To Love Again

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Chapter 23

Home Again

Theresa slipped Fox's jacket over her shoulders. She was finally being released. Fox said he was going to take her home but the thought brought fear to the pit of her stomach. "There's nothing to be afraid of Theresa, going home will be good for you." Said Fox placing a comforting arm around her shoulders. "I know it'll be good it's just that... I guess I'm a little nervous... you know going back to a place I don't even remember."

"You'll be fine Theresa. I'll be there with you remember?" He said smiling. How he wanted to just lean down and kiss her at that moment he even found himself drawing nearer to her but pulled back when he realized what he was doing. He didn't want to come on to her when she was in her fragile state. Theresa though was a bit disappointed that he didn't kiss her. 'If he loves me... then why is he holding back?' Thought Theresa pouting.

"Let's get out of here. We have a plane to catch." He said taking her hand and leading her out of the hospital.

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Theresa had fallen asleep next to Fox. They were on their way back to Harmony. 'Once I get back I have a few questions for Grandfather.' He thought taking a sip of his ginger ale. He had decided that he was going to lay off of the liquor for awhile. He had decided that he had had enough to last him for awhile in his system.

The plane suddenly hit some turbulence causing Theresa to wake with a start. "What's going on?" Theresa asked a little frightened. "Nothing's wrong Theresa, we just hit some turbulence your fine." He said soothingly as he pushed aside some hair that had fallen onto her face.

"Oh..." She said her cheeks turning into pink circles of embarrassment. "I'm sorry." "It's no problem Theresa." He reached out and took her hand in his. Her face brightened with a smile. "So Fox... what kind of relationship did we have?" "What do you mean?" He asked. "Well... all I know is we were coming to terms with our feelings... was there anything more?"

Fox sighed, it was such a long story he didn't even know where to ever begin. "Come on Fox." Theresa begged. "This is a long flight you have plenty of time to tell me this story." "You never ceased to surprise me Theresa you always had the skill to somehow read my mind." He said laughing.

"So will you tell me?" Asked Theresa. "All right I'll tell you." He said. "It all started when I came back to Harmony...

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"Wow..." Said Theresa in a daze. "All that happened to me..." A single tear slowly ran down her cheek. Fox reached out and wiped it away. She turned her head and looked up into his eye. "How could I forget about all of that?" She asked her lip quivering. "Theresa... sometimes... the mind decides that it wants to forget..."

"Fox if my mind wanted to forget the bad then why did I forget you." She asked sadly. "I don't know Theresa but don't worry about it in time you'll remember me." He said trying to hold back from crying himself. Theresa placed her head onto his shoulder. "I'm glad you found me Fox, who knows what might have happened." She said closing her eyes. They were a few minutes away from landing at the airport and from there they would be on their way back to Harmony.

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Some time later Fox got out of the car that he had rented from the airport and went over to the passenger's side door. "So this is Harmony." Said Theresa as she stepped out of the car. Fox shut the door and smiled at Theresa. "Where are we?" She asked turning back to him. "You're home." He said walking up beside her. He took her hand and walked to the front door.

"You ready?" Fox asked giving her shoulder a gentle squeeze. Theresa nodded her head as Fox knocked on the door. After a minute or two, Pilar finally opened the door. "Theresa, Mija what are you doing here? Fox..." Pilar said confused. "Hello Pilar..." Said Fox smiling weakly. "Theresa this is your mother." Fox whispered in her ear. "Hello mom." Said Theresa.

Pilar looked at her daughter in confusion, she could sense that something was not right. "Come in." Said Pilar backing away from the door. They walked into the house and took a seat on the coach. "Theresa you just went to Paris why are you back so soon." Theresa lowered her head. "Pilar there was an accident, Theresa has lost her memory." Pilar looked at Theresa in shock. She was too stunned to speak.

"The doctor said to keep her near places and people that she knew... that way it can speed up the process of getting her memory back." "Oh... so this is only temporary?" Said Pilar hopefully. She didn't want her daughter to be in the same condition that Grace Bennett was in.

Pilar was about to say something when the back door opened and in walked Luis. "Hey mama..." He said stopping short when he saw Fox. "I... I thought you were dead..." Said Luis startled. "Yeah well I thought the same about Theresa." Said Fox. "What's going on?" Luis asked looking in between the lines of bewilderment and shock.

"Luis I thought you were spending time with Beth and Martin today." "I was but I just came home to check up on you and have a quick dinner, what's going on?" "Just to make a long story short, Theresa thought I was dead I thought she was dead, someone tried to kill her but luckily I was there before anything happened..." "And I lost my memory." Said Theresa jumping in.

Luis flopped down on a seat across from his little sister. "Someone tried to kill you... who?" 'Whoever tried to kill my baby sister is going to wish he was never born.' He thought angrily. "We don't know... Theresa can't remember." Said Fox squeezing Theresa's hand in comfort.

"All this is a bit much... Theresa how did you lose your memory?" "From what I was told... I fell through some thin ice." Luis ran his hand through his hair. "None of this makes any sense... who would want to kill you?" The room grew silent. "I bet it was Julian." "Luis I know you don't like my father but he's a coward... I doubt that he would ever try to pull a stunt as to kill Theresa." "I guess you might be right..."

Theresa gripped onto Fox's hand her heart began to pound. She started to feel this overwhelming amount of fear. The sound of her screams of anger and pain seemed to well up and run through her veins making her blood run cold. "Theresa... are you ok?" Asked Fox looking at Theresa's now pale complexion. The color had quickly drained from her pale face as soon as it was mentioned that Julian couldn't possibly be the killer.

She seemed to be lost in a daze her chest heavily rising and falling. Her body shuddered from the unbearable cold that overtook her body. She took a sharp intake of breath as right before her eyes she saw herself running. She watched as she ran in pain through a thicket of trees. A man with a gun right on her heels, she stopped short before running onto a lake of ice. "What's going on?" Thought Theresa. It was like she was reliving her memory but it was like she was watching it from afar.

They all looked at Theresa in concern. She had suddenly gone pale and was now staring blankly at the wall she wasn't responding to anyone. "Theresa?" Said Fox rubbing her shoulder. 'Oh... what's going on with you Theresa?' He thought with panic.

Theresa could see the man running off before watching as she herself fell through the ice. Fox banged onto the ice trying to get her to swim to the top. Just as she swam up Fox reached into the lake pulling her back up onto the ice. Then the vision began to fade but was quickly replaced by a pair of evil eyes, laughing eyes. 'Who are you?' Theresa screamed mentally. The eyes just seemed to grow in size.

'Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?' Screamed Theresa. An evil cackle echoed through the corners of her mind. "Theresa!" Said Fox shaking her out of her daze. "What?" Said Theresa somewhat weakly. "What happened to you? You left us for a minute there." Said Fox worry etching his kind eyes. "I'm sorry... I was thinking." "Well you were really lost there I actually thought I wouldn't be able to find you." He said giving an uneasy laugh.

"I'm sorry... I guess I'm just a little tired." "Of course you are mija you just got back from a long, troubling trip you should probably rest." "I'd like that." She said smiling at Pilar. 'Oh how I wish I could remember you.' Thought Theresa sadly. Fox gave Theresa a quick peck on the cheek. "Sleep well Theresa." He said lovingly. "Where are you gonna go?" "I guess I'll go back to my father's house and stay there but don't worry I'll be back early tomorrow morning."

"You promise?" "Cross my heart." He said making the shape of an x over his heart. Theresa giggled and quickly kissed his cheek before following Pilar to her room. When they were both out of site Luis spoke. "I've never approved of a Crane being involved with my baby sister... I guess you're all right Fox but if you slip up when it comes to Theresa you'll be answering to me." He said standing. "Don't worry Luis when I thought I lost her it was like a part of me died and there is no way that I'm going back to that feeling again."

"I know what you mean Fox I've been there... I know I'm not always there for my sister... so all the time that I'm not there I want you to take care of her for me." He said outstretching his hand. Fox took it in his and gave it a firm shake. "You can count on me." He said smiling. Luis smiled and then turned and left the room. "There's no way I'm going to lose her again... not again." He said to himself. He then quickly walked to the door and left.

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A/N: What do you all think? Was this chapter ok? I hope it was because for some reason this chapter took longer then all the other chapters that I have been writing. Please review.

Spoilers: Theresa is left alone in an empty house when a mystery visitor shows up.