Decisions
(Author's Note: For sake of reason, Little Ethan does not exist in this story. Most of the storyline relates to what really happened in the show, with a few minor changes..Enjoy reading!)
Ethan Winthrop had a lot on his mind. Tonight, he had to pick the one woman he would spend the rest of his life with. The two women, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald and Gwen Hotchkiss, while not from the same social class, held a piece of Ethan's heart for as long as he could remember. Now, however, he realized that he couldn't string the two women along any more. He had to make a choice, and he had to make one tonight.
"God, please let me choose the right woman to spend the rest of my life with. I love them both so much, and yet, I can't string them along." He thinks to himself as he watches the women in the windows of the Crane estate.
(In Gwen's room)
"Mother, I'm telling you, Ethan has to pick me! We've had so much history together, why would he choose that twit over me!? It's not possible!" Gwen said to her mother, as she sent a prayer that Ethan would be with her forever.
"Oh, Gwennie! If you just hadn't come up with that idea long ago that Ethan should figure out who he loved more by dating you and Theresa, then this wouldn't be happening! You and Ethan would be happily married by now!
"Yes, mother, I'm well aware of that!"
(Meanwhile..in Theresa's room)
"God, I love Ethan so much. Please, let him make the right choice. And if it's not me.." "No, Theresa, don't think that!" She scolds herself out loud. "Ethan loves me. I know he does." As she says this, she catches Ethan looking up into her window from outside.
"Oh, Ethan, please pick me. Let me make you the happiest man ever. I know you still love me. We have to be together."
(In Gwen's Room)
"God, Mother, Ethan is trapped in Theresa's stare! He's looking through her window right now! God, I can't stand that woman! Why was I so stupid!"
"Gwen, please, Ethan loves you. He will pick you, I know it!" Rebecca said as she tried to encourage her daughter, " That little gutter snipe has nothing to give Ethan. You, my daughter, have everything! You have beauty, poise, a wonderful job and education! You will see, I'm right! Ethan will pick you!"
"Mother, for once, I hope you're right."
(Back outside)
Ethan takes out the ring box he bought at the jewelers this morning, as he flashes back on the time he's spent with the two women.
Flashback 1
"Ethan, I'm so happy that we're together! Everything is so perfect for us, isn't it?" Gwen asks as she strokes Ethan's hair.
"Of course, Gwen. We will make a lot of people happy being together." He says.
"But, honey, you are happy with me, aren't you?" She asks curiously.
"Don't be silly, Gwen, of course I am! There is no other woman for me but you!"
Back to the Present
"God, how wrong I was! There was, is, another woman for me.." Ethan says as he goes from Gwen's window, back to Theresa's.
Flashback 2
"Theresa, you're so silly! There's no such thing as fate!" Ethan says as he shares an ice cream with his best friend.
"Duh, Ethan! Of course there is! My papa told me that fate was something that only two people in love would know about. It is such a powerful force. Fate is what is supposed to happen to the right people. I know that, deep in my heart, there is someone out there for me!"
"You really think that, Theresa?"
Theresa looks into the eyes of the man she started developing feelings for. "I only wish it was you, Ethan, that would be with me." She thinks to herself before answering. "Yes, Ethan, I truly believe that if the right people are meant to be together, they will be..."
Present
Ethan sighs as the memory of him and Theresa together fades into the distance. "Theresa, you were right. Fate is a powerful force. I know what I have to do now!" Ethan says out loud as he looks one last time at both women, and then makes his way inside.
"Oh, God, Mother, Ethan is coming in!" Gwen says excitingly.
"Dear God, please let Ethan make the right choice!" Theresa says as she sends a small prayer to Heaven.
Coming Up
Ethan talks with Theresa and Gwen
A decision is made!
Please RR
(Author's Note: For sake of reason, Little Ethan does not exist in this story. Most of the storyline relates to what really happened in the show, with a few minor changes..Enjoy reading!)
Ethan Winthrop had a lot on his mind. Tonight, he had to pick the one woman he would spend the rest of his life with. The two women, Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald and Gwen Hotchkiss, while not from the same social class, held a piece of Ethan's heart for as long as he could remember. Now, however, he realized that he couldn't string the two women along any more. He had to make a choice, and he had to make one tonight.
"God, please let me choose the right woman to spend the rest of my life with. I love them both so much, and yet, I can't string them along." He thinks to himself as he watches the women in the windows of the Crane estate.
(In Gwen's room)
"Mother, I'm telling you, Ethan has to pick me! We've had so much history together, why would he choose that twit over me!? It's not possible!" Gwen said to her mother, as she sent a prayer that Ethan would be with her forever.
"Oh, Gwennie! If you just hadn't come up with that idea long ago that Ethan should figure out who he loved more by dating you and Theresa, then this wouldn't be happening! You and Ethan would be happily married by now!
"Yes, mother, I'm well aware of that!"
(Meanwhile..in Theresa's room)
"God, I love Ethan so much. Please, let him make the right choice. And if it's not me.." "No, Theresa, don't think that!" She scolds herself out loud. "Ethan loves me. I know he does." As she says this, she catches Ethan looking up into her window from outside.
"Oh, Ethan, please pick me. Let me make you the happiest man ever. I know you still love me. We have to be together."
(In Gwen's Room)
"God, Mother, Ethan is trapped in Theresa's stare! He's looking through her window right now! God, I can't stand that woman! Why was I so stupid!"
"Gwen, please, Ethan loves you. He will pick you, I know it!" Rebecca said as she tried to encourage her daughter, " That little gutter snipe has nothing to give Ethan. You, my daughter, have everything! You have beauty, poise, a wonderful job and education! You will see, I'm right! Ethan will pick you!"
"Mother, for once, I hope you're right."
(Back outside)
Ethan takes out the ring box he bought at the jewelers this morning, as he flashes back on the time he's spent with the two women.
Flashback 1
"Ethan, I'm so happy that we're together! Everything is so perfect for us, isn't it?" Gwen asks as she strokes Ethan's hair.
"Of course, Gwen. We will make a lot of people happy being together." He says.
"But, honey, you are happy with me, aren't you?" She asks curiously.
"Don't be silly, Gwen, of course I am! There is no other woman for me but you!"
Back to the Present
"God, how wrong I was! There was, is, another woman for me.." Ethan says as he goes from Gwen's window, back to Theresa's.
Flashback 2
"Theresa, you're so silly! There's no such thing as fate!" Ethan says as he shares an ice cream with his best friend.
"Duh, Ethan! Of course there is! My papa told me that fate was something that only two people in love would know about. It is such a powerful force. Fate is what is supposed to happen to the right people. I know that, deep in my heart, there is someone out there for me!"
"You really think that, Theresa?"
Theresa looks into the eyes of the man she started developing feelings for. "I only wish it was you, Ethan, that would be with me." She thinks to herself before answering. "Yes, Ethan, I truly believe that if the right people are meant to be together, they will be..."
Present
Ethan sighs as the memory of him and Theresa together fades into the distance. "Theresa, you were right. Fate is a powerful force. I know what I have to do now!" Ethan says out loud as he looks one last time at both women, and then makes his way inside.
"Oh, God, Mother, Ethan is coming in!" Gwen says excitingly.
"Dear God, please let Ethan make the right choice!" Theresa says as she sends a small prayer to Heaven.
Coming Up
Ethan talks with Theresa and Gwen
A decision is made!
Please RR