** Thanks for all the votes for the names. You can start sending in names
for Charity and Sheridan AFTER ch.26 is up. Thanks! **
Chapter 24: Baby Bash
Fox rushed Teresa to the hospital and was followed by pretty much the whole wedding party. Dr. Russell took Fox and Teresa into the birthing room that she had requested when Fox was in the hospital. About four hours later, Fox told everyone that they could and see Teresa, but wouldn't tell them what she had.
Pilar was so anxious. She wanted to see her daughter and grandchild. She walked into the room with everyone else and saw Teresa and a baby and Fox and a baby. She asked, "Two babies? I thought you were having one!" "I know, mama, so did I, but the other one always hid on the sonogram!" She smiled.
"So, the names are?"
Fox held up the baby he was holding and said, "This is Nicholas Foxworth Crane Jr." Teresa smiled and said, "And this beautiful baby is Christina Ana Maria Crane." Pilar said, "Twins! Well, Teresa, you kind of did show it!" "Mama!" Fox laughed.
Whitney walked in, "Teresa! Twins! I'm an auntie! Well, kind of." She laughed and hugged Teresa and immediately stole Christina (Tina) from Teresa. Pilar walked up to Fox and said, "May I?" "Of course, mama." She smiled, "I like the sound of the name "mama" from you." He smiled and handed her Nick Jr.
"Wow. I'm an abuela (grandmother) for how many kids now?" said Pilar.
"Enough kids." Replied Fox.
"Well, Teresa, Tina and Nick are going to have to spend a lot of time with their Aunt Whit you know."
"Yea, Whit. I know."
Fox kissed Teresa's head, "Well, kiddo, we did it and all in one day you know! Almost were shot, got married, had twins, wow! We're on a roll, huh Resa!"
"Yea Fox. A Roll." She laughed and they kissed.
"Resa, we are going to steal these babies for a moment so you and Fox can have a couple moments of peace, okay!"
"Whitney you better bring them back!"
"Haha. I will."
Whitney and Pilar were followed by the others out of the room. Fox sat on the bed and held Teresa's hand, "Are you okay?" "Yeah. Just fine." "You sure?" "Yes." "Okay. Good." He kissed her lips and slipped his tongue in, she stopped him and said, "You know we can't have sex for at least six weeks, right?" "What! Why? What did I do?" "You didn't do anything," she laughed, "it's just a medical thing." "Oh. I see." "Yea, silly, but I promise after the six weeks, I'm all yours! I promise." Fox smiled. "Okay. Good enough." They kissed for a while (a.k.a. making out) and Whitney knocked on the door, "Can we come in?" Fox turned around, "Yeah, come on in."
Whitney walked in with the Tina in her arms and Fox said to himself, 'Wow, she looks good with my kid in her arms. Ew. Wait! What am I saying? I'm married now. No more cheating or fooling around with anyone but Teresa, Fox! Wow. She does look really good.'
Teresa snapped her fingers in front of Fox's face until he noticed, "Fox! Where were you?" "Huh? Oh. Sorry babe." "Uh-huh, guess I'm going to have to get used to that." She laughed. Whitney handed him Tina as Pilar handed Teresa her son.
"Well, mi hija, you four make a great family."
"Yea, Pilar, we do." Fox quickly responded.
"Well, we are heading home. When are you?"
"She and the babies will be home in about two days." Fox quickly said again. Everyone looked at Fox and laughed. "Okay, Fox, I'll have Miguel or Luis bring you two some clothes for the overnights and we'll prepare the house for the new arrivals."
"Thanks mama." Fox and Teresa said at the same time.
** A week later **
Teresa and Fox had their hands full with the twins, but had a lot of help at home. Fox still worked during the day, but knew Teresa was okay at home because Charity started to be an at-home-mom again and Sheridan was always home, because she did her Crane work at home since she was younger. Miguel worked odd hours and was home pretty often to check on the girls at home and now, Antonio, Beth, and their daughter stayed at home. Trinity and Nikki were going to start school in the fall together and Antonio was looking for work, as was Beth.
Within the next week, Fox had hired Antonio and Beth and at Crane Industries. One night, Fox came home and saw Charity, Sheridan, and Teresa with the twins and Trinity and Nikki and asked to talk with Teresa, privately. She got up and they went to the bedroom.
"What's up, sweetie?"
"Um. I have something to confess."
"Confess? Oh no. Here we go." She laughed.
"Teresa, this is serious."
"Okay. You have my attention."
"OK. Promise not to get mad?"
"I think so."
"Well, I've been having these thoughts, well dirty thoughts, about me and this woman."
"Fox if this is your idea of dirty talk then you know what Dr. Eve said, "six weeks"."
"No. Listen. The woman isn't you." Teresa stared at him.
"Then who is it?"
"Whitney."
"Whitney?" She slapped him across the face, hard.
"Sweetie. I don't know why though. It just came when I saw her with Tina."
"After I went through LABOR you had NASTY thoughts about MY best friend?" She slapped him again.
"Teresa. Please. Forgive me. I don't know why I've had these thoughts though."
"It's because I won't give you any and your dirty mind has taken over!" She laughed.
"You think this is funny?"
"No, not at all. It's just that, well, I heard about this before, where I guy fantasies about another woman after his wife has given birth to a child. Like a trauma thing. Luis and Miguel were talking about it when Trinity was born."
"So this is normal?"
"I don't know. I'm just surprised you told me and not one of the guys, not many guys would confess that to their wife." She kissed his forehead, still laughing, "I don't think I have to worry, but personally, go and talk to Miguel about it, he might clear some things up for you."
She walked out of the room and he quickly ran to the closed door to listen in to make sure she didn't flip out to Charity and Sheridan about it. Teresa didn't say a thing when the girls asked her so he casually left the room and knocked on Miguel's door to talk. He let him in and they had a long discussion (you know, guy to guy) about this fantasy thing. He said that he never told Charity because it was about Kay, her cousin, and also her maid-of-honor. He also said that it may just be the maid-of-honor thing which totally freaked Luis out because Teresa had to step in as Sheridan's maid-of-honor because Gwen got sick. He said to not worry about it and always come and talk to him first before telling any woman, especially Teresa, about nasty thoughts.
**That night, **
Teresa climbed into bed with Fox who was thinking really hard about something.
"You having those thoughts again?"
"No."
"That was a fast answer you sure?"
"Yes."
"Ok." There was an awkward moment of silence.
"Fox?"
"Yea, babe."
"Hug me." He looked at her for a moment and hugged her and pulled her close.
"Babe, I'm sorry about this whole thought thing I had."
"Can we not talk about that?"
"Ok. As long as you have forgiven me."
"Ok. Now just hug me." He hugged her.
"Now kiss me." He kissed her.
"Now love me." He stared at her.
"Beautiful, it hasn't been six weeks yet."
"You don't think I know this?"
"Um, I know you do, but I don't want anything bad to happen to you."
"Whatever. Just hold me." He held her all night.
**Next Morning **
Teresa and Fox woke up to the sound of the twins crying. He grabbed one and she grabbed one. The twins fell back asleep and Fox ran to his cell phone when it rang because he didn't want to wake the babies. He tripped over a basket of clothes and Teresa tried not to burst out laughing.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Gwen."
"Isn't this a little early to be calling?"
"NO. We need to talk."
"Fine. Where and when?" Teresa was picking up the clothes by now and still laughing.
"In the gazebo at 9am and come alone."
"Whatever. Bye." Teresa stared at him still laughing.
"Who was that?"
"Stop laughing. It was Gwen. Ow. I think I hurt my arm." With that, Teresa burst out laughing and almost woke the babies. She didn't ask any questions they went on with their normal routine for the day.
**Meeting with Gwen **
"Fox."
"Gwen."
"We have a problem."
"Shoot."
"This baby may be yours."
"What?"
"Remember the night Ethan slept with Teresa," Fox clutched his fists, "Well, you got drunk, with me, and we fooled around, a lot and had sex."
"You're kidding me?"
"No. And anyway you never got paternity tests for you're kids."
"I don't need a test to tell me that those two beautiful children are mine." Fox told himself that he had completely forgotten about the possible paternities of his children.
"Gwen, all I have to say is, marry Ethan. If these your child is mine, then I'll deal with that, then, but until then keep this to ourselves and Gwen I swear, if anyone else knows, I WILL KILL YOU."
"Fine. Deal." She walked away and left Fox standing alone. He started to think about the paternity of the three kids (Teresa' two and Gwen's one). He didn't know what was going to happen next. "Gwen has to marry Ethan," he said to himself, "she just has to." Then Fox's cell phone rang.
"Hello."
"Foxworth, always a pleasure."
"Ugh. Grandfather, I don't want to have to deal with you right now."
"Well, sorry I call the shots on that one."
"Yea, yea, what do you want?"
"Want? It's more like what I have to say. Foxworth, you better get paternity tests for all three kids because you may have created three Crane heirs. Find out whose is who's and get back to me. ASAP. Got it?" Before Fox could answer, Alistair hung up. Fox told himself, "I need to get those tests."
** Long, but did you guys like it? Thanks for the names you guys, Nick Jr. and Christina won in the end. One person sent in a ton of names for Gwen's baby (born around ch.26) so I may just use those but please so send those in ASAP. Don't forget to send in names for the other babies AFTER ch.26 is up. Plus, I though I should write this: I NOW OWN THE CHARACTER NAME OF CHRISTINA ANA MARIA CRANE/LOPEZ-FITZGERALD. THE NAME OF NICHOLAS FOXWORTH CRANE JR. IS OPEN TO ANYONE B/C IT IS COMMONLY GOING TO BE USED IN OTHER STORIES. ANY NAMES SEEN IN THIS STORY CAN AND WILL BE USED IN MY OTHERS AND CANNOT BE USED IN THE SAME COMBINATION OR STORYLINE AS MINE. THANK YOU. Xoxo. Viki.**
Chapter 24: Baby Bash
Fox rushed Teresa to the hospital and was followed by pretty much the whole wedding party. Dr. Russell took Fox and Teresa into the birthing room that she had requested when Fox was in the hospital. About four hours later, Fox told everyone that they could and see Teresa, but wouldn't tell them what she had.
Pilar was so anxious. She wanted to see her daughter and grandchild. She walked into the room with everyone else and saw Teresa and a baby and Fox and a baby. She asked, "Two babies? I thought you were having one!" "I know, mama, so did I, but the other one always hid on the sonogram!" She smiled.
"So, the names are?"
Fox held up the baby he was holding and said, "This is Nicholas Foxworth Crane Jr." Teresa smiled and said, "And this beautiful baby is Christina Ana Maria Crane." Pilar said, "Twins! Well, Teresa, you kind of did show it!" "Mama!" Fox laughed.
Whitney walked in, "Teresa! Twins! I'm an auntie! Well, kind of." She laughed and hugged Teresa and immediately stole Christina (Tina) from Teresa. Pilar walked up to Fox and said, "May I?" "Of course, mama." She smiled, "I like the sound of the name "mama" from you." He smiled and handed her Nick Jr.
"Wow. I'm an abuela (grandmother) for how many kids now?" said Pilar.
"Enough kids." Replied Fox.
"Well, Teresa, Tina and Nick are going to have to spend a lot of time with their Aunt Whit you know."
"Yea, Whit. I know."
Fox kissed Teresa's head, "Well, kiddo, we did it and all in one day you know! Almost were shot, got married, had twins, wow! We're on a roll, huh Resa!"
"Yea Fox. A Roll." She laughed and they kissed.
"Resa, we are going to steal these babies for a moment so you and Fox can have a couple moments of peace, okay!"
"Whitney you better bring them back!"
"Haha. I will."
Whitney and Pilar were followed by the others out of the room. Fox sat on the bed and held Teresa's hand, "Are you okay?" "Yeah. Just fine." "You sure?" "Yes." "Okay. Good." He kissed her lips and slipped his tongue in, she stopped him and said, "You know we can't have sex for at least six weeks, right?" "What! Why? What did I do?" "You didn't do anything," she laughed, "it's just a medical thing." "Oh. I see." "Yea, silly, but I promise after the six weeks, I'm all yours! I promise." Fox smiled. "Okay. Good enough." They kissed for a while (a.k.a. making out) and Whitney knocked on the door, "Can we come in?" Fox turned around, "Yeah, come on in."
Whitney walked in with the Tina in her arms and Fox said to himself, 'Wow, she looks good with my kid in her arms. Ew. Wait! What am I saying? I'm married now. No more cheating or fooling around with anyone but Teresa, Fox! Wow. She does look really good.'
Teresa snapped her fingers in front of Fox's face until he noticed, "Fox! Where were you?" "Huh? Oh. Sorry babe." "Uh-huh, guess I'm going to have to get used to that." She laughed. Whitney handed him Tina as Pilar handed Teresa her son.
"Well, mi hija, you four make a great family."
"Yea, Pilar, we do." Fox quickly responded.
"Well, we are heading home. When are you?"
"She and the babies will be home in about two days." Fox quickly said again. Everyone looked at Fox and laughed. "Okay, Fox, I'll have Miguel or Luis bring you two some clothes for the overnights and we'll prepare the house for the new arrivals."
"Thanks mama." Fox and Teresa said at the same time.
** A week later **
Teresa and Fox had their hands full with the twins, but had a lot of help at home. Fox still worked during the day, but knew Teresa was okay at home because Charity started to be an at-home-mom again and Sheridan was always home, because she did her Crane work at home since she was younger. Miguel worked odd hours and was home pretty often to check on the girls at home and now, Antonio, Beth, and their daughter stayed at home. Trinity and Nikki were going to start school in the fall together and Antonio was looking for work, as was Beth.
Within the next week, Fox had hired Antonio and Beth and at Crane Industries. One night, Fox came home and saw Charity, Sheridan, and Teresa with the twins and Trinity and Nikki and asked to talk with Teresa, privately. She got up and they went to the bedroom.
"What's up, sweetie?"
"Um. I have something to confess."
"Confess? Oh no. Here we go." She laughed.
"Teresa, this is serious."
"Okay. You have my attention."
"OK. Promise not to get mad?"
"I think so."
"Well, I've been having these thoughts, well dirty thoughts, about me and this woman."
"Fox if this is your idea of dirty talk then you know what Dr. Eve said, "six weeks"."
"No. Listen. The woman isn't you." Teresa stared at him.
"Then who is it?"
"Whitney."
"Whitney?" She slapped him across the face, hard.
"Sweetie. I don't know why though. It just came when I saw her with Tina."
"After I went through LABOR you had NASTY thoughts about MY best friend?" She slapped him again.
"Teresa. Please. Forgive me. I don't know why I've had these thoughts though."
"It's because I won't give you any and your dirty mind has taken over!" She laughed.
"You think this is funny?"
"No, not at all. It's just that, well, I heard about this before, where I guy fantasies about another woman after his wife has given birth to a child. Like a trauma thing. Luis and Miguel were talking about it when Trinity was born."
"So this is normal?"
"I don't know. I'm just surprised you told me and not one of the guys, not many guys would confess that to their wife." She kissed his forehead, still laughing, "I don't think I have to worry, but personally, go and talk to Miguel about it, he might clear some things up for you."
She walked out of the room and he quickly ran to the closed door to listen in to make sure she didn't flip out to Charity and Sheridan about it. Teresa didn't say a thing when the girls asked her so he casually left the room and knocked on Miguel's door to talk. He let him in and they had a long discussion (you know, guy to guy) about this fantasy thing. He said that he never told Charity because it was about Kay, her cousin, and also her maid-of-honor. He also said that it may just be the maid-of-honor thing which totally freaked Luis out because Teresa had to step in as Sheridan's maid-of-honor because Gwen got sick. He said to not worry about it and always come and talk to him first before telling any woman, especially Teresa, about nasty thoughts.
**That night, **
Teresa climbed into bed with Fox who was thinking really hard about something.
"You having those thoughts again?"
"No."
"That was a fast answer you sure?"
"Yes."
"Ok." There was an awkward moment of silence.
"Fox?"
"Yea, babe."
"Hug me." He looked at her for a moment and hugged her and pulled her close.
"Babe, I'm sorry about this whole thought thing I had."
"Can we not talk about that?"
"Ok. As long as you have forgiven me."
"Ok. Now just hug me." He hugged her.
"Now kiss me." He kissed her.
"Now love me." He stared at her.
"Beautiful, it hasn't been six weeks yet."
"You don't think I know this?"
"Um, I know you do, but I don't want anything bad to happen to you."
"Whatever. Just hold me." He held her all night.
**Next Morning **
Teresa and Fox woke up to the sound of the twins crying. He grabbed one and she grabbed one. The twins fell back asleep and Fox ran to his cell phone when it rang because he didn't want to wake the babies. He tripped over a basket of clothes and Teresa tried not to burst out laughing.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Gwen."
"Isn't this a little early to be calling?"
"NO. We need to talk."
"Fine. Where and when?" Teresa was picking up the clothes by now and still laughing.
"In the gazebo at 9am and come alone."
"Whatever. Bye." Teresa stared at him still laughing.
"Who was that?"
"Stop laughing. It was Gwen. Ow. I think I hurt my arm." With that, Teresa burst out laughing and almost woke the babies. She didn't ask any questions they went on with their normal routine for the day.
**Meeting with Gwen **
"Fox."
"Gwen."
"We have a problem."
"Shoot."
"This baby may be yours."
"What?"
"Remember the night Ethan slept with Teresa," Fox clutched his fists, "Well, you got drunk, with me, and we fooled around, a lot and had sex."
"You're kidding me?"
"No. And anyway you never got paternity tests for you're kids."
"I don't need a test to tell me that those two beautiful children are mine." Fox told himself that he had completely forgotten about the possible paternities of his children.
"Gwen, all I have to say is, marry Ethan. If these your child is mine, then I'll deal with that, then, but until then keep this to ourselves and Gwen I swear, if anyone else knows, I WILL KILL YOU."
"Fine. Deal." She walked away and left Fox standing alone. He started to think about the paternity of the three kids (Teresa' two and Gwen's one). He didn't know what was going to happen next. "Gwen has to marry Ethan," he said to himself, "she just has to." Then Fox's cell phone rang.
"Hello."
"Foxworth, always a pleasure."
"Ugh. Grandfather, I don't want to have to deal with you right now."
"Well, sorry I call the shots on that one."
"Yea, yea, what do you want?"
"Want? It's more like what I have to say. Foxworth, you better get paternity tests for all three kids because you may have created three Crane heirs. Find out whose is who's and get back to me. ASAP. Got it?" Before Fox could answer, Alistair hung up. Fox told himself, "I need to get those tests."
** Long, but did you guys like it? Thanks for the names you guys, Nick Jr. and Christina won in the end. One person sent in a ton of names for Gwen's baby (born around ch.26) so I may just use those but please so send those in ASAP. Don't forget to send in names for the other babies AFTER ch.26 is up. Plus, I though I should write this: I NOW OWN THE CHARACTER NAME OF CHRISTINA ANA MARIA CRANE/LOPEZ-FITZGERALD. THE NAME OF NICHOLAS FOXWORTH CRANE JR. IS OPEN TO ANYONE B/C IT IS COMMONLY GOING TO BE USED IN OTHER STORIES. ANY NAMES SEEN IN THIS STORY CAN AND WILL BE USED IN MY OTHERS AND CANNOT BE USED IN THE SAME COMBINATION OR STORYLINE AS MINE. THANK YOU. Xoxo. Viki.**