** Rated R: for love scenes**

Chapter 28: Problems
A week had past and every night Noah visited Teresa and they went to the lake. One morning Fox woke up and saw Teresa walking back to bed after closing the window and kissing someone. He didn't say anything although he realized she was really happy these days and hadn't yelled at him in a while. She quietly climbed back into bed and Fox moved around to make her nervous. He went from lying on his side to lying on his back and Teresa put her head on his chest as she always did. She closed her eyes and thought of Noah while Fox ran his fingers through her hair.

** That evening**
Fox kept trying to put the moves on Teresa, but she kept moving away or checking on the twins. Fox was getting restless and left the living room and went to bed. Charity whispered to Teresa, "What's going on? Don't you want to fool around with him?" Teresa turned towards her and whispered, "I do, but I'm afraid I'll call him Noah." "Oh. I see." Charity got up and grabbed Sheridan to talk with them. "She's afraid she'll call him Fox." "Ouch. That's interesting." She laughed and said, "Just go inside the room and cuddle with him and if he starts to want to fool around, just make out with him a little and say your tired after a while and if he insists just go to the bathroom for a while." "Okay and if he doesn't want to fool around?" "Then you're off the hook." "Okay."
Teresa got up and walked into the room. She saw Fox was at the desk working really hard and she knew he was working like that to put his mind on something else. She stood beside him and leaned over him to see what he was working on. He ignored her and she pushed his arm to the side. "What?" She smiled. She sat on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "Continue working." He continued to work with her on his lap. He was playing with his hair and when he said, "Stop doing that." She laughed and kept doing it. She realized that she really wanted him, really bad, but she didn't want to risk it. She ignored her conscience and kissed him down his neck and threw the pencil on the desk, "Not now, Resa." "Yes, now Fox." She started to unbutton his shirt and kissed him down his shirt. "Resa." "Huh?" She wouldn't stop. She knew she wanted him. She took her blouse off and said, "What? Do I have to do all the work now?" She kept kissing his lips and he wasn't kissing back. She got up to lock the door and quickly sat back down in his lap. She slipped her skirt off and started to giggle. She kissed him over and over and noticed he wasn't kissing back. She started to breath heavy and she knew it would turn him on and it worked.
He kissed back and slipped his tongue in her mouth. He picked up and carried her to the bed. He laid her down on it and started to caress her body. She loved it. She missed him so much and hated pushing him away. Then she heard a knock the window. Fox looked up, "Did you hear something?" She was getting uneasy. "No. Don't stop, Fox." He kissed her stomach and she was getting nervous. It was around the time Noah usually came. He heard the knock again and asked her again and she said, "Don't stop because of a stupid sound." He nodded and minutes later she got up from under him saying, "Did you hear the twins?" He sighed, "No Teresa." "I'm sorry sweetie, you're more dressed than I am, and can you go check? Please." He sighed and zipped his shorts and went to check on the twins. She slipped Fox's shirt on and opened the window and saw Noah there. "Sorry Noah, not tonight." "Why not?" "Because, the twins aren't feeling well and I don't want to leave them." "Okay. Call me. I'll be back tomorrow then." "Bye." "Bye." He kissed her cheek and left. She closed the window. She quickly took Fox's shirt off and completely undressed and climbed under the covers to wait for him. "Well he's taking his time, isn't he?"
She turned the light off and decided to wait for him. The door opened and she asked, "Were they okay?" He said, "Uh-huh." He climbed into bed on top of her and slipped himself into her. She felt that something was different with his kiss and with his touch. She recognized the touch and kiss and it was Noah's. She thought that she was just thinking of him and didn't say anything. She felt that he was working her body in different ways. All of a sudden the bedroom light turned on and Fox yelled, "What the hell?" Teresa looked over at Fox by the light and looked above her and saw Noah! She was with Noah not Fox. Teresa thought to herself, 'o god'.
Fox went over to the bed where Noah was putting his clothes back on and threw him against a wall. He started to punch him as Teresa got up with a sheet wrapped around her and she begged him to stop. Miguel and everyone else came running into the run and tried to hold Fox back and help Noah. "Who the hell are you and why were you on top of my wife?" Noah said, "Because I can love her better than you!" Fox flipped at this remark and Luis had to go and help Antonio hold Fox back. Charity said, "Noah, you better get out of here." Noah started to walk out the room, but pulled Teresa in his arms and kissed her. Fox wanted to kill him. Miguel threw him out "the Lopez-Fitzgerald way" and walked back to the room. Fox was pacing the room and talking to himself. Teresa asked everyone to leave and they did. Teresa sat on the bed waiting for Fox to say something to her. He went to the closet and pulled out a book bag and stuffed some clothes into it. While he was packing he threw the bag against the wall and asked calmly, "Who was he?" "Noah Bennett." "Why was he in our bed with you?" "I turned the lights off to wait for you and I thought you walked in and started to fool around with me so I never thought twice about it." He looked at her with a straight face with no emotion. He was pissed. "Did he? Did you? You know." She said, "Yea, we did." Fox started to pace the room again and he finally sat down in the chair at the desk and put his head down and cried. She walked over to him and cried with him, "Fox, I didn't know." "You couldn't tell the difference?" "I felt a difference, but I thought YOU were doing something different." He sat up and looked at her, "Teresa." He held her in his lap and they cried. "Teresa, we have gone through so much and I'm afraid to ask what's next." "I know. I know." "Let's go to bed." He said. They climbed into bed and she laid her head on his chest like normal, but he said, "I can't do this. I have to sleep in the guestroom." He got up and walked out of the room and left Teresa crying. He couldn't sleep all night. He had too much on his mind. He kept asking himself if this "Noah" guy was the guy that Teresa had been with those nights and he kept remembering walking in on the action and seeing Teresa's face. He was so mad at her: first her kids are Ethan's and now he caught her with another man. He didn't know how much more he could take. He had to get away from it all for a while or do something. Him and Teresa hadn't "been together" really since before the pregnancy and something kept coming in between them.

**The next morning**
The breakfast table was silent as Fox sat next Charity and Beth instead of Teresa. She kept trying to talk to him, but he ignored her. He checked on the twins before leaving and went to work without even looking twice at Teresa. Teresa watched him get into his car and drive away. Once again she was alone and decided to take her kids with her to the beach. She packed everything up and called Whitney to join her.
Once at the beach she told Whitney everything about Fox's fantasies and what Miguel said about them and how Noah was back and what happened with that. Whitney was stunned. She didn't know so much was going with Teresa. She felt so bad for her and decided to call Fox while with Teresa.

**Phone Call**
"Fox Crane."
"Hey Fox! It's Whitney, is Teresa there, she isn't answering at the house."
"No. She isn't here. Call Sheridan or something."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah. No, not really."
"Spill."
"Nah, it's just you know, marriage problems, but I'm sure Teresa and I will get through it."
"Yeah. I know you guys will."
"Hey, sorry Whit, I have to go to a meeting, but we can talk later, okay?"
"Okay. Bye."
"Bye." **END**

"He didn't mention me huh?"
"Nope. Sorry, Resa."
"That's okay, he's pissed."
"Yea."

** Fox's office**
Dylan walked in and noticed a lot of beer cans and Fox's keys and jacket were gone. "Oh god." He ran out the door to look for him before it was too late, because he knew Fox was plastered and he didn't want Fox to hurt Teresa or the kids.

** That evening**
Fox came home and wanted to talk with Teresa. He asked Beth to watch the twins while he spoke with Teresa. He opened the door and saw her lying on the bed, reading. He walked in and put his stuff down. He came and sat down next to her. She looked up at him from the book and managed a smile. He took the book from her hands and put it on the table next to her. They just looked at each other. Fox took his jacket and shirt off and slipped Teresa's spaghetti straps down held her behind her neck like he did the first time they made love. He kissed her and she kissed back. He slowly laid her down and got on top of her. "Teresa, I want you to know that I love you." Teresa looked up at him, "I love you, Fox, more than anything." "Oh really?" he smiled. "Yea." She smiled back. "Then prove it." He locked lips with her and moments later they were making love. He wanted that one connection with her that separated all the other moments from others. He wanted to make love to her to prove to himself that she was his, and his alone. Teresa started to scream as she reached her climax and Fox missed hearing her do that and he missed seeing her face as he moved inside her. He went faster and faster not even thinking about it because he wanted to please her, he wanted to love her, and wanted her to know that he loved her. They were out of breath when Fox finished and their hearts were racing. Fox didn't want to stop so he started moving again, making Teresa a bit uncomfortable, but she didn't care because she wanted to be with him. She loved trembling at his touches and screaming at his movements. She loved him when he was aggressive in bed and he was a little more aggressive than usual. He was moving faster and faster and she hated to admit it, but he was hurting her. She said, "Fox, slow down." But he wouldn't listen. It was like he was trying to prove something. He was getting rougher with her and she couldn't move because he "pinned her" down. He wasn't listening when she said that he was hurting her so she slapped him across his face hard. He looked at her and stopped, "What the hell was that for?" "Because you're hurting me." "No I'm not." He started up again and she slapped him again and it made him angry. He looked at her again and said, "You'll regret that." She didn't know what do to do and she didn't want to call for help because it would sound like he was raping her. He pinned her arms to the bed and said, "Who's better?" "What?" "Who's better? Huh? Me or Noah?" Now she knew what this was all about, "FOX! Stop you're hurting me. Please." She started to cry and he released her arms and slapped her head, "Damn it Teresa! What the hell is wrong with you? You cry and act like a bitch when I love you and when Noah loves you, you're all for it." She sat up and said, "You slapped me." "You slapped me first. Twice!" "I never thought you'd hit me."
Teresa got up from the bed crying and decided to sleep on the floor that night. Her cell phone rang and she noticed Fox was asleep. It was Dylan. "Hello." "Teresa are you okay? Fox had like thirty beers." "He was drinking?" "Yeah. A lot. Did he hurt you? Are you okay? The twins?" "Um, yea, I'm fine. I have to go, he's waking up." "Okay, bye." "Bye."

** Next Morning **
Fox woke up and saw Teresa lying on the floor. He got up and laid next to her and woke her up, "Why are you on the floor?" "Huh?" When she realized who it was she jumped back. "What's wrong? Why are you on the floor?" She looked at him, "You don't remember, do you?" "Remember what? All I know is that I have this killer headache."
He looked at her, "Are you okay?" "Fox," she looked at him, "you "raped" me last night." He sat straight up, "WHAT? I did what?" "You heard me." He went to hug her and she moved back, "Teresa, come here." "No." "Please, baby, please. I didn't know what was going on, I was drunk, I think." "Yea, you were, Dylan called. He found thirty beer cans in your office and called to make sure that the twins and I were okay." "What did you tell him?" "That you were asleep and we were okay." "Teresa," he started to cry, "I'm so sorry." She started to cry and crawled into his open arms and he held her. "Baby, I am so sorry. So sorry. There are no words to explain how sorry I am. Baby, please, please forgive me." Teresa was crying so hard by now that she could hardly catch her breath. He kissed her and she pulled away, "Please, Fox, my whole body is sore, lips, waist, insides and more." He just held her weak body and cried, "I never would hurt you Teresa. Never. OMG, I didn't hit or you or anything did I?" "Um." "No, Teresa, OMG I am so sorry, so sorry!" "I slapped you first though. Twice." "That is no excuse. Baby, I am so sorry."
They spent the whole day in bed hugging and kissing, ignoring their problems and the twins were with Beth and Charity. Fox said he was sorry about 900 times and she knew he was but she couldn't get over the feeling of being helpless while with him. She was in so much pain, both mentally and physically.
After dinner and watching TV, Fox climbed into bed next to Teresa. She laid her head on his chest and played with his chest hair, "Fox." "Huh?" "I have a question." "Yea." "Will you love me?" "What?" He looked at her and she looked at him, "What?" "You heard me." "I don't think you're up to it." "No, I am. I have to admit I liked the aggression thing, but I wasn't into getting hurt." He showed a weak smile and kissed her forehead, "Are you sure?" "Definitely." She climbed on top of him this time and said to him, "Can you go really easy though, this time?" He felt really bad and unsure about it, but he promised that he'd do whatever she wanted. They made love all night, but constantly had to stop to because Teresa was hurting but she insisted they carried on.

**Ethan's room**
"Yea, I hear you Alistair." " Yea, I hear you, bye."

Gwen said, "Who was that?" "Don't worry about it." "Fine."

**R&R please. I know the chapter was weird, but it shows that Fox has his mind on some many things. Also, send in those names for Charity and Sheridan. Also, don't forget that we still have chapters w/ paternities, births, Ethan & Alistair, family problems, Teresa & Fox's "rape" situation etc. SO, keep reading! XoXo. Viki.