Chapter 4: Christmas Gifts
Fox, Ally, Madi, and Lauren returned home for the holiday, which they usually didn't do. Fox was roaming the grounds when a something hit him on the back of his head. He turned around and saw it was a snowball. He heard someone giggling and started to walk where it came from and another one hit him and someone tackled him. He landed with his back to the ground and someone on top of him.
"Guess who?" "Who?"
"I said guess, silly." "I don't know! Who is it?"
"Geez, Nicky, no need to get angry!" "Oh, Theresa! I'm so sorry!"
"That's okay Nicky." "Stop calling me that."
"Whatever Nicky." "Stop!" He started to tickle her and she got up to run. She ran across the lake that was now ice and slipped and slid across the lake.
Fox came up to her and kissed her lips. Theresa thought she felt the ground move. Then they heard cracking and pulled their lips apart and the ice piece Theresa was sitting on collapsed and she fell in.
"Fox help me! I can't swim!"
"Hang on!" Without even thinking, he dove into the ice for her. She was sinking faster and faster and he wasn't getting anywhere with her freaking out.
Finally he threw her up and out of the ice. She wasn't breathing. He carried her to Pilar's home a couple of feet away and stormed in the front door with Theresa in his arms.
"Help! Theresa fell in the ice!"
Luis grabbed her and immediately did CPR to revive her as her mother cried and Miguel got some blankets for Fox and Theresa.
Pilar looked at Fox with a questioning look and then said, "Fox, you saved her life. Thank you."
He replied, "Don't mention it Pilar." *** Fox walked in the front door of the mansion wrapped in blankets and shivering. Ivy called him into the living room and yelled at him not caring why he was gone. That night, Fox dreamed of Theresa. He dreamt that they were getting married and had kids and lived away from his family, except Ally, his favorite sister and Dylan his best friend and Ally's boyfriend. Fox woke up with a headache the next morning. He rolled over while waking up and sensed he wasn't alone. He opened his eyes and saw Theresa! "Merry Christmas Nicky!" "Stop calling me that! What are you hiding?" "It's your Christmas present. Open it."
Fox unwrapped the box and opened it up to see a star, a block, and some stationary. "What's all this Theresa?" he asked. She looked at him and smirked. "Well," she said, "the star is for nighttime, when I think of you most before I go to sleep, the block is supposed to represent a block of ice, you know the one I fell in," she stopped and laughed and so did he, "and the stationary is for you to write to me.daily. from boarding school because I can't stand not hearing from you."
"Theresa, this is the best Christmas present ever. Thank you." He kissed her cheek. "I got you something also. It's nothing anything like what you got me, but I hope you'll like it." He hopped off the bed and poked his head around under his bed. "Here!" He handed the tiny box to her and she opened it. It was a calling card. "I thought I could pay for some of the calls from Europe I make to you or you'd make to me." She looked up at him and smiled. "A calling card huh?" She laughed and she jumped onto his lap and kissed his cheek. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Fox, I feel so comfortable with you." She said. Fox looked down at her and smiled. She laid her head on his shoulder and started to cry.
"What's the matter?" he asked. "You have to leave in two days to go back to that wretched boarding school in Europe!" "Oh, yea about that. We have to stay in contact, no matter what! You hear me?" She nodded. She looked into his brown eyes and smiled and she kissed him. "What was that for?" he asked, smiling. "Because I have to go before Luis wakes up and starts looking for me. And you have to go downstairs with your family." "True, but Theresa, before you leave, promise me that we'll talk constantly and never forget each other." "You got it, Nicky! Bye!" And with that she hopped off his lap and ran out the door and back to her house. Fox got up and looked out his window and he could see Theresa running back to her house. He made sure that she got in safely and went downstairs. "This is going to be a long, long day." He said to himself.
Fox, Ally, Madi, and Lauren returned home for the holiday, which they usually didn't do. Fox was roaming the grounds when a something hit him on the back of his head. He turned around and saw it was a snowball. He heard someone giggling and started to walk where it came from and another one hit him and someone tackled him. He landed with his back to the ground and someone on top of him.
"Guess who?" "Who?"
"I said guess, silly." "I don't know! Who is it?"
"Geez, Nicky, no need to get angry!" "Oh, Theresa! I'm so sorry!"
"That's okay Nicky." "Stop calling me that."
"Whatever Nicky." "Stop!" He started to tickle her and she got up to run. She ran across the lake that was now ice and slipped and slid across the lake.
Fox came up to her and kissed her lips. Theresa thought she felt the ground move. Then they heard cracking and pulled their lips apart and the ice piece Theresa was sitting on collapsed and she fell in.
"Fox help me! I can't swim!"
"Hang on!" Without even thinking, he dove into the ice for her. She was sinking faster and faster and he wasn't getting anywhere with her freaking out.
Finally he threw her up and out of the ice. She wasn't breathing. He carried her to Pilar's home a couple of feet away and stormed in the front door with Theresa in his arms.
"Help! Theresa fell in the ice!"
Luis grabbed her and immediately did CPR to revive her as her mother cried and Miguel got some blankets for Fox and Theresa.
Pilar looked at Fox with a questioning look and then said, "Fox, you saved her life. Thank you."
He replied, "Don't mention it Pilar." *** Fox walked in the front door of the mansion wrapped in blankets and shivering. Ivy called him into the living room and yelled at him not caring why he was gone. That night, Fox dreamed of Theresa. He dreamt that they were getting married and had kids and lived away from his family, except Ally, his favorite sister and Dylan his best friend and Ally's boyfriend. Fox woke up with a headache the next morning. He rolled over while waking up and sensed he wasn't alone. He opened his eyes and saw Theresa! "Merry Christmas Nicky!" "Stop calling me that! What are you hiding?" "It's your Christmas present. Open it."
Fox unwrapped the box and opened it up to see a star, a block, and some stationary. "What's all this Theresa?" he asked. She looked at him and smirked. "Well," she said, "the star is for nighttime, when I think of you most before I go to sleep, the block is supposed to represent a block of ice, you know the one I fell in," she stopped and laughed and so did he, "and the stationary is for you to write to me.daily. from boarding school because I can't stand not hearing from you."
"Theresa, this is the best Christmas present ever. Thank you." He kissed her cheek. "I got you something also. It's nothing anything like what you got me, but I hope you'll like it." He hopped off the bed and poked his head around under his bed. "Here!" He handed the tiny box to her and she opened it. It was a calling card. "I thought I could pay for some of the calls from Europe I make to you or you'd make to me." She looked up at him and smiled. "A calling card huh?" She laughed and she jumped onto his lap and kissed his cheek. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist. "Fox, I feel so comfortable with you." She said. Fox looked down at her and smiled. She laid her head on his shoulder and started to cry.
"What's the matter?" he asked. "You have to leave in two days to go back to that wretched boarding school in Europe!" "Oh, yea about that. We have to stay in contact, no matter what! You hear me?" She nodded. She looked into his brown eyes and smiled and she kissed him. "What was that for?" he asked, smiling. "Because I have to go before Luis wakes up and starts looking for me. And you have to go downstairs with your family." "True, but Theresa, before you leave, promise me that we'll talk constantly and never forget each other." "You got it, Nicky! Bye!" And with that she hopped off his lap and ran out the door and back to her house. Fox got up and looked out his window and he could see Theresa running back to her house. He made sure that she got in safely and went downstairs. "This is going to be a long, long day." He said to himself.