The Lopez-Fitzgeralds rushed over to the hospital as soon as they could. They noticed Fox standing outside of Theresa's room right away.

"How is she?" Pialr asked.

"I'm not sure. The doctors haven't come back out yet." She informed her.

"Well what happened exactly?" Miguel asked Fox.

"I fell asleep and when I woke up I noticed Theresa's fingers were moving."

"Are you that's what you saw?" Luis asked.

"Luis, I'm positve. I know what I saw."

"We believe you, Fox." Pilar smiled. "I just wish the doctors would come out and tell us something."

"I know, the waiting is killing me." Fox said.

About 15 minutes later, the doctors finally coem out.

"How is she?" Fox asked anxiously.

"Well, things are looking good. She's moving her fingers, but her eyes have not opened yet."

"Why not?" Fox asked.

"We aren't sure yet. There can be a number of reasons why she hasn't opened her eyes yet. We are going to do some more tests and see what they tell us. We're hoping that the new tests will show that she's waking up from her coma." He finished.

"Can I speak to you alone for a minute?" Fox asked the doctor.

"Of course. Excuse me."

Fox and the doctor moved away so they could tall alone.

"This is a good sign though, right?"

"Of course. Any new movement is a huge change."

"How long do you think it will take for her to recover from the coma?"

"I can't tell right now. It's too soon. We don't even know if she will wake up."

"She will," Fox said confidently, I know she will."

"Keep holding on. Now if you'll excuse me, I really need to go run those tests."

"Of course, thanks you."

The doctor nodded his head and left.

Fox soon joined the others in Theresa's room. Pilar stood by her daughter, holding her hand and telling her to keep fighting. Fox had a good feeling that things were going to be okay, but still he wasn't so sure. Things always went wrong when they were going right.

[i]I don't know what I'l do if I lose her.[/i]

"Fox, thank you for calling us here." Pilar said.

"It's nothing. I jsut thought you would like to know."

Pilar smiled and turned her attention back to Theresa. Pilar let a little cry out.

"What's wrong, Mama?" Miguel asked.

"Look! Look at her fingers! Their realls moving, Miguel." Pilar paused, "Theresita, come back to us now. Do you hear me? Come back to us. We all love you so much."

"Mama, let's go home." Luis suggested. "We can come back in the morning and find out the results."

"No! I'm not going to leave my little girl here. She needs her mother."

Miguel and Luis shot worried glances to each other.

"How about we go and get some coffee then, Mama." Miguel said. "It's going to be a long night and you need to stay up."

"Fine," she said giving in. "But we can't take long."

"That's fine." Luis said. "Fox, we'll grab you a coffee okay?"

"Yeah, thanks."

Fox sat beside Theresa holding her hand, and gently brushed the few strands of hair out of her face.

"You're coming back to me. I just know it." He said as he softly kissed her lips. "You can't come back to me soon enough."

"Theresa, this is Mr. Crane." Mr. Banasiak said pointing to a man whose back was turned.

"Theresa."

"Ethan."

"You two know each other?"

"We've met before. I didn't know you were bringing here her, Ray."

"Well you asked for someone young and pretty. She's the best I've got."

"I see. We'll come her, Theresa."

Theresa followed Ethan into a closed room.

"Couldn't stay away now, could you?" Ethan said before delivering a powerful blow to her face.

"Why do you have to hurt me so much!" She cried out in pain. "I didn't hurt you! You only hurt me!"

"You killed my daughter!" He shouted.

"I didn't mean to! You have to believe me, Ethan!"

"Oh go to hell!" He said as he punched her in her face.

"I see that I'm only your rag doll. If that's true then do what you want and get it over with." She cried bitterly.

"If that's how you see it, fine. I will!" He shouted angerly as he removed his belt from his pants. "Let's get this done and over with."

As Ethan began to put his clothes back on he threw a couple hundred dollar bills at Theresa. Theresa threw then right back at him.

"I don't want you're dirty money!"

"Why not? You accepted it before?" He smiled like a dirty pig.

"Things were different before. You loved me and I loved you...I...I still do love you, Ethan." She confessed.

"You were just one of my many flings! Get that into your stupid head!" He shouted even more annoyed.

Theresa broke into tears, "I knew you loved me once, Ethan! I know it! You can deny it all you want, but I know the truth! Deep down inside you know I'm right." Theresa moved closer, "Please," she began to speak softly, "tell me that you still love me."

Ethan began to kiss her, but he pulled away quickly.

"You're still a slut. Now get out of my face!"

Theresa threw herself onto him, "Ethan, don't!"

Ethan said nothing this time, he only made his point by shoving her, which caused her to hit her head against a sharp point of the bed.

"Stupid little slut." He said after he spit on her poor unconsious body.

When Theresa woke up, she found herself in a hospital. Fox was the only person she recognized.

"Why am I here?" She asked him.

"I don't really know. What happened to you tonight?"

Theresa put her hand on her face and found that some parts were swollen.

"I...I remember being picked up for a party."

"What party? I thought you had to work?"

"Mr. Banasiak wanted me to go to this party and entertaint one of his friends."

"Who? Who was this friend?"

"I...I'm not sure. It's kind of a blurr right now."

"Theresa, think hard."

Theresa tried hard to remember. "I..I...wait! I know who it was. It was Ethan Crane."

"Ethan Crane?" He said a little puzzled.

"Yeah, Ethan Crane."

"Why would you get involved with someone like him?"

"I don't know. it was so long ago."

"Wait. What do you mean so long ago."

"I'll tell you everything. Just don't interrupt."

Fox nodded his head.

"About a year ago, I was working for Ethan Crane and his new wife. They were expecting a baby...their first. I was so happy for them. We all got along great. Gwen, his wife, and I got along really great. We were like best friends. One night Ethan came into my room. That wasn't anything unusual. It happened all the time. Either he or Gwen needed something. That night Ethan needed something...[i]me.[/i] I was shocked. I couldn't sleep with my best friend's husband. But he said if I didn't that he would fire my. I couldn't lose my job...I had nowhere to go. So I did what he said. And before I could really realize it, Ethan was coming to my room every night. Gwen grew suspicious. She stopped talking to me. And one night, close to her due date, she came and tried killing me with one of Ethan's guns. Somehow in the struggle the gun went off. It shot Gwen and she ended up losing the baby. At first Ethan blamed himself." She paused, "He still kept coming to my room while Gwen recovered in the hospital. I knew that things were going so wrong, so I refused to sleep with Ethan. He didn't like that at all, so he would hit me until I gave in. When Gwen came back, Ethan fired me. It was the only thing he could do since Gwen made him believe that it was all my fault. I left and found a new job as a singer and dancer. I'm happy with my new life. I [i]never[/i] thought that I would see him again."

"Theresa, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, Fox. I deserve it all for what I've done. I promised myself once I left that I would never kiss or sleep with another married man, but tonight I broke that." Theresa said before breaking into tears. "Fox, I'm such a slut!"

"No, you're not, Theresa." Fox said as he held her in his arms.

[i]She's gonna hate me even more once she finds out the truth.[/i]

"Just hold me, Fox." Theresa said.

"Fox, go home and get some rest." Pilar told him.

"I don't want to leave Theresa. I want her to see my face once she wakes up."

"Fox, go and get at least an hour of rest. You need your rest too."

"I know, but Pilar...."

"No buts, Fox. I'll be here with Theresita. Go home and I promise I'll call if she wakes up or when the new test results come in."

"Okay. I'll be back in an hour."

"Fine," Pilar smiled. "Now go get some rest."

Fox smiled and left, but not before kissing Theresa and telling her how much he loved her.

When Fox returned to the hospital an hour later, he saw Pilar crying and yelling at one of the doctors.

"How could this happen!" She yelled. "I don't undertsand!"

"Pilar, what's wrong?" Fox asked very concerned.

"Theresa, is back into her coma." She cried.

"What? I don't understand."

"Something happened that caused her to go back into her coma. I'm very sorry."

"Yeah, you're sorry. Your sorry!" Fox grew angry and pined the doctor up against the wall by his coat. "YOUR SORRY!"

"Oh my, Fox stop it!" Pilar cried.

Spoilers*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Rebecca gloats victory as Fox loses it!

What happened to Theresa?

Fox asks Julian for help!

Much feedback is appreciated!!!

~Mandi~