Title: Love Games
Author: Monika
E-mail Address: Blabs15@aol.com
Part: 1/?
Rating: PG-14
Category: Multiple love triangles!
Disclaimer: I do not, I repeat *NOT*, own Passions or anything even closely related to Passions! I may borrow some things sometimes like names, place, Jesse Metcalfe and Galen Gering... But I always return everything... Eventually! Aah, I'm just kidding of course! Had you going there for a minute huh? ;o)
Author's Note: This is only my second attempt at a Passions fanfiction, so please, be gentle. This story takes place right after 2/17's episode of Passions and will mainly deal with the characters Kay, Miguel, Charity, Luis, Sheridan, Whitney, Simone, Chad, Theresa, Ethan, and Gwen. I'll incorporate some other characters from time to time, but those are the main ones. Still makes for an interesting story though right? Please send feedback! Good, bad, opinions, suggestions, etc! ANYTHING! Just don't curse me out if you hate my writing. If you have constructive criticism, great! So... On to the story!
Love Games pt. 1
by Monika
"I'm a jinx."
Miguel looked at Charity, confused. "What are you talking about Charity?" he asked, bringing his hands up to her shoulders, but she moved back and Miguel brought his arms down. "You're not a jinx!"
"I am!" Charity nodded desperately, "Especially to you! Don't you see Miguel? You nearly died yesterday!"
"So did you!" Miguel countered; still not fully comprehending what Charity was talking about.
"But you almost died because of me," she shook her head, her blond hair bobbing. "You always almost die because of me. When you rescued me from the fire at my house, when you saved me from the train when I passed out on the train tracks, yesterday at the ice skating rink."
"Charity, that's insane! That wasn't because of you, none of those things were your fault."
"Yes they were Miguel. I'm afraid something else is going to happen to you and I can't bear the thought of that. Please, just go," Charity looked down, her eyes starting to fill with tears. Miguel just looked at her with wonderment.
~
"This is perfect Simone!" Kay exclaimed happily, her eyes still glued to Charity and Miguel. Kay and Simone were spying on them from Kay's room; she had opened the door a crack and the two girls had a perfect view of them.
"What are you talking about Kay?"
"Charity doesn't wanna see Miguel anymore because she thinks she's a jinx and will hurt him. She loves him too much to want to put him in danger and Miguel would never go against her wishes and try to force her to be with him! Now there's no way they'll be together anymore," Kay smiled, her dark eyes shining with hope at the prospect.
Simone shook her head. "I don't know Kay. What makes you think Miguel won't be able to convince her that she's not a jinx? You know he doesn't think she is!"
"I know," she sighed impatiently, "But once Charity hears all the rumors at school that proves I was telling the truth she'll be more convinced than ever."
"But there are no rumors going on about her at school."
Kay smirked. "Not yet."
"Kay Bennet, how can you even think of doing that to your cousin?" Simone hissed.
"Oh come on Simone," Kay rolled her eyes, "It's not like worst rumors haven't been spread before."
"But your own cousin? What will Charity and your parents think of you spreading rumors about her?"
"I won't be the one spreading the rumors," Kay shook her head, "You will!"
~
Theresa stared at the ring that was now sliding loosely off her finger.
"I'm sorry Ethan," she whispered to herself as she eavesdropped on Ethan and Gwen arguing, "but I can't let you marry her! She doesn't deserve you."
Theresa sighed and looked up heavenward. "I'm sorry," she sniffed, her eyes tearing up, "but I can't let Ethan marry Gwen. I know you understand! You have to! You know how much I love Ethan and would do anything to keep him from being hurt and in the long run marrying Gwen would hurt him. He doesn't truly love her, he can't!"
She looked back down at the ring. "And I know everyone thinks this is wrong, but I can't help it. Ethan loves me, I know he does. Deep in his heart of hearts he knows we belong together. Why else would he have put this ring on my finger? He could've taken his mother or my mother for that reason! He chose me. It was FATE!"
"But then why did Fate decide to let the ring fall off now?" Theresa wondered after a short pause, sliding the ring to the tip of her finger. She stared down at it, thoughts of insecurity running through her head, but those quickly vanished. "No! Fate was at work before, but it only takes you so far. Then you have to make your own decisions. Maybe I have to prove my love for Ethan now by doing everything possible to keep him from marrying Gwen," Theresa nodded, satisfied with her theory and pushed the ring back to the base of her ring finger.
~
Luis stared out over the water at the edge of the docks, the steam from his coffee blowing up in his face. He had been there since nearly sunrise, just thinking and evaluating his life. He had almost lost his brother last night and if the ice had cracked while Theresa was on the ladder he would've lost her too. He shook his head, not wanting the thoughts to invade his mind. If he didn't have his family, his whole family, what did he have to live for?
"Penny for your thoughts?" a soft voice spoke from behind him.
He turned and saw Sheridan standing behind him with a compassionate smile on her face. He smiled back and turned around. "I don't know if they're going for that cheap these days. They're pretty heavy."
"How about I lend you a ear? Maybe even two?" She walked over next to him and they both turned to look at the water. "What's on your mind?"
Luis shrugged. "A lot of things. Mainly about last night."
"You mean Miguel and Charity?"
"Yeah. When Miguel fell through that ice… I don't know. Something inside me snapped."
"You almost jumped in after him," Sheridan nodded, recalling the past night's events, "Hank and everyone had to hold you back."
Luis nodded. "When I saw him go into that water and thought that he may never come out, I went dead inside. I didn't know what to do. My family means everything to me," he sighed, taking a sip of his coffee.
"But he's okay now Luis," she tried to comfort him. "You were able to save him."
"But what if we hadn't been able to? What if he had been in there for too long? What if the ice had cracked while Theresa was over it on the ladder? I would've lost both of them!"
"But everything's okay," Sheridan said in a soothing voice, placing her hand on his arm gently, "You can't keep torturing yourself with the thoughts of 'What if'. You have to focus on the fact that it didn't happen. Everything turned out okay."
Luis placed his other hand over hers and smiled at her. "Thanks. I appreciate this."
"It's no problem," she breathed, staring deep into his dark brown eyes.
~
"Gwen!" Ethan cried after her, grabbing her arm.
"No, Ethan, no!" she screamed back, tears pouring out of her eyes. "I don't know what's going on with you, but I know you're keeping something from me and I don't like it! Why are you being so secretive about this ring? Why can't you give it to me? Unless you answer those questions right now, I'm out of here!" Gwen declared.
Ethan stared at her blankly. How could he tell her that the ring was on Theresa's finger? No matter how he told the story she would get mad at him and even more mad at Theresa. Even though Gwen had told him on numerous occasions that she had no more hard feelings towards Theresa, Ethan knew she still didn't fully trust her. He didn't blame Gwen, at least she wasn't openly bad-mouthing her anymore, but this information would send Gwen into a rage.
Gwen shook her head and sighed. "I knew it," she shook her head and turned to go.
"No, Gwen!" Ethan pleaded and grabbed her hand, bringing her close to him. She tried to pull away but he held her tight. "Just listen to me!" She stopped struggling and he pulled her to sit next to him on the couch.
"I'm listening Ethan, but not for long!"
"Okay, okay. Well, as you know, I was going to propose to you today."
"And you have, but without a ring, and you being so weird about it, it wasn't a very joyous occasion."
"Wait Gwen," Ethan took a breath, "I didn't mean to propose to you last night."
"What?"
Ethan thought quickly, he had to keep Gwen in his life! He had been with her for years, she was all he knew. "Well… Today's Valentine's Day and I had something spectacular planned out and I was… Am going to give you the ring today."
Gwen's face lit up. "Oh Ethan! No wonder you've been acting so strange!" she threw her arms around him. "You had a surprise outing planned and didn't want to tell me about it! So I am going to get my ring today? I am?"
"Of course," Ethan nodded quickly without thinking, "But I want to give it to you the way I planned to. It'll be perfect Gwen, you'll see!"
"I know it will Ethan," Gwen smiled, relief flooding her. "And I'm so sorry about over-reacting that way! I don't know how you put up with me sometimes. First with the whole Theresa thing, and now with the ring," she shook her head. "I'm sorry, so sorry! I promise never to act like that again. Oh Ethan, can you forgive me?"
"Of course sweetheart," Ethan grasped her hand and squeezed it lightly.
Gwen leaned in and kissed him, pulling his face closer to hers.
"I love you so much Ethan," she whispered in between kisses.
"I love you too Gwen. But now you have to go."
"What?"
"I have to get things prepared for today. I'll pick you up later when everything's ready."
"Well, okay," Gwen reluctantly agreed with a smile, "but come pick me up the moment everything's done! I can't wait!"
Ethan smiled at her and stood up with her. "Neither can I."
~
Theresa saw Gwen about to exit the living room and ran for the front door, letting herself out quietly. She ducked down behind the bushes and stared at the door. Gwen came out a moment later with Ethan right behind her. They kissed passionately for several moments before Gwen walked down the driveway giddily. Ethan released a deep breath and went back inside.
Theresa stood up and wiped the tears from her cheeks. They hadn't broken up. Ethan was still hoping the ring would fall off Theresa's finger. And it had. Theresa looked at her finger and slid the ring up a little. It was still loose, hadn't gotten stuck again. She sighed and more tears dropped from her eyes.
Taking a breath, she walked up to the front door and rang the doorbell. Ethan answered it right away.
"Theresa!" he exclaimed when he saw her, "Any luck with the ring?"
~
"What do you mean I'm going to spread the rumors about her Kay?" Simone demanded, her eyes narrowed.
"Simone, I can't do it! I'm her cousin like you said. The kids at school will think I'm cruel. But if you casually mention something about it then it wouldn't look so weird," Kay reasoned.
Simone shook her head. "No! No way, forget it Kay! I am not doing your dirty work for you," she moved away from the door and perched on Kay's bed, her arms folded.
"Simone!" Kay pleaded, "I hardly ever ask you for any favors. Can't you do me just this one?"
"No. *Forget* it," Simone stressed. "Being mean to Charity and talking bad about her behind her back is one thing, but spreading vicious rumors about her? That's beneath even you Kay."
"What does that mean?" Kay fired at Simone. "Okay, one, calling her a jinx is not vicious! And two, what do you mean beneath even me?"
"Nothing," Simone shook her head, "But I'm not doing it."
"Who's the one who covered for you the other night when Chad came over and your mom saw him here?"
Simone looked down, silent. "That was a completely different situation Kay."
"No it wasn't! You needed someone to help you out and I was there for you. Now you couldn't even do this one simple thing for me?"
Simone sighed and hung her head. "All right, all right! Enough with the guilt trip!"
Kay beamed and hugged Simone. "Thank you, you're the best!"
"I know, I know," she shook her head.
Kay ran back to the door to see what was going on with Miguel and Charity.
~
"Charity, this is ridiculous!" Miguel tried to convince her, "You are most definitely not a jinx. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me."
Charity looked up with a smile. "Really? I am?"
Miguel nodded and tried to move closer to her.
"No Miguel!" Charity exclaimed. "I can't let you get close to me anymore," she shook her head at him, "I can't let anything happen to you. I care about you too much."
"Nothing is going to happen to me! When I'm with you I feel happier than I ever feel," Miguel said sincerely, taking her hands into his. This time she didn't pull away.
"Oh, Miguel, me too!" Charity grinned, nodding her head; "I feel the same exact way. But I don't want anything to happen to you. I'd rather be miserable than put you in harm's way!"
"I won't be in harm's way," Miguel swore, bringing her close to him. He hugged her and she wrapped her arms around his neck, burrowing her face in his shoulder. "Who told you this anyway?"
~
Kay, who had been glaring at the scene before her, felt her mouth drop open.
"No!" she hissed, "She can't tell Miguel I told her this! He can't know!"
Simone stood up and walked over to Kay with a smirk. "Face it Kay, your actions have consequences. Charity and Miguel may not be together anymore, but Miguel won't be with you either once he finds out you're the one who told Charity all this!"
"Shhh!" Kay whispered impatiently, straining her ears to hear what Charity would say.
~
Author: Monika
E-mail Address: Blabs15@aol.com
Part: 1/?
Rating: PG-14
Category: Multiple love triangles!
Disclaimer: I do not, I repeat *NOT*, own Passions or anything even closely related to Passions! I may borrow some things sometimes like names, place, Jesse Metcalfe and Galen Gering... But I always return everything... Eventually! Aah, I'm just kidding of course! Had you going there for a minute huh? ;o)
Author's Note: This is only my second attempt at a Passions fanfiction, so please, be gentle. This story takes place right after 2/17's episode of Passions and will mainly deal with the characters Kay, Miguel, Charity, Luis, Sheridan, Whitney, Simone, Chad, Theresa, Ethan, and Gwen. I'll incorporate some other characters from time to time, but those are the main ones. Still makes for an interesting story though right? Please send feedback! Good, bad, opinions, suggestions, etc! ANYTHING! Just don't curse me out if you hate my writing. If you have constructive criticism, great! So... On to the story!
Love Games pt. 1
by Monika
"I'm a jinx."
Miguel looked at Charity, confused. "What are you talking about Charity?" he asked, bringing his hands up to her shoulders, but she moved back and Miguel brought his arms down. "You're not a jinx!"
"I am!" Charity nodded desperately, "Especially to you! Don't you see Miguel? You nearly died yesterday!"
"So did you!" Miguel countered; still not fully comprehending what Charity was talking about.
"But you almost died because of me," she shook her head, her blond hair bobbing. "You always almost die because of me. When you rescued me from the fire at my house, when you saved me from the train when I passed out on the train tracks, yesterday at the ice skating rink."
"Charity, that's insane! That wasn't because of you, none of those things were your fault."
"Yes they were Miguel. I'm afraid something else is going to happen to you and I can't bear the thought of that. Please, just go," Charity looked down, her eyes starting to fill with tears. Miguel just looked at her with wonderment.
~
"This is perfect Simone!" Kay exclaimed happily, her eyes still glued to Charity and Miguel. Kay and Simone were spying on them from Kay's room; she had opened the door a crack and the two girls had a perfect view of them.
"What are you talking about Kay?"
"Charity doesn't wanna see Miguel anymore because she thinks she's a jinx and will hurt him. She loves him too much to want to put him in danger and Miguel would never go against her wishes and try to force her to be with him! Now there's no way they'll be together anymore," Kay smiled, her dark eyes shining with hope at the prospect.
Simone shook her head. "I don't know Kay. What makes you think Miguel won't be able to convince her that she's not a jinx? You know he doesn't think she is!"
"I know," she sighed impatiently, "But once Charity hears all the rumors at school that proves I was telling the truth she'll be more convinced than ever."
"But there are no rumors going on about her at school."
Kay smirked. "Not yet."
"Kay Bennet, how can you even think of doing that to your cousin?" Simone hissed.
"Oh come on Simone," Kay rolled her eyes, "It's not like worst rumors haven't been spread before."
"But your own cousin? What will Charity and your parents think of you spreading rumors about her?"
"I won't be the one spreading the rumors," Kay shook her head, "You will!"
~
Theresa stared at the ring that was now sliding loosely off her finger.
"I'm sorry Ethan," she whispered to herself as she eavesdropped on Ethan and Gwen arguing, "but I can't let you marry her! She doesn't deserve you."
Theresa sighed and looked up heavenward. "I'm sorry," she sniffed, her eyes tearing up, "but I can't let Ethan marry Gwen. I know you understand! You have to! You know how much I love Ethan and would do anything to keep him from being hurt and in the long run marrying Gwen would hurt him. He doesn't truly love her, he can't!"
She looked back down at the ring. "And I know everyone thinks this is wrong, but I can't help it. Ethan loves me, I know he does. Deep in his heart of hearts he knows we belong together. Why else would he have put this ring on my finger? He could've taken his mother or my mother for that reason! He chose me. It was FATE!"
"But then why did Fate decide to let the ring fall off now?" Theresa wondered after a short pause, sliding the ring to the tip of her finger. She stared down at it, thoughts of insecurity running through her head, but those quickly vanished. "No! Fate was at work before, but it only takes you so far. Then you have to make your own decisions. Maybe I have to prove my love for Ethan now by doing everything possible to keep him from marrying Gwen," Theresa nodded, satisfied with her theory and pushed the ring back to the base of her ring finger.
~
Luis stared out over the water at the edge of the docks, the steam from his coffee blowing up in his face. He had been there since nearly sunrise, just thinking and evaluating his life. He had almost lost his brother last night and if the ice had cracked while Theresa was on the ladder he would've lost her too. He shook his head, not wanting the thoughts to invade his mind. If he didn't have his family, his whole family, what did he have to live for?
"Penny for your thoughts?" a soft voice spoke from behind him.
He turned and saw Sheridan standing behind him with a compassionate smile on her face. He smiled back and turned around. "I don't know if they're going for that cheap these days. They're pretty heavy."
"How about I lend you a ear? Maybe even two?" She walked over next to him and they both turned to look at the water. "What's on your mind?"
Luis shrugged. "A lot of things. Mainly about last night."
"You mean Miguel and Charity?"
"Yeah. When Miguel fell through that ice… I don't know. Something inside me snapped."
"You almost jumped in after him," Sheridan nodded, recalling the past night's events, "Hank and everyone had to hold you back."
Luis nodded. "When I saw him go into that water and thought that he may never come out, I went dead inside. I didn't know what to do. My family means everything to me," he sighed, taking a sip of his coffee.
"But he's okay now Luis," she tried to comfort him. "You were able to save him."
"But what if we hadn't been able to? What if he had been in there for too long? What if the ice had cracked while Theresa was over it on the ladder? I would've lost both of them!"
"But everything's okay," Sheridan said in a soothing voice, placing her hand on his arm gently, "You can't keep torturing yourself with the thoughts of 'What if'. You have to focus on the fact that it didn't happen. Everything turned out okay."
Luis placed his other hand over hers and smiled at her. "Thanks. I appreciate this."
"It's no problem," she breathed, staring deep into his dark brown eyes.
~
"Gwen!" Ethan cried after her, grabbing her arm.
"No, Ethan, no!" she screamed back, tears pouring out of her eyes. "I don't know what's going on with you, but I know you're keeping something from me and I don't like it! Why are you being so secretive about this ring? Why can't you give it to me? Unless you answer those questions right now, I'm out of here!" Gwen declared.
Ethan stared at her blankly. How could he tell her that the ring was on Theresa's finger? No matter how he told the story she would get mad at him and even more mad at Theresa. Even though Gwen had told him on numerous occasions that she had no more hard feelings towards Theresa, Ethan knew she still didn't fully trust her. He didn't blame Gwen, at least she wasn't openly bad-mouthing her anymore, but this information would send Gwen into a rage.
Gwen shook her head and sighed. "I knew it," she shook her head and turned to go.
"No, Gwen!" Ethan pleaded and grabbed her hand, bringing her close to him. She tried to pull away but he held her tight. "Just listen to me!" She stopped struggling and he pulled her to sit next to him on the couch.
"I'm listening Ethan, but not for long!"
"Okay, okay. Well, as you know, I was going to propose to you today."
"And you have, but without a ring, and you being so weird about it, it wasn't a very joyous occasion."
"Wait Gwen," Ethan took a breath, "I didn't mean to propose to you last night."
"What?"
Ethan thought quickly, he had to keep Gwen in his life! He had been with her for years, she was all he knew. "Well… Today's Valentine's Day and I had something spectacular planned out and I was… Am going to give you the ring today."
Gwen's face lit up. "Oh Ethan! No wonder you've been acting so strange!" she threw her arms around him. "You had a surprise outing planned and didn't want to tell me about it! So I am going to get my ring today? I am?"
"Of course," Ethan nodded quickly without thinking, "But I want to give it to you the way I planned to. It'll be perfect Gwen, you'll see!"
"I know it will Ethan," Gwen smiled, relief flooding her. "And I'm so sorry about over-reacting that way! I don't know how you put up with me sometimes. First with the whole Theresa thing, and now with the ring," she shook her head. "I'm sorry, so sorry! I promise never to act like that again. Oh Ethan, can you forgive me?"
"Of course sweetheart," Ethan grasped her hand and squeezed it lightly.
Gwen leaned in and kissed him, pulling his face closer to hers.
"I love you so much Ethan," she whispered in between kisses.
"I love you too Gwen. But now you have to go."
"What?"
"I have to get things prepared for today. I'll pick you up later when everything's ready."
"Well, okay," Gwen reluctantly agreed with a smile, "but come pick me up the moment everything's done! I can't wait!"
Ethan smiled at her and stood up with her. "Neither can I."
~
Theresa saw Gwen about to exit the living room and ran for the front door, letting herself out quietly. She ducked down behind the bushes and stared at the door. Gwen came out a moment later with Ethan right behind her. They kissed passionately for several moments before Gwen walked down the driveway giddily. Ethan released a deep breath and went back inside.
Theresa stood up and wiped the tears from her cheeks. They hadn't broken up. Ethan was still hoping the ring would fall off Theresa's finger. And it had. Theresa looked at her finger and slid the ring up a little. It was still loose, hadn't gotten stuck again. She sighed and more tears dropped from her eyes.
Taking a breath, she walked up to the front door and rang the doorbell. Ethan answered it right away.
"Theresa!" he exclaimed when he saw her, "Any luck with the ring?"
~
"What do you mean I'm going to spread the rumors about her Kay?" Simone demanded, her eyes narrowed.
"Simone, I can't do it! I'm her cousin like you said. The kids at school will think I'm cruel. But if you casually mention something about it then it wouldn't look so weird," Kay reasoned.
Simone shook her head. "No! No way, forget it Kay! I am not doing your dirty work for you," she moved away from the door and perched on Kay's bed, her arms folded.
"Simone!" Kay pleaded, "I hardly ever ask you for any favors. Can't you do me just this one?"
"No. *Forget* it," Simone stressed. "Being mean to Charity and talking bad about her behind her back is one thing, but spreading vicious rumors about her? That's beneath even you Kay."
"What does that mean?" Kay fired at Simone. "Okay, one, calling her a jinx is not vicious! And two, what do you mean beneath even me?"
"Nothing," Simone shook her head, "But I'm not doing it."
"Who's the one who covered for you the other night when Chad came over and your mom saw him here?"
Simone looked down, silent. "That was a completely different situation Kay."
"No it wasn't! You needed someone to help you out and I was there for you. Now you couldn't even do this one simple thing for me?"
Simone sighed and hung her head. "All right, all right! Enough with the guilt trip!"
Kay beamed and hugged Simone. "Thank you, you're the best!"
"I know, I know," she shook her head.
Kay ran back to the door to see what was going on with Miguel and Charity.
~
"Charity, this is ridiculous!" Miguel tried to convince her, "You are most definitely not a jinx. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me."
Charity looked up with a smile. "Really? I am?"
Miguel nodded and tried to move closer to her.
"No Miguel!" Charity exclaimed. "I can't let you get close to me anymore," she shook her head at him, "I can't let anything happen to you. I care about you too much."
"Nothing is going to happen to me! When I'm with you I feel happier than I ever feel," Miguel said sincerely, taking her hands into his. This time she didn't pull away.
"Oh, Miguel, me too!" Charity grinned, nodding her head; "I feel the same exact way. But I don't want anything to happen to you. I'd rather be miserable than put you in harm's way!"
"I won't be in harm's way," Miguel swore, bringing her close to him. He hugged her and she wrapped her arms around his neck, burrowing her face in his shoulder. "Who told you this anyway?"
~
Kay, who had been glaring at the scene before her, felt her mouth drop open.
"No!" she hissed, "She can't tell Miguel I told her this! He can't know!"
Simone stood up and walked over to Kay with a smirk. "Face it Kay, your actions have consequences. Charity and Miguel may not be together anymore, but Miguel won't be with you either once he finds out you're the one who told Charity all this!"
"Shhh!" Kay whispered impatiently, straining her ears to hear what Charity would say.
~
