CHAPTER 5
Light
"No way!"
"I swear I'm not making this up."
Teresa looked at Fox and started laughing.
"Ivy believed you?"
"Oh yeah."
"Who would have thought."
Teresa and Fox walked side by side on the wharf.
"Ice cream? My treat."
Teresa looked at Fox and smiled.
"How can I refuse when you put it this way?"
Fox wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"I told you couldn't resist me."
She gave him a slight push.
"Did you stop to think that maybe you're the one who can't resist me?"
He looked at her from the corner of his eye and smiled as they stopped and bought ice cream from the vendor.
"You got me, Teresa. What can I say....you are irresistible."
"I know."
She gave him a wide grin and he grinned back at her. He couldn't help but think that when this was all over, Teresa wouldn't be a part of his life anymore. It made him sad.
"Wait."
She had stopped and she was now facing him. She brought her finger to his lip as though she was about to wipe them when she leaned in his ice cone and took a huge chunk out of it.
"What are you doing?"
"Having a taste of your strawberry ice cream, Nicholas."
"That's not fair."
He did what she did and took a huge bite of her chocolate ice cream and grimaced.
"What's wrong?"
He was making a huge effort to swallow the entire thing.
"It's freakishly cold."
"It's ice cream, silly. It is supposed to be cold you know."
"Don't smart mouth me."
"Here have more."
She pushed the cone on his face. He could smell the chocolate in his nose.
"That's real mature, Teresa."
She laughed.
"What's wrong with having a little fun at your expense, Fox?"
He looked at her and gave her a mischievous smile.
"I guess you won't mind this then."
"What are you talking about?"
He pushed his own cone in Teresa's face.
"Fox!"
"I always thought that pink was your color, Teresa."
They both giggled and started cleaning their faces out.
"Wait, you have some left right here."
Fox took his tissue to Teresa's cheek and cleaned it for her. He left his hand a little longer on her face as he stared into her eyes and as she stared back with a glint in her eyes that he had never seen before, like a spark that was lighting them, like a new light was dancing in them. He finally took his hand down.
"You're as good as new."
"Thank you."
"How do I look?"
"Perfect."
She took his arm and they walked back to the Crane mansion. Fox kept looking at her as they walked.
'Why does she have to love Ethan this much?'
"No way!"
"I swear I'm not making this up."
Teresa looked at Fox and started laughing.
"Ivy believed you?"
"Oh yeah."
"Who would have thought."
Teresa and Fox walked side by side on the wharf.
"Ice cream? My treat."
Teresa looked at Fox and smiled.
"How can I refuse when you put it this way?"
Fox wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
"I told you couldn't resist me."
She gave him a slight push.
"Did you stop to think that maybe you're the one who can't resist me?"
He looked at her from the corner of his eye and smiled as they stopped and bought ice cream from the vendor.
"You got me, Teresa. What can I say....you are irresistible."
"I know."
She gave him a wide grin and he grinned back at her. He couldn't help but think that when this was all over, Teresa wouldn't be a part of his life anymore. It made him sad.
"Wait."
She had stopped and she was now facing him. She brought her finger to his lip as though she was about to wipe them when she leaned in his ice cone and took a huge chunk out of it.
"What are you doing?"
"Having a taste of your strawberry ice cream, Nicholas."
"That's not fair."
He did what she did and took a huge bite of her chocolate ice cream and grimaced.
"What's wrong?"
He was making a huge effort to swallow the entire thing.
"It's freakishly cold."
"It's ice cream, silly. It is supposed to be cold you know."
"Don't smart mouth me."
"Here have more."
She pushed the cone on his face. He could smell the chocolate in his nose.
"That's real mature, Teresa."
She laughed.
"What's wrong with having a little fun at your expense, Fox?"
He looked at her and gave her a mischievous smile.
"I guess you won't mind this then."
"What are you talking about?"
He pushed his own cone in Teresa's face.
"Fox!"
"I always thought that pink was your color, Teresa."
They both giggled and started cleaning their faces out.
"Wait, you have some left right here."
Fox took his tissue to Teresa's cheek and cleaned it for her. He left his hand a little longer on her face as he stared into her eyes and as she stared back with a glint in her eyes that he had never seen before, like a spark that was lighting them, like a new light was dancing in them. He finally took his hand down.
"You're as good as new."
"Thank you."
"How do I look?"
"Perfect."
She took his arm and they walked back to the Crane mansion. Fox kept looking at her as they walked.
'Why does she have to love Ethan this much?'
