Chapter 14: Trouble in Milan
Fox and Teresa had just arrived at the Crane complex in Milan and were just settling in when Teresa came up with an idea . . .
"Fox?"
"Yeah."
"Let's go out tonight."
"What?"
"Do I speak another language or do you like for me to repeat things?"
"Teresa, we sound like an old married couple."
They laughed. Fox was sitting on the plush couch in the living room and watching soccer while Teresa was checking out the kitchen equipment so she knew what she had available for that evening's dinner.
"There you go again with the "marriage" stuff. I know you can't resist me."
Fox turned his head from the TV and looked at Teresa was now leaning against the counter in the kitchen.
"Sweetie, I could never resist you."
"Thought so."
She laughed and walked into the bedroom to see what kind of furniture there was. Fox called out to her, "How many rooms are there babe?"
"Why? Are you planning on sleeping in another room than me?"
"I didn't say that. I just have some friends in Milan I thought I could catch up with."
Teresa poked her head out from the bedroom and said, "On OUR vacation, YOU want to invite friends?"
"Well . . . I guess not."
"Didn't think so."
She went back into the bedroom and Fox continued to watch TV.
"So are we going out tonight or what?"
"Don't we have to be at work tomorrow?"
"Yeah. So?"
"Whatever you want to do I guess is fine with me."
Silence.
"Let's go to a club."
"A club?"
"That's what I said."
"Come out to the living room so I can hear you."
"Turn the TV down so you can hear me."
"We're doing it again."
"I know."
She walked out of the bedroom and down the hall . . . naked.
"Will you listen to me now?"
"I'm listening." He wouldn't take his eyes of the TV.
"Let's go out to a club like we used to."
"I said we'll do whatever you want to do."
"I say I want to do . . . you."
Fox laughed with his eyes still on the TV. (You know how guys are right ladies? Lol.)
"It's to early for that now."
"When did we make a time frame for fooling around Nicholas?"
"Don't call me that."
She put her hands on her bare waist. "I will call you what I want to call you."
"Teresa, I don't want to fight with you . . . let's just go out."
Teresa was mad that Fox hadn't even glanced at her for one single moment to notice that she was standing there . . .naked.
"Fine. I'll go and GET DRESSED."
"GOOD."
Twenty minutes later Teresa got out of the shower and Fox was asleep on the bed in the room that she was in. She shook her head because once again she was naked and he wasn't paying attention. She got dressed, put her makeup on and sat on the lounge chair in the bedroom waiting for Fox to wake up. Two hours later at about 10pm, Fox woke up and saw Teresa fully dressed and "done up" asleep on the chair in the room.
"She fell asleep waiting for me. Great way to try and start the relationship over Fox."
He stood up and walked over to her. He felt bad because she really wanted to go out to a club that night and he wasn't paying much attention to her. He stroked her hair and he kissed her forehead. He picked her up and placed her on the bed and got into the shower. He let the hot, warm water trickle down his back while he thought of his future. He began to think of him and Teresa at the park having a picnic. He pictured two kids, their kids, running up to them and laughing. They all seemed so happy.
Fox turned the water off and dried off. He walked out of the bedroom and Teresa was awake, watching TV. She turned her head and looked at Fox in a towel and said, "Ready to go?"
He laughed, "Give me a second to get dressed and we can go okay?"
"Okay." She turned her head back to the TV and Fox walked towards her to kiss her but she turned her head away. Fox got mad but understood why she might be mad. He shrugged it off and got dressed. Ten minutes later they left for the club.
*~*~*~*~*
Fox and Teresa walked out of a silent car and silently walked into the Yatina Blue, the supposed hottest club in downtown Milan. They hadn't said a word to each other the whole way to the club and it was making Fox angrier by the second.
"Fox? Is that you?"
Fox and Teresa turned around and saw a young, tall, thin, red head with amazing blonde highlights, in a tiny, tight blue bikini top with blue boy shorts.
"Rachel? Is that you?"
Walking hand-in-hand with Teresa, he approached the young woman.
"Wow! It is you. It's so great to see you! What are you doing in Milan?"
"I'm here on business with my girlfriend." He raised the hand he was holding Teresa's with to show her that they were together.
"Girlfriend?"
"Well, we're kind of debating what we are."
"I see."
Silence.
"Well, Fox, why didn't you tell me that you were in town, you and your friend could have stayed with me!"
"Aw. No. That's okay, we're staying at the Crane complex."
She laughed, "Should have known. Well, since your in town you should hang out with me some time okay? Do some catching up."
"Yeah. That would be great."
"Okay then, I'll see you?"
"Yeah."
She kissed his cheek and nodded at Teresa and walked away to a group of guys. Fox had noticed Teresa was silent during the whole conversation and she never took her eyes of Rachel.
"Teresa, are you okay?"
"Who was that Fox?"
"Don't worry. She's a friend of mine from school. We used to be best friends."
Teresa asked sarcastically, "What happened?"
"Long story. Let's go dance."
He pulled her away from where they were standing and walked down a flight of stairs. He walked onto the dance floor and twirled Teresa as the Techno music started for the evening. He pulled Teresa close and they started to bang their bodies together with the music. Fox couldn't get his mind off of how good Teresa looked that night and she couldn't get her mind off of earlier that evening with the soccer game.
Fox held her close and started to kiss her neck. She pushed him off.
"What's wrong Teresa?"
"Don't kiss me. Don't touch me."
"What's wrong with you all of a sudden?"
"Nothing, just leave me alone. I'm not in the mood."
She walked away from him on the dance floor and walked up to the bar. The bartender asked, "What can I get you miss?"
"Anything sounds nice right about now."
"Okay." He made her drink and she sat down at the bar.
"Want to talk lady?"
"Yeah."
"Go on."
"It's my boyfriend. Well, I think he's my boyfriend, I don't know."
"Uh-huh. Go on." He handed her another drink.
"Well, we are simply great together, in everything we do, work, cleaning, fixing things, sex. You name it and we're good at it, everything, but dating."
"I see." He handed her another drink.
"Yeah, I mean. What gives him the right to talk to other women and ignore me? Well, he wasn't ignoring me, but whatever. This is all my fault."
"It's not your fault miss." He placed his hand on her hand and caressed it. She pulled her hand away and said, "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like? You're a beautiful woman."
Fox walked up to the guy after what he saw and responded, "Yeah, I know and she's taken." Fox punched him straight in the nose. He grabbed Teresa's arm, "Come on, let's go."
She pulled away from him also, "I'm not going anywhere with you."
"Teresa, this isn't the time or place."
"Since when do you make decisions for the both of us? Or since when am I taken?"
"Teresa," he pleaded, "let's go, please." He took hold of her arm again and she said, "No! I'm not going anywhere with you! I hate you!"
Fox knew it was the liquor talking but he couldn't help but be a bit taken aback by her comment. "Teresa, let's go." He grabbed her arm again and dragged her out of the club. "Ow! You're hurting me. Let me go!"
"No. You'll run away and you're drunk. I don't want you getting hurt."
"Since when do you care."
Fox stopped in the middle of the club parking lot and said, "I always care. I'm a guy who cares. Sue me!"
"I will!"
Fox continued to drag her through the parking lot and to their car. He pulled the keys from his pocket and pressed the button to unlock the car and Teresa fainted. He caught her and said, "Great timing."
Fox and Teresa had just arrived at the Crane complex in Milan and were just settling in when Teresa came up with an idea . . .
"Fox?"
"Yeah."
"Let's go out tonight."
"What?"
"Do I speak another language or do you like for me to repeat things?"
"Teresa, we sound like an old married couple."
They laughed. Fox was sitting on the plush couch in the living room and watching soccer while Teresa was checking out the kitchen equipment so she knew what she had available for that evening's dinner.
"There you go again with the "marriage" stuff. I know you can't resist me."
Fox turned his head from the TV and looked at Teresa was now leaning against the counter in the kitchen.
"Sweetie, I could never resist you."
"Thought so."
She laughed and walked into the bedroom to see what kind of furniture there was. Fox called out to her, "How many rooms are there babe?"
"Why? Are you planning on sleeping in another room than me?"
"I didn't say that. I just have some friends in Milan I thought I could catch up with."
Teresa poked her head out from the bedroom and said, "On OUR vacation, YOU want to invite friends?"
"Well . . . I guess not."
"Didn't think so."
She went back into the bedroom and Fox continued to watch TV.
"So are we going out tonight or what?"
"Don't we have to be at work tomorrow?"
"Yeah. So?"
"Whatever you want to do I guess is fine with me."
Silence.
"Let's go to a club."
"A club?"
"That's what I said."
"Come out to the living room so I can hear you."
"Turn the TV down so you can hear me."
"We're doing it again."
"I know."
She walked out of the bedroom and down the hall . . . naked.
"Will you listen to me now?"
"I'm listening." He wouldn't take his eyes of the TV.
"Let's go out to a club like we used to."
"I said we'll do whatever you want to do."
"I say I want to do . . . you."
Fox laughed with his eyes still on the TV. (You know how guys are right ladies? Lol.)
"It's to early for that now."
"When did we make a time frame for fooling around Nicholas?"
"Don't call me that."
She put her hands on her bare waist. "I will call you what I want to call you."
"Teresa, I don't want to fight with you . . . let's just go out."
Teresa was mad that Fox hadn't even glanced at her for one single moment to notice that she was standing there . . .naked.
"Fine. I'll go and GET DRESSED."
"GOOD."
Twenty minutes later Teresa got out of the shower and Fox was asleep on the bed in the room that she was in. She shook her head because once again she was naked and he wasn't paying attention. She got dressed, put her makeup on and sat on the lounge chair in the bedroom waiting for Fox to wake up. Two hours later at about 10pm, Fox woke up and saw Teresa fully dressed and "done up" asleep on the chair in the room.
"She fell asleep waiting for me. Great way to try and start the relationship over Fox."
He stood up and walked over to her. He felt bad because she really wanted to go out to a club that night and he wasn't paying much attention to her. He stroked her hair and he kissed her forehead. He picked her up and placed her on the bed and got into the shower. He let the hot, warm water trickle down his back while he thought of his future. He began to think of him and Teresa at the park having a picnic. He pictured two kids, their kids, running up to them and laughing. They all seemed so happy.
Fox turned the water off and dried off. He walked out of the bedroom and Teresa was awake, watching TV. She turned her head and looked at Fox in a towel and said, "Ready to go?"
He laughed, "Give me a second to get dressed and we can go okay?"
"Okay." She turned her head back to the TV and Fox walked towards her to kiss her but she turned her head away. Fox got mad but understood why she might be mad. He shrugged it off and got dressed. Ten minutes later they left for the club.
*~*~*~*~*
Fox and Teresa walked out of a silent car and silently walked into the Yatina Blue, the supposed hottest club in downtown Milan. They hadn't said a word to each other the whole way to the club and it was making Fox angrier by the second.
"Fox? Is that you?"
Fox and Teresa turned around and saw a young, tall, thin, red head with amazing blonde highlights, in a tiny, tight blue bikini top with blue boy shorts.
"Rachel? Is that you?"
Walking hand-in-hand with Teresa, he approached the young woman.
"Wow! It is you. It's so great to see you! What are you doing in Milan?"
"I'm here on business with my girlfriend." He raised the hand he was holding Teresa's with to show her that they were together.
"Girlfriend?"
"Well, we're kind of debating what we are."
"I see."
Silence.
"Well, Fox, why didn't you tell me that you were in town, you and your friend could have stayed with me!"
"Aw. No. That's okay, we're staying at the Crane complex."
She laughed, "Should have known. Well, since your in town you should hang out with me some time okay? Do some catching up."
"Yeah. That would be great."
"Okay then, I'll see you?"
"Yeah."
She kissed his cheek and nodded at Teresa and walked away to a group of guys. Fox had noticed Teresa was silent during the whole conversation and she never took her eyes of Rachel.
"Teresa, are you okay?"
"Who was that Fox?"
"Don't worry. She's a friend of mine from school. We used to be best friends."
Teresa asked sarcastically, "What happened?"
"Long story. Let's go dance."
He pulled her away from where they were standing and walked down a flight of stairs. He walked onto the dance floor and twirled Teresa as the Techno music started for the evening. He pulled Teresa close and they started to bang their bodies together with the music. Fox couldn't get his mind off of how good Teresa looked that night and she couldn't get her mind off of earlier that evening with the soccer game.
Fox held her close and started to kiss her neck. She pushed him off.
"What's wrong Teresa?"
"Don't kiss me. Don't touch me."
"What's wrong with you all of a sudden?"
"Nothing, just leave me alone. I'm not in the mood."
She walked away from him on the dance floor and walked up to the bar. The bartender asked, "What can I get you miss?"
"Anything sounds nice right about now."
"Okay." He made her drink and she sat down at the bar.
"Want to talk lady?"
"Yeah."
"Go on."
"It's my boyfriend. Well, I think he's my boyfriend, I don't know."
"Uh-huh. Go on." He handed her another drink.
"Well, we are simply great together, in everything we do, work, cleaning, fixing things, sex. You name it and we're good at it, everything, but dating."
"I see." He handed her another drink.
"Yeah, I mean. What gives him the right to talk to other women and ignore me? Well, he wasn't ignoring me, but whatever. This is all my fault."
"It's not your fault miss." He placed his hand on her hand and caressed it. She pulled her hand away and said, "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like? You're a beautiful woman."
Fox walked up to the guy after what he saw and responded, "Yeah, I know and she's taken." Fox punched him straight in the nose. He grabbed Teresa's arm, "Come on, let's go."
She pulled away from him also, "I'm not going anywhere with you."
"Teresa, this isn't the time or place."
"Since when do you make decisions for the both of us? Or since when am I taken?"
"Teresa," he pleaded, "let's go, please." He took hold of her arm again and she said, "No! I'm not going anywhere with you! I hate you!"
Fox knew it was the liquor talking but he couldn't help but be a bit taken aback by her comment. "Teresa, let's go." He grabbed her arm again and dragged her out of the club. "Ow! You're hurting me. Let me go!"
"No. You'll run away and you're drunk. I don't want you getting hurt."
"Since when do you care."
Fox stopped in the middle of the club parking lot and said, "I always care. I'm a guy who cares. Sue me!"
"I will!"
Fox continued to drag her through the parking lot and to their car. He pulled the keys from his pocket and pressed the button to unlock the car and Teresa fainted. He caught her and said, "Great timing."
