Moonlit Wishes
Book III, Part V

What is ringing so loudly? Sami wondered as she groggily opened her eyes and looked around her bedroom. Then she realized it was her alarm going off and she was tempted to slam down on the button to make the noise go away, but she needed to get up.

Today was an important day for her.

And an important day for EJ, although he didn't know it yet and it might be quite a while before he realized what was going on between them was more than what he told her last night.

Yes, she was going to concentrate on fully regaining their friendship, she wanted that too. She was enjoying the aspect of them becoming closer as friends like they had been when EJ first came to Salem and now she knew exactly who and what EJ DiMera was as a man.

The man who was the father of their children, the man who had as many faults as she did if not more, which was quite comforting in her twisted way of looking at things because it was nice not to have to pretend to be something she wasn't.

Well she might have to pretend that she wasn't falling for him, just to keep him from being defensive with her. EJ was good at playing defensive; he had been doing it ever since he had walked back in the door.

EJ was wary of her and her motives, but she'd make him see she was sincere.

Somehow, someway, she would convince him to see that he hadn't stopped loving her even though it had taken so many things for her to see what had been right in front of her all along.

She hoped she wasn't too late in realizing these things.

No, she shook her head. She wasn't too late. She was only beginning.

Which reminded her to retrieve the journal which she had begun keeping when she moved in the house a few months ago as she tried to make sense of where her life was going and what she needed to do with her life. She took it from the nightstand and tucked it away safely under the mattress of her bed because no one needed to find it, especially EJ.

Because after she couldn't sleep she had scribbled down a list of things she needed to do to make EJ realize she was the woman for him. The only woman he would ever need.

She just had to turn his tricks around on him because one thing was for sure EJ DiMera knew how to seduce someone when he put his mind to it.

How many times had he invaded her personal space, pushed her to the point where she had chosen to run away instead of facing her feelings? Too many times to count, but she was going to play it smart, she would push him in small increments.

EJ might not even realize what she was doing or when he did it would be too late for him.

She would have him fall under her spell. One thing she was proud of was that her confidence was growing daily. No longer was she the girl who felt like she wasn't good enough. She was good and even more importantly she could be bad when and if the need arose.

With that thought in mind, she got out of bed, quickly made it up and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth, shake her hair to make it fall into a messy disarray all around her head like she didn't have a care in the world and had a full night's sleep. She ran the eye roller under her eye that Chris had suggested to her a while back to ensure there wasn't any dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep and then swabbed a light coat of mascara on her eyelashes to make her eyes pop that brilliant blue color and lastly she ran a light coat of clear lip gloss on her lips.

She then retrieved what she knew was her tightest tank top and the shortest sleep shorts in her possession and put them on. She went back to check her appearance in the mirror before heading downstairs noting she was a tad hoochie for early morning, but they would be alone for a while before the kids came home and she wanted EJ to know what he was missing out on by not taking advantage of her invitation last night.

She had to quell the giggle that was threatening to surge up in her. She knew she didn't play fair so she wasn't going to start today either.

She also knew EJ was an early riser; he liked to get up early in the mornings to go for a run, so she'd just be there to greet him.

No harm in telling EJ good morning before his daily morning run dressed in next to nothing.

No harm at all.