Carrie wandered the gardens of her temporary residence. The flours were in
bloom and the garden felt like she was in a peaceful green backdrop to the
white castle. Seriously everything was green and fresh and in bloom. The
gardens were making her remource over her choices in life disappear. The
fresh air helped her achieve her peace and serenity. Austin was her first
true love. She lost him because she never opened her heart to him
completely, never trusted him enough. Then she moved on to Mike where she
tried her best to give him a part of herself that she hid from Austin.
However Mike never made her heart beat wildly and never caused her
unhappiness. She might have given Mike her trust but Austin always had her
heart. But each breath of the clean air gave her hope that maybe she could
finally move on.
She was going to return to the house. But she heard voices coming from the maze. Someone sounded like they were crying. Carrie wanted to try to help if she could, after all the house was filled with family and friends from home. It wasn't until she walked into the maze that she saw who was crying and who was comforting her. Nicole Walker had her snake like arms around Austin as they kissed.
Carrie let out a sound. She hadn't meant to speak but her heart controlled her voice for a moment and she let out a sound of sadness. Before anyone saw her she fled. She ran like the wind was chasing her feet. Her feeling that she was finally getting over Austin was obviously a lie.
Earlier Austin watched Carrie walk around the gardens with the most serene face that he ever saw on her. The moonlight made her look like Aphrodite out for a midnight stroll. He wanted to find out if the vision was real and he walked over to meet her when Nicole appeared out of no where. He tried to calm Nicole down so she made sense, but then she kissed him.
He turned the moment he heard Carrie. His eyes didn't see her, but he knew that she was just there. Her perfume clung to the area. He dropped Nicole without explanation and chased after Carrie.
He saw her going towards the street and he chased. But she jumped into a car that stopped for her and took off. He had no way to follow, but he felt like he just opened up his old heart. He was worried about her. ~*~
Back inside the temporary castle quite a different night was going on. Lucas finally had Sami where he wanted her. She was in his bed and more importantly joined with him physically, emotionally and even spiritually. He spent hours making sure she felt fulfilled and contented. She was his life. She already gave him the two most important treasures in his life, her love and their son. He spent hours pleasing her until she made him laugh as she told him, "General Roberts release your soldiers already!"
He started laughing before he told her, "Yes m'aam. We aim to please."
She smiled like she just won her prize after one of their schemes. He chuckled right before he allowed himself his well earned release. Then he stopped thinking completely as rhythm and instinct took over. He fought himself for his rigid control that he had for hours. His strength came from wanting to please her, but his control snapped. He needed to find it again after pumping his seed into her.
She was exhausted. She had no idea that he was going to torture her body like he had for hours, forcing her to lose all control over and over again. She yelled at him and begged him to end his assault on her, but she had to laugh that her best tactic with him was humor mixed with her need. She quickly lost all sense of her self again when he released into her. She felt like she was a different person. She was free to be herself in his arms, and she wasn't constantly reminding herself to be someone else. With Lucas she was just Sami, and she realized for the first time in her life that techniques and bedroom tricks were meant as an expression of love, not as a means to an end. So tonight had felt like the first time she was capable of truly letting herself go, but Lucas kept her in her perpetual state for hours. She finally broke through and she felt like she won the $100 million jackpot right before she lost all sense of herself again. ~*~
As Sami was discovering how blissful married life could be, her twin Eric was having his own problems. Greta still thought that she should marry Nathan. The only thing going for him at the moment was that she hadn't left. She stormed off to the kitchen to make coffee instead of storming out the door.
Greta brewed her needed cup of coffee and tried to figure out what she was going to do. She hated to admit it but Eric was right. She shouldn't marry Nathan because she didn't love him. She lost her ability to love a man unconditionally long before she ever tried to love anyone. Swamp Girl was too independent and the Princess was too rich. Romantic love just wasn't in the cards, and she should have stuck with her initial plan when she moved to Europe, buy a dog. When the light went off , signaling that the coffee was done, she stormed out and asked, "Do you want a cup?"
He was staring out the glass wall towards the river when she called out to him. He turned around, "Sure. Look Greta we."
She stormed back into the kitchen, ignoring his attempt at conversation. A minute later she reappeared with two coffee mugs. She wordlessly handed him a mug and asked him, "How long were you planning on keeping me Eric?"
He tried to touch her hair, but she pulled back. He sighed before he told her, "I have no plans for you. The door is unlocked. I just wanted us to have some time alone to talk."
She told him, "I spent all day crying because I didn't love Nathan and I prayed for my fairy tale prince to appear. But he didn't. The real world is not a place for fairy tales and an orphaned princess who dreams about what she can't have. Nathan promised to be there for me at the end of the day. It was supposed to be enough, Eric. Why wasn't that enough? Why can't I stop dreaming of things that I can't ever have?"
He couldn't hold her or touch her like he wanted. But he had to understand something so he slowly asked her, "Does this mean that you won't marry him, Greta?"
She nodded her head affirmatively as she said, "I'm going to spend my life alone, as I was destined. OK? So you've done your good deed now and you're free to leave me again. Go find your own true love and be happy Eric."
She stared into his eyes for just a moment before she turned to leave. He couldn't stand the haunting look of sadness in her eyes. He reached out and grabbed her arms before she could leave. She turned to him to leave her alone when he stopped her, but he looked so determined to tell her something.
He couldn't stand to see her upset. He started to tell her, "Fair Princess, If I didn't want to be with you, would I have flown to Europe, followed you around, made love to you, and kidnapped you?"
She started to argue with him. He felt guilty over the way their relationship ended before and that's why he followed her. He was confusing his own feelings up again, and she refused to play second choice with him again. She was going to yell at him, but then his lips touched hers. She lost her train of thought. She lost all sense of everything, and just kissed him back. She forgot the tight fitted corset digging into her skin. She forgot that her makeup must look a fright. God he could kiss her. She wanted this kiss to burn a hole into her mind, so she could remember this moment all of her life. ~*~
Carrie saw Nathan leaving his house when she asked for a ride. He saw that Austin was chasing her and he told her to get in. She looked over her shoulder at Austin and then quickly took the ride. Nathan's car roared to life and Austin chasing the car soon left her sight. When Austin was finally gone, Carrie started to breathe normally again. She looked over at Nathan and told him, "Thank you for stopping."
Nathan looked over and told her truthfully, "I helped you hoping that you knew where your brother might have taken Greta."
Carrie honestly didn't know. She didn't have to hold onto her loyalties because she didn't know and she was partly relieved. She wasn't part of Austin and Eric's plan so she told him, "No. Are you planning on confronting them or something?"
Nathan quietly answered, "Or something. Now that you're here maybe you want to stay out for a while in case I find your brother."
Carrie asked confused, "Why would you want me to stay?"
He told her truthfully, "If your there I might not kill him."
She looked at his profile. Her instinct told her to stay put and hope that her brother left town with Greta hours ago. Nathan did look ready to kill. She straightened in her seat and said, "I have no where I want to be." ~*~
The next morning, well afternoon actually, Lucas and Sami finally left their bedchamber out of a need for food. They forgot everyone else in the world. The reason for getting married in the first place disappeared once the bedroom door finally closed. When they finally left their bedroom, Mimi and Rex caught them in the hallway. Mimi joked with her boyfriend, "Making up is always the best part of a fight."
Sami looked backwards and said without thinking, "We have years of making up ahead of us then."
Rex told Lucas, "Lucky man. She never promises years."
Mimi rolled her eyes intending to ignore the male conversation, but Sami started to say something. However Sami's never told her joke because Austin was in the kitchen. As the foursome walked in, Austin asked, "Have any of you heard from Carrie?"
Sami caught Lucas' eye. Carrie was missing? Their plan to feel less guilty about their own happiness hinged on Carrie and Austin reuniting. Lucas must have understood her panic because he asked, "What happened to Carrie last night?"
Austin saw Rex and Mimi holding hands waiting for an answer and he saw Lucas and Sami intimately holding each other. Austin felt guilty laying out his feeling that Carrie was heading for trouble, but Sami and Rex were related to her. If he couldn't help her, maybe they could. Austin told them, "She jumped into a car with a stranger last night and hasn't returned. I came to see if she called."
Lucas and Sami had no idea but Mimi answered firmly, "No calls have come in today on the main line. I've been waiting for the phone to ring all morning. My mother was supposed to call."
Lucas asked Austin suspiciously, "Why would she get into a car with a stranger? Carrie's pretty level headed."
Austin never liked that Lucas and Carrie were friends. She chose to believe Lucas' side of the story over Sami's, probably because he was always sticking his nose in Sami's business because of Will. But still Austin felt that jealous feeling over Lucas and Carrie's friendship mixing in with his own feelings of remorse from last night. He looked at Rex instead of Sami or Lucas when he said, "She saw me kissing Nicole and ran off. I tried to catch her but she stopped the car."
Sami held Lucas and said, "I don't like this." ~*~
Greta woke up in Eric's arms on the bed. She looked over and watched him sleep. When he kissed her last night, she forgot her problems. She forgot everything but the feel of his lips on hers and a need to feel more of him. Again they stopped talking and went too far. She felt like she committed a sin now that the sun was shining. She was never going to marry him because he was in love with someone else. He probably kissed her and still thought of Nicole Walker. Then she thought that she was no better than Nicole now. Greta always thought that sex was an expression of love. Last night she forgot her lifelong faith in waiting for love and it wasn't the first time either. Last time she planned creating memories for herself. She needed to get out of here. She was confused and more than a little sad. She found her slip but refused to put back on her wedding dress. Instead she opted for borrowing his button down shirt. She left him his pants.
She stopped at the door and took one final look at Eric before walking out of the mess that she created for herself.
She was going to return to the house. But she heard voices coming from the maze. Someone sounded like they were crying. Carrie wanted to try to help if she could, after all the house was filled with family and friends from home. It wasn't until she walked into the maze that she saw who was crying and who was comforting her. Nicole Walker had her snake like arms around Austin as they kissed.
Carrie let out a sound. She hadn't meant to speak but her heart controlled her voice for a moment and she let out a sound of sadness. Before anyone saw her she fled. She ran like the wind was chasing her feet. Her feeling that she was finally getting over Austin was obviously a lie.
Earlier Austin watched Carrie walk around the gardens with the most serene face that he ever saw on her. The moonlight made her look like Aphrodite out for a midnight stroll. He wanted to find out if the vision was real and he walked over to meet her when Nicole appeared out of no where. He tried to calm Nicole down so she made sense, but then she kissed him.
He turned the moment he heard Carrie. His eyes didn't see her, but he knew that she was just there. Her perfume clung to the area. He dropped Nicole without explanation and chased after Carrie.
He saw her going towards the street and he chased. But she jumped into a car that stopped for her and took off. He had no way to follow, but he felt like he just opened up his old heart. He was worried about her. ~*~
Back inside the temporary castle quite a different night was going on. Lucas finally had Sami where he wanted her. She was in his bed and more importantly joined with him physically, emotionally and even spiritually. He spent hours making sure she felt fulfilled and contented. She was his life. She already gave him the two most important treasures in his life, her love and their son. He spent hours pleasing her until she made him laugh as she told him, "General Roberts release your soldiers already!"
He started laughing before he told her, "Yes m'aam. We aim to please."
She smiled like she just won her prize after one of their schemes. He chuckled right before he allowed himself his well earned release. Then he stopped thinking completely as rhythm and instinct took over. He fought himself for his rigid control that he had for hours. His strength came from wanting to please her, but his control snapped. He needed to find it again after pumping his seed into her.
She was exhausted. She had no idea that he was going to torture her body like he had for hours, forcing her to lose all control over and over again. She yelled at him and begged him to end his assault on her, but she had to laugh that her best tactic with him was humor mixed with her need. She quickly lost all sense of her self again when he released into her. She felt like she was a different person. She was free to be herself in his arms, and she wasn't constantly reminding herself to be someone else. With Lucas she was just Sami, and she realized for the first time in her life that techniques and bedroom tricks were meant as an expression of love, not as a means to an end. So tonight had felt like the first time she was capable of truly letting herself go, but Lucas kept her in her perpetual state for hours. She finally broke through and she felt like she won the $100 million jackpot right before she lost all sense of herself again. ~*~
As Sami was discovering how blissful married life could be, her twin Eric was having his own problems. Greta still thought that she should marry Nathan. The only thing going for him at the moment was that she hadn't left. She stormed off to the kitchen to make coffee instead of storming out the door.
Greta brewed her needed cup of coffee and tried to figure out what she was going to do. She hated to admit it but Eric was right. She shouldn't marry Nathan because she didn't love him. She lost her ability to love a man unconditionally long before she ever tried to love anyone. Swamp Girl was too independent and the Princess was too rich. Romantic love just wasn't in the cards, and she should have stuck with her initial plan when she moved to Europe, buy a dog. When the light went off , signaling that the coffee was done, she stormed out and asked, "Do you want a cup?"
He was staring out the glass wall towards the river when she called out to him. He turned around, "Sure. Look Greta we."
She stormed back into the kitchen, ignoring his attempt at conversation. A minute later she reappeared with two coffee mugs. She wordlessly handed him a mug and asked him, "How long were you planning on keeping me Eric?"
He tried to touch her hair, but she pulled back. He sighed before he told her, "I have no plans for you. The door is unlocked. I just wanted us to have some time alone to talk."
She told him, "I spent all day crying because I didn't love Nathan and I prayed for my fairy tale prince to appear. But he didn't. The real world is not a place for fairy tales and an orphaned princess who dreams about what she can't have. Nathan promised to be there for me at the end of the day. It was supposed to be enough, Eric. Why wasn't that enough? Why can't I stop dreaming of things that I can't ever have?"
He couldn't hold her or touch her like he wanted. But he had to understand something so he slowly asked her, "Does this mean that you won't marry him, Greta?"
She nodded her head affirmatively as she said, "I'm going to spend my life alone, as I was destined. OK? So you've done your good deed now and you're free to leave me again. Go find your own true love and be happy Eric."
She stared into his eyes for just a moment before she turned to leave. He couldn't stand the haunting look of sadness in her eyes. He reached out and grabbed her arms before she could leave. She turned to him to leave her alone when he stopped her, but he looked so determined to tell her something.
He couldn't stand to see her upset. He started to tell her, "Fair Princess, If I didn't want to be with you, would I have flown to Europe, followed you around, made love to you, and kidnapped you?"
She started to argue with him. He felt guilty over the way their relationship ended before and that's why he followed her. He was confusing his own feelings up again, and she refused to play second choice with him again. She was going to yell at him, but then his lips touched hers. She lost her train of thought. She lost all sense of everything, and just kissed him back. She forgot the tight fitted corset digging into her skin. She forgot that her makeup must look a fright. God he could kiss her. She wanted this kiss to burn a hole into her mind, so she could remember this moment all of her life. ~*~
Carrie saw Nathan leaving his house when she asked for a ride. He saw that Austin was chasing her and he told her to get in. She looked over her shoulder at Austin and then quickly took the ride. Nathan's car roared to life and Austin chasing the car soon left her sight. When Austin was finally gone, Carrie started to breathe normally again. She looked over at Nathan and told him, "Thank you for stopping."
Nathan looked over and told her truthfully, "I helped you hoping that you knew where your brother might have taken Greta."
Carrie honestly didn't know. She didn't have to hold onto her loyalties because she didn't know and she was partly relieved. She wasn't part of Austin and Eric's plan so she told him, "No. Are you planning on confronting them or something?"
Nathan quietly answered, "Or something. Now that you're here maybe you want to stay out for a while in case I find your brother."
Carrie asked confused, "Why would you want me to stay?"
He told her truthfully, "If your there I might not kill him."
She looked at his profile. Her instinct told her to stay put and hope that her brother left town with Greta hours ago. Nathan did look ready to kill. She straightened in her seat and said, "I have no where I want to be." ~*~
The next morning, well afternoon actually, Lucas and Sami finally left their bedchamber out of a need for food. They forgot everyone else in the world. The reason for getting married in the first place disappeared once the bedroom door finally closed. When they finally left their bedroom, Mimi and Rex caught them in the hallway. Mimi joked with her boyfriend, "Making up is always the best part of a fight."
Sami looked backwards and said without thinking, "We have years of making up ahead of us then."
Rex told Lucas, "Lucky man. She never promises years."
Mimi rolled her eyes intending to ignore the male conversation, but Sami started to say something. However Sami's never told her joke because Austin was in the kitchen. As the foursome walked in, Austin asked, "Have any of you heard from Carrie?"
Sami caught Lucas' eye. Carrie was missing? Their plan to feel less guilty about their own happiness hinged on Carrie and Austin reuniting. Lucas must have understood her panic because he asked, "What happened to Carrie last night?"
Austin saw Rex and Mimi holding hands waiting for an answer and he saw Lucas and Sami intimately holding each other. Austin felt guilty laying out his feeling that Carrie was heading for trouble, but Sami and Rex were related to her. If he couldn't help her, maybe they could. Austin told them, "She jumped into a car with a stranger last night and hasn't returned. I came to see if she called."
Lucas and Sami had no idea but Mimi answered firmly, "No calls have come in today on the main line. I've been waiting for the phone to ring all morning. My mother was supposed to call."
Lucas asked Austin suspiciously, "Why would she get into a car with a stranger? Carrie's pretty level headed."
Austin never liked that Lucas and Carrie were friends. She chose to believe Lucas' side of the story over Sami's, probably because he was always sticking his nose in Sami's business because of Will. But still Austin felt that jealous feeling over Lucas and Carrie's friendship mixing in with his own feelings of remorse from last night. He looked at Rex instead of Sami or Lucas when he said, "She saw me kissing Nicole and ran off. I tried to catch her but she stopped the car."
Sami held Lucas and said, "I don't like this." ~*~
Greta woke up in Eric's arms on the bed. She looked over and watched him sleep. When he kissed her last night, she forgot her problems. She forgot everything but the feel of his lips on hers and a need to feel more of him. Again they stopped talking and went too far. She felt like she committed a sin now that the sun was shining. She was never going to marry him because he was in love with someone else. He probably kissed her and still thought of Nicole Walker. Then she thought that she was no better than Nicole now. Greta always thought that sex was an expression of love. Last night she forgot her lifelong faith in waiting for love and it wasn't the first time either. Last time she planned creating memories for herself. She needed to get out of here. She was confused and more than a little sad. She found her slip but refused to put back on her wedding dress. Instead she opted for borrowing his button down shirt. She left him his pants.
She stopped at the door and took one final look at Eric before walking out of the mess that she created for herself.