***Okay guys. I had this Chapter wrote & then someone e-mailed me with
some ideas & I actually loved them. I'm going to post this chapter first &
if you like I can post the other one that I also have finished as an
alternate Chapter. You pick which one you like best & I'll develop the end
of the story around that.***
First Wedding Chapter
Luis gave her a weak smile and pulled the veil down over her face completely covering it. "Are you sure you're up to this?"
"Absolutely. You can't imagine how bad I want to do this."
"Okay, no time like the present." Luis motioned for the wedding coordinator. "We're ready over here. Let's get this show on the road."
The wedding coordinator nodded & then motioned for the bridal march to begin. The bridesmaids walked one by one down the aisle and in time she walked down the aisle with her arm wrapped tightly around Luis' arm.
Ethan watched as his bride walked down the aisle in her flowing white dress. Satisfaction was clearly written all over his face. He had won. He had ruined any hopes of Fox having a future with Teresa. His partner in crime, Audrey, sit at the back of the church with the same smug smile on her face. In time she would be able to make Fox hers. She would just have to be patient. In time he would realize that Teresa would never be his and that she would be there waiting on him.
She and Luis reached the end of the aisle and Luis placed her hand in Ethan's. Father Lonigan motioned for everyone to be seated. Then he asked, "Who gives this woman to this man?"
"Her family and I." Luis said. Luis then took his seat beside his mother and the rest of the Lopez-Fitzgerald family.
"Dear beloved, we are here today to witness the joining of Teresa Lopez- Fitzgerald and Ethan Winthrop in holy matrimony. If anyone find reason why these two should not be joined together speak now or forever hold your peace." Father Lonigan paused and when no one spoke up he proceeded with the ceremony...
"Ethan, do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife? Do you promise to love, cherish and honor her all the days of your life?"
Ethan smiled, "I do."
Father Lonigan then turned to her, "Teresa, do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband? Do you promise to love, cherish and honor him all the days of your life?"
There was a moment of silence. Ethan shuffled and then cleared his throat, "Teresa, is everything okay?" He said quitely.
She raised her hands to her veil and then slowly pulled it back over her head. The entire audience gasped.
Ethan looked at her confused, "What are you doing?"
"I'm doing something I should have done long ago." She reached back and slapped him as hard as she could. "That's for everything you've ever done to me you pig!"
She caught the glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye and noticed that Audrey was trying to skip out. "Wait!" She yelled out. "Stop her! Her and Ethan have a lot of explaining to do."
Antonio stopped her before she could leave.
"What is all about?" Ethan asked. "You're making a fool of yourself."
"No, Ethan, the only two fools here are you and that tramp standing in the back." Her face was turning red with anger. "Why don't you two explain the little scheme you set up?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Ethan lied.
"I've never seen this man in my life." Audrey yelled from the back. "I demand an explanation!"
"Okay, I'll give you one." She said riping the veil from her head and throwing it down on the ground. "You two set up a little scheme trying to prove that Fox slept with this woman. You slipped something into his drink and led him to believe that it was this woman in his bed. You lied and you schemed Ethan. You stand and you preach about honesty, and then you pull this little stunt?" She turned to walk away from him.
"Wait, Gwen!" Ethan yelled. "Where the hell is Teresa?"
"She's on her way to find Fox. The man that she loves and loves her unconditionally. More than I could ever say for you. You only love someone until they fall off their pedastal. Until they prove their not perfect, then you're threw with them or you beat them or hit on them like you did Teresa to try to make them the way you want them."
Ethan stepped back as Luis walked toward him. "Care to explain to me what she means when she says that you hit my baby sister?"
"Please, Luis, don't tell me you're going to listen to Gwen? She's always been out to ruin everything for Teresa. Why would you think that this little scene here is any different?"
"Save it, Ethan!" Luis grabbed him by the collar and started pulling him toward the door of the church. "I think we should settle this score outside. Miguel, Antonio, would you two care to join me?"
Antonio winked at Miguel. "We wouldn't miss it for the world, would we little bro?"
Miguel pushed up his shirt sleeves, "Nope, nobody messes with my sister and gets away with it."
Whitney ran over to Gwen who stood there in Teresa's elegant white wedding dress. "Okay, Gwen, care to fill me in on what's going on here?"
"It's simple really. I couldn't let Teresa go through with this wedding. I walked up on Ethan and that girl in the gardens and heard their entire story. How they had drugged Fox and made him believe that he had slept with her. Ethan made sure Teresa caught them together, ruining any chances of a relationship they had. Ethan played on Teresa's love for her son and his need for a family and convinced her to marry him. That freed Fox up for this Audrey chick."
"Wow!" Whitney said stunned. "I never would have expected Ethan to do something like this."
"Well, believe it. It's all true."
"Where's Teresa?"
"She's on her way to try and stop Fox before he leaves."
"Gwen, what possessed you to do this? You and Teresa haven't exactly been the best of friends." Whitney asked.
"I saw Teresa the day after Ethan hit her. I've never seen anything like that in my life. And truthfully at that time it didn't matter to me that Teresa was my enemy. The fact of the matter was that she was another woman and she had been taken advantage of, and that just wasn't right. Then there was something that Fox said about getting down to the real root of the problem, and that problem was Ethan."
"Come on, let's get you out of that wedding dress. We've got to go help Teresa track down Fox."
"Wouldn't miss it." Gwen smiled.
***Shocker, huh? Can you believe that Gwen put on Teresa's wedding dress and walked down the aisle, buying Teresa enough time to try and find Fox. I would like to thank Hola for the excellent idea. I would have never thought of it. It actually makes me think of an old Days of our Lives episode when a man dressed up in Hope's wedding gown and Bo rescued her from marrying somebody by riding off with her on his motorcycle. I've watched Days for as long as I can remember. Anyways, you guys tell me what you think. If you want me to I can post an alternate chapter and you can decide which direction you want me to take the story.***
First Wedding Chapter
Luis gave her a weak smile and pulled the veil down over her face completely covering it. "Are you sure you're up to this?"
"Absolutely. You can't imagine how bad I want to do this."
"Okay, no time like the present." Luis motioned for the wedding coordinator. "We're ready over here. Let's get this show on the road."
The wedding coordinator nodded & then motioned for the bridal march to begin. The bridesmaids walked one by one down the aisle and in time she walked down the aisle with her arm wrapped tightly around Luis' arm.
Ethan watched as his bride walked down the aisle in her flowing white dress. Satisfaction was clearly written all over his face. He had won. He had ruined any hopes of Fox having a future with Teresa. His partner in crime, Audrey, sit at the back of the church with the same smug smile on her face. In time she would be able to make Fox hers. She would just have to be patient. In time he would realize that Teresa would never be his and that she would be there waiting on him.
She and Luis reached the end of the aisle and Luis placed her hand in Ethan's. Father Lonigan motioned for everyone to be seated. Then he asked, "Who gives this woman to this man?"
"Her family and I." Luis said. Luis then took his seat beside his mother and the rest of the Lopez-Fitzgerald family.
"Dear beloved, we are here today to witness the joining of Teresa Lopez- Fitzgerald and Ethan Winthrop in holy matrimony. If anyone find reason why these two should not be joined together speak now or forever hold your peace." Father Lonigan paused and when no one spoke up he proceeded with the ceremony...
"Ethan, do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife? Do you promise to love, cherish and honor her all the days of your life?"
Ethan smiled, "I do."
Father Lonigan then turned to her, "Teresa, do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband? Do you promise to love, cherish and honor him all the days of your life?"
There was a moment of silence. Ethan shuffled and then cleared his throat, "Teresa, is everything okay?" He said quitely.
She raised her hands to her veil and then slowly pulled it back over her head. The entire audience gasped.
Ethan looked at her confused, "What are you doing?"
"I'm doing something I should have done long ago." She reached back and slapped him as hard as she could. "That's for everything you've ever done to me you pig!"
She caught the glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye and noticed that Audrey was trying to skip out. "Wait!" She yelled out. "Stop her! Her and Ethan have a lot of explaining to do."
Antonio stopped her before she could leave.
"What is all about?" Ethan asked. "You're making a fool of yourself."
"No, Ethan, the only two fools here are you and that tramp standing in the back." Her face was turning red with anger. "Why don't you two explain the little scheme you set up?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Ethan lied.
"I've never seen this man in my life." Audrey yelled from the back. "I demand an explanation!"
"Okay, I'll give you one." She said riping the veil from her head and throwing it down on the ground. "You two set up a little scheme trying to prove that Fox slept with this woman. You slipped something into his drink and led him to believe that it was this woman in his bed. You lied and you schemed Ethan. You stand and you preach about honesty, and then you pull this little stunt?" She turned to walk away from him.
"Wait, Gwen!" Ethan yelled. "Where the hell is Teresa?"
"She's on her way to find Fox. The man that she loves and loves her unconditionally. More than I could ever say for you. You only love someone until they fall off their pedastal. Until they prove their not perfect, then you're threw with them or you beat them or hit on them like you did Teresa to try to make them the way you want them."
Ethan stepped back as Luis walked toward him. "Care to explain to me what she means when she says that you hit my baby sister?"
"Please, Luis, don't tell me you're going to listen to Gwen? She's always been out to ruin everything for Teresa. Why would you think that this little scene here is any different?"
"Save it, Ethan!" Luis grabbed him by the collar and started pulling him toward the door of the church. "I think we should settle this score outside. Miguel, Antonio, would you two care to join me?"
Antonio winked at Miguel. "We wouldn't miss it for the world, would we little bro?"
Miguel pushed up his shirt sleeves, "Nope, nobody messes with my sister and gets away with it."
Whitney ran over to Gwen who stood there in Teresa's elegant white wedding dress. "Okay, Gwen, care to fill me in on what's going on here?"
"It's simple really. I couldn't let Teresa go through with this wedding. I walked up on Ethan and that girl in the gardens and heard their entire story. How they had drugged Fox and made him believe that he had slept with her. Ethan made sure Teresa caught them together, ruining any chances of a relationship they had. Ethan played on Teresa's love for her son and his need for a family and convinced her to marry him. That freed Fox up for this Audrey chick."
"Wow!" Whitney said stunned. "I never would have expected Ethan to do something like this."
"Well, believe it. It's all true."
"Where's Teresa?"
"She's on her way to try and stop Fox before he leaves."
"Gwen, what possessed you to do this? You and Teresa haven't exactly been the best of friends." Whitney asked.
"I saw Teresa the day after Ethan hit her. I've never seen anything like that in my life. And truthfully at that time it didn't matter to me that Teresa was my enemy. The fact of the matter was that she was another woman and she had been taken advantage of, and that just wasn't right. Then there was something that Fox said about getting down to the real root of the problem, and that problem was Ethan."
"Come on, let's get you out of that wedding dress. We've got to go help Teresa track down Fox."
"Wouldn't miss it." Gwen smiled.
***Shocker, huh? Can you believe that Gwen put on Teresa's wedding dress and walked down the aisle, buying Teresa enough time to try and find Fox. I would like to thank Hola for the excellent idea. I would have never thought of it. It actually makes me think of an old Days of our Lives episode when a man dressed up in Hope's wedding gown and Bo rescued her from marrying somebody by riding off with her on his motorcycle. I've watched Days for as long as I can remember. Anyways, you guys tell me what you think. If you want me to I can post an alternate chapter and you can decide which direction you want me to take the story.***