Sami paced nervously around the dressing room she was sharing with Lucas, while Lucas followed her, doing his best to calm her down. They had to go live on the Sharon Osbourne Show in a few minutes and Sami was a mess. He couldn't remember the last time he had seen her so nervous. She hadn't even been this nervous about the other appearances they had made.
"Sami, what are you so worried about?" he asked her finally, his hands seizing her shoulders so she couldn't continue making her way around the dressing room like a caged animal. Sami stiffened and whirled around to face him, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Oh, just everything." she muttered, "To start off with, I'm worried about getting arrested for indecent exposure. I can't believe we let Nicole pick out our outfits for this show."
Lucas gave Sami a slow, appraising look before responding. Nicole had decided that he and Sami should find outfits together for their appearance on the Sharon Osbourne Show. Eventually, Nicole had convinced Sami to wear a dark blue nightgown, which wasn't as revealing as some of the nightgowns Lucas had seen Sami in but it definitely wasn't something would have worn on live television without strong coercion. Lucas could also sympathize with Sami about her insecurities, he didn't feel all that comfortable in the pair of boxers a shade of blue identical to the colour of Sami's nightgown either.
"I wouldn't worry about getting arrested." he said, tracing the neckline of the nightgown with one finger. He heard her sigh shakily at his touch and withdrew his hand, then smirked, "I bet you're also a little nervous because Sharon reminds you of Will's PE teacher. The one who wanted to share that tent with you."
Sami's eyes widened, "I never even thought about that but you're right, she does look a lot like Pam. But besides that, I'm a little worried about what they have in store for us. They were so set on doing this live and Nicole's been acting really weird. I think she's planning something."
"Nicole would never do anything to sabotage this publicity campaign." Lucas reminded Sami, "She's been telling us to crank up the heat the entire time and she's been giving us advice constantly. I don't think she'll do anything to ruin this for herself."
"That's just it." Sami frowned, thinking hard about the situation, "She'd do anything to get more people to buy her book. If that means throwing something at us that we aren't expecting, then she would definitely do it. I don't know, I get this feeling that she and Jan have been hiding something from us."
"I wouldn't worry about it too much." Lucas replied, "She can't pull anything off that we can't handle, right?"
"Right." Sami repeated uncertainly. She opened her mouth to say something else but the door to their dressing room flew open and Nicole sauntered in. She eyed both Lucas and Sami critically before speaking.
"You look good." she said finally, "Now, you both better act like you're incredibly horny today or I will start slipping aphrodisiacs into your food." she smiled slyly at the two of them, "And after you see the surprise we have ready for you, I bet you're going to really enjoy acting like you can't stop touching each other."
Sami turned to glare at Lucas, "I told you! Nicole, what are you doing to do to us?"
Nicole just grinned again, "You'll see." she pushed Sami towards the vanity desk, "Sami, you're eyes are all buggy and your face is pink. Fix it! We can't let you go on television looking like a frog or something." Nicole pushed Sami into the chair, humming to herself as she envisioned the scene that awaited Lucas and Sami on the Sharon Osbourne Show.
Belle eyes were fixated on the television screen in front of her as Sharon Osbourne smiled brightly after she had finished greeting everyone, "And today, we have two very special guests who were kind enough to appear on my show. Please welcome Lyric Wilson, aka Sami Brady, and Lucas Roberts."
Belle watched her sister proudly, "You know, I have serious bragging rights. I should go out and tell everyone that Lyric Wilson is my sister."
"They probably wouldn't believe you." Mimi spoke up, looking at her friend doubtfully, "You two are complete opposites." Belle and Mimi had managed to get Phillip, Rex, Shawn and Brady to come over to the loft again and all four men were watching the screen.
"And to think I always considered that a good thing." Belle grimaced with dissatisfaction, then turned her attention back to the television. Sami and Lucas climbed into the bed with Sharon Osbourne while the audience members applauded loudly. Once Sami and Lucas were in the bed and had exchanged hellos with Sharon, Sharon immediately began asking them questions.
"So, is this a new experience for you?" she asked, the smile on her face too innocent to be believable, "Or do you share your bed with other people frequently?"
Sami laughed, "Well, Lucas and I are always so busy experimenting with each other, that there really isn't room for anyone else. I don't think we really think about it because with everything we do together, we never get bored." Sami's words caused over half of the people in the audience to groan.
Lucas grinned and looked out into the crowd, "But that doesn't mean we haven't had people asking to join us. In fact, that woman right there is incredibly persistent, I think she's asked us to have a threesome with her about ten different times." he pointed at someone sitting in the front row and the camera zoomed in on the person Lucas had drawn his attention to. Shawn locked eyes with the dark haired girl slinking lower in her seat and his breath caught in his throat.
"Jan?" he croaked, causing Belle to gasp indignantly. She didn't like the way her ex-boyfriend said Jan's name, it made her feel like Jan was more important to Shawn than she was. But that couldn't be, Shawn's entire world revolved around her. Most people's lives revolved around her and the ones that didn't were just boring and unhappy.
The camera shifted off of Jan but not before Brady caught an eyeful of his own. It wasn't Jan that had caught his attention, it was the woman sitting beside her that had caught his eye. He had taken one look at the blonde hair and slender frame and had realized who it was. But it didn't make sense. Why would Nicole be sitting in the audience of the Sharon Osbourne Show while Lucas and Sami were there?
Brady turned his attention back to Sharon, who continued asking Lucas and Sami questions that he would have died before answering, "So, you enjoy experimenting with each other? I guess that means you'd try anything once and you like a little kink, correct?"
"Definitely." Sami nodded in agreement, squeezing Lucas' arm, "Both of us are incredibly adventurous and we're more than willing to try anything once."
"Care to give us some examples of some 'adventures' you've had?" Sharon asked, raising her eyebrow curiously.
"Sure." Sami fell silent and she looked like she was pondering which story to tell the audience. Lucas watched her with a little smile on his face.
"Tell them about the animal costumes, Sami." he urged her. Sami's eyes lit up at his words and she squeezed his arm again.
"Well, a few months ago, Lucas and I were bored, so we rented these animal costumes. Lucas had a tiger costume and I had a bunny costume. Then we, ah, I'll let you figure out the rest."
Mimi squealed, "Furry animal sex! That sounds like so much fun. Rex, could we-"
"No."
Mimi scowled at her boyfriend, who was looking pretty grumpy himself, "Why not? You're Lucas' brother, you should be as adventurous as he is? Please?"
Rex smiled at his girlfriend's enthusiasm, "I'll think about it. Even though it would be pretty embarrassing to dress up like that."
"Lucas and Sami don't think so." Belle sang out, looking over at Shawn and wondering how he would look dressed up in some kind of furry animal costume. Shawn didn't even notice her watching him intently and Belle huffed impatiently. She didn't know what could be occupying his attention so thoroughly these days. After all, she was here, therefore she should be the only one he was paying attention to.
Brandon Walker took the time during the commercial break to go into his kitchen to get something to drink. When he returned, he picked up the papers he had left lying on the floor next to the couch. The signed annulment papers from Sami. He hadn't understood why she had changed her mind about him without any notice until that day. Lexie had called him to ask him if he knew about Sami and Lucas being engaged to each other. Lexie had also told Brandon that Sami was something of a celebrity now and was going to be making an appearance on the Sharon Osbourne Show with Lucas. Brandon had invited his friend, Mark, over to watch the show with him. Mark had really big ears and his favourite colour was green, so he always wore green. He reminded Brandon of a leprechaun. And if he was a leprechaun, he was a very horny one.
"Oh, man, that furry animal thing was awesome." Mark said enthusiastically, "I gotta try that... tonight! Wonder who I could get into my bed at such short notice. Maybe one of the nurses..."
"Do you mind?" Brandon interrupted crankily, "I hate to break you away from your furry sex fantasies but I have a real problem involving a real woman."
"God, you're bitchy today." Mark remarked, "Forget to take your period medicine?"
Brandon's eyes darkened and he turned back to the television. The commercial break had ended and Sami was back on the screen, "Look! That is my wife, sort of. We're in the middle of divorce, sort of and now she's screwing a guy she used to hate with a passion."
"Ooh, that sounds sexy, sort of." Mark replied sarcastically, "So, she's really good?" he turned back to the screen, "She's already hot enough. Can you give me some exact measurements?"
"Not right now." Brandon shot back absentmindedly, "I want to watch this so stop talking."
Mark grumbled under his breath but relented and fell silent, "We've already established that you have a son together." Sharon was saying as she tilted her head to one side thoughtfully, "It is true that you are still technically married to another man, Sami?"
Mark let out a low whistle, "Hey, they're going to start talking about you. What a coincidence."
"Shut up." Brandon growled, leaning forward.
Lucas shook his head and wrapped his arms around Sami's shoulders, "Still haven't gotten Brandon to sign those annulment papers, Sami?"
Sami seemed to relax at his words, "Not yet. He's really stubborn. If he doesn't sign them soon, I'll have to take drastic measures."
"How dare she!" Brandon seethed, "I wasn't the one who wouldn't sign those papers, it was the other way around."
Mark patted Brandon's arm, "Yeah, I believe you, buddy."
"I'm sure we're all very curious about how Brandon measures to Lucas." Sharon prompted, "Care to answer that one for us, Sami?"
"Sure." Sami's eyes flashed wickedly, "Well, if you really want to know how Brandon 'measures up' to Lucas, he doesn't. At most, he's half the size of Lucas here. I'm just so disgusted that I wasted so much time with him, faking orgasm when I could have had the real thing with Lucas. Especially when, unlike Brandon, Lucas really loves me and respects me."
Brandon's face heated up and he gritted his teeth angrily. Mark threw his head back and laughed hysterically, "Oh, shit, she just made a fool out of you. That is too funny. I know girls would never say that about me after I get through with them. But this Lucas guy has got to have something special. You think he'd let me in on what his secret is."
Between dealing with his anger and Mark's laughter, Brandon didn't hear much of what was being said for the next few minutes. Finally, Mark stopped laughing and Brandon managed to harness his anger. He had to kick the coffee table several times, producing large dents in the process but he finally calmed down enough to listen to what was being said.
"And now, we've got a little surprise for you." Sharon said enigmatically. Brandon noticed the uneasy expression on Sami's face and couldn't help but gloat inwardly at her evident discomfort, "Your publicist, Ms. Olga Steinhilber, managed to arrange all of this for today's show and we're very grateful to her for that. So, Lucas, why don't you and Sami say hello to your mother?"
Jennifer watched Kate Roberts march over to the bed, her lips pressed together angrily. Jennifer turned to Hope and Lexie, her eyes wide with surprise, "I certainly wasn't expecting that. Good thing I sent Will upstairs to play with Abby and told him he couldn't watch this. I have a feeling that this could get ugly."
Hope shook her head, "Kate wouldn't lash out at Sami in front of all those people, would she?"
"I don't know." Jennifer mused, "She was furious about finding out about the engagement the last time I saw her. I guess we'll have to watch and see."
Kate eyes were flashing as she stopped next to the bed, "How could you do it, Lucas? You know that Sami is nothing but trouble, why would you purposely put yourself in a situation you don't want to be in?"
"Maybe I do want to be in Sam- in this situation." Lucas retorted as Kate turned an ever darker shade of red at Lucas' slip of words.
"Lucas, I am not going to tolerate this!" Kate yelled, pulling on Sami's arm, "Get out of that bed right now, you tramp. Stay away from my son!"
"Do you think she realizes what an idiot she's making out of herself?" Lexie wondered as Lucas pushed Kate of Sami. Sami scooted closer to Lucas and farther away from Kate.
Sharon looked confused, "Wait a second. Are you telling me that your mother doesn't approve of your relationship with this woman?"
"That's right." Lucas cast a disappointed glance in his mother's direction, "I don't think she understand how deep my feelings go for Sami. I don't think she ever will."
Sami gazed up at Lucas adoringly, "But if that's how it's going to be, then we can easily work around it. Iit won't be that hard because having an obstacle like Kate in our path makes the sexual tension in our relationship so much higher." Sami leaned back into Lucas' chest and raised her head to kiss him. When Lucas deepened the kiss, Kate flung herself at Sami. But Lucas pulled Sami tighter into his arms and pulled her out of Kate's reach, so all Kate managed to do was grab a handful of blankets. Sputtering angrily, Kate was dragged away by some of the crew while Lucas and Sami continued making out. The audience booed Kate as she was dragged off set. Sharon looked away from Lucas and Sami and faced the camera, still holding a smile in tact.
"I think that's all we have time for today." she said, "Let's give Sami and Lucas a round of applause for their time. I hope you enjoyed the show."