Chapter 3
"Oh my" Pilar screamed opening the door
"Pilar do you know her?" he asked
"Pilar is something wrong?" Ivy asked coming into the room "Who is that?
She asked pointing to Teresa.
"Its my Teresa!!!"
P: "Its my Teresa!! Ethan why are you holding Teresa and why oh why is she unconscious
E: "Pilar can we get her upstairs into a bed and then I will explain everything" he said starting up the stairs.
Pilar and Ivy raced ahead of to the spare room and turned down the bed. Ethan carefully placed her on the bed.
I: " I will go find her something to wear" Ivy said leaving the room
P: "Ethan what happened?" Pilar pleaded desperate to know why her daughter was passed out in the arms of the crane heir.
E: "I was at the book café when I saw a group of kids picking on her. They were saying some really horrible stuff; they were pushing her around and being downright rude. I got angry pushed my way to her and got her outside then she just collapsed. So I bought her here." He explained
P: "I knew this would happen. Damn her for being so stubborn, if only she was just herself this would never have happened" she was rambling
E: "Pilar what are you talking about?" Ethan couldn't understand what was happening.
P: "When she was young people always liked her because of her looks. I mean just look at her she is beautiful"
E: "Yeah she is" Ethan agreed softly.
P: "She was always surrounded by people when she was younger than she learnt that not everyone was as kind hearted as she was. They were only hanging around her because she was popular. She couldn't stand it so when she started high school she transformed herself into a geek. Never leaving the house without her glasses, which she obviously lost tonight in the scuffle. She has friends but there are also people who don't like her because she isn't their standard. I didn't realize it was this bad."
E: "Don't worry Pilar we'll take care of her. Besides I know exactly how she feels. In school people only liked me because I am a Crane"
P: "Yes but she made the choice to live like that you didn't"
E: "Either way I think she is very brave for doing it for so long"
P: "Oh well. I'm going to call Luis and Miguel to check if everything is okay at home."
E: "Olay I'll stay here in case she wakes up. She will probably be a little disorientated in the surroundings."
After Pilar left Ethan took a seat in the chair next to the bed and watched Teresa sleep. She looked so beautiful just laying there, her hair spread over the pillow like a dark halo. Her eyelids started fluttering. "She must be dreaming" he thought; "I may as well get a book to read" he didn't know how long she was going to be out of it. Getting up quietly he began towards the door. Then he heard her scream
"STOP"
Teresa had begun thrashing around the bed screaming
"STOP IT. GET AWAY FROM ME. LEAVE ME ALONE. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG" he could hear desperation in her voice, and immediately raced back to the side of the bed. Ethan gathered her small frame into a hug trying to ignore the surge that had just past through his body when he touched her. He held her still and tried to calm her down by stroking her hair and rubbing her back just like Pilar had done for him when he was younger. She started to shake against him from the crying and when he tried to pull back she just held him tighter. She held onto him as though her life depended on it. So he just let her cry, reassuring her the best he could.
She could see their faces swimming around her. They were laughing and pushing her. She tried to scream.
"STOP IT. GET AWAY FROM ME. LEAVE ME ALONE. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG"
But it felt like no one could hear her then she felt the same arms that rescued her the first time wrap around her. She immediately melted into them and cried against his chest. She could hear his voice whispering to her. It had a calming effect and the way he rubbed her back was exactly what her mama did when she was younger. She felt him begin to pull away but she couldn't let him go not yet. So he just let her cry. And cry she did.
After 10minutes she had finally stopped crying and she pulled back suddenly frightened she didn't even know who he was, and yet she felt like she had known him forever. Huddling at the top of the bed she took in her surroundings. She was in a very large room with a balcony. It was mainly wooden décor and she was sitting on a king size bed, with a blue and gold satin bedspread.
T: "Where am I? Who are you?" she asked barely louder than a whisper
E: "I'm Ethan and this is my house. We're in one of the upstairs bedrooms." He replied hoping not to scare her.
T: "But how did I get here. I remember the book café and then everything is a mystery"
E: "Well the kids at the book café started harassing you, so I got you out of there quickly and then before my eyes you fainted. I didn't know what to do so I bought you back here. That was about a half hour ago "
T: "Oh my. I have to call my mama, she won't know where I Am." Teresa said starting to get up. But Ethan forced her to sit back down on the bed.
E: "You aren't going anywhere at the moment, you need to rest. Pilar knows you are here. She is downstairs calling your brothers now."
T: "How do you know my mother?"
E: "I'm Ethan Crane. I've known Pilar my entire life. Did you want me to go get her for you?"
T: "Yes please" she smiled gratefully as he got up and started towards the door
E: "You sure you'll be okay?" he asked
T: "I will be fine." Just as he reached the door she called out, "Ethan" she watched as he slowly turned around. "Thank You!" she finished.
He just simply smiled and nodded before leaving her alone.
E: "You sure you'll be okay?" he asked
T: "I will be fine." Just as he reached the door she called out, "Ethan" she watched as he slowly turned around. "Thank You!" she finished.
He just simply smiled and nodded before leaving her alone.
She watched him leave and then relaxed down the bed. She could not believe this was happening. She was in the Crane mansion, in one of the guest bedrooms after being rescued from the kids from school. Ethan Crane was the richest guy in Harmony and never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that he would be so kind and compassionate. And then she remembered that she had fainted on him and then cried on his shoulder and he didn't seem to care. Whoever he was seeing, she hoped that girl realized what an angel they had with them. Because that is what Ethan Crane was he was an angel. He was nothing like the stories she had heard from her mother about Crane men.
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