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For A Reason

Chapter Fourteen "Time For The Truth"

Theresa left the hospital about five that evening. Fox wanted to get a lot of rest since he was going home the following morning. When she stepped outside the hospital she took her cell phone out of her purse and dialed Ethan's number. She had been avoiding him since the revelation of their date on Saturday and decided that now was the time to tell him that things could go no further.

"Hello."

"Hi Ethan, its Theresa."

"Hey Theresa, I was just about to call you."

"Are you busy Ethan?"

"Not until later, why?"

"Can you meet me at the Book Café in five minutes?"

"Yeah, sure. Is something wrong?"

"I just need to talk to you. See you in a bit." She hung up the phone before he could say anything more and then headed to the Book Café.

When she reached it she took a seat towards the back and ordered an iced cappuccino. Ethan arrived just as the waitress was putting it on the table.

"I'll have the same, please," he said.

"Thanks for meeting me on such short notice."

"No problem. It sounded pretty urgent, are you sure nothing's wrong?" He gave her a concerned look and she took his hand and gave him a smile.

"I'm sure. It actually has to do with Fox."

"Okay. What's up?"

She removed her hand from his in case it gave him the wrong idea and then began. "Well, after I left the hospital Saturday afternoon I went home and started thinking." The waitress showed up with Ethan's drink and Theresa waited until they were alone before continuing.

"Anyways, I started thinking about the things that had happened over the last few days. For some reason I couldn't get Fox out of my head. I'd been watching him and sometimes his reactions were a little odd, for Fox. Throughout the weekend I thought about every conversation I'd had with him in which he'd get these looks. I finally came to the conclusion that maybe Fox was jealous. So this afternoon after school I went to the hospital to talk to him about it. He denied it at first, until I kissed him and he kissed me back. Right then I knew what his feelings were. Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that I'm in love with Fox and I can't see you anymore. I would like to be friends though, if that's possible."

Ethan didn't say anything until she finished talking. He had known that this was going to happen, but it still hurt a little. "I would like to be friends too Theresa."

"Really?" she said with a smile.

"Yeah. To be honest, I was kind of expecting this."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I also noticed how Fox looked after he found out about our date. It's one of the reasons why I didn't call this weekend. I wanted to give you both some time to think and see if it pushed you together. Fox always talks about you Theresa and I always thought that he liked you as more than a friend. I thought that you liked him too but decided to ask you out on the off chance that I was wrong. When you said yes I was pretty surprised."

"I'm sorry Ethan; I didn't mean to lead you on."

"It's alright Theresa. I figured that if you liked Fox maybe our date would give you the nudge you needed to tell him how you felt. And if you liked me, well, then I'd be happy."

Theresa smiled at him and then leaned over to kiss his cheek. "Thank you Ethan."

They talked at the Book Café for a while longer and then went their separate ways. Theresa headed home and decided to get started on her English Lit assignment. Now that things between her and Fox and Ethan were settled she could concentrate on it.

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