Moonlit Wishes
Book III, Part IV
When she hit the hardwood floor after turning over again in her restless attempt to sleep on the couch she was startled and more than slightly disappointed that she hadn't stayed awake long enough to see whether or not EJ had made it home.
"Damn it," Sami swore, knowing she'd have a crick in her neck from sleeping on the couch and hoping she wouldn't have another bruise on her from falling off said couch. She got up off the floor, rubbing her neck in the process and looked sleepily around the room.
She ventured to the front door and pulled back one of the curtains of the window beside it, noting that EJ's car was once again parked in the driveway.
Well at least he came home, but he sure as hell didn't wake her up when he arrived. Sami let the curtain drop back into place and walked back into the living room turning off the light. She went to the stairs walking up them in the dark, glad to know that she felt at home here enough within the few months she had lived her that she already knew her way around in the dark.
She made it to the top of the stairs and looked down the hallway, noting that EJ's door was slightly ajar. Sami knew the smart thing to do would be that she should just go to bed, in her own bedroom, forget this embarrassing night of rejection and try to go back to sleep.
Then again, how many times had she chosen the smart route?
Not many, her inner voice claimed sarcastically, which of course she studiously ignored as she walked onward heading straight to EJ's room instead of going on her own. She pushed the door open, hoping the door wouldn't creak on its hinges and luck was with her for a change.
She paused at the doorway, taking in the sight of EJ sleeping on the bed, his body sprawled out all over the bed, he didn't have the sheet or the blanket draped over hi, apparently he must have kicked it off of him sometime during the night. As Sami eyed him from afar, she was glad he was hot natured even during the cooler winter months because she could look at him to her heart's content.
She took a few steps into his bedroom, just to get a better view she told herself even though another part of her wanted to climb into bed with him.
Damn why hadn't she appreciated how well EJ was built when she could have had him, when he wanted her? She shook her head, she knew her stubbornness had made her miss out on some good things, some very good things she noted as EJ turned over, and giving her an even better view of his body from the front, although she had to admit his backside was pretty appealing too.
So appealing that somehow she found herself walking closer without even fully realizing it until she was at the foot of his bed, close enough to reach out and touch him.
Which of course she did, because honestly she was sick and tired of listening to her head when her heart had been calling out for EJ all along, and so she crouched down beside the bed and slowly skimmed her fingers across his chest, barely touching him and then pulling back quickly when he moved in his sleep again.
She stood up and brought those same fingers to her lips, kissing them lightly and carefully placing those fingers against EJ's cheek.
"Goodnight EJ," she whispered and then turned to leave his bedroom, knowing it would take time to get him to come around to her way of thinking, but she smiled as she left his room. When she was determined to get something she would do whatever it took to get it. She would just have to play it cool and act all innocent if EJ tried to call her out on anything.
It would probably take some time and a whole lot of strategic planning on her part, but she was sure she could get EJ to see her way of thinking.
Sami climbed into her bed, knowing she wouldn't be able to fall asleep for a while, but that was all right because it would give her time to formulate all the things she would need to do to garner EJ's full attention.
She smiled as she thought EJ wasn't going to know what hit him. She was going to show him they could be the best of friends and more because she knew she wanted him and somewhere deep down inside of him she knew he wanted her too.
She just had to find a way to make him see it. It may have taken her years to come to this realization, but she finally knew they belonged together.
Mission plan to get EJ DiMera fall in love with her again would officially be launched tomorrow.