Sami was home before Lucas and she slowly found all her relatives and told
them the news. Eric was getting married at 8 PM to Greta. John asked
slowly not sure if he should speak, "How do you know that Sami?"
She eyed him warily. He looked concerned. She was going to tell him to go to hell, but she stopped herself for two reasons. One reason was that John actually stopped the serial killer impersonating her mother and he saved her mother from Stefano. And the second reason was that John thought of Greta like a daughter. Sami sighed to herself before answering, "Lucas saw them getting blood work done at the hospital."
Carrie asked, "Why was Lucas at the hospital Sami?"
Sami lied because she wasn't about to tell Carrie that Lucas saw them filing for a marriage certificate because then the question would be why was he looking up marriage certificates. Sami answered Carrie's question quickly, "He's studying to be a doctor. He just wanted to see if the hospital here had different procedures than University Hospital."
Carrie slapped Austin in the stomach to physically tell him, "What man thinks of hospital procedure on his honeymoon unless something is wrong? We have to help them."
Sami overheard the last part of Carrie's conversation and asked, "You have to help who?"
Austin felt guilty and he blushed. Carrie stuttered before finally answering, "Greta and Eric. They deserve a nice ceremony. Austin and I volunteer for decorations."
Austin asked confused, "We do? I thought that we were going..."
Carrie cut him off and said, "Let's get to work."
Lucas walked in the front door as Carrie was leading Austin out the door holding his hand. Lucas smirked and asked, "Are you two getting back together?"
Austin felt himself getting the feeling that Lucas was scheming something again. He countered defensively, "Carrie and I are just working through issues to be friends."
Carrie added, "We're going to decorate the justice of the peace office. See you at the wedding."
Lucas quickly added, "We'll be over in a bit. Sami had me dig up some of Greta's favorite sayings. If we get there early enough the justice of the peace can run through his lines."
Carrie nodded her agreement and said, "See you and Sami there."
When the door closed, Sami kissed Lucas cheek in order to whisper up at him, "Run through his lines?"
Lucas told her, "My job was to marry off Austin and Carrie. I'm quite sure my wife will feel too nauseous to stand up at the altar to run through lines."
She smiled and said, "That's so devious."
He replied, "It worked for Vivian in stopping my mom and Victor's wedding. We might as well use the trick for good instead of evil."
John, Marlena and the rest of the group asked, "Do you know where Greta and Eric are now? We want to help."
Lucas looked stunned and answered slowly, "I just saw them briefly with their paperwork. I have no idea where they were going next."
John replied, "If they were leaving the hospital, I can only assume they went back to city hall to file the license."
Marlena shook her head affirmatively and said, "I'll plan the party here at the house. Rex, Mimi, Belle, Shawn will you buy them suitable clothes? I know Greta's a princess and probably has tons of stuff to wear but make a special choice for her anyhow." Marlena then ordered everyone to an assignment and off they went.
A few minutes later Lucas and Sami went out the door to supply the justice of the peace with two sets of wedding vows, one for Austin and Carrie and one for Greta and Eric.
Nicole saw the activity from a window at Nathan's house. Brady moved across the street with his family, but Nicole wasn't going to let him forget about her. Austin and Eric were also men she liked to mess with and something was definitely up. She decided to follow Lucas and Sami since they were most likely to be in the thick of the action. ~*~
Greta and Eric ran between city hall and the hospital. IN the middle of their dash, it began to rain. When they rushed into city hall soaking wet, Eric asked, "Do you want to wait until tomorrow to get married now?"
She shook her head no and said, "Rain is supposed to be God wishing us good luck on our wedding day."
He laughed before kissing her. She started to put her arms around his neck but she pulled back. When he looked so hurt she said, "You're soaking wet and I don't want to mess up the paperwork. Now come here."
She pulled his head back down with one hand and kissed him again. He put his hand around her back and pulled the paperwork from her grip. She told him, "Give it back! We have to file it without ruining it."
He stayed one step ahead of her continuing to hold onto the paperwork. She continued to chase him down the hall. Soon they were running like ten year olds down the hallway and they almost missed the office to actually file the paperwork in. Greta saw the door and put her arm out to catch Eric's arm. He turned backwards and followed her inside. Eric turned in the paperwork and Greta started laughing. He couldn't help but laugh himself. They were about to be done but the clerk told them, "If you want the marriage valid in America, you have to fill out these forms as well and drop them off at the embassy."
Eric looked at his watch and told Greta, "Our weddings at 8. Are you sure you want to get married tonight? We won't have time to change."
She told him, "I don't care if I get married in a potato sack. I would love to wake up in the morning and be Mrs. Eric Brady."
He put his arm around her and told her, "You are the sweetest woman that I've ever known."
The clerk stopped them from kissing in front of her when she said, "Take these papers and get to work. The embassy's office closes soon."
Eric took the paperwork while still holding onto Greta's waist. She told him, "We better get to work then."
Eric joked with her, "I thought eloping was supposed to be romantic."
Greta told him earnestly, "Paperwork isn't your idea of romance?"
Eric put his hand on her face and just looked at her for a moment before leaning in and kissing her in the hallway. She blushed before he answered, "I think I have other ideas about romance."
She looked into his blue eyes and felt herself get serious before she told him, "You are the only man that I ever loved Eric Brady."
He looked into her brown eyes and very seriously told her, "I didn't think that a woman like you existed Greta. You're sweet and kind and good and thoughtful. I never could let myself move on even after I left town. I never thought it possible that you could be here with me again. I don't deserve you."
They were interrupted in the hallway by the same clerk who told them as she closed her office door for the evening, "She definitely deserves you filling out the paperwork."
Greta and Eric turned around and saluted the woman before she walked down the hallway. Greta told him, "Give me ½ and we'll write fast!"
He gave her a few pages before leaning up on the wall to fill in his. ~*~
Sami and Lucas sat outside the justice of the peace's office on a seesaw and decided to bounce ideas off of each other for what Carrie/Austin and Greta/Eric's wedding vows should actually be. Carrie and Austin's wedding vows were simple since they tried to get married a few times with different vows. Lucas and Sami were there for the vows each time and they always paid close attention to Carrie and Austin. The harder vows to write were for Greta and Eric. Finally Sami and Lucas decided on something and went inside to commence operation Carrie and Austin secret wedding. It was already 7:15 PM and they had to rush if the plan was going to work.
Sami and Lucas went up to the justice of the peace and acted like they were running through the vows with him. Sami winked at Lucas before rushing off to the bathroom. Carrie and Austin were hanging up ornaments as Sami rushed past. Carrie nearly fell backwards on the ladder but Austin put his hand on her back to prevent her. Carrie muttered, "Thanks" a second before Lucas ran past as well.
Sami ran to the bathroom. Lucas followed and had the preplanned conversation with her between the door. After running through their scene Lucas turned to Carrie and Austin and said, "The justice wants to finish running through his lines. Can you both do us a favor? I'll finish hanging up the... the... whatever that is."
Carrie told him, "It's a fabric to make the place more elegant. And I'll go up and practice with you Lucas. Austin can stay here and finish up."
Lucas looked at Austin trying to see if Austin was hurt with what Carrie said. Then Lucas replied, "I'd like to stay and watch the bathroom in case Sami needs my help. Austin and you are working on being friends now, so hopefully it's not too much of an issue."
Austin and Carrie both reassured Lucas' concern, "No."
Austin then put the fabric down and said, "Let's hurry. The wedding starts soon and guests will arrive."
Carrie agreed and followed Austin to the altar.
The justice of the peace hurried through the wedding ceremony like he was told for Carrie and Austin.
Guests started to arrive and saw Austin and Carrie standing up at the altar. Instead of interrupting people took their seats.
Austin then read through his lines at the vow exchange, "I love you. Not just for who you are,
but for who I am when I'm with you. I love you.
Not for what you've done with your life...
...but for what you're doing to mine.
I love you for making me good...and happy. And whole.
Because that is what you do, Carrie.
Without a word. Without a gesture. Without a doubt.
Just by being yourself. Such a simple thing...
but no one else in the world could do it.
Only you." Carrie stood there lost completely in a memory. That was exactly what Austin said to her during their wedding. Carrie then rationalized that Sami must have planted that as a way to tell her that she was sorry for interfering. While the sentiment was sweet, standing there and listening to Austin repeat his poem was killing her. Why he continued reading it to her still confused her. He had to remember what he was saying since he wrote it. Austin was in shock when he saw what the poem was. But then he saw Carrie standing next to him and he just felt the need to read it to her. The justice of the peace then told Austin, "By the power invested in me, I hereby pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride." Austin laughed out of nerves. He wanted to kiss Carrie. When the justice of the peace looked at him expectantly, Austin felt guilty. So he leaned down and lightly kissed her. He meant to kiss her cheek but when he saw her lips opened to a shocked 'o' he decided to be daring. He kissed her on the lips. Sami rushed up to the altar with Lucas and interrupted, "We finished the decorations. Did you finish practicing the ceremony?" Carrie answered, "Yes." Lucas then looked at the table all set up with paperwork and he replied, "You didn't sign the practice license." Sami stood behind Lucas mouthing to him confused, "Practice license are you kidding?" Carrie went to the table and said, "Are you sure this is practice? It looks genuine to me."
Lucas then answered, "I'm sure. Greta and Eric are going to have the original. This was just something the justice provided. We have to make sure the feather pens work, don't we?" Austin picked up the pen and replied, "I guess." Austin then signed his name and Carrie signed hers. Lucas walked next to his wife and said, "If Victor fell for that line with Vivian, I figured it was safe to guess Carrie and Austin wouldn't see a problem." Sami smirked at him quite convinced that he was the smartest man that she ever knew.
She eyed him warily. He looked concerned. She was going to tell him to go to hell, but she stopped herself for two reasons. One reason was that John actually stopped the serial killer impersonating her mother and he saved her mother from Stefano. And the second reason was that John thought of Greta like a daughter. Sami sighed to herself before answering, "Lucas saw them getting blood work done at the hospital."
Carrie asked, "Why was Lucas at the hospital Sami?"
Sami lied because she wasn't about to tell Carrie that Lucas saw them filing for a marriage certificate because then the question would be why was he looking up marriage certificates. Sami answered Carrie's question quickly, "He's studying to be a doctor. He just wanted to see if the hospital here had different procedures than University Hospital."
Carrie slapped Austin in the stomach to physically tell him, "What man thinks of hospital procedure on his honeymoon unless something is wrong? We have to help them."
Sami overheard the last part of Carrie's conversation and asked, "You have to help who?"
Austin felt guilty and he blushed. Carrie stuttered before finally answering, "Greta and Eric. They deserve a nice ceremony. Austin and I volunteer for decorations."
Austin asked confused, "We do? I thought that we were going..."
Carrie cut him off and said, "Let's get to work."
Lucas walked in the front door as Carrie was leading Austin out the door holding his hand. Lucas smirked and asked, "Are you two getting back together?"
Austin felt himself getting the feeling that Lucas was scheming something again. He countered defensively, "Carrie and I are just working through issues to be friends."
Carrie added, "We're going to decorate the justice of the peace office. See you at the wedding."
Lucas quickly added, "We'll be over in a bit. Sami had me dig up some of Greta's favorite sayings. If we get there early enough the justice of the peace can run through his lines."
Carrie nodded her agreement and said, "See you and Sami there."
When the door closed, Sami kissed Lucas cheek in order to whisper up at him, "Run through his lines?"
Lucas told her, "My job was to marry off Austin and Carrie. I'm quite sure my wife will feel too nauseous to stand up at the altar to run through lines."
She smiled and said, "That's so devious."
He replied, "It worked for Vivian in stopping my mom and Victor's wedding. We might as well use the trick for good instead of evil."
John, Marlena and the rest of the group asked, "Do you know where Greta and Eric are now? We want to help."
Lucas looked stunned and answered slowly, "I just saw them briefly with their paperwork. I have no idea where they were going next."
John replied, "If they were leaving the hospital, I can only assume they went back to city hall to file the license."
Marlena shook her head affirmatively and said, "I'll plan the party here at the house. Rex, Mimi, Belle, Shawn will you buy them suitable clothes? I know Greta's a princess and probably has tons of stuff to wear but make a special choice for her anyhow." Marlena then ordered everyone to an assignment and off they went.
A few minutes later Lucas and Sami went out the door to supply the justice of the peace with two sets of wedding vows, one for Austin and Carrie and one for Greta and Eric.
Nicole saw the activity from a window at Nathan's house. Brady moved across the street with his family, but Nicole wasn't going to let him forget about her. Austin and Eric were also men she liked to mess with and something was definitely up. She decided to follow Lucas and Sami since they were most likely to be in the thick of the action. ~*~
Greta and Eric ran between city hall and the hospital. IN the middle of their dash, it began to rain. When they rushed into city hall soaking wet, Eric asked, "Do you want to wait until tomorrow to get married now?"
She shook her head no and said, "Rain is supposed to be God wishing us good luck on our wedding day."
He laughed before kissing her. She started to put her arms around his neck but she pulled back. When he looked so hurt she said, "You're soaking wet and I don't want to mess up the paperwork. Now come here."
She pulled his head back down with one hand and kissed him again. He put his hand around her back and pulled the paperwork from her grip. She told him, "Give it back! We have to file it without ruining it."
He stayed one step ahead of her continuing to hold onto the paperwork. She continued to chase him down the hall. Soon they were running like ten year olds down the hallway and they almost missed the office to actually file the paperwork in. Greta saw the door and put her arm out to catch Eric's arm. He turned backwards and followed her inside. Eric turned in the paperwork and Greta started laughing. He couldn't help but laugh himself. They were about to be done but the clerk told them, "If you want the marriage valid in America, you have to fill out these forms as well and drop them off at the embassy."
Eric looked at his watch and told Greta, "Our weddings at 8. Are you sure you want to get married tonight? We won't have time to change."
She told him, "I don't care if I get married in a potato sack. I would love to wake up in the morning and be Mrs. Eric Brady."
He put his arm around her and told her, "You are the sweetest woman that I've ever known."
The clerk stopped them from kissing in front of her when she said, "Take these papers and get to work. The embassy's office closes soon."
Eric took the paperwork while still holding onto Greta's waist. She told him, "We better get to work then."
Eric joked with her, "I thought eloping was supposed to be romantic."
Greta told him earnestly, "Paperwork isn't your idea of romance?"
Eric put his hand on her face and just looked at her for a moment before leaning in and kissing her in the hallway. She blushed before he answered, "I think I have other ideas about romance."
She looked into his blue eyes and felt herself get serious before she told him, "You are the only man that I ever loved Eric Brady."
He looked into her brown eyes and very seriously told her, "I didn't think that a woman like you existed Greta. You're sweet and kind and good and thoughtful. I never could let myself move on even after I left town. I never thought it possible that you could be here with me again. I don't deserve you."
They were interrupted in the hallway by the same clerk who told them as she closed her office door for the evening, "She definitely deserves you filling out the paperwork."
Greta and Eric turned around and saluted the woman before she walked down the hallway. Greta told him, "Give me ½ and we'll write fast!"
He gave her a few pages before leaning up on the wall to fill in his. ~*~
Sami and Lucas sat outside the justice of the peace's office on a seesaw and decided to bounce ideas off of each other for what Carrie/Austin and Greta/Eric's wedding vows should actually be. Carrie and Austin's wedding vows were simple since they tried to get married a few times with different vows. Lucas and Sami were there for the vows each time and they always paid close attention to Carrie and Austin. The harder vows to write were for Greta and Eric. Finally Sami and Lucas decided on something and went inside to commence operation Carrie and Austin secret wedding. It was already 7:15 PM and they had to rush if the plan was going to work.
Sami and Lucas went up to the justice of the peace and acted like they were running through the vows with him. Sami winked at Lucas before rushing off to the bathroom. Carrie and Austin were hanging up ornaments as Sami rushed past. Carrie nearly fell backwards on the ladder but Austin put his hand on her back to prevent her. Carrie muttered, "Thanks" a second before Lucas ran past as well.
Sami ran to the bathroom. Lucas followed and had the preplanned conversation with her between the door. After running through their scene Lucas turned to Carrie and Austin and said, "The justice wants to finish running through his lines. Can you both do us a favor? I'll finish hanging up the... the... whatever that is."
Carrie told him, "It's a fabric to make the place more elegant. And I'll go up and practice with you Lucas. Austin can stay here and finish up."
Lucas looked at Austin trying to see if Austin was hurt with what Carrie said. Then Lucas replied, "I'd like to stay and watch the bathroom in case Sami needs my help. Austin and you are working on being friends now, so hopefully it's not too much of an issue."
Austin and Carrie both reassured Lucas' concern, "No."
Austin then put the fabric down and said, "Let's hurry. The wedding starts soon and guests will arrive."
Carrie agreed and followed Austin to the altar.
The justice of the peace hurried through the wedding ceremony like he was told for Carrie and Austin.
Guests started to arrive and saw Austin and Carrie standing up at the altar. Instead of interrupting people took their seats.
Austin then read through his lines at the vow exchange, "I love you. Not just for who you are,
but for who I am when I'm with you. I love you.
Not for what you've done with your life...
...but for what you're doing to mine.
I love you for making me good...and happy. And whole.
Because that is what you do, Carrie.
Without a word. Without a gesture. Without a doubt.
Just by being yourself. Such a simple thing...
but no one else in the world could do it.
Only you." Carrie stood there lost completely in a memory. That was exactly what Austin said to her during their wedding. Carrie then rationalized that Sami must have planted that as a way to tell her that she was sorry for interfering. While the sentiment was sweet, standing there and listening to Austin repeat his poem was killing her. Why he continued reading it to her still confused her. He had to remember what he was saying since he wrote it. Austin was in shock when he saw what the poem was. But then he saw Carrie standing next to him and he just felt the need to read it to her. The justice of the peace then told Austin, "By the power invested in me, I hereby pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride." Austin laughed out of nerves. He wanted to kiss Carrie. When the justice of the peace looked at him expectantly, Austin felt guilty. So he leaned down and lightly kissed her. He meant to kiss her cheek but when he saw her lips opened to a shocked 'o' he decided to be daring. He kissed her on the lips. Sami rushed up to the altar with Lucas and interrupted, "We finished the decorations. Did you finish practicing the ceremony?" Carrie answered, "Yes." Lucas then looked at the table all set up with paperwork and he replied, "You didn't sign the practice license." Sami stood behind Lucas mouthing to him confused, "Practice license are you kidding?" Carrie went to the table and said, "Are you sure this is practice? It looks genuine to me."
Lucas then answered, "I'm sure. Greta and Eric are going to have the original. This was just something the justice provided. We have to make sure the feather pens work, don't we?" Austin picked up the pen and replied, "I guess." Austin then signed his name and Carrie signed hers. Lucas walked next to his wife and said, "If Victor fell for that line with Vivian, I figured it was safe to guess Carrie and Austin wouldn't see a problem." Sami smirked at him quite convinced that he was the smartest man that she ever knew.