TITLE: DAYS Fairy Tale: Eric & Greta: Chapters 131-135
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 131
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The week passed, and Eric went in to get his check up. Lexi was pleased to tell him that he was almost completely healed. She told him he could slowly start getting back to his usual activities. He was to stay out of work for one more week, not to pick up anything too heavy, and still try and relax. Eric sat on the table in front of Lexi, Greta stood behind him. "Okay, what do you mean exactly by taking it easy?" He looked over at Greta and then back to Lexi, "Try to be specific, because mom over here," he said pointing at Greta, who gave him a dirty look. "Takes everything, very literally, and way to far."
"Hey, I am just following doctor's orders. He's the one that doesn't want to follow them."
Lexi smiled at him, "Well what is it that you want to do that she isn't letting you?" She asked curious.
Eric smiled, but couldn't figure out how to say it. He tried a few times, and Lexi just stood there looking at him, and then waved her hand in a circling motion, trying to get him to spit it out. "Okay, okay. Lexi, I 'miss' my wife!"
Lexi almost laughed, and saw Greta hit him on the back of his shoulder, as she blushed slightly. "That wouldn't really be considered relaxing, would it?" Eric sighed. "Okay, you get dressed. Greta, come with me, and I'll get you some more info." The two girls left him, to change back into his clothes.
Lexi gave Greta some papers with more information on the exact restricts, and then she turned to her, "Okay, I wanted to talk to you alone. Especially after what Eric asked."
"What? What's wrong?"
Lexi smiled, "I know you are worried about him still, but he's making excellent progress. He's basically all healed. The only reason I still have restrictions on him, is because I know if I don't he will over do it, and go and try and run a marathon." Greta laughed slightly, Lexi was right. "So, is there any other reason, that you have, for not wanting to 'be' with your husband?"
Greta looked at her strangely, "No, not at all, why?"
"Well I wanted to make sure, because, as long as you don't over do it...." She said trailing off.
Greta's smile widened, "Oh, is he going to be surprised."
"Well I'll let you tell him anyway you choose." She said with a wink and then excused herself to go see her next patient.
She stood in the hall thinking about how she would do just that, but jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned quickly to find Eric. "Hi."
"Hi." He said, "Ready to go?" She smiled up at him, and nodded yes. The two walked towards the elevator and out of the hospital.
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They got home, and Eric was happy that Greta didn't protest when he decided to head for the living room, and not back up to bed. "How about an early dinner?" She asked as she walked towards the kitchen.
"Sounds good, don't suppose you will let me help."
She smiled, "I'll let you cut up the veggies."
He was into the kitchen in no time, and sitting on the stool next to the island. Greta gave him the cutting board and knife. Then went to get the veggies out. "I'm thinking chicken soup, but you'll have to have store noodles and not homemade. Don't feel like making them."
He smiled, "I think I'll live." She then got the chicken out of the fridge and then filled a large pot with water, setting it on the stove and turned it on. Soon Eric had all the vegetables cut up, and Greta shooed him away into the living room. Once she got everything done, she left it all cooking on the stove and moved towards the couch with Eric.
"So whatcha watching?" She asked as she leaned in against him. He smiled at her, and moved to cross his feet on the coffee table.
"Nothing, there's nothing on. But that's nothing new. I'm so sick of watching TV. How about after dinner we go out somewhere." He said looking down at her, a hopeful look on his face.
She smiled at him, "Nope, sorry. I think after dinner you should head on up to bed. Lexi might have lifted some restrictions..."
"Greta! I've been in bed way, way too long. I'll get bed sores!"
She lightly swatted his shoulder, "You will not. Besides, I'll go with you."
"Not that, that doesn't sound great. But, what are we going to do? I'm really sick of being in bed."
She smiled at him, she tried to think of something, something that would make him at least agree. Even though she had other plans. She thought, "Hmmm, well... ummm... board game?"
"What?"
"Monopoly, Life, Trivia Pursuit? Cards even."
He laughed, then looked at her serious, "Cards. How about a rousing came of strip poker?" He asked her, knowing she would roll her eyes and say no.
She smiled at him, "Okay."
He starred at her in disbelief, "What?"
"I said, okay. We can play strip poker."
"But, but... we can't do..."
"So?" She asked innocently, teasing him greatly. *This is going to be fun.* She thought to herself.
He was torn, he really wanted to, but at the same time, he was already having a difficult time with not being able to 'have' her, let alone play a game that so easily leads to.... he tried not to think about it. "Ohhh kay. It'll be fun, and... interesting." She smiled up at him, *He has no idea.*
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Greta went and got out the deck of playing cards, and the two headed upstairs to the bedroom. Eric wasn't so sure if this was really a good idea. It wasn't like he hadn't seen her naked before, tons of times now, especially since they had gotten married. But the last time he saw her completely naked, was well... *The night before the coronation.... over 3 weeks ago.*
Eric sat down on the bed, "So, are you sure you want to play strip poker?" He asked her again, part of him hoping yes, and another part hoping that she was just kidding.
"Yeah, we never have, and it sounds like fun, and something you can do and be in bed and relax." She replied. Eric sighed, *Relax, yeah, how?*
Greta came over to the other side of the bed, and started to shuffle the cards, "Regular five card draw or seven card stud?" She asked him with a smile.
"Five card."
"Anything wild?"
"Nah, let's just play normal." She nodded okay, and continued shuffling the cards, thinking about what all she could do, and thinking she was going to have so much fun.
She then dealt out the cards, and then picked up her hand. She had a pretty good hand, two five's and two ten's. Sure there was a lot he could beat her with, but without using wild cards it became less likely. *Do I want to win or lose?* She asked herself. She smiled, and decided she wanted to win a few first. She kept the four cards and took one new one, it was an ace. She gave him the three he asked for, and then they showed the cards, and she won. "Okay, take something off." She said with a smile.
He smiled, and reached down and took of his one sock and flung it to the floor. She shook her head, and then he picked up the cards and started to shuffle them, then dealt them out. They went through a few more rounds, each removing small articles of clothing here and there, until they were both finally down to their last few articles of clothing. Greta still had her shirt, bra, and underwear on. Eric was down to his pants, boxers and T-shirt.
Greta smiled as she looked at her cards, and held them up to his two pair, "Full house!"
Eric groaned, "Okay, okay, you win." He said and pulled off his T-shirt throwing it to the floor. Her large smile turned serious as she watched him, her eyes moving over his chest, and then settling to his right side. The bandages were finally gone, but the stitches were still there, as well as a scar she knew he was always going to have. He caught her staring at him, and followed her gaze. "It looks a lot worse than it is." He told her. She sat down her cards and then moved closer to him, and laid her hand over the spot. She closed her eyes, and laid her head on his chest. Eric felt the mood in the room change from funny, happy, banter to a much more serious tone. He hugged her to his chest, and she pulled her hand away slowly, but only then to lean in, and her lips touched the same spot lightly. Placing a gentle kiss to the spot that was pierced by the bullet that almost took him away from her. She felt him shiver slightly against her, and she looked up into his eyes. His hand came down to lightly cup the side of her face and then pull her up to him, and then he kissed her. The kiss grew much more passionate, very quickly, and he broke away out of breath. "We better get back to the game." He told her.
She thought about it for a second. *Game or go with it?* And she made her decision. She moved herself up, and over, to straddle his waist, and then leaned back in to kiss him, wrapping her arms around his neck.
Eric's mind and body were swimming, *What is she doing?* He asked himself, as he let himself just enjoy the kiss, but his body was already starting to react to her. He pulled away, and pushed her softly away from him, "Greta... what are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing?" She asked trying to move back to kiss him.
"It looks like you are trying to tease the hell out of me, because in a minute or so you are going to stop, because going further wouldn't be 'relaxing' enough for me."
She smiled at him, "Actually, Lexi told me.... as long as we don't over do it...." She let it hang in the air.
He stared at her open mouthed, and then her words registered in his brain. Soon she found herself on her back, and him on top of her, his mouth descending on hers, kissing her roughly. His lips then trailed down her cheek to her neck, and then up to her ear, "You tease." He said, his warm breath going over her, making her shiver slightly. The corners of her mouth curled into a slight grin, and then she pulled his mouth back to hers, and then shoved her tongue into his mouth making him groan. He pulled away from her, and sat back. He then pulled her up slightly, and his hands went to her shirt, and lifted it off of her, throwing it to the floor. Soon her bra followed, and with a quick lift of her hips, her underwear was there as well. Then he looked at her, his eyes traveling over her, his hand came down, and his finger tips lightly made a trail from her cheek down her body, and then back up. "I missed you." He said softly.
She smiled up at him, and then moved up, to rest herself on her knees as well. "I missed you too." She said, then kissed him. Her hands then moved down his front. The one lightly tracing the wound once more, but then moved down, to his pants. She undid the button, then the zipper slowly. Then her hands moved inside the waist band of both that and his boxers, and then pushed them down his legs. He helped her, and then kicked them off.
His hands came up to rest on the sides of her face, "I love you." He told her, pulling her in for another passionate kiss. Eric then moved his arms down around her, pulling her against him.
She broke away slightly, "I love you too," She said softly, and then pulled him down with her to the bed, her lips going back to his, her arms wrapping around him.....
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He rolled onto his side, pulling her with him, hugging her tightly. Her left leg wrapped around him, keeping him against her. Her hand came up to softly wipe the tears away from his face. His soft smile, then moved to her face as well, kissing away the wetness on hers. "I think our hearts needed that more than our bodies did." He said softly to her, his fingers traveling over the soft skin of her back.
She laid her head on his shoulder, "I think you are right." She said as her hand laid itself over his heart to feel the rhythm below. They laid there quietly, happy in the after glow, happy to be together once again. It was so quiet for awhile, that Eric thought she had fallen asleep, until her soft voice almost made him jump. "Eric?"
"Yeah," he said, his hand moving slowly over the skin of her arm.
"I've been thinking."
"Really?" he said, "That's new."
She hit his chest playfully, "Funny."
"I was totally kidding." He pulled her face gently up to his, for a soft kiss, "What have you been thinking about?"
"Well..." She didn't know how to even approach the subject, "We both have great jobs, and everything is going really well with them." He nodded in agreement, and motioned for her to continue. "And I'm out of school, have been for awhile."
"Yeah." He said, waiting for her to get to her point, but smiling as he knew she was trying to work her way to something, something important.
"And we have this wonderful, perfect house..."
"Yeah." He said again, agreeing with her.
"And life is so precious and too short to waste time..." She said hugging him lightly.
He pulled her against him, hugging her tighter, as a response in agreement.
"That, well... Ummm..." She was stuck, "Uhhh, would you, ummm..."
"Greta... what?" He said turning to her, getting her to look into his eyes, as they turned on their sides facing each other. "Tell me." He said softly.
"I know you said before you wanted too, and I said not yet, that there was so much still to do and everything but, now... well everything is perfect.. and..." She said it all so fast.
He smiled, she looked so nervous, and his brain tried to figure out for her what she was trying to get at, and then a large smile formed on his face, "Greta?" He asked, stopping her from rambling. She looked at him. "Are you trying to ask me, if we should try and have a baby?" The smile that formed on her face, confirmed his suspicion.
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Greta smiled at Eric, and he smiled back. "So is that what you are asking?" She smiled again and nodded. His smiled widened and he pulled her against him, and kissed her lightly. "Why do you seem so worried to ask me if I think we should have a baby?" He asked her, tilting her face up to look at her.
"Well, I knew you wanted to before, but I wasn't sure if you still felt that way."
"Greta, I'd love to start a family with you." He said, and leaned in and kissed her again. She continued with the kiss, and he rolled pulling her on top of him. He then pulled away slightly, "Only, are you really sure you are ready? I know that a little while ago you weren't. So, if this is just because of what happened to me, and you are doing this just for me or a way to like... I don't know, keep me somehow..."
She placed a finger over his lips, stopping him. "No, it's not that. I will admit, what happened, did make me think about life, and how short it is. But also, like I was saying before, everything is different now then when we last talked about it. I want to have a baby." He smiled at her, "Your baby, our baby." His smile grew wider, and he pulled her down for a deep kiss.
He pulled away slightly to look up at her, and pulled some of her hair behind her ear, and caressed the side of her face. "So," he said with a teasing smile, "When can we get started on this project?"
She laughed slightly, "Just about 2 weeks." He gave her a strange look, and she explained, "Well, my pack of pills will be done then, I just won't take them anymore."
He nodded okay, "Well, until then, we have a lot of practice to do." She smiled, but it quickly faded, as she soon found herself rolled onto her back, and Eric once again kissing her deeply.
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Those two weeks quickly passed, and they were both looking forward to trying to start their family. They decided that they didn't want to tell anyone, they didn't want any pressure and they also knew that it could take awhile, and that was if there was no complications. The only problem was, that work was not going to cooperate with them. Eric was sent on a photo shoot in Florida for a swim suit layout. He tried to get out of it, but there wasn't any way that he could.
"Eric, it's okay, really. I mean, it's not like if we don't do it right then, it will never happen." She said with a smile, and he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her in for another kiss. She pulled away slightly, "I'm just mostly going to miss you in bed next to me for the next couple of days." She said.
"I'll call you, all the time. Also, thank goodness it won't be too long, I'll be back thursday, night. Well, really late. But that leaves the weekend."
She smiled, "I'll get the wine, and pull back the sheets." He kissed her again, then pulled away, to pick up his bag. "I wish I could take you to the airport, but I have to finish this article, and have a meeting in fifteen minutes."
"It's okay, Lucas has the limo for all of us that are going."
She smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, "Who's all going again, what models?"
He smiled, "Are you worried?"
"Well, I don't want any of those underage, unhealthy thin, skin cancer tan models trying to warp the mind of my wonderful, nice, caring, and loving husband."
He laughed loudly at the words she used, "I don't think you need to worry." She grinned, she knew she didn't, especially after the next kiss he gave her, and the squeeze of his hands on her behind pulling her against him. He then pulled away, and took a deep breath. "I love you." He said, kissing her lightly once more. She said the same and then he was on his way out the door and to the airport.
They talked every night when his shoots were done, and he would call her from his hotel room, as he was getting into bed. Wednesday night was no different. She picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hi, I'll be flying home tomorrow, crawling into bed with you around, ohhh, two in the morning, and then friday after work..."
She interrupted him, "Eric, I have to tell you something." She said with a deep sigh.
He didn't like the sound of that, "What, what's wrong?"
"I'm heading for New York thursday night. Their is this huge story I have for this big 'tado' on Friday. I need to get there early to get some interviews, and then I'm going to be staying for the after interviews and all kinds of stuff. I'm not going to be getting back home until monday morning." She sighed again, "Eric, I'm so sorry. I tried to get out of it, but Victor wanted me for the job, and I couldn't really say anything..."
"Greta, it's okay. It sounds really important. This time, I'll get the wine ready, and have the sheets pulled down. We can be together monday night."
She smiled, "Thanks." She said. "You know, the only thing is... besides wanting to start a family... I really, 'miss' you."
"I know what you mean." He said running his hand through his hair. "It could be worse."
"How?" She asked him, trying to figure out how it could be worse.
"Well, we could be around each other, and not be able to be together. We have done that before, tons of times now. We are at least keeping busy."
She smiled, "I'm not sure how much better it really is." They continued talking, as Greta got ready for bed, and then they said their goodnights.
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Eric looked at Lucas like he was nuts, "What?"
"I know, it's last minute. But Brian's girlfriend was just in that car accident, and he really wants to stay in Salem right now to be with her. I can't blame him for that, can you?"
Eric agreed, "Yeah, but what about the others?"
"Eric, London is not that bad of a place to be, it's only for three days, as long as the weather is okay."
Eric sighed again, "No, London's not the problem. The problem is..." Eric again ran his hand though his hair, he had been doing that a lot lately, which wasn't good. Lucas waited for him to continue. "Greta and I have been traveling all over, and not able to see each other."
"I know, but there's nothing I can do about that. This was not my idea, it was last minute. And Victor is the one that tells what articles he want's her on. We don't coordinate or anything, it just works out this way." They were interrupted by the opening of the door, and they both turned around to a smiling Greta.
"Hi!" She can came over and gave Eric a hug, she looked up at him and saw his face. "What's wrong?"
"Why don't you tell her?" He said turning to Lucas.
"I hate to tell you, but I'm sending your husband to London today at five o'clock." Eric felt her slightly slump against him, he couldn't blame her, he felt the same way.
Lucas left, and Greta wrapped her arms tightly around him, and hid her face in his chest, "Is there some cosmic force working against us or something? Like someone's sick joke, some person trying to drive us absolutely nuts?"
He smiled, and titled her head up to look at him, "Well whatever it is, it won't win. I am going to get back from London, and you will be home, and ..." His smile turned slightly wicked, "Well, you know."
"Mmmm, I'm not so sure I do." He looked at her strangely, and she grinned, "It's been so long!" They both laughed, and they decided to take a quick lunch, and then she went to work and he quickly went home to pack. And then he was on his way to London.
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Greta sighed when she got her latest assignment, *Well it could be worse, I at least don't leave until monday. That means Eric and I can spend thursday through sunday together.* She thought as she looked through the folder of her next story. She would be flying to DC for a women's political conference, where she was to get some interviews. She remembered asking Victor if these trips happened a lot, because with all that was happening lately she was actually beginning to think it might not be a good time to start a family. He had laughed slightly at that, and told her no, usually most of the reporters stayed in Salem, it was just a busy time of year, and some of their other reporters weren't available for many different reasons. *So it's just my luck.* She had thought to herself with a sigh.
She put the folder in her brief case, shut it, and then headed out the door, it was time to go home, make a frozen dinner, curl up in front of the tv with a pint of 'Ben and Jerry's' and then wait for Eric to call her. *How pathetic?* She told herself, but she also smiled, she couldn't wait to hear from him. She got home, changed into one of his t-shirts and a pair of his boxers, and put a frozen pizza in the oven. She was looking through the fridge for something to drink when the phone rang. She ran to it, "Hello?"
{{Hey beautiful.}}
She smiled, and took the phone back to the fridge with her. "You know you shouldn't call me at this time, my husband may pick up the phone."
A loud laugh came over the phone, {{Oh, really? Has something changed in the day and a half I've been gone that I should know about?}}
She laughed, "No, just teasing. I miss you, I can't wait for thursday." She heard a loud sigh on the other end of the phone, "Eric, what? What's wrong?"
{{Well I should have been home by friday, unfortunately the weather is not cooperating. It's been raining all day, we can't get anything done until it stops.}}
She took out a can of pop and sat in on the counter, and closed her eyes, "When will it stop raining?"
{{Well the weather channel shows this huge green thing all around us, it's going to last for awhile. Maybe a couple of days.}} Another sigh, {{If it continues like this, I might not get home till monday. But at least we can be together then.}} He said.
She rested her arms against the counter, and hid her face in one hand, "This cannot be happening." She said softly into the phone.
{{What?}}
"You will not believe this. Not only is Titan working against us, it looks like mother nature will as well. Maybe it's a sign."
{{What? What are you talking about?}}
"I'm leaving early monday morning for DC, and will be there for about a week." She shook her head, "Eric, it's a sign. Maybe we aren't ready to have a baby right now. I mean, look at us these last few weeks, how could we raise a kid like this?"
Eric could hear the worry in her voice, {{Greta, this is all extremely unusual. One, this trip for me shouldn't have happened. Its just because there was that emergency, another photographer is on vacation, all kinds of things. Same for you, it's just a weird time right now.}} He stopped seeing what her response would be, but she didn't say anything, {{Greta, it's not a sign. Just another hurtle we have to go through, it's just making us see how much we really want this, want our family. You still want a baby, right? Or are you having second thoughts?}}
She smiled, "No, I'm not having second thoughts, just some worries. I want this, just... I didn't think it would so complicated."
He grinned, {{Greta, you do know that just being together isn't going to do it. It will probably take awhile, it could be a couple of months or longer.}}
She shook her head, and stood up straight, "I know, I know." Another sigh came from her. "Okay, but... it's not just the whole baby thing either."
{{What do you mean?}}
She blushed slightly even though he couldn't see her, "Nothing."
{{Greta.....}} He said, his voice telling her she wasn't going to get away with not telling him.
"Okay, okay. I'm.... frustrated."
{{Well that's understandable, I mean all this travel and everything, can push the buttons of anyone. I mean...}}
She cut him off, "No. I'm not talking like that. I 'miss' you! I'm.... 'frustrated.'" She said again with more emphasis, and a slight whine in her voice.
His ears picked up on the sound immediately, he loved it when she got like this. *My sweet, shy Greta, all turned on and nothing she can do about it. Well... she could...* But he knew she wouldn't, and stopped the thought, he wasn't even going to suggest it to her. All he could tell her was the truth, {{If it helps, I am too.}}
"Sorry, not really."
{{Didn't really think it would. But, just think... Think how great it will be when we can.}} Her mind wandered, and she began to think about it, the corners of her mouth turning into a mischievous smile as she did so. {{Greta?}} He asked after the phone was quiet for awhile.
"What? Oh, sorry, just thinking." He laughed, and then so did she. They continued talking as she finished making the pizza, and then took it, the pop, and the phone with her into the family room. They both continued talking as she ate her pizza and he ate room service.
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The week progressed slowly, and so did the London weather. Eric was able to get some work done, they found ways to get some shots here and there, and took all the photo's of the stuff they needed for the inside shots, but the outside shots were going to have to wait, and that meant so did he and Greta.
Then saturday afternoon came, and the rain finally stopped. Eric got on the phone and got everyone going, they worked as quickly as they could. Clearing out the rain, setting up the lights, and praying for some sun. He gave Greta a quick call telling her that he wouldn't be able to call later, because it was going to be a late shoot, but she understood and just told him to hurry up and get his 'cute butt' home. He laughed hard on that one, and then quickly got back to work.
On Sunday Eric was at the airport, he was trying to get a flight back to Salem. He knew Greta was leaving Salem airport at 8 am the next day to go to DC, and he wanted to get back before then, to at least give her a hug and kiss before she left. Only problem was, everything was booked, and the Titan jet was taking Victor to a conference somewhere. He sighed and sat down, then he had an idea, and took out his cell phone. He dialed a number, then waited, "Hi, it's Eric. I have a huge favor to ask...."
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Greta sighed, and turned to look at the alarm clock once again. *Get some sleep!* She yelled at herself, it was already past midnight, and she had to get up at 6 am so that she could catch her ride to the airport at 7, and make her flight at 8. She flipped onto her stomach, and hid her face in the pillow. After a short time she screamed into it. She turned back over and stretched over the bed, she couldn't sleep. She couldn't sleep alone anymore, and not when she felt like this. She felt like she wanted to crawl out of her skin. "This is all his fault!" She said out loud to the dark room. "I never felt like this before we did anything, never felt like going out of my mind!" But she knew it wasn't true. She had these feelings before, maybe not as profound, but she had them. *Yeah, but I didn't know anything about how to cure these feelings before him.*
She ran her fingers through her hair, and rested one hand on her forehead, *I'm a little warm.* She thought to herself, nothing to worry about, just a slight increase in temperature. *Greta, go to sleep, you are already going to get less than six hours of sleep.* But it was no use, she was wide awake. Her mind and body no were near ready to fall asleep.
She laid there a few more minutes, then pounded her fists into the bed. "Okay, count sheep." She told herself, started to count, but she knew it wouldn't work, but she tried anyway. But when she got to around 27 she stopped, she heard a noise downstairs. She stopped and let her ears listen, maybe it was just her mind playing tricks on her. But then she heard it again, and her heart stopped. Someone was in the house. She slowly got out of bed, and moved to the closet, she took out Eric's baseball bat, and then slowly opened the bedroom door. She saw the foyer light on, and she carefully moved towards the stairs, the bat in her hands ready to swing at anything that moved. She heard another noise, stopped, and then peaked around the corner, and her heart stopped. "Eric?" She just about screamed.
He turned around, "Greta? What are you doing up?" But he didn't get an answer because he soon found her lips on his, her arms going around him, and with a slight jump, her legs were wrapped around his waist. He moaned into the kiss as his arms went around her. Her hands were frantic, they were already unbuttoning the buttons on the front of his shirt, but it wasn't happening fast enough. And soon he heard the sound of buttons hitting the walls as she basically ripped it from his chest. "Greta..." He said slightly out of breath from her kisses.
She jumped off him, her hands at the buckle of his belt, and she pulled him to the stairs, flicking the light as she went. She pulled and he followed her up the stairs. They almost fell into the bedroom, as their lips met again, his hands moving to quickly remove the T-shirt that she wore. Her hands removed his belt, and then he found his pants in a heap at his feet along with his boxers. "Greta..." He said again, he had seen her somewhat like this before, but never this much. He looked into her eyes, from the small amount of light that came in from the moon outside the window. His hands at the sides of her face. *God.* His mind thought, the desire and want in her eyes was so profound, it drove him crazy. "I want you." He told her, lightly pushing her back towards the bed.
She responded with a wicked grin, "I want you too, couldn't you tell?" Her voice was deep and slightly husky, it made his knees weak.
"You do have to get up in a couple hours." He remind her, as they both fell to the bed.
"So? I'll sleep on the plane." She said kissing his shoulder and chest, making him moan slightly.
He brought her up for another kiss, and she pushed him to his back and rolled on top, kissing him harder, moving her fingers through his hair. "How did you get home?" She asked breathing into his ear, then her lips moving down his cheek to his neck.
He could barely answer her, his own hands moving over her, and then he flipped her back onto her back, resting himself over her. "I called John, asked if he could send the jet to pick me up."
She smiled up at him, "Thank God." She said pulling his mouth back down to her, her tongue slipping inside, tasting him.
He moaned again, and pulled away, "Okay, before we get to far, are you sure about this?" He said then moving his own mouth to her neck, nipping at the skin lightly making her squirm against him.
"What do you mean?"
He looked back into her eyes, moving some hair away from her face. "Do you still want to try and have a baby, because uhhh, what we are about to do..." He trailed off.
She smiled at him, wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down closer, "I want to have your baby." She said into his ear, and then pulled back to look into his eyes.
He had a mixture of emotions on his face, "Why is it that that is the most sweetest yet also possibly the sexiest thing you have ever said to me?" He asked softly, and then he leaned down and kissed her again.
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Eric pulled her closer to him, his arms wrapped around her from behind, his face nestled at her neck, "You need to get some sleep, you have to get up in like an hour." He told her.
Her fingers moved over his arms that were holding her, "Don't want to, missed you way to much to go to sleep, just want to feel this for awhile." She could feel his lips turn into a smile on her neck. "Besides, I won't be back here for a week." His arms gripped her tighter, "I don't want to go either."
"I guess we will just have to wait a week to continue with our baby making plan."
She laughed, "Well I think we did get off to a great start."
"Mmmm hmmm." He said kissing the back of her neck. He then looked over at the clock. "Are you sure you don't want to get some sleep? You still have like 45 minutes."
"Nope, I'm wide awake."
He turned her around in his arms, and kissed her, "Well, in that case..." She smiled back at him and her mouth met his, and soon the passion was ignited once more. At 7 am Eric was helping Greta with her bags to the car that met her to take her to the airport. He then pulled her in for a hug, kissed her, and held her to him. "Call me when you get there."
"I will." She said, and then she kissed him once more. Her hand traveled over his face softly, "So glad you got to come home for a few hours before I had to leave."
He smiled, "So am I." They kissed once more, and then she was off to the airport.
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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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The week passed, and Eric went in to get his check up. Lexi was pleased to tell him that he was almost completely healed. She told him he could slowly start getting back to his usual activities. He was to stay out of work for one more week, not to pick up anything too heavy, and still try and relax. Eric sat on the table in front of Lexi, Greta stood behind him. "Okay, what do you mean exactly by taking it easy?" He looked over at Greta and then back to Lexi, "Try to be specific, because mom over here," he said pointing at Greta, who gave him a dirty look. "Takes everything, very literally, and way to far."
"Hey, I am just following doctor's orders. He's the one that doesn't want to follow them."
Lexi smiled at him, "Well what is it that you want to do that she isn't letting you?" She asked curious.
Eric smiled, but couldn't figure out how to say it. He tried a few times, and Lexi just stood there looking at him, and then waved her hand in a circling motion, trying to get him to spit it out. "Okay, okay. Lexi, I 'miss' my wife!"
Lexi almost laughed, and saw Greta hit him on the back of his shoulder, as she blushed slightly. "That wouldn't really be considered relaxing, would it?" Eric sighed. "Okay, you get dressed. Greta, come with me, and I'll get you some more info." The two girls left him, to change back into his clothes.
Lexi gave Greta some papers with more information on the exact restricts, and then she turned to her, "Okay, I wanted to talk to you alone. Especially after what Eric asked."
"What? What's wrong?"
Lexi smiled, "I know you are worried about him still, but he's making excellent progress. He's basically all healed. The only reason I still have restrictions on him, is because I know if I don't he will over do it, and go and try and run a marathon." Greta laughed slightly, Lexi was right. "So, is there any other reason, that you have, for not wanting to 'be' with your husband?"
Greta looked at her strangely, "No, not at all, why?"
"Well I wanted to make sure, because, as long as you don't over do it...." She said trailing off.
Greta's smile widened, "Oh, is he going to be surprised."
"Well I'll let you tell him anyway you choose." She said with a wink and then excused herself to go see her next patient.
She stood in the hall thinking about how she would do just that, but jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned quickly to find Eric. "Hi."
"Hi." He said, "Ready to go?" She smiled up at him, and nodded yes. The two walked towards the elevator and out of the hospital.
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They got home, and Eric was happy that Greta didn't protest when he decided to head for the living room, and not back up to bed. "How about an early dinner?" She asked as she walked towards the kitchen.
"Sounds good, don't suppose you will let me help."
She smiled, "I'll let you cut up the veggies."
He was into the kitchen in no time, and sitting on the stool next to the island. Greta gave him the cutting board and knife. Then went to get the veggies out. "I'm thinking chicken soup, but you'll have to have store noodles and not homemade. Don't feel like making them."
He smiled, "I think I'll live." She then got the chicken out of the fridge and then filled a large pot with water, setting it on the stove and turned it on. Soon Eric had all the vegetables cut up, and Greta shooed him away into the living room. Once she got everything done, she left it all cooking on the stove and moved towards the couch with Eric.
"So whatcha watching?" She asked as she leaned in against him. He smiled at her, and moved to cross his feet on the coffee table.
"Nothing, there's nothing on. But that's nothing new. I'm so sick of watching TV. How about after dinner we go out somewhere." He said looking down at her, a hopeful look on his face.
She smiled at him, "Nope, sorry. I think after dinner you should head on up to bed. Lexi might have lifted some restrictions..."
"Greta! I've been in bed way, way too long. I'll get bed sores!"
She lightly swatted his shoulder, "You will not. Besides, I'll go with you."
"Not that, that doesn't sound great. But, what are we going to do? I'm really sick of being in bed."
She smiled at him, she tried to think of something, something that would make him at least agree. Even though she had other plans. She thought, "Hmmm, well... ummm... board game?"
"What?"
"Monopoly, Life, Trivia Pursuit? Cards even."
He laughed, then looked at her serious, "Cards. How about a rousing came of strip poker?" He asked her, knowing she would roll her eyes and say no.
She smiled at him, "Okay."
He starred at her in disbelief, "What?"
"I said, okay. We can play strip poker."
"But, but... we can't do..."
"So?" She asked innocently, teasing him greatly. *This is going to be fun.* She thought to herself.
He was torn, he really wanted to, but at the same time, he was already having a difficult time with not being able to 'have' her, let alone play a game that so easily leads to.... he tried not to think about it. "Ohhh kay. It'll be fun, and... interesting." She smiled up at him, *He has no idea.*
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Greta went and got out the deck of playing cards, and the two headed upstairs to the bedroom. Eric wasn't so sure if this was really a good idea. It wasn't like he hadn't seen her naked before, tons of times now, especially since they had gotten married. But the last time he saw her completely naked, was well... *The night before the coronation.... over 3 weeks ago.*
Eric sat down on the bed, "So, are you sure you want to play strip poker?" He asked her again, part of him hoping yes, and another part hoping that she was just kidding.
"Yeah, we never have, and it sounds like fun, and something you can do and be in bed and relax." She replied. Eric sighed, *Relax, yeah, how?*
Greta came over to the other side of the bed, and started to shuffle the cards, "Regular five card draw or seven card stud?" She asked him with a smile.
"Five card."
"Anything wild?"
"Nah, let's just play normal." She nodded okay, and continued shuffling the cards, thinking about what all she could do, and thinking she was going to have so much fun.
She then dealt out the cards, and then picked up her hand. She had a pretty good hand, two five's and two ten's. Sure there was a lot he could beat her with, but without using wild cards it became less likely. *Do I want to win or lose?* She asked herself. She smiled, and decided she wanted to win a few first. She kept the four cards and took one new one, it was an ace. She gave him the three he asked for, and then they showed the cards, and she won. "Okay, take something off." She said with a smile.
He smiled, and reached down and took of his one sock and flung it to the floor. She shook her head, and then he picked up the cards and started to shuffle them, then dealt them out. They went through a few more rounds, each removing small articles of clothing here and there, until they were both finally down to their last few articles of clothing. Greta still had her shirt, bra, and underwear on. Eric was down to his pants, boxers and T-shirt.
Greta smiled as she looked at her cards, and held them up to his two pair, "Full house!"
Eric groaned, "Okay, okay, you win." He said and pulled off his T-shirt throwing it to the floor. Her large smile turned serious as she watched him, her eyes moving over his chest, and then settling to his right side. The bandages were finally gone, but the stitches were still there, as well as a scar she knew he was always going to have. He caught her staring at him, and followed her gaze. "It looks a lot worse than it is." He told her. She sat down her cards and then moved closer to him, and laid her hand over the spot. She closed her eyes, and laid her head on his chest. Eric felt the mood in the room change from funny, happy, banter to a much more serious tone. He hugged her to his chest, and she pulled her hand away slowly, but only then to lean in, and her lips touched the same spot lightly. Placing a gentle kiss to the spot that was pierced by the bullet that almost took him away from her. She felt him shiver slightly against her, and she looked up into his eyes. His hand came down to lightly cup the side of her face and then pull her up to him, and then he kissed her. The kiss grew much more passionate, very quickly, and he broke away out of breath. "We better get back to the game." He told her.
She thought about it for a second. *Game or go with it?* And she made her decision. She moved herself up, and over, to straddle his waist, and then leaned back in to kiss him, wrapping her arms around his neck.
Eric's mind and body were swimming, *What is she doing?* He asked himself, as he let himself just enjoy the kiss, but his body was already starting to react to her. He pulled away, and pushed her softly away from him, "Greta... what are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing?" She asked trying to move back to kiss him.
"It looks like you are trying to tease the hell out of me, because in a minute or so you are going to stop, because going further wouldn't be 'relaxing' enough for me."
She smiled at him, "Actually, Lexi told me.... as long as we don't over do it...." She let it hang in the air.
He stared at her open mouthed, and then her words registered in his brain. Soon she found herself on her back, and him on top of her, his mouth descending on hers, kissing her roughly. His lips then trailed down her cheek to her neck, and then up to her ear, "You tease." He said, his warm breath going over her, making her shiver slightly. The corners of her mouth curled into a slight grin, and then she pulled his mouth back to hers, and then shoved her tongue into his mouth making him groan. He pulled away from her, and sat back. He then pulled her up slightly, and his hands went to her shirt, and lifted it off of her, throwing it to the floor. Soon her bra followed, and with a quick lift of her hips, her underwear was there as well. Then he looked at her, his eyes traveling over her, his hand came down, and his finger tips lightly made a trail from her cheek down her body, and then back up. "I missed you." He said softly.
She smiled up at him, and then moved up, to rest herself on her knees as well. "I missed you too." She said, then kissed him. Her hands then moved down his front. The one lightly tracing the wound once more, but then moved down, to his pants. She undid the button, then the zipper slowly. Then her hands moved inside the waist band of both that and his boxers, and then pushed them down his legs. He helped her, and then kicked them off.
His hands came up to rest on the sides of her face, "I love you." He told her, pulling her in for another passionate kiss. Eric then moved his arms down around her, pulling her against him.
She broke away slightly, "I love you too," She said softly, and then pulled him down with her to the bed, her lips going back to his, her arms wrapping around him.....
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He rolled onto his side, pulling her with him, hugging her tightly. Her left leg wrapped around him, keeping him against her. Her hand came up to softly wipe the tears away from his face. His soft smile, then moved to her face as well, kissing away the wetness on hers. "I think our hearts needed that more than our bodies did." He said softly to her, his fingers traveling over the soft skin of her back.
She laid her head on his shoulder, "I think you are right." She said as her hand laid itself over his heart to feel the rhythm below. They laid there quietly, happy in the after glow, happy to be together once again. It was so quiet for awhile, that Eric thought she had fallen asleep, until her soft voice almost made him jump. "Eric?"
"Yeah," he said, his hand moving slowly over the skin of her arm.
"I've been thinking."
"Really?" he said, "That's new."
She hit his chest playfully, "Funny."
"I was totally kidding." He pulled her face gently up to his, for a soft kiss, "What have you been thinking about?"
"Well..." She didn't know how to even approach the subject, "We both have great jobs, and everything is going really well with them." He nodded in agreement, and motioned for her to continue. "And I'm out of school, have been for awhile."
"Yeah." He said, waiting for her to get to her point, but smiling as he knew she was trying to work her way to something, something important.
"And we have this wonderful, perfect house..."
"Yeah." He said again, agreeing with her.
"And life is so precious and too short to waste time..." She said hugging him lightly.
He pulled her against him, hugging her tighter, as a response in agreement.
"That, well... Ummm..." She was stuck, "Uhhh, would you, ummm..."
"Greta... what?" He said turning to her, getting her to look into his eyes, as they turned on their sides facing each other. "Tell me." He said softly.
"I know you said before you wanted too, and I said not yet, that there was so much still to do and everything but, now... well everything is perfect.. and..." She said it all so fast.
He smiled, she looked so nervous, and his brain tried to figure out for her what she was trying to get at, and then a large smile formed on his face, "Greta?" He asked, stopping her from rambling. She looked at him. "Are you trying to ask me, if we should try and have a baby?" The smile that formed on her face, confirmed his suspicion.
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Greta smiled at Eric, and he smiled back. "So is that what you are asking?" She smiled again and nodded. His smiled widened and he pulled her against him, and kissed her lightly. "Why do you seem so worried to ask me if I think we should have a baby?" He asked her, tilting her face up to look at her.
"Well, I knew you wanted to before, but I wasn't sure if you still felt that way."
"Greta, I'd love to start a family with you." He said, and leaned in and kissed her again. She continued with the kiss, and he rolled pulling her on top of him. He then pulled away slightly, "Only, are you really sure you are ready? I know that a little while ago you weren't. So, if this is just because of what happened to me, and you are doing this just for me or a way to like... I don't know, keep me somehow..."
She placed a finger over his lips, stopping him. "No, it's not that. I will admit, what happened, did make me think about life, and how short it is. But also, like I was saying before, everything is different now then when we last talked about it. I want to have a baby." He smiled at her, "Your baby, our baby." His smile grew wider, and he pulled her down for a deep kiss.
He pulled away slightly to look up at her, and pulled some of her hair behind her ear, and caressed the side of her face. "So," he said with a teasing smile, "When can we get started on this project?"
She laughed slightly, "Just about 2 weeks." He gave her a strange look, and she explained, "Well, my pack of pills will be done then, I just won't take them anymore."
He nodded okay, "Well, until then, we have a lot of practice to do." She smiled, but it quickly faded, as she soon found herself rolled onto her back, and Eric once again kissing her deeply.
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Those two weeks quickly passed, and they were both looking forward to trying to start their family. They decided that they didn't want to tell anyone, they didn't want any pressure and they also knew that it could take awhile, and that was if there was no complications. The only problem was, that work was not going to cooperate with them. Eric was sent on a photo shoot in Florida for a swim suit layout. He tried to get out of it, but there wasn't any way that he could.
"Eric, it's okay, really. I mean, it's not like if we don't do it right then, it will never happen." She said with a smile, and he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her in for another kiss. She pulled away slightly, "I'm just mostly going to miss you in bed next to me for the next couple of days." She said.
"I'll call you, all the time. Also, thank goodness it won't be too long, I'll be back thursday, night. Well, really late. But that leaves the weekend."
She smiled, "I'll get the wine, and pull back the sheets." He kissed her again, then pulled away, to pick up his bag. "I wish I could take you to the airport, but I have to finish this article, and have a meeting in fifteen minutes."
"It's okay, Lucas has the limo for all of us that are going."
She smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, "Who's all going again, what models?"
He smiled, "Are you worried?"
"Well, I don't want any of those underage, unhealthy thin, skin cancer tan models trying to warp the mind of my wonderful, nice, caring, and loving husband."
He laughed loudly at the words she used, "I don't think you need to worry." She grinned, she knew she didn't, especially after the next kiss he gave her, and the squeeze of his hands on her behind pulling her against him. He then pulled away, and took a deep breath. "I love you." He said, kissing her lightly once more. She said the same and then he was on his way out the door and to the airport.
They talked every night when his shoots were done, and he would call her from his hotel room, as he was getting into bed. Wednesday night was no different. She picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hi, I'll be flying home tomorrow, crawling into bed with you around, ohhh, two in the morning, and then friday after work..."
She interrupted him, "Eric, I have to tell you something." She said with a deep sigh.
He didn't like the sound of that, "What, what's wrong?"
"I'm heading for New York thursday night. Their is this huge story I have for this big 'tado' on Friday. I need to get there early to get some interviews, and then I'm going to be staying for the after interviews and all kinds of stuff. I'm not going to be getting back home until monday morning." She sighed again, "Eric, I'm so sorry. I tried to get out of it, but Victor wanted me for the job, and I couldn't really say anything..."
"Greta, it's okay. It sounds really important. This time, I'll get the wine ready, and have the sheets pulled down. We can be together monday night."
She smiled, "Thanks." She said. "You know, the only thing is... besides wanting to start a family... I really, 'miss' you."
"I know what you mean." He said running his hand through his hair. "It could be worse."
"How?" She asked him, trying to figure out how it could be worse.
"Well, we could be around each other, and not be able to be together. We have done that before, tons of times now. We are at least keeping busy."
She smiled, "I'm not sure how much better it really is." They continued talking, as Greta got ready for bed, and then they said their goodnights.
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Eric looked at Lucas like he was nuts, "What?"
"I know, it's last minute. But Brian's girlfriend was just in that car accident, and he really wants to stay in Salem right now to be with her. I can't blame him for that, can you?"
Eric agreed, "Yeah, but what about the others?"
"Eric, London is not that bad of a place to be, it's only for three days, as long as the weather is okay."
Eric sighed again, "No, London's not the problem. The problem is..." Eric again ran his hand though his hair, he had been doing that a lot lately, which wasn't good. Lucas waited for him to continue. "Greta and I have been traveling all over, and not able to see each other."
"I know, but there's nothing I can do about that. This was not my idea, it was last minute. And Victor is the one that tells what articles he want's her on. We don't coordinate or anything, it just works out this way." They were interrupted by the opening of the door, and they both turned around to a smiling Greta.
"Hi!" She can came over and gave Eric a hug, she looked up at him and saw his face. "What's wrong?"
"Why don't you tell her?" He said turning to Lucas.
"I hate to tell you, but I'm sending your husband to London today at five o'clock." Eric felt her slightly slump against him, he couldn't blame her, he felt the same way.
Lucas left, and Greta wrapped her arms tightly around him, and hid her face in his chest, "Is there some cosmic force working against us or something? Like someone's sick joke, some person trying to drive us absolutely nuts?"
He smiled, and titled her head up to look at him, "Well whatever it is, it won't win. I am going to get back from London, and you will be home, and ..." His smile turned slightly wicked, "Well, you know."
"Mmmm, I'm not so sure I do." He looked at her strangely, and she grinned, "It's been so long!" They both laughed, and they decided to take a quick lunch, and then she went to work and he quickly went home to pack. And then he was on his way to London.
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Greta sighed when she got her latest assignment, *Well it could be worse, I at least don't leave until monday. That means Eric and I can spend thursday through sunday together.* She thought as she looked through the folder of her next story. She would be flying to DC for a women's political conference, where she was to get some interviews. She remembered asking Victor if these trips happened a lot, because with all that was happening lately she was actually beginning to think it might not be a good time to start a family. He had laughed slightly at that, and told her no, usually most of the reporters stayed in Salem, it was just a busy time of year, and some of their other reporters weren't available for many different reasons. *So it's just my luck.* She had thought to herself with a sigh.
She put the folder in her brief case, shut it, and then headed out the door, it was time to go home, make a frozen dinner, curl up in front of the tv with a pint of 'Ben and Jerry's' and then wait for Eric to call her. *How pathetic?* She told herself, but she also smiled, she couldn't wait to hear from him. She got home, changed into one of his t-shirts and a pair of his boxers, and put a frozen pizza in the oven. She was looking through the fridge for something to drink when the phone rang. She ran to it, "Hello?"
{{Hey beautiful.}}
She smiled, and took the phone back to the fridge with her. "You know you shouldn't call me at this time, my husband may pick up the phone."
A loud laugh came over the phone, {{Oh, really? Has something changed in the day and a half I've been gone that I should know about?}}
She laughed, "No, just teasing. I miss you, I can't wait for thursday." She heard a loud sigh on the other end of the phone, "Eric, what? What's wrong?"
{{Well I should have been home by friday, unfortunately the weather is not cooperating. It's been raining all day, we can't get anything done until it stops.}}
She took out a can of pop and sat in on the counter, and closed her eyes, "When will it stop raining?"
{{Well the weather channel shows this huge green thing all around us, it's going to last for awhile. Maybe a couple of days.}} Another sigh, {{If it continues like this, I might not get home till monday. But at least we can be together then.}} He said.
She rested her arms against the counter, and hid her face in one hand, "This cannot be happening." She said softly into the phone.
{{What?}}
"You will not believe this. Not only is Titan working against us, it looks like mother nature will as well. Maybe it's a sign."
{{What? What are you talking about?}}
"I'm leaving early monday morning for DC, and will be there for about a week." She shook her head, "Eric, it's a sign. Maybe we aren't ready to have a baby right now. I mean, look at us these last few weeks, how could we raise a kid like this?"
Eric could hear the worry in her voice, {{Greta, this is all extremely unusual. One, this trip for me shouldn't have happened. Its just because there was that emergency, another photographer is on vacation, all kinds of things. Same for you, it's just a weird time right now.}} He stopped seeing what her response would be, but she didn't say anything, {{Greta, it's not a sign. Just another hurtle we have to go through, it's just making us see how much we really want this, want our family. You still want a baby, right? Or are you having second thoughts?}}
She smiled, "No, I'm not having second thoughts, just some worries. I want this, just... I didn't think it would so complicated."
He grinned, {{Greta, you do know that just being together isn't going to do it. It will probably take awhile, it could be a couple of months or longer.}}
She shook her head, and stood up straight, "I know, I know." Another sigh came from her. "Okay, but... it's not just the whole baby thing either."
{{What do you mean?}}
She blushed slightly even though he couldn't see her, "Nothing."
{{Greta.....}} He said, his voice telling her she wasn't going to get away with not telling him.
"Okay, okay. I'm.... frustrated."
{{Well that's understandable, I mean all this travel and everything, can push the buttons of anyone. I mean...}}
She cut him off, "No. I'm not talking like that. I 'miss' you! I'm.... 'frustrated.'" She said again with more emphasis, and a slight whine in her voice.
His ears picked up on the sound immediately, he loved it when she got like this. *My sweet, shy Greta, all turned on and nothing she can do about it. Well... she could...* But he knew she wouldn't, and stopped the thought, he wasn't even going to suggest it to her. All he could tell her was the truth, {{If it helps, I am too.}}
"Sorry, not really."
{{Didn't really think it would. But, just think... Think how great it will be when we can.}} Her mind wandered, and she began to think about it, the corners of her mouth turning into a mischievous smile as she did so. {{Greta?}} He asked after the phone was quiet for awhile.
"What? Oh, sorry, just thinking." He laughed, and then so did she. They continued talking as she finished making the pizza, and then took it, the pop, and the phone with her into the family room. They both continued talking as she ate her pizza and he ate room service.
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The week progressed slowly, and so did the London weather. Eric was able to get some work done, they found ways to get some shots here and there, and took all the photo's of the stuff they needed for the inside shots, but the outside shots were going to have to wait, and that meant so did he and Greta.
Then saturday afternoon came, and the rain finally stopped. Eric got on the phone and got everyone going, they worked as quickly as they could. Clearing out the rain, setting up the lights, and praying for some sun. He gave Greta a quick call telling her that he wouldn't be able to call later, because it was going to be a late shoot, but she understood and just told him to hurry up and get his 'cute butt' home. He laughed hard on that one, and then quickly got back to work.
On Sunday Eric was at the airport, he was trying to get a flight back to Salem. He knew Greta was leaving Salem airport at 8 am the next day to go to DC, and he wanted to get back before then, to at least give her a hug and kiss before she left. Only problem was, everything was booked, and the Titan jet was taking Victor to a conference somewhere. He sighed and sat down, then he had an idea, and took out his cell phone. He dialed a number, then waited, "Hi, it's Eric. I have a huge favor to ask...."
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Greta sighed, and turned to look at the alarm clock once again. *Get some sleep!* She yelled at herself, it was already past midnight, and she had to get up at 6 am so that she could catch her ride to the airport at 7, and make her flight at 8. She flipped onto her stomach, and hid her face in the pillow. After a short time she screamed into it. She turned back over and stretched over the bed, she couldn't sleep. She couldn't sleep alone anymore, and not when she felt like this. She felt like she wanted to crawl out of her skin. "This is all his fault!" She said out loud to the dark room. "I never felt like this before we did anything, never felt like going out of my mind!" But she knew it wasn't true. She had these feelings before, maybe not as profound, but she had them. *Yeah, but I didn't know anything about how to cure these feelings before him.*
She ran her fingers through her hair, and rested one hand on her forehead, *I'm a little warm.* She thought to herself, nothing to worry about, just a slight increase in temperature. *Greta, go to sleep, you are already going to get less than six hours of sleep.* But it was no use, she was wide awake. Her mind and body no were near ready to fall asleep.
She laid there a few more minutes, then pounded her fists into the bed. "Okay, count sheep." She told herself, started to count, but she knew it wouldn't work, but she tried anyway. But when she got to around 27 she stopped, she heard a noise downstairs. She stopped and let her ears listen, maybe it was just her mind playing tricks on her. But then she heard it again, and her heart stopped. Someone was in the house. She slowly got out of bed, and moved to the closet, she took out Eric's baseball bat, and then slowly opened the bedroom door. She saw the foyer light on, and she carefully moved towards the stairs, the bat in her hands ready to swing at anything that moved. She heard another noise, stopped, and then peaked around the corner, and her heart stopped. "Eric?" She just about screamed.
He turned around, "Greta? What are you doing up?" But he didn't get an answer because he soon found her lips on his, her arms going around him, and with a slight jump, her legs were wrapped around his waist. He moaned into the kiss as his arms went around her. Her hands were frantic, they were already unbuttoning the buttons on the front of his shirt, but it wasn't happening fast enough. And soon he heard the sound of buttons hitting the walls as she basically ripped it from his chest. "Greta..." He said slightly out of breath from her kisses.
She jumped off him, her hands at the buckle of his belt, and she pulled him to the stairs, flicking the light as she went. She pulled and he followed her up the stairs. They almost fell into the bedroom, as their lips met again, his hands moving to quickly remove the T-shirt that she wore. Her hands removed his belt, and then he found his pants in a heap at his feet along with his boxers. "Greta..." He said again, he had seen her somewhat like this before, but never this much. He looked into her eyes, from the small amount of light that came in from the moon outside the window. His hands at the sides of her face. *God.* His mind thought, the desire and want in her eyes was so profound, it drove him crazy. "I want you." He told her, lightly pushing her back towards the bed.
She responded with a wicked grin, "I want you too, couldn't you tell?" Her voice was deep and slightly husky, it made his knees weak.
"You do have to get up in a couple hours." He remind her, as they both fell to the bed.
"So? I'll sleep on the plane." She said kissing his shoulder and chest, making him moan slightly.
He brought her up for another kiss, and she pushed him to his back and rolled on top, kissing him harder, moving her fingers through his hair. "How did you get home?" She asked breathing into his ear, then her lips moving down his cheek to his neck.
He could barely answer her, his own hands moving over her, and then he flipped her back onto her back, resting himself over her. "I called John, asked if he could send the jet to pick me up."
She smiled up at him, "Thank God." She said pulling his mouth back down to her, her tongue slipping inside, tasting him.
He moaned again, and pulled away, "Okay, before we get to far, are you sure about this?" He said then moving his own mouth to her neck, nipping at the skin lightly making her squirm against him.
"What do you mean?"
He looked back into her eyes, moving some hair away from her face. "Do you still want to try and have a baby, because uhhh, what we are about to do..." He trailed off.
She smiled at him, wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down closer, "I want to have your baby." She said into his ear, and then pulled back to look into his eyes.
He had a mixture of emotions on his face, "Why is it that that is the most sweetest yet also possibly the sexiest thing you have ever said to me?" He asked softly, and then he leaned down and kissed her again.
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Eric pulled her closer to him, his arms wrapped around her from behind, his face nestled at her neck, "You need to get some sleep, you have to get up in like an hour." He told her.
Her fingers moved over his arms that were holding her, "Don't want to, missed you way to much to go to sleep, just want to feel this for awhile." She could feel his lips turn into a smile on her neck. "Besides, I won't be back here for a week." His arms gripped her tighter, "I don't want to go either."
"I guess we will just have to wait a week to continue with our baby making plan."
She laughed, "Well I think we did get off to a great start."
"Mmmm hmmm." He said kissing the back of her neck. He then looked over at the clock. "Are you sure you don't want to get some sleep? You still have like 45 minutes."
"Nope, I'm wide awake."
He turned her around in his arms, and kissed her, "Well, in that case..." She smiled back at him and her mouth met his, and soon the passion was ignited once more. At 7 am Eric was helping Greta with her bags to the car that met her to take her to the airport. He then pulled her in for a hug, kissed her, and held her to him. "Call me when you get there."
"I will." She said, and then she kissed him once more. Her hand traveled over his face softly, "So glad you got to come home for a few hours before I had to leave."
He smiled, "So am I." They kissed once more, and then she was off to the airport.
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To Be Continued