Author's Note: - I do own Passions or any Passions characters.

- I decided to post two chapters today since chapter 10 is so short.

For A Reason

Chapter Eleven "Bad News"

While Fox waited he turned on the TV. He didn't really feel like watching anything, so he put in on a music channel for something to listen to. He was in the middle of doing a one handed air guitar solo when Theresa walked in.

"Wow, I had no idea you were that good at air guitar," she said with a laugh.

"Yeah, well, you know I've been practicing."

"Sure Fox. So, you sounded impatient to talk to me, what's up?"

"Well, I had my CAT Scan this morning and they said that everything looks fine."

Theresa was so ecstatic that she threw her arms around Fox's neck and kissed his cheek. "Oh Fox. That's great."

"Hey, watch it girl, you may injure me after all," he said, though he didn't mind the kiss.

"Oops, sorry."

"It's okay, I'm just bugging you. Anyways, I have to come back in a month for another one to make sure that everything's okay. But the doctor said that the odds are with me."

"I'm so happy Fox. I don't know what I would've done if you were paralyzed."

"Well, I would've signed you up to do my sponge baths."

"Oh, give me a break Fox."

"Are you saying you wouldn't want the job?" he asked with a hurtful expression.

Theresa didn't know what to say. Her and Fox had flirted a little before, but something was different about this time.

Fox noticed that she didn't say anything back like usual. "Hey Resa, I was just kidding."

"Um, Fox, we need to talk," she said.

"Alright Rees, what's up?"

"Well, you see, I've been noticing…"

"Hey Theresa, hey Fox," Ethan said walking into the room.

Theresa stopped what she was saying and turned to him. "Hi Ethan."

"Hey Eth, don't you ever knock first?" Fox asked frustrated. It had seemed to him that Theresa had wanted to say something important and now she wouldn't even look at him.

"Sorry Fox, but I thought you'd be alone. Theresa, you're here pretty early considering you got home so late last night."

Theresa winced.

"What do you mean she got home late? How would you know?" Fox asked.

"Guess she didn't tell you. We went out last night to dinner and a movie."

"You did?" Fox asked. Hurting, he looked over at Theresa. One look at her face told him all he needed to know and his heart fell. "You know what guys, Dr. Russell told me I needed to rest after the CAT Scan this morning and I haven't, so would you mind leaving so I can?"

"But Fox…" Theresa started.

"Please Theresa. I didn't sleep very well last night and the scan really tired me out."

"Alright, give me a call when you want me to come back." She leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek, but he didn't smile like he usually did.

Her and Ethan stepped out of the room and shut the door.

"He said he had his CAT Scan this morning, I'm guessing it was good news, huh?" Ethan said. When Theresa didn't respond he nudged her arm. "Theresa?"

"What? Oh sorry Ethan, what did you say?"

"I asked about Fox's CAT Scan."

"Oh, yeah, it was good news, but you may want to talk to Dr. Russell, she knows more than I do about it."

Ethan saw that Theresa had a strange look on her face. "I had a good time last night," he said trying to brighten her mood.

"Listen Ethan, I really need to get home. I'll talk to you later." She turned and walked away from him.

'What was that all about?' he wondered to himself.

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Theresa walked into her room and sat down on her bed. She grabbed a heart shaped pillow and hugged it close to her. The entire walk home she couldn't get the hurtful look on Fox's face out of her mind. "What I don't understand is why he had that look?" she asked herself out loud. Then a realization hit her.

"Could that be it?"

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