As Ethan sat in the waiting room during his mothers checkup with Dr. Russell, confusion filled his mind. Fox and Theresa? There was no way that he was going to believe that the two of them were together. He didn't even know Fox was back in town. If that was the true reason why Theresa ended their relationship, then why was she crying?
The image of Fox holding Theresa flashed through his mind. He shook his head to get it out. "There's no way I'm going to loose Theresa to Fox..to anyone." He said to himself.
Just then, he saw Theresa and Fox walking around the corner.
Ethan jumped out of his seat, it was about time he got down to the bottom of their game.
"Theresa, Fox. What a surprise." He said cutting them off from the elevator.
Theresa's heart skipped a beat at the sight of Ethan. She hoped that he didn't know that she was at the hospital for her first chemo treatment. She looked at Fox and then down at the floor. "Hi." she managed to get out.
"What are you doing here?" Ethan asked.
Theresa quickly looked at Fox "Well, uh we were-"
"We were checking out the new wing Father built." Fox said looking at Theresa.
"Yeah!" she said smiling. "The new wing."
Ethan raised his eyebrows not buying the crap they were giving to him. "Why?"
"Because.." Fox said clearing his throat.
Theresa looked over at Fox and finished his sentence. "..because Fox has been gone forever and I was telling him how much the hospital has changed since the last time he's been in it."
"Which was your fault." Fox said smiling as he remembered the time he fell out of a tree he and Theresa climbed together.
Theresa laughed. "I can't believe you actually remembered that!"
An agitated Ethan rolled his eyes and grabbed Theresa's arm. "May we speak in private?"
Without giving her a chance to answer Ethan pulled her into a corner.
"What exactly is going on with you and Fox?" he demanded.
"We're dating." she said avoiding looking him in the eye.
"I don't believe you." Ethan said crossing his arms.
"Well you better Ethan because it's true!" she lied.
"I know you Theresa," he said softly, "and I can see in your eyes that something else is going on. Please, don't do this. Tell me the truth."
Theresa's heart melted at the concern in Ethan's voice. Should she tell him that she had cancer? Maybe it would be better, maybe things could work out. But what if he decided he didn't want to be with her. Even if he did, what if everything that she was bound to go through would destroy him and their love forever? No. She couldn't bring herself to it.
"Fox and I are dating. That is the truth." she said looking him straight in the eye. "Now if you'll excuse me." she said brushing past Ethan.
Ethan stood frozen. He couldn't move. Maybe she was right, maybe it was really over between them. He turned around to see Fox put his arm on Theresa's back as they walked into the elevator. Anguish filled Ethan's heart. He was loosing Theresa.
Theresa stared at Ethan as the elevator doors closed. The look of pain on his face went like a knife through her heart. That look was why she was doing this. She knew that if she told him she had cancer, if she drug him through the ups and downs of chemotherapy then she would see that all the time and it would be that that would kill her, not the cancer.
Theresa looked over at Fox and smiled. At least she had someone to depend on.
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The image of Fox holding Theresa flashed through his mind. He shook his head to get it out. "There's no way I'm going to loose Theresa to Fox..to anyone." He said to himself.
Just then, he saw Theresa and Fox walking around the corner.
Ethan jumped out of his seat, it was about time he got down to the bottom of their game.
"Theresa, Fox. What a surprise." He said cutting them off from the elevator.
Theresa's heart skipped a beat at the sight of Ethan. She hoped that he didn't know that she was at the hospital for her first chemo treatment. She looked at Fox and then down at the floor. "Hi." she managed to get out.
"What are you doing here?" Ethan asked.
Theresa quickly looked at Fox "Well, uh we were-"
"We were checking out the new wing Father built." Fox said looking at Theresa.
"Yeah!" she said smiling. "The new wing."
Ethan raised his eyebrows not buying the crap they were giving to him. "Why?"
"Because.." Fox said clearing his throat.
Theresa looked over at Fox and finished his sentence. "..because Fox has been gone forever and I was telling him how much the hospital has changed since the last time he's been in it."
"Which was your fault." Fox said smiling as he remembered the time he fell out of a tree he and Theresa climbed together.
Theresa laughed. "I can't believe you actually remembered that!"
An agitated Ethan rolled his eyes and grabbed Theresa's arm. "May we speak in private?"
Without giving her a chance to answer Ethan pulled her into a corner.
"What exactly is going on with you and Fox?" he demanded.
"We're dating." she said avoiding looking him in the eye.
"I don't believe you." Ethan said crossing his arms.
"Well you better Ethan because it's true!" she lied.
"I know you Theresa," he said softly, "and I can see in your eyes that something else is going on. Please, don't do this. Tell me the truth."
Theresa's heart melted at the concern in Ethan's voice. Should she tell him that she had cancer? Maybe it would be better, maybe things could work out. But what if he decided he didn't want to be with her. Even if he did, what if everything that she was bound to go through would destroy him and their love forever? No. She couldn't bring herself to it.
"Fox and I are dating. That is the truth." she said looking him straight in the eye. "Now if you'll excuse me." she said brushing past Ethan.
Ethan stood frozen. He couldn't move. Maybe she was right, maybe it was really over between them. He turned around to see Fox put his arm on Theresa's back as they walked into the elevator. Anguish filled Ethan's heart. He was loosing Theresa.
Theresa stared at Ethan as the elevator doors closed. The look of pain on his face went like a knife through her heart. That look was why she was doing this. She knew that if she told him she had cancer, if she drug him through the ups and downs of chemotherapy then she would see that all the time and it would be that that would kill her, not the cancer.
Theresa looked over at Fox and smiled. At least she had someone to depend on.
( Haha, I updated 5 months later. I love reviews :) )