Ethan sat down the last box on the floor of his mother's living room. When Julian had found out about Ethan's paternity he had kicked Ivy and she had bought her own house and now Ethan was living with her since Gwen had kicked him out. He had tried to explain to Gwen but she still hadn't listened and now he was living with his mother. The phone rang and Ethan answered it.
"Mr. Winthrop, you asked me to alert you if there was any change in Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald's condition?" asked a nurse.
"Yes, I did. Is she okay?" asked Ethan nervously.
"Yes, in fact she woke up an hour ago."
"Okay, thank you." Said Ethan letting out a huge sigh of relief as he hung up the phone,


"Okay, I want you to curl your hand up like you want to fight some body." Said Dr. Del Amico as she watched Theresa curl both her hands into fists. "Okay that's great. Now I'm going to test your legs, said Anna going down to the bottom of Theresa's bed and pulling the sheet up. "I want you to wiggle your toes for me." Anna watched as nothing happened.
"Theresa, I want you to push on my hand with your foot, like you're driving a car." Said Anna as Theresa's foot stood still. "Okay." Said Dr. Del Amico worriedly. "When you feel the needle prick you I want you to tell me." Dr. Del Amico took a needle and started poking Theresa starting with her foot. When she got to the top of Theresa's thigh Theresa responded.
"The medicine, it hasn't worn off all of the way, right?" asked Theresa worriedly. "That's why I can't fell my legs isn't Dr.?" she said in a whisper.
"We're going to have to do some tests, don't worry, I'll send Chad back in and after you see your family I want you to rest, okay?"

Chad walked back in. "Hey, how are you?" he asked sitting down beside her.
"I can't feel my legs." She said in low voice.
"Theresa, you can't give up, you can get through anything."
Theresa grabbed his hand. "How are you?" she asked.
"I cut down on my hours at the construction site and I'm still studying to get my diploma, I miss my study partner though."
"I know you are going to do great. You cut back on your hours because of me didn't you?"
"Yeah, well, I couldn't do much work knowing you were here. But now you are going to be fine."
"Has-has Ethan been by or anything?" asked Theresa although she instantly regretted asking when she saw a look of disappointment flash across his face.
"I heard Sheridan talking to Luis, Ethan came by and saw you the night of the accident but he had some other things to take care of." Said Chad. He remembered hearing Sheridan tell Luis that Ethan had told Theresa he loved her.
"Oh." Was all Theresa said.
"Therisita! I am so glad you are awake!" said Pilar as she ran into the room and hugged Theresa.
"You two need some time alone, I'll see you later." Said Chad leaving.


Theresa watched as Miguel and Charity left and a nurse came and turned off the light and closed the blinds. She was so tired and just about to drift off to sleep when she heard the door open and then shut. She figured it was a nurse checking on something so she kept her eyes closed.
"Theresa?" came a whisper.
Theresa opened up her eyes but it was so dark she could only see the outline of someone.
"Who is it?" she asked nervously.
The person turned the lights up so she could see a little better even though it was still partly dark. "Ethan!" said Theresa smiling.
"I hope I didn't wake you up." He said walking towards her and looking at her fondly.
"No, I was wide awake." She said lying.
"I wanted to bring you this." He said handing her a pink rose.
"Thank you." She said and there was an awkward silence afterwards. After a minute Theresa spoke up. "Why didn't you ever come and visit me?" she asked.
"I had some important things to do and a lot was going on."
"Chad has two jobs, he works for almost twelve sometimes thirteen hours a day, six days a week plus he studies and goes to school for two hours at night three days a week and he has been here every single day for hours just to read to me or to talk to me when he should be sleeping or resting and you think you are busy. He even cut back on hours from his job, loosing money that he's saving up for college next year just to sit with me and you couldn't even spare ten minutes a day, for someone you supposedly love?" said her previous hurt and disappointment turning into anger.
"I wanted to come and see you but Chad and Luis didn't want me too. I had things to deal with too."
"I'm not saying you should have spent every moment with me but you haven't even seen me in three weeks, I wasn't guarded by my family every hour of every day, it wouldn't have killed you to even sneak in once a week and talk to me for five minutes!"
"Theresa, I have been under a lot of stress lately-"
"Do you think that I haven't, I've been lying in this bed for three whole weeks, listening as the world passes me by. Your voice, hearing it would have meant everything to me. Before anything you are supposed to be one of my best friends and finally when I wake up you are here like it was just yesterday that this all happened." Said Theresa.
"Theresa, I'll tell you why I have been gone and then maybe you'll understand. The night you were brought here, Gwen- Gwen had a miscarriage, she lost the baby."
"Oh my God, Ethan- I'm so sorry, I didn't know." Said Theresa covering her face with her hands and crying.
"Theresa, there's something else." Said Ethan sitting down.
"Please don't tell me Gwen died." Pleaded Theresa thinking about how awful that would be. She had actually liked Gwen.
"No, Gwen is okay physically. It's just she left me." Said Ethan running a hand through his hair.
"She what? Why would she do- she found out you loved me didn't she?" asked Theresa.
"Yeah, she came to the hospital after I got here and she walked in on us."
Theresa just thought for a minute and then asked her question. "Ethan, I have something to ask you if Gwen still had the baby and if she had never heard what you said to me would you have left her for me?"
Ethan didn't say anything he just looked down.
"I didn't think you would. I love you with every fiber of my being, I thought we were meant to be together but I guess I was wrong." said Theresa stubbornly sticking her chin out and trying not to cry.
"I'll come visit you tomorrow." Said Ethan quietly as he left.