A/N: Yay! New chappie! I'm sorry about how I posted chapter one
twice. It was an accident. Please don't hate me. I'm horrible
with computers, and the Internet is evil and keeps breaking.
Beta Sunfreak's note: Yah, don't remind me. -_-;; * repeatedly stabs cable modem*
Thersea's POV.
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"Another Shocker"
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I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Fox loved me. For a moment I was filled with joy. I was happier than I had been in a long time. I was pretty sure I loved him too. He'd done so much for me. He'd been so supportive every time I cried over Ethan.
But as soon as I thought about Ethan, my joy changed to despair. I didn't think I could let go of that love. At least not yet.
"Theresa. Are you okay?" I was ripped from my thoughts by Fox's words.
"Yes, I- I'm fine," I stammered. "Fox, I don't know what to say, but . . . Can you give me some time? I need to go think."
"I guess so," he answered reluctantly.
I turned away and walked downstairs, before he could say anything. I was staring at the floor. My mind was in a daze. I was so confused. I didn't know what to think or say. Suddenly I bumped into someone- Ethan.
"Theresa, can we talk now?" he asked. "It's really important."
"Okay," I answered, even though I just wanted to be left alone. I followed him to the library. What he needed to talk to about couldn't be as big as what Fox had told me, after all. It was probably just something about Crane Industries. Some new project, or some mistake I made on some file. But it seemed so important to him, and of course I had a soft spot for the man. Once again my thoughts were interrupted: this time by our arrival at the library.
"Theresa, Eddie was hit by a car," he announced with pain in his voice. "He's dead."
"Oh God, Ethan!" I cried. "I'm so sorry. I can't believe it- your son!- he was only two!" Eddie had been such a sweet little boy, and it wasn't his fault that Gwen was his mother.
"Theresa, a while ago I real-realized I don't lo-love Gwen." He was just barely keeping from crying. "Our son was the o-only thing keeping us together. So I'm leaving her."
"Oh, Ethan. I'm sorry. I don't know what to say." I couldn't believe all the things happening today. Fox told me he loved me, Eddie had died, Ethan was leaving Gwen. It was all too much to hear in a matter of minutes and I didn't know what to think. Then Ethan spoke again.
"Theresa, I made the wrong choice."
"What?" I asked.
"I should have picked you."
And before I knew it, he had swept me up in his arms and kissed me.
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Beta Sunfreak's note: Yah, don't remind me. -_-;; * repeatedly stabs cable modem*
Thersea's POV.
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"Another Shocker"
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I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Fox loved me. For a moment I was filled with joy. I was happier than I had been in a long time. I was pretty sure I loved him too. He'd done so much for me. He'd been so supportive every time I cried over Ethan.
But as soon as I thought about Ethan, my joy changed to despair. I didn't think I could let go of that love. At least not yet.
"Theresa. Are you okay?" I was ripped from my thoughts by Fox's words.
"Yes, I- I'm fine," I stammered. "Fox, I don't know what to say, but . . . Can you give me some time? I need to go think."
"I guess so," he answered reluctantly.
I turned away and walked downstairs, before he could say anything. I was staring at the floor. My mind was in a daze. I was so confused. I didn't know what to think or say. Suddenly I bumped into someone- Ethan.
"Theresa, can we talk now?" he asked. "It's really important."
"Okay," I answered, even though I just wanted to be left alone. I followed him to the library. What he needed to talk to about couldn't be as big as what Fox had told me, after all. It was probably just something about Crane Industries. Some new project, or some mistake I made on some file. But it seemed so important to him, and of course I had a soft spot for the man. Once again my thoughts were interrupted: this time by our arrival at the library.
"Theresa, Eddie was hit by a car," he announced with pain in his voice. "He's dead."
"Oh God, Ethan!" I cried. "I'm so sorry. I can't believe it- your son!- he was only two!" Eddie had been such a sweet little boy, and it wasn't his fault that Gwen was his mother.
"Theresa, a while ago I real-realized I don't lo-love Gwen." He was just barely keeping from crying. "Our son was the o-only thing keeping us together. So I'm leaving her."
"Oh, Ethan. I'm sorry. I don't know what to say." I couldn't believe all the things happening today. Fox told me he loved me, Eddie had died, Ethan was leaving Gwen. It was all too much to hear in a matter of minutes and I didn't know what to think. Then Ethan spoke again.
"Theresa, I made the wrong choice."
"What?" I asked.
"I should have picked you."
And before I knew it, he had swept me up in his arms and kissed me.
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