Theresa angrily slammed her purse on the bench as she sat down. She couldn't believe what had just happened. How could Fox be so blind when it came to her emotions! One minute he was joking about her throwing herself at him and not being interested and the next he was saying he felt something when they kissed. "Men." she said to herself. "I just don't understand them."
"I was just saying the same thing about women." a voice said.
Theresa turned around to see Ethan walking towards her. "What do you want?" she said rolling her eyes and turning back around.
"Nothing, I was just coming here to think and wah-lah, you're here too." he said stopping in front of her. He studied her for a while and could tell that she had been crying. "Is everything ok?" he asked concerned.
"What do you care?" she said vehemently.
"I care about how you're doing." he replied but she didn't answer. "Can I sit here?" he asked motioning towards the empty space on the bench where her purse was.
Theresa didn't say a sound but she picked up her purse and put it in her lap.
Ethan drummed his fingers looking for something to say. "The stars are beautiful." he finally said.
"Coming up with something about the weather to start a conversation isn't going to work. Just get to the point." Theresa sighed.
"Does this have something to do with Fox?" he said defensively.
"Yeah, doesn't that make your day." she said sarcastically. "Finally the point that you've made about Fox hurting me has been proven. Congratulations."
"Theresa, I'm so sorry to hear that." he answered.
"So why are you here?" she asked curiously.
"I left Gwen." he said looking down.
"Really? Let me congratulate you on that to! You finally know what its like to have your heart broken!"
"Theresa-"
"Oh, thats right! I'm sorry. You were OBLIGATED to Gwen so your heart wasn't broken because you never loved her." she said both angrily and sarcastically.
"You're right. She was carrying my child, but now that its lost..." he said drifting off.
"So you finally came to your senses huh? Too bad that its too late cause the damage has already been done, Ethan." she said shakily.
Ethan sighed. "I know, and I'm really sorry about that Theresa, but-"
"But WHAT?" she said blowing up. "You want to make it up to me now with one of your fancy dinners or your fancy words? Huh? Well that can't buy me anymore, Ethan. That's where you really screwed up, you thought money could buy love but NOTHING can buy my love! Nothing! So why don't you waddle to your little girlfriend and cry to her about how she's the only one who can understand you cause I don't give a damn!"
Ethan took in everything that Theresa said but kept his calm because he knew how much he had hurt her. Not knowing what to say, he got up from the bench. "You remember that blue dress that I had bought for you, but was too big so I was going to return it? She was wearing it and it made me realize my mistake." he sighed and slowly walked away.
A tear trickled down Theresa's eye as Ethan's last words rang in her head. Suddenly with a magic boost of confidence Theresa wiped it away and knew that she couldn't let herself make the same mistake with Fox.
"I'll go to Fox and talk things out, but I won't open up my emotions to him just to be safe." she said laying out the plan. "Just because I'm going to go make things up with him doesn't mean I'm going to let go of being Miss Independent. I'm just taking it to a new level and I'm going to show him that I can be as bad as he is. Its time he gets a little taste of his own medicine." She said grinning. She jumped off of the bench and went off to find Fox.
"I was just saying the same thing about women." a voice said.
Theresa turned around to see Ethan walking towards her. "What do you want?" she said rolling her eyes and turning back around.
"Nothing, I was just coming here to think and wah-lah, you're here too." he said stopping in front of her. He studied her for a while and could tell that she had been crying. "Is everything ok?" he asked concerned.
"What do you care?" she said vehemently.
"I care about how you're doing." he replied but she didn't answer. "Can I sit here?" he asked motioning towards the empty space on the bench where her purse was.
Theresa didn't say a sound but she picked up her purse and put it in her lap.
Ethan drummed his fingers looking for something to say. "The stars are beautiful." he finally said.
"Coming up with something about the weather to start a conversation isn't going to work. Just get to the point." Theresa sighed.
"Does this have something to do with Fox?" he said defensively.
"Yeah, doesn't that make your day." she said sarcastically. "Finally the point that you've made about Fox hurting me has been proven. Congratulations."
"Theresa, I'm so sorry to hear that." he answered.
"So why are you here?" she asked curiously.
"I left Gwen." he said looking down.
"Really? Let me congratulate you on that to! You finally know what its like to have your heart broken!"
"Theresa-"
"Oh, thats right! I'm sorry. You were OBLIGATED to Gwen so your heart wasn't broken because you never loved her." she said both angrily and sarcastically.
"You're right. She was carrying my child, but now that its lost..." he said drifting off.
"So you finally came to your senses huh? Too bad that its too late cause the damage has already been done, Ethan." she said shakily.
Ethan sighed. "I know, and I'm really sorry about that Theresa, but-"
"But WHAT?" she said blowing up. "You want to make it up to me now with one of your fancy dinners or your fancy words? Huh? Well that can't buy me anymore, Ethan. That's where you really screwed up, you thought money could buy love but NOTHING can buy my love! Nothing! So why don't you waddle to your little girlfriend and cry to her about how she's the only one who can understand you cause I don't give a damn!"
Ethan took in everything that Theresa said but kept his calm because he knew how much he had hurt her. Not knowing what to say, he got up from the bench. "You remember that blue dress that I had bought for you, but was too big so I was going to return it? She was wearing it and it made me realize my mistake." he sighed and slowly walked away.
A tear trickled down Theresa's eye as Ethan's last words rang in her head. Suddenly with a magic boost of confidence Theresa wiped it away and knew that she couldn't let herself make the same mistake with Fox.
"I'll go to Fox and talk things out, but I won't open up my emotions to him just to be safe." she said laying out the plan. "Just because I'm going to go make things up with him doesn't mean I'm going to let go of being Miss Independent. I'm just taking it to a new level and I'm going to show him that I can be as bad as he is. Its time he gets a little taste of his own medicine." She said grinning. She jumped off of the bench and went off to find Fox.
