TITLE: DAYS Fairy Tale: Eric & Greta: Chapters 151-155
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 151
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The two starred at each other, *Could Lucas be right?* Eric's mind thought, and then more guilt passed through him, at that possible realization.
Greta looked from Eric back to the door that had shut, and then back to Eric's eyes. She could see how upset he was, and she didn't exactly know what to feel. She had a million different thoughts running through her head. *Could Lucas be right? Could I be pregnant? How could Eric think we were having an affair? Does he truly believe we weren't?* She tried to sit up, and her stomach flipped and she stopped immediately.
Eric caught the look on her face, and noticed that she looked like she was about to get sick, as she laid back down and slowly turned to her side to face him. He closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. "I'm so sorry." He said softly, and then opened his eyes to look at her. "And now..." He said motioning with his hands to her, "We need to go and figure out what is wrong, and if maybe, just maybe Lucas is right and you are..." He couldn't even finish the sentence, because he just felt even more guilty. He knew how upset she had been, Sami had told him as much on the phone, and he had said he didn't care.
"Eric, I'm not going anywhere until we talk about this." She said, a very determined look on her face. "I don't know everything that happened, but how could you even think that I was having an affair?"
He ran his hand through his hair, and looked at the wall, he didn't want to tell her, but he knew he had too, but he just couldn't look at her while doing so. "I saw the little incident in your office yesterday, only from outside it didn't look like you had fainted, it looked as if you were kissing."
Greta's eyes went wide, and her hand went to his and pulled on it to make him look at her. "If that is what it looked like, and you saw it, why didn't you say anything?"
He was mentally berating himself for that exact reason, if he would have done that, none of this would have happened. Heck he would have insisted on taking her to the doctor yesterday. "I was... I was... well in shock, and very angry. I just had to get out of there."
"So that's why you left early, and went home. And that is what you were talking about." She stopped and shook her head slightly, and then looked at him, "But Eric... even if what you saw was real, which it wasn't, but if it was. That still wouldn't have meant we were having an affair. It could have been a ton of things. Acting out a commercial ad..."
He cut her off, "Kissing?" He looked at her in shock. "Have you?"
She waved her hand at him, "No! All I'm saying is you caught what might have been a kiss, which doesn't mean an affair." Her eyes closed slightly as an old memory filled her head, "It's not like you caught us in bed together."
He heard the hurt still in her voice, and his mind mentally winced. "True." He agreed, "But, not that it's really a defense or anything. But you two have been spending a lot of time together, trips, late nights, and well..."
"Well what?"
"Except the night before last..." He trailed off, and she motioned for him to continue. "Well, you haven't exactly been in the mood, and everything."
"I'm sorry." She said softly.
Eric moved closer to her, "No, no. Don't be." Her being sorry for being sick, and tired, was almost to much for him. How could he ever think that she would actually have an affair?
She looked up at him, "Why? I mean, besides what you saw, and that, what else was there, that would make you think that I could do that? Eric, I love you, why would I do that?"
He looked down, "I don't know, it was all kinds of things. And then I thought that maybe... well... that maybe you might be curious." She looked at him not understanding. "Greta, heck I was your first kiss, your first, like anything. I thought, maybe you wanted to know if... if it was different, better, I don't know."
Greta closed her eyes and smiled softly. She then willed herself to sit-up, Eric helped her, and in a few moments she was sitting next to him. She turned to him, grabbing onto his hand. "Eric, I have never even had the thought of wanting to know what it is like with someone else."
"But, I mean..."
She squeezed his hand and interrupted him, "Not once, have I ever thought about it."
Eric looked at her, and he could tell she meant every word, "Why?"
She smiled at him, "Because, what we have. What you make me feel. How I feel when we make love.... everything. Everything, is so much better then what I ever thought it would be. I never dreamed it would be as good as it is." She smiled at him, and he smiled back. "I don't need to know what any other man is like Eric. I have what I want, what I will always want."
He smiled, "But I know how curious you can get."
Her grin widened, "Yeah, I am curious, about what WE can do TOGETHER." She said with major emphasis. Then her head went down, "And I'm sorry I haven't been in the mood lately to show you that."
His hand came up and titled her head up to look at him, "Greta, you never, ever have to be sorry for that. It's not like I expect that, it's not like it's some duty or something you have to do. Making love or sex which ever it is," he said with a slight wink and she smiled at, "Is something we should both be wanting at the time, not just one of us. And if anyone should be sorry, it's me." He sighed loud, "Greta, I am so, so sorry. What I put you through, what I said to you. You have no idea how sorry I am."
"Eric, I know what it's like to see something that looks one way and really isn't."
He nodded, he knew she did, "But that was a set up, and so much worse, it really..."
"Eric," She said, stopping him. "The only thing you did wrong was not confronting us then, or at least telling me what you were talking about. But, everything is okay, as long as you believe, that Lucas and I are NOT having an affair. And that you understand, that I would NEVER do that."
"I know," he said, he did believe her, and he knew that. "But I know how upset you were, Sami called me. And I know I caused that."
"Eric..." She couldn't deny that, she had been up all night crying, making herself sick. She called all over trying to find him. She couldn't remember how many times her and Sami had talked. "Just promise me, that when you are mad at me, tell me why."
He smiled and nodded, and she leaned into his chest, and he wrapped his arms around her, his head resting on the top of hers. He held onto her, smelling her perfume and the smell of her shampoo. The feel of her hair on his finger tips as his one hand caressed the back of her head, the other hand holding onto her. He closed his eyes as he held her, he loved her so much, and couldn't believe how things had drastically turned around in the last twenty-four hours. He know had to tell his family about the huge misunderstanding, let them know everything was okay. He knew he still had a lot to make up for to Greta, even though she was telling him he didn't. But there was one very important thing, they had to do first.
"Okay, we have one more thing we have to do."
She looked up at him, "What?"
He smiled, "What do you mean what? You faint twice, are getting sick to your stomach, and all kinds of other things, and you think we aren't going to the doctor? Now, I don't know if Lucas may be onto something or not. But there is definitely something going on with you, and we are going to figure it out. So let's go find Lexi, like we usually do, and get some tests done."
She smiled, "Okay."
He stood up and offered her a hand, and pulled her up. But then his arms were around her as she looked like she was going to go out again. "And after we get some tests done, we are going to get you something to eat. Something with some protein, like some chowder or a nice big steak or something."
Her hand went to her her mouth and she looked slightly green, "Oh God no." She said, the thought of the chowder making her stomach flip.
"Okay, then we will figure out something you want." And with that he helped her out of the office, and towards his jeep. They were then on their way to the hospital.
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Chapter 152
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The two got to the Hospital not to much later and found their way to Lexi's office. Eric knocked lightly on the door, and both smiled when they heard someone say come in. Eric opened the door, and they found Lexi sitting behind her desk looking through some folders on her desk. She looked up and smiled, "Well hello. How's one of my favorite couples doing?"
They both smiled at her, "Actually, we were hoping you could help us figure that out." Eric told her, which made a puzzled look come over her face. "Well, that is if you aren't busy."
Lexi looked at the files in front of her, "These can wait, sit down and tell me what's up."
Eric shut the door behind them, and him and Greta sat down in the chairs in front of her desk.
He looked at Greta, "Do you want to explain or me?"
"Well, it's all me, so I will." She said and turned to Lexi. "I fainted." She said with a sigh.
Lexi looked at her, and then Eric, "Okay..."
"Twice," Greta said.
Eric just shook his head, "Greta... Lexi, she got dizzy and then fainted, she's been feeling nauseous, been very tired lately, and hasn't been eating right."
Greta rolled her eyes at him, "I was getting there." She then turned to Lexi, "Now I know I have slight problems with low blood sugar, but this is extreme."
Lexi nodded, "Well, we can do some tests and figure out what the problem is."
"But there is more." Eric said with a slight smile, "We may, possibly already know what it might be."
Lexi gave him another strange look, "And that would be..." The two looked at each other and smiled, and Lexi watched them, and her smile grew. "Are you trying to say that I should also run a pregnancy test?" They both nodded, "So is this time planned or unexpected?" Lexi asked.
"Well, we have been trying for a little over two months now." Greta said.
"You didn't tell anyone that!" Lexi said excited.
"We didn't want any pressure, you know our family." Eric replied.
Lexi nodded in complete understanding. "Oh, I know. Probably was a good idea." She then took out some papers and stuff, and turned back to Greta. "Okay, let's figure all this out. How long have you been feeling tired?"
Greta thought about it, "For about two weeks, but I have been working a lot of longs hours on the magazine since my promotion."
Lexi nodded, "Okay. Now the dizziness and fainting spells. How long had it been since you ate something?"
"Ummm, yesterday I forgot to eat breakfast and lunch. And today, well, I don't remember when I last ate something." Eric looked at her, and he sighed slightly, another wave of guilt washing over him, because he knew he was the reason for the last one.
Lexi looked at her strangely, "Why aren't you eating?"
"Just been really busy with work, and running late, and stuff. And well, also, just the sound of some foods make me queasy."
Lexi smiled at that, and towards Eric. "Okay, have you actually gotten sick?" Greta shook her head no. "Okay, one more question, and then I'm going to get the stuff ready for the tests and get the nurse to take some blood." They nodded okay, "Have your periods been late, lighter, or nonexistent?"
Greta stopped and looked at Lexi, and then her eyes got wide. "Oh my God."
"What?" Eric asked her concerned by the look on her face.
"I was so busy with work and everything that was going on, I didn't even notice."
"Notice what?" He asked her.
"Well, I had one, sort of."
"Sort of?" Lexi asked.
"I didn't even think about it, it was like, maybe, 2 days total." Eric just looked at her, and then his smile got even bigger.
"Well if you are pregnant, that is totally normal. If you aren't, it could be all the stress from the new promotion and also possibly going off birth control, but the blood tests would be able to tell us more." Lexi stood up, "I'll be back soon." She told them and then left to go and get the stuff ready to get the tests done.
Greta put her hands to her face, "I can't believe I didn't notice that."
Eric lightly grabbed her hands and pulled them to him, so he could look at her. "It's okay, you were really busy."
Greta noticed the smile on his face, "Don't get too excited. We don't know for sure, it could still be all the stress from the new job."
"Greta..."
"I don't want us to get our hopes up and then it not be true."
"Like last time." He said simply and he watched her head lower, and he brought his finger under her chin to tilt it back up to look at him. "I know, at first you were afraid, and then you were looking forward to it, and so was I. But, honestly neither of us was completely ready for it then, we are now."
"But just because we are ready, doesn't mean that I am." His hand went to her cheek, caressing it lightly, "I just don't want to get my hopes up for something and then it not happen."
"Well, maybe you are right, maybe you aren't pregnant. Not yet anyway." She smiled. "We still have plenty of time, and I don't mind trying."
Her smile grew, "Me either." He leaned in and gave her a soft kiss, then pulled away. His hand took hers, and he squeezed it lightly, and then the door was opening. Lexi was followed in by a nurse. Soon the nurse was done taking the blood samples, and Greta was rubbing her arm with the Band-Aid. "I hate needles." Eric smiled and squeezed her hand again.
Lexi leaned against her desk, "Okay, well, that is going to the lab as we speak. I suggest the two of you get something to eat, especially you." She said looking at Greta. "And I'll call your cell phone number when they are done." She then went and sat down, while the two stood up.
"Thanks Lexi," Greta said, and Eric nodded in agreement.
"No need, it's what I do. I'll see you soon." She said, and they walked out the door, Eric shutting it behind them.
"Okay, what is the closest place to eat around here. Or what do you feel like?" He asked, and looked over at her, and then his arms went around her, as her body slightly swayed back and forth. "Greta?"
"I do need to eat." He smiled and nodded. "But nothing...." She tried to figure out what didn't sound good. "Nothing runny, mushy, or soupy."
"Okay." Eric thought about it for a minute, "How about a nice sandwich, lots of bread and crisp vegetables, with maybe turkey or chicken?" He could see her think it over, and the fact that she didn't turn green at the suggestion was a good sign.
"Sounds good."
"Good. And there is a place that the employees go right around the corner." He said and started to walk with his arm around her towards the elevators.
Her hand lightly grabbed his shoulder, and he turned to look at her slightly worried, "Potato Chips."
He shook his head, "What?"
"Potato Chips, those too."
And then he laughed, and kissed her. "Not a problem." And with that they both left the hospital.
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Chapter 153
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Eric sat across the table from Greta, and just watched her. He wasn't hungry so he only got something to drink, but her sandwich was almost completely gone, her bag of chips were gone long before that, and she was almost done with her her refill of lemonade. What she ate wasn't a big deal, the thing that Eric couldn't believe is she had devoured almost it all in under ten minutes so far. She looked up at him, as the last bite of sandwich went into her mouth, and gave him a strange look. Once she swallowed she spoke, "What?"
"Nothing." He said his grin getting bigger.
"Tell me." She said taking another drink of lemonade and then the sound of an empty cup came from the straw. She gave him a dirty look, "Just a second." She said then stood up, and went and got more, then came back. "Now tell me."
"You were hungry."
"Eric... if you are saying it like that because you are assuming the appetite is from being pregnant, you're wrong. I haven't ate anything in a long time, I was starving."
"I know, I know." He said holding up his hands, he knew she didn't want him to get his hopes up, like she didn't want to do either, just to have them crushed... possibly.
"And if I am pregnant, and you get that look on you face every time I eat something, or do something that pregnant women are typically supposed to do, I'm going to have to hit you."
He laughed at that, he knew he was looking at her in that way. He couldn't help it, his hopes were up, his hopes were high, and he just had a feeling that he was right. He just knew, had a gut feeling that they were actually going to have a baby. All the signs were there, the only thing that scared him was that if she wasn't, then there might be something seriously wrong then. But he refused to think about that.
She sighed after she took another drink, "So how much longer do you think it will be before the tests are done?" She asked him.
"Well, a lot longer than it took you to eat that sandwich," he said with a smile. She gave him another dirty look. "How about we head for the park? That is, if you are feeling better."
"I feel a lot better, just still a little tired, but I do have more energy."
"You didn't get much sleep last night did you." He asked her softly, almost so quietly she could barely hear him.
She reached across the table and took his hand, "No, I couldn't sleep. But..." She squeezed his hand and pulled it slightly making him look up at her. "But I'm okay, now that you are back, and I know everything is okay."
"Greta... I'm so sorry.."
"Eric, stop." She didn't want to hear it again, she didn't need to. She didn't want to see the look on his face anymore, it looked so painful she could barely stand to see him feel guilty. She understood what he felt and what he did, she just wished that it would have been different. "You are here now, with me again, and this could potentially be a very happy day." He smiled at that, "Let's just think about what's going on now, okay?" He nodded okay, and she smiled. "Good. Now how about that walk in the park?"
He stood up, and took her hand. Greta stood, they threw their stuff away, and then walked out the door towards the park. Soon they were there and started to walk around, soon they found a bench and sat down. Eric pulled her close, and she laid her head on his shoulder, and pulled her legs and feet up onto the bench beside her. He wrapped his arm around her, and leaned his head against hers.
"Okay, well I know you said not to get our hopes up, but..." He felt her sigh against him, and he smiled, "But... if my some miracle... you happen to be pregnant... what are we going to do today?"
She looked up at him, "What do you mean?"
"Well we do have a lot of family to tell, but that is going to be a huge ordeal."
Greta grinned, and she knew exactly what he meant. It meant a lot of excitement, questions, and a big hoopla. In other words, a lot of happiness and fun, but also a very big, tiring ordeal. She knew that she really didn't feel like dealing with that, at least not today. She looked up at trying to figure out what he wanted to do. "Do we need to say anything today?"
She could feel him let out a deep breath, "Thank goodness." He said. "I was hoping you would say that. If you are..." Eric smiled, and squeezed her slightly, "We could keep it to ourselves for at least today, and get some rest and just be alone." Greta smiled up at him, "Then tell everyone tomorrow." She nodded indicating that she liked that idea. "So, only us and Lexi would know for the time being."
"If I am." She said.
"Right." He shook his head slightly at her, and then smiled remembering something, "And actually if I remember right, we both do have the day off tomorrow. Remember Lucas promised we could have a three day weekend because he stole you for that trip last weekend."
She sat up and looked at him, "That's right, I forgot all about that." The two sat there for awhile, talking about what they wanted to do tonight, either way, and soon time passed and they jumped when Greta's cell phone rang. "Hello?" She said answering it. "Uh, huh.... okay... uh huh... okay, we'll be right there." She said and then turned it off. She looked at him, "It was Lexi, the tests are done, and she is going to the lab right now to pick them up."
"Well, let's get going." Eric said standing up quickly, and taking her hand, he helped her up, and they walked back to the hospital.
They were there quickly, and had to wait outside Lexi's office, because she wasn't back yet. But soon they saw her walking down the fall carrying a couple folders. "Hi." She said as she got them and then opened up her door, and they followed her in, shutting the door behind them. They all sat down.
"Well?" Greta asked, the second before Eric was going to ask the same question.
Lexi smiled at the two of them, "Eager?" They just smiled in response. "Well I haven't looked yet, I got a bunch of lab reports from different patients. Let me find yours." She said looking through the folders. "Here we go." She said finding Greta's folder, and opening it. "Well, geez, you're sugar was low." She looked up at her, "You really need to watch that," She said looking at Greta.
"I know, I know." Greta said with a sigh.
Lexi continued to read, "Yeah, you really need to eat better than you have been lately Greta." She gave her a stern look, which turned into a large smile, "Especially since you are eating for two."
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It took a couple of seconds for what Lexi said to register in both of their brains. Greta just sat there in a shock, and Eric finally formed some words, "You mean..."
"You are going to have a baby." Lexi said, her eyes shining in joy for the both of them.
The two turned and looked at each other, "Oh my God," Greta said softly, and then their arms wrapped around each other in a huge hug. She couldn't believe it, she wanted it so much, that she was almost certain that it wouldn't happen. Eric held her tightly, a large smile on his face.
Lexi smiled at the two, "Now there is a room open with the ultra sound equipment right now, so if we get down there, we could take a look, and maybe figure out exactly how far along you are."
"That would be great." Greta said pulling away slightly, put keeping her hands in Eric's. They all stood and made their way to the other room, the couple was almost moving in a cloud like, dreamy state. Happiness and shock the only real things they were sensing. They got to the room, and Lexi motioned for Greta to get on the bed. Eric closed the door behind them, and Lexi got the machine ready as Greta laid down, and got her skirt unzipped and pulled down enough to work for the ultra sound. Eric came over next to her, and grabbed her hand. She looked up at him and smiled. "I can't believe it." Greta said.
He leaned down, placed his other hand on her stomach, and kissed her softly on the lips, "Neither can I."
"Are you ready?" Lexi asked, as she walked over. They nodded yes, and Lexi put some of the lotion stuff onto Greta's stomach and then started to work the small device over her stomach, which then made different black and white pictures on the little television monitor.
"Okay, starting with the left, ovary looks good, and the fallopian tube is clear." She then moved to the right side and did the same thing, "Okay, that's side is clear too." She then then started in circular motion, slowly, moving the device around, then a large smile formed, "And there we go."
They looked at the screen, and Lexi, ran her finger over it, "That's the baby?" Greta asked. Lexi nodded.
"So small." Eric commented.
"Actually, not really." Lexi moved the thing around a little more trying to get a slightly better angle, "I would say by the size, that you are a little over two months along."
Eric and Greta looked at each other, and large smiles formed across their faces, "Are you sure I'm over two months, not like one and a half months or so?"
"No, I would say definitely over two months, maybe not much at all, but over the two month mark. Why?"
"Oh my," Greta said a slight blush coming over her face at the thought.
"Like we said, we've only been trying for about 2 months." Eric told her.
"Well it looks like you accomplished your task early."
Greta laughed slightly, "Yeah, the first night we tried."
Lexi shook her head, "Or the second or third, maybe forth night."
Eric then shook his head, "No, it would have to be the first night." Lexi gave him a puzzled look. "Because then next night was almost two weeks later, because of work and trips."
"Oh," Was all Lexi said, and then she laughed slightly. "Well I guess it was good you found time that night." She then hit a few buttons on the machine. "Okay, I'm printing a few pictures, and I'm going to go get you some information and stuff. I'll be right back." She told them, and then left them alone.
Eric looked down at Greta, "First time's a charm I guess."
"I can't believe it."
Eric thought about it for a minute, "Actually it makes sense."
"How is that?"
"Well if I remember that night correctly, you were all over me." He said with a slightly wicked look in his eyes, making her smile.
"Yeah, yeah. I know." She thought about it for a minute, "Actually before you got home, I could have sworn I had a slight temperature, and I think I remember reading something about..."
"About a slight temperature increase during ovulation?" He asked, finishing her thought for her, and she nodded. "Well, then that explains it." He leaned back down, and gave her a deep kiss, his hand moving back to her stomach, only to come away quickly. He gave a strange look, and Greta started to giggle. "That lotion stuff." Greta just laughed, as he found a towel, wiping his hand, and then he came back over, and wiped it off her stomach for her, turning her laughs into a soft smile. He helped her pull the zipper back up, and get presentable again. She sat on the side of the bed, and Eric moved up beside her.
Lexi then came back in. She gave them two copies of the picture of the ultra sound, lots of pamphlets and everything. "Okay, now before you guys leave, make an appointment with Doctor Bator for sometime next week, just so that she can take a look at you, and everything. If you have any more fainting spells or anything, come in. But you need to eat better," She said shaking her finger at her.
"I know, I promise." Greta said.
"I'll make sure of it." Eric said wrapping his arm around her.
"Good," Lexi than had a large smile on her face. "And Congratulations! I'm so happy for the two of you!"
She gave them each a hug. Then Eric spoke up, "Lexi, actually could you do us a favor and not tell anyone yet? We kinda want to just be quite about it, at least for tonight. But once you hear it from someone, you can tell whoever you want."
She smiled, "Completely understand. You go home, and have some nice quality time together, all... three... of you." She said with a grin.
"Thanks again Lexi." Greta told her. Lexi just waved it away, and they said their good-byes. They then went and made an appointment with Doctor Bator for early next week, and then headed home. Both extremely happy, but still in a state of feeling like it was all unreal.
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Chapter 155
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The couple got home, and were still slightly in a daze. Eric opened the door, and Greta walked in after him. She sat her purse down and kicked off her shoes in the foyer, "I still can't believe it," she said shaking her head slightly.
Eric shut the door behind them, and wrapped his arms around her from behind, his hands moving down to lay over her stomach, "Me either, but I'm so happy." He then turned her around to look at him, "You are happy, right?"
Her eyes got wide, "Of course I am, just... shocked. I mean..." She smiled wide, "We accomplished our task the very first night we tried."
He grinned, and leaned down and kissed her, "And what a night it was."
Greta smiled into the kiss, and leaned in to him, and his arms wrapped around her. Her arms came up around his neck, pulling him deeper into the kiss. She pulled away slightly, and looked up at him. "Well, at first we could say we were practicing for having a baby, and then once we wanted to have a baby, we could say we were trying to have one." He smiled down at her, "So, what is our excuse now?" She asked him with a smile.
He thought about it for a few seconds, and then picked her up in her arms, "Because we just want too." He told her, and she wrapped her arms around his neck and he carried her up the stairs to their bedroom.
He got through the doors, and placed her in the middle of the bed and then crawled up onto it himself, but on their knees facing each other. "I missed you," she told him, as her arms went around him, and pulled him in for another deep kiss.
He groaned slightly as her tongue met his, "I missed you too," he told her, as his hands moved to the buttons of her shirt, and then finally slipping the silk material down off her shoulders. She shrugged it the rest of the way off, and her hands then quickly removed his shirt up and over his head, throwing it in the corner of the room somewhere.
Soon they were struggling out of her shirt and his pants, and with a slight tackle from Greta, Eric was on his back on the bed, with her hovering over him. Her hair hanging down in a curtain over his face. His arm came up and pulled her all the way down to him, and he kissed her. Then rolled her over onto her back, him following, laying slightly to her side, as they continued to kiss. She tried to pull him over, and on to her, but he held back, and his lips started to moved down her cheek, and then to her neck. She closed her eyes and let him continue, with the soft, gentle kisses, and his hands started to trail over her skin.
He moved over her slowly, his lips trailing over her collarbone, tailing between her silk covered breasts, and lightly trailing over her chest. He kissed around her belly button, and then he nuzzled his face into her stomach, closing his eyes. Greta opened her eyes to watch him, with a soft smile playing across her face. Her hands came down to his head, so she could run her fingers through his hair. He looked up at her, and she thought her heart was going to break through her chest. He looked so happy, and their was almost wetness in his eyes. Her hands pulled him back up to her, and he settled over her, his arms, braced around her, "Make love to me." She said softly.
He kissed her gently, "Always," he said....
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"Are you going to have your hands on my stomach for the next 7 months?" Greta asked him, as Eric was spooned up behind her, his hands placed on her low stomach.
He laughed, "Maybe."
She giggled and turned around in his arms to face him. "Well hopefully in those last few months you will be able to get your arms around me."
He shook his head at her, "Wouldn't care if I couldn't, would still try."
She looked at him, and tilled her head, "Why are you so... so... I don't know how to describe it, amazed or something by this?"
He thought about it for a minute, "Well, it is amazing. I mean, think about what your body is doing. You are creating another life, it sort of blows my mind."
"No, we created another life, it just gets room and board in me for 9 months, and then I get the pain and anguish of evicting them."
He laughed at the way she described it. "Well when you say it that way..." Then he just looked at her, "Greta, I'm just so happy."
"Me too," she said and leaned in and kissed the tip of his nose.
Eric looked up at the ceiling, and then yelled, "We're having a baby!!!!"
Greta started laughing next to him. "A little louder, I don't think all of Salem heard you." He started to open his mouth, and her hand came up to cover it. But there was no sound except for a kiss to the palm of her hand. And then he pulled her hand around him, to pull her closer. She smiled, and then jumped slightly when the phone rang.
She started to reach for it, "No, let the machine get it," he said. She smiled and nodded. They listened as the answering machine picked up the phone, and they strained to hear it from downstairs.
{{Greta? It's Marlena, I'm just calling to see if you are okay. Call me when you have time. Bye.}}
Eric sighed, and closed his eyes. "Oh boy, I'm going to have to do a lot of explaining soon."
"We both are, we should call and tell them everything is okay."
"Yeah, but they are not going to settle for a simple explanation, especially how I carried on."
Greta sat up, then scooted to the side of the bed, "Well how about be discuss this later. Because I'm starving, we can have an early dinner." She stood up, and went searching for her silk robe.
Eric laid their and watched her nude form circle the room, until she found what she was looking for. "Sounds good," he said, "I know that sandwich didn't go that far, and I didn't eat lunch, so I'm starving too." Once she wrapped the robe around her, Eric got out of bed himself and pulled on a pair of boxers, and then followed her out of the room and down the stairs into the kitchen. She opened the refrigerator door, and peered inside. He looked with her, "Uhh, I think we need to get some grocery shopping done."
"Well, how long has it been since we even made dinner?" She asked turning to look at him, and he didn't respond, because he actually couldn't remember. "Exactly. So now what?"
"We could do what we have done, delivery, or I could run for take out." She made a slight face, and he understood, that didn't sound good to him either.
She turned back to the kitchen, and looked through the freezer, and almost hit her head on the door of it, when the phone rang again. "What now?" She asked.
This time Eric just went and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
{{Eric?!?}} Sami said from the other end.
"Yeah," he said with a slight roll of his eyes at the sound of disbelief in her voice.
{{You're back home, are you and Greta talking, and is everything okay?}}
"Yes, we are talking, and everything is okay." He saw Greta walk over to him, and then sit on the couch. He then sat down next to her.
Greta watched the two talk on the phone, and smiled as Eric was trying to get out of going out to dinner with her. "Sami, we really don't want to go out to dinner.... well no, we haven't ate yet... but... well... Well, no, we haven't had time to shop... but."
She felt her stomach rumble, and took the phone away from Eric. "Sami?"
{{Hi, Greta. Get him to come out to dinner with you, and me and Brandon tonight.}}
"Hold on a second." Greta said, and then covered the mouth piece of the phone. "We might as well, there is nothing in this house to eat. And it would be just Brandon and your sister. We could deal with everyone else tomorrow."
Eric thought about it for a minute, "Okay, tell them if they want to eat we will meet them there in a half hour." He said rubbing his stomach, it was starting to gurgle.
Greta nodded and told Sami, and then hung up the phone. "Okay, Penthouse Grill, half hour." Then her eyes went wide, "Eric... we have to get dressed!" She sprang up from the couch, and a few seconds later she found Eric standing with his arms around her, his concerned eyes looking at her, but with also a slight amused expression in them.
"You need to be more careful, you might know you are pregnant, but that doesn't mean the symptoms just go away." He steadied her back to her feet, "Don't get up so quickly." He said and kissed her cheek, and then led her up to the bedroom, so they could both change.
Greta walked into the closet, pulled out a dress and shoes, and then went into the bathroom. Eric went into his closet to find something to wear. A few minutes later, Eric was fastening the button his his pants and looked up to see Greta walking out of the bathroom, fully dressed. Her hair up in a french twist, with some whisps of hair trailing out, make-up applied, and earrings in the process of going in. "Ready?" She asked.
He almost looked shocked. "Okay, now... you can get ready in like 5 minutes and look incredible, but usually it takes you about an hour."
She came over to him, and kissed, "Easy... I'm starving."
He pulled on his suit coat, and wrapped his arms around her as she looked in the mirror adjusting her dress. She turned sideways, and looked. "No, you can't tell yet." He told her, already knowing what she was thinking, and he chimed in again before she could say anything, "And you will look even more beautiful, when you do."
She smiled, "Sweet talker." He smiled, she grabbed his hand, "Now let's get going."
"Yes ma'am," He said following her out the door and to her car. She got in the passenger seat, as Eric opened the driver side of the Green Mustang. "Wow, letting me drive your baby?"
She just shook her head at him, "I'm still really tired, shouldn't drive." She said with a slight yawn, then a smile came across her face. "Besides, I think you can handle the responsibility... dad." She said looking at him.
His smile grew at the word, but also almost sent shivers up his spine. *Me, Eric Brady, is going to be a father.*
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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 two starred at each other, *Could Lucas be right?* Eric's mind thought, and then more guilt passed through him, at that possible realization.
Greta looked from Eric back to the door that had shut, and then back to Eric's eyes. She could see how upset he was, and she didn't exactly know what to feel. She had a million different thoughts running through her head. *Could Lucas be right? Could I be pregnant? How could Eric think we were having an affair? Does he truly believe we weren't?* She tried to sit up, and her stomach flipped and she stopped immediately.
Eric caught the look on her face, and noticed that she looked like she was about to get sick, as she laid back down and slowly turned to her side to face him. He closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. "I'm so sorry." He said softly, and then opened his eyes to look at her. "And now..." He said motioning with his hands to her, "We need to go and figure out what is wrong, and if maybe, just maybe Lucas is right and you are..." He couldn't even finish the sentence, because he just felt even more guilty. He knew how upset she had been, Sami had told him as much on the phone, and he had said he didn't care.
"Eric, I'm not going anywhere until we talk about this." She said, a very determined look on her face. "I don't know everything that happened, but how could you even think that I was having an affair?"
He ran his hand through his hair, and looked at the wall, he didn't want to tell her, but he knew he had too, but he just couldn't look at her while doing so. "I saw the little incident in your office yesterday, only from outside it didn't look like you had fainted, it looked as if you were kissing."
Greta's eyes went wide, and her hand went to his and pulled on it to make him look at her. "If that is what it looked like, and you saw it, why didn't you say anything?"
He was mentally berating himself for that exact reason, if he would have done that, none of this would have happened. Heck he would have insisted on taking her to the doctor yesterday. "I was... I was... well in shock, and very angry. I just had to get out of there."
"So that's why you left early, and went home. And that is what you were talking about." She stopped and shook her head slightly, and then looked at him, "But Eric... even if what you saw was real, which it wasn't, but if it was. That still wouldn't have meant we were having an affair. It could have been a ton of things. Acting out a commercial ad..."
He cut her off, "Kissing?" He looked at her in shock. "Have you?"
She waved her hand at him, "No! All I'm saying is you caught what might have been a kiss, which doesn't mean an affair." Her eyes closed slightly as an old memory filled her head, "It's not like you caught us in bed together."
He heard the hurt still in her voice, and his mind mentally winced. "True." He agreed, "But, not that it's really a defense or anything. But you two have been spending a lot of time together, trips, late nights, and well..."
"Well what?"
"Except the night before last..." He trailed off, and she motioned for him to continue. "Well, you haven't exactly been in the mood, and everything."
"I'm sorry." She said softly.
Eric moved closer to her, "No, no. Don't be." Her being sorry for being sick, and tired, was almost to much for him. How could he ever think that she would actually have an affair?
She looked up at him, "Why? I mean, besides what you saw, and that, what else was there, that would make you think that I could do that? Eric, I love you, why would I do that?"
He looked down, "I don't know, it was all kinds of things. And then I thought that maybe... well... that maybe you might be curious." She looked at him not understanding. "Greta, heck I was your first kiss, your first, like anything. I thought, maybe you wanted to know if... if it was different, better, I don't know."
Greta closed her eyes and smiled softly. She then willed herself to sit-up, Eric helped her, and in a few moments she was sitting next to him. She turned to him, grabbing onto his hand. "Eric, I have never even had the thought of wanting to know what it is like with someone else."
"But, I mean..."
She squeezed his hand and interrupted him, "Not once, have I ever thought about it."
Eric looked at her, and he could tell she meant every word, "Why?"
She smiled at him, "Because, what we have. What you make me feel. How I feel when we make love.... everything. Everything, is so much better then what I ever thought it would be. I never dreamed it would be as good as it is." She smiled at him, and he smiled back. "I don't need to know what any other man is like Eric. I have what I want, what I will always want."
He smiled, "But I know how curious you can get."
Her grin widened, "Yeah, I am curious, about what WE can do TOGETHER." She said with major emphasis. Then her head went down, "And I'm sorry I haven't been in the mood lately to show you that."
His hand came up and titled her head up to look at him, "Greta, you never, ever have to be sorry for that. It's not like I expect that, it's not like it's some duty or something you have to do. Making love or sex which ever it is," he said with a slight wink and she smiled at, "Is something we should both be wanting at the time, not just one of us. And if anyone should be sorry, it's me." He sighed loud, "Greta, I am so, so sorry. What I put you through, what I said to you. You have no idea how sorry I am."
"Eric, I know what it's like to see something that looks one way and really isn't."
He nodded, he knew she did, "But that was a set up, and so much worse, it really..."
"Eric," She said, stopping him. "The only thing you did wrong was not confronting us then, or at least telling me what you were talking about. But, everything is okay, as long as you believe, that Lucas and I are NOT having an affair. And that you understand, that I would NEVER do that."
"I know," he said, he did believe her, and he knew that. "But I know how upset you were, Sami called me. And I know I caused that."
"Eric..." She couldn't deny that, she had been up all night crying, making herself sick. She called all over trying to find him. She couldn't remember how many times her and Sami had talked. "Just promise me, that when you are mad at me, tell me why."
He smiled and nodded, and she leaned into his chest, and he wrapped his arms around her, his head resting on the top of hers. He held onto her, smelling her perfume and the smell of her shampoo. The feel of her hair on his finger tips as his one hand caressed the back of her head, the other hand holding onto her. He closed his eyes as he held her, he loved her so much, and couldn't believe how things had drastically turned around in the last twenty-four hours. He know had to tell his family about the huge misunderstanding, let them know everything was okay. He knew he still had a lot to make up for to Greta, even though she was telling him he didn't. But there was one very important thing, they had to do first.
"Okay, we have one more thing we have to do."
She looked up at him, "What?"
He smiled, "What do you mean what? You faint twice, are getting sick to your stomach, and all kinds of other things, and you think we aren't going to the doctor? Now, I don't know if Lucas may be onto something or not. But there is definitely something going on with you, and we are going to figure it out. So let's go find Lexi, like we usually do, and get some tests done."
She smiled, "Okay."
He stood up and offered her a hand, and pulled her up. But then his arms were around her as she looked like she was going to go out again. "And after we get some tests done, we are going to get you something to eat. Something with some protein, like some chowder or a nice big steak or something."
Her hand went to her her mouth and she looked slightly green, "Oh God no." She said, the thought of the chowder making her stomach flip.
"Okay, then we will figure out something you want." And with that he helped her out of the office, and towards his jeep. They were then on their way to the hospital.
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The two got to the Hospital not to much later and found their way to Lexi's office. Eric knocked lightly on the door, and both smiled when they heard someone say come in. Eric opened the door, and they found Lexi sitting behind her desk looking through some folders on her desk. She looked up and smiled, "Well hello. How's one of my favorite couples doing?"
They both smiled at her, "Actually, we were hoping you could help us figure that out." Eric told her, which made a puzzled look come over her face. "Well, that is if you aren't busy."
Lexi looked at the files in front of her, "These can wait, sit down and tell me what's up."
Eric shut the door behind them, and him and Greta sat down in the chairs in front of her desk.
He looked at Greta, "Do you want to explain or me?"
"Well, it's all me, so I will." She said and turned to Lexi. "I fainted." She said with a sigh.
Lexi looked at her, and then Eric, "Okay..."
"Twice," Greta said.
Eric just shook his head, "Greta... Lexi, she got dizzy and then fainted, she's been feeling nauseous, been very tired lately, and hasn't been eating right."
Greta rolled her eyes at him, "I was getting there." She then turned to Lexi, "Now I know I have slight problems with low blood sugar, but this is extreme."
Lexi nodded, "Well, we can do some tests and figure out what the problem is."
"But there is more." Eric said with a slight smile, "We may, possibly already know what it might be."
Lexi gave him another strange look, "And that would be..." The two looked at each other and smiled, and Lexi watched them, and her smile grew. "Are you trying to say that I should also run a pregnancy test?" They both nodded, "So is this time planned or unexpected?" Lexi asked.
"Well, we have been trying for a little over two months now." Greta said.
"You didn't tell anyone that!" Lexi said excited.
"We didn't want any pressure, you know our family." Eric replied.
Lexi nodded in complete understanding. "Oh, I know. Probably was a good idea." She then took out some papers and stuff, and turned back to Greta. "Okay, let's figure all this out. How long have you been feeling tired?"
Greta thought about it, "For about two weeks, but I have been working a lot of longs hours on the magazine since my promotion."
Lexi nodded, "Okay. Now the dizziness and fainting spells. How long had it been since you ate something?"
"Ummm, yesterday I forgot to eat breakfast and lunch. And today, well, I don't remember when I last ate something." Eric looked at her, and he sighed slightly, another wave of guilt washing over him, because he knew he was the reason for the last one.
Lexi looked at her strangely, "Why aren't you eating?"
"Just been really busy with work, and running late, and stuff. And well, also, just the sound of some foods make me queasy."
Lexi smiled at that, and towards Eric. "Okay, have you actually gotten sick?" Greta shook her head no. "Okay, one more question, and then I'm going to get the stuff ready for the tests and get the nurse to take some blood." They nodded okay, "Have your periods been late, lighter, or nonexistent?"
Greta stopped and looked at Lexi, and then her eyes got wide. "Oh my God."
"What?" Eric asked her concerned by the look on her face.
"I was so busy with work and everything that was going on, I didn't even notice."
"Notice what?" He asked her.
"Well, I had one, sort of."
"Sort of?" Lexi asked.
"I didn't even think about it, it was like, maybe, 2 days total." Eric just looked at her, and then his smile got even bigger.
"Well if you are pregnant, that is totally normal. If you aren't, it could be all the stress from the new promotion and also possibly going off birth control, but the blood tests would be able to tell us more." Lexi stood up, "I'll be back soon." She told them and then left to go and get the stuff ready to get the tests done.
Greta put her hands to her face, "I can't believe I didn't notice that."
Eric lightly grabbed her hands and pulled them to him, so he could look at her. "It's okay, you were really busy."
Greta noticed the smile on his face, "Don't get too excited. We don't know for sure, it could still be all the stress from the new job."
"Greta..."
"I don't want us to get our hopes up and then it not be true."
"Like last time." He said simply and he watched her head lower, and he brought his finger under her chin to tilt it back up to look at him. "I know, at first you were afraid, and then you were looking forward to it, and so was I. But, honestly neither of us was completely ready for it then, we are now."
"But just because we are ready, doesn't mean that I am." His hand went to her cheek, caressing it lightly, "I just don't want to get my hopes up for something and then it not happen."
"Well, maybe you are right, maybe you aren't pregnant. Not yet anyway." She smiled. "We still have plenty of time, and I don't mind trying."
Her smile grew, "Me either." He leaned in and gave her a soft kiss, then pulled away. His hand took hers, and he squeezed it lightly, and then the door was opening. Lexi was followed in by a nurse. Soon the nurse was done taking the blood samples, and Greta was rubbing her arm with the Band-Aid. "I hate needles." Eric smiled and squeezed her hand again.
Lexi leaned against her desk, "Okay, well, that is going to the lab as we speak. I suggest the two of you get something to eat, especially you." She said looking at Greta. "And I'll call your cell phone number when they are done." She then went and sat down, while the two stood up.
"Thanks Lexi," Greta said, and Eric nodded in agreement.
"No need, it's what I do. I'll see you soon." She said, and they walked out the door, Eric shutting it behind them.
"Okay, what is the closest place to eat around here. Or what do you feel like?" He asked, and looked over at her, and then his arms went around her, as her body slightly swayed back and forth. "Greta?"
"I do need to eat." He smiled and nodded. "But nothing...." She tried to figure out what didn't sound good. "Nothing runny, mushy, or soupy."
"Okay." Eric thought about it for a minute, "How about a nice sandwich, lots of bread and crisp vegetables, with maybe turkey or chicken?" He could see her think it over, and the fact that she didn't turn green at the suggestion was a good sign.
"Sounds good."
"Good. And there is a place that the employees go right around the corner." He said and started to walk with his arm around her towards the elevators.
Her hand lightly grabbed his shoulder, and he turned to look at her slightly worried, "Potato Chips."
He shook his head, "What?"
"Potato Chips, those too."
And then he laughed, and kissed her. "Not a problem." And with that they both left the hospital.
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Eric sat across the table from Greta, and just watched her. He wasn't hungry so he only got something to drink, but her sandwich was almost completely gone, her bag of chips were gone long before that, and she was almost done with her her refill of lemonade. What she ate wasn't a big deal, the thing that Eric couldn't believe is she had devoured almost it all in under ten minutes so far. She looked up at him, as the last bite of sandwich went into her mouth, and gave him a strange look. Once she swallowed she spoke, "What?"
"Nothing." He said his grin getting bigger.
"Tell me." She said taking another drink of lemonade and then the sound of an empty cup came from the straw. She gave him a dirty look, "Just a second." She said then stood up, and went and got more, then came back. "Now tell me."
"You were hungry."
"Eric... if you are saying it like that because you are assuming the appetite is from being pregnant, you're wrong. I haven't ate anything in a long time, I was starving."
"I know, I know." He said holding up his hands, he knew she didn't want him to get his hopes up, like she didn't want to do either, just to have them crushed... possibly.
"And if I am pregnant, and you get that look on you face every time I eat something, or do something that pregnant women are typically supposed to do, I'm going to have to hit you."
He laughed at that, he knew he was looking at her in that way. He couldn't help it, his hopes were up, his hopes were high, and he just had a feeling that he was right. He just knew, had a gut feeling that they were actually going to have a baby. All the signs were there, the only thing that scared him was that if she wasn't, then there might be something seriously wrong then. But he refused to think about that.
She sighed after she took another drink, "So how much longer do you think it will be before the tests are done?" She asked him.
"Well, a lot longer than it took you to eat that sandwich," he said with a smile. She gave him another dirty look. "How about we head for the park? That is, if you are feeling better."
"I feel a lot better, just still a little tired, but I do have more energy."
"You didn't get much sleep last night did you." He asked her softly, almost so quietly she could barely hear him.
She reached across the table and took his hand, "No, I couldn't sleep. But..." She squeezed his hand and pulled it slightly making him look up at her. "But I'm okay, now that you are back, and I know everything is okay."
"Greta... I'm so sorry.."
"Eric, stop." She didn't want to hear it again, she didn't need to. She didn't want to see the look on his face anymore, it looked so painful she could barely stand to see him feel guilty. She understood what he felt and what he did, she just wished that it would have been different. "You are here now, with me again, and this could potentially be a very happy day." He smiled at that, "Let's just think about what's going on now, okay?" He nodded okay, and she smiled. "Good. Now how about that walk in the park?"
He stood up, and took her hand. Greta stood, they threw their stuff away, and then walked out the door towards the park. Soon they were there and started to walk around, soon they found a bench and sat down. Eric pulled her close, and she laid her head on his shoulder, and pulled her legs and feet up onto the bench beside her. He wrapped his arm around her, and leaned his head against hers.
"Okay, well I know you said not to get our hopes up, but..." He felt her sigh against him, and he smiled, "But... if my some miracle... you happen to be pregnant... what are we going to do today?"
She looked up at him, "What do you mean?"
"Well we do have a lot of family to tell, but that is going to be a huge ordeal."
Greta grinned, and she knew exactly what he meant. It meant a lot of excitement, questions, and a big hoopla. In other words, a lot of happiness and fun, but also a very big, tiring ordeal. She knew that she really didn't feel like dealing with that, at least not today. She looked up at trying to figure out what he wanted to do. "Do we need to say anything today?"
She could feel him let out a deep breath, "Thank goodness." He said. "I was hoping you would say that. If you are..." Eric smiled, and squeezed her slightly, "We could keep it to ourselves for at least today, and get some rest and just be alone." Greta smiled up at him, "Then tell everyone tomorrow." She nodded indicating that she liked that idea. "So, only us and Lexi would know for the time being."
"If I am." She said.
"Right." He shook his head slightly at her, and then smiled remembering something, "And actually if I remember right, we both do have the day off tomorrow. Remember Lucas promised we could have a three day weekend because he stole you for that trip last weekend."
She sat up and looked at him, "That's right, I forgot all about that." The two sat there for awhile, talking about what they wanted to do tonight, either way, and soon time passed and they jumped when Greta's cell phone rang. "Hello?" She said answering it. "Uh, huh.... okay... uh huh... okay, we'll be right there." She said and then turned it off. She looked at him, "It was Lexi, the tests are done, and she is going to the lab right now to pick them up."
"Well, let's get going." Eric said standing up quickly, and taking her hand, he helped her up, and they walked back to the hospital.
They were there quickly, and had to wait outside Lexi's office, because she wasn't back yet. But soon they saw her walking down the fall carrying a couple folders. "Hi." She said as she got them and then opened up her door, and they followed her in, shutting the door behind them. They all sat down.
"Well?" Greta asked, the second before Eric was going to ask the same question.
Lexi smiled at the two of them, "Eager?" They just smiled in response. "Well I haven't looked yet, I got a bunch of lab reports from different patients. Let me find yours." She said looking through the folders. "Here we go." She said finding Greta's folder, and opening it. "Well, geez, you're sugar was low." She looked up at her, "You really need to watch that," She said looking at Greta.
"I know, I know." Greta said with a sigh.
Lexi continued to read, "Yeah, you really need to eat better than you have been lately Greta." She gave her a stern look, which turned into a large smile, "Especially since you are eating for two."
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It took a couple of seconds for what Lexi said to register in both of their brains. Greta just sat there in a shock, and Eric finally formed some words, "You mean..."
"You are going to have a baby." Lexi said, her eyes shining in joy for the both of them.
The two turned and looked at each other, "Oh my God," Greta said softly, and then their arms wrapped around each other in a huge hug. She couldn't believe it, she wanted it so much, that she was almost certain that it wouldn't happen. Eric held her tightly, a large smile on his face.
Lexi smiled at the two, "Now there is a room open with the ultra sound equipment right now, so if we get down there, we could take a look, and maybe figure out exactly how far along you are."
"That would be great." Greta said pulling away slightly, put keeping her hands in Eric's. They all stood and made their way to the other room, the couple was almost moving in a cloud like, dreamy state. Happiness and shock the only real things they were sensing. They got to the room, and Lexi motioned for Greta to get on the bed. Eric closed the door behind them, and Lexi got the machine ready as Greta laid down, and got her skirt unzipped and pulled down enough to work for the ultra sound. Eric came over next to her, and grabbed her hand. She looked up at him and smiled. "I can't believe it." Greta said.
He leaned down, placed his other hand on her stomach, and kissed her softly on the lips, "Neither can I."
"Are you ready?" Lexi asked, as she walked over. They nodded yes, and Lexi put some of the lotion stuff onto Greta's stomach and then started to work the small device over her stomach, which then made different black and white pictures on the little television monitor.
"Okay, starting with the left, ovary looks good, and the fallopian tube is clear." She then moved to the right side and did the same thing, "Okay, that's side is clear too." She then then started in circular motion, slowly, moving the device around, then a large smile formed, "And there we go."
They looked at the screen, and Lexi, ran her finger over it, "That's the baby?" Greta asked. Lexi nodded.
"So small." Eric commented.
"Actually, not really." Lexi moved the thing around a little more trying to get a slightly better angle, "I would say by the size, that you are a little over two months along."
Eric and Greta looked at each other, and large smiles formed across their faces, "Are you sure I'm over two months, not like one and a half months or so?"
"No, I would say definitely over two months, maybe not much at all, but over the two month mark. Why?"
"Oh my," Greta said a slight blush coming over her face at the thought.
"Like we said, we've only been trying for about 2 months." Eric told her.
"Well it looks like you accomplished your task early."
Greta laughed slightly, "Yeah, the first night we tried."
Lexi shook her head, "Or the second or third, maybe forth night."
Eric then shook his head, "No, it would have to be the first night." Lexi gave him a puzzled look. "Because then next night was almost two weeks later, because of work and trips."
"Oh," Was all Lexi said, and then she laughed slightly. "Well I guess it was good you found time that night." She then hit a few buttons on the machine. "Okay, I'm printing a few pictures, and I'm going to go get you some information and stuff. I'll be right back." She told them, and then left them alone.
Eric looked down at Greta, "First time's a charm I guess."
"I can't believe it."
Eric thought about it for a minute, "Actually it makes sense."
"How is that?"
"Well if I remember that night correctly, you were all over me." He said with a slightly wicked look in his eyes, making her smile.
"Yeah, yeah. I know." She thought about it for a minute, "Actually before you got home, I could have sworn I had a slight temperature, and I think I remember reading something about..."
"About a slight temperature increase during ovulation?" He asked, finishing her thought for her, and she nodded. "Well, then that explains it." He leaned back down, and gave her a deep kiss, his hand moving back to her stomach, only to come away quickly. He gave a strange look, and Greta started to giggle. "That lotion stuff." Greta just laughed, as he found a towel, wiping his hand, and then he came back over, and wiped it off her stomach for her, turning her laughs into a soft smile. He helped her pull the zipper back up, and get presentable again. She sat on the side of the bed, and Eric moved up beside her.
Lexi then came back in. She gave them two copies of the picture of the ultra sound, lots of pamphlets and everything. "Okay, now before you guys leave, make an appointment with Doctor Bator for sometime next week, just so that she can take a look at you, and everything. If you have any more fainting spells or anything, come in. But you need to eat better," She said shaking her finger at her.
"I know, I promise." Greta said.
"I'll make sure of it." Eric said wrapping his arm around her.
"Good," Lexi than had a large smile on her face. "And Congratulations! I'm so happy for the two of you!"
She gave them each a hug. Then Eric spoke up, "Lexi, actually could you do us a favor and not tell anyone yet? We kinda want to just be quite about it, at least for tonight. But once you hear it from someone, you can tell whoever you want."
She smiled, "Completely understand. You go home, and have some nice quality time together, all... three... of you." She said with a grin.
"Thanks again Lexi." Greta told her. Lexi just waved it away, and they said their good-byes. They then went and made an appointment with Doctor Bator for early next week, and then headed home. Both extremely happy, but still in a state of feeling like it was all unreal.
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Chapter 155
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The couple got home, and were still slightly in a daze. Eric opened the door, and Greta walked in after him. She sat her purse down and kicked off her shoes in the foyer, "I still can't believe it," she said shaking her head slightly.
Eric shut the door behind them, and wrapped his arms around her from behind, his hands moving down to lay over her stomach, "Me either, but I'm so happy." He then turned her around to look at him, "You are happy, right?"
Her eyes got wide, "Of course I am, just... shocked. I mean..." She smiled wide, "We accomplished our task the very first night we tried."
He grinned, and leaned down and kissed her, "And what a night it was."
Greta smiled into the kiss, and leaned in to him, and his arms wrapped around her. Her arms came up around his neck, pulling him deeper into the kiss. She pulled away slightly, and looked up at him. "Well, at first we could say we were practicing for having a baby, and then once we wanted to have a baby, we could say we were trying to have one." He smiled down at her, "So, what is our excuse now?" She asked him with a smile.
He thought about it for a few seconds, and then picked her up in her arms, "Because we just want too." He told her, and she wrapped her arms around his neck and he carried her up the stairs to their bedroom.
He got through the doors, and placed her in the middle of the bed and then crawled up onto it himself, but on their knees facing each other. "I missed you," she told him, as her arms went around him, and pulled him in for another deep kiss.
He groaned slightly as her tongue met his, "I missed you too," he told her, as his hands moved to the buttons of her shirt, and then finally slipping the silk material down off her shoulders. She shrugged it the rest of the way off, and her hands then quickly removed his shirt up and over his head, throwing it in the corner of the room somewhere.
Soon they were struggling out of her shirt and his pants, and with a slight tackle from Greta, Eric was on his back on the bed, with her hovering over him. Her hair hanging down in a curtain over his face. His arm came up and pulled her all the way down to him, and he kissed her. Then rolled her over onto her back, him following, laying slightly to her side, as they continued to kiss. She tried to pull him over, and on to her, but he held back, and his lips started to moved down her cheek, and then to her neck. She closed her eyes and let him continue, with the soft, gentle kisses, and his hands started to trail over her skin.
He moved over her slowly, his lips trailing over her collarbone, tailing between her silk covered breasts, and lightly trailing over her chest. He kissed around her belly button, and then he nuzzled his face into her stomach, closing his eyes. Greta opened her eyes to watch him, with a soft smile playing across her face. Her hands came down to his head, so she could run her fingers through his hair. He looked up at her, and she thought her heart was going to break through her chest. He looked so happy, and their was almost wetness in his eyes. Her hands pulled him back up to her, and he settled over her, his arms, braced around her, "Make love to me." She said softly.
He kissed her gently, "Always," he said....
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"Are you going to have your hands on my stomach for the next 7 months?" Greta asked him, as Eric was spooned up behind her, his hands placed on her low stomach.
He laughed, "Maybe."
She giggled and turned around in his arms to face him. "Well hopefully in those last few months you will be able to get your arms around me."
He shook his head at her, "Wouldn't care if I couldn't, would still try."
She looked at him, and tilled her head, "Why are you so... so... I don't know how to describe it, amazed or something by this?"
He thought about it for a minute, "Well, it is amazing. I mean, think about what your body is doing. You are creating another life, it sort of blows my mind."
"No, we created another life, it just gets room and board in me for 9 months, and then I get the pain and anguish of evicting them."
He laughed at the way she described it. "Well when you say it that way..." Then he just looked at her, "Greta, I'm just so happy."
"Me too," she said and leaned in and kissed the tip of his nose.
Eric looked up at the ceiling, and then yelled, "We're having a baby!!!!"
Greta started laughing next to him. "A little louder, I don't think all of Salem heard you." He started to open his mouth, and her hand came up to cover it. But there was no sound except for a kiss to the palm of her hand. And then he pulled her hand around him, to pull her closer. She smiled, and then jumped slightly when the phone rang.
She started to reach for it, "No, let the machine get it," he said. She smiled and nodded. They listened as the answering machine picked up the phone, and they strained to hear it from downstairs.
{{Greta? It's Marlena, I'm just calling to see if you are okay. Call me when you have time. Bye.}}
Eric sighed, and closed his eyes. "Oh boy, I'm going to have to do a lot of explaining soon."
"We both are, we should call and tell them everything is okay."
"Yeah, but they are not going to settle for a simple explanation, especially how I carried on."
Greta sat up, then scooted to the side of the bed, "Well how about be discuss this later. Because I'm starving, we can have an early dinner." She stood up, and went searching for her silk robe.
Eric laid their and watched her nude form circle the room, until she found what she was looking for. "Sounds good," he said, "I know that sandwich didn't go that far, and I didn't eat lunch, so I'm starving too." Once she wrapped the robe around her, Eric got out of bed himself and pulled on a pair of boxers, and then followed her out of the room and down the stairs into the kitchen. She opened the refrigerator door, and peered inside. He looked with her, "Uhh, I think we need to get some grocery shopping done."
"Well, how long has it been since we even made dinner?" She asked turning to look at him, and he didn't respond, because he actually couldn't remember. "Exactly. So now what?"
"We could do what we have done, delivery, or I could run for take out." She made a slight face, and he understood, that didn't sound good to him either.
She turned back to the kitchen, and looked through the freezer, and almost hit her head on the door of it, when the phone rang again. "What now?" She asked.
This time Eric just went and picked up the phone. "Hello?"
{{Eric?!?}} Sami said from the other end.
"Yeah," he said with a slight roll of his eyes at the sound of disbelief in her voice.
{{You're back home, are you and Greta talking, and is everything okay?}}
"Yes, we are talking, and everything is okay." He saw Greta walk over to him, and then sit on the couch. He then sat down next to her.
Greta watched the two talk on the phone, and smiled as Eric was trying to get out of going out to dinner with her. "Sami, we really don't want to go out to dinner.... well no, we haven't ate yet... but... well... Well, no, we haven't had time to shop... but."
She felt her stomach rumble, and took the phone away from Eric. "Sami?"
{{Hi, Greta. Get him to come out to dinner with you, and me and Brandon tonight.}}
"Hold on a second." Greta said, and then covered the mouth piece of the phone. "We might as well, there is nothing in this house to eat. And it would be just Brandon and your sister. We could deal with everyone else tomorrow."
Eric thought about it for a minute, "Okay, tell them if they want to eat we will meet them there in a half hour." He said rubbing his stomach, it was starting to gurgle.
Greta nodded and told Sami, and then hung up the phone. "Okay, Penthouse Grill, half hour." Then her eyes went wide, "Eric... we have to get dressed!" She sprang up from the couch, and a few seconds later she found Eric standing with his arms around her, his concerned eyes looking at her, but with also a slight amused expression in them.
"You need to be more careful, you might know you are pregnant, but that doesn't mean the symptoms just go away." He steadied her back to her feet, "Don't get up so quickly." He said and kissed her cheek, and then led her up to the bedroom, so they could both change.
Greta walked into the closet, pulled out a dress and shoes, and then went into the bathroom. Eric went into his closet to find something to wear. A few minutes later, Eric was fastening the button his his pants and looked up to see Greta walking out of the bathroom, fully dressed. Her hair up in a french twist, with some whisps of hair trailing out, make-up applied, and earrings in the process of going in. "Ready?" She asked.
He almost looked shocked. "Okay, now... you can get ready in like 5 minutes and look incredible, but usually it takes you about an hour."
She came over to him, and kissed, "Easy... I'm starving."
He pulled on his suit coat, and wrapped his arms around her as she looked in the mirror adjusting her dress. She turned sideways, and looked. "No, you can't tell yet." He told her, already knowing what she was thinking, and he chimed in again before she could say anything, "And you will look even more beautiful, when you do."
She smiled, "Sweet talker." He smiled, she grabbed his hand, "Now let's get going."
"Yes ma'am," He said following her out the door and to her car. She got in the passenger seat, as Eric opened the driver side of the Green Mustang. "Wow, letting me drive your baby?"
She just shook her head at him, "I'm still really tired, shouldn't drive." She said with a slight yawn, then a smile came across her face. "Besides, I think you can handle the responsibility... dad." She said looking at him.
His smile grew at the word, but also almost sent shivers up his spine. *Me, Eric Brady, is going to be a father.*
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To Be Continued