Author's Notes: I accidentally said that they hadn't seen each other for
seven years in the last chapter, but I ment six.
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Locked within each other's embrace, the long separated lovers united again as they kissed each other for the first time in six, long, lonely years. Each was whispering vows of eternal love through the kiss as they poured all of the agony and heartache they felt over the years in that one simple contact of flesh upon flesh.
Finally, the need for oxygen burned in their lungs, forcing them to reluctantly separate. Both were wearing warm smiles upon their faces as if they were floating on cloud nine.
They were happily living in a dazed bliss until Fox once again broke the silence. "Why, Gwen? How could you betray me?" he asked, with a hint of anger in his voice.
"I didn't betray you, Fox. I've tried to explain to you that I don't have feelings for Ethan. My mother set us up, and...you know how she is," Gwen replied, hurt that he still hadn't forgiven her for that misunderstanding.
"You betrayed me when you slept with my brother! You know how I feel about him, and yet you still got into a relationship with him! Tell me, Gwen. Have you two had sex? Huh?! Answer me, you little slut!" Fox demanded, letting the pain he felt turn into anger.
SMACK! The sound echoed through the empty corridor. Fox just stood there, shocked. He was cradling his injured cheek.
"How dare you! Don't you for one moment think that you are the only one to suffer! For your information, no, I haven't slept with anyone except for you!" Gwen bellowed. She was now shaking with fury. "But, I do know that I am not the only person to ever share your bed! Do you think that I had the time of my life when I heard about you and your little escapades?!"
"How did you know?" Fox asked, completely perplexed at how Gwen could have heard about it.
"Because you've slept with my friends, Fox! Oh, I guess you had no idea that you've had sex with some of my sorority sister! Actually, all of them, in fact!" Gwen lashed out, now with tears falling from her eyes. "Do you know how much that hurt? To know that the one person that you have ever loved took your friends to bed and dumped them the next day? Because I do, Fox! Even after I found out what you did to those that I care about, and God knows how many others, I still couldn't bring myself to do it! Oh, there have been times that came close, but do you know what stopped me?! It was the thought of how much pain I would put you through! Did you ever once stop to think what you would do to me?!"
"Gwenny..."
"Don't you Gwenny me, Nicholas Foxworth Crane! Even tonight, I have witnessed your 'technique'! I wasn't exactly dancing around with joy when I heard what you said to Theresa!"
An uncomfortable silence stretched out around them. Gwen tried unsuccessfully to stifle her sobs by biting so hard down on her tongue that she tasted the blood. Fox reached up a hand to wipe away a tear that was sliding down her aristocratic cheek.
"Don't!" Gwen flinched away from him, turning her head to the side.
Fox hesitated before gently turning her chin to face him again. He timidly kissed her forehead before letting a single tear escape from its willful hold. "We've both done some things that we regret, Gwen. It's too late to change the past, but it's not too late to change the path of our future."
She reached up an elegant hand to wipe that one tear that was now past his cheekbone. "You're right, Fox. It's too late to change the past, no matter how hard we wish of it. Fox, I will always, only have you in my heart..."
At this, Fox gave a joyful smile. He embraced her tightly, pulling her against his solid body. He made a move to kiss Gwen, but she turned away. He looked up at her in bewilderment.
Gwen looked up at him with her empty eyes. "...but, I don't know if I am able to forgive you."
To say that Fox was shocked would have been an understatement. He abruptly let go of Gwen, causing her body to crash against the wall. She limply slid down until she sat on the ground like a china doll.
Fox walked away, making his way to his room. If Gwen didn't want him, then he certainly didn't want to impose. He decided to just sort things through in the morning, perhaps Gwen would have cooled down by then.
After Fox left, Gwen pulled her knees against her body, and wept all through the night.
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I know, not a very good chapter. I'm in a hurry.
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Locked within each other's embrace, the long separated lovers united again as they kissed each other for the first time in six, long, lonely years. Each was whispering vows of eternal love through the kiss as they poured all of the agony and heartache they felt over the years in that one simple contact of flesh upon flesh.
Finally, the need for oxygen burned in their lungs, forcing them to reluctantly separate. Both were wearing warm smiles upon their faces as if they were floating on cloud nine.
They were happily living in a dazed bliss until Fox once again broke the silence. "Why, Gwen? How could you betray me?" he asked, with a hint of anger in his voice.
"I didn't betray you, Fox. I've tried to explain to you that I don't have feelings for Ethan. My mother set us up, and...you know how she is," Gwen replied, hurt that he still hadn't forgiven her for that misunderstanding.
"You betrayed me when you slept with my brother! You know how I feel about him, and yet you still got into a relationship with him! Tell me, Gwen. Have you two had sex? Huh?! Answer me, you little slut!" Fox demanded, letting the pain he felt turn into anger.
SMACK! The sound echoed through the empty corridor. Fox just stood there, shocked. He was cradling his injured cheek.
"How dare you! Don't you for one moment think that you are the only one to suffer! For your information, no, I haven't slept with anyone except for you!" Gwen bellowed. She was now shaking with fury. "But, I do know that I am not the only person to ever share your bed! Do you think that I had the time of my life when I heard about you and your little escapades?!"
"How did you know?" Fox asked, completely perplexed at how Gwen could have heard about it.
"Because you've slept with my friends, Fox! Oh, I guess you had no idea that you've had sex with some of my sorority sister! Actually, all of them, in fact!" Gwen lashed out, now with tears falling from her eyes. "Do you know how much that hurt? To know that the one person that you have ever loved took your friends to bed and dumped them the next day? Because I do, Fox! Even after I found out what you did to those that I care about, and God knows how many others, I still couldn't bring myself to do it! Oh, there have been times that came close, but do you know what stopped me?! It was the thought of how much pain I would put you through! Did you ever once stop to think what you would do to me?!"
"Gwenny..."
"Don't you Gwenny me, Nicholas Foxworth Crane! Even tonight, I have witnessed your 'technique'! I wasn't exactly dancing around with joy when I heard what you said to Theresa!"
An uncomfortable silence stretched out around them. Gwen tried unsuccessfully to stifle her sobs by biting so hard down on her tongue that she tasted the blood. Fox reached up a hand to wipe away a tear that was sliding down her aristocratic cheek.
"Don't!" Gwen flinched away from him, turning her head to the side.
Fox hesitated before gently turning her chin to face him again. He timidly kissed her forehead before letting a single tear escape from its willful hold. "We've both done some things that we regret, Gwen. It's too late to change the past, but it's not too late to change the path of our future."
She reached up an elegant hand to wipe that one tear that was now past his cheekbone. "You're right, Fox. It's too late to change the past, no matter how hard we wish of it. Fox, I will always, only have you in my heart..."
At this, Fox gave a joyful smile. He embraced her tightly, pulling her against his solid body. He made a move to kiss Gwen, but she turned away. He looked up at her in bewilderment.
Gwen looked up at him with her empty eyes. "...but, I don't know if I am able to forgive you."
To say that Fox was shocked would have been an understatement. He abruptly let go of Gwen, causing her body to crash against the wall. She limply slid down until she sat on the ground like a china doll.
Fox walked away, making his way to his room. If Gwen didn't want him, then he certainly didn't want to impose. He decided to just sort things through in the morning, perhaps Gwen would have cooled down by then.
After Fox left, Gwen pulled her knees against her body, and wept all through the night.
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I know, not a very good chapter. I'm in a hurry.