Gwen's downfall
By: Laurie-Lee Chapter 6: A memory
Fox brought his lips on her hand again but suddenly, the baby's vital monitor began to beep loudly.
"What is going on? Theresa, the baby! NO!" As he was screaming, Dr. Mercola and three nurses entered in the cubicle in a hurry.
"Mr. Crane, I'm afraid that you can stay in here. Please, go out of the cubicle." said the doctor, dragging him out.
"No! I want to know what is going on with my wife! What is that sound?" Fox said, walking towards the cubicle again but Dr. Mercola stopped him.
"Fox, please, you cannot go back in there. You need to let us work."
"But..but.."
"Fox, we already have to deal with a precarious situation here. Don't make our work too hard by disturbing us."
"Dr. Mercola, she's gone into labor!" screamed a nurse.
"Her blood pressure is over the roof again!" added another one.
"OMG, NO! Give her a CS-sedative. (sorry guys, I'm not good with medical stuff so I create! This CS is a contraction stopper!) Right now!" He turned to Fox and the others. "I'm very deeply sorry but I have to go. Be sure of staying here." He ran to the cubicle again. Fox literally fell to the floor, sobbing.
"Please God; don't take my baby away from me!"
***
Gwen was really bored. Dr. Abel had decided that it was better for her and the baby to stay in bed than go for a stroll.
"Why can't he just let me have a stroll on the ground? I mean, I really want to know how Theresa and her unborn baby are!" she exclaimed to the nurse that was entering the room. [Pfhew! I little more and I was saying "if I really killed Theresa and her unborn baby!]
"Look Mrs. Winthrop, Dr. Abel doesn't want you to be upset. If you discovers that a bad luck just happened to your friend and her baby, you might get upset. He's prohibiting you to do so in order to protect you and your lovely baby."
"I know, but can't we just make an exception? I mean, me and Theresa are really close."
"No, Mrs. Winthrop. You stay in your bed and relax as much as possible for the birth of your lovely baby!"
"Alright! I won't argue with you on this point."
"You better not Mrs. Winthrop. But since you seem to be so concerned about your friend, then I think I'll let you go over there. That is, if your husband is with you of course."
"Thank you Dr. Abel." He helped her out of her bed and rolled her down.
***
Fifteen minutes later, Dr. Mercola went out of Theresa's cubicle yet again. Ethan approached the doctor.
"Dr. Mercola, how are Theresa and the baby?"
"Miss Lopez-Fitzgerald's state hasn't changed. Concerning the baby, we managed to stop the contractions." Fox looked up to the doctor.
"Thank God! Can I go and see them again?"
"I'm afraid I can't allow that. Your wife's condition is too much critical for you to go in there. Currently, the nurses are trying to make her blood pressure go down. I will check on her later."
"Thank you Dr. Mercola." The doctor went away. A silent fell on the group until Whitney spoke.
"Fox, I know it must be hard for you but you have to calm yourself down and take some fresh air would maybe help you."
"It's nice from you but I don't want to leave. What if something happen to Theresa or the baby again?"
"You have to believe otherwise Fox. It isn't good for you to worry for the worst."
"Chad, man, I really appreciate your concern but it's stronger than me. Anyway, I'll go over the chapel to pray." Once he was gone, Chad and Whitney left to take some air and Ethan entered in Theresa's cubicle. He sat on a char near her and took her hand. Memories of their encounter on the Marina's beach came back to his mind.
~Flashback~
Ethan was walking down the Marina's beach when he heard voices. Quickly, he hid in some bushes and saw the couple who had just walked in; it was Fox and Theresa.
"That sexy dance exhausted me!" exclaimed Theresa, smiling.
"You shouldn't have done it. You know the doctor told you to don't do things to hard."
"Fox, dancing isn't too hard! Besides, I wanted to dance with the caring father of my child." she said, taking Fox's hand and putting it on her belly.
"He or she is moving!" he exclaimed, a smile forming on his lips.
"It seems the baby knows who his or her father is!"
"Yes. You know, you are amazing Theresa. I never thought that you and I would be parents that soon. I mean, wasn't it only 6 months ago that you told me you loved me?"
"Almost. You know, the day Ethan married Gwen, I thought my life was destroyed until you told me about your so-called love" said Theresa. Fox frowned.
"Hey! It wasn't a so called-love. I loved you from the day I almost jumped with you in your bed."
"I know. I was just kidding you. You know, I am really thirsty. Why don't you go to the bar and bring me back a bottle of cold water huh?"
"Anything for my love." answered Fox before leaving. As soon as Fox had disappeared from the stairs leading to the bar, Ethan had stepped out of the bushes and made Theresa jump.
"God, you scared me Ethan!"
"I am sorry. I didn't mean to."
"What are you doing down here?" she asked.
"I was just walking and thinking. You know, it was a close encounter tonight with Gwen. I mean, she could have seen you and something could have happened to the baby."
"Yes, well I am just glad that she's back at the hospital where nothing can happen to her or your baby."
"Yeah, what are you doing here all alone?"
"Well, I wasn't alone. Fox is gone to the bar. I asked him to bring me cold water. The sexy dance we had exhausted me a little."
"It could have been dangerous for you and the baby." Theresa sighed.
"Ethan, you should be worrying for your own child instead of mine."
"Theresa, I can't help but worry about your child. I mean, look who's the father!"
"What exactly do you mean by that?"
"Oh Theresa, you know exactly how I feel about Fox. I still think what I told you back in Harmony. Fox is no good and especially for this baby."
"How can you say something like that Ethan? I mean huh? How can you think that Fox won't be a good father to his own child?"
"Fox don't come with the chromosomes permitting him to love someone or somebody, even if it's his own child! Last time I checked, he was still Julian Crane's son, Alistair's grandson."
"You don't know how much you are wrong Ethan. Fox loves me and already loves this baby!"
"Yeah right, like I am really supposed to believe that?"
"You have to Ethan. And what rights do you have to come here and talk badly about the man I love?" said harshly Theresa, very exasperated of Ethan's attitude.
"The man you love? Theresa, you can't be serious about his! Fox can't be the man you love!"
"He is Ethan! It's time for you to enter this in your head because Fox is the father of my baby whether you like it or not and we are going to raise this child together."
"No Theresa! I am the man you love! I am the one with who you should be raising this baby!" he said, touching her belly.
"God Ethan! You are married to Gwen and having a baby with her! How can you say that you should be the man with who I have to raise my unborn baby?"
"Theresa, the fact that I am married to Gwen shouldn't stop you and me from being together and having the family we always wanted!" Theresa couldn't believe her ears.
"How can you do this to your wife? I thought that you loved her and your baby but obviously I was wrong!"
"Theresa, you and I both know that I married her out of obligation to the baby. If it wasn't of my child she is carrying, I would be your husband."
"But the fact still is that you are married with Gwen and having a baby with her while I'm with Fox. You chose Gwen over me and I moved on Ethan. I'm a grown-up girl, pregnant with the child of the man she loves. And there is nothing, absolutely nothing that you can do to stop me from being with Fox." Theresa began to go away when Ethan grabbed her gently by the arm.
"You sure that there is nothing I can do?"
"I am absolutely positive." she said, facing him.
"Then you are wrong Theresa. I can do something to stop you. This." he said before bringing his lips to hers and kissing her passionately. Theresa was so surprised that when he inquired the entry of her mouth, she let the kiss deepens. Fox went down the stairs with Whitney when she stopped him.
"Oh Gosh! Don't look over there." But as she was saying this, Fox looked.
"Oh! I should have known. Ethan will never let Theresa and me alone."
"Fox, I am so sorry."
"Oh don't be Whitney! I don't even know why I am this upset. I already knew that Prince Ethan wouldn't let go of her before we came to Los Angeles but I never expected him to make moves on her while his pregnant wife is in the hospital."
"You know, I knew Ethan would pull something like this to drag her away from you Fox but I just can't believe that Theresa's falling for this again. All Ethan is going to do is hurt her."
"That's the worst part about it. She's such a beautiful person inside and out. She just -- she doesn't see what the rest of us sees. You know, my half brother, he ought to be ashamed of himself, leading Theresa on like that when he's got a wife in the hospital and a baby on the way. Who does that? Who takes advantage of someone so trusting and so innocent? Who tries to drag a pregnant woman away from the father of the baby, an ex not the less?"
"I don't know Fox. Look, I never meant for you to be hurt like this. Come on, we would be better inside."
"No Whitney. Go back yourself. I won't let Ethan take Theresa and my child away from me. I told her that I would bring her a cold bottle of water and I will." he said before walking towards his girlfriend and his half-brother. "Ethan! Would you let the mother of my child alone?" Ethan broke the kiss, surprised.
"Fox, my my, don't you see that Theresa and I are busy?"
"How dare you? No but really huh? How dare you kiss my pregnant girlfriend while your own wife is in the hospital, waiting for the birth of your baby?"
"How dare I kiss her? God Fox, she is the woman I love."
"Let me laugh! Isn't Gwen, the woman that you are married to and that carries your child, the one you love?"
"Look, I'm not discussing this with you." said Ethan but Fox cut him.
"You're right! You aren't discussing this with me because I am taking Theresa home. Come on Resa."
"You're not taking her anywhere!" exclaimed Ethan, taking Theresa by the hand. "She doesn't want to anyway."
"What the hell do you think you're doing? Theresa is that true?"
"No Fox, I swear. I really want to go home"
"You see dear half-brother. Theresa is tired and she needs to rest for both hers and our baby's sake. Let her go now." Ethan reluctantly let her go before whispering something.
"I swear Theresa, you and I will be together someday."
"In your dreams Ethan!" screamed Fox before going away with Theresa.
~End of flashback~
"Dear God, why did this camera crew have to air this on national TV? Why did Gwen have to turn her TV on and see this? Theresa, I still love you so much. You have to be alright. Hold on to life so we can be together again even if the baby dies or lives." The curtain of the cubicle moved without Ethan noticing it.
"Unh unh" Ethan turned around and was shock to see who it was.
******************************** Who did Ethan see? Enjoy and review! - Laurie-Lee
By: Laurie-Lee Chapter 6: A memory
Fox brought his lips on her hand again but suddenly, the baby's vital monitor began to beep loudly.
"What is going on? Theresa, the baby! NO!" As he was screaming, Dr. Mercola and three nurses entered in the cubicle in a hurry.
"Mr. Crane, I'm afraid that you can stay in here. Please, go out of the cubicle." said the doctor, dragging him out.
"No! I want to know what is going on with my wife! What is that sound?" Fox said, walking towards the cubicle again but Dr. Mercola stopped him.
"Fox, please, you cannot go back in there. You need to let us work."
"But..but.."
"Fox, we already have to deal with a precarious situation here. Don't make our work too hard by disturbing us."
"Dr. Mercola, she's gone into labor!" screamed a nurse.
"Her blood pressure is over the roof again!" added another one.
"OMG, NO! Give her a CS-sedative. (sorry guys, I'm not good with medical stuff so I create! This CS is a contraction stopper!) Right now!" He turned to Fox and the others. "I'm very deeply sorry but I have to go. Be sure of staying here." He ran to the cubicle again. Fox literally fell to the floor, sobbing.
"Please God; don't take my baby away from me!"
***
Gwen was really bored. Dr. Abel had decided that it was better for her and the baby to stay in bed than go for a stroll.
"Why can't he just let me have a stroll on the ground? I mean, I really want to know how Theresa and her unborn baby are!" she exclaimed to the nurse that was entering the room. [Pfhew! I little more and I was saying "if I really killed Theresa and her unborn baby!]
"Look Mrs. Winthrop, Dr. Abel doesn't want you to be upset. If you discovers that a bad luck just happened to your friend and her baby, you might get upset. He's prohibiting you to do so in order to protect you and your lovely baby."
"I know, but can't we just make an exception? I mean, me and Theresa are really close."
"No, Mrs. Winthrop. You stay in your bed and relax as much as possible for the birth of your lovely baby!"
"Alright! I won't argue with you on this point."
"You better not Mrs. Winthrop. But since you seem to be so concerned about your friend, then I think I'll let you go over there. That is, if your husband is with you of course."
"Thank you Dr. Abel." He helped her out of her bed and rolled her down.
***
Fifteen minutes later, Dr. Mercola went out of Theresa's cubicle yet again. Ethan approached the doctor.
"Dr. Mercola, how are Theresa and the baby?"
"Miss Lopez-Fitzgerald's state hasn't changed. Concerning the baby, we managed to stop the contractions." Fox looked up to the doctor.
"Thank God! Can I go and see them again?"
"I'm afraid I can't allow that. Your wife's condition is too much critical for you to go in there. Currently, the nurses are trying to make her blood pressure go down. I will check on her later."
"Thank you Dr. Mercola." The doctor went away. A silent fell on the group until Whitney spoke.
"Fox, I know it must be hard for you but you have to calm yourself down and take some fresh air would maybe help you."
"It's nice from you but I don't want to leave. What if something happen to Theresa or the baby again?"
"You have to believe otherwise Fox. It isn't good for you to worry for the worst."
"Chad, man, I really appreciate your concern but it's stronger than me. Anyway, I'll go over the chapel to pray." Once he was gone, Chad and Whitney left to take some air and Ethan entered in Theresa's cubicle. He sat on a char near her and took her hand. Memories of their encounter on the Marina's beach came back to his mind.
~Flashback~
Ethan was walking down the Marina's beach when he heard voices. Quickly, he hid in some bushes and saw the couple who had just walked in; it was Fox and Theresa.
"That sexy dance exhausted me!" exclaimed Theresa, smiling.
"You shouldn't have done it. You know the doctor told you to don't do things to hard."
"Fox, dancing isn't too hard! Besides, I wanted to dance with the caring father of my child." she said, taking Fox's hand and putting it on her belly.
"He or she is moving!" he exclaimed, a smile forming on his lips.
"It seems the baby knows who his or her father is!"
"Yes. You know, you are amazing Theresa. I never thought that you and I would be parents that soon. I mean, wasn't it only 6 months ago that you told me you loved me?"
"Almost. You know, the day Ethan married Gwen, I thought my life was destroyed until you told me about your so-called love" said Theresa. Fox frowned.
"Hey! It wasn't a so called-love. I loved you from the day I almost jumped with you in your bed."
"I know. I was just kidding you. You know, I am really thirsty. Why don't you go to the bar and bring me back a bottle of cold water huh?"
"Anything for my love." answered Fox before leaving. As soon as Fox had disappeared from the stairs leading to the bar, Ethan had stepped out of the bushes and made Theresa jump.
"God, you scared me Ethan!"
"I am sorry. I didn't mean to."
"What are you doing down here?" she asked.
"I was just walking and thinking. You know, it was a close encounter tonight with Gwen. I mean, she could have seen you and something could have happened to the baby."
"Yes, well I am just glad that she's back at the hospital where nothing can happen to her or your baby."
"Yeah, what are you doing here all alone?"
"Well, I wasn't alone. Fox is gone to the bar. I asked him to bring me cold water. The sexy dance we had exhausted me a little."
"It could have been dangerous for you and the baby." Theresa sighed.
"Ethan, you should be worrying for your own child instead of mine."
"Theresa, I can't help but worry about your child. I mean, look who's the father!"
"What exactly do you mean by that?"
"Oh Theresa, you know exactly how I feel about Fox. I still think what I told you back in Harmony. Fox is no good and especially for this baby."
"How can you say something like that Ethan? I mean huh? How can you think that Fox won't be a good father to his own child?"
"Fox don't come with the chromosomes permitting him to love someone or somebody, even if it's his own child! Last time I checked, he was still Julian Crane's son, Alistair's grandson."
"You don't know how much you are wrong Ethan. Fox loves me and already loves this baby!"
"Yeah right, like I am really supposed to believe that?"
"You have to Ethan. And what rights do you have to come here and talk badly about the man I love?" said harshly Theresa, very exasperated of Ethan's attitude.
"The man you love? Theresa, you can't be serious about his! Fox can't be the man you love!"
"He is Ethan! It's time for you to enter this in your head because Fox is the father of my baby whether you like it or not and we are going to raise this child together."
"No Theresa! I am the man you love! I am the one with who you should be raising this baby!" he said, touching her belly.
"God Ethan! You are married to Gwen and having a baby with her! How can you say that you should be the man with who I have to raise my unborn baby?"
"Theresa, the fact that I am married to Gwen shouldn't stop you and me from being together and having the family we always wanted!" Theresa couldn't believe her ears.
"How can you do this to your wife? I thought that you loved her and your baby but obviously I was wrong!"
"Theresa, you and I both know that I married her out of obligation to the baby. If it wasn't of my child she is carrying, I would be your husband."
"But the fact still is that you are married with Gwen and having a baby with her while I'm with Fox. You chose Gwen over me and I moved on Ethan. I'm a grown-up girl, pregnant with the child of the man she loves. And there is nothing, absolutely nothing that you can do to stop me from being with Fox." Theresa began to go away when Ethan grabbed her gently by the arm.
"You sure that there is nothing I can do?"
"I am absolutely positive." she said, facing him.
"Then you are wrong Theresa. I can do something to stop you. This." he said before bringing his lips to hers and kissing her passionately. Theresa was so surprised that when he inquired the entry of her mouth, she let the kiss deepens. Fox went down the stairs with Whitney when she stopped him.
"Oh Gosh! Don't look over there." But as she was saying this, Fox looked.
"Oh! I should have known. Ethan will never let Theresa and me alone."
"Fox, I am so sorry."
"Oh don't be Whitney! I don't even know why I am this upset. I already knew that Prince Ethan wouldn't let go of her before we came to Los Angeles but I never expected him to make moves on her while his pregnant wife is in the hospital."
"You know, I knew Ethan would pull something like this to drag her away from you Fox but I just can't believe that Theresa's falling for this again. All Ethan is going to do is hurt her."
"That's the worst part about it. She's such a beautiful person inside and out. She just -- she doesn't see what the rest of us sees. You know, my half brother, he ought to be ashamed of himself, leading Theresa on like that when he's got a wife in the hospital and a baby on the way. Who does that? Who takes advantage of someone so trusting and so innocent? Who tries to drag a pregnant woman away from the father of the baby, an ex not the less?"
"I don't know Fox. Look, I never meant for you to be hurt like this. Come on, we would be better inside."
"No Whitney. Go back yourself. I won't let Ethan take Theresa and my child away from me. I told her that I would bring her a cold bottle of water and I will." he said before walking towards his girlfriend and his half-brother. "Ethan! Would you let the mother of my child alone?" Ethan broke the kiss, surprised.
"Fox, my my, don't you see that Theresa and I are busy?"
"How dare you? No but really huh? How dare you kiss my pregnant girlfriend while your own wife is in the hospital, waiting for the birth of your baby?"
"How dare I kiss her? God Fox, she is the woman I love."
"Let me laugh! Isn't Gwen, the woman that you are married to and that carries your child, the one you love?"
"Look, I'm not discussing this with you." said Ethan but Fox cut him.
"You're right! You aren't discussing this with me because I am taking Theresa home. Come on Resa."
"You're not taking her anywhere!" exclaimed Ethan, taking Theresa by the hand. "She doesn't want to anyway."
"What the hell do you think you're doing? Theresa is that true?"
"No Fox, I swear. I really want to go home"
"You see dear half-brother. Theresa is tired and she needs to rest for both hers and our baby's sake. Let her go now." Ethan reluctantly let her go before whispering something.
"I swear Theresa, you and I will be together someday."
"In your dreams Ethan!" screamed Fox before going away with Theresa.
~End of flashback~
"Dear God, why did this camera crew have to air this on national TV? Why did Gwen have to turn her TV on and see this? Theresa, I still love you so much. You have to be alright. Hold on to life so we can be together again even if the baby dies or lives." The curtain of the cubicle moved without Ethan noticing it.
"Unh unh" Ethan turned around and was shock to see who it was.
******************************** Who did Ethan see? Enjoy and review! - Laurie-Lee
