CHAPTER 37 Reconciliation

"Where are you going?"

"To Teresa's?"

"You mean Fox?"

"No, Chad. I meant Teresa."

She looked at him.

"How many times do I have to apologize for what I did? I made a mistake and I think that I've paid enough for it."

"So, why are you going to Teresa's anyway?"

"Teresa was my best friend before any of this happened. I want my friend back."

"I see. That's is if she forgives you for what you did."

"Her and Fox weren't an item when it happened and still aren't."

"And whose fault is it, Whitney?"

She got angry.

"Don't pour more salt in the wound. I'm going over there to see if there's anything I can do to bring them together. They do share a child now and they have to put all of this behind them for his sake."

"I still can't believe how twisted this is. Teresa thought it was Julian she slept with when it was Fox all along and not remembering a single thing about that night...I feel bad for her."

"We told her no to go to Bermuda."

"Whitney, is there a chance that it will ever be the same between us ever again?"

"I hope so. Maybe not exactly the same, but you are the love of my life and I do so regret what that night."

He smiled at her for the first time in over a week and hugged her.

"What do you say we both go to visit Teresa?" "I'd really like that."

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Teresa had just finished her rehab exercises. She was feeling better and better each day. Physically she was becoming herself again, but emotionally she was a wreck. She recalled the day Dylan came to them and explained what had happened and how her son was conceived during her drunken night in Bermuda. She wished she could remember and she tried so hard but everything was such a blur. She had met Fox before he had come to Harmony.

"That's probably why he seemed so familiar."

She went upstairs to check on her son and found Fox in the nursery, sitting in a chair and leaning over the crib. He was in a deep conversation with his son.

"I want to give you everything I never had when I was a child. For starters, you have a mother who would do about anything for you because she loves you so much and then there's me. I'll also give you whatever you want because I think you're the most adorable little thing I've ever seen in my life. And because I'm your father and that I love you very, very much."

He tucked the little boy in and was about to leave the room when he saw Teresa standing under the door. He didn't know how to speak to her these days. Everything seemed to send her off on a rant. He knew that she wouldn't forgive him what he did that easily either. Unfortunately for him, she didn't seem to want to drop the grudge she held against him.

He left the room without speaking to her. he hated the tension that existed between them and didn't want it to escalate.

"What you said to him was very nice, Fox."

"I meant every word I said."

"I know you did. It sounded like it came straight from your heart."

"Everything I say to him or to you is straight from the heart. Only, you don't want to believe me or you just stop listening to me when I say it to you."

"Can we not start this?"

"When are we going to start solving this problem, Teresa? If I waited for you, it would never be solved. You would keep walking around with this frown on your face and all this anger bottled up inside of you."

She crossed her arms on her chest.

"Don't give me that, Teresa. If you want to slap me, go right ahead and do it but just react to the situation we're in. If it wasn't for my son, I would have walked away a week ago."

She didn't say anything. Instead, she looked inside her son's room. He got even more upset.

"Fine, you want to be like this? I will not stop you. You don't want to talk to me? By all means.."

He looked at her again.

"It's no use, you're like a brick wall. I'm going to work."

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Both Chad and Whitney saw Fox's car pull out of the driveway fast.

"I think they just had another fight."

"You're probably right."

They went to the door, but before they could ring the bell, the door flung open and Teresa stood in front of them. She looked at Whitney.

"What do you want?"

"I need to speak to you."

"We have nothing to tell each other, Whitney."

"Yes, we do."

She walked in despite Teresa standing in her way. Chad followed her.

"Hi Chad."

"Teresa, how have you been?"

"Let's just say that I've had better days."

"I'm sorry to hear that. I will go outside and leave you and Whitney to talk."

Teresa went in the living room against her will.

"Make it quick, I have to leave soon."

"Where are you going?"

"It's none of your concern."

"I came here to apologize for what I did to you. I know that it's my fault that you are having problems with Fox."

"It takes 2 to tango, Whitney and you were not alone in this. He is as much to blame as you."

Whitney looked at Teresa. Her face had hardened. She had changed. Whitney assumed that everything her friend had been through was enough to turn the best people into something they weren't.

"Why did you go after him, Whit? It's not like you at all."

"I felt attracted to him. He made me feel things, more alive. He made feel bold, and tha I could conquer the world."

Teresa sat down and looked at Whitney.

"But he had eyes only for you. He really loves you. I think he was lost and was looking for something that he couldn't find. He thought I could give him what he craved."

"Love?"

"He thought he loved me when it was you he wanted all along."

"No, he doesn't love me and he certainly doesn't want me."

"Why would you say that?"

"Because he never came to me and told me any of this. He went straight to you."

"Teresa, he didn't realize it until it was done. He whispered your name when he closed his eyes, the first thing he told me when he opened his mouth was that what we did was a mistake. He never felt anything for me. He said that he thought that his and I getting together would be more than sex, but it was just that. He knew then that it was you."

"What tells me that he won't say the same thing to me?"

"Because you are the one he loves. And what he feels for you is real. I saw him the night you were shot. He was like a crazy man. I saw the way he looks at you and I saw the way he looks at his son. You have to give him a chance. And if it's not too much to ask, I would like to have a chance. I miss my best friend."

They were both crying.

"I missed you too Whitney, so much."

They leaned in and hugged each other for a few minutes.

"Are we okay?"

"I hope so."