Chapter Ten
Sami looked out the window seeing the snow had cleared a bit as the drift wasn't as high as it had been earlier in the morning. Glancing back over her shoulder, she noticed Brandon sleeping over on the sofa where she'd left him. Smiling at the thought of how wonderful this time together had been for them, she pushed the curtain back looking over at Brandon's jacket on the floor. Slowly creeping over to his jacket, she reached into his pocket fishing out his cell phone as she wondered if it would be working yet. Turning it on, she saw that it appeared to be working as she dialed Lucas hoping that she'd catch Will before he was off to basketball practice.
Hearing the phone ringing, Lucas nearly leapt out of the chair he'd fallen asleep in as he scurried over for it, "Hello."
"Lucas," Sami smiled looking over at Brandon seeing him at peace in his slumber as she reached over to the blanket he'd been covered up in and she wrapped it in around him a bit more securely, "hey is Will there?"
"Sami, where are you," Lucas hissed, "you've had us worried sick about you. When you didn't make it to the hotel…"
"Gee Lucas, I didn't realize you'd cared," Sami felt a sarcastic laugh build up inside of her before she stopped herself, "I'm sorry really. There was a storm and I got into an accident…"
"An accident? Sami, are you alright?" he questioned concerned.
"I'm fine," she offered with a bright smile, "better than fine actually, but this was the first time I was able to get a hold of anyone on the phone."
"Where are you?" Lucas questioned firmly, "what happened?"
"I was on my way to the hotel, but then the storm picked up and I had a little accident, but everything is alright. Brandon found me and.."
"You're with Brandon," Lucas repeated surprised.
"That's right," her smile widened, "just when I thought I was in trouble, he came out of the storm and rescued me. Lucas it was incredible. You should've seen how wonderful it was as Brandon was my own hero right out of a dream and…"
"Hello earth to Sami," Lucas groaned, "Brandon was the reason you were running away, remember?"
"So," she shrugged circling around the room, "I changed my mind since destiny wanted us to find one another again. It was fate."
"Sami, I don't know what the storm has done to fry your brain, but obviously it must be something seeing as you can't call your son and let him know you're alright. You had us all worried about you thinking you were hurt or…"
"Lucas, I'm fine," Sami cut him off, "really there's nothing wrong with me other than I wasn't able to get a line out until the storm eased up a bit which reminds me, where is Will?"
"He's at practice," Lucas frowned slightly, "but you should've known that considering the time."
"Lucas, look I didn't have access to a clock or to a phone and if I'd known that Will was gone, I certainly wouldn't have called to get raked through the coals by you. In fact, when Will gets home, tell him he can reach me on Brandon's cell phone."
"Brandon's cell phone," he repeated, "why not yours?"
"I already told you I was in an accident," she paused, "Look Lucas Roberts I don't have to explain myself to you or anyone."
"Sami, it's just," Lucas frowned, "the guy is dangerous. He's got some serious issues with his temper and when he couldn't find you, he attacked me."
"Brandon attacked you," she repeated with a laugh, "seriously?"
"That's right. He came here looking for you and he started throwing me around," Lucas continued, "the guy is a real creep."
"Oh Lucas, you have no idea how romantic Brandon truly is," Sami gushed looking over at her sleeping prince, "and I'm sure he was just worried about me since I didn't tell him where I was going. He probably didn't mean anything by what happened."
"Sami, the guy is dangerous," Lucas warned.
"Brandon is the love of my life Lucas and he's not dangerous," She argued with him, "Look I'll talk to you when I get back home, but just let Will know I called and that I'm thinking about him."
"Why don't you just come home and tell him yourself?"
"I'll be there as soon as I can," she promised with a frustrated sigh, "and Lucas?"
"What?"
"Try to ease up on Brandon. He's not as bad as you think he is."
"His sister was a real nightmare," Lucas groaned, "and she came over looking for you too."
"Well Nicole is another story," Sami frowned slightly, "but don't let her bother you. She's harmless."
"Is she?" Lucas thought it over, "I'd beg to differ on that one."
"I don't really care what you have to beg about," Sami groaned slightly, "now why don't you just stop your worrying and go be with Greta? I'm sure she'd enjoy your company there."
"She's meeting with John," Lucas explained simply, "he'd wanted to discuss a new line over at Basic Black with her."
"Really," Sami half questioned, "why is that?"
"He'd talked about her modeling and putting her name on one of the lines," Lucas shrugged, "I didn't get the whole story."
"Sounds exciting," Sami rolled her eyes, "no matter. Just remember to have Will call me."
"I'll do that," Lucas paused, "and Sami?"
"Yes?"
"Just be careful with Brandon," Lucas warned, "I don't want you getting hurt again."
"Thanks for the concern," she finally blurted out, "but this time, well this time it's for keeps here."
Hanging up the cell phone, Sami carefully tucked it back into Brandon's pocket before circling around the couch to return to his arms. Carefully lifting the blanket she eased herself in beside him a smile touching over her lips as she wrapped her arms around him and snuggled into his chest.
"Lucas is giving you problems still huh?" Brandon questioned behind closed eyes.
"Lucas is a pain in the butt," Sami couldn't help but laugh looking up at him as she poked him in the chest, "I thought you were sleeping."
"I was, but then I heard you arguing with someone and I assumed you'd called Will," Brandon confessed after a moment, "and I'm sure Lucas told you all about what happened back at the apartment."
"He'd mentioned that you pushed him around," Sami nodded searching his eyes.
"I was worried about you Samantha," Brandon admitted lightly, "I couldn't get a hold of you and I thought Lucas knew something. I probably shouldn't have hit him, but when he didn't tell me where you were…"
"You hit him?" she questioned her eyes widening.
"Not so much as hit him, but shoved him around a bit," Brandon confessed with a shrug, "I know I shouldn't have handled it like that, but I was worried about you."
"Brandon, look I don't know what happened, but knowing Lucas he probably deserved it," she reasoned thinking it over.
"You mean you're not upset?"
"About you tossing Lucas around and shaking things up a little," she shook her head, "not likely. Lucas Roberts has been a pain in my side for far too long, so no I don't mind you shoving him around a bit. It just shows me how worried you were."
"When I couldn't get in touch with you, all that mattered was finding you," Brandon admitted after a moment, "I felt like you were in some kind of trouble and that you needed me…"
"I did need you," she leaned in to kiss him gently, "I do need you Brandon and I'll always need you."
"I'll always need you too, Samantha," Brandon confessed cupping her face between his large hands as he placed butterfly kisses over her soft lips, "you're everything to me."
"And you're everything to me as well," she whispered holding him closer still, "oh I hate the idea of going back to Salem now."
"We don't have to leave just yet you know," Brandon smiled up at her, "we still have some time here I would think."
"I know, but when we get back we have Lexie to deal with and the world that we tried to put behind while we were here."
"Samantha, that world doesn't have to get in the way of what we have here," Brandon brushed a piece of her golden hair behind her ear, "just because there are things waiting to be dealt with back in Salem, it doesn't mean that you and I are going to change with those things. I still intend to marry you and give you all those dreams come to life that we talked about. I want to give you and Will the world together and hopefully despite what's waiting for us, we'll be able to have that."
"I want that so much Brandon," she blurted out after a moment, "it's just that in my life nothing ever goes as I want it to. Things always fall apart right before my eyes."
"Not this time Samantha," he promised her, "this time things are going to be magic for us. I promise you that."
"I want to believe that," she whispered kissing him in response, "I want it more than anything."
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"Alexandria," Tony touched his sister's hair gently, "how are you feeling?"
"Tony, tell me this was all a dream--that I didn't lose my baby," she pleaded with him.
"I'm so sorry," he sighed seeing the sadness behind her eyes, "but I'm sure where ever the child is, he's in a better place."
"He," she repeated as tears pooled in her eyes, "my son."
"Oh Alexandria," he pulled her into his arms holding her close.
"Why did this have to happen?" she questioned painfully, "why did I have to lose it all?"
"You haven't lost it all," Tony promised her, "we'll get through this."
"Nothing will ever bring my son back," she answered tightly, "but this never would've happened if Sami Brady hadn't interfered in my life. If she'd only left well enough alone."
"Alexandria, young Samantha wasn't responsible for this," he tried to reason with her once again, "she didn't cause this to happen."
"She tried to turn Brandon against me," she answered tightly, "I would have it all right now if she'd only left well enough alone. She's the reason I lost my son, and I won't let her get away with that. She thinks she can just take away what's mine, but it won't work that way. She's going to pay for this."
"Alexandria, revenge won't make this right," Tony cupped her face in his hands, "you can't take the pain away with revenge."
"Revenge is all I have," she replied meeting his concerned eyes, "please don't take that from me as well. Tony, please tell me that you'll help me through this, that you'll help me make sure she pays for what she's done."
"Alexandria…"
"Tony, I'm asking you as your sister, as your blood….begging you…." tears pooled in her eyes, "please don't deny me this. Father would want you to do this for me."
"Alexandria, what you're asking," he took in a breath closing his eyes as he thought of his father's last wishes. Despite what he'd wanted to do in helping her, he realized she wouldn't accept anything less than what she had her heart set on, "anything you need, I'll give it to you."
"Thank you Tony," Lexie hugged him tightly, "thank you for this."
"Anything for you dear sister," he replied holding her close to him hoping that he wasn't making a big mistake in putting his sister first as the Dimera name had instructed him to do.
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"Hey honey," Sami beamed as she answered the call from Will, "I was just thinking about you. How was practice?" she questioned as Brandon watched her admiring her beauty as she spoke to her son.
Samantha was an incredible mother and that was part of what had drawn him in to her. Sure, he'd been smitten with Samantha from the first moment he'd laid eyes upon her, but watching her with Will he could see a beauty in her that so many others had overlooked. She had a strength and a loving, caring side to her that so many people refused to see in focusing on rubbing her past mistakes in her face. With Will she was a mother that had a softer, sweet side always putting her son at the top of her list as he was her world. She'd wanted happiness in her life for so very long and Will was the one source of it she'd had.
Brandon smiled as Samantha and Will continued their conversation talking about his experiences at basketball practice. Seeing how happy and at ease she was, he vowed to make life that way for her from here on out. He wanted nothing but the best for her and Will and he promised himself that he would give her nothing less.
"Hey ask Will how his three point shots are going," Brandon called out to her as Samantha looked up at him with a smile.
"Brandon wants to know how your three pointers are going," she explained into the phone, "okay, hold on," she set the phone down holding her hand over the mouth, "he wants to talk to you."
"Great," Brandon smiled accepting the phone, "hey buddy, how's it going? Oh awesome, see I knew you could do it if you practiced what we were talking about," he smiled over at Samantha, "sure, yeah your mom and I are having a good time here. Sure, we'd love to do that when we get back. You've got it and hey I'll even try and talk your mom into it as well. Of course," he winked over at Samantha, "you've got it. Alright here's your mom. I'll see you soon."
"Hey baby," she spoke into the phone to which he must've protested, "hey, you'll always be my baby. I love you too. We'll be home soon I promise. I love you lots and lots," she finished with a bright smile hanging up the phone as she looked to Brandon.
"Feel better now that you talked to him," Brandon questioned with a soft smile.
She nodded moving in towards him wrapping her arms around his torso, "I do. He was so happy to hear from me."
"It's because he loves you very much," Brandon kissed the top of her head, "just like I do."
"I love you too," she leaned up on her toes to kiss him, "although I do have to wonder just what you roped us into. Will seemed very excited about our return after what you promised."
"Hey he deserves a treat every now and then," Brandon winked at her.
"Which means?" she questioned curiously.
"Which means I told him I'd try to talk you into going with us to the WWE event that was coming to Salem next month. He was excited about it and he thought maybe I could twist your arm into going…"
"Brandon, you know how I feel about wrestling," she wrinkled her nose.
"Oh come on. It could be fun Samantha," he teased lifting her up off her feet as his nose nuzzled her neck, "the three of us out on the town…maybe a little popcorn, some cotton candy and then later maybe we could return home and then have our own private wrestling match between us," he teased kissing the curve of her neck.
"That's bribery," she noted placing her hand on the center of his chest, "Will put you up to that, didn't he?"
"Maybe a little," he laughed lightly, "but then again I wouldn't mind any opportunity to spend time with you and with Will."
"You really do enjoy being with us, don't you?"
"Of course I do. He's a great kid," he nodded, "I'm just glad that he doesn't mind me being around considering how much I love his mother."
"I think he sees how happy you make me," she smiled up at him, "and he enjoys having a man in his life again….well, besides Lucas."
"I'm glad that he likes me because I think he's a fantastic kid, but then again I knew he would be considering he has such a fantastic mother."
"Brandon," she blushed.
"You truly are Samantha," he urged further, "you have a great relationship with Will and in seeing that bond between you, it makes me love you all the more especially when I think about our having a family together."
"A family," she smiled at him.
"That's right," he nodded, "we're going to have lots of children running around for Will to play with and we're going to have it all. I promise you that."
"I love the sound of that," she smiled at him, "it's everything a girl could dream of."
"And you're everything I could ever dream of," he confessed kissing her, "I love you Samantha and I promise you that we're truly going to have it all when we return to Salem. You'll never ever feel alone again because Will and I are going to make sure you are happy every day for the rest of your life."
"I'm already happy," she hugged him tighter realizing that someone must be smiling down on her as all of her dreams were coming true.
Sami looked out the window seeing the snow had cleared a bit as the drift wasn't as high as it had been earlier in the morning. Glancing back over her shoulder, she noticed Brandon sleeping over on the sofa where she'd left him. Smiling at the thought of how wonderful this time together had been for them, she pushed the curtain back looking over at Brandon's jacket on the floor. Slowly creeping over to his jacket, she reached into his pocket fishing out his cell phone as she wondered if it would be working yet. Turning it on, she saw that it appeared to be working as she dialed Lucas hoping that she'd catch Will before he was off to basketball practice.
Hearing the phone ringing, Lucas nearly leapt out of the chair he'd fallen asleep in as he scurried over for it, "Hello."
"Lucas," Sami smiled looking over at Brandon seeing him at peace in his slumber as she reached over to the blanket he'd been covered up in and she wrapped it in around him a bit more securely, "hey is Will there?"
"Sami, where are you," Lucas hissed, "you've had us worried sick about you. When you didn't make it to the hotel…"
"Gee Lucas, I didn't realize you'd cared," Sami felt a sarcastic laugh build up inside of her before she stopped herself, "I'm sorry really. There was a storm and I got into an accident…"
"An accident? Sami, are you alright?" he questioned concerned.
"I'm fine," she offered with a bright smile, "better than fine actually, but this was the first time I was able to get a hold of anyone on the phone."
"Where are you?" Lucas questioned firmly, "what happened?"
"I was on my way to the hotel, but then the storm picked up and I had a little accident, but everything is alright. Brandon found me and.."
"You're with Brandon," Lucas repeated surprised.
"That's right," her smile widened, "just when I thought I was in trouble, he came out of the storm and rescued me. Lucas it was incredible. You should've seen how wonderful it was as Brandon was my own hero right out of a dream and…"
"Hello earth to Sami," Lucas groaned, "Brandon was the reason you were running away, remember?"
"So," she shrugged circling around the room, "I changed my mind since destiny wanted us to find one another again. It was fate."
"Sami, I don't know what the storm has done to fry your brain, but obviously it must be something seeing as you can't call your son and let him know you're alright. You had us all worried about you thinking you were hurt or…"
"Lucas, I'm fine," Sami cut him off, "really there's nothing wrong with me other than I wasn't able to get a line out until the storm eased up a bit which reminds me, where is Will?"
"He's at practice," Lucas frowned slightly, "but you should've known that considering the time."
"Lucas, look I didn't have access to a clock or to a phone and if I'd known that Will was gone, I certainly wouldn't have called to get raked through the coals by you. In fact, when Will gets home, tell him he can reach me on Brandon's cell phone."
"Brandon's cell phone," he repeated, "why not yours?"
"I already told you I was in an accident," she paused, "Look Lucas Roberts I don't have to explain myself to you or anyone."
"Sami, it's just," Lucas frowned, "the guy is dangerous. He's got some serious issues with his temper and when he couldn't find you, he attacked me."
"Brandon attacked you," she repeated with a laugh, "seriously?"
"That's right. He came here looking for you and he started throwing me around," Lucas continued, "the guy is a real creep."
"Oh Lucas, you have no idea how romantic Brandon truly is," Sami gushed looking over at her sleeping prince, "and I'm sure he was just worried about me since I didn't tell him where I was going. He probably didn't mean anything by what happened."
"Sami, the guy is dangerous," Lucas warned.
"Brandon is the love of my life Lucas and he's not dangerous," She argued with him, "Look I'll talk to you when I get back home, but just let Will know I called and that I'm thinking about him."
"Why don't you just come home and tell him yourself?"
"I'll be there as soon as I can," she promised with a frustrated sigh, "and Lucas?"
"What?"
"Try to ease up on Brandon. He's not as bad as you think he is."
"His sister was a real nightmare," Lucas groaned, "and she came over looking for you too."
"Well Nicole is another story," Sami frowned slightly, "but don't let her bother you. She's harmless."
"Is she?" Lucas thought it over, "I'd beg to differ on that one."
"I don't really care what you have to beg about," Sami groaned slightly, "now why don't you just stop your worrying and go be with Greta? I'm sure she'd enjoy your company there."
"She's meeting with John," Lucas explained simply, "he'd wanted to discuss a new line over at Basic Black with her."
"Really," Sami half questioned, "why is that?"
"He'd talked about her modeling and putting her name on one of the lines," Lucas shrugged, "I didn't get the whole story."
"Sounds exciting," Sami rolled her eyes, "no matter. Just remember to have Will call me."
"I'll do that," Lucas paused, "and Sami?"
"Yes?"
"Just be careful with Brandon," Lucas warned, "I don't want you getting hurt again."
"Thanks for the concern," she finally blurted out, "but this time, well this time it's for keeps here."
Hanging up the cell phone, Sami carefully tucked it back into Brandon's pocket before circling around the couch to return to his arms. Carefully lifting the blanket she eased herself in beside him a smile touching over her lips as she wrapped her arms around him and snuggled into his chest.
"Lucas is giving you problems still huh?" Brandon questioned behind closed eyes.
"Lucas is a pain in the butt," Sami couldn't help but laugh looking up at him as she poked him in the chest, "I thought you were sleeping."
"I was, but then I heard you arguing with someone and I assumed you'd called Will," Brandon confessed after a moment, "and I'm sure Lucas told you all about what happened back at the apartment."
"He'd mentioned that you pushed him around," Sami nodded searching his eyes.
"I was worried about you Samantha," Brandon admitted lightly, "I couldn't get a hold of you and I thought Lucas knew something. I probably shouldn't have hit him, but when he didn't tell me where you were…"
"You hit him?" she questioned her eyes widening.
"Not so much as hit him, but shoved him around a bit," Brandon confessed with a shrug, "I know I shouldn't have handled it like that, but I was worried about you."
"Brandon, look I don't know what happened, but knowing Lucas he probably deserved it," she reasoned thinking it over.
"You mean you're not upset?"
"About you tossing Lucas around and shaking things up a little," she shook her head, "not likely. Lucas Roberts has been a pain in my side for far too long, so no I don't mind you shoving him around a bit. It just shows me how worried you were."
"When I couldn't get in touch with you, all that mattered was finding you," Brandon admitted after a moment, "I felt like you were in some kind of trouble and that you needed me…"
"I did need you," she leaned in to kiss him gently, "I do need you Brandon and I'll always need you."
"I'll always need you too, Samantha," Brandon confessed cupping her face between his large hands as he placed butterfly kisses over her soft lips, "you're everything to me."
"And you're everything to me as well," she whispered holding him closer still, "oh I hate the idea of going back to Salem now."
"We don't have to leave just yet you know," Brandon smiled up at her, "we still have some time here I would think."
"I know, but when we get back we have Lexie to deal with and the world that we tried to put behind while we were here."
"Samantha, that world doesn't have to get in the way of what we have here," Brandon brushed a piece of her golden hair behind her ear, "just because there are things waiting to be dealt with back in Salem, it doesn't mean that you and I are going to change with those things. I still intend to marry you and give you all those dreams come to life that we talked about. I want to give you and Will the world together and hopefully despite what's waiting for us, we'll be able to have that."
"I want that so much Brandon," she blurted out after a moment, "it's just that in my life nothing ever goes as I want it to. Things always fall apart right before my eyes."
"Not this time Samantha," he promised her, "this time things are going to be magic for us. I promise you that."
"I want to believe that," she whispered kissing him in response, "I want it more than anything."
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"Alexandria," Tony touched his sister's hair gently, "how are you feeling?"
"Tony, tell me this was all a dream--that I didn't lose my baby," she pleaded with him.
"I'm so sorry," he sighed seeing the sadness behind her eyes, "but I'm sure where ever the child is, he's in a better place."
"He," she repeated as tears pooled in her eyes, "my son."
"Oh Alexandria," he pulled her into his arms holding her close.
"Why did this have to happen?" she questioned painfully, "why did I have to lose it all?"
"You haven't lost it all," Tony promised her, "we'll get through this."
"Nothing will ever bring my son back," she answered tightly, "but this never would've happened if Sami Brady hadn't interfered in my life. If she'd only left well enough alone."
"Alexandria, young Samantha wasn't responsible for this," he tried to reason with her once again, "she didn't cause this to happen."
"She tried to turn Brandon against me," she answered tightly, "I would have it all right now if she'd only left well enough alone. She's the reason I lost my son, and I won't let her get away with that. She thinks she can just take away what's mine, but it won't work that way. She's going to pay for this."
"Alexandria, revenge won't make this right," Tony cupped her face in his hands, "you can't take the pain away with revenge."
"Revenge is all I have," she replied meeting his concerned eyes, "please don't take that from me as well. Tony, please tell me that you'll help me through this, that you'll help me make sure she pays for what she's done."
"Alexandria…"
"Tony, I'm asking you as your sister, as your blood….begging you…." tears pooled in her eyes, "please don't deny me this. Father would want you to do this for me."
"Alexandria, what you're asking," he took in a breath closing his eyes as he thought of his father's last wishes. Despite what he'd wanted to do in helping her, he realized she wouldn't accept anything less than what she had her heart set on, "anything you need, I'll give it to you."
"Thank you Tony," Lexie hugged him tightly, "thank you for this."
"Anything for you dear sister," he replied holding her close to him hoping that he wasn't making a big mistake in putting his sister first as the Dimera name had instructed him to do.
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"Hey honey," Sami beamed as she answered the call from Will, "I was just thinking about you. How was practice?" she questioned as Brandon watched her admiring her beauty as she spoke to her son.
Samantha was an incredible mother and that was part of what had drawn him in to her. Sure, he'd been smitten with Samantha from the first moment he'd laid eyes upon her, but watching her with Will he could see a beauty in her that so many others had overlooked. She had a strength and a loving, caring side to her that so many people refused to see in focusing on rubbing her past mistakes in her face. With Will she was a mother that had a softer, sweet side always putting her son at the top of her list as he was her world. She'd wanted happiness in her life for so very long and Will was the one source of it she'd had.
Brandon smiled as Samantha and Will continued their conversation talking about his experiences at basketball practice. Seeing how happy and at ease she was, he vowed to make life that way for her from here on out. He wanted nothing but the best for her and Will and he promised himself that he would give her nothing less.
"Hey ask Will how his three point shots are going," Brandon called out to her as Samantha looked up at him with a smile.
"Brandon wants to know how your three pointers are going," she explained into the phone, "okay, hold on," she set the phone down holding her hand over the mouth, "he wants to talk to you."
"Great," Brandon smiled accepting the phone, "hey buddy, how's it going? Oh awesome, see I knew you could do it if you practiced what we were talking about," he smiled over at Samantha, "sure, yeah your mom and I are having a good time here. Sure, we'd love to do that when we get back. You've got it and hey I'll even try and talk your mom into it as well. Of course," he winked over at Samantha, "you've got it. Alright here's your mom. I'll see you soon."
"Hey baby," she spoke into the phone to which he must've protested, "hey, you'll always be my baby. I love you too. We'll be home soon I promise. I love you lots and lots," she finished with a bright smile hanging up the phone as she looked to Brandon.
"Feel better now that you talked to him," Brandon questioned with a soft smile.
She nodded moving in towards him wrapping her arms around his torso, "I do. He was so happy to hear from me."
"It's because he loves you very much," Brandon kissed the top of her head, "just like I do."
"I love you too," she leaned up on her toes to kiss him, "although I do have to wonder just what you roped us into. Will seemed very excited about our return after what you promised."
"Hey he deserves a treat every now and then," Brandon winked at her.
"Which means?" she questioned curiously.
"Which means I told him I'd try to talk you into going with us to the WWE event that was coming to Salem next month. He was excited about it and he thought maybe I could twist your arm into going…"
"Brandon, you know how I feel about wrestling," she wrinkled her nose.
"Oh come on. It could be fun Samantha," he teased lifting her up off her feet as his nose nuzzled her neck, "the three of us out on the town…maybe a little popcorn, some cotton candy and then later maybe we could return home and then have our own private wrestling match between us," he teased kissing the curve of her neck.
"That's bribery," she noted placing her hand on the center of his chest, "Will put you up to that, didn't he?"
"Maybe a little," he laughed lightly, "but then again I wouldn't mind any opportunity to spend time with you and with Will."
"You really do enjoy being with us, don't you?"
"Of course I do. He's a great kid," he nodded, "I'm just glad that he doesn't mind me being around considering how much I love his mother."
"I think he sees how happy you make me," she smiled up at him, "and he enjoys having a man in his life again….well, besides Lucas."
"I'm glad that he likes me because I think he's a fantastic kid, but then again I knew he would be considering he has such a fantastic mother."
"Brandon," she blushed.
"You truly are Samantha," he urged further, "you have a great relationship with Will and in seeing that bond between you, it makes me love you all the more especially when I think about our having a family together."
"A family," she smiled at him.
"That's right," he nodded, "we're going to have lots of children running around for Will to play with and we're going to have it all. I promise you that."
"I love the sound of that," she smiled at him, "it's everything a girl could dream of."
"And you're everything I could ever dream of," he confessed kissing her, "I love you Samantha and I promise you that we're truly going to have it all when we return to Salem. You'll never ever feel alone again because Will and I are going to make sure you are happy every day for the rest of your life."
"I'm already happy," she hugged him tighter realizing that someone must be smiling down on her as all of her dreams were coming true.