TITLE: DAYS Fairy Tale: Eric & Greta: Chapters 61-65
WRITTEN BY: Heather Ferguson (fergus80)
EMAIL: hferguso@niu.edu
WEBSITE: http://eric_greta.tripod.com (from when Jensen was on days)
Rating: If you can watch DAYS, you can read this. If there is a rating change, a link to the chap. will be provided.
Disclaimer: Days of Our Lives and all of their characters are property of Corday Productions and NBC.
My Rant: Okay, I'm finally putting this up on FanFiction.net. Mostly to free up my website space. This was started way back in Oct. of 1999, and I haven't decided if it's finished yet or not. Reviews are always welcome!
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Chapter 61
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Marlena opened the door, "Greta, this is a surprise."
"Sorry to just come over without calling." She said as she walked in, and Marlena closed the door behind her.
"Oh, it's no problem at all." They went over to the couch, and Greta sat down. "Would you like something to drink?"
"No, I'm fine, but thank you." Greta replied, and Marlena sat down across from her.
"So, did you stop by to talk about something, or someone?" She asked with a wink.
Greta laughed. "Well I was in the neighborhood and I thought I would stop by and see how everything was."
The two talked for awhile about things, and Eric. Greta laughed as they went through the family photo albums. Greta was waiting for an opportunity, and she got one, just like before when the phone rang. She excused herself to the bathroom, and went upstairs.
She passed by the main bathroom and the kids bedrooms and went right for the master bedroom. She opened the door and shut it quickly. She headed directly to the bathroom, and looked through it for a hair brush. She found Marlena's, but it took her a little longer to find John's. When she did, she was very disappointed. It was clean, not one hair on it. *Now what?* She thought to herself, then she had one more idea. She quickly exited the bathroom and bedroom and headed to the main bathroom. She opened up the side drawer, and found Brady's and Belle's hair brushes. She took some of the black hair from the one, and the blond hair from the other, and placed it in the other bag labeled John, from her pocket. She then put the hair bag back in her pocket. She smiled, she had done it. Now all she had to do was get the samples to the lab.
She walked out of the bathroom, and headed back down stairs, just as Marlena was getting off the phone.
"Well, Greta, I hate to do this, but I have to go to the hospital, a patient really needs to see me."
"Oh, that's okay. I understand, I need to get some other errands done anyway."
Marlena grabbed her purse, and they both walked to the door. They then headed down the elevator, "Well, we will have to have lunch sometime and continue our talk."
Greta smiled, "I would like that."
Marlena grinned in return, "So would I."
They then parted ways, and soon Greta was back in her car and on her way to the lab.
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Eric walked into the apartment, set his key and wallet on the side table, and shut the door behind him. "Greta?" He said, but got no answer. "Guess she's not home yet." He sighed, he was hoping she was, he just wanted to curl up on the couch with her and relax. He was about ready to call her cell phone, just to see when she would get home, when the door opened.
Greta walked in, and set down her stuff and not even a second later, the door was closed and she was swept up into a passionate kiss. Eric pulled her close to him, his mouth plundering hers. Her arms wrapped around him, her mouth opening to allow his tongue access. The kiss continued, their hands roaming each other, and then finally they broke apart. Greta smiled, "Well hello to you too."
"Hey, I missed you." He said following her into her bedroom, with his arms around her waist. "So whatcha do today?"
She paused, "Well I visited your mother, and got to see your baby pictures." She said turning in his arms, and kissing him on the forehead, "Such a cutie pie. Especially in that bunny suit."
"Ohhh no, she showed you those?"
Greta nodded as she pulled away, and grabbed her pajama's, "We aren't going anywhere are we?"
"Nope." He said, as she started pushing him out the door. "What? It's not like I haven't seen it all before." He said with a grin and a wink.
"Yeah, yeah. Well too bad."
She shut the door and started to change.
He leaned against the door, and continued talking. "Now that picture, remember it was Halloween and I was only three years old."
"I know, and as I said it was really cute." She said as she changed quickly then opened the door. She kissed him, "And I think you would still look cute in a bunny suit." She said with a wink, and walked into the kitchen.
He looked at her questioningly, and followed her, "Uhh, Greta, is there some type of fetishes that you have that I should know about?" He said with a smirk.
"Eww, NO." She said and playfully hit his shoulder, then she got a seductive grin on her face, "At least not anything like that." She grabbed a can of pop out of the fridge and went to sit down. He grabbed one too, and then went to sit down.
He looked at her for a few minutes, then after thinking through things, he spoke. "What, what are they?" He said very curious.
She laughed, "I'm not telling."
"But, you can tell me."
She laughed, "Maybe another time." She said as she opened the can and took a drink then set it on the table. He set his can down as well and moved over to her, and tickled her side. "Tell me." And he tickled her again, and she laughed trying to move away.
"Nevvvverrrrr." She laughed and giggled as he continued, she tried to wrestle away from him, and gave up. She then tried to tickle him, in the spots she knew he was ticklish. Soon they were both giggling and laughing, and rolling around on the couch. Greta finally got some leverage, and rolled him over. She laughed triumphantly when she got on top.
Eric grinned at her, "Well if I would have known you liked to be on top so much..." He didn't get to finish his statement as another playful hit, hit his chest. He laughed, then grabbed her arms to his chest. She tried to struggle, but when his one hand came to the back of her head, and pulled her down to a kiss, she stopped resisting. They continued kissing, both hearts racing, breathing becoming erratic. Eric slowly broke away, and took a deep breath. "How much longer."
Greta kissed him again, moved her hips slightly, got the response from him she wanted, then spoke, "About two and half weeks."
"Ahhhhh," he screamed and she laughed. "No I'm okay. As long as it's you, I would wait forever," she smiled, and he received another kiss. Eventually they broke apart, tried to get those thoughts out of their head, and relaxed together for the night.
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Chapter 62
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A few days had passed already since Greta had dropped the samples off at the DNA lab, she was going crazy waiting for the results. *They should be done soon.*
Eric watched her out of the corner of his eye as he watched TV and munched on some pop corn, finally he just asked. "Greta, what's wrong?"
She looked over at him. "Nothing, just..." She thought for a minute, *I just need to relax,* she thought to herself. "I think I'm going to go take a bath, and relax."
He gave he a look, sitting down the popcorn. She smiled at him wickedly, "And no, you can't come with me."
He gave a large pout, "Oh, you are no fun."
She walked past him, and leaned over the side of the couch kissed him on the cheak and then whispered into his ear, "In two weeks you can join me whenever you want." She gave him a quick kiss, and then ran into the bathroom, with him hot on her heels, she shut the door, and locked it quickly.
He turned around and walked back to the couch laughing, he flopped down on the couch, and continued watching the television again.
At some point he had fallen asleep and woke with a start, with a knock at the door. Then he heard her yell out to him, "Eric? Eric, can you get that, I'm drying off."
He shook his head to get the sleep out, "Yeah." And he stood up and walked to the door, and opened it.
A guy was on the other side, "Is Ms. Greta Von Amburg here?"
"Yes she is, but she's occupied at the moment, can I help you?"
"Yeah, she has a delivery here." He said handing Eric a white, large envelope.
"Thanks."
With the the guy left and Eric shut the door, he walked over to the bathroom door, looking at the envelope. He read the address on the front, and did a double take. Greta walked out of the bathroom, in a towel, drying her hair. "Who was it?" She asked.
Eric looked at her, "It was a delivery guy, from the same lab that did that DNA test on your mother."
Greta looked up at him, and saw the questioning look on his face, and sighed. She closed her eyes, and walked into her bedroom, he followed her.
"Greta what is going on here? What do you need with DNA tests?"
She took out some clothes, and set them on the bed. "Eric, let me get dressed, and then we can talk, and then I really want to look at that envelope."
He saw the pleading look in her eyes, and agreed, he walked back out into the living room and sat back down on the couch. He stared at the envelope trying to figure out exactly what was in it, and why Greta hadn't told him about it.
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Greta hurried up and got dressed, put on some lotion, combed out her hair. She didn't want to have this conversation yet, and she knew Eric wouldn't be happy about it. She was just hoping she would have time to figure out how to tell him. She sighed, ran her fingers through her wet hair, and decided to just face him. She walked out of the bedroom, and too the couch. And sat down next to him, she looked into his eyes, and saw the questioning look in them.
She took a deep breath, and began. "Eric do you remember that I told you that my mother told me something before she died?"
He nodded his head yes.
"I know you asked me about it a few times, and I just said I wasn't ready to talk about it. Well she told me who my father was."
Eric looked at her in shock, but let her continue.
"The reason I didn't tell anyone, is that with everything my mother has done, I didn't trust her to be telling the truth. And I didn't want to take the chance and ruin someone's life by telling them I'm their daughter and then not being."
He nodded, "That makes sense. But why didn't you tell me? I could try and help you figure it out."
She took a deep breath, "Because there were two possible people and you know both of them." She said and then watched his expression to see if he figured out what she was saying.
He looked at her and it slowly dawned on him, it made perfect sense, the two people who were around her mother the most. "John or Stephano."
She nodded, "Same question as with Hope's baby, another reason I didn't tell anyone. I was waiting to see who the father was. But then the whole avalanche and everything, made me realize I couldn't wait any longer."
Eric reached out, and took her hand in his, and let her go on.
"I didn't want to tell anyone, cause I wasn't sure myself. I was afraid how you would react..."
He cut her off, "Why would you be afraid of how I would react?"
"Well, John is your mother's husband, your stepfather." Eric grinned slightly on that, "And well, Stephano is the mortal enemy of the Brady's."
He began to understand why she hadn't told him.
"And I didn't tell you, because you wouldn't have let me use the plan I had to get the DNA samples."
He looked at her, "DNA samples?" He then looked at the envelope in his hands, "How the hell did you get a sample of Stephano's DNA?"
"I went to go see him."
"You what!?!"
"I knew you wouldn't like it, if I told you."
"You are damn right I wouldn't have liked it."
"Well what else was I supposed to do? I went there pretending to ask questions about my mother, which he was not helpful with at all. But I had the opportunity to get into his bathroom and get some of his DNA from his hair brush."
Eric put his head in his hand, and then ran it through his hair. He shook his head, "Well at least the DNA test my say if he is human or not." He looked at her, realizing what he might possibly be saying, "But either way Greta, you are nothing like him, you have to know that."
"I know, and that is why, if he does turn out to be my father, I'm not telling anyone, but you."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, you have seen what he is like with his children. What he can do. And if I am, I am sure he has no idea. I don't want to have to deal with him."
Eric understood completely. "Okay." He then looked at Greta, "Your mother told you it was John didn't she?"
"How did you know that?"
"Because, why would she lie and tell you it was Stephano?"
She smiled, "That's true. Yes, my mother told me John was my father, and I believed her for awhile. She had always told me I was created by a great love. But then when I saw how close Hope was as my mother with Stephano, I wasn't so sure anymore."
He looked at her, then the envelope, "Well there is only one way to find out."
Greta looked at him, and then the envelope in his hand, she took a deep breath, and he handed her the envelop. She ripped it open, took out the piece of paper and read it.
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Chapter 63
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Greta looked at the piece of paper that would confirm the identity of her father. She read it, and read it again, to let it sink in.
Eric looked at her, trying to read from her face who it was, he was in just as much suspense as she was.
She folded up the piece of paper, and with a blank look on her face moved closer to him, and hugged him. He hugged her back, and held her, and feared the words she would say. But he vowed to himself, he would not let the fact of her parentage affect his feelings for her.
But she surprised him, "Well we aren't going to have to argue where to spend christmas, stepbrother." He looked her in the eyes, saw the wetness there, and just about cried with her. She smiled, "She told me the truth. She told me the truth," She said again, and hugged him.
He wrapped his arms around her, and let out the breath he didn't know he was holding. He was extremely happy for her, he knew it would be a little weird, being stepbrother and stepsister, but heck, Bo and Billie where sort of, and this was Salem.
She looked back up at him, "I'm just worried, to tell him."
"Why?'
"Well, with the question of Hope's baby and all, the whole thing with Gina, and everything. I don't want to do anything to jeopardize John and your mom's marriage."
"Greta..." He trailed off shacking his head. "They both love you, and you would be family eventually anyway," he said with a wink and she smiled. "It's not like it just happened, it happened a long time before they even knew each other. And if they have already basically worked through the other, and all kinds of other obstacles, this will not be a problem." He smiled, kisses her softly, "Besides, you not only have a father to tell, but a half sister, a half brother, a step mom, a step sister, and well you told me already." He said sliding her to sit on his lap.
The tears ran down her cheeks, "A family."
He smiled, "A very big family. Which you are a part of."
She smiled wider, more tears running down her face, "A real family." He kissed her again, and leaned back against the couch, and laid her head on his chest, lightly caressing her back. He kissed the top of her head, letting the news sink in for both of them. They sat there like that for a long time. Then he spoke softly, "So when do you want to tell them? Soon or wait for the results of the baby."
She thought about it for a minute. "Now that I think about it, before would be better. Mostly to get it out of the way, and then I can be there for him as his daughter either way."
Eric smiled. "Okay, so when?" She looked at him, then at the clock, it was still early. He looked at her, already knowing what she was going to say, "Now?"
"To soon?"
He smiled, "No, I just thought you would wait awhile is all."
She smiled, "Normally I would, but I have waited so long already, and the baby could be born anytime now."
He agreed, and they both stood up. Eric called Marlena, and she picked up the phone. He asked if they were free for the night, and they were, and then asked if the they could come to the penthouse and see them. Marlena said that it would be wonderful, and that she would see them soon. He then hung up the phone, Greta grabbed the letter, and they left.
Greta was very nervous on the way over, "Maybe we should wait, it is kind of soon."
"Wait till when?" he asked her, reaching out to take her hand, and kiss the top of it.
"I don't know, something happens, and someone needs blood and I'm the only match."
Eric laughed, "You be surprised at how often that happens." She laughed too, "Greta, you know it's the best to tell them, and not keep it from them."
She agreed, and soon they pulled into the penthouse parking ramp. They made their way inside and up the elevator. Belle answered the door and they each got a hug from her. They walked in the door.
"Hey Eric, looks like everyone's here." Sami said from the couch with Marlena sitting beside her.
Eric looked over at Greta, and he could see her trying to retreat, there was just to many people here. He held her hand to try and comfort her, and she smiled up at him.
Marlena looked at the too of them, with a questioning look in her eyes. She stood up and moved over to them, "Is there some type of news we should know about?"
Greta looked at her in shock, "News? What... what do you mean?"
Marlena's eyes grew wider and took Greta's left hand, while Greta just stared at her. She saw the blank ring finger, and Eric understood and laughed.
"No, mom, nothing like that."
John came up and held Doc's shoulders, "Well it looks like no wedding planning yet. You'll just have to make due with still helping Hope with hers."
"Well, look at them, they came over to tell us something." She said with a smile, and then a slight head tilt.
Eric got the look quickly, "Mother, no."
"What?" She asked innocently.
"No, Greta isn't pregnant either."
Then Greta started laughing, she was starting to feel better, and the thought that she was actually a part of this wonderful family, made everything so much easier.
Eric looked over at Belle, Sami, and Brady, then back to John and Marlena. "Actually, if you all don't mind, we would like to talk to John alone for a minute.
Everyone gave them a weird look, and then after a few seconds John said, "Sure, is the balcony okay?" They nodded and followed him out, with everyone watching them go.
"I wonder what that is all about?" Sami asked to no one in particular.
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Eric shut the door behind them, and held onto Greta's shoulder from behind, feeling her shake a little. His thumbs moved lightly over her shoulders trying to get her to relax a little.
"Okay, what did you want to talk to me alone about?" John asked them.
Greta started to talk, trying to figure out how to word it just right. "Well I know this isn't necessarily the best time for this or anything, but waiting to say it wouldn't be any better either." She took a deep breath, looked into his eyes, then decided better of it, and choose a spot on his chest to look at instead. "Well, umm... When my mother died, she told me something." She stopped.
John reached out and tilted her head to look up at him, "What did she tell you?"
She looked up into his eyes, and a single tear ran down her cheek. "She told me... she told me who my father was." She said quietly.
She watched his eyes, and watched as the understanding went through them. He took a step back, closed his eyes, and spoke, "Why didn't you tell me then?" He said softly.
"Well my mother hasn't always been truthful. I wanted to make sure. Make sure she wasn't protecting me, by telling me you were when someone else was."
"Stephano."
Greta nodded, "I got some of his DNA, and well I tried to get yours, but it didn't work, so I used Belle's instead." She held up the envelope, "The results came today." She handed him the letter, and looked at it. The proof was right there on that piece of paper.
He looked into her eyes, "I don't need the results." He gave them back to her, she looked at him confused. He walked over to her slowly, and rested his hand on her cheek, he closed his eyes and a few memories rushed through his head, he opened his eyes again. "I think somewhere, somehow I always knew it."
Eric smiled as John opened up his arms, and Greta fell into them for a hug. She had always considered him a father figure, as Father John, she just never knew until now, how true his name was for her. John closed his eyes, and rested his head on the top of hers, and just held her to him.
Eric turned around when her heard the door open softly to see Marlena there, with Sami, Belle, and Brady right behind her. "We just wanted to make sure everything is okay."
They all walked back inside, and John pulled Greta back in for another hug. John motioned Eric to give Marlena the piece of paper.
"What is this?" She asked as she started to read it, then she looked up, "Oh my." She said covering her one hand with her mouth.
"What?" The other three asked impatient.
Marlena looked at Greta, and walked over to her, "Welcome to the family." She said and hugged the both of them.
"What is going on?" Belle asked confused, as Sami hugged Eric.
John laughed, "Belle, Greta is my daughter." Belle's and Brady's eye's light up. "And therefore, she is both of yours' half sister."
Belle smiled and ran over and joined the hug. Brady wasn't so giddy, but was still happy and joined the the hug as well. "Wait a minute. Doesn't that mean that Eric is Greta's brother too?"
Eric groaned, "NO."
Marlena laughed, "No sweetie, they are only related by you and me and your dad being married."
"Oh, yeah that makes sense."
"So you are all okay by this?" Greta asked them all, after they broke apart.
"Well, I'm not that surprised by it." Marlena said, and John nodded in agreement.
"Hey, I have another older sister." Belle said with a smile.
"The bigger the family the better, right?" Brady asked.
"Hey you would be family eventually anyway." Sami added.
"Will everyone stop with that." Eric said blushing slightly. "When and if we are ready for that we will."
"Okay, okay. We get the hint." Marlena said.
They then all sat down, talked, ate dinner together, and just basically bonded as a family. Greta felt like she was in heaven. Her whole life she wanted to be part of a family, a large family, a normal family. And now, well she was, even though most wouldn't consider it normal, it was perfect for her.
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Eric opened the door to the apartment, and ushered Greta in ahead of him, then walked inside himself. She turned on the lights as he shut and locked the door. "Oh my god, it's two in the morning." Greta said looking at him.
Eric laughed, "Well we all get together and we do a lot of talking." She smiled, and walked over to him, and wrapped her arms around his middle. He smiled, kissed the top of her head, and hugged her back. "Happy?"
"I can't believe how well it all went."
"I had a feeling, they all love you, you know."
She smiled, looked up at him, and kissed him. "And I love them, and you."
He smiled and kissed her again. "I think we should head to bed, at least I should, I have to work tomorrow." She smiled and agreed and they went and changed, and then she snuck into bed with him. He wrapped his arms around her, and they fell asleep.
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A couple more days passed, and John and Greta spent more time together. Sometimes they brought Marlena along, other times Belle or Brady. But mostly they just wanted time alone, to get to know each other as father and daughter. They actually found out that it wasn't that hard to do.
And while they spent time together, Eric still went to work. He was happy for a few days, because Nicole and Lucas had actually left for a few days on a vacation together. He didn't have to deal with her. He loved his work, he loved photography, but he hated being around Nicole. And when they came back early from their vacation he was extremely disappointed.
He got done with his work, and hurried back to the apartment. Tonight him and Greta were going to figure out exactly where they would go next weekend. He smiled, one more week. No snow, no danger, just them. They were both looking forward to it, immensely.
A little bit later, he walked into the apartment, and found Greta on the phone. He kissed her on the check, and then put his keys and wallet on the side table. He sat down, took off his shoes, and laid back on the couch.
"Okay, that's great. I'll let you know soon. Okay, bye." She hung up the phone, and sat down on the couch beside Eric.
"Who was that?" He asked looking up at her.
She leaned down and kissed him, and then sat back up. "That was the Realtor from Paris."
"Oh?"
"They found a buyer, and they want to finalize and get everything signed to move in."
"That's great." He said and sat up. She looked at him, not wanting to say the rest. "What? What is it."
"They want to do the paper work soon, like this week."
"How long will it take?"
"Well to get everything finalized and everything, and by the time I get out there. It could take a little over a week." He closed his eyes, and laid back down. "I know, I know. It seems like every time we can, something happens. But maybe, it won't take that long, and I can get back early." She moved to straddle him, and laid down over him. He smiled up at her, "I'll make it up to you." She said with a seductive smile.
"Mmm, how may I ask?" He asked with a twinkle in his eyes.
"You'll just have to wait and see."
Eric groaned, "Yeah but how long do I have to wait?" He said with a wink.
"I promise, when I get back from Paris we will go away for the weekend, alone, together."
"I wish I could go with you, but I have photo shoots scheduled."
"I know, I wish you could too." She kissed him again.
"So when are you going to make the flight reservations?"
She looked over at the phone, "Well the sooner I go, the sooner I get back."
He smiled, patted her on the back, "Go make the reservations." She jumped up, and called. After some time, she finally got a flight the next morning at eight a.m.
That night they made dinner together, and actually broke out the candles and wine, then went to bed early. But instead of sleeping, they cuddled up to one another and spent the hours talking. "I'm going to miss you so much," Greta said looking into his eyes.
"And I'm going to miss you too," He said and kissed her. "I love you Greta."
"I love you too." She said. They kissed good night, and then fell asleep in each other's arms.
The next morning, they both got up early, and Eric drove her to the airport for her flight.
They kissed each other at the boarding gate. "Last call for light 803 to Paris, France." Called the flight attendant.
"I have to go." Greta said in Eric's arms. She moved to leave, but he wouldn't let go. "Eric..."
"Hurry back."
"I will."
"Be careful, and call me when you get there."
She smiled at him, "I will." They kissed again, and finally he let her go. "I love you." She said and walked to the gate.
"I love you too," he called after her, and watched her walk through the gate. The flight attendant closed the doors and followed her.
Eric watched out of the airport windows as the plane taxied down the runway, and then took off. He then slowly walked out of the airport, and drove to Titan.
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Greta watched out the window of the plane, as the land got further and further away. "I'll be back soon." She said softly.
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To Be Continued
WRITTEN BY: Heather Ferguson (fergus80)
EMAIL: hferguso@niu.edu
WEBSITE: http://eric_greta.tripod.com (from when Jensen was on days)
Rating: If you can watch DAYS, you can read this. If there is a rating change, a link to the chap. will be provided.
Disclaimer: Days of Our Lives and all of their characters are property of Corday Productions and NBC.
My Rant: Okay, I'm finally putting this up on FanFiction.net. Mostly to free up my website space. This was started way back in Oct. of 1999, and I haven't decided if it's finished yet or not. Reviews are always welcome!
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Marlena opened the door, "Greta, this is a surprise."
"Sorry to just come over without calling." She said as she walked in, and Marlena closed the door behind her.
"Oh, it's no problem at all." They went over to the couch, and Greta sat down. "Would you like something to drink?"
"No, I'm fine, but thank you." Greta replied, and Marlena sat down across from her.
"So, did you stop by to talk about something, or someone?" She asked with a wink.
Greta laughed. "Well I was in the neighborhood and I thought I would stop by and see how everything was."
The two talked for awhile about things, and Eric. Greta laughed as they went through the family photo albums. Greta was waiting for an opportunity, and she got one, just like before when the phone rang. She excused herself to the bathroom, and went upstairs.
She passed by the main bathroom and the kids bedrooms and went right for the master bedroom. She opened the door and shut it quickly. She headed directly to the bathroom, and looked through it for a hair brush. She found Marlena's, but it took her a little longer to find John's. When she did, she was very disappointed. It was clean, not one hair on it. *Now what?* She thought to herself, then she had one more idea. She quickly exited the bathroom and bedroom and headed to the main bathroom. She opened up the side drawer, and found Brady's and Belle's hair brushes. She took some of the black hair from the one, and the blond hair from the other, and placed it in the other bag labeled John, from her pocket. She then put the hair bag back in her pocket. She smiled, she had done it. Now all she had to do was get the samples to the lab.
She walked out of the bathroom, and headed back down stairs, just as Marlena was getting off the phone.
"Well, Greta, I hate to do this, but I have to go to the hospital, a patient really needs to see me."
"Oh, that's okay. I understand, I need to get some other errands done anyway."
Marlena grabbed her purse, and they both walked to the door. They then headed down the elevator, "Well, we will have to have lunch sometime and continue our talk."
Greta smiled, "I would like that."
Marlena grinned in return, "So would I."
They then parted ways, and soon Greta was back in her car and on her way to the lab.
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Eric walked into the apartment, set his key and wallet on the side table, and shut the door behind him. "Greta?" He said, but got no answer. "Guess she's not home yet." He sighed, he was hoping she was, he just wanted to curl up on the couch with her and relax. He was about ready to call her cell phone, just to see when she would get home, when the door opened.
Greta walked in, and set down her stuff and not even a second later, the door was closed and she was swept up into a passionate kiss. Eric pulled her close to him, his mouth plundering hers. Her arms wrapped around him, her mouth opening to allow his tongue access. The kiss continued, their hands roaming each other, and then finally they broke apart. Greta smiled, "Well hello to you too."
"Hey, I missed you." He said following her into her bedroom, with his arms around her waist. "So whatcha do today?"
She paused, "Well I visited your mother, and got to see your baby pictures." She said turning in his arms, and kissing him on the forehead, "Such a cutie pie. Especially in that bunny suit."
"Ohhh no, she showed you those?"
Greta nodded as she pulled away, and grabbed her pajama's, "We aren't going anywhere are we?"
"Nope." He said, as she started pushing him out the door. "What? It's not like I haven't seen it all before." He said with a grin and a wink.
"Yeah, yeah. Well too bad."
She shut the door and started to change.
He leaned against the door, and continued talking. "Now that picture, remember it was Halloween and I was only three years old."
"I know, and as I said it was really cute." She said as she changed quickly then opened the door. She kissed him, "And I think you would still look cute in a bunny suit." She said with a wink, and walked into the kitchen.
He looked at her questioningly, and followed her, "Uhh, Greta, is there some type of fetishes that you have that I should know about?" He said with a smirk.
"Eww, NO." She said and playfully hit his shoulder, then she got a seductive grin on her face, "At least not anything like that." She grabbed a can of pop out of the fridge and went to sit down. He grabbed one too, and then went to sit down.
He looked at her for a few minutes, then after thinking through things, he spoke. "What, what are they?" He said very curious.
She laughed, "I'm not telling."
"But, you can tell me."
She laughed, "Maybe another time." She said as she opened the can and took a drink then set it on the table. He set his can down as well and moved over to her, and tickled her side. "Tell me." And he tickled her again, and she laughed trying to move away.
"Nevvvverrrrr." She laughed and giggled as he continued, she tried to wrestle away from him, and gave up. She then tried to tickle him, in the spots she knew he was ticklish. Soon they were both giggling and laughing, and rolling around on the couch. Greta finally got some leverage, and rolled him over. She laughed triumphantly when she got on top.
Eric grinned at her, "Well if I would have known you liked to be on top so much..." He didn't get to finish his statement as another playful hit, hit his chest. He laughed, then grabbed her arms to his chest. She tried to struggle, but when his one hand came to the back of her head, and pulled her down to a kiss, she stopped resisting. They continued kissing, both hearts racing, breathing becoming erratic. Eric slowly broke away, and took a deep breath. "How much longer."
Greta kissed him again, moved her hips slightly, got the response from him she wanted, then spoke, "About two and half weeks."
"Ahhhhh," he screamed and she laughed. "No I'm okay. As long as it's you, I would wait forever," she smiled, and he received another kiss. Eventually they broke apart, tried to get those thoughts out of their head, and relaxed together for the night.
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A few days had passed already since Greta had dropped the samples off at the DNA lab, she was going crazy waiting for the results. *They should be done soon.*
Eric watched her out of the corner of his eye as he watched TV and munched on some pop corn, finally he just asked. "Greta, what's wrong?"
She looked over at him. "Nothing, just..." She thought for a minute, *I just need to relax,* she thought to herself. "I think I'm going to go take a bath, and relax."
He gave he a look, sitting down the popcorn. She smiled at him wickedly, "And no, you can't come with me."
He gave a large pout, "Oh, you are no fun."
She walked past him, and leaned over the side of the couch kissed him on the cheak and then whispered into his ear, "In two weeks you can join me whenever you want." She gave him a quick kiss, and then ran into the bathroom, with him hot on her heels, she shut the door, and locked it quickly.
He turned around and walked back to the couch laughing, he flopped down on the couch, and continued watching the television again.
At some point he had fallen asleep and woke with a start, with a knock at the door. Then he heard her yell out to him, "Eric? Eric, can you get that, I'm drying off."
He shook his head to get the sleep out, "Yeah." And he stood up and walked to the door, and opened it.
A guy was on the other side, "Is Ms. Greta Von Amburg here?"
"Yes she is, but she's occupied at the moment, can I help you?"
"Yeah, she has a delivery here." He said handing Eric a white, large envelope.
"Thanks."
With the the guy left and Eric shut the door, he walked over to the bathroom door, looking at the envelope. He read the address on the front, and did a double take. Greta walked out of the bathroom, in a towel, drying her hair. "Who was it?" She asked.
Eric looked at her, "It was a delivery guy, from the same lab that did that DNA test on your mother."
Greta looked up at him, and saw the questioning look on his face, and sighed. She closed her eyes, and walked into her bedroom, he followed her.
"Greta what is going on here? What do you need with DNA tests?"
She took out some clothes, and set them on the bed. "Eric, let me get dressed, and then we can talk, and then I really want to look at that envelope."
He saw the pleading look in her eyes, and agreed, he walked back out into the living room and sat back down on the couch. He stared at the envelope trying to figure out exactly what was in it, and why Greta hadn't told him about it.
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Greta hurried up and got dressed, put on some lotion, combed out her hair. She didn't want to have this conversation yet, and she knew Eric wouldn't be happy about it. She was just hoping she would have time to figure out how to tell him. She sighed, ran her fingers through her wet hair, and decided to just face him. She walked out of the bedroom, and too the couch. And sat down next to him, she looked into his eyes, and saw the questioning look in them.
She took a deep breath, and began. "Eric do you remember that I told you that my mother told me something before she died?"
He nodded his head yes.
"I know you asked me about it a few times, and I just said I wasn't ready to talk about it. Well she told me who my father was."
Eric looked at her in shock, but let her continue.
"The reason I didn't tell anyone, is that with everything my mother has done, I didn't trust her to be telling the truth. And I didn't want to take the chance and ruin someone's life by telling them I'm their daughter and then not being."
He nodded, "That makes sense. But why didn't you tell me? I could try and help you figure it out."
She took a deep breath, "Because there were two possible people and you know both of them." She said and then watched his expression to see if he figured out what she was saying.
He looked at her and it slowly dawned on him, it made perfect sense, the two people who were around her mother the most. "John or Stephano."
She nodded, "Same question as with Hope's baby, another reason I didn't tell anyone. I was waiting to see who the father was. But then the whole avalanche and everything, made me realize I couldn't wait any longer."
Eric reached out, and took her hand in his, and let her go on.
"I didn't want to tell anyone, cause I wasn't sure myself. I was afraid how you would react..."
He cut her off, "Why would you be afraid of how I would react?"
"Well, John is your mother's husband, your stepfather." Eric grinned slightly on that, "And well, Stephano is the mortal enemy of the Brady's."
He began to understand why she hadn't told him.
"And I didn't tell you, because you wouldn't have let me use the plan I had to get the DNA samples."
He looked at her, "DNA samples?" He then looked at the envelope in his hands, "How the hell did you get a sample of Stephano's DNA?"
"I went to go see him."
"You what!?!"
"I knew you wouldn't like it, if I told you."
"You are damn right I wouldn't have liked it."
"Well what else was I supposed to do? I went there pretending to ask questions about my mother, which he was not helpful with at all. But I had the opportunity to get into his bathroom and get some of his DNA from his hair brush."
Eric put his head in his hand, and then ran it through his hair. He shook his head, "Well at least the DNA test my say if he is human or not." He looked at her, realizing what he might possibly be saying, "But either way Greta, you are nothing like him, you have to know that."
"I know, and that is why, if he does turn out to be my father, I'm not telling anyone, but you."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, you have seen what he is like with his children. What he can do. And if I am, I am sure he has no idea. I don't want to have to deal with him."
Eric understood completely. "Okay." He then looked at Greta, "Your mother told you it was John didn't she?"
"How did you know that?"
"Because, why would she lie and tell you it was Stephano?"
She smiled, "That's true. Yes, my mother told me John was my father, and I believed her for awhile. She had always told me I was created by a great love. But then when I saw how close Hope was as my mother with Stephano, I wasn't so sure anymore."
He looked at her, then the envelope, "Well there is only one way to find out."
Greta looked at him, and then the envelope in his hand, she took a deep breath, and he handed her the envelop. She ripped it open, took out the piece of paper and read it.
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Greta looked at the piece of paper that would confirm the identity of her father. She read it, and read it again, to let it sink in.
Eric looked at her, trying to read from her face who it was, he was in just as much suspense as she was.
She folded up the piece of paper, and with a blank look on her face moved closer to him, and hugged him. He hugged her back, and held her, and feared the words she would say. But he vowed to himself, he would not let the fact of her parentage affect his feelings for her.
But she surprised him, "Well we aren't going to have to argue where to spend christmas, stepbrother." He looked her in the eyes, saw the wetness there, and just about cried with her. She smiled, "She told me the truth. She told me the truth," She said again, and hugged him.
He wrapped his arms around her, and let out the breath he didn't know he was holding. He was extremely happy for her, he knew it would be a little weird, being stepbrother and stepsister, but heck, Bo and Billie where sort of, and this was Salem.
She looked back up at him, "I'm just worried, to tell him."
"Why?'
"Well, with the question of Hope's baby and all, the whole thing with Gina, and everything. I don't want to do anything to jeopardize John and your mom's marriage."
"Greta..." He trailed off shacking his head. "They both love you, and you would be family eventually anyway," he said with a wink and she smiled. "It's not like it just happened, it happened a long time before they even knew each other. And if they have already basically worked through the other, and all kinds of other obstacles, this will not be a problem." He smiled, kisses her softly, "Besides, you not only have a father to tell, but a half sister, a half brother, a step mom, a step sister, and well you told me already." He said sliding her to sit on his lap.
The tears ran down her cheeks, "A family."
He smiled, "A very big family. Which you are a part of."
She smiled wider, more tears running down her face, "A real family." He kissed her again, and leaned back against the couch, and laid her head on his chest, lightly caressing her back. He kissed the top of her head, letting the news sink in for both of them. They sat there like that for a long time. Then he spoke softly, "So when do you want to tell them? Soon or wait for the results of the baby."
She thought about it for a minute. "Now that I think about it, before would be better. Mostly to get it out of the way, and then I can be there for him as his daughter either way."
Eric smiled. "Okay, so when?" She looked at him, then at the clock, it was still early. He looked at her, already knowing what she was going to say, "Now?"
"To soon?"
He smiled, "No, I just thought you would wait awhile is all."
She smiled, "Normally I would, but I have waited so long already, and the baby could be born anytime now."
He agreed, and they both stood up. Eric called Marlena, and she picked up the phone. He asked if they were free for the night, and they were, and then asked if the they could come to the penthouse and see them. Marlena said that it would be wonderful, and that she would see them soon. He then hung up the phone, Greta grabbed the letter, and they left.
Greta was very nervous on the way over, "Maybe we should wait, it is kind of soon."
"Wait till when?" he asked her, reaching out to take her hand, and kiss the top of it.
"I don't know, something happens, and someone needs blood and I'm the only match."
Eric laughed, "You be surprised at how often that happens." She laughed too, "Greta, you know it's the best to tell them, and not keep it from them."
She agreed, and soon they pulled into the penthouse parking ramp. They made their way inside and up the elevator. Belle answered the door and they each got a hug from her. They walked in the door.
"Hey Eric, looks like everyone's here." Sami said from the couch with Marlena sitting beside her.
Eric looked over at Greta, and he could see her trying to retreat, there was just to many people here. He held her hand to try and comfort her, and she smiled up at him.
Marlena looked at the too of them, with a questioning look in her eyes. She stood up and moved over to them, "Is there some type of news we should know about?"
Greta looked at her in shock, "News? What... what do you mean?"
Marlena's eyes grew wider and took Greta's left hand, while Greta just stared at her. She saw the blank ring finger, and Eric understood and laughed.
"No, mom, nothing like that."
John came up and held Doc's shoulders, "Well it looks like no wedding planning yet. You'll just have to make due with still helping Hope with hers."
"Well, look at them, they came over to tell us something." She said with a smile, and then a slight head tilt.
Eric got the look quickly, "Mother, no."
"What?" She asked innocently.
"No, Greta isn't pregnant either."
Then Greta started laughing, she was starting to feel better, and the thought that she was actually a part of this wonderful family, made everything so much easier.
Eric looked over at Belle, Sami, and Brady, then back to John and Marlena. "Actually, if you all don't mind, we would like to talk to John alone for a minute.
Everyone gave them a weird look, and then after a few seconds John said, "Sure, is the balcony okay?" They nodded and followed him out, with everyone watching them go.
"I wonder what that is all about?" Sami asked to no one in particular.
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Eric shut the door behind them, and held onto Greta's shoulder from behind, feeling her shake a little. His thumbs moved lightly over her shoulders trying to get her to relax a little.
"Okay, what did you want to talk to me alone about?" John asked them.
Greta started to talk, trying to figure out how to word it just right. "Well I know this isn't necessarily the best time for this or anything, but waiting to say it wouldn't be any better either." She took a deep breath, looked into his eyes, then decided better of it, and choose a spot on his chest to look at instead. "Well, umm... When my mother died, she told me something." She stopped.
John reached out and tilted her head to look up at him, "What did she tell you?"
She looked up into his eyes, and a single tear ran down her cheek. "She told me... she told me who my father was." She said quietly.
She watched his eyes, and watched as the understanding went through them. He took a step back, closed his eyes, and spoke, "Why didn't you tell me then?" He said softly.
"Well my mother hasn't always been truthful. I wanted to make sure. Make sure she wasn't protecting me, by telling me you were when someone else was."
"Stephano."
Greta nodded, "I got some of his DNA, and well I tried to get yours, but it didn't work, so I used Belle's instead." She held up the envelope, "The results came today." She handed him the letter, and looked at it. The proof was right there on that piece of paper.
He looked into her eyes, "I don't need the results." He gave them back to her, she looked at him confused. He walked over to her slowly, and rested his hand on her cheek, he closed his eyes and a few memories rushed through his head, he opened his eyes again. "I think somewhere, somehow I always knew it."
Eric smiled as John opened up his arms, and Greta fell into them for a hug. She had always considered him a father figure, as Father John, she just never knew until now, how true his name was for her. John closed his eyes, and rested his head on the top of hers, and just held her to him.
Eric turned around when her heard the door open softly to see Marlena there, with Sami, Belle, and Brady right behind her. "We just wanted to make sure everything is okay."
They all walked back inside, and John pulled Greta back in for another hug. John motioned Eric to give Marlena the piece of paper.
"What is this?" She asked as she started to read it, then she looked up, "Oh my." She said covering her one hand with her mouth.
"What?" The other three asked impatient.
Marlena looked at Greta, and walked over to her, "Welcome to the family." She said and hugged the both of them.
"What is going on?" Belle asked confused, as Sami hugged Eric.
John laughed, "Belle, Greta is my daughter." Belle's and Brady's eye's light up. "And therefore, she is both of yours' half sister."
Belle smiled and ran over and joined the hug. Brady wasn't so giddy, but was still happy and joined the the hug as well. "Wait a minute. Doesn't that mean that Eric is Greta's brother too?"
Eric groaned, "NO."
Marlena laughed, "No sweetie, they are only related by you and me and your dad being married."
"Oh, yeah that makes sense."
"So you are all okay by this?" Greta asked them all, after they broke apart.
"Well, I'm not that surprised by it." Marlena said, and John nodded in agreement.
"Hey, I have another older sister." Belle said with a smile.
"The bigger the family the better, right?" Brady asked.
"Hey you would be family eventually anyway." Sami added.
"Will everyone stop with that." Eric said blushing slightly. "When and if we are ready for that we will."
"Okay, okay. We get the hint." Marlena said.
They then all sat down, talked, ate dinner together, and just basically bonded as a family. Greta felt like she was in heaven. Her whole life she wanted to be part of a family, a large family, a normal family. And now, well she was, even though most wouldn't consider it normal, it was perfect for her.
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Eric opened the door to the apartment, and ushered Greta in ahead of him, then walked inside himself. She turned on the lights as he shut and locked the door. "Oh my god, it's two in the morning." Greta said looking at him.
Eric laughed, "Well we all get together and we do a lot of talking." She smiled, and walked over to him, and wrapped her arms around his middle. He smiled, kissed the top of her head, and hugged her back. "Happy?"
"I can't believe how well it all went."
"I had a feeling, they all love you, you know."
She smiled, looked up at him, and kissed him. "And I love them, and you."
He smiled and kissed her again. "I think we should head to bed, at least I should, I have to work tomorrow." She smiled and agreed and they went and changed, and then she snuck into bed with him. He wrapped his arms around her, and they fell asleep.
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A couple more days passed, and John and Greta spent more time together. Sometimes they brought Marlena along, other times Belle or Brady. But mostly they just wanted time alone, to get to know each other as father and daughter. They actually found out that it wasn't that hard to do.
And while they spent time together, Eric still went to work. He was happy for a few days, because Nicole and Lucas had actually left for a few days on a vacation together. He didn't have to deal with her. He loved his work, he loved photography, but he hated being around Nicole. And when they came back early from their vacation he was extremely disappointed.
He got done with his work, and hurried back to the apartment. Tonight him and Greta were going to figure out exactly where they would go next weekend. He smiled, one more week. No snow, no danger, just them. They were both looking forward to it, immensely.
A little bit later, he walked into the apartment, and found Greta on the phone. He kissed her on the check, and then put his keys and wallet on the side table. He sat down, took off his shoes, and laid back on the couch.
"Okay, that's great. I'll let you know soon. Okay, bye." She hung up the phone, and sat down on the couch beside Eric.
"Who was that?" He asked looking up at her.
She leaned down and kissed him, and then sat back up. "That was the Realtor from Paris."
"Oh?"
"They found a buyer, and they want to finalize and get everything signed to move in."
"That's great." He said and sat up. She looked at him, not wanting to say the rest. "What? What is it."
"They want to do the paper work soon, like this week."
"How long will it take?"
"Well to get everything finalized and everything, and by the time I get out there. It could take a little over a week." He closed his eyes, and laid back down. "I know, I know. It seems like every time we can, something happens. But maybe, it won't take that long, and I can get back early." She moved to straddle him, and laid down over him. He smiled up at her, "I'll make it up to you." She said with a seductive smile.
"Mmm, how may I ask?" He asked with a twinkle in his eyes.
"You'll just have to wait and see."
Eric groaned, "Yeah but how long do I have to wait?" He said with a wink.
"I promise, when I get back from Paris we will go away for the weekend, alone, together."
"I wish I could go with you, but I have photo shoots scheduled."
"I know, I wish you could too." She kissed him again.
"So when are you going to make the flight reservations?"
She looked over at the phone, "Well the sooner I go, the sooner I get back."
He smiled, patted her on the back, "Go make the reservations." She jumped up, and called. After some time, she finally got a flight the next morning at eight a.m.
That night they made dinner together, and actually broke out the candles and wine, then went to bed early. But instead of sleeping, they cuddled up to one another and spent the hours talking. "I'm going to miss you so much," Greta said looking into his eyes.
"And I'm going to miss you too," He said and kissed her. "I love you Greta."
"I love you too." She said. They kissed good night, and then fell asleep in each other's arms.
The next morning, they both got up early, and Eric drove her to the airport for her flight.
They kissed each other at the boarding gate. "Last call for light 803 to Paris, France." Called the flight attendant.
"I have to go." Greta said in Eric's arms. She moved to leave, but he wouldn't let go. "Eric..."
"Hurry back."
"I will."
"Be careful, and call me when you get there."
She smiled at him, "I will." They kissed again, and finally he let her go. "I love you." She said and walked to the gate.
"I love you too," he called after her, and watched her walk through the gate. The flight attendant closed the doors and followed her.
Eric watched out of the airport windows as the plane taxied down the runway, and then took off. He then slowly walked out of the airport, and drove to Titan.
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Greta watched out the window of the plane, as the land got further and further away. "I'll be back soon." She said softly.
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To Be Continued