A/N: Don't have much to say. I got this chapter out pretty quite
considering my sister keep stealing the computer to do essay's for school
and that I am just slow to write and post. Enjoy!
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"Deaf, Dumb, and Stupid"
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Fox's POV
I felt a rush of emotions: rage, sadness, confusion, and betrayal all at once. I was thinking many things but the only thing I was sure of was that Theresa and Ethan had been kissing. I was thinking up all kind of reasons for it, but the only one that seemed to make any real sense was that she had chosen Ethan.
That had to be it. She had chosen Ethan. After all I had done for her? I'd stood by her for two whole years, always defending her, saving her from the fire. And what had Ethan done other then take her heart in his hands and crush it? Suddenly I realized how Theresa must of felt after Ethan picked Gwen. She had saved his life so many times but he took his gift and ran of with Gwen. However knowing this feeling only angered me more.
Then when I barged in, not caring what Ethan had to say, she looked at me with those beautiful eyes and asked the question, as if it were nothing, "Do I know you?" I didn't understand what she was talking about. At first I thought she was just being a jerk, but when I searched her eyes she seemed afraid. I lashed out anyway.
"Theresa what are you talking about? I saved your life and the first thing you did was fall back into Ethan's arms! Theresa how could you do this to me?"
"I'm sorry but I don't understand. I don't even know you."
Ethan seemed to think she was messing with me as well. "Yeah Fox. You heard her. She doesn't know you. Now leave!"
I was about to tell them both off but then I saw Theresa look at Ethan confused. "Ethan I really don't remember this guy. Who is he?"
"You really don't remember him? Well you're lucky. He's a jerk. A womanizer. A gambler. He's everything you want to stay away from."
Theresa was still looking confused. She looked at me as if she was trying to see if Ethan was telling the truth. "He doesn't seem it." She said as if I hadn't been five feet away.
"Well he is."
"Shut up Ethan. You don't know shit about me. I'm none of the things you say I am."
Just then Eve walked in. "What's all this noise?" she asked.
Theresa answered with a question, "Eve who is he?" She pointed to me.
"Uh, Theresa that's Fox."
"I don't remember him."
"You what? I'm sorry Theresa but I need to run some more tests." Then she turned to Ethan and me. "I'm afraid you two will have to leave."
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Ethan and I stood outside Theresa's room without speaking. I knew if either of us spoke we'd be smashing each other's faces in. I figured Ethan knew this too. I figured wrong.
"Look what you've done Fox."
"What I've done? How about you? Now where exactly is your wife?"
"That's none of your business. I love Gwen-"
"Is that why you're divorcing her?" I interrupted.
"Where did you hear that?"
"Don't try to deny it. I heard you say it yourself. I overheard you talking to Gwen."
"You were eavesdropping on me!"
"Actually no. I was in one of the rooms, giving blood, to help Theresa. Gwen was screaming so loud and you were trying to talk over her. I couldn't keep from hearing it."
Ethan was about to respond but Dr. Russell came out.
"Fox I'm afraid Theresa has had yet another complication from the accident.."
"Wait. Another complication?" asked Ethan.
"Oh yes. You weren't there. Theresa's right hand is paralyzed. She is also mute. Hopefully these will only be temporary." She said wearily.
"Oh my god." Ethan said with his mouth hanging open.
Then Eve turned to me. "The other complication- Well Fox- She- seems to have selective amnesia. She doesn't remember you at all."
"What?" I couldn't believe it. How could she just forget me after all that time we'd spent together? I saw a Ethan trying to resist smiling.
"I'm sorry Fox. It might not last but we'll just have to wait it out and see. Now I need to go. I'm very sorry."
As soon as she was out of sight Ethan spoke. "Don't be so upset. It's not like she'd have picked you even if she did remember you." And that, my friends, is the straw that broke the camels back. I slammed my fist into Ethan's stomach, then kneed him where I knew it would hurt most. I was sure he'd report the attack back to Theresa to make me look back, but my chance with her was already destroyed. I knew her more than well enough to know that she loved Ethan more than her own life. Maybe before the amnesia she could have loved me but not know with Ethan throwing himself at her. I felt like crying but I couldn't.
Just then Whitney came round the corner. She saw me right away. "Fox what's wrong?" I told her the story. "Oh my god. Fox I'm so sorry." She kept talking but I didn't really hear her words. Yet it felt good to know someone cared. Suddenly my vision was blurred by tears. Whitney reached out and hugged me. She was so beautiful and kind and when he sang her voice was like silk and for a moment there in her arms I thought that maybe I could love her. But I quickly realized that I couldn't. It was like how Theresa always said Ethan was the only man for her. Well Theresa was the only woman for me and only God knows why.
In that moment I realized that it was true what they said about love: it was blind, deaf, dumb, and stupid. I was in love with a girl, who was in love with a wimp, who was pretending to be in love with his child's mother. That fate that Theresa was always talking about didn't seem to like any of us very much.
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"Deaf, Dumb, and Stupid"
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Fox's POV
I felt a rush of emotions: rage, sadness, confusion, and betrayal all at once. I was thinking many things but the only thing I was sure of was that Theresa and Ethan had been kissing. I was thinking up all kind of reasons for it, but the only one that seemed to make any real sense was that she had chosen Ethan.
That had to be it. She had chosen Ethan. After all I had done for her? I'd stood by her for two whole years, always defending her, saving her from the fire. And what had Ethan done other then take her heart in his hands and crush it? Suddenly I realized how Theresa must of felt after Ethan picked Gwen. She had saved his life so many times but he took his gift and ran of with Gwen. However knowing this feeling only angered me more.
Then when I barged in, not caring what Ethan had to say, she looked at me with those beautiful eyes and asked the question, as if it were nothing, "Do I know you?" I didn't understand what she was talking about. At first I thought she was just being a jerk, but when I searched her eyes she seemed afraid. I lashed out anyway.
"Theresa what are you talking about? I saved your life and the first thing you did was fall back into Ethan's arms! Theresa how could you do this to me?"
"I'm sorry but I don't understand. I don't even know you."
Ethan seemed to think she was messing with me as well. "Yeah Fox. You heard her. She doesn't know you. Now leave!"
I was about to tell them both off but then I saw Theresa look at Ethan confused. "Ethan I really don't remember this guy. Who is he?"
"You really don't remember him? Well you're lucky. He's a jerk. A womanizer. A gambler. He's everything you want to stay away from."
Theresa was still looking confused. She looked at me as if she was trying to see if Ethan was telling the truth. "He doesn't seem it." She said as if I hadn't been five feet away.
"Well he is."
"Shut up Ethan. You don't know shit about me. I'm none of the things you say I am."
Just then Eve walked in. "What's all this noise?" she asked.
Theresa answered with a question, "Eve who is he?" She pointed to me.
"Uh, Theresa that's Fox."
"I don't remember him."
"You what? I'm sorry Theresa but I need to run some more tests." Then she turned to Ethan and me. "I'm afraid you two will have to leave."
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Ethan and I stood outside Theresa's room without speaking. I knew if either of us spoke we'd be smashing each other's faces in. I figured Ethan knew this too. I figured wrong.
"Look what you've done Fox."
"What I've done? How about you? Now where exactly is your wife?"
"That's none of your business. I love Gwen-"
"Is that why you're divorcing her?" I interrupted.
"Where did you hear that?"
"Don't try to deny it. I heard you say it yourself. I overheard you talking to Gwen."
"You were eavesdropping on me!"
"Actually no. I was in one of the rooms, giving blood, to help Theresa. Gwen was screaming so loud and you were trying to talk over her. I couldn't keep from hearing it."
Ethan was about to respond but Dr. Russell came out.
"Fox I'm afraid Theresa has had yet another complication from the accident.."
"Wait. Another complication?" asked Ethan.
"Oh yes. You weren't there. Theresa's right hand is paralyzed. She is also mute. Hopefully these will only be temporary." She said wearily.
"Oh my god." Ethan said with his mouth hanging open.
Then Eve turned to me. "The other complication- Well Fox- She- seems to have selective amnesia. She doesn't remember you at all."
"What?" I couldn't believe it. How could she just forget me after all that time we'd spent together? I saw a Ethan trying to resist smiling.
"I'm sorry Fox. It might not last but we'll just have to wait it out and see. Now I need to go. I'm very sorry."
As soon as she was out of sight Ethan spoke. "Don't be so upset. It's not like she'd have picked you even if she did remember you." And that, my friends, is the straw that broke the camels back. I slammed my fist into Ethan's stomach, then kneed him where I knew it would hurt most. I was sure he'd report the attack back to Theresa to make me look back, but my chance with her was already destroyed. I knew her more than well enough to know that she loved Ethan more than her own life. Maybe before the amnesia she could have loved me but not know with Ethan throwing himself at her. I felt like crying but I couldn't.
Just then Whitney came round the corner. She saw me right away. "Fox what's wrong?" I told her the story. "Oh my god. Fox I'm so sorry." She kept talking but I didn't really hear her words. Yet it felt good to know someone cared. Suddenly my vision was blurred by tears. Whitney reached out and hugged me. She was so beautiful and kind and when he sang her voice was like silk and for a moment there in her arms I thought that maybe I could love her. But I quickly realized that I couldn't. It was like how Theresa always said Ethan was the only man for her. Well Theresa was the only woman for me and only God knows why.
In that moment I realized that it was true what they said about love: it was blind, deaf, dumb, and stupid. I was in love with a girl, who was in love with a wimp, who was pretending to be in love with his child's mother. That fate that Theresa was always talking about didn't seem to like any of us very much.
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