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For A Reason

Chapter Three "Remembering"

Dr. Eve Russell met the ambulance at the entrance. They rushed in with Fox still unconscious on the gurney. They relayed his vitals to Eve and told her that he had several cuts and bruises, possible whiplash, and that he had been unconscious for ten to fifteen minutes.

"Get him in cubical three. Has his family been notified?"

"I believe so Dr. Russell."

She was just about to go into the cubical when Theresa ran inside. "Dr. Russell, where's Fox? Is he okay?" she asked breathless.

"Theresa, calm down and sit. Unfortunately, I can't give you any information. I was about to go check on him when you came running in. Do me a favor, call Julian and Ivy. I'm not sure if they know he's here."

"Sure Dr. Russell."

Once Eve was inside the cubical Theresa went over to the payphone and dialed the Crane's number. Their maid Phyllis answered.

"Crane Residence."

"Phyllis, this is Theresa. I'm at the hospital; Fox has been in an accident..." Theresa started.

"Oh my God. Is he okay?"

"I don't know. Could you please tell Julian and Ivy to come down here?"

"I'll give them a call; they're out of town for a few days."

"Okay, well, I'm here if you need to get a hold of someone." Theresa hung up the phone and went to sit back down. She started thinking about the past few years and how her and Fox had met, and how close they'd become.

Flashback

Theresa walked into HarmonyHigh School for her first day as a freshman. She headed for her locker keeping out of everyone's way. She was a shy girl and didn't want to disturb anybody. She turned a corner and smacked into someone.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. It was my fault," she said as she bent down to scoop up her books.

"No, it was mine. I wasn't paying attention," a male voice responded. She lifted her head up and stared into the chocolate brown eyes that were looking at her. Without thinking she checked out the rest of him. His blonde hair was fairly short and styled in a mess of spikes, he had a shallow dent in his chin, and she guessed he was probably six feet tall or so. In her eyes he was the most incredible looking guy she had ever seen.

Realizing she was staring at him she shook her head and grabbed the books he held out to her. "I better get going. I'm sorry, again." She stood up and without looking back, walked away.

Later that day

Theresa was sitting at a table in the courtyard eating her lunch when a shadow cast over her. She looked up and saw that it was the guy she had bumped into that morning.

"Um, hello."

"Hey, I wanted to bring you something to apologize for this morning," he said holding out a giant M&M cookie, which just happened to be Theresa's favorite kind.

"Oh, well, you didn't have to. I told you, it was my fault entirely."

He sat down next to her and placed the cookie in her hand. "I insist that you take the cookie. And besides, it was not your fault. I was listening to my mp3 player and didn't see you come around the corner."

She didn't know what to say. Here was this totally gorgeous guy talking to her and apologizing for something she did.

"Oh, by the way, my name's Nicholas Crane, but call me Fox, please," he said sticking his hand out to shake hers.

She placed her hand in his gently. "I'm Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald."

"Nice to meet you Theresa, I'm sure we'll see a lot of each other." They talked for a couple minutes and then he got up and left.

Theresa sat there a moment longer dumbfounded, and then she placed the cookie in her bag and went to get her books for her next class.

End Flashback

After that day Fox continued to eat lunch with her and they soon became best friends. However, Theresa had developed a huge crush on Fox. She never told him and since he was such a playboy she never planned on it. But there had often been times when she had wanted to tell him her feelings, and then she'd find out he was dating someone and would decide against it. Fox had never regarded her as more than a friend and after awhile she had finally come to terms with it.

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