Author's Note: It's good to be back! Sorry for the disappearing act but a couple of months ago, my computer decided that it was time to leave this world. Unfortunately, it left me without a computer outside of work which wasn't so nice. So, I'm back now and catching up on the stories that I've been missing since December.

Anyway, I'm kinda ho-hum about this chapter since I lost the original (and almost completed) version when my computer died. I was too traumatized to re-do it until recently. So here it goes--hope it doesn't suck (and as usual, it's epic-consider yourself warned).

Yvonne

Chapter 4

The camera was pretty much forgotten as Lucas crawled up Sami's body to reclaim' her mouth. He had nearly lost control thanks to her creative and highly erotic massage. 'That's my Sami. Always keeping me on my toes,' he thought. But all coherent thought left his mind when he felt his naked body completely cover hers in one of the most intimate embraces possible. This was it. He had had enough of their little game. At the moment, feeling Sami so willing and hot underneath him was the ultimate sensation and he wanted it to last as long as possible.

While Lucas was distracted, Sami reached her arms out to pull the comforter down and move them on top of the expensive sheets he had bought for her. Lucas, on the other hand, didn't seem to care about anything besides devouring Sami to the best of his abilities. He didn't care about their pornographic production or the neighbors hearing their sounds of pleasure. And he sure as hell didn't care about messing up the sheets—something Sami seemed a little too obsessed about. Heat blazed through him as he felt her body arch up into his and he barely registered the sensation of her heels scraping against his leg as she pushed the comforter farther down the bed.

He was determined to show Sami just how good his special abilities could make her feel. "I'm not waiting any longer, Sami. I've got to have you right now," Lucas managed to choke out between hungry kisses to her body. His senses couldn't get enough of her endless beauty—the way she looked, flushed red with desire that went nicely with the scent of roses and her own enchanting, unique essence. The whimpers and moans that he was able to pull from her painfully beautiful lips and throat were music to his ears. Ever since she had begun her massage over ten minutes before, her touch had held him captive demanding more and more of his attentive worship. And that taste. All of the usual places were heaven to him but, it was the subtle, more intimate spots that drove him wild. He could never get tired of pressing his lips to her throat, the inside her arms, her belly button and that ticklish spot on the inside of her ankle.

"You've got me, baby," Sami repeatedly murmured back to Lucas, assuring him that she belonged to him and no one else. Sami was just as enraptured by Lucas judging from her effective efforts to keep him as close to her as possible. She clung to him as if willing him to melt into her, body and soul. Kneading Lucas' back and shoulders with a desperate grip, she marveled at the pleasing texture of his hard, muscled body against her smooth, flesh. She loved everything about the way they contrasted each other when they made love. His hardness against her softness; his complete control over her and her utter abandon to him—although she would never say so if he called her on it. She even liked his quiet gasps of pleasure and almost inaudible utterances of arousal that were completely contrary to her usual shouts of passion when they were both in the throes of their lovemaking. In the light of day, she was the one who insisted on control but behind their closed bedroom door, she was his completely. In fact, it wasn't about either of them taking command but more like both of them willingly surrendering to the explosive combination of their passion. Inhaling his masculine scent, she almost let out a primal growl at the feelings that he was stirring in her. Her mouth had a mind of its own as she lightly nibbled on his neck and shoulders.

She was losing herself in the feel of Lucas caressing her body with his own and his urgent whispers in her ear of how much he wanted her. Sometimes her extreme reactions to him scared her. But then she would remember that she was with Lucas, her lover and the father of her child. He had seen her at her best and worst—usually the latter—and he still found it in his heart to love her. And he didn't stop there. He treated her with a loving respect that she had never been treated with in the past and had always yearned for in every relationship she had been in. The only times in her life that she felt like a complete woman were when she was with him, her closest friend, her soul mate.

Lucas was definitely focused on making sweet love to his Sami but he couldn't help but notice the intense look of adoration she was giving him and his heart melted. He momentarily stopped what he was doing and looked into her eyes knowing that she was thinking the same thoughts as he. Neither of them had been very lucky in the relationship department but he considered it a miracle and the deepest privilege to end up at this point—together and in love. Nothing warmed his heart more than simply thinking of her and how she completed his life. So long ago they had been the best of friends not to mention thick as thieves when it came to getting what they wanted. If only he had seen then that they could have been so much more. Although he didn't like to think about the time they had wasted being apart, at the same time, the experience also helped him appreciate their relationship that much more. When he looked into her eyes, he saw a beautiful and amazing woman who trusted him completely and had given him the most important gift in the world with their son. From the way things were going, it wouldn't be too long before they created another "gift" to keep Will company—and maybe a few more after that. Of course, you wouldn't hear him complaining about that when it happened. Lucas knew without a doubt that Sami was 'the one' and he intended to treasure her for as long as she would let him.

Lucas leaned down and kissed her tenderly. "I love you," Sami murmured against his mouth. He smiled down at her and kissed her again. "I love you too, beautiful," he replied and watched her grin in appreciation. "And thank you for trusting me. You won't regret it." He gestured towards the video camera with his head so she would get his meaning but between them, his admission meant so much more. He kissed her once more, this time more deeply than before. When he finally retreated, his devilish smirk had returned. "But that doesn't mean I'm going to take it easy on you."

"I wouldn't think of it, General." Sami shook her head at his cockiness. "What am I going to do with you," she asked her insufferable lover.

He shrugged his shoulder as best he could in the position they were in. "I've got a few ideas but you'll have to wait until I'm done, sweetheart." With that, he purposely pushed his hardness against Sami letting her know that the main event had arrived. "No more chit-chat Sami. The camera is rolling and it's about time we show the world what we've got."

Sami giggled at his hammed up performance but her laughter quickly turned into a loud gasp of pleasure when she felt him ease decisively into her. She hadn't been prepared for the feel of him inside her but just like every time they made love, she wondered how she had gone so long without having him. Lucas groaned at how tight Sami felt around his hardened shaft. Through his haze of bliss, he began to move slowly within her even though Sami looked like she would fall apart from the sensations he was eliciting. She could barely breathe, the pleasure of his drawn out strokes was so great. Lucas lowered his head into the crook of her neck and his hot breath blew raggedly against her moist skin. He raised his head slightly to nibble her ear but continued to move against her, heightening their gratification with deeper and faster strokes.

Sami moved her hands down Lucas' body in order to press him harder against her, drawing a very surprised yet approving grunt from him. Unable to control his urge to tease her, Lucas made sure to exaggerate every moan and carnal cry that she was inspiring in him knowing that it would turn her on even more. When he felt her nails scour his back and shoulders, he figured that the desired reaction had been accomplished. Between his moans of pleasure in her ear, he managed to add, "I thought that would get your attention. Now why don't you wrap those sexy legs around me so I can really feel you."

Sami was more than happy to comply and quickly encircled his hips with her legs, opening up wider to him in the process. Lucas had almost forgotten that she was still wearing those hot, red shoes until he felt one of the heels digging not too painfully into his ass. This only made him move faster inside of her. "Yes, Lucas, just like that," Sami shouted in ecstasy, pushing her heel slightly harder against him. "I've been waiting all night to have you inside of me," she gasped.

Lucas was inching beyond rational thought as he enjoyed the sweetness of her wet center around him. The deeper he felt himself go, the more he wanted—he felt like he could never get enough of her. Her small whimpers of pleasure in between her heated words of encouragement were music to his ears. "Harder Lucas! Please, baby, give it all to me." Sami's words were desperate as if she would fade away if he didn't send her over the edge soon.

Their slow buildup had lead them to these moments and they were both determined to make it last as long as possible. However, as Lucas doubled his efforts, neither was sure how long they would be able to hold out. Already Sami was bucking uncontrollably against him increasing the ecstasy both were trying desperately to attain. Lucas pressed himself against Sami's soft breasts feeling her nipples brush his chest with every thrust inside her. Her luscious body underneath his was becoming too much for him. "I can't wait to hear you scream my name when I make you come," Lucas ground out through the waves of pleasure they were both experiencing. "I'm going to give it to you deeper," he said pushing meaningfully into her, "…and faster," pulling out again with torturous precision, "…until you lose control." The hard thrusts punctuating his words left no room for doubt.

Sami didn't think he could make her any hotter but his sexy encouragement turned her into a wanton, needy pile of flesh willing to do his bidding for mere seconds more of his sexual favor. She held him tighter at the waist with her long legs, now covered with a sweaty sheen from their enthusiastic lovemaking. Meeting his strokes with rhythmic thrusts of her own, she knew it wouldn't be much longer for him either. Her shouts were loud enough to wake the dead, but they were beyond worrying about any noise complaints from their neighbors.

Lucas knew he had Sami right where he wanted her. No force in the universe could pull him away from her and the erotic sensations they were giving each other. He didn't care if Ed McMahon, Ty Pennington and the Fab Five showed up at her door all at once. They would have to wait until he was finished pleasuring his delicious fiancée. And he wouldn't stop until he felt the familiar trembling of her against him that signaled her release.

Finally, Sami could take it no longer. Lucas had built her up and she was quickly approaching the height of their joining. "Lucas, Oh God, yes!" Sami moaned in between her very vocal expression of enjoyment. Although she didn't think it was possible, Lucas pumped into her even faster and just as he predicted, she screamed his name as her orgasm came over her in waves of utter bliss.

"I gave that to you, baby. Say my name just like that." Lucas was completely mesmerized by the satisfaction that Sami exuded beneath him. Words couldn't describe her beauty while in the midst of an intense climax and when he felt her walls squeezing and contracting against him, it triggered his final surrender. "Feel what you do to me," he moaned before succumbing to his own release inside of her.

Neither of them could have imagined that it could ever be this good with anyone let alone with each other. But they were thankful for it all the same. Everything about their encounter pointed to the unadulterated devotion they had developed in recent months. The foundation had been laid years ago and even if they had lost the path a few times, they'd do it all over again if it led to this point. As they stroked and caressed each other in the silent moments after their climax, they each vowed to do whatever possible never to lose the love and acceptance that they managed to harness simply by finally finding comfort in each other.


Fifteen minutes after leaving the restaurant and finding that Lucas' car had been burglarized—for very specific reasons apparently—Lucas and Sami remained in the parking lot, leaning against the scratched up doors of his car. They were both standing completely still—obviously in extreme shock over the absurdity of the situation. Twice a security guard from the shopping complex passed by staring at them. Although he was clearly curious as to why they were impersonating upright coma patients, there didn't seem to be an emergency so he moved along on his rounds.

They couldn't believe the recording of their little sex romp was missing—again. Lucas thought that Sami was going to lose it when they discovered his glove compartment broken into and the tape missing. But instead she seemed to be consumed with panic and simply shut down. Ordinarily Lucas would be worried but, truth be told, he needed the lull in order to process their situation. He glanced over to Sami and observed that she was still standing completely still, head bowed and cradled in her open palm. She didn't seem to be crying, which was good, but her continued silence wasn't necessarily a positive sign either.

If you had asked him fifteen minutes ago whether making that tape had been a good idea, even with the humiliation of it being discovered by their siblings, Lucas was still sure that the pleasure he and Sami had and would derive from it was well worth it. However, thinking about how unpleasant things were going to be until they got that tape back, he was starting to question that assessment.

Finally, Lucas uncrossed his arm and reached out to lay a soothing hand on Sami's shoulders. Even though she didn't appear to be looking at him, she jerked away from his outstretched arm and took a small step away from him. Disappointed, Lucas gave his chin a nervous rub and glanced around with furrowed eyebrows. After what seemed like an eternity, she raised her head up and glared at him.

Over a decade of dealing with Sami had prepared him for anything she was about to throw his way. Before she could get an angry word in, he shouted, "I know what you're going to say and this is not my fault, Sami!" She looked at him with extreme skepticism but said nothing. "Don't you give me that look, Ms. Brady. I know exactly how you think and I just don't think it's going to get us anywhere right now."

"You don't know how I think," Sami replied with a tone surprisingly free of venom. "You think you do but you're as clueless as any other man who likes to think he's got everything under control."

"Hey, I am in control!" Lucas shouted again, drawing the attention of a family walking back to their car and a couple heading into the restaurant. He slid the short distance to where Sami was standing and continued his tirade while facing her. "Somebody's got to be in control here. If you were running things, we would have both imploded by now."

Sami gave a practiced smirk she could have only picked up from the master smirker himself. "I hate to break it to you Lucas but it doesn't look like you have anything under control at the moment." If she were any other person, he might have found her comment lighthearted but he didn't care what she said, he knew much better than that. In fact, the calm way in which she continued her tirade only convinced Lucas that it could only get worse.

"You didn't have control when you left the tape in the VCR for our son, our siblings—hell, for the whole world to discover." She had turned the tables on Lucas and he was now leaning back against the car as she yelled at him. "You didn't have control when it took you 25 hours to figure out that you could use your spare key to get the tape from Belle and Philip's apartment instead of waiting for both of them to watch the tape and work it into their sick, pathetic sex life." Her voice was getting louder and louder as she punctuated each phrase with an accusatory pointing of her finger. "And you certainly don't have control now since the tape's been stolen--again--after I got it back in the first place."

She wasn't shouting the way he had been a few moments ago but the close proximity of her face to his coupled with the intensity of her words were just as effective. Even so, he was never one to let his beautiful fiancée—soon to be wife—get the last word in. Unfortunately, her volatile attitude only stoked the fires of his own temper.

"That may be so, my love, but I think you're forgetting what was on that tape." He reached out and grabbed her wrists, holding them behind her back. "As I recall, I was very much in control that night when I had you begging and screaming my name in pleasure." Before she could protest, his pressed his body against hers and kissed her passionately. He flipped her around pushing her against his car noticing that she didn't pull away when he deepened the kiss. The intensity of the kiss, even one brought on by extreme emotion rather than desire, was so indicative of their chemistry. Even when they were fighting mad at each other, their feelings could erupt into passion at the drop of a dime.

They continued to consume each other's mouths and bodies for several moments and would have drawn quite a crowd if anyone had passed by. Finally, Lucas pulled away deciding that he had proven his point and then some. He couldn't deny his pride at seeing Sami's weakened body leaning on his car for support. She was wonderfully breathless but then again so was he. It suddenly registered to both of them that they were still in public and they looked around nervously to see if anyone had witnessed their little make-out session.

Lucas shoved his hands in his pocket in an attempt to hide his arousal that had quickly developed from their display. "It seems that performance is becoming somewhat of our thing," Lucas commented. They both laughed gently at his wisecrack. Even though their little spat and subsequent make-up had dissolved some of the tension they were feeling, the anxiety over their situation had not gone away completely.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you," Sami quietly offered. Her body language exuded her discomfort and she began to pace within the small confines of their parking spot. "It's just that I'm a little stressed out about the turn of events. Lucas, what are we going to do? Somebody obviously knows what's on that tape seeing as how that's the only thing they took from your car. I don't even want to think of how embarrassed I'll be if it gets out. But what about Will? I don't want him to have another reason for his life to be a mess because of our stupid choices." She whipped around inadvertently smacking Lucas in the face with her hair—not exactly the most ideal way to feel her sexy blonde tresses caressing against his skin.

Lucas caught her by the arm and stilled her restless pacing. "Sami, I can't say I know what's going on but we'll figure it out together. Nobody can use that tape to hurt us. Even if there's someone out there who wants to embarrass us or Will, the only thing that tape can show people is that we have the most amazing love life imaginable." He wrapped his arm loosely around her waist and pulled her close. "The only thing people are going to get from that tape is how much we love each other." The look Sami gave him clearly showed she doubted the tape would generate that type of sentimentality. "Okay, maybe not but, that tape is only hot because we were so into each other at the time and who can find fault with that?" Sami leaned up and kissed him softly on the lips for his efforts to make her feel better.

"I appreciate your perspective but I think people will find plenty wrong with us having a sex tape floating around Salem. And with the internet—uh, I don't even want to think about it. Lucas we have to find out who has that tape, now!"

"I understand that Sami. I don't particularly want pictures of my naked wife floating around in the world. We'll figure something out. There's only a few people who even know about the tape so we just retrace our steps and figure out how it could have fallen into the wrong hands.

"What! I don't think so Lucas. I have no intention of going on some wild goose chase when our reputations, not to mention the well-being of our son, are on the line. Whoever did this sounds pretty sneaky to know that our tape even exists. They must have known about Belle and Philip getting a hold of it. And they sure did a pretty good job of breaking into your car too. We need professionals, Lucas. We need to call the police or something."

Lucas adored the woman in front of him but he couldn't remember her ever making a more absurd suggestion in his life. "Are you kidding me? There are so many things wrong with that idea that I don't even know where to begin. First, do you really want to explain to those people what was on that tape? I mean, you've known some of those people your whole life and even if you don't know them personally, they certainly know you with all the family both you and I have had on the police force. Besides, we'd be better off hiring Will's middle school class to find it given the Salem Police Department's lack of skills at actually solving crimes and protecting the public."

"Well, you've got a point. They have been slipping since my dad was killed. And don't get me started on that waste of space they call my Uncle Bo." They had both heard people talking about how stupid Salem's police force was even before Roman Brady died but Sami, of course, would never entertain those rumors and Lucas chose to ignore them both out of respect for his mother and for Sami. "But Lucas, what if we can't find out who has the tape?

"If we don't have any luck, I'm sure they'll find us. But we're not going to find out anything by standing in the parking lot thinking about it. Come on, we need to do some investigating." Lucas opened up the passenger side door of his car and helped Sami inside before getting in himself.

"So where to, Inspector Gadget?" Sami said sarcastically as he pulled out of the parking lot.

"Very funny Sami. I'm not saying that I'm an expert here but like I said before, I think we should retrace our steps. It's not like whoever took that tape is going to be hanging around the restaurant. The only place that someone could have found out about it is at Belle and Philip's apartment, so that's where we start."

Sami reluctantly accepted the wisdom of his explanation and settled in for the ride back to their siblings' loft. "Okay, fine, but you better be right."

"Haven't you figured it out already? I'm always right."


Jan was standing in Shawn's apartment looking pretty pleased with herself as she twirled Sami and Lucas' infamous videotape in her hands. "Like candy from a baby," she remarked with a self-congratulatory grin. She couldn't wait to see what was on this tape. She guessed it was some kind of illicit sex thing judging from the conversation she picked up while eavesdropping next door. She didn't know much about Belle and Philip's older siblings but she figured it was pretty good stuff. Lucas Roberts was about as hot as they come--not as hot as her Shawnypoo but not bad for an older guy. From what she had heard, Sami Brady was a wild one. She would bet money that the two of them together could put on quite a show. Maybe a very financially lucrative show.

She popped the tape in the VCR and pushed play. Sami and Lucas appeared immediately on the screen and by the looks of things, the show was indeed pretty good. Now Jan wasn't technically turned on by Sami or Lucas but she wasn't one to pass up a good pornographic display. Besides, Shawn wasn't around at the moment and she had to take what she could get.

The amorous on-screen couple were getting rather loud in their activities so Jan muted the television while she thought about how she could use this tape to her advantage. "I don't know what I'm going to do with this little gem but whatever it is, it's going to get me exactly what I want."

"And what might that be?" came a snide voice from behind Jan. She had been so wrapped up in thoughts of shameless profiteering along with her voyeuristic enjoyment of her newfound tape that she hadn't heard Rex and Mimi enter the apartment. "Who's life are you trying to ruin now? Or are you still on your grand plan to fool us into thinking that Shawn really wants a skank like you?"

Jan quickly stopped the tape and rolled her eyes as she cursed her bad fortune in running into these two. She needed to be constructing a plan to put her tape to good use, not engaging in irritating small talk with these two pathetic excuses for human beings. Who knew such lame people could have so much sex though. They really deserved each other.

"Hello to you too, Meems," she answered faux-sweetly. "My Shawny said I could come and go as I pleased in his apartment. We have that kind of relationship. You can understand that, right?" She blinked innocently and prayed that these two would get out of her sight as quickly as possible.

Rex stepped forward with a scowl on his face clearly not pleased that Jan was there. "I guess you've conveniently forgotten that this is my place too and as you can see, Shawn's not here. So you can kindly see yourself out."

"Maybe I was waiting around for him but I can tell when I'm not wanted." She ignored both Rex and Mimi's skeptical looks. It's not like she cared one iota what they thought of her. "I'll just take my tape and leave." She moved to the VCR to retrieve the tape so she could go back to her country home and enjoy it in peace. Maybe in her own home she could also think of the appropriate way to use it it to her advantage.

Rex joined her by the VCR and pulled her hands away, rather rudely in Jan's opinion. "Jan, if you paid any attention to anything but your own crazy manipulations, you'd know that the VCR is broken. So why don't you do us all a favor and leave before you blow it up." Normally, she wouldn't put it above Rex to lie about something like this just to annoy her but as she pressed the eject button, the VCR made a strange gurgling sound and appeared to die. It was at this point that panic began to set it.

"What are you talking about Rex? I was just watching my tape. What did you do to it?" Jan continued to push and bang on the eject button willing her precious tape to come out.

"I didn't do anything, Jan, it's just broken. Sure you can watch it but when you try to take it out, it gets stuck. Now I'm going to have to take it apart again to get the tape out."

Jan was horrified that her precious tape was being denied her. She had to figure out a way to get it back before Lucas and Sami came looking for it. "Well, I tell you what. Why don't I just take the VCR and get it fixed for you? I need to take this tape home--it's very important." They had no idea how important.

It was Mimi's turn to pipe in with her own pithy comment. "What's on the tape Jan? Have you got the goods on someone and now you're getting into the blackmail business? No, that can't be it--you're definitely that evil but you're just not that smart. I know! It's probably some deviant porno tape that you don't want us to see." Mimi laughed at the prospect of embarrassing Jan by revealing some nasty fetish of hers.

"Don't be ridiculous Mimi! And don't hate just because you and Sexy Rexy over there have no imagination when it cones to your sex lives. With as much time as you two spend in the sack, you'd think you wouldn't be such a prude." She tried to start unhooking the VCR but again, Rex stopped her.

"Listen, you're not going anywhere with that. First of all, it's my VCR and second, I don't have any reason to trust you. If you're so worried about your damn tape then you can wait for me to take the VCR apart. You can come pick it up when I make time to get it out."

"You need to make time now! That tape belongs to me and I'm not leaving until I have it in my hands. So you better get your tools out and get to work."

"That's it, I'm done with you." Rex grabbed Jan's arm and led her toward the door. Mimi followed with Jan's purse and threw it in her face as Rex pushed her out of the loft. "Nobody told you to come in here and use my stuff. If your stupid tape is stuck, that's your own damn fault." With that, he slammed the door in her face. He latched it for good measure so that she couldn't use her key to get in.

Jan was livid and beat at the door and screamed until two neighbors threatened to call the police on her. She reluctantly left the building and climbed back into her SUV to sulk and think about her next move. She couldn't believe the nerve of those two! And what was worse, they had her precious tape which was the key to getting what she wanted from Belle and Philip. Okay, she hadn't figured out how yet, but she thought she still had time to work that part out. She waited in her car for about fifteen minutes and then decided that she she had to take action instead of pouting outside in the cold. She hadn't gotten where she was today by retreating and licking her wounds. She started the car and pulled out of the parking lot determined to turn things back around her way and get the best of those losers upstairs.

Meanwhile, Rex and Mimi were laughing hysterically at Jan's ousting. When they heard the neighbors threaten Jan and finally heard her walk out, their laughing became more out of control. They finally calmed down and crashed on the couch. Now that Jan was gone, they were consumed with curiosity, although neither wanted to voice it.

Finally, Mimi couldn't take it anymore. "Okay, I really need to see what's on that tape."

"Me too," Rex answered. "I hope it'll still play. The VCR made a nasty noise when Jan was banging on it."

"Well it's worth a try." Mimi grabbed the remote control and pushed play. The VCR made a few more gurgling noises and slowly booted up. Rex and Mimi were nowhere near prepared for what popped up on the screen.

Sami and Lucas were going at it like porn stars right before their eyes. Thirty seconds of sexy, monkey love turned to a minute which turned to five minutes. There was a lot of sucking and moaning not to mention quite a bit of thrusting on both Lucas and Sami's part. Rex and Mimi knew they shouldn't be watching this but they just couldn't peel their eyes away from the hot action playing out before them.

"Talk about hot stuff. No wonder Jan was so anxious to keep her hands on this," Mimi said. Rex, of course, was still mesmerized by the scene before him. Mimi looked over at him, registering his not so innocent attention. His head was slightly tilted and his gaze intense as if trying to deconstruct the position that Lucas and Sami had chosen in this particular scene. She picked up the remote control and stopped the tape, prompting a particularly long gurgling noise. "That's enough for you, mister. I'm a little worried about your growing fascination with this tape since those ARE you siblings."

That appeared to snap Rex out of whatever haze of fascination he was in. "Well, when you put it like that, I can't help but be grossed out. But to be fair, they've only really been my siblings for about a year."

"What?" Mimi shouted. "Excuse me, Mr. Smarty Pants. They've been your siblings your whole life, even if you didn't know it. Who's the genius again? Let's not forget what happened with Cassie and Lucas." Rex cringed at the memory and quickly put it out of his mind.

Mimi yelped as Rex grabbed her and planted her on his lap. "Very funny. I'll tell you one thing, Mimi. My brother and sister may have put on a good show just now but no matter what crazy Jan says, they've got nothing on us." He then planted a wet, passionate kiss on his wonderful girlfriend.

"Now that you mention it, they were pretty inspirational." Mimi hugged Rex and giggled as he picked her up and headed towards the bedroom. They could call Lucas and Sami about the tape when they were done making a little love of their own.


Sami and Lucas were back at the loft and no closer to retrieving their tape than when they left the restaurant. They had circled the building looking for any clues. But without any idea of what to look for, they were completely spinning their wheels. They went back upstairs and knocked on Belle and Philip's door. When they didn't answer, Sami and Lucas figured they were upstairs going at it again. Amateurs.

"Well those two are no help--as usual." Sami pouted.

They decided to try across the hall with Rex and Mimi or even Shawn to see if they had noticed anything out of the ordinary. They knocked and waited for a few moments. When there was no answer, Lucas knocked again even louder. Finally, they heard shuffling and were greeted with a sweaty, semi-naked and very winded Rex. His hair was tussled and sticking up all over his head--well, more than usual--and he was holding a sheet around his torso, obviously to hide his nakedness.

One might expect to be shocked by such a greeting but Lucas and Sami were the picture of exasperation as they simultaneously looked at each other and rolled their eyes. "Is it the official Mid-Afternoon Sex Day or is everyone hitting the sheets right now for our benefit?" Lucas asked.

Sami giggled despite herself. "Must be something in Salem's water, sweetheart."

"As much as I'd love to stand here and entertain your witty banter, I was a little busy as you've so keenly pointed out."

Before he could ask what they were doing there, Mimi appeared behind him wondering who was at the door. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw who it was and the irony of the situation finally dawned on Rex.

Sami saw Mimi approach from the bedroom and couldn't help but notice the blush that was creeping up her neck. She had a sneaking suspicion that the news of her and Lucas' documented extracurricular activities had gotten out. She was going to kill Belle and Philip. She ushered Lucas into the apartment despite the fact that they were interrupting Mimi and Rex's afternoon sexcapades.

"Don't bother to deny it. We know that you know." Well, that wasn't 100 accurate since Lucas was a few steps behind Sami--and his confused expression showed it.

Mimi smiled guiltily at their visitors and tried to keep things casual. "What a nice surprise! It's so nice to see you! I was just saying to Rex that we don't see enough of his two favorite siblings. In fact, we were going to pay you a visit but we didn't want to impose in case you two were busy--not that we think that you're "busy" all the time or anything. I mean it's not like we're ever really thinking about how "busy" you are or anything! We wouldn't think of--"

"Mimi stop!" Rex said. He walked over to her and softly grabbed her by the shoulders. "Take a deep breath and calm down." He then turned to Lucas and Sami, both frowning profusely by this point. "Okay guys, three guesses why you've stopped by."

"Trust me, we only need one. I guess it's now official--Belle and Philip are completely unable to keep a secret." He shook his head at their situation. "I know you two are their best friends but this is ridiculous. We only left here a little over an hour ago and they've already blabbed our business to the world."

Rex and Mimi looked at each other in confusion. "What are you talking about Lucas? We haven't even seen Philip or Belle today," Mimi replied. "Even if they had told us anything about you two--which they haven't--I would hardly count anything they said to us as telling 'the world.'"

"Wait a second," Sami added. "If Belle and Philip didn't tell you anything then why are you two looking so guilty? And why does Rex know why we're here?"

"I thought you were here about the tape," Rex confessed.

Lucas could tell that Sami was about to lose her patience. They were just talking in circles now. "We are here about the tape. How do you know about it if Philip or Belle didn't tell you?"

"Uh oh," Mimi replied. "Crazy Jan has struck again." When she saw question marks across Sami and Lucas' face, she could tell that they had no idea how out of control things had gotten. "Let me back up. Jan was here earlier with this tape babbling about how she was going to use it to get what she wants or some kind of crazy talk like that."

Lucas and Sami groaned at the fact that yet another person had seen this tape and better yet, wanted to use it to destroy them. "What's up with that?" Lucas asked. "We don't even know that girl."

"Trust me, it doesn't matter. Jan thrives on causing trouble." Rex said.

'Sounds like someone else we know who happens to be in the room,' Mimi thought. She decided to keep that little remark to herself since the last thing she needed was to be on Sami Brady's bad side. "Anyway, when we walked in, she was talking about this tape but it got stuck in the VCR. She was pretty adamant about getting it back but Rex told her it was stuck and then threw her out." She and Rex chuckled thinking about the expression on Jan's face when Rex had slammed the door on her.

This new information seemed to brighten Sami's mood. "Great, so you two have the tape now?" she asked hopefully.

"Sure," Rex responded. "The VCR is broken so it'll play but the tape won't come out. I told her I'd have to take the VCR apart to get her tape out and she'd have to come back and get it then. She wasn't too happy about that."

"Wait a minute. But it still plays though. And I'm sure Jan didn't volunteer what was on that tape." Her look of annoyance was back in full force. "Did you two little perverts watch the tape too?" Their guilty glance towards each other was all the answer she needed.

"It's not as bad as it sounds, Sami," Rex pleaded. "We just wanted to know what was on that tape that had Jan so antsy. We turned it off as soon as we figured out what it was."

Lies. Clearly lies, Lucas and Sami both thought.

The last thing Lucas wanted to do was contemplate yet another one of his siblings having seen him and Sami at their sexual best. First Belle and Philip, now Mimi, Rex and problematically, Jan. These kids really did need some professional guidance.

"Why our families are intent on watching us get it on is beyond me. Right now, I just want to get that tape and get out of here." As soon as they got home, he knew Sami was going to try to destroy the tape for all the trouble it had caused in the last few hours. Although he was a little sad at the prospect, he was starting to think it was for the best.

Mimi walked them over to the VCR. "Be my guest, Mimi said. "Take the whole VCR for all I care. That way Rex and I can get back to what we were doing before being so rudely interrupted." After feeling the sting of both Lucas and Sami's glare, she figured she should rephrase her comments. "Well, not rude actually, since it was an important matter. More like an inopportune interruption or maybe I should say--"

"Mimi! Forget it and just hand over the VCR," Sami shouted.

Mimi jumped a little and moved to comply. "Okay, okay, I'm getting it." However, when she picked up the VCR something felt a little off. She shook the VCR and didn't hear the normal banging of tape against machine. She put the VCR back down and flipped up the little window to peek inside the machine. Dread filled her as her suspicions were confirmed.

Lucas was feeling that ever nagging sense of panic creep back in. This didn't look good. "What's wrong?" He didn't really want to hear her answer since he knew deep down that the news wasn't good.

"Uh, guys. The tape is gone. I don't know what could have happened to it! It was in here when we went back to the bedroom." She started nervously looking around the area of the VCR. "Rex, the VCR is still broken isn't it? How could it be gone?"

"Of course it's broken. You heard it when we tried to eject the tape." He joined in the frantic searching but the tape was nowhere to be seen.

Sami thought she was going to implode with rage. "How could you two lose it? Did it run away on its own? Did it grow arms and legs and birth itself from your crappy VCR? I'm cursed! That's what this is about." She started pacing back and forth again to Lucas' dismay. And that quickly they were back in frantic mode.

"Oh no!" Rex exclaimed looking at the window. For the first time, they noticed the curtain billowing from the window that was slightly open at the bottom. No doubt, the loft had had a familiar visitor not so long ago. Upon further inspection of the VCR, they found that the bottom had been cut out and then sloppily pushed back into place after its contents had been efficiently extracted. It looked like Lucas and Sami were back to square one.

"Alright, what's that little bitch's address. I think we need to pay her a visit, don't you agree Lucas?"

Normally, Lucas would try to calm Sami down when she was this pissed off but not this time. "I wouldn't mind having a little chat with little Miss Spears myself. I'd like to know what she thinks she's gonna get out of us for that tape."

"I wouldn't put anything past that tacky little manipulator." Mimi was quite comfortable with badmouthing Jan and took advantage of any opportunity to hurl a few insults her way.

Rex had written down the address for Jan's house out in the country and Sami was already heading towards the door. "She's about to seriously get what's coming to her and about fifty cents more. Sorry for the interruption. Feel free to continue with all that sex you two were having." Lucas chuckled at her remark and waved goodbye as she pulled him out of the loft.

"Good luck!" Rex and Mimi yelled out the door. "You're gonna need it," Rex added.

He closed and locked the door again, turning back to Mimi with a lascivious smile. "Sami's suggestion wasn't half bad. How about it, Meems?" The sound of Mimi's giggles trailed off as he chased her back into the bedroom for some more of the ever popular mid-afternoon sex.


Jan just couldn't stop giggling with glee over having outsmarted the super-genius Rex and his dimwitted sidekick. She had to admit that when she first parked her SUV at the side of the building and climbed up the balconies to sneak through the window, she wasn't sure it was going to work out. But of course, things had gone as planned and she was one step ahead yet again. Those two demented sex bunnies were too busy indulging their usual mediocre sex life to hear her tinkering with the VCR with the utility knife she kept for just such occasions. They hadn't been lying about it being broken--it had taken longer than she liked to get the tape out.

Why couldn't they comprehend that it doesn't pay to play games with her--especially that super-bitch Mimi? She made a mental note to get the goods on her. That meddling, hyperactive freak was bound to have a few skeletons dancing around the closet.

Now that things were back on track, she could move on to the next phase of her plan. But for this part she was going to need a little help. She went through her mental rolodex to figure out who the perfect accomplice could be. After all, that Sami Brady had quite a few enemies and if she could find the perfect partner to scapegoat then she'd stay off that crazy blonde's radar. Jan was no fool--she knew that getting on Sami's shit list was something to be avoided at all costs. Since this was a bit removed from her normal antics, she might have to think outside of the box.

Jan went through several candidates dismissing them in turn, until suddenly the perfect person came to mind. She started her car again and headed towards the other side of town.

Oh yeah, this was going to work out beautifully.