After making his discovery, Brady stepped out into the hallway, closing the door to Nicole's hotel room quietly behind him. Lucas and Sami were no longer in the hallway and Brady wondered if he had ended up scaring them away. If that was the case, then he was very proud of himself because the last thing he wanted to see was Sami all over Lucas. Yup, nothing brightens my day more than getting to see a Lucas and Sami make-out session, Brady thought to himself sarcastically, walking across the hall. He reached Sami and Lucas' hotel room door and walked inside, only to find Sami and Lucas sprawled out on their bed in their hotel room. Brady cringed, wondering why he always ended up having the worst timing. Maybe I should learn to knock before coming into people's rooms...
"Is that all you ever do?" Brady asked after a few seconds. Sami sat up, pulling herself off of Lucas and glaring at Brady.
"No, it's not all we ever do." Sami struck back, "How could it be when we're always being interrupted by idiots like you?"
"Ouch, I'm wounded." Brady mocked her, "I only interrupted you twice today and earlier in the hall, if I hadn't been the one to interrupt you, then someone else certainly would have. People do not like watching you two... do things to each other."
"At least, you don't." Sami replied, giving Brady a knowing smile, "And I know why."
"Shut up." Brady said hotly, avoiding Lucas' eyes at all costs. Brady felt his face began to flame violently and he wished he didn't wind up blushing so easily lately.
"What are you doing here?" Lucas asked, "Did you need something?"
Brady fidgeted nervously, "Actually, yeah I did. Could I talk to you alone for a minute, Lucas?"
Sami's smiled faded, "No!" she snapped immediately, her eyes taking on a suspicious glint. Brady squinted at Sami for a minute, then spoke again.
"Gee, Lucas, you're looking more and more like Sami every day. You should get help for that soon. I mean, because honestly, who wants another Sami around?"
"Sure, we can talk for a minute." Lucas responded, giving Sami a curious look out of the corner of his eye.
"No, you can't." Sami gripped onto Lucas' arm possessively, giving Brady another death glare, "Just get out of our hotel room and leave us alone!"
Brady titled his head to one side, "Do I offend you, Sami?"
"Yes!"
"I thought so because your face is all pink and your eyes are buggy. It's not a good look on you. Maybe you should step outside for some air or something." Brady suggested.
"I don't think so." Sami spat out angrily, "If you think for a second that I am going to let you be in here alone with Lucas so you can start-"
"Start what?" Brady raised an eyebrow, doing his best to keep his composure, "There's nothing wrong with wanting to have a man to man talk with Lucas. If you would stop being such a bossy, demanding bitch, then we could get this over with a lot faster."
Lucas touched Sami's arm and looked at her with confusion, "I don't know why you're acting like this but you need to calm down. Just leave for a few seconds, this shouldn't take long."
Sami bit her lip nervously, "But Lucas-"
"Come on, Sami." Lucas urged her, "There's nothing to worry about."
Sami shook her head angrily but got off of the bed. As she was walking by Brady, she stopped to whisper in his ear, "And don't get any ideas about turning your 'man to man' talk with Lucas into man on man action because I will find out and you will end up being very, very sorry."
"Don't worry, this is completely innocent." Brady assured Sami. And Nicole's a nun, he added silently, smirking inwardly at Sami.
"Yeah, I bet." Sami mumbled, then walked past Brady and out of the room. Now that Brady was actually left alone in the same room as Lucas since he had decided he had a crush on Lucas, his mouth felt dry and he felt frozen to the floor. Lucas was looking at him expectantly, waiting for Brady to speak. Brady opened his mouth, then decided to step towards the bed.
"I, um, I needed to talk to you." Brady managed to squeak out.
Lucas smiled, looking mildly amused, "Yeah, I think we've already established that." he responded lightly. Brady wondered if he should just throw himself out a window right now to eliminate the humiliation he was feeling.
"I know about you and Nicole." Brady added, stumbling over each word.
"Excuse me? You know about me and Nicole? Well, I don't know who you've been talking to but there isn't anything going on between me and Nicole. That's incredibly off base."
"No, I didn't mean it like that." Brady stuttered, "I mean, I know that you and Nicole and Sami..." Brady's voice trailed off and he realized that he had been very wrong. His earlier intentions completely dissipated and his confidence was shattered. What had he been thinking? He couldn't seduce Lucas, using the fact he knew Lucas, Sami and Nicole's secret to lure him in. He couldn't even talk to Lucas, let alone hit on him. He was a complete idiot for ever thinking he could have his way with Lucas. Not wanting to make himself look like any more of a jerk, he turned around and hurried out of the room.
"Hey, Brady, I thought you needed to talk to me. Brady, where are you going?" Lucas called after Brady, who didn't bother responding. He opened the door to the hotel room. Sami fell onto the ground with a thud.
"I wasn't eavesdropping." Sami said quickly, getting to her feet.
"Sure you weren't." Brady's shoulders slumped in defeat, "I guess you can go in there and have fun with Lucas now."
"Yeah but only for a while." Sami replied, dusting off her clothes, "Then we have to get ready to go do another publicity campaign tonight. I am so glad this campaign is almost over."
You shouldn't have even gotten to do the publicity campaign, Brady thought bitterly, It should have been me and Nicole.
"Really? I'm glad the campaign is almost over too. But maybe I'll show up tonight. Me and Nicole. Yeah, it could work." Brady said, thinking about how to publicly make it known to everyone that he was actually Lyric Wilson's muse. Brady stepped around Sami and strode purposefully back to his hotel room. Once inside, he stopped and held up one finger in the air triumphantly.
"I just thought of something." he said aloud, not caring that there was no one else in the room, "If Sami and Lucas are just faking this and pretending to Lyric Wilson and Lyric's Wilson's fiancé, then maybe they've been faking a lot more than that. Maybe Lucas doesn't really love Sami and he's just going out of his way to pretend with her. Then maybe there's a chance for me. I just have to get Lucas to love me. That shouldn't be hard. Nope, it shouldn't be hard at all. If Shawn can somehow get Nicole and Jan fighting over his cherry, then I can definitely get Lucas to convert to gayness. Yeah and I'm also going to have his baby in nine months." Brady added cynically, realizing how far-fetched his theory was. But having some hope was always better than having no hope at all.
Belle watched her sister and Lucas on her TV screen, grinning broadly, "You know, I'm kind of sad to know that Lyric's publicity campaign is ending but I'm also glad because that means my sister is going to come back to Salem."
Mimi frowned at Belle, "You know her name, Belle. Why are you calling her Lyric?"
"Because I like calling her Lyric." Belle returned, "It sounds so much prettier than Sami. And I'll call her whatever I want, so mind your own business."
Before Mimi could reply to that comment, Rex held up his hand to silence Mimi, "Just leave it alone, Meems. We all know how moody she's been ever since Shawn left to go find Jan."
"Don't say his name!" Belle shrilled, smacking Rex's shoulder hard. Rex turned to give Belle a heavy-lidded, threatening expression.
"Hit me again." Rex challenged Belle, who shrunk back in response, "Come on, I dare you."
"You guys, be quiet, this is the good part." Phillip intervened, his eyes not leaving the television set. The host of the talk show Lucas and Sami were on had just said something about two surprise guests preparing to join Lucas and Sami.
Belle rolled her eyes, "Who cares about the stupid guests? I just want to see my sister."
"And we all just want you to stop whining." Rex muttered under his breath. Belle jumped off the couch to go get something to drink. While she was in the kitchen, a blond man emerged, tugging a slender blonde woman onto the stage with him.
"Look, it's Brady and Nicole." Mimi announced.
"Yeah, it is." Phillip turned his attention to Belle, "Look, it's your brother."
Belle sat back down on the couch, "He's not my brother anymore." she sniffed indignantly.
The talk show cameraman zoomed in on Brady and Nicole. Nicole looked distressed and was looking around the room nervously while Brady's face was darkened with determination.
"Now, Mr. Black, you said there was something very important you needed to tell us about Lyric Wilson. What is it?" the talk show host inquired.
Brady cleared his throat, turning to see the confused and doubtful expressions on Lucas and Sami's faces, "Yes, I did. Thank you for letting me come up here today. I think everyone definitely needs to know that Sami Brady is not Lyric Wilson. She has been pretending this entire time and the real Lyric Wilson is right here." Brady swung Nicole around so she was facing the audience.
The talk show host looked shocked, "There must be some mistake." she said, her eyes wide as she looked from Lucas to Sami to Brady to Nicole, "What he's saying can't be true. Can it?"
"Tell them the truth, Nicole. Don't let Sami take credit for all the hard work you put into your writing." Brady turned to glare at Sami, who returned the dirty look.
"What's going on with Brady and Sami? What does Brady have against her?" Mimi asked.
"Haven't you heard?" Phillip turned to Mimi, "Brady's in love with Lucas. I think the fact that Sami is sleeping with the man Brady loves qualifies."
"Brady is lying." Belle said fiercely, "Sami's not pretending. She is Lyric Wilson, I know it."
"I don't know what he's talking about." Nicole told the talk show host innocently, "He dragged me here and said he knew my secret. But I honestly have no clue what he's talking about."
"Nicole, don't act like you don't know what I mean." Brady shook his head with frustration, "Don't lie in front of all these people. Those were your books, your words. Sami is too stupid to pull something like this off-"
"You're the stupid one." Sami shot back.
"No, you are!" Brady exclaimed, his voice dangerously high, "You think that you're better than everyone else just because you're with Lucas and you're not. I bet he doesn't even like you!"
"Oh, you wish. You're just jealous." Sami smirked at him, "You want Lucas for yourself and that's why you're trying to destroy me." Sami turned to look at the crowd, "That's right. Brady is gay and in love with my fiancé and now you all know it."
"You're not Lyric Wilson!" Brady shouted, then turned to Nicole and Lucas desperately, "You both know this is a joke. Tell the truth. Lucas, please?"
"Brady, he does not return your feelings. He's not going to take your side." Sami informed Brady.
Lucas didn't say anything, instead he looked dazed at the idea that Brady actually had feelings for him that weren't pretend.
"Nicole, don't you have any self-respect?" Brady demanded, "How can you let Sami get all the glory that you've earned. If you let Sami get away with this, then you are nothing but a pathetic loser."
It was obvious that Brady's last remarks had a great impact on Nicole. After a few seconds of silence, Nicole finally seemed to cave in and spoke, "He's right. I am Lyric Wilson. Isn't that right, Sami?"
Sami hesitated for a few moments, looking from Brady to Nicole, "Yes, it's true." Sami admitted, hanging her head. Everyone gasped and Belle howled angrily.
"My life is over!" Belle shrilled, "My brother is a pregnant homosexual, my sister is a faker, my mommy ran away and my dad is so busy looking for an abortion clinic that will treat men, he never pays any attention to me anymore. Oh, and my boyfriend ran away to chase after a crazy bitch! What happened to the wonderful life I deserve? Why doesn't anyone notice my pain?"
"Oh my God, shut up!" Rex and Mimi said in unison.
The talk show host was talking again, "Well, now that you all have officially made a mess of this talk show segment, I think it's best that we take a break. We'll be back in a few minutes, thanks for watching."