Gwen looked at Dylan disappointed. "I take it you guys weren't able to
catch him in time?"
"Shit out of luck!" Dylan grinned. "But don't worry, we'll get these two together." He put an arm around Teresa's shoulders and pulled her close.
"I just hope I'm not too late. I said a lot of mean things to Fox before he left." Teresa said.
"Don't worry, Teresa, Fox loves you. You can count on that." Dylan came around and stood in front of her. "Believe me, I know. He told me every night how much he loved you. You were all he ever talked about. I thought you were too good to be true at first, but now I see why he's fallen so head over heels in love with you."
Teresa smiled, "God, you two are so much alike it's scarry. No wonder you two are such close friends."
Dylan grinned again, "Everythings going to be okay, Teresa. Trust me." He touched the tip of her nose with his index finger playfully.
"Yeah, they will be, won't they?" She sighed.
"I'm never wrong." He looked back over his shoulder at Gwen and then turned his attention back to look at Teresa. "You know, Teresa, you really owe Gwen a lot. She really stood up to Ethan for you." He kissed Teresa on the forehead, "I think I'll go for a walk and leave you two ladies alone for a minute."
"Thank you for everything, Dylan. I owe you." Tears came to her eyes. "Fox and I both owe you."
"Just make sure to invite me to the wedding. Oh, and make me the godfather of your first child together." He walked out leaving Gwen and Teresa standing there alone.
Gwen smiled uncomfortably at Teresa. "Dylan sure is something, huh?"
"Yeah, he is." Teresa nodded.
"Look..." They both said at the same time. They grinned at each other.
"You go first." Teresa said.
"Okay." Gwen cleared her throat. "I know we've not been the greatest of friends. Hell, we've been downright enemies, but the truth is Teresa you helped me to open my eyes when it comes to Ethan." She sat down on the coach in the Crane living room. "I use to think he was the greatest man alive. That he could do no wrong. Boy was I blinded."
"Don't sweat it, Gwen. He snowed us both over. I just hate that he caused us to hate each other so much." Teresa walked over and sat down on the couch beside Gwen. "Gwen, I'm sorry for everything I've ever said or done to hurt you. You really stood up for me today. Thank you."
"I'm just glad you're rid of Ethan. When I saw you that day outside the coffee shop it broke my heart. As much as I thought I hated you, I never would have wished anything that bad on you."
Teresa smiled sympathetically, "I know." She stood up from the couch and walked over the window looking out on her once again ruined wedding day. She smiled. The first time around had been pure and total hell. She had had her heart ripped out when Ethan told her he couldn't marry her. Today though was different. Today had been a relief.
"What are you thinking about, Teresa?" Gwen asked. "You know I always get nervous when I see that look on your face."
"Just thinking about how things change. Life changes."
"Funny you should say that. I've been thinking about the same thing."
"Let me guess? Dylan?"
"Am I that transparent?"
Teresa smiled, "You both are."
Gwen smiled back. She liked the sound of that.
"Shit out of luck!" Dylan grinned. "But don't worry, we'll get these two together." He put an arm around Teresa's shoulders and pulled her close.
"I just hope I'm not too late. I said a lot of mean things to Fox before he left." Teresa said.
"Don't worry, Teresa, Fox loves you. You can count on that." Dylan came around and stood in front of her. "Believe me, I know. He told me every night how much he loved you. You were all he ever talked about. I thought you were too good to be true at first, but now I see why he's fallen so head over heels in love with you."
Teresa smiled, "God, you two are so much alike it's scarry. No wonder you two are such close friends."
Dylan grinned again, "Everythings going to be okay, Teresa. Trust me." He touched the tip of her nose with his index finger playfully.
"Yeah, they will be, won't they?" She sighed.
"I'm never wrong." He looked back over his shoulder at Gwen and then turned his attention back to look at Teresa. "You know, Teresa, you really owe Gwen a lot. She really stood up to Ethan for you." He kissed Teresa on the forehead, "I think I'll go for a walk and leave you two ladies alone for a minute."
"Thank you for everything, Dylan. I owe you." Tears came to her eyes. "Fox and I both owe you."
"Just make sure to invite me to the wedding. Oh, and make me the godfather of your first child together." He walked out leaving Gwen and Teresa standing there alone.
Gwen smiled uncomfortably at Teresa. "Dylan sure is something, huh?"
"Yeah, he is." Teresa nodded.
"Look..." They both said at the same time. They grinned at each other.
"You go first." Teresa said.
"Okay." Gwen cleared her throat. "I know we've not been the greatest of friends. Hell, we've been downright enemies, but the truth is Teresa you helped me to open my eyes when it comes to Ethan." She sat down on the coach in the Crane living room. "I use to think he was the greatest man alive. That he could do no wrong. Boy was I blinded."
"Don't sweat it, Gwen. He snowed us both over. I just hate that he caused us to hate each other so much." Teresa walked over and sat down on the couch beside Gwen. "Gwen, I'm sorry for everything I've ever said or done to hurt you. You really stood up for me today. Thank you."
"I'm just glad you're rid of Ethan. When I saw you that day outside the coffee shop it broke my heart. As much as I thought I hated you, I never would have wished anything that bad on you."
Teresa smiled sympathetically, "I know." She stood up from the couch and walked over the window looking out on her once again ruined wedding day. She smiled. The first time around had been pure and total hell. She had had her heart ripped out when Ethan told her he couldn't marry her. Today though was different. Today had been a relief.
"What are you thinking about, Teresa?" Gwen asked. "You know I always get nervous when I see that look on your face."
"Just thinking about how things change. Life changes."
"Funny you should say that. I've been thinking about the same thing."
"Let me guess? Dylan?"
"Am I that transparent?"
Teresa smiled, "You both are."
Gwen smiled back. She liked the sound of that.