Carrie sat in the car with Nathan trying to talk to him. She really wasn't
up to calling the police to stop a fight if Nathan found her brother with
Greta. Carrie stayed with Nathan, all night just in case. She hoped that
they couldn't find Eric or Greta because they skipped town. However,
around 11 am, Nathan received a phone call. He turned the car around on
the street and started heading in the opposite direction. Carrie asked,
"Were they located? What's going on?"
Nathan turned around and told Carrie, "Greta just checked into a hotel alone. I have to see her."
Carrie asked, "So she's not with my brother after all. This is good."
Nathan looked at Carrie dubiously but drove to the hotel. ~*~
Eric woke up alone. He put his arm out to touch Greta but she wasn't in bed. He instantly thought about the last time this happened and how she left sometime in the night to marry Nathan. He jumped out of bed and immediately saw her wedding gown lying on the floor still. He took a moment's comfort thinking that she must still be here since her clothes were, but she was gone. She left him again. He threw his pants on to try to chase down a clue, but again she vanished without a trace.
She hadn't even left him a note. Eric was about to tear into a wall to vent, but he remembered seeing her sitting with Austin and Lucas at the café. She was friends with them, and maybe Austin or Lucas knew where she went. Eric called Austin.
Austin, Rex, Mimi, Lucas and Sami were helping Austin look for Carrie at the police station near Notre Dame when Eric called through. Austin answered his phone and let the others handle describing Carrie to the police.
Austin answered, "Hello?"
Eric quickly asked, "Have you seen Greta?"
Austin looked at the group he was with before saying, "Don't tell me she's missing too."
Eric asked, "Who else is missing?"
Austin told him, "Carrie. She jumped into a car with someone and hasn't been seen since."
Eric hoped his sister was with Greta and asked quickly, "When?"
Austin told him, "Last night. Right after you left with Greta. When did Greta disappear?"
Lucas and Sami both stopped talking and listened in on Austin's conversation.
Eric answered Austin, "I don't know, sometime this morning I guess."
Austin asked confused, "You guess? Look Eric we're at the police station filling out a missing person report. If I hear from Greta, I'll call you if she tells me too."
Sami whispered into Lucas' ear, "If he doesn't tell Eric where Greta is if she calls, I will. Greta could ruin everything."
Lucas asked her in a conspiring whisper, "Everything? Sami, her wedding was stopped last night. Greta's going to want a friend."
Sami started to reply but Lucas phone went off. Sami silently nodded her head like he should answer in case it was Will. Lucas nodded like he understood and answered, "Hello."
Sami knew it was Will just from how Lucas broke out into a smile. It was confirmed when Lucas said, "That's great buddy. I'm so proud of you. Here I'll let you tell your mom."
Lucas handed Sami the phone, so Will could tell Sami how he just won first place in the science fair. Sami put her arm around Lucas for a congratulatory hug as she told Will, "Sweetie that's great. Is grandma Kate taking you out to celebrate?" Sami hated leaving Will with Kate, but she saw no other alternative on short notice.
Will shocked Sami when he said, "Grandma left for Paris this morning to meet you all. Grandpa Shawn is letting me make a milkshake!"
Sami looked into Lucas eyes wondering if he knew as she told Will, "I'll talk to you later honey. We'll have a family dinner when we get home, ok?"
Once Will agreed, she hung up an gave Lucas back his phone. He took it and asked, "What's wrong?"
She couldn't decide if he knew and didn't tell her or if he didn't. She never took her eyes off of him when she said, "Your mother gets into Paris today. Were you going to tell me that I was going to be battling her anytime soon?"
Lucas pulled her outside of the station. She followed more than willing. Once outside in the courtyard he told her, "Sami, you don't have to like my mother. You don't ever have to speak to her if you don't want to. But please I'm begging you not to fight with her anymore. Can we move to the live and let live stage for my sanity?"
She hardly looked happy about what he was asking. Kate hated her. She was going to refuse this until she saw the look on Lucas' face when he said, "She's my mom, Sami."
She asked determined to know the answer, "Did you know she was coming?"
He answered like he was defeated and Sami was going to continue the war with his mother, "No."
She surprised him and said, "Well, she is Will's grandmother. As long as she doesn't do anything to me, I'll ignore her completely."
He put his arms around her and spun her around as he told her, "Thank you sweetheart. Name anything you want! I'll go buy it for you!"
She smiled at his enthusiasm. When he stopped spinning her she told him, "I want a son or daughter with your big brown eyes."
His eyes drifted down to her mouth. Her lips looked tempting. She automatically started breathing a bit heavier at his own nearness. He knew that her heart was racing, the same as his. His hands became more possessive in puller her closer. He managed to tell her, "I'll try my best sweetheart."
Before she could reply, his lips descended onto hers for the kiss that he couldn't stop even if he wanted. He felt his entire body being magnetically drawn to her, and all he wanted was to keep her in his arms forever.
She knew the moment that she admitted that she loved him, her life would be different. She never would have expected that he loved her back or that his touch would make her circuits go haywire. And his mouth was so perfect. One touch of his lips on her skin made her temperature rise so high that she lost any sense of awareness other than how to get her next fix. His mouth was better than drugs, better than alcohol, better than chocolate. And he was kissing her so thoroughly that she forgot everything.
Austin, Rex and Mimi left the station and saw Sami and Lucas practically undressing each other on the street. Mimi and Rex started laughing. Austin was a bit embarrassed. How he never saw that Lucas and Sami loved each other was something he was never going to think about again! He told himself that he was dumb not to have known.
Rex called over to the couple, "Are you done searching?"
Lucas and Sami pulled back and just looked at each other questioning what they wanted to do.
Mimi interrupted to ask, "I thought pregnancy stopped romance?"
Rex asked Mimi concerned, "It does?"
Sami smiled up at Lucas before turning to face their crowd, "Not always. I'm already a mother and besides we're newlyweds in case you forgot."
Lucas held Sami and told his brothers, "We just found out mom's flying here today."
The three of them nodded like they understood now. Kate and Sami's feud was hardly a secret. ~*~
Greta changed into an outfit she bought downstairs in the boutique at the hotel. She showered, ordered the wardrobe and breakfast right after checking in this morning. She needed to think. Last night she once again gave herself to a man who was never going to love her. Eric used her to get over Nicole last time. He lied to her, cheated on her, and left her brokenhearted. He was her first romance and she kept letting that first kiss make her think that she loved him. It was true that she fantasized about him a lot. When he showed up in the villa, she saw her opportunity to live out one of her fantasies. But it wasn't real and she had to remember. She had to remember that Eric was never going to love her, and she didn't love him. She kept getting her fantasies about fairy tales and happily ever after confused with reality, and she had to stop. Eric loved a woman more experienced and desirable than she was ever going to be, Nicole Walker.
She started to bite into her croissant when there was a knock on the door. She insanely thought that Eric found her and she rushed to open the door. Her smile faltered when she saw that it was Nathan. She held her head up high as she said, "Nathan. hi."
Carrie was going to follow Nathan into the hotel, but she decided to be more useful. She called Eric.
Eric answered the phone, "Hello?"
Carrie immediately asked him, "Should I go upstairs to help Greta or will she be all right with her fiancé?"
Eric's heart started beating. Carrie knew where Greta was. He recovered from the shock and answered, "I don't want him hurting her Carrie. Where are you so I can get there?"
Carrie told him, "Hotel De Arc de Triumphe. Eric I don't think you should confront Nathan."
Eric told Carrie, "I'm on my way."
He hung up on her before she could say a word to him. She couldn't let her brother go up against Nathan alone. Nathan's temper was very obvious last night and Carrie refused to think that her little brother might get hurt. So she called the one person she did not want to talk to Austin.
Austin answered his phone recognizing the number, "Carrie?"
Carrie told him, "Austin, can you come to the hotel and help Eric in case a fight breaks out."
Lucas held Sami's waist still and asked his brother in a joke, "Now that Carrie's found, do you mind if we go home?"
Sami hit him lightly to remind him that Austin was still on the phone. Lucas made a face like he wasn't happy and she kissed him on the cheek.
Austin hung up his phone and turned around to see Sami and Lucas about to make out again. He told them loud enough, "Carrie wants us to go to Hotel Du Arc de Triumphe to back up Eric in some fight with Nathan."
Sami automatically said, "Family sticks together."
Lucas asked her, "So does that mean I can go home and wait for you there?"
She hit him on the head and said, "Get over it Eric's your family now too."
Lucas really wasn't liking the thought that he could be related to Eric in any way. He never saw eye to eye with Eric Brady and he doubted that he'd direct him across the street correctly. But for Sami he went into the car.
Nathan turned around and told Carrie, "Greta just checked into a hotel alone. I have to see her."
Carrie asked, "So she's not with my brother after all. This is good."
Nathan looked at Carrie dubiously but drove to the hotel. ~*~
Eric woke up alone. He put his arm out to touch Greta but she wasn't in bed. He instantly thought about the last time this happened and how she left sometime in the night to marry Nathan. He jumped out of bed and immediately saw her wedding gown lying on the floor still. He took a moment's comfort thinking that she must still be here since her clothes were, but she was gone. She left him again. He threw his pants on to try to chase down a clue, but again she vanished without a trace.
She hadn't even left him a note. Eric was about to tear into a wall to vent, but he remembered seeing her sitting with Austin and Lucas at the café. She was friends with them, and maybe Austin or Lucas knew where she went. Eric called Austin.
Austin, Rex, Mimi, Lucas and Sami were helping Austin look for Carrie at the police station near Notre Dame when Eric called through. Austin answered his phone and let the others handle describing Carrie to the police.
Austin answered, "Hello?"
Eric quickly asked, "Have you seen Greta?"
Austin looked at the group he was with before saying, "Don't tell me she's missing too."
Eric asked, "Who else is missing?"
Austin told him, "Carrie. She jumped into a car with someone and hasn't been seen since."
Eric hoped his sister was with Greta and asked quickly, "When?"
Austin told him, "Last night. Right after you left with Greta. When did Greta disappear?"
Lucas and Sami both stopped talking and listened in on Austin's conversation.
Eric answered Austin, "I don't know, sometime this morning I guess."
Austin asked confused, "You guess? Look Eric we're at the police station filling out a missing person report. If I hear from Greta, I'll call you if she tells me too."
Sami whispered into Lucas' ear, "If he doesn't tell Eric where Greta is if she calls, I will. Greta could ruin everything."
Lucas asked her in a conspiring whisper, "Everything? Sami, her wedding was stopped last night. Greta's going to want a friend."
Sami started to reply but Lucas phone went off. Sami silently nodded her head like he should answer in case it was Will. Lucas nodded like he understood and answered, "Hello."
Sami knew it was Will just from how Lucas broke out into a smile. It was confirmed when Lucas said, "That's great buddy. I'm so proud of you. Here I'll let you tell your mom."
Lucas handed Sami the phone, so Will could tell Sami how he just won first place in the science fair. Sami put her arm around Lucas for a congratulatory hug as she told Will, "Sweetie that's great. Is grandma Kate taking you out to celebrate?" Sami hated leaving Will with Kate, but she saw no other alternative on short notice.
Will shocked Sami when he said, "Grandma left for Paris this morning to meet you all. Grandpa Shawn is letting me make a milkshake!"
Sami looked into Lucas eyes wondering if he knew as she told Will, "I'll talk to you later honey. We'll have a family dinner when we get home, ok?"
Once Will agreed, she hung up an gave Lucas back his phone. He took it and asked, "What's wrong?"
She couldn't decide if he knew and didn't tell her or if he didn't. She never took her eyes off of him when she said, "Your mother gets into Paris today. Were you going to tell me that I was going to be battling her anytime soon?"
Lucas pulled her outside of the station. She followed more than willing. Once outside in the courtyard he told her, "Sami, you don't have to like my mother. You don't ever have to speak to her if you don't want to. But please I'm begging you not to fight with her anymore. Can we move to the live and let live stage for my sanity?"
She hardly looked happy about what he was asking. Kate hated her. She was going to refuse this until she saw the look on Lucas' face when he said, "She's my mom, Sami."
She asked determined to know the answer, "Did you know she was coming?"
He answered like he was defeated and Sami was going to continue the war with his mother, "No."
She surprised him and said, "Well, she is Will's grandmother. As long as she doesn't do anything to me, I'll ignore her completely."
He put his arms around her and spun her around as he told her, "Thank you sweetheart. Name anything you want! I'll go buy it for you!"
She smiled at his enthusiasm. When he stopped spinning her she told him, "I want a son or daughter with your big brown eyes."
His eyes drifted down to her mouth. Her lips looked tempting. She automatically started breathing a bit heavier at his own nearness. He knew that her heart was racing, the same as his. His hands became more possessive in puller her closer. He managed to tell her, "I'll try my best sweetheart."
Before she could reply, his lips descended onto hers for the kiss that he couldn't stop even if he wanted. He felt his entire body being magnetically drawn to her, and all he wanted was to keep her in his arms forever.
She knew the moment that she admitted that she loved him, her life would be different. She never would have expected that he loved her back or that his touch would make her circuits go haywire. And his mouth was so perfect. One touch of his lips on her skin made her temperature rise so high that she lost any sense of awareness other than how to get her next fix. His mouth was better than drugs, better than alcohol, better than chocolate. And he was kissing her so thoroughly that she forgot everything.
Austin, Rex and Mimi left the station and saw Sami and Lucas practically undressing each other on the street. Mimi and Rex started laughing. Austin was a bit embarrassed. How he never saw that Lucas and Sami loved each other was something he was never going to think about again! He told himself that he was dumb not to have known.
Rex called over to the couple, "Are you done searching?"
Lucas and Sami pulled back and just looked at each other questioning what they wanted to do.
Mimi interrupted to ask, "I thought pregnancy stopped romance?"
Rex asked Mimi concerned, "It does?"
Sami smiled up at Lucas before turning to face their crowd, "Not always. I'm already a mother and besides we're newlyweds in case you forgot."
Lucas held Sami and told his brothers, "We just found out mom's flying here today."
The three of them nodded like they understood now. Kate and Sami's feud was hardly a secret. ~*~
Greta changed into an outfit she bought downstairs in the boutique at the hotel. She showered, ordered the wardrobe and breakfast right after checking in this morning. She needed to think. Last night she once again gave herself to a man who was never going to love her. Eric used her to get over Nicole last time. He lied to her, cheated on her, and left her brokenhearted. He was her first romance and she kept letting that first kiss make her think that she loved him. It was true that she fantasized about him a lot. When he showed up in the villa, she saw her opportunity to live out one of her fantasies. But it wasn't real and she had to remember. She had to remember that Eric was never going to love her, and she didn't love him. She kept getting her fantasies about fairy tales and happily ever after confused with reality, and she had to stop. Eric loved a woman more experienced and desirable than she was ever going to be, Nicole Walker.
She started to bite into her croissant when there was a knock on the door. She insanely thought that Eric found her and she rushed to open the door. Her smile faltered when she saw that it was Nathan. She held her head up high as she said, "Nathan. hi."
Carrie was going to follow Nathan into the hotel, but she decided to be more useful. She called Eric.
Eric answered the phone, "Hello?"
Carrie immediately asked him, "Should I go upstairs to help Greta or will she be all right with her fiancé?"
Eric's heart started beating. Carrie knew where Greta was. He recovered from the shock and answered, "I don't want him hurting her Carrie. Where are you so I can get there?"
Carrie told him, "Hotel De Arc de Triumphe. Eric I don't think you should confront Nathan."
Eric told Carrie, "I'm on my way."
He hung up on her before she could say a word to him. She couldn't let her brother go up against Nathan alone. Nathan's temper was very obvious last night and Carrie refused to think that her little brother might get hurt. So she called the one person she did not want to talk to Austin.
Austin answered his phone recognizing the number, "Carrie?"
Carrie told him, "Austin, can you come to the hotel and help Eric in case a fight breaks out."
Lucas held Sami's waist still and asked his brother in a joke, "Now that Carrie's found, do you mind if we go home?"
Sami hit him lightly to remind him that Austin was still on the phone. Lucas made a face like he wasn't happy and she kissed him on the cheek.
Austin hung up his phone and turned around to see Sami and Lucas about to make out again. He told them loud enough, "Carrie wants us to go to Hotel Du Arc de Triumphe to back up Eric in some fight with Nathan."
Sami automatically said, "Family sticks together."
Lucas asked her, "So does that mean I can go home and wait for you there?"
She hit him on the head and said, "Get over it Eric's your family now too."
Lucas really wasn't liking the thought that he could be related to Eric in any way. He never saw eye to eye with Eric Brady and he doubted that he'd direct him across the street correctly. But for Sami he went into the car.