CH.2
"Hey little buddy! How's it going?" Fox Crane smiled as he handed Theresa a beautiful bunch of roses. "And good morning beautiful." He said kissing her on her cheek.
"Fox, what are you doing here? I thought you said you couldn't come." She said taking the roses from his hands.
"Well, you know I just couldn't let my best buddy here go to his first day of school without yours truly. And besides I made a promise. And a promise is a promise, right?"
"Right!" Little Ethan smiled. "I knew you wouldn't break your promise Fox. Yaaaah! This is going to be great! I can't wait for my first day of school!!"
"Well, you know you can't go to school if you're not dressed. So how about you go upstairs and work on that."
Theresa kissed her son on his head as he ran up the stairs.
"So Fox," Theresa turned to him. "First of all, you know that was really sweet what you just did for Little Ethan. He really looks up to you. And it really means a lot to him that you kept your promise. But I thought you had that big meeting to go to at the mansion."
"Well, first of all the last thing I'd want to do is to sit around my father and a bunch of two-faced bastards discussing new ways to enhance the wealth of the Cranes, so it was no sacrifice at all. Secondly, you know I'd do anything for you and that gorgeous son of yours. So don't sweat it. Besides I know things have been rough for you lately with you just getting little Ethan back. I mean, c'mon Theresa you're basically raising that little boy on your own. The least I could do is help out a little you know?"
Theresa smiled. Fox was so amazing. She could always count on him whenever she was in trouble. And even though she didn't like to admit it, raising Little Ethan alone was getting a little hectic. Of course she always had help from her mother and brothers and Whitney, but when it all came down to it, they all had to deal with their own lives, and only occasionally could they help her out. Right now, Fox was probably the only one who she could really count on.
"Fox you're an angel. And you're right; things are a little hard with me raising Little Ethan on my own. I mean you are the closest thing that Little Ethan has to a father. Ethan proved that he didn't want to have anything to do with my son, after he helped Rebecca take him a way from me. And you know, I really appreciate everything that you're doing or him. Like I said, it means a lot to him, and it means a lot to me." She said kissing him on his cheek.
"Well you're very welcome Theresa. Besides I love to do things for you, especially if I get a kiss like that every time I do it." He smiled, as Theresa playfully punched him.
"Very funny Fox. You always have to put in one of your lines, don't you?" She winked at him.
"Well you know, I always did have my way with the ladies, especially ones as beautiful as you." He smiled again drinking some orange juice, receiving another playful punch from Theresa.
"Hey you almost made me spill my juice. Then again, that would just cause me to take off my shirt, and well I know that's all part of your plan."
"Nicholas Foxwarth Crane, that is enough!" Theresa smiled pulling on her jacket.
"Oh ya, how are you going to stop me?" Fox evilly grinned.
"Excuse me? You know you are a helpless puppy when I start my tickling on you right?"
"Ticklish? Me? I know no such thing."
Fox tried to put a brave face on, knowing that Theresa could out tickle him any day. Challenged Theresa walked over to Fox and began tickling him in his side.
"Ok! Ok! Theresa! I Give up! Stop!" He managed to say in between laughs.
He quickly started tickling her in hopes that she would stop, but that only made Theresa tickle him more. Soon the two were laughing uncontrollably in the kitchen.
"Ok! I'm ready for school!" Little Ethan bounced down the stairs, interrupting the tickling frenzy.
"And the fun stops!" Fox announced, as Theresa jumped off his lap.
"Fox!" Theresa shot him a look, as she zipped up Little Ethan jacket, and handed him his lunch.
"Alright, all handsome 4 year olds and their beautiful mothers who are ready to go to school, say 'I'." Fox bellowed from the door.
"I" Theresa and Little Ethan yelled in unison.
"Ok then, let's go!" Fox laughed, as the three happily went out the door.
"Hey little buddy! How's it going?" Fox Crane smiled as he handed Theresa a beautiful bunch of roses. "And good morning beautiful." He said kissing her on her cheek.
"Fox, what are you doing here? I thought you said you couldn't come." She said taking the roses from his hands.
"Well, you know I just couldn't let my best buddy here go to his first day of school without yours truly. And besides I made a promise. And a promise is a promise, right?"
"Right!" Little Ethan smiled. "I knew you wouldn't break your promise Fox. Yaaaah! This is going to be great! I can't wait for my first day of school!!"
"Well, you know you can't go to school if you're not dressed. So how about you go upstairs and work on that."
Theresa kissed her son on his head as he ran up the stairs.
"So Fox," Theresa turned to him. "First of all, you know that was really sweet what you just did for Little Ethan. He really looks up to you. And it really means a lot to him that you kept your promise. But I thought you had that big meeting to go to at the mansion."
"Well, first of all the last thing I'd want to do is to sit around my father and a bunch of two-faced bastards discussing new ways to enhance the wealth of the Cranes, so it was no sacrifice at all. Secondly, you know I'd do anything for you and that gorgeous son of yours. So don't sweat it. Besides I know things have been rough for you lately with you just getting little Ethan back. I mean, c'mon Theresa you're basically raising that little boy on your own. The least I could do is help out a little you know?"
Theresa smiled. Fox was so amazing. She could always count on him whenever she was in trouble. And even though she didn't like to admit it, raising Little Ethan alone was getting a little hectic. Of course she always had help from her mother and brothers and Whitney, but when it all came down to it, they all had to deal with their own lives, and only occasionally could they help her out. Right now, Fox was probably the only one who she could really count on.
"Fox you're an angel. And you're right; things are a little hard with me raising Little Ethan on my own. I mean you are the closest thing that Little Ethan has to a father. Ethan proved that he didn't want to have anything to do with my son, after he helped Rebecca take him a way from me. And you know, I really appreciate everything that you're doing or him. Like I said, it means a lot to him, and it means a lot to me." She said kissing him on his cheek.
"Well you're very welcome Theresa. Besides I love to do things for you, especially if I get a kiss like that every time I do it." He smiled, as Theresa playfully punched him.
"Very funny Fox. You always have to put in one of your lines, don't you?" She winked at him.
"Well you know, I always did have my way with the ladies, especially ones as beautiful as you." He smiled again drinking some orange juice, receiving another playful punch from Theresa.
"Hey you almost made me spill my juice. Then again, that would just cause me to take off my shirt, and well I know that's all part of your plan."
"Nicholas Foxwarth Crane, that is enough!" Theresa smiled pulling on her jacket.
"Oh ya, how are you going to stop me?" Fox evilly grinned.
"Excuse me? You know you are a helpless puppy when I start my tickling on you right?"
"Ticklish? Me? I know no such thing."
Fox tried to put a brave face on, knowing that Theresa could out tickle him any day. Challenged Theresa walked over to Fox and began tickling him in his side.
"Ok! Ok! Theresa! I Give up! Stop!" He managed to say in between laughs.
He quickly started tickling her in hopes that she would stop, but that only made Theresa tickle him more. Soon the two were laughing uncontrollably in the kitchen.
"Ok! I'm ready for school!" Little Ethan bounced down the stairs, interrupting the tickling frenzy.
"And the fun stops!" Fox announced, as Theresa jumped off his lap.
"Fox!" Theresa shot him a look, as she zipped up Little Ethan jacket, and handed him his lunch.
"Alright, all handsome 4 year olds and their beautiful mothers who are ready to go to school, say 'I'." Fox bellowed from the door.
"I" Theresa and Little Ethan yelled in unison.
"Ok then, let's go!" Fox laughed, as the three happily went out the door.