The fact that Austin was temporarily driving around in one of Nathan's cars while in Paris never phased his thought process. Carrie sounded worried about the guy, and Greta certainly shouldn't have to be alone with him. Austin's white knight mentality had him racing the car to the hotel where Carrie called from.

Mimi asked from the back, "Can you be more careful on the turns?"

Austin turned another corner at breakneck speed as Sami told Mimi, "I guess not."

Rex tried to make more room for Sami as he told Austin, "We have a pregnant girl back here, remember?"

Lucas bit his lip knowing full well that wasn't true, at least not yet. But when Sami elbowed him, Lucas said, "Carrie, Greta and Eric will be fine for the few extra seconds needed on the turns."

Austin took the next turn a bit slower, but he wasn't happy about it. ~*~

Greta stood at her door and told Nathan, "I can't marry you. I should have told you before, but everything happened so fast."

Nathan took her hand in his and told Greta, "It's not your fault. I'm just sorry that I didn't protect you better."

Nathan was quite stubborn sometimes and obviously he wasn't going to take this very easily. She told him, "Listen to me Nathan. I can't marry you. It wouldn't be right."

Carrie walked down the hall of the hotel and saw Nathan walk into Greta's room. Carrie bit her lip, not quite sure what she should do. Her brother was, unfortunately, on his way and she had to make sure that he was ok. Carrie took a deep breath and pushed open the door.

Greta saw Carrie walk in before she turned to Nathan and said, "There is nothing you could have done Nathan. I just don't love."

Greta was cut off when her hotel door slammed open. The door almost knocked Carrie over, but she caught herself and gasped. Eric announced himself with a question, "My God Greta, are you all right?"

Nathan turned around and snarled back, "She'll be fine once you leave her alone."

Greta blessed herself as she tried in vain to yell out, "Get out, both of you! Can't you both see I want to be left alone!"

Nathan and Eric were too busy staring at each other ready to pounce to care at all what Greta screamed.

Carrie planned on walking between the men and breaking up the impending fight. But before she stepped forward, the door slammed open again, knocking the wind out of her sails.

Philip announced, "Who called for marine backup?"

Philip's entrance caused the two men about to fight to jump forward. Each assumed that the other made a move, and each went in for a counterattack. Greta yelled out, "Stop!" But neither paid her any attention.

Philip pulled Carrie out of the angle of the fight. The men almost fell on top of her.

Greta found a shoe and threw it at Nathan's head. Eric called out in between punches, "You don't have to help. I got this." She found her other shoe and threw it at Eric.

Eric and Nathan broke some furniture as they slammed each other with fists. Philip decided to back Eric up and he went into the fight. Carrie called out to him, "Thanks Philip." But she stopped when she saw that Philip wasn't stopping the fight but rather joining.

Greta told Carrie, "I have to stop this."

Carrie asked Greta, "Which one are you planning on stopping?"

Austin finally reached the hotel that Carrie told him. Austin, Rex, Mimi, Lucas and Sami started to rush in. Right outside the door Sami pulled Lucas back and told him, "Don't hurt yourself. I need you too much."

Having Sami act all sweet with him was a new humbling experience for Lucas. He really wasn't sure what he should say to her big blue eyes. He settled on, "Stay out of it Sami."

She was going to yell at him but the door swung open to reveal the big brawl inside. She followed Lucas inside.

Greta had a wooden end table in her hand, ready to swing if someone came near her. Philip and Eric were physically brawling with Nathan. Rex and Austin was on the sidelines ready to jump in. When Lucas nodded to his brothers, the three of them for a moment looked like they were going to jump into the fight. Sami sucked in her breath, but Austin and Lucas pulled Nathan and Eric apart as Rex told Philip, "Calm down!"

Carrie put her hand on Greta and Greta put down the furniture. Sami blessed herself that this ended quickly. Mimi echoed Sami's sentiments.

Carrie spoke first and said, "I think we've caused enough trouble for Greta today."

Austin looked over at Carrie. Carrie was the most kind hearted person that he ever met. His gaze then went to his friend Greta and the girl was starting to shake. Austin said, "I'm sure Nathan is going."

Lucas let Nathan's arms go. Nathan fixed his hair with his hand and said, "Greta, call me whenever you need a friend or a shoulder to cry on. I've never hurt you."

Greta nodded her head and said, "It's time for you to go."

Nathan walked out the door.

Carrie walked over to stand beside Austin. Sami smiled as her sister made the move and she went to whisper the observation into Lucas' ear.

Austin then turned to Eric and asked, "Does Greta want you here?"

Eric looked into Greta's eyes silently pleading with her to stay and talk to him before turning to Austin and saying louder than he wanted, "I'm not leaving until she kicks me out."

Greta weakly told Eric, "Go."

Austin nodded his head like he should be obeyed and said, "Get out Eric."

Eric saw that Greta was going to talk to him but she was afraid. He understood being nervous. He told Austin, "Back off. Greta and I are going to talk."

Before Austin could reply a voice called everyone's attention from the hallway, "What happened here?"

Sami turned around and told Lucas, "The wicked witch has landed."

He whispered back to her, "You promised to be nice."

She rolled her eyes and said, "So nice you'll wonder what happened to me."

Kate stood in the doorway looking around at the mess. Billie walked in next to her mother and echoed Kate, "What happened?"

Kate then yelled, "Austin, Lucas, Philip, Rex. you are all leaving here right now! Look at the mess you caused."

Greta turned to Kate and said, "Your sons all came to help me, I think."

Kate answered, "Of course they did. But they are now going to pay for the damages and leave!"

Philip followed his mom first. Rex found Mimi and said, "Let's go." Mimi smiled and followed him.

Austin turned to Carrie and asked, "Do you have a ride home?"

Carrie remembered seeing Austin kiss Nicole and she shuddered before answering, "What do you care?"

Lucas put his arm around Sami and said, "We'll leave as quickly as possible. Remember your promise."

She patted his stomach a little and asked, "Don't you trust me General?"

He decided his best course of action was not to answer that one. He walked out with her instead. IN the hallway Kate changed her tune and said, "Billie invited me to Paris for the weekend to go shopping. Since we're all here, I want to have a family lunch tomorrow if that's all right with everyone.

Sami had a vision of herself at Kate's family lunch. Lucas' entire brood on Kate's side would flay her alive and serve her up as the main course. Sami told Lucas point blank, "I'm not going to that massacre. But you have fun."

Kate heard Sami's comment about her family lunch. She let out a huff but kept silent. Lucas told Kate, "I'll see you tomorrow then."

Kate smiled like she had something up her sleeve but no one was ever going to suspect her. Lucas needed saving and she was going to flawlessly finish off his problem without anyone pointing the finger at her.

Sami saw Kate's half hearted smile and wondered what it meant. But she quickly forgot her suspicions when Lucas told her, "The limo will be here to take us home unless you want to eat."

She smiled up at Lucas and told him, "Oh I'm hungry baby, just not for food."

Once the crowd disperced, Carrie told Greta and Eric, "I'm going to take a cab home."

Eric told his sister, "Thanks sis. You're the best."

Carrie hugged Eric and left.

As the door closed Greta bent down to pick up some shattered glass by her feet instead of looking at Eric. Eric walked over to Greta and kneeled down beside her to help. When she found her nerve, she yelled, "Fighting Eric? Why did you hit Nathan?"

Eric argued with her, "I thought he came here to harass you about the wedding. Did he?"

She stood up and went to the waste basket as she answered, "Yes, we were talking about the wedding. Nathan loves me Eric. He wouldn't hurt me."

Eric followed her and continued, "That's not what his file told me. Greta he was going to be married before."

She stiffened like Eric just told her something new, but she carefully asked, "How do you know?"

Eric told her, "I work for newspapers and magazines with world wide subscriptions. It took me two seconds to get the information on Nathan and to know that he wasn't good enough for you."

She closed her eyes and said, "So I should stay locked in my tower forever and wait for the perfect guy with a clean sheet of paper on his white horse to come rescue me? Eric, I know that this is a shock for you, but I considered marrying a man because he wanted my money and my title. I figured at least he wanted some part of me."

Eric reached out to Greta but she pulled back. He told her, "Greta, don't sell yourself short like this."

She started crying, "Why am I even talking about this with you? It's not like you love me. You pity me. I know that. Just go Eric. Leave me alone!"

Eric looked into Greta's eyes as she fought her tears before he tried to tell her, "It's not pity that I feel when I look at you."

She looked at him and asked, "Are you seeing me as Nicole's replacement again? Sorry that story ended for me a long time ago."

He caught her hand and held it with both of his as he slowly told her, "When I went to the mountains, it wasn't Nicole that haunted me. It was you and everything I did to you." ~*~

Outside the hotel Carrie stood at the cab stand waiting for her turn when Austin pulled in. She asked him, "What are you doing?"

He told her, "Offering you a lift Carrie Brady."

She honestly didn't know why she let it slip out, but she heard herself retort, "It's Carrie Reed. I never bothered to change my passport back."

He looked stunned. Carrie Brady no Carrie Reed was the sun and the moon wrapped up together and embodied in the perfect female to him. He couldn't speak for a full minute. But when a cab driver started beeping for his spot, Austin told her, "Get in Carrie Reed. You're coming with me."

She smiled. When he said her name, she just felt better than she had in a long time. She felt genuinely happy and she agreed with him. She opened the car door and stepped inside.

When Carrie smiled at him in the car, Austin felt like he was the luckiest man to ever walk on the face of the planet. He smiled back at her before starting the car. ~*~

Sami and Lucas had a limo to themselves. Sami started tugging at his shirt the second that the door closed. He asked her, "What's the rush?"

She felt his abs in her chest and smiled before answering, "I want to make sure you're still in one piece."

He tipped his head like he understood as he unbuttoned her blouse. He told Sami, "We can tell the driver to take the long way back."

She sat on top of him to reach the speaker box to tell the driver exactly that. Lucas used the opportunity to pull her skirt up. She almost jumped in delight when she felt him touch her. As soon as she told the driver she turned to Lucas and said, "Not yet handsome."

He pulled her head to his and kissed her.