TITLE: DAYS Fairy Tale: Eric & Greta: Chapters 71-75
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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Nicole smiled as she heard Greta run down the hall and slam the door behind her. She looked over at Eric, he was still sound asleep. She curled up closer to him, rested her hand on his chest, then head, and went back to sleep with a contented smile on her face.
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Eric woke up slowly, and pulled the warm body next to him closer. As his thought came back to him, he realized the person wasn't dressed, which was weird, cause Greta always at least wore one of his T-shirts. He opened his eyes and just about jumped out of bed. "Nicole?! What the hell are you doing here?" He yelled.
"What do you mean what am I doing here?" She asked him.
He looked around the room, he saw the clothes all over the room, and then noticed he wasn't wearing his. "What the hell happened?" He felt like he was going to get sick.
"You don't remember?" He gave her a strange look. "Remember the shoot was canceled, I said we should go to the Blue Note and talk about another upcoming shoot. You agreed, we had drinks, and one thing led to another." She smiled, "It was just like old times."
He got out of bed, and pulled on a pair of jeans. His head was swimming, and he almost fell over. *The alcohol?* He certainly felt sick to his stomach, for more than one reason, he thought looking over at Nicole with the sheet wrapped around her.
He walked out of his room to go to the bathroom, his head spinning, he stopped in the middle of the hall and stared. Greta's bags were sitting in the middle of the floor. His head started to clear quickly, and he was getting angry. He walked back into his room, to find Nicole still in his bed.
"Greta saw us, together in bed, didn't she."
"Greta's in Paris." Nicole said innocently.
"Then why is her luggage in the hall?" He asked, and he caught a fast smirk on her face. He then got angry. "You set this all up didn't you?"
"What?"
"We never went to get drinks."
"Yes we did."
"Then if I call there, and ask, they will tell me I was there, right? I mean I do know some of the wait staff."
"Uhh, No. They wouldn't know, that shift would be over now."
"Yeah, right." He looked around the room. He didn't remember any of it, in fact he didn't remember anything back to the photo lab. He remembered feeling very warm. He looked back at Nicole, and his mind was snapping everything together. *The pop, with the ice, it tasted a little weird.... She drugged me.* He looked at the clock, it was the only possible answer, there wasn't time for him to get that plastered to have sex with her and then not even remember. He looked back at her, "So you are saying we had sex." He walked over to her, his anger flaring.
"Yes, it was amazing, as always. Don't you remember."
"No." She looked shocked. "Don't give me that Nicole, you know we didn't."
"Yes we did."
"Then where is the proof?"
"What do you mean proof?"
"Well... where's the condom for one."
She looked panicked, "You couldn't wait, we didn't use one."
"That's funny, we always did before."
"Well we didn't."
"Okay, fine." He grabbed the blankets and sheets including her navy one, and pulled it off the bed. "The sheets look clean to me. I'll say it again, where's the proof?"
She stood up, grabbing her dress, and putting it on. "We woke up in bed together naked, what other proof do you want?" She screamed.
"Something that tells me that we actually did something, and that you didn't just drug me and set it all up to get Greta to find us together." He said grabbing his shirt and pulling it on.
"What? I didn't drug you."
"Oh come one Nicole, Sami is my twin sister, I know all about drugging people to get them to sleep with you. The only difference is that we didn't actually have sex."
Nicole tried to convince him, but Eric shook his head, "Just wait till Lucas hears about this one."
"You wouldn't."
"Well Greta knows, why shouldn't Lucas too? You know, my only question is, how did you know Greta was getting home early?" He picked up the rest of her clothes, grabbed her by the arm, and led her to the door. "Now get out, and stay the hell out of my life." With that he slammed the door, put on his shoes, grabbed his wallet and keys, and then ran out the door himself to his jeep.
He opened the Jeep's door, and sat down, buckled his seat belt and started the engine. Then he stopped, *What am I going to do? He asked himself. *Greta will never believe me, I understand that. I need proof.*
He pulled out of the parking spot, and drove to the hospital, calling his dad along the way. "I'm not going to let you ruin my life Nicole, I won't let you."
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Eric arrived at the hospital and made his way up the elevator, he rounded the corner, and saw Lexi. "Thank God, Lexi, so glad you are here, I need your help."
Lexi looked at him, he looked frantic, "Okay, calm down, what's wrong?"
Eric took a deep breath, "I need a drug test."
"What?" Lexi asked confused.
"I need you to test me and find any drug in my system that you can, and then be able to tell me what that drug is."
"Oh kay, but why?"
Eric looked around, noticing that he was getting a lot of attention, he then saw his dad, and motioned Roman over.
"Eric, what was so important that you had me get here so fast?" He asked.
"Nicole drugged me, and set me up."
"What?" Roman and Lexi said in unison.
"She somehow found out that Greta was getting home early, drugged me, and had it look like we slept together."
"Oh my God," Lexi said in shock. She thought for a minute, "Okay, I will need to get some blood and urine tests set up quickly." Lexi said rushing to get stuff ready, motioning them into an exam room.
Roman followed Eric into the room. Eric sat down on one of the beds. "How did this happen?"
"I'm not exactly sure, I think she drugged the pop she got me at work, at least that is the last thing I remember doing before I woke up naked with her next to me, and then finding Greta's luggage in the hall."
Roman closed his eyes, "I knew that woman was trouble."
"I wish I would have listened to you back then." Eric said with a sigh. "Then I wouldn't be in this predicament with Greta."
"I can only imagine what she said." Roman said shaking his head.
"She didn't."
"What?"
"I was sleep when she found us, and I think she just left, I have no idea where she is."
"Haven't you looked?" Roman asked him shocked.
"Would you believe me if you were her? I decided I need some proof first."
Lexi walked in, "Ready?" Eric nodded, and rolled up his sleeve. Lexi took three vials of blood, and then put a bandage on his arm. She then held up a plastic cup, "Bathroom's over there." She said pointing, "You can leave the cup in there". Eric stood up, and went in. He came back out a few minutes later, and Lexi went to get the tests done.
"When these tests come back, and they say what I think they will say..." Eric said looking at Roman, "I want to press charges against Nicole."
Roman smiled, "That won't be a problem, when they get back, I'll call Abe and they can go pick her up."
Eric half smiled, "And I think Lucas needs to know exactly what his wife has been up too."
Roman grinned wider, "Yeah, he should."
Eric put his face into his hands, "I'm just worried about Greta. I can only imagine what she is thinking and feeling. I have no idea where she is, if she will even take me back."
Roman put a hand on Eric's shoulder, "If you show her the test results, and give her a little time to think it through, I think it will be okay. You just need to find her." Eric nodded.
Lexi came back and told them that she put a rush on the results, since it was now a possible criminal case, and told them it shouldn't take to long, and they could go and sit in the waiting area.
But Eric didn't sit, he just paced back and forth. The longer he spent at the hospital the longer Greta thought the worst of him. He leaned on the counter and ran his hand through his hair. *I can't lose her.* He told himself, again and again.
He saw Lexi come around the corner with a folder and wave it at him, they both rushed over to her. "I have the results," she said opening the folder.
"Well? What are they?" He asked her.
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Lexi read down the list and her eyes went wide, "Well?" Eric asked again, impatient.
"Well you and Nicole definitely didn't sleep together, I'm surprised you are even awake now, with that much in your system."
She showed them the drug report, and Roman whistled, "Not only did she just drug you Eric, that stuff is only available on the black-market. She'll be going away a long time." Roman got out his cell phone and called the police station. He ordered a search warrant for the Titan photo lab to look for the glass that Eric drank from, and any other evidence. He also sent an officer to pick up Nicole and take her to the station.
"Lexi, I could use a couple copies of that drug test." Roman said.
"No problem," Lexi went and made a couple copies, handing Roman a couple and giving Eric one as well. Eric stood there still in a sort of shock, and Lexi spoke to him. "Eric, I can tell you that you and Nicole didn't do anything. And if you want me too, I can tell Greta the same thing. You were out cold, you wouldn't have been able to lift a finger let along anything else." She said with a wink. Eric caught her slight joke, and it brought him back to reality. "Now, go find her!" Lexi said shoving him to the elevator.
He hit the button, and turned back to them. "Thanks Lexi." She nodded, "And dad.."
"I'll call and let you know anything." Roman told him.
Eric nodded and headed into the elevator when the door opened. He pushed his floor, and leaned against the wall and closed his eyes as the doors shut. *Now, where could she be?* He asked himself.
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He drove around town, trying to think of where she could be. He knew she had to have taken a cab or walked because her car was still parked in the same spot since she left for Paris. He tried the usual places, Salem Place, the Pier, and Salem Park, all three unsuccessful, and decided he need reinforcements.
He made his way out of the elevator and knocked on the door, and Marlena opened it with a shocked look on her face. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
Eric looked at her confused and then saw and angry John come walking over to him, "Why I ought to."
Marlena held him back, "John calm down."
"Me calm down? Why should I, after what he's done? You saw her, why should I be calm?"
"You've seen Greta?" Eric asked hopeful, "Do you know where she is?"
"Eric, I think right now, it would be best if you left, and let everyone just cool down."
"She's here, isn't she." He said looking around, "Greta!" He yelled, and started to run for the stairs, "Greta!" But was pulled back by a strong hand on his arm.
"You aren't going anywhere," John said with a scowl.
"I didn't do anything John."
"Like hell."
"I was set up, and drugged." He yelled at him, holding up the piece of paper. John took the paper from him with his other hand, still holding on to him. He read the paper, and then showed it to Marlena. "What does that mean?" He asked her.
"Oh my," she said, "What? How did you get this in your system?" Marlena asked pulling John's hand off Eric's arm.
Eric rubbed his arm, "Nicole drugged me."
"What?" How?" John asked skeptical.
"We were at the lab, she asked if I wanted anything to drink, I said sure, I'd take a soda. I was shocked at first but didn't think anything of it when she handed me a glass. Wasn't sure why she had poured it out of the can. I drank it, tasted weird. She said the ice must have watered it down. I started to feel warm, and that was the last thing I knew." He closed his eyes, "Until I woke up with Nicole next to me and Greta's bags in the hallway."
John looked at Marlena, "John, there's no way he had sex with Nicole."
"She set me up. She somehow found out Greta was coming home early and set me up." Eric said looking at them, "I need to talk to Greta, please. I need to tell her."
John took a step back, and motioned to the stairs, as his one arm went out around Doc and hugged her to him.
Eric took it as a sign of okay, and went for the stairs, but stopped when he saw Greta looking down at them from the railing.
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"Greta?" Eric said, seeing her at the top of the stairs. "I didn't..."
"I know, I heard," she said quietly and turned away from him walking back to the room. Eric looked at John and Marlena, and they looked at him puzzled as well.
Eric ran up the stairs after her, and into the guest room. He shut the door behind him, knowing that this was a private conversation. "Greta?" He said softly.
She stood on the other side of the room, turned away from him. He started to walk closer to her, and reached out to turn her around, and she spoke. "Don't touch me."
His hand froze in mid movement. "I'm sorry that you had to see that, but you need to understand, I didn't sleep with Nicole."
She turned around sharply, and he saw something he never had before. Her face was tear streaked, her eyes read and puffy, he knew that she had been crying a long time, and knew it was from what she had saw, it broke his heart. But she was also extremely angry, at him. "No, not today." She snapped. And walked past him, her shoulder hitting his hard and moving him out of the way.
"What?"
"No, the tests show you couldn't have had sex with her today."
His eyes widened at her implication, "You think I slept with her before?" He couldn't believe that. "Greta, if that where true, then why would she have had to drug me to get me in bed with her?"
Greta shook her head, and raised her voice, "I'm talking about before us!"
Now he was confused, "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Nothing, everything!" She yelled shaking her head.
He walked over to her, and put his hands on her shoulders, and looked into her eyes, his heart broke more as she flinched and tried to move away from his touch. "Greta, I love you. I haven't cheated on you, and I never will. I can only imagine what you felt by what you saw, and I'm sorry you had to see that, but it wasn't real."
She brought up her hands and shoved his arms away from her and walked away again. "You say you love me."
"I do love you."
"But you loved her too once."
"I thought I loved her, but I know now I didn't."
She spun around, "Then how do you know if you really love me? Maybe it's not love, you just think it is, at least until you fall in love with someone else again."
He knew she was just hurt and was taking it out on him, but he was starting to get angry himself, but he tried to push it away. "It was infatuation with Nicole, what we have is love."
"You know she will never stop. She will never stop trying to get you, until she has you."
"Well that will be kind of hard to do in prison."
"What?" Greta asked him confused.
"I'm pressing charges against Nicole, and the drug she used on me, could put her away for awhile."
Greta had to stop and think about that one for a minute, and Eric took the time to walk over to her, and wrap his arms around her. "Greta, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I was ever involved with her, I'm sorry I ever met her. But I'm also grateful that I did too."
Greta looked up at him, "Why?" she asked anger creeping back into her voice.
"Because if she hadn't have broke up with me the way she did, I might never have went to Paris with you. I might never have been able to make such a wonderful friend, and then have that friend turn into the love of my life." He said with a hand on her face, wiping away some of the tears. He leaned down slowly to kiss her, and she pulled away.
"Eric, I want you to go."
"What? Why?"
"I need time to think about all this. I can't be around you right now." She said opening the door, and motioning for him to leave.
Eric stood there in shock, for some reason he did not see this happening, he saw them leaving together in his mind. He slowly walked to the door. He turned around to look at her, "Greta..."
"Just go." She said emotionless.
He walked out the door, and turned again, "I love you." He said softly, and she shut the door.
Eric walked down the stairs his shoulders slumped, Marlena and John went over to him, "What happened?" She asked.
"She doesn't want to look at me right now." He said walking to the door.
Marlena rubbed his back, as they walked, "She just needs some time to sort it all out Honey."
Eric nodded, and with a pat of the back from John, he left for home.
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Greta heard him leave, and she leaned against the door, and slid down it, tears running down her face. She closed her eyes, and the vision of him and Nicole filled her mind again. She opened her eyes, trying to get rid of the thought. "I don't know if I can forget it." She wrapped her arms around herself as the sobs began to rack her body once again.
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Eric unlocked the door to the apartment, flung his keys on the table, and collapsed on the couch. He covered his face with his hands, he couldn't believe how this day had turned out. He stood up, and looked at Greta's luggage still sitting in the hall. It stuck him hard again, and the anger he had for Nicole burned through him. He walked into the kitchen and grabbed a trash bag out of the cupboard. Eric then walked into his bedroom. He ripped the sheets off the bed, along with the pillowcases and tossed them into the trash bag. He then started going through his room, anger fueling his rage. He threw away the first few copies of Bella with his photo's on the cover, of Nicole. He trashed his room, tossing anything that Nicole had ever worn of his, ever used, gave him, or even slightly reminded him of her. He then started through the rest of the apartment. He tore down a large hanging photo of LA he had taken, and threw it into a bag, smiling slightly as he heard the glass break.
Nicole had hurt him for the last time, and he wasn't going to let her ever do it again. After awhile, the apartment was a complete mess, and four garbage bags were sitting by the door. He grabbed them and took them to the trash, and threw them in. "Good riddens," he said and made his way back to the apartment.
He found he felt slightly better, but he was still miserable, he had no idea how he was going to get Greta back. "But I didn't do anything!" He screamed to the ceiling, and tossing himself back onto the couch.
He knew his mother had said that she just needed time to figure things out, to deal with it. He could understand that, but couldn't they deal with it together? Why did she have to be away from him?
The phone rang and he jumped up to answer it, "Greta?" He asked hopefully.
"No, sorry it's me son. Haven't found her yet?" Roman asked on the other end.
Eric sighed, "No I found her, she was at Mom's and John's. I told her everything, but she doesn't want to be around me."
Roman paused for a minute on the other end, "Eric, she's just probably confused, and needs.."
"Some time, yeah Dad I know, Mom said the same thing. But it's still driving me crazy."
"Well, I have some good news for you."
"And what is that?"
"Well Nicole is behind bars, and well..." Roman laughed slightly, "Lucas found out why she was arrested and has gone to his lawyer to get a divorce. You know I almost feel sorry for him."
"Yeah, anyone that has had to deal with Nicole I feel sorry for."
"Also, we went to Titan and we found a couple of glasses in the lab, and one of them does contain the drugs, with both yours and Nicole's fingerprints on the glass. So there shouldn't be to much of a problem proving anything."
"Thanks Dad."
"No, problem. If I get anymore information or need to ask you anything I will let you know, okay?"
"Okay."
"Now take it easy, and don't worry to much. I'm sure everything will be okay."
"Thanks." They said good-bye and Eric looked around the apartment, "Whoah, I really did a number on this place." He sighed, and decided to start cleaning it back up, and take an inventory of what he threw out that he would have to buy.
He was halfway through the front room when the phone rang again, he rushed over, "Hello?"
"Is Ms. Von Amburg there?" Asked the voice.
Eric sighed, "No, she's not, can I take a message?"
"Well this is Green Mountain Lodge, she made a reservation here for the weekend, but it is already 9 o'clock and she has not checked in yet. Will she be coming in late, or should we cancel the reservation?"
Eric closed his eyes and slid down the wall, as he listen to the woman talk. *Oh my God.* He thought to himself. Then he answered the girl, "No, something unexpected happened and she will not be able to make it. Please cancel those reservations."
"Okay, thank you. Good-bye." With that the lady hung up the phone, and Eric turned his off and set it on the floor next to him, and put his elbows on his knees resting his face in his hands. He started to talk to himself, "She made reservations at Green Mountain Lodge for the two of us. She came home early to surprise me. She wanted to go up to the cabins, and ... and make love." He said closing his eyes. "God! To come home and see that." His heart was breaking again, at this moment, everything could have been so different. They could be up at the Lodge, in their room, drinking champagne, dancing, and making love. But instead Greta was at his mother's crying her eyes out trying to figure things out, he was alone sitting on the floor of his apartment, tears running down his own face. All because he had trusted Nicole, he had known that she was after him, he knew what she was like. He shouldn't have trusted her as far as he could have thrown her.
Eric jumped slightly when he heard the phone ring again, *Maybe?* He asked himself as he answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Eric, it's John."
Eric sat up straight, "John, how is she? What's wrong?"
"Eric... I don't know how to say this, but..."
"But what, John?"
"Greta's gone."
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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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Nicole smiled as she heard Greta run down the hall and slam the door behind her. She looked over at Eric, he was still sound asleep. She curled up closer to him, rested her hand on his chest, then head, and went back to sleep with a contented smile on her face.
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Eric woke up slowly, and pulled the warm body next to him closer. As his thought came back to him, he realized the person wasn't dressed, which was weird, cause Greta always at least wore one of his T-shirts. He opened his eyes and just about jumped out of bed. "Nicole?! What the hell are you doing here?" He yelled.
"What do you mean what am I doing here?" She asked him.
He looked around the room, he saw the clothes all over the room, and then noticed he wasn't wearing his. "What the hell happened?" He felt like he was going to get sick.
"You don't remember?" He gave her a strange look. "Remember the shoot was canceled, I said we should go to the Blue Note and talk about another upcoming shoot. You agreed, we had drinks, and one thing led to another." She smiled, "It was just like old times."
He got out of bed, and pulled on a pair of jeans. His head was swimming, and he almost fell over. *The alcohol?* He certainly felt sick to his stomach, for more than one reason, he thought looking over at Nicole with the sheet wrapped around her.
He walked out of his room to go to the bathroom, his head spinning, he stopped in the middle of the hall and stared. Greta's bags were sitting in the middle of the floor. His head started to clear quickly, and he was getting angry. He walked back into his room, to find Nicole still in his bed.
"Greta saw us, together in bed, didn't she."
"Greta's in Paris." Nicole said innocently.
"Then why is her luggage in the hall?" He asked, and he caught a fast smirk on her face. He then got angry. "You set this all up didn't you?"
"What?"
"We never went to get drinks."
"Yes we did."
"Then if I call there, and ask, they will tell me I was there, right? I mean I do know some of the wait staff."
"Uhh, No. They wouldn't know, that shift would be over now."
"Yeah, right." He looked around the room. He didn't remember any of it, in fact he didn't remember anything back to the photo lab. He remembered feeling very warm. He looked back at Nicole, and his mind was snapping everything together. *The pop, with the ice, it tasted a little weird.... She drugged me.* He looked at the clock, it was the only possible answer, there wasn't time for him to get that plastered to have sex with her and then not even remember. He looked back at her, "So you are saying we had sex." He walked over to her, his anger flaring.
"Yes, it was amazing, as always. Don't you remember."
"No." She looked shocked. "Don't give me that Nicole, you know we didn't."
"Yes we did."
"Then where is the proof?"
"What do you mean proof?"
"Well... where's the condom for one."
She looked panicked, "You couldn't wait, we didn't use one."
"That's funny, we always did before."
"Well we didn't."
"Okay, fine." He grabbed the blankets and sheets including her navy one, and pulled it off the bed. "The sheets look clean to me. I'll say it again, where's the proof?"
She stood up, grabbing her dress, and putting it on. "We woke up in bed together naked, what other proof do you want?" She screamed.
"Something that tells me that we actually did something, and that you didn't just drug me and set it all up to get Greta to find us together." He said grabbing his shirt and pulling it on.
"What? I didn't drug you."
"Oh come one Nicole, Sami is my twin sister, I know all about drugging people to get them to sleep with you. The only difference is that we didn't actually have sex."
Nicole tried to convince him, but Eric shook his head, "Just wait till Lucas hears about this one."
"You wouldn't."
"Well Greta knows, why shouldn't Lucas too? You know, my only question is, how did you know Greta was getting home early?" He picked up the rest of her clothes, grabbed her by the arm, and led her to the door. "Now get out, and stay the hell out of my life." With that he slammed the door, put on his shoes, grabbed his wallet and keys, and then ran out the door himself to his jeep.
He opened the Jeep's door, and sat down, buckled his seat belt and started the engine. Then he stopped, *What am I going to do? He asked himself. *Greta will never believe me, I understand that. I need proof.*
He pulled out of the parking spot, and drove to the hospital, calling his dad along the way. "I'm not going to let you ruin my life Nicole, I won't let you."
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Eric arrived at the hospital and made his way up the elevator, he rounded the corner, and saw Lexi. "Thank God, Lexi, so glad you are here, I need your help."
Lexi looked at him, he looked frantic, "Okay, calm down, what's wrong?"
Eric took a deep breath, "I need a drug test."
"What?" Lexi asked confused.
"I need you to test me and find any drug in my system that you can, and then be able to tell me what that drug is."
"Oh kay, but why?"
Eric looked around, noticing that he was getting a lot of attention, he then saw his dad, and motioned Roman over.
"Eric, what was so important that you had me get here so fast?" He asked.
"Nicole drugged me, and set me up."
"What?" Roman and Lexi said in unison.
"She somehow found out that Greta was getting home early, drugged me, and had it look like we slept together."
"Oh my God," Lexi said in shock. She thought for a minute, "Okay, I will need to get some blood and urine tests set up quickly." Lexi said rushing to get stuff ready, motioning them into an exam room.
Roman followed Eric into the room. Eric sat down on one of the beds. "How did this happen?"
"I'm not exactly sure, I think she drugged the pop she got me at work, at least that is the last thing I remember doing before I woke up naked with her next to me, and then finding Greta's luggage in the hall."
Roman closed his eyes, "I knew that woman was trouble."
"I wish I would have listened to you back then." Eric said with a sigh. "Then I wouldn't be in this predicament with Greta."
"I can only imagine what she said." Roman said shaking his head.
"She didn't."
"What?"
"I was sleep when she found us, and I think she just left, I have no idea where she is."
"Haven't you looked?" Roman asked him shocked.
"Would you believe me if you were her? I decided I need some proof first."
Lexi walked in, "Ready?" Eric nodded, and rolled up his sleeve. Lexi took three vials of blood, and then put a bandage on his arm. She then held up a plastic cup, "Bathroom's over there." She said pointing, "You can leave the cup in there". Eric stood up, and went in. He came back out a few minutes later, and Lexi went to get the tests done.
"When these tests come back, and they say what I think they will say..." Eric said looking at Roman, "I want to press charges against Nicole."
Roman smiled, "That won't be a problem, when they get back, I'll call Abe and they can go pick her up."
Eric half smiled, "And I think Lucas needs to know exactly what his wife has been up too."
Roman grinned wider, "Yeah, he should."
Eric put his face into his hands, "I'm just worried about Greta. I can only imagine what she is thinking and feeling. I have no idea where she is, if she will even take me back."
Roman put a hand on Eric's shoulder, "If you show her the test results, and give her a little time to think it through, I think it will be okay. You just need to find her." Eric nodded.
Lexi came back and told them that she put a rush on the results, since it was now a possible criminal case, and told them it shouldn't take to long, and they could go and sit in the waiting area.
But Eric didn't sit, he just paced back and forth. The longer he spent at the hospital the longer Greta thought the worst of him. He leaned on the counter and ran his hand through his hair. *I can't lose her.* He told himself, again and again.
He saw Lexi come around the corner with a folder and wave it at him, they both rushed over to her. "I have the results," she said opening the folder.
"Well? What are they?" He asked her.
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Lexi read down the list and her eyes went wide, "Well?" Eric asked again, impatient.
"Well you and Nicole definitely didn't sleep together, I'm surprised you are even awake now, with that much in your system."
She showed them the drug report, and Roman whistled, "Not only did she just drug you Eric, that stuff is only available on the black-market. She'll be going away a long time." Roman got out his cell phone and called the police station. He ordered a search warrant for the Titan photo lab to look for the glass that Eric drank from, and any other evidence. He also sent an officer to pick up Nicole and take her to the station.
"Lexi, I could use a couple copies of that drug test." Roman said.
"No problem," Lexi went and made a couple copies, handing Roman a couple and giving Eric one as well. Eric stood there still in a sort of shock, and Lexi spoke to him. "Eric, I can tell you that you and Nicole didn't do anything. And if you want me too, I can tell Greta the same thing. You were out cold, you wouldn't have been able to lift a finger let along anything else." She said with a wink. Eric caught her slight joke, and it brought him back to reality. "Now, go find her!" Lexi said shoving him to the elevator.
He hit the button, and turned back to them. "Thanks Lexi." She nodded, "And dad.."
"I'll call and let you know anything." Roman told him.
Eric nodded and headed into the elevator when the door opened. He pushed his floor, and leaned against the wall and closed his eyes as the doors shut. *Now, where could she be?* He asked himself.
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He drove around town, trying to think of where she could be. He knew she had to have taken a cab or walked because her car was still parked in the same spot since she left for Paris. He tried the usual places, Salem Place, the Pier, and Salem Park, all three unsuccessful, and decided he need reinforcements.
He made his way out of the elevator and knocked on the door, and Marlena opened it with a shocked look on her face. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
Eric looked at her confused and then saw and angry John come walking over to him, "Why I ought to."
Marlena held him back, "John calm down."
"Me calm down? Why should I, after what he's done? You saw her, why should I be calm?"
"You've seen Greta?" Eric asked hopeful, "Do you know where she is?"
"Eric, I think right now, it would be best if you left, and let everyone just cool down."
"She's here, isn't she." He said looking around, "Greta!" He yelled, and started to run for the stairs, "Greta!" But was pulled back by a strong hand on his arm.
"You aren't going anywhere," John said with a scowl.
"I didn't do anything John."
"Like hell."
"I was set up, and drugged." He yelled at him, holding up the piece of paper. John took the paper from him with his other hand, still holding on to him. He read the paper, and then showed it to Marlena. "What does that mean?" He asked her.
"Oh my," she said, "What? How did you get this in your system?" Marlena asked pulling John's hand off Eric's arm.
Eric rubbed his arm, "Nicole drugged me."
"What?" How?" John asked skeptical.
"We were at the lab, she asked if I wanted anything to drink, I said sure, I'd take a soda. I was shocked at first but didn't think anything of it when she handed me a glass. Wasn't sure why she had poured it out of the can. I drank it, tasted weird. She said the ice must have watered it down. I started to feel warm, and that was the last thing I knew." He closed his eyes, "Until I woke up with Nicole next to me and Greta's bags in the hallway."
John looked at Marlena, "John, there's no way he had sex with Nicole."
"She set me up. She somehow found out Greta was coming home early and set me up." Eric said looking at them, "I need to talk to Greta, please. I need to tell her."
John took a step back, and motioned to the stairs, as his one arm went out around Doc and hugged her to him.
Eric took it as a sign of okay, and went for the stairs, but stopped when he saw Greta looking down at them from the railing.
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"Greta?" Eric said, seeing her at the top of the stairs. "I didn't..."
"I know, I heard," she said quietly and turned away from him walking back to the room. Eric looked at John and Marlena, and they looked at him puzzled as well.
Eric ran up the stairs after her, and into the guest room. He shut the door behind him, knowing that this was a private conversation. "Greta?" He said softly.
She stood on the other side of the room, turned away from him. He started to walk closer to her, and reached out to turn her around, and she spoke. "Don't touch me."
His hand froze in mid movement. "I'm sorry that you had to see that, but you need to understand, I didn't sleep with Nicole."
She turned around sharply, and he saw something he never had before. Her face was tear streaked, her eyes read and puffy, he knew that she had been crying a long time, and knew it was from what she had saw, it broke his heart. But she was also extremely angry, at him. "No, not today." She snapped. And walked past him, her shoulder hitting his hard and moving him out of the way.
"What?"
"No, the tests show you couldn't have had sex with her today."
His eyes widened at her implication, "You think I slept with her before?" He couldn't believe that. "Greta, if that where true, then why would she have had to drug me to get me in bed with her?"
Greta shook her head, and raised her voice, "I'm talking about before us!"
Now he was confused, "What does that have to do with anything?"
"Nothing, everything!" She yelled shaking her head.
He walked over to her, and put his hands on her shoulders, and looked into her eyes, his heart broke more as she flinched and tried to move away from his touch. "Greta, I love you. I haven't cheated on you, and I never will. I can only imagine what you felt by what you saw, and I'm sorry you had to see that, but it wasn't real."
She brought up her hands and shoved his arms away from her and walked away again. "You say you love me."
"I do love you."
"But you loved her too once."
"I thought I loved her, but I know now I didn't."
She spun around, "Then how do you know if you really love me? Maybe it's not love, you just think it is, at least until you fall in love with someone else again."
He knew she was just hurt and was taking it out on him, but he was starting to get angry himself, but he tried to push it away. "It was infatuation with Nicole, what we have is love."
"You know she will never stop. She will never stop trying to get you, until she has you."
"Well that will be kind of hard to do in prison."
"What?" Greta asked him confused.
"I'm pressing charges against Nicole, and the drug she used on me, could put her away for awhile."
Greta had to stop and think about that one for a minute, and Eric took the time to walk over to her, and wrap his arms around her. "Greta, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I was ever involved with her, I'm sorry I ever met her. But I'm also grateful that I did too."
Greta looked up at him, "Why?" she asked anger creeping back into her voice.
"Because if she hadn't have broke up with me the way she did, I might never have went to Paris with you. I might never have been able to make such a wonderful friend, and then have that friend turn into the love of my life." He said with a hand on her face, wiping away some of the tears. He leaned down slowly to kiss her, and she pulled away.
"Eric, I want you to go."
"What? Why?"
"I need time to think about all this. I can't be around you right now." She said opening the door, and motioning for him to leave.
Eric stood there in shock, for some reason he did not see this happening, he saw them leaving together in his mind. He slowly walked to the door. He turned around to look at her, "Greta..."
"Just go." She said emotionless.
He walked out the door, and turned again, "I love you." He said softly, and she shut the door.
Eric walked down the stairs his shoulders slumped, Marlena and John went over to him, "What happened?" She asked.
"She doesn't want to look at me right now." He said walking to the door.
Marlena rubbed his back, as they walked, "She just needs some time to sort it all out Honey."
Eric nodded, and with a pat of the back from John, he left for home.
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Greta heard him leave, and she leaned against the door, and slid down it, tears running down her face. She closed her eyes, and the vision of him and Nicole filled her mind again. She opened her eyes, trying to get rid of the thought. "I don't know if I can forget it." She wrapped her arms around herself as the sobs began to rack her body once again.
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Eric unlocked the door to the apartment, flung his keys on the table, and collapsed on the couch. He covered his face with his hands, he couldn't believe how this day had turned out. He stood up, and looked at Greta's luggage still sitting in the hall. It stuck him hard again, and the anger he had for Nicole burned through him. He walked into the kitchen and grabbed a trash bag out of the cupboard. Eric then walked into his bedroom. He ripped the sheets off the bed, along with the pillowcases and tossed them into the trash bag. He then started going through his room, anger fueling his rage. He threw away the first few copies of Bella with his photo's on the cover, of Nicole. He trashed his room, tossing anything that Nicole had ever worn of his, ever used, gave him, or even slightly reminded him of her. He then started through the rest of the apartment. He tore down a large hanging photo of LA he had taken, and threw it into a bag, smiling slightly as he heard the glass break.
Nicole had hurt him for the last time, and he wasn't going to let her ever do it again. After awhile, the apartment was a complete mess, and four garbage bags were sitting by the door. He grabbed them and took them to the trash, and threw them in. "Good riddens," he said and made his way back to the apartment.
He found he felt slightly better, but he was still miserable, he had no idea how he was going to get Greta back. "But I didn't do anything!" He screamed to the ceiling, and tossing himself back onto the couch.
He knew his mother had said that she just needed time to figure things out, to deal with it. He could understand that, but couldn't they deal with it together? Why did she have to be away from him?
The phone rang and he jumped up to answer it, "Greta?" He asked hopefully.
"No, sorry it's me son. Haven't found her yet?" Roman asked on the other end.
Eric sighed, "No I found her, she was at Mom's and John's. I told her everything, but she doesn't want to be around me."
Roman paused for a minute on the other end, "Eric, she's just probably confused, and needs.."
"Some time, yeah Dad I know, Mom said the same thing. But it's still driving me crazy."
"Well, I have some good news for you."
"And what is that?"
"Well Nicole is behind bars, and well..." Roman laughed slightly, "Lucas found out why she was arrested and has gone to his lawyer to get a divorce. You know I almost feel sorry for him."
"Yeah, anyone that has had to deal with Nicole I feel sorry for."
"Also, we went to Titan and we found a couple of glasses in the lab, and one of them does contain the drugs, with both yours and Nicole's fingerprints on the glass. So there shouldn't be to much of a problem proving anything."
"Thanks Dad."
"No, problem. If I get anymore information or need to ask you anything I will let you know, okay?"
"Okay."
"Now take it easy, and don't worry to much. I'm sure everything will be okay."
"Thanks." They said good-bye and Eric looked around the apartment, "Whoah, I really did a number on this place." He sighed, and decided to start cleaning it back up, and take an inventory of what he threw out that he would have to buy.
He was halfway through the front room when the phone rang again, he rushed over, "Hello?"
"Is Ms. Von Amburg there?" Asked the voice.
Eric sighed, "No, she's not, can I take a message?"
"Well this is Green Mountain Lodge, she made a reservation here for the weekend, but it is already 9 o'clock and she has not checked in yet. Will she be coming in late, or should we cancel the reservation?"
Eric closed his eyes and slid down the wall, as he listen to the woman talk. *Oh my God.* He thought to himself. Then he answered the girl, "No, something unexpected happened and she will not be able to make it. Please cancel those reservations."
"Okay, thank you. Good-bye." With that the lady hung up the phone, and Eric turned his off and set it on the floor next to him, and put his elbows on his knees resting his face in his hands. He started to talk to himself, "She made reservations at Green Mountain Lodge for the two of us. She came home early to surprise me. She wanted to go up to the cabins, and ... and make love." He said closing his eyes. "God! To come home and see that." His heart was breaking again, at this moment, everything could have been so different. They could be up at the Lodge, in their room, drinking champagne, dancing, and making love. But instead Greta was at his mother's crying her eyes out trying to figure things out, he was alone sitting on the floor of his apartment, tears running down his own face. All because he had trusted Nicole, he had known that she was after him, he knew what she was like. He shouldn't have trusted her as far as he could have thrown her.
Eric jumped slightly when he heard the phone ring again, *Maybe?* He asked himself as he answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Eric, it's John."
Eric sat up straight, "John, how is she? What's wrong?"
"Eric... I don't know how to say this, but..."
"But what, John?"
"Greta's gone."
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To Be Continued