Chapter 40: From Beginning to End
Three years had pasted since everyone came back from Spain. Whitney and Dylan were married and were expecting their first child. Ally had married a guy named Juan while in Spain and she was happy running things in Spain. Miguel and Charity were happy again with their two girls. Luis and Sheridan had another child, Liliana Sierra, and were also happy. Fox and Teresa had moved out of the house once Beth and Antonio separated.
One morning, Teresa woke up in her normal position on Fox's chest and kissed him. He woke up and kissed her forehead, "Hey beautiful." "Hey. What are we doing today?" "Well, what do you want to do?" "Let's go to Harmony Park." "Okay." Just then Tatys came running into their room screaming. She jumped onto the bed screaming. She hid under the covers and pushed up against Fox. Fox and Teresa started to laugh. Fox lifted the covers off his daughter and said, "What are you doing?" Just then Nick ran into the room with a sword made from aluminum screaming, "I FOUND YOU!" Tatys jumped up from the bed screaming, "DADDY! HELP!" Nick jumped onto the bed and Fox grabbed him before he could get to Tatys. "Sit down, mister." Tatys ran from the room and Teresa ran to hide her. Fox looked at Nick, "Let's get them!" They hopped off the bed and ran down the stairs screaming. Tina was watching TV on the couch and she signaled that they were in the closet.
Fox slowly opened the door and Teresa and Tatys ran out screaming. Tatys got away but Fox grabbed Teresa. He threw her onto the couch next to Tina and started to tickle her. In between breaths she begged Fox to stop. He eventually let her go when Tina started to help Teresa. "You want to help mommy huh?" She looked scared and started to scream when Fox started to chase her. The whole house was screaming within seconds because everyone was chasing someone. Eventually, Teresa called everyone to order and said that they were spending the day at the park. Everyone showered and brushed their teeth for breakfast. After breakfast, everyone packed for the day's activities.
** Harmony Park **
Nick was pushing his sisters on the swings and Fox and Teresa were lying on a blanket on the grass. Fox was leaning against a tree with Teresa in between his legs, with her back to his chest as usual. He ran his fingers through her hair as she read something in a magazine, "Resa, what are you reading?" "A list of kindergartens for the twins. Their going to be six soon and we need to find a pre-school for Tatys." Fox nodded and started to read aloud some schools that appealed to him.
Nick ran over to his father and asked him to play with them. Fox obliged and Teresa leaned against tree watching them. She started to talk to herself while watching her kids and her husband, "Finally, Fox, we are really happy. You have given me everything I've ever wanted and more." Minutes later, she laid on the blanket and started to take a nap. Fox woke up and told her it was getting late and they should get home. She agreed and everyone went home.
** The "Crane" car **
"Mommy?"
"Yes, Nick."
"Can we go to abuela's?"
"Abuela's?" She looked at Fox and Fox nodded to show that he understood that Nick said, 'grandmother's' in Spanish.
Fox spoke up, "Well, if you go home and take a shower and eat dinner and BEHAVE, then we'll go over to your abuela."
"Okay." All three kids responded. Tina spoke up, "Daddy?"
"Huh?"
"Is Nikki going to be there?"
Fox looked at Teresa and sighed, "No. I don't think she'll be there, but Trinity and Chastity will be, and Anthony and the new baby, Lily."
"Okay, Daddy."
** Back home after going to Pilar's house**
Fox and Teresa were in bed and were talking about pre-schools when Fox said he wanted to go to sleep and they'd talk about it over breakfast. Teresa obliged and put the magazine down. She turned off her lamp and laid down on her pillow. Fox looked over at her, "Something wrong?" "No. Why?" "No, it's just that you always lay on my chest after you turn the lamp off and you play with the elastic on my boxers for a while until you fall asleep. You hardly lay on your pillow." She looked at him and rolled over to face him. She kissed him and reply, "I was just thinking, how much we've gone through over ALL these years." Fox laughed, "Yeah. Too much." He laid his arm out and she laid her head on it. She said, "Remember when we first met that day when you and Ethan were fighting? Or that time you gave me a calling card for Christmas?" "I thought you liked that card!" "Well, it was different." They laughed. Fox got up from the bed and opened the dresser and pulled out a box. He laid back down next to Teresa and told her to turn the lamp on. He opened the box and he pulled out the stuff inside, "Remember this?" They both remembered that Christmas, so long ago,:
** Memory **
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.
** END **
She smiled at him, "Those were the days huh?"
"Nah. These are the days."
He kissed her lips and she turned the lamp off and laid on his chest. She said to him, "Fox, we've been through it all, huh?" "Yeah, babe. Everything." She smiled and said, "We did it all together, from beginning to end."
Three years had pasted since everyone came back from Spain. Whitney and Dylan were married and were expecting their first child. Ally had married a guy named Juan while in Spain and she was happy running things in Spain. Miguel and Charity were happy again with their two girls. Luis and Sheridan had another child, Liliana Sierra, and were also happy. Fox and Teresa had moved out of the house once Beth and Antonio separated.
One morning, Teresa woke up in her normal position on Fox's chest and kissed him. He woke up and kissed her forehead, "Hey beautiful." "Hey. What are we doing today?" "Well, what do you want to do?" "Let's go to Harmony Park." "Okay." Just then Tatys came running into their room screaming. She jumped onto the bed screaming. She hid under the covers and pushed up against Fox. Fox and Teresa started to laugh. Fox lifted the covers off his daughter and said, "What are you doing?" Just then Nick ran into the room with a sword made from aluminum screaming, "I FOUND YOU!" Tatys jumped up from the bed screaming, "DADDY! HELP!" Nick jumped onto the bed and Fox grabbed him before he could get to Tatys. "Sit down, mister." Tatys ran from the room and Teresa ran to hide her. Fox looked at Nick, "Let's get them!" They hopped off the bed and ran down the stairs screaming. Tina was watching TV on the couch and she signaled that they were in the closet.
Fox slowly opened the door and Teresa and Tatys ran out screaming. Tatys got away but Fox grabbed Teresa. He threw her onto the couch next to Tina and started to tickle her. In between breaths she begged Fox to stop. He eventually let her go when Tina started to help Teresa. "You want to help mommy huh?" She looked scared and started to scream when Fox started to chase her. The whole house was screaming within seconds because everyone was chasing someone. Eventually, Teresa called everyone to order and said that they were spending the day at the park. Everyone showered and brushed their teeth for breakfast. After breakfast, everyone packed for the day's activities.
** Harmony Park **
Nick was pushing his sisters on the swings and Fox and Teresa were lying on a blanket on the grass. Fox was leaning against a tree with Teresa in between his legs, with her back to his chest as usual. He ran his fingers through her hair as she read something in a magazine, "Resa, what are you reading?" "A list of kindergartens for the twins. Their going to be six soon and we need to find a pre-school for Tatys." Fox nodded and started to read aloud some schools that appealed to him.
Nick ran over to his father and asked him to play with them. Fox obliged and Teresa leaned against tree watching them. She started to talk to herself while watching her kids and her husband, "Finally, Fox, we are really happy. You have given me everything I've ever wanted and more." Minutes later, she laid on the blanket and started to take a nap. Fox woke up and told her it was getting late and they should get home. She agreed and everyone went home.
** The "Crane" car **
"Mommy?"
"Yes, Nick."
"Can we go to abuela's?"
"Abuela's?" She looked at Fox and Fox nodded to show that he understood that Nick said, 'grandmother's' in Spanish.
Fox spoke up, "Well, if you go home and take a shower and eat dinner and BEHAVE, then we'll go over to your abuela."
"Okay." All three kids responded. Tina spoke up, "Daddy?"
"Huh?"
"Is Nikki going to be there?"
Fox looked at Teresa and sighed, "No. I don't think she'll be there, but Trinity and Chastity will be, and Anthony and the new baby, Lily."
"Okay, Daddy."
** Back home after going to Pilar's house**
Fox and Teresa were in bed and were talking about pre-schools when Fox said he wanted to go to sleep and they'd talk about it over breakfast. Teresa obliged and put the magazine down. She turned off her lamp and laid down on her pillow. Fox looked over at her, "Something wrong?" "No. Why?" "No, it's just that you always lay on my chest after you turn the lamp off and you play with the elastic on my boxers for a while until you fall asleep. You hardly lay on your pillow." She looked at him and rolled over to face him. She kissed him and reply, "I was just thinking, how much we've gone through over ALL these years." Fox laughed, "Yeah. Too much." He laid his arm out and she laid her head on it. She said, "Remember when we first met that day when you and Ethan were fighting? Or that time you gave me a calling card for Christmas?" "I thought you liked that card!" "Well, it was different." They laughed. Fox got up from the bed and opened the dresser and pulled out a box. He laid back down next to Teresa and told her to turn the lamp on. He opened the box and he pulled out the stuff inside, "Remember this?" They both remembered that Christmas, so long ago,:
** Memory **
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.
** END **
She smiled at him, "Those were the days huh?"
"Nah. These are the days."
He kissed her lips and she turned the lamp off and laid on his chest. She said to him, "Fox, we've been through it all, huh?" "Yeah, babe. Everything." She smiled and said, "We did it all together, from beginning to end."