Chapter 14: Samantha, Sam, and Sami

"Samantha Brady's room please." Lucas asked the nurse. She looked at him suspiciously. He didn't blame her since he must look like hell. He'd finally escaped after knocking out a doctor and stealing his scrubs. He'd then had hitched a ride from an understanding family to the hospital. The ride to the hospital hadn't been devoid of danger as he had been hit in the head with several children's toys and christened with applesauce and various fruit drinks. He was just happy to finally have arrived at the hospital.

"Are you family?" The nurse asked.

"Yes." Lucas lied.

The nurse raised her eyebrow skeptically then shrugged and told him the room number.

"3 floor, room 346." She said. She'd let the men guarding Ms. Brady's room handle this man. Once he left she would also call hospital security for back up.

"Thank you!" Lucas said graciously and rushed to the elevator. Once in the elevator he was able to see his reflection. "Damn, I look like shit!" He exclaimed. He shrugged, Sami had seen him in worse conditions specifically the times when he had been on a drinking binge.

Surprisingly, no one stopped him until he reached to the room the nurse had specified. The two huge men in black suits standing in front of her door glared at him warningly as he got closer. When he was about 8 feet away, a third man stepped in front of him.

"Can I help you sir?" The man asked.

"No." Lucas said and tried to step around him and instead found himself pinned against the wall.

"What the hell?" Lucas cursed. Was everyone in NY psychotic?

"I'm sorry sir, please identify yourself and what you want." The man demanded.

"My name is Lucas Roberts and I'm here to see Samantha Brady, the mother of my son." Lucas stated. He was beginning to feel a little lightheaded.

"I'm sorry sir but no one is allowed into Ms. Brady's room for another 4 hours." The man explained releasing him.

"I don't know who the hell you work for but I know Sami will see me." Lucas insisted.

"I have my orders, no one goes into Ms. Brady's room unless approved by Mr. Wells." The man replied.

Damn it, what the hell was EJ up to? How dare he try to keep him from seeing Sami. He hadn't come this far to give up. He did a fake and tried to rush the room.

The two men guarding the door stopped him cold. "Son of a bitch! Sami! Tell these goons to let me in! Sami!" He yelled out struggling against the two men.

Finally the door opened and EJ stepped out of the room and closed the door behind him. He glared at Lucas. "Keep your voice down!"

"What the hell are you up to, you bastard?" Lucas yelled. He wanted to make sure that Sami knew he was here. "Tell these jerks to let me go!"

EJ nodded to the guards and they released Lucas. Lucas immediately tried to rush the door. EJ pushed him back hard enough to knock him to the ground. "Listen to me Lucas, you need to calm down and keep your voice down. You're endangering Samantha!" EJ hissed.

"You expect me to believe that bullshit?" Lucas scoffed. "I don't know what the hell your agenda is but I trust you about as far as I can throw you."

"Come on Lucas, we're friends, I'm just trying to Samantha." EJ tried to cajole.

"Protect Sami? It's your fault she got shot!" Lucas accused his voice rising into a shout. "Sami you in there?"

"This is your last warning Lucas, if you don't keep your voice down…" EJ warned.

"What are you going to do? Sic you're your men in black on me? Buddy, that's not how you treat your friends here in America. Sami!" Lucas yelled rushing the door one last time. "I'm com…"

Lucas ran straight into EJ's fist and was knocked out cold.

"Take him into a room at the end of the hall, I'll be there in a minute." EJ instructed. He poked his head into the room. "You ok in there?" EJ asked and listened for the beeping on the heart monitor. It was beeping a little faster then he would have liked.

"What is going on out there?" Sami asked curious.

"It's just a misunderstanding, I'm taking care of it." EJ said. "I'll be back in under ten minutes OK?"

"Be careful EJ!" Sami said as he closed the door. The voice she had heard sounded familiar. She rubbed her arms and realized that she had goose bumps. What was it about that voice?

"I love you Sami." The voice said. "Not just because you are the mother of my son."

"No!" Sami said aloud suddenly afraid.

"I love you too Lucas and not just because you are the father of my son."

"No! It can't be true, I love EJ." Sami said as the monitor started beeping faster. She rubbed her temples trying to erase the emerging memories. She was making love to a man other then EJ. "NO!" Sami yelled out shaking her head.

The door opened and the familiar figure walked swiftly to the bed.

"EJ!" Sami cried out relieved.

"Sam, you need to calm down!" He demanded.

"EJ kiss me!" Sami pleaded as tears ran down her face.

"Sam I don't think…" He began.

"I need you… Damn you, just kiss me!" Sami demanded.

His lips came down on hers effectively banishing the threatening images. It was a passionate kiss but there was something missing.

When the kiss was over Sami knew she was looking into the eyes of the man who was not her fiancée.

"You're not EJ!" Sami accused her eyes narrowing. "Who are you?"

"I'm EJ's twin brother Derrick." Derrick replied his appreciation evident.

"Why?" Sami asked confused. The heart monitors were beeping at a more normal pace.

"Well you asked so nicely and I'd hate to disappoint a lady." Derrick said. "If you're not satisfied, I'd be happy to give it another go." He offered rakishly as he leaned over her.

Sami smiled at his audacity. "No! Once was enough." She put her hands up to ward him off.

"Your loss!" Derrick said giving her a sexy smile. "You really must be in love with my brother."

"Why? Because I won't let you kiss me again?" Sami asked curiously.

"Because this is the second time you knew I wasn't my brother without knowing he has a twin. But at least this time I got a kiss out of it." Derrick answered.

"Really? You're saying that woman can't tell you two apart?" Sami asked not sure if she should be pleased.

"You're the only one so far." Derrick said truthfully.

Sami blushed with pleasure.

"Are you going to tell me what that was all about?" Derrick asked.

"Nothing you need to know about." Sami said impudently.

"I'll let you keep your secrets if you promise to forgive me to getting you shot." Derrick replied.

"It was your fault I was shot?" Sami asked surprised.

"My brother thinks so. The gunman was trying to shoot me but mistook my brother for me. But you my brave heroine foiled the entire plot by throwing yourself in front of my brother to protect him. For that you'll always have my gratitude and loyalty." Derrick said meaning every word.

"I'm sure EJ doesn't think this was your fault. In fact I think he blames himself." Sami pointed out.

"My little brother tends to shoulder all the troubles of the world." Derrick said dryly.

"Well he has us to help out now doesn't he?" Sami said smiling.

"Yes, he does." Derrick said as a strange light came into his eyes.

"Derrick, what happened to EJ?" Sami asked.

"What do you mean?" Derrick asked, a mask dropping over his face.

"Don't do that!" Sami demanded frustrated to see the same mask that EJ used to hide his feelings.

Derrick raised an eyebrow.

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to get mad at you but EJ does the same thing. I get so close to reaching him and then all of a sudden he turns into stone." Sami explained.

"It's a Wells survival trait, genetically passed from one generation to the next." Derrick said shrugging his shoulders.

"I'm sorry…" Sami said and touched his hand in comfort.

Derrick pulled it was as if he was burned. "Save it for my brother Sam. I'm a lost cause."

Sami looked at him pointedly. "EJ said that too. I don't believe you're a lost cause any more then I believe he is either.

There was a brief flash of yearning on Derrick's face before it was quickly masked. Sami sighed; this was going to take time. "So what happened to EJ that made him think that he was incapable of being in love?" Sami asked returning to the previous subject.

"Me." Derrick said bleakly. "I happened."

Sami laughed and then cried out in pain. "Don't make me laugh!" She said gritting through the pain.

"I didn't mean it as a joke. I've made a lot of mistakes and it's hurt my brother." Derrick said coldly.

"You're not shouldering the troubles of the world alone anymore remember?" Sami said reminding him. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it. "I don't give up once I decide on something I want."

This time he let her hold his hand. He opened his mouth to say something but the door opened and EJ walked in.

"What are you doing in here?" EJ asked his brother suspiciously.

Sami blanched at the man that came into the room after him. The heart monitor began beeping furiously turning all attentions to her. "Lucas." Sami said fearfully.

"You do remember!" Lucas said triumphantly rushing to her side.

Sami went into full panic mode.

"Damn it! Step aside Lucas, can't you see she's terrified?" EJ said pushing Lucas to the side to get to Sami.

"What the hell did you to her?" Lucas yelled angrily. Sami had been may things with him but never afraid.

"Samantha, you need to calm down!" EJ said urgently.

"Keep him away EJ." Sami pleaded shaking her head.

"Samantha!" EJ said holding her face still so that he could look into her eyes.

"EJ!" Sami said weakly.

"I promised I'd protect you, remember?" EJ said.

"Yes." Sami replied.

"Look into my eyes, do you trust me?" EJ asked as he brushed the hair away from her face with one hand. The beeping on the monitor slowed down.

"Yes." Sami said collecting herself. "Why is he here?"

"Because he cares about you. What do you remember about him?" EJ asked wondering what had set her off.

"He's Will's father." Sami said dully.

"Then why are you afraid? You have a history together and you once told me that before me he was your best friend. There's nothing to be afraid of." EJ reassured Sami.

Maybe EJ had been telling the truth and that he only had Sami's best interests at heart Lucas thought.

"You can't keep me from her!" Lucas said angrily. He had been able to get one satisfying swing in once he had woken up to see EJ standing over him.

EJ threw him a warm wet towel and then set a clean set of clothes on the bed next to Lucas. "Here, clean your self up while I tell you what's going on and then we'll go see Samantha."

"You could have told me that before and save everyone a lot of trouble." Lucas grumbled. "Thanks." He said as an afterthought.

"Sami was shot twice during an attempt to kill my brother. The shooter thought I was my twin brother and Sami jumped in front of me to push me out of the way and got shot instead." EJ explained.

"That's classic Sami, action first and regrets later." Lucas said shaking his head.

"What she did was heroic and brave!" EJ said angrily. He was sick of people always thinking the worst about Sami.

"I never said it wasn't." Lucas said as he began changing his dirty clothes for the clean ones. "You're not the only life she's saved in the last month." Lucas pointed out reminding EJ of the time that Sami had rushed in to save Lucas during the fire in his apartment.

"Right, can you just be careful how you word things when you're around her?" EJ asked.

"Easier said then done." Lucas said dryly. He'd always had trouble saying the right words when he was around Sami.

"Well if you don't think you can watch your words I'm not letting you near Samantha." EJ warned.

"You're not going to keep her from me!" Lucas stated.

EJ ignore Lucas. "Samantha was injected with a drug that elevates her adrenaline levels so if she is under stress or upset it could cause her to have a heart attack."

"What idiot doctor prescribed that?" Lucas said angrily. "Sami can't go five seconds without getting upset or stressed about something."

"We're trying to find that out right now. The doctors didn't prescribe it, someone deliberately tried to hurt Samantha." EJ replied understanding Lucas's anger.


"What? Who would want to…?"Lucas trailed off as he realized that Sami had plenty of enemies.

"That's not all, the drug also targets the part of the brain the controls emotion. Right now she is highly sensitive to emotional persuasion and coupled with her memory loss, a lot of damage could be done if the wrong people are allowed to come near her." EJ finished.

"Emotional persuasion?" Lucas asked confused.

"Basically, if you went in there and told her that you were Austin and she remembered how she felt about Austin, she would transfer all her feelings for Austin to you." EJ said giving and example.

"Really?" Lucas replied as he thought of all the possibilities.

"Don't even think about pulling anything." EJ warned. "The real memories and feelings will come back eventually and Samantha will never forgive you when they do."

"Hey, you've had a lot of time with her. What the hell have you been doing?" Lucas said angrily.

"Nothing intentional I assure you." EJ said guiltily.

"What the hell happened?" Lucas asked as a bad feeling came over him.

"Before we found out that she was given the drug, a nurse told her that I was her fiancée." EJ admitted.

"What the hell?" Lucas said angrily. "So she's transferred her feelings for Austin to you?"

"It wasn't planned, it was an complete accident." EJ swore.

"Quite convenient for you isn't it? Just like her accidentally getting shot or her accidentally getting engaged to you?" Lucas asked suspiciously.

"We can continue arguing about this here or you can see Samantha." EJ said reasonably, there was no way he was going to be able to convince Lucas his real intentions.

Lucas jerked back into the present. No, his first instinct was correct, EJ was not to be trusted.

"Hi Sami." Lucas said starting with the basics.

"My name is Samantha." Sami said warily reaching out to EJ for moral support.

"Yes, it is but your family and friends call you Sami." Lucas said.

"EJ calls me Samantha and he's my fiancée. And Derrick and EJ's mother and grandfather all call me Sam." Sami pointed out.

"But they haven't know you as long as I have." Lucas said smugly.

"Sami is a child's name!" Sami said stubbornly. She was determined to keep Lucas at a distance. The image of them making love flashed through her mind making her frown and the monitor beep faster.

"Fine! Have it your way, Sam-an-tha!" Lucas said frustrated.

"Why do you have to say it like that? It's Samantha! God! Why do you ruin everything!" Sami said angrily. The monitor beeped even faster.

"Easy Lucas!" EJ warned just as Lucas burst out into laughter.

"What?" Samantha asked her curiosity overcoming her anger. The beeping slowed down.

"Even without your memory you're still 100 Sami." Lucas said smiling. "Oh right, Saaaammm!"

Sami sighed at the way Lucas said Sam. She felt better now knowing that there was no way she was in love with this jackass. "Fine! Call me Sami since you obviously cannot say my name correctly."

"Do you remember anything about Will?" Lucas asked changing the subject.

"He was my second memory." Sami said proudly.

"I was your first?" Lucas said surprised.

"No!" Sami denied quickly. "EJ was my first."

"Riggghhht!" Lucas said annoyingly.

"Are you always this annoying?" Sami asked frustrated.

"Come on, admit it, you know you love me in spite of my evil quirks." Lucas teased and was shocked to get a completely different reaction then expected.

Sami's face blanched and her monitor beeped furiously. "I don't! I don't love you!" Sami denied terrified. "EJ, I love you. Only you, please say you believe me."

"Samantha, it's ok, calm down." EJ said frantically.

"I don't love you, I don't!" Sami yelled looking at Lucas as if he was the devil incarnate.

"Lucas get the hell out of here!" EJ yelled trying to get Sami to focus on him.

Derrick dragged Lucas out of the room as Sami pleaded with EJ. "You believe me right, EJ? I only love you."

It wasn't until the door closed behind Lucas and Derrick that Lucas realized something. "She loves me!" Lucas said dumbfounded at the revelation. Even though she'd been shot, drugged, and had no memories of him, it couldn't erase the feelings she had for him.

Derrick gave Lucas a cold look that would have killed him if looks could kill. "She loves my brother."

"She only thinks she loves your brother." Lucas countered.

"In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter because he's in there with her while you are out here." Derrick said smugly.

"Son of a bitch!" Lucas cursed. With Sami so vulnerable, EJ could do anything to her. But Sami had remembered him when he had walked into the room. That had to mean something.

"Yes, my mother is a real bitch." Derrick replied. "But then I've hear that said about your mother as well."

Lucas laughed, he felt euphoric, the feeling was better then the buzz of alcohol. Sami loved him and he felt like he could do anything. "Maybe we should sic them on each other?"

"There's one thing you should know about a Wells." Derrick said.

"What's that?" Lucas asked.

"We always get what we want." Derrick stated.

"Well that was before S.B." Lucas said smiling.

"S.B?" Derrick asked curious.

"Before Sami Brady." Lucas said laughing. "You'll learn that when it comes to Sami, no rules apply."

"If you say so." Derrick said with a grim face. This development with Lucas could be a problem.

"You'll see…" Lucas said knowingly. "Heaven help anyone tries to control her or get in the way of what she wants." He walked down the hallway with a slight skip in his step.