. EJ took out his keys and began shoving the key in the door knob when I remembered EJ had my apartment key! A smile flashed across my face but that was quickly gone EJ would never give me the key. I decided to play it cool, if I did anything stupid right now like getting really angry and upset which would make my blood pressure wacky and EJ would know. He would most probably chain me to the bed so that I wouldn't leave. Screw it I would have to play this nice and coolly if I wanted to get what I wanted.
The door swung open and with that I reluctantly stepped into EJ's apartment I hadn't stepped foot in here since we broke up I quickly diverted that thought not wanting any type of unpleasant emotion to show across my face, not that there wasn't one there at the moment.
"Charles you can take a break and call the other guard to take your place. You are to be back here again by 12am" EJ said speaking to Charles as he placed EJ's and my stuff on the wooden floor.
"Alright sir" Charles says without any emotion and with that walks out of the apartment closing the door on the way out.
"Sometimes he sounds so dead inside" I say thinking to myself.
"It's better that way" EJ says making me sit on the couch while he leaves the living room.
How is it better that way? I think totally confused. EJ comes back into the living room with a glass of water and hands it to me.
"Thanks EJ but I'm not thirsty" I say to him.
"Actually you'll be needing the water to swallow these" EJ said showing me a red tablet, a white tablet, yellow tablet and a brown tablet. What were they? And why were there so many in his hand?!
"Why are there so many tablets in your hand?" I ask him shocked.
He pulls the coffee table that was in the center of the living room towards me and takes a seat right in front of me. He sat with his legs parted encapsulating me, if I tried to get up there would be no point I wasn't getting past EJ's long legs without tripping up.
"This red one is an iron tablet, the white one is iodine, yellow is folic acid and the brown one is a multi vitamin with the rest of the vitamins that the babies need for growth and development. Your levels are fine but can drop randomly as the babies grow and seeing as you are having twins Doctor Keith said there wasn't any chance of you having to much of a certain vitamin" EJ explains to me.
I pull out my hand and EJ pours the pills into my right hand I shoved them in my mouth and grab the glass of water EJ was holding and swallow the pills and water. Yuck. I was going to have to take these for a long time I better get use to it I thought dryly.
"Good girl" he says smiling at me.
I give him a blank look and decide to ask for my apartment key, I had things I needed do like for one call Stefano and arrange a meeting.
"EJ can I have my apartment key" I ask him calmly.
"How about you rest here for a bit, I'll take you over soon so you can grab whatever it is you need" he says seriously, I could sense danger in his eyes he obviously was going to be stubborn about me staying here.
"Okay" I say not wanting to blow my chance.
He nods and with that he gets up and helps me up to, I knew he was going to take me to his bedroom to let me lie down. No way in hell was I going into his bedroom, nope, no, no NO.
I stop walking which causes EJ to stop walking he turns around frowning at me which just annoyed me that little bit more. Even in his own home he wasn't able to relax.
"EJ is it okay if I lie down on your couch? Its nice and sunny here" I point out trying to not let him know the real reason.
"Okay, I'll get you a blanket" he tells me.
"I'm just lying down it's fine" I say as he lets go.
I reluctantly lie down on the couch as he watches, I wondered what 'soon' meant. I averted my gaze from EJ and looked around the living room, nothing had changed same sofas, same decor, same painting above the fireplace as I looked around my eyes started to drop. I wished I knew whether or not Lucas was in my apartment I would have run out of here by now. EJ sits in the single seater couch and pulls out his laptop. I guessed he was checking up on work, I watch him type furiously on his laptop it only made me angry that I wasn't helping him with the business.
"You do know if you allowed me to help with the business things would move a lot faster" I tell him.
"It's fine there's not much left to do you worry needlessly" he tells me.
"Alright then let me take a look" I tell him.
"Its boring stuff nothing important" he says not looking my way.
"Regardless if its important or boring I'd like to see" I tell him about to get up but just couldn't I felt so tired.
"Thats why I won't let you anywhere near my laptop, you're tired and if you see work related stuff you'll want to help and you'll tire yourself out more" he points out.
"You don't have enough faith in me" I tell him.
"I do but right now you need to rest" he says.
I did feel exhausted I could feel my muscles relaxing on the couch. I hadn't even walked that much and I felt so heavy and drowsy all of a sudden, I looked at the clock it read 10:30am I shut my eyes letting sleep claim me for a while. I needed to rest for me and my babies, the business would have to come second.
I woke up to a loud bang and someone's arms around me, I opened my eyes wider to see that I was on top of EJ and on the floor?
"What happened?" I ask as EJ helps to get me up, he passes me a blanket. He must have covered me with a blanket while I was asleep.
"What happened was that I left the room for five minute and just as I come back you rolled off the couch, I caught you in the nick of time" he says hugging me to him.
"Oh" I say against his chest.
Why do I have to do things like this? It's just going to make him more clingy. EJ makes me sit back on the couch and asks me if I'm okay I give him a glare I was truly sick of that question. I stare past him to see the clock read 12:20pm I had slept roughly two hours, strange I must have been really tired. EJ returned back to the single chair not before making me lay down again. I waited approximately twenty minutes before I spoke again.
"EJ can I use your phone? I need to call Mum and Dad" I ask him.
He closes his laptop and walks over to my couch, I sit upright expecting him to hand me the phone but instead he pulls out his hand. I raise my eyebrow at him confused by his actions.
"Let's go to your apartment" he says.
I smile internally not wanting to act too happy or he would know something was up I slowly take his hand and with that we walk over to MY apartment.
The second he unlocked the door I walked in at a normal pace with EJ closely behind me since he wouldn't let go of my hand. The new bodyguard followed us over but stayed outside to my joy. I walked into the living room first knowing I had left my baby planner underneath the couch. It was one place Lucas would never find it, I didn't want him to see it since it would remind him of what was to come. But now it didn't matter seeing as we were no longer together.
I walk up towards the couch closest to the fire place knowing this was the one I had left it under.
"EJ could you let go of my hand for a second?" I ask him not to let go completely or he would never let go.
"Why?" he asks me.
"I need to get something" I tell him, I didn't want to tell him what it was either.
"Five seconds" he says and starts counting.
I instantly drop to my hands and knees and feel for the book under the couch.
"What are you doing Samantha?" EJ asked curiously.
"I need to get something" I tell him.
"I've worked out that much, care to share what the something is?" he asks me.
"No" I say as I finally feel the cover of the book and drag it from under the couch.
"What is it?" he asks me.
"Something" I answer him back as I place it under the coffee table for easy access.
"I'll let you know what it is once I've finished it okay so stop giving me that look" I tell EJ as he stares at me with curiosity.
"Fine" he says but I'm not entirely convinced.
He hadn't grabbed my hand yet and so I took advantage of the moment, I walked into the kitchen and grabbed the phone while he caught up with me.
"I'm calling Mum" I inform him before he can disconnect the phone.
"Let me see the caller display" he asks me.
"Here" I tell him as I quickly hold down 1, when I held down 1 my Mum's home number popped up on the screen hiding the actual number I had called.
"Fine you can continue" he said walking away.
"Come back EJ, do not look at that book. I said I would show you it when I'm finished" I said knowing what he was going to do.
"Okay okay" he says taking a seat on the breakfast bench.
"Thankfully my cordless phone made no noise, EJ couldn't see that I was dialing Stefano's number since my hair was hiding what my hands were doing. I only prayed that he picked up the phone, I was scared to talk to Stefano but I knew I had to overcome my fear of the man. Whenever I ended up speaking to him I would act angry just so he wouldn't know I was afraid.
I pushed call and the phone started to ring.
"Marlena is taking forever to pick up the phone" EJ points out while tapping the breakfast bench top.
"She might be busy I'll wait a few more rings, she might be out" I say and with that I wait six more rings and still no one picked up.
I was about to knock the phone down when someone picked it up, I could feel my stomach feel queasy.
"Hello" I heard Stefano pick up the phone.
"Hi Mum, it's Sami just letting you know I'm home now" I say I watch EJ as he continues to tap his fingers in a repetitive motion.
"Ah Samantha you've rung the DiMera mansion" Stefano laughs.
"You took forever to pick up the phone Mum are you too busy today to come visit me today?" I ask Stefano hoping he would put two and two together and come to my apartment because there was no way I would be able to get to the DiMera mansion without being caught.
"I see so you've rung me without a certain someone's permission" Stefano laughs again.
His voice sounded so strong compared to the last time I heard him speak which was at the hospital.
"Yes EJ will be here when you come, hopefully Dad won't come by today or he'll just shoot everybody in the room" I say while thinking it was such a poor choice of words since Colleens own father shot her to death.
"What time shall I come?" he asks me.
"Come now" I say a little too quickly which causes EJ to stop tapping.
"I'm coming now" Stefano says instantly.
"Okay yup that's fine" I say pretending that my Mum wasn't going to come straight away.
"See you soon Samantha" Stefano says and hangs up.
"Bye Mum" I say and hang up.
"Is she coming?" EJ asks the second I get off the phone.
"She said in about thirty to forty minutes" I say answering his question.
"Okay, while we wait I'll cook us something for lunch" EJ says getting up and entering the kitchen.
"I don't feel hungry EJ" I tell him about to leave the kitchen.
"You'll eat" he said flatly grabbing my hand, I try to stare him down but it doesn't work he lets go and starts pulling out pots and pans.
I buried my back talk and walked into the kitchen trying hard not to grab a pan and striking him over the head with it. EJ saw me as something that needed protection and it was starting to get on my nerves. How was I meant to get back to normal when people around me made me feel so un-normal. I was about to point out to EJ that I had basically no fresh food in my apartment but he said he was going to get some stuff from his and cook here. Twenty minutes later we were both seated in the dining room eating stir fried vegetables with scrambled eggs and honey.
"This is the weirdest combination of food" EJ pointed out.
While he cooked the smell made me crave eggs and honey all of a sudden. My hormones kicked in and I forced EJ to mix the eggs and honey with the vegetables it tasted really good.
"Stop complaining its good" I tell him.
"Yeah but still" he said laughing.
I continued to eat while he pokes fun at me, well the joke was on him because Stefano was going to be here soon. Twenty minutes later EJ and I had finished eating and had finished washing up as well. I let EJ do his own thing while I walked into the living room not before EJ giving me a warning about walking slowly and to be careful, I listened and walked off my nerves were on edge, there was no way I would have called Stefano if I were alone. If Dad ie John was here instead of EJ then I would have called Stefano, but if Mum was here I wouldn't have called him. Stefano had hurt my mum over and over again just because he thought he was in love with her when in actual fact she was a possession he hadn't been able to acquire. That was what I believed EJ believed of me when I broke up with him. He didn't know I thought that, he had reinforced the idea in my head by not letting me go, showing up to places I would be at randomly pretending it was a 'chance in-counter' but seeing him like this he hasn't hurt me once. He wasn't like Stefano but he was still a DiMera, a DiMera I couldn't seem to push away from me or turn my feelings off for. I loved him but I would never admit that to him. I sat on the couch and put my feet up while EJ walked into the living room, he looked worried for some reason I was going to ask him what was up before a knock came at the door.
"I'll get it" we both say at the same time.
Ah Samantha never takes the easy road ;D
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