** Sorry it took so long for this chapter. R&R.

Chapter 7: Continuing the Tradition

Teresa and Fox laid under the covers of her bed. Her head was on his chest as he ran his fingers through her hair. She had been crying since Fox arrived at her house. He just held her because that's all he could do. He felt so bad for her. She cried and talked about what she did and cried some more. She fell asleep on his chest eventually and Fox didn't want to wake her, but he didn't want Luis to shoot him either so he slowly crawled out from under her. Once she felt him move she held onto him and begged him not to leave. "Resa, I will never leave you." He climbed back into bed and she laid on his chest again. They talked and talked all night until they fell asleep together in Teresa's bed.

*~*~*~* Fox's Dream *~*~*~*

"I, Nicholas, take thee Teresa, to be my wedded wife." He placed the huge ring he bought on Teresa's finger. She looked at him and started to giggle and said, "I, Teresa, take thee Nicholas, to be my wedded husband. Moments later, they are named Mr. And Mrs. Nicholas Crane.

*~*~*~* End of Dream *~*~*~*
Fox woke up startled and sat straight up knocking Teresa off his chest. "What's wrong?" "Huh? Oh, I just had an odd dream." "Details?" "No." She looked at him and he apologized for being rude with her. He laid back on the bed and said, "Let's just go back to sleep." "Okay." She placed her head back on his chest and soon asleep.

The next morning, Pilar woke Fox and Teresa up for breakfast. Fox loved Pilar's food and was so glad to stay there. "You know Fox, you are welcome here whenever you like." "Thanks Pilar, I really appreciate that." After breakfast, Fox dragged Teresa to go out. "Where are we going?" "Don't you ever get tired of asking me that?" "No." She looked at him in the driver's seat and laughed.
They pulled up at the spot under the wharf where they used to hang out together as kids. "Great choice, Fox." "I knew you'd like it." He took her hand and laced their fingers as they walked over the rocks. Fox sat down and opened his legs and Teresa sat right in between them. She laid her head against his chest as he put his chin on her head. They just looked at the water for what seemed like hours. "Fox?" "Huh?" "Kiss me." He took his chin off her head and asked, "What?" "You heard me." She turned around to face him and he looked into her eyes and leaned in to kiss her. She pulled away from his lips seconds later and said, "What are we doing?" "Teresa, this is all I've ever wanted. I've only wanted you so please don't just run away from me all of sudden." "Fox, how can this work? We're just best friends." "Hey, you're the one that brought up the kiss thing!" "No I didn't!" "Yeah you did! You told me to kiss you!" "So you just go and doing it without thinking?" "Well, when you really want to do something you don't think about it." They stared in each other's eyes and she pushed her face into his again and kissed him.

*~*~*~*~*~*
"Ethan, what do you mean you're asking Gwen to marry you?"
"Are you deaf Teresa? I'm marrying Gwen, how much clearer can I get?"
Teresa was crying and praying that Ethan would realize what he was doing. Gwen walked into the room and asked to speak with Teresa alone.
"Well, little Teresa, looks like I won."
"You'll never have his heart Gwen. Ethan is mine and we will be together."
"In case you didn't notice, Teresa, Ethan is asking ME to be his wife. Not you."
Teresa shook her head and said, "It's fate Gwen. Ethan and I will be together."
"Poor Teresa. You'll never stop dreaming will you?"
"I'll never give up."

Ethan walked back into the room and said, "YOU NEVER STOP DO YOU TERESA?"
"Oh I'm sorry Ethan, as far as I could remember you liked it that way. YOU NEVER WANTED ME TO STOP!"
Ethan looked at Gwen hoping she wouldn't get what Teresa was implying. Gwen looked at Ethan and crossed her arms, "What the hell is she talking about Ethan?"
"Go ahead Ethan. Tell her. Tell her that we slept together the other night."
"YOU slept with TERESA?"
Ethan was going crazy because now he had two ladies to deal with. "Are you really going to believe her Gwen?" He slowly walked over to her and got down on one knee and said, "Gwen I love you. I'd never sleep with HER. Will you be my wife?"
"NO! I KNOW YOU DID!"
Gwen stormed from the room and Teresa soon followed and turned around and smiled and said, "Well, Ethan, looks like I won this round." She turned on her heels and walked back to her house.

*~*~*~*~*
Teresa was sitting on her bed flipping through a magazine when she heard a knock on her door. "It's open." She looked at the door for the person who was going to come through and a bouquet of roses popped into the door. "Roses?" "You bet." Said the voice.
Seconds later, Fox walked through door. "And you remembered that I liked red and white roses!" "Could I forget?" She smiled as he sat on the bed and handed her roses and kissed her cheek. "They're beautiful!"
"Yeah, yeah. Okay, pick one!" He pulled out two movies from behind his back and she picked one. "So all of a sudden we're resuming our Friday/Saturday night movie time? Just like that?" He looked back at her from the tv which he was adjusting and said, "Um, yeah?" She laughed, "I think you owe me something before we resume the tradition." He smirked and walked towards her on the bed, "And what do you have in mind?" She burst out laughing and hit him with a pillow, "You horny freak! Not that! You owe me popcorn! Popcorn FOX! Where's your head?" He moved back a couple of steps feeling quite embarrassed and said, "Oh, popcorn. Right!" He walked out of the room to pop the popcorn as Teresa was rolling on the ground laughing because she kept remembering the face Fox had when she implied that he owed her something. When he walked back into the room she looked at him and started to laugh again. "Okay Teresa, joke's on me. Haha."
"Fox," she said in between breaths as he sat with her on the bed, "what were you thinking I meant?"
"You know what I was thinking." He said quite frustrated and embarrassed.
"Fox?"
"What Teresa?"
"That is what I meant. I just didn't want to say it. I got nervous."
He looked at her and said, "Really?"
"Yeah."
He leaned in to kiss her and they eventually made out. Teresa looked up into Fox's face above her and said, "From now on, we add this to our tradition night!" He laughed and said, "You bet." He kissed her again and he crawled off of her so they could continue their "tradition" of movie night.

** P.S. Fox and Teresa didn't "make love" in this chapter, they just made out. Sorry, but don't worry, that'll come.