**I now own the character name of: ALYSSA JULIA WINTHROP. Send in names for
poll.
Chapter 27: A Knock at the Window
Beth had wanted a girls day out at the beach so she called all of the girls and told them to leave the kids at home with the guys so they all could go. They all arrived and laid out on the beach in their bathing suits. Sheridan spoke up, "So, Teresa, have you talked with Fox?"
"No."
"You know he is your husband and you can't ignore him forever."
"I know." She sighed. Her phone rang,
**PHONE CALL**
"Hello." "Hey Teresa." "Hey Dylan." "I want you to know that I dropped the little tike off with his uncles at the house okay?" "Oh yea. Thanks Dyl! You guys have fun?" "Tons." "K. Bye!" "Bye." **END OF CALL**
Teresa looked at the girls and said, "He talked to Miguel a while back when those stupid fantasies started. Miguel said he had them also for a while after Trinity was born. He thinks its normal."
Charity looked at her, "He had what?"
"Oops!"
"Are you serious?"
Beth spoke up, "Antonio had them too. It's like a male-trauma thing after their wife gives birth, I think. They think of the closest thing to their wife, like their best friend, and in Teresa's case her maid-of-honor also."
Charity was flipping, "He had those dreams about Kay then!"
Everyone started to laugh because Charity looked like she was going to have a heart attack. Some guys walked by and whistled at them. They laughed and said at the same time, "We're all married and way too old." The guys walked away and the girls were still laughing.
**The L.F. house**
Fox walked in and saw all the guys in the living room watching the kids. He closed the front door and they all looked at him. Without saying a word, he walked towards his bedroom and Antonio spoke up, "Why don't you come sit with us?" Luis said, "Yeah. We should talk."
Fox sat down and put his daughter on his lap. Miguel got up and slapped the back of Fox's head, "No matter what, you never say another's woman name!" Luis spoke up, "I may not have been through that trauma thing yet, but I know that!" Fox laughed uncomfortably, "So you guys understand what happened?" Miguel said, "Yeah! Duh! I mean I don't know how many times I almost said Kay's name while fooling around with Charity after Trinity was born, but I always paid attention and didn't say it." Antonio agreed and Luis started to flip out again because Sheridan's maid-of-honor was Gwen who got sick, so Teresa stepped in. The guys kept talking and they all watched the kids for the rest of the afternoon and gave Fox advice about the whole situation.
**About 9pm**
The girls walked in laughing and giggling about how they were going to ask their guys about their fantasies that night. Teresa walked in and stopped laughing when she saw Fox. Miguel whispered, "ACTION."
Fox got up and followed Teresa into the room. She took a shower and he was talking to her, but she was saying anything:
"So I was home with the guys and kids today." No reply.
"And we noticed that you ladies do a lot during the day." No reply. She climbed out of the shower. She got dressed and he sat on the bed. He kept talking while she was dressing and she finally said, "Do you mind? I don't like you looking at my naked body." Fox stopped talking because he couldn't believe she said that. He nodded and went to help Charity and Sheridan with dinner.
**About 10.30 pm**
Teresa was dressing for bed and so was Fox. They climbed into bed and she turned the TV on. Fox frowned but obliged, he didn't feel like getting yelled at. He was sitting up against the bed head when she laid her head on his chest. He didn't say anything and kept his eyes locked on the TV because he didn't want to move. He slowly wrapped his arm around her waist and she started to move around, but she was just getting comfy. The show ended and she turned the TV off. She sat up to turn the lamp off and he laid down on his side. She went back to her normal position on his chest. She took her finger and played with the elastic on his boxers.
"Fox?"
"Huh?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah."
"What do you fantasize about?"
"What?"
"I mean, what do you think about in your fantasies with, you know-"?
"Teresa, I don't feel like fighting."
"I don't want to fight, I just want to know." She lowered her hand in his boxers and was now "feeling him."
"Um, I just think of her um, Teresa I don't want to say."
"I won't get mad. I promise." She raised her hand and looked up at him and he could he see her from the light coming in from the window.
"I just see her doing the things I like, for instance, um, that lollipop thing you used to do, but don't do now."
"You liked that?"
"A lot. But you don't do it now, so I reverted to the closest thing."
"I see." She laid her head back on his chest and started to play with his chest hair. There were a couple minutes of silence and Fox had obviously fallen asleep. There was a knock at the window and Teresa went to go see who or what it was. She climbed out of bed with Fox and looked out and saw no one. She shrugged it off and went back to bed. About an hour past and someone knocked on the window again. She got up and looked again and this time she saw someone walking in between trees.
She climbed out the window and went to see the person. She walked right up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and she screamed. "NOAH!" He smiled and picked her up and swung her around in circles. "Teresa! I missed you so much!" "How's college and how'd you get onto the grounds?" "Good and I snuck in. I had to see you." "Wow. It's been so long." I heard you got married and had twins." "Yes. I move fast." "I know." She laughed. He leaned in and kissed her lips. She started to push him away, but she eventually gave in. Memories came flooding back to her. She remembered how happy she was when they were dating.
**FLASHBACK**
"Noah, I can't believe that you won me all these bears."
"You wanted them right?"
"Duh." He pulled her to a corner and kissed her. She melted and his arms were the only things supporting her. She kissed back and she loved it. They kept kissing until they heard Noah's younger sisters, Kay and Jessica, looking for him. He pulled his lips from hers and she opened her eyes and smiled. "Your eyes were closed. That means that it had passion." "Oh really?" "Definitely." She laughed.
**END **
"I want to take you somewhere."
"I'm in my night gown and if Fox wakes up, he'll worry."
"Don't worry, it's right around the corner and here," he took his jacket off, "you can wear this." She smiled and put it on. They walked hand in hand to his car and drove to the lake a couple of streets away.
"Why did you bring me here?"
"For you to remember how happy we were."
"Noah, I'm sure about that whole thing with Ethan."
"Let's not talk about that."
He sat down and signaled her to sit in between his legs. They looked at the lake and he wrapped his arms around her. They sat there talking all night and watched the sun rise. He took her back home and lifted her back into her room. She gave him the jacket back and he kissed her cheek and say goodbye and walked off the Crane grounds.
Teresa climbed back into bed with Fox and laid on her side not facing Fox. His alarm clock went off about an hour later. He got up and kissed her arm. He went to the bathroom and brushed his teeth and climbed in the shower. Teresa was up, but was thinking about Noah.
She got up and did her normal morning routine. Fox was sitting at the desk when she came in the room to get dressed. She looked at him and he looked up, "I wasn't looking." She smiled, "You can look. You're my husband, you are privy to that at least." She laughed, "I was just overly pissed last night." "You seem in a good mood now though." "Yeah. Let's just say I slept on it." "Ok." She smiled the entire time she was getting dressed.
They ate breakfast with the family and Pilar and Martin had come home last night so it was louder than usual. After breakfast, Fox kissed the twins, who were asleep, and kissed Teresa's head and left for work. After all the guys and Beth left, Teresa told Charity and Sheridan how Noah came back last night and she dreamt about him. Charity said, "How romantic." "Yea. It was so cool."
"So Charity," said Sheridan, "did you ask Miguel about that fantasy thing last night?" Charity said, "Yea. He slept on the couch in our room last night too." They all laughed. " I knew he wouldn't lie to me so it was kind of funny." They laughed again. There was a knock at the door and Teresa got up to get it, "Who is it?" "Noah, beautiful." She opened the door and he picked her up and hugged her. "Come on in." He walked in and said his "hellos" to Charity and Sheridan. She showed him the twins in the room and he said, "Can you imagine how beautiful our kids would have been Teresa?" "Noah, stop, please." "No, Resa. We can still make that happen." "What? I'm happily married, I'll have you know." "Teresa? Who did you think about when you fell asleep this morning? Or who did you tell your sisters- in-law about this morning? Me, Teresa. Just the way it's supposed to be." "Noah!" "Listen to me. If you ever change your mind or need a place to come to after you and Fox have it out, you can come to my place with your kids too. Teresa, I love you, I never stopped loving you." She started to cry. "Why are you crying?" "I'm remembering our break up so many years ago."
**FLASHBACK**
"You slept with Ethan? Ethan Crane? God Teresa! You're my girlfriend!"
"I know, I know. I'm so sorry, Noah!" She was bawling by now.
"Teresa! I can't believe this."
"Please Noah, forgive me."
"No. That's it. I knew something was going on between you two."
"Noah, don't just throw five years down the drain."
"NO TERESA YOU THREW IT DOWN THE DRAIN NOT ME!"
"Noah, please."
"NO. Goodbye Teresa."
"NOAH!"
He walked away. That was the last time they spoke. ** END **
"Teresa, that was horrible, please don't remember that."
"Noah, I'm married now. It wouldn't be right."
"Teresa, just call me whenever you need someone or want to talk. I love you." He kissed her lips and she melted. She loved the way Noah kissed her, the way he held her when he did it, the way he touched her when he did it, she loved it all.
**This story may go longer than I thought. So far we have to deal w/ the stories of birth the Charity's kid and Sheridan's, the paternity of 3 kids, Noah Bennett comes back home, Ethan and Alistair as a team, and trust me, much more. R&R. Thanks. Viki.
Beth had wanted a girls day out at the beach so she called all of the girls and told them to leave the kids at home with the guys so they all could go. They all arrived and laid out on the beach in their bathing suits. Sheridan spoke up, "So, Teresa, have you talked with Fox?"
"No."
"You know he is your husband and you can't ignore him forever."
"I know." She sighed. Her phone rang,
**PHONE CALL**
"Hello." "Hey Teresa." "Hey Dylan." "I want you to know that I dropped the little tike off with his uncles at the house okay?" "Oh yea. Thanks Dyl! You guys have fun?" "Tons." "K. Bye!" "Bye." **END OF CALL**
Teresa looked at the girls and said, "He talked to Miguel a while back when those stupid fantasies started. Miguel said he had them also for a while after Trinity was born. He thinks its normal."
Charity looked at her, "He had what?"
"Oops!"
"Are you serious?"
Beth spoke up, "Antonio had them too. It's like a male-trauma thing after their wife gives birth, I think. They think of the closest thing to their wife, like their best friend, and in Teresa's case her maid-of-honor also."
Charity was flipping, "He had those dreams about Kay then!"
Everyone started to laugh because Charity looked like she was going to have a heart attack. Some guys walked by and whistled at them. They laughed and said at the same time, "We're all married and way too old." The guys walked away and the girls were still laughing.
**The L.F. house**
Fox walked in and saw all the guys in the living room watching the kids. He closed the front door and they all looked at him. Without saying a word, he walked towards his bedroom and Antonio spoke up, "Why don't you come sit with us?" Luis said, "Yeah. We should talk."
Fox sat down and put his daughter on his lap. Miguel got up and slapped the back of Fox's head, "No matter what, you never say another's woman name!" Luis spoke up, "I may not have been through that trauma thing yet, but I know that!" Fox laughed uncomfortably, "So you guys understand what happened?" Miguel said, "Yeah! Duh! I mean I don't know how many times I almost said Kay's name while fooling around with Charity after Trinity was born, but I always paid attention and didn't say it." Antonio agreed and Luis started to flip out again because Sheridan's maid-of-honor was Gwen who got sick, so Teresa stepped in. The guys kept talking and they all watched the kids for the rest of the afternoon and gave Fox advice about the whole situation.
**About 9pm**
The girls walked in laughing and giggling about how they were going to ask their guys about their fantasies that night. Teresa walked in and stopped laughing when she saw Fox. Miguel whispered, "ACTION."
Fox got up and followed Teresa into the room. She took a shower and he was talking to her, but she was saying anything:
"So I was home with the guys and kids today." No reply.
"And we noticed that you ladies do a lot during the day." No reply. She climbed out of the shower. She got dressed and he sat on the bed. He kept talking while she was dressing and she finally said, "Do you mind? I don't like you looking at my naked body." Fox stopped talking because he couldn't believe she said that. He nodded and went to help Charity and Sheridan with dinner.
**About 10.30 pm**
Teresa was dressing for bed and so was Fox. They climbed into bed and she turned the TV on. Fox frowned but obliged, he didn't feel like getting yelled at. He was sitting up against the bed head when she laid her head on his chest. He didn't say anything and kept his eyes locked on the TV because he didn't want to move. He slowly wrapped his arm around her waist and she started to move around, but she was just getting comfy. The show ended and she turned the TV off. She sat up to turn the lamp off and he laid down on his side. She went back to her normal position on his chest. She took her finger and played with the elastic on his boxers.
"Fox?"
"Huh?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah."
"What do you fantasize about?"
"What?"
"I mean, what do you think about in your fantasies with, you know-"?
"Teresa, I don't feel like fighting."
"I don't want to fight, I just want to know." She lowered her hand in his boxers and was now "feeling him."
"Um, I just think of her um, Teresa I don't want to say."
"I won't get mad. I promise." She raised her hand and looked up at him and he could he see her from the light coming in from the window.
"I just see her doing the things I like, for instance, um, that lollipop thing you used to do, but don't do now."
"You liked that?"
"A lot. But you don't do it now, so I reverted to the closest thing."
"I see." She laid her head back on his chest and started to play with his chest hair. There were a couple minutes of silence and Fox had obviously fallen asleep. There was a knock at the window and Teresa went to go see who or what it was. She climbed out of bed with Fox and looked out and saw no one. She shrugged it off and went back to bed. About an hour past and someone knocked on the window again. She got up and looked again and this time she saw someone walking in between trees.
She climbed out the window and went to see the person. She walked right up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and she screamed. "NOAH!" He smiled and picked her up and swung her around in circles. "Teresa! I missed you so much!" "How's college and how'd you get onto the grounds?" "Good and I snuck in. I had to see you." "Wow. It's been so long." I heard you got married and had twins." "Yes. I move fast." "I know." She laughed. He leaned in and kissed her lips. She started to push him away, but she eventually gave in. Memories came flooding back to her. She remembered how happy she was when they were dating.
**FLASHBACK**
"Noah, I can't believe that you won me all these bears."
"You wanted them right?"
"Duh." He pulled her to a corner and kissed her. She melted and his arms were the only things supporting her. She kissed back and she loved it. They kept kissing until they heard Noah's younger sisters, Kay and Jessica, looking for him. He pulled his lips from hers and she opened her eyes and smiled. "Your eyes were closed. That means that it had passion." "Oh really?" "Definitely." She laughed.
**END **
"I want to take you somewhere."
"I'm in my night gown and if Fox wakes up, he'll worry."
"Don't worry, it's right around the corner and here," he took his jacket off, "you can wear this." She smiled and put it on. They walked hand in hand to his car and drove to the lake a couple of streets away.
"Why did you bring me here?"
"For you to remember how happy we were."
"Noah, I'm sure about that whole thing with Ethan."
"Let's not talk about that."
He sat down and signaled her to sit in between his legs. They looked at the lake and he wrapped his arms around her. They sat there talking all night and watched the sun rise. He took her back home and lifted her back into her room. She gave him the jacket back and he kissed her cheek and say goodbye and walked off the Crane grounds.
Teresa climbed back into bed with Fox and laid on her side not facing Fox. His alarm clock went off about an hour later. He got up and kissed her arm. He went to the bathroom and brushed his teeth and climbed in the shower. Teresa was up, but was thinking about Noah.
She got up and did her normal morning routine. Fox was sitting at the desk when she came in the room to get dressed. She looked at him and he looked up, "I wasn't looking." She smiled, "You can look. You're my husband, you are privy to that at least." She laughed, "I was just overly pissed last night." "You seem in a good mood now though." "Yeah. Let's just say I slept on it." "Ok." She smiled the entire time she was getting dressed.
They ate breakfast with the family and Pilar and Martin had come home last night so it was louder than usual. After breakfast, Fox kissed the twins, who were asleep, and kissed Teresa's head and left for work. After all the guys and Beth left, Teresa told Charity and Sheridan how Noah came back last night and she dreamt about him. Charity said, "How romantic." "Yea. It was so cool."
"So Charity," said Sheridan, "did you ask Miguel about that fantasy thing last night?" Charity said, "Yea. He slept on the couch in our room last night too." They all laughed. " I knew he wouldn't lie to me so it was kind of funny." They laughed again. There was a knock at the door and Teresa got up to get it, "Who is it?" "Noah, beautiful." She opened the door and he picked her up and hugged her. "Come on in." He walked in and said his "hellos" to Charity and Sheridan. She showed him the twins in the room and he said, "Can you imagine how beautiful our kids would have been Teresa?" "Noah, stop, please." "No, Resa. We can still make that happen." "What? I'm happily married, I'll have you know." "Teresa? Who did you think about when you fell asleep this morning? Or who did you tell your sisters- in-law about this morning? Me, Teresa. Just the way it's supposed to be." "Noah!" "Listen to me. If you ever change your mind or need a place to come to after you and Fox have it out, you can come to my place with your kids too. Teresa, I love you, I never stopped loving you." She started to cry. "Why are you crying?" "I'm remembering our break up so many years ago."
**FLASHBACK**
"You slept with Ethan? Ethan Crane? God Teresa! You're my girlfriend!"
"I know, I know. I'm so sorry, Noah!" She was bawling by now.
"Teresa! I can't believe this."
"Please Noah, forgive me."
"No. That's it. I knew something was going on between you two."
"Noah, don't just throw five years down the drain."
"NO TERESA YOU THREW IT DOWN THE DRAIN NOT ME!"
"Noah, please."
"NO. Goodbye Teresa."
"NOAH!"
He walked away. That was the last time they spoke. ** END **
"Teresa, that was horrible, please don't remember that."
"Noah, I'm married now. It wouldn't be right."
"Teresa, just call me whenever you need someone or want to talk. I love you." He kissed her lips and she melted. She loved the way Noah kissed her, the way he held her when he did it, the way he touched her when he did it, she loved it all.
**This story may go longer than I thought. So far we have to deal w/ the stories of birth the Charity's kid and Sheridan's, the paternity of 3 kids, Noah Bennett comes back home, Ethan and Alistair as a team, and trust me, much more. R&R. Thanks. Viki.