This is my first Steve and Kayla fic...I hope you enjoy! I dont own anything...etc. etc.

Summary: Steve begins to remember...

Chapter One

Regaining Memories Takes off from 9/12 episode...

Steve paced his hotel room over and over again. Memories had been coming back to him in flashes all day long. Every kiss he had received all that day had brought back a memory. Some of Kayla...Some of another woman...Each one represented a piece of his past.

He tried to put his memories together but found it impossible. He didn't want to endanger Kayla and Stephanie, and he knew that the DiMera's were watching him like a hawk. They had to make sure that he didn't get his memory back. But why?

And he wondered if his room was bugged, or if Kayla's was, or if the whole place was. He had already removed any of the bugs that he could find. At some point he had to tell her, at some point she had to know that he was remembering.

"Kayla..." He whispered. He missed her, he craved her, but he couldn't act like he did. He had to keep his family safe. They meant everything to him.

Kayla knocked at his door. Steve opened it and let her in. "I saw you dancing with Billie Reed." She remarked angirly to him.

"Yes." Was all Steve said.

"Well is that it?" Kayla asked. "Is that all your going to say?" She asked.

"I need to tell you something," Steve whispered, coming closer to her.

"What?" She asked.

"My memory is coming back." He whispered so only she could hear him.

She smiled. "And...?" She asked.

"And Billie is my cover, because I have a feeling that the DiMera's are watching, and if they know that I..." His voice trailed off, but Kayla got the picture. "But I love you." He whispered to her. "I do."

He kissed her with a fire, with a passion he hadn't kissed her with for 17 years. He scooped her up and put her on the bed, wanting to take things further.

He kissed her neck and then pulled off her shirt. Kayla was happy just to lie there and let him find her, find her all over again! She undid his belt and then his pants. They fell to the ground and then he pulled off hers.

Before either of them knew it, they had done it, they had made love for the first time in seventeen years. Steve was the one who was tired afterwards, and Kayla was elated.

"Was that good or bad?" Steve asked, his tone really funny.

Kayla smiled widely at him. "You have most certainly learned more tricks this time around." She remarked.

Steve chuckled. "Is that good or bad?" He asked again.

"Great." Kayla replied. She kissed his knife tattoo and cuddled with him. "Now what?" She asked. "You said we cant be together."

"I know. Billie is still my cover...Try not to get too jealous Sweetness. In the end, it will be you, me, and Stephanie!"

"You promise?" Kayla asked him.

"I do." He brought his face to hers and they kissed.

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Stephano had been on the phone all morning with his hired men in Salem. "Dammit! Is he remembering or not?" Stephano demanded of the man on the other line.

"I dont know." The man replied.

"What do you mean you dont know? You are connected to that family...How could you not know?" Stephano ordered.

"Steve de-bugged his hotel room. He must be getting some of his memories back." The man replied.

"Do I have to come there and seriously kill him myself this time? Or what if we kidnap Sweetness?"

"Over my dead body!" The man replied.

"It can be arranged!" Stephano countered seriously. "I want you to find out everything you can about what he remembers. Pretend to be his friend, get in with him, and then, I want you to tell me what you know. Have I made myself clear?"

"Crystal."

"Good!" Stephano laughed into the phone and then hung up. The man on the other line was left speechless.

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Stephano had two more phone calls to make...Very important ones!

The first one was to Patrick Lockhart who was his main hitman. He was dating a former Brady at the moment and Stephano was beginning to wonder if he could trust Patrick anymore.

The second was to Billie Reed...She and Steve had been getting close, and it wasn't by chance at all.

Stephano made the calls, gave the orders, and then sat back and wondered if anyone suspected who the other man he was calling was. It wasn't EJ Wells, but that was a good guess. Perhaps it was right under their noses all along?

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SHALL I CONTINUE OR NOT?