Fox sat alone at the pond the next morning. He had walked there last night after finding Ethan and Teresa had left together. He couldn't believe how things had turned out. He had never wanted it to come to this, but Audrey was right. He would screw up, and he had. He had screwed up royally. He walked in circles, kicking the ground as he did.

"I never thought I'd see you out this early." An all too familair voice said.

Fox stopped pacing and looked up to see an old friend standing there. "What are you doing here?"

"Just flew in. I take it you're being here is not a good sign?"

"You can't even begin to imagine." Said a weary Fox.

He nodded, "Believe me, if my sisters involved then I can very well imagine."

"How did you know this had anything to do with her?" Fox asked.

The young man with baby-blue eyes smiled, "Audrey called me last night. Told me she managed to get back in your bed. Is it true?"

Fox looked up at his friend in disgust, "Yeah, it's true, Dylan."

"Why?"

"I wish I knew."

"I thought you came back to try and win, Teresa. How did Audrey manage to sleep with you?"

"That's just the thing, Dylan. I don't know. I could have sworn it was Teresa. I thought it was Teresa that I was making love to."

"You've lost me." Dylan said confused.

"I don't know how to explain it myself. All I know is that I thought I was going to bed with Teresa and the next thing I know I'm awake and Audrey is there. And that's not the worst of it."

"I'm afraid to ask."

"Teresa was there. She found us together."

"Ouch." Dylan smirked. "Though I have to admit it does sound a little fishy."

"Yeah."

"Have you talked to Audrey?" Dylan asked.

"No, I don't think I could control myself around her right now."

"I had a feeling she would show up in Harmony. She had every intention of coming to sabatoge your potential relationship with Tersea."

"And we both now, Audrey very well, don't we Dylan?"

"Yeah, she always manages to get what she wants."

"Exactly, and it looks like she's managed it this time, too."

"What do you mean?"

"Teresa's still going to marry, Ethan." Fox said blandly.

"What?"

"You heard me. She's still going to marry the son of a bitch."

"Have you talked her?" asked Dylan.

"No, she won't take my calls. She's staying with her mom now and Pilar refuses to put her on the phone."

"Have you tried going by there?"

"No, I told Pilar that I was coming over and that Teresa was going to hear me out, but she said if I did that she would call Antonio and Luis."

"Her brothers?" Fox nodded. "I've never known of you to back down from anything. You've faced a lot tougher opponents that her two brothers."

Fox smiled, "As much as I'd like to say that the Crane's are the toughest family in Harmony, I'd be lying through my teeth."

"Something you're very good at." Dylan grinned.

"That's beside the point. The point is, you don't mess with the Lopez- Fitzgeralds. You may knock them down a notch or two, but they just keep getting right back up. I'd always have to watch myself with Antonio and Luis, and then there's her younger brother, Miguel."

"Sounds like a tough bunch."

"Yeah, just ask my father. He shakes in his shoes everytime they come around."

"I'll go with you if you want." he offered.

"No, it's not so much that I'm afraid of Antonio and Luis. I could handle my own with those two. It's Little Ethan. I don't want to upset him."

"This Teresa's really changed you, Fox."

"Yeah, she has. She's amazing, Dylan. Simply amazing."

"You know, I kind of like the new, Fox."

"Well, now we have to find you a woman to calm you down."

"Never!" Dylan proclaimed.

"You'd better watch it, Dylan. Love can creep up on you and do strange things to you."

"Yeah, I've noticed. Come on, I'll buy you some breakfast. You can tell me more about this story. Seems we may have some investigating to do."