Whatcha Say

Part XXVIII

It had taken the entire rest of the day searching for a place to live, but with EJ's contacts and having DiMera as a last name helped immensely in their search. While Sami didn't particularly care for the female realtor EJ had called to assist them in their search, she wasn't going to let him know that at all.

But it didn't help when she caught the woman giving EJ the once over more than once during the day, in fact it was several times. Not that she was jealous or anything, it wasn't like she and EJ were a couple, couple, because they weren't even if she was going to have another baby by him.

Which was in itself crazy, but somehow craziness found them both when they were around each other. She didn't know how it came about; it was just some kind of wacky cosmic kismet.

So after countless and tiring hours it finally appeared they might actually agree upon a house, it wasn't huge, but enough room for them all, the only downside Sami could see was she'd have to share a bedroom with EJ to allow the kids to have their own rooms. Plus EJ had reminded her today during their house hunting adventure as he liked to put it that had been a stipulation they would share a bedroom.

The kids were rambling around the house, being kind of loud, but it didn't bother either Sami or EJ since they were still discussing the bedroom situation after Celine had politely told them she would let them look around the house while she took care of some business calls.

Personally Sami was glad that overbearing and more than slightly annoying woman was giving them a few minutes reprieve. She rolled her eyes as soon as Celine had left the room, allowing EJ and Sami both a few minutes alone.

"Why are you rolling your eyes?" EJ asked as he looked around the room that if they chose to buy this house would be their bedroom. Celine had made a great production of pointing all the amenities, spacious room with a huge walk in closet, and the adjoining bathroom was nothing short of luxurious. Sami had a weakness for a big bathtub and it had been something she had missed after she had left the DiMera mansion way back when, she may despise Stefano, but the man had known how to furnish a house properly.

"Oh my god, if I heard one more remark about how marvelous this house would be for you I was ready to hurl all over that prissy Celine."

"Samantha, she said how marvelous it would be for us," EJ stressed to her.

"No she didn't, you were too busy checking out her ass to hear her correctly!"

"I was doing no such thing. If I was going to be checking out anyone it would be you and since you've put a no sex clause in our arrangement I'm not even allowed to do that, am I?"

Sami put a finger to her lips and tried her best to keep her voice down, "Shhhh, that cougar will hear you."

EJ broke out into a smile, "I think someone is jealous, first it was my personal assistant Kiaya…"

Sami snorted, "Hardly, she just wasn't letting me into to see you…"

"Barge into my office you mean…"

"You listen here I'm the mother of your unborn child and if I need to see you I will, no freakishly tall Amazon chick is going to keep me out!"

"See that is what I love about you. It's the kindness and goodwill you extol to others."

Sami cut EJ a questioning glance which he immediately realized his faux pas, "Like about you, that is what I like about you."

"I thought you didn't like me at all," Sami returned back just as quickly.

"You're a word twister Samantha," EJ began again only to have Johnny run into the room with them.

"We're going to play Twister?"

Sami and EJ both turned to their son who was looking so excited over the prospect of them playing Twister. No way could they let him down, "Well if we decide on this house we might be able to get a game in before bed."

"We don't have beds here Daddy," Johnny replied.

"We don't have a Twister game with us either, but you know I might persuade your mom that we could go get one if she'll just say yes to this house."

"Allie, Sydney, if Mom decides this is the house we can go buy a Twister game and play it tonight," Johnny shouted loud enough for anyone in the near vicinity outside of the house could probably hear him, much less his sisters.

Allie came running to the room with Sydney doing her best to keep up with her big sister, "Awesome, but we don't have beds EJ. How can we spend the night?"

Sami just smirked at EJ wondering how he could answer their question since he had put her on the spot with the kids about a decision to buy this house or not, her twins were so smart, just like she and Eric.

"We could go buy some sleeping bags and then tomorrow we could get some furniture."

"Yay Wal-Mart!" Johnny shouted and high fived Allie while EJ looked slightly puzzled.

"What's a Wal-Mart?" EJ asked.

"Kids I don't think your daddy has ever been to a Wal-Mart before," Sami stated smugly. "He's kind of a snob."

"I am not a snob," EJ retorted back in tone to show he wasn't too snobby. He couldn't help it if he didn't shop discount stores. Although he wondered if that was where they had bought those ghastly plaid outfits Samantha had sported for a while.

"It's cool Daddy, you'll love it. They have everything there, I bet we could find some sleeping bags and they also have lots of toys," Johnny told him as he went over to take his daddy's hand within his own.

"Toys!" Sydney exclaimed and clapped her hands.

"We aren't going to buy toys tonight," Sami told them firmly.

"Daddy said we could buy a Twister game and I know they have them at Wal-Mart. I saw them the other day when I was looking at the toy section."

"Come on Mom, this would be fun," Allie chimed in as she went over to EJ and took his other hand. Sydney just looked like she was about to cry since she couldn't get to hold her daddy's hand since the twins had gotten to him first.

"Come here baby, I'll pick you up," Sami opened up her arms for Sydney which she scrambled to get to her mother and then after Sami had hoisted her up on her hip, she turned her head and stuck out her tongue to her brother and sister.

EJ wanted to laugh, although he knew he shouldn't, but just being here with the children and Samantha was making him feel like he belonged, like they were actually a loving family. Well he was with the kids, but with Samantha he never knew where he actually stood with her.

"I guess this house would be a good one for us," Sami conceded, she was tired and she would have to deal with EJ later about the bedroom situation, but she didn't want to take the kids to a hotel and they seemed so excited about them all living together in one house.

Johnny dropped EJ's hand, "Do you want me to tell that woman that kept looking at you funny all day that we are going to buy this house?"

"She did keep looking weird at Daddy EJ all day," Allie agreed with her brother as she dropped EJ's hand too and they went off to find the lady. Sydney started squirming to get down going after her siblings so Sami put her back down on the floor where she could go catch up with them.

Sami stepped back and leaned over to whisper to EJ, "Told you so, I wasn't being jealous."

"Shut up," EJ muttered under his breath.

Sami shook her head, "We don't say shut up in this house."

EJ pulled her into his arms, turning her around promptly to face him, "Well then I guess I'll just have to find another way to keep you severely quiet."

"You wish…"

Whatever else she wanted to say to him was instantly cut off when EJ leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss.

Sami sighed softly as his mouth settled over hers. His lips were heavenly and she couldn't resist his impromptu gesture, not when he was the one to initiate it with her. She could indulge this sweet temptation at least for a minute or so couldn't she? Their tongues intertwined and before she knew it that white hot feeling of want that EJ always could seem to inspire came over her once more.

It felt so good, so right to be in his arms until she heard the kids coming back down the hallway, apparently with weird looker realtor lady in tow. She pushed her hands against his chest to break the kiss and they both stood there breathless before the kids rushed back into the room none of them realizing what was going on with their parents.

"Daddy, Miss Celine said you had to tell her we wanted to buy the house," Johnny announced with a roll of his eyes that was so much like his mothers facial expression.

EJ tried his best to pull himself together like he hadn't been kissing Samantha only moments earlier, not to mention trying to quell another part of his body that desperately wanted some special attention from her. He put on his best smile and held out his hand to Celine. "I think we'll get the house. Samantha loves it, especially how roomy our bedroom will be. What was it said that this room seemed simply magical?"

Sami smiled sweetly all the while wishing she could just kick EJ in the shin, she still wasn't one hundred percent sure they would be sharing a bedroom, but she guessed she would get into that discussion later with EJ. One thing was for sure, she couldn't allow EJ to kiss her again because when he did she got all muddled and confused. She needed to keep a clear head around EJ DiMera not be wishing for some kind of fantasy romance where he was all in love with her and she was with him.

She watched him walk out of the bedroom with Celine as they discussed what he would need to close the deal with the lady silly giggling telling him of course he could go ahead and stay the night tonight in the house, she knew he was good for the money to pay for the house.

She walked out the bedroom behind them, wanting to make gagging noises over how much the lady was sucking up to EJ. It was really pathetic and while she was making faces at them behind their backs EJ turned his head back and winked at her.

He was so full of himself thinking he was such a lady's man that every woman would be willing to do whatever he wanted to do especially if he winked at them. She rolled her eyes, like she cared if EJ DiMera winked at her, she didn't care at all.

She just didn't…