a/n: I'm still working on my other story but I had this idea for a one shot. Usually I don't have Whitney and Chad related, but since I want this to follow Passions a bit they are, Kay has Maria, but she is with Miguel. Fox is alone, best bud to Theresa. Gwen and Ethan arestill married and have custody of both Little Ethan and Jane. Theresa isn't married to Alistair. Julian and Eve are in love and Rebecca is still Julian's wife. I'm not sure if they will all be present in this short fic. But I figured I would give the background as if they were just in case I do put them in and also to let you know where I am coming from with the story. Please R&R. thanks
"I have had it Ethan. You say you are over here and yet whenever I find you, you are always with her. And don't give me that 'Gwen honey it means nothing, you're over reacting.' I have heard that song and dance one to many times. God, my mother was right about you. You will never get this slut out of your system. What do I have to do? Kill her? Will that get her out of your system once and for all? For crying out loud Ethan she killed our babies. How can you even stand to look at her knowing she took our Sara away from us, our baby boy?"
"Gwen I did not kill Sara," Theresa started.
Whirling to look at the one person she hated most in the world, the one person she vowed to destroy, Gwen looked Theresa in the eye "Do not even start with that innocent act, you and I both know what you did. We both know it was you that pushed me down, causing me to lose Sara. It was YOU who drugged Ethan's and mine surrogate causing yourself to get impregnated. And it was YOU who killed my little boy. Because of YOU Theresa I will never have any kids."
"Come off it Gwen, you can always adopt" Theresa scoffed. "Oh wait that's right you don't need to cause you stole my kids from me. And for your information Gwen I wasn't here to turn Ethan against you with lies that we both know are truths, or to make him try to leave you. Lord knows I have tried, but for some reason you have him blinded to everything you and your witch of a mother do. While you two come out smelling like roses, I am left in your mess trying to find my way out. And I for one am tired of it. I came here tonight to tell Ethan that I was through. I am through competing for a man who obviously doesn't love me as much as he says he does. That's right, SAYS, Gwen, every chance he gets he tells me it's me he loves, you hear that Gwen, ME! But because of those vows you tricked him into he won't leave you. He is sticking by his sham of a marriage cause he is that loyal. You may have his last name Gwen, you may sleep in his bed, but it is MY name he calls out at night isn't it, it is my face he sees when you are making love. It is me, not you, who is in his mind, body, heart, and soul." Laughing "I see the truth in your eyes, you can try to hide it, pretend it's not true, but you know with every fiber in your being, just like Ethan knows with every fiber that I am the one he truly loves, the one he wants in his bed, the one he wishes he was married to. So go ahead and gloat Gwen, gloat cause you have Ethan, but know this, I no longer care. You can have him. I don't want someone who says one thing and does another, a man who breaks one promise just to keep another. He isn't even a man anymore, you and your mom have seen to it. All he is is a puppet, a way for you two witches to inflict more pain and heartache on me. And I have had it. Did you really think that you could just push and push and push me without me striking back? Did you Gwen? Did you think that you could take everything I have ever loved away from me and expect me to take it lying down? I have nothing left Gwen, nothing, and that alone makes me more of a threat to you then you will ever realize."
"What more can you do to me Theresa, you've taken my babies from me" sneered Gwen. "You talk as if you are the innocent party here Theresa, well your not. I let you into my life, I was your friend, and you stabbed me in the back and took Ethan from me, remember? And then again, but this time you literally stabbed me in the back, when you gave birth to little Ethan. You started this, and now I am finishing it. Every heartache, every minute of pain that me and my mother have inflicted on your miserable excuse of a life, every ounce of it that we have made you endure has been worth it. You deserve all that we have given you and more, just for me losing Sara alone. Ethan and I are raising little Ethan and Jane now, and pretty soon little Ethan will forget all about you, and I will be the one he calls mommy, not you. And Jane, well I don't think you are barely a thought to her, she is young enough to forget all about you, even if she does remember, and just like little Ethan she will call me mommy. I will be the one wiping her tears, rocking her back to sleep after she has a bad dream, watching her go on her first date, attending her school plays. Doing everything a mom does, while you are shut out of her life, looking in from the outside."
"Ethan would never let you do that. I gave birth to her Gwen, carried her for months in me, I am her mother and you will never be able to take that or her away from me."
"Giving birth doesn't make you a mother Theresa. You should know that by now." Laughed Gwen.
Looking for support, Theresa turned to Ethan. " Ethan, you wouldn't keep Jane away from me would you? I am her mother. I know the courts awarded you custody, but damnit Ethan she is my little girl, our baby."
"Theresa I think it would be best if you don't see Jane for a while, all this tension isn't good for her. She needs to get used to Gwen and me being there for her."
Tears streaming down her face, Theresa walked up to Ethan and slapped him hard. "You bastard. How could you? She is my daughter Ethan. MINE." Running out of the nursery and down the stairs she made it out into the stormy night before anyone could notice her or her tears, what she didn't know was that one person did see them. He was hiding in the hall listening to everything that was going on, disgusted that Ethan could be so spineless. Walking into the nursery he made his presence known to the two people leaning over the crib, admiring Theresa's daughter Jane.
Clearing his throat he started in on Ethan, "How could you? Do you have any idea what your words just did to her? Do you even care? And you say you love her."
"Not now Fox" Ethan warned, suddenly weary after the night's events.
"OH I'm sorry prince Ethan when would be a good time? Should we schedule it after the surgery removing the rest of your spine? Or maybe when they finally remove the strings from you that Gwen and Rebecca so wonderfully pull."
"I said not now Fox," yelled Ethan as he pushed Fox into the wall, before walking out the room, disgusted with himself and how he handled everything.
Left with just Gwen, Fox straightened himself up, pushed away from the door, and with a knowing gleamin his eye walked over to Gwen and whispered in her ear. " I know you think you have my brother fooled, but I see you for just what you are. Enjoy this time with Jane and little Ethan, cause when I am done with you, the hell you think you have put Theresa through will be nothing compared to the hell you will be going through"
"Is that a threat?" asked Gwen visibly shaken.
"No my dear sister-in-law, it's a promise, and unlike my brother it is one that I do intend to keep." With that he strolled out of the nursery and down the steps, grabbing an umbrella he went to the one spot he knew his friend would be.
Hearing footsteps behind her Theresa spun around, and came face to face with Fox. Walking into his arms she laid her head down on his shoulder crying softly into his shirt. " I've lost them Fox, I've lost them for good. I have nothing left"
Lifting her head he looked into her eyes "You have me Resa. You will always have me."