50th Anniversary storyline

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WOW Missid! Really good!! Almost changed my mind about my version..... but here goes... Time has passed much faster for Sami and the kids.... Sydney is a high school senior and Johnny and Allie are freshmen.

Horton Plaza: Sami and the younger three children: Sydney: Mom can we go see Grandma Caroline?

Sami: Yes, in just a minute, we'll all go.

Sydney: O.K. Mom....(slight eye roll) Sami looks around... it's early and no one is around. So they walk over to the Brady Pub.

Sami holds the door open, the kids go in and Sami follows... lots of hugs, kisses and excitement as they all greet Caroline.

Sami gets coffee, sits at a table; the three join her and order breakfast

Caroline: Sami, why didn't you tell us you were coming?

Sami: I wasn't sure which flight we could get and didn't want to disappoint anyone.

Caroline looks at her granddaughter: Sami you've changed. Grown up!

Sami: 'Bout time, don't you think? Way long overdue. I've learned a lot in California, including how to stand on my own two feet, by myself. I'm still mourning what might have been with EJ; but I know that's over.

Caroline: Good for you!

Sami : I couldn't have done it here, had to get completely away from Salem, and also get therapy. That will continue. I no longer feel like a victim. I've caused most of my own problems.

Kate walks in, gets coffee, and joins the group, (meanwhile the kids are eating breakfast; they're well mannered and well behaved!) Well, Sami, what brings you to Salem?

Sami: It's school vacation and we wanted to see family.

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Kate: (being Kate makes a few snarky comments about how Sami is supporting herself in CA) So, Sami, how's the job market? Considering you have no skills, I guess you're living on welfare??

Sami: Actually, Kate, I'm working for the studio.

Kate: you mean they need someone who can have a temper tantrum and scream?

Sami: No, Kate, I'm a "gofer." I also do stand -in work and type if they need it.|

Kate: Type? You? What two words a minute?

Sami: About 110 words a minute, they like me because I'm dependable, reliable and on time. I get up, run 5 miles; get the children up, drive them to school and go to work! You'll have to excuse me, I have to run! With that, Sami whisks herself out the door and starts her run.


Sami runs over to Will and Sonnys apartment, and decides to give Will advice.

Will: Hi Mom, had no idea you were here, where're the kids?

Sami: They're with Grandma Caroline. Will, what were you thinking? Don't you remember your childhood?? With your father and me treating you like a trophy that one of us had to acquire? I know that was no way to raise a child, but was too self-centered to realize what I was doing to you. Do you want Ari to go through that?? Honestly, Will, stop copying my mistakes and make your own!!!!

Will: now, wait a minute Mom, you don't understand!!! Paul is trying to breakup my marriage!!!

Sami: Maybe so, maybe not... but why are you helping him? Oh, and by the way???? I understand. I wrote the book for needing and wanting my own way... and I would do whatever it took to ensure I got it. If someone got hurt too bad, as long as Sami got what she wanted!!!! Therapy really helped, and I recommend you get help.

Will: (whining) but Moooommmm, Sonny isn't here and I can't go to couples therapy alone!!
Sami: William!!!! Stop whining!!! So go to therapy for yourself... oh, and by the way... what are you doing with Ari while you wander here and yon on your job?

Will: Haven't taken any jobs.

Sami: Good. resign from that magazine and work for the Salem Spectator... that way you can stay home and look after your daughter!! She needs her father present... not roaming the country side!!! As I said, stop whining, get off the pity pot and do something productive, for a change!!!! So, life isn't working out to your specifications?? Too bad.. sorry 'bout your luck. You have a child to support!! So, DO IT!!

Meanwhile, Kate has decided to visit with her grand children.

Sydney: Hello Granny Kate.. how are you? Enjoying you new job??

Kate: Fine Sydney... my new job... wait a minute, how did you know about a new job?

Allie: Heck Granny, Mom takes the Salem Spectator in CA.

Kate: how about not calling me Granny?

Johnny: Well, you are our Granny... what shall we call you??

Sydney: Oh by the way Grandma, we all have the same names now. I'm Sydney Nicole Horton. Allie is Alice Margaret Horton and Jonathon Dimera Horton. We changed our names legally.. Oh, and Mom is Samantha Dimera Horton

Kate: Why?

Sydney: Cause we wanted to,it's easier if every one has the same last name. Besides no one in CA ever heard of the Dimeras.

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Sydney asks Grandma Caroline if it's OK for them to go upstairs? Of course it is... they gather their backpacks, jackets, and books to head upstairs. It's time for them to relax.... they end up in the same bed and fall asleep.

Sami returns, nothing else is open and it's time for coffee again

Kate: So, Sami, you run miles a day?

Sami: yes, except on weekends, we all walk/run miles.

Kate: Isn't that a little extreme? Oh, wait, this is Sami, she only does extreme, good or bad... well not any good but lots of bad!!

Sami: Taking sip of coffee, yes Kate, it could be thought a bit extreme but for good health it isn't!

Kate rolls her eyes and decides she has to go. Exit Kate.

Caroline has been watching and compliments Sami on keeping her mouth shut.

Sami: Well, Grandma, I wasn't going to let her get to me... and I plan to continue that. If people discover you won't fight with them; they get frustrated and usually leave. Even if they stay, they're still frustrated and try to raise the level of the fight by yelling. It's hard to fight by yourself, and you don't look very smart. So, somewhere Kate will try harder and harder... and she won't succeed. I don't have to fight if I don't want to.

Caroline: Wow,Sami that's quite a new level of maturity for you!

Sami: Thanks, Grandma for your vote of confidence. It's a work in progress.


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Sami tells Grandma Caroline that she and the kids will be staying at the Salem Inn, and goes upstairs to wake them. They get their stuff and head downstairs.

Caroline: You aren't staying with family?

Sami: No, cause they have homework and will need space to spread out.

Caroline: OK... enjoy yourselves

Horton Group: Thanks, we will! We love you! Hugs all around and they leave for the Inn. After checking in, they relax and get comfortable. Marlena stops by, but Sami has asked for no visitors or calls. Doc is not very happy, but figures everyone is tired. (After all, the didn't fly Dimera Air Lines)

Sami calls her parents and asked them to dinner, at the Inn. They all get together in the Horton suite, hugs and lots of updating.

Sami: Mom, I've been taking the Salem Spectator all this time, so I'm some what up to date.

Doc: Good, but your Dad and I will fill you in on the details that the paper left out.

Sami: I already know about Will, and we had a chat about it. I've suggested therapy for him, alone. I really did a number on him.

Doc: Sami, it wasn't all your fault.

Sami: Yeah, I know, but I really goofed with him. Just glad he hasn't made all of my mistakes.... told him to quit copying me and make his own!

Major decision time, dining room or room service?? All opt for room service as they might get to eat uninterrupted.

Kate, not a very happy camper, feels she lost that round with Sami, and ponders her next move.
 
Kate is pacing around her "office" HTC and the park with side trips to "benchie." She's miffed that she couldn't get Sami in a screaming match as in the past.

While she mumbles and paces, Lucas arrives at Samis suite... Roman and Marlena depart with hugs and kisses.

Lucas: Hi everyone! How was your trip?

Everyone: Tiring and bumpy.... Sami gives Lucas a big hug and tells him she is sorry about Kate behavior.

Lucas: I should be used to it by now... they sit down and discuss the story.

Lucas: I know I've said it many times before, but it's over. If I can figure out how to divorce her, I will. Maybe that'll get through.

Sami: Doubtful.. Kate is good at blaming everyone but herself for her problems. As I well know, having the same problem myself. Meanwhile the kids, are flopped on their beds, reading and relaxing.

Jonathon: Hey Mom, are we going anywhere else today?

Sami: Nope, staying here.

Johnny: Oh, good...may I play with my electronic game? (Having no children at home, I have no idea what brand name to insert... so use your own judgment)

Sami: Is your homework up to date?

Johnny: Yes, for today. (The clan had to keep daily journals of their trip, then the journals would be compared for different points of view)

Sami: O.K., but only for an hour.

Johnny: Thanks, Mom.

Lucas: What happened to them?

Sami: They were not impressed by their cohorts at school, even at the parochial school; there are a lot of "entitled" people. So, being my kids, they decided to go the other way.

Lucas: WOW... impressive Sami.

Sami: Not me, it was their idea. They planned it and carried it out without outside help.

Lucas: Again, WOW.

Sami: Yep, wow indeed!

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edited to write out characters' names - do not use only an initial for the characters in your stories, write out their names - JS

Ok I'll try to remember... thanks
 
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Technically aren't Johnny and Allie supposed to be older than Sydney?
 
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deleted unnecessary quote - no need to quote the post that is directly above your own post - JS

Exactly. What I meant to say is shouldn't they be seniors in this? That is what I meant to ask because it clearly states that Sydney is a senior when she shouldn't be because. If she were, then Johnny and Allie would be in college they would be going to Salem U.

edited to add punctuation and for clarity - do not write your posts as one long, run-on sentence - JS
 
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Have tried to add more, but my computer keeps locking up. So, maybe later, when it gets over its snit.
 
Lucas and Sami have been talking and drinking coffee all night. They are on opposite ends of a couch and fall asleep. Sydney (in my version, Sydney is older than the twins) gets up for a bathroom trip, sees her mother and Lucas asleep on the couch and giggles. She takes the bedspread off the bed and covers Sami. Right behind her is Allie who covers Lucas with the top sheet. Both return to their room, covering their mouths, to quiet their giggles.

5:00 A.M. and Sami wakes up. She sees they've been covered up and smiles, realizing the girls did it. She looks out the window totally foggy, so no outside running today. As she moves around, Lucas awakens, grins at the covers.

Lucas: Seems our girls were looking after us. What gets you up so early?

Sami: Yes they did. I'm up to go running, but it's too foggy to run outside. Will have to find a treadmill.

Sami: By the way, Lucas, call Adrienne and invite her up.

Lucas: OK and does so.

Adrienne arrives, knocks on the door, enters and is offered coffee.

Lucas: Sami and I spent the night on the couch after hours of talking. The girls covered us up.

Adrienne is not thrilled, but helps Sami fold the bedspread and top sheet. The kids come out, join in and Adrienne realizes she has nothing to worry about... they had three chaperons!!!

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The kids look outside and decide to go to the gym because of the weather.

Sydney: Hey, Mom, can we go to the gym?

Sami: Not alone.

Sydney: Why, we have sense to be safe.

Sami: I know, but this is Salem, and you never know who you're going to run in to.

Lucas calls room service and orders breakfast for six. It arrives and all enjoy until..... there is a very soft tap on the door... it opens and in walks Kate

Kate purrs: WELL! isn't this cozy!!

Lucas: Kate did you forgot how to knock?

Kate: The door was partly open.

Sydney: hey Granny Kate how are you?

Kate: Did you all spend the night together? (She ignores Sydney and the twins to hassle the adults.)

Adrienne: Of course we did, Katie dear, all of us!!

Sami: Yep, we all spent the night.....had a LOT of fun!!!

Kate had expected all to try to deny everything, and when no one rises to her bait, she sniffs and leaves!!

Adrienne: Make sure the door is completely shut, please!!

Sami to Sydney: See what I mean?!

Sydney: Yeah, Mom. I had totally forgotten about Granny Katie dearest!

Sami laughing: Yes, but try for a little more respect for your Grandmother.

Lucas: Why? She has no respect for any of us!!

Sami: True, but respect is important. And children should show respect for their elders or is that elderly???

All laugh, and resume breakfast.
 
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Kate starts to the elevator, but reopens the door

Kate: Samantha Gene! While I'm proud of you and admire the woman you've become, you're just no fun anymore!!!

Kate closes the door as everyone looks at each other and shrugs.

Kate now has to come up with another way to amuse herself, and as she gets on the elevator, she has an idea.

Leaving the Inn, she drives home, which is about a block from Inn, this is Salem you know! Car in the garage, she heads inside to carry out her ideas. Getting out a hidden tablet; she opens it goes through the security part and logs on. Checking on her portfolio, she notices that Dimera Enterprises is up. Gleefully, she dumps all her stock and transfers the cash into a special account. She plays day trader with Titan and other stock and finishes ahead for the day. She also buys stock in the company Sami works for and decides to hold it. Now, to work, all her electronic stuff has been turned off, as she didn't want to be disturbed. She rehides the tablet and texts Justin.

Text to Justin: have had a few ideas, will fill you in. Meet at my place in 30??

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Justin arrives..DRAT Everything I had typed disappeared.... no idea why; will try again later.
 
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Blasted computer!! Lost everything! here we go again! Hope I can remember everything from yesterday!!

Justin arrives at Kate's condo.

She lets him in as he says Alright Kate what's on your mind.

Kate: Have an idea for a new "face."

Justin: We have Paul, we don't need a new one.

Kate: Actually, we do. Paul is good for the 30 somethings, but we need someone for the mid 20s. Would you like some coffee?

Justin : As a matter of fact I would.

Kate: Be right back. She re-enters the room with a silver coffee service and homemade cookies. She pours the coffee, and sets the cookies within easy reach.

Justin sips and says: Good coffee and cookies, Kate. Who would have thought that you had any domestic capabilities?

Kate: Thanks. My idea for a new face would be an athlete that is up and coming. She mentions a name, and Justin approves.

Justin: Wait a minute, I thought you hated the whole idea of working for me.

Kate: I do, but I'm not going to let that stand in the way of a successful company.

Justin finishes his coffee, and leaves, saying: That's a good idea. I'll get on it right away.

Kate walks him to the door and closes it behind him.

Kate: With Sami not responding to anything I say, I have no one to fight with. DAMN!!! Will have to try to behave for a while, as I try to find another "sparring" partner. No one will be as good as Sami!!

She takes out her computer, does a few transactions, and her security system detects someone trying to infiltrate. She quickly logs off, unplugs it and puts it away. Logging on to her business laptop, she emails Justin that she'll be at home all day. Titan security shows someone is trying to penetrate security.

Kate goes to her land line, dials a number, when the answering machine pick up, she says message three, and disconnects. This alerts Titan security to an attempted invasion. They deal with it, it came from Dimera enterprises and they install a small worm to protect Titan from any further attempts. If someone tries, that computer will be destroyed.

That's all I can remember from yesterday! Later
 
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Meanwhile.... back at the ranch.... oooops I mean Inn, Sami is on the phone and asks Justin to be her lawyer and explains why. He agrees. She calls Stefano, Lucas, and Chad. She convinces them to meet her at a neutral place as she has something to discuss. Finally, all agree and they meet at the Green Mountain Lodge. Everyone has questions, and complaints.

Sami: I don't want to be too rude, but if YOU'LL ALL JUST SHUTUP we can get this over with!!!!!

Mumbling and griping, all get quiet. Beverages and snacks are served. The children enter and sit with Sami. Of course, babble breaks out.

Sydney stands up: For Pete's sake, what's wrong with you people??? We're outta here!!!! (and they leave.)

Sami: The more you talk and carry on; the longer it'll take.

Stefano: "The longer what will take?"

Sami lays a briefcase on the table, and says "Justin?"

Justin "Sami, give me the envelopes, please." She hands him the envelopes.

Justin "What we have here is a different who's the daddy question. Years ago, a person, got into gambling trouble. He also worked at the lab that does DNA testing. So, to keep his job, anytime test were ordered by a certain person, he was told how they should come out, and he made sure they did."

Everyone looks at Stefano. He is the picture of "innocence."

Justin opens his briefcase, and remove a slew of legal documents. "I would have handed these out and asked you NOT to look at them until I finished, but I know better. Most of you would, not do as I ask. So, I have a notarized copy from the lab person, about these tests. Very quickly, Chad and Johnny are not DiMeras. Johnny is a Horton and Chad is a Peterson."

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Chaos. Lots of shouting.

Finally, Stefano slams his hand on the table, "I refuse to sit here and listen to this nonsense one more second!!!" He starts to stand up.

Sami looking him straight in the eye: "Stefano, you can run and hide, but that doesn't make it untrue. None of the children are Dimeras."

Justin "Never thought I'd say this, but Sami's right!!!! These tests have been re-run by a very respected lab and the conclusions are inescapable!"

Stefano sinks slowly into his chair... "now I have no children."

Sami: " Nonsense, you have Kristen."

Stefano : "Samantha, dear, Kristen is dead!!!"

Sami: "Stefano, darling; I don't believe that for a minute. Oh yes, I know what happened, but I believe your people picked her up and she is at one of your places recovering, and will re-appear later, to annoy my brother, Mom and John. However, they're back together, stronger than ever. (Sami crosses her fingers as she says that.)

Anyway, that's why I came home, to update everyone.... oh by the way, the person who originally faked the tests is dead. This was a deathbed confession. We have to leave, school starts soon."

The children come back in, hugs all around. They leave to go back to CA.

Everyone is stunned by the reports. They all open their envelopes, and read the contents.

The scene slowly fades out with everyone reading the reports. Justin closes his briefcase and leaves.

The end
 
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I FORGOT!!!! Sorry y,all... I left something out! Senior moment!

Sami: "When I received the letter about the children's parentage, I thought since I had EJ's ashes, it would be easy to prove he was the parent. I opened the urn and gave some ashes and bones to the DNA team. Imagine my shock and chagrin when they told me the ashes were from a 90 year old woman, not EJ! So, I went through some papers, found where the DiMera family plot is in Italy and called them. My Italian is limited but Sydney is quite fluent, so she asked about her papa, EJ. We wanted to put flowers on his grave. The cemetery people were quite helpful. So we made arrangements for flowers on EJ's grave. Using a local florist, flowers will always be on his grave.

Sami looks at Stefano: "You could have at least made sure the ashes were male."

Stefano: "Samantha, I have no idea what you're talking about."

Sami: "Of course you do, Stefano; who else, not caring that EJ did not want to be buried in the family plot, would disregard his wishes and bury him there anyway?? Only you could and would. You are the only person with the power to do that. I thought of throwing the ashes away, but have given them to the funeral home to give them to the correct family. And, yes, I'll be checking on them to make sure they follow through."

This goes in just after Justin says " I never thought I'd say this.....etc.
 
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