Chapter Eleven



"Shit, it's freezing." Sami muttered in a half-asleep voice, then sat up and stretched. When Lucas felt Sami's body roll off of his own body, he let out a little groan of protest. Sami looked down and recoiled, not expecting to find herself waking up right next to Lucas on a beach. Then she remembered what had happened the night before and smiled down and him. He sat up too and yawned.

"What time is it?" he asked her sleepily.

"I didn't bring a watch. I have no idea." Sami replied, standing up and looking down at her rumpled clothes in disgust, "Gross, I'm covered in sand."

Lucas got to his feet, still half-asleep. He had just slept on the beach with Sami. They had slept together. Not slept together, slept together. They slept..... on the beach. They didn't sleep together in the way he really wanted them to sleep together. They just fell asleep. Sami was still brushing sand off of her clothes.

"Let me help." he brought his hands up to wipe some sand off her shirt. She smiled gratefully at him and wiped some grains of sand out of his hair. After a few minutes of wiping sand off each other in silence, Lucas laced his fingers through hers and kissed her gently on the lips. He remembered something and pulled away.

"My mom is going to freak. I was supposed to go out to lunch with her today and she is going to flip out when she finds out that both of us are gone from our apartments." Lucas said and got onto the motorcycle. Sami smirked at the idea of Kate totally losing it because she didn't know where Lucas was. The drive back to Salem seemed extremely short and when they got into the parking lot, Kate was about ready to pull away from the building. When she saw Sami and Lucas, she stopped her car and got out, slamming the door angrily behind her.

"Where were you?" she demanded in a high-pitched voice, "Dear God, Lucas, do you know what you are getting yourself into?"

"Mom, calm the hell down." Lucas shot back, "You're making a big deal out of nothing."

"Nothing?" Kate screeched, finally looking over both Sami and Lucas, "You're covered in sand. What were you doing, rolling around on every beach within a hundred miles of Salem?"

"It isn't what you think." Sami told Kate, unable to keep the victorious grin off her face, "Although, I don't know why you're acting like this is such a bad thing. I guess you just can't stand to see your son happy."

"You whore!" Kate screamed in frustration.

Sami wrapped her arms around Lucas waist, "Only for Lucas." at that remark, even Lucas looked at her in shock. Kate's face turned white from shock and horror. There were a few minutes of awkward silence before Lucas and Kate finally found their voices.

"I know what you are doing." Kate told Sami through clenched teeth, "You are trying to ruin my son's life by pretending to have feelings for him. All you have ever wanted to do is hurt him and I won't let you do it."

"That's enough." Lucas spoke up, glaring at his mother, "Mom, I'm going to have to cancel our lunch date for today. I'll talk to you some other time." Kate opened her mouth to protest but the furious look on Lucas' face made her think better of it. She meekly got into her car and drove off. Sami turned to Lucas, a pleading look in her eyes.

"Lucas, what she said was not true. I am not trying to ruin you. I might have tried to hurt you a lot in the past but it's different now. You mean everything to me and I just want both of us to be happy. Together."

Lucas wrapped his arms around her and stroked her back, "I know. I think my mom didn't know how to take seeing us together and just said that without thinking. But I know you aren't pretending."

Sami sighed with relief at his words and raised her head to kiss him. They kissed each other until they heard Nicole.

"It's about damn time you two got back." Nicole and Brady climbed off their motorcycles, "We came here twice before and you weren't home. Sami, when you called me last night, you told me you were going to be spending some time with Lucas but I didn't know you two were that desperate." Sami blushed and looked away, "So we went and bought these great looking bikes while we were waiting for you. We used good old Victor's money to buy them."

Lucas shook his head in amazement, "What did you guys do?"

Nicole smiled proudly, "Maybe we should go into your apartment. It's sort of a long story and I think we should start from the beginning."



Rex and Mimi were putting away the dishes from their lunch when Cassie knocked on the door. Richard stood beside Cassie, squeezing her hand, giving her the support she needed. Rex finally answered the door and when he saw Cassie, he eyed both her and Richard warily, as if afraid of what they were going to say to him.

"Can we come in?" Cassie asked nervously and Rex merely nodded, opening the door wider to let them inside. Once inside, Rex sat down on one couch and Cassie and Richard sat across from him. Mimi piled the rest of the plates away in the cupboard and she joined them, going to sit down next to Rex.

"Rex, I wanted to apologize for being so hard on you about what happened with Tony." Cassie began, her voice shaking, "I know you didn't mean to hurt him. And if I keep being angry at you, then I'll be doing almost the same thing you did to Tony and that isn't fair. I forgive you because you're my twin brother and my best friend and I love you."

Rex smiled gratefully and went over to hug his sister, "Cassie, that means a lot to me. I am sorry for the way I treated Tony and if I could take it back, I would in a heartbeat."

"I know." Cassie whispered, "And I'm glad that we aren't fighting anymore. Because I have to ask you something very important.

"Go ahead." Rex gave her an encouraging smile.

Cassie took a deep breath, "Richard and I are sort of in trouble. Lucas knew who the Salem Serial Killer was and Richard and I got rid of him. It was Brandon Walker." Rex and Mimi's eyes widened when she told them who the killer was, "But this policewoman knows what happened and she doesn't believe that he was the killer. Richard and I have to leave Salem right away."

"What are you asking me, Cassie?" Rex asked, even though he knew what she was trying to say.

"I'm asking you if you will come with us." Cassie told him, "You're one of the people I'm closest to and I don't want to be separated from you again. You can use the money Tony left you with to buy a bike and it would be a lot of fun with you around. Please say you'll go with me."

Rex swallowed hard, looking from Mimi to Cassie. He didn't want to be separated from his sister again, especially after he had spent so long thinking she was dead. But how was he supposed to leave Mimi? She had been his family, his best friend, his everything ever since Cassie was gone. He couldn't abandon her. But he couldn't abandon Cassie either. He eyes shifted from Mimi to Cassie, wondering how he was supposed to answer Cassie's question.