~Chapter 7~
"So, Teresa, you and Fox seem awfully close lately?"
Teresa smiled at the thought of Fox. "Yeah, I guess you could say that. Fox and I have developed a very deep friendship over the past few months. He's been there for me through some tough times."
"You know, Teresa, Fox is an absolutely stunning man. I don't know how any woman could just be friends with him."
"Whitney! I've never heard you talk like that before." Teresa looked at her stunned. "You don't have a thing for Fox now do you?"
"Oh, come on, Teresa, you can't tell me you haven't noticed how gorgeous he is?"
"Well, I can't say that I haven't. Where are you getting with this, Whitney?"
"You know what I find the most attactive about Fox?" Whitney asked.
Teresa looked a Whitney as if she didn't want to know the answer to her question. "Dare I ask?"
"His eyes."
Teresa had to agree, "They are nice, aren't they?"
"What do you like most about him, Teresa?" Whitney was trying to get Teresa to open up to her about her feeling for Fox.
"That's a tough one, but I'd have to say this heart."
"His heart? Come on, Teresa, I'm talking physically here. I mean, think about it, Fox has many appealing attributes. His large hands, blonde hair, well built..."
"Hear me out, Whitney. You don't know Fox the way that I do. In fact, I don't think anybody knows Fox the way that I do. He opens up when he's with me. He tells me all his dreams and ambitions. He tells me things he never has told anyone else. He's picked me up when I was down. If it weren't for him, right now I'd still be lying around at the cottage feeling sorry for myself."
"Sounds like you admire Fox a lot, Teresa."
She smiled at Whitney, "Yeah, I do. He's great." Teresa looked down at her watch. "I should be going. I promised Kay and Miguel that I would watch Maria while they catch a movie alone. I thought it would be nice to spend some one on one time with my little niece."
"Sounds fun, I'll see you later. Take care of yourself, Teresa."
"I will." Teresa grabbed her purse and turned to leave. "Oh, by the way, Whitney, his butt."
Whitney looked at Teresa and smiled, "What?"
"You know, what I find, physically the most attractive about Fox. His butt." She turned around and walked out of the coffee shop.
Whitney smiled to herself as she gathered her belongings. She was going to meet Chad when she had ran into Teresa, but that could wait, she had some matchmaking to do and hopefully Chad would understand. He had grown to love Teresa as a sister and wanted her to be happy just as much as she did. And happy Teresa would be. Happy with Fox. Fox and Teresa deserved to be together, and she was willing to do what ever it took to get them together.
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Ethan came walking into the Crane Mansion where he found Gwen and Rebecca talking in the living room. They were up to something, he knew it. Right now he just didn't have the heart to worry about it.
Gwen looked up from her conversation with her mother, "Ethan, honey, when did you get home?"
"I actually just walked in. You two look deep in conversation."
"Just girl talk." She shrugged it off. "Are you okay, you look upset?"
"I'm fine, just a little tired, that's all."
"Why don't you go for a swim. That always seems to rejuvinate you."
"Actually, Gwen, that sounds great. Would you like to sit with me while I swim some laps?"
"Sure, let me grab a book and I'll meet you there." She kissed Ethan on the cheek before he left the room.
She waited until she was sure Ethan was out of hearing distance. "Somethings up, mother, and I don't like it. He's gone to see her, I just know it."
"Now, Gwen, honey, calm down. You don't know that." Rebecca tried to console Gwen, but she wasn't ever very good at it.
"The hell, I don't" Gwen raised her voice. He's always like that when he's been around her. He's still in love with her! Can you believe it? I'm carrying a child, and he still wants to be with her! What is she, some kind of little witch? Casting spells on undeserving men. Ethan, Julian, and now Fox is following her around like some little lost puppy dog."
"Gwen, all the matters right now, is that you have Ethan. If you don't calm down though you'll loose this baby and Ethan for sure. You have to calm down."
Gwen turned to face her mother, "What does he see in her? What does she have that I don't? She's amazingly beautiful yes, but I'm not that bad am I?"
"I've never quite figured that one out myself, Gwennie dear. But the fact is that you, my dear, have something she doesn't." She put a hand on Gwen's stomach. "You have this. That is if you manage to calm yourself down."
Gwen sighed, "You're right, mother. I have this baby and Teresa has nothing. Nothing to bind Ethan to her. I've won, haven't I?"
"I've said we would all along, Gwennie. Why would you ever doubt your mother?"
"So, Teresa, you and Fox seem awfully close lately?"
Teresa smiled at the thought of Fox. "Yeah, I guess you could say that. Fox and I have developed a very deep friendship over the past few months. He's been there for me through some tough times."
"You know, Teresa, Fox is an absolutely stunning man. I don't know how any woman could just be friends with him."
"Whitney! I've never heard you talk like that before." Teresa looked at her stunned. "You don't have a thing for Fox now do you?"
"Oh, come on, Teresa, you can't tell me you haven't noticed how gorgeous he is?"
"Well, I can't say that I haven't. Where are you getting with this, Whitney?"
"You know what I find the most attactive about Fox?" Whitney asked.
Teresa looked a Whitney as if she didn't want to know the answer to her question. "Dare I ask?"
"His eyes."
Teresa had to agree, "They are nice, aren't they?"
"What do you like most about him, Teresa?" Whitney was trying to get Teresa to open up to her about her feeling for Fox.
"That's a tough one, but I'd have to say this heart."
"His heart? Come on, Teresa, I'm talking physically here. I mean, think about it, Fox has many appealing attributes. His large hands, blonde hair, well built..."
"Hear me out, Whitney. You don't know Fox the way that I do. In fact, I don't think anybody knows Fox the way that I do. He opens up when he's with me. He tells me all his dreams and ambitions. He tells me things he never has told anyone else. He's picked me up when I was down. If it weren't for him, right now I'd still be lying around at the cottage feeling sorry for myself."
"Sounds like you admire Fox a lot, Teresa."
She smiled at Whitney, "Yeah, I do. He's great." Teresa looked down at her watch. "I should be going. I promised Kay and Miguel that I would watch Maria while they catch a movie alone. I thought it would be nice to spend some one on one time with my little niece."
"Sounds fun, I'll see you later. Take care of yourself, Teresa."
"I will." Teresa grabbed her purse and turned to leave. "Oh, by the way, Whitney, his butt."
Whitney looked at Teresa and smiled, "What?"
"You know, what I find, physically the most attractive about Fox. His butt." She turned around and walked out of the coffee shop.
Whitney smiled to herself as she gathered her belongings. She was going to meet Chad when she had ran into Teresa, but that could wait, she had some matchmaking to do and hopefully Chad would understand. He had grown to love Teresa as a sister and wanted her to be happy just as much as she did. And happy Teresa would be. Happy with Fox. Fox and Teresa deserved to be together, and she was willing to do what ever it took to get them together.
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Ethan came walking into the Crane Mansion where he found Gwen and Rebecca talking in the living room. They were up to something, he knew it. Right now he just didn't have the heart to worry about it.
Gwen looked up from her conversation with her mother, "Ethan, honey, when did you get home?"
"I actually just walked in. You two look deep in conversation."
"Just girl talk." She shrugged it off. "Are you okay, you look upset?"
"I'm fine, just a little tired, that's all."
"Why don't you go for a swim. That always seems to rejuvinate you."
"Actually, Gwen, that sounds great. Would you like to sit with me while I swim some laps?"
"Sure, let me grab a book and I'll meet you there." She kissed Ethan on the cheek before he left the room.
She waited until she was sure Ethan was out of hearing distance. "Somethings up, mother, and I don't like it. He's gone to see her, I just know it."
"Now, Gwen, honey, calm down. You don't know that." Rebecca tried to console Gwen, but she wasn't ever very good at it.
"The hell, I don't" Gwen raised her voice. He's always like that when he's been around her. He's still in love with her! Can you believe it? I'm carrying a child, and he still wants to be with her! What is she, some kind of little witch? Casting spells on undeserving men. Ethan, Julian, and now Fox is following her around like some little lost puppy dog."
"Gwen, all the matters right now, is that you have Ethan. If you don't calm down though you'll loose this baby and Ethan for sure. You have to calm down."
Gwen turned to face her mother, "What does he see in her? What does she have that I don't? She's amazingly beautiful yes, but I'm not that bad am I?"
"I've never quite figured that one out myself, Gwennie dear. But the fact is that you, my dear, have something she doesn't." She put a hand on Gwen's stomach. "You have this. That is if you manage to calm yourself down."
Gwen sighed, "You're right, mother. I have this baby and Teresa has nothing. Nothing to bind Ethan to her. I've won, haven't I?"
"I've said we would all along, Gwennie. Why would you ever doubt your mother?"