*note* I wrote this after June 29th's eppy
"Ow..." Kay said to herself as she pricked herself on a thorn that was on the rose.
Then, suddenly, there was a darkness in front of her eyes, as if she had wennt blind. Then she saw it.
She saw ring...a wedding ring...She squinted to try and get the picture more clear.
She could hear Miguel's voice ask if she was alright. She didn't answer cos she was to focused on figuring out what she was seeing.
Then as she felt her knees buckle and she started to fall to the ground, she got a glimpse of it.
Just a glimpse.
It was a wedding ring-she didn't know whose-around a rose. And the rose and the ring was laid on a tombstone.
Not just any tombstone.
Sheridan Crane's tombstone.
Kay let out a scream as she fell into Miguel's arms as he caught her. She saw a white light and then her sight was restored.
As she rose from Miguel's caught she rubbed her eyes and said, "What happened?"
"You screamed and then your knees gave out, Kay." Miguel answered, "Are you alright?"
Charity knew exactly what was going on so she went up to Kay and said, "You had a premonition didn't you?"
Kay's mind raced for a moment. She didn't want to have premonitions and visions like Charity. SHe decided that she did not want to be part of the freak club.
So she just answered, "Uh, you know I pricked my finger on that rose..."
She looked around for the rose and when she didn't see it anywhere she asked, "Where'd it go?"
Then Miguel said, "There isn't a rose anywhere around her Kay."
Then Kay said, "Anyway, it was bleeding so I must have fainted or something..." Kay answered.
That's when Charity looked at Kay's hand and said, "But Kay, you're not bleeding."
"Yes I am," Kay answered, lifting her hand and looking at her finger, "See...she trailed off as she realized that her finger, which was bleeding moments ago, was healed.
Not a scrach on it.
Miguel gave her a puzzled gaze as he asked, "Are you alright Kay?"
Kay shook her head and said, "Yeah, you know I'm fine I'm just tired. I'm gonna go hom-I mean, over to your house and get some rest."
"Alright Kay," Miguel said, "Tell mama that I'll be there soon, I just want to walk Charity home."
Kay nodded and walked away, totally astonished.
-|-The Book Cafe-|-
Ethan, Theresa, and Whitney were all gathered around their drinks as they talked.
"Whitney you and Chad are a match." Theresa said, "Made for each other, there is no way you can get around that."
"Theresa I made a promise to Simone," She said, "and I can't break that promise."
"Whitney you are being ridicualous!" Ethan joined in the conversation, "I just have to tell you that Chad is torn up about this."
"What do you mean?" Whitney asked him, alittle confused.
"He can't stand that you are fooling yourself like this." Ethan answered, "Fate as brought you two together and nothing, not even you Whitney, can keep you two apart."
Whitney almost laughed at him as she said, "Wow Theresa really rubbed off on you man!"
Ethan and Theresa both laughed as Theresa said, "Ethan's right Whitney!"
Ethan held up his right hand said, "I only speak the truth."
Whitney shook her head and said, "Whatever you guys. You're both crazy."
Just then Ethan stood up and said, "Well honey, I have got to go and pick up my tux before the wedding, so I'll see you tomorrow!!" He smiled happily.
"But where are you going to stay?" Theresa said.
"I'm gonna stay with Chad tonight." Ethan answered, he kissed her and said, "We won't have any bad luck spoiling our wedding day."
Then they kissed goodbye.
Theresa sat back down and she and Whitney started to talk.
Ethan went over to the counter to tell Chad that he'd seem him later.
"Aiight man," Chad answered, he didn't see Hank approach when he went on, "Listen, I'm gonna be out late."
"Are you going to break in tonight?" Ethan ask.
This caught Hank's attiention.
"Well yeah," Chad answered, "Gotta do it before the wedding tomorrow, or else who knows what the tabloid will print."
"Exccuse me," Hank said, coming up to Chad and Ethan, "But are you guys talking about breaking into the newpaper that exposed you as a Bennett?"
"Yeah," Ethan said, "I want to find out who sent the e-mail to the tabloid."
"Well I have my suspcions," Hank said, "I'd like to help you. If it's just Chad who's gonna you're gonna need back-up." Chad and Ethan exchanged glances. Then Hank said, "After all, I am your Uncle, Ethan."
Ethan laughed and said, "Alright if it's okay with Chad."
Chad shrugged and replied, "Yeah man it aiight with me."
"Okay," Ethan looked at his watch and said, "I gotta go or I'm gonna be late. Seeya later Chad, thanks to both of you."
"Yeah man dont mention it." Chad answered.
Then Hank said, "No prob Ethan."
Then Ethan left.
"So what time do you get off? Hank asked Chad.
Chad looked at the clock on the wall, "Beth should be here any-" Before Chad could finish his sentence Beth came into the book cafe.
She walked over to the counter and said, "Hey Chad, Hank."
"Hey Beth." They both answered at the same time.
After a moment's small talk Chad and Hank left the book cafe.
-|-Kay-|-
Kay was walking down the street trying to make sense out of everything. Her vision. She didn't want to call it a premonition but in her heart-and soul-she knew that it was.
She just didn't know what it meant.
She shook it off and started to walk home.
Then she remembered that she wasn't going home, she was going to Miguel's.
Sometimes she forgot that their house was destroyed. She just wanted to walk home again. But she had too got to Miguel's.
That's when it hit her.
How could she go back to Miguels? She wouldn't be able to stay good with Miguel sleeping in the next room!
Kay looked down at her finger. She couldn't understand how the bleeding had stopped. She didn't have a scratch on her. She also didn't understand what happened to the rose after her knees buckled and she fainted.
She kept walking.
Then it happened again.
This time it began with a white light, and showed a funeral.
Sheridan's funeral.
Luis was weeping incessently as he threw a rose onto her tombstone. Then the white light flashed as it closed in on the rose to show a ring around it.
A ring around the rose.
The white light flashed again and Kay regained her sight.
She gasped and saw that she was on the pavement.
She stood up and shook her head.
It was then she decided she needed to talk to her mother.
Kay was very frightened and didn't know what to think. This kind of thing had never happened to her before.
She almost ran to Tabitha's house.
When she finally got there she took a breathe before opening the door.
When she opened the door she looked straight ahead, until she heard...the pitter patter of little feet...
She looked down to see...Tabitha's doll?
He ran from the left of the door to the right, running into the kitchen.
Kay's eyes went wide and she shook her head and walked on, telling herself it was all in her head.
As she walked into the living room she found her mom and dad on the couch.
"Hey Kay." Sam said.
Grace stood up and walked toward her as she said, "Hey sweetie, are you alright?"
"No mom," Kay said honestly, "Actually I'm not."
"Well what's wrong honey?" Grace asked, concerned for her child.
Kay decided to just spit it out.
"Mom I had a vision and I could of sworn I just saw Tabitha's doll run across the floor five seconds ago." Kay said, "And it wasn't good."
"You had a vision?"
Kay nodded.
"Oh my God." Grace said as she hugged her daughter, "You are a Standish woman and they all seem to have some sorta of weird thing for that."
Kay nodded.
"Well honey, my only advice is to pray about it. It's probably the only way it'll go away." Grace said, "Trust me."
Then Sam and Grace both went upstairs, Kay watched.
"That's it?" She said aloud.
She rolled her eyes and walked out the door.
Then she ran to Miguel's.
-|-Tabloid Office-|-
"Okay man," Chad said, "Just give me a second to pick the lock and then we're in."
"Not quite." Hank answered asked Chad opened the door.
"After you." He said, holding the door open.
"Wait," Hank said as he pulled something from his pocket.
It was a small flashlight like thing.
"If there are any security lines and stuff here, this well show them to us so that we can manuever around them."
Chad nodded and said, "Where did you get that?"
"Uh," Hank asked, "Let's just say I borrowed it from Luis."
Chad shook his head and chortled.
Hank flipped on the switch and all of a sudden thin red lines shown down the short hallway before the actual office.
Slowly, they both bended over and under the smooth glowing lines, careful not to make a wrong move.
When they got past it they were in the actual office.
"We're in!" Chad said.
"Yeah," Hank asked, he pointed left and right as he said, "You search this side, I'll do the other."
Chad nodded and started to look on every desk.
After about 10 to 20 mintutes of searching they both turned up empty handed. There was only one room left.
The front office.
They both went into the office and looked on the desk.
At first they didn't find anything.
Then they realized the computer was still on.
"Hey, take a look." Chad said as he sat down in the chair.
It was tomorrow's headline.
Hank read it aloud, "Ethan's finance caught exposing Ethan as a Bennett...Oh my God..." Hank said.
"I knew Theresa should have told Ethan before it got this far!" Chad exclaimed.
"What?" Hank asked, "You mean it's true?"
"Oh, I forgot you don't know." Chad said, "Well I'll have to tell you now..." Chad explained how Theresa knew, but swears she didn't send the e-mail to the tabloid.
Hank nodded, "I know who did send the e-mail." Hank added out of the blue.
"What?" Chad asked, confused.
"Just think," Hank said, "Ethan leaves his long-time girlfriend who he was about to marry, high and dry. The dissed and dismissed woman sticks around, for reasons unknown."
"You're saying you think that Gwen sent the e-mail to the tabloid?"
"I saw her coming out of the confessional earlier today and when I asked her whether or not her soul was now clean she didn't straight out answer." Hank said, "And when I asked her if she was still in love with Ethan she might as well have said yes because I could tell by the way she said that it was none of my business that she still loved him."
"Come to think of it," Chad answered, "When I was at the engagment party for Ethan and Theresa Gwen and Rebbecca did seem somewhat suspicous."
"And Theresa got her laptop when she became Ivy's personal asistant, and if Theresa left it there one day or somehow left it laying around..." Hank trailed off.
Chad finished for him, "Then it wouldn't of been hard for Rebbecca and Gwen to snoop on her cmoputer to find something incrimanating about Theresa. And they did."
"So the sent the e-mail." Hank said, "Thinking that nobody would figure them out."
Chad shook his head and put his hand on the computer's mouse saying, "Why is it that rich people always screw up?"
"What are you going to do?" Hank asked, refering to the computer.
The screen showed a program titled "Tabloid Toolbar" and it was a program used to create articales and covers to the sleezy tabloid.
"I think I have just been inspired to be a journalist." Chad said with a smirk of wiliness on his face.
Hank chuckled under his breath.
"Let's make the title say..." Chad thought.
"'Harmony's dissed and dismissed divias take a dive as Rebbecca and Gwen Hotchkiss are relvealed as the exposers of Ethan Bennett'" Hank suggested, "A tad lengthy prehaps, but worth every penny of their money."
Chad laughed and said, "That's a good one Hank."
Chad moved the mouse and with a few clicks and types it was changed.
"What about the articale?" Chad asked, "We better do one of those too, not like we don't go the time. We'll do it quickly."
"Okay, how's this," Hank said, "I'll talk you type?"
"Works for me." Chad answered, "But try and go slow, I'm not that good at typing yet."
Hank nodded and he started to talk...
"Rebbecca and Gwen Hotchkiss are revealed as the perpatraitors who exposed Ethan Crane as not a Crane, but a Bennett. Gwen Hotchkiss (former finace of Ethan-now going by the name 'Ethan Winthrop') and her mother sent an e-mail to our tabloid, 'Daily Private Lives', proving that Ethan was Sam Bennett's son. But the thing that no one knew (no one but us, your main resource for the hotndishy scoop on daily private lives) is that the e-mail they sent was sent from Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald's, Ethan's new fiance, laptop. So we would naturally think that Theresa sent the e-mail, but we at 'Daily Private Lives' are smarter than they think. And as Ethan Winthrop marries his true love Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, Gwen and Rebbecca will be feeling very put-out-to say the least."
"Very good, very good." Chad said as he typed the last word and ran spell check.
"Why thank you my good man." Hank said, "But there's one thing that bothers me."
"What's that?"
"Why would these reporters believe that what we wrote is true?" Hank asked, concerned.
Chad shrugged and said, "People who are determined enough to break into a sleezy tabloid office, get passed all that sercurity, and change this? I think they'll believe it."
Hank through an understanding-yet still worried-glance at Chad.
"We'll leave a note just in case." Chad answered.
He wrote clearly on a post-it note, "Trust me" and stuck below the computer screen.
"Okay," Hank said, "Let's get out of here."
-|-The Lopez-Fitzgerald's-|-
"Mama, I'm home!" Luis exclaimed as he walked through the door.
Pilar come out, wipping her hands on a small dish towel, and answered, "Hello Luis." Pilar said smiling and giving him a kiss on the cheek.
After a moment of talking Luis said, "Well I better get to bed mama, I got a big day tomorrow."
Pilar smiled and told him goodnight.
Right as Luis was going to go into his room Pilar remembered something and said, "Oh, Luis, I think Kay might be asleep, try not to wake her if she is."
Luis nodded and whispered, "Alright mama."
Luis went into his room.
he unpacked just a few things, stuff that would only get him through the night because he knew that this time tomorrow he and Sheridan would be on their honeymoon.
He smiled to himself as he took out a picture of Sheridan.
He held it to his chest as he laid down on his bed and closed his eyes.
And from his mind of memories he pulled his most vaulable of Sheridan.
And as he did so he heard a song from the back of his mind...
*For once in my life
I have someone who needs me
Someone I needed so long*
He thought of the time she was mad at him (really the imposter) and flew of to Paris...
*For once unafraid
I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I'll be strong*
The thought of when he chases after her and saved her from the drug cartle and how he somehow managed to hold it together...
*For once I can touch
What my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Someone like you
Would make my dreams come true*
He thought of when he dreamed of kissing her lips for the first time...
Then of when he did kiss her lips for the first time...
*For once in my life
I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before*
He thought of Beth and their high school realationship...
Then thought of when Beth told him she was ok when Luis started getting serious with Sheridan...
*For once I have something I know won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore*
He thought of when he almost truely believed Sheridan was dead...
He thought of when she answered his prayers at the chruch...
*For once I can say
This is mine, you can't take it*
He thought of when Julian and Alistair tried to steal his love away from him...
He thought of when it didn't work...
*Long as I know I've got love I can make it
For once in my life
I've have that someone who needs me*
He thought of the first time he and Sheridan made love...
He thought of the last time they made love...
*For once I can say
This is mine, you can't take it
Long as I know I've got love I can make it*
He dreamed of their future...
He dreamed of the wedding...
He dreamed of the honeymoon...
He dreamed of the love and children they were going to have...
*For once in my life
I've got that someone who needs me*
He dreamed of his life...
Their life.
-|-Kay-|-
Kay sat on her bed as she thought and said to herself, "Okay, I can be okay tonight if I just don't see Miguel. I can resist the temptation as long as I don't subject myself to it."
Just then Miguel leaned in her room and as he did Kay forgot all about what she had just said to herself as she noticed (how could she not) that Miguel was only wearing his boxers.
He said, "Just wanted to say goodnight Kay." He said.
Kay smiled seductively and said, "Goodnight Miguel."
He was about to leave when he added, "If you have trouble sleeping again I'm right next door."
Kay took a deep breathe and since she couldn't speak she just nodded.
Miguel closed the door.
Kay let out a breathe and said to herself, "Well he was the one who suggested I come into his room or call for him, maybe what he's trying to say..." Kay stopped herself and realized what she was saying.
As she remembered her mothers words she folded her hands and said,0 "Oh my God, give me strength to fight this awful temptation...and help me find out about the vision that I had and what it means...I dont want anything to happen to Luis and Sheridan since they are so in love and have been through so much."
Before she could say amen a bright and beautiful light appeared right in front of her at the foot of the bed.
At first she backed against the wall because she did not know what it was that was there.
Then the Angel Girl appeared.
"Do not be afraid." She said, "I am here in answer to your prayer."
Kay tried to relax but failed as she stuttered, "W-which p-p-part of my p-prayer?"
"Both." The Angel Girl answered simply.
Kay threw her a puzzled glance as she asked, "How?"
"One step at a time." The Angel Girl answered, "I will tell you what your vision meant, and then you will find out why you had the vision, not Charity or Grace."
Kay nodded.
The Angel Girl went on to explain Alistair and Julian's plot to kill Sheridan on her wedding day-tomorrow.
Kay was astonished. So astonished, in fact, that she could speak right away.
Finally she somehow mananged, "What does this have to do with me?"
"I need you to do a good deed." The Angel Girl said, "I need you to go to Sheridan's cottage and fix the ring."
"And how am I suppose to do that without poisoning myself?" Kay asked, alittle confused yet.
The Angel Girl held out her hand and a ball of light twitered and twirled until it shaped a rose.
It changed from the gold-white color to the natural green and red.
The Angel Girl handed it to Kay and said, "Take this rose and slip it inside the ring, and it will be poisoned no more."
Kay took the rose and nodded, but she still wanted to know what good would come out of it for her.
The Angel Girl must have knew this because she said, "If you do this good deed, something good will come upon yourself."
"Is it Miguel?!" The words flew from her mouth.
The Angel Girl smiled, but said, "No, Kay. I'm happy to say it's not. It's something better that will cure your temptation and desire toward Miguel, and also shine a light onto the world for you and show you what it's like to love, and be loved back."
Kay was very puzzled and had many more questions, but the Angel Girl faded and left.
But not before saying, "You can do it Kay, I know it."
Kay took a deep and totally astonished breath as she stood and tried to think of a way to get to the cottage.
She could walk there, but she was worried about getting out of the house without someone knowing.
I mean how could she explain this?
"Argh, now I know what Charity had to deal with." Kay said, "Agh, let's just hope I don't become a goody two shoes too."
She decided on taking the window apporach.
So she opened the window, lucky she was only about a half a yard above the ground, and jumped out.
"Hm," Kay said to herself, "That wasn't as hard as I thought."
She looked back at the window and said, "I just hope that it's easy to get back in."
Kay made her way down the eerily quiet streets and finally arrived at the cottage.
She looked into the windows and didn't see the rings anywhere.
Then she thought to herself, 'If I was about to get married, I wouldn't let those rings out of my sight.'
Thinking of that she walked around the cottage to Sheridan's bedroom window-which was open. She knew that must have been the Angel Girls work.
She peered inside to see a sound asleep Sheridan (with a glowing smile on her face) and next to her head on a night stand was the rings.
Kay took a deep breath, "I don't know if I can do this..."
Before she could think she quickly-but carefully-put the rose in her back pocket just before she took the pludge and lifted herself into the window and as quietly as she could she crept inside.
When she saw Sheridan stir she ducked down to the floor.
Sheridan stopped and started a low and steady hum of her breathe.
Kay could hear her heart pounding in her ears as she crawled across the floor and kneeled on her knees next to the nightstand.
She looked at the two wedding bands and smiled.
Kay actually felt, for once in her entire being, that she was doing something right.
Something, good, daresay.
Then Kay carefully took the rose from her back pocket and took a gasping breath before slidding the rose into Sheridan's wedding ring.
There was a small glow and Kay saw a red lineing from the inside of the ring (the poison, she assumed) peel off and rolled into a ball as it flew out the door, and just after that the wedding band stopped glowing white and returned to normal.
Kay released a breath of satisfaction. She was about to take the rose and leave when Sheridan stirred again.
Immediately Kay made a snap decsion to leave the rose and get out of there.
So she did.
She ran from the cottage and didn't slow down until she got to the street. She smiled as she walked.
She was so in the zone of happiness that she didn't see the person walking right in front of her.
So Kay accidently bumped into the person.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" He said.
"That's okay," Kay answered, looking at the ground and not yet his face, "It was my..." She trailed off as she looked up at his handsome and caring face, "...fault..."
He just smiled, laughed and said, "Hi, I'm Kevin Lopez."
"Lopez?" Kay asked.
"Yeah, I'm Pilar's nephew." He answered.
Kay nodded and then Kevin said, "And you would be..."
"Oh! Yeah I'm sorry, I'm Kay Bennett." Kay said, still alittle shook up.
"Kay Bennett?" Kevin repeated, "Miguel's best friend."
Kay smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, Miguel and I used to be real tight. I used to come over every summer." Kevin looked as if he had something else he wanted so say, so he did, "You know you may not remember this but I was at Miguel's 11th birthday party."
Kay laughed, "Really? I was there too."
"Yeah I know," Kevin said, smirking a smirk that was aching to break out into a laugh, "I was the one who sprayed silly string in your hair."
Kay's eyes went wide as she said, "You were?!"
He nodded and started to laugh.
Kay hit him playfully and said, "I couldn't get that out for like a week! My hair was blue for a month!"
Kevin laughed and said, "Yeah, well, sorry about that."
"A little late don't you think?" Kay said.
Kevin shrugged and said, "Better late than never."
Kay nodded and giggled.
After a few seconds of semi-ackward silence he said, "So you're going to the wedding tomorrow right?"
"Yeah." Kay answered.
"Well I sorta feel bad about the whole silly string deal," Kevin said, grinning, "So I kinna wanna make it up to you."
Kay nodded and said, "I don't know, Miguel called me smerf girl for months after that." she laughed.
"Would you mind being my date for tomorrow?" Kevin asked, "That is if you don't already have one." he added.
"I'd love too." Kay said, "Under one condition."
"And what's that?"
"That you don't get any where near silly string." She said.
Kevin laughed and said, "Alright, I promise."
Kay glared at him.
He raised his right hand and said, "Scouts honor."
She laughed and shook her head, "Alright."
Kevin smiled and said, "I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Sure," She answered, "I'm staying at Miguel's."
Kevin nodded, understanding that she probably wouldn't want to bring up the subject of her house being...well...sunk.
"I'm at a motel so, I'll meet you there?"
"Sounds great." Kay answered.
"I'll see you then." Kevin said as he started to walk away, yet kept eye contact.
"See you then." Kay said.
They both went their separate ways.
As Kay walked to the house all she could think about was this knew and unexplored territory-Kevin.
~
"Ow..." Kay said to herself as she pricked herself on a thorn that was on the rose.
Then, suddenly, there was a darkness in front of her eyes, as if she had wennt blind. Then she saw it.
She saw ring...a wedding ring...She squinted to try and get the picture more clear.
She could hear Miguel's voice ask if she was alright. She didn't answer cos she was to focused on figuring out what she was seeing.
Then as she felt her knees buckle and she started to fall to the ground, she got a glimpse of it.
Just a glimpse.
It was a wedding ring-she didn't know whose-around a rose. And the rose and the ring was laid on a tombstone.
Not just any tombstone.
Sheridan Crane's tombstone.
Kay let out a scream as she fell into Miguel's arms as he caught her. She saw a white light and then her sight was restored.
As she rose from Miguel's caught she rubbed her eyes and said, "What happened?"
"You screamed and then your knees gave out, Kay." Miguel answered, "Are you alright?"
Charity knew exactly what was going on so she went up to Kay and said, "You had a premonition didn't you?"
Kay's mind raced for a moment. She didn't want to have premonitions and visions like Charity. SHe decided that she did not want to be part of the freak club.
So she just answered, "Uh, you know I pricked my finger on that rose..."
She looked around for the rose and when she didn't see it anywhere she asked, "Where'd it go?"
Then Miguel said, "There isn't a rose anywhere around her Kay."
Then Kay said, "Anyway, it was bleeding so I must have fainted or something..." Kay answered.
That's when Charity looked at Kay's hand and said, "But Kay, you're not bleeding."
"Yes I am," Kay answered, lifting her hand and looking at her finger, "See...she trailed off as she realized that her finger, which was bleeding moments ago, was healed.
Not a scrach on it.
Miguel gave her a puzzled gaze as he asked, "Are you alright Kay?"
Kay shook her head and said, "Yeah, you know I'm fine I'm just tired. I'm gonna go hom-I mean, over to your house and get some rest."
"Alright Kay," Miguel said, "Tell mama that I'll be there soon, I just want to walk Charity home."
Kay nodded and walked away, totally astonished.
-|-The Book Cafe-|-
Ethan, Theresa, and Whitney were all gathered around their drinks as they talked.
"Whitney you and Chad are a match." Theresa said, "Made for each other, there is no way you can get around that."
"Theresa I made a promise to Simone," She said, "and I can't break that promise."
"Whitney you are being ridicualous!" Ethan joined in the conversation, "I just have to tell you that Chad is torn up about this."
"What do you mean?" Whitney asked him, alittle confused.
"He can't stand that you are fooling yourself like this." Ethan answered, "Fate as brought you two together and nothing, not even you Whitney, can keep you two apart."
Whitney almost laughed at him as she said, "Wow Theresa really rubbed off on you man!"
Ethan and Theresa both laughed as Theresa said, "Ethan's right Whitney!"
Ethan held up his right hand said, "I only speak the truth."
Whitney shook her head and said, "Whatever you guys. You're both crazy."
Just then Ethan stood up and said, "Well honey, I have got to go and pick up my tux before the wedding, so I'll see you tomorrow!!" He smiled happily.
"But where are you going to stay?" Theresa said.
"I'm gonna stay with Chad tonight." Ethan answered, he kissed her and said, "We won't have any bad luck spoiling our wedding day."
Then they kissed goodbye.
Theresa sat back down and she and Whitney started to talk.
Ethan went over to the counter to tell Chad that he'd seem him later.
"Aiight man," Chad answered, he didn't see Hank approach when he went on, "Listen, I'm gonna be out late."
"Are you going to break in tonight?" Ethan ask.
This caught Hank's attiention.
"Well yeah," Chad answered, "Gotta do it before the wedding tomorrow, or else who knows what the tabloid will print."
"Exccuse me," Hank said, coming up to Chad and Ethan, "But are you guys talking about breaking into the newpaper that exposed you as a Bennett?"
"Yeah," Ethan said, "I want to find out who sent the e-mail to the tabloid."
"Well I have my suspcions," Hank said, "I'd like to help you. If it's just Chad who's gonna you're gonna need back-up." Chad and Ethan exchanged glances. Then Hank said, "After all, I am your Uncle, Ethan."
Ethan laughed and said, "Alright if it's okay with Chad."
Chad shrugged and replied, "Yeah man it aiight with me."
"Okay," Ethan looked at his watch and said, "I gotta go or I'm gonna be late. Seeya later Chad, thanks to both of you."
"Yeah man dont mention it." Chad answered.
Then Hank said, "No prob Ethan."
Then Ethan left.
"So what time do you get off? Hank asked Chad.
Chad looked at the clock on the wall, "Beth should be here any-" Before Chad could finish his sentence Beth came into the book cafe.
She walked over to the counter and said, "Hey Chad, Hank."
"Hey Beth." They both answered at the same time.
After a moment's small talk Chad and Hank left the book cafe.
-|-Kay-|-
Kay was walking down the street trying to make sense out of everything. Her vision. She didn't want to call it a premonition but in her heart-and soul-she knew that it was.
She just didn't know what it meant.
She shook it off and started to walk home.
Then she remembered that she wasn't going home, she was going to Miguel's.
Sometimes she forgot that their house was destroyed. She just wanted to walk home again. But she had too got to Miguel's.
That's when it hit her.
How could she go back to Miguels? She wouldn't be able to stay good with Miguel sleeping in the next room!
Kay looked down at her finger. She couldn't understand how the bleeding had stopped. She didn't have a scratch on her. She also didn't understand what happened to the rose after her knees buckled and she fainted.
She kept walking.
Then it happened again.
This time it began with a white light, and showed a funeral.
Sheridan's funeral.
Luis was weeping incessently as he threw a rose onto her tombstone. Then the white light flashed as it closed in on the rose to show a ring around it.
A ring around the rose.
The white light flashed again and Kay regained her sight.
She gasped and saw that she was on the pavement.
She stood up and shook her head.
It was then she decided she needed to talk to her mother.
Kay was very frightened and didn't know what to think. This kind of thing had never happened to her before.
She almost ran to Tabitha's house.
When she finally got there she took a breathe before opening the door.
When she opened the door she looked straight ahead, until she heard...the pitter patter of little feet...
She looked down to see...Tabitha's doll?
He ran from the left of the door to the right, running into the kitchen.
Kay's eyes went wide and she shook her head and walked on, telling herself it was all in her head.
As she walked into the living room she found her mom and dad on the couch.
"Hey Kay." Sam said.
Grace stood up and walked toward her as she said, "Hey sweetie, are you alright?"
"No mom," Kay said honestly, "Actually I'm not."
"Well what's wrong honey?" Grace asked, concerned for her child.
Kay decided to just spit it out.
"Mom I had a vision and I could of sworn I just saw Tabitha's doll run across the floor five seconds ago." Kay said, "And it wasn't good."
"You had a vision?"
Kay nodded.
"Oh my God." Grace said as she hugged her daughter, "You are a Standish woman and they all seem to have some sorta of weird thing for that."
Kay nodded.
"Well honey, my only advice is to pray about it. It's probably the only way it'll go away." Grace said, "Trust me."
Then Sam and Grace both went upstairs, Kay watched.
"That's it?" She said aloud.
She rolled her eyes and walked out the door.
Then she ran to Miguel's.
-|-Tabloid Office-|-
"Okay man," Chad said, "Just give me a second to pick the lock and then we're in."
"Not quite." Hank answered asked Chad opened the door.
"After you." He said, holding the door open.
"Wait," Hank said as he pulled something from his pocket.
It was a small flashlight like thing.
"If there are any security lines and stuff here, this well show them to us so that we can manuever around them."
Chad nodded and said, "Where did you get that?"
"Uh," Hank asked, "Let's just say I borrowed it from Luis."
Chad shook his head and chortled.
Hank flipped on the switch and all of a sudden thin red lines shown down the short hallway before the actual office.
Slowly, they both bended over and under the smooth glowing lines, careful not to make a wrong move.
When they got past it they were in the actual office.
"We're in!" Chad said.
"Yeah," Hank asked, he pointed left and right as he said, "You search this side, I'll do the other."
Chad nodded and started to look on every desk.
After about 10 to 20 mintutes of searching they both turned up empty handed. There was only one room left.
The front office.
They both went into the office and looked on the desk.
At first they didn't find anything.
Then they realized the computer was still on.
"Hey, take a look." Chad said as he sat down in the chair.
It was tomorrow's headline.
Hank read it aloud, "Ethan's finance caught exposing Ethan as a Bennett...Oh my God..." Hank said.
"I knew Theresa should have told Ethan before it got this far!" Chad exclaimed.
"What?" Hank asked, "You mean it's true?"
"Oh, I forgot you don't know." Chad said, "Well I'll have to tell you now..." Chad explained how Theresa knew, but swears she didn't send the e-mail to the tabloid.
Hank nodded, "I know who did send the e-mail." Hank added out of the blue.
"What?" Chad asked, confused.
"Just think," Hank said, "Ethan leaves his long-time girlfriend who he was about to marry, high and dry. The dissed and dismissed woman sticks around, for reasons unknown."
"You're saying you think that Gwen sent the e-mail to the tabloid?"
"I saw her coming out of the confessional earlier today and when I asked her whether or not her soul was now clean she didn't straight out answer." Hank said, "And when I asked her if she was still in love with Ethan she might as well have said yes because I could tell by the way she said that it was none of my business that she still loved him."
"Come to think of it," Chad answered, "When I was at the engagment party for Ethan and Theresa Gwen and Rebbecca did seem somewhat suspicous."
"And Theresa got her laptop when she became Ivy's personal asistant, and if Theresa left it there one day or somehow left it laying around..." Hank trailed off.
Chad finished for him, "Then it wouldn't of been hard for Rebbecca and Gwen to snoop on her cmoputer to find something incrimanating about Theresa. And they did."
"So the sent the e-mail." Hank said, "Thinking that nobody would figure them out."
Chad shook his head and put his hand on the computer's mouse saying, "Why is it that rich people always screw up?"
"What are you going to do?" Hank asked, refering to the computer.
The screen showed a program titled "Tabloid Toolbar" and it was a program used to create articales and covers to the sleezy tabloid.
"I think I have just been inspired to be a journalist." Chad said with a smirk of wiliness on his face.
Hank chuckled under his breath.
"Let's make the title say..." Chad thought.
"'Harmony's dissed and dismissed divias take a dive as Rebbecca and Gwen Hotchkiss are relvealed as the exposers of Ethan Bennett'" Hank suggested, "A tad lengthy prehaps, but worth every penny of their money."
Chad laughed and said, "That's a good one Hank."
Chad moved the mouse and with a few clicks and types it was changed.
"What about the articale?" Chad asked, "We better do one of those too, not like we don't go the time. We'll do it quickly."
"Okay, how's this," Hank said, "I'll talk you type?"
"Works for me." Chad answered, "But try and go slow, I'm not that good at typing yet."
Hank nodded and he started to talk...
"Rebbecca and Gwen Hotchkiss are revealed as the perpatraitors who exposed Ethan Crane as not a Crane, but a Bennett. Gwen Hotchkiss (former finace of Ethan-now going by the name 'Ethan Winthrop') and her mother sent an e-mail to our tabloid, 'Daily Private Lives', proving that Ethan was Sam Bennett's son. But the thing that no one knew (no one but us, your main resource for the hotndishy scoop on daily private lives) is that the e-mail they sent was sent from Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald's, Ethan's new fiance, laptop. So we would naturally think that Theresa sent the e-mail, but we at 'Daily Private Lives' are smarter than they think. And as Ethan Winthrop marries his true love Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald, Gwen and Rebbecca will be feeling very put-out-to say the least."
"Very good, very good." Chad said as he typed the last word and ran spell check.
"Why thank you my good man." Hank said, "But there's one thing that bothers me."
"What's that?"
"Why would these reporters believe that what we wrote is true?" Hank asked, concerned.
Chad shrugged and said, "People who are determined enough to break into a sleezy tabloid office, get passed all that sercurity, and change this? I think they'll believe it."
Hank through an understanding-yet still worried-glance at Chad.
"We'll leave a note just in case." Chad answered.
He wrote clearly on a post-it note, "Trust me" and stuck below the computer screen.
"Okay," Hank said, "Let's get out of here."
-|-The Lopez-Fitzgerald's-|-
"Mama, I'm home!" Luis exclaimed as he walked through the door.
Pilar come out, wipping her hands on a small dish towel, and answered, "Hello Luis." Pilar said smiling and giving him a kiss on the cheek.
After a moment of talking Luis said, "Well I better get to bed mama, I got a big day tomorrow."
Pilar smiled and told him goodnight.
Right as Luis was going to go into his room Pilar remembered something and said, "Oh, Luis, I think Kay might be asleep, try not to wake her if she is."
Luis nodded and whispered, "Alright mama."
Luis went into his room.
he unpacked just a few things, stuff that would only get him through the night because he knew that this time tomorrow he and Sheridan would be on their honeymoon.
He smiled to himself as he took out a picture of Sheridan.
He held it to his chest as he laid down on his bed and closed his eyes.
And from his mind of memories he pulled his most vaulable of Sheridan.
And as he did so he heard a song from the back of his mind...
*For once in my life
I have someone who needs me
Someone I needed so long*
He thought of the time she was mad at him (really the imposter) and flew of to Paris...
*For once unafraid
I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I'll be strong*
The thought of when he chases after her and saved her from the drug cartle and how he somehow managed to hold it together...
*For once I can touch
What my heart used to dream of
Long before I knew
Someone like you
Would make my dreams come true*
He thought of when he dreamed of kissing her lips for the first time...
Then of when he did kiss her lips for the first time...
*For once in my life
I won't let sorrow hurt me
Not like it's hurt me before*
He thought of Beth and their high school realationship...
Then thought of when Beth told him she was ok when Luis started getting serious with Sheridan...
*For once I have something I know won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore*
He thought of when he almost truely believed Sheridan was dead...
He thought of when she answered his prayers at the chruch...
*For once I can say
This is mine, you can't take it*
He thought of when Julian and Alistair tried to steal his love away from him...
He thought of when it didn't work...
*Long as I know I've got love I can make it
For once in my life
I've have that someone who needs me*
He thought of the first time he and Sheridan made love...
He thought of the last time they made love...
*For once I can say
This is mine, you can't take it
Long as I know I've got love I can make it*
He dreamed of their future...
He dreamed of the wedding...
He dreamed of the honeymoon...
He dreamed of the love and children they were going to have...
*For once in my life
I've got that someone who needs me*
He dreamed of his life...
Their life.
-|-Kay-|-
Kay sat on her bed as she thought and said to herself, "Okay, I can be okay tonight if I just don't see Miguel. I can resist the temptation as long as I don't subject myself to it."
Just then Miguel leaned in her room and as he did Kay forgot all about what she had just said to herself as she noticed (how could she not) that Miguel was only wearing his boxers.
He said, "Just wanted to say goodnight Kay." He said.
Kay smiled seductively and said, "Goodnight Miguel."
He was about to leave when he added, "If you have trouble sleeping again I'm right next door."
Kay took a deep breathe and since she couldn't speak she just nodded.
Miguel closed the door.
Kay let out a breathe and said to herself, "Well he was the one who suggested I come into his room or call for him, maybe what he's trying to say..." Kay stopped herself and realized what she was saying.
As she remembered her mothers words she folded her hands and said,0 "Oh my God, give me strength to fight this awful temptation...and help me find out about the vision that I had and what it means...I dont want anything to happen to Luis and Sheridan since they are so in love and have been through so much."
Before she could say amen a bright and beautiful light appeared right in front of her at the foot of the bed.
At first she backed against the wall because she did not know what it was that was there.
Then the Angel Girl appeared.
"Do not be afraid." She said, "I am here in answer to your prayer."
Kay tried to relax but failed as she stuttered, "W-which p-p-part of my p-prayer?"
"Both." The Angel Girl answered simply.
Kay threw her a puzzled glance as she asked, "How?"
"One step at a time." The Angel Girl answered, "I will tell you what your vision meant, and then you will find out why you had the vision, not Charity or Grace."
Kay nodded.
The Angel Girl went on to explain Alistair and Julian's plot to kill Sheridan on her wedding day-tomorrow.
Kay was astonished. So astonished, in fact, that she could speak right away.
Finally she somehow mananged, "What does this have to do with me?"
"I need you to do a good deed." The Angel Girl said, "I need you to go to Sheridan's cottage and fix the ring."
"And how am I suppose to do that without poisoning myself?" Kay asked, alittle confused yet.
The Angel Girl held out her hand and a ball of light twitered and twirled until it shaped a rose.
It changed from the gold-white color to the natural green and red.
The Angel Girl handed it to Kay and said, "Take this rose and slip it inside the ring, and it will be poisoned no more."
Kay took the rose and nodded, but she still wanted to know what good would come out of it for her.
The Angel Girl must have knew this because she said, "If you do this good deed, something good will come upon yourself."
"Is it Miguel?!" The words flew from her mouth.
The Angel Girl smiled, but said, "No, Kay. I'm happy to say it's not. It's something better that will cure your temptation and desire toward Miguel, and also shine a light onto the world for you and show you what it's like to love, and be loved back."
Kay was very puzzled and had many more questions, but the Angel Girl faded and left.
But not before saying, "You can do it Kay, I know it."
Kay took a deep and totally astonished breath as she stood and tried to think of a way to get to the cottage.
She could walk there, but she was worried about getting out of the house without someone knowing.
I mean how could she explain this?
"Argh, now I know what Charity had to deal with." Kay said, "Agh, let's just hope I don't become a goody two shoes too."
She decided on taking the window apporach.
So she opened the window, lucky she was only about a half a yard above the ground, and jumped out.
"Hm," Kay said to herself, "That wasn't as hard as I thought."
She looked back at the window and said, "I just hope that it's easy to get back in."
Kay made her way down the eerily quiet streets and finally arrived at the cottage.
She looked into the windows and didn't see the rings anywhere.
Then she thought to herself, 'If I was about to get married, I wouldn't let those rings out of my sight.'
Thinking of that she walked around the cottage to Sheridan's bedroom window-which was open. She knew that must have been the Angel Girls work.
She peered inside to see a sound asleep Sheridan (with a glowing smile on her face) and next to her head on a night stand was the rings.
Kay took a deep breath, "I don't know if I can do this..."
Before she could think she quickly-but carefully-put the rose in her back pocket just before she took the pludge and lifted herself into the window and as quietly as she could she crept inside.
When she saw Sheridan stir she ducked down to the floor.
Sheridan stopped and started a low and steady hum of her breathe.
Kay could hear her heart pounding in her ears as she crawled across the floor and kneeled on her knees next to the nightstand.
She looked at the two wedding bands and smiled.
Kay actually felt, for once in her entire being, that she was doing something right.
Something, good, daresay.
Then Kay carefully took the rose from her back pocket and took a gasping breath before slidding the rose into Sheridan's wedding ring.
There was a small glow and Kay saw a red lineing from the inside of the ring (the poison, she assumed) peel off and rolled into a ball as it flew out the door, and just after that the wedding band stopped glowing white and returned to normal.
Kay released a breath of satisfaction. She was about to take the rose and leave when Sheridan stirred again.
Immediately Kay made a snap decsion to leave the rose and get out of there.
So she did.
She ran from the cottage and didn't slow down until she got to the street. She smiled as she walked.
She was so in the zone of happiness that she didn't see the person walking right in front of her.
So Kay accidently bumped into the person.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" He said.
"That's okay," Kay answered, looking at the ground and not yet his face, "It was my..." She trailed off as she looked up at his handsome and caring face, "...fault..."
He just smiled, laughed and said, "Hi, I'm Kevin Lopez."
"Lopez?" Kay asked.
"Yeah, I'm Pilar's nephew." He answered.
Kay nodded and then Kevin said, "And you would be..."
"Oh! Yeah I'm sorry, I'm Kay Bennett." Kay said, still alittle shook up.
"Kay Bennett?" Kevin repeated, "Miguel's best friend."
Kay smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, Miguel and I used to be real tight. I used to come over every summer." Kevin looked as if he had something else he wanted so say, so he did, "You know you may not remember this but I was at Miguel's 11th birthday party."
Kay laughed, "Really? I was there too."
"Yeah I know," Kevin said, smirking a smirk that was aching to break out into a laugh, "I was the one who sprayed silly string in your hair."
Kay's eyes went wide as she said, "You were?!"
He nodded and started to laugh.
Kay hit him playfully and said, "I couldn't get that out for like a week! My hair was blue for a month!"
Kevin laughed and said, "Yeah, well, sorry about that."
"A little late don't you think?" Kay said.
Kevin shrugged and said, "Better late than never."
Kay nodded and giggled.
After a few seconds of semi-ackward silence he said, "So you're going to the wedding tomorrow right?"
"Yeah." Kay answered.
"Well I sorta feel bad about the whole silly string deal," Kevin said, grinning, "So I kinna wanna make it up to you."
Kay nodded and said, "I don't know, Miguel called me smerf girl for months after that." she laughed.
"Would you mind being my date for tomorrow?" Kevin asked, "That is if you don't already have one." he added.
"I'd love too." Kay said, "Under one condition."
"And what's that?"
"That you don't get any where near silly string." She said.
Kevin laughed and said, "Alright, I promise."
Kay glared at him.
He raised his right hand and said, "Scouts honor."
She laughed and shook her head, "Alright."
Kevin smiled and said, "I'll see you tomorrow then?"
"Sure," She answered, "I'm staying at Miguel's."
Kevin nodded, understanding that she probably wouldn't want to bring up the subject of her house being...well...sunk.
"I'm at a motel so, I'll meet you there?"
"Sounds great." Kay answered.
"I'll see you then." Kevin said as he started to walk away, yet kept eye contact.
"See you then." Kay said.
They both went their separate ways.
As Kay walked to the house all she could think about was this knew and unexplored territory-Kevin.
~