A/N: Well here's chapter 3. Sorry it's been so long. I'm really messing
with the timeline thing here.
Fox's POV
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"Not a Stepmommy Anymore"
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Ten minutes after Theresa left she came running back up stairs crying. She ran right into her bedroom without evening looking at me. While I was debating whether to go in there and see what was the matter Theresa screamed and there was a loud crack that sounded like the breaking of her bedroom mirror. 'Seven years bad luck stepmommy.' I thought.
"He's so stupid!" I heard her scream from inside. Then there was another crack. I was suddenly very glad Pilar had taken little Ethan to the park.
I wondered what was wrong. It might have been my news, but her reaction was a bit to delayed for that. I felt a little bad but I decided to leave Theresa alone. I didn't want one of those shards aimed at me. I headed for the stairs and found a person sitting at the bottom of them: Ethan.
Suddenly he turned to face me. His face was red as if he'd been slapped and he looked like he was about to fall over and die.
When he say me he stood up and started to walk away.
"Ethan wait. Come back here." Something I never thought I'd say. I had always wanted Ethan as far away as possible. "Did you say something to Theresa?"
"Fox it's really none of your business what goes on between me and Theresa. Now please excuse me." He looked like he was trying to hold something back- either tears or his fist.
I could tell Ethan had said something to Theresa. The question was what?
Then I heard voices.
"Bruce this is wonderful. Thanks to you I can finally get rid of Teresita." It was my father. "She'll be back in the gutter where she belongs. I can't believe you would play such a trick on me. But seeing as this is what it means I forgive you." They both began to laugh. Then I saw them. They were headed for the stairs. I turned and ran back up and ducked into an empty room. I could still hear them threw the door.
"I'm so glad you came to me with this wonderful news Bruce. It has made me very happy." Said my father.
"I knew it would." Bruce answered him.
"I'm so happy that I didn't really marry Theresa after all. You played a joke on me. You pretended to have us married. Now let's tell Theresa. I can't wait to have her throw out on her ear." I heard them knocking on her door. "Theresa we need to talk." said my father. He was barely keeping from laughing.
She threw something big and breakable at the door.
"Go away Julian! You're the last person I want to see right now!"
"Well Theresa I'm don't enjoy seeing you that either, but this is important."
I came out of my hiding space and walked up to my father. "Just leave her alone Pops." I said as quietly as I could. I didn't want her to know I was there.
"No Fox. This is far to important." Well I guess that blew my cover. "Come out Theresa before I have you thrown out."
The door swung open almost hitting my father. 'Dang,' I thought 'Theresa you missed.'
"Julian I would like to know how you can have me thrown out of MY own HOUSE!"
"Simple Theresa. You are not my wife and never have been. Bruce here faked it all, so pack your things and get out!"
"You have no proof!" Theresa cried.
Then Ethan came out of the room I had been hiding in. Okay so it wasn't as empty as I thought.
"You're right Theresa Julian has no proof. He could have easily made this whole thing up. I'll go check it out for you." And with that he was gone.
"Well Theresa start packing."
"No Julian. Ethan is checking out this lie you've made up. I'm not doing anything, or going anywhere." Said Theresa.
"We'll see about that." My father answered.
Forty minutes later we were waiting for Ethan's search results in the living room. We had started as four but then Gwen and Rebecca came looking for Ethan and Julian. After that Pilar came to drop off little Ethan and ended up staying after hearing the story.
Little Ethan being a three and a half year old boy grew bored sitting around doing nothing so Pilar took him to play with the staffs children.
Then Ethan appeared looking miserable. "I'm sorry Theresa. It's true. You were never legally married to Julian. You have to leave."
Theresa's beautiful face filled with horror. Then she screamed.
"A JOKE! I lost Ethan because of a joke!" She started after Bruce, but I held her back.
"Calm down Theresa." I said, but she was beyond consoling.
"I hate you! You ruined my life! You're horrible! Stop laughing Julian! STOP IT! Fox let go of me! All those tears I wasted!" Theresa wasn't making much sense. She was also kicking like crazy and hard to hold back. "Julian I'll kill you for real this time!" Then she kicked me in the knee and jumped Julian. It took both me and Ethan to pull her of him and even then it took a while.
"Call security!" yelled Julian. Then he pushed a button on the desk. "Security. I need you to remove Miss Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald from the grounds."
"Fine Julian I'll leave." Ethan and I released Theresa. "Where's little Ethan?"
"I'll get him mija." Said Pilar. Then she headed for the kitchens.
Rebecca suddenly spoke up. "Hooray Julian! Finally Theresa's finally out of our hair! We need to throw a party! Ooohhhh! Pooky, that gives me an idea!" She leaned over and whispered something in his ear. He started to smile.
"Oh Becky you're so naughty." I was about to ever so politely tell them to get a room when Theresa yelled "Cut it out! No one here needs to see that."
At that moment Pilar ran into the room. "Theresa! I can't find little Ethan!"
Fox's POV
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"Not a Stepmommy Anymore"
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Ten minutes after Theresa left she came running back up stairs crying. She ran right into her bedroom without evening looking at me. While I was debating whether to go in there and see what was the matter Theresa screamed and there was a loud crack that sounded like the breaking of her bedroom mirror. 'Seven years bad luck stepmommy.' I thought.
"He's so stupid!" I heard her scream from inside. Then there was another crack. I was suddenly very glad Pilar had taken little Ethan to the park.
I wondered what was wrong. It might have been my news, but her reaction was a bit to delayed for that. I felt a little bad but I decided to leave Theresa alone. I didn't want one of those shards aimed at me. I headed for the stairs and found a person sitting at the bottom of them: Ethan.
Suddenly he turned to face me. His face was red as if he'd been slapped and he looked like he was about to fall over and die.
When he say me he stood up and started to walk away.
"Ethan wait. Come back here." Something I never thought I'd say. I had always wanted Ethan as far away as possible. "Did you say something to Theresa?"
"Fox it's really none of your business what goes on between me and Theresa. Now please excuse me." He looked like he was trying to hold something back- either tears or his fist.
I could tell Ethan had said something to Theresa. The question was what?
Then I heard voices.
"Bruce this is wonderful. Thanks to you I can finally get rid of Teresita." It was my father. "She'll be back in the gutter where she belongs. I can't believe you would play such a trick on me. But seeing as this is what it means I forgive you." They both began to laugh. Then I saw them. They were headed for the stairs. I turned and ran back up and ducked into an empty room. I could still hear them threw the door.
"I'm so glad you came to me with this wonderful news Bruce. It has made me very happy." Said my father.
"I knew it would." Bruce answered him.
"I'm so happy that I didn't really marry Theresa after all. You played a joke on me. You pretended to have us married. Now let's tell Theresa. I can't wait to have her throw out on her ear." I heard them knocking on her door. "Theresa we need to talk." said my father. He was barely keeping from laughing.
She threw something big and breakable at the door.
"Go away Julian! You're the last person I want to see right now!"
"Well Theresa I'm don't enjoy seeing you that either, but this is important."
I came out of my hiding space and walked up to my father. "Just leave her alone Pops." I said as quietly as I could. I didn't want her to know I was there.
"No Fox. This is far to important." Well I guess that blew my cover. "Come out Theresa before I have you thrown out."
The door swung open almost hitting my father. 'Dang,' I thought 'Theresa you missed.'
"Julian I would like to know how you can have me thrown out of MY own HOUSE!"
"Simple Theresa. You are not my wife and never have been. Bruce here faked it all, so pack your things and get out!"
"You have no proof!" Theresa cried.
Then Ethan came out of the room I had been hiding in. Okay so it wasn't as empty as I thought.
"You're right Theresa Julian has no proof. He could have easily made this whole thing up. I'll go check it out for you." And with that he was gone.
"Well Theresa start packing."
"No Julian. Ethan is checking out this lie you've made up. I'm not doing anything, or going anywhere." Said Theresa.
"We'll see about that." My father answered.
Forty minutes later we were waiting for Ethan's search results in the living room. We had started as four but then Gwen and Rebecca came looking for Ethan and Julian. After that Pilar came to drop off little Ethan and ended up staying after hearing the story.
Little Ethan being a three and a half year old boy grew bored sitting around doing nothing so Pilar took him to play with the staffs children.
Then Ethan appeared looking miserable. "I'm sorry Theresa. It's true. You were never legally married to Julian. You have to leave."
Theresa's beautiful face filled with horror. Then she screamed.
"A JOKE! I lost Ethan because of a joke!" She started after Bruce, but I held her back.
"Calm down Theresa." I said, but she was beyond consoling.
"I hate you! You ruined my life! You're horrible! Stop laughing Julian! STOP IT! Fox let go of me! All those tears I wasted!" Theresa wasn't making much sense. She was also kicking like crazy and hard to hold back. "Julian I'll kill you for real this time!" Then she kicked me in the knee and jumped Julian. It took both me and Ethan to pull her of him and even then it took a while.
"Call security!" yelled Julian. Then he pushed a button on the desk. "Security. I need you to remove Miss Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald from the grounds."
"Fine Julian I'll leave." Ethan and I released Theresa. "Where's little Ethan?"
"I'll get him mija." Said Pilar. Then she headed for the kitchens.
Rebecca suddenly spoke up. "Hooray Julian! Finally Theresa's finally out of our hair! We need to throw a party! Ooohhhh! Pooky, that gives me an idea!" She leaned over and whispered something in his ear. He started to smile.
"Oh Becky you're so naughty." I was about to ever so politely tell them to get a room when Theresa yelled "Cut it out! No one here needs to see that."
At that moment Pilar ran into the room. "Theresa! I can't find little Ethan!"