To Love Again

Disclaimer: I don't own Passions etc.

Chapter 20

Thin Ice

Theresa looked around her frantically hoping that there was another way to escape. There wasn't any other way to go. "Give up Theresa you have no where to run!" Said the man not too far behind her. Theresa took a deep breath and then ran out onto the ice.

She ran as fast as her battered legs would allow. A gun shot rang out through the icy cold air. The bullet missed it's mark and instead hit the ice right beside Theresa's feet making her squeal in fear.

Theresa did the first thing that came to her mind, she screamed. "Help me! Somebody please help me!" She screamed. As she ran she left a trail of blood behind her. It stood out against the pure white of the snow that covered the ice.

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Fox was leaning up against his car smoking a cigarette. He had been up all night thinking about Nicole. He had realized that right before she had left she had called him Fox. "How did she know? I was going by the name Nick, How did she know?" He said to himself before taking another puff of his cigarette.

He ran his free hand through his hair and sighed. He had been looking for Nicole for hours and had no luck in finding her whatsoever. "I don't get it... how could she possibly know? I had only met her yesterday... was she some sort of spy working for my father?" Fox said to himself but then he chuckled inwardly. "Pops. . . he would never send someone to find me. . ."

He brought the cigarette back to his lips. He had left Harmony to escape his old life but he was never really able to runaway from the full blow of his past. He dropped his cigarette and put it out with the tip of his shoe. After his not so successful search for Nicole he had driven to the countryside hoping to vent out his frustrations.

He turned to get back into his car when all of a sudden he heard a scream. He looked back at the lake of ice that he had been gazing at a minute before. "What the. . ." Fox said noticing a woman in a black dress run out onto the ice. "Help me! Somebody please help!" A man was chasing after her. "What the hell is going on?"

He could see that the woman was having trouble running, a trail of blood tracking behind her. The man pointed a gun at her and fired, missing her by an inch. Fox ran towards the lake vaulting over a small wooden fence in the process. The man with the gun noticed Fox immediately and took off in the direction he had come.

The girl's dark locks of hair prevented Fox a clear view of her face. He tried his best to run to her side but wasn't as quick as he would have liked considering that the ice was a tad bit slippery. The girl tripped and fell, she laid still after she made impact with the ice. Fox stopped quickly as he heard a loud cracking sound. He looked down at his feet but didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

He looked back to the woman. He could see that she was struggling to get up, moaning in the process. He was ready to jump to her side but couldn't when the ice crumbled beneath her.

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Theresa moaned trying to get up. 'Why haven't I been shot?' She thought. She looked down at the ice beneath her and stared on in shock as she saw the water below the ice moving around wildly. "Oh God." Whispered Theresa as the ice crumbled from under her. She slid into the below freezing cold water. She tried to fight to the surface but it seemed impossible considering her broken ankle.

Theresa thrashed wildly around the cold water as it seemed to force her down into its depths. 'I... can't... give... up.' Thought Theresa finding a new found strength she never knew she had. When she finally made it to the top she found a layer of ice blocking her from the air above. She didn't know how long she was going to last, she could feel herself getting weaker by the minute, then all of a sudden she could here someone pounding on the ice above her.

Was it someone come to help her or was it that cab driver? She didn't know but she could feel her lungs tightening from the lack of oxygen. 'Please God don't let me die like this, not like this.' Thought Theresa grievously. She then felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist and pull her to the surface.

She could feel her body being lain back out onto the ice. She looked up into the face of her rescuer. "Fox?" Asked Theresa in a husky voice that was barley above a whisper. She reached up and touched his face before she sank into unconsciousness.

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Fox looked upon the face of the love he had thought he'd lost. 'How is this possible? She's supposed to be dead.' He thought to himself as he held Theresa's limp form, rocking back and forth. Now that he had found her he wasn't ever going to let her go. Hot tears of joy streaked his face as he pushed back Theresa's damp hair and kissed her forehead.

'This has to be a dream. it just has to be.' Thought Fox and then he did the first thing he hadn't done in a long time, he thanked God. "Thank you God for sending me my angle." He said looking up into the clear blue sky. "Thank you."

He picked her up and carefully carried her back to his car. When he got there he gently put her in the back before jumping into the driver's seat and then quickly sped off to the nearest hospital.

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A/N: All right... thoughts? I really enjoyed writing this chapter I mean they finally found each other! *Sigh* what better way to bring them back together then by adding some drama?

And for a spoiler for the next chapter something's going to happen to Theresa to make her relationship with Fox a little bit difficult.

I'm sorry that I'll be making a little problem but you'll see it'll turn out good! So please review.