To Love Again

Disclaimer: I don't own Passions etc.

Chapter 17

Seeing Things

Theresa walked through the streets of Paris, she had gone through three museums and was so tired that all she wanted to do was to rest her feet. She found a bench in a park and sat down, relieved that she could at last rest.

Theresa sighed, everything was just so beautiful. She saw birds flying off in the distance towards the horizon, the wind caressing her now pink cheeks. A young boy walked up to Theresa and smiled. "Bonjour mademoiselle." He said handing her a beautiful red rose. "Merci." Theresa said smiling. The boy then ran away when his mother called him. Theresa sighed sadly remembering her little boy.

His face flashed before her eyes. His beautiful blonde hair and his blue eyes were forever engraved in her memory. Theresa swiped at a stray tear and took in a shaky breath.

She got up and began walking I should probably grab some lunch before doing some more sight seeing." Theresa said wandering the streets of Paris.

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Fox gulped down his fifth glass of Scotch. He had grown so used to Scotch that it was harder now for him to get a hangover. "Honey why don't you take me back to your place." Said a woman draping her arms over his shoulders.

Fox gave a drunken smile. "Sure babe." He said hiccuping. He slowly got up swaying a bit, just because he rarely got hangovers from liquor he was still very likely to get intoxicated. "Maybe I should drive." the woman giggled taking Fox's keys from his hands. She steadied his weight up against her and led him to his car.

She had heard about this man named Nick from a friend. From what she was told he was usually drunk when he would pleasure a woman but he was good just the same and if it was free what the heck, what was their to lose. She helped him into the car and then walked over to the driver's seat.

"Oh Nick... just you wait we're going to have so much fun. She said turning on the ignition. She looked over at him, she noticed that he had fallen asleep. She sighed, she just hoped he woke up before they got back to his apartment. She didn't want to have driven all the way to his place to get nothing for it.

'Well... he is kinda cute when he's sleeping." She thought to herself taking another quick glance at him. He began to lightly moan in his sleep. The woman began to make out the mumbling as a name was being said. "Hey Nick are you ok?" The woman asked hoping he would wake up.

"Theresa..." He said louder then the first. 'Who was this Theresa that he was mumbling about?' She thought. Fox woke with a start as if he just woke up from a nightmare. "You ok honey?" She asked. "Yeah I'm fine." He said leaning back in his seat. "Um... what's your name again?" Asked Fox looking at her. "The name's Nicole." She said. Fox could tell that she was of a French origin because of her accent.

Fox nodded. "Wait... do you know where you're going?" Fox asked. He didn't remember telling her where he was staying. "Yeah... I know, you told me a couple hours back." She said with a laugh. "Oh..." He said turning his attention back to the window. Fox took a sharp intake of breath as he saw a woman with dark hair stepping into a taxi cab.

"Oh my God! Theresa!" Said Fox in surprise. Nicole looked at him in confusion. "Stop the car!" Fox yelled at Nicole. "All right, all right..." She said pulling up to the curb. Fox jumped out of the car and ran to the taxi. "Theresa!" He called towards the cab. He ran up next to the cab and gripped onto the door. He looked into the window to see the woman, hoping beyond hope that it was Theresa.

The woman with the black hair looked up at Fox in confusion. "Oui monsieur?" Said the woman. "Pardon mademoiselle." Fox said disappointedly. The woman had blue eyes not brown. He backed away from the cab and slowly walked back to his car.

"What was that all about?" Asked Nicole as he slid in beside her. "I thought I saw someone I knew." Said Fox dejectedly. "Oh... this Theresa girl." She said more to herself then Fox. Nicole sighed. "When we get back to your apartment would you like to talk?" She asked. It looked like she wasn't going to get any but if it helped him get over what ever made him act the way he did a minute ago then she was all for it.

"I don't know..." Fox said sadly, he didn't want to bring up all of his sad memories but maybe if he told someone he would feel better. "Come on it wouldn't hurt if you got some of this stuff that you're holding back off of your chest." Fox gave a nod, leaning back again and closing his eyes.

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Theresa looked around frantically. Her name was being yelled out but she couldn't see who it was calling her. 'Who could be calling my name?' Thought Theresa. She saw a man move away from a cab in disoriented movements and walk towards a car that wasn't parked too far away.

Theresa had to find out if it was that man who had been the one calling her or if it was just coincidence that her name had been called when she was standing there. She ran towards his car hoping that she would catch up in time before he drove off.

By the time she had reached his car it was too late, he had driven off. 'Maybe it was just a coincidence.' She thought backing away and looking in the direction the car had sped off in. "Oh well..." Theresa said walking off towards a small bakery. She planned on just buying a pastry and then she'd finish her sight seeing for the day before she went back to the apartment to rest.

When she was through buying her small lunch she walked through a park and then over to one of the museums that was on her list.