D/C: Haven't you been paying attention?
P. S. You asked for it...
Theresa's POV
I slept restlessly the night after the worst day of my life. Whitney finally spoke to Chad, and they agreed to break it off and get on with their lives. Simone is giving Chad, Whitney, and Eve the silent treatment, and is giving no signs of stopping. In fact, the only people she would talk to were Kay and Charity, neither of which were much help to her.
Dream Flashback
I turned the corner inside Crane Manor into the parlor, where I thought I heard someone talking loudly.
"Hank, I can't run off with you now, I've finally got Ethan back, and I'm not letting Theresa get her way again. I did that once already, and I can't take her with him anymore. I'm sorry for staying with you for so long, knowing it would be harder once I got Ethan back, but I have to put us aside for awhile. Once Ethan and I are safely married, then we could be together again, I swear," Gwen was explaining.
"Okay, but do you promise?" Hank asked, holding her hands in his.
"Of course I do," she said, leaning in to kiss him, long and fierce.
I was going to follow them, but once I got to the second floor landing, I saw where they were going: into the room she and Ethan had been sharing.
Later on that same day, I was leaving the kitchen with Little Ethan to take him in for a nap, when more 'unexpected visitors' arrived.
There was a knock at the door. Gwen answered it, wearing a loose-fitting negligee'.
"I've been waiting for you," was all she said, before pulling Noah Bennett in for a long kiss.
"So this is what she does when Ethan's working late," I thought to myself. "What am I going to tell him?"
End Dream Flashback
I woke up with a start. Miguel was shaking my shoulders, trying to get me up.
"Theresa, what's wrong?" he asked.
"N... nothing. Just a bad dream's all. Nothing to be worried about. Just go back to bed," I tried to instruct him.
"Just one thing first. Why were you screaming 'What am I going to tell him'? And who's 'he'?" Miguel probed.
"Never mind. I must've been thinking about something before I fell asleep. Just go on up to bed," I enforced.
"As long as you're okay," he said.
"I'm lucky to have such a caring little brother," I said, giving him a tight hug.
He went back to the room he'd been using while we had guests at Mama's house, and I fell back to sleep.
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I eventually fell asleep that night, only to wake up early for the settlement of the will. Chad pretty much presided over it, making sure everyone who was mentioned got what was written for, including me.
"It's hard to think of you as my stepmother, isn't it?" he asked.
"I know," I told him, laughing.
After everyone had been given their inheritance, we sat down for a relaxing meal. Lyn joined us, and we talked about the babies, and she even asked me about Luis.
"Luis, much like Alex, is a devoted older brother, minus a previous marriage and Xander. Nothing more, unless there's something you haven't told me," I told her.
"Not really, exept for his habits, which I'm not going to tell you, 'cause the'll turn you off from him," she hinted.
The rest of the night went like that, Lyn got to know my friends, who were enjoying her company, especially Jessica and Reese.
Everyone went home after six, because no one in Harmony can stand the Crane manor for very long, of course.
Later on, after Ethan, Lyn and I put Little Ethan and Mattie down, we chatted amiably, while Gwen was supposedly out at the cemetary, "paying her last respects" as she put it. Lyn and I were both getting tired, so we decided to turn in for the night. Ethan escorted us to our rooms. After Lyn was situated in her room for the night, Ethan took me to mine, and I took it as an opportunity to tell him.
"Ethan, can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked.
"Sure, what's up?" he asked.
"I'm afraid I need to tell you something..." I was cut off.
"Hello? Ethan?" Gwen yelled, running around the hall.
"In here, Gwen," he poked his head out the doorway.
"I'm tired, lets turn in for the night," she complained.
"Well, you can tell me in the morning, okay?" he shrugged.
Gwen shot a dirty look back at me, clearly telling me to shut up.
" 'Night, Theresa. I'll just check on the baby really quick, so you don't have to, okay?" he suggested.
" 'Night, Ethan... Gwen," I added, trying to be sociable.
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Lyn's POV
I was sorry to leave, having never really lived in a small-town atmosphere before, but was somehow anxious to get home.
I talked to Miguel and Pilar for awhile, while Theresa was saying goodbye to her friend Whitney Russell.
"It was so nice to meet you," I told them.
"You're not getting rid of me that easialy. Ethan and I are taking you guys back home," Miguel laughed.
"What's up?" Theresa asked, joining in on the conversation.
"Your brother thinks we're letting come home with us," I mockingly complained.
"Oh yeah?" she inquired.
We attacked him, with tickles, of course. (A/N: Am I the only teenage girl who doesn't want to see Miguel topless, covered in tickles? I must have a weird fantasy, then.)
Ethan interrupted us.
"If you guys don't get a move on, then we're going to miss the flight," he scolded, carting Little Ethan on his hip.
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As was in the trip out, the trip home was a horror, with four (we're counting Miguel and Ethan in this) babies who wanted to jump off the plane for dear life. (A/N: I'm sorry, it's just to good to be true: two sexy guys with no faults?)
Alex met us at the airport.
"Alex!" I called across the terminal to my brother.
"Lyn?" he called, searching for my face.
We found him, and I gave him a tight hug.
"I've missed you, Little Sis," he whispered with his baby name for me into my ear.
"I missed you too, Bubber," I told him (big tradition in my family, the 'bubber' nickname). "Where's Xander?" I asked.
"At home, with Mom," he answered. Just then Theresa, Ethan and Miguel came up, with Ethan holding Little Ethan, and Miguel holding Mattie (hey, the guy loves 'cute' girls...). "How's little Matheson Adrienne?" he asked, shaking Miguel's hand while taking her.
" 'Lex!" she cried.
"She gets better every time," " 'Lex" laughed. "Let's get home, Mom's expecting everyone for dinner."
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Theresa's POV
I slept restlessly the night after the worst day of my life. Whitney finally spoke to Chad, and they agreed to break it off and get on with their lives. Simone is giving Chad, Whitney, and Eve the silent treatment, and is giving no signs of stopping. In fact, the only people she would talk to were Kay and Charity, neither of which were much help to her.
Dream Flashback
I turned the corner inside Crane Manor into the parlor, where I thought I heard someone talking loudly.
"Hank, I can't run off with you now, I've finally got Ethan back, and I'm not letting Theresa get her way again. I did that once already, and I can't take her with him anymore. I'm sorry for staying with you for so long, knowing it would be harder once I got Ethan back, but I have to put us aside for awhile. Once Ethan and I are safely married, then we could be together again, I swear," Gwen was explaining.
"Okay, but do you promise?" Hank asked, holding her hands in his.
"Of course I do," she said, leaning in to kiss him, long and fierce.
I was going to follow them, but once I got to the second floor landing, I saw where they were going: into the room she and Ethan had been sharing.
Later on that same day, I was leaving the kitchen with Little Ethan to take him in for a nap, when more 'unexpected visitors' arrived.
There was a knock at the door. Gwen answered it, wearing a loose-fitting negligee'.
"I've been waiting for you," was all she said, before pulling Noah Bennett in for a long kiss.
"So this is what she does when Ethan's working late," I thought to myself. "What am I going to tell him?"
End Dream Flashback
I woke up with a start. Miguel was shaking my shoulders, trying to get me up.
"Theresa, what's wrong?" he asked.
"N... nothing. Just a bad dream's all. Nothing to be worried about. Just go back to bed," I tried to instruct him.
"Just one thing first. Why were you screaming 'What am I going to tell him'? And who's 'he'?" Miguel probed.
"Never mind. I must've been thinking about something before I fell asleep. Just go on up to bed," I enforced.
"As long as you're okay," he said.
"I'm lucky to have such a caring little brother," I said, giving him a tight hug.
He went back to the room he'd been using while we had guests at Mama's house, and I fell back to sleep.
***********
I eventually fell asleep that night, only to wake up early for the settlement of the will. Chad pretty much presided over it, making sure everyone who was mentioned got what was written for, including me.
"It's hard to think of you as my stepmother, isn't it?" he asked.
"I know," I told him, laughing.
After everyone had been given their inheritance, we sat down for a relaxing meal. Lyn joined us, and we talked about the babies, and she even asked me about Luis.
"Luis, much like Alex, is a devoted older brother, minus a previous marriage and Xander. Nothing more, unless there's something you haven't told me," I told her.
"Not really, exept for his habits, which I'm not going to tell you, 'cause the'll turn you off from him," she hinted.
The rest of the night went like that, Lyn got to know my friends, who were enjoying her company, especially Jessica and Reese.
Everyone went home after six, because no one in Harmony can stand the Crane manor for very long, of course.
Later on, after Ethan, Lyn and I put Little Ethan and Mattie down, we chatted amiably, while Gwen was supposedly out at the cemetary, "paying her last respects" as she put it. Lyn and I were both getting tired, so we decided to turn in for the night. Ethan escorted us to our rooms. After Lyn was situated in her room for the night, Ethan took me to mine, and I took it as an opportunity to tell him.
"Ethan, can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked.
"Sure, what's up?" he asked.
"I'm afraid I need to tell you something..." I was cut off.
"Hello? Ethan?" Gwen yelled, running around the hall.
"In here, Gwen," he poked his head out the doorway.
"I'm tired, lets turn in for the night," she complained.
"Well, you can tell me in the morning, okay?" he shrugged.
Gwen shot a dirty look back at me, clearly telling me to shut up.
" 'Night, Theresa. I'll just check on the baby really quick, so you don't have to, okay?" he suggested.
" 'Night, Ethan... Gwen," I added, trying to be sociable.
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Lyn's POV
I was sorry to leave, having never really lived in a small-town atmosphere before, but was somehow anxious to get home.
I talked to Miguel and Pilar for awhile, while Theresa was saying goodbye to her friend Whitney Russell.
"It was so nice to meet you," I told them.
"You're not getting rid of me that easialy. Ethan and I are taking you guys back home," Miguel laughed.
"What's up?" Theresa asked, joining in on the conversation.
"Your brother thinks we're letting come home with us," I mockingly complained.
"Oh yeah?" she inquired.
We attacked him, with tickles, of course. (A/N: Am I the only teenage girl who doesn't want to see Miguel topless, covered in tickles? I must have a weird fantasy, then.)
Ethan interrupted us.
"If you guys don't get a move on, then we're going to miss the flight," he scolded, carting Little Ethan on his hip.
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As was in the trip out, the trip home was a horror, with four (we're counting Miguel and Ethan in this) babies who wanted to jump off the plane for dear life. (A/N: I'm sorry, it's just to good to be true: two sexy guys with no faults?)
Alex met us at the airport.
"Alex!" I called across the terminal to my brother.
"Lyn?" he called, searching for my face.
We found him, and I gave him a tight hug.
"I've missed you, Little Sis," he whispered with his baby name for me into my ear.
"I missed you too, Bubber," I told him (big tradition in my family, the 'bubber' nickname). "Where's Xander?" I asked.
"At home, with Mom," he answered. Just then Theresa, Ethan and Miguel came up, with Ethan holding Little Ethan, and Miguel holding Mattie (hey, the guy loves 'cute' girls...). "How's little Matheson Adrienne?" he asked, shaking Miguel's hand while taking her.
" 'Lex!" she cried.
"She gets better every time," " 'Lex" laughed. "Let's get home, Mom's expecting everyone for dinner."
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