Austin and Carrie's History

Good Girl meets Bad Boy
Carrie Brady was not always a good girl. For a while she was her cop father Roman Brady's worst nightmare. So when Carrie met Austin Reed, who was into illegal activities, Roman immediately opposed the match. For a while Carrie stopped seeing Austin because she was afraid Roman would arrest him if their relationship continued.

Determined to get Carrie back, Austin got a real job working for Jennifer Devereaux and said goodbye to his bad boy days. It worked, and very soon Carrie returned to Austin with apprehensive approval from Roman.

Face of the 90s
Carrie was a rare beauty and was voted the "Face of the 90s" by Bella Magazine. All seemed to be going well for her and Austin until a vial of acid intended for Austin was splashed across her face, scarring her. That same night Austin was ready to propose to Carrie and he went to the hospital with a ring, but she sent him away fearing he wouldn't love her anymore because of her ugly face. The scars that covered Carrie were more emotional than physical, and it wasn't long before her faced healed completely.

Surround by Suitors
It wasn't long before Carrie was surrounded by suitors. Allen, Lucas, and Austin were all interested in her. Allen and Lucas were friends, and although they were both competing for Carrie's affections, their rivalry with each other couldn't possibly match the competitive animosity between Lucas Roberts and Austin Reed. Carrie still loved Austin, but still didn't feel secure enough to let him back into her heart. Also, Carrie's half-sister Sami had always been in love with Austin, and was beginning to make moves on Austin, which Lucas encouraged.

Reconciled
Carrie and Austin did get back together, but only after Sami drugged and manipulated Austin into sleeping with her one night when he was drunk and depressed over Carrie. The next morning he awoke with no recollection of the night before except that he thought he had made love to Carrie. When he rejected Sami, and told her that he would only ever love Carrie, she got so upset that she split town. Austin and Carrie teamed up to find Sami, but to no avail. When they finally reunited, they continued to worry about Sami on the run, but a guilty Austin couldn't bring himself to tell Carrie the reason Sami had left.

Ruined Wedding
Austin never did tell Carrie about his one-night sexual encounter with Sami, and they became engaged. Sami read about their wedding and decided that it was time to make her return to Salem. She showed up just before Austin and Carrie were about to exchange vows and annonced to everyone that she was pregnant with Austin's child. Carrie was completely shocked and immediately called the wedding off. When Austin explained what happened she did not immediately forgive him, and a wedge just large enough had been driven between them to give Sami hope that she could keep Austin for herself.

Separated by Sami

Carrie had a change of heart and let Austin know, but Sami had begun to take advantage of the situation and was using Lucas to keep Carrie away. The commitment to Sami's child having been made, Austin was bound by honor not to abandon Sami. With an absent mother and father, Sami had no where to live so Austin invited her to stay at his place for the sake of the baby. Carrie moved out and Sami moved into Austin's apartment and his life. Lucas tried to convince Carrie that Austin should be with Sami, that they shared a child and that was a very strong bond. Austin held back thinking that Carrie had chosen to be with Lucas instead.

Together Again
Kate was the one to reveal Sami's schemes and Austin and Carrie gleefully returned to each other and planned another wedding in Paris. They were foiled again when Will was kidnapped. He was found in Paris but to get him out of the country he had to be released to his parents. Carrie gave up all her wedding arrangements and Austin married Sami, planning on an immediate annulment upon return to Salem. Unfortunately, Austin accidentally hit Sami with his car causing her amnesia and paralysis. Sami's doctor, Mike Horton, suggested that he pretend to be her real husband to help her regain her memory. Out of guilt, Austin agreed and a frustrated Carrie began spending time with Mike Horton, who fell in love with her.

Near Miss
Sami's charade of amnesia nearly separated Carrie and Austin for life as the wrong sister walked down the isle to marry Mr. Reed. Austin, believing that Carrie had fallen in love with Mike Horton, and after being gaslighted by Sami into further feelings of guilt about being an absent father, Austin proposed to Sami, thinking it was "best for everyone." But with the help of Sami's twin Eric and Austin's rival Mike Horton, Carrie showed up in time to pull nearly the same stunt her half-sister had pulled at her wedding years earlier. The jig was up as the truth about Will's paternity was revealed - Austin did not father Will, Lucas did. Austin asked Carrie to marry him on the spot, that very day. And at long last, the couple was wed.

Is It Happily Ever After?
Soon after the couple wed, Carrie began working day and night to try and help Dr. Mike Horton become the new Chief of Staff. That began to put a riff between her and her newly wed husband. They rarely spent any time together and therefore, Austin became more involved with working out at the gym. Sami, still manipulative and deceitful, hired an old boxing buddy of Austin's to try and coax Austin back into the ring. For a while, Austin resisted the ploy but slowly he became more and more eager to get in the ring. Carrie became aware of Austin's time at the gym and after seeing him there, in the ring, tried to get Austin to tell her the truth about it, but because of the history behind boxing, Austin held the truth back. From that point, Carrie and Austin both feel as though they are getting further and further apart as Carrie pulls closer to Mike and Austin pulls closer to the ring.
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