Whisper

Author's Notes: Story takes place after Sami finds out she is pregnant with EJ's child and the choices she makes concerning EJ and her children.

Dislclaimer: I do not own Days of our Lives or the characters, if I did things would be different in Salem.

Whisper

Chapter 1

"I have to get out of here," Sami claimed looking into the eyes of the man she had once professed that she would love until the end of time, sadly though their love could not withstand all the obstacles they had faced, namely one entitled EJ Wells DiMera.

"Do you want me to take you back to the mansion?" Lucas asked trying to be helpful to her because for a change he could see how distressed she was over the news the doctor had given her, blurting out her disbelief to him of her diagnosis without giving a second thought as to how much it would hurt him knowing that once again the man he despised more than any other had another claim to her life that he would not be able to possess.

The mansion was the last place she wanted to go and somehow even with Lucas trying to be understanding of the predicament she had found herself in she knew he couldn't help her. He had his own life, one he was trying to start over without her and she had no right to drag him back into this chaos that seemed to be becoming commonplace to her nowadays.

She shook her head sadly and turned away from him, the finality of the act not lost on either one of them. They were at different places in their lives, ones that would not be crossing much beyond the care of their daughter Allie seeing as how Will was determined not to come back to Salem, at least not anytime soon.

"Sami, I can help you if you let me," his voice stopped her in her tracks with the kindness it held and she braced herself not to cry, tears would do no good, they would provide no remedy for them and in the end would only cause more harm than good.

She turned once again to face him, seeing the defeat that presided in his eyes and knew Lucas would do his best to try to help her, but his hatred of EJ was something he would not be able to overcome, at least not anytime in the foreseeable future. She walked back to him and hesitantly reached out to touch his face which he immediately leaned into knowing she wasn't going to allow him to provide her with a grand gesture of trying to be her white knight in shining armor.

"Just promise me that you tell no one what the doctor told me," she stressed the words slowly to him, hoping he would keep her secret. She had to sort out her thoughts before she relayed this news to anyone, especially EJ.

"Sami," Lucas began only to have her shake her head at him.

"No one Lucas, please," she was at his mercy and prayed he would keep quiet, she needed time to think before she went and made a mess of things by reacting before thinking things through.

He knew this was a bad idea, but after all they had been through together he owed her at least this much, besides he wasn't overjoyed in knowing that EJ would be elated when he heard the news even if Sami didn't believe it would be true.

"I promise," he said grimly knowing that Sami would do whatever she had set her mind upon even if it meant destroying the lives of others around her. Then again he relished the thought of having an upper hand against EJ albeit the knowledge did nothing to abate the hurt he felt over losing Sami to him. Why she didn't even seem to realize that she loved EJ and Lucas could see it as plain as day, something he had chosen not to acknowledge fully until after he had come home from his stint in prison.

"Thank you," she hugged him tightly for a few brief seconds before regaining her composure, then she stood up and turned away once more, this time as she walked away alone she didn't look back.

"You're welcome," Lucas said quietly watching her walk away, admiring her courage and strength and missing her all the more as she continued until she was out of his sight, her passing through the doors of the hospital without him once more, signaling to him how their lives were going in separate ways.

He stood there for quite some time, wishing things were different, that Sami was not going to have another one of EJ's children, so lost in thought that he barely registered the man calling out to him while he stood in the hallway.

"Lucas, where is Samantha? What has happened to her?" EJ tried not to let himself panic when he had heard the news Samantha had been taken to the hospital. When he had approached the nurse's station inquiring news about his ex-wife he had not be able to find out anything from them, furious with them as they relayed he was not family and could not be given any information concerning her.

Remembering his promise to the woman he had loved and lost to the man standing alongside him in the hallway, Lucas decided then and there that he would not let Sami down. If and when she wanted to tell EJ, it would be her decision to tell him.

"She's not here EJ," was all he would say to him, the animosity he felt for him growing with the knowledge that this man had Sami's heart, not him.

"Where is she at? What is going on with her? " EJ looked around hoping to catch a glimpse of her, his stomach twisted in a knot of worry ever since he had been told Samantha was taken to the hospital.

"EJ, how would I know what was going on with Sami?" Lucas asked him barely concealing his contempt for him in the process.

"Because you're here…" EJ began, but Lucas interrupted him before he could finish his sentence.

"And she's not." Lucas shook his head in disgust and turned to walk away from him, this man did not deserve Sami's love, much less be the one who was going to father another child with her.

Lucas felt EJ's grip upon his forearm, it was strong and twisted him back to face him, "I don't have time for your foolish games Lucas, just tell me where she is and I'll leave you alone."

"Look I don't know where she went," Lucas supplied shaking off EJ's grip upon his arm with a bit of aggression of his own, further adding to EJ's aggravation with the entire situation.

"You just let her leave?" EJ asked incredulously, thinking to himself that Lucas' stupidity knew no bounds.

"Sami is a grown woman, fully capable of taking care of herself without either one of us hovering over her," Lucas stated to EJ wishing somehow it was different and Sami needed him or anyone for that matter, but once again she was determined to do things her way come hell or high water.

"You're an idiot Lucas, what if she is hurt?" EJ began to stalk off before his temper got the best of him and he went off of Lucas right there in the hallway.

"You've hurt her enough to last a lifetime," Lucas' words resounded in the hallway as EJ started to make his way to the exit determined to find Samantha with or without Lucas' help. EJ wished Lucas was wrong, but he knew deep down in his soul Lucas was right and his words continued to taunt him as he got into his car hoping he would be able to find Samantha since Lucas had provided him with no clues on where to find her at all.

Whisper
Chapter 2

She'd had to get out of there, the walls of the hospital had been closing in on her from the moment she'd heard the news. It was almost claustrophobic to her, and she only found herself shaking even more when the news began to sink in, her fainting spell at the mansion earlier a precursor to signs she had been steadfastly ignoring for the past few months. She'd been lying to herself about so many different things that if it wasn't for the fact that she was in shock over the news of her ailment it would have been almost funny. Almost funny being the operative emotion, somehow as she wandered the darkened streets of Salem, searching for something the help her wrap her mind around this latest turn of events that karma had seen fit to bring into her life.

She was pregnant with EJ's baby. This of course wasn't planned, but then again none of her other pregnancies had been causes of joyous celebrations when she had found out the news, yet she loved each child she had borne with a love that was unsurpassed. She was a good mother she reasoned within herself, no matter what people claimed against her.

As for the being stable part, well she had to concede she didn't feel very confident or secure with this new knowledge that had just been imparted to her. The timing was terrible; the twins were quite a handful all on their own and now within the space of about four more months she would be bringing another child into the mix. Instinctively her hand went to her stomach as she absentmindedly rubbed the almost unnoticeable protrusion there while thinking to herself what in the world was she going to do.

She had no job, her savings had dwindled down to an alarming meager sum and now here she was pregnant again. The news was difficult to digest, she could feel herself becoming overwhelmed with each passing step she took away from the hospital.

It was ironic she should finally find herself within the stone walls of the cemetery which stood on the outskirts of town. She hadn't even realized how long and far she had been walking her mind and body fueled on with trying to sort out the jumbled thoughts of her life.

She walked into the cemetery, staring at the marbled statues and tombs encased there, finding beauty amidst the markers that proclaimed the births and deaths of the people, some so old the inscriptions were almost illegible. The passing of time causing the stones to weather to the point you would have to trace your fingers upon the stone to even decipher whose body was encased in the ground below.

She had a new life growing inside her, a product of her letting her guard down and allowing EJ into her life once again. Now he seemed so far away and preoccupied with Nicole she was afraid to tell him the truth. She never wanted a man to be with her out of a sense of obligation. She had learned that fact the hard way from her past dealings with Austin. Her single-mindedness in trying to procure Austin away from her sister Carrie had brought her nothing but unhappiness in the end and now even her son Will whom she had desperately wanted Austin to be a father to was in fact raising her son with Carrie no less.

Yes, karma indeed was a cruel bitch, Sami thought as she continued to carefully pick her way among the dead, not wanting to disrespect their graves by stepping upon them all the while wondering if the people who had previously lived out their lives had been happy during their time on earth. She finally stopped at a small stone bench that presided by one gravesite and sat down primly on the slab of stone thinking she couldn't even remember the last time she was truly happy, that state of mind was a fleeting state of existence for her, one that rarely occurred.

Would EJ even be happy with this news? Lately it seemed he had turned against her too, and that had hurt her more than she cared to admit. It had been comforting to have EJ there for her whenever she needed him, but she had taken his love for granted and now he had turned to find solace in the arms of her worst enemy Nicole Walker a person she could honestly say without reservation she hated.

Her mind drifted back to one of their latest conversations they had held and she felt her heart sinking even more thinking back to what EJ had told her.

"Hey, can I get a word with you for a second? Look, I don't know what my Father's up to this evening, but I just wanted to you know that I'm thankful for one thing and that's that you didn't take him up on his offer of some help."

"Because, according to you, I don't deserve help, I'm just a mother trying to look after her child."

"I didn't say that."

"I just wanted you to be there for me, just to stand by me."

"I'm sorry, Samantha. I think it's about time that you started to grow up."

"Are we stealing lines from my Mom now? That's exactly what she said to me earlier at the police station."

"She said that to you? Good. It's about time you had a little bit of tough love, darling."

"Mm, and that's what you're trying to do? Show me some tough love?"

"No, that's not what I'm trying to do. With the exception of Johnny, as far as I'm concerned, I really don't care. You can be as erratic, as self-destructive, and as childish as you want to be. It's got nothing to do with me."

She replayed the words he had said to her the other day to her with him stating whole heartedly he did not care what she did beyond her being Johnny's mother. EJ's words had cut her to the core, causing her to doubt he had ever cared for her, the man she had thought would never belong in the ranks of Austin, Brandon and Lucas turning against her had suddenly found his way to the top of the list and her disappointment in him was a very bitter pill to swallow.

She really had no one to blame for EJ's desertion but herself and that was a tough fact to accept. Yes, she knew she had many faults to her character, but she hadn't thought EJ would begin to condemn her, her mind replaying back the many times he had declared to her that he loved her unconditionally. Then she stopped herself from trying to place the blame upon him because she was the one who hadn't had the courage to tell EJ how she really felt about him, hiding behind the truth of her feelings numerous times letting opportunities to tell him he she really felt for him slip and fall to the wayside.

EJ didn't want anything to do with her. What would he say if she knew she was carrying his child?

Dialogue in italics taken from US airing Days of Our Lives, September 17, 2008 show.

Whisper
Chapter 3

Nicole sat all alone at the table watching the candles burn down with each passing moment. What she had hoped to be a night of celebration with EJ was once again ruined by Sami! How she hated her, stealing EJ away with each and every turn that she made. Nicole's anger smoldered wanting her to grab a drink, her good old standby when things were rough or even when they weren't, but she shouldn't drink any alcohol, it could affect her baby, her and EJ's baby.

Her elation over how the evening had turned out with EJ once again leaving her to go help Sami crushed her soul. Was she ever going to have first place in EJ's heart? She thought this baby was the answer, that EJ would finally be hers to claim once and for all. Then her mind returned to the night EJ had turned to her in the elevator and she shuddered thinking of how he had called out the name Samantha instead of her own.

How could she have let him continue after she knew full well he was thinking of another woman instead of her? The woman he was with right now leaving her all alone again.

Warily she hesitated only for a brief second as her shaky hand reached for the bottle of scotch on the bar and she opened it to pour herself a long drink, not thinking about the life growing inside her, only knowing the scotch would help erase the hurt that she was EJ's second choice and always would be as long as Sami was in the picture.

Where could she be? EJ asked as he hit his steering wheel of his sports car in complete frustration. He had driven around Salem for almost two hours with no sign of her and his pride prevented him from calling her family to alert them that he had no clue as to where his ex-wife could be, plus he argued with himself did he need to worry them unnecessarily?

He scanned the latest area he had traveled hoping to see some sign of Samantha, but it was as if she had vanished off the face of the earth. Damn Lucas for keeping mum about her whereabouts. He could bloody well wring his neck for letting her leave the hospital without a single word of where she was planning to go.

Sami could be back safe and sound at the mansion, with no thought that he had been worried sick about her. Thinking about the mansion he finally remembered leaving Nicole there all alone, their candlelit dinner date completely forgotten when he had heard that Samantha had been taken to the hospital.

Maybe she was back home or at least he hoped she was, trying to call her on her cell phone for what seemed liked the hundredth time tonight with no luck, each time he rang her it went immediately to her voice mail making his anxiety grow even more so with his lack of being able to reach her. The next time he saw her he was going to tell her when he called her she better answer his calls, that was after he saw to it she was all right.

Reluctantly he decided to give up on this impromptu search for the woman who preoccupied most of his waking and dreaming hours despite his latest declarations of not caring for her in the least and drove back to the mansion, praying all the while Samantha would be there safe and sound when he got there.

Sami sat in the cemetery until it was so dark she could barely see to make her way out of there, but she wasn't scared to be there unlike some people who seemed to get the willies when they were in such places. Somehow she had felt a peace while she sat there trying to sort out what she needed to do with her life.

She had a few options, some more appealing than others, a few that would be heartbreaking to undertake, but she guessed she would cross that bridge when she came upon it. Right now she needed to get home. Her mind ached, the mansion did not feel like home to her now that she and EJ were at odds with one another and she wished she could go somewhere else to stay until she remembered EJ's threats of gaining custody of Johnny if she chose to leave the mansion reverberated around in her head.

Lucas now had partial custody of Allie, EJ could get full custody of Johnny and she felt oppressed by the news that EJ would somehow seek to obtain custody of her little one that was yet to make its appearance into the world. Lucas had better keep her secret, she needed time to think, time to plan and time to decide what was the right thing to do for each of her children, including the one who was well on its way to becoming a known presence whether she liked it or not. She wouldn't be able to hide the truth for long, wishing once again that she had more time on her side than she was given.

She reached for her cell phone that was stashed somewhere in her full pocketbook, finally locating it among all the various sundry things she kept within her bag. She pressed the button causing it to light up in the darkness surrounding her alerting her to the fact that she had several messages. Maybe she should put her setting on something besides vibrate she thought to herself when she saw the number in question.

EJ had tried to reach her and apparently had left several messages for her too, but right now she couldn't deal with hearing his voice, so she deleted them all without playing a single one of them. She thought about calling him just to let him know that she was okay and then thought it would be better just to speak to him in person, even if she was dreading seeing him too.

She went to her contacts list and chose another name instead, opting to call him to ask for a ride back to the mansion, after all he had asked what he could do to help her, well she needed a ride and she knew he would come that was unless he was tied up with Chloe at the moment.

Whisper
Chapter 4

"Nicole what are you doing in here?" John asked as he entered the room after Nicole has finished off her drink, promptly hiding the glass she had used behind her back so as not to let John know she was drinking.

"Waiting on EJ to return," she replied meekly hoping John would be on her side, she knew he still missed Ava whether he admitted it or not and she did too seeing as how Ava had been her one true friend, the only friend she could truly count on. How she wished right now Ava had not chosen to run from the authorities, she really needed someone to talk to that she could trust. Maybe John could help her since Ava was not around.

"I thought you would have left by now, EJ has been gone for a few hours," John stated his lack of tact not bothering him even though his truthful statement hit Nicole like a ton of bricks.

"I was hoping EJ would return soon," Nicole said hopefully, pasting a small smile upon her face even though she felt like crying.

"Nicole I think you are setting yourself up for a huge disappointment if you think my nephew is going to put Samantha out of his mind," John said evenly with no apparent emotion behind his words or thinking how his thoughts would even affect Nicole.

"Well I happen to think differently," Nicole said sauntering over to John with a bravado she did not feel at all.

"Why would you be so foolish as to think that you can pull EJ away from Samantha?" John asked his curiosity piqued a tiny bit since from his vantage point of having watched EJ and Samantha dance around each other for months he knew they both cared for the other deeply.

"Well now I've got something that will make EJ want to be with me, a woman who truly loves and wants to be with him unlike Sami," Nicole said with a certainty, why there was no way EJ would want to be with Sami when he found out that they were going to have a baby.

"Nicole I don't think you understand…"

"I'm having his baby!" she announced to John unknowingly that EJ was standing outside the room.

"What?" EJ asked entering the room; surely he couldn't be hearing things correctly why he thought Nicole had just told John she was having his baby.

"EJ, I didn't know you were there!" Nicole said as EJ had a look of confusion instantly flood over him.

"Sure you didn't Nicole," John said patting EJ on the shoulder as he went to leave the room.

"I didn't John," Nicole began to argue until he was well out of range of earshot.

"Nicole, are you pregnant?" EJ asked not quite sure if he wanted to know the answer to this question or not.

"EJ, I wanted to tell you over dinner, but you rushed out of here like a bat out of hell when you heard that Sami was sick," Nicole started to cry, wanting his pity all the more, knowing she needed to make him feel guilty for leaving her side to go in search of Sami like he always did. "You always run after her no matter how much it hurts me!"

EJ stood there, thinking this couldn't be happening, how he could he have been so foolish? Looking at Nicole weeping he knew it was true, she was having his baby and he would have to do the right thing by her whether he wanted to do so or not.

"Get in the car," Lucas ordered after he had pulled up outside the cemetery thinking Sami sure was a contradiction of sorts, this kind of place gave him the creeps while Sami was standing there just waiting for him to arrive as if she were getting a ride from the movies instead of the cemetery.

"Thanks for coming to pick me up," Sami said settling herself into the car, bringing back memories of the many rides they had shared with one another in his car, although now it was not quite the same.

"I wasn't going to leave you out here stranded," Lucas gave her an upraised brow. "Why in the world would you want to come out here?"

"I needed to think," Sami answered as Lucas sped away from the cemetery.

"And this is the place you chose?" Lucas questioned thinking maybe after all he should have followed Sami when she left the hospital earlier this evening. "Sami that place is dangerous."

Sami started to laugh, "Lucas the dead are not the ones you need to worry about, it's the cruel ones who are alive that you need to keep in your sights."

"Where did you come up with that little nugget of wisdom?" Lucas asked once again wishing things were different between he and Sami, being with her like this only reminded him of how much he had lost when he had chosen to shoot EJ, not believing in Sami and their love and now it was too late for them.

"I have plenty more, although I wished I had some wisdom for this mess I've gotten myself into," Sami's voice trailed off softly as she thought about this latest predicament she had found herself embroiled in after this visit to the hospital.

"It will be all right Sami, once you tell EJ the truth, I'm sure you'll be able to sort things out," Lucas said with more conviction than he felt at the moment.

"I'm not sure that I'm going to tell him Lucas," Sami replied as she looked over at him. "You are going to keep your promise to me aren't you?"

"Take it from me, the guy you kept Will's paternity a secret from, you don't want to go that route again Sami. You know how long it took us to even be civil with one another after I found out the truth that Will was mine instead of Austin's," Lucas' tone was even, now years later he could still feel the anger over losing precious time with Will, but he understood Sami better now or at least hoped he did and he wanted to be honest with her.

She bowed down her head, knowing Lucas was speaking the truth, she had been so young back then with hopes of making Austin love her that she hadn't cared who or what she had done to get him for herself. "Guess that backfired on me pretty badly huh?"

"You think?" Lucas asked as he tried to smile, it was water under the bridge, something they had both managed to overcome, but still it was something that would always be between them no matter how many years passed.

"Okay, so you think I should just tell him?" Sami asked her uncertainty ringing aloud in her voice and it made his heart ache thinking back on all the times he had chosen to crucify her over her choices she had made instead of seeing her need to be loved and forgiven for her sometimes callous actions.

"Sami, I can't believe I'm saying this because you know how much I hate the guy, but EJ deserves to know the truth, don't try to hide this from him, it will only make things worse between you not better," Lucas took one hand off the steering wheel and grasped hers, giving it a squeeze.

"Lucas, I don't know," Sami started to say when they had arrived at the mansion, her trepidation growing just thinking about telling EJ that they were going to have another baby.

"You never know until you try," Lucas said softly, releasing her hand as he stopped the car. "Do you want me to walk you in?"

"That would be nice, thank you Lucas," Sami leaned over to kiss his cheek, a gesture not one of passion, but rather one of friendship instead.

"Anytime Sami, I'd much rather be your friend instead of fighting with you," Lucas said getting out of the car and going to her side to open the door.

"What's gotten into you Lucas? You don't open doors for me," Sami half heartedly joked with him.

"Maybe I'm finally growing up too," he said sadly, "just a little bit too late."

"Maybe we both are," she concurred as they headed to the front doors of the mansion.

Whisper
Chapter 5

They were still talking to one another when they entered the foyer, encountering John along the way.

"Samantha, are you okay? EJ tore out of here when he realized that you were at the hospital. Why I was going to come over until I called and they told me that you had not been admitted," John welcomed Sami with a smile, one that didn't include Lucas, but Lucas knew this version of John didn't particularly care for him much, and vice versa.

"EJ came to look for me?" Sami asked her confusion growing over John's admission that EJ had left the mansion in search for her while Lucas fidgeted a bit standing beside her.

"He did, but apparently he didn't find you," John said giving Lucas a stare down suggesting with his withering glare that Lucas had something behind EJ not finding her at the hospital.

"Lucas, why didn't you tell me?" Sami asked him, wondering exactly what Lucas was up to since he was being so nice to her given all the things they had said to one another the past month concerning parental custody over Allie.

"When did I have time to in the car? You left the hospital before Lurch arrived looking for you."

"Lucas, please don't call EJ names," Sami raised her voice giving Lucas a look of warning as EJ could hear voices outside the room, pausing before he could give Nicole any kind of response to her bombshell of her having his child.

"Why he calls me names all the time?" Lucas asked suddenly irked Sami would be taking up for the man she wasn't even sure she wanted to tell that she was carrying his baby.

"Just because someone calls you names doesn't mean you need to call them names back," Sami began talking to Lucas like she had many times to Will in the past.

"Now you're the morality police, come on Sami give it up," Lucas started to chuckle even though he knew it would piss her off.

John was about to say something when EJ came out of the room, leaving Nicole to follow him in his wake, "Samantha where in the hell have you been? I've been worried sick."

"Well, it's a long story," Sami said with a shrug of her shoulders, her demeanor instantly changing when she saw Nicole come running in behind EJ on his heels.

"EJ, Sami is a big girl, she can take care of herself and if not apparently Lucas will be there for her," Nicole stated loving how Sami instantly stiffened up when she saw her enter the foyer.

EJ walked over to Sami, standing in front of her, his eyes full of concern, "Are you okay?"

"What difference does it make?" Sami asked her defenses instantly up especially after Nicole threw her two cents worth into their conversation.

"Yes EJ, what difference does it make?" Nicole asked placing a hand possessively on EJ's arm.

"Nicole, now is not the time to discuss this," EJ gritted his teeth; hating he was caught between them once again and now with the knowledge that Nicole was pregnant only made things worse. He would have to tell Samantha, but he wanted a bit more time to gather his thoughts about it before he spoke to her, preferably alone if at all possible.

"I think now is the perfect time to let everyone know," Nicole said in a sing song voice which caused both John and EJ to widen their eyes as they looked at her.

"Nicole if you haven't realized it yet no one cares what you know or don't know whichever the case may be, seeing as most times you don't know jack," Sami said shaking her head in disgust, she really did despise that bitch more with each passing day. How EJ ever thought Nicole was worth hanging out with was beyond her grasp of imagination.

"I think you may change your mind after hearing what I have to say," Nicole continued on not looking at EJ or John her concentration solely upon Sami and knowing it was going to be such a sweet victory when she broke the news to her.

"Nicole don't" EJ warned but she didn't heed his warning at all, no she was going to let Sami have it once and for all, now she and Johnny wouldn't be the only priorities in EJ's life.

"Shut up Nicole, I could give a damn less about what you have to say," Sami stated heatedly rolling her eyes at EJ in the process before starting to move away from them all. She'd tell EJ later after the troll was gone far, far away from here.

"We want you to be the first to know," Nicole said happily, too happily for Sami's liking making her pause momentarily, Nicole never acted that way unless it was something that would really zing it to her.

"I don't care Nicole," Sami said determined not to take the bait Nicole was trying to dish out to her, she needed to just walk away before she really lost her temper in front of everyone.

"I think you might, I mean don't you want to congratulate us?" Nicole asked all the while steadfastly ignoring EJ's grip upon her arm as she shrugged out of it and got right in Sami's face, preventing her from exiting the room.

"What's there to congratulate unless EJ has finally gotten enough sense to get rid of your annoying presence once and for all?" Sami crossed her arms in front of her preparing for a fight, her hands were itching to bitch slap Nicole and it was taking a supreme effort on her part not to give in to the sensation.

"Silly girl, I'm not going anywhere, in fact I think I'll be around here for quite some time," Nicole stated matter of fact as a malicious grin broke out on her face.

"She is not staying here, please John tell that delusional bitch she has no right to be in this house," Sami tried to move away from Nicole but she was in her way.

"Sami come on now, play nice," Nicole chided.

"The day I play nice with you is never going to happen, not in this lifetime or the next one either," Sami said with a heated assurance in her tone.

"Nicole stop it right now," Lucas came to stand by Sami's side once more trying to provide a wedge between the two women, he could tell whatever it was that Nicole was dying to tell Sami wasn't going to do anything but upset her and she didn't need that kind of stress right now especially after the day she had already had finding out that she was pregnant with EJ's baby.

"Lucas, why you feel the need to protect Sami after all the nasty things she has done to you is really kind of pathetic," Nicole said not caring if she hurt Lucas' feelings or not.

"Goodnight everyone," Sami said trying to get past Nicole once more but she wouldn't budge. "Move out of my way Nicole."

"Not until you hear my news," Nicole said firmly standing her ground.

"Nicole please, I'm begging you," EJ began again to which finally made Sami explode.

"Oh for god's sake just tell me your freaking news and then let me by, I'm beyond being tired and I just want to go to bed!" Sami said almost giving into the temptation to give Nicole a shove just to move her out of her way.

"Okay, since you insist," Nicole said her face lighting up with delight.

"Nicole…" EJ said once more only to have her interrupt him.

"We're going to have a baby!" Nicole blurted out with a glee in her voice. "Aren't you thrilled for us Sami?"

Sami stood there not believing her, Nicole was a lying whore, everyone knew it or should know it by now, but when she saw EJ's ashen face, she knew it was true. She looked at them all in disbelief and finally she turned her eyes to Lucas shaking her head and then fled from the room, knowing that she couldn't tell EJ anything, anything at all.