Title: Child of Love 19/?

Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.com)

Disclaimer: this is a fanfic about Passions

Distribution: Take it, but let me know. If you have any of my other fics, go ahead.

Comments: please send me all you comments. Please! This story is the sequel to CAN DREAMS BE MORE THAN JUST DREAM

"So are you going to invite Travis?" Theresa asked as she came into Gabi's room.

"You know it's not fair to use things that you learned as my teacher against me as my mother." Gabi said.

"Sorry, but does that bother you? I mean do you want me to quit?" Theresa asked worried.

"Would you?"

"I don't know. I like having a job again. It's a good feeling but if it bothers you than…"

"I don't bother me yet it just when people find out you're my mother, they'll start to think that that is why I'm passing you know?"

"Yeah well let them think what ever they want."

"You do realize you don't really need this job. Don't you?"

"I don't?" Theresa asked questionably.

"Your husband owns the Crane estate and well to say the least we're not counting our pennies here or anything."

"Thanks for that reminder but it has nothing to do with money."

"Then what does it have to do with?"

"Well it's the first job I've had that I've really enjoyed in a long time. Plus I get to see you all that time and that alone is worth any job."

"Yeah make me feel guilty why you at it." Gabi said jokily.

Theresa laughed. "Sorry, I didn't mean to. I am going to go and get ready. Call Travis." She said as she closed the door.

"So is everything ready?" Sam asked Ivy and Pilar as he came up to the two of them.

"Yeah no thanks to you. Where have you been?" Ivy asked annoyed.

"Dealing with Grace. She didn't want me to come." Sam said sadly.

"But you came that's a good sign, right?" Ivy asked worried.

"Yeah, it's a good sign that my marriage is going down the drain."

"Maybe Grace just needs some time to…" Pilar started to say.

"To do what remember why she loved me? Because I think she forgot." Sam said sarcastically.

"I don't know what else to say, I've tried helping Grace." Pilar started to say.

"Hopeless?" Sam asked.

"A work in progress and I'm trying to help you but you both seem pretty set that it can't be fixed. Maybe you two have already made up your minds. You just need to do it." Pilar said.

"We just need to do what? You can't be talking about a divorcee because I defiantly am not thinking about leaving my man." Grace said walking in.

"Grace, what are you doing here?" Sam asked confused.

"Trying to keep you." Grace said, as she looked mad at Ivy.

"This is going to be one night we'll remember." Pilar mumbled.

"So are you ready for the party?" Ethan asked Theresa as they got into the car.

"I'm defiantly ready for a celebration that's for sure." Theresa said smiling.

"Me too." Ethan said as he started up the car and drove off.

(Tell Me I Was Dreaming  by Travis Tritt started to play.

"When I woke up this morning
Wiped the sleep from my eyes
Found a new day dawning
And suddenly I realize
You're gone"
"So what do you think they're going to do at this party for us?" Ethan asked trying to ignore the lyrics.
"Hopefully nothing too crazy, but knowing our families, it will probably be wild." Theresa said.
"Tell me I was dreaming
That you didn't leave me here to cry
You didn't say you don't love me anymore
And it was just my imagination telling lies
Tell me that you didn't say goodbye"
"Ethan, are you ok?" Theresa asked, he seemed to be looking off into space. 
"I… I'm fine." Ethan said nervously.
"I don't believe you." Theresa said. "Talk to me."
"I'm in a state of confusion
I hope things aren't what they seem
If this is really happening
Just let me go back to dream
You're home"
"Things are happy now, let's just leave it that way, please?" Ethan begged.
"It doesn't do any good to ignore what you're feeling, please tell me what you're thinking." 
"Tell me I was dreaming
That you didn't leave me here to cry
You didn't say you don't love me anymore
And it was just my imagination telling lies
Tell me that you didn't say goodbye"
"I'm thinking that this is all a dream and that you're still dead in the ground." Ethan said quickly.
"Ethan, I… please pull over we need to talk." Theresa begged.
Ethan pulled over to the side. "I don't know why I said that really. You don't need to…"
"Yes, I do I need to know exactly what you're thinking and feeling." 
"Theresa, you left me with out even a good bye. You left me with our daughter to raise by myself and then you just come back. I mourned you. I buried you, I cried for you." Ethan said crying.
"I'm sorry, Ethan. I really am." Theresa said also crying.
"You know what the hardest thing to do was? It was to not blame you for leaving me all alone. I tried not to, I really did…."
"You should of, I deserved it. I should of found a way to come back to you and Gabi…"
"You couldn't and I shouldn't be bring this up right now and making you feel bad."
"Yes you should, I should have known that coming back here wasn't going to be easy. And it would be a miracle Ethan if you didn't have some problems with me suddenly coming back into your life. The fact that you do is just a sign that your human and makes this, us more real because this everything suddenly be happy and fine, seemed un real, fake, like a dream."
"So you want me to be sad?" Ethan asked shocked.
"What I want you to be is able to openly tell me what you're feeling and thinking and don't feel like you have to hold anything back. That wouldn't be a real relationship, this whole talking this is." 
"You know I love you so much." Ethan said smiling.
"I love you too. Now let's go to our party." Theresa said as he got back on the road.
"Tell me I was dreaming
That you didn't leave me here to cry
You didn't say you don't love me anymore
And it was just my imagination telling lies
Tell me that you didn't say goodbye?"